Chapter 193: Chapter 127: A Fierce Tiger in the Heart, Gently Smelling the Roses (Part 2)

"It really is you."

Zuo Xiaoyuan was so happy she almost jumped up, but thinking about her brother being buried in a desolate mountain, she couldn’t help but be overcome with sadness, laughing and crying at the same time, looking very pitiful.

"Go to bed, you still need to get up early tomorrow to train, become strong as soon as possible, and become a formidable female hero. Wield the sword in your hand, cut down all injustices, then those things will never happen again."

Thinking of the Seven-Colored Hall, of the days of struggle with her little friends, and then thinking of that day when Zuo Duanshou and Little Stool met their end, Chen Ping felt a slight heaviness in his heart.

To wield a three-foot sword, to cut down all injustices, is easy to say, but not so easy to do.

Without the resolve to be an enemy of the world, without the power to suppress the world, this path is simply not feasible.

Unless one can overturn everything, reshape everything, end the chaos, and reorganize order.

Otherwise, all tragedies will keep playing out year after year, day after day.

"By the way, Tian Qi’s identity cannot be exposed for now, remember not to spill the beans. From now on, stay by my side, you have nothing to worry about, I promised your brother I’d take care of you."

Chen Ping smiled gently.

"Okay." Zuo Xiaoyuan nodded vigorously.

Acknowledging the promise.

She obediently climbed onto the little bed in the outer room, smiling, closing her eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

"Hua Lian’er is in the camp at Linjiang Prefecture, and should be quite safe;

Zuo Xiaoyuan is here where I can keep an eye on her, nothing will go wrong.

But, Little Table is hiding in Xingqing Prefecture, so there’s no rush to find him back for now... he hasn’t learned martial arts, just has a head full of classical literature, of little use, in the future..."

With thoughts turning in his mind, Chen Ping looked at the remaining 28 Tribulation Points he had.

After careful deliberation, he focused on the [Seven Stars Step].

This stepping technique does have its limitations, being not very smooth in operation in mountainous terrains full of uneven paths and obstacles.

However, it cannot be denied that this is one of the world’s most top-tier stepping techniques.

Especially on flat ground, in the open wilderness.

In countless life-and-death confrontations with others, he has never seen anyone gain an advantage over him in terms of stepping or body technique.

This was only at the Mastery Realm.

Today, with the enemy so strong, he must quickly accumulate more Tribulation Points and master this stepping technique as soon as possible.

"Upgrade, Seven Stars Step, Great Success."

Tribulation Points burned.

The Seven Stars Step roared to another level, and Chen Ping felt as if there were eyes growing in all directions around him.

This time, it was not the mirror-like clarity of heart but the inherent capability of the Seven Stars Step that made, when he moved his feet, his form flicker within the room, transforming into forty-nine illusions.

Each illusion lingered in its original place for the blink of an eye.

’The bewildering effect has been greatly enhanced, the speed of the stepping technique is also thirty percent faster, and the afterimages it pulls can perform various actions, is this still martial arts?’

Chen Ping walked faster and faster, stepping onto the Seven Stars positions, unable to resist drawing his Broken Sword, employing the Seven Stars Swordsmanship.

One step, one sword, consecutively piercing with forty-nine swords.

At the dantian, there was a sudden leap, the Qi Mechanism filled his body, and the Broken Sword in his hand transformed into a vague starlight shadow.

It seemed as if something invisible yet substantial was attached.

He felt moved in his heart, the sword momentum pushed forward, eyes flickering with starlight, the sword’s edge made a subtle swipe, and the inkstone three feet ahead of him emitted a soft hissing sound.

It seemed there was a change, yet seemed unchanged.

Chen Ping stopped his steps, sheathed his sword, walked over to the desk, picked up the inkstone, in his hand, a light push and pull, and the inkstone split into two halves.

So sharp indeed.

Approaching the candlelight for closer inspection, he found the inkstone had been horizontally cut into two pieces in the middle, the cut as smooth as if finely polished, as though it had been manufactured this way.

"Good sword, good stepping technique."

The sword technique and stepping technique finally unveiled the true nature of the Celestial Star Sect’s peerless skills.

Chen Ping felt his Dantian Qi Cultivation was full, the Qi Mechanism overflowing, which was acceptable.

Just when he drew the sword, his mind seemed to resonate distantly with the starlight in the sky, a move of Shaking Light Sword, the sword light flickered, its sharpness and penetration multiplied several times over.

It seemed there was nothing in the world that couldn’t be cut, no move that couldn’t be broken.

"This is the Seven Stars Sword Intent, nothing is unclimbable, if Gao Yue had achieved perfection and generated sword intent, even Han Wushang, that bald guy, might not have been able to withstand his sword edge."

"If he had broken through the defense of the Primordial Golden Body Technique, it might well have been a single sword cutting in two."

Thinking of this, Chen Ping couldn’t help but feel a quiet sense of relief.

Recalling the battle during the day, Han Wushang’s Golden Body shone bright, forcibly pushing back Gao Yue’s Sword Gang Stream, forming a three-foot wall of gang, making all attacks impossible to break through.

Gao Yue was thus forcibly slain, all moves, all ambitions, became a joke.

It could only be said that in this spear and shield rivalry, it was ultimately Han Wushang who had the last laugh.

"But what about me?"

Chen Ping thought of himself, possessing the perfection of Primordial Silver Body, reputed to fight Innate as a Postnatal with the Horizontal Training of Qi and Blood Technique, solid and unbreakable.

Also possessing the perfection of the Seven Stars Sword, with the star essence imbued sword, exhibiting characteristics of breaking through anything.

Adding the Celestial Heart Bright Moon Sword attack, with the mirror-like clarity to see through vulnerabilities.

Of course, also included was the Clear Wind Shadowless Sword’s Swift Sword Unrivaled.

In this calculation.

Though not Innate, I am rather like Innate.

Without a trace of mysterious skills, even reaching Mid-Stage Innate, or even Late-Stage Innate, would still be brought down to the same level, beaten thoroughly by me.

"Have I unknowingly become so strong?"