When Jiang Feng ascended the stairs, he was quite surprised.
He had thought he could only select two Mysterious Rank Cultivation Techniques on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
Unexpectedly, Elder Mu had given him a great favor.
The third floor of the Scripture Pavilion was not accessible to ordinary disciples.
Only those with great merits or contributions to the sect, or those with status and background, could enter.
Otherwise, mere Sect Contribution Points would never be enough.
After successfully stepping into the third floor, Jiang Feng searched several shelves for suitable Cultivation and Combat Techniques.
Just by glancing, he spotted two very familiar Earth Rank Sword Techniques.
They were Sword Techniques he had comprehended while absorbing sword energy at Sky Origin Sword Tomb.
"Qing Fan Jue, Earth Rank Low-Tier Cultivation Technique, extremely growth-oriented, after cultivation the user's Profound Qi is 30% purer than peers..."
"Cui Shan Palm, Earth Rank Middle-Tier Combat Technique, at Major Success stage can smash mountains and sever peaks..."
Jiang Feng browsed the Cultivation and Combat Techniques one by one.
Indeed, the third floor's collection was exceptional.
Just reading the titles and descriptions felt extraordinary.
He was confident in his own comprehension ability.
This time, Jiang Feng planned to choose one movement-type Cultivation Technique and one Body Forging Cultivation Technique.
His Qi Training Art was barely sufficient for cultivation.
He understood his biggest early shortcomings were movement speed and body strength in combat.
In battle, if you cannot overpower your opponent, retreating smoothly is vital.
If retreating isn't possible, you must fight to the death, so body strength is crucial!
With these two techniques, he could dominate peers in the sect.
Cross-level combat wouldn't be impossible either.
After about one incense stick of time, Jiang Feng chose two techniques:
An Earth Rank Low-Tier movement technique, Floating Light and Passing Shadow, and a Mysterious Rank Perfection Body Forging Cultivation Technique, Mountain-Bearing Art.
Floating Light and Passing Shadow was a movement-type Combat Technique.
Among movement techniques on the third floor, this Earth Rank Low-Tier one was already the top.
The Mountain-Bearing Art was a Body Forging Cultivation Technique Jiang Feng carefully selected after long consideration.
This technique focused on Body Forging, aiming to temper the practitioner's body!
After choosing the two techniques, Jiang Feng left the Scripture Pavilion and headed toward the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
This trip he planned to stay several days before returning to the sect.
After all, he had completed the daily sword cleaning task, and returning to absorb sword energy would not speed up cultivation much.
It was better to train and improve in the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
He aimed to achieve a good result in the sect's Outer Mountain test.
Demon Sky Sword Sect had tens of thousands of Outer Mountain Disciples, including many geniuses and those with extraordinary Martial Dao Aptitude.
With his two talents aiding him, Jiang Feng felt he must strive hard.
Otherwise, his transmigration would be in vain!
Also, Demon Sky Sword Sect was only one of the top ten sects in Dashang Divine Dynasty.
Many stronger forces existed, with countless talents.
Jiang Feng moved forward.
The monster beasts around the outskirts mostly had low ranks.
Most were around early to mid Royal Profound Realm strength.
Training against such beasts was no challenge at all.
So Jiang Feng ventured deeper by dozens of miles.
He only stopped when nearby monsters reached late Royal Profound Realm.
"Hmm... this area is good!"
"Without activating Sword Intent, this trial strength is just right."
Jiang Feng murmured, his eyes flashing with brilliance.
The long sword in his hand was just a regular fine iron sword, an ordinary disciple's weapon.
It wasn't that he didn't want a high-quality sword, but he was short on funds.
At present, He only had about thirty Mysterious Qi Stones.
A top-quality sword easily cost hundreds or thousands of Mysterious Qi Stones!
For a junior disciple entering the cultivation world, it was too expensive.
Fortunately, Jiang Feng didn't care much about possessions; he believed improving strength was the priority!
Once strong enough, everything would be his!
"Roar...!"
Suddenly, a Ghost Wolf burst from the forest.
It raised its claws and tore Jiang Feng's body in two.
Strangely, no blood was on the wolf's claws.
The torn Jiang Feng instantly dissipated into a shadowy afterimage.
The Ghost Wolf was stunned, then turned to look behind itself.
The human had already appeared ten meters behind it!
"Thought I didn't notice you...?"
"Xuanming Sword Technique!"
Jiang Feng shouted, swinging his sword.
A sharp slicing sound rang out!
Jiang Feng's sword arrived just before the wolf, stabbing heavily into its body.
Crack...!
With a crisp bone-breaking sound, the wolf was flung away.
"Roar...!"
The wolf's eyes glowed red; it tried to get up to counterattack.
"Silver Moon Slash!"
Jiang Feng shouted again.
Clang...!
A silver crescent-shaped sharp sword energy slashed out.
Whoosh...!
Like a bamboo breaking, it swept through everything!
The sword energy instantly cleaved the Ghost Wolf in two, killing it thoroughly.
The battle ended quickly, within three breaths.
Jiang Feng looked at the corpse, frowning slightly.
After pondering, he thought about the fight.
His first sword angle was not tricky enough.
Also, his spiritual power transformation wasn't decisive enough!
He missed a one-hit-kill opportunity!
"Hmm... understood!"
After a moment, Jiang Feng smiled slightly.
He cleaned up the Ghost Wolf's corpse.
Then he moved swiftly, leaving behind a shadowy afterimage.
In an instant, he vanished from the spot.
Exactly.
Jiang Feng had used Floating Light and Passing Shadow movement technique.
From leaving Demon Sky Sword Sect until encountering the Ghost Wolf, he had already trained this movement to Minor Success.
Such martial talent was terrifying.
When using Floating Light and Passing Shadow for rapid movement, a shadow appears in the void—Minor Success.
Three shadows indicate Major Success.
Ten shadows is the pinnacle—Perfection.
After reaching Minor Success, Jiang Feng felt his speed had at least doubled.
Truly worthy of an Earth Rank movement technique!
Thus, Jiang Feng trained Sword Techniques and movement all day.
By night, Floating Light and Passing Shadow had reached Major Success.
To reach Perfection would take more time.
The next day, Jiang Feng cultivated the Body Forging Mountain-Bearing Art.
Perhaps because Body Forging differed from movement techniques, Jiang Feng trained the entire day and only reached the First Layer.
His body strength doubled, and defense also doubled.
He gathered a layer of Protective Profound Qi Shield around him.
It could block attacks from experts one minor realm above him.
Mountain-Bearing Art had nine layers in total.
Each layer improved body strength and forged the body further.
The Protective Profound Qi Shield also rose a rank, greatly enhancing defense.
"Still not fast enough..."
Jiang Feng murmured, slightly puzzled.
If other sect disciples cultivating Mountain-Bearing Art heard this, they would be furious.
Ordinary people might take six or seven days just to enter the technique, and at least a month to reach First Layer.
One day to reach First Layer was astonishing.
For several days, Jiang Feng trained diligently around the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
He studied Mountain-Bearing Art and Floating Light and Passing Shadow by day, and cultivated Qi Training Art in secret at night.
With time passing, his cultivation rapidly improved.
Finally, on the eleventh day at noon, Jiang Feng wielding a broken sword quickly left the deep mountain range.
The wounds on his body showed this trial was not easy.
"Damn... Divine Sea Realm monsters' defense is too strong!"
Jiang Feng grumbled.
For the past two days, to temper himself, he bit the bullet and went deep into the mountains.
Without activating Sword Intent, he was almost overwhelmed by Divine Sea Realm monsters.
His sword techniques and movement improved quickly, but the regular fine iron sword was extremely fragile, breaking in two after a few strikes.
His clothes were also tattered.
"Hmm... better return to the sect first."
Jiang Feng decided.
He planned to sell the monster materials and buy a sword more suited to him.
Just as Jiang Feng prepared to return, his expression changed suddenly.
Not far away, sounds of fighting rapidly approached him.
"Should I observe secretly...?"
"If there's a chance to let two sides fight and I pick up the scraps..."
A thought flashed in Jiang Feng's mind.
Maybe the residual memories of Demon Sky Sword Sect disciples influenced him.
Or maybe it was his nature. Regardless, his first thought was to watch for a black market opportunity.
In this world, resource theft was common.
Soon two figures appeared, chasing one another.
The one running was a young woman in a blue dress.
She had some blood stains, looked pale, and anger showed on her delicate face.
The pursuer was a tough middle-aged man wielding a long knife with a fierce expression.
Jiang Feng sensed their cultivation levels.
The young woman was Royal Profound Realm Perfection, while the middle-aged man was at least Divine Sea Realm.
"Well, you fight your fight... I'll withdraw first."
Jiang Feng thought, this didn't concern him after all.
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