While pondering, he slowly opened the dark Spirit Sealing Box.
The next moment, a vast and mighty force descended from the sky, pressing down directly, as if a mountain was falling, about to crush him into powder.
The scales within Chu Zhiyuan's skin lit up, instantly dispersing the violent power.
He straightened his back and looked towards the void.
A giant silver toad emerged in the void, extending its tongue towards him.
The tongue seemed infinitely long, stretching down from thousands of meters, or even higher, shooting towards him.
Chu Zhiyuan knew that this was just an illusion, not a real toad.
This long tongue was also not a physical object, but a condensation of power.
Otherwise, he would have already lost his life.
He formed the Fearless Mudra with both palms, the best way to deal with extraterrestrial power was to fight poison with poison.
The Fearless Great Perfection hand seal guided the power of the Fearless Realm to descend, colliding with the toad in the void.
"Boom!" The void seemed to thunder.
The toad slowly dissipated.
He let out a long sigh, his whole body aching as if it had fallen apart.
He inhaled a breath of cold air and looked at the small toad statue inside the Spirit Sealing Box.
The pitch-black toad, only the size of a palm, was exquisite and lifelike.
At first glance, it looked like a living toad, ready to jump out of the box at any moment.
Its slightly open mouth seemed ready to extend its tongue.
Especially its eyes, shining like jewels, looked even more like those of a living creature.
However, Chu Zhiyuan's expression was solemn.
An invisible force enveloped it, preventing his extrasensory perception from completely penetrating it, only allowing him to observe it with his naked eyes.
No matter how he looked at it, it was just a small trinket, not a precious work of art, let alone anything magical.
He couldn't help but wonder, what was the mystery of this toad?
Why was it carried by the disciples of the Swallowing Heaven Sect?
If it was very important, shouldn't it be placed in an important place, rather than carrying it around?
Of course, it was also possible that they were wary of each other and didn't trust each other.
Rather than placing it elsewhere, it was safer to carry it themselves.
Chu Zhiyuan stretched out his palm, slowly reaching towards the pitch-black toad, but suddenly stopped just before touching it.
Just as he was about to touch the toad statue, he suddenly had a premonition that it was very dangerous.
He looked at the black toad statue, lost in thought.
Why did he feel danger?
He had now achieved scale refinement, and ordinary dangers were no longer a threat.
He didn't even use a flying knife to test it, the flying knife was connected to his mind.
A small pebble flew out from his sleeve, gently hitting the mouth of the toad statue.
The small pebble silently turned into powder, slowly falling onto the bed.
He flicked his sleeve.
At the same time, he observed the difference between the small pebble and the powder, what power remained.
He discovered that there was a strange aura circulating within these powders.
The gray powder was swept off the bed, flew out the window, and landed on the bluestone bricks outside.
"Wow."
A patch of dense small pits appeared on the bluestone bricks, as if they had been shot by countless arrowheads.
The observation continued, and only after the bluestone bricks were like this did the aura in the powder completely disappear.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.
The power emitted by this toad was not only extremely strong, but also insidious, making it difficult to defend against.
If he wasn't so acutely aware of danger, he really wouldn't be able to defend against this silent power.
If his palm touched this divine statue, would it silently disappear?
Could the power of scale refinement withstand the power of the toad statue?
He was about to continue testing with a flying knife when he suddenly sensed something and quickly closed the Spirit Sealing Box.
A moment later, Su Qiuyan's voice sounded outside: "Your Highness."
Chu Zhiyuan put the Spirit Sealing Box into the Iron Finger Ring and smiled: "Mr. Su, please come in."
Su Qiuyan's face appeared outside the window.
Chu Zhiyuan had already gotten out of bed, clasped his fists and welcomed him into the room, smiling: "Mr. Su, why bother making a trip yourself, I would have gone to get it myself."
Su Qiuyan smiled: "I'm impatient, I won't feel at ease until I give it to you."
Chu Zhiyuan gestured: "Mr. Su, why not sit down and have a cup of tea."
Su Qiuyan smiled and shook his head, took out a thick, yellowed scroll from his sleeve, and handed it to Chu Zhiyuan: "This is the sword technique inheritance I obtained, you can take a look at it for reference, there's no need to practice it."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled: "Mr. Su, have you practiced this before?"
"I have."
Su Qiuyan shook his head and said: "It was a complete mess, I almost crippled myself."
Chu Zhiyuan was puzzled.
Su Qiuyan said: "You'll understand after you read it, it's contradictory and illogical."
"Then I'll study it."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
Su Qiuyan clasped his fists: "Farewell."
Before Chu Zhiyuan could clasp his fists and speak, Su Qiuyan had already disappeared in a flash.
Chu Zhiyuan looked at the place where she disappeared and sighed.
A Grandmaster still crushes him, to say nothing of other things, just the lightness skill alone is like this.
If he didn't have extrasensory perception, he wouldn't be able to detect a Grandmaster coming close, let alone discover it in advance as he does now.
The advantage of a Grandmaster is not just one aspect, but a comprehensive, multifaceted one.
He looked down at the yellowed thick book.
This book, as thick as a brick, had obviously experienced a long period of time, exuding an aura of vicissitudes.
He first looked at the first page, which read "Severing Illusion Sword Manual" in four large characters.
Chu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows.
These four characters are the current common script, not the ancient script.
Then he carefully flipped through it and found that the entire book was written in the current script.
Obviously, this was a copy, not the original secret manual.
As for where the original was, there was no way to investigate it, otherwise Su Qiuyan would have already obtained it.
He wanted to see why this Severing Illusion Sword Manual was not favored by Grandmaster Su Qiuyan.
After he finished flipping through this thick volume of more than a hundred pages in one breath, he closed his eyes and remained motionless.
He felt that he had gained a deeper understanding of sword techniques.
The theory of this Severing Illusion Sword is extremely wonderful, and it does look contradictory.
But the contradiction lies in the change between illusion and reality.
Su Qiuyan felt that it was contradictory because he couldn't figure out the difference between illusion and reality.
Illusion becomes reality, reality becomes illusion, illusion and reality transform into each other, transforming at all times.
Illusion and reality are actually life and death, yin and yang.
If you don't understand this principle, then this sword technique does seem inexplicable.
Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.
It seems that Grandmasters are not necessarily profound and knowledgeable, sometimes they are also very ignorant.
Especially in the understanding of heaven and earth, they are indeed far behind him.
Chu Zhiyuan felt that this was likely due to his education in his previous life, his knowledge of astronomy and physics, and the influence of Taoist and Buddhist theories.
This kind of influence is invisible, unconsciously changing one's own cognition.
Without being in that environment in his previous life, wanting to have these concepts in this world is as difficult as ascending to heaven, almost impossible.
He felt that it was very easy to understand the mysteries of this sword manual, but in the eyes of others, it was like reading a heavenly book.
The Severing Illusion Sword Manual is indeed extremely profound.
Transforming illusion into reality, transforming reality into illusion, if the sword technique is really practiced to this level, it is almost impossible to dodge.
Now, if he wants his flying knives to be unerring, he needs to control the knife with his mind, causing it to turn corners or even change speed.
If he can master the Severing Illusion Sword Manual, then he doesn't need to bother so much.
At that time, he can change the void at will.
That is the real one sword, never missing.
