The Lord of Void and Real

Chapter 205: Chapter 203: Slanting Moon Steps

This method was just burgeoning, its speed already vaguely catching up with Chasing Wind Step. Unlike the latter’s sole pursuit of speed, this one placed more emphasis on flexibility, making it more effective in evasion during combat.

What contributed to the smooth cultivation was indeed the previously cultivated Huangting Technique, which made his body both firm and flexible. Actions that ordinary people found hard to accomplish, he could easily perform, which greatly aided his attempts to master this technique.

However, the space within this room was a bit too cramped, making it difficult to fully demonstrate the capabilities of this technique.

Shen Luo left the room and stepped into the courtyard. Outside, the sky was pitch black, it was deep into the night.

He swept his divine sense towards the main house and noted that Ying Luo was still unconscious. But her complexion was much better than before, her breath steady. A somewhat frail young girl was seated beside her, wiping Ying Luo’s face with a bowl of water – presumably someone Granny Ma sent to look after Ying Luo.

Shen Luo withdrew his divine sense. With a leap, he silently slipped out of the courtyard and headed towards the outskirts of the village.

Instead of the village’s main exit, he slipped from the back of the village to a nearby grove. A quick glance around, and he dashed forward, transforming into a phantom hurtling through the forest.

Here, with more space, he could apply the technique without restraint. He couldn’t figure out why, but he felt the Mana flowing through his legs more smoothly, and his understanding of the technique deepened rapidly. His progress was much faster than when he was practicing inside the room.

In the blink of an eye, several days had passed.

In the dawn’s mist, Shen Luo’s figure whirled through the grove, his speed almost double to that of last night, leaving behind distinct phantoms of himself—as if multiple figures were running through the grove simultaneously.

Moreover, his shifts and movements had become even smoother and more erratic. One moment he was sprinting forward at full speed, the next he would be retreating backward with no sign of hesitation, his movements free and unpredictable.

With a “whoosh”, multiple phantoms converged into one, revealing Shen Luo’s figure, his eyes filled with surprise and delight.

After four to five days of continuous practice, he had cultivated this Nameless technique to a very profound level, and he seemed to be not too far away from perfection.

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This kind of speed was simply astonishing. No ordinary person could achieve this even if their time were doubled.

However, after days of non-stop practice, even Shen Luo started to feel the significant depletion of his physical and magical energy. His stomach gurgled twice, a long forgotten sensation of hunger surged up in his heart.

Shen Luo didn’t return to the village. Instead, he headed towards Mount Fangcun. Near a huge stone forest, he casually hunted a mountain goat and set it to roast.

He used to secretly roast game with Bai Xiaotian and others at the Spring and Autumn Pavilion because they couldn’t stand the bland food served there. He was now skilled in roasting and soon the goat started to release wafts of enticing aroma.

Having not eaten for days, he gorged on the roasted goat – eating more than half of it before finally patting his stomach, belching contentedly, and sitting down to meditate and recover.

After recovering most of his Mana and physical strength, Shen Luo vaulted into the stone forest to continue cultivating the technique.

His figure darted through the stone forest rapidly, sometimes flitting through like a bird, sometimes leaping at the top like a monkey.

However, after a brief period of practice, he suddenly halted, a look of confusion flashing across his eyes.

He suddenly noticed that the enhancing condition he had experienced previously, a state resembling divine assistance, had abruptly disappeared. His current progress was no different from when he was practicing in his room, and even seemed a bit slower.

Shen Luo rubbed his chin, his eyebrows knitting slightly.

He was sure his techniques were exactly the same as before. Moreover, after a brief rest, both his mental and physical conditions were in a better state than when he was practicing in the grove.

“If the problem isn’t me, then it might be the environment I am in?” Shen Luo suddenly thought of something as he scanned his surroundings.

Everywhere he looked was brown stone forest with rocky ground. There was barely any greenery, which made the place appear desolate.

A thought struck him and he immediately jumped to a nearby grove. After taking a moment to settle his thoughts, he began to practice his steps again among the trees.

“Just as I thought!” Shen Luo slightly displayed his techniques in the grove, and the familiar feeling returned!

As he moved between the trees, faint traces of white light began to shimmer softly at his feet. With each step, points of white light appeared, giving his figure an image of a ghostly specter – suddenly in front and then behind.

As days turned into weeks, Shen Luo’s steps became more rapid. Mana circulated rapidly within the meridians of his legs, and once it reached a certain speed, his meridians started to heat up.

Far from alarmed, he was delighted. He further quickened his speed.

A loud “boom” echoed!

A surge leapt from the meridians of his legs, as if breaking through some kind of barrier. Countless currents of hot energy erupted from his legs, instantly spread throughout his body along the meridians.

The white light at Shen Luo’s feet flared brightly. As he advanced, a white light that resembled a slanting moon suddenly materialized on the ground. His body felt significantly lighter.

With a bright flash, the slanting moonlight disintegrated into a misty illusion, giving his form a hazy appearance. His figure, like a ray of light, flickered and the next moment, he was dozens of feet away.

“So fast!” Shen Luo exclaimed, changing the direction of his body and quickly stepping out again.

The slanting moonlight under his foot immediately flickered, and with a swift movement, his figure appeared several feet away.

Shen Luo’s eyes brightened up and he burst into laughter. The perfect mastery of the technique indeed broadened its horizons, it was simply incomparable to before.

“Such a marvellous technique lacks a name, that’s regrettable. Since this technique renders a slanting moonlight at full capacity, let’s call it Slanting Moon Steps.” Shen Luo thought of the slanting moonlight effect when displaying his technique, a thought struck him and he decided on a name for this nameless technique.

“As expected of a great Cultivating Immortality sect like Mount Fangcun, a casually discarded technique could demonstrate such profundity.” He sighed, taking out the Heavenly Bamboo Gazing at the Moon Painting from the Seven-Star Pen Space.

The Sky Bamboo Gazes at the Moon Painting trembled suddenly, a layer of shimmering white light appeared on it. The full moon and bamboo shadows in it began to flicker, as if it had come to life.

“Hmm, what’s happening?” Shen Luo furrowed his brows.

Just then, white characters started to flow out of the painting, through his palm, into his body and then into his brain.

A sudden sharp pain overwhelmed his mind, making him groan.

However, thankfully, there weren’t too many characters. The pain quickly subsided.

Those characters slightly circled around within his mind, and quickly combined to form a body of white text.

At a glance, he saw the content, which revealed a secret technique called “Yimu Xuandun”.