Chapter 94 Master, Disciple is Suffering (Please Subscribe)
On the second day at dawn, it was still not yet light.
Chen Yi, having cleaned up, left the chamber while energetically carrying the Spring Rain Sword.
As usual, he was always the first to arrive at the Martial Arts Arena.
After practicing several sets of Swordsmanship inherited from Sword Edge Mountain, and waiting for the other disciples to arrive, he would start to instruct them in the Sword Dao.
Occasionally, Ning Xue would also come to seek guidance and spar with him.
One, to enhance her proficiency in the Sword Dao, and two, to allow others to learn from their sparring.
The one who came the least was Zhan Hongxiu, the eldest martial sister.
As long as she was on the mountain, she would mostly spend her time in the dilapidated Taoist temple, saying that she was observing the Master's Sword Dao to advance her own practice.
Unless Chen Yi agreed to spar with her, she would not appear in the Martial Arts Arena.
As for the other senior brothers and sisters,
like second senior brother Lv Cheng, third sister Ling Yinrong, and fourth brother Xie Changle, they, like Master Li Qingzhou, had not returned for over a decade.
Chen Yi would on occasion hear about their recent activities through Zhan Hongxiu; reportedly, they were traveling below the mountain to enhance their Sword Dao cultivation.
Hm?
After arriving at the Martial Arts Arena, Chen Yi saw a figure there, pausing involuntarily and frowning at the sight.
"Could it be a senior from the Sect?"
Li Qingzhou, adorned in a cyan robe with a longsword hanging by his waist, the sword's body faintly inscribed with the characters "Heavenly Blade."
Hearing the sound, he turned back to look at Chen Yi, his eyes flashing with a hint of a smile.
This was the Sword Dao prodigy mentioned by the senior brothers?
Indeed.
His presence like a sword, his intent soaring to the skies, fierce in killing, truly a great talent for practicing Sword Dao.
Thinking thus, Li Qingzhou gripped the longsword by his side and smilingly said, "May I observe your Sword Dao?"
The Heavenly Blade?
Chen Yi's face froze, sizing up the person before him.
After comparing him to a portrait he had seen, he clasped his fists in salute.
"Greetings, Master."
Seeing that he had recognized him, Li Qingzhou nodded and smiled, "The sword is named Heavenly Blade, its length four feet three inches."
"My sword is named Spring Rain, three feet three inches long, please enlighten me, Master."
As his words fell, Chen Yi's expression grew serious, and the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique circulated through his body along the Zhou Tian, bursting forth with the energy of Profound Gang.
Once the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique reached grand completion, the energy of Profound Gang already possessed the characteristics of Shock Thunder and Qian Yuan.
When operated, a pale blue aura of Profound Gang enveloped his body, flashing with electricity, as if thunder was added to him.
"Hmm, Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique, grand completion," remarked Li Qingzhou with a slight lift of his eyebrows, nodding with a smile.
Cultivation reaching grand completion, especially a technique like the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique, significantly enhances a Sword Cultivator under the protection of True Yuan.
In comparison, his own Supreme Demon Vanquisher was only particularly effective against demons.
In duels with sword cultivators of the same realm, he was at a disadvantage.
Chen Yi did not speak, just gazing at the person before him.
Then he took a step forward, the Spring Rain Sword drawn from its sheath, unleashing the Slaughter Sword Dao without reservation.
The scarlet Sword Intent soared directly to the skies, stirring up the dark clouds and falling snow above.
Second Sword Extreme Light!
Chen Yi's figure transformed into a line of dark red light, suddenly slashing towards Li Qingzhou.
"Not bad."
Li Qingzhou's face again showed appreciation, his hand unknowingly drawing the Heavenly Blade, and with a casual swing.
A flash of Sword Intent passed.
Clang!
Chen Yi's forward momentum halted, the tip of the Spring Rain Sword actually blocked by Li Qingzhou's sword tip.
Chen Yi's face slightly changed.
Early on when he received the transmission of the cultivation technique, he knew Master Li Qingzhou's Sword Dao realm was extraordinary.
But he hadn't expected it to be this extraordinary!
It's not difficult to block his sword technique, but to meet it directly tip to tip with a sword, that was truly difficult.
"Continue," Li Qingzhou smiled.
Chen Yi ceased his pondering, focusing intently, and smoothly pivoted the Spring Rain Sword.
Third Sword River Blockade!
The Slaughter Sword Intent, with an overwhelming momentum, enveloped Li Qingzhou, as if a single sword could split rivers and seas.
Clang!
Li Qingzhou still did not dodge or move, his figure unchanged, his longsword stood upright to block this sword.
Only at this moment did Chen Yi notice the faint Sword Intent on the Heavenly Blade.
Noble and vast, like an ocean.
It felt as if he was not facing Li Qingzhou, but the distant and unreachable cosmos.
Such insignificant and powerless feelings.
Chen Yi's expression was solemn; this was the first time he had felt such a feeling facing a Sword Cultivist.
"Sword Ten Falling Snow!"
His heart moved with his intent, Chen Yi falling back, his eyes showing a trace of scarlet, his body enveloped by a murderous aura.
As the murderous intent spread and diffused, the snowflakes floating down from the sky were tinged with a hint of scarlet.
It was snow, like swords.
Slowly falling, countless sword qi slashed through the sky, erupting violently.
"Acceptable."
Li Qingzhou watched as the surroundings were enveloped by sword qi, aware that under this sword technique, he could not remain stationary.
At the same time, having a clear understanding of Chen Yi's Sword Dao, he decided not to continue testing.
"Watch carefully, the realm above the great achievement of Sword Dao."
As the words fell, Li Qingzhou released the Heavenly Blade, and a sword mark quietly emerged at his brow center.
Then, under Chen Yi's solemn gaze, he watched as the Heavenly Blade suddenly vanished.
Upon looking again, it had appeared in the extremely high and distant night sky.
The next instant, a majestic and brilliant Sword Intent shone forth, its brightness such that it illuminated the entire Grand Void Sect as if it were daylight.
And the clouds in the sky, the snowflakes, vanished in the blink of an eye under this Sword Intent.
Only in the sky was left a vast and lasting sword trace thousands of miles long, shimmering with gold and silver, faintly flashing.
Chen Yi looked up, dumbstruck, the only thought in his mind—Sword Qi crosses thirty thousand miles.