"Since you're willing, take a few days to recuperate. Once you're fully recovered, I'll teach you our family's saber technique again." Wang Yiheng's face showed a hint of happiness.

This little brother of hers had always been lazy, always enthusiastic about martial arts for about three minutes. Before long, not seeing any significant progress, he'd quickly lose interest.

The path of martial arts is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat.

So, the foundation he had built before would quickly deteriorate, wasting time and energy for nothing.

But this time, seeing her little brother's appearance, it seemed he'd finally realized something and made up his mind.

She hoped he could persevere.

"Here's the core formula of our family's saber technique. I usually carry it with me for memorization. Take it and recite it well, and remember to burn it immediately after you're done." Wang Yiheng took out a neatly folded piece of yellow paper from her purse and handed it to Li Cheng颐.

The yellow paper was folded into a small square, and the edges were worn, obviously from being opened and restored to its original state often.

"Thank you, Second Sister." Li Cheng颐 immediately took it and carefully put it in his pocket.

Back in his courtyard, he carefully opened the yellow paper. On it were lines of text written in fine black characters, resembling a mnemonic rhyme.

'Like a saber yet not a saber, like a sword yet not a sword. Advance without retreat, retreat without advance. When advancing, focus the mind and lock the eyes; when retreating, disregard distractions.'

'Pine-patterned deer antlers, a speck like snow, touching it like a crack, striking like a thorn, the heart cracking and without a master...'

All the core formulas added up to only two or three hundred words.

After the Third Dragon Realm, Li Cheng颐 had already broken through the limits of the human body by a great extent.

In addition, with the Saint Spirit Art greatly enhancing his mental power, he could now easily memorize all the content at a glance.

When mental power is greatly enhanced, it also enhances a person's memory, comprehension, imagination, reaction, and so on.

It's a comprehensive improvement to the brain.

It can be said that it was the Seven-Intent Saint Spirit Art that served as the foundation, allowing Li Cheng颐 to quickly grasp the many knowledge and spells of Death Energy.

Because no matter what the spell, mental strength is the most basic foundation.

This was also the case now.

The immense mental power brought by the Saint Spirit Art allowed him to immediately memorize everything after reading the core formula.

Throwing the paper into the charcoal basin, he lit it, watching it turn black and turn into ashes, Li Cheng颐 carefully combined it with the memory fragments and began to comprehend this so-called Pine Deer Saber Technique.

The core of the Pine Deer Saber isn't moves or footwork, but True Qi.

Yes, the martial arts here can actually cultivate True Qi!

This filled Li Cheng颐 with anticipation.

He had already reached the end of the path of the flesh body in Yi Country.

After the Dragon Realm breakthrough, it was the ultimate limit, and the path after that was completely unknown, and he could only explore it slowly.

But here, the core of cultivation is True Qi.

The Wang family's True Qi is somewhat unique; its name is Pine-Pattern Qi.

According to Wang Yifeng, this kind of True Qi is quite mediocre and ordinary in all aspects, except for one thing.

Pine-Pattern Qi has extremely strong aggressiveness when attacking.

As long as it touches anything while the True Qi is circulating, it will instantly cause that thing to crack with large pine-like patterns.

As long as it touches, it will shatter.

This is the power of Pine-Pattern Qi.

And the Pine Deer Saber relies on this Pine-Pattern Qi to be unique in New Alliance Town.

It also allowed Wang Yifeng to become the third-ranked expert in the small town.

'True Qi... this is a rare thing.'

Li Cheng颐 carefully studied the mental cultivation formula. It was clearly stated that to cultivate True Qi, one must cooperate with the Pine Deer Saber Technique, using dynamic exercises to mobilize the body's state and cooperate with refinement.

It's impossible to cultivate Pine-Pattern Qi by sitting in one place in meditation.

Taking advantage of the excuse of recuperating from his injuries, Li Cheng颐 simply stayed in the courtyard for several days.

This place was originally a super-large blind spot, and even his blind spot physique, which might have been forcibly pulled away, couldn't function.

Because he was already in a blind spot.

This also allowed him to slowly relax his remaining worries.

In the blink of an eye, Li Cheng颐 had honestly stayed in the Wang family in New Alliance Town for four days.

During these four days, his father, Wang Yifeng, rushed home every day, looking tired, occasionally with some injuries. His saber was also full of gaps, and he had changed several of them in a row.

The town also occasionally heard bursts of funeral music, obviously someone had died.

On the fifth day, after the doctor's diagnosis, Li Cheng颐 confirmed that his Qi and blood were fine, Wang Linshi breathed a long sigh of relief, sent the doctor away, and went to make a good meal for her youngest son to replenish him.

In the Four Directions Garden, Second Sister was holding a thick-backed saber, turning and moving nimbly like a swallow. Although the saber technique seemed very light, it would often suddenly burst out with a flash of saber light.

In the saber light, there was a faint scream and explosion, and the blade even extended a gray-white fluorescent light more than half a meter wide.

Li Cheng颐 was sitting in the dining hall of the main house, watching intently.

During these days of recuperation, he also planned to officially go out for a walk.

Judging from the situation of his predecessor's father, Wang Yifeng, the situation in this small town was probably not good.

Although he wasn't Wang Yifeng's real son, he had occupied his body and lived here for so long. It was only right to contribute a little.

Of course, aside from these reasons, the main thing was that he wanted to test how troublesome the red-eyed blood-bodied monster that everyone feared in this place was.

Only by truly determining his strength and level in this place, could he seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

He didn't believe that Midraan, which even the Shadow Dragon clan didn't dare to enter rashly, would be a simple and non-dangerous low-level area.

Waiting for Second Sister Wang Yiheng to finish practicing her saber, Li Cheng颐 quickly applauded.

"Second Sister is so skilled! Your Pine Deer Saber should have reached the Small Success realm by now, right?"

The Pine Deer Saber Technique is divided into four realms from entry to Great Accomplishment.

Entry, Mastery, Small Success, Great Accomplishment.

A very simple and unadorned division.

Wang Yifeng had naturally reached Great Accomplishment long ago, cultivating the Pine-Pattern Qi to the point of filling all the meridians of his body.

Of course, because of different human physiques and aptitudes, the quality of Pine-Pattern Qi possessed after Great Accomplishment is also different.

Wang Yiheng herself said that her Pine-Pattern Qi was weaker than her father's at the same level.

"What skill do I have? It's Big Brother. He reached Great Accomplishment a long time ago. It's just that he later felt that the family's martial arts were too weak, so he found other martial arts from somewhere, but he still hasn't mastered them." Wang Yiheng sighed.

"But I think Pine-Pattern Qi is very powerful, Big Brother..." Li Cheng颐 didn't finish speaking.

Suddenly, the town outside shook violently.

The ground trembled slightly.

As if it were an earthquake, the walls of the surrounding courtyard were shaken, and a lot of gravel fell.

Ah!!!

A sharp, terrifying howl floated in from outside.

It was like a woman's crazy cry, and like some kind of wild beast injured and going berserk.

"So close!" Wang Yiheng's face changed, and she turned her head and instructed Li Cheng颐, "Stay at home! I'll go out and see! Don't run around!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Li Cheng颐 to answer, and with a stride, she rushed to the door in the blink of an eye and went out.

A distance of more than twenty meters, in just a blink of an eye. This speed also made Li Cheng颐's heart tighten.

Wang Yiheng, a martial arts novice in an ordinary small town, could actually burst out with such a fast speed...

He stood up, and the vast perception of the Seven-Intent Saint Spirit Art quickly received various information from the surroundings.

Immediately, he looked around, and with a flash, his figure instantly disappeared from the spot.

Shadow Flash seemed to be particularly easy to use here, and even the distance had become longer.

Flashing out of the courtyard, appearing in an alley on the right, Li Cheng颐's whole body was covered with the Bristlecone Flying Ragweed Scale Armor, and with another Shadow Flash, he appeared in a dark alley thirty meters away.

After quickly calibrating his perception, he flashed again.

This time, he appeared in a winding path.

On both sides of the path were shops, but compared to the street, there was no way to drive or ride horses, so it was considered a pedestrian street here.

Most of the shops on both sides were closed, and the gray wooden doors were locked.

The gray-black wall bricks were uneven in color, some dark and some light, and some had traces of various carvings.

A faint atmosphere of time permeated the surroundings.

Li Cheng颐 stood in place, his purple-black Scale Armor covered his whole body, and his wings were quietly flapping behind him.

He didn't move, just waited in the middle of the road.

According to the movement in his perception, that monster suspected of being a red-eye disease carrier was rapidly approaching here.

Gray clouds moved slowly overhead.

Li Cheng颐 quietly sensed and waited.

One second.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Here it comes!

He suddenly widened his eyes, facing a red shadow that suddenly appeared directly in front of him, and punched him head-on.

This punch instantly broke the sound barrier, creating a sonic boom.

While rubbing against the air, it also brought out a bright firelight, as if Li Cheng颐's entire right arm had completely ignited in flames.

The red shadow landed, and before it could react, it was hit by a punch on the spot.

It was a black-haired woman in a red dress.

Her skin was pale, her eyes were blood red, and just as she landed, she was met by a terrifying fist wrapped in black-purple armor.

Ah!!!

She opened her mouth and screamed, raising her hand to grab Li Cheng颐's arm.

At such a fast speed, she was actually able to react!

Bang!!!

The fists and palms of the two collided, but the woman was still a step slower. Her hand hit Li Cheng颐's forearm, but she couldn't stop the punch from hitting her chest directly.

A loud noise exploded.

A circle of red light blocked in front of Li Cheng颐's fist, unloading the force first.

Countless red light spots were scattered like sparks flying when hitting iron.

And along with the scattering of the light spots, there was also a large amount of huge force attached to the fist.

Li Cheng颐 didn't stack any skills in this punch, just a normal force.

Three hundred tons of force was punched out at twice the speed of sound. Even without any skills, the lethality was extremely terrifying.

In an instant, the red light on the woman's chest was scattered, shattering.

The fist slammed into her chest.

Boom!!!

The woman wasn't blown up, but flew backwards like a cannonball, crashing into the brick wall behind her.

She didn't even collapse the stone wall, and she quickly jumped down. The red light on her body reappeared, but it was much dimmer than before.

But Li Cheng颐 raised his hand, feeling that his forearm was as if he had been pricked by a piece of thin needle, and it was very painful.

"Is this the power of True Qi?" he guessed.

Directly hurting his flesh through the Scale Armor, this True Qi was really different from what he had imagined.

"Come again!" He looked at the woman in the red dress, whose eyes were becoming more and more red, and with another Shadow Flash, the gentleness of his left arm burst out.

Many Star Dragon Shadows!

This time, it was six hundred tons of force superimposed at twice the speed of sound.

Unsurprisingly, the woman in the red dress didn't have time to dodge, and was hit in the back by a punch.

Boom!

The red light was smashed to pieces, and the woman screamed miserably. Her entire body exploded, turning into minced flesh and blood.

Gone on the spot.

The blood splattered the surrounding walls and ground into a bright red.

Li Cheng颐 frowned.

Although he had killed the other party, he clearly felt that his left arm was also experiencing a tingling sensation.

Moreover, the tingling pain was rapidly getting stronger over time.

Immediately, he flashed and disappeared from the spot, quickly returning to the Wang family.

Not long after he left, two figures covered in leather armor rushed in quickly. One held a thick-backed official saber, and there was a faint layer of white light covering the blade, bright and dazzling.

"Where is she??!"

"That guy just entered the latent stage. We must not let her escape, otherwise..."

"Wait, this on the ground seems to be it!"

"!!??"

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