Chapter 214: Pre-Match Scheming, Unintentional Breakthrough! (1/3)

Song Qingfeng had witnessed it with his own eyes, and naturally, refusing to be outdone, he began to explain the circumstances of that moment...

"Is it truly that formidable?!" Although it was said that powerful warriors could cleave mountains and sever rivers with ease, who had ever heard of a sword technique so terrifying?! Not even Nalan Hongwu had ever heard of such a thing!

Everything in the surroundings rendered completely immobile, as if time itself had ground to a halt?! Was this still something a mere mortal could accomplish?!

Who could believe it? Nalan Hongwu certainly did not!

Moreover, he had already given his evaluation of this television series, deeming it useful only for laying foundations for those low-level warriors.

He was entirely confident that his own judgment could never be flawed.

"I can bear witness as well!" At that moment, Dong Qingli snapped out of her profound shock, having clearly finished watching it as well. "This Sword Twenty-Three is simply not a technique that belongs to the mortal realm! It is too terrifying!"

"I can bear witness too!"

"Me too!"

The ones speaking now were several instructors from the Earthly Class of the Lingyun Academy, whose cultivation levels were not particularly high.

Nalan Hongwu’s face twitched, his pride visibly wounded, as he hurriedly found Fang Qi and said, "Kid Fang, you tell us..."

"You mean Sword Twenty-Three." Fang Qi scratched his ear, speaking with a perfectly straight face, "Do you know why I am still watching Wind and Cloud even though my Sword Control Technique has already reached this level."

Nalan Hongwu was left speechless.

Everyone who had just voiced their doubts froze instantly.

"It... it truly exists?!"

Immediately following that: "Boss! Activate Wind and Cloud for me!"

"Which episode is it?! Let me see!"

"Could it be that you young lads have too low a cultivation and misread it?!" Nalan Hongwu expressed complete disbelief, for if such a sword technique existed in this world...

Warriors were in a weak position?! It would likely be the cultivators fleeing upon seeing a warrior in the future!

He dared to assert that if such a sword technique were to appear, the entire balance of the world would undergo a cataclysmic transformation!

"The final segment of the twelfth episode?!" Soon, all those who previously doubted began to watch intently.

And when they witnessed the Sword Saint stepping beneath the stairs of the Under Heaven Alliance, his swaying, decrepit body left them completely unable to comprehend how such a person could unleash a sword technique that could destroy heaven and earth!

But in the next instant, when everyone saw the Sword Saint standing spiritedly within the Tri-Divisional Drill Grounds, every jaw dropped in unison!

And when they saw the Sword Saint unleash Sword Twenty-Three, leaving all living creatures at his mercy...

Their entire brains seemed to tremble violently!

This was also a warrior?!

Then what did we warriors even count as?!

Nalan Hongwu was utterly dumbfounded!

All the warriors were completely dumbfounded!

They found it impossible to understand; they were all warriors, yet how could the disparity be so vastly immense?!

"Kid Fang! Can we learn this sword technique?!" This time, Nalan Hongwu was truly growing anxious!

Because he could indeed perceive that the Sword Saint had achieved transcendence through death to unleash such a sword technique, but surely no one could go and die just as the Sword Saint did!

Fang Qi replied, "...What do you think?"

If it could not be unleashed, why would I bother watching it?

One had to know that after the third part of Wind and Cloud, the reincarnation of the Sword Saint could unleash various versions of Sword Twenty-Three!

In other words, this form of Sword Twenty-Three was understood because of the transcendence between life and death, and because of the Holy Sword Realm within the world of Wind and Cloud, but once comprehended, it did not possess so many restrictions!

And in this system-provided version of the television series, this very scene where the Sword Saint comprehended Sword Twenty-Three was practically a living sword manual, was it not?!

"Then does that not mean anyone could comprehend it..." Just as he said this, Nalan Hongwu realized his own folly and said awkwardly, "True, even if such a sword technique is placed right here, it is not something just anyone can comprehend!"

Never mind others, even as a Martial Emperor, he himself could not understand or fathom it at this moment!

Only after he thoroughly grasped the martial arts philosophies expounded in this television series and fully mastered the first twenty-two forms would there perhaps be a sliver of a possibility.

"This old man has decided!" Nalan Hongwu declared loudly, "I shall immerse myself fully in Wind and Cloud!"

"Help me activate twelve episodes of Wind and Cloud first!" Liang Heihu also expressed that from now on, he would watch every single episode of Wind and Cloud!

"It is not just for us to watch," Nalan Mingxue pondered aloud. "I think we can also recommend it to those cultivators. When they witness such a sword technique, it will shatter their morale, and we will have a much greater certainty of victory afterward."

Liang Heihu was speechless.

Song Qingfeng was speechless.

Everyone stared at her with expressions of utter bewilderment.

Fang Qi’s face darkened, "I say, you are turning a mere competition into an imperial palace conspiracy!"

"Hmph! All is fair in war!" Nalan Mingxue felt a small sense of pride. "The rules do not forbid it, do they?"

"It seems that is indeed the case..."

"Let's go, Lanyan!" Nalan Mingxue pointed toward Area B, where Xue Daolv of the Liuyun Daoist Palace and a group of disciples were situated today, "We shall go over there to discuss Wind and Cloud and Sword Twenty-Three!"

Immediately after, she pointed toward Area C where the Yunhai Sect was located, "Lin Shao, Xu Luo, you guys go over there to discuss it. If they ask, you recommend it to them."

"Then we shall go too!" The Grand Princess Ji Yu and the others chimed in, "We will head to the opposite shop!"

...

Fang Qi’s face twitched repeatedly as he watched this sequence of outrageous maneuvers...

After all, facing such a terrifying warrior and sword technique, even if one could not cultivate it themselves, one would still want to witness it, right... And after watching, one would not be satisfied without trying to study the underlying principles, looking for a way to crack or counter it, right...

Before long, he noticed the progress of his task surging wildly!

Originally, the "A Bite of an Alternate World" task was not even half-completed, yet within this brief span, more than half of it was suddenly finished! And it was still skyrocketing!

Two days later, the very same cultivators who had previously clamored that Wind and Cloud was not worth watching gathered before Fang Qi in unison. Quite a few of them sported dark circles under their eyes, making one wonder if they had been discussing it late into the night: "Boss! Where is the thirteenth episode of Wind and Cloud?!"

"The competition is only a day away! Why are you still watching Wind and Cloud?!" Fang Qi replied with a dark face, "Next week!"

"Boss! This is unfair! How can warriors possess such a powerful sword technique! We have never seen a spell in Zhu Xian that is this strong!"

"Each episode of Zhu Xian is more expensive than Wind and Cloud, is there anything even more formidable in it?!"

Fang Qi was left speechless.

And at this moment, the Alliance Master of the Wuwei Daoist Alliance, the Sect Master of the Blue Flame Sect Lan Mo, the Sect Master of the Yunhai Sect Ye Songtao, and the Palace Master of the Liuyun Daoist Palace Xue Daolv, among others, sat on the sofas, their expressions exceedingly grave.

The group first ordered a bucket of instant noodles.

"Alliance Master Lan, Sect Master Ye, have your sides received the news as well?" Xue Daolv said with a heavy face.

Lan Mo took a large mouthful of instant noodles, gripping his chopsticks as he spoke, "All resources have been cut! The major cultivation clans of the Yundian Region are joining forces to place pressure on us!"

Sitting beside them was the Silver Dragon Elder: "Alliance Master Lan, gentlemen! What do you intend to do? I would also like to hear your thoughts."

Ye Songtao kept his head down, eating his noodles, "What does Alliance Master Lan think?"

"If not for this recent incident with Sword Twenty-Three..." Lan Mo began, "With a Daoist alliance as vast as Wuwei having so many of its primary resources severed, I would indeed have to weigh the consequences carefully..."

Hearing his words, the crowd nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"But..." then he spoke again, "since I have invited you all here to talk, you should understand my meaning by now."

"There is nothing more to say. Since this senior could produce a swordsmanship as terrifying as the Twenty-Third Sword, who knows if he will bring out something even more formidable in the future, something capable of reshaping the very framework of our cultivator system?!"

The crowd nodded, finding truth in the words.

"Therefore, I still choose to support this shop! As for resources, our Wuwei Daoist Alliance is not entirely devoid of reserves and alternative options!" Lan Mo spoke up, gesturing to ease everyone's minds.

Secretly, he thought to himself, "At least we can hold out for a while longer!"

"So do not worry. Eat the noodles! Everyone, eat!"

"Slurp, slurp!"

"..."

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