Chapter 17

The group returned to the Southwind Ridge . They kept such a low profile that they barely drew any attention . Fan Tu was about to report to Gao Yue the good results they'd yielded, but Jiang Chen said he wanted to surprise her .

Without any rest, Jiang Chen picked out the medicinal materials for refining Hua Yuan Pills and then went to the alchemist room in the east courtyard to refine the panaceas .

The process was quite smooth . Jiang Chen hardly sweated . He opened the furnace . After the heat went out, three Hua Yuan Pills appeared in front of him . Jiang Chen bottled them and returned to his room . After telling the servants not to disturb him in the next a few days, he swallowed a Hua Yuan Pill . The process to break through to the Gathering Yuan State from the Condensing Qi State was to convert the genuine Qi to genuine Yuan .

It would take a long time without the help of Hua Yuan Pills and the success rate couldn't be guaranteed . The effect of Hua Yuan Pills was to make this process shortened to only a few days, regardless of talents . And the success rate was very high .

As soon as he swallowed down the panacea, Jiang Chen started to feel some obvious change instantly . The genuine Qi in his body started to boil . He felt extremely hot . A short while later, his clothes were already soaked with sweat .

Jiang Chen tried to concentrate . He was manipulating the genuine Qi through his meridians .

The consequence would be terrible if he fainted . The converted genuine Yuan would pierce his meridians and destroy his internal organs . A while later, Jiang Chen suddenly opened his eyes . He touched his chest in disbelief . He made it!

He had achieved the Gathering Yuan State . The genuine Qi inside of his body had been changed into genuine Yuan . He had planned for three days to achieve it . But at the moment he made it in fifteen minutes, which was almost a miracle .

The holy pulse!

When Jiang Chen got the key point, he instantly felt refreshed and his face lit up with pleasure . The holy pulse helped the Hua Yuan Pill to function faster and had the genuine Yuan under control perfectly . Everything was so smooth .

If my holy pulse had been fully recovered, would it have taken effect instantly when I swallowed the pill down? Oh no, if the holy pulse had been fully recovered, I wouldn't have needed the Hua Yuan Pill and would have achieved the Gathering Yuan State directly! Jiang Chen was thinking .

Jiang Chen went out of the room . The servants, who were told that he wouldn't leave the room in days, didn't understand what had happened . He didn't explain, but gave them a mysterious smile and then went to the yard where Fan Tu was living .

"Uncle Fan, practice the sword with me . "

He had to adapt to the strength of the Gathering Yuan State and enhance his swordsmanship until he obtained entry level . To achieve entry level, he had to master the Sword Point . Only when you have mastered the Sword Point can you use your sword by following some method .

In short, although Jiang Chen mastered all sword movements in the Sword Method of the Holy Spirit immediately, he wasn't experienced enough since he hadn't gone through any practical fight . When you are fighting with people, the enemy won't let you exert every movement perfectly . He will try to stop you instead and give you a fatal strike when he sees your weak point .

But once you master the sword point, you'll be able to control your sword at will when you are facing the constantly changing situation in a practical fight .

This requires experience in practical fights . Jiang Chen finally had time to do it after having achieved the Gathering Yuan State .

"Young Lord! You are already in the Gathering Yuan State! Gosh, how fast it is!"

Fan Tu was greatly shocked . He kept shaking his head and said, "No, no, Young Lord . I am skilled in fist methods and I have a higher state than you . I won't be able to help you a lot even if I fight with you . But I've got an idea . " Fan Tu then left the yard and brought a Wind Move Guard a while later . The guard was tall and mighty . The shining armor and the cloak that fell to the ground made him look awe-inspiring .

"Young Lord, his name is Jiang Wei . He is in the peak of an initial state and is good at the sword method . " Fan Tu said .

"Young Master Chen . " The Wind Move Guard Jiang Wei looked emotionless, as fierce as his sword .

"Let's start . " Jiang Chen nodded and didn't waste time on talking .

"Young Master Chen, please try to stab me with full strength . " Jiang Wei said .

"OK . "

Jiang Chen was holding the sword in his left hand . He raised the sword and started to pierce . The sword was moving so rapidly and fiercely that in just one second it had been under Jiang Wei's nose . Jiang Wei stepped back and raised his sword to move toward Jiang Chen .

The swords hit against each other with a ringing crash .

"Young Master Chen, has anyone taught you how to use a sword?" Jiang Wei stopped and asked, confused . He could see that Jiang Chen's movement was almost flawless, both his motion and his vigor . But he instantly felt himself stupid to have asked it . Jiang Chen's father was the renowned Windblade . The son of course had be influenced by what he constantly saw and heard . It wouldn't have been necessary to teach him hand by hand .

"Jiang Wei, what the young lord needs is experience in practical fights," Fan Tu said .

"Got it . "

After having made this clear, Jiang Wei held his sword in front of his chest and glanced at Jiang Chen . Then his sword started to attack like a quick snake . Jiang Chen was surrounded by the aggressiveness aroused by the sword and was almost unable to find any place to hide . Jiang Chen kept calm . He stepped forward out of instinct and attacked with his sword from a tricky angle .

Jiang Wei's eyes lit up . He raised his expectations on Jiang Chen's move . With a twist of the wrist, his movement suddenly changed . At the same time, Jiang Chen's movement was also changing .

"Young lord is doing great even in a practical fight . This is unexpected . "

Fan Tu couldn't help admiring him . He knew that Jiang Chen started only a short time ago and this day was his first time to fight with a sword . But he didn't look like a newbie at all . What was horrifying was that Jiang Chen had just started and he still had much room for improvement .

In a half day, Jiang Chen and Jiang Wei had fought for three rounds . Jiang Chen showed great improvements in each round . In the third round Jiang Wei had to take advantage of his higher state to avoid his failure .

"You are indeed the Windblade's son!" Jiang Wei's indifference was replaced by admiration .

He said, "Young Master Chen, although I use swords, my skills are not very brilliant . I can offer you no more help . "

Jiang Chen had sensed it . He was no match for Jiang Wei if it was a serious fight . But at the moment they were having a competition of swordsmanship, which made it totally different .

"Uncle Fan, find me someone else . Let's do it together . " Jiang Chen knew he could improve the most in fights .

Fan Tu nodded and found him another Wind Move Guard who used sword .

In the next a few days, Jiang Chen kept training the use of sword like this .

On the fifth day, Jiang Chen was already fighting with five Wind Move Guards .

The spacious yard was even a bit narrow for a fierce fight . The five Wind Move Guards' cloaks were moving rapidly . Their swords were moving even faster, like five rays of aurora attacking Jiang Chen from different directions .

Jiang Chen was very cool-headed . The sharp tip of his sword kept moving quickly . In a second there were several changes with the movement of his iron sword .

The swords kept hitting against each other, as if they were playing a symphony . Jiang Chen finally broke the deadlock . His sword moved with him and he defeated the five guards one by one .

"Congratulations on your improvement, Young Lord . "

Jiang Wei half-knelt down . He didn't have to do that, but he was sincerely willing to do it . The other guards also knelt down one by one .

"Good . Thank you for your work these days . I'll award each of you a golden beast head . "

"Thank you, Young Lord!"

Jiang Chen laughed loudly from his heart . Maybe he didn't have such a high talent like the Sword Master did, but he was a fighting genius, who could improve rapidly in practical fights . People with this kind of talent were really brilliant in the Sacred Zone . Their speed to improve was astounding .

It's a pity that the Wind Move Guards are having second thoughts . If not, they would have tried to kill me with full strength and I would have been able to have more improvements .

It was just a thought . There was no way for the Wind Move Guards to do that . They wouldn't be able to bear the consequence once anything went wrong .

"Young Lord, today is the day to give out year-end bonus . " Fan Tu came to him in haste .

"Uncle Fan, are you ready?" Jiang Chen asked .

"Yes!" Fan Tu nodded with strength . He couldn't wait any longer .