The 62nd Thunderous Sword Rises

  No matter what business you do, there will always be an opportunity to haggle over prices. Since Lao Lei wants to get benefits from Tang Yan, Tang Yan also goes along with him, even if it means losing a bit in the deal. However, this is an extraordinary period, and the sect is eyeing him covetously, not to mention that the aristocratic families are also staring at this fat pig, especially the Dongfang family. Therefore, Tang Yan needs to learn some powerful martial arts to arm himself, raise his strength, so he can not only protect himself but also safeguard his woman.

  Tang Yan's request was simple, he wanted to get the elixir of immortality from the forbidden land. No problem, as long as Tang Yan would also give him one. He could have a top-grade martial skill too, as long as Tang Yan got it and learned it, he didn't mind giving it to Lei Lao afterwards. But now, Lei Lao had to pass on the Thunder Nine Absolute Palm to him, including the palm technique, this was Tang Yan's request.

  When Tang Yan made this request, he added a few more sentences, saying that other sects were willing to use their own unique skills to reach an agreement with him. In other words, he was telling him that if he didn't pass on the Thunderbolt Technique to him, he could find another sect leader to negotiate this deal.

  "My current Thunder Nine Absolute Palm is ready, but your Heaven Stage Secret Book is still far away. Who knows when you'll be finished off? This business will end up with me losing out!" Lei Lao didn't plan to hand over the Thunderbolt Manual all at once to him, he wanted to bring Tang Yan into the Palm Sect first before passing it on to him.

  "Then forget it, I won't ask you anymore. You just said that the Purple Dragon Seal is much more powerful than yours, so at most I'll just put a bit more thought into Nan Gong Xiang Xue." Tang Yan's eyes gazed forward at the horse carriage.

  "Damn it, I suspect you're a swindler, but since I'm passing this on to you now, what guarantee do you have? If you don't acknowledge it that day, won't I be the one who loses out?" Lao Lei scolded Tang Yan while slapping his thigh.

  "Do I look like that kind of person to you? However, what you said earlier was right. If I died that day, you would have really lost out. But think about it, you don't seem to have made any sacrifices either. The transmission of the heart method is just a few words, and the palm technique, you've only practiced it once or twice, I should be able to learn it. From start to finish, it seems like you haven't paid any price. That day, if I really can enter the forbidden land, that's a matter of life and death, do you know how powerful the demons inside are? Do you know how terrifying they are? What do you have to gain from this?" Tang Yan said again, buying time.

  After finishing speaking, Tang Yan left a sentence for him: "You think about it slowly, I'll go into seclusion to meditate, hoping that when I wake up, you can give me an answer!"

  However, before the closed door, Tang Yan was very bold and hugged Zi Lan into his arms. Zi Lan, the little junior sister, did not refuse Tang Yan's sudden action, but instead blushed and leaned against his chest. Feeling Tang Yan's hand stroking her hair, a thousand words were left unspoken, happiness that wasn't coaxed out by flowery language, but was felt deeply in the heart.

  Tang Yan loves her, Zilan knew it since the day Tang Yan appeared at the gate of the fist, and she also discovered that she deeply fell in love with this rascal little brother during these days of escape.

  "No matter how difficult the road ahead is, no matter what dangers lie in wait, I will protect you well!" Tang Yan said softly as he gently kissed Zi Lan's forehead.

  "Uh-huh, I believe you!" Zilan said with a happy expression, leaning into Tang Yan's arms.

  "Give me some more time!" Tang Yan said.

  "Mm!" Zilan nodded again and said.

  After being ambiguous with Zi Lan for a while, Tang Yan closed himself off again to practice martial arts intensively. If he hadn't left the sect and encountered those powerful warriors, Tang Yan wouldn't have been so desperate to close himself off and practice. Since encountering those strong warriors, he realized how insignificant his strength was in front of them, especially after fighting Dong Fang Yu. He also discovered that his martial skills were ineffective against stronger opponents, unless his power reached the level of "Heaven and Man as One", where one sword could split open a giant peak.

  Entering the snowy border, Tang Yan began to grind the Thunderbolt Technique. Since thunderbolts can be used on palms, they can also be used on weapons. Moreover, weapons are made of metal. Metal can conduct electricity, which is a principle that people on Earth know. If you want to make electricity penetrate through the outer layer of the weapon and strike, it's another story.

  No matter what, Tang Yan still infused the Thunderclap onto the Snow Blade to practice his sword skills. The thunder and lightning moved onto the Snow Blade, with a gentle flow of electricity complementing Tang Yan's moves, causing the originally pale and cold light of the sword to transform into a blue glow. Waves of sword rain danced on the snowy ground, producing a soft humming sound, as many snowflakes were melted away, only to instantly return to their original state.

  "Old man, if I were to practice the fire-based heart method again and use it on Blowing Snow, would it also be like this?" Tang Yan was very satisfied with this Thunderbolt Technique, but there was only one thing - the power of the thunder and lightning was too weak.

  "It should be possible in theory, and it would be even better if you learn the Air-type Heart Method!" The old man appeared from the Dragon Ring in the snowy area.

  "Don't you have the Air Element Heart Method?" Tang Yan asked.

  "No, but I believe that the tombs inside the forbidden land should have them, or you can enter some academies to search for them. Maybe you can find those lost Qi system techniques!" The old man said to Tang Yan.

  Hearing the old man's words, Tang Yan still thought he would take out a set of air system heart methods for him, but unexpectedly he didn't have this thing either, making Tang Yan feel depressed.

  "Oh, right, I've only learned two sword techniques so far. Shouldn't you teach me a few more? I still haven't reached the level of Four-Star Great Warrior, and I'm still far from reaching the rank of Douling. The 'Mù Xuě Sān Qiān' is currently unpracticed, you know." Tang Yan didn't know if Old Lei would pass on the Thunderbolt Technique to him outside, so he could only ask this old man who brought him to this world.

  "It's not that I don't want to pass it on to you, but your strength is too weak. Alright, I'll teach you one move, and how much you can grasp depends on you. Otherwise, I won't even say a word to you!" The old man said to Tang Yan.

  "I know, I'll work hard!" Tang Yan also knew that his strength was weak.

  Taking the Snow Piercer from Tang Yan's hand, the old man began to move swiftly, his speed so fast that it left afterimages on the snowy ground, each one maintaining a pose and sword stance. Thrust, chop, sweep, stab, slant, drill... Ninety-nine movements, completed in one breath, the final movement being Snow Piercer thrust into the snowy ground. Through the transmission of power into the snowy ground, ice pillars, no, ice blades emerged from the snowy ground, each one thirty meters long and a meter wide.

  The best way to describe this ice blade is with the phrase "a mountain of knives". Within a 200-meter radius, both inside and out, everything was filled with glittering ice blades. If there were people on the ground, they would definitely be pierced by these ice blades. The ice blades were over 30 meters high, even Dou Wang was killed by them, because Dou Wang couldn't fly higher than 30 meters unless he was a strong fighter above the Dou Huang level.

  Next to him, Tang Yan also started practicing before the residual shadows disappeared. His movements were stiff, but Tang Yan couldn't care about that now; what he wanted was to memorize these moves. As for the last move, Tang Yan couldn't match the old man's strength, but being able to strike out one or two sword blades was still possible.

  After the old man finished this move of the 99-style sword technique, only Tang Yan was left in the snowy ground to practice this move of the 99-style sword technique. He repeatedly practiced this unfamiliar sword technique, slowly grasping the secrets within it, one move at a time.

  One day, two days, three days, four days... one night, two nights, three nights, four nights... repeatedly without distinction between day and night. As time passed by every day, Tang Yan became more familiar with this sword technique that was known to be the best in the world. Its power was of course not as strong as Old Man's, but he believed it would still be a match for those who were at the Dou Ling stage.

  "Damn, the last move really wasn't humanly possible!" Tang Yan thrust his sword into the snow, and a 10-meter-high, 40-centimeter-wide ice blade emerged from the snowy ground. He shook his head and said, "This move isn't bad, but unfortunately, it's impossible to have blades everywhere in the world. Never mind, let's take it slow, maybe a sneak attack will still work!"

  It's just the last move, a slash of ice, which consumes two-tenths of Tang Yan's Dou Qi. If he reaches the level of Four-Star Great Dou Shi, at most it will only consume one-Tenth of his Dou Qi. As for Five-Star Great Dou Shi, that would be half a Tenth of his Dou Qi. The higher the level, the less Dou Qi is consumed. Of course, if hundreds or thousands of ice slashes appear all at once, then that's a different matter altogether in terms of Dou Qi consumption.

  "Hey, don't rely too much on the space here. If your physical strength in reality can't keep up with the power here, no matter how strong you are here, it's useless!" The old man said after seeing Tang Yan master the Tian Xia You Jian sword technique.

  "I knew this, so every time I finish my seclusion, I practice in reality!" Tang Yan replied to the old man.

  "Sometimes you feel like you're practicing really well here, very powerful, but when you return to reality, you only get half the power of what you had in your snowy realm?" The old man said to Tang Yan.

  "Yes, what's wrong with that? It's normal to cheat. Where there's gain, there's loss. I've already satisfied half of my power!" Tang Yan replied to him.

  "I'm telling you, you really don't have any strength to speak of. Don't you know the reason why? It's because your physical body in reality can't keep up, so when you return to reality, you're only left with half your power!" The old man said as he appeared before Tang Yan in a spiritual form.

  "You mean to say that if my physical strength is cultivated to a certain extent, it will be comparable to the power of this space?" Tang Yan couldn't believe what the old man was saying. Originally, getting half of Snow Boundary's power was already very good and somewhat cheating, he didn't think there could still be a one-to-one correspondence.

  "Hmm, that's what I mean, so you must improve your physical strength in reality." The old man said to Tang Yan.

  "I got it!"

  After getting the old man's guidance, Tang Yan also stopped practicing in the snowy boundary and exited the snowy boundary, returning to reality. In reality, it was already dusk. Two horse-drawn carriages were parked on the side of the official road, resting, making a fire, and cooking dinner, with Zilan and Xuan Yuan Yue, two beautiful women, cooking dinner. As for Lei Lao, he had always been paying attention to Tang Yan's movements, and now seeing Tang Yan wake up from meditation, he immediately came to his side.

  "I've thought it through!" was Lei Lao's first sentence to Tang Yan.

  "Let's hear it!" Tang Yan didn't rush to learn the Thunderbolt Technique from Old Man Lei either, having just learned the Tian Xia You Jian sword technique, he needed some time to digest and practice.