Chapter 138 - 104: Explosive Increase, 110 Points of Compatibility Value

But he found that, in truth, he knew very little about the Extreme Sword Form.

To completely master a Martial Technique and have it become instinct...

There was only one way.

Divine Intent!

To awaken a Divine Intent.

Speaking of Divine Intent, Zhang Su had already awakened one for his Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

Zhang Su immediately began practicing the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

Over and over.

The Wind and Thunder Sword Technique was completely under his control.

As Zhang Su practiced the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.

’He realized that certain aspects of the Qingfeng Swordsmanship seemed similar to the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.’

Zhang Su’s swordsmanship changed.

He switched back to the Qingfeng Swordsmanship.

This time, his Qingfeng Swordsmanship grew faster and faster.

Over and over.

Zhang Su lost count of how many times he practiced.

He felt increasingly exhilarated.

The Qingfeng Swordsmanship felt as if it were becoming a part of his very instincts.

’Compatibility?’

’Qi Blood level swordsmanship?’

’At this moment, none of that mattered.’

He didn’t know how long it had been—perhaps fifteen minutes, perhaps an hour.

Zhang Su stopped.

Information about the Qingfeng Swordsmanship appeared before his eyes.

"Qingfeng Swordsmanship: Compatibility 85% (Perfection)"

At the same time, Zhang Su’s Compatibility Value increased by one point, bringing his total to two.

"It’s... reached Perfection already?"

Zhang Su was in a bit of a daze.

"So... Divine Intent has this kind of effect, too?"

Zhang Su understood.

’This is the true purpose of Divine Intent.’

It was said that if a Divine Intent was further sublimated, it could transform into a Martial Dao True Intent.

That was still a distant goal for Zhang Su.

But even now, the effect of Divine Intent was immense.

Any Martial Technique that fell within the scope of his Divine Intent could be cultivated to Perfection.

This was a case of "mastering one art to understand all arts."

The Qingfeng Swordsmanship just so happened to fall within the scope of the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique’s Divine Intent.

However, this scope was still quite narrow.

Zhang Su’s thoughts immediately turned to the Extreme Sword Form.

’If he could awaken a Divine Intent for the Extreme Sword Form, the results would be terrifying.’

The Extreme Sword Form could be said to encompass the essence of all Fast Sword techniques.

Once the Extreme Sword Form awakened a Divine Intent, Zhang Su could essentially cultivate any low-level Fast Sword technique to Perfection.

Regardless of his Compatibility.

’No wonder the Extreme Sword Form came from the Infinite Sword Scripture.’

’Anything worthy of the title "Sword Scripture" was truly no small matter.’

But Zhang Su also knew that awakening a Divine Intent for the Extreme Sword Form would be incredibly difficult.

After all, Divine Intent was only born when one’s skill approached the Dao.

He had been lucky just to awaken the Divine Intent for the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

What were the chances for the Extreme Sword Form?

However, Zhang Su had an advantage.

He had awakened the Divine Intent for the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

In the future, he would cultivate many other Fast Sword techniques.

’If he could awaken a Divine Intent for each of those Fast Sword techniques... and since the Extreme Sword Form was the very essence of all Fast Sword techniques... could the culmination of all those Divine Intents in turn help him awaken one for the Extreme Sword Form?’

’It was possible!’

For now, however, Zhang Su urgently needed more Compatibility Value.

So, Zhang Su returned to the first and second floors of the Instructor Pavilion to select some Fast Sword Martial Techniques similar to his Wind and Thunder Sword Technique.

Although the criteria were quite specific...

...the number of Fast Sword techniques was truly vast.

The number became even greater once Zhang Su stopped limiting his search by Compatibility.

The collection in the Instructor Pavilion had far more than ten thousand volumes.

It was likely over a hundred thousand.

Among so many books and so many types of swordsmanship, how many Fast Sword techniques were similar to the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique?

Even Zhao Qianfeng probably didn’t know.

After all, who would bother to count how many types of swordsmanship were similar to the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique?

But Zhang Su had now done just that.

One hundred and eight of them!

Including the Qingfeng Swordsmanship, it was one hundred and nine.

It was simply... unimaginable.

And these were only the Fast Sword techniques at the Qi Blood Realm, Outer Force, and Inner Force levels.

There were actually others at the Huajin and Pill Force levels, but Zhang Su’s Cultivation was not high enough to practice them yet.

But as long as his Cultivation reached the required level, he was confident he could cultivate any Fast Sword technique similar to the Wind and Thunder Sword Technique to Perfection, all thanks to the aid of his Divine Intent.

Regardless of the Compatibility.

Of course, his Compatibility with these Fast Sword techniques wasn’t actually that low to begin with.

They were mostly above 30%.

In truth, that was already quite high.

Redeem!

Redeem them all!

When Zhang Su brought the manuals for one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship before Zhao Qianfeng, Zhao Qianfeng was dumbfounded.

"You want to redeem... one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship?"

"Yes."

Zhao Qianfeng was silent for a moment.

One hundred and eight types of swordsmanship, most of them at the Qi Blood Realm or Outer Force level.

What was the use of redeeming so many?

"Zhang Su, you don’t get stronger just by learning more types of swordsmanship..."

"Master, I plan to draw from a wide range of sources, merging many forms of swordsmanship to advance my skills further. The Infinite Sword Scripture gave me this inspiration."

"The Infinite Sword Scripture..."

Zhao Qianfeng, of course, knew of the Infinite Sword Scripture.

He couldn’t comprehend this particular swordsmanship himself.

However, when he recalled how Zhang Su had killed Dugu Jian with a single strike thanks to the Infinite Sword Scripture, Zhao Qianfeng had to admit that it must be profound and possess some unique quality.

Even though he was a Postnatal Realm Martial Artist, the Infinite Sword Scripture was a swordsmanship of the Innate Level.

It was only natural that he couldn’t understand it.

"Alright. But one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship will require a lot of contribution points. If you don’t have enough, I’ll cover part of it for you."

Zhao Qianfeng knew this was a time when he needed to give Zhang Su his full support.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhang Su had plenty of contribution points.

But he was indeed redeeming too many at once this time.

’He could just pay his master back the contribution points in a few months.’

And so, Zhang Su successfully redeemed the one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship.

He took the manuals for the one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship into a Cultivation Room.

Forgetting to eat or sleep, he practiced the swordsmanship techniques over and over in the Cultivation Room.

One day, two days, three days...

In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed.

As expected, there were no surprises with the one hundred and eight types of swordsmanship.

Zhang Su cultivated every single one of them to Perfection.

Moreover, Zhang Su could sense that among all these techniques, several had the potential to awaken a Divine Intent of their own.

Naturally, the more Divine Intents he had, the better.

’Zhang Su also wanted to see what kind of transformation would occur if he fused even more Divine Intents.’

"My Compatibility Value is up to one hundred and ten points..."

Zhang Su smiled.

It had been a long time since he’d gotten the panel.

In the past, gaining a dozen or so points of Compatibility Value was already considered excellent.

But now, he had a full one hundred and ten points of Compatibility Value.

He would never have dared to imagine this before.

’This is the true method for gaining Compatibility Value!’

Now that he had the Compatibility Value, there was only one important thing left to do.

And that was... to allocate his points!