Huang Ye continued with yesterday's strategy, luring the snake out of its hole.
The encounter with the burly man yesterday had been quite beneficial, and today he hoped to face someone even stronger.
Then there was the He family. Although he wasn't sure why they hadn't caused trouble yet, they wouldn't let things rest easily.
These were all excellent targets for training. His current strength far surpassed theirs, making them perfect for solidifying his foundation. He couldn't afford to advance further just yet.
Otherwise, if he reached the fifteenth level of Qi Refinement, he might really lose control.
Seeing that it was still early, he decided to cultivate the fourth layer of Tongtian Xuanggong before nightfall.
Once the fourth layer was stable and his divine sense developed, he would have the ability to control flying swords and could perform Sword Flight.
Although he didn't have a flying sword artifact, learning it would be beneficial. If he got his hands on a flying sword in the future, he could use it right away.
It was like learning to drive a car in his previous life. Even if he couldn't afford a car, he could get a driver's license first.
When he had money, he could buy a car and hit the road. If he couldn't afford one and didn't have a good job, he could still work as a driver.
Once everything was ready, he could leave Silver Moon City and search for a cultivation sect.
True flying swords could only be obtained in a sect, and only such artifact flying swords could carry people in flight.
Ordinary swords might be controlled for flight and attack, but it was entirely different from controlling a flying sword.
In terms of power, speed, and material, the difference was significant.
Only by connecting divine sense with an artifact could one be considered a true cultivator, officially stepping onto the path of immortality.
What puzzled him was that the System still hadn't deciphered that mysterious concave point diagram, as if it had entered a "do nothing" mode.
Every time he asked the System, its answers were vague, making him realize that artificial intelligence also had a human-like side. When faced with real challenges, it too would do nothing.
He understood, as artificial intelligence was still based on raw data and information, and couldn't match human creativity and imagination.
If AI truly possessed such capabilities, it would mark the era of AI replacing humans.
Before leaving, he needed to handle everything here properly.
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He should be more high-profile now; only by being high-profile would all attention focus on him.
Qing'er and Yue'er would be safer that way. Their current strength was at most at the Martial King level, and they definitely couldn't defeat a real Martial King.
As long as these people didn't take him down, they would be safe.
After a simple meal, he headed back to the depths of the dense forest. The four tails following him retreated once he entered the forest.
Huang Ye knew who had sent them. It seemed the He family wanted to deal with him in secret.
The He family might have discovered his identity, which explained why they hadn't caused trouble at the academy. They feared the City Lord would intervene.
They could attempt an assassination but wouldn't dare to openly attack him, as the City Lord would definitely get involved.
He was still a pawn in the City Lord's hand, and the City Lord couldn't just watch his adopted son get dealt with while pretending to be oblivious.
Otherwise, the carefully crafted persona would immediately collapse, and even the position of City Lord might be at risk.
Bring it on, let the storm come even fiercer. Damn it! Why did that essay come to mind again?
Finding a slightly flat spot, he sat cross-legged and began to methodically organize his techniques.
The System could now offer a little help, assisting Huang Ye in analyzing the techniques.
As the sky gradually darkened, after an afternoon of practice, he had almost mastered the fourth layer of the technique.
The fourth layer primarily focused on purifying spiritual energy, enhancing its quality.
This was the first step in forming the Primordial Yang. The final part of the technique involved cultivating divine sense, and only with high-purity spiritual energy could divine sense be effectively developed.
After learning this layer of the technique, Huang Ye realized how poor his spiritual energy was.
It was the result of blindly experimenting with a Dual Cultivation technique. He absorbed any kind of spiritual energy without discrimination.
When the spiritual energy was full, he broke through. The breakthrough felt great, but it skipped all the fundamental principles of cultivation.
That's why he ended up with thirteen, even fourteen levels. To be precise, this Dual Cultivation technique was more like a demonic cultivation technique.
In novels he read before, there were mentions of demonic techniques and magic techniques, where cultivation speed was extremely fast.
Orthodox cultivators wouldn't experience this. They cultivated step by step, and by the twelfth level, their spiritual energy would have formed a solid, spherical mass.
When they broke through to the Primordial Yang Realm, the sphere would turn into a liquid state.
No wonder his Six Meridian Divine Sword, performed with mixed spiritual energy, was ineffective. Even using Gold Spiritual Energy, its power was weak.
It was barely sufficient against Martial Masters, but against a Martial King, his spiritual energy couldn't match the True Qi of a Martial King.
Enough talk, time to start purifying. If no one bothers him today, he'll pause body refining and spend the whole night purifying.
The wood elements here were abundant, so he started with them.
The purification process was like separating sesame seeds from sand mixed together.
He had to use the technique to absorb the sand, then release it through the terminal acupoints.
An hour later, he heard the sound of clothes fluttering in the wind again.
Damn it, just when he was getting into the groove, someone showed up.
If they didn't give him a good fight today, he'd definitely tear them to pieces.
Two figures in black, like ghosts in the night, jumped down from the trees.
Huang Ye had no choice but to stop and stand up.
"Are you sent by the Qu family?"
The two didn't speak, attacking with a knife and a sword.
Damn, they're using weapons today. Well, that's fine, it's a good chance to practice my footwork.
The System had simulated the footwork long ago, and he had learned it too.
The footwork consisted of only eight simple steps, which didn't sound like much, but in reality, it was infinitely variable.
Each step had eight variations: forward, backward, left, right, up, down, diagonal, and turning, with each variation having eight forms.
The footwork had no fixed patterns and relied entirely on improvisation. These variations and forms could be combined at will.
The System named it "Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon," but Huang Ye found it a mouthful and potentially plagiaristic, so he renamed it "Little Huang Steps."
Another reason for the name change was that he felt the footwork was suitable for the Martial Artist level, but at the cultivator level, just these eight variations wouldn't be enough.
The System couldn't create footwork for the cultivator level, but in his previous life, he had watched Olympic diving and trampoline competitions, where athletes flipped and twisted in the air.
There were all sorts of moves like 401B and 502C, with the highest difficulty rating reaching 4.3. Even those who practiced parkour had many body variations.
As a cultivator, he was definitely several times stronger than them. Forget parkour, even running with a loincloth wouldn't be a problem.
So the footwork would definitely need to be revised and upgraded in the future. The current version was "Little Huang Steps 1.0."
After crossing over, his physical fitness had greatly improved, and with the support of spiritual energy, he didn't need to train his physical fitness arduously. He just needed to familiarize himself with the footwork.
For an ordinary person to master this footwork, it would take ten or eight years of hard training. Just practicing with iron weights on the calves required years of accumulation.
Huang Ye practiced dozens of times and had initially mastered the footwork.
With the two attacking with weapons, it was a perfect opportunity for him to familiarize himself with "Little Huang Steps" and enhance his abilities through actual combat.