I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 16 The Cherry Blossom Divine Sword

Jiangshan Dijin Residential Area, Linjiang City.

As one of the most upscale residential communities in the city, Jiangshan Dijin not only has an imposing name, but its property prices are even more imposing. Currently, the average price per square meter has been driven up to over 60,000 yuan, which is comparable to that of first-tier cities in the Easternmost Country.

At this price, only the very wealthy and powerful can afford to stay here.

Ye Qingzhou, an ordinary-looking young man, naturally couldn't afford a house here, but that didn't matter, as the original owner's biological father could afford it.

Room 168, a two-story villa with a floor area of ​​270 square meters, will be Ye Qingzhou's next place to stay.

It has to be said that Ye Xiangyang is doing quite well. At a young age, he showed extraordinary martial arts talent. Before graduating from university, he passed the assessment and became a professional martial artist. After graduation, he married his childhood sweetheart. His life has been smooth sailing. He even had quite good luck in the early exploration of secret realms, and benefited a lot several times, easily earning tens of millions of dollars.

This is why Ye Qingzhou has been able to live a good life even after he has been missing for so many years. Although he is now all alone, he lives in a luxury villa every day and receives a government subsidy every month, so he has no worries about food and clothing.

Looking at the valuable villa in front of him, Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but stroke his chin and fall into thought: "This house looks like it's worth a lot of money. If I sell it, I can probably buy a lot of rare ingredients to quickly improve my foundation and cultivation... Forget it, I'll just be a human being and not sell the house for now."

Upon opening the food box, the martial arts meal received from Xu Lan was still warm. The whole iron-feathered chicken, which had been baked with salt, was quite substantial, weighing at least two pounds.

Sitting alone in the dining room, Ye Qingzhou began to eat heartily. The salty and fragrant chicken was chewy and delicious, and he quickly devoured it all, leaving only the empty skeleton of the Iron Feather Chicken.

hiccup~

Ye Qingzhou let out a satisfied burp, and then felt a heat in his dantian, as if his whole body was full of inexhaustible energy. He immediately realized that this was a reaction caused by his body absorbing a large amount of vital energy. At this moment, he was like a fully charged lithium battery.

Without delay, Ye Qingzhou immediately got up and went to the backyard. With the cool evening breeze, he drew his sword and began to practice.

Xu Yuebing's sword, Flying Frost, was crafted by a master artisan using materials sourced from a secret cave realm. It not only amplifies the power of vital energy but also transforms internal energy into frost-attribute attacks, making it exceptionally powerful.

As the sword flashed, a light snow began to fall in the courtyard. The condensed water vapor turned into tiny ice crystals, which drifted down and quickly formed a layer of white snow on the ground.

Ye Qingzhou treads on frost and snow, his figure soaring like a dragon. He quickly mastered the essence of internal energy techniques, his moves controlled with ease. Combined with the breathing of his internal energy, he formed a near-perfect rhythm, his power accumulating layer by layer, his momentum gradually rising.

Upon reaching the summit, sword shadows and snowflakes flew together, and the sunset and lights blended into one color.

Clang~

Just as Ye Qingzhou's aura reached its peak, his longsword moved swiftly and rapidly, accompanied by the sound of thunder. He was using his famous technique from his previous life, "Painting the Dragon's Eyes."

The painting depicts a dragon with its spine, emphasizing the power flowing throughout the body, so that the sword strikes like a soaring dragon.

The finishing touch refers to the eye of divine will, emphasizing instantaneous bursts of power, with the sword moving like lightning.

When Ye Qingzhou finished practicing a set of sword techniques, he suddenly entered a state of enlightenment while fully focused. Following his subconscious, he instinctively incorporated the techniques of wind into his finishing touch sword technique, and unleashed a perfectly harmonious sword strike!

An invisible sword aura then slashed out horizontally!

Click~

The cherry tree behind him, as thick as a bowl, fell down with a crash, having been severed in half by the sword energy that shot out from behind.

"Compressing flowing wind and then unleashing it with such power?"

Even Ye Qingzhou found this unbelievable. Even with his mastery of the Gang Jin (罡劲) and his power reaching its peak, he could only strike someone an inch into the air.

The sword strike before them, however, could snap a cherry tree several meters away, as thick as a bowl, in one blow; its power was simply incomparable.

Then Ye Qingzhou remembered that the cherry tree in front of him seemed to have been planted by Ye Xiangyang and Cheng Yurong together, recording their beautiful love story.

"It's better to break up; out with the old, in with the new."

It was just a cherry tree, and Ye Qingzhou didn't dwell on it too much. Instead, he sat down on the spot, closed his eyes, and focused on understanding what he had gained from that sword strike.

"The martial arts of this world are indeed incredibly profound, especially the internal energy, which can resonate with the vital energy by adjusting the rhythm of breathing, thus evolving the myriad phenomena of nature."

Ye Qingzhou's mind raced, constantly capturing fleeting inspirations.

The sword strike he just delivered used his self-created "Dragon's Eye-Catching Sword Technique" to generate power, but his internal energy was the wind force from the "Six Forms of Military Competition." Through specific internal energy techniques, he successfully harnessed the power of the wind by utilizing the vital energy within his body, which enabled him to unleash a sword aura several meters long.

This demonstrates that the combination of these two forces is exceptionally powerful.

Ye Qingzhou is a person who likes to plan ahead. Since he has decided to participate in the Qinglan Sword Fighting Tournament, he is definitely aiming to win the championship.

Since the goal is to win the championship, it is natural to start preparing now for any potential opponents in the competition.

Ye Qingzhou currently has limited knowledge of the other players' abilities, so he decided to focus on improving himself: "My strengths are talent, experience, and skills, while my weaknesses are a lack of foundation and a significant gap in physical attributes compared to the seeded players."

From Xu Lan, Ye Qingzhou learned that the second generation of cultivators on Blue Star basically start preparing from childhood, eating rare and exotic beasts and immortal herbs every day. Even a pig can become a master, let alone a living person.

These second-generation cultivators not only eat well, but also receive guidance from renowned teachers. If they also possess some natural talent and are willing to work hard, their strength will be absolutely terrifying.

The only thing the other side lacks is probably skill and experience.

Ye Qingzhou made a decision in an instant: "The time is too short, and there may not be enough time to make up for the lack of foundation. The only way to increase the chances of winning is to play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses, and to make the most of my existing advantages."

Once a decision is made, the next step is to consider countermeasures.

In the Six Forms of Military Competition, the wind enhances reaction speed, the fire strengthens muscle power, the mountain enhances bone strength, and the forest optimizes the technique of applying force.

As for the Yin and Thunder techniques, they focus on the convergence and explosive power of internal energy.

"I currently lack financial resources and have limited daily energy intake. Rather than mastering all six stances to the basics, I should focus on one stance first to quickly improve my combat power."

Ye Qingzhou was still very clear-headed, knowing that in the path of martial arts, only by being down-to-earth can one walk steadily and go far.

The cost of training martial artists on Blue Star is not low. Even for martial arts talents with exceptional talent, the training cost to become a professional martial artist is at least tens of millions of yuan.

This expense isn't actually that expensive. After all, the training cost for a qualified air force fighter pilot in modern society is generally over 30 million, and it's purely money spent with virtually no revenue generated.

In contrast, martial artists are high-level elites; once they reach the professional level, they can bring substantial benefits to the country.

Therefore, many martial arts practitioners take out loans to practice. For example, Ye Xiangyang was able to break through his cultivation level in his second year of college after he showed his talent after graduating from high school and applied for national subsidies and bank loans.

Unless Ye Qingzhou sells the house, he definitely won't be able to raise that much money right now.

"Of the six elements—Wind, Fire, Mountain, Forest, Yin, and Thunder—which one should be chosen?"

(End of this chapter)