The Heavenly Dragon's Beginning in the Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 120 Advancement in Sword Dao Realm: Different Insights from Each Person

What Ling Feng didn't know was that Xiaoyaozi had also stumbled upon this place by accident.

He had taken Li Canghai on a tour of famous mountains and rivers, but felt that there was nothing left to see on land, so he decided to go to sea.

After all, the overseas region has always been synonymous with mystery and unpredictability. In addition, he found it difficult to make further progress on land, so he wanted to try his luck on the sea.

However, their luck was a bit bad or a bit good. They encountered a huge storm at sea, which caused their ship to go out of control, and they ended up here by accident.

When they discovered this place, Xiaoyaozi, with his keen eye, immediately realized that this place was not simple.

When Xiaoyaozi saw this poem, his first reaction was that the verses were quite unusual, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what made them so.

It wasn't that the poems recorded on it were anything special, but rather that he noticed something different about the handwriting itself; every stroke of the engraving was quite extraordinary.

Although he couldn't understand the meaning of these words, he could feel the profound meaning and power they contained.

But when asked to explain why, he couldn't articulate it, only saying that the feeling was mysterious and elusive.

This is also why he didn't know how to express it to Ling Feng and the others at the time.

Ling Feng hadn't discovered anything else yet; he only sensed a sharp sword intent above, an intent that seemed to tear the entire space apart.

Ling Feng's heart stirred. He knew that his swordsmanship had not improved for a long time. If he could take this opportunity to break through the bottleneck, it would definitely be a good thing for him.

So he closed his eyes and immersed himself in the sharp sword intent, trying to comprehend a deeper realm of swordsmanship.

As time went by, a faint sword light gradually emanated from Ling Feng's body, and his swordsmanship began to loosen.

In fact, Ling Feng's current level of swordsmanship is still at the stage where grass, trees, bamboo and rocks can all be used as swords, and he is only one step away from reaching the stage where having no sword is better than having a sword.

Although he was able to freely use the heaven-defying sword techniques such as Sword Twenty-Three and One Sword Opens the Heavenly Gate, it was not because his own swordsmanship had reached that level, but because these sword techniques were inherently extraordinary.

Therefore, although Ling Feng has extremely high talent and comprehension in swordsmanship, he still needs to work hard and explore continuously if he wants to break through to a higher level.

Although Ling Feng's swordsmanship showed signs of weakening, he always felt that he was still missing a crucial opportunity to break through.

Just as Ling Feng was stuck at this juncture, his Azure Lotus Sword Immortal, which had been almost invisible since he obtained it, suddenly reacted.

Ling Feng had originally planned to give up on this breakthrough, but suddenly a surge of heat welled up in his heart, and a warm current quickly spread throughout his body.

Then, that elusive opportunity that had been elusive to him was seized upon as if by divine inspiration.

In this way, his swordsmanship level successfully broke through to the legendary realm of "no sword is better than having a sword".

From the outside, it appeared that Ling Feng had only glanced at the stone wall before closing his eyes to begin his meditation.

At the same time, he exuded a sharp sword intent, which made people turn their heads.

Xiaoyaozi was the first to notice Ling Feng's unusual behavior, and before anyone could react, he quickly led them away from the cave.

As they turned to look at the cave, a powerful sword aura rushed towards them, sending a chill down their spines.

At this moment, the cave was filled with a sharp sword intent, as if every sword aura could penetrate a person's body, instilling fear in people.

If it weren't for Xiaoyaozi's quick reaction and timely removal of everyone, they would probably have been annihilated by these sharp sword intents by now.

Thinking of this, everyone felt a wave of fear and secretly rejoiced.

Even a master like Tong Lao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

After all, although she possesses the realm of a grandmaster, her actual power has not yet fully recovered; she has only now recovered to the innate realm.

She felt that if she were to directly confront the sword intent within the cave, she would likely be powerless to retaliate.

In fact, not only Tong Lao, but even Xiaoyaozi himself was still shaken.

As a genuine Grandmaster in his late stage, he originally thought he was powerful enough.

However, the sword intent in the cave this time made him feel an unprecedented danger.

He realized that even though he was only one step away from reaching Ling Feng's Grandmaster peak realm, that one step was incredibly far away.

If he had been even slightly slower, even a late-stage Grandmaster like him would likely have been unable to escape his fate, and would have been severely injured if not killed.

Actually, they were overthinking it. Although Ling Feng was focused on breaking through, he wasn't completely oblivious to the outside world.

If Xiaoyaozi hadn't led everyone away, they wouldn't have been in any trouble either.

After all, Ling Feng would never allow them to get hurt.

Only after he saw Xiaoyaozi leave with everyone did he slightly expand the range of his sword intent.

Actually, this is not Ling Feng's limit. Just after breaking through in the sword realm, he had a feeling that if he wanted, his sword intent could cover the entire island.

Ling Feng thought to himself, "Now that I've broken through to the level of 'no sword is better than having a sword,' I should be considered to have broken through the ceiling of the martial arts world."

After experiencing the swordsmanship he had just broken through, Ling Feng quickly withdrew his sword intent.

Seeing the sword intent dissipate inside the cave, the three women rushed in with worried expressions. They arrived in front of Ling Feng, and Zhong Ling anxiously asked:

"Brother Feng, what just happened? Are you alright?"

Looking at the three beauties before him, Ling Feng smiled slightly and said:

"Hehe, don't worry, I'm fine. I just had some insights into swordsmanship!"

Seeing their worried expressions, Ling Feng quickly offered words of comfort.

Upon hearing Ling Feng say that he was alright, and that it was just a slight disturbance caused by his comprehension of swordsmanship, the three women were filled with lingering fear and said:

"You really scared us to death, we almost turned into hedgehogs."

Ling Feng awkwardly touched the tip of his nose, unsure how to explain.

Just then, Xiaoyaozi and Tonglao also walked in. After entering, he looked at Ling Feng with a complicated expression and asked:

"Kid, I didn't expect you to have made a breakthrough so soon after you arrived."

"Heh, just lucky!"

Ling Feng wasn't being modest; it was simply the truth.

Xiaoyaozi clearly didn't believe him, and he looked at Ling Feng and asked:

"Kid, what exactly did you see up there? How did you manage to make a breakthrough so quickly?"

"This... I saw a sharp sword intent up there, and I was drawn by this sword intent, which led to a breakthrough in my swordsmanship."

Ling Feng didn't hide anything from them and told them everything he had seen and heard.

Although everyone found it somewhat unbelievable, they had witnessed Ling Feng's breakthrough with their own eyes, and it would be unreasonable to disbelieve it.

Ling Feng recalled that in the novel "Ode to Gallantry," Shi Potian was able to learn the above-mentioned martial arts because he was illiterate and thus accidentally learned the Tai Xuan Scripture.

So, Ling Feng said to them:

“I find the handwriting on this piece to be strange. Don’t look at each stroke; instead, try to understand it with your heart.”

After hearing Ling Feng's words, everyone nodded, then closed their eyes and tried to feel the words on the stone wall.

However, after a while, everyone shook their heads, indicating that they had not felt anything special.

Ling Feng frowned. Had he misunderstood something?

But when Ling Feng looked at Xiaoyaozi, he found that Xiaoyaozi's eyes were still closed, as if he had gained something.

Everyone noticed Xiaoyaozi's unusual behavior and stared at him intently, waiting to see if he would gain anything.