The Sword of Power
Chapter 8 - The Life and Death Arena
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The Cool Breeze Gorge. A young man in green clothes stood on a huge rock while holding a tree branch that was about a meter long and as thick as an index finger while continuing to stab it forward nonstop, flicking it diagonally, flicking it, slash vertically, and slice horizontally. Every time the young man swung the branch, it would cause bursts of light from the air to be torn apart. Moreover, as the young man increased the speed of this action, the sound of light from the air being torn apart began to echo like firecrackers on top of a boulder.
At a certain point in time, the young man's eyes were focused before he threw the twig in his hand towards the large tree in the distance. The branch was extremely fast, and wherever it passed by, many sounds of light from the torn air resounded endlessly. The brand had practically traveled over 10 meters in two breaths to arrive in front of the huge tree.
Bang out!
The branch pierced through the bottom of the tree trunk which required three people to join hands to embrace it. After which, it penetrated through the second tree, and when it consecutively pierced through the five trees, the branch finally stopped at the sixth tree.
As he looked at the small holes in the trees, the young man said in a low voice, “With the Energy Stone and Meridian Shield Pill that Elder Qian gave me and coupled with the relentless tempering of my light golden Profound Energy, the strength of the body is countless times stronger than before! It is a pity that I have spent the entire 10 Energy Stones and Meridian Shield Pills. "
The young man was naturally Yang Ye. Within this half a month, among the 24 hours in a day, he had practically spent 20 hours cultivating. Under such hard work, not only had he increased his cultivation to the sixth rank of the Mortal Realm, even the Basic Sword Technique of the Sword Sect had been developed perfectly.
The Basic Sword Technique of the Sword Sect was not something rare, and every Outer Court Disciple would obtain it. Other than Yang Ye, there were practically no Outer Court Disciples within the Sword Sect who would develop such a common technique. After all, no matter how great one's Basic Sword Technique was, how could it compare to that ranked sword technique?
In the past, Yang Ye had such thoughts as well. However, after he was revealed to be a Labor Disciple, he had no choice and could only choose to cultivate in the Basic Sword Technique. After cultivating in it for two years and along with the relentless strengthening of his cultivation and physical strength, he became increasingly skilled in Basic Sword Techniques, and became even more, and Yang Ye felt that this sword technique seemed to be as useless as everyone thought.
This sword technique was a technique that contained simple movements such as piercing, slashing, sweeping, cutting, and slashing upwards. However, under this two-year long non-stop practice, this simple movement became not that simple. Just like the previous scene, each swing of his sword caused a light sound from the air to be torn apart. This kind of effect was something that even some of the Yellow Ranked sword techniques in the Sword Sect were unable to achieve.
So, Yang Ye decided to continue practicing diligently because he wanted to see where the limits of the Basic Sword Technique were!
Yang Ye raised his head to look at the sky to determine the time. When he realized it was noon, Yang Ye patted both of his hands and said in a low voice, "I must succeed in making the Power Amulet today!"
In the Five Elements Talisman Marking Technique that Bao'er had given him, the method of making a Strength Talisman was not very complicated. After all, it was just a basic talisman. However, for a novice like Yang Ye who had just made contact with the talisman and did not have anyone's guidance, it was already extremely complicated. Within this half a month, he had not succeeded once, and the main reason was because he was too impatient at first.
With the experience gained from his failures all along, Yang Ye became smarter. In the past week, he had not tried to draw a Strength Talisman, and he had instead studied the Strength Talisman for a week. He was firmly committed to remembering all paths and especially an important part of the Power of the Amulet.
Yang Ye recalled all the details of the Strength Amulet. After a while, Yang Ye sat cross-legged on a boulder and pulled the talisman paper and the talisman brush that Bao'er had given her. After which, he drew the Darkbeast blood and the Spirit Herb Sap Bao'er gave him. After he prepared everything, Yang Ye moved from a sitting position to a crawling position, then he held his breath in concentration.
After a while, the golden Profound Energy light within his body slowly flowed into the talisman brush, and then he began to draw according to the method of making the Strength Talisman in his mind.
As he held the talisman brush, Yang Ye carefully moved it on the talisman paper, and traces of golden Profound Energy from within his body flowed onto the talisman paper through the talisman brush. After the many rows of young golden Profound Energy entered the talisman paper, they immediately began to crawl like many small worms. When he saw this, Yang Ye hurriedly used a talisman brush to guide them into forming all sorts of strange shapes.
During this entire process, Yang Ye did not even dare to breathe heavily, and he concentrated fully to slowly guide the talisman brush on the talisman paper. After these 15 minutes, a young golden fire form gradually appeared on the talisman paper, and after 15 minutes, Yang Ye lifted the brush while a golden flame appeared on the talisman paper.
Yang Ye took a deep breath as he saw the flames had formed, and his expression relaxed. Of course, this was not the end as he had only completed the first step, and there was another step, the most important step. Spirits into the talisman!
The process of inserting a spirit into a talisman was to imbue the Spirit Potion Rubber and Darkbeast blood into the talisman paper and utilize both combined with heaven and earth energy to allow the talisman to possess a spirit.
This move was the most difficult, and he failed a month ago. Because he had to draw the flame once more while using his Darkbeast blood, Spirit Herb Sab, and his own golden Profound Energy of light at the same time!
If he failed during this entire process, then the entire talisman would fail!
Yang Ye took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. After a while, he took out a white jade bottle and poured a drop of liquid from it onto the talisman, then he quickly took out a white jade bottle that poured a drop of Darkbeast blood. After the two drops of liquid fell onto the talisman, Yang Ye hurriedly circulated the Profound Energy within his body and forcefully mixed the two drops of liquid.
The two drops of liquid mixed with no difficulty under the influence of Yang Ye's golden Profound Energy, and then Yang Ye hurriedly held onto the talisman brush and directed the liquid according to the flame path.
This process was said to be the most difficult because Yang Ye had to utilize his Profound Energy to envelop two drops of liquid during this entire process, and this brought about extremely strict requirements towards one's control over Soul Energy and Profound Energy. During this entire process, a slight carelessness or inability to fully inspire the talisman with spirit at once would cause the talisman creation to fail!
Because once the blood of the Darkbeast and Spirit Herb Sap were not enveloped by the Profound Energy, they would instantly part. After the two of them split up, the flames throughout the talisman would definitely become chaotic. At that time, everything Yang Ye had achieved before would be for naught.
Many drops of cold sweat were unceasingly appearing on his forehead, yet Yang Ye did not even dare to blink because he was so afraid that his image would tilt as he blinked.
“I finally succeeded, I finally succeeded. I, Yang Ye, am also a Level One Talisman Master, Hahaha !!! ” As he stared at the fire on the talisman paper, Yang Ye could not help but laugh.
Based on the Five Elements Talisman Marking Technique that Bao had provided, Yang Ye had some basic information about Talisman Masters. Talisman Masters are just like profounders, and they are also divided by nature. The first grade through fifth grade was the value associated with engraving talismans, and it was the basic craftsmanship of talismans. The realms after the fifth grade Talisman Master were the Spirit Amulet Master, the Earth Amulet Master, the Heaven Talisman Master, the Immortal Amulet Master, and the Divine Amulet Master.
The first five levels were related to engraving talismans, and one obtained a value for each talisman successfully created. If one was able to make five basic talismans and achieve mastery of the five elements, then one had reached fifth grade. Yang Ye had managed to create a Strength Talisman now, so he could be considered a Tier One Talisman Master!
Yang Ye suppressed the excitement in his heart and took the Power Amulet on the stone. He observed it for some time before a wisp of surprise appeared in his eyes, and he said in a low voice, "The talisman is divided into the defective class, the low class, the middle class, the high class, and the upper class. . This Power Amulet of mine caused the flame to appear lifelike, and it should be considered a high-grade talisman. However, didn't the scroll say that the chances of making a high-grade talisman were very low? Could it be because of my light golden Profound Energy? "
Yang Ye knew from the introduction in the Five Elements Talisman Marking Technique that talismans were divided based on value as well, and talismans with different values had different effects as well. For example, a low-level Strength Talisman was most capable of increasing the user's strength by 50%, a medium-level Strength Talisman increased it by about 100%, whereas, a high-level talisman was able to increase it by 300% . As for a top grade Strength Talisman, it was able to increase the user's strength by six or sevenfold.
Although the effects of high-level and top-tier talismans were shocking, the difficulty to make them was also extremely great. The possibility of successfully making a high-grade talisman was extremely low, so he never expected that this talisman of his was truly ranked at the top. Could it be that I am truly an incredible genius? Yang Ye was confused.
Looks like I have to ask Bao'er about it in the future! Yang Ye stopped thinking about this matter. He stared at the Strength Talisman in his hand while the corner of his mouth slightly raised to form a wisp of a strange smile. If I fight against someone in the future, then under no circumstances are there many gaps in our strength, I will definitely be able to make my opponent die a miserable death if I suddenly slap the talisman on myself.
When he thought up to here, the smile at the corner of Yang Ye's mouth grew wider, and he smiled with a hint of satisfaction. After a while, he carefully stored the Strength Talisman before walking towards the exit of the Cool Breeze Gorge.
After he left the Cool Breeze Gorge, Yang Ye arrived at the training ground. As soon as he arrived here, he was stopped by a disciple in green clothes. This young man was around 17 or 18 years old, and there was a small 'Outside' inscription on the left shoulder of his green clothes. This was the symbol of the Outer Court Disciple!
As he stared at the green-clothed young man who revealed killing intent towards him, Yang Ye knew that this person before him was probably Du Xiu's cousin, Duan Jun, who had reached the eighth rank of the Mortal Realm.
When they saw Yang Ye being stopped by Duan Jun, the few nearby Labor Pupils immediately shook their heads and sighed. Because of Yang Ye, all of the Labor Pupils at Labour Peak were no longer bothered by Du Xiu and the others, so they had a good impression of Yang Ye.
Now, Du Xiu's cousin brother had returned from the mortal world, so the consequences Yang Ye faced were very clear.
Duan Jun was staring at Yang Ye as well while his eyes were flashing with a terrifying and cold killing intent. When he came back here from the mortal world today, he noticed that Du Xiu and Manager Xu had actually been sent to Star Ore Mountain, which he had been sent to, and the culprit was actually the Labour Disciple standing in front of him. After all, all the Labour Disciples of the Sword Sect and even some Outer Court Disciples were clearly aware that Du Xiu was his cousin's brother, and Manager Xu was his subordinate. One had to consider the status of his master before beating up a dog, and this person before him had slapped his face without disguising it at all!
Moreover, most importantly, Du Xiu and Manager Xu had to give over 10,000 gold coins to him every year. Only with this wealth could he purchase more cultivation resources, yet now, this source of wealth had been lost because this person was standing before him! Over 10,000 gold coins, it was his main source of wealth, and even his heart was bleeding because of this.
When he thought up to here, Duan Jun's eyes narrowed before he said, “Junk, is my cousin, Duan Jun, someone you can bully? Die!" As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed while his palm slapped Yang Ye's face.
When he saw Duan Jun strike directly and even directly execute a deadly attack, Yang Ye's face sank, and he shouted in a low voice while his fist smashed into Duan Jun's palm.
Bang out!
Palms and fists collide. Yang Ye retreated three steps while Duan Jun also retreated three steps.
In their first collision, the two were equally compatible.
A wisp of surprise flashed across Duan Jun's eyes as he realized he was being forced back by Yang Ye, and he sized up Yang Ye before he said, "You've already become the Profound Yang? But so what if you? I only use 10% of my strength now, so it's time to die now! ” As he spoke, the Profound Energy in his body surged as he prepared to attack once more and annihilate Yang Ye.
"Wait!" Yang Ye took a step forward and looked at Duan Jun while his eyes were both flashing with killing intent. Because Duan Jun was aware that Du Xiu and the others had been punished by Elder Qian, yet he did not dare to look for trouble with Elder Qian, so he came looking for Yang Ye instead. Moreover, he carried out a deadly attack as soon as he attacked, and this caused Yang Ye to become angry.
"What's? Do you want to beg for mercy? " Duan Jun said as he sneered, “If you knew this would happen, then why act that way? Even though my cousin is only a Labor Disciple, he is not a person like you who can bully. Now, kowtow 1,000 times to me and shout loudly that you are wrong, and then leave from the Sword Sect. Well then, maybe I can consider saving your life! "
“I challenge you to fight in Life and Death Arena!” Yang Ye looked into Duan Jun eyes as he spoke in a stern tone.
Silence, deadly silence. All the surrounding Labour Disciples and Duan Jun himself were stunned.
A Labor Pupil challenges an Outer Court Pupil? And that was even in the Life and Death Arena?
