Chapter 1127: Eleven Breaths

"So that's how it is!"

Knowing that the other party was actually a super genius of the Martial Skills Hall, with talent no less than Shi Hao's, Hall Master Wei nodded and looked at Zhang Xuan: "Master Sun, let me find you another martial skill. The Great Star Luo Finger is extremely difficult; even among these two hundred sets, it ranks high..."

Hall Master Feng, because he wasn't a battle master before and didn't receive the most systematic training, it was understandable that he cultivated slowly. But this genius before him had also spent a full seven years just to reach minor success. The Great Star Luo Finger could be said to be recognized by the entire Martial Skills Hall as hard to learn.

"No need for such trouble..."

Taking the secret manual and flipping through it casually, Zhang Xuan shook his head.

For him, as long as he could piece together the Heavenly Dao martial skill, any of these two hundred sets was the same, with no distinction between good and bad.

"Then take a look first. If it's too hard to cultivate, we can make another choice..."

Knowing that saying too much would annoy people, Hall Master Wei said.

This thing, talking about it was useless; only by personally cultivating it would one understand the difficulty.

Once this guy stumbled and couldn't even achieve entry, he might understand the terror of the Great Star Luo Finger.

Obviously, Jiao Qin also held this thought, looking with interest at the young man who didn't know his place, wanting to see his expression after reading the secret manual and failing to comprehend.

However, that expression never came; instead, he saw the other party frown, looking as if he had lost his appetite.

"What do you mean?"

Jiao Qin was displeased.

If you don't understand, then don't understand; if you know the difficulty, then know it. What's with this attitude?

"Nothing!" Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked down again. After a moment, he shook his head again: "Forget it, let's just go with this!"

Having said that, with an expression of facing death calmly, he stood still and slowly closed his eyes.

"You..."

Seeing him so reluctant, with an expression even more exaggerated than before, Jiao Qin was about to explode with anger.

The Great Star Luo Finger, though not the top martial skill, was definitely considered high-ranking in the Martial Skills Hall. It was understandable to find it difficult during normal cultivation, but... to look so disgusted, as if cultivating this set of martial skills was like eating a dead rat, was a bit too much!

"Even if it's hard to master and you don't understand, there's no need for such an attitude! It's extremely rude..."

With a cold snort, just as he was about to speak, he saw the young man before him suddenly raise his hand, and the index finger of his right hand gently pointed forward.

Zzzt!

True qi pierced the air, tearing through it like paper, making a cutting sound. At the fingertip, it seemed stars were rotating, giving a sense of vastness and remoteness.

The Great Star Luo Finger was created by a senior from the Battle Master Hall tens of thousands of years ago, observing the sun, moon, and stars. With a single finger point, true qi, borrowing the power of star arrangements, gave a feeling of traversing the universe's vastness. It not only attacked with true qi but also carried strong mental pressure.

Because of this, ordinary cultivators found it hard to understand, and some even spent their entire lives not comprehending how to borrow this star power.

Originally thinking this Master Sun was too arrogant and had an unpleasant personality, wanting to scold him a few times, upon seeing the finger he pointed, Jiao Qin's pupils involuntarily contracted, and his body trembled: "This is... entry?"

He thought the other party hadn't understood how to cultivate the martial skill at all and was just putting on an act. He never dreamed that in just the time it took to close his eyes, he had already achieved entry!

Back then, it took him a full year to reach entry!

Zzzzzz!

Just as he was shocked and bewildered, the true qi power at the young man's fingertip grew stronger, emitting a sobbing sound, as if bringing one into the night, with stars hanging low all around, ready to fall at any moment.

"This is... proficiency?"

Swallowing his saliva, Jiao Qin's face turned pale.

Although this martial skill was extremely hard to enter, once successful, progress would be faster afterward, but how long had it been?

Ten breaths?

Five breaths?

Or two breaths?

When the finger was extended, it was entry; before the arm was fully straightened, it was already proficiency...

This isn't cultivation; it's just playing around!

His throat dry, he turned to look at Hall Master Wei not far away, wanting to ask what kind of background this guy had to learn so fast. He saw that this hall master also had wide eyes, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Clearly, he too hadn't expected the other party to go from entry to proficiency so quickly.

This was beyond the scope of common sense.

"Hall Master Wei..."

Clenching his teeth, afraid to disturb Master Sun who was cultivating, he sent a voice transmission.

"Hmm?"

Hall Master Wei snapped out of his shock.

"This Master Sun... before, he really hadn't learned the Great Star Luo Finger?"

He couldn't help asking.

"He shouldn't have... Such a small matter, he wouldn't lie or deceive!" Recalling the young man's various wonders, Hall Master Wei paused and said.

With one hall master and two deputy hall masters attacking together, they couldn't harm him at all; instead, he used the formation to beat them up... and with one palm, he swept through ten stone tablets in the inner breath passage...

Such a person should have no need to lie. It seemed... this Great Star Luo Finger, which was difficult for them, was not hard for him.

"Never learned, yet achieved entry in the blink of an eye and proficiency in a few breaths... I spent seven years just to reach minor success. Will he catch up in one day?" Jiao Qin's lips trembled uncontrollably.

"That shouldn't be... From proficiency to minor success, there's a huge dividing line. No one should be that fast... Ah?"

As he spoke, before Hall Master Wei could finish his sentence, he let out a scream.

He saw the young man with closed eyes finally straighten his arm. A vortex appeared, like a galaxy spinning. Even without attacking, just one look made one dizzy, on the verge of fainting.

"Minor success..."

Both of them stepped back two paces.

Just as he said he couldn't achieve minor success today, the other party reached it...

Whoosh!

Having reached minor success, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes, glanced at his own finger, sighed, and looked up at Jiao Qin not far away.

"This martial skill passage requires cultivating a set of martial skills to great success before one can enter and challenge, right?"

"Yes..."

Not knowing what he meant by asking this, Jiao Qin nodded.

The martial skill passage required cultivating any one of these two hundred martial skills to great success to have a chance to pass; otherwise, it was impossible to succeed.

Wondering in his heart, just as he was about to explain, he saw the young man respond: "I see..."

Then he closed his eyes again.

"Huh?" His face twitched: "You don't mean to... rush to great success now? The Great Star Luo Finger has extremely high requirements for true qi. Without preparation, forcing a breakthrough will only lead to errors and severe injury..."

Before he could finish, he saw the young man point his finger again.

Whoosh!

The air before him seemed instantly compressed. In that moment, he felt as if he had fallen into a sky full of stars, and then stars descended from the sky, seemingly able to crush him easily.

"The cycle of stars..."

Jiao Qin's body shook violently: "This is... beyond great success, perfect mastery?"

Martial skill cultivation had five realms: entry, proficiency, minor success, great success, and perfect mastery.

Just as he said it was hard for the other party to reach great success, the other party casually achieved perfect mastery...

From receiving the secret manual to reaching this level, it took a total of... a dozen breaths!

And he, the super genius of the Martial Skills Hall, took seven years and only reached minor success...

A strong sense of defeat made him want to explode.

People... really couldn't be compared.

Not knowing that his casual cultivation had scared Hall Master Wei and Jiao Qin to the point of wanting to vomit blood, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes.

To be honest, if it weren't for the challenge, he definitely wouldn't have learned this set of Great Star Luo Finger.

After merging many martial skills, although the flaws were reduced, there were still five of them.

A technique with so many flaws, to be honest, he had never cultivated it before... That was why he hesitated for so long and finally looked like he was facing death.

Too inferior!

Cultivating it was truly embarrassing.

But there was no other way. To pass the assessment and find more Saint Domain first-level techniques, this was the most efficient method.

Fortunately, these flaws only caused some harm to the body and didn't require treasures or anything; otherwise, it would have been much more troublesome.

"I've finished cultivating. I may need to trouble Battle Master Jiao Qin to help register..."

Shaking his head to cast aside his inner frustration, Zhang Xuan said.

These flaws only damaged some meridians in the body. Whenever used, they would tear, causing unbearable pain. But he possessed Heavenly Dao true qi, which healed injuries very quickly, so the problem wasn't big.

Anyway, it was just for the assessment. He would try to use it as little as possible afterward.

"Yes, yes..."

Jiao Qin finally snapped out of his shock, shrank his neck, and hurried forward. After a short while, he returned: "Master Sun, I've already spoken. Let you go first!"

Every day, many people came to the martial skill passage for assessment, but few actually passed.

The person before him was personally brought by Hall Master Wei and had such incredible cultivation speed. Letting him go first was no big deal.

"Much obliged..."

Cupping his fists, Zhang Xuan followed behind and soon arrived at the entrance.

Just then, the door opened, and a young man walked out dejectedly, clearly having failed the assessment.

"Master Sun, please..."

Jiao Qin gestured.

Zhang Xuan stepped inside and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

"Hey, Jiao, what's this guy's background that you personally helped him cut in line?" A battle master from the crowd called out.

"I don't know either..." Jiao Qin shook his head.

"Don't know? You at least know which martial skill he registered for, right?"

The crowd was curious. The battle master who spoke earlier asked again.

Based on the martial skill cultivated, one could also infer some background.

"The Great Star Luo Finger," Jiao Qin said.

"The Great Star Luo... isn't that the one you cultivate?"

"This martial skill is extremely hard to master. Even with your talent, after seven years, you've only reached minor success. This guy dares to challenge it? Has he already reached great success? He doesn't look that old!"

The battle master frowned and couldn't help asking: "At his age, how long could he have cultivated?"

"Probably..."

Jiao Qin thought for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Twelve breaths. Oh, no, exactly eleven breaths."