Layered Wave Slash

After Xu Yin left, Su Chen began cultivating.

There were still three days until the Jiang Family clan assembly. Su Chen intended to use those three days to cultivate a martial skill.

Back when he was in the Orthodox Unity Sect, he had cultivated several martial skills as well. However, those skills now seemed far too weak, with limited potential for growth, and Su Chen had no intention of continuing to cultivate them.

Therefore, he needed a better martial skill.

There was no need to elaborate on the importance of martial skills to martial artists. Take Wang Teng at Drunken Immortal Residence today, for example. The reason Su Chen had been able to break his leg with one punch was that Su Chen was at the Eighth Layer of the Qi-Attraction Realm, utterly crushing Wang Teng, who was at the Seventh Stage of the Qi-Attraction Realm. With strength alone, he could thoroughly trample Wang Teng.

But if Wang Teng were replaced with a martial artist at the Eighth Layer of the Qi-Attraction Realm, Su Chen would have to rely on martial skills if he wanted to win.

A good martial skill could allow a martial artist's cultivation to be brought into greater play. Thus, when two martial artists of equal cultivation fought, the victor was usually the one with superior martial skills.

Exceptional martial skills could even allow a martial artist to perform beyond their level and defeat an opponent with higher cultivation.

In his previous life, Su Chen had been the esteemed Pill Emperor. The martial skills in his memories were naturally as vast as a sea of smoke. If he casually took out any one of them, it would drive everyone in Clear River City into a frenzy.

However, choosing the first martial skill he would cultivate after being reborn left Su Chen caught in a difficult choice.

He could not cultivate the god-tier martial skills from his previous life that could destroy heaven and earth, because his current cultivation was far from sufficient to meet their requirements.

The cultivation of martial skills was built upon one's cultivation. Cultivation was like a foundation, while martial skills were the buildings erected upon it.

The higher a martial artist's cultivation, the higher the grade of martial skills they could cultivate.

From highest to lowest, martial skills were divided into four major grades: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each major grade was further divided into upper, middle, and lower tiers.

Martial artists in the Qi-Attraction Realm could cultivate at most Yellow Grade Middle Tier martial skills. Only after breaking through to the Essence Condensation Realm could they cultivate Yellow Grade Upper Tier martial skills.

Therefore, Su Chen could currently choose only from Yellow Grade Middle Tier martial skills.

Although Su Chen had mastered many such low-grade martial skills, after picking and choosing for a long while, he was never quite satisfied.

Suddenly, Su Chen's eyes lit up. "I can try that martial skill!"

He suddenly recalled a special martial skill from his memories called "Layered Wave Slash," a swordsmanship martial skill.

The special thing about this martial skill was that it did not fall within the four major grades of Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

In other words, this martial skill had no definite grade and belonged to the category of special secret arts.

Its miraculous nature lay in the fact that when a sword was slashed out, its sword momentum surged layer upon layer like ocean waves, each wave stronger than the last. As long as the true qi within one's dantian did not run dry, one could theoretically stack dozens or even hundreds of waves.

In his previous life, Su Chen had personally witnessed a Martial Emperor cultivate this martial skill to its pinnacle, achieving the terrifying might of seven hundred and thirty-six waves in a single sword strike!

However, when cultivating this martial skill, one had to begin with the first wave!

That was why this martial skill had no grade. Its power would grow without limit as the number of mastered waves increased, so it could not be classified under any particular grade.

At once, Su Chen began cultivating Layered Wave Slash.

The room was too cramped to conveniently cultivate a martial skill, so Su Chen got up and went to the backyard.

The backyard was not large, but it was very quiet. It belonged exclusively to his room. Smooth bluestone slabs paved the ground, and several weapons were stuck into a rack in the corner.

Su Chen took an iron sword from the rack, recalled the key points of Layered Wave Slash, and began cultivating the martial skill.

With the longsword in hand, the true qi within his dantian surged like a tide, stirring the hot blood in his heart as well.

Even the Dust Pill Emperor, whose state of mind had remained as still as an ancient well for ten thousand years, could not help but feel the keen spirit of youth and soaring ambition at this moment!

"Go!"

One sword strike—one wave!

"Again!"

The sword momentum shifted—two waves!

"Again!"

His footsteps moved, and the sword momentum shifted once more—three waves!

Su Chen discovered in astonishment that, within those brief few breaths, he had already cultivated One Sword, Threefold Waves!

Su Chen had a faint feeling that after being reborn, his talent in martial arts seemed to be even greater than before. Whether cultivating martial skills or cultivation techniques, his progress was much faster than he had imagined.

"Could this be a benefit brought by rebirth? Has the fusion of two lifetimes' souls improved my comprehension?"

Su Chen muttered to himself. With the longsword in hand, he felt his mind more focused than ever, his spiritual platform crystal clear.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed that only the three-foot gleaming blade in his hand remained.

With Layered Wave Slash, the further one went, the harder it became to master the next stacked wave.

The difficulty of mastering the fourth wave was equal to the combined difficulty of the first three waves.

Yet in Su Chen's eyes at this moment, it was no difficult matter.

Su Chen assumed his stance and continued cultivating!

Time flew by.

Three days later.

Su Chen held the iron sword and aimed at the wall before him, instantly unleashing a Layered Wave Slash.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

Dazzling sword radiance, accompanied by the faint sound of ocean tides, crashed fiercely against the wall, erupting in one blast after another.

When the sword radiance dispersed, distinct sword marks more than half an inch deep could be seen on the hard bluestone wall.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...

There were seven sword marks in total!

Sevenfold Waves of One Sword!

What kind of concept was that?

It meant that the power of a single sword strike was equivalent to another person unleashing seven full sword strikes!

If others saw that a fifteen-year-old youth could master such an exquisite martial skill, they would surely be shocked beyond measure.

Su Chen exhaled a breath of turbid air. After three days of intense practice, his wrist ached and sweat drenched his back, yet his eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Limited by my current cultivation and insufficient true qi, I can reach at most Sevenfold Waves of One Sword."

With Layered Wave Slash, each wave was stronger than the last. The further one went, the greater the power added with each layer, and the more true qi it required. By the seventh wave, the true qi required for the seventh wave alone equaled the total needed for the preceding six waves combined.

And as long as one had enough true qi, Layered Wave Slash could theoretically be stacked without limit.

Of course, that was only in theory. In reality, how many waves Layered Wave Slash could stack also depended on one's comprehension, control over true qi, the time spent gathering momentum, and many other factors.

"Now that I have cultivated Sevenfold Waves of One Sword, even if I face someone at the Ninth Layer of Qi-Attraction Realm, I will not lack the strength to fight."

Su Chen was extremely satisfied with the results of his cultivation. He put away the longsword and returned to his room to rest.

Tomorrow was the day of the Jiang Family clan assembly, so he had to make some preparations tonight.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Xu Yin came to call Su Chen to attend the Jiang Family clan assembly together.

Jiang Tingyi had come as well. Today, she wore a pale yellow long dress, its hem made of translucent gauze. Her jade-like legs could be vaguely seen through it, making Su Chen glance at her a few more times.

However, when Jiang Tingyi saw Su Chen, she still seemed somewhat unnatural. Her gaze darted away, and she tried her best to avoid contact with him.

But compared to the undisguised contempt she had shown at the beginning, Jiang Tingyi's attitude toward Su Chen had now undergone a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree change.

The three of them left the courtyard and headed toward the Jiang Family's council hall.

Along the way, everyone they encountered pointed and whispered when they saw Su Chen.

"Is this the Second Madam's nephew? He looks utterly ordinary. Nothing special at all..."

"I heard he was kicked out of the Orthodox Unity Sect and had no choice but to come seek refuge with the Jiang Family. But trash is trash wherever it goes. If he was kicked out of the Orthodox Unity Sect, could he possibly become somebody in our Jiang Family? Impossible..."

"He is even attending the clan assembly. Why doesn't he piss in a puddle and take a good look at whether he has the qualifications..."