Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 210: Chapter 210 Master Shows Favoritism_1

”Ling Xiao!”

Ming Tian felt an immense rage in his heart.

Originally, he could have combated the remaining eleven geniuses by his strength alone, completely overawing the others.

He could have achieved a perfect victory!

However, Ling Xiao, this anomaly, emerged.

Not only was Ling Xiao not crushed by him, he even wounded Ming Tian, leaving a bloody gash on his neck.

That was not just a wound, it was disgrace!

Since he began practicing martial arts, he had never lost to any martial artist of the same realm; even challenging those of a higher realm had become a matter of routine for him.

After becoming a true disciple of Master Baiyun, he instantly rose to be the leader of the younger generation, a true supreme genius.

He thought that Zuo Leng would be his only rival, that as long as he firmly suppressed Zuo Leng, he would be the number one of his generation.

But Ling Xiao’s emergence drove him to madness.

Ling Xiao first defeated him, with his cultivation controlled at the early stage of Martial Vein Eighth Layer, using a late-stage Martial Vein Seventh Layer cultivation.

Then, in this melee, he managed to slash Ming Tian’s neck with a single sword strike.

Even though such an injury was negligible to him,

the blow to his pride was far more painful than any physical wound.

Inside the True Spirit Hall.

Wan Ben seemed even more furious and agitated than Ming Tian.

”Shameless wretch, only capable of sneak attacks!”

Lin Ze chuckled, ”Hehe, it was clearly Ming Tian who requested to be surrounded by eleven people, and now the blame falls on Ling Xiao? That’s not shameless; that’s strategy.”

Master Baiyun’s lips twitched slightly, but he said nothing.

His figure gradually faded from its place as if he vanished into thin air.

It was a long time before Master Baiyun’s voice echoed in Lin Ze’s ear: ”You’ve trained a good disciple, truly impressive. Rest assured, I’ve lost the bet, I will no longer interfere with the matter between you and Wan Ben, and moreover, if that young man encounters any trouble, I will surely save him.”

At this point, Master Baiyun had stopped referring to himself as ’your teacher’.

It was clear that he was displeased.

After all, Ling Xiao wounding Ming Tian was indeed a slap in his face.

After leaving the True Spirit Hall, Master Baiyun appeared in the Martial Arts Hall.

”The assessment has ended, to be honest, I’m very disappointed with your performances, therefore, this time’s reward is canceled.”

”Canceled?”

The White Cloud Sect Leader, Real Person Yiran, was taken aback and couldn’t help saying, ”Master, Ling Xiao’s performance was unexpectedly impressive, how can you say you are disappointed?”

”I seek true strength and talent, not schemes and tricks!”

Master Baiyun stated indifferently, ”Before overwhelming power, all strategies are meaningless. You will understand this once you ascend to the Transcendent Realm, so Ling Xiao, remember, don’t play those petty tricks, just focus on enhancing your cultivation.”

After finishing his words, he looked towards Ming Tian, ”Ming Tian, you don’t need to be too discouraged. There’s nothing wrong with losing to a scheme, but you were indeed wounded, so it’s impossible to have a reward.”

While he said this on the surface, he secretly transmitted his voice to Ming Tian, ”Afterwards, you and Zuo Leng come to see me, I will pass on more powerful secret techniques to you both. Also, don’t worry about the reward, I have plenty, and will certainly give it to you two first.”

Master Baiyun thought no one heard his words.

But he was wrong. Although Ling Xiao couldn’t hear what he said, thanks to the Mountain and River Martial Soul, he could analyze Master Baiyun’s conversation through the fluctuations of the True Essence.

”Hmph, to think that such a Transcendent Warrior would be so biased.”

Ling Xiao sneered inwardly, but he said nothing.

After all, the other party was too strong; to kill him would only take one palm strike, and there was absolutely no chance for him to survive.

Ling Xiao wouldn’t engage in meaningless actions.

The assessment was over in a hurry.

Although Ling Xiao didn’t receive a reward from Master Baiyun, he acquired a fine treasured sword named ”Floating Snow Sword” through the bet.

A top-quality Zhenyuan Pill.

Ten lower-grade Zhenyuan Pills.

Besides, Lin Ze also compensated him, gifting him a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones and ten lower-grade Zhenyuan Pills.

Lin Ze’s words were simple, ”Don’t take the words of your master to heart; he’s grown old and muddled. Many things are clearer to you, the younger generation, than to him.”

Of course, Ling Xiao wouldn’t mind what Master Baiyun said.

He believed that while cultivation level was important, battle skills were equally crucial.

No matter the situation, if you could grasp all aspects of your opponent in the palm of your hand and use strategies to weaken their strength, creating favorable conditions for yourself, that was always a good thing.

Skills and cultivation level were inherently complementary.

As for warriors trained in the way Master Baiyun suggested, no matter how strong they were, they’d be nothing but simple-minded brutes.

Once faced with a clever person, even with great strength, they’d be easily outmaneuvered.

When he returned to his dwelling, Ling Xiao no longer dwelled on this matter; given Master Baiyun’s obvious favoritism, he couldn’t pin his hopes on such an old fellow.

In fact, he never intended to do so from the start.

After his bout with Ming Tian today, he realized something: just like top-level martial arts, transcendent martial arts also had different grades.

Beginner, rare, superior.

And beyond superior was another level—pinnacle!

Both his ”Heavenly Dragon Golden Body” and ”Snow Lotus Sword Technique” were of relatively high grade.

But as for the specific grade, he wasn’t quite sure, for his understanding of transcendent martial arts was still too limited up to this point.

As for ”Cloud Dragon Divine Movement,” it should be categorized as beginner-level transcendent martial arts. After all, if one follows the evolutionary rules of the ”Soaring Cloud Step,” advancement is typically gradual, without excessively large leaps.

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After returning to his residence, Ling Xiao immediately resumed his cultivation routine.

His battle with Ming Tian was indeed quite beneficial.

He consumed ten Zhenyuan Pills, and his main body began to assault the peak of the Martial Vein Seventh Layer.

Of his two avatars, one began practicing ”Thirteen Swords of Shadow Transformation.”

After all, for the current stage, quasi-transcendent martial arts were easier to practice, and their techniques were richer.

The other avatar began to consolidate the mastery of the first move ”Flying Snow” of the ”Snow Lotus Sword Technique.”

The difficulty of comprehending the ”Snow Lotus Sword Technique” was truly challenging, but this time he had luckily gained some insight into the transcendent mystic art from battle, which he used to perfect ”Flying Snow.”

For the following ten days, Ling Xiao didn’t emerge at all, remaining completely in seclusion.

After ten days, in the practice room, Ling Xiao thrust his sword, producing thirteen avatars. Not only was the scene more spectacular, but more importantly, the power was increased by several times.

Including the major techniques like ”Giant Spirit Kill” and ”Shadow King Kill,” their power was also greatly enhanced.

Previously, their power was merely that of superior top-level martial arts.

Now, however, they had the power of quasi-transcendent martial arts, which was incomparable to before.

Furthermore, it wasn’t just that there were more avatars; each one could add about seventy percent more power to Ling Xiao’s sword moves.

With ten additional avatars, that meant his attack power had increased sevenfold compared to before!

How terrifying was that.

If he had mastered ”Thirteen Swords of Shadow Transformation” before the clash with Ming Tian, it would have been easier to deal with Ming Tian, whose cultivation was suppressed to the early stage of the Martial Vein Eighth Layer.

In just ten days, he had brought the sword technique to the ninth layer of Great Perfection, largely due to his foundation in the ”Heavy Shadow Sword Technique” and a deeper comprehension of the transcendent mystic art from the previous battles.