Sword Technique Mastery, Supreme Flying Sword!

At night, the moon and stars are rare.

In Qinghe Town, at the Demon Suppression Guard's stronghold restaurant, Lu Ze took out a high-grade essence pill and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged to cultivate the Black Tiger Body Forging Technique's purification method.

Currently, his spiritual power cultivation has reached the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm, and his true qi cultivation has reached the early stage of the Innate Realm. His only weakness is his physique.

Therefore, the Black Tiger Body Forging Technique must be practiced.

Moreover, he now possesses the triple energy of blood and qi, green wood spiritual power, and solar true qi to temper his internal organs, making his organ refining efficiency far beyond the imagination of other body-tempering martial artists of the same level.

In particular, the powerful restorative ability of the Green Wood Spiritual Power meant that Lu Ze didn't have to worry about damage to his internal organs.

As for the night patrol, Lu Ze entrusted it to Feng Yue to lead.

As a reward, he gave Feng Yue a bottle of low-grade Essence Pills, while Hu Hai, Dong Yu, Li Qinian, and other members of the small flag were given two or three low-grade Essence Pills according to their strength.

He has no shortage of money now, and the low-grade essence pills are just a drop in the ocean for him. He might as well use them to cultivate his confidants and his core group.

As expected, Feng Yue and the others' loyalty increased significantly after receiving the pills.

Two hours later, Lu Ze refined two high-grade essence pills in succession, slowly finished his cultivation, and checked his attribute panel: Black Tiger Body Forging Technique (Refining Perfected).

His qi and blood strength has also greatly improved, reaching the level of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. However, it is all stored in his flesh and blood, and does not interfere with the true qi and spiritual power in his dantian, acupoints, and meridians.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ze took out a high-grade essence pill and swallowed it, then began to cultivate the marrow-refining mental technique of the Black Tiger Body Forging Art, using the power of blood and qi, the spiritual power of the green wood, and the true qi of the sun to temper his bone marrow in an alternating manner.

Nearly an hour later, he slowly opened his eyes and checked his attribute panel. The Black Tiger Body Forging Technique (45% Marrow Refinement, Minor Success) showed remarkable effects.

Immediately after Lu Ze handed over his shift to another squad leader, he disguised himself and went directly to the Ghost Market. He emptied most of the ferocious beast corpses from his Qiankun Bag at a relatively low price, earning over 5 taels of silver.

This is because he also sold the carcass of the top-tier ferocious beast, the Black Rock Bear.

Bear meat is not tasty, including bear paws, so there's no need to keep them.

After all, the Black Tiger's meat wasn't finished yet.

Lu Ze didn't keep the 50,000 taels of silver notes to gather dust; he used them all to buy 25 bottles of high-grade essence pills.

With so many pills, he could cultivate himself, and also use them to train his family and subordinates.

This time, Lu Ze did not encounter any more robbers and returned home safely, where he began to cultivate the Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Slash.

This sword technique is also related to his martial arts strength, and he cannot afford to be careless.

As for the Wisdom Pill, he planned to use it after practicing the Azure Cloud Sword Technique the next morning.

……

An hour later, Lu Ze sheathed his sword and checked his attribute panel. His Blazing Sun Heaven-Burning Slash (Minor Success 3%) had improved from proficient to minor success, which was not bad.

After all, he has a solid foundation in swordsmanship, so learning ultimate sword techniques will naturally be much easier for him.

However, it won't be so easy to master or even perfect the sword technique.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Ze sat cross-legged and cultivated the Azure Wood Everlasting Spring Diagram to replace sleep until dawn. Then he disguised himself and left the city, took the Wisdom Pill, and began to practice the Azure Cloud Sword Technique.

The power of the Wisdom Pill went straight to his head, and he felt his thinking speed increase greatly. Many fragments of his understanding of the Azure Cloud Sword Technique appeared in his mind. He was excited and began to practice swordsmanship incessantly, trying to comprehend the techniques in his mind.

An hour later, the effects of the Wisdom Pill wore off. Lu Ze checked his attribute panel and found that the Azure Cloud Sword Technique was at 33% completion.

Good progress!

He then continued practicing the Azure Cloud Sword Technique, but he no longer had the same divine assistance as before; however, his efficiency was slightly improved compared to before.

Clearly, the comprehension-enhancing effect of the Wisdom Pill is mainly temporary.

In the days that followed, without any distractions, Lu Ze began to focus on cultivation or go out of the city to hunt and harvest source points.

However, he did not use his source points immediately, but accumulated them.

……

Three days later, more than seventy miles west of Yunhe County, in a lush forest.

At midday, under the blazing sun, a black, armored rhinoceros nearly two zhang long charged towards a middle-aged man in a blue robe.

This is a top-tier ferocious beast, the Armored Rhinoceros, a descendant of the demonic Armored Giant Rhinoceros.

Even among top-tier ferocious beasts, there are differences in strength. This armored rhinoceros is enormous, with hides and flesh as tough as steel, and is protected by demonic energy, making it difficult for even the finest mortal weapons to harm it. It is the overlord among top-tier ferocious beasts.

The middle-aged man in the green robe was none other than Lu Ze, disguised by the Hundred Transformations Mask. He remained calm as the Azure Spirit Sword on his back suddenly shot out, splitting into a beam of azure sword light in the air and hurtling towards the armored rhinoceros.

The armored rhinoceros's head was pierced by the cyan sword light, killing it instantly, and its body crashed to the ground.

"The host has killed the top-tier ferocious beast, the Armored Rhinoceros, and gained 80 Source Points."

Lu Ze looked quite satisfied. After searching for a long time, he finally found a top-level ferocious beast. It was a good haul.

Moreover, the horns and fur of the armored rhinoceros are excellent materials for crafting weapons.

He then put the armored rhinoceros's corpse into his Qiankun bag and checked its attribute panel.

[Host]: Lu Ze

[Source Point]: 1260

Lifespan: 16/160

[Talent]: Low-grade Wood Spirit Root

[Realm]: Fourth level of Qi Refining Realm (early stage of Innate Realm, seventh level of Body Tempering Realm)

[Techniques]: Black Tiger Body Forging Technique (Blood Exchange 96%, Great Success), Black Tiger Visualization Diagram (Minor Success 55%), Golden Sun Body (Sixth Layer 3%), True Form Diagram of the Sun (Minor Success 36%), Evergreen Wood Technique (Fourth Layer 15%), Evergreen Wood Diagram (Minor Success 4%).

[Spell]: Azure Cloud Sword Technique (Mastery 2%)

[Martial Arts]: Thunder Flying Knife (Minor Success 25%), Black Tiger Fierce Soul Blade (Perfect), Blazing Sun Burning Sky Slash (Minor Success 45%), Thunder Nine Transformations (Major Success 15%), Turtle Breathing Secret Technique (Minor Success 37%).

Good, after three days of accumulation, the Source Points have finally exceeded 1,000, and I can now strengthen my flying sword!

Moreover, he has also mastered the Azure Cloud Sword Technique to the point of perfection, which allows him to split into six separate sword lights. Combined with his main flying sword, this makes a total of seven sword lights. This not only enables him to attack multiple targets at once, but also allows him to switch between real and illusory forms, making it easier for him to defeat stronger opponents with weaker ones.

In addition, he has also mastered the basic swordsmanship of transforming flying swords into human form, and can transform his sword into a blue dragon!

Of course, this is also thanks to the Wisdom Pill.

Yesterday, he spent another 100 Source Points to enhance a first-grade high-quality Wisdom Pill, and only then did his Azure Cloud Sword Technique break through to the Great Perfection stage.

Moreover, Lu Ze's body tempering cultivation also broke through rapidly. In just three days, he had already achieved great success in blood exchange, approaching perfection.

This rapid progress is due to the combined tempering of the body with the power of blood and qi, spiritual power, and true qi, along with the assistance of high-grade essence pills!

If we also take into account the body-tempering effect of the solar true energy, his current physical strength has reached above the level of a minor grandmaster in the Condensing Qi Realm, making up for his physical weaknesses.

However, the most important thing now is to strengthen the Azure Spirit Sword!

Immediately, Lu Ze took out the Azure Spirit Sword, stared intently at it, and silently recited in his mind, consuming 1000 Source Points to enhance it.

"Current enhancement direction: 1. Sword Spirit: Enhancement will yield the first-tier top-grade flying sword, Azure Dragon Sword, a fine flying sword of the Qingyun Sword Sect disciples. It contains the Azure Dragon Sword Spirit and can automatically protect itself and provide early warnings. 2. Sword Intent: Enhancement will yield the first-tier top-grade flying sword, Qingyun Sword, a fine flying sword of the Qingyun Sword Sect disciples in the cultivation world. It contains the Qingyun Sword Intent imprint left by its predecessors, which can amplify the power of sword techniques and also help the host comprehend the Qingyun Sword Intent."

Lu Ze liked both enhancement options, but after careful consideration, he chose the Azure Cloud Sword.