OBS Chapter 66, Fifth Transformation, Perfection of the Mixed-One Sword Technique
Chapter 66, Fifth Transformation, Perfection of the Mixed-One Sword Technique
With the support of a bit of sword intent, Chen Ye's true energy flowed naturally like a river, triggering a physical cleansing.
Chen Ye felt as if he were standing in a steamer, his whole body burning hot and his blood boiling.
Sweat poured down his temples like a fountain, dripping onto the ground.
Between breaths, two milky-white columns of air burst forth, swirling and dancing like dragons and snakes.
This is the body's instinctive reaction when the accumulated essence is instantly transformed; it is a sign of the fifth rebirth!
As sweat steams, countless tiny particles struggle and wriggle beneath the skin, with blood, flesh, and impurities being squeezed outward by a force.
Chen Ye clearly sensed that the impurities and residual turbidity hidden deep within his meridians were forcibly cleansed out by the sword intent from the depths of his meridians, mixed with sweat, and formed a very thin layer of gray salt frost on the surface of his skin.
The salt frost was quickly washed away by the newly released hot sweat, revealing the skin beneath that was quietly changing.
A layer of golden-bronze keratin started from his arms, spread up his shoulders, and then down his back, as if someone had poured a layer of scalding gold liquid onto him.
As this "golden juice" appeared, the skin and flesh on the body crackled and popped like popping beans, contracting inward and becoming tighter, denser, and heavier.
Chen Ye recalled that Su Guang and others had mentioned at a gathering a few days ago that after the fifth transformation, everyone would undergo different changes to some extent.
His fifth transformation was a physical metamorphosis, resulting in a body of steel and bronze.
This transformation lasted for a full quarter of an hour.
After everything calmed down, Chen Ye looked down and found that he had become a bit thinner.
He knew this was due to the increased density of flesh and blood.
The path of cultivation is not about having more muscles to be stronger. An excessively large physique will consume more qi and blood, hindering future progress.
The fifth rebirth is yet another ultimate refinement of the physical body.
Soon, the coppery sheen receded silently like a tide, from the chest to the shoulders, then from the shoulders to the wrists, and finally disappeared completely at the fingertips.
He looked down at his hands and felt a powerful force, as deep as a river, surging in his palms, ready to burst forth.
Chen Ye got up and walked to a wooden stake in the yard.
That was a piece of driftwood that he had specially sought out for his training. The wood was dense and hard to damage with ordinary knives and axes.
He took a deep breath and concentrated his inner energy in his right palm.
In an instant, his right palm turned bronze, and wisps of blue mist rose from its surface.
This is the bluish mist produced when sweat evaporates rapidly at high temperatures.
"drink!"
Chen Ye slapped down with his palm.
A muffled thud.
On the sunken log, a palm print about half an inch deep was clearly visible. The inner wall of the print was scorched yellow and brown, with traces of burning.
Chen Ye withdrew his move, staring calmly at the palm print.
Previously, when he was at the fourth level of the Transcendent Realm, even a full-force palm strike could only leave a shallow mark three-tenths of an inch deep, and it would take several strikes to achieve the same result.
Now, with just one palm strike, the wound penetrates more than half an inch deep.
Judging from that strike, his strength has clearly increased, reaching at least 500 jin.
What's even more remarkable is that the originally faint scorching attribute has now become even stronger.
His mind stirred slightly as he glanced at the pawn system.
Current remaining lifespan: 847 days.
[Pawnable lifespan: 846 days]
My lifespan did indeed increase, by a full two years.
Chen Ye knew that this was the result of the transformation of many essential substances accumulated in his body into vitality.
In that case, continuing to pawn one's lifespan might allow one to condense a second, or even a third, portion of sword intent.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ye immediately pawned all of his newly gained two years of lifespan and converted them into cultivation of the Hunyi Blade Technique.
At the same time, he took out 180 taels of silver to redeem one lifespan and pawned it again.
In this way, it's equivalent to exchanging two years of lifespan for four years of cultivation.
[Mixed Blade Technique (Minor Success)] → [Mixed Blade Technique (Perfect)]
The four years of arduous cultivation redeemed through the pawnshop system represent focused practice without distractions, far more solid than four years of ordinary people's cultivation.
Through four years of arduous training, Chen Ye actually managed to push the Hunyi Saber Technique to its perfect state in one go.
In an instant, a torrent of memories flooded my mind.
At this moment, he disassembled all the moves he had learned, straightened out all the winding internal energy channels, and kept only the shortest route from the dantian to the point of force release.
What they pursue is ultimate speed.
The goal is to deliver the blade to its designated position in the shortest possible time, unleashing its maximum destructive power.
A second layer of sword intent began to quietly gather within him.
The second level of the Hunyi Sword Technique is called "Slaying the Three Pengs".
The Three Pengs are the Three Corpses.
The upper corpse is at the head, the middle corpse is in the middle, and the lower corpse is at the bottom; these are places where distracting thoughts reside.
Before, every time Chen Ye practiced his skills, he would be distracted by countless thoughts.
Just as the second part of his sword intent began to condense, he felt his consciousness transform into a sword, slashing down from above.
All those distracting thoughts were cut off by this one strike, and then my entire consciousness became clearer than ever before.
The second layer of sword intent was successfully formed.
Immediately afterwards, the third sword intent began to brew.
The third level of the Mixed Blade Technique is called "Red Emperor Palace".
The Red Emperor Palace is the Palace of the Heart, the abode of the spirit and will.
As the third sword intent began to condense, it was involuntarily drawn into the heart meridian, transforming into a blazing fire that circulated endlessly within the heart meridian.
With each cycle, the intent of the blade solidifies a little more, and the burning sensation intensifies accordingly.
Chen Ye felt as if his chest was on fire.
This fire does not burn flesh and blood, nor scorch meridians; it only forges the spirit.
His spirit and will were repeatedly forged in this inner fire, gradually taking on a tangible form from the ethereal and intangible.
The sword intent itself underwent a transformation from illusion to reality within the Crimson Emperor Palace.
At this point, the three-part sword intent was no longer a temporary burst, but a solidified part of his spirit, which could be mobilized at any time and was not affected by the depletion of true energy.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Ye slowly opened his eyes.
The courtyard was pitch black; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
He used his five senses to find an oil lamp in the house.
The tiny flame rose slowly from the wick, casting a warm yellow glow on his face.
By the dim light of the oil lamp, Chen Ye stood with his knife in hand, and with a thought, he gently pushed it forward.
The tip of the knife did not touch the wall; it was three feet away, hovering in mid-air.
Where the knife tip pointed, a small clump of ash fell from the wall, then a thin line appeared silently.
At the other end of the fine lines, extending into the spiderweb in the corner, a spider is cut in two, the break as clean as if it were cut.
With the breakthrough of the Hunyi Sword Technique, Chen Ye successfully condensed three parts of sword intent.
Name: Chen Ye
[Current Martial Arts: Peiyuan Gong (Perfected), Guiyuan Jue (Perfected), Hunyi Dao Fa (Perfected)]
[Realm: Rebirth (Part 5)]
Current remaining lifespan: 117 days.
[Pawnable lifespan: 116 days]
Scanning the pawnshop panel, Chen Ye's mind was clear. He planned to seize the opportunity and use the power of the knife to continue refining his physical body, thereby completing a further transformation.
Currently, he only has a little over a hundred taels of silver left, which is not enough to continue buying various spiritual items to accumulate essence, nor can he continue to redeem his lifespan.
Therefore, it is not a wise move to continue waiting for a possible increase in lifespan and choose to break through later.
Although the reduction in essential substances will not significantly increase lifespan during subsequent breakthroughs, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the chances of winning the martial arts examination a month later.
Once one obtains the status of a scholar, there is an opportunity for further advancement, and one no longer has to remain trapped at the bottom.
So in the days that followed, Chen Ye resolved to use his three-tenths of his sword intent as a hammer and his physical body as iron to continue honing his skills.
He aims to achieve his seventh transformation before the martial arts examination, relying on three parts of his sword intent!