Chapter 410: Chapter 287: Martial Arts is Risky! Proving Dao Requires Caution! [Last day of February, asking for monthly votes!]_2
Clearly, it was Yan Chuan and the others playing tricks. How did it seem like she made a mistake?
This world!
What’s going on?
Sun Gui Fen was feeling aggrieved for a short while, but soon she was shocked by the news of Shi Qingke’s failure to prove the Dao—
"Proving the Dao?"
"So quickly?!"
...
"Indeed, it was too rushed!"
’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ is an excellent platform that allows me to witness the various Absolute Skills and martial arts from numerous sects and each route of Heavenly Pride, which is a great opportunity for me to improve my martial arts and elevate my Martial Arts skill!"
"Forty-nine days!"
"Time is long."
"Unless a flash of inspiration strikes, leading to sudden enlightenment, otherwise, I would wait until the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’ ends to challenge a peer of equal strength again, at which point I would attempt to prove the Innate Dao."
"Now?"
"Too early! Too rushed! Too anxious!"
’Magic Child’ Tan Dou was sitting on the ground, he also noticed the commotion from Shi Qingke’s failure to prove the Dao, but he didn’t pay much attention because strong enemies were continuously attacking his ring in the arena, leaving him struggling to cope and lacking the energy to pay much attention.
On his Yin Character Arena, although the top twenty experts of ’Hidden Dragon’ and ’Chufeng’ never attacked, experts from the Second List kept emerging, constantly attacking.
One after another!
Round after round!
With one intense battle after another, even with the Tan Dou team owning five ’Second List’ talents, by the second day of the competition, the five were already starting to tire.
They urgently needed to recuperate.
However—
"Take advantage of his weakness!"
"Take his life!"
"Tan Dou and the others are worn out!"
Some people were always watching the Arena Master’s state at the various rings, Tan Dou and his group’s declining state, though repeatedly concealed, could not escape the sharp eyes of the ones watching from below the stage.
"Chufeng" twelfth, ’Red Robe Gold Saber’ Sun Gui Fen!
"Chufeng" fifteenth, ’Ghost Shadow’ Guo Xi!
"Hidden Dragon" fourteenth, ’Sangmen Spear’ Gao Changyi!
"Hidden Dragon" eighteenth, ’Constantly Defeated Expert’ Chai Hongshun!
"Hidden Dragon" thirty-eighth, ’Snow Flying Cranes’ Liu Guanlan!
"Hidden Dragon" fifty-second, ’Outer Heaven Jade Dragon’ Zhuge Zhen!
"Hidden Dragon" seventy-fourth, ’Thousand-Handed Sword Ape’ Yin Ye!
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A lineup of Second List talents, groups of top teams, seeing the moment was ripe, finally set their sights on the ’Yin Character’ arena, targeting the Tan Dou team!
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"’Hidden Dragon’ eighth, ’Magic Child’ Tan Dou!"
"’Hidden Dragon’ twenty-fifth, ’Nine-appearing Divine Sword’ Liu Zongwu!"
"’Hidden Dragon’ fifty-third, ’Five Arhats’ Murong Chong!"
"’Chufeng’ twenty-third, ’Ten Thousand Mile Cloud Chaser’ Hong Ran!"
"’Chufeng’ ninety-ninth, ’Wood Girl’ Sang Qing!"
The Tan Dou team, all "Human List" members!
Their team was formidable and extremely intimidating, for those equipped with third-Rank Blue Equipment, like Liu Xin with ’Chasing God Blade,’ Ma Hongniang with ’White Bone Banner,’ Cai Ru’an with ’Five-Colored Stone,’ Zhuge Zhen with ’Centipede Bee Bag,’ their Treasures might either be invincible in solo battles or have a significant advantage in group attacks and battles, yet none of the four chose to take on the Tan Dou team, all opting for other teams instead.
Why?
Simply because the Tan Dou team had no weaknesses, each one was a strong practitioner, even if you take down one using Exotic Treasure, there were still four powerful ones left and unyielding.
This was a hard nut to crack!
But even if it’s a hard nut to crack, there are still those willing to take a bite.
Tan Dou’s ’Yanjing Academy’ was previously rated by the Traveler Department as ’top of the Ten Great Academies,’ which made many other academies dissatisfied, how could their disciples possibly allow the team from Yanjing Academy to succeed easily?
On another aspect, due to the great reputation of ’Yanjing Academy,’ paired with the fact that Tan Dou has a father in the Innate Realm, coupled with Tan Dou’s small, cute childlike appearance, many people were curious about why he looked like a child.
All these reasons.
Made the number of challengers on the ’Yin Character Arena’ quite a few.
Tan Dou was struggling to handle them.
This time.
This round.
The team drawn to the Yin Character Arena was even stronger!
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"Almost there!"
"The timing is right!"
Yan Chuan glanced at the panel—
[Your ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship’ has been improved from First Realm: Beginner to Third Realm: Entering the Hall.]
[Your ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force’ has been improved from First Realm: Beginner to Second Realm: Basic Insight.]
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On the twelve arenas, including his own arena, by the second day, Yan Chuan had given lectures in eleven of them, but he hadn’t lectured in the ’Yin Character’ arena.
This wasn’t due to any prejudice against Tan Dou.
It was purely because—
"Tan Dou’s cultivation in ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force’ is extremely mysterious, even the Traveler Department has no record of it."
Yan Chuan had read extensively at the Tian Jing Mansion, gaining understanding of most of the thousands participating in this Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, yet among the few he knew very little about, Tan Dou was one of them, specifically due to the ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force.’
Not knowing this skill!
Yan Chuan naturally didn’t dare to speak about Tan Dou hastily, to avoid giving himself away.
But he kept paying close attention to Tan Dou, constantly engaging in martial arts lectures, often deliberately focusing on Tan Dou’s thoughts and insights, spending considerable time and energy unraveling them, and ultimately exposing a lot about Tan Dou’s main practice, the utterly mysterious ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force.’
Second Realm: Basic Insight!
Finally able to lecture!
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"Tan Dou has been practicing ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force’ since childhood; it’s rumored to be a strange skill claiming to grant immortality, but Tan Dou encountered a mishap in his cultivation, causing his body and appearance to remain in the seven or eight-year-old stage for a long time, known as ’Magic Child.’
"The one who knows the ultimate Dao is not destroyed by Heaven; the one who takes the Primordial Qi is not extinguished by Earth. The ultimate Dao is not far, it’s in oneself, with a delicate mind, life will be prolonged."
"To obtain immortality, one must practice what gives life. The method of nurturing life begins with subtleness; Qi condenses into form, and form is the essence that nurtures Qi; Qi is the foundation of form. Understanding the origin of Primordial Qi forms the can investigate the principle of form extinction."
Yan Chuan began discussing Tan Dou, starting from the ’Eternal Green Xuanji Force,’ vast and profound, only touching the surface, without focusing entirely on this Mysterious Skill, more so discussing the ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship’ learned from Tan Yunqing, Tan Dou’s father—
"’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship’ is suspected to be a self-created swordsmanship by Grandmaster Tan Yunqing, emphasizing speed as the key to victory, mastering using speed against slowness, hitting with surprise, striking like lightning, recalling the sword like a blaze."
"Its swordsmanship includes moves like rush, swing, chop, lift, thrust, hit, lean, and works with leg techniques like bounce, sweep, intercept, stomp, swing, and kick."
"Sword moving through the Sky Gang is the Upper Heavenly Gang!"
"Step walking through the Heavenly Gang is the Lower Heavenly Gang!"
"The combination of upper and lower Heavenly Gang forms a set of extremely exquisite swordsmanship, the sword leads the body, integrating top and bottom, real and illusion in a cycle, winning with speed and precision."
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Yan Chuan actually enjoys explaining swordsmanship, for instance, explaining Tan Dou’s practice and execution of ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship,’ numerous insights and comprehension on swordsmanship pour in, feeding back to him, making Yan Chuan’s understanding in swordsmanship deepen progressively, further enhancing ’Five Mountains Swordsmanship,’ ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship,’ ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship,’ and ’Evil Exorcism Sword Skill,’ ’Dugu Nine Swords’ continuously.
[Your ’Five Mountains Swordsmanship’ has been improved, Skill Level +6]
[Your ’Quanzhen Swordsmanship’ has been improved, Skill Level +5]
[Your ’Jade Maiden Swordsmanship’ has been improved, Skill Level +3]
[Your ’Evil Exorcism Sword Skill’ has been improved, Skill Level +4]
[Your ’Dugu Nine Swords’ has been improved, Skill Level +2]
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The expertise in swordsmanship continues to improve.
As Yan Chuan explains the ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship,’ not only does Tan Dou have thoughts and inspirations that feed back to him, so does Heavenly Master Tan Yunqing, who is even more skilled in the ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship’ he created than Tan Dou. Yan Chuan’s explanations naturally lead Tan Yunqing to subconsciously reflect and gain insights, which are then fed back to Yan Chuan.
This feedback on ’Heavenly Gang Swordsmanship’ and other sword skills provides the most significant feedback for Yan Chuan.
The stronger the feedback.
The more immersed Yan Chuan becomes in the explanation—
"Body is flexible, ready at hand."
"Residual, thrust, aid, seize, pull, press, constrain, absorb, these are the ’Heavenly Gang Eight Techniques.’
"Azure Dragon Coiling on the Top!"
"Golden Bridge Frame Beam!"
"Red Phoenix Facing the Sun!"
"Each ’Heavenly Gang Eight Technique’ contains three moves, the moves evolve into Heavenly Gang changes, with endless variations!"
"Light like clouds leaving the mountain, heavy like stones sinking in the river."
"Eyes like copper bells, hands like arrows."
"Force pop and shake, strength resembling coiling silk, swallowing and floating feeling natural; the qi should sink, the skill should be pure, residual and sticky exertions scare even ghosts and spirits."
"Impressive!"
"Impressive!"
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