Guessing His Identity

Unaware of his illness, Wei Qing was ordered by the new emperor to take medicine and rest. Zhang Xuezhou chatted with him for a while before returning home in the middle of the night.

Two owls have built their nests in the ornamental trees in the mansion's courtyard.

Yi Zong's tamed night owl was so capable that he was directly promoted to the rank of Zhonglangguan.

The rank of Zhonglangguan was equivalent to 600 shi (a unit of grain), and he was a minor leader in charge of the imperial palace guards.

This position allows access to numerous low- and mid-level cultivation texts, and also provides opportunities for sparring and dueling with guards, making it an ideal position for ordinary cultivators.

In reality, this would be considered the squad leader of a special task force, having directly entered the core level.

Yi Zong wasn't in the mansion, and Zhang Xuezhou couldn't find the Night Owl either, but Zhang Xuezhou could vaguely sense that he was being watched. These birds, which were good at flying in the dark, amazed Zhang Xuezhou.

He returned to his residence and started refining pills himself, repeating the Life-Creating Pill he had refined in the past, and striving to nurture it to the middle grade.

If Hongku can bring medicinal herbs, he also wants to go to the Alchemy Chamber in Shanglin Garden to refine a batch of medicine and advance the Nine Revolutions Qi Harmony Technique to the eighth revolution.

His recent plans will mainly involve alchemy and medicine making, as well as waiting for Wei Qing to recover his health before watching Wei Qing demonstrate swordsmanship, thereby observing the sword-drawing technique that utilizes the terrain.

"You're much more alert this time. Have you mastered the Sword Drawing Technique?"

A strong gust of wind swept by, and Zhang Xuezhou didn't even lift his head before asking the question.

"Difficult, difficult, difficult!"

Wei Shao'er spoke repeatedly, indicating that he had not learned the skill.

Liu Xuan said the sword-drawing technique is simple and easy to learn, but I've never mastered it. Am I really that bad?

Wei Shao'er questioned Zhang Xuezhou with great seriousness.

She always considered herself a genius beauty, and could learn the swordsmanship taught by the Holy Mother of Wudang almost instantly, but now she was getting worse and worse the more she learned.

As her cultivation level continued to rise, Wei Shao'er discovered that there were many geniuses like herself. She was not particularly outstanding in the group, and the content that required polishing at a higher cultivation level began to be difficult for her to understand.

Tell me how he explained it to you, and I want to hear if it was easy or difficult!

Zhang Xuezhou smiled.

Don't say that Wei Shao'er doesn't understand; even the new emperor doesn't understand right now.

The Art of Drawing the Sword is not a sword technique, but rather involves observation, understanding, and guidance.

If one observes the cultivator's control and then guides them, this initial approach is relatively simple, while observing the terrain is a more difficult approach.

Changkong Yinghao and others believe that adjusting body frequency and mimicking the target are ways to listen to the earth and feel the nature of heaven and earth in the sword-drawing technique.

The sword-drawing technique seems to have steps to be practiced, but these steps are described in a mysterious way.

Without Wei Qing's seemingly clumsy yet meticulous talent, it would be very difficult for ordinary people to deliberately cultivate.

Zhang Xuezhou was also quite curious about how Liu Xuan would explain it. After all, in the minds of Changkong Yinghao and others, swordsmen who could accumulate 'ground momentum' were violent, dangerous, and unpredictable, and it was extremely difficult for them to reach that level.

Zhang Xuezhou also focused his domain bridging efforts on leveraging the 'terrain', since he didn't have any domain-type cultivators who could train him or provide him with research opportunities. Even Badun would be extremely wary of such research.

"You don't even learn swordsmanship," Wei Shao'er said dejectedly.

"I don't study swordsmanship, but I'm not bad at it," Zhang Xuezhou laughed. "Everyone praises me as a little genius; maybe I can answer your question!"

"You... I guess you are, then I'll wait for you to help me learn swordsmanship!"

Wei Shao'er nodded resignedly.

She couldn't even beat Alchemist like Zhang Xuezhou, so Wei Shao'er had to admit that Zhang Xuezhou was a genius.

The night was long, and Wei Shao'er, unable to sleep, began to retell Liu Xuan's explanation.

Compared to Huo Qubing's version conveying the message to the new emperor, Wei Shao'er's explanation contained some content not mentioned in Huo Qubing's version. This was likely because Wei Shao'er sought guidance from Liu Xuan after his cultivation was insufficient, and Liu Xuan's own understanding was incorporated into the explanation.

"This swordsmanship style seems familiar!"

The original version of the Sword Drawing Technique is free of personal interpretations and retains its original flavor. However, the explanation given by Wei Shao'er is influenced by Liu Xuan's thoughts and understanding, and even incorporates the other party's swordsmanship style.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that this style of swordsmanship seemed familiar, as he had personally experienced it before.

His cultivation of killing Technique Method was limited, and the number of times he could kill in this life was also limited. Among the limited number of encounters Zhang Xuezhou, swordsman-type opponents were even rarer.

"Little by little..."

Zhang Xuezhou felt that Liu Xuan's concepts were gradually strengthening, layering upon layer, leading to extremely powerful swordsmanship and lethality.

The swordsmanship of ordinary people is such that they wish they could kill their opponent with a single stab; this kind of stacked swordsmanship concept is extremely rare.

If one's training is successful, such a swordsman will be particularly adept at close combat and group battles.

As long as the fight lingers until the opponent's energy wanes, this kind of swordsman will have an opportunity to strike.

In group battles, they are not afraid of being surrounded and their swordsmanship is comprehensive.

A swordsman who can fight against masters and is not afraid of group battles seems to have all the advantages, but the swordsman's swordsmanship will not reach its limit and will lack the killing power of the vertical sword technique. Once it encounters its limit, it will be unable to defeat its opponent.

"Young Master Li... it's Ying Fusu's swordsmanship!"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't fully understand Wei Shao'er's explanation of the sword technique, but he guessed Liu Xuan's identity from the style of swordsmanship Wei Shao'er described.

"That guy's body was mostly burned; he was clearly dead at the time. Do these terracotta warriors have some kind of method to regenerate their bodies? And even tracked me down?"

In terms of appearance and ability, Liu Xuan and Ying Fusu had no connection whatsoever.

However, the sword-drawing technique revealed that what Liu Xuan inherited originated from the top echelons of the Qin Dynasty, and the unique sword style resulting from his understanding of swordsmanship was not something that ordinary people could imitate.

Zhang Xuezhou pondered repeatedly, feeling that apart from Li Shaojun losing an ancient sword technique he had inherited, the only other thing in his life was the "Ten Thousand Swords Break One" technique brought by Ying Fusu.

This is a complex style of swordsmanship that targets a single target, and it is extremely unconventional. Swordsmen who master it are very rare.

"His swordsmanship philosophy shouldn't be at his current level of cultivation, but if he fell from a higher realm, then his many abilities become understandable!"

Zhang Xuezhou had often played dumb to fool others, but he never expected to be played like this himself.

Although it's unclear how Ying Fusu became Liu Xuan, the two are inextricably linked.

"If Liu Xuan is truly Ying Fusu, then he is a walking treasure trove of the Qin Dynasty!"

Even today, various historical records from the Great Han Dynasty document Ying Fusu, mentioning that this crown prince was gentle, studious, and possessed a photographic memory.

The Qin Dynasty provided Ying Fusu with a wealth of resources. This former crown prince had access to all of Qin's historical records and was personally instructed by many famous generals and ministers.

After achieving mastery in his cultivation, he even went to the frontier to oversee battles, demonstrating his considerable strength.

Zhang Xuezhou guessed what was going on, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Ying Fusu alone could not overturn the Great Han Dynasty, and his current strength was insufficient to deal with Zhang Xuezhou, while Zhang Xuezhou possessed genuine knowledge of the Qin Dynasty.

Much of the knowledge from the past is outdated and obsolete, but much of the lost knowledge is irreplaceable in the present day.

The Qin Dynasty boasted a constellation of brilliant civil and military officials; any general randomly selected from the imperial palace was no less capable than Li Guang, the current top military commander of the Great Han Dynasty.

Zhang Xuezhou was quite curious as to why these people were all so strong in their cultivation, to the point that such a magnificent scene would be difficult to repeat within a hundred years.