Chapter 332: Chapter 178: One Person Attains the Dao
An operation of this scale to slay demons required many arrangements, from personnel deployment and intelligence gathering to logistical supplies and more.
Every detail, big or small, had to be carefully planned and meticulously arranged in advance.
Moshan County was remote, hundreds of miles from Linji City, and the round trip alone would take more than half a month.
Even if the Demon Slayer operation went smoothly, it would still take one or two months to return.
Therefore, the Shen Family set the departure for the tenth day of the ninth month, which was after the autumn rites of the Double Ninth Festival.
It wasn’t just the Shen Family; the Jiang and Wang Families also planned to depart after the autumn rites.
These past few days, the two sisters, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang, often returned to the Shen Family’s residence to discuss matters with the family elders.
Chen Cheng enjoyed a rare moment of peace and quiet.
In fact, ever since Chen Cheng had revealed his talent for the Sword Dao, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang had lost much of their interest in lecturing and instructing him.
Chen Cheng practiced the Flame Sun Sword Skill and the Green Wave Sword Technique every day in his own courtyard.
For the most part, Shen Qingyao and Shen Qingshuang cultivated in their own courtyards, only occasionally asking about Chen Cheng’s Cultivation Progress when they came to the Chens’ for a meal.
Chen Cheng still focused most of his energy on the Iron Armor Dragon Elephant Skill and his Qingfeng Saber Intent.
With an ample supply of Medicinal Materials and Demon Beast Meat to replenish his Qi Blood Power, his Cultivation Progress in the Iron Armor Dragon Elephant Skill steadily improved.
Perhaps because Chen Cheng often contemplated the Nine Crows Chasing the Sun Map and the Daoist Master Watching the Green Sea Tide Ebb and Flow—those two Fundamental Diagrams—his Cultivation Progress in Qingfeng Saber Intent also seemed much faster than before.
In his room, Chen Cheng stood tall. With a slight raise of his hand, ripples suddenly appeared in the air.
Suddenly, the Qi Blood Power around his body surged. His aura climbed steadily, filling the room with a fierce, tyrannical, and oppressive presence.
The presence vanished in a flash, and the room grew quiet again. However, the aura around Chen Cheng became even more powerful and robust.
Just as his aura was about to reach its peak, a gentle breeze materialized out of thin air in the room. But within this breeze were countless overlapping layers of sharp, killing intent.
Each strand of this energy was like a tiny blade that could slice through iron as if it were mud, lying in wait.
Chen Cheng’s figure suddenly moved, and in an instant, he was several meters away. The breeze beside him remained undisturbed, but the tiny, blade-like currents of energy grew even denser.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
As Chen Cheng continued to move, an afterimage seemed to appear in the room, flickering in and out of existence, unpredictable and elusive.
And wherever the afterimage passed, it was accompanied by the faint hum of tearing air.
That was the sound of the Qingfeng Saber Intent slicing through the air.
If an enemy were in the room at this moment, they would likely be reduced to a pile of stark white bones in an instant by the imperceptible, yet incredibly sharp, Qingfeng Saber Intent!
After a few breaths, Chen Cheng suddenly stopped, and the room became peaceful once more.
Carefully sensing the changes in the Qi Blood Power throughout his body, Chen Cheng showed a faint smile and murmured to himself:
’Just now, I successively unleashed the Great Power Realm and the Qingfeng Saber Intent at full strength.’
’Since I’ve cultivated the Great Power Realm to First Layer Perfection, it consumes very little Qi Blood Power.’
’And the Qingfeng Saber Intent only used up about twenty percent of my Qi Blood Power.’
’If I combine these two Realms, I might even be able to reduce a Perfect Martial Artist of the Bone Forger Realm to bones in a single strike!’
He called up his panel to check.
[Name: Chen Cheng
Realm: Bone Forging (Small Success)
Skills: Iron Armor Dragon Elephant Skill (Small Success 755/1000)
Dragon Elephant Bone Forging Technique (Uninitiated 1/10)
Dragon’s Roar Iron Cloth Shirt (Small Success 669/1000)
Tendon-Separating Bone-Crushing Hand (Small Success 332/1000)
Powerful Eagle Claw Skill (Perfection) (Powerful Eagle Claw Stance) (First Layer of the Great Power Realm) (Inference of the Second Layer Technique of the Great Power Realm: Progress 188/1000. Cultivation of the Second Layer will be possible upon completion.)
Qingfeng Saber Technique (Perfection) (Qingfeng Saber Stance) (Qingfeng Saber Intent First Layer 135,120/200,000)
Flame Sun Sword Skill (Perfection) (Flame Sun Sword Stance 26,200/100,000)
Green Wave Sword Technique (Perfection) (Green Wave Sword Stance 25,008/100,000)
Secret Skill: Cang (Incompleteness 8/100) (Uninitiated 2/10)
(Note: Incomplete Skills can be cultivated. Cultivating them automatically corrects the technique and increases progress.)]
’The Iron Armor Dragon Elephant Skill is about to reach the Great Success Level, and the Qingfeng Saber Intent will soon reach First Layer Perfection.’
’Cultivating the Flame Sun Sword Skill and the Green Wave Sword Technique is as easy as eating and drinking. A little bit of practice is all it takes for things to fall into place naturally.’
’It won’t take long to cultivate the Flame Sun Sword Stance and the Green Wave Sword Stance either.’
’And the progress in my Qingfeng Saber Intent, combined with cultivating the Flame Sun Sword Stance and the Green Wave Sword Stance, has increased the inference progress for the Second Layer of the Great Power Realm by over a hundred points, even though I haven’t been focusing on it.’
’My guess was right. The more types of Realms I master, the deeper my understanding of the Power of Heaven and Earth Origin becomes.’
’If I can master four Realms at the same time—the Great Power Realm, Qingfeng Saber Intent, Radiant Sun Realm, and Gui Water Realm—the inference progress for the Second Layer of the Great Power Realm should reach perfection.’
’At that point, I can start cultivating a Second Layer Realm. Once I master a Second Layer Realm, I’ll be strong enough to rank among the top experts in Linji City.’
’Slaying a Tier Four Demon Beast shouldn’t be difficult either. Then I can exchange it for a massive amount of Merit and redeem it for Bone Tempering Pills, or even Marrow Cleansing Pills.’
’My path of Martial Arts Cultivation will no longer be plagued by a lack of resources!’
’Every bit of Cultivation yields progress. Everything falls into place naturally, without any hindrance.’
’This is all because my comprehension is exceptionally high, and I’ve mastered the correct method!’
’Not bad, not bad at all! The future is full of promise!’
Chen Cheng’s eyes gleamed brightly. He laughed heartily, opened the door, and walked out of his room.
The feeling was just as the poem described: "Laughing, I face the sky and stride out the door—how could I be one to languish among the reeds?"
"Brother Cheng, are you done with your cultivation?"
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