Chapter 1467 - 1444: Putting on an Act?
Ling Yao, as the Ling Family’s foremost core disciple, is the strongest among the younger generation within the Ling Family!
Although he currently holds the top position mainly due to his age advantage, Ling Fufu, with her more formidable bloodline, is destined to surpass him in the future, yet his talent still earns the recognition of the entire Ling Family.
At thirty-eight years old, he has already fully mastered the third form of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique!
Ling Yao believes that with his understanding and familiarity with the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, he is certain to defeat Ye Huan in the test of enlightenment in the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique.
It is said that Ye Huan, upon a single glance at Ling Fufu’s display of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, directly achieved enlightenment and mastered the first and second forms of the technique, which is utterly laughable.
Could you at least make an outline before bragging?
Even such outrageous bragging can be made!
Ling Yao concentrated on studying the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique for twenty years, struggling from entry-level to becoming a strong practitioner of the third form of the technique.
During the process, he encountered countless insurmountable barriers, to which seeking guidance from elders and the Sect Leader was futile; he could only slowly study and comprehend.
He deeply understands that the study of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique has no shortcuts.
It must be approached step by step, slowly practiced.
Ye Huan mastering the second form at the age of twenty-six is already quite impressive, indicating that Ling Luzhou did indeed leave a copy of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique for Ye Huan to study externally.
However, it is not enough!
Ling Yao is very confident; he believes that by his long-term experience in practicing the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, he can gain more from watching Ling Zhenhai’s performance of the complete sword technique than Ye Huan!
Ye Huan is different; this guy has only mastered the second form, and his familiarity with the routines of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique cannot compare with Ling Yao. Ling Yao is determined to surpass Ye Huan in today’s test, win the championship, and further impress Ling Meijiao!
"Ye Huan, what’s the big deal with being the son of Huaxia or the leader of a hundred clans? Today, I will make you see what it means to be the most impressive core disciple of the Ling Family! You’re destined to be nothing more than an obstacle, to be utterly defeated by me!" Ling Yao inwardly roared.
Meanwhile, on the main stage, Ling Zhenhai had just completed the most basic performance of the first form of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique and started directly performing the second form without any pause!
Compared to the first form, the second form is more like a killing move!
In terms of speed and ferocity, it far surpasses the first form!
"Whoosh—"
"Swish—"
"Shing—"
A series of intense sounds of breaking the wind echoed as Ling Zhenhai’s hand movements were so fast that even cameras couldn’t capture them. With a stern face, he rapidly swung his long sword, releasing a cyan Sword Qi Illusion from the blade to violently shatter the air curtain!
The cyan lotus flowers, resembling time bombs, were pushed forward by the cyan sword light and detonated by Ling Zhenhai’s thoughts at specific times and places!
Subsequent moves seemed like simple swings, but the light curtain was utterly dazzling, incomparable to the first form.
Moreover, only those who have entered the sect and understand the techniques can see that the core of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique’s second form lies not in the sword moves but in the control of the "cyan lotus"!
These cyan lotuses aren’t conjured out of thin air; instead, they are controlled by the body’s unique mastery of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique, manipulating air to materialize them.
This means each lotus can be individually controlled, testing the body’s pressure resistance and mastery of ancient martial arts fundamentals.
Those with high control, like Ling Zhenhai, can freely adjust the air pressure inside the lotus, raising the pressure to its limit and causing the lotus to explode.
They can explode individually or in multiples, entirely dependent on one’s control ability.
Ye Huan squinted at this moment, perhaps because Ling Fufu hadn’t comprehensively grasped the second form of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique. He hadn’t seen so many intricacies when watching Ling Fufu perform the second form.
He learned quite a bit from Ling Zhenhai about controlling lotus movement speed, creating lotuses, and enhancing air pressure to cause lotus explosions.
For a moment, Ye Huan’s eyes flashed with brilliance, but he appeared somewhat dazed overall.
Upon seeing this scene under a distant big tree, Ling Fufu’s face changed, recalling that Ye Huan seemed to have entered a similar state previously and then achieved enlightenment of the first and second forms of the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique!
Could it be that Ye Huan has entered that state again?
Not just Ling Fufu, but Ling Wuye and other senior members of the Ling Family, along with Ling Yao and the core disciples, all noticed the change in Ye Huan’s demeanor.
"What’s going on? Could Ye Huan truly be able to achieve enlightenment in the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique?" Ling Fufu’s father, Ling Fengyun, said in disbelief, frowning.
Apart from him, all the elders of the Ling Family wore expressions of disbelief.
Although Ye Huan’s powerful bloodline was exposed and they knew he was indeed an extraordinary prodigy, they still didn’t truly believe he mastered the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique’s first and second forms through "enlightenment." They felt inwardly it was due to Ling Luzhou leaving the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique outside.
After all, the difficulty of studying the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique is extremely high; enlightenment like that has never occurred in history!
"Perhaps not, let’s see; maybe Ye Huan is only pretending to be in ’enlightenment’ to cover up his grandmother’s leaking of the family’s killing move," Wang Feng, with her narrow vision, said, feigning insight.
There’s no denial that this speculation makes quite a bit of sense.
Even the Ling Family’s Patriarch, Ling Wuye, nodded slightly, considering that perhaps Wang Feng’s guess might be correct.
As for the other members of the Ling Family, they didn’t believe anyone could achieve enlightenment in the Cyan Lotus Sword Technique either!
This has never happened in the history of the Ling Family or even in the history of the Endless Deep Mountains!
"Heh, putting on an act!" Ling Yao glanced at Ye Huan with a hint of disdain flickering in his eyes, sneering inwardly, and suddenly drew his purple sword, boldly striking the air!
"Swish—"
The bright crescent-shaped cyan sword light condensed in the air, as Ling Yao’s left palm explored into the air, grabbing abruptly, making nine cyan lotuses appear around the sword light, and then he shouted: "Explode!"
The first lotus exploded!
Following that, Ling Yao repeated the same actions, each time successfully detonating one—three lotuses.
To know, before he had poor control over the lotuses; he could make them explode but couldn’t control the number of exploding lotuses, often leading to none exploding or all exploding, or random explosions.
Now, incredibly, he could control the explosion of the lotuses within a range of one to three, indicating that Ling Yao had indeed learned quite a bit from Ling Zhenhai’s sword performance!
This caused a huge sensation among the audience!
"Whoa! Ling Yao cousin is really amazing; as the Ling Family’s foremost core disciple, I told you he’s legendary; in just a few minutes, look how much he has grasped!"
"He can control one to three lotuses now; if he keeps rigorously studying for half a year, wouldn’t he manage to focus and control each lotus simultaneously?"
"Too powerful! Ling Yao cousin really brings pride to us!"
The talented young disciples who achieved impressive results in the previous strength and agility tests loudly boasted and applauded Ling Yao!
Ling Yao felt incredibly pleased, glancing pridefully at Ye Huan, before dismissing the "putting on an act" fellow, refocusing his gaze on Ling Zhenhai on the main stage.