All Heavens: A Role-Playing System Starting from Tianlong

Chapter 84 New Martial Art Created, Sword Qi at Will

Inside the Valley of Deafness and Muteness, Zhang Cheng sat cross-legged, practicing his internal energy.

Seven days have passed since the day the life-or-death talisman was removed from the fifteen caves and forty-three islands where they had gathered earlier.

On the third day, Wu Yazi was finally released by Wu and Li, and he led Su Xinghe and others on a journey to settle accounts with Ding Chunqiu.

Before leaving, Zhang Cheng didn't forget to assign Su Xinghe a task, telling him to do good deeds under his name, just like the people from the Thirty-Six Caves and Seventy-Two Islands.

It is worth noting that among Su Xinghe's apprentices is Xue Muhua, a renowned physician known as "King Yama's Enemy".

Su Xinghe himself is even more skilled in medicine than his apprentice. With these two around, he should be able to earn a lot of fame.

After they left, life settled down.

While waiting for the remaining thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands to arrive, Zhang Cheng either studied martial arts with Tong Lao or traveled back and forth between Luoyang City and Tianlongdiya Valley.

Tong Lao is a martial arts master who has secluded herself in Tianshan for decades to practice martial arts because she could not get what she wanted; Li Qiushui has the experience of trying to compile a comprehensive martial arts classic with Wu Yazi; plus Zhang Cheng, a guinea pig with a strong ability to try and make mistakes.

The three of them have indeed made quite a few achievements in their research these days.

Zhang Cheng had no prejudice against martial arts schools and generously shared "One-Finger Divine Skill" and "Six-Meridian Divine Sword" with the two of them.

After much deliberation, the three of them finally replaced the "One-Finger Divine Skill" with "White Rainbow Palm Force" to condense the sword force, and developed a new version of "Six Meridian Divine Sword" that could still be controlled at will after the sword energy left the body.

The "Six Meridian Divine Sword" is a martial art that requires extremely profound internal energy to activate; in order to continue to control the "White Rainbow Palm Force" after it leaves the body, one must also pour in a large amount of true energy in one go.

With the two combined, the threshold for this new martial art is even higher than that of the original "Six Meridian Divine Sword".

Not only does the practitioner need to master the "White Rainbow Palm Force," but they also need to reach the level of the "Three Elders and Four Masters," the elite masters.

Of course, the results are worthy of this threshold.

The invisible sword energy, enhanced by the "White Rainbow Palm Force," can move and change direction freely, much like a true sword immortal wielding a sword. Combined with the sharpness of the sword energy itself, it can kill without leaving a trace.

Zhang Cheng even tried stepping on invisible yet tangible sword energy, letting it carry him at high speed.

However, this method consumes a great deal of internal energy, and for now it can only be used as a means to deal with emergencies.

Aside from the limitation of internal energy, this new martial art has only one drawback: controlling the flying sword requires a lot of mental energy.

With Zhang Cheng's brain slightly enhanced by the [Soldier] class, he can control one flying sword with ease; with two, it becomes difficult to manage the variations; and with three flying swords, he can only barely execute his moves.

To control six swords in formation by oneself would take an unknown amount of time and effort.

As for the integration of the three internal energy cultivation methods of the Free and Unfettered Sect, there is still no clue as to how it will be done.

Logically speaking, since the young master Xiaoyaozi possessed these three extraordinary skills, even if they were originally unrelated, he should have gained some insights and understanding over the years.

When Zhang Cheng asked Sister Wu and Sister Li, both of them said they didn't know. Therefore, Zhang Cheng had no choice but to continue using the exhaustive method to slowly test and find the answer within his own body.

Just as I was pondering this, Xiao Yu suddenly came to my side.

"Young Master, the Island Master of Coconut Flower Island in the South China Sea, Madam Li, has arrived."

Zhang Cheng opened his eyes and nodded: "This must be the last of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands of power, right?"

"Yes. According to Madam Li, they are located in a remote area, and since the entire group consists of women, they were spied on on the way and caused trouble, which is why they arrived late."

Judging from the other party's expression, he wasn't lying. Things have indeed been rather unsettled on Northwest Jingzhou Road lately.

Xiao Yu paused for a moment, then carefully said, "However, she did not follow orders after all. Although there are extenuating circumstances, she should still be punished to show that the young master is fair in rewarding and punishing."

Zhang Cheng nodded, but showed no sign of blame.

He certainly knew that Northwest Beijing Road was not safe.

There have been murders every day in Luoyang these past few days, keeping the Xijing Garrison Command extremely busy. Not only is the entire city under martial law, but they are also recruiting martial arts masters at great expense while sending memorials to the imperial court requesting assistance.

Although masters like Chasing Wind Swift Sword and Cloud Eagle had died in Luoyang City before, the promise of a great reward attracted many brave men, and so many people still came here to try their luck.

Zhang Cheng used the same "soul-searching technique" to find out the details of these people, and then decided whether to kill or release them based on the situation.

In a short time, most of the powerful and wealthy in Luoyang and the江湖人 (jianghu people) on the northwest road of the capital died.

The existing power structure was torn open, and naturally some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos.

However, after Zhang Cheng eliminated the first group of people who had come out to test the waters and the mastermind behind them, the remaining people tacitly retreated and went into a wait-and-see mode. It seems that no one will make any further moves before this mysterious killer is caught.

Zhang Cheng snapped out of his thoughts and turned his gaze back to Xiao Yu. "No need for punishment. Let her in."

Xiao Yu obeyed the order and left the valley, quickly bringing the person before him.

Before long, a beautiful woman was brought before Zhang Cheng. This Madam Li looked to be in her early thirties, very well-maintained, and still retained her charm.

However, Zhang Cheng had no particular interest in her and directly activated the telepathic soul search to begin questioning her.

Coconut Flower Island is a small, remote force in the South China Sea. It has little contact with the outside world and therefore has little opportunity to do evil.

The island's mistress, Madam Li, was timid and valued her life. She was already extremely fortunate to have been able to remove the Life and Death Talisman. How could she dare to harbor any thoughts of revenge against the Spirit Palace?

However, judging from his words, the rules of Coconut Flower Island itself seem to be quite strict with its disciples.

Seeing that there were no problems, Zhang Cheng woke her up, removed the life-and-death talisman, and casually mentioned the sect rules.

Madam Li was terrified and kowtowed repeatedly, promising to revise the rules of the sect upon returning home.

Zhang Cheng was about to tell her to leave and call his disciples in one by one when he suddenly sensed someone approaching.

"Sister Wu, Sister Li, what brings you here?"

The old woman snorted coldly, her gaze passing over him and landing on Madam Li, who was kneeling on the ground.

"Naturally, I came to see who made me wait here for so long."

Although Madam Li had never seen the Child Granny's true face, she had heard her voice.

Upon hearing this, she was terrified. Her body, kneeling on the ground, trembled like a leaf. She wanted to kowtow and beg for forgiveness, but she didn't even have the strength to lift her head.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng felt somewhat helpless. He walked in front of Madam Li, blocking the old woman's view.

"Alright, Sister Wu was just trying to scare you. She won't really do anything to you. Go on, bring your disciples in one by one."

Madam Li knelt on the ground and cautiously glanced at Granny Tong.

Granny Tong frowned: "Are you deaf? Get out of here!"

Madam Li felt as if she had been granted a pardon, and actually lay down on the ground and rolled away.

Zhang Cheng stared at the receding figure, momentarily at a loss for words.

He turned to look at Granny Tong, his tone helpless: "Sister Wu, look how scared you've made her."

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