Great Swordsman
Ch.14 - Heavenly Sword Technique (2)

“What happened?”

Xu Feng furrowed his brows. He continued to open the next page but everything was empty without the slightest ink blot.

When Xu Feng felt something was wrong, something magical happened. On the first blank page, various magic runes appeared and floated around it before forming a few words on the blank paper

There are only three words ‘Achieve Natural Void’

“Natural Vacancy? What is it?”

Gao Gao shouted from the side. His eyes widened, he still seemed to be shocked by the miraculous event that had just happened.

“I have vaguely heard from the sect elders that mention there are other realms above the Mortal Realm. Looks like the Empty Realm is what it means!?”

Xu Feng muttered uncertainly. After all, he had never met or heard of anyone who was in that mysterious realm.

“Really? Why have I never heard of it?”

Gao Gao's eyes widened.

“That's because you never took the class of the elders.”

Xu Feng squinted his eyes and sneered.

“…”

Gao Gao chokes. He scratched his head and laughed embarrassedly.

“Forget it! This technique is a good thing. Learning it will not bring any loss. You better try to master it too!”

Xu Feng reminded Gao Gao. The latter replied with a simple nod.

“Now let's try.”

Xu Feng turned his attention back to the book while opening the panel. Instantly a familiar screen appeared in front of him.

New techniques found.. Do you want to add it?

Xu Feng pressed yes and the display on his status screen changed.

Name: Xu Feng

Cultivation Book: Storm Spring (Second Stage of Mortal Realm) +

Cultivation Technique: Shadow Steps(Basic ) +, Mortal Heavenly Sword Technique(Unlearned) +

Available energy: 3

Xu Feng then pressed the ‘+’ button behind the Sword Technique.

It takes 10 energy points to learn the Mortal Heavenly Sword Technique

“Energies needed are doubled compared to Shadow Steps?”

Xu Feng's eyebrows shot up. Even the panel acknowledged that the technique was different from other techniques. It seems like he just found a treasure! But when he saw the amount of energy he had, Xu Feng's excited feeling slowly receded. He was poor as usual.

“Brother..”.

Xu Feng's gaze wandered towards Gao Gao, his attitude turning friendly.

“This, what do you need?”

Gao Gao replied in horror. He somehow had intuition going all-out. He even had the urge to run when he saw Xu Feng's hands start rubbing against each other.

That feeling is very unpleasant.

“You want to have a White Horse, right? Among traders, there is a common understanding that to own something, a trader needs to invest first in order to earn it. Capital ! That's right, inject capital!”

Xu Feng's eyes twinkled, his gaze always fixed on the cloth pouch hanging on Gao Gao's waist. Every step he took brought Gao Gao closer to despair.

Xu Feng's smile now looked like a demon in Gao Gao's eyes.

“Backing..”

Gao Gao cursed and wanted to cry. He was aware of what Xu Feng wanted. His dream as a wealthy merchant seemed to never be achieved as long as there was Xu Feng.

“Brother Xu, we can talk about this carefully.!”

Gao Gao tried to negotiate but was unsuccessful. He persuaded and pleaded, but Xu Feng could always give a reasonable answer.

Xu Feng mentioned that he only needed a few of his spiritual stones.

“Thank you…

“I promise I will return it someday.”

Xu Feng patted Gao Gao Gao's shoulder so sincerely before running around looking for a place to hide to absorb the spiritual stones.

“Ahh.”

Gao Gao rolled his eyes over Xu Feng's blank cheque. If there was one thing he did not believe from Xu Feng, then it was his promise after being in debt.

The man was completely unreliable in this regard.

Watching Xu Fengs back, Gao Gao sighed and glanced at his cloth pouch. His eyes immediately gawked.

“Sial! You greedy bastard! You left me nothing!!”

Gao Gao roared in disbelief. Some of the animals were even surprised by his voice and fled. The ten spiritual stones that he had worked on just disappeared!

“Hehe..”

Xu Feng chuckled and quickened his pace. He even used Shadow Steps to keep from being overtaken.

“Just wait for me there, I won't be gone for so long!!”

Xu Feng shouted and disappeared from Gao Gao's sight.

Absorbing 10 low-tier spiritual stones. Energy found: 20 units

Absorb?

Yes / No

Xu Feng hurriedly absorbed all the spiritual stones when it was a fairly distant place. He certainly did not want Gao Gao to know his secret.

He doesn't want anyone to know his secret. The consequences it brought could be disastrous if Xu Feng was not careful.

The existence of the panel was too mysterious and amazing. Its existence has actually violated the natural order itself.

Even the heavens would run amok if they realized the traces of the panel's existence.

“Ya!”

Xu Feng exclaimed in his mind and the number of his energy points changed to 22 units. He did not waste any time and immediately pressed the ‘+’ button behind the Mortal Heavenly Sword Technique.

The point immediately dropped to 12.

Simultaneously, Xu Feng's understanding of the Heavenly Sword Technique became deeper. He was suddenly so familiar with the methods of the Heavenly Sword Technique, as if he had been practicing day after day for several years. He seemed to understand it like the back of his hand.

Xu Feng drew his sword and made various movements. The sword he was holding now felt like an extension of his own, as if it had fused with him.

His movements and posture were very natural and so smooth, almost like an artist. In a single glance, one would think that Xu Feng had spent his life cultivating swordsmanship.

After making a few moves, Xu Feng breathed in the air deeply and muttered excitedly

“Every muscle fiber used to perform slashes or movements becomes more efficient and stronger. No more wasted energy. Everything is maximized to the highest level!”

Xu Feng stared at the sword in his hand with a hint of anticipation. His fighting ability increased to a new level.

“Ohh right, there are still 12 units of energy left.”

Xu Feng refocused on the panel. He directed his thoughts to the Spring Cultivation Book.

It takes 12 energy to increase

Yes / No

“So it looks like the amount of energy needed will double every stage huh?” Xu Feng immediately came to a conclusion. He still remembered that the amount of energy needed to ascend to the second stage was 6 units.

“Then what about Techniques?”

Xu Feng then experimented on the Shadow Steps and Heavenly Sword. Sure enough, the energy required of the two techniques had doubled compared to before.

Xu Feng now felt a dilemma. He was at a loss choosing between improving the Shadow Step Technique or the Spring Cultivation Book.

The Shadow Steps only required 10 units of energy to ascend to the intermediate realm.

“Better focus on cultivation first.”

Xu Feng immediately made a decision and no longer hesitated.

Instantly a warm feeling enveloped Xu Feng's body as his cultivation began to break through to the Third Stage.