"When the master left Wuzi Academy, he left behind ten and a half drops of Semi-Holy True Liquid. With the medicinal power of those ten and a half drops of Semi-Holy True Liquid, reaching the late stage of Xuanji Realm is not a difficult task."

  Kong Xuan stood by the pool, her slender figure like a willow branch, her skin emitting a faint white glow, with a pair of seven-colored peacock wings on her back.

  After Zhang Ruochen left, Kong Xuan couldn't directly refine the Semi-Holy True Liquid, so he could only drip the Semi-Holy True Liquid into the bathtub and absorb the holy power in it by bathing.

  After fully absorbing ten and a half drops of Sacred True Liquid, her martial arts cultivation naturally skyrocketed to its current level.

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and took out a storage wristband, handing it to Kong Xuan, saying: "This storage wristband now belongs to you from now on."

  Kong Xuan, as Zhang Ruochen's personal maid, naturally understood the purpose of the storage ring. She stretched out her hands to receive the ring and bowed again to Zhang Ruochen, "Thank you, Master."

  Zhang Ruochen said, "There are twenty drops of Semi-Holy True Liquid and ten stalks of Three-Leafed Sacred Air Grass inside the bracelet. It should be enough for you to cultivate to the Xuanji Realm's Great Perfection. You don't seem to have started cultivating martial skills yet."

  "There isn't," said Kong Xuan.

  Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment and said: "Since that's the case, I'll pass on to you a top-grade spiritual martial skill, the Ten Pulse Sword Wave."

  When he heard the words "Top Grade Spiritual Martial Skill", Kong Xuan's eyes shone brightly, but his heart was also filled with hesitation. He said: "Master, Kong Xuan's talent is mediocre, and now that I'm only at the late stage of the Profound Extreme Realm, even if I were to cultivate a low-grade spiritual martial skill, it would take a lot of time. To successfully cultivate a top-grade spiritual martial skill, I estimate it will take even more time, and there's no guarantee of success."

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "So, you're worried that practicing the top-grade spiritual martial skill will delay your cultivation of the Tao."

  "For other martial artists, this is indeed a big problem. However, you don't have to worry because most of the time you are with Wushang Academy and rarely fight with others. I passed on the martial skills to you without thinking that you could immediately master them successfully. You only need to spend some time contemplating the Ten Pulse Sword Wave when practicing the Peacock Holy Canon. Maybe your comprehension is high, and you can learn the Ten Pulse Sword Wave quickly."

  "I understand, thank you master, I'll reward you with martial skills." Kong Xuan said.

  In fact, Zhang Ruochen decided to pass on the Ten Thousand Sword Waves to Kong Xuan because he himself was also planning to start cultivating the Ten Thousand Sword Waves.

  Zhang Ruochen sat by the pool, picked up a branch and drew a pattern of a person's left hand on the ground, and then drew five lines of meridian patterns on the palm.

  Zhang Ruochen pointed to the pattern on the ground with a branch, saying: "Every martial artist can open up their own meridian, and the meridian is connected to the ten fingers. As long as you infuse true energy, and release the true energy from your fingertips, you can form a column of true energy. Just like this."

  Zhang Ruochen infused his true energy into his index finger and quickly shot it out with a pointing gesture.

  "Wow"

  A column of true energy shot out from Zhang Ruo Chen's fingertips, striking the trunk of a large tree in the distance and leaving behind a hole the size of a wine cup.

  "The master is so formidable, this is Kamehameha"

  Kong Xuan looked at Zhang Ruochen with reverence, as if he were looking up to a saint.

  Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, "This is just a True Qi column, not a sword wave. A True Qi column can penetrate trees, stones, and iron skin, but it cannot break through the protective True Qi aura of an Earth Extreme martial artist, let alone the protective Heavenly Gaze of a Heaven Extreme martial artist."

  "How can I cultivate the sword wave?" Kong Xuan asked curiously.

  "First, you must cultivate your sword intent, tempering your ten fingers until each one becomes a sharp sword. Then, merge your sword intent with your true energy, and naturally, your true energy column will transform into a sword wave."

  Kong Xuan asked: "What should I cultivate first now?"

  "Cultivate sword intent."

  Zhang Ruochen drew out the Xuan Yuan ancient sword and swung it in the void.

  Nine sword energies flew towards a stone wall tens of meters away, and with a rustling sound, tiny particles of stone dust fell from the wall, forming the character "sword".

  The strokes of the character "sword" are very smooth, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing. Moreover, all nine strokes are deep and shallow, with power showing great uniformity.

  Zhang Ruochen pointed at the character "sword" and said, "The sword character contains my sword intent. You can go under the stone wall to comprehend it. When you reach the initial stage of 'the sword follows the heart', you can start practicing the Ten Pulse Sword Wave."

  "I will definitely not disappoint Master's expectations and will reach the initial stage of 'Sword Following Heart' with the fastest speed."

  Kong Xuan Pan sat under the stone wall, staring at the word "sword", concentrating his mind and spirit, and began to comprehend with all his might.

  "She cultivates the Peacock Sacred Canon, and in comprehending the intent of the sword, it should be of some help."

  Zhang Ruochen saw that Kong Xuan had entered a meditative state in just half an hour, and nodded his head in satisfaction. He turned around and left, walking out of the Wumeng Academy and heading straight to Liu Chuanshen's mansion in the Tianmo Martial City.

  He found Liu Chuanshen and had an important matter to discuss with him.

  Liu Chuan's arm was cut off and he had been recuperating in the Tianmo Martial City, still enjoying the treatment of the Silver Robed Elder.

  On this day, Liu Chuanshen was in the mansion discussing martial arts with an old man, drinking tea and talking about swords, with ten maids standing on either side serving the two of them.

  Liu Chuan smiled and said, "Yan brother, you don't disappoint as the former number one on the Mystic Board. After breaking free from your shackles, you immediately transformed like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. In just a few short months, you went from being at the initial stage of Earth Extreme to achieving Earth Extreme Great Perfection. It's truly admirable."

  Yan Lixuan smiled: "I was stuck in the Profound Extreme Realm for 40 years, and although my martial arts realm didn't break through, my martial arts experience, insight, technique cultivation, and spiritual power had already reached the level of the Heavenly Extreme Realm. Adding to that the accumulated resources from 40 years of cultivation, once I broke through to the Earthly Extreme Realm, it would naturally be a smooth ride, with consecutive breakthroughs. Moreover, just reaching the Great Perfection of the Earthly Extreme Realm is not enough; whether or not I can reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm and become a martial arts legend is still an unknown quantity."

  Liu Chuan said, "Brother Yan is being too modest. With your current strength, even the top masters on the Earth List may not be a match for you. If it weren't for the fact that you're already over fifty years old, your name would definitely be on the Earth List. Given your attainments in martial arts, breaking through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm is only a matter of time."

  Yan Lixuan was also very confident in himself, sighing: "Still have to thank Zhang Ruochen, if it wasn't for him resolving the knot in my heart, I'm afraid I would be trapped in the Xuanji Realm's Great Perfection for the rest of my life."

  "When it comes to Zhang Ruochen, it's truly a feeling of awe-inspiring fear. In just two short years, he has risen to power with such momentum that even I might not be his match now." Liu Chuanshen sighed: "I've also watched him grow step by step, and his cultivation speed is incredibly fast, rarely seen in the world. It's hard to say how far he'll go in the future."

  An old servant came over and reported: "Master, Zhang Ruochen from Wushizhao Academy has come to visit."

  Liu Chuan Shen and Yan Li Xuan exchanged a glance, and smiled at the same time.

  "Come quickly." Liu Chuanshen hastily said.

  A moment later, under the leadership of that old servant, Zhang Ruochen walked into the mansion and saw Liu Chuanshen and Yan Lidong who were drinking tea.

  Yan Lixuan called out from afar: "Zhang Xiaoyou, we meet again!"

  Zhang Ruochen looked at Yan Lixuan for a moment, feeling somewhat unfamiliar, but after thinking for a moment, he immediately remembered.

  This old man is none other than Yan Lixuan, who was ranked first on the Xuanbang list back then and seems to be a pretty formidable old fellow.

  Yan Lixuan was able to cultivate the top-grade spiritual sword technique "Infinite Sword Technique" to great perfection in the Profound Extreme Realm, and it's worth noting that many geniuses at the Earth Extreme Realm haven't even cultivated a single top-grade spiritual martial skill to great perfection.

  It can be seen from this that Yan Lixuan's attainments in martial arts are very high.

  Of course, it was also because of that set of top-grade sword techniques that he developed a mental knot, spending forty years without making the slightest progress in his cultivation.

  When they met again, his martial arts had reached the extreme realm of perfection.

  It can be said: One morning breakthrough, the sky is vast and the sea is wide.

  "Yan's cultivation seems to be approaching the Tianji boundary already," Zhang Ruochen said.

  Yan Lixuan's eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "Old Yan is old, his blood and energy are no longer as vigorous as before, and he can't compare to Zhang Xiaoyou. It's said that even Huo Jingcheng of the Yuntai Sect and the Zhenling Princess were killed by Zhang Xiaoyou's sword."

  Zhang Ruochen sensed the fighting spirit on Yan Lixuan's body and smiled, saying: "If Senior Yan wants to spar, I'll accompany you anytime."

  "Since Hou Yan was defeated by Zhang Xiaoyu last time, he has been expecting a rematch with Zhang Xiaoyu every moment. Since that's the case, let's not wait for an auspicious day and settle this today."

  Yan Lixuan suddenly stood up, and the aura on his body changed abruptly, as if he had transformed into a sharp divine sword.

  "Boom"

  Yan Lixuan slapped her palm on the stone table, and the tea water on the table immediately flew out of the teacup, splashing three meters high.

  Hehe

  A cold air burst forth from Yan Lixuan's palm, freezing the tea water into ice and transforming it into a crystal clear ice sword.

  "Whoosh"

  Yan Lixuan, although over sixty years old, showed no signs of aging and instead had a robust vitality, like a flash of lightning, piercing through the surface of the pool and striking towards Zhang Ruochen with his sword.

  Yan Lixuan's sword intent boundary had reached the pinnacle of "the sword follows the heart", and was only one step away from reaching the realm of "sword heart clarity".

  His skill with a sword was naturally extraordinary. A seemingly ordinary and unremarkable sword move contained endless killing intent.

  Zhang Ruochen casually plucked a blade of grass and pinched it between his two fingers.

  Until Yan Lixuan's ice sword was only three feet away from Zhang Ruochen's chest, Zhang Ruochen finally made a move, striking towards Yan Lixuan's brow.

  It seems like just a blade of grass, but in Yan Lixiang's eyes, it is no different from a divine sword.

  If he continued forward, he would definitely be pierced through the center of his brow by the blades of grass.

  Under duress, Yan Lixuan could only immediately recall his Ice Sword and execute the top-grade Spirit-level sword technique, the Boundless Sword Technique.

  "Infinite Destruction"

  With a swing of his icy sword, a multitude of sword silhouettes filled the sky, all hurtling towards Zhang Ruochen.

  Yan Lixuan's current display of the Infinite Sword Technique was at least ten times more powerful than when he had reached the Great Circle of the Mystic Extreme Boundary.

  The power of a top-grade sword technique requires strong cultivation to support it.

  At this moment, the Infinite Sword Art became even more exquisite and its power grew stronger.

  It was just one sword, but it made people feel like a flood of waterfalls rushing in, with no place to hide.