The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 35 Bloodline Inheritance Jade Pendant

Fang Xun stood there quietly, continuing to recall the battle that had just taken place.

Du Feng is indeed a good opponent, but unfortunately his swordsmanship is far inferior to Linghu Chong's.

It’s not that he hasn’t learned as much as Linghu Chong. Is the true teaching of Thirty-Six a joke?

But his realm is not as good as Linghu Chong. Linghu Chong has fully comprehended the essence of "Nine Swords of Dugu" and truly emphasized the meaning rather than the moves.

The key to Jin's "Nine Swords of Dugu" is to understand, and it must not be memorized by rote. Once you have mastered the meaning of sword, you will be able to use it in any way you want.

Even if you forget all the changes in moves, it doesn't matter. Forget here means not being restricted by the original sword technique.

In Fang Xun's opinion, "Nine Swords of Dugu" is not actually a sword technique, but a general outline of kendo.

The correct way is to take "Nine Swords of Dugu" as the general outline and lead all your sword techniques to innovate.

The opponent Du Feng is definitely not weak. If he were weaker, he would not be able to make it to the list of top players.

There are twenty-five superior sword techniques, and others would need more than ten to twenty years to master just one of them.

But when he was only twenty-one years old, he had mastered all twenty-five superior sword techniques to perfection. This was truly an astonishing talent.

But in Fang Xun's opinion, it was precisely because he was involved in too many things and divided his energy that Du Feng was dazzled by these exquisite sword techniques and went astray.

He forgot the crucial point that 'Martial arts are dead, but people are alive'.

He only pursues sophisticated swordsmanship without any understanding of his own.

Even before his death, he was still obsessed with "The Nine Styles of Flying Dragon", one of the three great sword techniques in the ancient martial arts novel, which was completely inferior.

It is totally futile to try to learn other people's sword techniques when you haven't even mastered your own sword techniques.

Each of Du Feng's mastered sword techniques can exert its full power.

But in Fang Xun's hands, with "Nine Swords of Dugu" as the general outline, it can exert 110%, 120% or even more powerful power.

The "Soul-Chasing Sword" is the authentic sword technique of Wujiantang, which is extremely profound. Its exquisiteness is beyond the three major sword techniques of the ancient Xuanmen.

If Du Feng first focused his energy on "Soul-Chasing Sword", and after practicing it to a high level, he could then learn from the strengths of all schools and integrate them.

Now the ranking on the Dragon and Phoenix List is definitely far more than ninety-seven, it can at least move up thirty or forty places.

But then again, if that were true, the outcome between Fang Xun and him would still be unclear.

If Linghu Chong were picked out to fight Du Feng alone, even if Du Feng's swordsmanship was not as good as Linghu Chong's, he could still rely on his profound skills and exquisite techniques to randomly shoot the "Six Meridians Divine Sword" to kill the opponent.

Realm is realm, strength is strength, these are two different things.

If one only has realm but no real power, he will only be beaten violently. This may be the result when Linghu Chong faces Du Feng.

Having strength but no understanding of the realm is just like how Du Feng was beaten by Fang Xun just now.

Fang Xun absorbed the essence of many martial arts characters, and his skills were even slightly better than Du Feng's in terms of strength and purity.

Mei Niansheng is a character in the martial arts hall. Although he is only at the tenth level of the acquired realm, he has accumulated skills through more than sixty years of diligent practice. Coupled with the exquisiteness of the "Shenzhaojing", he cannot defeat the innate realm but can escape with injuries.

After that, starting from Yue Buqun, he was able to challenge and defeat opponents of higher levels, and Linghu Chong was even more qualified to be included in the Dragon and Phoenix List.

Fang Xun, who had absorbed the essence of the three people and his lifelong martial arts memories and insights, found it easy to beat Du Feng.

After Fang Xun reviewed the situation, he became slightly alert.

"There are countless magical skills in the martial arts hall, but no matter how profound and exquisite they are, they belong to others. I have to digest them and make them my own. I need to be vigilant at all times and never follow in Du Feng's footsteps."

After being alerted for a moment, Fang Xun recalled the battle just now. Although he had only read Du Feng's twenty-five sword techniques once and did not know the mental method of operating internal force, he had grasped the essence of it.

For each sword technique, he did not focus on the specific moves and power, but instead understood the essence of each move and then used "Nine Swords of Dugu" as the general outline to integrate and transform it into his own sword technique.

Du Feng's twenty-five superior sword techniques were also a great resource for him.

After appreciating the situation for a while, Fang Xun composed himself and walked to Du Feng's body.

The gains in combat martial arts insights were extremely rich, and Fang Xun also had high expectations for the spoils from Du Feng.

Apart from anything else, the Soul-Chasing Sword alone has made a huge profit.

The matte black sword he had used before was ultimately not as good as the divine weapon, even though he used his inner Qi to maintain the sword during the fight.

After the last collision it finally broke, so now is a good time to get a new one.

At this time, the blood gushing out of the corpse had spread all over the body. A strong smell of blood filled the air, but Fang Xun continued to work on the corpse without changing his expression.

Du Feng didn't have much on him. Apart from the Soul-Chasing Sword, Fang Xun only found a porcelain bottle with a label of "Restoring Pills" and a white jade pendant.

Fang Xun picked up the jade pendant and examined it carefully. He saw that the white jade pendant had been stained red by Du Feng's blood. The word "East" engraved on the surface made him think deeply.

"I remember that last month, Dongfang Yue, the head of the Dongfang family in Guangling City, was ordered to go to Wujiantang by Du Feng. This jade pendant should have been obtained by Du Feng after he killed the other party."

However, Fang Xun immediately had another doubt in his mind: why did Du Feng always carry this jade pendant with him? Is there some mystery behind this jade pendant?
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly found that the blood from the cracked base of his right hand had inadvertently stained the jade pendant.

In an instant, densely packed tiny characters appeared on the surface of the jade pendant, which stunned Fang Xun.

'No wonder Du Feng always carries this jade pendant with him. It turns out there is a secret behind it!'

He checked it out quickly.

There are probably more than 10,000 tiny characters on the surface of the jade pendant. The characters are very small, smaller than an ant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to read them with a magnifying glass.

But people who practice martial arts have five senses superior to ordinary people. In Fang Xunlai's eyes, the small words on the jade pendant are as clear as reading a text on the palm of your hand.

He quickly finished reading the jade pendant, and a set of exercises titled "Records of Nourishing Essence and Blood" came into his view.

This set of exercises does not contain any martial arts moves, nor is it an internal energy technique, but it focuses on the concentration of Qi and blood.

A small amount of success can cleanse the bone marrow for blood transfusion, drive the transformation of the internal organs, and enhance the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit.

As for reaching the highest level, one can even achieve the mutual transformation of true Qi and blood without any hindrance. However, one must at least break through to the level above the innate level before achieving the highest level.

This is equivalent to a situation in which, during a battle, the enemy only has one portion of true Qi, but you have two or three portions of true Qi. The advantage is self-evident.

And after practicing "Record of Essence and Blood Cultivation", some forbidden moves that require consumption of essence and blood to be performed can be used frequently without worrying about the consequences such as damage to the foundation. After the battle, you can condense essence and blood to make up for it.

Just think about it, if you can use a powerful move like "Demon Disintegration" without any scruples in battle, how much psychological trauma will the enemy have?
After reading it, Fang Xun was surprised, but also had more doubts.

'The Dongfang family's unique martial art, the "Broken Jade Mountain-Splitting Palm", is very good, but the strongest one only has innate meridians and does not even have an awakening, so the strength is not outstanding.

But even if Thirty-Six came to get the "Essence and Blood Cultivation Record", it would be classified as a top secret and strictly guarded to prevent leakage. How could it appear in the Dongfang family?

Thinking of this, Fang Xun's eyes became deep. He felt that there might be some story between this technique and the Dongfang family, and there was one most important point.

'The jade pendant was stained with Du Feng's blood and showed no movement, but after it came into contact with my blood, its power was revealed. It was obviously a blood inheritance item.

It seems that this jade pendant, "The Record of Essence and Blood Cultivation" and the Dongfang family are also related to my life experience.'

(End of this chapter)