Chapter 2: Blasting Zhang Hu (Part 1)

  "The sword rises like the wind..."

  "The wind moves, the sword follows..."

  "One Sword Chasing the Wind..."

  ……

  Tianjian Sect Outer Peak Rear Mountain, Xuantian is practicing swordplay.

  Ever since the special experience at 'Hidden Sword Pond', Xuan Tian's cultivation has not only increased by two realms, but his strength has also surged explosively. His understanding of swordsmanship has also reached an unimaginable level.

  If we divide the cultivation of swordsmanship into ten levels: initial learning, glimpsing the doorway, making some progress, smooth and effortless, gaining insight, great gains, entering the hall, pure and refined, reaching the peak, transcending the divine.

  So, before Xuantian's level was around the sixth stage 'Great Gain', and now it is at the tenth stage 'Merging with the Divine'.

  Xuantian's sense of presence was like a sword, as if it had become an integral part of his arm.

  "It's probably because of the 'pure white small sword' in my brow that my sense of the sword has become ten times more sensitive, just like it's my own arm. My understanding of swordsmanship has also increased by more than tenfold."

  "Hmm..."

  Xuantian's sword swept horizontally, a loud cracking sound echoed through the air. A silver fir tree with a trunk as thick as a bowl, ten steps away, snapped in response and its upper half fell to the ground with a crash.

  "Alas..."

  Xuantian sheathed his sword and stood up, with two fingers pressed together in front of his chest, his breath sank into his dantian, and he slowly let out a long sigh.

  With his breath adjusted evenly, Xuan Tian's gaze fell on the silver fir tree that had been cut off at waist height ten steps away, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

  He took a few quick steps and arrived in front of the fractured Silver Maple tree, his palm stroking the smooth gap on the trunk that was like a mirror surface, with a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.

  "Sword energy, only a martial artist of the Seventh Realm can release such sword energy. I'm just a Sixth Realm cultivator and yet I've managed to release it. Ten steps away, my sword energy sliced through a silver fir tree as thick as a bowl. My sword energy can at least travel twenty steps or more."

  "Releasing sword energy is a sign of the Seventh Realm of Martial Arts, but the cultivation of the Seventh Realm can only release sword energy within ten steps. Releasing sword energy at a distance of twenty steps is probably only achievable with the cultivation of the Eighth Realm."

  "What is the sword shadow in 'Hidden Sword Pond' after all? Not only did my cultivation increase by two realms at once, but my strength also exploded, almost comparable to that of a warrior in the eighth realm."

  "And, let me take my understanding of the Wind Chasing Sword Technique to the extreme realm, it's simply transcendent. This mid-grade yellow-tier sword technique is no less powerful than a high-grade yellow-tier sword technique, and it even released a sword energy attack."

  Xuántiān stroked the center of his eyebrows, slowly massaging it, and muttered to himself with a voice full of surprise.

  "My father didn't teach me the family's sword techniques or martial arts, and I wasn't talented enough in the Tianjian Gate to learn advanced techniques. I thought this lifelong grudge would be hard to avenge, but now with this encounter, avenging my hatred won't be just an illusion anymore. Xuanji, Yinji, you pair of dog-like men and women, wait for me! One day, I'll appear before you and take your dog heads with the three-foot green sword in my hand."

  Xuántiān grasped his fists tightly, clenched his teeth, and was filled with confidence in his heart.

  "Brother Huang——"

  Just as Xuan Tian was recalling his past experiences in his heart and making a solemn vow, a shout came from the foot of the mountain.

  Xuantian looked down at the mountain and saw Lin Dong running towards him from over a hundred steps away, shouting loudly as he came.

  Lin Dong's anxious appearance seemed like something big had happened.

  Xuantian's body rose and fell, in a single movement, within ten steps, his body was as light as a swallow, not even ten rises and falls, he flew down the mountain for nearly a hundred feet, appearing before Lin Dong who was panting heavily.

  "Lin Shidi, what's wrong? You're looking for me in such a hurry. What happened?" Xuan Tian asked as soon as he landed.

  "Huang... Brother Huang, it's no good..."

  Lin Dong panted heavily and said intermittently: "Huang Shi brother... he fought with Zhang Hu brother on the fighting arena."

  "What?" Xuan Tian hastily asked: "What's going on? Walk and talk at the same time."

  Xuantian pulled up Lin Dong's arm and rushed down the mountain.

  Zhang Hu had a cultivation base of the fifth layer of the Martial Realm, and before Xuan Tian's encounter with the mysterious sword in the Hidden Sword Pool, his cultivation base was only at the fourth layer of the Martial Realm. When he dueled Zhang Hu, he lost after just eleven moves. Huang Shi Cai's cultivation base was only at the third layer of the Martial Realm, far inferior to Xuan Tian, so how could he possibly be a match for Zhang Hu?

  In the Tianjian Gate, the rules are strict. Fellow disciples and brothers are forbidden to engage in private fights. If there is a conflict, they can challenge each other as long as both parties agree to settle their differences through battle under the witness of others.

  The Tianjianmen has many disciples, and with more people, conflicts are inevitable. Therefore, duels between each other are very common.

  For this, the Tianjian Gate specially built a dueling arena to provide a fixed venue for disciples who duel, and it was built in the plaza where disciples often pass by. This allows all duels between disciples of the sect to be held in public, avoiding private internal conflicts that lead to loss of life and trigger irreconcilable contradictions that evolve into hatred.

  In the mouths of disciples under the gate, the dueling platform is just a ring, and the duel between disciples under the gate is just fighting in the ring.

  A duel on the arena requires mutual consent and cannot be forced. The challenged party can refuse to accept the duel, but will be despised by other disciples.

  Of course, there is an exception. When someone with a high level of cultivation challenges someone with a low level of cultivation and refuses, they will often get everyone's understanding. After all, the difference in strength between two adjacent realms is very large.

  When the state of cultivation differs by two realms, the actual strength differs even more greatly, like heaven and earth.

  At this time, the highly cultivated challenge the lowly cultivated, and the lowly cultivated refuse. Not only are they not despised by everyone, but instead, everyone will despise the highly cultivated, because the highly cultivated challenged their junior brothers who were two realms lower in cultivation, which is clearly bullying.

  The difference in cultivation between Huang Shi and Zhang Hu was two realms, logically speaking, Huang Shi shouldn't have been able to step onto the stage with Zhang Hu for a duel, but the situation was completely opposite, which made Xuan Tian feel surprised.

  Lin Dong was pulled by Xuan Tian, and his running became much easier, his breathing balanced a bit, he said: "Because Zhang Hu said bad things about Huang, saying that Huang was unconscious in Yinxian Pond because he lost to him, feeling ashamed and wanting to end himself. But Huang Shi said that Huang was unconscious because he was too tired from practicing swordsmanship."

  Zhang Hu said that Huang is a... a waste, can even practice sword and get dizzy, this life is destined to be a waste. Huang Shi said that Huang is not a waste, one day, Huang will surpass Zhang Hu. As a result, Zhang Hu laughed loudly, saying that the entire Huang family is a waste, Huang is a waste, and Huang Shi is a waste among wastes. With just one hand, he beat Huang Shi until he was rolling on the ground, urinating uncontrollably.

  Huang Shi said Zhang Hu was farting, Zhang Hu said if you're not a waste of a waste, come and compare with me, I'll use only one hand to guarantee that I can beat this waste of a waste until you're picking up your teeth from the ground. As a result, Huang Shi and Zhang Hu got on the stage for a fight.

  Lin Dong took a deep breath and completely recounted the reason and process of how Huang Shi and Zhang Hu were beaten up on the dueling platform.

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