Chapter 117: The Three Encounter Situations

Duan Fengyun encountered the Yellow Emperor on his side, while Nie Feng's opportunity on his side was also not small.

Perhaps Nie Feng was truly fated with the Ten Strong Martial Artists; in the dark, he still arrived at the cave that held the Ten Strong Martial Arts.

Nie Feng gazed at the empty cave, his eyes focused entirely on the murals within.

This mural was still the characteristic mural of Lingyun Cave—the Kirin Painting—but Nie Feng felt that this Kirin Painting was different from what he usually saw.

Nie Feng immediately sat cross-legged and watched the Kirin Painting with rapt attention.

Nie Feng slowly began to feel the difference in this Kirin Painting.

Through the Kirin Painting, Nie Feng saw a figure constantly waving its form.

Nie Feng began to mimic the movements of the constantly waving figure, and he was surprised to discover that the martial art this figure was wielding seemed to be extremely powerful.

Blade, spear, sword, halberd, staff, fist, palm, leg, claw, finger.

The figure wielded ten different types of martial arts, and even with Nie Feng's talent, he could not fully comprehend them all at once.

Fortunately, the figure kept repeating them; if he could not understand it in one pass, Nie Feng would watch it twice.

If two passes were not enough, he would watch it three times; through Nie Feng's perseverance, he finally comprehended all ten of these martial arts.

Having learned the Ten Strong Martial Arts, Nie Feng now felt as if his entire being had been reborn, especially his eyes, which were as sharp as a hawk's.

Feeling his own transformation, Nie Feng was overjoyed and secretly rejoiced at the decision to come to Lingyun Cave together yesterday.

After practicing all ten powerful martial arts in the cave, Nie Feng walked out of Lingyun Cave, satisfied, to wait for the others at the cave entrance as agreed.

The path Qin Shuang chose was the deepest and most secluded; he took out the Thunder-Shock Axe and slowly probed forward.

A large reason why Qin Shuang chose this path was because of the Thunder-Shock Axe.

When he was pondering which path to choose, the Thunder-Shock Axe on his back had been trembling continuously in one direction.

Since that was the case, Qin Shuang chose to trust the Thunder-Shock Axe and selected this path.

After some cautious exploration, Qin Shuang finally arrived at a cave as well.

Unlike the empty caves encountered by Duan Fengyun and Nie Feng, this cave of Qin Shuang's looked as if someone had lived in it.

Qin Shuang walked into the cave and saw that the environment of this cave felt slightly familiar to him.

He suddenly remembered that the layout in this cave was exactly the same as the cave where he had obtained the Thunder-Shock Axe and the Thunder-Shock Axe's inheritance in the past.

Qin Shuang saw a box on the stone table that was identical to the one in the previous cave, and, full of curiosity, he walked to the stone table to try and open it.

But even though he used all his might, the box did not move at all.

He picked up the Thunder-Shock Axe, preparing to split the box open with one strike.

But just as he picked up the axe, the box opened automatically.

Inside the automatically opened box lay a piece of jade in the shape of an axe.

And this small jade axe was exactly the same as the Thunder-Shock Axe in Qin Shuang's hand.

Qin Shuang curiously took the Jade Axe in his hand to play with it, when suddenly the Jade Axe emitted bursts of strong light, and Qin Shuang stood there woodenly as if struck by lightning.

Then, Qin Shuang fainted.

Having fainted, Qin Shuang arrived in a mysterious space.

In the mysterious space, a middle-aged man dressed as a monk was looking at him with a smile.

Out of respect, Qin Shuang cupped his hands and said:

"I am Qin Shuang; may I ask which great master you are, Senior?"

The monk smiled and said:

"Qin Shuang, that is truly a good name, and you are a good person too.

Little one, you took my unique weapon and learned my inheritance, yet you turn around and ask me who I am?"

After hearing this, Qin Shuang asked in surprise:

"Could you be Senior Lei Zhen?"

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The monk stroked his beard and said:

"I, a monk, do not tell lies; my dharma name is Kongming, which is also the name Lei Zhen that you spoke of."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Shuang knelt directly on the ground and said:

"Qin Shuang greets Senior Lei Zhen.

If not for the Thunder-Shock Axe and the Secret Manual you left behind, I do not know how long ago I would have perished."

The monk helped Qin Shuang up and said:

"Since you have already obtained the Thunder-Shock Axe and the Secret Manual I left behind, it means that you and I are fated.

Qin Shuang, you are kind-hearted and have not disgraced the reputation of my Thunder-Shock Axe.

Are you willing to take me as your master and call me Master?"

Qin Shuang, who had just been helped up, knelt down again; this time, Lei Zhen did not stop him.

As Qin Shuang kowtowed, he said:

"Of course Qin Shuang is willing; Qin Shuang pays respects to Master."

After Qin Shuang kowtowed three times in succession, he stood up from the ground.

Lei Zhen nodded with satisfaction; he was very pleased with this disciple.

Having been accepted as a disciple by Lei Zhen, Qin Shuang finally asked the question in his heart:

"Master, how old are you now?

I know that your legends are all stories from over two hundred years ago."

Lei Zhen smiled and said:

"Oh, so you even know the stories of your master."

"That is correct; your master is indeed a person from over two hundred years ago."

"Two hundred years ago, after seeing through the vanity of the world, I retreated into the monastic life."

"Every day I ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha's name, accompanied by the evening drums and morning bells, bathing in the Dharma."

"I never imagined that my martial arts realm, which had not loosened for a long time, would actually begin to shift due to a resonance with the Dharma."

"Feeling my martial arts realm loosen, I left the temple."

"After traveling around, I arrived at this Lingyun Cave, and in this Lingyun Cave, I spent my days in the company of that Fire Qilin."

"As time passed, I felt as if my martial arts realm had reached the peak of the Human Realm."

"In order to pursue a greater Breakthrough, I left behind a sliver of the Spirit Sense generated by my cultivation here, and then I left Lingyun Cave."

"What you see before you is the Spirit Sense I left behind; as for my true body, I do not know where it is now."

"But I know that my true body must still exist in the Human Realm."

Fortunately, Qin Shuang had experienced the matter of Chang Sheng Bu Si Shen and knew that when a martial arts realm reaches a certain level, one can indeed transcend life and death.

Otherwise, Qin Shuang would absolutely not have believed Lei Zhen's words, even if Lei Zhen was his master.

Just as Qin Shuang was thinking, an axe manifested in the hand of Lei Zhen's Spirit Sense, and immediately Lei Zhen held the axe and slashed toward Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang did not fall behind, holding the Thunder-Shock Axe to engage Lei Zhen in battle; the two were from the same school and both used the Thunder Nine Styles.

After finishing the sparring of the Thunder Nine Styles with Qin Shuang, Lei Zhen laughed heartily and dissipated the axe he had manifested in his hand.

He asked:

"Qin Shuang, how long did it take you to fully master the Thunder Nine Styles?"

Qin Shuang dared not conceal anything and answered truthfully:

"I learned the first five styles as soon as I saw them, and it took me about half a year to fully master the remaining four."

Lei Zhen looked at Qin Shuang with satisfaction and said:

"The student surpasses the master; disciple, I truly did not misjudge you."

"You are indeed the successor to my Thunder-Shock Axe."

"The three disciples I took in back then spent a whole year just learning the first three styles, and in their entire lives, they were never able to comprehend the final style."

"You actually comprehended the true essence of the Thunder-Shock Axe in a mere half a year; you and I are truly destined."

"During the time I was cultivating in seclusion in Lingyun Cave, I discovered that the Thunder-Shock Axe still had great room for improvement."

"So, based on the original..."

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