110 Surprise 2

The next day, at dawn, Liu Qiyue came looking for Meng Chuan.

“Ah Chuan, Ah Chuan.” Liu Qiyue found Meng Chuan practicing his saber art at the training grounds. Meng Chuan was currently executing the complete Heart Intent Saber Art. Although he had only comprehended the Heart Saber Stance’s Saber Intent, it wasn’t difficult for him to make the other stances look correct on the surface. Every day, after he woke up, he would practice the complete saber art several times to comprehend the Saber Intent within.

“Why are you here so early today?” Meng Chuan stopped. Qiyue came to have breakfast with him every morning, just like when they were at Mirror Lake Meng Manor.

“I had a nightmare yesterday. I was bewitched and fell into the black fog. When I woke up, I was exhausted.” Liu Qiyue’s face was rather pale. “I couldn’t sleep after that.”

Meng Chuan comforted her. “I also had a nightmare. However, in my dream, I had a nagging suspicion that something was amiss. I suddenly realized that I was Meng Chuan, allowing me to wake up quickly.”

This time, he reached the fourth ring’s 6th step! His improvement was huge.

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Time passed.

He went to the Pit of Bewilderment every ten days. In the beginning, he would often have nightmares after entering the Pit of Bewilder. After his fifth entry into the Pit of Bewilderment, he no longer had any nightmares. However, the pit’s effects on will-tempering reduced after his fifth entry.

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In the blink of an eye, more than three months passed. On 5th April, drizzle poured.

In the early morning, Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue headed to Grotto-Heaven Pavilion. They traversed the mountain with movement techniques, and the rain didn’t touch them at all.

“Ah Chuan, what books did you bring?” Liu Qiyue realized that Meng Chuan was holding two books.

“They are history books,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. “After the lecture is over, I’ll head to the library and exchange these for two new books.”

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Meng Chuan said, “Although I haven’t experienced it myself, I have gained insights from reading about history. I believe that after five to six years of reading, my knowledge pool will be massive.”

He planned to focus on many aspects for five to six years. He had decided to focus on his saber art, reading, and an escape art.

His saber art was the most important! He understood that his talent with the saber was at the average genius level. He was only a peerless genius when it came to painting. He mastered the Heart Saber Stance in half a year purely because the Saber Drawing Stance and the Heart Saber Stance were very similar. Since his talent wasn’t as high as his master had said, he had to be more diligent.

Cultivating diligently—rain or shine—also tempered his will.

Reading broadened his horizons and gave him insight.

The escape art was a technique created by an Archean Mountain senior. Deep in the Thousand Sabers Cavern—over 1000 feet deeper than where Meng Chuan normally cultivated—the wind blades could heavily injure Meng Chuan. A handful of wind blades were enough to kill him! He had to use his movement technique to avoid the wind blades. If he was careless, he could die.

There was something terrifying about being on the edge of life and death! His psyche rapidly improved as he dodged and blocked desperately.

Every time he was seriously injured, he would stop immediately. His injuries healed quickly. With the consumption of pills, he recovered from severe injuries in three days. Therefore, he would train his escape art—while on the edge of life-and-death—every three days. He worked hard every time, trying to last longer. This was a method to squeeze his potential out of him.

Meng Chuan had only tried it once. He bandaged his wound behind Qiyue’s back and consumed pills.

Saber art, reading, and escape art. By training like this, I believe my willpower will reach the Six Desires baneful aura refining threshold in five to six years.