One Slashed Skill

"One Slashed Skill, the sword slashed is a skill which kills at lightning speed, a fast one-hit-kill".

"One Slashed", Ye Chen stopped moving, it seemed that the use of that sword was different from that of other swords. Traditionally, what swordsmen liked the less was the moment of unsheathing a sword because it is a critical moment during which a certain amount of time is lost and thus delays the moment when the attack can be carried out. Nevertheless, one slashed was a skill made to kill people. Unsheathing the sword had killed for its sole purpose. The most powerful moment of that skill was unsheathing the sword and striking with one movement, if you missed once, you could only consider yourself defeated.

Furthermore, One slashed wasn't the same as other skills. It had only one level, one movement. Unsheathing the sword, killing people was the ultimate attainment, the highest achievement. One quick movement and the sword is showering in the blood of your enemies.

"I choose you", Ye Chen took the book "One Slashed skill" and then got ready to choose a body movement technique that matches his agility, After all, he had to ensure he would be able to kill in one hit at all times. If defeated, the only solution, assuming you could run fast enough, was to escape. Leaping onto roofs, vaulting over walls, was also something that could be useful but that's something everyone dreams of, right?

Ye Chen then chose another book called "Lightning steps skill" which was an agility technique. Anyone who could master these skills could become so powerful that nobody would see them. Nobody would see anything but your shadow and their death. Gathering the books together, Ye Chen went to the old man to check them out.

"One Slashed Skill", whispered the old man, and went on: "Young man, One Slashed Skill… it's the first time that it is picked up by someone. Nonetheless, you need to know that if someone has already unsheathed their sword and you still haven't unsheathed yours, if your speed is slower than that of your opponent, the outcome is obvious, you are doomed. One can say that this skill is very powerful but it requires a high level of achievement, you must be quicker than any opponent and only then, you will be able to kill them in one hit".

"I understand", Ye Chen nodded. He knew the elder was showing kindness in making him aware of the weakness. If someone were too slow to unsheathe his sword, then killing in one hit would be impossible and that meant putting yourself in a critical and dangerous situation. These days, young people were concerned with training to improve their actual strength, but more and more did it impulsively while forgetting and neglecting the traditional foundations of martial skills.

The old man stopped talking and checked out Ye Chen's books. Furthermore, books borrowed from the Xing Chen Pavilion had to be returned within one month. Borrowing them for more than a month would influence other Yunmeng sect member's training as they would be unable to borrow them as well.

"Thank you, Elder, thank you for guiding me", Ye Chen picked up the books and politely thanked the old man showing him gratitude.

Ye Chen nodded, smiled at the old man, and then left. Ye Chen has got a sword skill now he needs a sword so he can practice sword skill as well. When a new disciple joined the sect he chooses one weapon in the weaponry pavilion for the first time. As he goes there he chooses a normal sword because he doesn't have any contribution point he can change for a better quality sword.

As the night began to fall Ye Chen didn't go out of sect and come to his room and began to cultivate in his room. In the next, early in the morning Ye Chen wakes early and goes outside of the sect to practice.

The Yunmeng sect was surrounded by mountain peaks. Each of these mountains was connected with the other in perfect harmony. Yunmeng sect's disciples could thus easily go to these high-altitude mountain peaks. These mountains, which made the region blessed heaven, were filled with caves where disciples could go and concentrate on their training in peace. These mountains were extraordinarily high and covered a vast area. Going to these mountains was therefore an easy way to find peace and tranquility for cultivation.

There is also a town called Wumei Town. which is ten miles away from Yunmeng Sect. He will go there naturally to buy some food.

The town of Wumei, an ordinary little town located within the Kingdom of Fenlai, within the Yulan continent.

As the morning sun rose there remained a slight hint of the cold, pure pre-dawn air. However, virtually all the disciples in Yunmeng Sect had already come out to begin working to practice their cultivation.

Virtually every male in the Yulan continent would exercise very hard from a very young age. In the future, anyone who slacked off would be looked down upon by others! Money and power—these were the things that determined a man's status! A man without power would be looked down upon even by women.

If one wanted their parents to be proud of them, wanted women to worship them, wanted to live a glorious life? Then they had to become powerful warriors!

All of them were outdoor disciples. None of them would have access to any of those precious manuals that have high-level martial arts skills. Their only road to glory was through exercising from a young age and gathering strength! Through bitter and hard work! They would have to work harder than those nobles and spend more of their energy and blood in strengthening themselves! So they can be inner disciples and change their lives, inner door disciple has many chances to get cultivation resources, better martial arts skills, a pill that can help you in cultivation, and guidance from the teacher's, that outdoor disciple never gets.

Ye Chen was walking over a precipice decorated by overhanging rocks. He was surrounded by perilous cliffs and precipices. When looking around him, he could see a boundless sea of clouds. Such a sight would make anyone feel carefree, relaxed, and joyful.

"Boom." was the sound emitted by the stones pillar under Ye Chen's sword each time he hit them. Ye Chen's sword left a long and slender marking in the stones each time it hit.

Ye Chen had already been training for seven days. He had been training without rest which could be seen by the varying sword marks on each stone.

One Slashed was a skill that required developing two aspects: speed and power. These two were the ultimate goal of the practice. At the moment of unsheathing the sword, a strong power was also necessary. As far as the angle at which the sword had to be unsheathed is concerned, unsheathing it at irregular angles was also necessary. Pulling it out using predictable patterns could put the user at the enemy's mercy, as he could guess what the next movement would be. The One Slashed skill was not unique.

Ye Chen was dripping with sweat because he had been training every day from morning to evening. Uninterrupted practice is the only way to increase his strength. Persistently repeating the movements required tenacious and incomparable willpower and determination. That was the only way to become stronger on the path of cultivation.

Ye Chen was sloppy when he was on earth but here to survive he has to become stronger so no one can bully him.

Ye Chen put his sword back into its sheath.

Then, he started training again, but this time he practiced the Lightning steps Agility technique.

The sun which was once high in the sky was now sinking into the horizon. Ye Chen rested for a while looking at the sea of clouds making wave-like motions. On his face was a resplendent smile.