Chapter Eleven: Enlightened Skill, Swift Thunder Flash

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen's face was filled with longing for the future. But a moment later, he thought of something and his expression fell: "Originally planned to use Dan medicine to exchange for Zhuge Wu Xin's medicinal materials, now it's good, even the remaining ones are not enough for me to use myself, what should I do now?!"

  "Brother Chen!"

  Just as Ye Chen was feeling troubled by all this, a clear cry came from not far away.

  Ye Chen didn't even need to turn his head to know that the person who came was Shen Xian, because the entire Lianyun Sect knew that only Shen Xian was cultivating here, and only Shen Xian would call him "Chen Ge".

  Ye Chen turned around to look at Shen Xiang, who was rushing towards him, and furrowed his brow in puzzlement. "Xiang'er, how did you end up here? You usually come to my place to find me, don't you?"

  Shen Xiang looked at Ye Chen's naked body, her face suddenly turned bright red, and then she remembered the purpose of this trip. With a flustered expression, she said: "Chen Ge! It's not good, the sect is sending ten outer door disciples to the nearby village tomorrow to help the villagers resist the bandits, and your name is among them!"

  Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's eyebrows furrowed tightly as he thought to himself: "Me? Doesn't the sect know I've already been expelled? Why do they still want me to go out?" He then asked Shen Xiang: "Who else is there?"

  "This is the key to my arrival, and the other nine people are Xu Feng's claws outside the gate. The lowest cultivation has Shu Ti Er Chong, and the highest is Shu Ti Wu Chong!"

  Shen Xian replied with a worried face to Ye Chen's words, from the moment she knew this news, Shen Xian had already guessed that this might be Xu Feng's deliberate arrangement, wanting Ye Chen to never come back and die outside.

  Shen Xiang looked at Ye Chen's puzzled expression and continued: "Chen Ge, this is absolutely not going to work! This is obviously Xu Feng's conspiracy against you!"

  Ye Chen was no fool, how could he not understand that this outing was Xu Feng's plan specifically targeting himself. He immediately recalled what Xu Feng said when he crippled his cultivation: "I'm the sky, who can save you!"

  Ye Chen's face revealed a fierce and murderous aura, standing there without speaking, his hands tightly clenched into fists, the veins on his hands bulging.

  "Brother Chen, I'll go with you to find the Outer Gate Elder and ask for his help to cancel this trip!"

  Shen Xiang said anxiously, she knew that Ye Chen was a stubborn person, the more he knew about the danger, the less he would back down.

  "No! I'm going!" Ye Chen said firmly after a moment's thought.

  Xue Shen hastily stepped forward, grasping Ye Chen's hands and said urgently: "Why?! Brother Chen, this time you're going is simply a matter of life and death!"

  Ye Chen looked at Shen Xiang's tense expression, feeling a warm current surging up to his heart. He smiled slightly and shook his head: "Let's not talk about this trip for now. The outer gate elder must know Xu Feng's plan. Even if we go find the elder, it probably won't change anything. If I don't go, Xu Feng will likely take advantage of the situation and expel me from the sect."

  However, the path of cultivation is fraught with danger. If I were to shrink back now, it would likely cast a shadow over my heart, and in the future, I would encounter demonic obstructions on my path of cultivation, so I must go!

  Ye Chen's face was full of confidence and arrogance as he explained to Shen Xiang.

  Shen Xiang looked at Ye Chen's determined expression and knew that saying more would be useless. However, she couldn't just watch as Ye Chen jumped into the pit, so she persisted in advising: "Chen Ge! You have to think carefully! This isn't the time for showing off!"

  Ye Chen shook his head slightly towards Shen Xiang and asked: "When are we leaving?"

  "Tomorrow morning, gather at the foot of the mountain!"

  "Tomorrow morning!" Ye Chen whispered to himself, then turned to Shen Xiang and said, "I understand!"

  Shen Xiang knew that she probably couldn't change Ye Chen's mind now, so she could only look at Ye Chen with concern: "Brother Chen, think carefully about it, I'll go cultivate first and come to your courtyard to find you tonight!"

  "Alright!"

  Upon hearing this, Shen Xian turned around and walked towards the outside of the dense forest. It's worth noting that as an outer sect disciple like Shen Xian, who only has a cultivation base of Shattered Body Fourth Layer, there are many things to attend to in the sect on a daily basis, unlike Ye Chen, who has all the time in the world to spare, being one of the top ten outer sect experts in the past.

  Ye Chen stood still, watching Shen Xiang leave, and fell into deep thought: This time I go, it's bound to be a life-or-death situation. Among the nine people, the strongest is Shui Ti Wu Chong, and the others are between Er and Si Chong. With my current strength, combined with the Dragon Capturing Hand, I can at most deal with a second-grade peak. If I encounter a third-grade, I'm afraid I won't be a match. As for fourth or fifth grade, I probably won't even have a chance to run.

  "Now there's only one day left, time is extremely pressing, wanting to make progress in cultivation is basically impossible, it's better to just learn two more life-saving martial skills!"

  Thinking of this, Ye Chen didn't stay any longer and hastily headed towards the secret room where he discovered his martial skills, being extremely cautious along the way.

  Bang!

  Ye Chen, having gone through the previous experience, this time landed steadily with both feet in the secret room, and hastily looked at the three walls with martial skills, not daring to delay for a moment.

  The first time he came, Ye Chen was looking for a way to improve his martial arts skills. With the experience from last time, he found it very quickly this time as well.

  "Second-grade martial skill: Cloud-swallowing Swift Kick, Second-grade martial skill: Cloud-treading Leap, Third-grade martial skill: Shadow Step..."

  Ye Chen's face slowly showed a look of anxiety, his eyebrows furrowed as he looked at her.

  Suddenly, Ye Chen's eyes widened and he stared intently at the martial skills in front of him. After a moment, an excited smile appeared on his face.

  "Two-product martial arts swift lightning flash, body law martial arts, does not have dodge skills, just infinitely boost speed, is the best martial arts for pursuit and escape! A total of three styles."

  Ye Chen excitedly shouted out: "Too good! This is exactly what I need, speed! Extremely fast speed, even if I can't beat them in a fight, I can still run away!"

  Ye Chen slowly calmed down his excited mood and carefully looked at the 'Swift Thunder Flash' cultivation requirements.

  Lightning flash:

  The first form is swift as wind, and can cultivate the Double Heavy Body technique.

  The Second Formula is like thunder, and the Eightfold Refining of the Corpse can be cultivated.

  The third formula is as swift as lightning, and gathering energy four times can be cultivated.

  "Fragmented Body Double! Great, I've just entered Fragmented Body Double, just in time for cultivation!"

  Ye Chen hastily wrote down the first move in its entirety, and then came to "Dragon Capturing Hand", where he recorded the second move of "Dragon Fighting Tiger" in preparation for cultivation when his body was refined to the fifth level.

  Ye Chen didn't linger in the secret room for too long, after recording down the martial skills he needed, he turned around and headed towards the exit. With the experience from last time, Ye Chen climbed up this time without using too much physical strength. After all, last time was his first time climbing, and he hadn't cultivated yet. This time, Ye Chen already possessed the cultivation of Fragmented Body Second Layer, so it was naturally much simpler.

  After coming out of the secret room, Ye Chen took out 'Xun Lei Shan' and began to practice.

  "Lightning flashes, the first move is swift as wind, sensing the presence of wind, wind is everywhere, likening oneself to a part of the wind, simplifying the resistance of the wind to the minimum, running with all one's might..."

  "Feeling the existence of the wind, comparing oneself to a part of the wind?" Ye Chen's eyebrows furrowed, this was different from his previous martial arts training. Generally, martial arts emphasized technique and the flow of internal energy, but this "Swift Thunder Flash" required comprehension, which made Ye Chen feel puzzled. However, for him who urgently needed a speed-based martial art at the moment, he couldn't afford to think too much about it and could only try to cultivate and comprehend.

  Ye Chen slowly closed his eyes, calmed his mind and breathed quietly, stretched out his right hand, suspended it in mid-air, stood there motionless, trying to sense the breath of the wind.

  The sky was originally bright and sunny, but gradually darkened, with a red glow appearing in the west, illuminating the earth and looking extremely beautiful.

  Ye Chen still stood in place, motionless, but around him was a faint aura of blue-green light that seemed to be enveloping him, and under the sunset's rays, it looked extremely eerie.

  Suddenly, Ye Chen's originally outstretched right hand slowly fell, his legs slightly bent, and he charged forward at an extremely fast speed.

  However, if one were to observe carefully, they would discover that Ye Chen's extremely swift speed did not cause even the slightest flutter of his clothes, and yet, not a single strand of his scattered hair was blown back, but instead lay quietly spread out behind him.

  Ye Chen suddenly opened his eyes while running, a purple glow flashed in his eyes, and Ye Chen's face showed an excited smile, exclaiming: "Sensing the wind, becoming one with the wind! This 'Swift Thunder Flash' is too amazing! It doesn't require bitter practice, as long as you understand the underlying principle, you can directly cultivate it!"

  However, Ye Chen did not know that this martial skill, which could be cultivated with just intuition, was so difficult to cultivate in the eyes of others. People would rather spend ten or twenty years practicing bitter exercises than practice this intuitive martial skill. To put it bluntly, some people with low comprehension might not be able to master this martial skill even if they spent their entire lives trying.

  Nowadays, Ye Chen would have needed at least a year of cultivation to enter the first style's entrance if he hadn't gone through that rebirth and relied on his original comprehension.

  However, this martial art gradually exited the world stage over the years, except for some families and sects that have been passed down for thousands of years, few people still know about a martial art that can be practiced without cultivation, but only with intuition.

  This martial art also has another name, known as "Wu Ji!"

  As Ye Chen sprinted at an incredible speed, what was originally a journey of one hour back to his residence was completed in merely a third of the time, showing just how much Ye Chen's speed had increased in such a short period.