“What?”

Chu Liang looked at Wen Yulong with a serious expression.

Wen Yulong looked at Chu Liang, sweating profusely.

The atmosphere froze for a moment before Wen Yulong stammered, “Senior Brother, I promise that I am refining for the purpose of maximizing the power of the magic weapon. The effect of what I refine will definitely be stronger than others! So, there will inevitably be more risks during the process… If you want it to be more secure, you can also choose another person…”

“Seventy sword coins, I’ll let you refine it.” Chu Liang suddenly said.

This proxy refining model, besides being convenient for disciples with refining needs, also provides training opportunities for those with refining talent.

Someone like Wen Yulong, who is young and has failed many times, can still be put forward to take orders… If the Shu Mountain Sect Master was not his grandfather, then it could only be that the Elder in charge of sword transmission saw great potential in this disciple.

He must have something to offer.

Although this life-long Green Leaf was slightly precious, it was not very important to Chu Liang. He didn’t mind gambling with it.

But, the payment had to be reduced.

He knew that a part of the compensation for this refining was to be given to the Sword Transmission Hall, which was something the disciple could not decide. However, there was also a part of the compensation that was given to the disciple, which could be squeezed.

A small cut.

If it succeeded, he only needed to pay seventy sword coins. If it failed, he could still get a refund, so this risk was barely bearable.

Wen Yulong did not hide his expression, he suddenly looked like he was about to cry, “Senior Brother Chu, I can only get thirty sword coins as personal compensation…”

Chu Liang’s cut was precise, hitting the main artery.

Chu Liang did not say anything, just quietly looked at him.

After hesitating for a while, Wen Yulong nodded again, “Okay, okay, I’ll take this order. You can rest assured that I will do my best.”

It could be seen that he hadn’t received an order in a while and was still very eager for the opportunity to refine.

Chu Liang nodded slightly, “Then I’ll leave it all to Junior Brother Wen.”

After leaving the Green Leaf, paying the sword coins, he got up and left.

Although he had cut the price a bit, this price almost emptied his savings. The majority of the Gathering Qi Pills had also been consumed, and the urgency to make money suddenly came back.

“Sigh…”

Walking out of the Sword Transmission Hall, he couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.

Even a great hero with a spear that could overturn rivers and seas couldn’t escape the three words of hunger, cold, and poverty. Rich men were men, poor men were miserable.

When would he be able to achieve sword coin freedom?

Back at Silver Sword Peak, he saw another small paper crane on the table. When he opened it, it was a reply from Jiang Xiaobai, with just a few simple words.

“At the hour of Chen today, the old place.”

…

“Senior Sister Jiang, it’s been many days since we’ve seen each other, I’ve missed you.”

In the Water Curtain Cave of the Pagoda Peak, Chu Liang saw Jiang Xiaobai again.

She was wearing a plain long dress with wide sleeves, her hair was tied up high, her temples were like clouds, and her eyes and eyebrows were still stunning every time he saw her.

Compared to the first two meetings, she was more relaxed in front of Chu Liang, and she lightly snorted, “Hmph, I can tell that you really want to learn divine abilities.”

“Well, isn’t it to catch up with the footsteps of our senior brothers and sisters?” Chu Liang remained calm.”Okay.” Jiang Xiaobai became a little serious and said, “Today, I’m going to teach you something difficult, so be prepared.”

“Okay.” Chu Liang nodded.

In fact, after teaching Chu Liang the Hundred Sword Technique last time, Jiang Xiaobai had a brief moment of self-doubt.

Chu Liang’s talent was high, which was certainly a good thing in her mind, as she had discovered a potential talent for the Shu Mountain sect. However, his talent was too high, which made her feel uneasy.

She had always thought she had top-level talent, although she wasn’t proud of it, she couldn’t help but feel that she was not weaker than any other peerless genius of her generation.

But after seeing Chu Liang learn the Hundred Sword Technique twice, she suddenly had doubts and felt that she was too mediocre compared to him, even though she had spent a day learning it.

For cultivators, self-confidence can be a big or small thing, but it can affect their Dao heart.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Xiaobai felt that her Dao heart couldn’t be shaken.

The reason why Chu Liang was able to cultivate so easily might be because he learned the Hundred Sword Technique relatively late, or perhaps he was naturally suited for this type of technique.

So this time, she was going to teach Chu Liang a very difficult technique, the Symbolic Sword Technique, to test his mettle.

“The Symbolic Sword Technique?”

Chu Liang was slightly surprised when he heard the name.

It was not because he had never heard of it, but because this technique was too well-known.

Techniques like the Hundred Sword Technique were not exclusive to the Shu Mountain sect, and even non-mainstream sword cultivators outside might know them. However, the Symbolic Sword Technique was created by the Shu Mountain sect’s predecessors and was an authentic Shu Mountain technique.

It was a required course for Golden Elixir realm disciples in the Shu Mountain sect, but usually, Five Elements realm disciples could fully master it.

As for disciples in the first three realms, they wouldn’t even consider learning it because it was too early and they wouldn’t be able to master it.

Did Jiang Senior Sister really think so highly of him?

Jiang Xiaobai saw his slightly surprised expression and smiled, “How about it? Do you have the confidence to learn it well?”

“With Senior Sister Jiang teaching, I naturally have confidence.” Chu Liang was always mindful of his emotional intelligence.

“Although it is said that the Symbolic Sword Technique is difficult to learn, unlike Immortal techniques, it doesn’t require comprehension of any great Dao principles, nor does it require high cultivation. Therefore, it should be possible to master it in the Divine Intent realm.” Jiang Xiaobai said.

At the same time, she silently added in her heart, theoretically.

Chu Liang nodded.

Then, Jiang’s little classroom began to teach again.

The principle of the Symbolic Sword Technique was not difficult to understand. Before using the Sword Control technique, draw symbols with the sword, communicate with the spirits in the air, and the flying sword cast in this way would have the power of native symbols. The combination of sword energy and symbol energy was extremely powerful.

And as long as the strength was strong enough, one sword technique could be accompanied by many symbol runes, becoming the Ten Symbol Sword or Hundred Symbol Sword. It was said that a great sword cultivator in the Shu Mountain sect had combined the Ten Thousand Sword Technique with the Symbolic Sword Technique, casting a hundred thousand Symbolic Swords with one move.

The sword suppressed the heavens and the earth, and the sword energy shook the nine states, with supreme power to destroy mountains and seas.

The Symbolic Sword Technique cultivated to that level was no weaker than Immortal techniques.

Chu Liang heard this and couldn’t help but yearn for it.

Then, Jiang Xiaobai asked him a question that made him retract his yearning, “Do you know how to make symbols?”

“Um…” Chu Liang could only shake his head.Seeing his bewildered appearance, Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t help but feel a surge of secret delight in her heart.

Back then, she only started practicing the Fu Dao Sword Art after reaching the Golden Elixir realm, and she had already mastered the process of making talismans, so it only took her twelve days to grasp the Fu Dao Sword Art, which was considered the fastest record in the current generation of the Shu Mountain Sect.

However, with Chu Liang’s appearance of being a complete beginner in everything, it was obviously impossible for him to achieve this in twelve days… It would even be difficult for him to learn how to make talismans in this time.

It seemed that she was destined to win this time.

But when she realized that she was delighted because of this thought, she suddenly became a little confused.

Huh?

Why did she care so much about this?

After all, he was just a junior brother in the middle stage of the Divine Intent realm, and it was only natural for her to win against him!

Thinking like this, she reminded herself to calm down.

Chu Liang watched the changing light in Jiang Xiaobai’s eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, and handed her another jar of honey syrup tea, “Jiang Senior Sister, you must be tired from explaining, have some water. This is a drink I bought at the foot of the mountain, it tastes really good.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Xiaobai took the honey syrup tea, tasted it, and immediately her eyes lit up, “It is indeed delicious!”

Seeing her happy appearance, Chu Liang was reminded of his master’s previous evaluation and felt that this sweet drink seemed to be very popular among women.

A sudden idea flashed through his mind.

“If Senior Sister Jiang likes it, I can bring it for you to drink often in the future, but…” he asked, “Can you do me a small favor?”