Chapter 9: Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword

  "The Nine Yang True Classic" was originally recorded in the Buddhist scripture "Lankavatara Sutra", with four volumes, the first three volumes each containing three layers of "Nine Yang Divine Merit", corresponding to the nine levels of martial artists' realm.

  The fourth volume "Leng Jia Jing" contains not only the last four heavy "Jiuyang Shengong" corresponding to Xiantian, Dibang, Tianbang and Kuangseshi, but also records several spiritual and mysterious methods. The "Mingjiao" sect master Zhang Wuji's minor achievement of "Ruyi Suogu Gong" when he came out of the cave is one of them.

  "Jiuyang Shen Gong", "Ruyi Suo Gu Gong", "Lion's Roar"

  "Huh? The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth! What a wonderful Zhang Jiao!"

  Suddenly, Luo Zhan's face lit up with joy as he flipped through the secret book in his hand. When he roughly reached the last few pages, his expression changed slightly before his joyful expression became even more intense, and he couldn't help but exclaim in praise.

  Obviously, according to the ancient and mysterious book of martial arts, the "Ming Cult" sect leader Zhang Wuji buried the ultimate skill after achieving success and fame. This is because the "Qian Kun Da Nuo Yi" (Great Shift of Heaven and Earth) is a legendary and unparalleled ultimate skill that is the treasure of the "Ming Cult".

  "Well, it's worth Master Ben's trouble to search for me all the way here. This trip is indeed not in vain!"

  Lu Zhan slowly closed the "Jiuyang True Classic" secret book, his face filled with joy and excitement. Before arriving at the "Kunlun Secret Valley", he had never imagined that this trip would yield such a rich harvest!

  Not to mention the "Nine Suns Divine Art" and "Qiankun Da Nuo Yi", just the two martial arts of "Ru Yi Suo Gu Gong" and "Lion's Roar" are not ordinary goods.

  "Ru Yi Suo Gu Gong" is inferior to the extraordinary skill "Yu Long Bai Bian", after all, "Ru Yi Suo Gu Gong" only has the effect of shrinking bones and increasing strength, while "Yu Long Bai Bian" also has the function of body method. Therefore, the heavenly rank extraordinary skill "Ru Yi Suo Gu Gong" is slightly inferior.

  But "Lion's Roar" is a Buddhist heavenly stage "Sound Work" ultimate skill, once paired with the "Amplifying Golden Bell", using mouth whistling sound, it can absolutely compare to the world's top Sound Work "Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds", and is actually a pretty good group killing technique!

  "Huh? This is... the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword!"

  Suddenly, Luo Zhan's eyes condensed and stared tightly at the side of the black wooden box wrapped in oilcloth with "Jiuyang True Classic", just now being distracted by "Jiuyang True Classic" Luo Zhan relaxed at this moment, immediately discovering the abnormality on the side of the wooden box.

  However, under the layered stone and soil, another object was hidden. After Luo Zhan removed the loose stone and soil covering the dark objects above, a wide and thick black sword appeared, fully entering Luo Zhan's line of sight.

  Unlike the "Fine Iron Heavy Sword" ordered from the blacksmith with Luo Zhan, this hilt is simple and unadorned, with a thick and heavy black blade that has no bevelled edge. As soon as Luo Zhan saw it, he had an idea in his mind. Apart from the famous "Mystic Iron Heavy Sword", what else could it be?

  "I've long heard that after 'Yitian Sword' and 'Tulong Knife' clashed and broke, they were re-cast into the 'Xuan Tie Heavy Sword', it seems to be true!"

  Lu Zhan put away the "Jiuyang True Classic" secret book, removed the covering soil and rocks, and exerted his strength to take out the famous divine weapon - "Xuan Tie Heavy Sword".

  "The greatest hero, for the country and the people!" The benevolent hero who once guarded Xiangyang City, Guo Jing, at the suggestion of his wife Huang Rong, asked a famous master to forge the "Heavy Iron Sword" given by Yang Guo into two divine sharp weapons. They are the "Heavenly Sword" and the "Dragon Slaying Saber", which later stirred up great waves and bloody storms.

  At the same time, for future generations to resist foreign tribes' top masters, he left behind a secret book in two divine weapons. One was Guo Jing's specialty, the absolute skill of "Descending Dragon Eighteen Palms". The other was a quick-to-master version of the divine technique, the "Nine Yin True Classics".

  Later, the leader of the Ming Cult retired with his wife Zhao Min, also known as "Little Princess", and the "Heaven Reliant Sword" and "Dragon Slaying Saber" which were forged together to create the "Mysterious Heavy Sword", and disappeared without a trace.

  "Hmm, now I have reached the sixth level of the Post-Heaven Realm and can switch to practicing the extraordinary skill 'Nine Yang Divine Art' to help break through the bottleneck and advance to the seventh level of the Post-Heaven Realm!"

  After playing two rounds of "Basic Swordsmanship", Luo Zhuang placed the over 80 jin heavy "Xuan Tie Heavy Sword" on a piece of bluestone, then nodded slightly and sat cross-legged on another piece of bluestone.

  "Pure Yang Wuji Gong" is also a top-grade, peerless Pure Yang gong method, but compared to the unparalleled, extremely hard and extremely yang "Jiuyang Shengong", it can't help but have some disparity, slightly inferior.

  Luó Zhèn, who had just obtained the precious and unparalleled Nine Yang Divine Skill, couldn't wait to sit cross-legged and carefully study the profound meaning of the first nine levels of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.

  "He is strong because he is strong, and the clear wind sweeps across the mountain ridge."

  "He lies on his side, the bright moon shining over the great river..."

  Unknowingly, Luo Zhuo, who was sitting cross-legged on the green rock, had his pure yang internal energy in his dantian suddenly stir. It was as if a divine snake was emerging from its lair, and it began to circulate slowly along the meridian route of the first stage of the "Jiuyang Divine Technique".

  Then, the pure Yang internal force emerged from the same source, and with a momentum like breaking through bamboo, in just half a cup of tea's time, it had already circulated one cycle according to the first level of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.

  In the depths of Luo Zhan's body, the "Pure Yang Inner Power" that had been tempered to perfection in his meridians gradually condensed and refined, a warm and scorching intent emerged, and the might of the refined "Nine Yang True Qi" slowly began to reveal itself.

  First degree, second degree, third degree...

  "Hum!"

  After a long period of time, Luo Zhu's body, which had been sitting upright with his knees bent, suddenly shook violently. Immediately afterwards, the warm and scorching "Nine Yang True Qi" in his meridians burst forth, breaking through the six layers of bottlenecks that had been constraining it, and surged into the seventh layer of the Nine Yang Divine Technique's meridian pathway.

  Obviously, with the help of the extraordinary and powerful technique "Jiuyang Shengong", Luo Zhan, who had already reached the sixth level of perfection in his physical body, naturally advanced to the seventh level of mastery in the later stage of his physical body.

  "Hmm... The Nine Suns Divine Technique is indeed a peerless and unparalleled skill of utmost yang energy!"

  Slowly withdrawing his energy, Luo Zhan opened his eyes and let out a long sigh. Then, with a look of great satisfaction on his face, he spoke words of praise, his joyful expression unhidden, overflowing from his words.

  Although Luo Zhan's cultivation, under the residual energy of "Wash Marrow Dan" and the assistance of five "Small Pure Yang Dans", had reached the realm of Later Heaven Six Layers in just over a month, if he hadn't switched to cultivating the extraordinary technique "Nine Yang Divine Art", relying solely on the Heavenly Stage technique "Pure Yang Infinite Art", it would likely still take about a month to thoroughly break through the shackles and advance to the Later Heaven Late Stage.

  It was fortunate that Luo Zhan could save time and effort in his cultivation for nearly a month, and he was extremely satisfied with the wonders of the unparalleled and supreme technique, "Jiuyang Shengong".

  "Hmm, no need to rush out of the valley for now. The spiritual energy here is dense and the environment is serene, making it an ideal place to seclude oneself for a few months to further master the ultimate skills of the 'Nine Yang True Classic'."

  Immediately, Luo Zhuang praised and thought for a moment, and he had already made up his mind. "Kunlun Secret Valley" is a treasure land that is quite suitable for cultivation. If it weren't for Zhang Wuji, the leader of the Ming Cult, who was nostalgic for his hometown "Ice and Fire Island", it's unlikely that he would choose this place to hide.

  Luò Zhàn, who had just broken through to the Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, possessed a "Nine Yang True Qi" that was condensed and thick, which was not inferior to ordinary Eighth Layer Post-Heaven Realm warriors, and even surpassed them in strength.

  But compared to the Innate experts in the "Laughing in the Wind and Clouds" world, they are far inferior. Rushing out of the "Kunlun Secret Valley" would make it difficult for them to intervene in the development of events.

  After all, if you want to save the life of Qu Feiyan, the granddaughter of the Demon Sect's elder Qu Yangsun, it is difficult to resist the early stage of Xiantian with Da Songyang Shou Fei Bin without reaching the Xiantian realm.

  Moreover, the masters who besieged Liu Zhengfeng's mansion in Songshan were not just Fei Bin, the "Daxiang Yangshou", but also his many fellow disciples Ding Mian and Lu Bai, as well as other orthodox sect members who were present at the "Jinpen Xishou" conference.

  He was Luo Zheng, who wanted to intervene in the unpleasant things in the "Laughing Proudly at the Jianghu" world, but he didn't rush out of the valley. Instead, he wanted to close his door and study the profound meaning of the "Nine Yang True Classic", so as to make further progress.