12dz Chapter 6 Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada
Chapter 6 Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada
Whoosh!
It wasn't until dawn that Li Xiuyuan finally let out a long breath and opened his eyes.
After a night of breathing exercises and absorption, the internal energy that was previously only the size of a thumb had grown two or three times larger, circulating in Li Xiuyuan's dantian, making him feel full of power with every breath.
He reached out and grabbed the blood-stained thread-bound book next to him.
This was the martial arts technique that Li Xiuyuan found on Li Qingqing's body after he killed her with a single sword strike; it was the technique she was practicing.
It is a lightness-body technique called "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada".
Based on his memory, Li Xiuyuan knew that in this world, anyone with the means would try every means to learn martial arts, because only by becoming a martial artist could one have the opportunity to stand out and change their life.
However, cultivation techniques are not something that can be obtained casually.
Of course, there are plenty of low-quality, trashy martial arts techniques everywhere, but these are basically just made up to scam money.
If you practice these martial arts, you'll either become stronger or suffer physical damage and become disabled for life.
Rank-level cultivation techniques have a certain value, and of course, they can also be bought with silver.
It's just that ordinary people can't afford it.
For example, some martial arts schools rely on teaching a single, entry-level martial art to recruit disciples and make a living.
Large martial arts schools don't just have one entry-level martial art; they also need to have a ninth-rank martial art, and even have a ninth-rank peak martial artist teaching them. Some large chain martial arts schools even have more than one eighth-rank martial artist in charge.
A powerful family like the Li family of Yuanguang City possesses several martial arts techniques of the highest rank, as well as ninth-rank and eighth-rank techniques.
For example, the "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" and "Thunder Swift Sword Technique" practiced by Li Xiuyuan are both ninth-grade martial arts of the Li family.
This "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada" is also a ninth-grade lightness skill collected in the Li Family Library.
Li Xiuyuan had never been a disciple before, so he never had the opportunity to learn.
However, Li Xiuyuan knew that these techniques were all quite ordinary.
The Li family's truly valuable possession is a seventh-grade martial arts technique called the "Three Thousand Layered Waves Palm".
The current head of the Li family, his uncle Li Cangshan, entered the seventh rank because he had mastered this technique and released his internal energy.
Within the Li family, only those with Li family blood and exceptional talent can cultivate. If anyone else cultivates, the Li family will hold them accountable.
Of course, apart from the "Three Thousand Waves Palm", most of the ninth-grade and even some eighth-grade techniques were purchased by the Li family from outside or exchanged with other forces.
Using the cool morning glow that fell on the cave entrance, Li Xiuyuan carefully perused the ninth-grade lightness skill manual, "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada".
Li Xiuyuan now knows that what he lacks most is a lightness skill.
It has maxed-out Iron Shirt for defense and maxed-out Sudden Rain Sword Technique for offense.
If I had another set of lightness skills at max level, I wouldn't be as pathetic as when I was being chased before.
But now, with large amounts of pills and body-tempering herbs being ingested,
Although he had not yet fully absorbed and refined it, Li Xiuyuan already felt that he had definitely reached the mid-stage of the ninth rank.
He only needs to refine the remaining medicinal power in his body to reach the peak of the ninth rank.
However, to cultivate the power of qi and blood and achieve the eighth rank, one needs a vast amount of cultivation resources, at least enough to cause a rapid increase in qi and blood in a short period of time.
Of course, now that he has the system, Li Xiuyuan is not worried at all about not being able to practice the cultivation techniques. So, at present, what Li Xiuyuan lacks most is cultivation techniques, a lot of cultivation techniques!
As the morning glow spreads from between the big trees, it blankets the entire mountain forest.
Li Xiuyuan closed the book and stood up.
With a quick movement of his feet, he rushed forward into the forest using the basic techniques of "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada".
The morning glow filled the sky, illuminating the entire horizon.
On a huge boulder, Li Xiuyuan looked at the panel that had appeared before him and let out a long breath.
[The "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada" skill has been successfully entered. Max level requirements:]
1. Use the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada, and travel a hundred miles in a flash. (Incomplete)
2. Traveling over 300 li in a single day. (Incomplete)
Seeing the requirements for reaching the maximum level of a cultivation technique displayed on the system panel, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but form some preliminary judgments.
The maximum level in swordsmanship is simply wielding the sword and killing.
As for the max level of movement and agility, it seems that it currently means running a sufficient distance.
Traveling 300 li in a day would have been extremely difficult for Li Xiuyuan before his time travel, and would have been very hard to accomplish.
But now, as a ninth-rank martial artist, he has just consumed a large amount of pills and body-tempering herbs, and is worried about how to absorb them quickly.
The practice of "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada" will come in handy.
Looking at the endless mountains under the sunlight, my gaze was fixed on the direction of Jinshan City.
He took a deep breath, circulated his internal energy, and channeled it into his legs along the expanded meridians.
Li Xiuyuan took a step forward, leaping off the boulder. In one step, he was already more than ten feet away, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the vast Cangyun Mountain.
Under the bright morning sun, a figure swept across the mountain path like a whirlwind, startling the still-undevaporating morning dewdrops from the roadside...
Whoosh whoosh!
A dozen or so figures swiftly traversed the rugged mountain path, startling the lingering morning dew on both sides.
"Damn it, that bastard Li Xiuyuan! I never would have guessed he was so audacious. Not only did he loot Xuanzhen Pavilion, but he also cruelly murdered Qingqing. He deserves to die!"
A young man dressed in a black robe with a silver-white longsword at his waist stood still, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings, and said with a cold and angry expression.
If Li Xiuyuan were here, he would immediately recognize that the man in black robes was his cousin, Li Ming, the son of the family head, Li Cangshan.
He is also the most talented among the Li family members today. At only twenty-five years old, he has already broken through to the eighth rank.
He was even regarded by the Li family as a core disciple to be groomed for the next generation of family head.
"He deserves to die. He should have just handed over the cultivation technique and accepted his death, but this bastard dared to resist and even killed his aunt and sister!"
This time I must catch him, cut off his head, and offer it as a sacrifice to Qingqing!
A tall woman, holding a long sword, had eyes filled with undisguised, icy killing intent, her grief and indignation evident in them.
This woman's name is Li Ting. She is the daughter of Li Cangyun and the older sister of Li Qingqing, who was killed in Cangshan City. She has a peak ninth-grade cultivation level.
"Li Xiuyuan left Cangshan City yesterday at noon, and the fact that he seized so many cultivation resources is definitely for cultivation purposes."
So he must be hiding in Cangyun Mountain. We'll split up and search. Once we find this little beast, we'll send a signal immediately!
This time, we must bring him back to the family, even if he's just a corpse!
Li Ming's face was gloomy. He quickly made arrangements, and as he spoke, his voice was filled with an unyielding, icy killing intent.
The dozen or so people that Li Ming and Li Ting brought this time were all skilled fighters, with quite a few reaching the ninth rank.
The purpose was to completely eliminate Li Xiuyuan and restore the Li family's reputation, since the Cangshan City incident had caused the Li family of Yuanguang City to lose face!
Li Ting nodded, glanced behind her, and immediately seven or eight people followed her, quickly searching the nearby mountains and forests.
The rest of the people followed Li Ming and disappeared into the mountains in another direction...