CHAPTER 258: CHAPTER 209: DIVINE SKILL ABSOLUTE SKILL, TAILORED!

’Jian Province Competition’ second round main competition ends.

The evening of March 11th, the eleventh year of Hongwu.

Wang Zhengyi came to find Yan Chuan to discuss the idea of ’team formation’.

"Strong alliances."

"Peak Team."

This was also Yan Chuan’s idea, and he had people in mind. He counted on his fingers: "Brother Wang and me, plus Fu Yunzhan, and Wang Ge could be an alternative."

"Wang Ge?"

"From the performance in the second round, his ’Sunrise Palm’ and ’Sunrise Saber’ were indeed Divine, but after all, they are only seventh-grade secret weapons."

Wang Zhengyi hadn’t considered this person, and when mentioned by Yan Chuan, he recalled, hesitating for a moment: "Brother Yan personally dueled Wang Ge, does this person have something peculiar?"

He remembered that Wang Ge confronted Yan Chuan in the second round, performed fairly, and his ’Sunrise Palm’ and ’Sunrise Saber’ reached the Transformation Realm, which was good among the youth breaking the limit.

But to say he meets Wang Zhengyi’s selection criteria, that’s not possible, still far off.

This was evident from the recognized ’Four Strongest’ list after the second round —

The Four Strongest included Yan Chuan, Wang Zhengyi, Fu Yunzhan, and the Zhou Family Sisters, but Wang Ge was not among them!

Yan Chuan understood Wang Zhengyi’s thinking, and he smiled to explain: "Wang Ge’s strength is not as simple as it seems; his foundation lies in his inner strength that contains thirteen types of internal power, sinister and strange, hard to guard against. Against you, he might be defeated in one move, against Fu Yunzhan, he might not be able to defend against the sword. Against the Zhou Family Sisters, he might not be able to break their tight sword formation."

"?"

Wang Zhengyi frowned.

Can’t defeat me!

Can’t defeat Fu Yunzhan!

Can’t defeat the Zhou Family Sisters!

Then this Wang Ge —

"Strange internal power, not much use!"

Wang Zhengyi laughed, "Brother Yan, what mystery are you selling?"

Yan Chuan also laughed, "In that battle with Wang Ge, I personally experienced Wang Ge’s strange internal power, then reviewed various inner strengths, boxing techniques, martial arts, finally, a flash of inspiration struck me to figure out a peculiar martial art that might help Wang Ge refine and elevate his body of thirteen types of alien internal power, condensing it to unleash stronger might. Once Wang Ge practices, his strength will inevitably soar, perhaps Brother Wang may not dare punch him head-on."

"Brother Yan is going to tailor a martial art for Wang Ge?"

Now Wang Zhengyi finally understood.

Yan Chuan nodded, "Wang Ge’s current strength may not match Fu Yunzhan and the Zhou Family Sisters, but if he practices my martial art, the world would change, and his strength would skyrocket easily."

Yan Chuan had this confidence.

Wang Zhengyi had no doubts about Yan Chuan’s statement —

Five Fists and Five Skills!

Three Base Swords!

Yan Chuan’s talent and ability in developing martial arts had long been proven ironclad, beyond question.

"If Wang Ge knew Brother Yan wanted to tailor an Absolute Skill for him, he would be smiling ear to ear." Wang Zhengyi, familiar with Yan Chuan, teased with envy, not hiding his thoughts, said to Yan Chuan: "Brother Yan, look at me, could you also tailor an Absolute Skill for me? I won’t take it for free, there will definitely be a good reward!"

Wang Zhengyi was straightforward.

Yan Chuan glanced at Wang Zhengyi: "Brother Wang, you excel in Unrivaled Divine Power, and also practice the Earth-level Secret Scripture ’Fierce Dragon Technique’. Your inner power is vast and majestic, whether it is ’Six Harmonies Fist’ or ’Xingyi Boxing’, ’Alligator Form Boxing’, none can fully bring out Brother Wang’s strength."

"Exactly, exactly!"

Wang Zhengyi’s concern was right here.

’Six Harmonies Fist’ or ’Xingyi Boxing’,

were not matched to his rapidly growing ’Qi Power’, so much so that even though his prowess in boxing and spear technique was quite good, he often had to resort to brute force in matches.

Brute force!

Brute strength!

While ’One Force Overpowers Ten Skills’, combining ’Power’ with ’Skill’ would make one unbeatable with Dual Sword Fusion, wouldn’t it?

"I have to say!"

"I really have an immature idea!"

As Yan Chuan spoke, Wang Zhengyi’s eyes shone brightly.

...

The ’Jian Province Competition’ continued, and Yan Chuan utilized this platform to keep developing profound martial arts.

Huashan Swordsmanship!

Song Mountain Swordsmanship!

Heng Mountain Swordsmanship!

Taishan Swordsmanship!

Heng Mountain Swordsmanship!

By the time the competition entered the Resurrection Match of the second-round losers’ bracket, Yan Chuan had already created all the Five Mountains Swordsmanship —

Huashan Foundation Sword, Gale Swift Sword, Life-taking Linked Three Immortal Swords, Yangwu Swordsmanship, Jade Maiden Sword Nineteen Forms, Lady Swordsmanship.

Song Mountain Base Sword, Nine Curves Sword Technique, Song Mountain Fast and Slow Seventeen Swordsmanship, Meridian Twelve Swordsmanship.

Heng Mountain Basic Sword, Ten Thousand Flowers Swordsmanship, Heng Mountain Sword Formation.

Taishan Base Sword, Seven Stars Falling Sky, Dai Sect Technique, Five Doctor Swords, Taishan Eighteen Steps.

Heng Mountain Base Sword, Backwind Falling Goose Sword, Hundred Changes and Thousand Illusions Hengshan Cloud Mist Thirteen Forms, Heng Mountain Five Divine Swords.

Five School Swordsmanship!

Totaling twenty-two styles!

All-encompassing!

Shocking the world!

...

"Can’t stop at all."

After the second-round main matches and side matches of the ’Jian Province Competition’ concluded, ’Elder of Fists’ Su Quan, the leader of the Ten Elders of Liyang Academy, was discussing the strong contenders emerging from the first two rounds with Lu Yuping and Lu Yufeng siblings, with a focus specifically on Yan Chuan.

The Lu siblings weren’t originally Liyang Academy disciples but were the children of Su Quan’s sworn brother Lu Wu. After coming to Liyang Academy, the two had been low-key and humble, also not meeting any formidable opponents in the first two rounds, resulting in them being less famous than Wang Zhengyi or Fu Yunzhan, let alone compared to Yan Chuan.

Only Su Quan knew, these two were very strong!

"You indeed are strong."

"But encountering such an anomaly like Yan Chuan, you must be cautious. We are not afraid of meeting them in the main rounds, after two rounds, Yan Chuan’s methods are known. He doesn’t care about winning or losing in the main rounds, even intentionally losing to play more matches in the losers’ bracket. But this leads to a deadly problem—"

Su Quan looked at the siblings seriously: "In the upcoming third round of the competition, among the 26 teams, there is Wang Zhengyi’s team, Fu Yunzhan’s team, and the Zhou Family Sisters’ team, any of them could knock you into the losers’ bracket. Meeting Yan Chuan in the main rounds would be good, almost ensuring you reach the fourth round. However, fearing not encountering him in the main rounds but encountering him later in the losers’ bracket would be terrible!"

Su Quan believed, with the Lu siblings’ strength, entering the top ten, even top four, was hopeful, but in case —

"Meeting those stronger than yourselves in the third-round main matches."

"And coincidentally meeting Yan Chuan in the third-round side matches."

"Resulting in being eliminated in the third round, which is too unfortunate."

Su Quan looked at the Lu siblings, "So, in this round of main matches, you must defeat your opponents, never be careless. I will also instruct others to forfeit at the first encounter with Yan Chuan, preventing him from entering the losers’ bracket as much as possible. You just have to endure through the third round, going into the fourth round, the group matches allow for more errors."

Su Quan advised earnestly and tirelessly.

This time’s Jian Province Competition, Liyang Academy originally had immense confidence. Forty-two young limit breakers formed six all-limit breaker teams, even the substitutes were limit breakers, but the results were disappointing. After two rounds, two all-limit breaker teams were defeated in the main matches, though revived later in the losers’ bracket, having lost once proved they weren’t strong.

In Su Quan’s view, Liyang Academy needed to rely on the Lu siblings for a good placement.

...

After Su Quan left.

Lu Yuping pursed her lips and smiled, "Is it starting already? Elder Su thinks we are weak?"

Lu Yufeng shook his head, "Elder Su made valid points, can’t be careless, Wang Zhengyi and Fu Yunzhan are manageable, but Yan Chuan, I can’t see through!"

"Yan Chuan?"

"Those who like to show off, how many are truly formidable?"

"One set after another of boxing and swordsmanship claimed as self-created, only fools would believe these tricks, just bullying those unaware of the existence of the Mountain and Sea Realm."

"Anyone with some knowledge knows his boxing and swordsmanship must be transported from the Mountain and Sea Realm, right?"

Lu Yuping never believed Yan Chuan’s nonsense from the start, "Handling him, I wouldn’t even need my two treasures, one person and one sword can handle him! What Basic Sword one, two, three, four, five, I’ll cleave through his broken sword with one blade, then what’s he going to do?"

"You!"

Lu Yufeng helplessly smiled.

His sister was extravagant.

As an elder brother, he had to be more composed, had to ensure there was a fallback.

"Yan Chuan!"

"Whether he has some ability, we’ll soon see!"

Lu Yufeng, in fact, was also anticipating the battle with Yan Chuan: "The recognized number one? After defeating Yan Chuan, that title will be mine."

Lu Yufeng pretended to be cautious.

In reality —

Birds of a feather flock together!

He was also boastful!

...

Jian Province Competition!

In full swing!

Yan Chuan’s cultivation was equally fervent.

Since the successful development and subsequent cultivation of the ’Yijinjing’, Yan Chuan could not directly feel the mystical ’root bone’ changes, but indirectly, from cultivation of the ’Purple Mist Divine Skill’, and from practicing boxing and swordsmanship, Yan Chuan clearly felt—

"My aptitude is improving!"

Progress is faster!

Cultivation is easier!

Martial Arts skills advance daily.

Inner Strength and Divine Courage!

Outer Strength Divine Power!

Yan Chuan felt an elevation and qualitative transformation from the Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs to sinew, bone, skin, and membrane, to the entire body’s Qi Power.

A flying feeling.

Intoxicating, unwilling to wake.

Were it not for the ongoing ’Jian Province Competition’, Yan Chuan would not even want to step outside, preferring to remain in closed-door cultivation. However, fortunately, the ’Yijinjing’, as an unparalleled Divine Skill, allowed cultivation in any posture. Even in the observation seat, whether sitting or standing, Yan Chuan could practice the Divine Skill for long-lasting enhancement, continuously transforming.

With ’Yijinjing’ as the foundation—

Purple Mist Divine Skill!

Six Great Fist Skills!

All Kinds of Sword Skills!

In every direction, Yan Chuan was growing.

At the same time—

Inner Strength!

Inner Power!

Qi-Blood!

Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane!

Five Internal Organs and Six Hollow Organs!

Every aspect from within to without was improving and surging. The accumulated over a thousand jin of ’Monkey Wine’ was continuously being developed, and many resources like Dragon Tiger Great Pill, Heavenly King Pill, and Essence Stones were generously used for enhancing.

Thus.

Jian Province Competition, after two rounds.

Yan Chuan was getting stronger and stronger, overwhelmingly strong!

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