In the history of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, any disciple who could reach the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship, as long as they did not die prematurely, would become a peerless expert.
The Stairway of Swordsmanship represented the talent in swordsmanship. The higher one climbed, the more powerful one's talent in swordsmanship.
Xie Tiannan was like that back then, and so was Fang Chen now.
Otherwise, the nine elders would be overjoyed when they heard that someone had reached the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship.
After Xie Tiannan reached the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship, the Qingfeng Sword Sect wanted to focus on nurturing him. However, unexpectedly, Xie Tiannan disappeared without a trace.
Since then, no one had reached the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship.
Just as the elders were talking, a roar suddenly came from the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship. In the next moment, the dense sword Qi disappeared.
After the sword Qi baptism ended, Fang Chen stood up.
At this moment, Fang Chen felt that his understanding of swordsmanship had deepened, and his mind was filled with dense sword Qi.
"The sword Qi baptism is really effective," Fang Chen thought to himself.
After the sword Qi baptism ended, Fang Chen exited the Stairway of Swordsmanship.
At this moment, the elders came forward to greet him.
"Fang Chen, congratulations on reaching the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship." All the elders greeted Fang Chen. They had completely ignored the top ten inner disciples.
"Elders." Fang Chen cupped his hands.
"Fang Chen, you are the first disciple to reach the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship after Xie Tiannan," said the Ninth Elder.
Everyone had different opinions, but Fang Chen just smiled faintly.
Finally, after an hour, Fang Chen finally finished dealing with the elders and left the mountain.
The news of Fang Chen reaching the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship spread like wildfire.
Countless inner disciples began to discuss among themselves.
The next day, Fang Chen went to the Skills Library early in the morning.
The inner sect's Skills Library was much better than the outer sect's. After Fang Chen reached the top of the Stairway of Swordsmanship, the elders prepared to let Fang Chen choose a cultivation technique.
After entering the Skills Library, Fang Chen carefully observed the cultivation techniques inside.
Most of the inner sect's Skills Library were ordinary cultivation techniques. of course, there were some substandard cultivation techniques.
Fang Chen took a closer look at those substandard skills and shook his head. He felt that these substandard skills were not suitable for him.
But at this moment, Fang Chen's gaze fixed on a cultivation technique...
This book was placed at the very front of the entire Skills Library. The book looked very thin, with only one page.
"Hmm, what cultivation technique is this?"
Fang Chen was a little confused. He walked over to the book and started reading it.
Quick Sword was the name of this technique.
When Fang Chen saw this name, a smile appeared on his face.
Although Swordsmanship was a substandard cultivation technique, Fang Chen felt that it was suitable for him.
After making his decision, Fang Chen quickly memorized the Swordsmanship technique and left the Skills Library.
In a manor in the inner sect, White Ape's face was full of anger.
"Bing Ling treats this kid differently." White Ape said coldly.
"Brother White Ape, does Bing Ling like this kid?" Chong Yu asked curiously.
In the inner sect, everyone knew that White Ape liked Bing Ling. Although Bing Ling did not agree, White Ape did not like other disciples getting close to Bing Ling.
Before the Stairway of Swordsmanship, White Ape noticed that Bing Ling looked at Fang Chen differently. Furthermore, Fang Chen had stolen his limelight, so he hated Fang Chen very much.
"Fang Chen, it's all because of him!" White Ape said angrily.
"Brother White Ape, he's just a Fifth Level Qi Cultivation Realm disciple. There's no need to make a big fuss. I'll just send a disciple to teach him a lesson."
White Ape heard this and nodded.
After Fang Chen obtained the Swordsmanship technique, he cultivated in the Cultivation Pagoda every day.
After using five thousand low-grade spirit stones, Fang Chen finally cultivated the Swordsmanship to perfection.
The Swordsmanship, as the name suggested, could increase the speed of the sword. After cultivating it to perfection, Fang Chen could wield up to a hundred swords in one breath. It was very powerful.
"This Swordsmanship is very suitable for me." Fang Chen said.
When Fang Chen walked out of the Cultivation Pagoda, he heard a male duck's voice.
"Fang Chen, you're finally out."
"Yes, I have something to tell you." Fang Chen said.
"Fang Chen, I want to challenge you. Do you dare to accept my challenge?" The person said coldly.
Many of the surrounding disciples were discussing in whispers. The disciple who challenged Fang Chen was ranked 20th in the Inner Sect. His name was Zhou Yun Long.
"Challenge me?" Fang Chen frowned and asked.
"Fang Chen, do you dare to challenge me?" Zhou Yun Long asked once more.
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Fang Chen said.
Fang Chen said coldly, feeling a little displeased after being challenged for no apparent reason.
"Alright, let's go to the martial stage." Zhou Yun Long said.
"There's no need to go to the martial stage." Fang Chen said.
"Fang Chen, what do you mean?" Zhou Yun Long asked.
Crash!
Suddenly, the Light Spirit Sword appeared in Fang Chen's hand. In the next moment, a sword-light flashed and Zhou Yun Long fell to the ground.
Fang Chen's sword was so fast that the surrounding disciples didn't even see Fang Chen's attack clearly.
"When did Fang Chen become so strong?"
The surrounding disciples sucked in a breath of cold air and began to discuss.
Fang Chen had defeated Zhou Yun Long in one move. They hadn't even seen his attack clearly. He was becoming more and more mysterious.
After defeating Zhou Yun Long, Fang Chen turned and left.
As time passed, Fang Chen's cultivation had also reached the mid-fifth level of Qi Refining. His strength had increased by another step.
On this day, Fang Chen went to the Mission Hall to accept a mission. The location of the mission was Flowing Wind City, where the Flowing Wind Sect was located.
Fang Chen left the Azure Edge Sword Sect and went to Flowing Wind City.
Three days later, Fang Chen arrived at Flowing Wind City.
"According to the mission, there's a suspected metal vein on a mountain peak outside of Flowing Wind City. I need to investigate it." Fang Chen said in a low voice.
Fang Chen followed the map and quickly left Flowing Wind City, heading towards the mountain peak.
At this moment, on the wasteland, the disciples of the Flowing Wind Sect also received the news that there might be a metal lode here.
"Senior Brother Li, I didn't think that you would personally take part in this mission." A disciple laughed.
Li Jin was the thirteenth disciple of the Flowing Wind Sect. His strength had reached the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining. He was very strong.
"This mission is more important. Let's go quickly." Li Jin said indifferently.
The group of people quickly rushed towards the mountain peak.
When Li Jin and the others arrived at the mountain peak, they discovered that there was already a figure on the mountain peak.
"Who are you?" Li Jin asked.
When Fang Chen heard this, he recognized that these people were disciples of the Flowing Wind Sect.
"I'm a disciple of the Azure Edge Sword Sect." Fang Chen said.
"Hmm. Why would a disciple of the Azure Edge Sword Sect appear in the territory of my Flowing Wind Sect?" Li Jin was a little unhappy. He didn't want the metal vein to be exposed.
"I'm here to do the mission." Fang Chen finished speaking and began to inspect the mountain peak.
When Li Jin saw this, he also began to inspect the mountain peak.
After a while, Fang Chen discovered that there were some metal ores under the ground where Fang Chen was standing.
"Could there really be a metal vein here?" Fang Chen wondered.
At the same time, Li Jin and the others also discovered the metal vein.
"Not good, there really is a metal vein here. We can't let the Azure Edge Sword Sect's disciples spread this news." Li Jin instantly made his decision.
"Flowing Wind Fist!"
Li Jin took advantage of the fact that Fang Chen was not paying attention and executed a fist technique. He punched out and a fist glow appeared in the sky.
Rumble …
After sensing Li Jin's murderous intent, a cold glint flashed across Fang Chen's eyes.
"Since you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish."
Fang Chen roared furiously. The Nimble Sword appeared in his hand, and he instantly used a swift sword.
Puchi
A sword light flashed, and a figure instantly fell to the ground. Seeing this scene, Li Jin was infuriated.
"Bastard, I'll kill you!"
Li Jin roared furiously. The other disciples who had come with him also attacked.
Puchi
However, Fang Chen's strength wasn't something that Li Jin could compare to.
In just a moment, all of Li Jin's disciples had been killed by Fang Chen. Only Li Jin remained.
"You can go die too."
Sword light flashed, and Fang Chen's Nimble Sword instantly stabbed into Li Jin's chest.
At this point, all of the Flowing Wind Sect's disciples had been killed by Fang Chen. Fang Chen checked and found that Li Jin had a spatial ring, so he directly took it.
"I must spread the news before the Flowing Wind Sect finds out." Fang Chen pondered.
As long as the Azure Edge Sword Sect occupied this place before the Flowing Wind Sect, the Flowing Wind Sect wouldn't be able to do anything. After all, this place belonged to the Azure Cloud County.
Fang Chen took out a communication jade pendant and sent the news back. Then he entered the metal vein.
In a remote area outside Flowing Wind City, there was a blood-red skeleton stealthily walking.
"It seems a little difficult to contact the other disciples of the Yellow Spring Sect," the blood-red skeleton said in a hoarse voice.
Ever since the blood-red skeleton killed Elder Liu, its pursuit of Fang Chen was fruitless, so it left the valley and wandered around before arriving at Flowing Wind City. It wanted to find the members of the Yellow Spring Sect who were hiding in the dark.
However, after searching for so long, it still couldn't find them. This made the blood-red skeleton a little speechless.
Just as the blood-red skeleton was walking, it suddenly smelled a fishy smell ahead.
"Fishy smell, could it be that someone is fighting?"
The blood-red skeleton's figure flashed and instantly rushed towards the mountain peak.
Not long after, the blood-red skeleton appeared on the mountain peak and discovered Li Jin and the others.
"These people just died not long ago," the blood-red skeleton said softly.
Then, the blood-red skeleton noticed the metal vein under the mountain peak.
"Hmm, there's actually a metal vein here." The blood-red skeleton was pleasantly surprised.
Their Yellow Spring Sect had a cultivation technique that could fuse metal veins into one's body to increase one's cultivation.
At this moment, the blood-red skeleton discovered a metal vein, and the haze from before was swept away.