Chương 87: War God’s : — Chapter 87 - Crimson Dragon War Token, Advanced Martial Arts, Tiger Soul Blade

Wang Xian coughed once and nodded. As a military headquarters chief, the man's strength wouldn't be much inferior to Bai Hongtian's. Seeing through the earlier disguise was only natural. When he'd cleared that relic, he'd reported directly to this chief.

"What a move, Three Thousand Water Forms." Chief Zhao sighed deeply. Even so, he still found it a bit strange.

"It was also thanks to the military's Secret Skill, Stacking Wave Force." Wang Xian spoke modestly.

"And Grandmaster Bai's Overlord Blade Intent." As a military chief, he would certainly know Wang Xian had exchanged for the Stacking Wave Force Secret Skill.

"You still need to thank that classmate Ye..." Bai Hongtian laughed heartily.

"Without her Eternal Silence Sword Qi subduing the Earth Abyss Demon Chi, it wouldn't have been so easy." Wang Xian grunted in acknowledgment, saying nothing at first. Actually. How to put it. If that girl Ye Miyue hadn't been there, he could have resolved it faster. A single move: the first form of the Immortal-Slaying Flying Blade Art, Shadow Pursuit. Four blades unleashed in succession could have instantly killed the Earth Abyss Demon Chi.

Of the four flying blades he'd nurtured for months, two were specially ground from the bones of the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord. To be safe, he could have first sent out two blades using Shadow Chase to control its body. The effect would be somewhat weaker than the Eternal Silence Sword Qi. But he could instantly follow up with Flowing Water Blade Technique, even striking with the Demon Blade. The actual effect wouldn't be too different. And finally, finishing it with Three Thousand Water Forms.

Since he dared to come, he was naturally prepared. Of course, if that were the case, the several flying blades he'd nurtured would have been lost. Their value was over a million. With Ye Miyue's Eternal Silence Sword Qi, he could save them. That was naturally excellent. After all, there was the time cost of nurturing flying blades.

"I should thank her." Wang Xian nodded. Then he'd reward Ye Miyue by letting her give him a few massages. Chief Zhao laughed heartily.

"As for commendations."

"For Ye Miyue, Lin Ao, He Yiming, Xu Rong, and Tan Tianze, we plan to award each of them 4, 000 Battle Merit." This reward was already extremely generous. Killing exotic beasts during the practical combat assessment didn't count toward Battle Merit. After all, those exotic beasts were specially gathered there by the military, a completely different matter from killing them in the wild. An extra reward of 4, 000 Battle Merit was enough for them to exchange for a Secret Skill or martial arts technique.

"As for you..." Chief Zhao pondered for a moment.

"Apart from Battle Merit, we plan to give you a Crimson Dragon War Token. With this token, you can enjoy certain military rank privileges." This reward, relatively speaking, was even better. Military rank privileges were only obtained by making certain contributions to the military. The lowest-level Crimson Dragon War Token allowed one to enjoy privileges at the 'junior officer' level. Most martial artists, after accumulating Battle Merit, were at the 'soldier' level of privileges: ordinary soldiers.

Only by earning three or more third-class merits, or accumulating Battle Merit to a certain degree, could one enjoy higher-level privileges. Higher privileges allowed entry into more complex and difficult unmanaged zones and relics, along with receiving subsidies. Most importantly, it meant access to the military's more powerful battlefield martial arts and rare Secret Skills. For example, the military's advanced martial arts required at least junior officer rank to exchange for and cultivate.

Many rare Secret Skills even required 'field officer' rank privileges to exchange. And the even more powerful superior martial arts, even the military's Nation-Guarding Martial Arts, required general rank or higher. Without a certain level of military rank privilege, even if you had Battle Merit, you couldn't learn them.

"So can I exchange for advanced martial arts now?" Wang Xian asked.

"You can, yes. Your Battle Merit plus our reward this time comes to over 10, 000..." Chief Zhao said.

"You can exchange for one advanced martial art. However, if you exchange now, it will be very hard to master."

"Your life force doesn't meet the standard." Life force doesn't meet the standard. I have divine meridian reinforcement. Cultivating advanced martial arts isn't difficult. Wang Xian thought to himself. Now that Flowing Water Blade Technique was already at perfection, and his blade technique had also reached fourth-tier peak, it was indeed time to start mastering advanced martial arts.

The university had some too, but the advanced blade techniques at Tiandu Jingwu University might not be as suitable as that particular battlefield blade technique from the military.

"Wait," Bai Hongtian hesitated.

"You're walking the old martial path... The military's advanced blade techniques, their final schools, all require weapon-soul type or body-type talent: the 'Selfless Tyrant Blade School.'" Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.

"The fact that you can comprehend Overlord Blade Intent is naturally excellent... but..." He spoke rather tactfully. Meaning: this school would be very difficult for you to walk. After all, it had talent requirements. In fact, other blade technique schools were largely the same. None didn't require talent.

"I'm a second-realm martial artist..." Wang Xian laughed.

"Isn't it a bit early to talk about schools now? Besides, I'll exchange for it, first do some comprehension. I didn't say I'd learn it..." Chief Zhao and Bai Hongtian thought about it. That seemed right. Talking about all this was far too early. One step at a time: comprehend first, then speak. However, they didn't know what Wang Xian was thinking.

'No school... I'll just create my own school.' Wang Xian thought to himself. This was also the martial path of old martial arts. When new martial arts had nothing suitable for you, you could only rely on yourself to figure it out. Through these days of training in blade techniques, he'd already accumulated many insights. What kind of blade technique school he wanted to walk, he already had a clear idea in mind.

"What battlefield blade technique martial art do you want to exchange for?" Chief Zhao asked.

"Tiger Soul Blade Technique." Wang Xian didn't hesitate. Hearing this, both Bai Hongtian and Chief Zhao were stunned.

"You actually know of this blade technique?" Bai Hongtian was extremely surprised.

"This ancient old martial blade technique, hardly anyone learns it nowadays. True, you walk the old martial path, so you must have researched quite a bit..."

"But this blade technique..." He frowned slightly, information about this blade technique surfacing in his mind. Tiger Soul Blade Technique: With the ferocious tiger's killing intent as its soul, the tyrant blade's fierce strength as its bones. Blade momentum like a heaven-sent tiger's roar, slaughter entering the body, tyrant blade peerless! It had only three pure moves. First blade: Tiger's Roar, Blade's Cry, intimidates the enemy's courage.

Second blade: Leaping Abyss, Pouncing Mountain, ten thousand beasts weep. Third blade: Tyrant Descends Upon the Earth, shatters mountains and rivers. Each blade more domineering than the last. In the old martial era, it was also called the Tiger Soul Three Blades. Especially the last blade, like a tiger coiled atop the mountain forest leaping down in one bound, the tyrant blade unmatched, instantly subduing the enemy, sundering mountains and rivers. It could erupt with over 15 times the terrifying power.

The dominance of this blade technique was even fiercer by several degrees than the advanced martial art 'Thoughtless Blade Technique' required for the 'Selfless Tyrant Blade School.' In terms of power, it left other advanced blade techniques in the dust. It even rivaled some of the more mediocre superior martial arts. The reason it was classified as advanced was purely because it only had three moves in actual combat. But these three blades alone were enough to shatter countless advanced martial arts.

However, its cultivation difficulty was on an entirely different level from other advanced blade techniques. Because this was an extremely ancient blade technique. Its founder was a blade master from the era when old martial arts and new martial arts were transitioning. At that time, exotic beasts had just appeared, their ferocity filling the land. This blade master was said to have spent a full three years in a deep mountain ancient forest, observing a cultivated tiger beast mountain lord.

By observing that tiger beast patrolling the mountain ridges, leaping abysses and roaring through the forest, pouncing on lions and slaughtering bears, he comprehended a blade technique of ultimate dominance. Afterward, this blade master achieved great mastery of the technique, descended the mountain, and slaughtered countless exotic beasts, safeguarding the safety of over ten human towns. Through his blade technique, he cultivated a body of tiger soul killing aura.

When exotic beasts saw him, they trembled in fear, their spirit weakened by three parts. Later, in order to complete and perfect this blade technique, this blade master absorbed exotic beast killing aura during a great battle, enduring ten thousand torments. Only then did he comprehend the true essence of this blade technique: Kill the self to achieve virtue! One blade shook and shattered mountains and rivers, burying over a hundred exotic beasts!

Thus, this blade technique was finally perfected and named 'Tiger Soul Blade Technique.' Unfortunately, because that blade master had absorbed killing aura, he died within days, though fortunately, it was passed down. Modern versions have all been modified, no longer requiring the absorption of killing aura. But because of its harsh cultivation difficulty and the irreversible damage it caused to the body, almost no blade masters would choose this advanced blade technique.

Actually, in Bai Hongtian's view, this blade technique martial art was the most suitable as the advanced martial art for the 'Selfless Tyrant Blade School.'

"This martial art..." Chief Zhao frowned deeply.

"According to old martial cultivation, it's divided into three steps... The first step requires observing tigers to comprehend momentum, the second requires learning from tigers to nurture killing aura, the third requires killing the self to achieve virtue. The power of each blade is extremely terrifying..."

"In modern times, there are no suitable cultivation conditions... Observing tigers to comprehend momentum requires observing the powerful tiger beast mountain lords of ancient times."

"In our modern era, there are no more tiger beasts. At most, just some protected wild tigers."

"As for learning from tigers to nurture killing aura, it's all been modified, not nurturing killing aura, but nurturing vitality. So it can't truly be called the authentic Tiger Soul Blade Technique..."

"But it still has power."

"The third step, killing the self to achieve virtue..." Chief Zhao glanced at Wang Xian.

"For you, perhaps this isn't difficult to comprehend... But without the first two steps, I'm afraid you won't be able to cultivate to this stage..." Wang Xian knew. He not only knew. He understood this advanced blade technique even better than Chief Zhao and Bai Hongtian. It was just that...

"Speaking of which..." Chief Zhao seemed to recall something.

"A few months ago, in a relic called Tiger Roar Pool, there was an ancient Crimson Blood Mountain Lord. That beast could have been used to observe and cultivate this blade technique."

"But the trouble is, a sixth-realm Martial Venerable already killed that tiger beast mountain lord."

"It should be nothing but a pile of bones and shredded flesh by now..." Wang Xian thought to himself. Of course I know that. But he still had a Tiger Soul Spirit Core condensed from the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord's bloodline. As long as he could use this Tiger Soul Spirit Core and absorb the spirit killing aura within it, this spirit killing aura would inevitably contain the Crimson Blood Mountain Lord's will. Through this, he could easily cultivate this Tiger Soul Blade Technique! He had it all planned out!

"No problem, I'll just borrow it for some comprehension." Wang Xian said casually.

"Anyway, I'm only second realm, no rush. If I can't cultivate it successfully, I'll still have time to learn something else later."

"Isn't that right?" The two thought about it. That made sense.

"Then we'll give you a discount. After all, this blade technique has gone too long without anyone choosing it... 4, 000 Battle Merit will do." Normally, advanced martial arts cost at least over 10, 000. Wang Xian smiled.

"Then can the remaining Battle Merit be exchanged for some Elemental Crystal Water?"

"Hm?" Chief Zhao was taken aback, then laughed scoldingly.

"You brat, asking for the moon. With that little remaining Battle Merit, you still want to exchange for this?" Can't exchange? Forget it then. Wang Xian had intended to exchange for some Elemental Crystal Water, a high-concentration elemental energy crystal, to open his meridians. The remaining 12 regular meridians all needed, like the eight extraordinary meridians, to first be opened with elemental force, then cultivated into divine meridians with spirit killing aura.

With Elemental Crystal Water, he could open them all in one summer break. Very fast. Otherwise, he'd have to find substitutes.

"I'll exchange for him." Bai Hongtian beside them smiled faintly.

"How many bottles do you need?"

"Two bottles will be enough."

"Not bad, not too many..." Chief Zhao nodded.

"No need for Old Bai to exchange for you. I'll just give you a discount directly, the Crimson Dragon War Token comes with this privilege. Your remaining Battle Merit will be cleared to zero."

"Also, find a time to go to the Rong City military headquarters' warfare affairs district to learn the Tiger Soul Blade Technique."

"We don't have a warfare affairs district here, so you can't learn it." Wang Xian expressed his thanks twice and walked out of the tent. Outside, there weren't many people left. The moon was bright, stars sparse. It was already night. Just as he was about to board the bus back, Chen Yuting walked over from the side and said in a low voice:"I told the teacher I have something to discuss with you. No need to get on yet." Wang Xian was silent for a few seconds, then nodded slightly.

She led Wang Xian to a desolate, secluded spot.

"What do you need me for?"

"Last time, you said..." Chen Yuting looked at Wang Xian and spoke slowly.

"That I would help awaken your martial talent, but the conditions weren't equal, because I'd be at too great a loss. So you refused."

"Then this time..." She drew a deep breath and revealed a confident smile.

"This time you saved my life. If I repay you for it, then wouldn't you and I be even?" At this, Chen Yuting paused, her smile somewhat radiant:"After all, a life-saving grace is impossible to repay." Hearing this, Wang Xian was stunned. He laughed in spite of himself.

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