As long as your strength is sufficient, shattering all laws with sheer force is simply an effortless task.
Jiang Chen calmed his mind and began to examine the Wuji Sword Sutra imprinted in his mind. As an Earth-rank cultivation technique, its quantity across the entire Xianyun Sword Sect was extremely limited.
Naturally, its effects were terrifying to the extreme.
With a thought, the comprehension boost brought by Sword Heart Clear and Bright was maximized. This obscure and difficult Earth-rank cultivation technique became incomparably simple in his eyes.
Mastery took only a quarter of an hour.
Following mastery, Jiang Chen began to cultivate. At the same time, his comprehension of the technique grew increasingly profound, and his cultivation speed began to skyrocket.
Jiang Chen could even feel that within a radius of ten miles around his current location, a vortex seemed to be forming, storm-swallowing the surrounding spiritual Qi.
In an instant, waves of euphoria surged within Jiang Chen's body, while streams of black impurities—reminiscent of a foul stench—were expelled from his pores. Under the refinement of the spiritual Qi, his body grew increasingly pure.
Once Jiang Chen fell into this state of cultivation, he sat cross-legged in place like an old monk in meditation, maintaining his posture without moving a muscle.
Time began to fly by rapidly.
...
In the blink of an eye, five days passed.
During these five days, Jiang Chen did not rest at all. Whenever the menial task distribution point assigned a chore, he would immediately get up, complete the task, and then return to his spot to cultivate.
The rewards over these five days were relatively ordinary compared to Sword Heart Clear and Bright and the Wuji Sword Sutra.
They were mainly some pills and resources. Given his rapid consumption under the supply of daily check-ins, the deficit was nevertheless replenished.
As for those Defective Qi-Consolidating Pills he had plundered from Wang Yuan?
Jiang Chen had long since finished using them. With the blessing of the Wuji Sword Sutra, his digestion rate was exceedingly fast.
On the morning of the sixth day, Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes. A golden luster radiated from them as he heavily expelled a breath of foul air.
"Hoo..."
"The terrifying nature of an Earth-rank cultivation technique truly exceeds my imagination!"
Previously, Jiang Chen had infinitely overestimated the effect of an Earth-rank technique. Yet the moment he truly cultivated it in tandem with Sword Heart Clear and Bright, he finally realized that he had still severely underestimated it!
At the same time, Jiang Chen was quite surprised. The peak where their menial disciples resided was already the worst within the entire Xianyun Sword Sect. Even so, the density of the spiritual Qi astonished him.
During these past five days, he had even begun to worry whether the supply of spiritual Qi would be insufficient. After all, his storm-like inhalation... a single person was almost comparable to fifty people at the Qi Refining 1st Layer cultivating simultaneously.
However, there was not the slightest hindrance; the spiritual Qi he absorbed and refined was immediately replenished by new spiritual Qi, flowing like an endless spring.
"At least within the Qi Refining realm, I won't run into the problem of insufficient spiritual Qi," Jiang Chen thought to himself.
The spiritual Qi and the spiritual energy from the Qi-Consolidating Pills that he had refined were ultimately transformed into Sword Essence within his dantian, becoming even more tyrannical and fierce!
Although his previous Sword Essence was already formidable enough, this time, with the blessing of the Earth-rank cultivation technique, it had grown fiercely stronger by an unknown margin!
"Right now, although I have just entered the Qi Refining Realm 5th Layer, I can defeat even a fellow at the mid-stage of the 5th Layer. As for the late-stage... even if I cannot defeat them, I won't fall behind."
Jiang Chen began to evaluate his own strength.
On the path of cultivating immortals, how vast is the gap between minor realms?
Being invincible at the same level could already be considered quite good; being able to surpass a minor realm could be called one in ten thousand, an outstanding elite!
"My cultivation speed these past few days has been too fast. Even with a technique like the Wuji Sword Sutra laying the foundation, it's inevitable that some superficiality and lack of stability would arise. I should take it slow; once the foundation is firmly secured, I'll continue to break through further."
Jiang Chen calculated inwardly.
Since he had already reached the Qi Refining Realm 5th Layer, that so-called backer behind Wang Yuan was welcome to come whenever he pleased.
He first checked today's menial task, and could not help raising an eyebrow in secret shock: "The Sword Pond?!"
The next moment, boundless euphoria flooded Jiang Chen's heart.
"If the treasured grounds of the Xianyun Sword Sect were ranked, this Sword Pond could completely qualify for the second tier!"
It was on the same level as the two check-in locations where he had obtained Sword Heart Clear and Bright and the Wuji Sword Sutra.
The places he had been assigned to in the previous few days were merely quite ordinary.
Even Jiang Chen could not help feeling somewhat excited now.
Since the first two times had yielded such top-tier rewards, surely this time... Brother System would not let him down.
Subsequently, Jiang Chen plunged headfirst into a wooden tub and took a bath to wash away the stains on his body, before changing into fresh clothes and leisurely walking out the door.
As soon as Jiang Chen stepped outside, he noticed that among the three lackeys he had beaten up last time, one was keeping watch on him. He simply couldn't be bothered to care and used his menial token to teleport away.
A bunch of trash; they couldn't stir up any trouble.
A moment later, the other lackey arrived as well. Looking at his companion, he asked doubtfully, "Are you certain... that damned fellow hasn't made any move to hide these past few days?"
Five days!
For five consecutive days, Wang Yuan had made the two of them keep watch, taking turns monitoring Jiang Chen to prevent him from running away and leaving his older cousin unable to find anyone when the time came.
As a result, these two had watched for a full five days, coming infinitely close to going without sleep day and night, yet they stubbornly failed to notice any movement from Jiang Chen. In fact... he acted just as usual, with zero intention of trying to lay low or avoid the limelight.
This lackey nodded. "Yeah, I really don't know whether to call this fellow confident or... breathtakingly arrogant."
They were certain it was impossible for Jiang Chen not to know that Wang Yuan had a backer.
"Hahaha, once Senior Brother Wang Hu comes out and cripples this brat, I'd like to see if he can still remain so nonchalant then!"
...
Sword Pond.
With a single teleport, Jiang Chen arrived here. There were not many areas in the Sword Pond that required cleaning, so only a single menial disciple was generally assigned to the outer perimeter.
The function of this place was quite simple.
To temper the Flawless Sword Body!
The Sword Pond was filled entirely with sword Qi of various grades, all left behind by powerful figures of the Xianyun Sword Sect. Every single strand of sword Qi could wash away a trace of impurities within a disciple's body.
However, the agony of enduring a strand of sword Qi could well be imagined!
To wash away the impurities in one's body and successfully temper a Flawless Sword Body, the number of sword Qi strands required to be endured numbered in the tens and hundreds of thousands!
Consequently, looking across the entire Xianyun Sword Sect, those who could temper a Flawless Sword Body were exceedingly few—rarer than morning stars.
When Jiang Chen arrived, he discovered that there were hardly a few people in the outer Sword Pond, prompting him to complain, "It seems tempering the body with sword Qi is not an ordinary drain, and... it's very hard to endure. There's simply no one to be seen here."
He began to sweep the ground.
Gazing at the Sword Pond, he could not help feeling a yearning in his heart, thinking to himself: "If I could enter it to cultivate, stabilizing my realm would be an absolute breeze."
Cultivation placed emphasis on wealth, companions, methods, and land.
At the very top of the list was "wealth"—meaning cultivation resources. Sword Qi like this, left behind by countless senior predecessors of the Xianyun Sword Sect, was the finest resource for tempering the physical body.
Then, Jiang Chen thought quietly: "Check in!"
The next moment, the system prompt sounded.
[Host checked in successfully, obtaining nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine strands of sword Qi to temper the Flawless Sword Body for the host!]