Afterward, Dugu Fengwu held onto Yang Dingtian's face with one hand and pressed on his heart with the other. "You are the only man I have ever been close to. I will remember you for the rest of my life."
Finishing her statement, Dugu Fengwu's palm suddenly spat out an extremely powerful mystic qi, which attacked Yang Dingtian's chest.
"Pfff …" A stream of blood suddenly spurted out tens of meters high.
Yang Dingtian's body abruptly rose up and immediately fell down without any sound or presence.
Dugu Fengwu's delicate body trembled, and her jade-like hands instinctively covered her heart because she suddenly felt a twitch there.
She originally thought that her heart would never hurt, but when she struck out her palm at Yang Dingtian, she clearly felt a twitch in her heart and an intense pain.
In the end, she still made a move to kill Yang Dingtian. Even though Yang Dingtian had saved her life several times, even though Yang Dingtian had never offended her before.
"I am leaving, but I will remember you for the rest of my life."
Dugu Fengwu said as two sparkling teardrops dripped down. She then suddenly turned around and walked towards the metal element's room, vanishing from the Five Elements Hall.
*****
The vitality left Yang Dingtian's body bit by bit, and his body gradually became cold, very cold!
Dugu Fengwu wasn't joking, and she didn't show any mercy. She once heard that Zhu Hongxue's palm strike wasn't able to kill Yang Dingtian.
Therefore, she directly placed her palm on Yang Dingtian's chest and spat out her mystic qi.
Right at this moment, the three-headed giant suddenly opened his eyes and bent down to look at Yang Dingtian for a moment.
"The Five Elements Hall's guest's vitality is fading …"
"The guardian is attempting the first rescue …"
"The rescue is in progress …"
That stone giant immediately carried Yang Dingtian and opened up a stone slab in front of his chest, revealing a pool of jade green water.
The stone giant placed Yang Dingtian into the pool of water in his chest, and the pool instantly surged with countless white light and drilled into Yang Dingtian's body.
These countless white light were like countless vitality, slowly replenishing the vitality that Yang Dingtian had already lost.
*****
He didn't know how much time had passed. It was like a dream, or perhaps it was even deeper than a dream. This was because this was the closest he had been to death, or perhaps he had almost died before.
Yang Dingtian felt as though his shattered body and shattered soul were being connected together by countless snow-white energy and fused together.
Then, his entire body and mind recovered inch by inch.
When he finally recovered completely, he suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying in a pool full of life energy.
The memories from before flooded into Yang Dingtian's mind little by little.
To be honest, he didn't think that Dugu Fengwu would actually kill him.
On the sea, Dugu Fengwu didn't really kill him.
Along the way, Dugu Fengwu still didn't kill him.
In the Fire Cloud Devil Cave, Dugu Fengwu still didn't kill him.
He thought that when Dugu Fengwu said that she was going to kill him, it was just words. He thought that Dugu Fengwu wouldn't kill him anymore.
However, reality taught Yang Dingtian a lesson again.
Dugu Fengwu finally made her move, and she pushed Yang Dingtian away before killing him.
"Dugu Fengwu, you have taught me a profound lesson. You have made me more aware of Evil ways."
Yang Dingtian muttered to himself, "The next time I see you, I won't be naive anymore. I won't be …"
"Evil ways are Evil ways. From today onwards, I won't have any more fantasies about the Evil Dao …"
"There will be a day when I become stronger. I will definitely take your life. I definitely will."
At this moment, the giant opened up the stone slab in front of its chest. Its giant hand scooped Yang Dingtian out of the pool while muttering to itself, "The first rescue is a success. Guest, you may enter cultivation again!"
After that, it placed Yang Dingtian on the ground and returned to its original position, turning into a sculpture that was a few hundred meters tall.
*****
After landing on the ground, Yang Dingtian's body seemed to be filled with surging energy. It was as though he didn't suffer any fatal injuries.
He really didn't know what the pool in the giant's chest was. It actually had the effect of reviving someone from the dead.
However, Yang Dingtian didn't care about that for now. He only had one thought, and that was to use the Five Elements Hall's secret realm to strengthen himself. Breakthrough, breakthrough, and breakthrough again.
Everyone knew that the secret realm was the most mysterious and powerful place in the world. He wanted to see how big of a breakthrough this Five Elements Hall's secret realm could help Yang Dingtian.
His goal was to break through rank 15 in the Five Elements Hall and directly become a Great Mystic Martial Master.
Only by becoming a Great Mystic Martial Master would he not be considered an expert. Only then would he be able to cultivate mystic skills and have a qualitative leap.
…
After arriving at the center of the hall, where the mystic qi was the densest, Yang Dingtian sat cross-legged on the ground and started to regulate his breathing again.
After he broke through the previous time, he was still doing the breathing and absorbing mystic qi. However, he was interrupted by Dugu Fengwu.
However, this time, Yang Dingtian wasn't just doing the breathing and absorbing mystic qi by himself. He was also hugging his ugly sword and cultivating.
From now on, all of his cultivation would be carried out together with the youngling sword. The cultivation of the sword soul would start from now on.
Soon, the dense and powerful mystic qi once again surged into Yang Dingtian's body. It passed through his mystic meridians and into his qi vessel.
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Three hours passed.
An entire day passed.
Yang Dingtian's empty qi vessel was now completely filled with mystic qi.
However, it was different from before. The qi vessel didn't expand or become restless.
Instead, it stopped absorbing the mystic qi. This meant that the qi vessel had reached its limit.
Yang Dingtian tried again and again, but the qi vessel still didn't have any reaction.
The mystic qi that surged into the qi vessel only attacked from the qi vessel and couldn't stop.
Yang Dingtian knew that the space in his qi vessel had reached its limit.
Therefore, he had to expand the space in his qi vessel.
How to expand it was to cultivate martial skills.
Normal warriors would cultivate martial skills for eight hours every day to expand their qi vessel and mystic meridians. Then, they would adjust their breathing and absorb the mystic qi into the expanded qi vessel for two hours.
This cycle would repeat for half a year, or even a few years before there would be another breakthrough.
Cultivating martial skills was to expand the mystic meridians and qi vessel.
Adjusting one's breathing was to fill the newly expanded space in the qi vessel and mystic meridians.
The two complemented each other. If one wanted to be strong and raise the level of mystic qi, both were indispensable.
Therefore, Yang Dingtian needed to cultivate martial skills now.
Hopefully, the trial of the Five Elements Hall would bring him a surprise.
***
Carrying the three hundred pound ugly sword, Yang Dingtian walked into the first room of the Metal Faction. Here, the gravity was three times.
"Whoosh …" Yang Dingtian began to brandish the giant sword and used the first to ninth moves of the Pig Slaying Swordsmanship.
The sword in Yang Dingtian's hand originally weighed more than three hundred pounds. Under three times the gravity, it weighed more than a thousand pounds.
Therefore, his movements were at least ten times slower than usual.
The complete set of Pig Slaying Swordsmanship that originally required thirty seconds now required a full five minutes.
The second time required four minutes and thirty-five seconds.
The third time required four minutes and thirty seconds.
Yang Dingtian continued to practice his sword, crazily practicing his sword!
As the sword moves were brandished, the mystic qi in his body surged out like a tide.
Ten times.
Twenty times …
Thirty times …
One hundred times …
Three hundred times …
Five hundred times …
One thousand times …
After a full one thousand times, Yang Dingtian's speed of using the three hundred pound sword to execute the Pig Slaying Swordsmanship was exactly the same as normal under three times the gravity. In less than a minute, he was able to execute the entire set of Pig Slaying Swordsmanship.
In other words, in the first room, Yang Dingtian's strength had increased by many times.
But at this time, a full two days and one night had passed. The mystic qi in Yang Dingtian's body was also completely exhausted.
Moreover, at this time, he already felt that his entire body was no longer his.
Dragging his numb and exhausted body, Yang Dingtian walked back to the center of the Five Elements Palace and sat cross-legged on the ground. Hugging the giant sword, he once again adjusted his breathing and began to absorb mystic qi.
Pure mystic qi once again surged in violently.
From Yang Dingtian's mystic meridians, it surged into his energy reserve.
The empty energy reserve greedily swallowed the mystic qi that was exhausted.
Like a desert, no matter how much rain fell, it disappeared without a trace in an instant.
One hour …
Two hours …
Three hours …
Five hours …
A full five hours of breathing, five hours of devouring profound energy.
Finally, the energy reserve once again reached its limit and could no longer absorb even a trace of mystic qi.
And this time, even though Yang Dingtian did not have a big breakthrough, he had a small breakthrough. From a six-star beginner Xuan Martial Warrior, he became a six-star intermediate Xuan Martial Warrior.
Yang Dingtian once again carried the heavy sword and walked into the first room of the Metal Element Palace in high spirits.
This time, he did not practice the first stage of the Pig Slaying Swordsmanship. Instead, he practiced the second stage of the Yin Yang Heaven and Earth Sword's fourth move, the All-Conquering Sword.
The key point of the All-Conquering Sword was not its speed, but the power of the sword. It was called invincible.
And now, it was three times the gravity. The youngling sword in his hand weighed at least five hundred kilograms. Therefore, Yang Dingtian had to use most of his mystic qi to support the weight of the youngling sword. Thus, the speed of the youngling sword was not very fast.
"Kill, invincible …"
Yang Dingtian practiced the All-Conquering Sword over and over again. From dozens of times, to hundreds of times, to thousands of times.
Finally, the power of the sword became stronger and stronger.
This time, Yang Dingtian used a full three days to exhaust all his mystic qi. He did not know how many times he practiced the All-Conquering Sword. Perhaps it was already more than ten thousand times.
Compared to the beginning, the power of Yang Dingtian's sword had already increased by several times.
Once again, he returned to the center of the Five Elements Palace. Yang Dingtian circulated the Pig Slaying Swordsmanship's mystic qi absorption chant and once again began to breathe and absorb mystic qi.
This time, it was a full five hours of breathing and absorbing.
However, what disappointed Yang Dingtian was that his mystic qi did not have any breakthrough. Not to mention a big breakthrough, there was not even a small breakthrough.
When he first started cultivating in this secret realm, Yang Dingtian only spent a few hours to break through to a Six Star Mystic Martial Warrior.
And now, seven to eight days had already passed, but he had only broken through half a star.
In this secret realm, Yang Dingtian's goal was to break through to the Great Mystic Martial Master. Therefore, he still needed to break through fifteen levels.
But according to his current speed, he would only be able to break through half a star in seven to eight days.
Then, he would need at least eight to nine months to break through to the Great Mystic Martial Master, or even a year.
This time was too long!
A year later, Yang Dingtian would need to return to Cloud Heaven City to participate in the Great Martial Competition for the position of the City Lord. And his greatest opponent would be Ximen Ju.
How powerful was Ximen Ju?
He was at least a Martial Ancestor Realm expert!
Yang Dingtian was currently a Six Star Mystic Martial Warrior. Above that was Mystic Martial Master, Great Mystic Martial Master, Martial Mystic Martial Warrior, and Martial Ancestor Realm.
In other words, the gap between Yang Dingtian and Ximen Ju was four stages, more than forty levels!
Yang Dingtian needed to cross this gap within a year.
He had a total of three chances to break through.
The first time was in this Five Elements Secret Realm. He needed to at least break through to the Great Mystic Martial Master.
The second time was to learn the third stage of the Pig Slaying Swordsmanship.
The third time was to find a Heaven and Earth Mystic Flame and refine it into his Heart Flame.
This time, there would be a huge breakthrough.
Moreover, refining a Heaven and Earth Mystic Flame required one to be a Martial Mystic Martial Warrior.
However, according to his current progress, the time was far from enough.
Although breaking through within a year was enough to shock everyone in the world, it was far from enough for Yang Dingtian.
If he was only a Great Mystic Martial Master, there was no need for him to come to Cloud Heaven City. He would definitely be killed by Ximen Ju in one move.
*****
"Hello, Giant. May I ask you a few questions?"
After finishing the Mystic Breathing Technique, Yang Dingtian did not immediately enter the secret room to train. Instead, he walked in front of the Stone Giant and asked.
The several hundred meter tall Stone Giant opened his eyes and said, "I can only answer questions that are within my authority."