The completed Lone Peak Kill was extremely horrifying. Before, one meter was the best attacking distance for the Lone Peak Kill. But after reaching completion, that distance had increased to three meters. Within three meters, with one sword attack, the enemy would have the illusion that they were thousands of miles away from each other. No matter how fast the enemy's sword art was, it would still be impossible for them to attack in one go. So, they would have plenty of time to defend or counterattack.
In a battle between powerful warriors, even the slightest mistake could be fatal. This was exactly the purpose of the Lone Peak Kill.
Right now, Ye Chen wanted to make this poetic perspective more natural, to merge with the nature, so that warriors with powerful mental power would not be able to tell the difference between real and fake.
As for how to make it natural and merge with the nature, according to Ye Chen's plan, it would be to observe the mountains and the rivers, to find the pattern.
Mountains had their own height, but they did not move at all.
Water could be hard or soft, but it would never stop flowing.
Combining the two together, one being still and the other being active, they would contradict each other, but they would also be in perfect harmony. It was a realm that was hard to reach with human power.
Ye Chen suddenly remembered the three levels of Buddhism training.
At the first level, mountains were mountains, and water were water. This was the beginning of training, where one could only see the surface of things, but not the essence.
At the second level, mountains were not mountains, and water were not water. After reaching a certain level, one would be able to see the essence of things from the surface, and would not be confused by the naked eye.
At the third level, mountains were still mountains, and water were still water. At this level, one would be able to enter the realm of selflessness, and 'mountains and rivers' would no longer be a hindrance to oneself.
Right now, Ye Chen was still at the level where mountains were mountains, and water were still water. But of course, compared to normal warriors, his realm was way higher. At least he was already close to the essence of things, while the others were still in a blur, clinging to what they saw in front of them.
"If I could reach the level where mountains were not mountains, and water were not water, not to mention the Lone Peak Kill, even the Sky Shattering Clouds would be completely merged with it, and even more poetic perspectives, or even more." These three levels of Buddhism seemed to contain everything, and the gap was huge. Even if it was only one level, the gap between them would be like the sky and the abyss.
Ye Chen did not expect to reach the second level. In fact, it was useless to hope for it. The second level was too far away from him. Seeing through the essence of things was already close to the realm of the Heavenly Dao. It was impossible to comprehend it even if he wanted to. He could only accumulate it step by step.
If the first level was divided into three stages, then Ye Chen was only in the second stage. The only thing he could do was to use the second stage to perfect the poetic perspective of the Lone Peak Kill.
On the first day, Ye Chen observed the nearby mountains and rivers.
The next day, Ye Chen observed the mountains and rivers within a radius of five kilometers.
On the third day, Ye Chen was observing the landscape of the Snake Island.
From the small environment to the big environment, Ye Chen's comprehension became deeper and deeper. The so-called mountains and rivers were like an ink painting in his eyes, full of artistic conception.
…
Today, Ye Chen left the Snake Island and stepped into the Star Regional Lake.
On the Star Regional Lake, the water was sparkling. It was endless. Looking from afar, the sky and the water seemed to be connected.
Stepping on the lake water, Ye Chen entered a mysterious realm. He no longer tried to comprehend the poetic perspective of the Lone Peak Kill. Instead, it went from intentional to unintentional. But it would not be correct to say that it was unintentional, because his goal was indeed to comprehend the poetic perspective of the Lone Peak Kill.
This way, it would be closer to nature.
In front of him, the surface of the lake was shaking. Three Clasping Yuan Realm warriors were attacking a rank 6 beast together. It was an intense battle.
Under his feet, the surface of the lake started to ripple. Ye Chen's mind was suddenly enlightened.
It turned out that what the poetic perspective of the Lone Peak Kill lacked was a sense of reality.
The mountain did not move, and the water flowed. This was the most rigid state. It looked like it was still and moving, but it was actually silent. The mountain was because of its height, so there should be wind blowing through it. The river was because of its softness, so it should be wrinkled by the wind, reflecting the mountain, the trees, and even the plants.
A light smile appeared on his face as Ye Chen walked towards the battle site.
The three saw Ye Chen from afar, their faces full of caution.
Shoo!
Extending his body, Ye Chen appeared within ten meters of the three within a second.
Right at this moment, an extremely strange scene happened. The three of them felt like time had slowed down. Ye Chen was slowly walking towards them from thousands of miles away. He was very, very far away from them. That rank 6 demonic beast with bloodshot eyes was the same. It also didn't notice that Ye Chen had already arrived in front of it.
Reaching out his hand to touch the head of the rank 6 beast, Ye Chen flashed his body and flew out, leaving this place.
The three people and the beast came back to their senses. When they saw that Ye Chen was already on the other side, they were extremely shocked, as if they had seen a ghost.
"How is this possible? He was so far away! How could he be behind us?"
"Is he a ghost?"
"Are you kidding me? It is broad daylight right now."
The rank 6 beast's eyes were wide open. Its claws could not help but touch its head. In a blur, it felt like someone had touched it. All of a sudden, a cold feeling spread through its body. All of its hair stood up, and it was in an extremely terrified state.
"F * ck! This rank 6 beast is going crazy! Even its hair is standing up!" One of them saw the rank 6 beast's hair stand up. He thought that it was going to kill them, so he yelled out.
On a tall mountain on an island far away …
"The Lone Peak Kill's sword movement and poetic perspective have reached completion. Now I need to learn the Sky Shattering Clouds." Ye Chen shot up into the sky, shooting towards the clouds.
…
In the Windy Nation.
In the main hall of the Sky Cloud Martial School.
Besides the leader and all the inner masters, there were three other people standing in the hall.
Ye Chen was familiar with these three people. They were Xu Jing, Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei.
Luo Xinglie looked at the four people down below, feeling quite proud. Who could have thought that after Ye Chen and Xu Jing, Luo Hanshan and Zhu Mei had both reached the Early Clasping Yuan Realm. Now, the Sky Cloud Martial School had a total of four core disciples who had reached the Clasping Yuan Realm, which was way more powerful than the other martial institutions in the Windy Nation.
As far as he knew, after the first and second core disciples of the Purple Sun Martial School had died in the Heavenly Dream Ancient Place, only one of them had reached the Early Clasping Yuan Realm.
The South Rudra Martial School had two, the first core disciple Qin Yulian and the second core disciple Nangong Yun.
The North Snow Martial Academy had three core disciples: the North Snow Childe, Lynch and the Tyrant Blade Yu Yue.
Just like the North Snow Martial Academy, the Emerald Martial Palace also had three people: Young Master Emerald Zhuang Fei, Extreme Palm Liu Wuxiang, and Ji Xueyan.
Ji Xueyan was indeed talented. She had surpassed the original third core disciple, Shi Potian, and was even more powerful than Liu Wuxiang. She was only second to the Emerald Childe, Zhuang Fei. Even Luo Xinglie was quite shocked, since Ji Xueyan's training time was way too short.
Even so, the Sky Cloud Martial School had four core disciples who had reached the Clasping Yuan Realm, which was something that none of the top four martial institutions, including the Emerald Martial Academy, could compare with.
The reason why the three of them were gathered today was for the South Rudra Region's Hidden Dragon Rank competition, which was held every three years.
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