Martial Arts Prodigy Exerts Strength, Improves Cultivation Method

Peaceful days always pass by in a flash.

After becoming a constable in Peace Town, the life of Lin Hanzhou became unprecedentedly routine.

During the day, he would remain in his small courtyard, closing his doors to focus on cultivation.

At night, he would don his constable uniform, waist saber in hand, and patrol the silent streets at a steady, unhurried pace.

His blue-tier talent—Martial Arts Prodigy—finally began to unleash its terrifying potential.

Back on Blue Star, he had been trapped by his D-tier talent, struggling to advance even a single level in the Luo Heaven Art.

But now, practicing the same Luo Heaven Art, Lin Hanzhou felt his mind was clearer than ever before.

As his spiritual power circulated, there was no longer the slightest sense of stagnation.

The thin spiritual energy in the air seemed to be drawn by some strange force, actively gathering within his body.

The results of one hour of cultivation were now nearly equivalent to several days of effort in the past.

Compared to before, this speed was as fast as riding a rocket.

This was the terrifying nature of the cultivation speed bonus granted by the Martial Arts Prodigy talent.

In just one year of serving as a constable, Lin Hanzhou's cultivation had surged to the third level of the second stage.

Lin Hanzhou was extremely satisfied with this speed; it had far exceeded his expectations.

Originally, he had planned to lay low for fifty years to see if he could break through to the third stage, the Qi Sea Realm.

But at his current pace, he was confident he could reach the peak of the second stage, the Qi Gathering Realm, in about five years.

This cultivation speed was simply shocking.

One had to remember that in the world of Great Sui, it had taken him over a hundred years just to go from the third level of the first stage to the first level of the second stage.

Although part of that was due to the thin spiritual energy, the contrast was still like heaven and earth.

If he had possessed this talent in the world of Great Sui, he certainly wouldn't have spent over a hundred years just to break through the second stage.

As expected of a talent produced by the system, it's truly powerful.

Lin Hanzhou mused to himself.

Beyond improving his cultivation, he had not forgotten to study those two manuals over the past year.

Both manuals were kindly sponsored by Zhou Fengyu and were famous martial arts within the Cloud Glow Sect.

He had only flipped through the Cloud Glow Heart Method briefly before tossing it aside.

This heart method was of no use to him.

Even though it was considered a rare treasure in the eyes of ordinary martial artists, its spiritual power circulation routes and cultivation limits were far inferior to the Luo Heaven Art he was currently practicing.

As for the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, it gave Lin Hanzhou quite a pleasant surprise.

He was astonished to discover that the grade of this sword technique was not low at all.

Although he did not know exactly how martial arts were graded in this world, based on his experience with yellow-tier sword techniques, the sophistication of this manual would be no less than a profound-tier technique if brought back to the Blue Star world.

A profound-tier sword technique was already quite significant for him.

It just so happened that he had been wanting to switch to a new sword technique.

Everything he had practiced previously at the Blue Star Martial Arts Academy consisted only of basic sword techniques taught uniformly by the academy.

Such techniques were merely low-grade yellow-tier, the lowest grade available.

They were fine for dealing with low-level martial artists, but they felt somewhat lacking when facing opponents above the third stage.

Even though Lin Hanzhou had already mastered that sword technique to perfection, it still wasn't enough.

Now that he had this profound-tier Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, he naturally intended to replace his old one.

As for his martial skills and movement techniques, the ones he currently used were also only yellow-tier.

Unfortunately, Zhou Fengyu hadn't dropped those two items, so he would have to make do with what he had until he found an opportunity to upgrade them later.

Thus, in the days that followed, Lin Hanzhou began to dedicate a portion of his energy to practicing the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

At this moment, the Martial Arts Prodigy talent once again displayed its heaven-defying nature.

When he opened the manual and began to attempt the first move, a feeling of sudden enlightenment instantly flooded his heart.

The once obscure and difficult-to-understand diagrams in the manual became unprecedentedly simple in his eyes.

He could even identify the core essence at a single glance and was able to draw inferences, making minor adjustments to the technique.

On the first day, he mastered the first three moves of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

By the third day, he was already able to execute the entire set of sword techniques fluidly.

On the seventh day, it was a clear morning.

As he practiced in the courtyard, he thrust his sword out casually, and the tip of the blade brought forth a wisp of elegant Sword Qi that resembled a flowing cloud.

The Sword Qi moved with blinding speed, slicing a bluestone slab ahead into two halves in the blink of an eye.

This was the hallmark of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique reaching the entry level, where the Sword Qi flowed like drifting clouds.

I... actually managed to reach the entry level of a Profound-grade sword technique in just one week?

Even Lin Hanzhou himself felt incredibly astonished.

He knew very well what this signified.

One had to realize that even the geniuses with Grade A talent on Blue Star could not achieve such a feat.

To reach the entry level of a Profound-grade sword technique usually required at least one or two months.

Yet he had done it in a mere week; it was simply against common sense.

More importantly, he discovered that the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique he practiced seemed even stronger than the original version.

That was right; Lin Hanzhou had not only mastered the basics of this technique but had also made some improvements to it.

These modifications allowed the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique to be unleashed faster and with greater power than the original.

If it were the old him, he certainly would not have been able to do this.

But with the blessing of the Martial Arts Prodigy talent, he found his understanding of martial arts to be far more profound.

He could thoroughly analyze every move, every stance, and the circulation path of spiritual power for every strike.

It was precisely because of this that he was able to improve the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

According to his estimation, the current Flowing Cloud Sword Technique should be able to reach the high-tier Profound grade.

This wave of improvements had directly elevated the grade of the sword technique itself.

If the higher-ups of the Cloud Glow Sect were to learn of this, they would likely invite Lin Hanzhou to become the Sect Master.

After all, this Flowing Cloud Sword Technique was created by the founder of the Cloud Glow Sect and was the sect's signature ultimate art.

Great masters throughout the history of the Cloud Glow Sect had tried every possible way to improve it, with some even spending a hundred years researching it, yet all had ended in failure.

From this, one could see just how difficult it was to improve the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

Thinking back to those days, the founder of the Cloud Glow Sect who created this sword technique had spent a full hundred years on it.

That founder probably never imagined in his lifetime that someone could be so heaven-defying as to improve his sword technique the moment they reached the entry level.

This was truly off the charts.

Who would have thought? This blue talent is already so incredible; it really is the Martial Arts Prodigy.

I can't even imagine how heaven-defying the purple, gold, or even red talents above this must be.

Lin Hanzhou could not help but sigh in wonder. He gripped his longsword tightly, a brilliant light erupting in his eyes.

If he were to train all these techniques to their absolute peak, he wondered if he could change this chaotic world.