Ye Fan vs. Xuan Manyu

Ye Fan was now standing at a respectful distance from Xuan Manyu as the two of them began to point their swords toward each other.

As he raised his divine sword at his junior sister, he began to wonder how intricate the strokes of the Six Aura Swords really were.

The cultivation slip that contained the Six Aura Swords did not leave behind just the profound method of the First Sword but it also detailed the first level of the Six Aura Swordplay that could accompany the First Sword as well. When he had learnt the Second Sword then it would be able to use the second level of the Six Aura Swordplay as well.

At the same time, he was also able to imbue 10% of the profound power of the First Sword into the Six Aura Swordplay as well.

Xuan Manyu giggled to Ye Fan, "Why don't Senior Brother Ye Fan makes your first move?"

"Alright then."

He answered her while he prepared to attack the Six Aura Swords with the one stroke sword principle that he had been training himself for the past 3 years.

One must know that every cultivator is different and even their life experiences are different. Therefore, the same swordplay is also enacted differently.

That is the reason why competition exists for a reason among the cultivators from using the same martial arts in the outer and inner courts.

Whoever can enact the same martial arts better, is naturally the more talented cultivator.

One may think that profound strength is everything just like in the cultivation stories but this is actually lazy writing. Or else, the strongest and biggest cultivator will always win since they have more strength than the other cultivators.

Ye Fan inhaled softly before he warned, "Junior sister, I am coming!"

All of a sudden, he had flashed forward as he had delivered a strong stroke against Xuan Manyu who raised all her profound strength to try to receive his attack.

Very soon, they would know their power disparity.

Xuan Manyu was startled by the profound power of this stroke and she was forced to take 3 steps backward.

She was not the only one that was startled.

That included Ye Fan and Xuan Ziyu too.

Xuan Manyu giggled, "Aiyo, Senior Brother Ye Fan. It seems that my sword strength is still insufficient to handle your divine sword and your Six Aura Swords. Protégé Mistress is so discriminating and she only teaches you her Six Aura swords…"

As she said that, she had raised her cultivation realm to the middle golden core level. "You don't mind if I use my full strength against you? Do you?"

Ye Fan was still astonished that he was now stronger in profound power than a third realm cultivator when Xuan Manyu had raised her cultivation realm to the 4th golden core level.

He shook his head to say, "Junior sister, I don't mind."

Xuan Manyu giggled, "I just know that senior isn't going to bully me."

Actually, with or without permission, she had already raised her cultivation realm to the 4th cultivation realm.

But of course, if Ye Fan refused her request then she would not attack him.

This time, she had taken the initiative to attack Ye Fan by displaying her best swordplay and exploiting for an opening with her speed.

Although she was fast but Ye Fan was even faster.

He raised his divine sword and this time, they were quite evenly matched in their profound power as they started to exchanged sword moves against each other.

Xuan Manyu giggled softly, "Although our profound power is quite even against each other but I am afraid that Senior Ye Fan's profound strength is still lacking. In less than 30 strokes, you will surely unable to maintain your profound strength and I will be able to defeat you with my superior cultivation realm. But if Senior Ye Fan wants to defeat me, then you have to use your First Sword of the Six Aura Swords to overcome me…"

All of a sudden, she was gasping because Ye Fan had suddenly flashed his divine sword to her left and in the next moment, he was suddenly pointing his divine sword at her neck.

Xuan Manyu was stunned; she was defeated just like this.

She muttered, "Uh… I've lost…"

"Protégé Sister Manyu, you talk too much and is too careless!" Xuan Ziyu chuckled by the side.

Ye Fan said politely, "I thank my Junior Sister Manyu for allowing me to win."

As he said this, he had a guilty look on him.

It was not because of Xuan Manyu though but this guilty look was to the Witch Xuan Xueqi; she was right in saying it is better to have a superior profound art than a weak one and he had depended on her Six Aura Swords combined with his own understanding to overcome Xuan Manyu.

He was unsure if Xuan Manyu had given leeway to him or because she talked too much while they were dueling.

But one thing was for sure, he was able to fight off a normal third realm cultivator and may even be on a temporary par with a fourth realm cultivator.

That would naturally depend on the types of cultivation profound arts that a cultivator would be able to obtain.

So he would not be stronger than a golden core fourth realm cultivator but there may be a chance for him to kill one with his First Profound Sword.

All of a sudden, he had thought of something; if just the First Sword of the Six Aura Swords would be this strong then what about the full Six Swords then? And the Witch Xuan Xueqi has already mastered the full Six Aura Swords and she is the inventor as well.

Ye Fan muttered weakly, "Our protégé mistress is really strong…"

Xuan Manyu had heard him and she was giggling, "Of course our protégé mistress is strong. She is a genius of the geniuses and is the blessed daughter of the heavens as well."

"That is right!" Xuan Ziyu was eagerly nodding and there was a glistening look of pride in her eyes.

Ye Fan returned a faint smile before saying quietly, "Although our protégé mistress is strong among the fifth cultivation realm True Origin experts but there are always stronger cultivators at the 6th and 7th cultivation realms. The Sage and Saint cultivators of these two cultivation realms are an existence beyond our imagination. Compared to the more powerful celestial sects with numerous Sages and Sants, our Profound Cloud Sect is far weaker existence."

Xuan Ziyu giggled, "Senior Brother Ye Fan, this you are wrong. Our protégé mistress is naturally stronger than a normal saintess since she was once known as Saintess Fairy Xuan Xueqi in the past."

Ye Fan was shocked, "What? She is a saintess in the past? But isn't she just at the True Origin level?"

Xuan Ziyu explained with more smiles, "Our protégé mistress practiced the Ninth Reincarnation Arts. In her 8th Reincarnation, she had reached the seventh cultivation realm of the Saintess level. This is now her 9th Reincarnation. But very soon, she will have a breakthrough to the sixth cultivation realm of the Sagess level…."

Xuan Manyu seized the opportunity to add with a chuckle, "Senior Brother Ye Fan, you have no idea how lucky you are to have our protégé mistress to instruct you. But don't tell the others. They don't know about this. We are only telling you because you are the only core protégé of our protégé mistress."

Ye Fan was indeed shocked to know this.

He had suddenly realized the huge gap between the two of them.

And he had also suddenly remembered that the Witch Xuan Xueqi had told him before…

"Why are you complaining about it when you didn't even take the risk as I did. Do you think that I didn't take the same risk as you when I first invented the Six Aura Swords. In fact, I have even failed once. So I definitely know your pains…"

"Also, I have practiced the Nine Reincarnation Arts too. And I have previously voided my cultivation core on 8 different occasions. Compare to me, your risks are not worth mentioning at all."

As Ye Fan was thinking about this, Xuan Manyu was smiling to him and she asked him. "Senior Brother Ye Fan, since you are so strong now. Why don't you go to the testing stone to check your profound strength?"

Ye Fan was a fairly new cultivator and there were many things that he did not know, "There is such a thing to check my profound strength?"

Xuan Manyu giggled softly, "Yes, there is. Why don't we take you there?"

Ye Fan nodded, "Alright then. This may be quite an interesting thing to know."