After choosing a low-class Earth Level footwork, Chen Zong went to He Tielin's residence to look for him, but He Tielin was not there.
"Kid, you're still dreaming about He Tielin giving you 250 sword merit points? That's ridiculous. He Tielin has already exchanged all the sword merit points for cultivation resources and is looking for a place to cultivate." When Qi Kang saw Chen Zong, his small eyes shone brightly. He sneered coldly and his tone was full of sarcasm.
Chen Zong was startled, but he did not say anything. It could be true, or it could be Qi Kang trying to drive a wedge between him and Chen Zong.
Whether it was true or not, it was a fact that he could not find He Tielin. Chen Zong ignored Qi Kang and turned to leave.
"Hehe." Qi Kang looked at Chen Zong's back and sneered.
"If you really did that, it could only mean that you are not a person worth befriending," Chen Zong said to himself and exhaled.
The Earth Grade Low Grade footwork that he chose this time was a footwork suitable for battle. It was called the Eight Directions Four Extremes Footwork, which meant that there was nothing that it could not reach. Of course, it was only a mere Earth Grade Low Grade footwork, and it was still very far from the true Eight Directions Four Extremes Footwork. It was only a wish of the person who created this footwork.
Ten low-class Energy Training pills were also sent to Chen Zong. Taking one pill could double the speed of refining inner strength, which was equivalent to doubling the speed of cultivation. However, it only lasted for one day.
Ten low-class Energy Training pills were equivalent to ten more days for Chen Zong to cultivate.
However, things like pills shouldn't be taken over a long period of time. Otherwise, impurities would be left in the body and they would accumulate, affecting the purity of the body. Chen Zong was fine. His Seamless Body could better remove the impurities from the pills, allowing him to absorb them faster.
Today, after practicing the Severing Wind Swordsmanship and the 18 basic moves, Chen Zong began to practice All-directional Four Pole Steps.
The profoundness of the Eight Directions Four Extremities Steps lay in the fact that one could cross the four extremities by stepping on the eight directions. The so-called eight directions referred to the eight directions, and the so-called four extremities referred to the intersecting lines formed by the various directions.
Chen Zong's feet left eight footprints on the hard ground. Each of his footprints was placed in one direction, forming eight directions. Then, a straight line connected the eight directions. It looked very orderly. This was only the most basic level, which was the entry level.
Inner Force was different from Vitality Force. Once Vitality Force erupted, it would be easily consumed, but Inner Force could be maintained for a longer period of time. Only when using a killer move would the consumption increase, but in terms of endurance, Inner Force still surpassed Vitality Force.
After practicing the Eight Directions Four Extremities Steps over a dozen times, Zhang Xuan had reached Minor Accomplishment. His movements and footwork seemed to have become even faster and more flexible.
Exhaling, Chen Zong was about to enter the building to restore his inner force when someone knocked on the door of the small courtyard. Bang! Bang! Bang! The door seemed to be about to be smashed open.
"Who is it?" Chen Zong shouted.
"Open the door." A cold voice came from outside.
"Tell me your name." Hearing the person's tone, Chen Zong knew that the person did not come with good intentions.
"Open the door, or you'll have to bear the consequences." The person was angry.
"Why don't you try?" Chen Zong smiled.
The rules of the True Sword Academy were very clear. When a disciple lived in the courtyard, the courtyard belonged to the disciple. Other disciples were not allowed to barge in. Otherwise, they would be violating the rules and would be punished.
Of course, nothing was absolute, but for most disciples, it was very intimidating.
"Chen Zong, I'm Li Beiyu, ranked forty-third on the Iron Sword Ranking. I have something important to discuss with you. Open the door immediately." There was a pause outside, then a low angry voice came. The person did not have the guts to blatantly violate the rules, especially when this courtyard was the residence of one of the Seven Rising Stars.
"Iron Sword Ranking!" Chen Zong was slightly surprised.
In the corner of the official disciple area of the True Sword Academy, there was a stone wall. There were seven columns on the wall, and each column had seven nameplates. This was the Iron Sword Ranking.
Other than the Seven Sword Stars, only the strongest forty-nine official disciples could be listed on the Iron Sword Ranking.
Of course, being listed on the Iron Sword Ranking had its benefits.
For example, the disciples in the first column could get seventy Sword Merit Points every month. The disciples in the second column could get sixty Sword Merit Points every month, and so on. The disciples in the seventh column could get ten Sword Merit Points every month.
Li Beiyu was ranked forty-third, and he was in the seventh column.
There were more than two hundred disciples in the last batch. Every one of them had trained for three years, and their talents were not bad. They were at least at the early stage of the third transformation of the Force Training Realm. The Seven Sword Stars were at the peak of the third transformation of the Force Training Realm.
For Li Beiyu to be ranked forty-third on the Iron Sword Ranking, his strength was indeed better than most of the previous batch's disciples.
"What do you want? Speak." Chen Zong opened the door. Outside the door stood a person with thick eyebrows that seemed to have been drawn with ink. His eyes were small, and his face was full of anger.
"Chen Zong, how impressive of you to make a senior brother wait outside the door for so long. Aren't you looking down on the seniors from the previous batch?" Li Beiyu immediately put a hat on Chen Zong's head.
"You flatter me. Senior Brother Li, if you have something to say, please speak. If there's nothing else, I'm going to cultivate." Chen Zong was unmoved, and his tone was neither light nor heavy.
"You …" Li Beiyu almost exploded with anger. His chest rose and fell violently for a few times before calming down. His face was full of mockery. "Chen Zong, there's nothing to be arrogant about getting the Seven Rising Stars."
"Senior Brother Li, did you get the Seven Rising Stars in the past?" Chen Zong countered with a question. Li Beiyu's expression changed again, and his eyes became terrifyingly cold, like a sharp sword that had been unsheathed. With a bit of condensed killing intent, coupled with his tyrannical willpower, he pressed towards Chen Zong.
Chen Zong's pupils trembled slightly. Li Beiyu's aura was indeed much more tyrannical than Yang Jingzhi's, and both of their cultivations were at the Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm.
Li Beiyu was only ranked forty-third on the Iron Sword Ranking. Then, what about the disciples who were ranked higher?
How strong were they?
The strength of a martial artist's aura was often directly related to the level of their strength. Of course, there might be some exceptions, but they were very rare.
However, he might not be able to defeat a martial artist at the Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm. But if the other party wanted to use his aura and willpower to suppress him, he was underestimating him.
He stood still, and his gaze was focused as he looked at the other party. There was nothing unusual.
"Chen Shidi, you're not weak. Do you dare to fight with me?" Li Beiyu was surprised, and he sneered.
"There will be such a day." Chen Zong said bluntly, "It won't be too far away."
"Okay, then I'll wait." Li Beiyu was startled, and his face was full of ridicule. A martial artist at the First Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm thought that defeating one or two ordinary martial artists at the Second Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm would be enough to contend with him. He was too naive. "Chen Shidi, I'm from the Liu Sect. I'm here on the orders of the Liu Sect's leader to invite you to join the Liu Sect. But now, it seems that Chen Shidi is arrogant and looks down on us. Not only that, but he also speaks rudely and doesn't put us in his eyes. I will report all of this to the Liu Sect's leader and let him decide."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Beiyu turned and left. Chen Zong's face was full of shock.
He thought to himself that Li Beiyu was really a genius. The first thing he did was speak in an unfriendly tone. Then he accused him of not respecting his senior. Then he threatened him, and finally he said that he didn't put the Liu Sect in his eyes.
Even so, Chen Zong wouldn't explain.
This way, he would be completely at odds with the Liu Sect.
He was only at the First Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm. It wasn't wise to provoke a strong enemy like the Liu Sect. But sometimes, there was nothing he could do. It wasn't that you didn't want trouble, and trouble would stay away. It was just that if you didn't want it, you could only accept it.
If Chen Zong didn't want to compromise, then he could only face it.
"That's fine. I'll let the Liu Sect become my whetstone in the Real Sword Academy," Chen Zong said to himself. If someone else heard this, they would probably think he was an idiot.
The Liu Sect was one of the three major powers. They had dozens of Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm masters. Among them, there were more than ten masters on the Metal Sword Ranking. The Sect Leader was one of the Seven Sword Stars. Even the other Solitary Sword Stars didn't dare to say that they would use the Liu Sect as their whetstone.
Chen Zong dared to say and do.
After closing the door and entering the small building, Chen Zong sat down cross-legged and began to circulate the Positive Elemental Force to recover his Qi.
In a dozen days, Chen Zong had completed the First Cycle of the Positive Elemental Force and was already on the Second Cycle.
The higher the level of a martial art, the more powerful the Qi one could cultivate. The speed of cultivation and recovery would also increase accordingly. Of course, the higher the level of a martial art, the better the Qi one could cultivate.
When he was in the Qi and Blood Realm, Chen Zong had obtained the Real Sword Heavenly Skill. When he broke through to the Qi Refining Realm, he had hoped to obtain a good Earth Realm martial art or sword art from the mysterious sword tip. However, he hadn't obtained anything.
The mysterious sword tip was unpredictable and wasn't something he could control. Chen Zong also knew that instead of placing his hopes on the mysterious sword tip, he would rather believe in himself and improve with his own efforts and abilities.
"Did he really say that?"
In a small courtyard, the Sect Leader of the Liu Sect, Liu Wufeng, was wearing a green sword robe. When he opened and closed his eyes, there was a shocking sharpness in them. His tone was neither fast nor slow, but it brought an indescribable pressure to Li Beiyu.
They were both in the Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm, but due to the difference in their martial arts and cultivation methods, as well as the differences in various aspects, there would be a clear difference in their strength. A strong Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm could kill a weak Third Cycle of the Qi Refining Realm with one strike.
Li Beiyu was considered a top expert among the official disciples. However, in front of the Sect Leader of the Liu Sect, he was very weak. It was as if the Sect Leader could kill him with one strike.
This was the difference between him and the Seven Sword Stars.
"Yes, Sect Leader." Li Beiyu came back to his senses and quickly answered. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look into Liu Wufeng's eyes. Liu Wufeng's eyes were too sharp.
"Since you look down on the Liu Sect, there's no need to recruit such an arrogant person." Liu Wufeng closed his eyes again and said calmly, "I'll leave this matter to you. Remember, don't break the rules of the Sect."
"Yes," Li Beiyu replied loudly. This was what he wanted.
In fact, what he said about looking down on the Liu Sect was something he made up. He was impulsive at the time. Now that he thought about it, he was scared. If the Sect Leader found out, he would definitely be punished. Now that he was left to deal with it, even if it didn't happen, he would make it happen.
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