Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

"The Sword Transformation Technique" was successful, and Wang Sheng’s divine powers increased by one. With the existence of "The Sword Transformation Technique," he could now begin to study the Flying Sword Divine Power as well, no longer limited to just the God-slaying Sword.

It’s not that the God-slaying Sword was bad, but having more options is naturally better.

Of course, since he had just learned it and its level was not high, the speed of constructing flying swords was very slow. He tried it out; currently, it would take about one minute to construct a complete flying sword. For someone of his strength, that speed was exceptionally slow.

"If it’s an encounter battle, the applicability of ’The Sword Transformation Technique’ is practically zero right now!"

A construction speed of one minute was virtually useless in actual combat. By the time one flying sword was formed, the enemy would have already struck countless times.

"Let’s wait until the skill level has improved some, and then start discussing other Flying Sword Divine Powers!"

What he needed to do now was to improve the level of "The Sword Transformation Technique." It would be most appropriate to start when the construction speed reached a certain standard and the level was higher.

Before learning to run, one must learn to walk.

However, having developed "The Sword Transformation Technique," Wang Sheng also decided it was time to end his secluded cultivation.

Cultivation knows no years, and researching these things was the same.

Immersed in the construction of flying swords, he had no idea how much time had passed.

It might take only one minute now, but he had a feeling that constructing the first flying sword definitely took quite a while.

When he left the quiet room of secluded cultivation, he happened to see Li Yongfeng, who had come to deliver things.

This was one of the rare occasions when he immersed himself in his work to the point of forgetting to eat, but it seemed that the people in the stronghold continued to deliver meals every day, and it was still Li Yongfeng who came.

Seeing Wang Sheng come out, Li Yongfeng was also quite surprised.

"Yun Sheng, you’ve finished your secluded cultivation? It’s been almost half a month!" Li Yongfeng’s tone carried some concern; after all, this secluded cultivation was completely different from before, as Wang Sheng hadn’t even eaten.

"Half a month?"

Wang Sheng had not expected that constructing a flying sword would have taken nearly ten days, which was a bit slower than he had imagined.

"Yes, to be precise, sixteen days!"

"This time the secluded cultivation was somewhat important, sorry for worrying you!" Wang Sheng naturally would not ignore the kindness of others.

"Haha, want to have a meal?" Li Yongfeng didn’t say much else and handed over the food he was carrying.

In the stronghold, there were those who prepared feasts. Although he had not gone out to work in these years, during the festive seasons, he was the one who cooked in the stronghold, so his culinary skills had not declined. The meals for Wang Sheng were also made by that person.

Overall, it couldn’t be said to be an extraordinary delicacy, but the taste was quite good.

Wang Sheng’s cultivation did not require abstinence; the ultimate purpose of cultivation was uninhibited freedom. If even his preferences could not be ensured, then cultivation would be meaningless.

So even though he didn’t need to eat, he always maintained the habit.

There was plenty of food, so he invited Li Yongfeng to join him.

While eating, Wang Sheng also inquired about the outside world, especially about the matter of the Twelve Bandits.

After all, his flying swords had been used when dealing with them.

"Seven of the Twelve Bandits were slain by your flying swords, Yun Sheng. Five others who did not enter Shuzhou are at large in other places. I don’t know why, but each of the Twelve Bandits is arrogant, and they never remain quiet wherever they go.

Three ran near Chi State and, in the end, were killed by the Great Grandmaster of the Yuelai Inn. The other two were slain by forces from Divine Lady Peak and Lihai City, all dead now."

Li Yongfeng sighed a bit; originally, he thought the Twelve Bandits would cause a huge disturbance, but in less than half a month, they were all killed.

It just goes to show that in these times, one absolutely should not be overly arrogant. If you show your head, you’d never know how you might die.

Just like Lu Lang, the Great Grandmaster of the Twelve Bandits, he did not know who killed him even in death.

"What about the four Overlord Level forces? Have they made any moves?"

Ever since learning the secret of the Overlord Level forces, Wang Sheng had been following them closely.

The struggle among Overlord Level forces could very well be related to the "Heavenly Father," although they themselves might not be aware of it.

So Wang Sheng had not considered taking action.

Releasing Huangtian was like baiting a hook. If Huangtian failed, then the Overlord Level force that ultimately emerged victorious could also become bait.

If he wasn’t wrong, when the Master of Destiny appeared, perhaps something related to the battle with the Valley Master of Stargazing Valley would emerge.

Wang Sheng was not interested in the means by which the Master of Destiny became stronger; after all, even the Master of Destiny could only live for 500 years at most, and that was the absolute limit of his lifespan. Wang Sheng’s current lifespan was already a thousand years, so he had no need to compete for it.

However, he was very interested in pulling out the forces behind the Master of Destiny.

Thus, his attention to these Overlord Level forces was the same as his attention to Huangtian; he had the Three Great Families pay attention to this matter as well.

Li Yongfeng also acted as a channel for passing along messages.

"There hasn’t been any significant movement from those Overlord Level forces, they’re still vying for territories. Divine Lady Peak has essentially taken control of the Four Northern States, Lihai City controls the Eastern Six States, Heavenly Saber City controls the Western Four States, and Spirit Sword Valley controls the Southern Five States. The sizes of their territories vary, but the differences aren’t significant.

Then there are the Central Six States, which seem to be free of Overlord Level control due to mutual restraint, and are currently the most chaotic…"

Li Yongfeng gave a general rundown of the surrounding situation.

Overall, the four Overlord Level powers had essentially divided the twenty-five states of the great Zhou.

This was the only action befitting an Overlord-level power.

"So, that means the territories of the Overlord-level powers are basically stable now, huh!"

"Pretty much."

Wang Sheng nodded, feeling that the situation was likely to change next. Now that kings have established their domains, how far could the establishment of their own nations be?

The current situation was stable, definitely a good opportunity; it was just a matter of when.

After they declared themselves kings and divided their territories, he had been occasionally harassed by that malicious force, and he wondered what would happen after the kingship.

Of course, Wang Sheng naturally wouldn’t discuss these things with Li Yongfeng. Speaking would show ignorance, not speaking would only add to the worries.

The two talked about some other things, and Li Yongfeng stood up to leave, while Wang Sheng continued to immerse himself in cultivation.

If you want to fish, you naturally need the strength to fish.

It would be fun if one turned into the fish instead.

...

While Wang Sheng was cultivating, the outside world was still full of undercurrents.

Still because of the matter of the twelve great bandits.

The twelve great bandits were not only famous in Shuzhou but throughout the great Zhou, their "reputation" extremely notorious, detested by people and ghosts alike, with countless people afraid of them.

Now that they had been killed, countless people were overjoyed, some even weeping with happiness.

But the mood of the Overlord-level forces was not so splendid.

The twelve great bandits were indeed strong, this was unquestionable, one Great Grandmaster and twelve Grandmasters, not something ordinary forces could compare to.

But they had been easily assassinated, which was not a good thing for them.

For it meant an unknown mighty power had appeared.

This kind of unknown mighty power was not encountered for the first time; the one last time seemed to be related to Zhu Xiao from Yuelai Inn, appearing to have no intention of vying for the world.

So, what about this one?

To protect a territory, although not large, what they did was dancing on the most vulnerable nerve of theirs.

So they could barely ignore the Martial Artist collaborating with Zhu Xiao, but not this one.

Because they sent many spies to Shuzhou to investigate.

Especially Heavenly Saber City and Spirit Sword Valley, which were within their territories.

It must be said, the intelligence organizations of Overlord-level powers were indeed strong.

They soon discovered the abnormal movements of the Three Great Families in the middle of each month.

"Every mid-month they take the youngest generation of their families out, not knowing what they do, this intelligence is confirmed, right?" the person in charge of intelligence from Spirit Sword Valley asked a subordinate.

"Confirmed, sir!"

"Then investigate in secret, dispatch a Grandmaster-level Martial Artist to quietly follow and see what they are doing!"

"Yes, sir, I will arrange it immediately!"

They were not the only ones who found out about this; during the mid-month, two Grandmasters followed the procession of the people from the Three Great Families.

These two Grandmasters were intelligence professionals, skilled in concealment, and the Three Great Families’ people leading the expeditions would not let Grandmasters lead, so they didn’t notice any abnormalities.

Ultimately, the martial arts competition was discovered, and the intelligence was reported up the chain.

"Interesting, the people from the three families, taking their most outstanding young descendants, just to enter the deep mountains and compete with others, interesting, have you found out the identity of the people competing with the Three Great Families?"

"Sir, it’s been found out, it seems they are originally from a common village, not knowing how they became Martial Artists and the young generation’s talent is very high. There was something unusual about this matter, so the intelligence personnel did not continue investigating and came back to report first."

Their intelligence organization could consider retreating as long as they obtained valuable intelligence. The Grandmaster-level intelligence personnel from Spirit Sword Valley got the crucial intelligence and were afraid that it was related to that mysterious strong person, so they came back directly.

It’s probably the same for Heavenly Saber City.

The person in charge heard this intelligence and, with his years of keenness in intelligence, knew that the people from that village were definitely a key clue.

A normal village turning into a village of Martial Artists is not that simple.

But like the judgement of the intelligence personnel.

If it really was related to that mysterious strong person, rashly approaching would definitely not end well; finally, the person in charge made a decision.

"Keep a close watch on the people from the Three Great Families, don’t act rashly; I’ll report the matter."

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"Yes, sir!"

The reporter was inwardly stark; the person in charge was a top Grandmaster, reporting up, and if someone came to deal with it, it would inevitably be a king from their power.

Could it really be the case that someone would come?

And just a month later, in the middle of the month, two mysterious people came to the location of the three counties...