Chapter 154 The Core of the Sword

The helmsman at the bow of the boat instantly widened his eyes.

Fortunately, Fang Yue and the others were all at the stern, and no one could see his expression at the bow, otherwise, he would have lost a lot of face.

But how was that possible? That was a Li-level (ferocious) strange!

Could it be that this guy's strength had already reached that level?

The helmsman was completely dumbfounded.

A Li-level strange was equivalent to the strength of a Yun-level (cloud) martial artist.

Any martial artist who reached the Yun-level was already a rare existence in the entire Qing country. Above that was the legendary Yu-level (rain), the peak of the secular world!

The helmsman's perception of Fang Yue underwent a subtle change.

A martial artist who could kill a Li-level strange was a force to be reckoned with, no matter where they were.

In fact, on this ship, only the helmsman and the guards of the special envoy group were unaware of this matter. Everyone else had basically been informed by Fang Yue.

As for the helmsman, Fang Yue had immediately told him that the dense fog had dissipated and he could retreat, but he had forgotten to mention anything else. After all, at the time, he was only thinking about activating the turbojet device to accelerate and run away.

Later, after gaining some distance, he explained the situation to Qing Chen and the others, and forgot about the helmsman.

Fang Yue's words proved his victory, and the helmsman naturally dared not say anything more.

The matter was settled.

Fang Yue went down to the cabin, returned to his room, and immediately began his closed-door training.

Among the core three arts in Lord Han's legacy, the least friendly to Fang Yue was originally this last one, the Kongbing Swordplay (Empty Ice Swordplay).

Because whether it was the mental cultivation technique or the legwork, Fang Yue had some experience in practicing them.

Only the swordplay was something he had never been exposed to before.

But since obtaining the infusion of swordplay from Tian Ruichi, a semi-sword spirit, Fang Yue's understanding of swordplay had advanced by leaps and bounds.

The Kongbing Swordplay, which had been as difficult as a heavenly book to him, suddenly became easy to understand.

Under the infusion of rows of acquired and innate swordplay techniques, his attainments in swordplay had directly caught up with his saber techniques.

Therefore, at this moment, the difficulty of learning had greatly decreased.

It was precisely because of this that Fang Yue had been considering comprehending and practicing the Kongbing Swordplay after his swordplay attainments caught up.

However, various things had happened, delaying him and putting it off again and again.

Now, facing the crisis-ridden Han River, he urgently needed to improve his own strength, and this swordplay had reached the stage where it had to be comprehended and practiced.

The core principle of the Kongbing Swordplay was actually very simple: the word "kong" (empty).

The so-called "kong" meant that the swordplay only had an empty shell, capable of containing all things and all techniques. By incorporating other martial arts, it could fuse and amplify them, transforming them into one's own swordplay, amplifying its power!

Of course, this was definitely an exaggeration; it was just how the original text of the Kongbing Swordplay put it.

According to Lord Han's own cultivation records and instructions, this Kongbing Swordplay could only resonate in power with the martial arts in Lord Han's legacy. The highest resonance rate was 100% with the Ningbing Xinfa (Freezing Ice Mental Cultivation Technique) and 95% with the Liubing Bufa (Glazed Ice Footwork).

That's right, even footwork, as long as it was used, could resonate with the Kongbing Swordplay, amplifying the power of the swordplay.

As for the other martial arts in the legacy, the resonance rate was not high. Simply put, the conversion rate was not high. The reason was probably that the martial arts were not compatible.

Martial arts also emphasized mutual generation and mutual restraint.

Martial arts that generated each other could cooperate to produce greater power. This was the basic principle behind many sects building sword formations and other formations.

This was also applicable to the Kongbing Swordplay.

In a sense, the cultivated Kongbing Swordplay, with the support of other martial arts, was equivalent to a super-mobile sword formation. The horror of its power went without saying!

However, achieving this was extremely difficult, because martial arts had mutual generation and mutual restraint.

In Lord Han's legacy, the Kongbing Swordplay was at the core, used to calculate the resonance rate.

However, he had also mentioned in the legacy that other martial arts besides the core three arts also had certain relationships of mutual restraint. If all of them were learned and used, one would suffer internal deviation.

Therefore, although Lord Han left behind many legacy martial arts, all of which could resonate with the Kongbing Swordplay, in reality only one-third or one-quarter could be used. The rest had to be discarded.

This was Lord Han's personal experience.

He didn't know this before and tried to cultivate all the martial arts he had collected, integrating them into the Kongbing Swordplay.

The result was naturally internal deviation. Coupled with the hidden injuries left by the [Yehan] (Night Chill) intrusion, Lord Han's strength and life were declining and deteriorating every moment.

Using himself as an experimental subject, the results obtained in practice showed that those conflicting martial arts remained permanently in Lord Han's body, requiring constant conditioning to suppress internal deviation.

However, Lord Han did not choose to give up, but left the hope to the next inheritor...

He chose to continue learning those conflicting martial arts, and to sort and categorize them.

Although his body deteriorated step by step, the martial arts in the legacy were gradually categorized, summarizing 2.5 sets of non-conflicting martial arts plans.

The reason it was 2.5 sets was because the last half-set had not been sorted out yet. Lord Han's body could not hold on any longer, and he stopped his research.

Lord Han had later discussed this with Qing Chen, but unfortunately, Qing Chen's strength was insufficient, and although Qing Chen was very knowledgeable about strange entities, he actually knew nothing about martial arts.

Therefore, this matter could only be abandoned.

It was precisely because this legacy contained the painstaking efforts that Lord Han had researched at the cost of his body that he was extremely cautious about the selection of the inheritor.

This weight made Fang Yue feel both pressure and motivation.

"I will definitely help Lin Ling succeed in cultivation and let you be resurrected!"

Fang Yue clenched his fists and began to comprehend the Kongbing Swordplay.

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Which set of legacy martial arts plan to integrate the Kongbing Swordplay with would be decided later. He had not even learned the Kongbing Swordplay yet, so naturally there was no rush to make a decision.

After all, once a decision was made, the other plan could not be used, otherwise there would be a conflict of martial arts.

In addition... because of Tian Ruichi, Fang Yue had already learned a bunch of swordplay at this stage, plus other miscellaneous martial arts. It was possible that it would conflict with most of the martial arts in both plans.

Therefore, to solve this matter, it still needed to be considered carefully, and he couldn't rush it.

However, the Kongbing Swordplay needed to be comprehended and learned now.

Comprehending and learning the Kongbing Swordplay was not difficult, but not easy either.

That word "kong" was a true sense of emptiness.

It required the practitioner to thoroughly and completely learn and comprehend the Kongbing Swordplay.

Then, to completely abandon the core internal energy acupoint coordination and route operation, pretending to forget them, and only use the simple swordplay moves to practice again.

When the pure sword moves of the Kongbing Swordplay were completed, the two could be re-integrated to form a complete Kongbing Swordplay.

It sounded complicated, but in reality, it was just practicing the sword moves and the swordplay core separately.