Chapter 592: Martial Intents

The art of lying didn’t involve bullshitting one’s way through. Instead, the highest level of the art involved mixing in the lie with several layers of truth.

After revealing some secrets about the cultivation of the experts of the Tongyou Institution, Yan Su’er not only managed to dispel the suspicion Li Yunchao and Pan Yunbi had of her. She also managed to turn their attention somewhere else.

“Kou Chongxue and Shang Bo are really generous…”

In order to carry out simultaneous refinement of 4 extermination origins, one would have to gather all of them before the cultivator was ready to break through.

Clearly, it was impossible for a cultivator at the Martial Intent Realm to do so while making their preparations to enter the Martial Extermination Realm.

To attempt something like that, one definitely needed the support of a faction. Moreover, not any faction would do, the faction had to be strong and possess some sort of foundation.

Even if they fulfilled all the criteria, not every faction was willing to attempt something like that for fear of the price they would have to pay.

Ignoring whether or not the Martial Intent Realm cultivator would succeed, the amount of resources required would definitely cause massive internal strife. That was because too many resources would be allocated away from the others and no one would be happy about that.

Even for peak-grade powers like the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Divine Capital Sect, and Eternal Sect, extermination origins were precious treasures. They wouldn’t waste them willy-nilly.

That was the real reason behind Li Yunchao’s shock when he heard that someone from the Tongyou Institution really advanced by refining 4 extermination origins at once.

Pan Yunbi didn’t seem to approve of her senior brother’s shock. She sneered at the side, “Of course those bandits wouldn’t cherish the treasures they stole from others. I refuse to believe that you can’t make the connection after seeing their massive light pillar.”

Yan Su’er’s pupils shrank slightly but she maintained her attitude in front of them. No one discovered the strangeness in her eyes.

Li Yunchao’s gaze sank slightly and it became a little cloudy. “We were merely suspecting them previously, but now, I’m fairly certain. Hmph, the Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc that was stolen by that thief Yu Cangze is definitely on the Tongyou Island.”

Pan Yunbi sucked in a cold breath and growled, “So… Yu Cangze really is a spy sent by the Tongyou Institution?”

Li Yunchao chuckled coldly as though he was mocking several people in the sect before finally muttering to himself, “That might really be the case…”

“How is that possible?! The difference between experts from the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World is as clear as day. If he’s someone from the Azure Origin World, how can he remain hidden for ten years without revealing anything?” Pan Yunbi’s eyes widened in shock.

“No one said that experts from the Azure Origin World can’t cultivate the arts of our Azure Spiritual World…” Li Yunchao replied without turning to look at her. “Otherwise, why would they push for the fusion of our worlds?”

Gritting her teeth, Pan Yunbi asked, “Senior Brother… Shouldn’t we be looking for a chance to retrieve our Nine Blossom Jade Formation Disc?”

Surprisingly, Li Yunchao shook his head slightly and started to hesitate. “... We have to make proper considerations before trying anything…”

“Senior Brother, we can’t wait any longer! From the speed at which the Tongyou Island is absorbing world origin, they’ll definitely ascend to the Tongyou Paradise the moment they return!” Pan Yunbi yelled anxiously.

Finally turning around fully to look at her, Pan Yunbi finally saw the gloomy expression that hung on Li Yunchao’s face. He pronounced each word individually while addressing her. “I. Said. We. Need. Proper. Consideration.”

Despite her reluctance, Pan Yunbi seemed to have understood something. She cupped her hands and acknowledged his order before turning around to leave.

Yan Su’er stood at the side without saying anything. No one knew what she was thinking about.

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The Crimson Soul Tablet was like a bottomless abyss as it absorbed world origin without end.

Shang Xia felt that if his physique wasn’t the limitation, the Crimson Soul Tablet would be absorbing even more world origin.

At the very least, he could tell that the tablet would be able to absorb all the extra world origin it was drawing in through the light pillar and none would be left for Chu Jia to retain in the grand formation.

Since that was the case, Shang Xia also understood that he was the one limiting the recovery speed of the Crimson Soul Tablet.

Well, it wasn’t as though he could do anything about it at the moment. The tablet and himself seem to rely on each other anyway. If one party was gone, the other wouldn’t survive.

Finally, after some time, the Crimson Soul Tablet managed to come up with something. Shang Xia could feel the great consumption of world origin it took for that to happen.

With a trace of anticipation, Shang Xia watched as the words appeared on the tablet’s surface.

Martial Intent: Four Constellation Samsara Blade

Prerequisite Secret Art: Four Seasons Samsara Art

Prerequisite Martial Arts: Twenty Four Solar Term Divine Blade Art

Essential Medium: Sufficient World Origin

Auxiliary Talisman: Four Seasons Samsara Soul Locking Talisman

Essential Techniques: Spring Blade, Summer Blade, Autumn Blade, Winter Blade

Martial Intent Evaluation: Time is a Butcher’s Knife

Like Shang Xia’s third martial intent, the Divine Killing Spear, Shang Xia was able to use the martial art he trained to the limit as the base of his martial intent. The way he could improve his Twenty Four Solar Term Divine Blade Art to his Four Constellation Samsara Blade didn't seem too difficult. There weren’t many obstructions in his way.

As such, the Crimson Soul Tablet didn’t bother giving him an estimation of his success rate.

That wasn’t an issue for Shang Xia at all. The reason he was waiting for the tablet to come up with his rank four martial intent was to verify his guesses. He hoped that he would be able to further perfect it and become more suitable for himself.

Even without the improvement or deduction made by the Crimson Soul Tablet, Shang Xia was confident that he would be able to successfully complete his blade art upgrade to the Four Constellation Samsara Blade.

Looking at what the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with, Shang Xia discovered that it wasn’t too far off whatever he thought about. The only difference was that the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with a much more detailed list of requirements required whereas the method he thought of was suited to his needs.

From what the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with, Shang Xia felt that there were several key points he had to take note of which included the Four Seasons Samsara Talisman and the Four Seasons Blade Art.

Back when Shang Xia comprehended his Chaos Essence Lightning Palm as his first martial intent, the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with an assistive essential technique called the Heavenly Lightning Blood Controlling Art. When he comprehended his second martial intent, the Yin Yang Sword Formation, the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with the Yin Yang Sword Talisman. As for his third martial intent, the tablet came up with the Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter.

Those essential techniques were not only great at assisting him to comprehend his martial intent, but they also helped in other aspects of his cultivation. The gains of some of those techniques lasted even up till the present time.

Shang Xia’s Heavenly Lightning Blood Controlling Art allowed his physique to become much stronger than cultivators of the same level. The Yin Yang Sword Talisman wasn’t just constrained to his Yin Yang Sword Formation and there was no need to mention his Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter. The Man and Heaven Synergy Chapter’s use and contribution to his current self were invaluable!

Leaving aside the essential techniques, the Crimson Soul Tablet could occasionally come up with some medicine he could use to ease the process. The formula of the medicine would be produced perfectly and Shang Xia would make use of them occasionally. However, they might not be that useful sometimes.

Despite that, Shang Xia would carve the recipe for those medicines into his mind. It might not be useful for him, but that couldn’t be said for the others.

Now that the Crimson Soul Tablet deduced his fourth martial intent, the Four Constellation Samsara Blade, it didn’t produce any medicine he could use along with it. Instead, there was something called the Four Seasons Samsara Soul Locking Talisman.

As a Talisman Grandmaster, Shang Xia was extremely interested in this rank four talisman. After looking through the process of how to craft it, Shang Xia got a pretty clear idea of what it was used for.

To put it simply, the talisman was similar to an illusory talisman that could drag one’s divine perception into a land of fantasy that allows one to experience the endless cycle of the four seasons.

It could be used during one’s comprehension of the Four Constellation Samsara Blade as it would allow them to interact and feel the changes of the four seasons.

There was another use of the talisman and that was to trap someone in a series of illusions. It would cause one’s target to endure the endless cycle of the four seasons until their life force was eliminated.

Unfortunately, Shang Xia didn’t have any suitable material on hand. Otherwise, he would start crafting the Four Seasons Samsara Soul Locking Talisman immediately.

As for the Four Seasons Blade Art, Shang Xia already had some ideas about them.

The Spring Blade could be said to be the consolidation of all 6 blade techniques that contained the spirit of spring in his Twenty Four Solar Terms.

Only after linking all 6 moves seamlessly would he be able to successfully comprehend the Spring Blade.

The same applied to the rest of the techniques.

After the completion of the Four Seasons Blade Art, he would finally be able to understand the true meaning of the Four Seasons Samsara and fuse them together to become his fourth martial intent, the Four Constellation Samsara Blade.

To put it simply, the Four Constellation Samsara Blade was built on the foundations of his Four Constellation Samsara Blade. Training in them step by step, he would be able to comprehend 4 separate blade techniques and after fusing them together, they would turn into his martial intent.

He could also tell that the Four Seasons Blade Art were techniques that were individual techniques that were of the fourth rank. Because each of the Four Seasons Blade Art was a fusion of the 6 moves that corresponded to each season, their power was comparable to an ordinary rank four martial intent!

When he was done looking through everything that was stated on the Crimson Soul Tablet, he understood that the deduction for his rank four martial intent was pretty much perfect. At the very least, it was the limit of what he could achieve.

As long as he wanted to, he could ignore the talisman and forcefully fuse all his moves together to step into the grand completion stage of the Martial Extermination Realm.

Interrupted by a sudden thought, he started to hesitate. With another intention, the words on the Crimson Soul Tablet started to change again.

It didn’t take long for the content to become clear again and Shang Xia could feel that the amount of world origin required for a round of deduction was also really little.

Staring at the content, they quickly burned themselves into his memory.

Martial Intent: Four Constellation Palm (Four Seasons Samsara Palm)

Prerequisite Secret Art: Four Seasons Samsara Art

Prerequisite Condition: Four Seasons Samsara Interpretation

Essential Medium: Simultaneous Refinement of the Four Seasons Extermination Origins

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Auxiliary Talisman: Four Seasons Samsara Soul Locking Talisman

Essential Techniques: None

Evaluation: A Palm to Signify the Four Seasons, The Power of Four Seasons in One. Everything Withers Away.