Wanyao Youyun

Chapter 143: Water-Cutting and Cloud-Cutting Sword

After the war, order gradually returned to the city, and Feng Huan no longer had to hide in the abandoned courtyard. Although the city had not yet fully recovered its former prosperity, entry and exit of the city gates were no longer restricted, and people could be allowed to pass after being checked to make sure they were not remnants of the Wang and Cheng families.

Feng Huan bought a Miemeng bird as a means of transportation. The journey was long and he didn't want to waste too much time on the road. With his current wealth, it was not a problem to buy such a mount.

Sitting on the bird's back, overlooking the mountains and forests below, this was Feng Huan's first time on a journey alone, without anyone accompanying him. A sense of loneliness arose spontaneously, but it also brought a rare sense of tranquility and freedom.

Before long, Feng Huan was immersed in this tranquility and began to enter a state of cultivation.

After winning first place in the last grand ceremony, he received a set of revolutionary-grade water-attributed sword skills from Chen Mingdong - "Water-Cutting and Cloud-Cutting Sword". During this period of time, he has been working hard to practice this set of sword skills, but has never been able to grasp the essence of it. Today, in this peaceful environment, his mind is clear, all distractions are gone, and his understanding of sword skills is like a spring that keeps flowing.

There are six major sword styles, namely the Three Water Cutting Styles and the Three Cloud Cutting Styles. The first three styles belong to the Three Water Cutting Styles, while the last three styles belong to the Three Cloud Cutting Styles. Each major sword style can be derived into six variations through different techniques and variations. However, to successfully perform these sword styles, a large amount of true energy is required.

During the training process, Feng Huan suddenly had a question in his mind. So far, among the martial arts he has mastered, whether ordinary martial arts or attribute martial arts, there are certain limitations. Ordinary martial arts are difficult to fully exert the power of attribute essence, while attribute martial arts have strict requirements for specific attributes and cannot be compatible with other attributes. However, only the Twelve Sword Techniques and the twelve sword styles derived from them have no attribute requirements, but can completely release the power of attribute essence.

This phenomenon made Feng Huan fall into deep thought. He couldn't help but sigh: "Everything is natural. The simpler the technique is, the more it returns to the origin, the fewer restrictions it has, and the stronger its power is." Unfortunately, with his current knowledge and understanding ability, he really couldn't figure out the reason. After all, his vision was too narrow, and his thinking was greatly limited.

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Zhuyao Wilderness is located around Fengmozhou. It is vast and boundless, like a mysterious and vibrant world. Its periphery is a vast and boundless sea, with turbulent waves hitting the reefs on the shore, splashing layers of white foam. There is no clear boundary inside, only dense forests and undulating mountains. The natural resources here are extremely rich, and most of the resources of Fengmozhou are excavated from here. Various kinds of spiritual herbs and fruits, rare metal minerals, and rare flowers and plants and void wonders occasionally appear on this land, which is amazing. However, due to the abundance of resources, it also attracts a large number of ferocious beasts. These beasts are huge and powerful, and ordinary people can't survive here at all. Therefore, no empire can include this area in its territory. As a result, this place has become a paradise for free practitioners, and also a paradise for those who have evil intentions.

Every year, a large number of cultivators come to explore, hoping to find precious treasures and resources in this rich land. Among them, most are cultivators in the Condensation Realm, who are stronger and can deal with some more dangerous situations. If the cultivation is too low, it is easy to encounter danger on the road, and even lose your life. The cultivators in the Ninth Five Realm are already powerful, and they usually don't come to look for resources in person unless there are particularly attractive good things. There are definitely not many people like Feng Huan who dare to come to explore at the seventh extreme of the Tongliu Realm. It's not unique, but there are definitely not many.

Therefore, as the number of practitioners in the mountains and forests increased, in order to avoid attracting too much attention, Feng Huan released the Meng-Ming Bird and walked alone in the mountains, while also looking for some ferocious wild beasts to hone his skills.

However, what he didn't expect was that even though he had tried to keep a low profile, he was still targeted by some people with ulterior motives. His cultivation was not high, but he rode a mount that ordinary people could not have, the Mengniao, and he was alone, so those gangs that had been active here for a long time had already regarded him as a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered, waiting to enjoy a sumptuous meal.

"Stop right there, kid!"

"Is this your first time here? You don't even know the rules here!"

Three burly men with fleshy faces, holding weapons, blocked Feng Huan's way with ferocious looks.

"Rules? This world is so vast, what rules are there to talk about?" Feng Huan saw that the people in front of him were only at the initial stage of Condensation, so he didn't take it too seriously. After all, he had just arrived here and had never experienced such a scene before, so he also wanted to understand what the so-called rules these people were talking about were.

"Haha, you don't understand this, brother, let me teach you." One of the handsome men with fair skin said with a smile, "Although this Zhuyao Wilderness is a free land, it cannot be said to be ownerless. See, this piece of mountain is our territory. Anyone who moves around here must get our permission, and must pay a certain fee called exploration tax on time."

After saying that, he waved his right hand and drew a circle pointing at the forest back and forth.

"Oh, so that's it!" Feng Huan was now fully aware that these people were clearly trying to get something out of him. Thinking of this, Feng Huan couldn't help but sneer. These tricks were all left over from his past tricks, but he didn't expect that they would be used on him now.

So, Feng Huan pretended to be innocent and asked curiously: "How do I pay the exploration tax specifically? How much? What kind of guarantee can you give me after I pay it?" His eyes were full of confusion and expectation, as if he was a novice who had just stepped into the world.

Hearing Feng Huan's question, the three were overjoyed, thinking they had met an easy sucker. They smiled at each other, and the pale-faced one said smugly, "Haha, that's right! Come, let me tell you, this exploration tax is not fixed, but is paid in proportion to your harvest. It is paid every ten days. Before paying, we have to check the amount of property in your star ring space, and then determine how much to pay."

"As for guarantees, hehe, as long as you pay the taxes, we will allow you to explore this area at will. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, we won't care. How about it, isn't it a good deal?" After saying that, Bai Mianpi revealed a greedy smile, his eyes staring straight at the star ring in Feng Huan's hand.

Finally, he urged impatiently: "Come on, stop talking nonsense and hand over your star ring for us to check. After paying the tax, you can leave."

After saying that, the three of them stared at Feng Huan, ready to kill him with thunder and lightning if he showed any signs of resistance.

"Why don't you hand over your star rings and I'll allow you to dig three feet deep?" Feng Huan had a faint smile on his face and a hint of teasing in his eyes. He looked directly at the three people in front of him and said provocatively. His voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone.

Hearing this, the faces of the three middle-aged men suddenly became extremely gloomy, and their eyes flashed with anger. One of them gnashed his teeth and said, "You are looking for death! Seeing that you are young, I wanted to spare your life. Since you are so ungrateful, don't blame us for being cruel."

After that, they didn't say any more nonsense, and rushed towards Feng Huan in a flash. Three long swords with cold light were unsheathed at the same time, carrying sharp sword energy, stabbing at Feng Huan's vital parts.

Facing the siege of three people, Feng Huan showed no fear. On the contrary, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he whispered, "Come on!" Then, he swung the long sword in his hand fiercely and used the "Water Cutting Style - Leopard Transformation".

As he moved, his body instantly burst out with a powerful aura, like a ferocious cheetah. His swordsmanship was like a violent storm, fast and sharp, dazzling people.

"Tiger transformation!" Feng Huan shouted, and the sword's momentum changed again, turning into a ferocious tiger.

"Lion Transformation!" Feng Huan's swordsmanship changed again.

At this time, Feng Huan's swordsmanship had completely merged into nature and the surrounding environment. His sword power was as surging as the tide, bringing the speed of the sword and the impact of the water element to the extreme.

"Rhino transformation!"

"Elephant transformation!"

"Bear transformation!"

The six variations of the Water-Cutting Style were displayed one by one under Feng Huan's sword. He was currently using an ordinary red copper medium-grade long sword, firstly to conceal his identity, and secondly, this sword skill could not exert a stronger attack power with the Death Dragon unless he improved it in the future.

"Why is this kid so difficult to deal with! His realm is so low, but his combat power is so strong. He must be a genius who came out from a big power to gain experience."

"Let's not talk about whether we can defeat this kind of genius. Even if we defeat him, do we dare to touch him?"

"It's really unlucky that I ran into this kind of person right after I came out. Now I'm really stuck in a dilemma."

When the three of them saw that Feng Huan was fighting with them fairly well and didn't show any sign of being defeated, they began to get nervous and kept communicating with each other, thinking about how to resolve this dilemma.

Feng Huan didn't think too much about it. He kept practicing his sword skills over and over again, becoming more and more proficient and handy. Soon he achieved some success.

"He is using us as sparring partners to practice his sword skills! If we fight seriously, I'm afraid we won't be his opponent. What should we do now?"

"We can't leave now, so why not just practice with him? I hope he won't kill us for practicing with us!"

"Ugh!"

The three of them had no choice but to cheer up and deal with Feng Huan, and actually became his sparring partners.