After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

The sword at the waist looked quite soft when it was drawn, but once it was actually pulled out, it quickly hardened and became perfectly straight.

Zhou Yan checked the sword's attributes.

Sword Name: Wandering Immortal

Origin: The sword of Dongyouzi, a wandering immortal from Kunlun.

Supernatural powers.

Sharp Edge: When colliding with weapons of a lower level, it will never wear down or lose its sharpness.

Immortal Sword Embryo: Increases the effectiveness of immortal sect spells by 30%.

Demon Slayer: Increases damage against evil and demonic entities by 50%.

Breaking Technique: Has a shattering effect on sword energy, spells, etc.

Swiftness: Increases flight speed by 50%.

It can be changed at will: it can be large or small, soft or hard.

Instant Jump: Allows for spatial jumps within a certain range; cooldown is 10 minutes.

Man and sword as one: Current progress 25%.

Wu Shanfu gripped the Youxian Sword tightly in her hand, and then swung it.

"Wow..."

Zhou Yan turned around, and on the weapon rack in the corner behind him, a one-handed sword separated from the blade from the hilt, turning into two pieces.

Wu Shanfu swung her sword again, and this time a painting on the wall behind her shattered in the middle and fell to the ground.

Zhou Yan nodded slightly.

Normal people might not understand it, but Zhou Yan, with his ∞ perception enhancement and the immortal technique of Sword Heart Clarity, knew very well that Wu Shanfu's world at this moment was composed of points and lines. These points and lines had no concept of space, or rather, space presented an extremely strange state in the perception channel of Sword Heart Clarity.

This strange state allows Wu Shanfu's sword attacks to deviate from normal spatial logic. For example, when Wu Shanfu draws her sword, it is clearly one and a half meters in front of her, but the sword tip is three meters away at a tricky angle. When Wu Shanfu draws her sword in front of her, a stone behind her is cut in half.

This is what makes the Sword Heart Clear and Powerful so terrifying; its attack methods are simply impossible to predict using normal logic.

Of course, this applies to normal awakened individuals.

Wu Shanfu, who had swung her sword twice, looked at Zhou Yan.

"Master, is there anything you don't understand?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"generally."

Wu Shanfu's heart sank. At White Tiger Academy, everyone she had taught, from her juniors to her teachers, was utterly astonished by her swordsmanship, which defied all spatial logic. But in front of Zhou Yan...

Of course, this was a rare master of swordsmanship who had castrated himself and killed his children and wife for the sake of swordsmanship, leaving only the pure essence of swordsmanship in his entire life.

In front of such a master, one must bring out one of their most treasured possessions.

"Master, please take a good look. This is my trump card technique, which I have been racking my brains for the past six months and have spent countless hours preparing for the four-school competition."

Zhou Yan responded with an "oh".

Xie Xin, standing to the side, looked grave. She knew that due to her own limitations, she had never been able to keep up with Wu Shanfu in swordsmanship. Wu Shanfu only offered her swordsmanship advice that Xie Xin could understand, while the rest...

Now Wu Shanfu is about to demonstrate.

Wu Shanfu gripped her sword again, the tip pointing directly at the weapon rack beside Zhou Yan. After a few breaths, she swung the sword. This time, the weapon rack did not fall down. Xie Xin, who was sitting next to Zhou Yan, was stunned.

When Wu Shanfu swung her sword, she didn't feel any sword energy or killing intent. Could this be just a test move?

"Splash!"

Suddenly, a murderous intent and sharpness appeared. Xie Xin instinctively turned around and saw that the weapon, a two-handed sword, had a two-centimeter-long cut on its blade.

Xie Xin looked at all this in confusion, while Zhou Yan, standing to the side, exclaimed in surprise.

"You postponed the attack?"

Wu Shanfu looked at Zhou Yan in surprise.

"Master, can you understand this?"

Zhou Yan nodded without saying a word.

This world of sword-heart enlightenment is not only inconsistent with the real world in terms of space, but also in terms of time.

Therefore, within the perception channel of "Sword Heart Clarity," sword moves can not only disregard spatial logic, but also temporal logic.

However, distorting time is more difficult than distorting space. Wu Shanfu's sword strike, which had a considerable pre-attack time, only delayed her by one second before her sword energy collided with the two-handed sword on the weapon rack.

Of course, this is only because Wu Shanfu is not yet proficient in using it. Zhou Yan estimated that once this swordsmanship of "Sword Heart Clarity" is cultivated to its peak, the sword energy would probably start attacking people before the sword is even drawn from its sheath.

Wu Shanfu explained.

“Senior, three months ago, I suddenly discovered that in the realm of Sword Heart Clarity, I could delay the effect of sword energy.”

Zhou Yan echoed.

"A remarkable skill. If this technique were used in combat, it would make people afraid to make a move."

Xie Xin, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded. She knew very well just how terrifying this delayed swordsmanship was.

In a normal fight, everyone can see each other's moves. But if Wu Shanfu can delay the effect of her sword strikes, it means that her sword strikes have become invisible. You don't know whether Wu Shanfu's sword strike will hit you in the next second or the next two seconds.

The pressure of combat will increase significantly.

"You flatter me, senior. This technique is extremely wasteful, and Shan Fu can't use it many times. Moreover, its power is much weaker than normal swordsmanship."

Wu Shanfu looked at the two-handed sword that only had a chip in it. Normally, she could easily break it with a single strike.

Even if such damage skills with long wind-up times and low damage have a promising future, they are still a long way from being put into actual combat.

With a soft sigh, Wu Shanfu said respectfully.

"Senior, is this all the swordsmanship Shan Fu possesses? Would you be willing to spar with Shan Fu once?"

Now that he had shown Zhou Yan all his skills, it was time to ask this sword master for guidance.

Wu Shanfu was burning with excitement; she couldn't wait to fencing with Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan's expression began to betray his growing unease.

Wu Shanfu's attributes are twice as high as Zhou Yan's, and this difference can't be made up for by cheating.

Xie Xin, standing to the side, also looked at Zhou Yan with admiration.

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and shook his head.

"I fought Lin Lei before, and that guy ambushed me. I'm still recovering from serious injuries..."

Zhou Yan looked intently into the future and realized that Wu Shanfu would speak in two seconds.

"Don't worry, senior. Shanfu has prepared Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment and Blood-Activating Powder for you, which will ensure that your injury heals within a quarter of an hour."

Oh shit……

Are you determined to beat me to a pulp?

Zhou Yan changed his tone.

"Let's skip the deathmatch, then..."

Zhou Yan stood up and walked to a distance of three meters opposite Wu Shanfu. He took out the Shengwu Sword wrapped around his arm and then spoke.

"I'm right here, Senior Wu. You stand still and attack me. As long as you can hit my body outside the blade with your sword energy, you win. How about it?"

As long as it's not a direct clash between sword blades, but rather an attack using sword energy, Zhou Yan estimated that the Shengwu Sword could withstand it.

Wu Shanfu swallowed the words she was about to say: that she had brought medicine to treat her injuries.

Is this senior in front of me actually going to fight me while injured?

Do you look down on yourself that much?

Or perhaps this is a test from this senior?

If I can't even defeat this senior in his severely injured state, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch his eye.

Wu Shanfu's heart sank, but she said firmly.

"Shanfu will definitely not let you down, senior!"

Zhou Yan stood still, assuming a posture of holding a sword with both hands, the tip of the sword pointing towards Wu Shanfu.

Then I closed my eyes, and Jimu began to operate.

Xie Xin looked at Zhou Yan with a puzzled expression, then looked at Wu Shanfu.

Wu Shanfu shook her head slightly at her best friend.

Zhou Yan did not use the Sword Heart Clarity technique; the characteristic of this is that the dots and lines on Zhou Yan's body did not change.

Wu Shanfu squinted her eyes. She didn't know that Zhou Yan was learning Sword Heart Clarity for the first time and was worried about the skill, so he didn't use it. Or was he very confident in himself and didn't care about Sword Heart Clarity at all?

In short, Wu Shanfu felt that Zhou Yan was underestimating her.

She didn't care about Zhou Yan's disdain, because after seeing the immortal technique of Sword Heart Clarity, and seeing her swordplay and still feeling contemptuous, his swordsmanship must be high enough to feed her.

He's a man who's both infuriating and lovable.

Wu Shanfu swung her sword, unleashing a horizontal slash of sword energy.

Zhou Yan twirled his hand on the Shengwu Sword, and the sword energy clashed with the sword, causing Zhou Yan's body to tremble.

Damn it, even just the sword energy from the sword is much stronger than Lin Lei in his mythical state.

Lin Lei seems to be the same age as Wu Shanfu, so why is there such a big difference in their combat strength?

Wu Shanfu continued to swing her sword, and Zhou Yan released his grip, casually swinging the Shengwu sword in his hand.

Xie Xin, who was watching the play from the sidelines, slowly opened her mouth wide.

Perfect, just as perfect as when he fought Lin Lei in the video.

Zhou Yan remained stationary, and with each sword strike, he used the smallest possible angle and the most possible force to achieve the maximum effect.

Wu Shanfu, who was using the sword technique of "Sword Heart Clarity" to observe the lines and points of the sword, also opened her mouth slightly. Because Zhou Yan was using the "turtle-like" defensive style of only defending and not attacking, Wu Shanfu would have a gap when she made her sword strike to think about how she would parry and block if she were Zhou Yan.

Most of these parries and blocks were able to match Zhou Yan's defensive and blocking actions.

Because it was her own sword, she knew the angle and the unknowns, so Wu Shanfu knew how to parry and defend with ease.

A small part of it exceeded Wu Shanfu's expectations, allowing her to see a more advanced and perfect defense than hers, the one who wielded the sword, a defense that even Wu Shanfu could feel her scalp tingling with.

monster……

After unleashing their hundredth sword strike, both Wu Shanfu and Xie Xin felt a chill run down their spines.

It is said that prolonged defense inevitably leads to defeat, but Zhou Yan's hundred sword strikes were flawless, each move perfect. Even with Wu Shanfu's swordsmanship, she was unable to let her sword energy leave the Shengwu Sword in Zhou Yan's hand.

After the 120th sword strike, Wu Shanfu sheathed her sword, and Zhou Yan opened his eyes, calmly meeting her gaze.

Wu Shanfu sighed.

"Senior, Shan Fu has learned enough; now it's time to digest it."

Of the hundred sword strikes Zhou Yan just used, at least thirty were parrying techniques that Wu Shanfu couldn't even imagine, but were far more perfect. Looking at these parrying techniques, Wu Shanfu always felt a faint urge to awaken something.

At this point, the goal of mutual learning has been achieved; the next step is simply to digest the information.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Dump Trucks

Suzaku Academy.

Leng Qing took a painting to Lin Lei's training room.

"This is the Heart Sword Visualization Diagram given to me by Wu Shanfu."

Leng Qing tossed the scroll to Lin Lei, who was sitting in the training room. Lin Lei, who had been dejected, took the Heart Sword scroll and looked at it. Although Lin Lei's Yazi bloodline had low intelligence, his perception was not low. After looking at it for a few moments, Lin Lei could slightly feel the sensory difference brought about by the Sword Heart Clarity.

"Thank you, senior."

Lin Lei gave Leng Qing a thumbs-up.

"Senior, you're really amazing! No matter how powerful Zhou Yan and Wu Shanfu are, they're all being played by you like puppets now!"

Leng Qing scoffed.