In his spare time in the Li family village, Lin Bei immersed himself in immersive talent shows, while Chu Liang chose to cultivate on his own.
Their residence was a separate courtyard in the Li family village, elegant and quiet, with good treatment. In this courtyard, he was studying the Sword Techniques of Symbol Dao.
After a period of cultivation on Shu Mountain, his Sword Techniques of Symbol Dao had reached a good level. Now, the Wind and Fire Dual Symbol Sword was already quite proficient. It was still somewhat difficult to increase the number of symbols and achieve the Three Symbol Sword, as it was also related to the strength of his divine sense. With his current cultivation in the late stage of Divine Intent, the Dual Symbol Sword was likely approaching its limit.
In this situation, Chu Liang was not satisfied with the current state and began to study more symbols and combinations. With the foundation he had, as long as he mastered more symbols, he could naturally display more combinations of sword techniques when his cultivation improved.
The symbol he was currently cultivating was ice.
The Five Elements Fire was the most basic symbol, and it could be derived into many combinations. For example, the Wind and Fire Dual Symbol Sword that Chu Liang had already mastered, borrowing wind to enhance the power of fire, could greatly increase its power.
For example, if he learned a symbol of thunder, he could form the Thunder and Fire Dual Symbol Sword or the Wind and Thunder Dual Symbol Sword. Both were sword techniques with greatly increased power.
If he learned a symbol of wood, he could form the Wood and Fire Dual Symbol Sword, which could use the wood symbol to generate the fire symbol and display an extremely powerful fire sword technique.
Each combination had its own characteristics, but in Chu Liang’s opinion, these sword techniques that purely enhanced power actually overlapped with the characteristics of the Wind and Fire Dual Symbol Sword. In a short period of time, they did not provide him with any substantial improvement.
However, the Ice Symbol was different.
Because there was a special existence in the Dual Symbol Sword Techniques, the Ice and Fire Dual Symbol Sword.
Unlike the sword techniques that increased power through the interaction of attributes, the special thing about the Ice and Fire Dual Symbol Sword was that it could combine two completely different attributes to form a powerful penetrating force that could crush defenses.
That was a special power.
Chu Liang only learned from the “True Explanation of Symbol Dao” that the Ice Symbol and the Fire Symbol could form such a wonderful combination.
So he chose the Ice Symbol as the third symbol he was studying. The process of cultivating the Ice Symbol was not difficult. After all, he already had previous experience. Even if the symbol was slightly more complex, it was just a matter of practicing a few more times.
He had already performed the Ice Symbol Sword Technique once, and wherever the sword energy passed, it brought a chilling aura. If this sword hit, the wound would freeze, causing more damage than usual.
But the difficulty of performing the Ice and Fire Dual Symbol Sword was ten times greater than that of the Wind and Fire Dual Symbol Sword. Because these two attributes countered each other, they couldn’t simply be combined together. Otherwise, as soon as the symbol became effective, it would explode overhead.
The power of ice and fire was quite explosive.
After some contemplation, Chu Liang discovered that the key was to prevent the two symbols from colliding, but at the same time, he had to control them along with the sword energy. This required the concept of “micro-control,” which could be applied to various aspects of cultivation.
Although Chu Liang had deliberately trained, and his divine sense flexibility might have surpassed many other late-stage Divine Intent cultivators, other late-stage Divine Intent cultivators wouldn’t play around with so many tricks, which made him feel that it was still not enough.
After a morning of practice, his Ice and Fire Dual Symbol Sword had begun to show results. Once successfully performed, its power after landing was not inferior to that of the Wind and Fire Dual Symbol Sword, and its penetrative power was even stronger.
The power of ice and fire bombarded one after another, causing damage beyond imagination.
However, the success rate was too low. Even after ten attempts, only three were successful.
Chu Liang pondered for a while and realized that he had used all his efforts in terms of operation. Whether he succeeded or not still depended on luck, which was quite helpless.
“Hmm?”
Thinking of luck, a figure suddenly came to his mind.
Then he went to the attic and knocked on a door.
“What’s wrong?” Liu Xiaoyu, who was still half asleep, opened the door. This little girl had been sleeping since last night, and if she wasn’t called, she probably wouldn’t have woken up.
“Miss Xiaoyu, please help me.” Chu Liang smiled.
So, the little girl was pushed by Chu Liang to the center of the courtyard, feeling the dazzling sunlight above her head. She completely opened her eyes and asked, “What do you want me to do?”
“Just stand here.” Chu Liang said, “Um… you can also silently wish me success in your heart.”
“Wish me success?” The little girl was puzzled.
“Wish Chu Liang success.” Chu Liang emphasized the person he was blessing, so as not to argue with her about pronouns.
Liu Xiaoyu stood there in confusion.
Then Chu Liang summoned his flying sword and continued his cultivation, saying, “Ice… Fire… Go!”
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh——
The flying sword drew a silver light in the air. With the sound of breaking wind, it carried a surge of red and white energy, like a shooting star, and crashed to the ground.
Bang——
After the dust settled, there was a blackened pit, covered with frost.
“It really…” Chu Liang blinked, “seems to have some effect?”
He performed the Ice and Fire Sword Technique nine more times in a row, a total of ten times. Except for the tenth time, which failed due to his exhausted true energy, the other nine were all successful!
The success rate had increased from 30% to 90%.
Was this the charm of the lucky fish?
He looked at Liu Xiaoyu next to him and thought that if she were present, the rewards he received in the future would also be remarkable.
The little girl yawned out of boredom and squinted her eyes, asking, “Is there any food? I’m hungry.”
…
Chu Liang quickly asked the maidservant of the Li family village to prepare food for the little girl. Just then, Manager Cui came to find Chu Liang and informed him of something.
“I have some news about the girl you two asked me to inquire about yesterday.” Manager Cui said in a deep voice.
“Oh?”
“Two days ago, there was indeed a girl who looked somewhat similar to Miss Liu. She appeared around the manor. At that time, the Young Marquis of Lord Ding Shan’s residence was having a banquet in the manor, and someone saw her talking to the Young Marquis for a while before disappearing. If you want to find her, we don’t have any clues in the village, but the Young Marquis might know something.” Manager Cui continued.
“Lord Ding Shan’s residence?” Chu Liang had never heard of this name before.
Manager Cui briefly explained it to him.
After the Yu Dynasty established its rule, it rewarded a group of royal and noble families who had made contributions. Most of them were in the barren Western and Southern Regions. After many years of hereditary succession, they no longer had any real power, but their status was still respected.
The Lord Ding Shan in the Southern Gate City was a real descendant of the Xia imperial family.
“I see…” Chu Liang said, “Then let’s go find the Young Marquis and ask him.”
“I have already sent a letter to inquire, but the residence is prestigious, and it may take a while for them to respond. Miss Xue will arrive in the Southern Gate City tomorrow, and there will be a banquet at our Li family village. The celebrities in the city will all attend, and the Young Marquis will be on the guest list. Why don’t you two attend the banquet in the name of Shu Mountain and ask him then?” Manager Cui suggested.
“That’s a good idea.” Chu Liang nodded, “Thank you, Manager Cui.”
“It’s just a small favor.” Manager Cui smiled.
Chu Liang was about to say a few polite words when he suddenly felt a subtle sensation coming from the White Tower space.
It was the Red Name Sword.
The righteous sword had emitted its signal.
Chu Liang’s eyebrows twitched.
Was there a bad person?