Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 705 Breaking Limits, Sword Dao Talent Improves!
Imperial Prefecture.

After exploring himself, Jiang Ning also discovered that he had officially entered the realm of a second-grade Grandmaster.

It brings about more than just a spiritual transformation.

It also made his thinking more agile, his mind clearer, and his thoughts processed more quickly.

In other words, his brain has been upgraded.

Like a high-tech computer, it has undergone a comprehensive upgrade, becoming even more advanced.

At this moment, he closed his eyes slightly, and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind.

The knowledge I had previously reviewed kept resurfacing in my mind.

Countless chaotic and complex pieces of knowledge converged in my mind, yet they remained perfectly orderly and systematic.

After a long time.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"My brain is working ten times more efficiently!" he concluded.

The increased efficiency of his thinking made his eyes seem brighter.

"Let's try again to see if there's a bonus for accumulating progress in martial arts techniques."

A thought flashed through his mind, and a long sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

The next moment, the sword light rolled like a tide, transforming into a vortex.

The air currents from all directions began to converge on where he was.

In an instant, it transformed into a rolling ring of airflow.

The fallen leaves in the courtyard were now moving around him in the distance, their trajectory a circle.

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +133]

After a while.

When he saw the prompt appear before him, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

He then continued practicing his swordsmanship.

The airflow gathered around him became more noticeable.

The air currents converged into white waves, producing bursts of roar.

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +133]

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +129]

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +134]

【.】

a long time.

He drew his longsword.

The converging air currents surged towards the horizon like a torrent.

In an instant.

The mist that shrouded the Imperial Preceptor's residence rippled like waves.

The soft, cotton-like white mist completely swallowed up Jiang Ning's sword strike.

It was just a few fluctuations.

The final burst of power from the Yin-Yang Sword was swallowed up by the mist swirling overhead.

After swinging his sword, Jiang Ning sheathed it and stood looking up at the sky.

"What a powerful formation!" he thought to himself in surprise.

Just then, the fog overhead slowly dissipated.

Golden rays of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the swirling mist and fell into the courtyard.

A gentle breeze blew by, and Su Qingying, dressed in a light blue dress, appeared in front of Jiang Ning.

“My lord!” Su Qingying looked at Jiang Ning and said.

"Thank you so much!"

"You're too kind, sir. I think you don't like being too flamboyant or high-profile, so I took the liberty of concealing the burst of spiritual light when you broke through to the next realm! I just hope you won't blame me!" Su Qingying said respectfully.

"Why would I blame you?" Jiang Ning smiled, flicked his wrist, and the longsword in his hand disappeared instantly.

After a while.

After Su Qingying left, Jiang Ning looked at his own data panel.

[Skill]: Yin-Yang Sword

[Skill]: Yin-Yang Sword (Seven Limit Breaks 6563/8000) (Trait: All Rivers Run into the Ocean (Light Blue))

"The progress is almost complete!" The thought flashed through his mind.

Then close the panel.

With a flick of his sword, the air around him swirled once more.

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +133]

【.】

After a while.

The air currents gathered around him were like a torrent, like a river rushing into the sky.

A white cloud drifting high in the sky seemed to be struck by an invisible force, and instantly dissipated and vanished.

The sky became brighter, like a mirror that had been washed.

"Compared to before, the efficiency of accumulating experience points with the Yin-Yang Sword has indeed improved!"

"It should be related to a significant improvement in the efficiency of thinking processes!"

A thought flashed through his mind.

Then close your eyes on the spot.

With a heavy heart, he returned to the inner landscape.

boom--

As he moved his longsword, the entire inner world moved in unison, and countless streams of air surged toward him.

He practiced the Yin-Yang Sword technique again and again.

Although practicing swordsmanship in the inner landscape does not bring an increase in experience points like the Lingtai Cave's method of illuminating one's true self.

But the insights I gained were constant.

I have gained more insights into this sword technique.

a long time.

He left the interior location.

His brows were furrowed with fatigue, but his eyes were even sharper.

Like a long sword being drawn from its sheath and polished to reveal its sharpness.

"Let's rest for a while, recover our mental energy, and then practice the Yin-Yang Sword Technique one more time to see how much energy we've used up!"

A thought flashed through his mind, and he slowly closed his eyes.

A gentle breeze blew through the courtyard, lifting the long robe and revealing the jet-black boots on the feet.

She then lifted her long, loose hair that hung down behind her.

Half an hour later.

He slowly opened his eyes.

After half an hour of resting with my eyes closed, the fatigue between my brows had disappeared.

"call--"

He exhaled a long breath of the stale air that had accumulated in his stomach.

Then the breathing rhythm changed, with each breath subtly matching a peculiar rhythm of the universe.

"Let's try again!" he thought to himself.

A long sword appeared in his hand.

next moment.

With a flick of the longsword, its light rippled.

The surrounding air currents instantly converged on him like a tide.

The sparse space gradually transformed into a circle that surrounded him.

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +333]

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +277]

【.】

As countless insights burst forth in his mind, the experience points of the Yin-Yang Sword also increased explosively.

The progress accelerated at an exceptionally rapid pace.

With each flash of a notification, the accumulated experience points increase.

After a long time.

[Two Elements Hard and Soft Sword Experience Points +133]

When he saw that the experience points were being gained normally again, he raised his hand and waved.

The accumulated airflow is directed towards the sky.

Accompanied by billowing air currents, it soared straight into the heavens.

The sky was instantly washed clean, becoming exceptionally blue and bright.

[Skill]: Yin-Yang Sword + (Seven Limit Breaks 80000/8000) (Traits: Balance of Strength and Softness (Light Green) Defense (Light Blue) Graceful as a Swan (Light Green) Sword Type (Light Purple) Shifting Stars (Light Blue) All Rivers Run into the Sea (Light Blue))

His gaze then swept over the panel.

The experience points accumulated by the Yin-Yang Sword have reached their limit at this moment.

And all the conditions required for a breakthrough have already been met.

His gaze then shifted downwards.

[Skill]: Seven Star Demon-Subduing Sword + (Seven Limit Breaks 8000/8000) (Traits: Sword Heart Clarity (Light Purple), Evil Extermination (Dark Green), Turning Misfortune into Good Fortune (Dark Blue), Seven Star Lamp (Light Purple))
The same applies to the Seven Star Demon-Subduing Sword.

"The combined energy points required to break through the two sword techniques is 40,000."

A thought flashed through his mind, and his gaze swept over the Energy Points column.

[Source Energy]: 178585
"There's no point in trying to save the accumulated source energy points of seventeen!"

"Now that I have reached the second-grade Grandmaster level, I still need to rely on the Taixu Yin Yang Sword to quickly improve my combat power!"

"If these two sword techniques breakthroughs can lead to an improvement in sword dao talent, that would be an unexpected bonus, allowing the Taixu Yin Yang Sword to improve even more rapidly!"

"Even without improving swordsmanship talent, the increase in swordsmanship skill will slightly improve the efficiency of accumulating progress in the Taixu Yin Yang Sword!"

"No matter how you calculate it, it will be of some help to me."

Various thoughts flashed through his mind.

In just a moment, he had made up his mind.

next moment.

He had a thought in his mind.

Source energy points poured in like a waterfall. This was followed by a breakthrough in the Yin-Yang Sword.

The air currents swirled around him, dust rose from the ground, and the pattern of Tai Chi Yin Yang fish gradually appeared in the courtyard.

Subsequently.

Wisps of gas gathered around him like thousands of streams of water.

After a few breaths.

His figure was swallowed up by the air currents.

The intertwined air currents transformed into a perfect circular gas that enveloped him.

Around the circular gas were sharp, blade-like points of light, and further away were the illusory images of Tai Chi fish constantly swirling.

After half a cup of tea.

call--

The wind howled.

Countless streams of air, like headless flies, scattered in all directions.

At this moment, bright white light appeared on the tables, chairs, benches, and buildings.

Visible array patterns appeared on the ground.

in the courtyard.

As a gentle breeze blew by, Su Qingying, dressed in a light blue dress, appeared in the corner.

Under the blowing of the strong wind.

Her long hair was disheveled and danced wildly in the wind.

The loose-fitting long skirt was filled by the strong wind and lifted up, revealing a pair of slender and rounded legs as smooth as jade.

Su Qingying narrowed her eyes, looking at the man in the raging air currents.

The man's long hair was wildly flowing, his eyes were slightly closed, and his whole body exuded a powerful sword intent and a sharp aura.

at this time.

The man opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing within them, causing the void to tremble and invisible ripples to spread outwards.

"Congratulations, my lord!" Su Qingying's clear, girlish voice rang out.

Jiang Ning slowly smiled at this moment.

"Did you damage your house?"

"No!" Su Qingying shook her head. At this moment, the spreading air gradually subsided, and her fluttering skirt slowly fell down, covering her legs, which were as thin as chopsticks. Her wild black hair also naturally fell to her lower back.

She then added, "The mansion is reinforced with arrays, so ordinary disturbances cannot damage it!"

"Then I'm relieved!" Jiang Ning said with a smile.

After a brief conversation, and with Jiang Ning's persuasion, Su Qingying left again.

After Su Qingying left, Jiang Ning finally looked at his own panel.

[Skill]: Yin-Yang Sword (8-times limit break 67/8000) (Characteristic: Balance of Strength and Flexibility (Light Green) Sword Type (Dark Purple↑))

"Is it this characteristic of the sword type?"

His gaze narrowed slightly as it fell upon the two words "Sword Type" in deep purple.

【Sword Seed (Deep Purple)】: Possesses a sword seed within, with unparalleled talent.

"Possessing a sword seed within his body, his talent is unparalleled." Looking at the description on the panel, he muttered to himself again.

"This must have improved my swordsmanship talent!"

Thinking of this, he felt a sense of relief.

This gain alone makes his investment of energy points worthwhile.

next moment.

Another thought struck him, and he quickly closed his eyes.

As the mind settles into the body.

In an instant, he saw a seed that had just sprouted from the soil in his dantian, beside the immortal seedling.

"Is this the sword seed?"

Looking at the silvery-white seed that had just sprouted from the soil, a thought suddenly struck him.

at this time.

He sensed that the roots of the immortal seedling had deeply penetrated into the sword seed.

I could feel the life force within the sword seed slowly fading away.

He saw that on the seedlings, small green shoots were emerging from the tips.

"This is."

He was somewhat surprised to notice the change.

The sword type that Shen Yueru mentioned echoed in his mind again.

According to Shen Yueru, after she became the leader of the Crimson Emperor Cave Heaven, she received the full support of the Crimson Emperor Cave Heaven and refined a sword seed left over from ancient times.

As the sword seed took root and sprouted, her swordsmanship talent reached a new level.

Is there any similarity between the two?

He thought to himself.

As he pondered, he noticed that the silvery-white seed was losing more of its vitality and showing signs of withering.

On the seedling, the tiny bud slowly unfurled a pale silver leaf.

The leaves are covered with stem veins, each vein resembling a small sword.

Seeing the changes, he continued to observe.

After a stick of incense.

The seed withered completely, but on the seedling, another leaf began to unfurl.

The new leaves are pale silver.

The most striking feature is the stem pattern on the new leaves, which resembles tiny swords.

He slowly opened his eyes only after everything had changed.

at this time.

He was deeply moved when he opened his eyes.

When he opened his palm, he was shocked to see a withered seed the size of a soybean in his palm.

Sword Seed!!!

Upon seeing the seed, the size of a soybean, in his hand, his pupils suddenly contracted, revealing an expression of utter disbelief.

He stared intently at the withered sword in his hand for a long time before looking up at the sky.

"Illusory things become real!"

"Is this world the real world, or...?"

As he closed his eyes, the world turned pitch black, as if it had never existed.

At the moment he closed his eyes, everything in the world seemed to cease to exist.

Only he himself is true and real.

Apart from that, everything else is vanity.

Is it a virtual world?

A thought popped into his mind.

Layers of fog swirled in his mind, obscuring the way ahead.

After a long time.

He sighed and opened his eyes.

The more he saw and learned, the more confused he felt.

"I don't need to think about these things right now; I should focus on the present!"

He hardened his resolve, and with the burst of Demon-Subduing Sword Intent, he eradicated all the distracting thoughts that had arisen in his mind.

My inner world has regained its peace and tranquility, becoming bright and free from worldly dust.

His eyes flickered and landed on the panel.

[Source Energy]: 158585
[Skill]: Seven Star Demon-Subduing Sword + (Seven Limit Breaks 8000/8000) (Traits: Sword Heart Clarity (Light Purple), Evil Extermination (Dark Green), Turning Misfortune into Good Fortune (Dark Blue), Seven Star Lamp (Light Purple))
"Hopefully, my luck will be good this time too!"

He murmured to himself.

Then a thought came to my mind.

The energy points decreased rapidly once again.

Supervisor Tiansi.

On the empty rooftop.

A figure suddenly appeared on the high platform.

The newcomer was short and thin, with a slightly hunched back, and his long, gray-black hair was dull and lacked luster.

"The seven stars move unusually in broad daylight."

The blind old man looked up at the azure sky above his head with his dark eye sockets.

If you look closely, you can see that there are occasional twinkling stars in the clear blue sky.

In total, there are seven points of starlight.

The blind old man looked at the sky for a while, then looked in the direction of the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

"Is it her?"

Thinking of the imperial advisor, who resembled a young woman of sixteen or seventeen, his expression turned solemn.

Despite Su Qingying's crushing defeat in her last battle against Fu Yuan Shengjun,

But he understood that Su Qingying was merely suppressing herself.

After severing his own divinity, he can only unleash less than 10% of his full strength.

If we stop suppressing it and allow divinity to dominate us.

Even Fu Yuan Shengjun could not possibly be her match.

In the entire capital, there are only a handful of places that can rival it.

He still remembered how Su Qingying, who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, became the Grand Preceptor of the Great Xia Dynasty several years ago.

The old emperor at that time was extremely respectful to Su Qingying.

And to this day, no one in the entire capital has been able to find out where the seemingly young and beautiful imperial advisor came from.

Even he couldn't find a single clue.

It was as if it had sprung from a stone.

As for the deduction and divination of celestial secrets.

He had tried it before.

But the final result remained shrouded in mystery.

Furthermore, by forcibly deduce its origin, he suffered a backlash from the Heavenly Dao, making his five deficiencies and three lacks even more severe.

(End of this chapter)