Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 352 - 352: Primordial Sword Scripture

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

A smile involuntarily appeared on Chen Fei’s face. Back in the Long Rainbow Sect, he had only obtained the complete first two layers of the Primordial Sword Scripture, with the third layer being damaged. It could be practiced, but he couldn’t fully integrate the third set of techniques into it.

Now, with the third layer of techniques imprinted in his mind from the stone tablet, it wasn’t over yet. The transmission of techniques continued.

The fourth layer, the fifth layer—the information from the stone tablet kept pouring into Chen Fei’s consciousness.

Meanwhile, Shi Shaofang lay on the ground. At this moment, due to the angle, he managed to get a slightly clearer view of Chen Fei’s back. However, seeing his back at this point didn’t change anything. People’s faces can be easily altered, and the method to change one’s appearance is vast.

What frustrated Shi Shaofang even more was that, despite witnessing the person in front of him, he still couldn’t sense the expected aura coming from this figure’s back.

Aura was something that everyone possessed, and many times, in the cultivation world, people recognized each other based on their aura. Yet, in this place, this method of recognition failed with Chen Fei.

In other words, even if Shi Shaofang managed to survive this encounter and faced Chen Fei in person in the future, he wouldn’t recognize that it was the same person who had defeated him with a single move to the brink of death.

In fact, during their recent confrontation, Chen Fei’s aura had indeed been revealed. When two people engage in a real battle, no matter how strong a Slaughter Spirit Technique may be, it cannot hide the sudden surge of aura.

However, at that moment, Shi Shaofang’s mental perception had been disrupted by the Godslayer Sword, creating a hole in his perception. With the addition of the great completion realm of the Godslayer Sword, when it encountered a lower-level opponent, had unparalleled lethality. However, at that moment, Shi Shaofang’s mind was pierced by the Godslayer Sword, creating a hole in his mental defenses. With the added power of the great completion realm, the Godslayer Sword’s strike was unparalleled when facing someone of a lower cultivation level.

This had left Shi Shaofang, at the initial stage of aperture tempering realm, with no choice but to rely on instinctive counterattacks. He couldn’t even clearly discern the enemy’s position at that moment.

In that situation, even if faced with another individual at the initial stage of aperture tempering realm, it would be easy to kill Shi Shaofang within a few moves.

From this, it could be inferred just how severely injured Shi Shaofang had been at the time.

Shi Shaofang lay on the ground, unable to do anything at this moment. He could only fix his gaze firmly on Chen Fei’s back, as if doing so was the only way to vent the resentment in his heart.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Shi Shaofang noticed that Chen Fei’s hand had left the stone tablet. Strangely, even without seeing Chen Fei’s face, Shi Shaofang could sense Chen Fei’s joy at this moment.

Yes, from a person’s back, one could vaguely discern their state of mind. So how excited must this person be right now?

Was Chen Fei excited? Of course, he was!

A complete, seven-layered, flawless Primordial Sword Scripture—how could Chen Fei not be excited?

The Primordial Sword Scripture within this stone tablet was actually in perfect condition. Before he placed his palm on the stone tablet, Chen Fei had prepared for the worst, assuming that the manual might still be damaged.

Therefore, when he had completed receiving the first three layers of the Primordial Sword Scripture in an intact form, Chen Fei already felt like he had hit the jackpot. And when he completed receiving the first five layers in their entirety, his excitement was beyond words.

And now, with the entire Primordial Sword Scripture, including the central manual, in his consciousness, Chen Fei even felt like his consciousness had been struck.

Having obtained complete techniques from six different sources, along with the now-intact Primordial Sword Scripture, Chen Fei could fuse all six sets of techniques together.

Although he was missing the Primordial Sword Body manual, the fusion of the six sets of techniques would undoubtedly result in him being able to open over a hundred acupoints. Compared to the techniques that could only open ninety acupoints, this was a qualitative leap.

Furthermore, since all seven layers of the Primordial Sword Scripture were intact, and there were still thirty-three cultivation methods for the Primordial Sword Body within the sect, Chen Fei could forcibly merge the Primordial Sword Body as well when the time came.

Although it couldn’t increase the number of opened acupoints, it would undoubtedly enhance his combat power significantly.

Moreover, there were not no leads regarding the Primordial Sword Body.

Among the sects, the existing Primordial Sword Body had originally been obtained from the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect. Back when Chen Fei was still a direct disciple, he had defeated Shen Tucang, the second-ranked disciple of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect, and the sect rewarded him with it.

If there was a complete Primordial Sword Body anywhere, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect would be the most likely place.

In the Sword Return Tower, there was a complete Primordial Sword Scripture, along with several other techniques, yet they lacked the Primordial Sword Body. However, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect had once been able to produce a partially damaged one.

These two circumstances might be a mere coincidence, or perhaps they concealed some kind of inevitability.

Chen Fei glanced at the other stone tablets. Besides the Primordial Sword Sect’s technique inheritance, there were also three techniques unique to the Sword Return Tower.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Fei might have been interested in observing these techniques at the aperture tempering realm level. However, after spending over an hour here and to avoid any unexpected incidents, it was better to leave as soon as possible.

As for the inheritance stones in the nine tablets, Chen Fei did not tamper with them. These inheritance stones were connected to the formation here. If Chen Fei dared to break these stones, the two figures on the Sword Return Tower’s main peak would immediately sense that something had changed.

Unless Chen Fei could completely control the formation here. However, this formation was extremely vast, and it would take a very long time to fully assimilate it using Blood Touch technique’s power.

With that much time, staying behind just to grab a few pieces of inheritance stones would be pure madness.

Sword Return Tower must have recorded versions of these techniques in jade scrolls. Whether they were destroyed or taken away, it wouldn’t make much of a difference for Chen Fei and the Primordial Sword Sect.

Chen Fei turned his head and glanced at Shi Shaofang from a distance. With a slight gesture of his right hand, the elemental stones and elixirs on Shi Shaofang flew to Chen Fei.

Of course, the most valuable item was the spiritual sword.

After taking a moment to throw all these items into his spatial grid, Chen Fei appeared before a small section of the formation that he had previously controlled. Because he had stopped continuously releasing Blood Touch, this area was starting to return to its original state.

Chen Fei opened a wound on his arm, and the blood turned into a mist, shrouding the area. In less than the time it takes to finish a cup of tea, this area was back under Chen Fei’s control.

The next moment, Chen Fei’s body passed through the formation and appeared at the bottom of the lake.

With a quick movement, Chen Fei emerged on the surface of the lake. He glanced around and realized that there was no longer any reason to stay at the Sword Return Tower now that he had the techniques.

Taking advantage of the fact that the situation in the inheritance ground below had not yet been discovered by the Sword Return Tower, Chen Fei naturally decided to get as far away as possible. As long as he put enough distance between himself and the Sword Return Tower, they would not be able to track him down.

Chen Fei’s figure turned into a phantom as he headed towards the edge of the Sword Return Tower.

The entire sect of the Sword Return Tower was covered by a formation, with a rather ordinary protective effect, mainly used to alert against external intruders rather than being strong for internal control.

However, if someone were to pass directly from the inside to the outside, it would still trigger the formation’s reaction. Therefore, Chen Fei decided to use Blood Touch to control a small section of the formation before silently leaving.

At the edge of the formation, blood mist filled the air, and the area in front of Chen Fei was gradually coming under his control. Suddenly, Chen Fei’s brows furrowed slightly, and he turned to look at the main peak of the Sword Return Tower.

The next moment, the entire formation of the Sword Return Tower trembled instantly, and the blood mist that had been attached to the formation was abruptly dispersed.

Someone had taken control of the formation voluntarily, and in this situation, Blood Touch could no longer penetrate. Blood Touch could only affect those formations that were uncontrolled and operated automatically.

Once someone actively managed the formation, they would directly repel the power of the blood mist, just like what was happening now.

Not only that, but at this moment, a faint sense of scrutiny appeared in Chen Fei’s perception. If Chen Fei were only in the early stages of the aperture tempering realm, he might not have been able to detect this scrutiny, but his mental power had already reached the level of the mid-stages of the aperture tempering realm.

Therefore, as soon as this sense of scrutiny appeared, Chen Fei captured it.

The people from the Sword Return Tower had found him!

Perhaps they had discovered the changes in the inheritance ground, or there might be other reasons, but now was not the time to think about that. Chen Fei had to leave.

At this moment, in addition to the sense of scrutiny, a warning signal suddenly flashed in Chen Fei’s mind. A sense of pressure enveloped him, indicating that someone was chasing after him.

Chen Fei glanced back at the Sword Return Tower, his figure flashed, and he activated his Soaring Heaven technique to the fullest, rushing out of the formation.

“Who dares to intrude into my Sword Return Tower? Leave your tracks behind!”

A thunderous shout came from behind, even though the distance was still great, the oppressive force was already felt by Chen Fei.

Chen Fei’s steps did not stop; instead, he activated the Shuttle of Flying Clouds in his arms, pushing his already astonishing speed to an even more jaw-dropping level.

At the same time, he employed the Slaughter Spirit Technique to eliminate the breath that had escaped him due to his full-speed movement.

The Sword Return Tower’s sect leader, Xing Xinzhao, blinked and arrived at the formation in an instant. He then passed through the formation, intending to follow the trail of breath. However, there was not a trace of lingering breath in the surroundings.

Thinking about the report from his disciples that the intruder could conceal their breath, Xing Xinzhao’s brow furrowed slightly.

With Shi Shaofang on the verge of death, and the intruder having free access to the inheritance ground of the sect, the fact that they were now openly leaving was a situation that would be a severe blow to their reputation.

“Open, Sword Return Eye!”

Xing Xinzhao extended his right palm, forming a sword-like gesture, and swiped it across his own forehead. A bloodstain was drawn from his forehead, but at the same time, a faint light radiated from the bloodstain.

The world around him, which was originally colorless, suddenly changed under the influence of the Sword Return Eye.

Everything turned black and white, with only traces of red spreading throughout the mountain path. These were the traces left by Chen Fei, but they were rapidly dissipating at an astonishing speed.

The Sword Return Eye was indeed powerful, but its drawbacks were also apparent. Apart from consuming a significant amount of mental power, many traces would gradually disappear over time.

However, the speed at which these traces were dissipating was somewhat beyond Xing Xinzhao’s expectations. It seemed that the opponent possessed a profound skill for concealing their breath. If he hadn’t followed immediately, the Sword Return Eye might have lost track of the traces.

Xing Xinzhao’s figure moved like a drawn sword, disappearing from his original position.

Chen Fei’s agility was undoubtedly impressive, but Xing Xinzhao was even faster.

The power of the late-stage aperture tempering realm, combined with perfected body techniques!

As Chen Fei sprinted forward with all his might, he suddenly sensed the pressure coming from behind. His expression changed slightly; the pursuer had somehow found his trail and caught up!

There must have been some traces left behind somewhere. The Slaughter Spirit Technique was powerful, but it was certainly not flawless. In the world, there were very few things that could be called perfect.

When you believe something is perfect, it’s usually because your own understanding and perspective aren’t high enough.

Chen Fei remained calm, his body swaying as he split into multiple shadow clones.. Since his pursuer was tracking traces, he wanted to see which one the pursuer would follow!