Chapter 79

"Are you here to exchange for a martial art? Hurry and go in."

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder picked up the ancient book, preparing to continue reading.

"Elder, you misunderstood; I am not here to exchange for a martial art in the pavilion, but here with you."

Meng Zhangqing said, and at the same time took out the silver token.

"Me?"

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder was slightly stunned, until he saw the token.

A flash of surprise immediately crossed his eyes.

This was an Earth Martial Token.

With this token, one could exchange for an elementary earth-grade martial art from him.

But the Earth Martial Token was not something just anyone could get.

Even among true disciples, it had to be a quite outstanding one.

This kid had just entered the Sea Opening Realm, and he could get an Earth Martial Token?

However, he didn't ask much, but the eyes with which he looked at Meng Zhangqing were already completely different.

Then he waved his right hand, and two wooden boxes appeared before him.

"Pick one."

Both wooden boxes had names on them.

They were:

"Great Carefree Profound Gold Sword Art"

"Vast Sea Tide Rising Sword Record"

"Is there no Holy Spirit Killing Sword Art?"

Meng Zhangqing raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking in his heart.

Either it was not open to the public, or its grade was even higher than these.

"Elder, could you recommend one?"

Meng Zhangqing recovered his senses; there was no need to overthink it.

His current situation was that obtaining any elementary earth-grade martial art would be enough to greatly increase his strength!

"It depends on personal style."

"If you focus on killing, choose the 'Great Carefree Profound Gold Sword Art'; the power of Profound Gold has always been extremely sharp and fits the Sword Dao very well."

"Once perfected, it is no weaker than ordinary intermediate-grade ones."

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder paused. "If you prefer defense, then the 'Vast Sea Tide Rising Sword Record'; this sword technique is quite soft and excels at overcoming hardness with softness."

"Understood."

Meng Zhangqing nodded.

In terms of defense, with the Stone Man bloodline, he didn't need to worry too much.

So he only needed to choose the one that focused on killing.

"Elder, I choose the 'Great Carefree Profound Gold Sword Art'."

Meng Zhangqing didn't hesitate and picked up one of the wooden boxes.

"Hmm."

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder put the other one away. "The old rule: the secret manual must not be taught to others, and it must be returned in half a year."

He was not surprised by Meng Zhangqing's choice.

Most male disciples chose the former.

After all, the "Great Carefree Profound Gold Sword Art" was not only powerful, but its fighting style was also quite good, capable of capturing the admiration of many young girls.

Most importantly, cultivating this sword art allowed one to fly through the air while in the Sea Opening Realm, without needing to wait until the Creation Realm.

Speaking of returning.

Meng Zhangqing remembered the "Sword Steps" and "Fire Controlling Burning Sun Technique" he had borrowed before; these two secret manuals were still at his original residence.

He had to go get them back.

He would return them together with this secret manual then.

"Look! That seems to be... Senior Brother Meng?"

"Damn, it really is!"

Exclamations suddenly sounded from behind.

Meng Zhangqing turned around.

He saw two inner sect disciples who had arrived outside the Martial Arts Pavilion at some point.

They happened to be from the Spirit Firmament Peak.

The eyes with which they looked at him were filled with excitement.

Meng Zhangqing smiled slightly and nodded in acknowledgment.

Then he bowed to the Pavilion-Guarding Elder and turned to leave.

Although he really wanted to add the Pavilion-Guarding Elder as a friend immediately, haste makes waste; he should take it slow and think of a good way.

In fact, from these two meetings, he could also obtain some information.

For example, when he came the first time, the Pavilion-Guarding Elder seemed to like drinking, and this time, he seemed to like reading some strange things.

"You two, come here."

After Meng Zhangqing left, the Pavilion-Guarding Elder pointed to the two disciples.

"Greetings, Elder."

Facing an Elder, disciples were still subconsciously afraid.

"Is that person just now very famous?"

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder asked.

"Yes, yes, of course!"

When the topic turned to Meng Zhangqing, the two disciples immediately became active.

"Tell me in detail."

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder immediately pricked up his ears.

There were not many things these days that could interest him.

A moment later.

Through the two disciples' back-and-forth narration.

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder finally understood the situation.

On his aged face, for the first time, a deep shock emerged!

Comprehending sword momentum!

Almost slaying a bloodline demonic beast!

This was not something just anyone could do; any one of these had a very high degree of difficulty.

But now they were concentrated in one person.

"Good kid!"

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder was finally able to confirm his perception from over a month ago.

He hadn't perceived it wrongly back then.

There was indeed a taste of 'momentum'.

"This is definitely heaven-gifted talent level."

The Pavilion-Guarding Elder let out a light breath.

And from the words of these two disciples, he could also discover a very terrifying piece of information.

That was that this disciple named Meng Zhangqing seemed to have comprehended sword momentum while in the outer sect, that is, at the Pulse Forging Realm!

This was very scary.

Sword momentum was a mystery of the martial way.

An existence that was extremely difficult to comprehend.

Even those top true disciples and heaven-gifted talents of each vein basically only comprehended it one by one after stepping into the true disciple ranks.

After all, wanting to comprehend momentum, relying on comprehension alone was not enough; it also required a large amount of cultivation, as well as a foundation in martial arts knowledge, anyway, many, many things.

So it was generally comprehended at the Sea Opening Realm, through accumulation and then eruption.