"What did you say?" When the no.1 general, Fei Kang, heard Jiang Bieli's words, his eyes widened and his face was filled with astonishment. He thought he was hallucinating.
The other generals present were also astonished.
"Sixth Brother, are you sure you aren't talking in your sleep?" The seventh general asked.
"Sixth Brother, is that really what Chu Mu said?" The second general asked in disbelief.
Jiang Bieli didn't feel unhappy. It wasn't because his brothers didn't believe him, but because this matter was too unbelievable. Putting himself in their shoes — if it was any other general who brought back this news, he would also find it unbelievable.
After Jiang Bieli's repeated affirmation, the other generals finally believed it.
"Presumptuous, truly presumptuous. He thinks he has some strength and actually wants to challenge Lord Sikong Zhan. He doesn't know that his strength is far from Lord Sikong Zhan's." The third general sneered while his eyes were filled with disdain for Chu Mu.
"To be able to defeat Sixth Brother in a single sword, it means that this Chu Mu's strength is indeed not bad. From what I know, when he first arrived at the Sky Edge Sword Palace, his strength was ten times weaker than now." The no.1 general, Fei Kang, laughed and said, "In just one or two months, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. He is indeed a prodigy. But the current him is too arrogant and overconfident. He is blinded by reality and thinks that he can improve his strength to the point where he can go against Lord Sikong Zhan in half a year. "
"Even we don't know what level Lord Sikong Zhan's strength is at now. We can only be sure that as time passes, Lord Sikong Zhan will constantly become stronger. Lord Sikong Zhan will definitely be even stronger in half a year." The seventh general said, "This Chu Mu is truly presumptuous to the extreme."
"It seems like we were right not to recruit him successfully. We, the Generals, don't need those arrogant and conceited people who don't know their limits." The second general said.
"Big Brother, what about this news? Should we inform Lord Sikong Zhan?" Jiang Bieli asked.
"Of course, we have to inform Lord Sikong Zhan." Fei Kang laughed and said, "But Lord Sikong is currently in seclusion and will only come out in one or two months. We will inform him then."
"But before that, I want to meet this presumptuous and conceited person." The third general squinted his eyes and spoke softly.
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"Have you heard? Chu Mu actually spoke conceited nonsense, threatening to challenge Sikong Zhan within half a year."
"I've heard about it long ago."
"This Chu Mu is indeed a genius. Unfortunately, he is too arrogant and doesn't have a clear understanding of himself. He has been blinded by his recent rapid improvement in strength."
"Ignorance is truly terrifying."
After the news of Chu Mu threatening to challenge Sikong Zhan within half a year spread out, almost all the swordsmen thought that Chu Mu was too arrogant. He actually wanted to challenge Sikong Zhan who had held the number one position for four to five years in just half a year.
One had to know that over a year ago, the second ranked swordsman had been easily defeated by Sikong Zhan. Even some elite disciples had been defeated by Sikong Zhan. Amongst the official disciples of the Sky Edge Sword Palace, who could compare to Sikong Zhan?
Sikong Zhan was number one amongst the official disciples and was the strongest. This point was already deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts. It wasn't a blind belief, but rather the fact that Sikong Zhan had used his tyrannical strength to defeat challengers time and time again. It had formed an impression that was deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts.
In the past year, many swordsmen had challenged the top hundred disciples, but no one had ever challenged Sikong Zhan. The difference in strength was too great. If one were to be easily defeated by Sikong Zhan, it would only be asking for humiliation.
Chu Mu's words had set off a storm amongst the official disciples of the Sky Edge Sword Palace. Many instructors were first startled when they heard the news, but after some understanding, they laughed. They believed that Chu Mu couldn't possibly be Sikong Zhan's match. Most likely, he would add luster to Sikong Zhan's legend.
There was only one exception, and that was Ji Tianxiang.
"Good kid, you are indeed bold." Ji Tianxiang secretly laughed when he heard the news.
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"Chu Mu, is the news outside true? I heard that you are going to challenge Sikong Zhan within half a year? " Jiang Chuan hurriedly asked. His face was filled with shock and indescribable excitement. Even he didn't know what was going on in his heart.
"Yes." Chu Mu nodded.
"Sure enough, it's true. Do you know that it's already spread like wildfire outside? Many people are saying that you're overestimating yourself, that you're arrogant and conceited, and that you haven't clearly recognized reality. They say that you're absolutely not a match for Sikong Zhan."
"We will see when the time comes." Chu Mu faintly smiled.
"Good, it's good that you are confident. I also have confidence in you. I believe that you can do it." Jiang Chuan clenched his fists and said excitedly. He could even imagine the scene of Chu Mu defeating Sikong Zhan. How shocking would that be?
At that time, who would dare to laugh at swordsmen from small worlds like them? Who would dare to say that they were inferior to swordsmen from the ancient world?
Chu Mu smiled. He returned to his room and began cultivating, while Jiang Chuan remained in the hall.
"Sikong Zhan is extremely powerful. Chu Mu is definitely not his match right now. In half a year, Chu Mu's strength will continue to increase, but Sikong Zhan will not remain in the same place. It will definitely be a difficult battle," Jiang Chuan secretly thought. "However, I hope that Chu Mu can win."
Although he subconsciously felt that the chances of Chu Mu defeating Sikong Zhan were very, very low, as someone who came from the same continent as Chu Mu, Jiang Chuan still stood on Chu Mu's side.
The swordsmen from the Ancient Sword continent all stood on Chu Mu's side, regardless of the outcome.
As a result, conflicts could be seen everywhere. They were basically conflicts between swordsmen from the Ancient Sword continent and swordsmen from the ancient world. The reason for these conflicts was the rumour that Chu Mu had declared that he would challenge Sikong Zhan within half a year. They would first quarrel, and then it would often evolve into a battle arena.
However, in most cases, it was the swordsmen from the Ancient Sword continent who lost.
However, the conflicts were still there, and there seemed to be signs of them becoming more and more intense.
Chu Mu did not care about any of this. He did not go to the Sword Cleansing Pool or the Profound Sky Wall. He stayed in the Sword Tower all day long, either practicing his sword arts on the first floor, using his sword domain, Mountain Quaking Force, and other power control techniques, or refining the Tianhuang Sword Essence in his room to make it purer. Then he would cultivate the Heaven Seizing Technique and the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal.
Almost every moment, Chu Mu had things to do. His schedule was full.
At this moment, Chu Mu was sitting on the bed in his room, his hands forming a strange hand seal.
The Nine Revolutions Heart Seal was a special technique that was created to refine sword intent and profound. It was composed of two aspects. The first was the mental cultivation method, and the second was the hand seal.
The cultivation of the Nine Revolving Heart Seal Technique was similar to the Mind Tempering Skill. However, it required the cooperation of hand seals and the mobilization of the mind to refine the sword intent or the power of Upanishad in a special way to achieve the goal of making the sword intent and the power of Upanishad purer.
The most important step in cultivating the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal was to condense the hand seal. The condensation of the hand seal had to be very precise, without the slightest difference, or it would be ineffective.
As for whether the hand seal was successfully condensed, it was also very simple. After condensing the hand seal, one only needed to silently recite the mental cultivation method. If the mental cultivation method could run smoothly, it meant that the hand seal was successfully condensed. Otherwise, it was a failure and one needed to continue to adjust.
When ordinary swordsmen began to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal, they often needed a month or even longer to condense the correct hand seal. Those with good talent would need half a month. The more powerful ones would need six or seven days, and even the more powerful ones would need a day.
However, Chu Mu only needed to try a few times after comprehending the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal before successfully condensing the correct hand seal. The whole time did not exceed 60 breaths.
If news of his speed spread, it would cause a new round of storms.
After condensing the first hand seal of the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal with both hands, the distracting thoughts in Chu Mu's mind naturally disappeared. His mind silently recited the mental cultivation method of the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal. Suddenly, the mind power in the spiritual world was mobilized and moved toward the embryonic form of the sword.
The sword intent existed in the embryonic form of the sword.
The mobilized mind power surrounded the embryonic form of the sword in a strange way. Then, the mind power washed the embryonic form of the sword like a river and began to refine the sword intent in the embryonic form of the sword.
It was like running water washing a stone in the water, constantly removing the impurities in the stone and gradually turning it into a crystal.
However, the efficiency was too low and the time taken was too long. It was a long-term work.
After finishing the cultivation, Chu Mu frowned slightly.
He knew that the efficiency of cultivating the Nine Revolutions Heart Seal was directly related to the strength of one's mind power. The stronger one's mind power was, the higher the efficiency of the refinement and the faster it would reach the first revolution. The weaker one's mind power was, the lower the efficiency of the refinement and the longer it would take to reach the first revolution.
'My mind power is many times stronger than the average swordsman's. Based on my efficiency, it would probably take me a month to reach the first revolution if I spend four hours a day refining the sword intent,' Chu Mu thought.
To others, refining the sword intent to the first revolution in a month was a very fast speed. After all, an ordinary swordsman would need at least a year.
However, Chu Mu had declared that he would challenge Sikong Zhan in half a year. In fact, he could not wait for half a year because the teacher-in-chief had said that he would pass the Sword Venerable Examination within half a year. Now, more than a month had passed and there were still more than four months left. In other words, he had to have the ability to defeat Sikong Zhan within four months.
Presumably, Sikong Zhan's sword intent and profound should have both reached the third revolution. Chu Mu wanted to reach the third revolution level in just four months. With his current refining speed, it seemed impossible.
After reaching the first revolution, it would take even longer to refine to the second revolution. It might take twice the time. As such, there was not enough time and he had to think of a way.
A thought flashed through Chu Mu's mind while he was thinking. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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