Early the next morning, Qin Tiexin carried the newly forged Edgeless out of cave abode.
A heavy knife weighing 6,300 kilograms weighed on his shoulders, and every step he took on the stone steps felt heavy, but Qin Tiexin walked steadily and breathed calmly.
He wants to try the power of Edgeless after its recasting.
The Neimen Puppet Testing Ground is located on the hillside of Dongfeng Mountain. It is a flat land covering an area of dozens of acres. The ground is paved with thick bluestone slabs, and there are about a dozen stone platforms standing on the edge. Each stone platform has a bronze puppet about ten feet high. The surface of the puppet is covered with runes, and is embedded on the chest. There is a signboard next to the Spirit Stone slot, which reads "Seventh Level of Qi Refining", "Eighth Level of Qi Refining" and "Nineth Level of Qi Refining". These puppets are specially used by the sect to test the combat power of the disciples. They have rough skin and thick flesh, and usually Law Artifact will leave white marks when they are chopped on.
It was still early at this time, and there were not many people in the trial field. There were only three or five inner disciple practicing in front of their respective stages.
Qin Tiexin walked up to the deacon on duty. He was an old man with a gray beard. Foundation Establishment was a man of cultivation. He was leaning on the back of a chair and taking a nap. Qin Tiexin took out the good deed card and handed it over. "Senior, I want to test it."
The old man opened one eye, took the sign, and put it on the array plate next to him.
"Ten points of good deeds once. Which one should be tested?"
"The ninth level of Qi refining."
The old man raised his eyes and looked at him, then his eyes fell on the heavy black knife on his shoulder. His eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything more. He just nodded. "No. 3. Let me tell you the rules - you are not allowed to attack the core of the head. If you break it, you will have to pay for it."
Qin Tiexin responded, carrying the knife and walking towards the No. 3 stone platform.
The bronze puppet stood there quietly, more than nine feet tall, with arms as thick as an adult's waist, and its fists were wrapped in thick Mysterious Iron. It looked like it was powerful. There were several Spirit Stone embedded in the Spirit Stone slots on its chest, glowing with a faint blue-white light. Runes spread along the puppet's shoulders, elbows, and knees. It was obviously a carefully refined battle puppet.
Qin Tiexin took off Edgeless from his shoulder, held it with one hand, and let the tip of the knife hang to the ground.
He didn't use his sword skills, didn't activate his spiritual patterns, and didn't even assume a posture - he just stood still, took a deep breath, and stepped back slightly with his right foot.
Then, chop horizontally.
This knife was driven purely by arm strength. From right to left, the blade drew an arc. With a weight of 6,300 kilograms and the blessing of his natural divine power, the speed was not very fast, but it was unstoppable. The sound of the blade cutting through the air was deep and deep, like a boulder rolling over a cliff.
The bronze puppet sensed the attack, and the runes on its chest suddenly lit up. It crossed its arms in front of it to block, and its movements were swift and smooth, not like a metal lump at all.
The blade collided with the Mysterious Iron arm armor.
"Clang--!"
The sound was like a boulder cracking, or like Hong Zhong being hit by a giant tree. It was so shocking that several disciples nearby covered their ears. Mysterious Iron The arm armor was broken into two pieces from the middle. The cut was flat and smooth, like tofu cut by a sharp blade, and the section glowed with a cold metallic light.
The sword's power was not reduced by half and continued to move forward.
"Click--"
The blade struck the puppet's chest, and the breastplate shattered with a sound. The rune circuits inside were exposed, and the spiritual light flashed randomly and crackled. The Spirit Stone groove was completely knocked off by the shock, and several pieces of Spirit Stone rolled down on the stone platform, and it spun around a few times.
The puppet froze, its arms maintaining a blocking posture, but only half of them were left. The runes on its chest were completely extinguished, and the whole figure was like a puppet with its strings cut off, motionless.
From the moment the sword is drawn to the moment it is retracted, it takes just one breath.
Qin Tiexin put away the knife and looked at the blade - it was undamaged, not even a white mark was left. He nodded with satisfaction and put Edgeless on his shoulder again.
The several sparring disciples nearby had already stopped and looked over. Some took a breath, some opened their mouths slightly, and forgot to put down the swords in their hands.
The old deacon on duty also stood up and walked quickly over to inspect the puppet. He knelt down and looked at the fracture carefully, then looked up at the knife on Qin Tiexin's shoulder and smacked his lips.
"With one strike, a puppet at the ninth level of Qi Refining was crippled..." He took out a small notebook and jotted down a few notes, with a hint of emotion in his tone, "Okay, let's go. Next time I want to take a test, I'll switch to channel 4 - that's Foundation Establishment Early Stage."
Qin Tiexin nodded, turned and left.
When I walked to the door of the trial ground, there was a low-pitched discussion behind me:
"That figure, that black knife... is it Qin Tiexin?"
"I heard that he is True Person's new disciple from Luoling, and he is a double champion in the outer sect competition."
"Didn't that knife break during the competition? Was it repaired so quickly?"
"Did you just see that? A knife... the puppet's arm armor looks like paper."
Qin Tiexin didn't look back and walked straight down the mountain. He had other things to do today - to find a suitable knife technique.
The Library Pavilion is on a platform on the mountainside of the main peak. It is a five-story wooden building with cornices and brackets. The words on the plaque are simple and vigorous. Qin Tiexin has been here several times, so he is familiar with it.
He walked into the first floor.
The first floor is spacious, with rows of black bookshelves against the wall. Most of the shelves contain Jade Slip, and a few are paper books. Sunlight shines in through the window lattice, shining on the old covers. There are not many disciples, scattered everywhere in twos and threes, reading quietly. Occasionally, someone takes Jade Slip to the door to register.
Qin Tiexin walked to the area marked "Martial Arts·Short Weapons" and started to search.
There are probably dozens of daggers on the shelf. Jade Slip is of different sizes. Some of the surfaces have been worn and darkened. They have obviously been read through countless times.
He picked up the first one.
"Wind Chasing Knife" emphasizes speed and combos. The knife comes out like the wind, one knife after another in an endless stream. Qin Tiexin was placed on the forehead to read for a while, then he shook his head and put it back. This sword technique requires agility Movement Method and extremely fast shooting speed, which is suitable for thin and agile methods. With my physique, I am tall and strong, and I can't walk lightly.
The second one, "The Water-Breaking Knife", involves heavy chopping and fierce sword movements, but there are only two moves, and it's just a few moves over and over again. Qin Tiexin put it down after reading it once - it's too heavy-handed with the "Zhongyue Sword Technique", and it's too simple, and it's useless to learn it.
The third one, "Silk Wrapping Knife", is about fighting in close quarters, using clever strength to defeat the enemy. The knife moves in an arc and uses force to strike. Qin Tiexin tried a few starting movements, but it always felt awkward. He was used to the wide opening and closing of Zhongyue's sword technique. This kind of delicate fighting technique would not be able to change after a while, and if he learned it hard, he would not rely on both ends.
I turned over two more coins, neither of them fit.
Qin Tiexin frowned and put the last Jade Slip back on the shelf. He looked through the dagger skills on the first floor, but none of them satisfied him - either the method was wrong, or it was too superficial, or it conflicted with his own fighting habits.
He walked to the guard desk at the door. There sat a thirty-year-old inner disciple, wearing a inner disciple blue shirt, holding a paper book and reading intently.
"Brother, please ask me something."
The senior brother raised his head and glanced at him. "Huh?"
"Is that all the first-level dagger skills?"
The senior brother put down the book and looked at him.
"Have you been to the Library before?"
"I've been here a few times and redeemed a few Cultivation Method martial arts skills on the first floor."
The senior brother nodded, took out a bronze mirror from under the table, and signaled Qin Tiexin to put the token on it. Qin Tiexin did so, and a few lines of small words appeared on the bronze mirror - his exchange record.
""Zhongyue Sword Technique", "Mountain Shaking Step", "Hunyuan Stake Fist"..." Senior brother read a few words and put away the bronze mirror, "The martial arts area on the first floor is a benefit for all disciples. Most of them are trophies captured by the sect over the years. They are not too powerful Cultivation Method. One hundred spirit crystals can be exchanged for one rubbing - basically the cost of maintaining Jade Slip. The ones you changed before are all on this floor."
Qin Tiexin nodded. No wonder those Cultivation Method are so... simple. Zhongyue Sword Technique only has three postures, Mountain Shaking Step only has three movements, and Hunyuan Pile Fist is simple and direct, with no fancy changes. There are very few disciples suitable for training, so it is placed on the first floor as a bonus.
"What about the Cultivation Method area?" Qin Tiexin asked again. He remembered that the Cultivation Method area on the first floor requires tokens to redeem.
"The Cultivation Method area also has a lot of confiscated loot." Brother explained, "You should have gotten a Cultivation Method token when you competed in the outer sect, right? You can use that to exchange for a Cultivation Method in the Cultivation Method area."
Qin Tiexin He did get a token when he was competing in the outer sect and exchanged it for "Hunyuan Jue".
"The second floor is only open to inner disciple." The senior brother paused and then said, "The things inside are indeed much better than those on the first floor. They are usually the Cultivation Method inherited from the ruins in an orderly manner, or the Liuyun Sect's own Cultivation Method. But you need a token to enter."
Qin Tiexin's eyes lit up. He remembered that he had won the double championship in the outer sect competition. The sect rewarded him with a token, and his master also gave him one yesterday.
He took out the token from Storage Bag and handed it to his senior brother.
"Is this it?"
The senior brother took the token and placed it on a formation disk in front of him. The runes on the formation disk lit up, and a faint halo appeared on the surface of the token. Then there was a soft "click" sound, and an upward wooden staircase appeared out of thin air on the originally empty wall next to it. There were faint runes flowing on the steps.
"Go up." The senior brother handed the token back to him, "The second floor is smaller than the first floor, and the number of Jade Slip inside is less than 10% of that on the first floor, but everything is of high quality. Take your time and choose."
Qin Tiexin took the token, thanked him, and stepped up the stairs.
The second floor is indeed much smaller.
There are only five rows of bookshelves, which is more than half the number on the first floor, but each row is made of fine spiritual wood, and the shelves are covered with dust-proof soft satin. Each Jade Slip is placed in a wooden grid alone, with detailed labels next to it, introducing the origin, grade, and training requirements of Cultivation Method. The Jade Slip itself is also much more refined than the one on the first floor, with a faint brilliance flowing on the surface, which makes it obvious at first glance that it is not an ordinary product.
There are even fewer disciples on this floor, and together with Qin Tiexin, there are only three of them, each of them quietly browsing in front of the bookshelf.
Qin Tiexin first went to the Cultivation Method area to see if there was a follow-up to "Hunyuan Jue" Cultivation Method.
The Cultivation Method area is on the innermost two rows of shelves. He picked up a Jade Slip, put it on his forehead, and Divine Sense inserted it - "Liuyun Sword Qi" " Jue", one of the core inheritances of Liuyun Sect, points directly to the golden elixir avenue. However, only the first two levels are stored here, and it can only be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Realm. The label reads, "The golden elixir chapter is on the third floor. It requires application and approval by the elders before it can be borrowed."
He put it down and looked at a few more. "The True Art of Thick Earth", earth element Cultivation Method, can be cultivated to Foundation Establishment Late Stage. "Lihuo Heart Technique", fire element, fierce and violent. "Blue Water Art", water element, long and far away. They are all complete Cultivation Method that can be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Any one placed outside can cause Rogue Cultivator to snatch them.
But he searched through all the Jade Slip in the Cultivation Method area, but could not find the follow-up Cultivation Method of "Hunyuan Jue".
Qin Tiexin sighed.
I think so. "Hunyuan Jue" was seized by Senior Sister Wen Yao when she exterminated the Hunyuan Sect. That sect was not a big sect to begin with, and Cultivation Method was not very advanced either. Such Cultivation Method, after the sect collected it, it was probably thrown into the Cultivation Method area on the first floor as an addition, and would not be included in the second floor at all. As for the deeper Cultivation Method on the third floor, it is even less likely to have its place.
He stopped thinking about it and turned towards the martial arts area.
The martial arts area is on three rows of shelves by the window. Qin Tiexin looks over one by one.
"Thunder Sword Technique", the sword comes out like thunder, as fast as lightning, fierce and fierce.
"Xuanbing Finger", the cold air penetrates the body, seals the meridians and freezes the veins, and cuts off the soul with one finger.
"Illusion Body Step", the body shape is illusory, it is difficult to distinguish between real and fake, and it is most suitable for melee combat.
I turned over seven or eight of them, but none of them were using the dagger technique. Qin Tiexin patiently continued to search, and his fingers passed over each Jade Slip.