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Chapter 1033 - Chapter 1033 Chapter 1035 Clue_1

Chapter 1033: Chapter 1035 Clue_1 Chapter 1033: Chapter 1035 Clue_1 Duan Jian’s expression stiffened somewhat. “You learned to manifest Sword Qi as well?”

“How, how did you learn it?” Duan Jian couldn’t help but ask.

“During the second-tier combat power assessment, I drew it…” Song Jian explained.

The rewards from the second-tier combat power assessment, once passed, were all very targeted. The items awarded were never unusable by the recipient; usually, they were skills and equipment related to one’s own profession. Realizing this, a trace of relief appeared on Duan Jian’s face.

“I don’t know what task the teacher needs me to complete, but even without a task reward, I will definitely complete it for the teacher,” Song Jian said with determination.

However, if Duan Jian issued an epic-level task, and he couldn’t provide a reward matching the difficulty of the task, then his task couldn’t be issued at all. This was already known to Song Jian. He was just making a convenient promise.

And even if Duan Jian really could issue it without task rewards, why would Song Jian waste his time and energy to complete it? If worst came to worst, he could just fail the task. After all, without task rewards, failure wouldn’t bring too severe of a penalty.

It was as if Duan Jian hadn’t heard Song Jian’s words. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, “I have one more secret technique called the Dragon-Slaying Art. Have you, have you heard of it?”

Song Jian was startled and quickly asked, “Teacher, what is a secret technique?”

A hint of satisfaction finally appeared on Duan Jian’s face. It seemed that there were still things his student didn’t know. Nodding, he began to explain, “All skills have ranks, as you surely know. However, skills are divided into three major categories: sword techniques, secret techniques, and arcane mysteries!”

“Sword techniques are the foundation. Secret techniques are developed based on sword techniques, or one could say they are normal sword techniques that have undergone mutation, resulting in moves much more powerful than sword techniques. Arcane mysteries are similar to forbidden magic spells. Once unleashed, they can cause mountains to crumble, rivers to change course, and alter the very face of nature with their immense power,” Duan Jian said, looking at Song Jian and speaking at a leisurely pace.

“Secret techniques, arcane mysteries…” Song Jian couldn’t help but think of his own Thousand Swords Art. After all, initially, the Thousand Swords Art was just a normal technique for summoning spirit swords and releasing them for attacks.

But in the end, it underwent a mutation and fused with the Red Lotus Karma Fire, turning into the Red Lotus Karma Fire Thousand Swords Art. This was probably the mutation of a sword technique into a secret technique, as Teacher Duan Jian described.

“Teacher, I also have a technique called the Red Lotus Karma Fire Thousand Swords Art. Could you take a look and see if it counts as a secret technique?” Song Jian hurriedly said.

As he spoke, Song Jian executed the Red Lotus Karma Fire Thousand Swords Art on an empty plot of land. This time, he did not exhaust all his Sword Qi. He only displayed the ordinary Red Lotus Karma Fire Thousand Swords Art. In doing so, he could not trigger the Red Lotus Sword Array nor the subsequent forms, Red Lotus Sword, Red Lotus Palm Imprint, or Sword Qi Stone Tower.

Watching hundreds of spirit swords ablaze with dark red flames filling the sky, Duan Jian, too, revealed a hint of astonishment on his face.

“Thousand Swords Art, it’s actually the Thousand Swords Art…” Duan Jian’s eyes grew somewhat moist, and even a hint of envy appeared in his gaze as he looked at Song Jian.

“Do you know that the Thousand Swords Art is the core skill of the exclusive Swordsman Immortal profession?” Duan Jian said slowly.

“The disciple knows!” Song Jian nodded and replied.

“You know shit!” Duan Jian bellowed in anger, “Sword Immortal, the only Swordsman Immortal profession, that is what we have always aspired to become. Its core skills are not something you can learn just by wanting to!”

“I won’t ask you how you obtained the Swordsman Immortal profession’s core skills, but you must understand that the more important the core skills, the less likely they are to mutate. However, once they do mutate, their power is incomparable to that of ordinary secret techniques!” Duan Jian’s body trembled slightly.

“Disciple, disciple…” Song Jian, for a moment, didn’t know what to say.

Duan Jian took several deep breaths to calm himself, then looked Song Jian up and down carefully. After a while, he shook his head and sighed, cursing inwardly, “Damn lucky dog.”

After that, Duan Jian’s face became amiable again, and he patted Song Jian on the shoulder, saying, “Cultivate this skill well. After the mutation, the core skill of the Sword Immortal no longer lacks the power of the common profound arts. You, you are really…”

“Teacher, what about the Dragon-Slaying Art you mentioned?” Song Jian asked cautiously.

Duan Jian was suddenly at a loss for words and, after a moment of silence, said, “Now that you have learned the Thousand Swords Art, there’s no need to bother with other sword techniques. Bring out your weapon, let me have a look!”

With a thought, Song Jian summoned the Sky-breaking Sword from within his body!

Duan Jian narrowed his eyes. He hadn’t expected Song Jian’s weapon to be one that could meld with the body, which usually meant that it had a Sword Spirit and the potential for growth.

“Epic grade, formless Sky-breaking Sword!” Duan Jian examined the attributes of the Sky-breaking Sword, unable to help uttering words of admiration. He knew that with his own strength, at Song Jian’s age, the weapon in his possession had only been a Dark Gold Quality longsword.

“This longsword has superb attributes, and it’s even part of a five-piece weapon set. This set is formed by combining five Dark Gold grade longswords, which can be either joined or separated. Unfortunately, it’s extremely difficult for the five Sword Spirits to merge and mature. Even that once famous Sword Immortal from hundreds of years ago only had a two-piece weapon set…” Duan Jian seemed to be reminded of something, a nostalgic look in his eyes.

A moment later, Duan Jian continued, “The base of your weapon is impressive. If it can grow, it will surely surpass that Sword Immortal longsword of yours. However, the Sword Spirit belonging to this longsword hasn’t been fused or matured yet. Once a unique Sword Spirit that belongs to this longsword is born, the Sword Spirit could split into five or combine as one, and the attributes of this longsword will greatly increase!”

“Teacher, is there any way to accelerate this process?” Song Jian hastily asked.

“I now have a personal mission for you. Upon completion, you will have two choices: one is this Sword Spirit crystal in my hand, and the other is to obtain a clue about the Sword Immortal set!”

“The Sword Spirit crystal can speed up the maturation of the Sword Spirit in your longsword, while the Sword Immortal set is the legendary top-level professional set that pairs with the unique profession. However, I only have a clue about the set and haven’t acquired it yet!” Duan Jian explained.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly felt a notification from his quest log. He sneaked a peek and saw that the “Path of the Sword Immortal” quest, which had been stuck, now showed new progress.

[Path of the Sword Immortal (Epic-level Quest): Complete the task given by the Sword Master Duan Jian. Upon completion, you will automatically obtain a clue about the Sword Immortal set. Follow the clue to find the legendary unique profession set, the Sword Immortal set!]

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