Martial Sage from the Vajra Skill

Chapter 340: Chapter 191: End of the Term

Xu Yang quickly put the matter of the Su Family behind him. He’d killed everyone he needed to, so even if the Su Family wasn’t completely destroyed, they wouldn’t be able to trouble him again.

That night, he sat in a meditative posture and began to comprehend the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture.

The Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture was a Supreme Heart Method for refining the Heart Spirit and cultivating Sword Intent. Only a Martial Artist whose Cultivation had reached Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement was barely qualified to practice it.

Before, he had only memorized it without truly understanding, afraid of damaging his Heart Spirit. He hadn’t even dared to attempt to comprehend it.

Now that his Cultivation at the Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement stage had stabilized, he should be qualified to comprehend this Cultivation Technique.

’The Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture... one uses their Heart Spirit to visualize a Blood Prison, tempers their Heart Spirit and hones their will within that Blood Prison, and ultimately condenses Sword Intent. Only by shattering the Blood Prison with that Sword Intent can one achieve Perfection...’

Xu Yang closed his eyes. The contents of the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture surfaced in his mind’s eye. He gradually grew quiet, his breathing steady.

As time passed, his aura gradually grew sharp.

An hour later, his aura suddenly fell into disarray. His breathing became ragged, and large beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

HUFF...

Xu Yang opened his eyes, gasping for breath, his face deathly pale.

’This technique really drains one’s Heart Spirit. The barrier to entry is high, but it’s truly profound.’

Just attempting to comprehend it was a struggle. It wasn’t that his Comprehension was lacking, but that his Heart Spirit was too weak. Trying to grasp its intricacies felt like a child trying to wield a greatsword.

[Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture - Uninitiated (21/500)]

He glanced at the panel again. The progress was pitiful. Just to reach the Entry Level, it would take him nearly a month.

Of course, if he could reach the Entry Level of such a Divine Skill in a few days, it wouldn’t be called a Divine Skill.

Exhausted, he immediately fell into bed and went to sleep.

Time flowed by slowly. Xu Yang took Gathering Essence Pills to advance his Cultivation, occasionally made time to instruct Xu Qing in her Martial Techniques, and spent his nights comprehending the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture.

Even though he hadn’t begun to truly cultivate it, he could feel his Heart Spirit growing stronger, and the duration he could spend in comprehension lengthened each time.

At the same time, he began gathering information on the Peak Master and the four Elders of Medicine King Peak, trying to select a potential master.

During this period, bits of news about the Su Family continued to trickle in.

Su Jianye and his men hadn’t been seen for days and were presumed dead. The Su Family descended into internal conflict and was falling apart.

Other great families were also making moves in the shadows, swallowing up the Su Family’s assets.

The day finally arrived. It was September, and the three-year term for his group of disciples was complete. They could now enter the Inner Sect.

Simultaneously, the gates of the Four Peaks opened wide to receive discipleship applications from the Outer Disciples.

Early in the morning, Xu Yang, Sun Tao, and a few others found ink and brushes and began to write their discipleship applications.

"Junior Brother Xu, who do you plan to choose as your master?" Sun Tao asked curiously.

Xu Yang replied, "I plan to become a disciple of Elder Chang Chun!"

The Purple Sun Sect had Four Peaks. Each peak had one Peak Master and four Elders, and only these five individuals were qualified to accept disciples.

On Medicine King Peak, the strongest, highest-ranking, and most skilled in Alchemy was naturally the Peak Master. But Xu Yang didn’t plan on becoming the Peak Master’s disciple; his choice was Elder Chang Chun.

According to the information he’d gathered, the Peak Master of Medicine King Peak only accepted one disciple a year, and the requirements were exceptionally strict.

If prodigies like Du Chuan, Li Chuyang, or Jiang Fan also intended to become the Peak Master’s disciple, he likely wouldn’t stand a chance.

Of course, there was another reason for not choosing the Peak Master: the Peak Master of Medicine King Peak was known to be extremely stern and had a difficult personality.

If a "laid-back" person like him were to become that man’s disciple, he would never be well-received.

His goal wasn’t to find a powerful figure for a master. All he needed was to enter Medicine King Peak and gain access to all kinds of Pill Formulas.

And this Elder Chang Chun was said to be the most good-natured of the four Elders on Medicine King Peak.

It wasn’t so much that he was good-natured, but rather that he was so obsessed with Alchemy that even when he accepted disciples, he had no time to manage them, simply letting them develop on their own.

For someone like him, that kind of master was perfect.

As for the other three Elders...

Elder Li Yang was rumored to prefer men. Xu Yang wouldn’t take such a person as his master for anything. If he were to be targeted, a pervert like that would be capable of anything.

He would rather give up on entering Medicine King Peak than invite trouble by becoming Elder Li Yang’s disciple.

The other two Elders of Medicine King Peak were named Chi Song and Dan Yang. Of course, these were their official Elder titles; he hadn’t been able to find out their real names.

Elder Chi Song was said to have been in closed-door cultivation for two or three years and was not currently accepting disciples, so submitting an application to him would be pointless.

As for the last one, Elder Dan Yang, Xu Yang had learned that this man was part of the Noble Family faction and never accepted commoners as disciples. He wouldn’t even give a second glance to someone without a significant background, no matter how talented they were.

So, while it sounded like there were five people to choose from, his only real options were the Peak Master and Elder Chang Chun.

And between the Peak Master and Elder Chang Chun, his chances of successfully becoming Elder Chang Chun’s disciple were much greater.

"I wish you success, Junior Brother! If you become a Pill Master, Zhang Yong and I will be counting on you in the future!" Sun Tao said with a laugh.

Xu Yang nodded lightly. After a moment of careful consideration, he put his brush to paper. "Disciple Xu Yang, twenty-two years of age, with a Bone Marrow Cleansing Cultivation, ranked sixth among the Ten Heroes...

This disciple is deeply passionate about Alchemy. I have studied medicinal texts in my spare time, but lacking a proper heritage, I have struggled to make any real achievements...

I hope that the Elder will take pity on this disciple’s earnest heart and grant me the opportunity to follow and learn from you..."

A discipleship application was, in essence, a way to sell yourself, to display your accomplishments and skills so that an Elder could decide whether or not to accept you as a disciple.

Of course, he didn’t dare mention that he could already refine Blood Coagulation Pills and Gathering Essence Pills. He only stated that he had read some medicinal texts, implying he wasn’t a complete novice who knew nothing at all.

For nearly two years, he had been constantly studying the *Initial Understanding of Alchemy* he had obtained from Su Zhe. He was confident that even without his status panel, he could still achieve great things in the Alchemy Dao.