Wind and Cloud Six Slashes—like wind, resembling clouds, six slashes in an instant, with limitless power.
Here, "like wind, resembling clouds" did not mean a gentle breeze, but a violent storm!
Nor did "clouds" mean blue skies and white clouds, but the dark clouds of a rainstorm!
[In the first year, because you had already cultivated the Second Grade Blazing Fire Demon Subduing Saber Technique to perfection, you quickly reached the entry level in Wind and Cloud Six Slashes.]
[In the fifth year, by drawing parallels from what you had learned, you cultivated Wind and Cloud Six Slashes to the mastery stage! In an instant, you could unleash six consecutive slashes!]
[In the eighth year! You cultivated Wind and Cloud Six Slashes to perfection! From then on, you could wield the saber freely and effortlessly, as your heart desired! You even fused the six slashes into one! Its power multiplied!]
[In the tenth year, you integrated the essence of the Blazing Fire Demon Subduing Saber Technique into Wind and Cloud Six Slashes! Your Wind and Cloud Six Slashes underwent a transformation! It became the Third Grade Gale Six Slashes!]
The next instant, countless insights into saber techniques appeared in Su Xian's mind,
Looking at the result, Su Xian could not help but freeze.
He had never expected that in a mere eight years, he would cultivate Wind and Cloud Six Slashes to the perfection realm!
In the remaining two years, he had even integrated the essence of the Blazing Fire Demon Subduing Saber Technique into Wind and Cloud Six Slashes.
Causing it to transform into Gale Six Slashes!
Su Xian sensed the information in his mind. This Gale Six Slashes was far more powerful than the Wind and Cloud Six Slashes from before!
Every slash blazed with fire, while the violent wind further fueled the flames! Its power multiplied!
And when the final six slashes merged into one,
Su Xian estimated that its power had probably already exceeded the scope of the Tendon Refining Realm!
"Good, good, good! It seems I really am a genius when it comes to cultivating martial skills!" Su Xian could not help laughing.
In a mere ten years, he had managed to reach such a level.
If that did not count as genius, then what did?
Looking at the twenty years of lifespan remaining in the Demon Strategy, Su Xian poured his lifespan into another movement martial skill, Wind Cloud Steps!
The next instant, after consuming only nine years of lifespan, Su Xian cultivated Wind Cloud Steps to perfection!
With one step, he borrowed the strength of wind and cloud! His traveling speed tripled instantly!
"Lastly, there's this Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt!"
Su Xian looked at the Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt and the remaining eleven years of lifespan in the Demon Strategy, thinking inwardly.
Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt was a body-tempering martial skill.
It could circulate Qi and Blood Power and temper the skin, flesh, tendons, and membranes through a special method, thereby strengthening the body!
However, martial skills of this body-tempering type were extremely slow to cultivate. They were achieved through painstaking, gradual effort!
They required a great deal of lifespan! Moreover, they had little to do with talent.
Recalling the information he had learned about body-tempering martial skills, Su Xian's brows furrowed.
These martial skills cultivated through painstaking effort had both advantages and disadvantages for him.
The advantage was that he had a great deal of lifespan and sufficient time to cultivate them to perfection.
The disadvantage was that Su Xian had excellent talent for cultivating martial skills, but that talent could not be brought into play with this type of skill.
"All in!"
The next instant, Su Xian poured all eleven remaining years of lifespan into Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt.
The next moment, Su Xian felt countless streams of Qi and Blood Power strengthening his skin, flesh, tendons, and membranes, making them even more powerful!
With eleven years, Su Xian cultivated Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt to the mastery stage.
He clenched his fist and felt the considerable increase in strength within his body, nodding in satisfaction.
After Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt reached the mastery stage, his physical strength had already become equivalent to the physical strength of the mid-stage Tendon Refining Realm!
Once he cultivated it to perfection, Su Xian's physical strength would reach the level of the perfected Tendon Refining Realm!
"Not bad! Not bad!"
Su Xian was extremely satisfied! Although eleven years had only brought Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt to the mastery stage,
The results were indeed quite good. His physical strength and defensive power had both increased considerably.
When he used martial skills, their power would increase accordingly!
"I'll go up the mountain tomorrow and exterminate the Cat Demons!"
Su Xian thought inwardly. He then lay on the bed and drifted into dreamland.
The next day, Su Xian first checked the wolf demon flesh he had hidden away and found that it was still perfectly preserved.
Only then did he relax. He took up his saber, slung a medicine basket over his back, and left.
"Su Xian, are you planning to enter the mountains to gather herbs?"
On the road, Su Xian encountered the person who had previously come to persuade him to join the Azure Cloud Medical Hall's herb-gathering team.
Su Xian nodded slightly.
Seeing Su Xian nod, that person shook his head.
"When I urged you to go into the mountains with the Azure Cloud Medical Hall's team to gather herbs, you refused. That was five taels of silver!"
"Look, didn't they all return safely?"
"You're going to gather herbs today. When will you earn back those five taels of silver?"
As he spoke, that person shook his head fiercely again, seemingly frustrated that Su Xian had failed to live up to expectations,
Or perhaps he was lamenting the one tael of silver he had failed to earn.
Su Xian merely smiled faintly at this, then turned and set off toward Green Dragon Mountain.
After Su Xian left, that person looked toward Green Dragon Mountain and said,
"Sigh, I wonder when the Azure Cloud Medical Hall will organize another expedition into the mountains to eliminate demons and gather herbs!"
After entering Green Dragon Mountain, Su Xian placed the medicine basket in a hidden location.
Then, carrying his saber, he hurried toward his target.
So many people had entered the mountains yesterday without encountering the Cat Demons.
Su Xian believed that the Cat Demons might have hidden themselves.
And he already had a target in mind: the cave where he had killed that juvenile Cat Demon.
That cave was rather secluded and already close to the middle section of Green Dragon Mountain, while the main group had basically been moving around the outskirts of Green Dragon Mountain yesterday.
Moreover, that was where the juvenile Cat Demon had died.
If there was a place where the group of Cat Demons might be hiding, it was very likely that cave!
Su Xian twisted and turned through the dense forest. The perfected Spirit Tiger Nine Revolutions was indeed formidable!
Once he entered the dense forest, it was as though Su Xian had returned to his home ground. His speed was astonishingly fast!
Before long, he arrived not far from the cave.
Su Xian stopped on a tree branch and gazed toward the cave while sensing every movement there with all his might.
He heard it!
The cries of cats! And sobbing!
"Meow! My child! Meow!"
The sobbing was utterly heartrending. Hearing those miserable cries, Su Xian's face remained expressionless.
Demons killed humans, and humans killed demons. That was perfectly normal. Could he really refuse to kill them simply because the other side was crying miserably?
If he had not killed that juvenile Cat Demon back then, the one who would have died would have been him.
And when that happened, who would have cried for him?
Would he not have silently turned into a pile of cat feces?
Su Xian landed and quietly approached the cave.
Outside the cave, a Cat Demon lay on the ground, crying as it looked at the corpse of a kitten before it.
Two other, slightly smaller Cat Demons stood nearby. Grief and fury flashed across their catlike faces.
"Mother! All the martial artists who entered the mountains yesterday have withdrawn, and no one came up today either!" one of the Cat Demons beside her said softly.
"Damn humans! I'll kill every last one of them!"
The Cat Demon lying on the ground and sobbing paused slightly, cursing in a venomous tone.
"Big Brother has gone to call Father back!"
"Once Father and Big Brother return, without those martial artists interfering, we can continue slaughtering the humans who enter the mountains!"
A bloodthirsty expression appeared on the face of the other Cat Demon.
Hearing this, the mother cat also rose and looked at her son's corpse before her, saying venomously,
"From now on, don't let a single human who enters the mountains escape!"
As she looked at her son's corpse, her heart clenched again, and boundless fury drowned her.
If not for her inadequate strength, she wanted nothing more than to charge down the mountain and storm into the city!
She wanted to slaughter every human in the entire city!
Listening to the conversation among the three Cat Demons, a smile appeared on Su Xian's face.
So, among these three Cat Demons, only one of them was at Second Grade Perfection?
He would not have to fight two Second Grade Perfection Cat Demons at once?
"Looks like I came at exactly the right time!"
Su Xian stared at the three Cat Demons before him and slowly drew his saber.
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