Singing with a Sword

The following is the main text of the novel "{?$article_title?}" ({?$jieqi_title?}) provided by {?$jieqi_sitename?}. Please enjoy! After finishing his business, Yi Ranxiao immediately devoted his energy to cultivation. Because the lightning ball had been used up, Yi Ranxiao immediately condensed another lightning ball. Coincidentally, that night was filled with thunder and lightning, one after another, as if the heavens knew Yi Ranxiao needed heavenly lightning and were specially helping him.

After condensing the lightning ball, Yi Ranxiao continued to cultivate the Divine Lightning Forbidden Scripture.

The third step of the Divine Thunder Forbidden Scripture involves condensing a thunder orb and then practicing the Divine Thunder Sword Technique!

Divine Thunder Sword Technique? Yi Ranxiao was delighted; the sword technique suited his taste perfectly. Now that he had entered the Transcendent Realm, the sect's sword techniques had become basic. Any Transcendent Realm cultivator could directly control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in battle. The "Unity of Heaven and Man" realm could no longer help Yi Ranxiao in battle as it had before; it had lost its original value.

Needless to say, the Plum Blossom Hermitage Seal is useless. So, for Yi Ranxiao, who is at the Transcendent Realm, all he can rely on are the Earth Divine Fist and the Mysterious Shadow Steps. Two techniques alone are not enough! Therefore, the Divine Thunder Sword Technique has arrived at just the right time!

Divine Thunder Sword Technique, First Form: Swift as Lightning! Second Form: Roaring Like Thunder! Third Form: Mighty Thunderclap! Fourth Form: Blazing Fire and Thunder! Fifth Form: Divine Thunder Descends from Heaven!!

Yi Ranxiao was overjoyed. Although the sword technique only had five moves, each one was exquisite! Yi Ranxiao immediately began practicing the first move—Swift as lightning!

This first move, as the name suggests, emphasizes speed! As the saying goes, speed is the only way to break through any technique in the world, and in swordsmanship, speed is the most important skill! This shows just how important speed is!

Yiran Xiao was immersed in cultivation. It took him seven days to master the first move, "Swift as Lightning," before he could even use it. Even so, Yiran Xiao was still confident that as long as he thrust out his sword, no cultivator of the same level, that is, as long as you are a cultivator at the early stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, could withstand it!

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After being defeated by Yi Ranxiao that day, Xu An returned to the Vanguard Hall in a huff.

Xu An was a smart man. Initially, his anger at losing to Yi Ranxiao clouded his judgment, leading him to believe Yi Ranxiao was easily defeated. However, after calming down and thinking it over carefully, he realized that this Yi Ranxiao possessed exceptional talent and a wide range of fighting techniques. She was a genius-level cultivator!

If he is allowed to develop further, and his Yuan Power level reaches the mid-stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, then it will be very difficult for me to defeat him! Therefore, I must nip him in the bud before he grows up.

So on this day, Xu An, accompanied by several trusted junior brothers, arrived at Shenfeng Hall. As soon as they reached the entrance, they spotted Ji Yuantao, the second senior brother of Shenfeng Hall.

"Ji Yuantao, how come you've become a doorman?" Xu An had never been polite to the people of Shenfeng Hall, always resorting to sarcasm and ridicule. "Where's your new senior brother? Did he become a toilet cleaner?"

The disciples of the Vanguard Hall who had come with Xu An burst into laughter. To be honest, although the Vanguard Hall was the second to last branch of the sect, their strength was far greater than that of the last-ranked Divine Wind Hall. After all, the Divine Wind Hall had practically become an "exile hall," and after Xu Jingyi left, it didn't even have an elder.

Therefore, although Xu An was a cultivator at the mid-stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, he was not afraid of Ji Yuantao, who had already reached the peak of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm. In fact, every time they met in the city, he would take the initiative to provoke Ji Yuantao and other disciples of the Divine Wind Hall.

Because Shenfeng Hall, a weak and insignificant sect, happens to be located in the same city, Jianling City, as their Vanguard Hall. The sect's nine branch halls are distributed across eight cities within Qingzhou of the Sheng Tang Kingdom. The Vanguard Hall has consistently advocated for the main hall to abolish Shenfeng Hall, allowing them to dominate Jianling City, yet Shenfeng Hall keeps clamoring to challenge them!

Most of them were furious about this, so they disliked the disciples of Shenfeng Hall. That's why Xu An deliberately used excessive force in his match against Zhong Bugui back then...

Xu An arrogantly said to Ji Yuantao, "Ji Yuantao, quickly bring out your damn senior brother who hasn't even reached the Transcendent Realm to see me."

Ji Yuantao was initially angry, then felt a little strange, thinking to himself, "My senior brother hasn't reached the Transcendent Realm yet?" It seems that Xu An doesn't know that my senior brother has recently mastered an astonishing technique.

Ji Yuantao stared directly at Xu An and said, "Hmph, watch your mouths." But in his heart, he thought: When Senior Brother arrives, you'll be in for a world of hurt. Meanwhile, someone from the inner sect had already gone to inform Yi Ranxiao.

Xu Anwei said angrily, "I'm just telling the truth. Has your senior brother entered the Transcendent Realm? Haha, as the senior brother of a branch hall, he hasn't even entered the Transcendent Realm. He's utterly worthless! And yet you all willingly call him senior brother. This is truly baffling to me!"

Xu An suddenly feigned enlightenment: "Oh, I get it, I get it! Actually, it's because your Divine Wind Hall is so trashy, and your senior brother is just as trashy, so trash can become a trashy senior brother!"

"Which vicious dog is barking outside?" Suddenly, Yi Ranxiao's strong voice came abruptly from inside the courtyard. Yi Ranxiao had just been practicing "Swift as Lightning" when Xu Chu came to tell him that Xu An had come to cause trouble. So, as the senior disciple, he immediately came out to beat the dog.

Although Xu An was at the mid-stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, humph, not to mention the lightning ball in his dantian, even if it was "as swift as lightning," he could still defeat him! So Xiao walked out with full confidence.

Xu An's expression changed. A vicious dog?! This Yi Ranxiao is so arrogant! He must teach him a lesson today, preferably like he severely injured Gui Buzhong, so that his cultivation level drops to the first or second level of the Qi Condensation Realm. Then it will be much more difficult for him to enter the Transcendent Realm.

“Yiran Xiao, watch your mouth. This time, I won’t deliberately suppress my strength to fight you like last time,” Xu An said coldly. “Therefore, I can easily crush you!”

Yi Ranxiao led Xu Zhongwen, Xu Chu and other disciples out. Since others had come to bully them, they naturally had to come out and defend the dignity of Shenfeng Hall.

The leader, Yi Ranxiao, glanced at Xu An with a smile, pondered for a moment, and then asked the disciples of Shenfeng Hall, "By the way, have any of you ever seen a dog that can curse?"

Fatty Xu Chu understood immediately and said with a grin, "Oh, senior brother, I remember now, there's a sect east of Jianling City, and there's a dog in that sect who often curses his father, oh no, I mean his grandfather."

Yi Ranxiao looked at Xu An and said, "What a rebellious dog! Tsk tsk." Xu An was furious and laughed. Yi Ranxiao was so damn arrogant! It seemed that killing him today wouldn't be too much!

"Yiranxiao, you're courting death! Do you believe I can kill you right now!" With that, he unleashed the pressure of a Transcendent Realm cultivator! The pressure of a Transcendent Realm expert could absolutely overwhelm a Qi Condensation Realm cultivator!

Despite this oppressive aura, Yi Ranxiao remained standing tall and composed, chatting and laughing, still looking at Xu An with the same disdainful gaze one might have for a dog. Xu An was taken aback. This guy… could this guy really have entered the Transcendent Realm? He immediately withdrew his oppressive aura and checked Yi Ranxiao's Yuan Power level!

Upon checking, he was stunned! This Yi Ranxiao had actually reached the early stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm! How could this be?!

"Yiran Xiao, just a month and a half ago, weren't you only at the eighth level of the Qi Condensation Realm?" Xu An's jaw nearly dropped to the ground in surprise. "How come you've already become a fifth-level Transcendent Realm cultivator?"

Regarding Xu Jingyi's forced enhancement of her Yuan Power level, Yi Ranxiao and Xu Zhongwen had agreed not to tell anyone else. Therefore, Yi Ranxiao pretended to be profound in front of her fellow disciples and said, "Hehe, I, Yi Ranxiao, naturally have my own methods."

"What method?" Xu An pressed. "Did you take any banned drugs?!"

"Tch, I would never do something so self-destructive," Yi Ranxiao said calmly. "Besides, have you ever heard of any forbidden medicine that can raise a cultivator's Yuan Power level by six levels?"

Xu An was speechless, having been put to a standstill. To his knowledge, there really was no such banned substance.

Ji Yuantao, Jian Yun, and the others all looked at Yi Ranxiao with admiration. Their senior brother was indeed unfathomable! He had advanced from the eighth level of the Qi Condensation Realm to the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm in just a month and a half! Truly a divine being! In an instant, Yi Ranxiao's status in their hearts rose dramatically once again!

Xu An was stunned and stood there in a daze. At this moment, his junior brother behind him reminded him, "Senior brother, even though Xiao Yuanli's level has improved rapidly, he is still only at the early stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm, while you are already at the middle stage of the fifth level of the Transcendent Realm. If you fight him, you will definitely win!"

"That's right!" Xu An walked over from his shock, clapping his hands in delight: "I'm still stronger than Yi Ranxiao! As long as I cripple Yi Ranxiao now, why should I be afraid of him surpassing me in the future?" He then looked at Yi Ranxiao with a fierce glint in his eyes and provoked him: "Yi Ranxiao, I didn't like fighting you last time because I suppressed my power. This time you've entered the Transcendent Realm, do you dare to fight me head-on?"

Yi Ranxiao straightened her chest and said disdainfully, "You? Can you beat me?" Xu An chuckled and said, "Yi Ranxiao, you're too arrogant!" With that, he flipped his hand and took out a long spear with wisps of water swirling around it. The tip of the spear trembled and pointed at Yi Ranxiao, "Do you dare to fight me or not?"

Yi Ranxiao didn't speak, but directly drew his Azure Sword. The Azure Sword was now a late-stage Xuanbing weapon, radiating a powerful aura. With a flick of his wrist, Yi Ranxiao pointed the Azure Sword at Xu An and said, "Then I'll play with you!"

Seeing their senior brother wield his sword with such elegance, everyone felt a surge of excitement. His lightning orb that day had already surprised and delighted them. Now, with his sword, what kind of surprise would his swordsmanship bring?

Everyone excitedly wondered if their senior brother would defeat Xu An in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Xu An sneered and said, "Yiran Xiao, everyone here is a witness. You and I were exchanging cultivation fairly. In the end, I was accidentally killed by the other party. You can't blame your opponent!"

He readily replied, "Okay!"

No matter what, they were both disciples of the same sect. Although they weren't in the same branch, they were still fellow disciples. Killing each other was ultimately inappropriate. However, once these words were spoken, they no longer had any scruples. Especially Xu An, who had originally planned to use severe force to demote him, but now...?

It's time to unleash the decisive move!

kill!