A faint light floated, a wisp of cloud drifted, and a ray of light, like a finger, pointed at Meng Qi's brow.

  That monk with a bitter face reappeared in Meng Qi's mind, his footsteps heavy, his back slightly arched, as if bound by heavy chains, but beside him was only peaceful and serene clarity.

  A flash of the knife, all sorts of changes are clear before one's eyes, greed, anger, ignorance, love, hatred, and unfulfilled desires all descend in a swirl, transforming that pure land into a ten-foot-deep crimson dust.

  The invisible chain of karma is broken, the heavy obstacles are destroyed, the endless bitter sea surges forward, and I float up and down, experiencing the torment, enduring the scorching heat. But amidst the suffering, there is also joy; my heart has become lively and vibrant once more. I understand the happiness of family ties, the delight of love and kindness, the righteousness of friendship, and the pleasure of fame. Although the hardships have not diminished, it's hard to extricate myself from them.

  The illusion disappeared, and the "Duan Qing Jing" knife technique was completely remembered in Meng Qi's mind. However, remembering the changes in the knife technique is one thing, but to truly use it, to unify body and mind, and to be able to use it at any time and place, that would require another round of arduous practice.

  In the major schools of martial arts, the secret manuals all strive to be detailed and comprehensive. After disciples carefully study them, they still have instructors demonstrating, which is only slightly inferior to true transmission of intent. However, even so, few disciples can truly grasp the essence of the techniques, and knowledge and action often find it difficult to merge as one.

  Meng Qi felt that although he had gained a superficial understanding of the "Duan Qing Jing" through his comprehension of the true meaning, it would take at least a year or two to be able to use this knife technique even roughly, and this was already a case of the heavens not disappointing those who worked hard!

  In his mind, he replayed the knife technique again and again, and after memorizing it several times, Meng Qi opened his eyes to find that the floating Raindrop Needle had been loaded, along with a page of instructions on how to open the mechanism after firing, the "User Manual" for loading poison needles, and the much thicker "Divine Steps Eight Methods" manual - now renamed "Divine Steps Hundred Variations".

  "Ananda's Broken Precept Knife Method First Form 'Cutting Off Purity' completed, consuming 110 merits."

  "Baoyu Lihua Needle's poisonous needle is fully restored, consuming 50 good deeds. Special reminder: this Baoyu Lihua Needle has been used once and can be used at most twice more. To repair it, 400 good deeds are required. Currently, exchanging can obtain 300 good deeds. After repairing, exchanging can obtain 500 good deeds."

  "'Divine Steps Eight' evolves into 'Divine Hundred Variations', consuming forty merits."

  The emotionless voice of the Six Paths' Master echoed, Meng Qi couldn't help but curse under his breath. The repair cost for the Violent Rain Lihua Needle was too expensive! He might as well exchange it for a new one! The Six Paths' Master was simply a swindler!

  A disposable Rainstorm Lihua Needle requires 400 good deeds, a three-time usable one costs 800 good deeds, and a multi-use one exceeds 2000. However, the Rainstorm Lihua Needle has limited effect on external strong opponents, so even if it can be reused, it's not very valuable. Therefore, the most cost-effective way is to exchange for diagram materials yourself and research and manufacture them, such as a 2000-level Rainstorm Lihua Needle diagram that only requires 500 good deeds.

  Meng Qi cursed as he quickly gathered the items in front of him, although the violent rain pear flower needle could be exchanged for a considerable amount of good deeds to obtain other divine techniques, it was now his most important lifesaving method.

  After completing the exchange, Meng Qi still had fifty good deeds left and couldn't help but walk out, flipping through the Jade Book to find a suitable knife technique.

  Unfortunately, even the "Five Tigers Breaking Gate Knife Method" is worth only thirty merits of good deeds, and it can be imagined that a knife method at the level of fifty merits of good deeds does not have any essential improvement. Exchanging them is not as good as calming down and carefully pondering the "Five Tigers Breaking Gate Knife Method".

  "In fact, the 'Five Tigers Breaking Gate Knife Method' is not bad at all. The moves are simple yet effective, and within the grand opening and closing, there lies a heroic spirit to the knife method. If one can master it, it's not much inferior to some exquisite knife methods."

  Zhang Yuanshan said with a smile, "If you really have the talent for knife skills, and can understand the true meaning of knife skills from basic knife skills, then it's not impossible to dominate the world with this 'Wu Hu Duan Men Dao'. Just like Mr. Lu of Huamei Mountain Villa, who only practiced one set of 'Liu He Jian Fa' all his life, but still managed to earn the reputation of 'Number One Sword in the World'."

  "Perhaps talent is there, but to grasp the true meaning of swordsmanship requires many years of tempering, and I must prioritize dealing with the reincarnation task. Alas, time does not wait for me, heaven's will toys with humans, a hero's energy is short!" Meng Qi similarly responded with a playful attitude, gazing "melancholically" into the distance, with an air of a fallen, peerless master, then he suddenly snapped back to reality, "The world's number one sword?"

  This is no good title to bear!

  Although Xuan Xin is talking about Jianghu anecdotes, he is currently still in the stage of introducing his sect and boasting about his "personal experiences". Therefore, Meng Qi doesn't know much about various famous people in Jianghu, and only vaguely remembers that he has indeed heard of the terms "Huamei Mountain Villa" and "Lu Da Xiansheng".

  As for "the world's number one sword", Jiang Zhiwei naturally had a thick tone: "Mr. Lu is the descendant of an unknown spear master in Northern Zhou, and his family has passed down ordinary...

  "'Liu He Jian Fa' and 'Geng Jin Xin Jue', but for decades, he remained focused on these two martial arts, never wavering, and after experiencing countless dangers and tribulations, he finally grasped the ultimate truth of the sword path, transforming these two martial arts into unparalleled divine skills, achieving the 'Geng Jin indestructible body', and establishing the Huà Méi Shān Zhuāng lineage. Due to this experience, he earned a widely recognized nickname - 'One Heart Sword'."

  "My master's life has never been submissive to others, but he often praises Mr. Lu Da, praising him for his single-mindedness and mastery of the true essence of swordsmanship, only wishing to attain Buddhahood as soon as possible and engage in a brilliant and upright debate on swordsmanship with him."

  Pervert! Freak! Meng Qi's mind only flashed with these two words as he listened to Jiang Zhiwei's description, unable to express the shock in his heart. His experiences were probably something that no one could imitate, and he himself would never have the courage to take this path.

  This has nothing to do with the oppression of reincarnation, Meng Qi clearly knows that he can't do it, at least not now, his heart is still not at this level, maybe after experiencing hardships in the future, he can reach it.

  "What ranking is Mr. Lu Da in the Heavenly Rankings?" Having just been "enlightened" with knowledge of the Heaven, Earth and Human Rankings, Meng Qi subconsciously asked this question.

  "Fourthly, this is not because he is inferior to Kong Xuan Master, but because he has not set foot in the Jianghu for thirteen years and has few battle achievements."

  "Thirteen years without setting foot in Jianghu?" Meng Qi asked with a puzzled expression.

  Zhang Yuanshan nodded slightly, his face full of admiration: "Mr. and Mrs. Lu's conjugal love was deep, after Ye Furen's unexpected passing, he built a hut in front of her tomb, indulging in calligraphy and painting, without asking about worldly affairs."

  "So the rumor is that Mr. Lu's strength has greatly decreased, and his ranking will probably drop even lower, sigh." Qi Zhengyan also came from a sword faction and still had some admiration for this leader of the sword path.

  Meng Qi snorted: "But how can I compare with Master Lu? I'll just stick to being a decent knife-wielding door guard."

  Zhang Yuanshan nodded: "The Five Tigers' Broken Gate Knife is bold and majestic, it's a fair match. If you want to exchange, then choose a knife method with a strange door style, and win by being unusual."

  "Zhang Shixiong's words make sense." Jiang Zhiwei also shared this opinion.

  Hearing the strange knife method, Meng Qi's heart moved, and he flipped through the Jade Book to find a "familiar" knife method.

  Blood Blade Technique!

  This is the knife method of the Blood Knife Sect in "Lian Cheng Jue", and the old ancestor of the Blood Knife relies on it to dominate, known for its strangeness. Every knife comes out from an unthinkable position.

  "Eighty good deeds..." Meng Qi recited the required good deeds and began to think about what he had that could be exchanged for them.

  Jiang Zhiwei peeked at the description on Meng Qiyu's jade book, and chuckled: "This knife technique is indeed suitable. Little monk, do you want to borrow some good deeds? I'm a kind person, not nine out thirteen return, next time remember to use Anan Breaking Precept Knife Technique to spar with me."

  "Of course." Meng Qi agreed without hesitation, because he found that he had no way to make up for the good deeds unless he exchanged the Storm Lily Needle, and borrowing from each other could also strengthen the team's cohesion - as long as they didn't default on their debts.

  "Zhen Ding, your opinion just now is truly worth a fortune to me. I won't bother you with the details of my nine exits and thirteen returns. Let's just say that twenty years of hard work will be lent to you, and it'll be just enough. You can return it after our next mission." Zhang Yuan Shan said with a smile.

  Qizheng's expressionless face said: "Ten out of twelve can return, I can lend you thirty directly."

  Because Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan together are enough, he said so.

  Meng Qi was deeply moved by the kindness of the three, but on the surface, he exaggeratedly said: "Brother Qi, when did you become so generous?"

  "In the next task, if you die because of your unrefined swordsmanship, the Raindrop Needle might be picked up by the enemy, it's very dangerous." Qi Zhengyan said in a serious tone.

  "This time you should be able to break through the 'enlightenment' barrier, right?" Zhang Yuanshan suddenly asked.

  Qizheng nodded: "Exchange another bottle of Lingzhi Qiwan, and in half a month, I should be able to try to break through with the 'Tiancong Wan'. At that time, I will find an opportunity to go out with the elders of the sect on business, and then use the excuse that there is something strange along the way."

  He thought it through thoroughly, after all, as an ordinary disciple of the Huahua Sword Sect, he had never had any outstanding aspects before, and suddenly breaking through to enlightenment without relying on external objects was easily suspected (for example, being secretly bought by the enemy and given a breakthrough elixir), so he decided to come up with a strange encounter as an excuse, anyway, for such a large sect, a strange encounter of a single Tiancong pill was simply not enough.

  "If you successfully comprehend it, shouldn't you be taught the 'Fallen Clouds and Autumn Water Sword'? That would save us from having to exchange for another sword technique." Zhang Yuanshan slightly nodded his head.

  "Yes, but after I master Luoxia Sword and Autumn Water Sword, I will exchange them with the Lord of Six Paths Reincarnation." Qi Zhengyan did not hide this time.

  Huāhuā Jiàn Pài as a major sword school, most of its sword techniques are actually qigong methods, such as "Luò Xià Qiū Shuǐ Jiàn" which includes both Luò Xià Jué and Qiū Shuǐ Jiàn Fǎ, while Cháng Hé Jiàn Fǎ also encompasses Luò Rì Xīn Fǎ.

  Jiang Zhiwei and Zhang Yuanshan had their own persistence, but they never thought of interfering with others, and the Huahua Sword Sect was not their sect anyway. As long as Qi Zhengyan didn't betray his companions, that was enough.

  At this time, Meng Qi had already taken out the good deeds borrowed by Zhang Yuanshan and Jiang Zhimiao, exchanged back the "Blood Knife Method", and said in surprise: "Brother Qi, do you want to exchange what kind of divine skill secret?"

  Even "Lu Xia Autumn Water Sword" would be exchanged for the master of the Six Paths Reincarnation, Qi Zhengyan's ambitions are not small!