Comprehension, 7534

Comprehension, 7534. Another day.

Comprehension +2400

Lifespan +2400

Comprehension +815

Lifespan +815

The 2,400 points of comprehension and lifespan came from perfecting all forty-eight volumes, or 480 chapters, of Qi Circulation Realm techniques.

The 815 points of comprehension and lifespan came from perfecting more than three hundred basic, Flawless, and Qi Circulation Realm martial arts.

[Comprehension: 7534(2819+1500+2400+815)]

[Lifespan: 16/7659(2894+1500+2400+815)]

The extra fifty years of lifespan probably came from reaching perfection in the Five Viscera Realm, the first of the Four Great Passes.

By comparison, the lifespan gained from cultivating was hardly worth mentioning to Yu Xiu.

Even if he perfected all four stages of the Four Great Passes—the Five Viscera, Five Elements, Five Spirits, and Divine Heart—he would only live a little over three hundred years.

But Yu Xiu's lifespan had already surpassed 7,600 years. Even the sect master of the Qingwei Sword Sect probably couldn't outlive him.

"My comprehension has broken through the 7,500 mark!" Yu Xiu let out a soft breath.

Just how absurd was 7,534 points of comprehension? He only had to read a Qi Circulation Realm technique once to perfect it. There was no need to work it out in his mind—or even use his brain at all. After one read, he naturally understood every last detail.

It was more outrageous than cheating. What was more, even if he didn't dwell on them, these techniques still gave him countless flashes of inspiration.

The breathing method in the first chapter of the Nurturing Origin Technique was clearly too convoluted, reducing its efficiency. At least thirty percent of it could be cut.

The breathing method in the second chapter clearly followed a set routine and had lost its vitality. There were seven places where it could be improved, raising its efficiency by at least forty percent.

And so on. Yu Xiu didn't even need to think hard; the flaws in the techniques naturally appeared in his mind.

The same went for the sword techniques he had cultivated in the Sword Sect. The Dragon-Slaying Evil-Purging Sword was another matter. It was the supreme sword manual of Dragon-Slaying Peak, and even with his current comprehension, he couldn't find a single flaw in it.

But in the twenty chapters of the Life Spring Realm technique he had cultivated before, the Returning Sun Sword Art, he could pick out four places that could be revised: chapters eight, ten, twelve, and seventeen. Once revised, its cultivation efficiency would rise by a third.

Take the twenty chapters of the Qi Sea Realm technique, the Crimson Walk Sword Art, for example. He could pick out five places to revise...

It was clear that Cloud Mountain Cliff's techniques were inferior to the Sword Sect's. There were simply too many places that could be revised.

As for the Sword Sect's techniques, with Yu Xiu's comprehension exceeding 7,500, there weren't many places he could improve—and even then, they might not actually need changing.

That was because Yu Xiu's current cultivation realm wasn't high enough. He lacked an understanding of the realms that came afterward. What he thought could be improved might have been designed specifically to suit later cultivation.

"My comprehension can still grow!" Yu Xiu didn't stop there.

Earlier, he had seen the Sword-Worshiping Stone in the Bronze Mirror at the Bright Sword Hall, and he had also seen Ancestor Linyuan. The flashes of inspiration he had gained numbered at least a hundred. In other words, he could create at least a hundred sword arts for the Five Viscera Realm.

What was more, after his comprehension had soared, those flashes of inspiration looked different when he recalled them now. He saw deeper and farther, and they branched into even more ideas.

"At the very least, I can create 632 sword arts for the Five Viscera Realm!"

The reason they could only be Five Viscera Realm sword arts was that he was still in the Five Viscera Realm.

If he were now in the second stage, the Five Elements Realm, or the third, the Five Spirits Realm, those flashes of inspiration would surely be enough to help him create sword arts for those realms too. The same would hold true for the realms above them.

It wasn't that Yu Xiu's comprehension was simply too high. It was that Ancestor Linyuan's swordsmanship had reached an incredibly lofty level. Yu Xiu didn't need to work things out in detail; as long as he understood what he saw, he could certainly create sword arts that surpassed the Four Great Passes.

Yu Xiu was about to develop these flashes of inspiration into a series of complete sword arts, but after a moment's thought, he stopped.

"There's no need to rush into creating sword arts. There are ready-made techniques I haven't gotten yet."

He could break through at any time and enter the second stage of the Four Great Passes: the Five Elements Realm.

He could obtain the Five Elements Realm technique for the Dragon-Slaying Evil-Purging Sword, and he could also go to the Library Pavilion to choose a Five Elements Realm sword art.

Just then, knock! Knock! Someone rapped on the door.

Hm? Yu Xiu was a little surprised.

He didn't know anyone on Dragon-Slaying Peak. Who had come to see him?

He went over and opened the door. It was Su Wenjin, the head of the Inner Court's Law Enforcement Hall.

"Hall Master Su?" Yu Xiu was surprised that the head of the Inner Court's Law Enforcement Hall had found the time to visit him.

He stepped aside and invited Su Wenjin into the courtyard.

Come to think of it, if not for Su Wenjin's help, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate the Dragon-Slaying Evil-Purging Sword ahead of time. He owed Su Wenjin for that.

Su Wenjin looked around and sighed. "I've been on Dragon-Slaying Peak for years, yet I still don't have a courtyard this spacious. I really can't compare to you heavenly prodigies!"

Yu Xiu smiled. "The mountain is quiet, and any place is suitable for cultivation. A large courtyard or a small one is just somewhere to stay. I don't really care about that."

Su Wenjin shook his head. "You still don't understand what this place signifies!"

This courtyard represented not just strength, but also status and standing!

And the courtyard itself had never been what he envied!

Su Wenjin had been about to explain, but then he changed his mind. The thought almost made him laugh in exasperation.

Talking to Junior Brother Yu about strength and status? There I go, opening my mouth for nothing!

This was the freak who had earned the highest grade in every trial at the Bright Sword Hall's Bronze Mirror. He had a chance at becoming one of the Ten True Seeds, and even becoming a True Disciple was within his reach.

Before long, he might not only own a courtyard like this on Dragon-Slaying Peak, but even sit in the position of peak master!

"Junior Brother Yu, have you been free lately?" Su Wenjin returned to the matter at hand.

Yu Xiu asked, "Is something the matter?"

Su Wenjin nodded. "There is. I'd like to ask you to make a couple of trips. Of course, if you're busy, that's fine. I can post a mission in our Dragon-Slaying Peak Mission Hall instead."

"Tell me about it." Yu Xiu grew a little more interested.

If the mission could simply be posted in the Mission Hall, yet Su Wenjin had come to find him, there was clearly more to it.

"One of our fellow disciples on Nine Heavens Peak ran into trouble while breaking through. He may have already gone berserk. Would you be willing to carry out the law and make this trip, Junior Brother Yu?"

Nine Heavens Peak? The Sword-in-Chest lineage? Yu Xiu's eyes lit up.

The Sword Sect had two lineages: Sword-in-Hand and Sword-in-Chest.

Yu Xiu himself practiced Sword-in-Hand, but he had never seen Sword-in-Chest in action.

When he first joined the sect, he had actually wanted to practice Sword-in-Chest more.

They cultivated a breath of Sword Qi within the chest. At the highest levels, one could turn one's body into a sword. A single breath became peerless Sword Qi, capable of cleaving mountains and splitting seas.

Even a strand of hair held a sharp edge, able to slice gold and cleave iron.

This wasn't just about cultivating a breath of Sword Qi within the chest. It meant turning one's entire self into a peerless sword, so that any part of the body could become a blade.

"What realm was this fellow disciple from Nine Heavens Peak who went berserk?" Yu Xiu asked.

"He'd only just broken through to the Five Viscera Realm when something went wrong. You could barely count him as half a disciple in the second stage, the Five Elements Realm," Su Wenjin replied.

Halfway into the Five Elements Realm? That should be simple enough. Yu Xiu didn't mind helping Su Wenjin out.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Do you need him dead or alive?"