Chapter 122: Shi Po Tian (Third Update)

  The luxurious courtyard is called Green Willow Residence, which has a main courtyard and seven small courtyards.

  Ye Chen lived in a small courtyard on the east side.

  It's clear that the yard has been thoroughly swept, not a single fallen leaf on the empty ground, every corner is spotless, and the flowers and grass in the small flowerbed have been carefully trimmed. Upon entering the room, the tables and chairs are smooth and shiny, without a speck of dust, and a faint fragrance wafts out.

  He took a brief glance and then walked out.

  As they passed by Xu Jing's small courtyard, bursts of thunder-like sounds came from inside. Ye Chen smiled slightly. Xu Jing was a man of few words and often practiced his skills, rarely taking the initiative to communicate with others. After their last encounter, when Xu Jing saw Ye Chen, he only nodded and greeted him briefly.

  Yedu didn't go disturb him and left with a lift of his feet.

  Outside the courtyard is a sparkling lake, and every hundred meters around the lake there is a courtyard as luxurious as the Green Willow Residence. On the lakeside, rows of willows are planted, and the willow branches touch the water surface, swaying gently with the breeze.

  "Feicui Valley is indeed a seventh-grade sect, the place to receive guests is as beautiful as this." Ye Chen took a deep breath, feeling that the surrounding heaven and earth's yuanqi was much more dense than Qingfeng Mountain, much purer, and it was also relatively easier to refine into true qi.

  After admiring the view for a while, Yexin was about to return to the courtyard to practice.

  "Leaf dust."

  A tall and slender girl walked along the lake shore, it was Yuan Xue Mei from Nan Luo Zong.

  Ye Chen smiled, "Long time no see, how did you know I was here?"

  "Important guests of the sect all live by this lake, and I saw you as soon as I stepped out of the yard." Yuan Xue Mei stopped three meters in front of Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen nodded, suddenly exclaimed: "You've advanced to the late stage of Condensing Reality Realm, congratulations!"

  "What's there to congratulate, it's actually you, who has made rapid progress, not only reaching the mid-peak of the Condensed Realm in just a few months, but also grasping that half-step Sword Intent that makes me green with envy. Alas, people are indeed envious of others, it's suffocating." Yuan Xue Mei's face was filled with admiration and envy.

  Ye Chen rubbed his nose, "News travels fast."

  "Is that so?" Yuan Xue Mei gave Ye Chen a glance, "Other things are easy to say, but the fact that you grasped the Half-Step Sword Intent is too sensational. Even our sect's master praised you as an unparalleled genius, a sword guest from Tian Feng Country who has never appeared before, with immense hope of grasping the true Sword Intent."

  "You're not looking for me just to praise me, are you?"

  Upon hearing this, Yuan Xue Mei looked at Ye Chen with hope and asked: "How did you comprehend the Half-Step Sword Intent? Do you have any experience to share?"

  She is now, like Ye Chen, the first inner disciple of Nan Luo Sect, with combat power not inferior to that of ordinary core disciples. If she can comprehend a hint of sword intent, her strength will inevitably increase by several points. Moreover, comprehending a hint of sword intent will also make it easier for her to enter the realm of sword intent in the future.

  She didn't have much of an idea originally, but the person closest to Jianyi happened to be Ye Chen, so it's better to come and ask than to grope around by herself.

  Ye Chen smiled bitterly in his heart, it turned out he came for the sake of Sword Intent.

  "I also have a superficial understanding of Jianyi, but if you say experience, then yes, there are some."

  "Want to hear it?" Yuan Xue Mei's eyes sparkled.

  Ye Chendi said: "The essence of the spirit is perfectly merged into one under the movement of nature, and it is expressed in the form of a sword. I think this should be the embryonic form of the sword intent."

  He naturally wouldn't say too much, this remark contains both the interpretation of the ancients and his own thoughts, in short, it is ambiguous and mysterious, saying it is equivalent to not saying it.

  Yuan Xue Mei fell into deep thought, after a long while, she came back to herself, with a hint of joy in her voice: "Thank you! I feel that the sword intent has become much clearer in my heart, maybe I can really find it out, don't worry, this conversation will never be spoken again."

  Even if Ye Chen didn't care, she wouldn't say it out loud. People are selfish, and having one less person understand the sword's intent would give her a sense of superiority.

  Ye Chen was astonished, is it really so easy to understand?

  He didn't know that the true spirit continent was flourishing in martial arts, and many things were vague and incomprehensible. Compared to them, what he said was already quite understandable. At least for Yuan Xue Mei, Ye Chen was already a high-ranking person in her mind.

  "I also can't take advantage of you for nothing, this is a sword manual, which I accidentally obtained, although it's very ordinary and has no value, but it has some guiding effect on swordsmen." Yuan Xue Mei took out a thin book from the storage ring and handed it to Ye Chen through the air.

  Ye Dun took it and saw that on the cover of the book were written two ancient big characters - Jian Jing.

  "Alright, I'll go back and reflect on it for a while." Yuan Xue Mei immediately bid farewell, fearing that if she dragged out the time, that thread of insight would disappear.

  Watching Yuan Xue Mei's departing back, Ye Chen put away his sword manual and returned to Green Willow Residence.

  ……

  In the depths of the Jade Valley's main building, beside a crescent-shaped lake.

  The courtyard here is different from other places, it's magnificent and majestic, all made of precious stone materials, covering a vast area.

  "Junior Sister Ji, won't you come in and sit for a bit?" The refined and dignified male disciple outside the courtyard detained Ji Xueyan.

  "Never mind, Shi Shixiong, I'll go first."

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

  The male disciple known as Shi Shixiong had an ugly expression, and with one punch, he struck a large hole in the thick courtyard wall without using even a hint of true energy.

  "Shi Shixiong, I am Cui Shiming." At this time, footsteps sounded from behind.

  The noble-looking young man turned around, furrowed his brow and said: "What are you doing here?"

  The newcomer was seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance was still quite handsome. He was Cui Shiming, who had been defeated by Ye Chen before. He smiled wryly, feeling a bit intimidated by the person in front of him. The other party was not an ordinary core disciple, but one of the four core disciples of Feicui Valley, "Stone Man" Shi Potian. His strength was not inferior to that of "Palm Absolute" Liu Wuxiang, and he was second only to the senior brother who had already entered the realm of Bao Yuan, Master Feicui. In Feicui Valley, he was basically a person who could get what he wanted with just a word.

  "Is Shi Shixiong interested in Ji Xueyan?" Cui Shiming asked with a smile.

  Shi Po's face sank, "It's none of your business, don't interfere, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless."

  Cui Shiming hastily said: "Elder Shi misunderstood, how would I dare to interfere with your affairs? I wouldn't even borrow a bit of courage!"

  "What do you mean."

  "Does Shi Shixiong know Ye Chen?"

  "Isn't that just a rumor circulating in Jianghu about the Flowing Cloud Sect's disciple who grasped half a step of sword intent? What relation does he have with you?"

  Cui Shiming said in a low voice: "Shi Shixiong doesn't know yet, does he? The one who had a marriage agreement with Ji Xueyan is Ye Chen."

  "It's him!" Shi Potian indeed knew that Ji Xueyan had been engaged before, but it was later cancelled, and he didn't know who the person was.

  "That's right, Ye Chen is indeed the Flowing Cloud Sect disciple who had a marriage agreement with Ji Xueyan. At that time, he was still a cultivation waste and wasn't even looked at by Ji Xueyan. Now, this waste has become a genius who has grasped half-step sword intent, it's hard to guarantee that Ji Xueyan won't have thoughts about him."