4 Chapter 4

Long Chen had stepped on the initial mastery of sword intent.

The masteries were divided into four levels which were:

Initial Mastery

Advance Mastery

Expert Mastery

Peak Mastery

Then comes the half-step or pseudo mastery which was the level where most cultivators were stuck.

These were:

Pseudo-Domain or Basic Domain.

Pseudo Sword Heart or Dead Sword Soul.

Pseudo Sword Body or Half-Spirit Body.

With stepping on the initial mastery of Sword Intent, Long Chen's combat strength had increased by 20%. And by the end of the 2 months, Long Chen was able to compete with the 8th level of Elementary Profound Realm with his cultivation base of 1st Level of Elementary Profound Realm. A difference in 7 small reals and increasing his realm by 1 great realm, the difference will increase by 1 level. Meaning at the 1st Level of Nascent Profound Realm, he will be able to defeat the 7th Level of Nascent Profound Realm without using his sword or gates.

At the end of two months, his cultivation had increased from the 2nd Level of Nascent Profound Realm to the 1st Level of True Profound Realm. He hadn't focused on increasing his cultivation and this cultivation was the result of his consolidation of the foundation after every fight.

He had also completed his immunity for both True Profound Realm and Spirit Profound Realm and with that, he could now use his Sky Poison Pearl to poison Emperor Profound Realm. By the time he will be done with his immunity till Tyrant Profound Realm, he will go to the Scarlet Dragon Mountain to kill the Emperor Profound Realm Dragon and steal the Fire Spirit Grass and the Evil God's Seed.

This all was the result of 2 months of hard work and 2 more months were left before he goes outside the Range.

( Time Skip 2 more months)

Now 2 more months later, Long Chen had stepped into the 6th level of True Profound Realm. His Sword mastery has increased from Initial Mastery of Sword Intent to Advance Mastery of Sword Intent.

His immunity has raised from Spirit Profound Realm Poison to one-fourth of Sky Profound Realm Poison. Now he could use Tyrant Profound Realm level of Poison and he could go and kill the Dragon if he was careful enough but where's the fun in t?at. He also wanted to test his strength against the Dragon so he decided 1 year later or when he reaches Earth Profound Realm, whichever comes first, he will go then and kill the Dragon. He had also unlocked 2 of his gates and now he could increase his cultivation for 2 more levels whenever he wants to.

He had tried to keep the gates active every time but his body wasn't able to handle the force.

He found out that only after opening more than 5 gates, he would be able to keep 1 gate active all the time and it increased progressively. Meaning at 6 gates he could open 2 all time, at 7 gates he could open 3, at 8 gates he could open 4 gates, at 9 gates he could open 5 and at the tenth gate, would have to join all the gates together in a circular order and mastering that he would be able to open them all the time.

After 2 months, his basics and foundation have become so strong that if he fights without considering anything he would be able to kill all the opponents in the same realm. Meaning in the same realm, he was unmatchable with peers even if he was at 1st level while the opponent was at the 10th level.

This was Long Chen's strength after 4 months. With sword intent, gates, and the foundation, he would be able to fight with an opponent at the 7th level of Spirit Profound Realm.

Long Chen checked his strength and he was extremely satisfied with his strength. Within 4 months, he has gone from the 2nd Level of Nascent Profound Realm to the 6th Level of True Profound Realm without focusing on his cultivation, and with his complete strength, he would be able to fight those in Spirit Profound Realm. Even though he wasn't much strong if he compares himself only based on strength, he now has the strength to protect himself in the backward region like Floating Cloud City and New Moon City.

Deciding to leave, he checked the cave where he had stayed for 4 months, and instead of destroying it, he left it as a memory and maybe someone will use it later in the future.

He started his journey toward the New Moon city as The Floating Cloud City didn't have anything left for him, except his house which was inherited from his parents, and 50 Kg of Purple Veined Divine Crytal which he will take when he will go and fight the Dragon in the Mountain Range.

He decided to go to New Moon City because there he will be able to buy as many books as he could on many topics.

The main reason he wanted to buy the books was that with the help of Sky Poison Pearl, he would be able to refine the herbs and create Pills for his cultivation. With his adaptability, he will only need 1 or 2 pills of the same kind to get the maximum effect.

He had wanted to create formations and runes because, with the help of runes and formations, he will be able to create gravity seals, energy-gathering formations energy refinement formations and maybe he could also use the formation to change his Profound Energy to Primordial Energy.

The Most important aspect of the seals was their versatility. He would be able to create something like a smartphone and talk to people around the world. He hadn't planned on becoming a loner from the start. While he was thinking about the uses of seals and formation. He heard a voice. It was more of a yell for help than a normal voice. He went around and checked that there was a group of Men gathering around a group of three. He saw that group consisted of one boy and one girl who was around the same range as him and an older woman who was likely their mother.

Looking at the group of men, Long Chen smelled a scent of blood on them and now knew that they were bandits or mercenaries.

Seeing them, Long Chen was reminded of the Scene of the boy who wore a paper mask and went around killing bandits and called himself Stylish Bandit Slayer and saving others unintentionally.

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