The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 090

Chapter 090 Sharpening Knife Technique
As soon as Li Qing appeared in the Flaming Sun Square, he attracted everyone’s attention.

Because his popularity was too high a few days ago and he was in the limelight, many people recognized him and recognized him instantly.

“It’s Li Qing! What is he doing here?” Someone said. In everyone’s impression, Li Qing rarely appeared here. He usually cultivated in seclusion in his residence alone.

“Nonsense, of course I came here to find someone to fight with.”

“With his strength, who in the younger generation is his opponent?”

“Let’s see. Perhaps some senior apprentice-brother who has cultivated for a longer time will come out.”

Li Qing ignored everyone’s gazes and walked straight into the arena. He strolled around the square, looking for a suitable opponent, and accidentally saw a familiar person.

He just so happened to know this person, Yuan Song, who had competed with him for the first place in the inner sect examination back then.

Li Qing knew that Yuan Song had always insisted on cultivating the Broken Peak Sword Technique, and had already reached the peak of perfection. His strength was extremely great, and he was a suitable opponent.

After all these years, this person had also cultivated to the ninth level of the Houtian realm. In terms of cultivation alone, he was no different from Li Qing.

Li Qing walked forward and shouted, “Yuan Song!”

Yuan Song was practicing his swordsmanship on his own. When he heard someone shouting, he turned around and saw Li Qing. He couldn’t help but condense his gaze and said in a deep voice, “It’s you!”

“Let me spar with you.” Li Qing directly explained his purpose of coming.

“I can’t beat you!” Yuan Song decisively shook his head and refused. He had heard of Li Qing’s accomplishments. Even the outstanding disciples of the Golden Emperor Peak’s Houtian Tenth Floor were no match for Li Qing. How could he defeat him?

Li Qing did not expect Yuan Song to admit defeat so straightforwardly. He smiled and said, “I have never competed before, so how would I know?”

“I know myself well. Did you come here to show off your strength to me?” Yuan Song’s expression was unhappy and he felt that Li Qing was humiliating him.

Li Qing shook his head and said, “I just want to find someone to spar with. I don’t want to decide the outcome. Don’t worry, I won’t use my full strength. I just want to hone my martial skills. Your swordsmanship is very smart and should help me improve.”

“So I just want to train my martial skills!” Yuan Song suddenly came to a realization. Hearing Li Qing praise his swordsmanship, he couldn’t help but feel a little proud and said, “Since that’s the case, then alright. Let’s have a spar.”

He was also worried that he wouldn’t be able to find a suitable person to fight against. Now that Li Qing had delivered him to his door, he didn’t need to use all his strength. He was truly an excellent sparring partner.

Thus, Li Qing began to fight Yuan Song. He didn’t use the power of his physical body. He only used his true energy to fight against it. Both sides were evenly matched.

Both of them fought very happily.

Li Qing mainly wanted to temper his saber technique, but Yuan Song’s Mount Duanyue sword technique was very superb and perfect. He had indeed benefited a lot from it and made some progress.

Yuan Song was also very happy, because fighting with Li Qing allowed him to let go of his hands and feet and play to his heart’s content. He went all out, opening and closing, not worrying that his opponent would not be able to hold on.

The two of them fought for half an hour, sweating profusely and sweating profusely.

…

Suddenly, a disciple walked over and stood at the side, shouting from afar, “Are you Li Qing?”

When the two heard the sound, they stopped. Li Qing asked doubtfully, “That’s right, I’m Li Qing. What can I do for you?”

He looked at the person in front of him and found that he had the cultivation of the tenth level of the Houtian realm, but he was an unfamiliar face.

This person looked older, so he guessed that this was his senior brother from the previous generation. He was over thirty years old and had cultivated for a long time.

Among the younger generation, there were only three disciples whose cultivation had reached the tenth level of the Houtian realm. Li Qing had heard of the names of these three people, but none of them matched the name of the person in front of him. So it can’t be them.

“Nothing special,” he said. “I just heard that you are very strong. Even ordinary Houtian Tenth Stage martial artists are not your opponents, so I want to sparring with you.”

“That’s why.” Li Qing suddenly realized that it was his fame that caused the trouble. The limelight was too high, and if someone refused to accept it, they would naturally jump out and challenge him.

Martial artists were usually extremely arrogant and hadn’t really fought before. Who knew the outcome?

If he won, he might be able to become famous in a single battle, which would attract people’s attention. Even if he lost, it wouldn’t be a big deal, because losing to a famous person wasn’t a disgrace.

Many people were willing to do such a profitable business.

In the past, Li Qing had always stayed in seclusion and had never seen the end of a divine dragon. Normally, people would have no way to challenge him. Now that there was such a good opportunity, how could he let it go?

Li Qing was somewhat happy, because he lacked experts to fight against. Now that someone had delivered him to his door, how could he not be willing? He nodded and said, “Alright, let’s have a spar.”

This person revealed a joyous expression. He had been watching from the side for a long time and felt that Li Qing’s strength was not that great. He was not as powerful as the rumors had it. He believed that he could defeat Li Qing with strength.

However, he didn’t know that Li Qing didn’t use his full strength at all.

He proudly said, “My name is Shen Long. Remember my name!”

“Cut the crap. Come on.”

Shen Long pulled out a treasured saber and rushed forward. The two of them began to fight. When the surrounding people saw that there was a good show, they all surrounded them.

“Isn’t this Senior Brother Shen? Why did he start fighting with Li Qing?” Someone asked.

“Senior Brother Shen is challenging Li Qing.”

“I wonder who will win and who will lose.”

Li Qing also didn’t use his full strength this time, maintaining the same level as the other party and tempering his saber technique.

This kind of effect was extremely good, and his saber technique was rapidly improving.

Shen Long’s strength wasn’t weak, and he had cultivated for a long time. As expected, he had many methods. Disciples like them who were on the verge of breaking through to the Xiantian realm would spend a lot of time polishing their apertures and acupoints. They were boring and would cultivate martial arts in their spare time to increase their combat strength.

Shen Long cultivated three martial arts, namely, the Flaming Sun Saber Technique, the Eight Absolute Saber Technique, and the Meteor Steps.

Without mentioning the Flame Sun Saber Technique, most people who used a saber would exchange it for a few moves to cultivate. The Eight Absolute Saber Technique was his ability. The so-called Eight Extremes were the eight saber techniques of sweeping, hacking, plucking, cutting, sweeping, helplessness, chopping, and sudden attack. This saber technique extended these eight techniques and created eight powerful saber moves, which were known as the Eight Extremes.

The skill of the Eight Absolute Saber Technique was extremely outstanding, and Li Qing’s eyes couldn’t help but shine.

However, Shen Long thought that Li Qing only had such a small amount of strength, so he was a little disdainful.

“You are truly a person who seeks fame. When I exert my strength, defeat this person.” He sneered. He exerted strength on his hands, and his strength became even stronger, forcing him towards Li Qing.

As a result, Li Qing had also increased his strength by a bit and was on par with his opponent.

“What’s going on?” Shen Long felt somewhat puzzled. He gritted his teeth and decided not to hold back any longer. He used all of his strength and attacked Li Qing like a storm.

However, Li Qing was still as steady as Mount Tai. With a little more strength, he was even with the other party.

“This is outrageous! Why do you feel that you can’t defeat him all the time? You’re almost there!” Shen Long was very impatient.

Li Qing sensed the other party’s impatience and knew that it was useless to continue fighting. He exerted force and sent Shen Long flying easily.

“Brat, are you kidding me?” Shen Long got up from the ground and said with a gloomy expression. No matter how stupid he was, he could guess that Li Qing was hiding his strength in front of him, and only in the end did he use his strength to defeat him.

He was clearly so strong, but it took him so long to determine the outcome. This was clearly playing a trick on him.

Li Qing said, “Why are we in such a hurry to determine the outcome of the competition? The most important thing is to improve ourselves. I’m only fighting with you to refine my saber techniques. What are you talking about?”

Zheng Long understood what Li Qing meant. Thinking of what he had done, he couldn’t help but feel a little ashamed. He hurriedly covered his face and turned around to leave.

Li Qing watched this person leave and smiled faintly. He said to Yuan Song, “Come, let’s continue.”

…

In the following period of time, Li Qing would go to the Flame Sun Square to fight with others every day when he was free. Without Xiantian experts, no one was his opponent.

Even the older disciples, with their higher cultivation and numerous methods, were defeated by Li Qing’s saber.

Among them, some wanted to challenge Li Qing with the intention of becoming famous in one battle, but in the end, they all became Li Qing’s training companions.

Li Qing chose his opponents. He didn’t look for those with high cultivation, but only those who had a skill, such as those with outstanding swordsmanship or powerful saber techniques, so that he could hone his skills.

As Li Qing continued to fight with others, his saber technique continued to improve, becoming more and more proficient, and his combat experience became richer.

Apart from fighting with others, Li Qing spent most of his time improving his cultivation.

He had plenty of resources, so there was no need to worry about it, because his cultivation speed was faster than that of ordinary people. But progress is still incredibly slow.

The cultivation of qi refining required patience and loneliness.

A few months later, the Eternal Spring Fruit Gathering was finally held.

At this time, Li Qing’s cultivation had only reached the middle stage of the ninth floor.