Chapter 1539: A Sword of Myriad Snowflakes

Is Yi Tang strong?A true disciple of the Benevolent Heart Pavilion, the youngest pavilion physician of this generation, he is, of course, an undeniable master.In terms of his attainment in the Five Senses, within the same realm, it is likely difficult to find a match.However, Jiang Wang, having missed the initial advantage, seized the momentum and, with dazzling spells, swiftly and cleanly ended the battle.It was almost a crushing victory.Those genius cultivators with top-tier inheritances and direct instruction from powerful masters, as soon as they entered the Outer Realm, they ascended as true disciples, and then reached the pinnacle with their inherent talent.Like Dou Zhao and Chongxuan Zun, how many in the world can contend with them?Yet, Jiang Wang, who fled Fenglin City at seventeen, had to start climbing from the very beginning.For him, every step taken led to a new, unfamiliar world. He had killed Outer Realm cultivators while still in the Inner Mansion realm, but he could not claim to understand the Outer Realm.Chongxuan Zun could disdainfully say on the River-Viewing Terrace, "The Outer Realm doesn't seem that difficult to comprehend."He could not.He walked, observed, pondered, and contended every step of the way.He accumulated experience in the Marquis of Huai's manor, and enriched his knowledge in the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Unredeemable City.He witnessed the truth of the world's creation and destruction, heard secrets from nine hundred years ago, and experienced many complex lives.He stopped and isolated himself in the Wuyandu Mountain Range, sitting alone for nearly half a year,Only then did he finally digest all his gains after the Outer Realm, and begin to move towards the position of the strongest in this realm.He was at ease,And tranquil.The battle had ended.Yi Tang looked at Jiang Wang's withdrawn hand,There was a moment of daze.Lost just like this?He had not revealed his full strength,He still had many secret techniques of the Benevolent Heart Pavilion that he had not been able to use...Yes,Lost just like this.For a battle, how much one has learned or what one has learned is not important; what is displayed in battleIs important."I accept defeat," Jiang Wang said at the opportune moment, cupping his hands, his voice gentle, without any aggression.Yi Tang returned to his senses and returned the bow, saying, "Jiang Qingyang lives up to his reputation. I, Yi, have lost,And I accept my defeat wholeheartedly."Jiang Wang unfolded the hand with which he had performed the礼,His palm held a crystal-clear Cloud Twilight Goblet,Within which swam five-colored small fish.He handed the Cloud Twilight Goblet over: "Thank you, Brother Yi, for the spar,This exchange has benefited me greatly. Please accept this small gift as a token of my appreciation, and do not refuse it."Yi Tang waved his hand: "I have already lost, how can I shamelessly accept your five-colored fish?"Jiang Wang still held out his hand, his expression sincere: "These fish possess a rare and unusual toxin, seldom seen in the world. Only in the hands of a master physician like Brother Yi,Can their potential be realized. I have kept them idle since obtaining them, which is truly a waste of precious resources. To be honest with Brother Yi, I came specifically to find a home for these fish; the spar was secondary.""You offer these five-colored fish,And magical artifacts as well, which makes me uneasy," Yi Tang looked at him and said, "Is there anything I can help you with?""Indeed, there is something!" Jiang Wang said with a smile.Yi Tang felt a sense of 'just as expected' relief, and his expression was normal as he said, "Feel free to speak. If it is within my power,I will not refuse."The unspoken meaning was... for things beyond my power,Do not blame me."Brother Yi, I wonder if you could help me write a letter of introduction, so that I might privately meet with Cui Yi Geng?" Jiang Wang smiled and said, "The Diligent and Bitter Academy is not like the Benevolent Heart Pavilion with its compassionate hands,Which opens its doors wide for convenience; it is not easy to blend in."The Diligent and Bitter Academy is the foremost of the world's Four Great Academies, and Cui Yi Geng is the foremost Outer Realm cultivator of the Diligent and Bitter Academy.His position in the Diligent and Bitter Academy is similar to Yi Tang's position in the Benevolent Heart Pavilion. The two great sects of the world are also not far apart,In Jiang Wang's opinion, these two should have some kind of connection.Yi Tang was surprised: "Also going to challenge?"Jiang Wang merely said: "It is simply that I have cultivated in seclusion for a long time,And have finally emerged. I wish to encounter mountains beyond mountains, to verify my understanding.""Brother Jiang, you are the mountain beyond the mountain." Yi Tang shook his head and sighed, then smiled and said, "This letter I shall write. The principle that there are those beyond oneself is not something that only I, Yi Tang, should know!"Clearly, in his opinion, Cui Yi Geng of the Diligent and Bitter Academy would also not be Jiang Wang's opponent.Jiang Wang smiled: "Brother Yi, if it is not too much trouble, perhaps you could write a few more letters."Yi Tang looked up: "Where else is Brother Jiang going?"Jiang Wang said: "Along this route: Diligent and Bitter Academy, Green Cliff Academy, East King Valley, Suspended Temple, Three Penal Palace."Yi Tang was suddenly moved: "It seems Brother Jiang intends to challenge the world with his sword and prove himself the foremost!"Jiang Wang said: "My fief is in Qingyang Town; this is simply a road home."Yi Tang smiled: "Then this road is somewhat circuitous."Jiang Wang's eyes were serene: "To behold the world's scenery, a detour is fitting.""Everything else is not a problem, but if Brother Jiang is going to East King Valley, it is best not to use my letter of introduction..." Yi Tang gestured, "Please come in and sit in the study."It seems these two great sacred lands of the medicinal path bear deep grudges...Jiang Wang thought, saying aloud: "It matters not. If it can ignite some anger, I believe the spar will be more authentic."In truth, to ignite the wrath of the cultivators of East King Valley, he did not need Yi Tang's letter. Given East King Valley's support for the State of Shen, his very presence in East King Valley was a provocation. And mentioning the matter of his having once cut down the East King Valley cultivator Mo Zichu with his sword... it could simply explode.But it did not prevent him from showing goodwill to Yi Tang.Yi Tang merely smiled.Upon reaching the study, a few letters with largely similar content were quickly written and stamped with his personal seal before being handed to Jiang Wang.Jiang Wang thanked him profusely and did not linger further. Donning his bamboo hat, he departed.The study was quiet for quite some time until the Benevolent Heart Pavilion disciple named Hao Zhen pushed open the door and entered."Senior Brother Yi, who was that person just now?""An acquaintance," Yi Tang said, "Why?""No, nothing," Hao Zhen scratched his head, "I was just a little curious."Yi Tang, who was sitting at his desk looking through medical records, stopped and looked at him deeply: "Curiosity is not a bad thing, but if you cannot control yourself, it becomes troublesome.""Senior Brother's lesson is well taken," Hao Zhen lowered his head.Yi Tang raised his finger and pointed at the Cloud Twilight Goblet standing at the corner of the desk: "Take it.""Ah, Senior Brother, for me?" Hao Zhen was a little surprised.Yi Tang's expression was very calm: "Don't you like it? Take it.""Thank you, Senior Brother!"Hao Zhen, his face beaming with joy, held the Cloud Twilight Goblet in his arms and carefully watched the five-colored fish swimming within."But there is one condition," Yi Tang said. "The person who gave these five-colored fish hopes that they can be used to their full potential. You must quickly extract the toxins and see how to neutralize them, whether they can be used in medicine.""Alright!"Hao Zhen replied casually, holding the Cloud Twilight Goblet, unable to put it down as he walked out."By the way," Yi Tang's voice came from behind him, "Tell the Pouch-Carrying Doctor to work harder during this time. With the conflict between Jing and Mu, the world is bound to be in turmoil. We must also ascertain the situation in the Snow Country as soon as possible. Our research on the desolate lands has reached a critical point, and we cannot afford to lack materials at this time..."He emphasized: "Snow穗 is very important.""Alright!" Hao Zhen said.Being treated this way by Yi Tang, he was naturally not just a smooth talker as Jiang Wang had thought.The Benevolent Heart Pavilion has a tradition of medical cultivators wandering the world, carrying only a bamboo staff and a gourd, healing the sick and wounded, and not charging the poor for their services.Within the Benevolent Heart Pavilion, they also have the responsibility of collecting information from all over the world. This includes various difficult and complicated diseases, all kinds of bizarre and unusual occurrences, and the movements of major powers...Among the most outstanding of these.They are called "Pouch-Carrying Doctors."The world's Four Great Academies each possess their own distinct style.The Diligent and Bitter Academy is founded on diligence and bitterness, and ranks first.It advocates the spirit of learning through "hanging one's head from the beam and pricking one's thigh with an awl," and considers "reading a myriad of books" as the foundation of scholarship.Cui Yi Geng is the representative of this spirit of diligent study.When other children were still running around naked, he was already practicing swordsmanship until the first watch every day.Master Gu praised him, and thus he was named Yi Geng (first watch).Today, within the entire Diligent and Bitter Academy, below the level of Divine Arrival, he is the foremost.Hearing that someone was visiting, he initially did not wish to meet. The sea of learning is boundless, the path of the Dao endless; wasting time is strangling life. But the letter from Yi Tang of the Benevolent Heart Pavilion, he could not treat lightly.So he met the visitor at the place where he practiced swordsmanship.The day was quite ordinary, not a propitious day, nor did anything significant occur, no different from the days that had passed.But the moment this unfamiliar visitor arrived, Cui Yi Geng heard the resonance of the sword in his sheath.So he shifted his gaze from the verdant bamboo before him and looked at this visitor, introduced by Yi Tang himself, wearing a bamboo hat and straw cloak.The place where he practiced swordsmanship was a bamboo forest.In this bamboo forest, there was only one person.He had started practicing swordsmanship in this place ten years ago.Each time, he faced a single bamboo, and each time, he practiced a single sword strike.Over ten years, more than three thousand days, nearly four thousand days, he had swung his sword at almost every bamboo here.But he had practiced swordsmanship for ten years.The entire bamboo forest, not a single sword mark.For ten years, not a single bamboo leaf had fallen because of sword qi.This was a tranquil bamboo forest.And Cui Yi Geng's voice was deep and solid."Sword Pavilion?" he asked.His words were extremely concise, clearly a person who was very reluctant to waste time.So Jiang Wang directly took off his bamboo hat: "Jiang Wang."Cui Yi Geng stood among the bamboo, as if he too were a bamboo, deeply in harmony with everything here.He was not tall or short, not fat or thin; there was nothing about his appearance that was particularly striking, nor was there anything that felt strange.He looked very ordinary and very simple.Even his sword—a sword with a bamboo sheath and a wooden hilt—was also simple and clean to the extreme, without a single extraneous carving.His expression at this moment was also very ordinary, as if the name Jiang Wang held no significance for him at all.What Yellow River Champion, what Great Qi Prodigy.In his world, these were utterly unimportant.Only this one person, one sword, one life."What matter?" he asked.Jiang Wang cupped his hands in a salute, and in a manner that did not waste the other party's time, he also spoke concisely: "To seek a spar."Cui Yi Geng seemed to have skipped the process of thinking, and simply said: "Permitted."Jiang Wang held the sword sheath in his left hand, positioning Chang Xiang Si horizontally in front of him, aiming it at Cui Yi Geng, indicating that he was ready for battle.Just like Cui Yi Geng, he also felt the trembling of Chang Xiang Si.This was a dialogue between renowned swords.It was the peak contenders of this era, seeking to contend!Cui Yi Geng then shifted a step.His toes were directly pointing at Jiang Wang.And so, the entire vibrant green bamboo forest, all the bamboo leaves stood on end, all the bamboo leaves instantly turned—all the bamboo leaves, their tips all pointing at Jiang Wang.Every bamboo leaf was like a sword.And so, at this moment, facing Jiang Wang... were millions of swords!At this moment, Cui Yi Geng's sword was still in its sheath, but his sword had already struck out!The potential was ahead of the sword, the intent was ahead of the potential.Jiang Wang drew his sword without hesitation.Responding to sword with sword.As he drew his sword, starlight suddenly appeared in the sky.The star path connected the distant sky, a rolling waterfall of starlight.This was an unimaginable, truly colossal amount of star power!At this moment, he slashed horizontally, in the posture of a down-and-out scholar's sword.But when this sword was swung horizontally, what was unleashed were roaring, sharp sword qi, materialized into countless, snow-white sword filaments!Sword qi forming filaments!A swordsmanship technique once demonstrated by Zhang Xun of the State of Dan in the Unredeemable City.Jiang Wang had cultivated in seclusion for half a year, and had not ceased discussing swordsmanship with Ning Jian Ke, and finally replicated this swordsmanship technique.Zhang Xun's sword qi forming filaments was a highly skillful swordsmanship technique achieved with the control of the Divine Arrival cultivator's spiritual consciousness as the core, and the supreme sword core as the source.However, the sword qi forming filaments that Jiang Wang replicated at this time used the Star Dome Sacred Mansion as the source, the star path as the power transmission channel, channeling a vast amount of star power into the sword qi, greatly reducing the difficulty of control, and then using immense soul power to complete the final step.At this moment, a myriad of snow with one sword, it was a battle of many against many, sharpness against sharpness.Ten thousand sword filaments, against the full forest of bamboo leaves.A spring breeze arrived overnight, followed by another night of snow.That ultimate opposition of sharpness seemed to have shattered space into pieces.The air that brushed past his nose brought a cold, stinging sense of tearing.Swordsmanship had reached the divine realm!Cui Yi Geng retreated.His sword was not unsheathed, his sword intent was still erupting, he retreated first.He retreated without haste, taking a step backward in a steady, calm manner.His boots stepped on the fallen leaves, seemingly being very careful not to make a sound, with a soft, gradual process. He did not disturb the forest, did not disturb the confrontation between the bamboo leaves and the sword filaments.He merely took this step back.His entire being suddenly felt empty.He was clearly still standing there, clearly existing within sight.But he seemed to have left.Far away from this world.For some reason, the myriad sword filaments that Jiang Wang had slashed out seemed to have lost their target in an instant.The lock on the qi had been lost!With such dense sword filaments, it was impossible for Jiang Wang to control the direction of each filament while condensing them. No matter how strong his soul power was, he had not yet condensed spiritual consciousness. Therefore, he had given the myriad sword filaments a common target by locking onto the qi as he drew his sword.Thus, one sword, ten thousand snow.But now, the "target" was gone.This sword that stirred the bamboo sea was, in essence, a strike into the void.Cui Yi Geng clearly had his own unique understanding of qi, and a very high, almost near-limit understanding of swordsmanship in this realm.And he also possessed a very unique divine ability.Only then could he achieve such a magnificent step.And he looked at Jiang Wang, his hand holding the hilt of his sword.He began to draw his sword.