Chapter 36 Sword Qi Traverses

    The beast tide in Tianyue City, the monster siege, finally passed safely.

    Lin Chen didn't leave Tianyue City too far.

    If needed, with his speed, he could rush back in less than an hour.

    However, from beginning to end, the God-Slaying Formation was never triggered.

    Qinglong didn't even need to take action.

    Lin Chen continued to live in Huo Zhi Li's manor, and also watched Huo Ni Chang practice her sword. One day, Huo Ni Chang happily came over and said in surprise, "Master, as you said, I focused on my heart and felt myself and the sword, and I actually unleashed sword qi a hundred yards away!"

    Sword qi travels a hundred paces.

    Lin Chen has roughly understood what kind of path Huo Ni Chang's innate talent is.

    Wuxia?

    No.

    At least, it should be considered a high-level martial arts realm in the Eastern combat system.

    Don't think that Huo Ni Chang can unleash sword qi a hundred yards away, but in high-level martial arts, it's probably nothing.

    "Very good."

    Lin Chen nodded in praise.

    Perhaps it was because they had gotten along well these past few days, plus she had indeed made progress, and it was due to Lin Chen's guidance, Huo Ni Chang's attitude towards Lin Chen had changed from gratitude for saving her life to the trust and respect a disciple has for her master... In reality, Lin Chen didn't guide Huo Ni Chang much. He just corrected Huo Ni Chang's attitude towards sword practice.

    Western swordsmanship emphasizes skill, combat, and usability.

    Eastern swordsmanship, while sword moves are important, places more emphasis on sword sense... that is, Western practice swords, Eastern cultivate the mind.

    Lin Chen simply asked Huo Ni Chang to spend more time calming her mind before practicing her sword, to feel the location of the sword qi with her heart.

    But the result was that with such a simple guidance, Huo Ni Chang actually broke through.

    Before, her sword qi could only penetrate tens of meters.

    One hundred yards was a hurdle for her.

    But now, she has stepped over it.

    "Master, I'm going to tell my grandfather this good news!"

    Huo Ni Chang left happily.

    Lin Chen didn't say anything. He continued to think about where to kill monsters and level up tonight, and at the same time, find undead for Yang Yourong to devour and advance. Lin Chen had been doing this kind of thing these past few days.

    However, Yang Yourong is still far from advancing.

    [Yang Yourong]

    [Race: Ghost Spirit]

    [Level: Peak Ghost King Realm]

    [Advancement Experience: 60 million/100 million]

    [Skills: Ghost King Form (7), Yin Spirit Intrusion (7), Hell Scream (7), Ghost Wall (7), Banshee Ultrasound (7), Ghost Spirit Scythe Slash (7), Ghost Spirit Possession (1)]

    Quite a few skills.

    Ghost King Form allows her to transform into a Ghost King.

    When devouring undead, as long as Yang Yourong is in Ghost King Form, if the undead's level is low, she can almost devour one or even several in one bite.

    Yin Spirit Intrusion can disrupt people's minds and is considered a negative status skill.

    The disadvantage is... it is only effective against primate races, including humans and elves.

    Hell Scream can cause soul damage to the opponent.

    Banshee Ultrasound can be said to be an enhanced version of Hell Scream. It not only causes attacks on the soul, but also has a high probability of causing the opponent to lose their five senses, and a 100% chance of making the opponent's hearing fail within ten seconds.

    Ghost Wall can create a fictional environment to make the enemy lose their way, but as long as the enemy stays awake, there is a chance to see through it; black dog blood and boy's urine can directly break it!

    Ghost Spirit Scythe Slash, Yang Yourong's only attack skill, she can condense a death god's scythe in her hand to cause great soul damage to the enemy, and a small amount of blood volume suppression (putting the enemy in a state of fear, reducing blood volume by 20%) effect.

    As for Ghost Spirit Possession, it is a skill that Yang Yourong obtained after following Lin Chen and advancing to the peak of the Ghost King Realm, so it is still level 1, the initial stage.

    This skill allows Yang Yourong to possess corpses. Higher-level ones can also possess living bodies and control targets with weaker mental strength.

    Don't think that Yang Yourong's upgrade experience is already more than half way there, but this is exactly where Lin Chen's headache lies.

    Now Lin Chen is feeding Yang Yourong the undead that were killed by the Blue Star people after the game invaded, but each undead only allows Yang Yourong to increase by ten points of experience, probably because these undead are too weak.

    However, Lin Chen has no better way and can only continue to maintain this.

    As for those Blue Star people's undead...

    Blue Star doesn't have a netherworld.

    Lin Chen also doesn't know if the "New World" game has a setting for a netherworld or a King of Hell.

    In short, those undead are wandering in the ruins of the city.

    They can't even be saved.

    Lin Chen also doesn't know how to save them!

    Then let's just do it physically.

    Just as Lin Chen decided to go to a farther and bigger city tonight to take a look, he saw Huo Ni Chang hopping back. She happily said to Lin Chen, "Master, look what this is!"

    Lin Chen looked over.

    Then, his gaze froze.

    "Hehe, Master, this is a secret manual left by my mother. I practiced the sword skills on this... Master, what's wrong with you?" Huo Ni Chang curiously looked at the stunned Lin Chen.

    "Uh."

    Coming back to his senses, Lin Chen quickly regained his composure, and then asked in a flat tone, "Ni Chang, in your eyes, is this just a sword manual?"

    "Yes, Master!"

    Huo Ni Chang replied, "I've been able to recite this sword manual since I was a child. If it's not a sword manual, what is it?"

    Lin Chen then remembered that he was a Blue Star person.

    If you ask Lin Chen what is the difference between Blue Star people and Dragon Country people, it is that... Blue Star people all have attribute panels.

    Moreover, all secret manuals and techniques are skill books in their eyes.

    But Dragon Spirit people don't have attribute panels.

    They can't see them.

    They all rely on level and soul cultivation, as well as equipment, to estimate how many attributes they or others have.

    Asking them about things like sword manuals, in their eyes, they are sword manuals.

    They are a kind of secret manual or technique.

    However, in Lin Chen's view, the sword manual that Huo Ni Chang was holding in front of him was a skill book.

    Lin Chen could even see some information that was not on the sword manual...

    This information is called skill description in the game.

    There is no description on the sword manual.

    And the name and description of this sword manual are the reasons for Lin Chen's shock!

    [Sword Qi Traverses: A unique skill for the Sword Servant Clan... Legend has it that in ancient times, a divine sword turned into a spirit, named Sword Spirit. The Sword Spirit had servants, who transformed into women after a hundred years. Later, during the war between gods and demons, the Sword Spirit sealed the sword heart into the Sword Servant's body because her friend, the Saber Saint, became enchanted, and then fell into the demonic path. From then on, the Sword Servants wandered around, marrying humans and giving birth to daughters, passing down the sword heart to the world.]

    Good heavens!

    So, the reason why Huo Ni Chang was born in the Huo family, but her whole body from head to toe has her mother's genes, it seems that it is not Lin Chen's gene conjecture at work. Huo Ni Chang is not a freak...

    However, she is indeed a natural hidden profession.

    But this hidden profession was passed down to her by her mother!

    Possessing a sword heart.

    A descendant of the Sword Servant Clan!

    Judging from the description, it seems that there should be more than one descendant of this Sword Servant Clan.

    "Master, would you like to see my sword manual?" Huo Ni Chang asked.

    Lin Chen modestly said, "This... can I see it?"

    "Yes, Grandpa said you are my master, of course you can see it, and Master also helped me break through!" Huo Ni Chang handed the sword manual to Lin Chen very trustingly.

    This was not requested by Lin Chen himself.

    It wasn't even Lin Chen's忽悠(hū悠: to trick, to coax).

    The sword manual was in hand.

    Immediately, it turned to ashes in Lin Chen's hands.

    "Master, this... what's going on?" Huo Ni Chang was very shocked.

    Lin Chen was speechless.

    You handed it to me yourself!

    I am a player... ah呸 (ā pēi: expression of disdain), I am a Blue Star person!

    The sword manual in your eyes is a skill book in my eyes.

    And your master is a Sky Walker...

    I can learn any skill!

    So, why do you ask?

    Lin Chen gained another skill.

    [Sword Qi Traverses: Deals 300% double attack damage to targets within 80 yards. For each level increased, the sword qi becomes more pure, increasing damage by 50% and attack distance. Consumes magic: 850! Cooldown time: one minute!]

    Good heavens!

    This skill is not bad!

    However, Lin Chen is not a natural sword heart like Huo Ni Chang.

    He didn't cultivate sword qi either.

    So what Lin Chen learned was like a castrated version. For example, in addition to Sword Qi Traverses, Huo Ni Chang also has Sword Qi Body Protection, Sword Qi Surrounding the Body, and even turning Qi into a sword, etc...

    To be honest, Lin Chen felt that he had wasted a good thing.

    However, Lin Chen couldn't help it!

    Fortunately, when the sword manual turned to ashes, after the ashes were blown away by the wind, a small map drawn on leather appeared on Lin Chen's palm.

    "Eh?"

    Huo Ni Chang, who was originally surprised and even a little dissatisfied, immediately looked at Lin Chen suspiciously.

    Lin Chen was also a little embarrassed.

    The master destroyed the disciple's heirloom...

    Moreover, he stole the disciple's unique skill.

    What is this?

    But at this time, Lin Chen also curiously looked at the leather map in his hand.

    Until Huo Ni Chang's voice, who had been observing for a while, sounded, "Master, how did you know the biggest secret in the sword manual left by my mother?"

    Lin Chen was even more speechless about this question.

    How did he know?

    He didn't know!

    "Perhaps, this is fate!"

    Lin Chen had no choice but to pretend to be profound and make a cryptic statement, then looked at the leather map and said, "Ni Chang, look, there is a mountain on this map, and there is also an arrow next to it, and a line of small words!"

    "Really."

    Huo Ni Chang looked at the line of small words and read, "Look down the mountain at sunrise... what does it mean?"

    "A riddle."

    Lin Chen smiled.

    He couldn't be more familiar with this kind of treasure map routine.

    What is certain is that the things left by the Sword Servant beside the ancient Sword Spirit must be good!

    Lin Chen was already looking forward to it...

    I really didn't expect that I just wanted to get close to Huo Zhi Jin, but now I have an unexpected gain.

    Just...

    "Master, this matter is very important, I must tell my grandfather!"

    Huo Ni Chang looked serious.

    This is in the Huo family.

    Moreover, the thing also belongs to Huo Ni Chang.

    The key is, Lin Chen doesn't know how to enter the place indicated in the map.

    Perhaps, Huo Ni Chang, who possesses the sword heart, will become the key.

    Then Lin Chen can only... let Huo Ni Chang tell Huo Zhi Li.

    The entire world view and the entire big background are beginning to unfold!

(End of this chapter)