Chapter 19: Swallow’s Cry Power, Heavenly Master’s Seal

The wide sleeves of the Taoist boy’s blue robe fluttered, and the cross-collar also showed a bit of freedom, but he was wearing a ferocious bronze ghost mask and holding a nearly ten-foot-long Beast-Slaying Saber.

The long handle of the saber was resting on his shoulder, which made him look a bit lazy and relaxed when he walked…

This was the Taoist boy Ning Xuan.

At this time, he had taken his weapon and was walking with the Heavenly Master Chou Nu in the old mountains outside Star River County.

Suddenly, Chou Nu stopped and glanced at a place not far away.

It was a mountain, and behind the mountain should be a canyon.

But what was in the canyon, unless one climbed the mountain on the side or entered the canyon, no one knew.

But Chou Nu seemed to be able to directly penetrate this mountain and see the scene on the other side of the mountain, and directly said, “There is a wolf pack and a python nest in this canyon. The wolf pack is in the east, lying by the water to rest; the python nest is in the west, and is swallowing a few unlucky prey. These two things… have harmed many passing people over the years, and are truly abominable. Qingfeng… you go and get rid of these two harms.”

Ning Xuan knew that his big brother was still not at ease with him and had to test him, so he said, “Yes, Heavenly Master.”

He didn’t take a detour, but directly stepped up the mountain. With a stretch of his arms, he was like a spirit ape in the deep mountains, and in a few moves, he had leaped more than ten feet. In a few more moves, he had climbed to the top of the mountain, and then he scanned the situation in the canyon below.

In this canyon, the dense forest was lush and green, blocking a lot of sunlight, so that it appeared a bit dark and oppressive below, and the sound of gurgling water could be faintly heard.

He carefully identified it.

Finally, he had to admit that he couldn’t see anything.

Ning Xuan looked back again, but saw a golden light surging under the cliff beside him, coming out of the ground, and Chou Nu suddenly appeared beside him.

He became more and more curious.

Because he could completely feel that Chou Nu’s qi and blood power was so thin that it was extreme. To put it this way, if they were to fight only with physical strength, he wouldn’t even need to pull out a stronger guard. Any servant could beat Chou Nu up.

In other words, Chou Nu’s extraordinary perception and travel abilities had nothing to do with his own strength.

Feeling Ning Xuan’s curious gaze, Chou Nu said, “Don’t be distracted.”

Ning Xuan responded and rushed directly into the forest below.

He already knew these wild beasts very well.

If he summoned the Heavenly Demon Record, he would have the aura of a demon, and these wild beasts would be like demons, and would feel his invasion through a kind of group aura and then flee.

But if he didn’t summon the Heavenly Demon Record, no matter how strong he was, these wild beasts would not make any moves in advance. Instead, they would gather because they smelled the human smell and prepare to eat him.

After a quick and decisive charge, the wolf pack was defeated. The alpha wolf was killed, and the wolf pack scattered. In the process of fleeing, they were chased and虐杀 (nüèshā – cruelly killed) by Ning Xuan.

The pythons smelled the blood and came from afar. Ning Xuan looked at these “training battle ropes” from his daily life and also easily cut them in half at the waist…

For him, who had wiped out a nest of Mountain-Crashing Bear demons, this kind of thing was a piece of cake.

However, there were still gains.

Ning Xuan would not deliberately go on a large-scale killing of wild beasts during his daily training. Only after he started today did he discover that there were actually benefits.

He found that although wild beasts were wild beasts, every attack, every retreat, and every dodge of a wild beast actually contained a kind of the most simple, most efficient, and most direct killing move.

When he faced these moves, if he deliberately suppressed his own power and simply responded from the level of moves, the gains were really not small.

For example, just now, when he was charging, for the first half an incense stick’s time, he had the mentality of “completing the task” and wanted to fight a quick battle. But after discovering this, he changed his thinking.

He wanted to cherish these wild beasts that were using their lives to feed him moves.

After a fierce battle, it took a full hour and a half.

When he returned to the cliff, Ning Xuan felt that his “Swallow’s Return Four Sabers” had a feeling of “blurring the boundaries.”

Ning Xuan looked at Chou Nu on the high ground and cupped his hands, “Heavenly Master, I have kept you waiting.”

Chou Nu looked at him with a strange expression, and then said, “It is rumored that the strongest killing technique in the world is a casual slash after a general has fought a hundred battles. I used to have some doubts, but today I have seen it.

Qingfeng, since you have had an epiphany, why don’t you sit down and slowly comprehend it.

Don’t be in a hurry to travel…

Moving forward is just the muddled instinct of the body. Only by sitting down can you seek the Dao.

Only when you have found the Dao can you be said to be on the road, and that is traveling.”

After speaking, he smoothed his purple robe, sat cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, and pointed to the distance, saying, “Sit.”

Ning Xuan found it quite interesting and thought to himself: Big Brother is worthy of being a Heavenly Master. He speaks with a certain style. At first glance, he is a serious person who doesn’t even know how to eat, drink, and gamble. Maybe he has lived for a long time and doesn’t even have a sister-in-law. Alas, for Big Brother to live like this is really miserable.

However, Big Brother was not wrong about one thing.

He did have a lot of epiphanies.

Last time, when he killed the bears, he had used “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak” in almost every move. Today, however, he had acted on his own accord. The former was tense, the latter was relaxed. In addition, he had dealt with different moves, which really gave him a feeling of “nurturing” something.

He was not pretentious either.

Since Big Brother told him to sit, he sat down directly and entered a state of comprehension.

In his mind, the three moves of the “Wind-Chasing Swallow Saber,” plus the Swallow’s Return Step, and the fourth move he had comprehended himself, the fourth move “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak” that could be mixed into any move, began to merge.

He found that moves had two functions.

One was to seize the initiative and attack the enemy unprepared. For example, “Flying Swallow Chasing the Wind” sought speed; “Swallow Piercing the Raging Waves” turned from fast to fierce, seeking to surprise the enemy and make them unable to defend; the same was true for “Deft Swallow Soaring Back.”

The second was to use a certain kind of power. For example, when he fought the bear demon before, he needed to maintain a large consumption of stamina and a state of high-speed explosive movement in order to use “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak.”

If he could enhance his reaction speed and hide all his follow-up moves in a casual slash, then even if he started later, he would still have the initiative.

If he could burst out with the greatest speed in the smallest distance, he could avoid large movements and exercise, and thus go a step further.

Ning Xuan recalled the postures of the wolf pack and the pythons.

His flesh and blood began to squirm.

All the squirming was to burst out with that trace of mysterious power that he had comprehended from the demonic art of “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak.”

After a long time…

And then after a long time…

A light cry suddenly came from Ning Xuan’s arm. The light cry was fleeting, but the air around his arm seemed to have been hit by a fierce impact and suddenly expanded.

Boom!

A loud explosion.

Chou Nu also opened his eyes and looked at him.

Ning Xuan said, “Swallow’s Cry Power.”

He gave the secret technique he had comprehended a name.

Chou Nu said curiously, “Swallow’s Cry Power?”

Ning Xuan walked to a huge rock, picked it up with both hands, and threw it up, then he stood under the huge rock.

Just as the huge rock was falling, he suddenly took a step forward, and his flesh and blood suddenly began to squirm. This squirming, along with this step, instantly transmitted a high-speed galloping power to his left shoulder, so that his left shoulder used a super-short-distance “Flying Swallow Crushing the Mountain Peak.”

The huge rock fell, and at the moment it touched his left shoulder, the huge rock was suddenly torn apart by an incredible force.

Bang!

The huge rock shattered, and smoke and dust rolled.

From the need to run for “Bear Crushing the Mountain Peak,” to the short-distance acceleration of the “Swallow’s Return Step,” and now, even without summoning the Heavenly Demon Record, he could use the “Swallow’s Cry Power” with the power of his flesh and blood.

Ning Xuan still felt a sense of accomplishment.

Chou Nu looked at him for a long time before commenting, “I don’t know what realm you are in… because, you don’t seem to be in the realm system I know.”

Ning Xuan said, “May I ask the Heavenly Master, what are the realms you know?”

He had been curious about this question for a long time.

Chou Nu said, “The Fangshi realm, which can roughly use dragon qi, is usually jokingly called a Daoist Master outside. After that is the Heavenly Master realm.

The Heavenly Master realm is mainly divided into three small realms.

First, the Mountain-Moving realm. This is not a real mountain, but a soul-suppressing mountain that can make a person’s body and soul feel as if they are being suppressed by a mountain and unable to move;

Second, the Earth-D遁 (dì dùn – earth escape) realm, which integrates into the dragon qi of the mountains and rivers, shrinks the ground into an inch, one step a li, a hundred steps a hundred li, and at the same time has the ability to predict the scene in the distance of the earth;

Third, the Heavenly Master’s Seal. Different people have different seals, and in fact, only when you have your own seal can you be considered a true Heavenly Master.

I… have barely mastered my own Heavenly Master’s Seal.”

Ning Xuan said curiously, “Then, Heavenly Master, how do you see my root bone? Can I also cultivate this?”

Chou Nu shook his head and said, “You can’t cultivate it. Your qi and blood are too strong, and your body is too strong. You can’t touch the dragon qi.”

Ning Xuan said again, “Then where does the dragon qi come from, and where is it?”

Chou Nu said, “After you complete the task, Mr. Taiyi will tell you in person. Let’s go…”