Chapter 1 Ling Tian Sword Scripture
Tianyuan Continent, the northern border of the Kingdom of Wind.
In the distance of the vast sky and earth, several steep peaks stand upright, exuding a dangerous and brutal aura.
On the inner side of the mountain, there is a cliff that is a thousand feet high, unfathomable, deep and terrifying.
This is the famous Soul Burial Cliff.
This is the most gloomy place in the entire Wind Kingdom. It is said that there are millions of rotten corpses and bones, and groups of wandering ghosts. This is the place it is talking about.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up, and two black shadows flashed and appeared on the cliff.
These two men have thick bones and nimble movements, and they are both top-notch martial arts masters in the world.
On the shoulders of the more muscular man in black, there was a young man in white. The young man's robe was stained with blood, and there was a bloody palm print on his chest. His face was as white as paper, and it seemed that he was completely dead.
"You mean Ling Chen? He's not dead yet, is he?"
One of the men in black suddenly said.
"This kid was hit by the palm of the deputy sect leader. His heart meridian has been broken. He is definitely dead. Even a great immortal can't save him. He will definitely not survive."
"That's such a pity. This kid was the number one genius in our Shenyi Sect. No, he should be said to be the number one genius in the martial arts world. He had an amazing talent for martial arts. I didn't expect him to die like this."
"Humph, we should root out the grass at its roots. What's so regretful about that? It's his father Ling Tianyu's fault for colluding with the Holy Witch Cult and attempting to overthrow the thousand-year-old foundation of our Divine Will Sect."
"Forget it, let's not waste any more time talking. Let's quickly dispose of this kid's body. We still have to go back and report."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sturdy man in black threw the young man in white off the cliff, then turned and left.
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A night passed.
Below the cliff is a dark valley.
The place was filled with a musty smell and the air was extremely cold, as if there were some inexplicable howling sounds coming from afar from time to time.
Across the endless dark area, at the end, a young man in white is waking up from the darkness.
“I didn’t expect that I could still be alive.”
Ling Chen opened his eyes with difficulty, feeling that all the bones in his body were broken and the meridians in his body were disordered. It was a miracle that he could wake up now.
You have to know that the person who hit him was a grandmaster. If it was an ordinary person, he would have been smashed to pieces.
"It was this blood jade that saved me."
Ling Chen found that his entire body was wrapped in a layer of blood-red light, which was quite strange. This blood-red light was transmitted from the sword-shaped jade pendant worn on his chest.
This jade pendant was left to him by his father Ling Tianyu. He originally thought it was just an ordinary item, but he didn't expect it to have such a magical effect.
His father, Ling Tianyu, also known as "Supreme Tianyu", is the leader of the "Shenyi Sect", the number one martial arts sect in the Five Kingdoms. He is also the number one master in the martial arts world. His cultivation has reached the Tianji realm, and there is no rival for him in the Five Kingdoms.
However, just overnight yesterday, the Shenyi Gate suddenly suffered a drastic change and was burned down in a fire.
Next, there was the incident of Ling Chen's body being thrown off a cliff.
The Shenyi Sect has been passed down for thousands of years and has many masters, so how could it suddenly suffer such a drastic change?
The incident happened too suddenly. Before Ling Chen even knew what was happening, he was severely injured by a powerful and mysterious man in black. He was then taken out of the Divine Will Gate by two traitors and lost consciousness.
"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about these things now. The most urgent thing right now is to survive first."
Ling Chen managed to hold his body up with difficulty. His meridians were broken and he was only able to survive by relying on the strange energy in the jade pendant. If he lost this energy, his life would be in danger.
Without life, everything is empty talk. Only when you are alive, there is hope.
Taking a deep breath, Ling Chen injected a strand of true energy into the sword-shaped blood jade.
Buzz!
Along with a slight humming sound, a trace of blood-colored energy suddenly flowed out from the blood jade, as if it had turned into scarlet blood snakes, wrapping around Ling Chen, and in the blink of an eye, wrapping him into a huge blood cocoon.
Faced with such a sudden change, Ling Chen's face remained calm. Or, as someone who had escaped death, nothing in the world was worth making a fuss about.
In this strange blood-colored energy, Ling Chen's injuries were actually recovering bit by bit.
An hour later.
Ling Chen's injuries have completely recovered, and there is not even a single scar on his body.
"This blood jade is indeed magical."
Ling Chen looked at the blood jade on his chest, but for a moment, he couldn't make out anything, and after losing its luster, it didn't look anything special.
"Unfortunately, my meridians are severed. I am afraid I will never be able to practice martial arts again."
Turning his eyes away from the blood jade, Ling Chen couldn't help feeling a little sad. Although it was a great fortune to be able to save his life, he would become a disabled person in the future and unable to practice martial arts. How could he find out the truth about the great changes in the Shenyi Sect and how could he have the ability to take revenge?
However, just when Ling Chen was thinking this, the blood jade suddenly flashed, and then a golden beam of light was reflected from the jade.
In an instant, large characters glowing with golden light spread out in the air in front of him.
"God-given divine power, waste meridians to practice. Surpass heaven and earth, dominate the martial arts world."
Ling Chen looked at the words on it and was thinking when his eyes suddenly lit up, "This formula... could it be... Ling Tian Sword Scripture?"
Ling Chen's eyes widened in disbelief. What was the Ling Tian Sword Scripture? It was the most precious treasure of their Shen Yi Sect, the best martial arts in the world, and also the biggest secret of the entire Five Kingdoms martial arts world.
Only the successive masters of the Shenyi Sect are qualified to practice the Lingtian Sword Sutra.
I didn’t expect that such a secret was hidden in this jade pendant!
In Tianyuan Continent, martial arts training requires practicing a suitable technique. However, there are tens of millions of techniques in this world, and the levels are divided into different levels: human, earth, heaven, king, and saint. The saint technique is supreme, at least it is the strongest technique that Ling Chen knows of.
"I didn't expect that the prerequisite for practicing the Lingtian Sword Scripture is to destroy one's own meridians."
Ling Chen's eyes were filled with surprise. He originally thought that his meridians were broken and he would never be able to practice martial arts in this life. However, he didn't expect that there is always a way out. God gave him a glimmer of hope .
This Lingtian Sword Scripture was tailor-made for him.
"The Lingtian Sword Scripture can only be practiced by those with extraordinary talent, and it can only be practiced by those with great perseverance."
Ling Chen continued to read on. Saint-level secret tome was definitely not something that ordinary people could practice. Forcing one to practice would only backfire. In the end, if one got stuck and couldn't move forward, it would be useless. Changing the technique halfway would only result in half the effort and twice the results, which would seriously delay one's practice.
However, Ling Chen just smiled at this. Talent? Before the great change that wiped out his clan, he was only fifteen years old, but he was already a ninth-level warrior, and he was the best of the younger generation. Those outstanding disciples of the sects could only look up to him.
As for perseverance, this time he experienced life and death and saved his life from the brink of death. There is no more cruel test in the world than life and death. When it comes to people with great perseverance, he is undoubtedly the one.
Having both of these gave Ling Chen a huge boost in confidence.
Besides, for him, now that he has become a disabled person and has lost all his martial arts skills, he no longer has any other choice.
"Ling Tian Sword Scripture: The first turn of true qi strengthens the muscles and bones, the second turn of true qi breeds sword energy, the third turn of true qi absorbs all rivers, the fourth turn of true qi condenses the sword heart, the fifth turn of true qi refines the mind, the sixth turn of true qi forms the spiritual sea, the seventh turn of true qi unites heaven and man, and dominates the four seas."
In a moment, Ling Chen had memorized the formula of Ling Tian Sword Scripture. Ling Tian Sword Scripture is divided into seven levels. The first level can cleanse the bones and marrow, and double the physical fitness; the second level can breed sword energy in the body, making it invincible; the third level will transform the internal Qi, and it will have the momentum of "the sea embracing hundreds of rivers", so practicing to the third level is a qualitative leap.
The fourth turn is to condense the sword heart, which is the state of "sword heart is clear". Once the sword heart is formed, not only the sword moves with the heart, but also it can see through the enemy's flaws and is not confused by everything; the fifth turn is to refine the mind, to temper the mind with the heart fire, to achieve the state of unity of body and mind, and to achieve twice the result with half the effort in practice; the sixth turn is to form the spirit sea, in the dantian, to condense the sea of true energy, from then on the power is inexhaustible and endless; the seventh turn is to unite heaven and man, which means that after practicing to this turn, the legendary state of "harmony between heaven and man" is achieved, and then one can transcend the martial arts world, dominate the world, and be invincible.
"It is indeed the Lingtian Sword Scripture, a top-secret manual widely circulated in the martial arts world."
Ling Chen's eyes sparkled with a gleam of light, and his heart was surging.
Following the formula of the technique, Ling Chen formed a hand seal and immediately entered the state of cultivation.
The vast power of heaven and earth, as if being pulled by something, continuously poured into Ling Chen's body, entered the eight extraordinary meridians, was absorbed madly, and finally entered Ling Chen's dantian.
And so, a whole day passed.
After practicing for a whole day, Ling Chen opened his eyes. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and then he raised his palm, and a ball of true energy slowly surged up.
In Ling Chen's Dantian, the misty true qi condensed into a ring, and the true qi circulated and flowed along this ring.
The first level of martial arts!
After a night of hard work, Ling Chen finally condensed his first breath of true energy and stored it in his dantian. He had practiced martial arts for many years and had extraordinary talent, so this breakthrough to become a martial artist was a natural outcome.
According to the realm classification, as long as one can condense and use true qi, he can be considered a true warrior.
There are nine levels in the warrior realm. Only by becoming a warrior can one open up the eight extraordinary meridians and utilize the power of true energy. Above that is the martial artist, which means a martial arts master. His body exceeds the limits, his lifespan is greatly increased, and he can cross rivers and climb walls without any problem. The third level is the grandmaster. All grandmasters are those who founded their own schools, are feared by others, and have created their own martial arts with a long history. Those who can hold the title of grandmaster are basically the backbone of each major sect.
Above the Grand Master is the Tianji Realm, which means "the ultimate of martial arts, the realm of the ends of the earth." When you reach this realm, no moves are better than moves, and you can fly into the sky and hide underground, which is very close to the pinnacle of martial arts.
According to rumors, there is another realm above the Heavenly Realm, called the Holy Way. Throughout history, only a few people have ever reached the Holy Way, but anyone who enters this realm will become a saint, with unfathomable magical powers.
The true qi cultivated from the Lingtian Sword Sutra is called Lingtian True Qi. Its power is not comparable to the true qi from ordinary exercises. Ling Chen believes that this true qi alone is enough for him to sweep across the entire Wind Country, and even any martial artist of any level in the five countries' martial arts world.
"The Saint-level secret book is extraordinary and is completely different from ordinary skills."
Ling Chen felt the surging power in his body. He had seen many martial arts in the library of Shenyi Sect since he was a child. However, compared with the Lingtian Sword Sutra, these martial arts were as different as heaven and earth.
"What if I can raise my cultivation to the ninth level?"
A hint of shock flashed in Ling Chen's eyes. He was afraid that by then, even a martial artist-level warrior would be like a pig or a dog in front of him?
As far as he was concerned, this disaster was actually a blessing in disguise, and it was an opportunity for him to be reborn from the ashes.
Moreover, this secret book also records a king-level martial art called Dragon-Seeking Sword Technique.
Although this Dragon-Seeking Sword Technique is only a king-level sword technique, its power is comparable to that of a quasi-saint-level martial art.
"Who on earth hid these two things in this blood jade? Could it be my father?"
Apart from Ling Tianyu, Ling Chen couldn't think of anyone else who would do this, and possess such a miraculous method. However, this blood jade itself is probably also a rare treasure, almost having the effect of bringing the dead back to life.
"Forget it. Random guesses won't lead to any results. We have to find my father first."
Ling Chen was a little worried about Ling Tianyu's situation. Shenyi Sect had suffered such a drastic change, and even he was almost killed. As the leader of Shenyi Sect, Ling Tianyu would definitely be the first to bear the brunt.
"Now, it's time to leave the valley."
Ling Chen straightened his clothes. Although his cultivation had only recovered a little and was not as good as before, it should be enough to protect himself as long as he did not offend a strong enemy.
Besides, this Soul Burial Valley is filled with gloomy air and no sunlight. If one stays here for too long, the yin energy might seep into the body and damage the internal organs and meridians.
Besides, he has to go find those two traitors now!
With the help of the sunlight that was faintly seeping in, Ling Chen turned his gaze to the right in front of him, aimed at the tree-lined path there, and walked out.
