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Chapter 99: In a Dream
Everything was ready, and the forging began. Each Ghost Slave was equipped with a set of Supreme Soul Equipment. However, despite having crafted over eleven thousand Soul Swords and hundreds of Soul Gear, Lian Yun had yet to obtain a single Soul Gear that could evolve on its own.
This showed just how rare the ability to evolve was. Nevertheless, Lian Yun did not push for it, maintaining a sense of gratitude for what he had.
Once all the equipment for the Ghost Slaves and clones was completed, it was already November, with only a month left until the New Year.
To prepare, Lian Yun sent Clone Swallow and the Ghost Slaves to train at BSS Tower, while Le continued learning Qin Art from Meng Yixuan. Cheng focused on crafting Soul Swords, this time primarily Supreme Soul Swords.
Meanwhile, Lian Yun began forging Silver Dragon Armor.
In the new year, Lian Yun planned to create two sets of Silver Dragon Armor and then enter the Year Beast Dungeon with Xiao Jun and a Peerless Monarch to see if they could defeat the Year Beast BSS.
As for which Peerless Monarch to choose, Lian Yun had some options in mind, but his top choice remained Insect Emperor, followed by Elder Mei.
Ultimately, the decision would depend on the circumstances.
When the New Year arrived, Lian Yun chose Insect Emperor and then had Elder Mei lead General and Yao Yun'er into the Dungeon. After three hours, they successfully defeated the Year Beast BSS at the last moment, shocking everyone.
However, after the Year Beast event concluded, Lian Yun returned to normalcy. He allowed all Ghost Slaves to act independently while Le practiced his music, Cheng cultivated Vibrational Force or honed his forging skills, and Yan focused solely on sword techniques. Lian Yun himself dedicated all his efforts to comprehending the Ten Thousand Sword Technique.
It was during the battle against the Year Beast BSS that Lian Yun noticed something unusual.
There were no world announcements and no special rewards.
At that moment, he felt a vague sense that he was not in reality but rather trapped in a dream.
This might be the effect of "Dream of the Ancient Times," so real that it feels almost imperceptible.
However, even though the feeling was vague, Lian Yun dared not think too much about it or seek verification. He feared that if he confirmed his thoughts, he would wake up.
Thus, he chose to believe in Lan Ruoxuan's earlier words, at least allowing him to gain three years of insight.
He was somewhat reckless in letting his clones leave, fearing that any changes in them would confirm that he was indeed dreaming.
His main body and the Three Golden Hairs also refrained from interacting with others, focusing on self-cultivation and personal comprehension, isolating themselves from the world.
The Ten Thousand Sword Technique.
When Lian Yun was younger, Blade Dongfang Yi had discussed with him what the so-called Ten Thousand Sword Technique entailed. If it were merely about controlling countless swords, it would be better to forge a single large sword for that purpose.
Therefore, Lian Yun's initial conception of the Ten Thousand Sword Technique was not based on controlling myriad swords but rather on a decisive strike with them.
With one move, he could unleash countless swords while simultaneously employing myriad sword techniques. The second move would likely involve merging Myriad Sword Techniques into one.
This was Lian Yun's original idea.
However, upon arriving at the Xianjian Sect and studying hundreds of thousands of sword techniques, he realized that a decisive strike with myriad swords seemed rather ordinary and lacked uniqueness; its power was dispersed and inferior to some advanced sword techniques. Thus, Lian Yun revised his initial concept.
The first move would be Sword Fusion into one. He did not yet know how powerful this would be, but this was his thought process. With this idea in mind, he began to comprehend sword techniques. This urgency to quickly master numerous sword techniques during his first visit to the Xianjian Sect was also the primary reason why Clone Swallow had been diligently practicing sword techniques.
As for sword techniques, Lian Yun had already mastered tens of thousands of them. Yet he hesitated to start comprehending the Ten Thousand Sword Technique because he felt that tens of thousands were still insufficient. Merging Myriad Sword Techniques into one was already quite challenging; if they were random Myriad Sword Techniques, it would be even harder to fuse them together.
Thus, in Lian Yun's conception, the sword techniques should follow a hierarchical structure. For example, an advanced sword technique could lead ten intermediate sword techniques, while each intermediate technique could guide ten basic ones.
Then, from the highest to the lowest, these one hundred and eleven sword techniques were considered as a set, sharing the same attributes. If one hundred sets of such sword techniques could be fused into one, it would form the true Sword Fusion.
While practicing the sword techniques, Clone Swallow also chose some techniques to cultivate in this manner. However, considering the issue of fusion, Yan Capital practiced several more techniques for each set to ensure that there would be alternative techniques available during the fusion process.
Based on this mindset, Yan Clone did not limit himself to just one hundred sets of sword techniques but practiced nearly two hundred sets. Altogether, this amounted to tens of thousands of sword techniques. For this reason, Lian Yun still felt somewhat inadequate, but he knew that it could be approached gradually.
As Yan continued to practice the sword techniques, his understanding of the Ten Thousand Sword Technique was sufficient.
With a substantial amount of preparation in the early stages, Lian Yun found it quite smooth to comprehend now.
He did not rush for quick results but instead focused on forming one set of sword techniques at a time. When he encountered difficulties in forming a set, Lian Yun did not immediately switch techniques because he understood that the true challenge lay in the fusion of sword techniques.
If he started by taking shortcuts and did not work diligently, it would be nearly impossible to complete the Ten Thousand Sword Technique.
Thus, when faced with difficulties, Lian Yun repeatedly pondered and practiced until he truly could not form a set before considering changing techniques.
When things went smoothly, he could almost seamlessly combine a set of one hundred and eleven sword techniques; however, when it was not going well, even three or two might not successfully combine.
In this regard, Lian Yun chose not to test all at once but rather to combine one set at a time until he succeeded. It was not without logic; rather, it was unnecessary.
Firstly, most combinations needed to be completed; secondly, it allowed his mind to relax appropriately. Otherwise, if he reached a point where fusion became impossible, he might suddenly fall into a state of frustration.
Along with the sword techniques understood later by Clone Swallow, Lian Yun combined a total of two hundred sets of one hundred and eleven sword techniques.
It took six months.
At this point, Lian Yun had confirmed that he was in a dream because half a year without anyone coming to find him was unlikely. At the very least, after the Annual Meeting's Tomb-Sweeping Day event, he should not have missed it. Since he had not appeared, those who knew him would surely come looking for him.
For example, Elder Mei of the Xianjian Sect or Yao Yun'er.
Realizing this but not waking up left Lian Yun feeling puzzled yet somewhat exhilarated. After all, if this was not a dream, he had less than a year and a half left. A year and a half—would he be able to leave Yin Yang City in that time?
So, he decided not to think too much about it and continued to enter a state of comprehension.
He began to merge one sword technique after another.
At first, Lian Yun found this to be an immense challenge. Merging one set of sword techniques was already a complex task, but merging one set with another involved combining over a hundred different techniques simultaneously.
The difficulty increased exponentially.
Fortunately, once he completed the combination of one set of techniques, it felt as if he had created an entirely new sword technique, albeit a more advanced one. Thus, while the difficulty had significantly increased, it was not to the point of being a hundred times harder.
However, what surprised him was that after merging two sets of sword techniques, he found himself unable to integrate a third set no matter how hard he tried.
After fully merging the two sets, Lian Yun attempted to combine them with the remaining one hundred ninety-eight sets of techniques, but none were successful.
(End of Chapter)
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