606 Gold Pattern, A Shocking News (1/2)
Amongst the top ten cities in the whole world, the Sky Martial Region took up four spots.
The Mysterious Murky City was inside a super region close to the southern regions. Inside the city, it snowed three hundred days of the year, and the weather was always gloomy. Sometimes, it could have such heavy wind that it could blow away houses and normal people.
Inside an estate in the city, Ye Chen and Murong Qingchengg lived a quiet life. At times they would make tea and chat together, forgetting about the whole world and the bloody battles.
Of course, the two did not forget about training either.
On the empty ground that was covered in thick snow, Ye Chen moved his body at an incredibly fast speed while holding a normal giant sword. The sword light danced in the air, with beams of golden light shooting out of the tip of the sword.
”A sword art is not good just because it is complicated. It should be getting closer to the profound. If that could be achieved, then half of the job is done. If I cannot, then it would take even longer to get to that level. For the gold profound, it is all about its sharpness. But, I still feel like I have missed something.”
The sword qi made up of the gold yuan qi shot out.
Crack! Crack! The thick frost was cut open, and the lake water poured up from below. With the improvement of the sword qi, the ice frost had almost been shattered completely. Some of it directly turned into dust due to the sharp sword qi.
Inside the lake, circle of patterns spread out.
He glanced at the moving lake water. Without him even noticing, he stopped everything else he was doing just to stare at the pattern.
”Gold…water…gold? Water… Ah! Gold makes water!”
Something inside Ye Chen's mind seemed to have been switched on, and he had an enlightenment.
It was a common knowledge that the classic five elements canceled out each other: gold made water, water made wood, wood made fire, fire made mud, and mud made gold. Normally, the gold mines were always near the lake—every place with gold would have water around. As for gold making water, it was not referring to when gold melted and would turn into liquid. Instead, it meant that when gold/metal sat there for a long time, there would be water on the surface. In a deeper sense, the gold qi was gentle and calm, which would make for great sword arts containing the gold profound. But, one could not just focus on the gold element; instead, one should look into the water element as well.
After finding the breaking point, Ye Chen continued to train his sword art. It was not hard to tell that his sword art was no longer just sharp and aggressive; it slowly started to have this gentleness that did not cancel out the sharpness of the sword art. Instead, it made the sword art even more full of attacking power and room for leverage.
Three days later…
Ting!
A crispy sword clinging was heard as Ye Chen waved his long sword in the air and dozens of gold sword qi spread out like a pattern, spreading out toward the fake mountains around.
The fake mountain did not move at all.
A smile revealed on his face as he pushed out his left hand again, and a wave of palm power blew out.
Swoosh!
The fake mountain cracked open into pieces, scattering all over the ground. The edges were smooth and clean as if they were made that way purposefully, and there was zero dust in comparison to using the gold profound sword art before, which always left small particles in the air. It was because the sword qi was too sharp and powerful, which had scattered the power a little.
The gentleness had actually made the sword qi come together.
”This attack is only just forming, but I guess I have finally made it onto the right path. Since it is an inspiration I got from water, then I will call it Gold Pattern.”
Gold Pattern!
The first mid-rank profound sword art Ye Chen had invented!
Its power had twice that of Gold Resonant Radiance, and it was still not completely finished. Once completed, the regular mid-rank profound martial art would not have this level of power, because this movement was no longer the simple gold profound sword art anymore.
On this day, the sky was clear, which had not happened for a while. However, the white snow was still everywhere, covering the ground.
”I have been here for a couple of days now, and I have still not been to the city yet. Ah well, it is a nice day for a walk.” After spending some time together, Ye Chen and Murong Qingchengg had gotten closer and closer. The two were both enjoying each other's warmth, holding hands as they walked out of the estate.
As one of the top ten cities, it was not surprising that there were so many people coming and going here. Once the sky cleared out, the whole street was full of people; some of them wore blades, some of them were traveling around, and there were also businessmen who seemed to be traveling a lot. There were also ladies and gentlemen from rich families roaming about the place.
Ye Chen and Murong Qingcheng walked amongst the group and looked quite different, so everyone could not help but give them a second look. After walking around for a while, the two came to a restaurant, sitting down right next to the windows.
”Have you heard? On the eighteenth of September, the God Finger Master Xia Houzun and Bai Wuxue called on a battle on the Nine Dragon Mountain.” Inside the restaurant lobby, someone suddenly told a surprising news.
”What? Xia Houzun and White Wuxue asked for a battle? Is it real?”
”Naturally! Right now, this news has spread out in the whole Sky Martial Region. This city is located in the south of the region, so the news got here a bit slower.”