Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 59: Improvement, Picking Up the Losses (First Order)
The first day of the new year is auspicious for travel and burials.

The sky is high and vast, and the clouds are sparse.

The fields in May were coated with a layer of broken gold by the scorching sun. The grass and trees in the suburbs had lost their tender green of late spring, and the glossy leaves exuded an emerald luster in the heat wave.

Sitting in the carriage, the warm breeze entered the carriage as the curtains were lifted.

At this moment, a breath suddenly burst out from Shen Pingan's body in the carriage.

But in an instant, Shen Pingan suppressed it again.

After the true energy in his body circulated along the new route, Shen Ping'an's own true energy fluctuations also changed from the previous fourth level of Guiyuan Realm to the current fifth level of Guiyuan Realm.

"Finally a breakthrough."

When Shen Ping'an was still in the capital, he had already opened up a hidden meridian.

According to Shen Ping'an's original plan, with the help of the Glazed Cold Jade Bead in his hand, he would be able to open up the remaining two hidden meridians in just over a month and enter the fifth level of Guiyuan Realm.

But during this time, Shen Ping'an devoted more energy every day to nourishing the Heaven-Slaying Sword Spirit in his body, which greatly reduced the progress of his cultivation.

This has delayed the progress to the present.

As the true energy in his body stabilized, Shen Pingan turned his attention to the system.

"System, use one-year skill card."

As soon as the thought came to his mind, a mellow energy emerged from Shen Ping'an's body.

The true energy in Shen Ping'an's body rushed towards these energies as quickly as a cat smelling fish.

After a while, as the true qi continued to increase, the two hidden meridians around the middle dantian were also opened one after another by this powerful true qi.

However, when these two hidden meridians were connected, the energy belonging to the power card in Shen Ping'an's body was also exhausted.

At this moment, Shen Pingan raised his right hand, and a wine jug suddenly appeared in his hand.

As he quickly drank a pot of wine, the powerful medicinal power also rose from the abdomen.

The true energy in Shen Ping'an's body, which had originally lost its target, surged again at this moment.

As the medicinal power was refined, the true energy in the body began to increase again at an extremely fast speed.

After a while, with the opening of another hidden meridian around the middle dantian, the speed of the circulation of true energy in Shen Pingan's body suddenly increased.

After a hundred breaths, as the true qi circulated at a high speed, the fluctuation of the true qi also changed from the fifth level of Guiyuan Realm to the sixth level of Guiyuan Realm.

It was not until the original true qi in his body entered the hidden meridian that had just been opened that Shen Pingan controlled the true qi and allowed his own true qi fluctuations to fall back to the first level of Guiyuan Realm.

When the true energy calmed down and returned to the dantian, Shen Pingan opened his eyes and a beautiful arc appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Shen Ping'an had never used the skill card he had obtained before, just for this moment.

In less than half a year, he advanced from the first level of Guiyuan Realm to the sixth level of Guiyuan Realm.

This progress is not slower than those geniuses.

Moreover, Shen Ping'an's background is far deeper than others.

Back when Shen Ping'an's cultivation level was only at the first level of Guiyuan Realm, without using the character experience cards or cultivation cards in the system, his strength could catch up to that of a warrior at the Tiangang Realm.

Not to mention that he has now reached the sixth level of Guiyuan Realm.

In terms of strength alone, Shen Ping'an has the confidence to fight even a master like Cao Zhengchun who has practiced heavenly martial arts and has reached the seventh level of Tiangang Realm.

The character experience cards and cultivation experience cards obtained from the system can only be used as trump cards.

Rather than Shen Ping'an's true strength.

Only by improving his true strength can Shen Pingan feel more at ease.

Just as Shen Ping'an continued to circulate his true energy to consolidate his realm, the two carriages that were originally moving forward rapidly suddenly stopped.

A moment later, with more than a dozen corpses on the ground, the two carriages continued to move on the official road.

An incense stick later, by a small river, Shen Qingshan, who had just been comforting his horse, sat next to Shen Pingan and asked curiously, "Cousin, why do I feel like the closer we get to Bright Summit, the more robbers there are around?"

This was the fourth wave of highway robbers they had encountered since they entered the Guangmingding sphere of influence.

Qu Feiyan, standing aside, said nonchalantly, "What's so strange about this? The Ming Cult has been getting weaker and weaker over the years, and the second-tier factions, led by Emei, are relentless."

"And within the Ming Cult's sphere of influence, there are other large and small forces. When the Ming Cult was powerful in the past, these forces did not dare to go too far because of the Ming Cult's suppression."

"Now that the Ming Cult is in decline, coupled with external enemies like the Emei Sect, they're already struggling to take care of themselves, so how can they possibly suppress these forces? I'm afraid they're fighting each other fiercely."

"When a place is unstable, some people with ulterior motives will inevitably jump out and engage in unscrupulous activities such as robbery and looting."

Shen Qingshan sighed and said, "There's such chaos in my sphere of influence. It looks like the Ming Cult is really doomed."

Seeing the two sighing and lamenting about the Ming Cult, Shen Pingan couldn't help but interrupt. "Alright, the Ming Cult's affairs have nothing to do with us. Compared to discussing these things, cultivation is more important."

Hearing Shen Ping'an's words, Yan Shisan, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the carriage, slowly stood up and jumped down from the roof.

Looking at Yan Shisan standing aside, Shen Qingshan and Qu Feiyan's expressions changed.

After a few breaths, the two men stood up as if they accepted their fate, and then stood in front of Yan Shisan one after another, each channeling their own sword intent.

The next moment, an icy sword intent carrying a strong breath of death burst out from Yan Shisan's body and pressed towards Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan.

Under the influence of Yan Shisan's sword intent, the blood color on their faces quickly faded, and they took a step back one after another, barely using their own sword intent to resist the aura of Yan Shisan's sword intent.

At this time, Yan Shisan's illness had already been cured under Shen Ping'an's medicinal wine treatment.

His aura was several times stronger than when he had fought with Xie Xiaofeng before.

On the other hand, Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan were only at the first level of sword intent. One can imagine how they felt when facing Yan Shisan's eighth level of sword intent.

Both Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan felt as if they were on a lonely boat on the rolling waves.

At any time, you may be overwhelmed by the sword intent that surges like the waves.

Especially the aura of death within Yan Shisan's sword intent, which stimulated the two of them so much that cold sweat kept coming out on their foreheads.

A quarter of an hour later, seeing that the two had reached their limits, Yan Shisan finally retracted his sword intent.

In an instant, Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan both collapsed to the ground, their chests rising and falling like bellows.

Yan Shisan walked over to sit next to Shen Ping'an. After sweeping his eyes over the two people lying on the ground without any image, he said softly, "Your sword intent has reached perfection. If you want to use sword intent to polish their state of mind, why do you need me to do it?"

Shen Pingan said softly: "It is precisely because my sword intent has reached perfection that it is not suitable."

Yan Shisan was more interested: "I'd like to hear more details."

Shen Pingan explained: "When the sword intent reaches perfection, it almost has a suppressive effect on other sword intents."

"Plus, my sword intent is even more domineering. Even if I just integrate it into the momentum, I will be able to suppress their sword intent back into my body in an instant with a domineering look."

"Once or twice is fine, but over time it will affect their state of mind."

Yan Shisan thought for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, too much is as bad as too little."

After saying this, Yan Shisan said no more, but closed his eyes and immersed his mind into his body. According to what Shen Pingan had said before, he continued to try to control the murderous intent in his body that he had once been unable to avoid.

Seeing this, Shen Pingan did not disturb him. He looked into the distance to appreciate the beautiful scenery, and injected the sword intent into the sword spirit seeds transformed from the Heaven-Slaying Sword Soul and the Fast Sword Sword in his dantian.

Compared to two months ago, the sword intent seed in Shen Ping'an's body has now become so condensed that it seems like a substance.

The aura brewing within it is also increasing rapidly.

The time for the seeds to break the shell and sprout is getting closer and closer.

in the afternoon.

In Tai'an City, only twenty miles away from Guangmingding, two carriages moved slowly forward.

As the vehicle was driving, passers-by couldn't help but brighten their eyes when they saw Qu Feiyan, who had a pretty face and lively temperament.

Then I became curious about what kind of family would be willing to let such a pretty girl be a coachman.

Soon, two carriages stopped in front of a rather grand restaurant in the city.

When the waiter in the restaurant came forward, Shen Qingshan familiarly threw out a piece of silver and told him to take care of the carriage.

The waiter was overjoyed after receiving the tip. He quickly called other people to look after the carriage, and then respectfully welcomed the few people to the elegant pavilion on the second floor.

After the order was placed and the waiter left, Qu Feiyan, who had retracted his head from the window, asked, "Sir, why do I feel like there are too many warriors in this city?"

Shen Pingan calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip before slowly saying, "The six major sects besieging Bright Summit is not a common occurrence in the martial arts world. Naturally, many people will want to come and get a piece of the action."

Shen Qingshan was stunned and said, "The Jianghu Chronicles didn't mention the six major sects besieging Guangmingding. How did these people know about it?"

Facing Shen Qingshan's words, Shen Pingan shook his head and said, "Even if the six major sects are hiding well, it's inevitable that people will notice us on the way to Guangmingding."

"The Ming Cult isn't a monolithic entity, so it's inevitable that some rumors will spread."

"People far away might not be able to sense it, but how could the forces and warriors who have been rooted in the Ming Cult's sphere of influence for many years not sense the change in the wind direction?"

Shen Qingshan curled his lips and said, "Even if they guessed it, so what? This time it's not just the Ming Cult that's involved, it's also the two top factions, Wudang and Northern Shaolin. Not only do these people stay away, but they're actually actively approaching us. Aren't they afraid of being mistaken for enemies by the six major sects and the Ming Cult and killed?"

Qu Feiyan said unhappily, "I'm not participating in the fight between the two factions. I just want to take advantage of the situation. What are you afraid of?"

Shen Qingshan blinked, looking stunned: "Picking up a bargain, what bargain?"

"What else can we pick up? Of course, we can pick up those who are left alone or injured in the fight!" Qu Feiyan responded.

(End of this chapter)