Chapter 1958: The Third Young Master's Sword

"Congratulations, Elder Lu!"

Hearing the voice, Shan Xiaotian walked out of the room.

"This is your identity token!" Elder Lu Yun handed over the token he had just obtained from the Elder Hall, smiling slightly. "With this, as long as you spend a certain number of Sword Pavilion Coins, you can go to places like the Library or the Sword Scripture Hall to observe freely! You can also take on inner disciple trials to earn rewards! In short, you can go anywhere on the inner disciple peaks! Also, these are your rewards for becoming an inner disciple: five inferior-grade Immortal Origin Pills, one inferior-grade immortal sword, and one bottle each of healing and qi-restoring pills. As for this storage ring, it is a personal gift from me!"

After speaking, he handed over another storage ring.

"Thank you, Elder Lu!"

Shan Xiaotian's eyes lit up.

"This..." Seeing that becoming an inner disciple brought so many benefits, including a storage ring, Zhang Xuan's eyebrows twitched.

While enjoying the sect's resources, one must also accept its obligations; there is no free lunch in the world.

Anyway, as long as he participated in competitions, he could earn money quickly, so there was nothing to envy.

"These are the sect's cultivation technique and the Lingyun Sword Art. Study them first, and if you have any questions, feel free to find me..."

Elder Lu Yun took out two more books. "Our Lingyun Sword Pavilion's cultivation technique is called the Lingyun Art, renowned throughout the continent! As for the sword art, it is the best in the world! However, a powerful technique and sword art do not mean you will become strong just by practicing them; you still need your own relentless effort and comprehension!"

Shan Xiaotian nodded.

Even with the same lessons from a teacher, there will still be top students and slackers.

A powerful technique and sword art do not necessarily make one a master.

"Of course, the Sword Pavilion is not stingy. If you have a technique or sword art more suited to you, you can also practice it. As long as you pass the annual assessment, no one will stop you!" Elder Lu Yun continued.

That move of throwing the sword had been unstoppable even for Huo Jianghe, who had also retreated from it. At the same level, he might not be able to block it...

From this, it was clear that the other party had his own secrets.

The Lingyun Sword Pavilion would not delve into such matters.

As long as one was strong, passed the assessments, and did not violate sect rules, disciples were not prohibited from learning other techniques.

Stones from other mountains can polish jade!

Sometimes, learning other techniques for reference could actually help one go further.

After explaining the sect rules for a while, Elder Lu Yun finally turned and left.

Having just broken through to the True Immortal realm, he also needed to consolidate.

"Master..."

Seeing him leave, Shan Xiaotian handed over the Lingyun Art and sword art.

With a flick of his finger, the same two books appeared in his mind, and he flipped through them.

Elder Lu, fearing deviations in cultivation, had only given the technique for the first level of the Ancient Sage realm. Although the number of errors was far fewer than the manuals from the Master Teacher Continent and it was extremely top-notch, compared to the Heaven's Path technique, it was still far inferior. It was better not to practice it!

The sword art, as he had said, was indeed good, but compared to what he now understood, it still amounted to nothing.

"For the technique, practice what I taught you; no need to change. As for the sword art, continue practicing 'throwing the sword.' Once you fully master this set of sword techniques, I will teach you the next level!"

Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes!" Shan Xiaotian nodded.

From the moment he became a disciple, he had fully trusted his master and would practice exactly as instructed.

"By the way, Master, what is the name of this 'throwing sword' technique you taught me?" Seeing that his master was about to leave after giving instructions, Shan Xiaotian looked over.

His master had only taught the sword technique, but no specific name.

Such a powerful sword art could not simply be called 'Throwing Sword,' could it?

"This..." Zhang Xuan frowned.

This sword technique was something he had casually created in the Divine Communication Hall without much thought... Asking for its name, he really did not know how to answer.

"You are the third young master of the Shan family... In that case, let's call this technique 'The Third Young Master's Sword'!"

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said.

"The Third Young Master's Sword? This... isn't that inappropriate!" Shan Xiaotian's face twitched.

Too perfunctory!

What kind of sword art was named like that?

Moreover, this technique was created by his master; how could it be named after his own identity?

"What's inappropriate? Sword technique names are all casually chosen; any name works. 'The Third Young Master's Sword' is fine!"

Waving his hand, Zhang Xuan was too lazy to dwell on it.

His father, Zhang Zhenxing, was terrible at naming, which was why he had left him with the name Zhang Diaofei.

Inheriting that gene, he was not much better, which was why he had names like Heaven's Path Technique, Heaven's Path Sword Art, Heaven's Path Golden Body... and aliases like Yang Xuan, Tianya, I Am Very Low-Key... all utterly unoriginal.

"Alright!"

Seeing his master so perfunctory and having settled on the name, Shan Xiaotian had no choice but to stop dwelling on it.

"Give me your inner disciple token..."

Taking the token, Zhang Xuan left the courtyard and headed toward the inner disciple Library.

The Library was located on a man-made flat area halfway up the peak, a grand and towering hall that he had seen when he went to the trading ground earlier.

Arriving at the entrance, he handed over his identity token.

"Two Sword Pavilion Coins for half an hour. You can choose one technique or martial skill to copy out."

The elder in charge of the Library glanced at the token and said flatly.

Tossing two Sword Pavilion Coins over, Zhang Xuan stepped into the room.

The Lingyun Sword Pavilion had been passed down for thousands of years, with countless sword techniques and techniques—dense and varied, numbering in the millions.

Inside, many disciples were browsing. Since time cost money, most selected the books they wanted and copied them as quickly as possible.

Zhang Xuan did not need such trouble. His eyes swept over the bookshelves while he softly called out in his mind, "Flaws."

Whoosh!

Countless books instantly imprinted into his mind.

Seeing that the Library's ability to collect books had not disappeared, Zhang Xuan sighed in relief.

He had worried that entering the Upper Firmament might cause changes to the Library and restrict this ability, but it seemed he had overthought it.

He swept along the bookshelves, and rows of books entered his mind, becoming his knowledge.

This was the inner disciple Library, containing only Ancient Sage-level cultivation techniques and martial skills, none at the Void Immortal realm. Moreover, there were many for the first level of Ancient Sage, gradually decreasing with higher levels.

Zhang Xuan was currently at the initial peak of the fourth level of Ancient Sage, Shattering Void. The earlier levels were irrelevant.

After nearly two hours, he had recorded all the books.

Leaving the Library, he paid another six Sword Pavilion Coins before returning to his residence.

"Time to break through!"

Having gathered the techniques, it was time to move the cultivation that had been suppressed for so many days.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he focused his mind, and in the Library, all the books on the fourth level of Ancient Sage piled together.

"Correct!"

He called out softly, and a technique for the fourth level of Ancient Sage appeared before him.

He quickly opened it.

Soon, he sighed in relief.

As expected, with so many manuals piled together, it had reached the Heaven's Path level.

Flipping his wrist, the remaining seven Immortal Origin Pills appeared in his palm, and he swallowed one.

Gurgle!

Vast spiritual energy exploded within his body, and his true qi began to circulate strictly according to the newly formed Heaven's Path technique.

Sizzle!

His power grew stronger, and his true qi became denser.

Boom!

Before long, with a roar, he broke through the initial stage of Shattering Void. He continued swallowing pills to rapidly increase his cultivation.

"Hmm, the effect of the Immortal Origin Pills is weakening?"

In less than half an hour, he reached the late stage of Shattering Void. However, the effect of the inferior-grade Immortal Origin Pills he had bought earlier was also weakening. After swallowing all seven, he only barely reached the late stage of the fourth level of Ancient Sage, still far from the peak.

"The Heaven's Path technique indeed has extremely high demands on the grade of pills..."

Stopping his cultivation, Zhang Xuan rubbed his brow.

The Heaven's Path technique required extremely high-quality spiritual energy. Although inferior-grade Immortal Origin Pills were highly effective even for Void Immortal experts, they were no longer of much use to him.

Without Immortal Origin Pills, absorbing the free mercury-like true qi from the air would still be much faster than on the Master Teacher Continent, but it would take at least two or three months to reach the peak of Shattering Void—almost impossible!

Such a long time just to advance two small levels... he absolutely could not wait!

"Since I still have plenty of Sword Pavilion Coins, I'll go buy some medium-grade Immortal Origin Pills..."

He had earned 1,400 Sword Pavilion Coins from the bet and had only spent eight. He might as well buy more Immortal Origin Pills to first raise his cultivation to the peak of Shattering Void!

Taking out the Divine Communication Jade Talisman, he focused his mind and entered it again.

This time, he did not go to the sword-fighting area but to the area for purchasing items.

"Medium-grade Immortal Origin Pills, 200 Sword Pavilion Coins each!"

The youth in charge of selling resources said.

"Two hundred?" Zhang Xuan's eyebrows jumped.

That was really expensive!

Inferior-grade Immortal Origin Pills cost two Sword Pavilion Coins, while medium-grade cost two hundred—a full hundred times difference!

"Medium-grade Immortal Origin Pills are medicines only usable by True Immortal realm experts. At that level, even among core disciples, they are considered masters, and inner elders are also at this level... Two hundred Sword Pavilion Coins is nothing to them!"

The youth explained. "Of course, the most important thing is that these pills require precious herbs to refine, and they also place high demands on the alchemist's cultivation, so they are scarce..."

Zhang Xuan nodded.

Earlier, Zhu Yanzhi, as an inner disciple, had nearly a thousand Sword Pavilion Coins on him. For core disciples or even elders, medium-grade Immortal Origin Pills at two hundred each were indeed not expensive!

"I'll buy five first!"

Transferring 1,000 Sword Pavilion Coins, Zhang Xuan purchased five.

He had thought the over a thousand coins from the bet would last a while, but it seemed he had overthought it.

As with the previous Divine Communication Jade Talisman, his consciousness returned, he activated the talisman's formation, and the pills appeared before him.

Taking one out and placing it in his palm, he found it indeed exuded a compelling spiritual energy. Compared to the inferior-grade, it was incomparable, not even in the same league.

Taking a deep breath, he was about to swallow the pill in his hand to break through the late stage of Shattering Void in one go when his vision blurred again. The gourd popped out, staring at the medium-grade Immortal Origin Pill in his palm, drooling.

"So fragrant..."