Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 171 - 169: "Great Derivation Sword Technique" [Seeking Subscription]

Chapter 171: Chapter 169: "Great Derivation Sword Technique" [Seeking Subscription]

After attending the exchange meeting, Zhouyang immediately returned to his rented cave dwelling to review his gains from the event.

The underground exchange meeting was undeniably fruitful for him.

Not to mention anything else, just acquiring that Foundation Establishment Pill alone made attending the meeting and paying the five hundred Spirit Stones worthwhile tenfold, even dozens of times.

Upon returning to his cave dwelling, the first thing he did was take out the pill bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill and examined the elixir inside.

Having previously consumed a Foundation Establishment Pill and having obtained one from Cao Wenjin later on, Zhouyang had no trouble identifying a Foundation Establishment Pill.

After a careful inspection, Zhouyang was certain that this elixir had no issues. He then flashed a keen light in his eyes, and a faint golden flame suddenly appeared in his palm, directly incinerating the original pill bottle into a pool of jade liquid, and transferred the Foundation Establishment Pill into another bottle he had on him, treating the bottle containing five Tier Three Middle Grade Spirit Pills, the Peiyuan Pills, the same way.

He did this, naturally, as a precaution.

He had offended that Purple Mansion Stage Alchemist at the underground exchange, and although the person was warned by Tian Wenxuan and did not act out immediately, who could say whether the individual might have tampered with the Spirit Pills?

Both the cultivation books he had read and the admonishments of his elders since childhood warned of not easily consuming any Spirit Wine, tea, or food offered by anyone when out and about.

This was because many strange Magical Techniques in the Cultivation Realm could use such seemingly trivial items to track those who had consumed or used them.

Foundation Establishment Pills and Peiyuan Pills are already refined elixirs, and generally speaking, it is very difficult to tamper with such completed elixirs.

Because elixirs are refined from the essences of various Spirit Elixirs and are extremely focused on balance and stability, any foreign substance mixing in could easily disrupt that balance, ruining the elixir.

So if that Purple Mansion Cultivator wanted to do something, tampering with the pill bottles would be the most probable choice.

After securing the elixirs, Zhouyang proceeded to examine the four Yin Soul Stones he had obtained.

Three of these Yin Soul Stones, which were about the size of an egg, were of Lower Grade, only suitable for refining Tier Three Lower Grade and Tier Three Middle Grade Puppet Beasts.

However, the fist-sized Yin Soul Stone was sufficient for refining a Tier Three High-Grade Puppet Beast.

But on the puppet technique jade scroll Zhouyang acquired, only the refining methods for two types of Tier Three Lower Grade Puppet Beasts were recorded, and he currently did not have the materials needed, thus he could not attempt the refining of Tier Three Puppet Beasts for the time being.

So, he could only carefully store the Yin Soul Stones and then take out the sword technique jade scroll given by Jia Yunzhen.

Jia Yunzhen had claimed that his sword technique was an incomplete version, and this was indeed true.

After examining the jade scroll, Zhouyang found that the recorded "Great Derivation Sword Technique" contained only two layers, lacking the Sword Control Technique for the Golden Core Stage.

And after studying the "Great Derivation Sword Technique," Zhouyang understood why Jia Yunzhen said it was difficult to learn.

The sword technique being named after "Great Derivation" actually set the foundation for its essence right from the start.

As it is said: the number of the Great Derivation is fifty, yet it uses forty-nine.

The essence of this "Great Derivation Sword Technique" lies in the word "change"; the sword technique records numerous techniques of flying sword transformations, with as many as over a dozen variations.

Zhouyang had seen Jia Yunzhen perform the sword technique, where thirteen flying swords under his control could not only execute thirteen different transformations but also come together to form a small sword array to attack enemies or unite into one to unleash power potent enough to slay Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beasts.

In truth, Jia Yunzhen had not yet grasped the true essence of this sword technique!

The true essence of the "Great Derivation Sword Technique" lies in simultaneously controlling forty-nine flying swords to assault an enemy, with its ultimate technique being the arrangement of the "Great Derivation Celestial Spirit Sword Array" using the forty-nine flying swords. Once the sword array is established, it could become invincible among peers!

However, simultaneously controlling forty-nine flying swords, even if they are a set of magical artifacts, places excessively high demands on one’s Divine Sense and Magical Power. Without the strength and cultivation level of the Golden Core Stage, one should not even consider achieving this.

This difficulty is evident, as Jia Yunzhen, with his current Fifth-Layer of Purple Mansion cultivation, could only control thirteen Tier Four Lower Grade Flying Swords!

The most crucial issue is that the cultivation methods for the "Great Derivation Celestial Spirit Sword Array" along with the third and fourth layers of the sword technique have been lost, not being included in the sword technique remnants that Jia Yunzhen obtained.

As for whether Jia Yunzhen’s claim of the sword technique being merely incomplete is true, that Zhouyang could not ascertain.

Upon studying the "Great Derivation Sword Technique" extensively, the more Zhouyang studied, the more he became fond of it, even heading to the city top every few days to test the sword technique on demon beasts attacking the City Defense Array outside.

Of course, to avoid exposing his identity, he deliberately avoided Jia Yunzhen’s Immortal Mountain, specifically choosing secluded areas to test his sword.

Compared to ordinary cultivators, Zhouyang undoubtedly had several advantages in learning the "Great Derivation Sword Technique." Firstly, his Divine Sense was extraordinarily powerful, far surpassing his peers. Secondly, the "Qianyang Immortal Scripture" he practiced was of an exceedingly high grade, granting him Magical Power superior to those practicing ordinary Cultivation Techniques, and he frequently tempered his Magical Power with "Qianyang Immortal Light," thereby giving his Magical Power quality unmatched by cultivators of the same tier.

The essence of "Great Derivation Sword Technique" lies in transformation, but to comprehend the mysteries of this transformation and perform the sword techniques recorded in it, both intuition and cultivation are indispensable.

Zhouyang’s intuition is not considered supreme, but it is above average. Although the "Great Derivation Sword Technique" is profound, he managed to enter the basics after about half a year, having already learned the family’s "Flying Star Sword Technique".

After mastering the basics of the sword technique, the feeling of controlling the two flying swords "Red Profound Golden Light Sword" and "Taiyi Profound Light Sword" simultaneously was completely different from before.

Previously, when controlling the two flying swords, he had to split his magical power and divine sense into two to manage them. But now, by using the Sword Control Technique from the "Great Derivation Sword Technique" to manipulate the two flying swords, he splits his magical power and divine sense into two, not only saving a lot of power but also enhancing the flexibility of both swords significantly.

When he performed a basic sword array transformation from the "Great Derivation Sword Technique," using the two flying swords to execute the "Liangyi Splitting Light Sword Array," the power released by the two swords instantly shredded a Tier Three Lower Grade Demon Beast into several pieces.

While merely shredding a Tier Three Lower Grade Demon Beast might not seem strong, comprehension of such attack techniques as a conventional method reveals just how formidable this move truly is!

This means that when Zhouyang encounters situations similar to the past "Beast Tide" siege again, as long as his magical power and divine sense are not completely depleted, he could instantly kill any Tier Three Lower Grade Demon Beasts that climb onto the city wall with just two flying swords in hand!

The power of the first layer after entering the "Great Derivation Sword Technique" is so effective, which further strengthens Zhouyang’s resolve to delve into this sword technique.

His current cultivation may not allow him to cultivate to the second layer of the sword technique during the Foundation Establishment Stage, but learning a few more sword array transformation techniques would be enough to elevate his combat strength to a new level.

However, the more profound the sword array transformations of the "Great Derivation Sword Technique," the more flying swords are required. Zhouyang could only take matters into his own hands, using the sword beak from a Tier Three Middle Grade Demon Beast "Sword-beaked Crane" he killed earlier to refine a Tier Three Lower Grade Flying Sword "Crane Beak Sword".

Using high-tier materials to refine low-tier spiritual artifacts can greatly increase the success rate of refinement, assuming you can manage those high-tier materials. However, this sort of refinement wastes materials and offers no improvement to one’s Artifact Refining Skill.

Thus, although Zhouyang succeeded in refinement once, he felt little sense of achievement, just helplessness.

He now has quite a few good materials, but due to the limits of his Artifact Refining Skill, he dares not and is unwilling to easily act, for fear of ruining the materials.

If it were in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, handing these materials to the old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan, the Zhou Family’s Treasure Vault would surely gain seven or eight Tier Three magical artifacts.

During the subsequent two-year period, aside from his daily cultivation, Zhouyang spent most of his time dissecting the "Great Derivation Sword Technique."

Every time he gained some understanding, he went to the city walls to test against sieging demon beasts, honing his practical sword technique skills.

In this period, the City Defense Array of Zhenyue Immortal City closed twice, and each time it did, demon beasts outside the city launched a massive assault.

But each time the beasts attacked the ramparts in waves, the closed array would suddenly activate, trapping and slaying the demon beasts that rushed to the ramparts.

After two such repetitions, when the City Defense Array closed again, the demon beasts outside dared not attack the city anymore.

Those high-tier demon beasts realized if they compelled the demon beasts to attack the city again, they wouldn’t have enough strength left to form a siege around Zhenyue Immortal City.

For a time, the situation became somewhat ludicrous, resembling a fight between an old cat on a tree and an old dog on the ground, one daring the other to ascend the walls, the other daring them to come out and fight.

With both sides wary of each other, large-scale battles were difficult to initiate.

Zhouyang participated in both siege battles and reaped considerable bounty, killing seven Tier Three Demon Beasts collectively during the two encounters, and had their corpses refined into "Essence Pills" which he then stored.

By now, after resting for over two years, his subordinate Eagle Lion Beast finally healed from its injuries sustained during their battle and regained its peak strength.

Upon recovering its peak strength, the beast was not as compliant as when it was injured, displaying resistance against Zhouyang’s act of storing it in the Spirit Beast Bag, refusing to enter.

Seeing this, Zhouyang decisively unleashed his twin swords, applying all his newly ingrained "Qianyang Celestial Sword" magic onto the beast, severely wounding it once more on the spot.

After being roasted by the "Qianyang True Flame" like a chicken, the Eagle Lion Beast finally understood it couldn’t overpower this human in Zhenyue Immortal City.

Having experienced submission before, it succumbed more quickly this time; upon being burnt by the True Flame, it immediately knelt and wailed, begging Zhouyang to retract his divine techniques.

Unfortunately for the beast, Zhouyang was determined to give it a lesson, ensuring it remembered by withdrawing his divine technique only when its feathers were about to be severely scorched.

With a harsh beating like this, the Eagle Lion Beast finally became much more docile; after consuming the Tier Three "Essence Pill" provided by Zhouyang, it obediently entered the Spirit Beast Bag to recuperate.

However, unbeknownst to it, because of its betrayal, Zhouyang had already decided that upon leaving Zhenyue Immortal City, the first place he would visit would be the Beast Taming Sect to plant a "Demonic Soul Contract" on it, ensuring peace of mind in bringing the beast back to the clan.

Just at this moment, Dong Jianping, who had been resting for almost two years and hadn’t participated in either siege battle, appeared at Zhouyang’s door with good news.

"Brother Zhou, haven’t you asked me several times when we can leave Zhenyue Immortal City? Now’s the chance; Divine Weapon Workshop needs to transport a batch of goods back to Liuyun Continent and has secured permission from the City Lord to leave the city. They’re now recruiting people as escort guards to accompany them out!"

In Zhouyang’s cave residence, upon receiving Dong Jianping by opening the array, Dong immediately delivered the words that brought Zhouyang immense joy.

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