Feng Yun walked in front of the second portrait of a swordsman and started observing it with his divine sense. A similar situation happened. He watched a swordsman performing sword art.]
p This time, a swordsman was fighting against the horde of beasts. Hovering in the air, he held a wooden sword in his hand as he looked at the beasts. Feng Yun was surprised to see a simple wooden sword in his hand.
The swordsman moved his hand holding the wooden sword in a circular motion in the air. Thousands of spiritual qi swords materialized in the sky, each sword qi contained destructive sharp power.
This skill was similar to the meteor rain of Feng Yun. The Qi Sword fell on the ground like rain, nailing thousands of beasts on the ground.
A few minutes later, Feng Yun woke up from the dream with a pondering expression.
‘This sword art looked so simple.” Feng Yun thought inwardly. ‘It shouldn’t be this simple, did I miss something?’ Feng Yun pondered and decided to observe it one more time.
After the second time, he finally grasped the essence of the sword art. It was precise control of spirit energy and sword qi. Feng Yun found that not a single one missed the target. Although they looked like it was raining randomly, almost all sword qi pierced the spirit beasts. Moreover, each sword qi contained just enough power to kill the beasts not much not less.
Controlling thousands of swords simultaneously required a huge amount of mental power.
As Feng Yun opened his eyes, Yan Zilan’s voice sounded from behind, “Did you learn it?”
“Hmm, it’s a good skill.” Feng Yun replied.
“You are not feeling a headache or something.” Yan Zilan curiously asked.
Feng Yun shook his head in confusion and said, “No, why should I?”
Yan Zilan looked at him and sighed, “Observing these portraits consumes mental power. I started to get a headache after two attempts, four is my limit. You observed the portraits three times without feeling a headache. You must have very strong mental strength.”
“Oh, so that’s how it is?” Feng Yun came to an understanding.
“Don’t worry, I will give you something that will enhance your mental power.” Feng Yun smiled softly as he rubbed her head dotingly.
After looking around, he found that others were occupied by the portraits.
“Hmm, where are the kids?”
“Mother brought them outside to play.”
“By the way, what is on the second floor?”
“Second floor contains cultivation techniques.” Yan Zilan replied.
“Let’s go!” Feng Yun nodded as he walked to the stairs leading to the second floor. The second floor was not much different from the first except the portraits have been replaced by long inscriptions written on the walls. These inscriptions should be cultivation techniques Feng Yun thought.
Just he was about to go forward to read them. Yan Zilan spoke, “Come here, I will show you something special.” Feng Yun turned his head to look at her and found she was standing in front of a stone monument that was placed at the back of the hall.
Feng Yun walked to her as he looked at the stone monument curiously. It was around seven feet tall and three feet wide with a flat surface.
“What is it?”
“Place your hand at it, you will know.” Feng Yun did as she said and placed his hand on the stone monument. Feng Yun felt a mysterious energy entering in his body through his hand released by the stone monument. The energy traveled throughout his body before running back into the stone.
That was it. Nothing happened after that. Feng Yun looked at Yan Zilan questioningly.
“Wait for a moment.”
As Feng Yun was about to ask her about the stone monument. He noticed a change in the stone monument, it glowed with a bright light then golden words started to appear on the flat surface of the stone monument. Soon the flat surface was filled with bold golden words.
“I don’t know how it works. This monument analyzes a person’s aptitude and constitution then provides a cultivation technique for that person that suits him the most.” Yan Zilan said calmly as she looked at the monument. “Hundreds of people have tested and obtained cultivation techniques. However, it is my first time seeing the golden words. You always amaze me, honey.”
“Nine Sun Yang Sutra!” Feng Yun read the title softly. It attracted his interest, so he proceeded to read. When he finished reading the entire inscriptions, a stunned look appeared on his face. It turned out this was a Peak Grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique which was very suitable for him. Heaven Rank techniques were very rare in the world much less a Peak Grade Heaven Rank technique. And he obtained one just like that.
Unfortunately, Feng Yun was cultivating Divine Yang Cultivation Technique which was one rank higher than Nine Sun Yang Sutra.
Now, Feng Yun was becoming more and more interested in this secret realm. After a while, the golden words on the surface started fading away. Feng Yun tried to place his hand again on the stone to see if he would get another technique.
“It won’t work the second time.” Yan Zilan said.
Soon Tang Yue arrived on the second floor, under the instruction of Feng Yun, she also placed her hand on the stone monument. A similar scene occurred again.
“Another golden technique.” Yan Zilan was stunned after seeing Tang Yue’s result. He couldn’t help but look at Tang Yue enviously. Not only was she much more beautiful than her, but her talent was also high. She couldn’t help it. Both of them were wives of Feng Yun, so there was bound to be some competition and jealousy between the harem members.
“Let’s go to the third floor.” Feng Yun said with expectation. The first and second floors were both fruitful, and he was excited to see things on the third floor.
Feng Yun, Tang Yue, and Yan Zilan trio went to the third floor. On the third floor, a few huge portraits hung on the walls. Is it the same as the first floor? Feng Yun thought in his mind after seeing the portraits on the wall.
Feng Yun casually looked around at the portraits. There were various sceneries drawn in the portraits, a Sea of flames, an ocean, an ice mountain, a tornado, a sword graveyard, and a thundercloud…
“These portraits contain various intents, fire essence intent, water essence intent, sword intent, spear intent, etc. Fire intent, water intent, earth intent, metal intent, thunder intent, wind intent etc were called Elemental Intent while Sword Intent, spear intent, fist intent, etc were called weapon intent.
Weapon Intents were could be seen commonly while elemental intents were very rare. Even Feng Yun hadn’t grasped the Elemental Intent yet. It’s not that he can’t learn it. He didn’t get a chance to learn the fire intent as he never encountered fire intent or any elemental intent before.
Feng Yun’s eyes flickered with light as he stared at the portrait of the sea of flames.
Just as he was about to walk, he was stopped by Yan Zilan, “Hold on, observing these portraits is dangerous. It can hurt your divine sense and sea of consciousness.”
“Really, I want to give it a try.” Feng Yun looked at the portrait of the sea of flames and spoke absentmindedly.
Seeing obsession in his eyes, Yan Zilan knew she couldn’t stop him so she let him be. Arriving in front of the portrait, Feng Yun closed his eyes and used his divine sense. As soon as his divine sense touched the portrait, it sunk into darkness. Feng Yun found himself standing in the middle of raging flames. Feng Yun started to feel a burning sensation, it was directly hurting his sea of consciousness. Feng Yun somehow held on for a few moments and started studying the fire intent. However, he couldn’t even feel the fire’s intent much less study it in a few minutes. It will require a long time, unfortunately, he didn’t have much time. In a few minutes, the flames became unbearable, forcing him to withdraw from the world of flames inside the portrait.
“Feng Yun, are you alright?” Yan Zilan came to his side and asked worriedly.
“Hmm, don’t worry I am fine.” Feng Yun was feeling a strong headache but he didn’t want to worry her so he lied. Despite having such strong mental power, he was able to hold in for five minutes. No wonder, he hadn’t seen elemental intent before today, it was extremely hard to comprehend.
However, it aroused his heart further. He liked challenges. He determined that he would comprehend the Fire Intent as soon as possible.
Seeing his passionate gaze as he looked at the portrait. Yan Zilan immediately guessed his intention. She slowly tapped his shoulder and said with a sullen expression, “You can learn them later; they are not going anywhere. You have just returned after a long time, how about we spend some time together.”
She knew that he had a hunger for new knowledge and strength. As long as he saw something interesting that could enhance his strength, he wouldn’t stop until he learns it.
“Sorry! I carried away.” Feng Yun said apologetically. Her words were indeed correct. He returned after a long time; he should give some time to her and his daughter.
“Let’s check the fourth floor then we can spend some alone time.” Feng Yun said.
However, Yan Zilan shook her head and said, “We can’t. The fourth floor is locked.”