Adding Friends Can Make Me Stronger

Chapter 101: Returning to the Hidden Martial Pavilion, “Sacred Spirit Slaughter Sword Art”!

Inside the pavilion, the fragrance of incense lingered.

At a certain moment, Meng Changqing suddenly opened his eyes, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light flickering in his eyes.

His cultivation had unexpectedly made progress again, and it had greatly improved, showing signs of advancement.

He had reached the seventh level of the Sea Cleaving Realm!

To ascend three levels in just one month, such speed could only be described as astonishing.

It was no longer the early stage, but already considered the middle to later stage.

“But… there’s only half a month left until the Seven Veins Martial Arts Competition. It might be difficult to break through to the Dao Creation Realm in such a short time.” Meng Changqing thought to himself.

Although the comprehension checkpoints were gone, the time was too tight.

Even with second-grade aptitude, it wouldn’t be possible to progress so quickly.

Unless it was first-grade aptitude!

But first-grade aptitude…

He had never seen anyone with such a level of aptitude.

It was probably only seen in the top geniuses of each vein.

“Let’s go out for a stroll.” Meng Changqing shook his head slightly.

Long periods of intense cultivation had left both his body and mind somewhat fatigued.

Continuing like this would only result in slower progress.

He needed to strike a balance between work and rest.

“I’ll return the borrowed secret books and take a look at some miscellaneous books in the Hidden Martial Pavilion.”

Meng Changqing had a goal in mind.

He also wanted to chat with the elder guarding the pavilion and deepen his impression.

After all, he was quite interested in the “Sacred Spirit Slaughter Sword Art.”

The Hidden Martial Pavilion was still standing atop the mountain peak.

The breeze blew.

Under the eaves of the pavilion, the wind chimes rang out in clusters.

It seemed that there weren’t many people here today.

When Meng Changqing arrived, he hardly saw anyone.

The elder guarding the pavilion was still lying on the rocking chair, swinging back and forth.

He looked quite comfortable.

He even held a sketchbook in his hand, with bright gleams occasionally appearing in his eyes.

“Elder.” Meng Changqing approached.

At the words, the elder guarding the pavilion suddenly showed a displeased expression, seeming not to like being disturbed.

But when he saw it was Meng Changqing, he couldn’t help but be spirited.

“It’s you, kid.”

The elder guarding the pavilion immediately put down the sketchbook and even stood up, circling around Meng Changqing.

This was something that had never happened before.

In the impression of all the disciples, the elder guarding the pavilion seemed never to have stood up from this rocking chair.

Or rather, no disciple was qualified to make him stand up.

But today, it was unprecedented.

“You’ve actually reached the seventh level of the Sea Cleavung Realm. Your cultivation speed can be described as soaring.

“You’re truly a great talent.”

The elder guarding the pavilion nodded slightly, showing a look of appreciation.

“Elder, you’re too kind.” Meng Changqing modestly said.

“No need to be modest. I haven’t seen such cultivation since the head of the sect in those years.”

The elder guarding the pavilion said, “I’ve heard about your deeds recently, well done. You’ve only just reached the Sea Cleaving Realm, but you were able to defeat Cui Qian, who ranks thirty-eighth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, and secure a spot for our sect.”

“That’s what disciples should do.” Meng Changqing smiled faintly.

“Haha, indeed, unity within the sect is the key to going further.”

The elder guarding the pavilion said, “But on another note, do you have a teacher now?”

“A teacher?” Meng Changqing was slightly stunned, then shook his head, “Not yet.”

“Interesting. Have you offended the higher-ups of the sect, or what? With such a good seedling, there shouldn’t be no one interested in taking you as a disciple.”

The elder guarding the pavilion felt quite strange.

Before, he could understand that many people were in seclusion and hadn’t come out.

But now, it had been more than two months.

And this kid had even made it onto the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

There shouldn’t be no one coming to take him as a disciple.

If it weren’t for his habit of being a lone wolf, he would have already made a move.

“I’m not sure.” Meng Changqing remained calm.

As mentioned earlier, with the system in place, he didn’t need to seek out a master.

He just needed to keep making friends.

But the current situation was indeed abnormal.

The Shi brothers seemed to have been reserved at the inner disciple stage.

As for him…

Up to now… still no one had come to him.

“Today, I mainly came to return the secret books I borrowed before.” Meng Changqing took out “Imperial Fire Sun Incineration Technique,” “Sword Steps,” and “Great Transcendent Mystical Golden Sword Technique.”

“It’s said that you have already mastered the ‘Great Transcendent Mystical Golden Sword Technique’ to perfection.”

The elder guarding the pavilion took the secret books.

“Yes.”

“With such progress, it’s truly unimaginable. But since you were able to comprehend the sword qi at the Aperture Connecting Realm, it’s understandable that you’ll easily grasp this martial technique in terms of comprehension.”

“It’s not difficult to understand.”

The elder guarding the pavilion nodded.

But there was still shock in his eyes.

The “Great Transcendent Mystical Golden Sword Technique” was not just an obscure technique, it was a true Earth-grade martial technique.

Even the top geniuses in the sect would take more than half a year to master it if they had enough resources.

He remembered the innate sword body from before.

It seemed to have taken five months.

And this kid, in just over a month, had truly achieved such horror!

If he had such a heaven-defying comprehension, why hadn’t he already reached perfection in the “Sacred Spirit Slaughter Sword Art” instead of still being in the mastery stage?

“Considering the potential you’ve shown, I’ve decided to help you a bit.”

After some contemplation, the elder guarding the pavilion seemed to have made a decision that went against… uh, the sect’s rules.

“Hmm?” Meng Changqing was slightly stunned.

Then he saw the elder guarding the pavilion take out a secret book from his storage ring and handed it to him.

There were some characters written on it.

“Sacred Spirit Slaughter Sword Art”!

The secret book seemed to have been around for some years, with yellowed and wrinkled pages.

But the moment his gaze touched it, a sense of horror arose in his spine!

It was as if boundless sharpness and killing intent were hidden within!

In an instant, it could break free from the book, slaughtering the world!

“Isn’t this one of the supreme techniques that the elder guarding the pavilion possesses?” Meng Changqing came back to his senses and thought to himself.

It was also something he had been longing for.

He had intended to obtain it through making friends.

But unexpectedly, the elder guarding the pavilion was taking the initiative to pass it on to him!

But…

He would have preferred to directly receive it from the elder guarding the pavilion.

After all, that was a mastery at the perfection stage, while he would have to practice from scratch.

But it was still good to obtain it in this way.

At least he could use it openly in the future, with a source.

Otherwise, even if he fused it, he wouldn’t be able to use it.

The sect had very strict regulations regarding martial techniques.

“Take it.” The elder guarding the pavilion handed it to Meng Changqing, “With your comprehension, I believe you won’t let it go to waste.”

“Thank you, elder, for bestowing the martial technique. I wonder, what grade is this martial technique?”

Meng Changqing asked seriously, without intentionally making any refusal.

As for a gift from a senior figure like the elder guarding the pavilion, it was not something he could reject.

For such people, perhaps the most hated behavior was being too wishy-washy.

“It’s not high, just a high-level Earth-grade.”

“High-level!” Meng Changqing took a deep breath.

It was unexpectedly two small levels higher than the “Great Transcendent Mystical Golden Sword Technique”!

It was far beyond his expectations.

In his previous speculation, he thought it would be at the intermediate Earth-grade level.

Now, it was high-level!

It was already only second to the legendary Heavenly-grade martial techniques!

Within the sect, it was probably the core of the core, and only those with extremely high status were qualified to cultivate it!

Indeed, his thoughts were not wrong. This elder guarding the pavilion was indeed a big shot!

Thinking of this, Meng Changqing once again opened his Probing Eye.

Information about the elder guarding the pavilion was reflected in his eyes.

Basic Information:

【Name: Yun Bujue】

【Race: Human】

【Cultivation: Seventh level of the Sea Cleaving Realm (temporary)】

Attribute Information:

【Root Bone: Third grade】

【Comprehension: Excellent】

【Techniques: “Sacred Spirit Slaughter Sword Art” (Perfection), “Earth Shrinking Art” (Partial Mastery), “Great Compassion Wind Universe Hand” (Partial Master)】.