Chapter 123: Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty days passed.

The Three Sects Tournament was drawing closer and closer; only a few days remained.

One could clearly feel the number of people in the sect gradually increasing.

Some were powerful experts the sect had stationed in distant regions, all rushing back; after all, this was a major event for the sect.

Perhaps one might only see such a thing once in a lifetime.

Then there were the people from other factions.

They had been invited to observe.

All of them could be considered prominent figures within the Tianling Continent.

They had gathered together, a rare occurrence indeed.

Of course, all of this remained unrelated to Meng Zhangqing.

During this period, aside from his daily cultivation and listening to the Dao, he had focused on "making many friends."

Although the attribute panels of the other prodigies were basically no longer of use to him, they were high-grade attributes after all—if not used, they could be decomposed!

Therefore, under his strategy, the remaining seven Lingxiao Peak disciples were also added to his friends list one by one.

After decomposing the attributes he obtained.

He received "Attribute Selection Card *3," "Attribute Acquisition Card *1," and "Earth-Grade Martial Technique Proficiency Card *3."

The quantity seemed large.

In reality, it was not much.

Because he had decomposed a full six attributes, yet this time, several of them yielded nothing.

Decomposition did not guarantee items every single time.

It depended on luck.

It was just that high-grade attributes had a higher probability of yielding items, and the quality was better.

What Meng Zhangqing found somewhat regrettable was.

That girl Mo Xiaoyu would leave directly every time the lecture ended.

Her destination was unknown.

This resulted in him having no opportunity to add her as a friend.

However, he was not in a hurry.

After all, his current strength was already enough to handle the Three Sects Tournament.

Before that, anything he gained was merely icing on the cake.

In the great hall.

Meng Zhangqing opened his character panel.

【Host: Meng Zhangqing】

【Race: Human】

【Cultivation Base: Creation Realm, Second Layer】

【Root Bone: First Grade】

【Comprehension: Superior】

【Talent: Spirit Eyes, Iron Hands...】

【Bloodline: Stone Man, Great Strength Demon Ape】

【Cultivation Techniques & Martial Arts: "Holy Spirit Slaughter Sword Art" (Perfected), "Heaven Cloud Swimming Dragon Step" (Entry), "Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art" (Great Success)...】

【Unfused Attributes: None】

【Remaining Rewards: Attribute Selection Card *6, Attribute Acquisition Card *1, Profound-Grade Martial Technique Proficiency Card *3, Earth-Grade Martial Technique Proficiency Card *3】

After fusing the First Grade Root Bone, his cultivation speed could be described as flying.

Thus, in twenty-some days.

He had directly broken through a small realm.

"With so many selection cards, I won't have to rely on luck for making friends in the future."

Meng Zhangqing nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, what pleased him most was that Attribute Acquisition Card!

He hadn't held out much hope at the start.

Because acquisition cards were too difficult to obtain; he had only gotten one once before.

He hadn't expected that this decomposition would actually yield one!

This thing was far more overbearing than a selection card.

A selection card only allowed for autonomous choices when making friends or increasing favorability.

But an acquisition card was different.

As long as there was a friendship relationship, one could directly acquire a desired attribute, completely ignoring favorability restrictions.

It was absolutely tyrannical!

"I must keep this one well and not use it lightly until a critical moment."

Meng Zhangqing withdrew his gaze.

In any case, with selection cards, he could basically get any attribute he wanted.

"Next, let's improve my martial technique proficiency."

Meng Zhangqing looked at the "Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art" in the martial technique column.

During this time, he had naturally learned about many of Lingxiao Peak's sword techniques, and Mo Shukuang had even shown him Lingxiao Peak's supreme treasure manual.

The "Lingxiao Sword Canon"!

Of course, only the Earth-Grade portion of it.

Inside, Meng Zhangqing had seen the "Holy Spirit Slaughter Sword Art"!

This was indeed the strongest among Lingxiao Peak's Earth-Grade sword techniques.

Next was the "Great Five Elements Revolving Sword Art"; this sword technique required absorbing the power of the five elements of heaven and earth, unlike the "Great Freedom Profound Gold Sword Art," which only contained the metal element.

The five elements generate and restrain each other; once mastered, it could be endless, cycling back and forth.

Furthermore, the five elements of the sword art could be combined to produce various powerful effects, whether explosive, defensive, or sustained, and so on.

In any case, it was a very comprehensive and formidable sword art.

Because of this.

Not everyone was qualified to practice this sword art.

Only the Peak Master's lineage could do so.

Currently, among the disciples, only Lan Chan and Mo Xiaoyu were practicing it.

Because the two were the Peak Master's direct disciples.

The others were not.

The "Holy Spirit Slaughter Sword Art" was not as comprehensive as the "Great Five Elements Revolving Sword Art."

But it was the ultimate spear!

It pursued the most violent offensive power!

This was something the "Great Five Elements Revolving Sword Art" could not compare to.

If not for its extremely high cultivation difficulty and the tendency to fall into the path of slaughter.

Many people would likely have chosen it.

Additionally, Meng Zhangqing had seen many more sword techniques.

It could be said he had broadened his horizons.

And from the other seven people, he had indeed obtained related sword techniques, but there was no need to fuse them; after all, having the "Holy Spirit Slaughter Sword Art" was enough.

The "Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art" was also a martial technique from the Sword Canon.

But it was not a sword technique.

It was a movement technique.

And its grade was very high.

It was Earth-Grade High-Tier!

Far surpassing the "Heaven Cloud Swimming Dragon Step."

There were no restrictions on the cultivation conditions for this movement technique; it was not exclusive to the Peak Master's lineage.

It belonged to the category that anyone could learn.

So, after he asked, Mo Shukuang had taught it to him on the spot.

Meng Zhangqing only needed a reason to use it reasonably.

He naturally wouldn't go learn it himself.

With so many disciples present, basically everyone had learned this movement martial technique.

As long as his luck wasn't too bad.

He would definitely be able to obtain it from them.

And the result was just that.

"System, upgrade 'Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art'!"

Meng Zhangqing said.

"Ding!"

"Consumed one Earth-Grade Martial Technique Proficiency Card!"

"'Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art' has been upgraded to Perfected!"

As the words fell.

A massive amount of insight surged into his mind.

Compared to the illusory nature of the "Heaven Cloud Swimming Dragon Step," the "Light-Chasing Swift Sword Art" was about extreme speed.

Whether it was short-distance bursts or long-distance pursuit.

It was extremely outstanding.

So, upon understanding its content, Meng Zhangqing was very tempted.

One had to know that his biggest weakness right now was actually his movement technique, and now it was finally going to be completely compensated for!

A moment later.

The upgrade was complete.

Meng Zhangqing's body produced a slight sway.

If one didn't stare at him constantly, one wouldn't even notice this small change.

"What terrifying speed."

Opening his eyes, a trace of shock appeared on Meng Zhangqing's face.

In reality, just in that instant, he had already circled the great hall once.

It was just because it was too fast, too fast.

Leading it to appear as if he hadn't moved from his original spot at all.

"It lives up to being an Earth-Grade High-Tier movement technique."

A smile appeared on the corner of Meng Zhangqing's mouth.

With this movement technique, his strength could be said to have surged once again.

If combined with the sword moves from the "Holy Spirit Slaughter Sword Art," the power would truly be unimaginable.

"Junior Brother Meng."

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out from outside the great hall.

It was none other than Lan Chan.

During this time, they had become much more familiar with each other.

"Senior Brother Lan."

Meng Zhangqing stood up and opened the hall door.