Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Azure Dragon Peak
Translator: 549690339
“First, put other thoughts aside and imagine I am the one going on stage to control the sword and face the enemy.”
“In the first round, if I were the one…”
In the backyard, Han Yi constantly deduced and simulated from theory to semi-practice, drawing battle experience to make up for his own shortcomings.
The next day.
He got up early and went down the mountain again. When he set foot on the Combat Peak, he saw many disciples surrounding the Combat Platform in the forefront.
“I still need to grab a good spot.”
He found a slightly forward position, sat down cross-legged, and waited for the duels to begin.
A moment later, when the time came, the Foundation Establishment Elders first announced the list of participants for today’s competition. Then, without any unnecessary formalities, the two disciples whose names were called went on stage to fight.
This time, it was still the Qi Cultivation Stage at the eighth level.
Yesterday, Han Yi had also learned a bit about it.
The Inner Peak Competition had been going on for almost half a month already. Through regular matches and revival matches, the top 400 disciples had been selected. Among these 400 disciples, only about 20 had outstanding combat power at the seventh level, while the rest were Qi Cultivation Stage disciples at the eighth and ninth levels.
The competition now was the knockout stage from 400 to 200. It was said that there would be another revival match after the knockout stage. After determining the top 200, there would be another round of knockout and revival matches to determine the top 100.
After the top 100 were selected, the rules would change again, with a ranking match for the top 100 disciples, granting different rewards to the corresponding ranked disciples.
Before this, more than a thousand disciples had signed up for the Inner Peak Competition, with more than 90% of the Inner Peak disciples participating. With so many people signing up, the duration of the competition was quite long, requiring a month’s time.
Han Yi was not very interested in how many people signed up, but he was concerned about the one-month duration of the competition, which meant that he still had nearly half a month left to watch hundreds of battles.
Three days later.
The top 200 of the Inner Peak Competition were determined.
Eight days later.
The top 100 of the Inner Peak Competition were determined.
Fifteen days later.
The Inner Peak Competition ranking match for the top 100 ended.
Thus far.
The Inner Peak Competition came to an official close.
During these fifteen days, Han Yi was like a sponge, crazily absorbing the combat experience of the Inner Peak disciples.
Although these competitions were not yet at the level of real-life fights, they had great learning and reference value.
Especially during the top 100 ranking matches, more than 90% of the participating disciples were at the ninth level of Qi Cultivation Stage. Moreover, these disciples had returned from their Cave Heaven trial in Yujing Mountain Holy Land just over a month ago.
Han Yi noticed that these returning trial disciples used the sharpest, most concise, most direct, and most effective means to win in the shortest amount of time.
This was combat skill.
In short, with the same physique, some people could do much with little effort, while others only achieved half the result with twice the effort. This was the difference in skill.
Han Yi was extremely eager to learn these skills and crazily absorbed them.
After the ranking matches were over, Han Yi still felt it was not enough. After returning to his courtyard, he spent nearly half a month on simulation, summary, induction, and replay to fully digest and convert the experience of the past two weeks into his own reserve.
However, he also knew that these accumulations were still only in theory. To truly transform them into strength would require a long process.
Of course, if he could enter the Cave Heaven trial, he believed that he would be able to make rapid progress in a short time and bring his combat skills to the extreme.
Like Han Yi, there were also many Xuandan Sect disciples who seized this opportunity to constantly learn and accumulate. Even if they were not as good at summarizing as Han Yi, they still made some progress on their own original foundation.
As a result, under the influence of this trend, the overall combat level of the Xuandan Sect was quietly improving.
The ranking competition started a month later, followed by the grand competition among the outer peak disciples.
There were even more disciples participating in the outer peak competition, resulting in a more massive and grand roster. The entire sect was immersed in this grand event.
However, this time Han Yi did not participate. Instead, he found an opportunity and entered the sect’s management hall to apply for promotion to the Inner Peak.
The assessment for promotion to Inner Peak disciple was very simple, which was to have a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator on duty from the sect to examine one’s cultivation base.
Han Yi’s cultivation base had stabilized at this point, and he easily passed the assessment.
Following that.
He applied to move up to Azure Dragon Peak instead of Dan Sword Peak, which he had initially been fond of.
After all, concerning his future, Han Yi did not just randomly select based on his own feelings. Instead, he carefully weighed multiple factors and made a decision only after thorough consideration.
Before making the decision, he sought out several Inner Peak disciples he had good relationships with, asking them numerous questions, and finally settled on a plan, giving up Dan Sword Peak in favor of the top-ranked Inner Peak – Azure Dragon Peak.
Guan Di, Yan Ru, Luo Yunzhou, and even personally went up to Dan Sword Peak to find Cui Xingchen, who he had already somewhat acquainted with.
Finally, Han Yi determined his first choice.
The main reason was that he had learned about the limitations of the Dan Sword Skill.
Among the nine Inner Peaks, Dan Sword Peak ranked almost last. The reason for this was not only that the Dan Sword Skill was difficult to practice and had few disciples joining Dan Sword Peak, but also that the skill itself had inherent limitations.
In fact.
The Dan Sword Skill is a type of Sword Control Skill.
Using alchemy to create a sword, controlling the sword through alchemy, and combining Alchemy Skill with Sword Control Skill, cultivating a Sword Core in the Dantian, which is a kind of sword pellet.
Although this type of cultivation has strong combat power in the Qi Cultivation Stage and even the Foundation Establishment Stage, a deadly problem arises at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
The difficulty of forming a Golden Core for cultivators practicing Dan Sword Skill is countless times more challenging than that for ordinary cultivators.
Because when breaking through to the Golden Core stage, cultivators who practice Dan Sword Skill need to shatter their Sword Core and condense it again. Only after this can they be considered successful in forming a Golden Core and advance to the next level.
Only one person in the history of Xuandan Sect has been able to shatter the Sword Core and successfully condense it again, which illustrates how terrifying the difficulty of this process is.
Easy in the early stages and challenging in the later stages, there is no shortcut on the Immortal Path.
These considerations are the primary reason why Han Yi, after much deliberation, chose to give up on the Dan Sword Skill and instead opted for Azure Dragon Peak.
He was not foolish, of course. Although he had the Proficiency Panel, Han Yi would never do anything that would unnecessarily increase his difficulties.
Thus, he applied to join the Azure Dragon Peak.
Under normal circumstances, when an Outer Peak disciple applies to enter an Inner Peak, the application will be submitted to an Inner Peak for selection. If it is rejected, the disciple will be randomly assigned to another Inner Peak.
After submitting his application, Han Yi sought out Luo Yunzhou and informed him of his choice.
Luo Yunzhou was delighted and assured him that there would be no problems.
Three days later.
Han Yi finally received the results. This time, there were no surprises, and he straightforwardly moved into Azure Dragon Peak.
His relocation coincided with the Outer Peak competition, and all Outer Peak disciples were focused on the competition, so it did not cause any ripples.
On Little Lingxu Peak, where he had lived for over ten years since crossing over, the courtyard he had inhabited quietly closed and awaited its next resident.
Having confirmed his move to Azure Dragon Peak, Han Yi declined Luo Yunzhou’s offer of help and chose a relatively quiet-but-not-too-remote courtyard.
Afterward, he followed Luo Yunzhou to the spiritual vein core node of Azure Dragon Peak, the Azure Dragon Palace, to meet a sect elder.
This elder was Luo Yunzhou’s master.
And it was also thanks to Luo Yunzhou’s master’s help that he was able to smoothly enter Azure Dragon Peak this time..
