Looking at those bold characters like silver hooks and iron strokes, Han Yan and the others quickly found their mental state plunging into emptiness.
"Whatâs happening to them?" One after another, people arrived at the academy, some being new students and others academy disciples returning from training. Seeing Han Yan and the others standing at the academyâs entrance like statues for a long time, they curiously asked.
"Nonsense, of course, theyâre comprehending the Master Swordsmanship here."
"I know theyâre trying to comprehend the Master Swordsmanship. I mean, are they stupid? My father forced me to come here to comprehend the Master Swordsmanship since I was eight, coming every few years, and now Iâve been in the academy for four years and havenât comprehended a shred of it. These few new students actually think they can comprehend it? Itâs sheer idiocy," the person sneered.
The surrounding few people, who were apparently academy disciples who had returned from training, burst into laughter after hearing him.
From a distance, Jiang Qiling paused and looked over.
"These fools really think they can comprehend the Master Swordsmanship, truly fearless in their ignorance," the young swordsman beside her, noticing what Han Yan and the others were doing, said disdainfully.
Jiang Qiling still didnât speak, merely observing Han Yan and the others from afar, her thoughts unclear.
"Senior Sister, you donât actually think theyâve got what it takes, right?" a young swordsman looked at Jiang Qiling in confusion.
"Just watch," Jiang Qiling said noncommittally, her tone indifferent.
The two young swordsmen suddenly realized that Jiang Qiling seemed different today.
Previously, encountering such situations, she would certainly mercilessly teach the other party a harsh lesson, breaking their limbs before stopping. But today, she let them off easily, hardly saying any harsh words.
This was not the capricious, temperamental young miss of wealth and privilege they remembered their senior sister to be.
Could it be that this person named Han Yan was so formidable that even the senior sister dared not rashly confront him?
Unfortunately, when Qiu Zizhong introduced Han Yan to Jiang Qiling just now, he used Gathering Qi Transmission, so except for knowing Han Yanâs name, they knew nothing else.
"Senior Sister, are you planning to wait until he embarrasses himself and then thoroughly humiliate him?" one young swordsman speculated self-assuredly.
"Donât speak, just watch carefully," Jiang Qiling finally showed a bit of impatience, her voice turning cold and severe.
This was the domineering young lady they knew; the two young swordsmen didnât dare say another word, observing Han Yan from afar.
At this moment, Han Yan couldnât hear the mocking around her. Her mind had completely immersed in those four big characters.
Each character, each stroke, contained profound and mysterious Sword Technique, as well as myriad variations, yet it was unfathomable.
Such a Sword Technique was clearly different from the illusionary test of the Heart Enlightenment Sword, leaving one with no approach.
No wonder so many talented swordsmen tried hard to comprehend this Master Swordsmanship yet rarely succeeded, for they couldnât even find where to start.
Soon, Han Yan realized that to comprehend this Master Swordsmanship required more than talent or strength, not persistence or will, but opportunity. Without opportunity, no matter how good oneâs talent or effort, success was impossible.
Of course, if you were lucky, maybe success would come the next moment.
Han Yan certainly wouldnât pin her hopes on luck; since the Little Auspicious Beast successfully hatched, her good luck had long gone. She wasnât interested in standing here for years hoping for some mystical opportunity, so upon understanding this, she prepared to give up.
However, just as Han Yan was about to give up, a "hum" sounded in her mind as if a Barrier Seal had been opened.
Divine Beast Memory! Han Yan suddenly realized that the Divine Beast Memory seemingly dormant in her mind had opened up another gap, awakening another part of the memory.
In an instant, the four characters "Long Yan Academy" on the plaque shattered before her eyes, transforming into thousands of sword shadows, imprinting into her mind.
The myriad sword shadows were chaotic and complex, which could easily entangle someoneâs mind, causing confusion and even losing oneâs mind, but at this moment, looking at the rapidly flashing sword shadows, Han Yan found them exceptionally clear and comprehensible, her mind not only unaffected but remarkably lucid.
Each sword shadow contained countless variations, those variations far surpassed what Han Yan could comprehend.
It was as if the vicissitudes of the world, the silence of all things, reincarnation, all hid within this Sword Technique.
No, not right, this was not merely a Sword Technique, this was a Law, the supreme Heaven and Earth Rules of the Holy Court Continent.
The Heaven and Earth Rules existed everywhere and at all times, yet besides the legendary peak powerhouses, no one could truly comprehend the true Secret Technique of the Heaven and Earth Rules.
And the ten Sword Masters who founded Long Yan Academy were undoubtedly such masters. What they left behind, though termed Sword Dao Comprehension, was actually their Law Comprehension towards the Heaven and Earth Rules.
Han Yan never imagined she would gain such harvest, immense joy filled her heart.
With her current power, she couldnât possibly comprehend the Secret Technique of the Heaven and Earth Rules, even if she advanced to Sword Saint someday; she never expected to achieve such gains upon just entering Long Yan Academy.
Han Yan discarded all distracting thoughts, her entire mind immersing in that Law Comprehension. Although with her current strength realm, even if the ten mastersâ Comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Laws was imprinted in her mind, she still could not grasp it.
But this didnât matter; merely integrating her Divine Sense into that Law was enough to elevate her Sword Dao Comprehension by more than one realm. If luck favored, she might, like Yue Fanchen, possess her own Sword Dao early on.
For others, time continued its slow passage, mockery and sneers persisted among the crowd, but for Han Yan, time had wholly ceased, her mind entirely absorbed in the predecessorsâ Law Comprehension.
Until a pillar of pure white light pierced through the Cangqiong, akin to a giant sword, uniting Han Yan with Heaven and Earth.
"Heaven and Earth Sword Heart!" a voice exclaimed among the crowd.
All laughter, all sneers came to an abrupt halt at this moment.
Except for the initial exclamation, everyone stared blankly at the towering giant sword formed by the pure white light pillar, gazing at Han Yan, who had become one with Heaven and Earth through this giant sword, mouths agape in speechlessness.
Heaven and Earth Sword Heart, it was actually Heaven and Earth Sword Heart, how did he do it! How was this possible!