Chapter 174 - Exemplary Mastery
"Brother Luo He, what happened to you?!"Xiang Yun could be said to be rather shocked at this moment. He had only touched Luo He"s elbow, and it was even through his sleeve. His palm had actually formed a layer of ice. Just how cold was Luo He"s arm right now!
Yet it was clear that Luo He"s situation was extremely critical. The moment he sat down cross-legged, he quickly spoke to Xiang Yun.
"I need three days to recuperate from my injuries. Don"t touch my body, and don"t walk out of the cave as you please. Remember!"
As he finished speaking, Xiang Yun was shocked to discover that a layer of ice had actually formed all over Luo He"s body at the same time, enveloping her within. Even though there was still some distance between the two, the bone-piercing coldness on Luo He"s body still caused him to shudder!
"What"s going on?"
Xiang Yun was completely stunned by this scene. He had never seen anything like this before. Luo He was obviously injured, so how could she suddenly become an ice man?
Xiang Yun pondered whether or not he could think of a way to help Luo He, but after thinking about Luo He"s instructions just now, it seemed like he had the confidence to cure his injuries. If he acted recklessly, it might be counterproductive.However, seeing Luo He"s thin body being wrapped up by this strange ice, Xiang Yun was still worried. He immediately began searching the cave in every direction.
This was the cave of the Jade-Eyed Red Flame Lion. The temperature inside the cave was very high. Xiang Yun wanted to find some branches and start a fire next to Luo He, so that he could ease the cold a little bit.
However, after searching the entire cave, Xiang Yun did not find a single branch that could be used to ignite a fire. Since he could not leave the cave, he could only helplessly return to his original stone room.
Walking into the stone room and feeling the icy cold aura emanating from Luo He"s body, Xiang Yun felt the temperature inside the room turn cold. He was rather anxious, but he could not think of any solution.Suddenly …
He walked around the stone room, pondering how he could help Luo He.
Walking back and forth within the stone room, he was like a headless fly as he wandered around for a dozen rounds. Xiang Yun suddenly turned his gaze towards the center of the stone room. The hole in the wall was a circular stone cave!
Xiang Yun discovered that every time he approached this well which was the size of a basket, the temperature would rise by a little, as if it contained something extremely high in temperature.
This time, Xiang Yun stopped in his tracks. He looked closer to the black well and saw a pile of black rocks in a very shallow place, filling the entire well. The heat wave had come from the gaps between the rocks.
Xiang Yun thought for a moment before immediately walking to the stone room and kicking it. He took out the Wandering Dragon Sword from his own bag and used the blade as a shovel to pry out all the shattered stones from the well.Seeing that he had managed to pry out a huge pile of rubble, the Wandering Dragon Sword suddenly came to a halt. It let out a "ding" as if it had stabbed into something hard.
Xiang Yun dug through the other rocks and found that the well was actually covered by a round crimson stone slab. The stone tablet was tightly sewn together and sealed the entire well. The entire stone tablet was red like fire, emitting billowing heat!
The black rocks were also not ordinary stones. They seemed to be able to absorb the heat emitted from the stone slab and prevent it from leaking out.
Now that the stone fragments had been pried out of the well, the heat from the crimson stone slabs immediately spread throughout the entire stone chamber, causing the temperature that had been slowly decreasing to rise again!
Xiang Yun endured the heat wave charging at him, squinting his eyes at the scarlet stone slab, only then did he discover with shock.
There was actually a fiery red phoenix engraved on the stone slab. This phoenix wings were like clouds that reached the sky as they soared upwards. There was even a blue lotus on its phoenix beak; it was extremely lifelike and magical.
"Hu!"
Xiang Yun only squinted his eyes for a moment before he could not help but retreat a few steps, his face burning. This heat was simply unbearable.However, Xiang Yun felt somewhat pleasantly surprised in his heart. This was because he discovered that the ice sh.e.l.l on Luo He"s body clearly showed signs of melting under the heat wave from the stone slab.
Even though there was still a thin layer of ice covering her body, the temperature was not as cold as before.Seeing this, Xiang Yun also felt slightly more at ease. Afterwards, he did not continue to stay in this stone room.
After all, this extreme cold and heat was unbearable for a normal person. Thus, he brought his bag with him to the stone room where he was practicing his sword. He began to meditate.
Now that Xiang Yun"s cultivation had already reached the Five Clouds Realm, after the battle between the Qing Ming Mountain and the Snow Dragon Sect Elder Yu, he had managed to escape the pursuit of the Snow Dragon Sect"s Sect Leader.After a few twists and turns, Xiang Yun"s Art of Creation and Art of Turtle Rest did not fall for a single day. Instead, his cultivation had risen nonstop, and he even faintly showed signs of breaking through to the Five Clouds Realm.
This was something that was worth being happy about. However, Xiang Yun was feeling rather anxious in his heart.
It had already been a few days since the Li family entered, and he couldn"t contact Wan"er or the others. The entire estate was probably in an uproar, and with that girl Lin Wan"er"s personality, she was going to cry.
Thinking of how Lin Wan"er had burst into tears, Xiang Yun felt a pang in his heart. He wanted nothing more than to fly back to the Crown Prince"s Palace.
However, he was currently in the Silvermoon Forest. This was one of the four forbidden areas that were known as the forbidden areas for humans.
Furthermore, he was still in the deepest parts of the forest, surrounded by a group of terrifying cloud beasts. The difficulty of getting out of this place could be imagined.Also, Xiang Yun was not alone at the moment. There was also the heavily injured Luo He, who had saved his life. Naturally, Xiang Yun could not let him escape here alone.
Two rookies with not even reached the Yellow Cloud Realm had actually barged into Silvermoon Forest, which even Heaven Stage experts had to hate. Xiang Yun felt his scalp tingle as he wondered if he would be able to safely leave this forest.He paced back and forth in the cave restlessly. He still could not think of any solution.
Xiang Yun could only temporarily let go of these troubles and watch each step he took. Once Luo He woke up three days later, the two of them would be kind enough to escape.
Xiang Yun did not waste any time, intending to continue cultivating. However, he did not meditate in this stone room, but instead went to the pa.s.sageway in the cave and sat down cross-legged. This way, he would be able to turn his head and see Luo He"s figure within the stone room.In this way, if anything were to happen to the latter, he would be able to detect it at the first possible moment.
In this dark cave, it was impossible to tell how fast or slow time was. Xiang Yun could only rely on his instincts to cultivate for a period of time. He would get up and go to the stone room where he trained in the sword, demonstrating his martial arts.
Currently, Xiang Yun had already mastered the movement martial art "Divine Tribulations", and had already reached the realm of the gecko swimming through the walls. As his cultivation level rose, the tiger claw from Jue Hu"s hand became increasingly powerful, and his Turtle Resting Art was even able to be used quite freely, even saving his life several times.
Of course, there was also his current most powerful martial art, the Swift Wind Sword. The power of this sword technique was extraordinary, it even gave Xiang Yun the qualification to jump levels to challenge Huang Yun. Naturally, Xiang Yun valued it greatly.
However, as the number of martial arts rose, Xiang Yun gradually realized his own weakness. It was that the coordination of these martial arts was obviously lacking.
The Hundred Transformations Divine Body was a mystical movement technique, especially at the current stage of the gecko swimming through the walls. By relying on this technique, Xiang Yun was often able to freely move about under the hands of martial artists with higher cultivation.However, this was not the effect Xiang Yun wanted. The Hundred Transformations Divine Body was able to coordinate with his Tiger Claws, Gale Fast Sword, and other attacking methods.
He combined the cunning and changeable nature of the G.o.dly Path, the ruthless and fierce nature of the Tiger Claws Void Hands, and the "quick, fierce, hateful" nature of the Swift Wind Sword to make a perfect match.
One attack, one defense, it was fully utilized. Its power was definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
Other than cultivating to achieve this kind of combination of attack and defense, Xiang Yun also had a bold idea. That was, how could he also integrate the Turtle Resting Technique!
As his training in Turtle-Breathing Technique deepened, Xiang Yun discovered that there were many astonishing aspects to this martial art. Playing dead while concealing auras was one of the many effects of Turtle-Breathing Technique.The true strength of the Turtle-Breath Art was not only its ability to replenish one"s mind energy. More importantly, the latter could extend one"s aura and a.s.sist in their cultivation, allowing Xiang Yun"s Art of Creation Art to circulate on its own.
Meanwhile, Xiang Yun was currently contemplating whether he could continuously circulate his Turtle Resting Technique in his future battles, even when he was eating and walking.This way, not only would he be able to speed up his cultivation, but he would also be able to continuously replenish and increase his fighting capacity!
This was especially so in evenly matched battles where neither side was willing to give up and couldn"t defeat the other. At this time, the only thing to be competed in was who had the most profound cloud energy.
If Xiang Yun was able to maintain his Turtle-Breath Technique in battle and continuously replenish his energy, he would already be in an invincible position!
For the past three days, other than raising his cultivation, Xiang Yun had spent the rest of his time experimenting on how to perfectly combine these four martial arts together!
Of course, this kind of thinking was indeed beautiful, but only after truly trying it out would Xiang Yun know what "knowing the way to make things difficult" was!The Hundred Transformations Divine Body combined with the Tiger Claws - Xiang Yun was able to match it quite well. However, the combination of the Hundred Transformations Divine Movement Technique and the Gale Fast Sword was an extremely difficult task!
The Gale Fast Sword"s might was indeed strong, but at the same time, the power of the strong Qi Method had its own overbearing aspects. This was because the Gale Fast Sword"s power had a range.
Xiang Yun roughly estimated, according to the Gale Quick Sword"s final move, "Whirlwind", "Waving Hand Sword"!
The attack range of the Swift Gale Sword could reach a maximum of fifteen meters within a radius of fifteen meters.
This area seemed to be very large, but Xiang Yun was very clear on this. To a true expert, in just an instant, they would be able to move several tens of feet away.
If he were to face his opponent in the future, once the opponent dodged his attack, this deadly move of his would most likely fail. Instead, he would be thrown into an awkward situation.
However, if the Gale Fast Sword could be matched with the Hundred Transformations Steps, if Xiang Yun could move about freely while performing sword arts, then the coverage of this sword art would increase exponentially. The power it could unleash would be needless to say.
However, this was the difficulty of the matter. The Swift Wind Sword was too powerful, and when it was used, the force generated by the hurricane was incomparably powerful.
If Xiang Yun wanted to move, it would be as difficult as carrying a cauldron while carrying this hurricane. The sword was more than five million jin in weight.
Furthermore, if one wanted to control that hurricane and also had to move nimbly, it would be extremely difficult.Xiang Yun had already tried to use his brute force to directly drive the hurricane forward. The result was extremely tragic.
The latter was blown away by the hurricane he had cast. It spun in the air until it lost its head, and then it crashed into a stone wall, almost hitting its own head!
Another time, Xiang Yun had been directly sent flying by the tremendous force of the Wandering Dragon Sword in his hand. He had been turned into a sword dancer instead of a swordsman. He had almost broken Xiang Yun"s bones.
After countless attempts, Xiang Yun knew that it was absolutely impossible to be reckless. He had to find a common ground between the two and start from a point of coincidence. He had to use just a small advantage to deal with a thousand jin!