Chapter 413: Once this sword is drawn, ten thousand swords fall silent

The dungeon at the headquarters of the Profound Heaven Sect is specifically used to detain martial artists who have committed offenses.

From the iron bars and chains of the cells to the floors and ceilings, this dungeon is infused with special materials that can effectively withstand the impact of a martial artist's Jin force.

The dungeon is divided into three levels; the first level detains martial artists in the Body Breaking and Qi Transformation stages.

The second level detains martial artists in the Dao Foundation stage.

As for the third level, legend has it that it is used to detain Martial Arts Grandmasters.

But for so many years, the third level of the dungeon has not been used more than a few times in total.

Because the number of Martial Arts Grandmasters is already scarce, and they are either in high positions or highly respected, very few truly end up in a situation where they need to go to prison.

Even if a Martial Arts Grandmaster truly commits a capital crime, as long as it does not involve something as heinous as rebellion, the imperial court will give them a chance to make amends for their crimes, such as executing dangerous missions or going to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

To a certain extent, as long as one becomes a Martial Arts Grandmaster, they are considered to have transcended the constraints of the law!

In a cell on the second level of the dungeon, Xi Yuchen sat cross-legged, practicing his cultivation.

Normally, martial artists who enter this dungeon would be fitted with some kind of restraint to limit their movement and would have to regularly take drugs like the Qi-Dispersing Pill.

But Xi Yuchen was not subjected to any measures, nor was he required to take any drugs.

Not only could he practice in peace within the cell, but he could even obtain sufficient cultivation resources.

Being able to have such treatment was naturally because of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion.

The Profound Heaven Sect and the Military Council have many collaborations, and all official martial masters are obligated to be conscripted by the military to fight alongside the army.

Some martial artists who want to be promoted quickly and gain fame will even choose to actively enter the military to serve.

And some powerhouses in the military, after retiring, will also enter the Profound Heaven Sect to serve and be sent down to the local level.

Therefore, these two departments with real power are often of one mind and share the same stance.

As one of the four Provincial Military Commanders of the Military Council and the commander of the Northern Border troops, Wang Shizi Cheng's influence on the Profound Heaven Sect naturally goes without saying.

Now, many juniors from the families of the Profound Heaven Sect members are executing missions in the Northern Border troops and have to rely on Wang Shizi Cheng's care.

So when Xi Yuchen, a guest advisor of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, was locked in the Profound Heaven Sect's dungeon, there were plenty of people to look after him.

Rather than saying he was locked in prison for three months, it was more like he had changed to a place where he wouldn't be disturbed to go into seclusion for three months.

Footsteps suddenly came from outside the cell.

A moment later, an official martial master guarding the dungeon stood outside Xi Yuchen's cell and called out softly in a respectful voice:

"Mr. Xi."

Xi Yuchen slowly opened his eyes: "What is it?"

"You can leave the prison now."

The official martial master said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Xi Yuchen raised an eyebrow.

Seriously injuring an imperial official, even if He Jian was not well-liked and had the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion pulling strings for him, three months in prison should have been served in full.

"Why?"

"That official, Lord He, wrote a letter of understanding and has already submitted it to the Profound Heaven Sect, so your remaining sentence is waived, and you can leave prison early."

"He Jian wrote a letter of understanding?"

Xi Yuchen found it unbelievable.

"Yes, I suppose he finally gave in."

The official martial master said while opening the door to the cell.

Xi Yuchen recalled the old man he had seriously injured with one sword strike, who had fallen to the ground.

At that time, the old man's eyes did not look like those of someone who would give in.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

In any case, there are many people with a hard backbone in this world, but not everyone can hold out to the end under the power of authority.

He Jian was probably just another person who chose to kneel.

With this thought, Xi Yuchen walked out of the cell.

Soon, he retrieved his sword and some personal items, and walked out of the dungeon feeling refreshed.

An official of the Profound Heaven Sect personally escorted Xi Yuchen out of the main headquarters gate.

The reason for being so polite to Xi Yuchen was not only because of his status as a guest advisor to the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, but also because Xi Yuchen had made it onto the main list of the Wind and Cloud General Ranking.

Over the years, at least half of the Dao Foundation martial artists who made it onto this list have broken through to become Martial Arts Grandmasters!

Getting on good terms with Xi Yuchen now might mean getting on good terms with a future Martial Arts Grandmaster.

"My lord, please stay."

Xi Yuchen cupped his hands in a salute to the official, then turned and left with his sword.

With heavy snow filling the sky, he did not take a tram or a tricycle, but walked on foot back to the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion.

The wind and snow came head-on, but not a single snowflake could land on Xi Yuchen's body.

He walked through the wind and snow like this, yet he remained independent of this world shrouded in wind and snow.

At one moment, he suddenly stopped, stretched out his right hand, palm facing upward.

A pure white snowflake drifted onto his palm.

He looked at this snowflake in his hand, lost in thought.

Just like that, he stayed on the street for a long time, motionless.

Soon he turned into a "snowman."

Pedestrians passing by on the street saw this scene and just took a few more looks at Xi Yuchen, but no one came up to ask.

There are too many martial artists in Lanling City; Xi Yuchen had a sword in his hand, so he must also be a martial artist, and some strange behavior was nothing.

The wind and snow grew heavier, and Xi Yuchen stood still in the heavy snow for more than an hour.

At one moment, a vast momentum suddenly descended upon this street.

In an instant, the footsteps of pedestrians, the conversations in the shops, the sound of charcoal burning in the stoves, and the sound of falling snow—all noisy sounds disappeared.

Everything was silent!

The wind stopped, the snowflakes no longer danced, and they stood still in the air, one by one.

Everyone on the entire street felt a strong sense of heart palpitations and looked around in astonishment.

Covered in white snow, Xi Yuchen, who had not made any movement for more than an hour, suddenly moved.

The white snow on his body melted and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Then, with him as the center, the ground, the sheds of the shops on both sides, the roofs, and even the snowflakes in the air, all melted!

A few seconds later, there was no trace of white snow on this street; in a world of white, it became an abrupt black line.

A brilliant smile bloomed on Xi Yuchen's face.

He started learning the sword at 6, received an implant at 17, and cultivated to the Body Breaking stage within a year, becoming an official martial artist.

At the age of 18, he took first place in a Body Breaking level martial arts competition in Lanling City, was spotted by the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, and had been a man of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion ever since.

He reached the Qi Transformation stage at 20 and became a Dao Foundation stage at 27.

Xi Yuchen is 35 years old this year and is already at the peak of the Dao Foundation stage.

When he activated 4 core-level extraordinary abilities and reached the 7th tier of combat power, he could rival experts above the 7th tier with his extraordinary swordsmanship.

After activating his 5th core-level extraordinary ability, he entered the candidate list of the Wind and Cloud General Ranking, and now he has even entered the main list.

Over the past dozen years, he has publicly competed in sword fighting in Lanling City eleven times, without a single defeat.

And what truly made him famous was not his combat record, but a comment from a Deputy Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Sect:

"This child has excellent comprehension of the sword and is a natural swordsman. The improvement of his realm may not be fast, but the improvement of his swordsmanship is worth looking forward to."

According to the "Theory of Heavenly Pride," Xi Yuchen broke through to the Dao Foundation stage before the age of 30, so he can be counted as a heavenly pride.

And this breakthrough speed is far inferior to the improvement speed of his swordsmanship!

The Deputy Sect Master of the Profound Heaven Sect who commented on Xi Yuchen is also a Grandmaster who uses the sword. Being able to make him say "worth looking forward to" is enough to show Xi Yuchen's talent for swordsmanship.

That is why Xi Yuchen was able to stand out in a place like Lanling City, which has tens of thousands of martial artists, and become a famous swordsman.

Staying in prison for two months and encountering this heavy snow upon coming out allowed Xi Yuchen to have another realization.

Just now in the heavy snow, he realized another sword strike.

This sword strike only used half a move, and it cleared the wind and snow of an entire street!

Xi Yuchen felt complete in spirit and intent at this moment, one step closer to that threshold.

"I didn't expect to turn a misfortune into a blessing."

He walked down the street with a smile on his face.

A prison disaster had affected his state of mind, and eventually, by chance, he improved his swordsmanship cultivation.

This made Xi Yuchen even want to thank He Jian.

"If I have one or two more such epiphanies, I should be able to break through."

With such a good mood, he walked all the way to the gate of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion.

He had previously stayed on the street for over an hour, after which he cleared the wind and snow from the entire street.

Such a big commotion had long attracted the attention of many people.

The news of "Xi Yuchen realizing the sword in the snow" was spreading rapidly in the city.

When he arrived at the gate of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, the mansion steward, Xi Ran, was waiting for him with a group of servants, wearing a smile.

Just as Xi Yuchen intended to enter the mansion, a harsh screeching sound suddenly came from the corner of the street.

Xi Yuchen turned his head to look, only to see a black car turning the corner, and then driving straight toward him at an extremely fast speed!

He looked at the approaching car with a calm expression; through the car window, he could clearly see the driver sitting in the driver's seat.

It was a middle-aged man, and judging from the aura on his body, he was a Dao Foundation stage martial artist!

Xi Yuchen, who had just made a breakthrough, did not dodge and turned to face the car that was crashing toward him.

The car was getting closer and closer to him, and its speed did not decrease at all.

When the front of the car was only five meters away from Xi Yuchen, the front license plate suddenly split from the middle, then the hood, and the crack spread all the way to the front windshield...

It was as if an invisible sword had split the car from the middle, and the car body was cut into two halves directly!

Lu Wenxing jumped out of the car in a somewhat disheveled manner, dodging this "sword."

He looked down at the corner of his clothes, which had been cut off. If he had dodged any slower, it wouldn't just have been his sleeve that was lost.

Xi Yuchen's sword strike had already made him clearly feel the huge gap between them.

Facing the invisible sword Qi just now, his protective Jin force was like paper!

But Lu Wenxing was not scared; instead, he pointed at Xi Yuchen's nose and cursed:

"Are you fucking blind? Don't you know how to dodge?"

A flash of anger crossed Xi Yuchen's eyes.

He hadn't been cursed like this for a long time.

"You broke my car, pay up!"

Lu Wenxing said while walking toward Xi Yuchen.

"Who are you?"

The mansion steward, Xi Ran, only reacted at this time and asked.

But Lu Wenxing ignored him, strode to Xi Yuchen, and reached out to push him:

"I'm fucking talking to you!"

Xi Yuchen's eyes turned cold, and he pressed a palm toward Lu Wenxing's chest, a vast Jin force hitting Lu Wenxing.

Swish—

Lu Wenxing flew out like a cannonball, hitting the ground heavily, stirring up a large amount of snow.

"Pfft—"

Lu Wenxing spat out a mouthful of blood after landing.

Xi Yuchen was stunned when he saw this.

That palm strike of his looked fierce, but it actually used soft force and couldn't hurt anyone at all.

In any case, a Dao Foundation stage martial artist who suddenly appeared could not be underestimated, and he wouldn't go so far as to hurt someone without figuring out the situation.

But Lu Wenxing just spat blood and fell to the ground, looking like he was seriously injured.

"Audacious!!"

A thunderous voice resounded through the long street:

"How dare you seriously injure an imperial official in the street?!"

Everyone looked toward the corner of the street, and a golden figure came into view.

Xi Ran, standing at the gate of the mansion, widened his eyes and recognized the person:

"Jing—"

He had only spat out one word before it was drowned out by a huge screeching sound.

This sound echoed between heaven and earth, extremely sharp, as if countless sharp swords were shuttling through the air, tearing it apart!

This was Li Fei moving at high speed; he had instantly crossed a distance of a hundred meters.

A straight vacuum channel appeared between the accumulated snow on the ground and the snowflakes dancing in the sky!

Xi Yuchen's eyes lit up completely; he already knew who the person was.

Not only was he not afraid, but he felt excited.

He had also heard the rumors about Li Fei, and because he was in the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, he knew more inside information.

He knew that Li Fei's cultivation had indeed gone wrong, and he was trying to solve it by using the method of dual cultivation of law and martial arts.

Before the problem was solved, Li Fei's combat power might be far from what it used to be!

This gave Xi Yuchen the courage to fight him.

Especially since he had just realized a new sword move today, and his cultivation and combat power had improved, so he was now more confident than ever!

It was not seen how he moved, but the snowflakes dancing around stood still in the air.

Then he drew his sword from its sheath.

The clear ringing sound instantly resounded through the long street and the entire mansion, piercing people's hearts and lungs, making people feel cold, as if they were about to be pierced by a sharp sword!

The bright sword light became the only brilliant touch in the sky full of flying snow; as the sword light moved forward, all the still snowflakes moved with it.

The wind and snow came alive!

Or rather, the wind and snow in the sky were all driven by this sword strike.

This sword strike seemed to have pried the power of heaven and earth!

Dao Jin—【Flying Snow Connects to Heaven, Leaning on a Long Sword】!

This was a new sword strike Xi Yuchen had realized, making improvements on the basis of the original Dao Jin to make it more in line with his sword heart, Jin force, and Qi and blood.

Facing an unprecedentedly strong enemy, he was also stimulated to his full potential, using the most peak, most complete, and most spirited sword strike to date!

Just in terms of sword Dao, with this sword, Xi Yuchen was indeed qualified to be proud.

When this sword strike was truly launched, there were only the last hundred meters left between the two.

But they were now separated by a world of flying snow!

Xi Yuchen looked at Li Fei confidently, waiting for the other party to crash into his "heaven and earth."

In this "heaven and earth," he had the confidence to use his sword to face any opponent within the Dao Foundation realm!

But the next moment, his expression changed.

From his appearance until now, Li Fei's momentum had been astonishing enough.

But when Li Fei truly began to show his power, Xi Yuchen realized that the previous ones were just Li Fei saying "hello" to him.

If the other party intended to sneak attack, or this fight was already over.

But the other party obviously wouldn't do such a thing; this Marquis of Jing'an was going to crush over in a dignified manner!

The explosive sword ringing sound covered all other sounds in an instant!

Xi Yuchen widened his eyes; Li Fei's figure had disappeared from his eyes, replaced by a sword.

A peerless sword!

The long sword in Xi Yuchen's hand stopped vibrating and could no longer make any sound.

In heaven and on earth, there could only be the sound of one sword!

Once this sword is drawn, ten thousand swords fall silent!

The entire flying snow heaven and earth was torn apart in an instant, and a clear sword path appeared.

Hundreds of sword Qi disintegrated one after another.

When Xi Yuchen reacted, that peerless sword had already arrived in front of him!

This sword strike was too fast, so fast that Xi Yuchen couldn't even see clearly how it passed through his flying snow heaven and earth.

In a trance, this swordsman who had once been famous in Lanling City had a realization:

This is the sword!

The real sword!

Boom—

With a loud explosion, the entire long street shook violently.

Xi Yuchen's protective Jin force was torn apart, and he was thrown out, just like Lu Wenxing before, hitting the snow heavily and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He looked up in confusion and fear.

Where was there any precious sword? Li Fei himself was standing in the position where he had just been.

The next second, a heart-wrenching pain struck.

Xi Yuchen cried out in pain, only to find that both his legs were broken!

"Ah—"

He let out a miserable howl in the snow, looking very helpless.

Hearing Xi Yuchen's scream, Xi Ran, who was standing at the gate of the mansion, reacted.

He turned his head to look, only to see Xi Yuchen lying in the snow, his legs bent, revealing white bones, and blood quickly staining the snow red.

His expression changed drastically; he first turned to instruct his subordinates to notify the Crown Wang Shizi, and then braced himself to meet Li Fei outside the gate:

"I am Xi Ran, the head steward of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, paying respects to the Marquis of Jing'an!"

Li Fei turned to look at Xi Ran.

If he had been like a lifeless iron block when he went to see He Jian before.

Then he was now a peerless divine sword, with his edge fully exposed!

Xi Ran only looked up once, and felt as if his eyes were about to bleed!

He didn't dare to walk closer, bent over and cupped his hands, lowered his head and apologized with a smile:

"This person is a guest advisor of the mansion. I don't know why the Marquis suddenly attacked and injured him. Is there some misunderstanding in this?"

"No misunderstanding."

Li Fei's tone was cold and hard, "This person committed a crime in broad daylight, injuring an imperial official, and a colleague of mine at that. I just happened to pass by, so I took action to stop him."

Xi Ran's expression stiffened, and he glanced at Lu Wenxing, who was still lying in the snow:

"Marquis, just now, this official drove and crashed into us first, and our guest advisor only took action to protect himself."

"You mean, I wronged him?"

Li Fei's gaze on Xi Ran became colder.

Xi Ran's body trembled, feeling that if he said one more word, he might be dismembered!

"Since you think I wronged him, then report it to the authorities."

Li Fei said lightly.

Outside the gate of the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion, Li Fei sat on a chair, closing his eyes to rest, with Lu Wenxing standing by his side.

Not far away was the car cut into two halves and parts scattered all over the ground.

A few dozen meters away was a pool of shocking blood.

Xi Yuchen, with his broken legs, lay on a stretcher, and two mansion physicians were treating him.

With his injuries, he should have been sent indoors for treatment, but Li Fei did not let him go, so he could only stay at the scene.

Xi Ran stood aside with a solemn expression.

The Wang Shizi Cheng Crown Wang Shizi had not yet appeared.

Li Fei was reviewing the battle just now.

The opponent's strength was not weak. If it were him before the Dao Foundation problem, to defeat Xi Yuchen in one move, he would have to enter the "Blood Demon State," first use the most powerful 【Blood Might God】, then use the extreme 【Blood Rage】 plus the Vajra Seal·Dragon Elephant to perform Dao Jin, only then would he have a chance.

Calculating this way, it was already more than one move.

But just now, he did indeed use only one move!

After several months of seclusion, first of all, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead had been continuously acquiring energy, leveling up three times, adding a total of 186 Blood Souls.

Of course, this was not the most important thing.

Li Fei drew on the weapon refining plan in the secret manual, and through trial and error with the "Five-Phase Reverse Wheel Method," he finally figured out a set of flying sword refining methods suitable for himself.

After incorporating the space-attribute 【Void Mark】, he successively incorporated two space-attribute implants, five metal-attribute implants, and three fire-attribute implants.

Plus the existing 【Illusion Leaf】, this time in weapon refining, Li Fei fused a total of twelve spell-type implants!

The refining of magic treasures is different from a martial artist's Dao Foundation; it does not necessarily require all five elements, nor does it necessarily require five types of implants.

Some only require two types of implants, while others even require more than a dozen!

Li Fei has the Ten Thousand Blood Bead on him, and his vitality is strong, so naturally, he must pursue the best.

The flying sword refining method written by the former dynasty Martial Saint Bai Zihao in the secret manual is divided into three types: lower, middle, and upper:

Lower-grade refining method, fusing five types of implants.

Middle-grade refining method, fusing nine types of implants.

Upper-grade refining method, fusing twelve types of implants.

Li Fei chose the upper-grade refining method without hesitation!

Twelve types of lower-three-grade spell-type implants, using his own flesh and blood as "material," plus some auxiliary materials for weapon refining, and most importantly, incorporating "material" like Blood Soul that had never been seen before.

Finally, a flying sword was successfully refined.

Or rather, Li Fei successfully refined himself into a flying sword body!

The improvement brought by the flying sword body is all-around, and the most intuitive embodiment is the Blood Soul.

When the flying sword body was refined, Li Fei's physique was greatly enhanced, increasing by more than 600 Blood Souls at once!

【Ten Thousand Blood Bead

Level: 33 level 11%

Blood Soul: 974 (1951)

Blood Soul Skill: Blood Rage (Strong), Blood Sha (Strong), Blood Might (Strong), Blood Spring (Strong), Blood Breath (Extreme)

Transformation Skill: Blood Demon (Strong)】

This is an unprecedented improvement; Li Fei's total Blood Soul count reached 1951, just a little short of exceeding 2000!

When the total Blood Soul count exceeded 1500, he gained another opportunity to strengthen his Blood Soul skill.

However, he did not rush to make a choice this time, but kept this strengthening opportunity in his hand.

When the sword body was refined, law and martial arts automatically completed the fusion.

The power of spells perfectly fused with the power of martial arts, and Li Fei finally had external force to influence the Heavenly Water Soul Bone fused into the Dao Foundation.

It's just that this Heavenly Water Soul Bone belongs to a seventh-grade implant, and a flying sword body refined from lower-three-grade implants alone is not enough to completely pry it.

However, Li Fei is not in a hurry, because he has already passed the most difficult hurdle.

On the chair, Li Fei opened his eyes.

Several cars drove into the street where the Wang Shizi Cheng Mansion was located.

At the same time, the Wang Shizi Cheng Crown Wang Shizi, Qin Ziyu, also walked out of the mansion gate.

Li Fei slowly stood up.

(End of this chapter)