Joy of Life: Invincible Starting from Basic Swordsmanship

Chapter 38: Guiding Fan Xian

Seeing the disdain in Fan Xian's eyes, Ye Chengfeng felt somewhat helpless.

He didn't think at the time that using true qi to perform this move could be considered sword intent.

"I knew you'd say that. Don't look at the sword marks on the stone bench. Observe carefully how I unleash the sword's aura."

Helpless, Ye Chengfeng unleashed another sword strike.

It's also strange that the true energy of this world is formless and intangible.

This time, Fan Xian listened to Ye Chengfeng's words and carefully observed the process of Ye Chengfeng displaying the sword's aura.

Fan Xian himself also knows this method of releasing true energy from a distance.

After watching it a second time, Fan Xian also noticed the difference.

The true energy released by Ye Chengfeng had a sharp edge to it.

Fan Xian has just read the sword manual, which includes techniques for attacking with true qi.

He also tried to release his true energy with his sword fingers, just like Ye Chengfeng.

When his true energy struck the stone bench, a loud 'bang' was heard, and the stone bench instantly shattered into pieces.

"What's going on? I clearly released my true energy according to the techniques in the manual, so why is the true energy I unleashed still showing the effect of domineering true energy?"

"Then it's not a matter of internal energy."

Ye Chengfeng rolled his eyes. Fan Xian's situation at this moment was exactly the opposite of his own back then.

Back then, Ye Chengfeng's true qi cultivation was relatively weak, and he only had such strength because of his sword intent.

Fan Xian is different; his strength lies in his powerful internal energy cultivation.

The power of the domineering true energy far surpasses all other cultivation techniques in this world.

This also means that he doesn't need to comprehend the so-called martial arts essence.

However, it was Wu Zhu who taught him, but Wu Zhu was a robot and couldn't possibly teach him how to comprehend the artistic conception.

Because Wu Zhu can only simulate the effect, he doesn't know the essence of martial arts intent.

"Is it not a problem with internal energy?"

"That's right. The so-called artistic conception is actually a bit mysterious. To put it bluntly, it is spiritual power, or rather, an extension of a martial artist's will."

Ye Chengfeng demonstrated it again, and then explained, "When I unleash the sword aura, I infuse it with my own will. I cultivate the sword, so there is a sharpness within the sword aura."

"You are actually very close. The domineering true qi you cultivate has its own domineering true meaning, but unfortunately it does not match your personality, so you have never been able to comprehend it."

Ye Chengfeng thought of a possibility. He guessed that the reason why Fan Xian could not break through to the Grandmaster level in the original work was because his will was not up to par and he did not comprehend the true meaning of martial arts.

It's important to know that Fan Xian's experience is remarkably similar to that of Emperor Qing, as both lost all their martial arts skills due to the outburst of their inner energy.

However, after switching to the Heavenly Dao, he quickly reached the peak of the ninth rank.

He became the strongest ninth-rank martial artist.

Logically speaking, given his experience, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was guaranteed a place as a Grandmaster.

Because the Overbearing True Qi is such a technique, as long as one experiences a surge of True Qi, one will inevitably break through to the Grandmaster level.

Of course, there might also be a reason why Fan Xian switched to cultivating the Heavenly Dao.

Ye Chengfeng really doesn't mind if Fan Xian also breaks through to the Grandmaster level. How boring it would be if he were the only Grandmaster in the world in the future.

As for the four Grandmasters now, they are old, and perhaps by the time Ye Chengfeng breaks through to the Grandmaster level, all four of them will have passed away.

Instead of imitating Ye Chengfeng by releasing his sword aura, Fan Xian circulated his inner energy and threw a punch into the air.

His comprehension was already quite high, and he also had the guidance of a famous teacher. The only thing he lacked was the experience of a human martial artist that Wu Zhu could not impart to Fan Xian.

Ye Chengfeng made up for this.

At that moment, Fan Xian understood. He channeled his inner energy and unleashed punch after punch.

It was just an ordinary straight punch, but Fan Xian's punches produced different effects each time.

He was already just one step away from achieving the will to master martial arts, and now that he has received guidance from Ye Chengfeng, it is only natural that he is breaking through.

However, things didn't seem to go as well as Ye Chengfeng had hoped.

As Fan Xian practiced, his face suddenly flushed, and then bright red blood gushed from his mouth.

"Holy crap, what's going on?!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Ye Chengfeng immediately realized that he had misspoke.

The word "damn" is not something people in this modern era should know.

Fortunately, Fan Xian fainted after vomiting blood.

Ye Chengfeng murmured, "Hopefully this guy didn't hear me."

Having suffered from illness for many years, Ye Chengfeng has acquired some medical skills.

Even if his medical skills aren't particularly advanced, he can at least take a pulse.

"Has he broken through to the ninth rank?"

In the original novel, Fan Xian returned to the Qing Kingdom and broke through to the ninth rank after the New Year.

Later, he lost all his martial arts skills because he fought with the shadow and was poisoned.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, it's just that my internal energy is out of control and my blood is flowing backward. I was really afraid that this guy would take advantage of me."

Although Ye Chengfeng's true energy is now mixed with more radiation energy.

However, he switched to the Heavenly Dao, which itself possesses strong healing properties.

Ye Chengfeng circulated his inner energy and helped Fan Xian regulate it.

He woke up quickly.

"Are you alright? I was really afraid you'd try to hold me responsible. How could you cough up blood while practicing martial arts? You haven't gone mad, have you?!"

Upon waking up, Fan Xian listened to Ye Chengfeng's words but didn't say much.

With Ye Chengfeng's help, he sat up and coughed violently a few times.

"While I was unconscious, I think I heard some incredible words!"

Fan Xian stared intently at Ye Chengfeng, wanting to see his reaction.

"What incredible vocabulary? Are you hallucinating?"

"Look, a UFO!"

Fan Xian suddenly said that he was just trying to bluff Ye Chengfeng.

But Ye Chengfeng had already made preparations.

"What UFO? There aren't many flowers or plants here, so where would the butterflies come from!"

"Let's not talk about that. Are you really alright?"

Ye Chengfeng began to change the subject to prevent Fan Xian from continuing to ask questions.

"It's alright. Perhaps it's because I broke through to the ninth rank that my true energy is like this."

"It's good that you're alright, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain it to Ruoruo."

Ye Chengfeng meant well this time; he hadn't expected Fan Xian to break through to the ninth rank in one fell swoop.

After all, Fan Xian's breakthrough was too fast, and he is only sixteen years old now.

"I'm not blaming you, why are you so nervous?"

Fan Xian rolled his eyes.

"While I was unconscious, this guy definitely said 'Holy crap!' Is he a time traveler or not?"

"No, according to the letter my mother left behind, there are no transmigrators in this world. My mother awoke from being frozen in ice. Could Ye Chengfeng have been one of them?"

"That's still not right. According to Chen Pingping's intelligence, Ye Chengfeng is a member of Si Gu Jian's clan. Based on that, he couldn't possibly be someone who woke up from the ice."

Fan Xian considered countless possibilities, but ultimately rejected them all.

Fan Xian even wondered if Ye Chengfeng, like himself, had been subjected to the same unknown methods used by someone as his mother.

"Never mind, there's plenty of time. He's on guard now; I'll test him again later!"

"It's good that you don't blame me. The domineering true energy you cultivate is far too domineering. Breaking through to the ninth rank has such a huge side effect?"

"What? You regret exchanging cultivation techniques with me?"

Fan Xian chuckled lightly, feeling that he had really come out ahead this time.

He even considered switching to a different cultivation method.

Although his internal energy had calmed down by now, as long as he continued to use it, especially in intense combat, he would still be vulnerable.

The internal energy will definitely get out of control again, and may even become more serious.

Fan Xian is not the kind of person who is inflexible.

Ye Chengfeng seemed to have discerned Fan Xian's thoughts.

"What? Do you want to switch to cultivating the Heavenly Dao, or the Sword Manual?"

"Let's wait and see, it's not the right time yet."

If Ye Chengfeng hadn't said that, Fan Xian might have actually switched to cultivation.

But after Ye Chengfeng finished speaking, he gave up on switching to cultivation and placed unconditional trust in Wu Zhu.

"I advise you not to switch cultivation. Switching to other internal cultivation methods is not a simple matter. I switched to the Heavenly Dao method before, which is why I can no longer use the Sword Control Technique."

Ye Chengfeng was obviously lying to Fan Xian. He understood that the real reason he couldn't use the sword control technique after switching to the Heavenly Dao Sect was not because of the technique itself.

However, Ye Chengfeng was right about one thing: switching cultivation methods is indeed not a simple matter.