Chapter 663 - 663: Two Sect Level Sword Techniques

'The strength of a Core Disciple is so much greater than an Ordinary Disciple's...'

On the battle stage, watching Chen Qingyao walk away, Chu Qingyun couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

'If I hadn't managed to open a special Qi and Blood Meridian and master the Ten Thousand Spirits Saint Body Secret Technique, I probably would have been forced to reveal my Thunder Sword Intent in this fight.'

'And he was just a random Core Disciple, a Third-level Martial King at that.'

'The Saint Extreme Sect's Inner Sect selects twelve Core Disciples from the Outer Sect every year. Who knows how many genius Core Disciples have accumulated here over the years.'

After the intense battle, Chu Qingyun felt much calmer.

The bit of pride he'd felt from breaking through to the Martial King Realm, mastering a Secret Technique, and repeatedly defeating opponents of a higher level had been quietly ground away.

The Ten Thousand Spirits Saint Body Secret Technique was incredibly powerful.

It had seemed simple for Chu Qingyun to cultivate, as if his success was a matter of course.

In reality, however, it was only because he had the help of Blood Pills.

The most difficult part of cultivating a Secret Technique was finding the necessary Celestial and Earthly Treasures. Without the Blood Pills, just searching for those Qi Blood-type Spiritual Medicines would have been a massive headache.

'That kind of special Spiritual Medicine is probably even rarer than elemental ones!'

Chu Qingyun lingered on the battle stage for a moment, lost in thought.

Just then, a nearby Fifth-level Martial King approached Wu Jiancheng. "Young Master Wu, you want to teach that person a lesson? How about you give me some Saint Extreme Points, and I'll handle it for you?"

"Yes, yes!"

"I'll give you all the Saint Extreme Points I promised Chen Qingyao! Get up there! Go teach him a lesson for me while he's still on the stage!"

Wu Jiancheng hastily agreed.

Once Chu Qingyun came down from the battle stage, getting him back up would be difficult.

Forcing someone onto the battle stage was not allowed, to say nothing of the fact that Chu Qingyun was one of the Inner Sect's most important Core Disciples.

The Fifth-level Martial King was ecstatic and started to head for the stage.

But just then, a figure flashed into view, blocking his path. "Gou Zhitian, picking on a First-level Martial King? Why don't you play with me instead?"

This person was none other than Qi Hao, whom Chu Qingyun had met in the Blood-soaked Land!

Seeing Qi Hao, Gou Zhitian immediately forced an awkward smile. "Heh, so it's you, Qi. This is a misunderstanding, a total misunderstanding. I didn't realize he was with you..."

After saying that, Gou Zhitian scurried away shamefully.

Qi Hao was also a Fifth-level Martial King, the same as him.

However, Qi Hao was a Core Disciple who had entered the Inner Sect three years ago. Even though they were both Fifth-level Martial Kings, Qi Hao was far stronger.

Core Disciples enjoy many special treatments and benefits from the sect.

With the sect's resources being funneled to them, the longer they stay in the Inner Sect, the wider the gap in strength becomes between them and Ordinary Disciples of the same level!

After chasing away Gou Zhitian, Qi Hao looked up at Chu Qingyun on the battle stage and said, "Chu, you're still not coming down? Are you really waiting for someone else to challenge you?"

"Qi, why are you here?"

Chu Qingyun said with a smile as he jumped down from the battle stage.

"Haha, I was over there watching a friend's arranged duel and just happened to see you on the battle stage, so I came over."

"By the way, what... what was all that about?"

The Inner Sect battle stage had always been the place for Inner Sect Disciples to resolve their conflicts. Chu Qingyun being here meant that he must have had a conflict with someone.

"It was nothing major, and it's already been resolved."

"Wu Jiancheng," Chu Qingyun said, turning to him, "isn't it about time you told me about those Sect Level Sword Techniques?"

"Sect Level Sword Techniques?" Qi Hao smiled. "I'm also quite interested. Wu Jiancheng, why don't you tell us."

Wu Jiancheng seemed to be rather afraid of Qi Hao. He didn't dare waste any time and immediately told them everything he knew about the Sect Level Sword Techniques in the Saint Extreme Sect.

Within the Saint Extreme Sect, there were a total of two Sword Techniques that had reached the Sect Level.

One was called the Heart-Burning Sword Manual, which required Flame Sword Intent as a foundation to be cultivated.

The Heart-Burning Sword Manual's attack style leaned towards the strange and unpredictable, making it hard to defend against, but cultivating and using it also caused a certain amount of damage to the user.

The other was called the Thunder Source Seven Swords, which required Thunder Sword Intent as a foundation to be cultivated.

The Thunder Source Seven Swords was renowned for its formidable attack power. It was said that its seven swords corresponded to realms like the Human King Realm and the Earth King Realm. After achieving Great Success in any one of the swords, its wielder would be virtually peerless within that corresponding Realm!

Both Sword Techniques were extremely powerful.

But correspondingly, the difficulty of cultivating them was almost insurmountable.

The difficulty of cultivating a Secret Manual was already dozens or even hundreds of times harder than a Secret Technique. Even among the Inner Sect Elders, not everyone had successfully mastered a Sect Level Secret Manual!

After Wu Jiancheng finished his explanation, he scurried away shamefully.

"Qi, that Wu Jiancheng seems to be a little afraid of you," Chu Qingyun asked, a bit confused, seeing Wu Jiancheng's fleeing appearance.

"Mm, I taught him a lesson once before."

"Chu, with our status as Core Disciples, we don't need to be afraid of trouble. Even if things escalate to the Elders, as long as we're in the right, no one can do anything to us."

"Spoiled brats like Wu Jiancheng only dare to bully new Core Disciples."

Qi Hao said to Chu Qingyun with a smile.

The two of them walked out of the Inner Sect battle stage area together.

On the way, Qi Hao said with great emotion, "Chu, I really didn't expect that in just one short month, you'd already broken through to First-level Martial King and even become a Core Disciple."

"Thinking back to when I first brought you into the sect, it feels like it only happened yesterday."

Ever since the Blood-soaked Land, Chu Qingyun's growth rate had been shattering Qi Hao's expectations time and time again.

Moreover, his form of address had changed from the previous "Junior Brother Chu" to "Chu." From this, it was clear that Qi Hao now saw Chu Qingyun as his equal.

"It was just a stroke of luck," Chu Qingyun said with a smile.

Qi Hao shook his head. "Mastering true Sword Intent in the Martial Spirit Realm, defeating a First-level Martial King as a Ninth-level Martial Spirit, and now defeating a Third-level Martial King as a First-level Martial King... that's not just luck."

"By the way, Chu, how did you end up offending that guy Wu Jiancheng?"

Speaking of this, Chu Qingyun couldn't help but shake his head again and briefly explained everything that had happened since he met Deng Xuan.

Besides, many people already knew he had obtained that one-third fragment of the Earth Seal Sword, so there was no reason to hide it from Qi Hao.

After hearing the story, Qi Hao burst out laughing. "So it was all because of that Earth Seal Sword Fragment! Chu, if I were you, I'd have sold it to Deng Xuan. Who knows, you might have won the beauty's favor and won her heart."

"Chu, that Deng Xuan is the number one beauty of our Saint Extreme Sect's Inner Sect, you know."