The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 330: Chapter 330 Mindset Change Chapter 330: Chapter 330 Mindset Change Lin Yan personally took Jing Yan up Dao Yi Mountain.

“Jing Yan, you’ve broken a record at our Dao Yi Academy!” Walking along, Lin Yan chatted with Jing Yan.

“A record?” Jing Yan looked at Lin Yan in surprise.

“Yes, you are now the youngest Inner Court Student in the history of our Dao Yi Academy.

Apart from you, the youngest we had goes back two hundred years, and that student was already twenty-six, much older than you,” Lin Yan said with a hint of emotion.

Lin Yan was the Hall Master of the Affairs Hall at Dao Yi Academy and also a Lower Elder, so he was well aware of some of the more famous historical records of the academy.

“Jing Yan, do you plan to join the North Peak or South Peak?” Lin Yan asked again.

“Our Dao Yi Academy’s Inner Court Students also have two factions, one is the South Peak Faction and the other is the North Peak Faction.

Qian Zhen, whom you killed, was a student of the South Peak Faction.

If you choose South Peak, I’m afraid you might have some trouble.

Qian Zhen had been cultivating there for many years and definitely had some close friends.

Knowing that you killed him, they might come after you,” Lin Yan explained to Jing Yan.

“Then I’ll choose North Peak!” Jing Yan nodded.

He wasn’t afraid of Qian Zhen’s friends from South Peak; rather, he just didn’t want to be disturbed.

After all, it would be annoying to have a swarm of flies buzzing in his ears all day.

“Good, then let’s go straight to North Peak!” Lin Yan led Jing Yan directly to North Peak.

Soon, Jing Yan was given new accommodations.

Now an Inner Court Student, he naturally couldn’t continue living in the Green Sun Garden of the Outer Court.

All of North Peak was made up of a large number of connected mountains.

Jing Yan was also allocated a mountain, which from then on would belong to him personally.

At the foot of this mountain, there was a huge stele.

On the stele, Jing Yan carved out three characters, ‘Zhang Minfeng’!

From then on, the name of this mountain would be Zhang Minfeng.

As long as Jing Yan remained at Dao Yi Academy, the name of the mountain would not change.

Unless one day he left Dao Yi Academy and was no longer a member, or if Dao Yi Academy itself ceased to exist, then this mountain would always be called Zhang Minfeng.

By naming his mountain Zhang Minfeng, Jing Yan was also paying tribute to Zhang Min.

At Zhang Minfeng, in front of a cluster of buildings, Jing Yan stood on the open ground, his eyes gazing towards the vast white mist in the distance.

At this time, a group of Martial Artists came walking up.

“Welcome to North Peak!”

“Junior Brother Jing Yan, right?

I just got the news, so I came right over.”

“Haha, I heard that Junior Brother Jing Yan, you slain Qian Zhen of South Peak?

Is that true or false?”

A group of North Peak students gathered on Zhang Minfeng.

“My fellow Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters!” Jing Yan bowed in greeting to the students.

“Don’t be so formal, we North Peak don’t have that many rules.

We’re all North Peak students, equal in status,” said a hearty Martial Artist, waving his hand.

“Jing Yan, you’ve just joined our North Peak, we should celebrate properly.

Today, let’s drink to our hearts’ content!” someone suggested.

“Alright, a grand drinking session it is, we’re all usually so busy, rare to have such leisure.

Today, we’ll take the opportunity of Jing Yan joining North Peak to drink merrily!” Everyone agreed.

Jing Yan looked at the group; although he was not in the mood for drinking, he couldn’t easily refuse these enthusiastic peers and reluctantly joined them.

“Come on, drink!”

“Jing Yan, I have to toast you!

Seeing your age, you’re about twenty, right?

And you managed to kill Qian Zhen, who stepped into the Dao Spirit Realm just a few months ago, not an easy feat!”

“I need to toast to Jing Yan too.

Why?

I was humiliated by Qian Zhen in public once, but sadly I wasn’t his match.

Jing Yan, you avenged me, I must drink to you!”

“Drink!”

“Haha, delightful!”

The group of North Peak students drank heartily atop Zhang Minfeng, imbibing for over an hour before dispersing.

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, a month passed by.

During that month, Jing Yan did not step foot off Zhang Minfeng.

Every day he engaged in three activities; Alchemy, Cultivation, and practicing the Holy Light Sword Technique.

In one month, Jing Yan nearly exhausted all the materials he had exchanged from the Alchemist Association.

In their place, he had a large variety of Elixirs.

And Jing Yan’s personal strength had also steadily increased, gradually approaching the limits of the Peak of Innate.

Under the neutralizing effect of the Azure Abyss Elixir, the energy from the High-level Soul Crystals he had previously used was nearly fully absorbed.

“It’s time to exchange for a Secret Technique.”

That very day, Jing Yan left Zhang Minfeng to visit the academy’s Treasure Vault.

Inside the Treasure Vault, there were many Secret Techniques to choose from.

After some deliberation, Jing Yan selected a Secret Technique known as ‘Flash Spirit’.

The primary function of Flash Spirit was to increase the attack speed of Sword Techniques.

Jing Yan chose Flash Spirit as his first Secret Technique mainly because it could be combined with Sky Wings.

Flash Spirit didn’t have much effect on enhancing strength, but upon mastering this technique to its limit, it could increase the attack speed of Sword Techniques by more than double.

Combined with Jing Yan’s Sky Wings, its power would be significant.

If Flash Spirit were mastered to its limits, then against Martial Artists like Qian Zhen, Jing Yan’s attacks could be so swift that the opponent might not even have time to defend properly before being killed.

Moreover, Jing Yan also commanded Sword Intent, and when combined with the Flash Spirit Secret Technique, the prowess was far greater than a simple sum of its parts.

The day of the duel with Shang Qu was only a little over half a month away.

In this half a month, Jing Yan planned to focus most of his efforts on cultivating the Flash Spirit Secret Technique.

In the Treasure Vault, Jing Yan once again spent some elixirs to exchange for five hundred thousand points.

Purchasing the Flash Spirit Secret Technique cost Jing Yan around three hundred thousand points.

Apart from Flash Spirit, Jing Yan also exchanged for two more High-level Soul Crystals.

Once he advanced to the Dao Spirit realm, these two High-level Soul Crystals would come in handy.

“I wonder how Ziqi is doing now!” Jing Yan left the Treasure Vault of Dao Yi Academy but didn’t immediately return to Zhang Minfeng, instead leaving Dao Yi Academy alone.

Ever since Zhang Min’s death, Jing Yan’s mentality had subtly shifted.

He valued the people he cared about even more now.

Jing Ziqi was one of the people Jing Yan cared about the most in this world.

He decided to visit Red Lotus Academy to see Jing Ziqi.

Last time he saw her, Jing Ziqi had reached the Innate Middle Stage.

Jing Yan planned to gift her some Elixirs this time, helping her swiftly advance her strength.

He had a substantial number of Elixirs with him, so there was no need to be stingy with people he cared about.