Ch131 - So, let’s review it again (1/2)

9.16 – So, let’s review it again

translation: xiin

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Once he entered secluded cultivation, time passed very quickly. Xue Ling had no concept of time, so he did not know how long he was closed up for.

After successfully entering the Chuqiao stage, he chose not to leave secluded cultivation and rather continued trying to consolidate his cultivation and attempted to rise up in power again.

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He originally had ten thousand years of cultivation foundation, and his base was stable. In addition, he could absorb Chi Lan’s power for his own use when he was near him, so he naturally would not need to waste time in order to temper his own cultivation. He did not lack actual combat experience. If he really wanted to hone his abilities, all he needed to do was to wake up Chi Lan, who was protecting him nearby, and the two of them could have a fight.

Mountains and rivers changed as countless days and nights went by in the blink of an eye. By the time Xue Ling roused himself from his closed door cultivation, he was already on the upper boundary of the Fenshen stage, and only needed one step to enter the Dongxu stage. Raising his strength to this level within five hundred years was within Xue Ling’s calculations.

Five hundred years had passed. Yu Shaofeng didn’t know how many times he had returned to Still Peak, but he was unable to see his martial brother every time. He barely even saw his Master, either.

After five hundred years of honing, both of them were no longer the youths of the past. Although there was no difference in their appearances, the sword Qi that came out from their body and their temperament were very different from before. The two of them were like two sharp, unsheathed swords. If one looked at them too intently, the sword would burn their eyes and turn them blind. Recently, both of them had been learning how to restrain and condense their sword aura. In the later stages of sword cultivation, all things could become swords. They had not yet reached that realm, but what they could learn now was how to condense their sword Qi, and return it back to its original simplicity.

Condensing their sword Qi to the extreme would produce miraculous changes. This was the road that Chi Lan pointed out for them, and the two of them listened to Chi Lan’s words and had already remained in Still Peak for some time as they cultivated and waited for Xue Ling to emerge.

So, when Xue Ling emerged from secluded cultivation, he unexpectedly found that there were two other people on Still Peak besides his cheap Master.

Over time, everything had changed. Even Still Peak looked very different from before, but Xue Ling was still the same as ever. The brightness in his eyes and the beauty between his brows had been tempered by his rise in cultivation, and his aura was calmer than before. Although he remained dressed in black, he was still somewhat different from before.

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However, in Chi Lan’s eyes, it was still the same person, and all these changes only made him want him even more.

“Why are we all gathered together?” Xue Ling raised his eyebrows and looked at his younger martial brother who seemed excited, but did not dare rush over. He stretched out his hand and waved to him before saying, “Shaofeng, come here. Let your martial brother see how much progress you’ve made in the past few hundred years.”

Yu Shaofeng nodded, but he did not immediately go over. Instead, his sword came out of its sheath.

He understood his martial brother’s meaning. He definitely hadn’t asked him to come over so that he could pinch his face like he did in the past. He wanted to spar with him, and see where his strength was at now.

His sword was still the one that Xue Ling had made for him, but after years of cultivation and nurturing, the sword now had a sword spirit. When it came out of its sheath, winds blew and clouds gathered, and the sound of thunder rumbled as lightning flashed across the sky. His movements were full of momentum.

Xue Ling raised his eyebrows again, rather surprised at Yu Shaofeng’s growth. But after all, he was the main protagonist, and he also did not know what Yu Shaofeng and Chi Jian had experienced in the years where they had been let out to travel the world. Thinking about it, it should be the strange treatment that all protagonists were given. “The sword is a good one, but your movements are too broad. When you can condense this momentum into your sword, perhaps you will have a chance at winning against me.”

Yu Shaofeng pouted. Chi Lan had also said the same thing, but his tone of voice had been even harder to swallow than Xue Ling’s. But his feet did not hesitate as his sword slashed, carrying with it the momentum of thunder, electric lightning dancing across the blade – he only made one move, but it carried everything he had.

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There was no other way. Xue Ling’s strength was above his. Even if sword cultivators could surpass ranks and kill those stronger than them, at most that applied to two minor stages, and the difference between him and Xue Ling was too vast.

It looked very terrifying, and anyone who was personally experiencing the attack would also feel frightened. But in front of Xue Ling, it was incomparably simple for him to dissolve it.

If one looked carefully, they would see countless small green leaves floating in the air. There was a circle of green energy around the fallen leaves, but the energy had now become mottled as they absorbed the strong energy coming towards them.

The entire Still Peak was covered in green. Yu Shaofeng shook out his hand and quickly put his sword away so that his martial brother’s little leaves wouldn’t accidentally gnaw on his sword spirit. “Martial brother… you seem to have become much more powerful…”

“Yes. I’m at a bottleneck now. Once I pass it, I’ll be at the Dongxu stage~” Xue Ling smiled widely and mussed up his little martial brother’s puppy head, then greeted Chi Jian. “Long time no see. Chi Jian has also made great progress.” Yu Shaofeng was in the Yuanying stage, and Chi Jian had already reached Chuqiao. As far as cultivation speed was concerned, these two were absolute geniuses, but it was still difficult to compare them to Xue Ling and Chi Lan.

The two of them were hacks, and after they added their plug-ins, they were also unscrupulous, going out and going wild everywhere. It was almost as though they were asking for a beating.

“Oh, right. Martial brother!” Yu Shaofeng put away his sword and as though giving up an offering to Xue Ling, brought out five stones.

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The five stones were almost the same in size. They were dark and unattractive, and there seemed to be nothing special even if one looked closely. But when Yu Shaofeng and Chi Jian inserted their sword intents, the patterns in the five stones emerged and sketched out a picture.

In this picture, there was a hidden clue to a secret realm that had never been opened before. These five stones were the keys to that secret realm.

Xue Ling raised his eyebrows. These five stones were mentioned only once in the author’s outline, so Xue Ling had no idea where to go to look for them. Unexpectedly, the two of them had really managed to find them while going out to temper themselves.

“Martial brother, you said that you would bring us when we found them all.” Yu Shaofeng laughed cheekily as he spoke.

“I’ve checked with Shaofeng.” Chi Jian pointed to the picture that had not yet disappeared, and said, “This was once an ancient cultivator’s city. It should be a secret realm that was left behind by sword cultivators from the ancient era. If we can really open it, it will be truly beneficial to me and Shaofeng.”

Xue Ling nodded thoughtfully: “It’s no problem taking you there, but if it’s a secret realm that was left behind by the ancient cultivators, I might not be enough to completely unravel the outer seal that they left behind.”

“Ask Master to join us then.” Yu Shaofeng opened his mouth and pointed to the cottage standing not far away. “Master is not in closed door cultivation. He’s also stuck at a bottleneck right now. Perhaps if we look through the secret realm of ancient masters who have already flown up, he can also gain some insights.~”

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Xue Ling looked at Yu Shaofeng and saw hints of scheming in his innocent expression. “Since you’ve got it all planned out, why don’t you go and ask Master yourself? Why are you asking me to convey the message?”

Yu Shaofeng immediately began pretending to be pitiful. “Even though I am already so powerful, Master still dislikes me a lot. Even having Chi Jian go over to talk to him is better than me going.”

“Didn’t he already promise to allow you to stay in Still Peak?”

“It’s one thing to allow me to stay. Disliking me is a completely separate matter…” Yu Shaofeng pouted and looked very pitiful. “Martial brother, you don’t understand how fierce Master was when you were in secluded cultivation. Every time I spoke to him, he would resent me, and resent me to death. As long as he sees me, he’ll beat me up, and if I hadn’t been a cheerful and optimistic person, I would probably end up depressed and shut up in a corner every day.”