Chapter 523: Entering Enlightenment!
"So that is how it is."
Seeing the five-colored pillars of light rotating before him, a sharp brilliance suddenly burst from Li Yun’s eyes.
As the saying went, every path had its own specialization. Li Yun currently possessed Slaughter Sword Intent, but he had never truly come into contact with Five Elements Sword Intent. Aside from cultivating the Five Element Supreme Divine Art, his understanding of the Five Elements attributes was still not deep enough.
Forget about Five Elements Sword Intent. He had yet to even comprehend Five Elements Intent.
Although the City Lord’s attack was not truly Five Elements Intent either, it was very close to the direction Li Yun was trying to pursue through the Five Element Supreme Divine Art.
At this moment, countless insights suddenly sprouted in Li Yun’s heart.
Almost immediately, he entered a state of epiphany. Without realizing it, he began cultivating the Five Element Supreme Divine Art.
"This..."
Li Yun’s reaction startled the City Lord at first. Then, the smile on his chubby face became even wider, and his eyes filled with admiration.
He muttered to himself, "This Li Yun is truly surprising. I originally thought he was only a genius of the Sword Dao, but to think he could enter a state of enlightenment just by watching my Five Elements attack. That is simply astonishing. It seems he will definitely shine in this Golden Dragon Guard assessment and bring honor to my Greenmist City. Hahahaha!"
Thinking of this, the City Lord could not help laughing aloud.
However, after only laughing a few times, he immediately realized that Li Yun was still immersed in a state of epiphany. He quickly shut his mouth, afraid that he might disturb him.
"Guard this place well. During this period, do not let anyone disturb Li Yun."
With a movement of his body, the City Lord left Li Yun’s courtyard and arranged for a group of guards to watch over it strictly.
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
Phew!
At a certain moment, Li Yun let out a long breath and finally opened his eyes. A burning divine light erupted from within them.
The three days he had spent in a state of epiphany had allowed him to improve by leaps and bounds.
Vermilion Sun Incineration Art.
Endless Ocean Divine Art.
Heavenly Mountain Suppression Art.
Heaven-Cleaving Metal Art.
World Tree Manifestation Art.
The five cultivation arts within the Five Element Supreme Divine Art were extremely profound and complex. Even with Li Yun’s seventh-tier comprehension, he had not yet fully understood them.
Yet now, just by watching the City Lord’s attack, Li Yun had understood many things.
More importantly, these three days of epiphany had clarified the direction he needed to take in the future.
Often, slow progress in cultivation was not the most frightening thing. What was truly terrifying was having no direction at all. As long as one had a clear direction, even if the progress was slow, one would still continue moving forward. However, without direction, one could only remain trapped in place.
It could be said that these three days of epiphany had laid a solid foundation for Li Yun to eventually master the Five Element Supreme Divine Art completely. Because of that, he felt secretly grateful to the City Lord.
Without the City Lord’s personal demonstration, Li Yun might have needed far more time to reach this step. He might even have taken many unnecessary detours.
He would remember this favor.
In addition, his Sword Intent had also improved slightly during these three days. It had reached the point where it could break through to the Xiantian stage at any moment.
’It will not be long before I can truly grasp Five Elements Intent.’
Li Yun felt a trace of excitement in his heart.
The most wonderful aspect of the Five Element Supreme Divine Art was that he did not need to comprehend metal, wood, water, fire, and earth one by one in order to form Five Elements Intent. As long as his comprehension of the Five Element Supreme Divine Art reached the required stage, he could directly comprehend the Five Elements as a whole.
In the following days, Li Yun once again began practicing with the Heaven-Intent Sword Art.
Early one morning, Li Yun and the other cultivators who had passed the Golden Dragon Guard preliminary trial gathered at the entrance of the City Lord Mansion.
Although achieving ten consecutive victories in the arena was no small feat, a total of seventeen people, including Li Yun, had succeeded over the course of the month. It was worth mentioning that Lan Yichen was also among them.
Lan Yichen’s strength was not weak to begin with. As someone ranked thirty-fifth on the Spirit Ranking, he was a standout even among 1st level Earthly Core Realm cultivators. If he had not lost to Li Yun, securing ten consecutive victories would have been a simple matter for him.
"Before we depart, I will caution you one more time."
The City Lord spoke in a grave voice, his expression solemn. "The second trial of the Golden Dragon Guard is extremely difficult, and the mortality rate exceeds ninety percent. A single careless decision could lead to your death during the mission. If any of you wish to withdraw, there is still time. Once we reach the prefecture city, you will no longer have the chance to give up even if you want to. I will ask one last time. Is there anyone among you who wishes to withdraw?"
No one spoke.
Among cultivators, there were naturally many who feared death. However, since Li Yun and the others dared to participate in the Golden Dragon Guard trials, they were clearly not the type to be easily frightened. It was impossible for them to give up on the second trial after already passing the preliminary one.
"Good. In that case, we shall set out immediately."
After waiting for a long moment and seeing that no one spoke, the City Lord nodded. With a wave of his hand, a massive azure eagle over ten meters long descended from the sky.
This was a Sky Azure Eagle, a Rank 7 demonic beast whose speed was significantly faster than that of a Bloodwing Lion Vulture.
The group boarded the Sky Azure Eagle and headed toward Mistcloud Prefecture City, which governed Greenmist City.
A day later, they arrived at Mistcloud Prefecture City.