Chapter 22: The Ninth Form of the Heavenly Sword

  It has been two days since I accidentally drank the Hundred Flowers Liquid.

  For the past two days, Ling Qingyan has been dragged by Liu Yanran to wander around the Tianjian Sect's residence on the Heaven Risk Peak during the day. Seeing Liu Yanran's tireless and joyful expression, Ling Qingyan also didn't want to directly refuse her kindness. However, after thoroughly exploring the surroundings of the Tianjian Sect's residence for two days, Ling Qingyan tactfully told Liu Yanran that he needed to start cultivating.

  Ling Yanran is not a fool, the reason why she stuck to Ling Qingyan so much was because people of the same age regarded her as an elder in the sect and had no companions. After having fun and being happy, Ling Yanran was also satisfied, then told Ling Qingyan that she would go cultivate too. When Ling Qingyan heard what Ling Yanran said, he secretly let out a sigh of relief, after all if Ling Yanran continued to pester him to play together, he wouldn't have any time to cultivate.

  Early in the morning, after breakfast, Ling Qingyan took out "Tianjian Dian" from his storage ring and directly flipped to the back where it recorded "Tianjian Jiushi", and began to read...

  As time passed, Ling Qingyan roughly understood that the "Tianjian Jiushi" consisted of nine sword styles, ranging from simple to difficult, which were: Qǐjiàn Shì (Starting Sword Style), Shōu jiàn shì (Collecting Sword Style), Huā jiàn shì (Flower Sword Style), Kuáng jiàn shì (Mad Sword Style), Cùn jiàn shì (Inch Sword Style), Jī jiàn shì (Striking Sword Style), Luàn jiàn shì (Chaotic Sword Style), Wú jiàn shì (No Sword Style), and Rén jiàn shì (Human Sword Style).

  The starting move of the Tianjianjiu form: the entire routine's starting move is the simplest, but to master it also requires a certain amount of effort.

  She Jian Shi: As its name suggests, it is the closing move of Tian Jian Jiu Shi. It's a bit more difficult than "Qi Jian Shi", but not by much.

  Hua Jian Shi: Dancing with a long sword in hand, disrupting the opponent's rhythm, making them unpredictable, and striking heavily at critical moments.

  Frenzied Sword Style: With the momentum of overturning heaven and earth, and toppling mountains and seas, one sword follows another in a chain of explosive bursts, with fierce and violent energy that makes it impossible for the opponent to resist.

  Mad Sword Style: It appears as if there is no sword, but in reality, there is a sword. When the opponent is unaware of its origin, it delivers a fatal blow to the opponent.

  Cun Jian Shi: Extremely ingenious sword style, facing the opponent's fierce offensive, one sword breaks through, four ounces move a thousand pounds.

  Fencing style: extremely fast and agile, never missing the target once the sword is drawn, highly emphasizing eyesight and adaptability in real-time situations.

  Murasame: With a true power, the sword in hand is accelerated to rotate and swing out multiple sword shadows, directly killing the opponent at long range. When there is no sword in hand, the opponent is already dead.

  Human Sword Style: Extremely difficult to master. Once mastered, human and sword become one, unstoppable in any direction.

  "The first five moves of the Tianjian Nine Forms are not difficult to practice, but they require familiarity," Ling Qingyan said straightforwardly, directly pointing out the characteristics of the Tianjian Nine Forms. "However, if you want to apply these five moves skillfully in battle, it will also require some hard work."

  Indeed, the first five forms of the Tianjian Jiushi do not require any swordsmanship talent to practice, as long as one is a normal person, they can easily cultivate it successfully. However, to truly master these five forms, one must put in a certain amount of hard work and patience.

  His eyes fell, Ling Qingyan looked at the last four sword styles, a bitter smile crossed his lips, "The sixth and seventh styles are extremely difficult, requiring one's own understanding, while also testing their ability to adapt on the spot."

  "Huh," suddenly, Ling Qingyan looked at the introduction of the "Eighth Style" of the Tianjian Jiushi in the classic, and a bright light flashed between his eyes, as if he had thought of something. In the Moyun City Ren family, the scene where Wang Kui of the Guiyuan Sect made his move began to slowly emerge in Ling Qingyan's mind.

  "That's right!"

  Ling Qing's expression suddenly became agitated, and his slightly immature cheeks also flushed with excitement. "At that time, Wang Kui did not change his stance when those Mo family disciples and Qin Wangfu people escaped. He directly swung the long knife in his hand, mixed with blue true energy, and harvested the lives of all the escaping Mo family disciples within a few breaths. If it weren't for the person who came later from Qin Wangfu, the others from Qin Wangfu would have also died under that dazzling sword!"

  At that time, when Ling Qingyan saw Wang Kui of the Guiyuan Sect swing out his last knife, and the lives of the Mohist people were easily reaped... he was very envious of that knife technique, because in Ling Qingyan's eyes, it was too strange and too powerful. That shocking and beautiful knife, Ling Qingyan still can't forget to this day.

  The sword light rotated and transformed into nine layers, becoming nine stacked sword lights that were directly swung out with a wave of the hand. Amidst the conversation and laughter, all enemies fell dead!

  How carefree and proud!

  "This eighth move of the Tianjian Jiushi is almost identical to that one slash Wang Kui, the master of the Guiyuan Sect, swung out at last," Ling Qingyan's eyes blazed with excitement as he stared at the description of the eighth move in the secret manual, his turbulent emotions taking a long time to calm down.

  Ling Qingyan didn't know that the so-called "return to the origin" meant that when these techniques and routines developed to their ultimate, they all evolved in the same direction. The "Nine-Fold Knife Method" of the Guiyuan Sect and the "Tianjian Nine Styles" of the Tianjian Sect shared a common ground in terms of emotions and reason.

  From now on, Ling Qingyan's heart began to burn with passion for practicing the "Tianjian Nine Styles". He couldn't wait to master the Tianjian Nine Styles as soon as possible and grasp the eighth style of the Tianjian Nine Styles, taking people's lives in battle with a casual swing of his hand!

  ………

  In the vast lawn outside the courtyard, Ling Qingyan was practicing the first move of the Tianjian Nine Forms, "Qǐ Jiàn Shì", with a Yōu Míng long sword in hand.

  "Whoosh!"

  With his right hand holding the sword, one swing of the sword, Ling Qingyan's mind moved slightly, and he directly retracted it at an angle. Time and time again, Ling Qingyan always felt that something was missing, and he couldn't grasp the essence of "Jian Shi" after all.

  "Hah!"

  As Ling Qingyan sheathed the Ghostly Longsword in his hand, a sudden burst of laughter echoed from behind him. Upon hearing the sound, Ling Qingyan turned around to see the thin and weak man he had met a few days ago standing not far behind him.

  Jing Qingyan turned around, and the thin man took a step forward, standing in front of Jing Qingyan with his right hand outstretched. "Sword, give it to me."

  Seeing the weak young man like this, Ling Qingyan didn't know that he had the intention of teaching himself, and even handed over the Yumeng Long Sword in his hand. At the same time, he was also full of curiosity about his own "disciple", saying that he was cold, but now he was so enthusiastic.

  "Good sword!"

  A frail young man had just received the Long Sword of the Netherworld, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he subconsciously let out a soft cry. He then looked at Ling Qingyan with great significance, saying: "Let's have Shidi 'Hou Jin' demonstrate to Shishu the essence of 'Starting Sword Style' and 'Sheathing Sword Style'."

  Even if Ling Qingyan had lived for two lifetimes, he would still blush at the words of the frail man, Hou Jin. He never thought that Hou Jin already knew about his relationship as a junior brother to the sect master. But thinking again, it was also reasonable; after all, Hou Jin was the direct disciple of Sect Master Lian Jun, so knowing this wasn't out of line.

  Hou Jin's gaze turned to Ling Qingyan, holding the Youming Long Sword, and he turned around. Hou Jin stood upright in the gentle morning breeze, his hand slowly extending the Youming Long Sword, and then he slowly said: "The essence of drawing the sword and sheathing the sword lies in one word - Wind."

  "Sheathe your sword!"

  Suddenly, the back of Hou Jin's right hand, which was holding the sword, bulged with a sudden burst of blue veins. Then, the Yumeng Long Sword followed an extremely perfect trajectory and was retracted. Immediately afterwards, Hou Jin's movements did not stop. As he spat out the words "Qixing Style", he directly swung the Yumeng Long Sword in his hand along the previous trajectory of retracting the sword.

  "Following the trajectory of the wind. With the wind, against the wind..."

  In the slightly surprised eyes, there seemed to be a flash of understanding in Ling Qingyan's eyes, and he muttered to himself.

  Ling Qingyan suddenly grasped the essence of "Jian Fa" and "She Fa" in an instant, and Hou Jin's icy face, which had been frozen for thousands of years, showed a rare hint of relaxation. At the same time, he secretly thought to himself: "No wonder this young man was taken as a disciple by our ancestor..."

  P.S: Tiān Jiàn Nine Styles, um, this chapter is extremely brain-draining... Brothers and sisters, I need recommendation votes.

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