Chapter 460: Chapter 160: Blade Flows Like Honing the Sea Calm, The Invisible Ninety-Nine Breaks Body Qi

The young girl sighed and lamented, her pretty face full of regret.

Li Yuan consoled, "I’m a Sixth Grade loose cultivator too, with a broken path ahead, it’s actually not that great."

Tang Pang replied, "At least you can live for a hundred more years, right? Ah, I really envy you."

The two fell silent for a moment.

Suddenly, Tang Pang stood up and said, "It’s time for class, I have to go study. Let’s drink again next time, Steward Li."

Li Yuan waved goodbye to her, then turned and went off into the distance. Once the mountains layered like screens obscured the small house behind him, he soared into the air and flew directly towards Yingde Town.

Today, he has to enter the Red Dust, not only to practice his knife skills but also to train his heart.

The chaos brought by that "Ten Blades Ancestral Talisman on the heart" was too intense. If one’s mind wasn’t strong enough, Li Yuan felt he would definitely go mad after using it too much.

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Half an hour later...

"Sir, good morning."

"Sir, you look particularly good today."

On the way, everyone at Meixiang Building greeted Li Yuan.

At this time, the building had not yet opened for business.

The madam was yawning, looking as if she had just woken up. Seeing Li Yuan, she suddenly became alert, recalling the results of the investigation she secretly ordered yesterday.

This gentleman who came to be a cook seemed to have dropped from the sky. The family that placed him here knew nothing about him, only instructing that he was an important figure of the Tang Sect and not to provoke him.

The madam, versed in city life, noticed his blade skills and instantly knew this gentleman was no ordinary person. How could she treat him as merely a cook?

She stepped forward, respectfully smiling, "Sir, would you like to change locations today? I can find a few girls to accompany you with tunes. If those ordinary girls don’t please you, I can find a pretty cultured courtesan for you."

With that, the madam raised her hand and called out, "Si Qin, Si Qin..."

As soon as she spoke, a young girl holding a guqin gracefully descended from upstairs.

The girl had a charming face, dressed in a slightly tight silk garment with a white background and peach blossom patterns, highlighting her slender waist and round hips, evoking an ancient beauty’s allure, stirring a fire in men’s hearts...

She glanced at Li Yuan with care but saw an extraordinary young man radiating a mysterious charm. This was not the delicate looks she had seen before, nor the robust muscle-bound men, but a mixed, profound feeling akin to magic power...

The young man’s eyes were focused, yet seemed not to be on the present but always contemplating something.

Si Qin gave Li Yuan a slight bow and said, "I’ve met you, sir."

But then, she noticed the young man’s gaze seemed fixed on her chest, causing her to blush and ask, "Sir... what are you looking at?"

Li Yuan said, "Looking at the guqin."

Si Qin, having developed a good impression of the young man, thought that since she had to offer herself anyway, having him be the first wouldn’t be regrettable. She thus raised her hand and spun gracefully like a butterfly, smiling sweetly, "Does sir like looking at the guqin or at Si Qin?"

Li Yuan said, "The carvings on your guqin are too crude. Let me re-carve them for you, okay?"

Si Qin: ???

"I’ll pay if I ruin it," Li Yuan added.

Then he followed Si Qin upstairs to the room.

The madam sighed with relief. Though her brothel had the Tang Sect as a background, it lacked a solid backing. Furthermore, the Cloud Mountain Path’s social world was extraordinarily complex.

Taking Sword Mountain as the boundary, west of Sword Mountain was the "Tang Sect and various families interwoven situation," but the east and the Central Plains junction was "various forces vying for control, each with powerful figures behind them." As for why there were powerful figures behind them, the madam didn’t know. She only speculated it might vaguely be related to the Central Plains’ chaotic situation.

In the Central Plains, those truly terrifying masters wouldn’t set their eyes on the barren lands of Cloud Mountain Path because it wasn’t suitable for their development and cultivation. However, many masters hoping to "retire" would come here, then occupy mountains as kings, acting as local emperors.

Speaking of which, the Tang Sect actually rose five years ago. It’s said that the mysterious Mrs. Tang also came from the Central Plains. However, with her vast background and profound skill, along with numerous strong subordinates, she monopolized half the territory.

In the madam’s view, this gentleman was likely also a hidden expert of the Tang Sect, merely claiming to be a cook as a cover to enjoy life. How could she dare to slight him?

If she could seize this opportunity to connect with this gentleman, Meixiang Building would truly find a solid backing in the future.

Inside the room...

Si Qin’s long dress fluttered as she fetched the fine wine delivered from outside, twisting her waist as she approached Li Yuan.

She wasn’t being flirtatious; she just recognized Li Yuan’s high status, good looks, and skill, thus wanting to climb to higher branches.

However, Li Yuan took the White Snake Blade out of his bosom.

The Ancestral Talisman entered the heart, and Celestial Thunder entered the body...

He instantly reached the Fourth Grade Early Stage, then raised the blade to carve on this guqin considered "valuable in the ordinary world, yet ordinary in his eyes."

His mind was filled with thoughts of blades.

In the beginning, practicing the blade was about applying strength.

Next, it’s about gathering full body force, including the "swing" force, and "connect" force from various muscles.

Then, it’s driven by Shadow Blood, using Shadow Blood to drive it, which is "mind" power, with blood moving as the mind moves. This becomes more so when the weapon turns into a "blood-linked" spiritual artifact.

All blades in the world are domineering and flamboyant, and when swung, they are accompanied by thunderous sounds.

Weak ones shatter rocks; strong ones cause heaven and earth to collapse.

But what is it like to practice the blade in minute detail?

And what kind of power is this?