C10 Combined rigid and soft

In the silver space, the thunderbolt youth that hadn't appeared for a long time appeared once more.

He still had the same appearance as Zi Chen, but this time, his didn't have that aura of a king around his body. Instead, he gave off a misty and illusionary feeling.

Zi Chen stood in front of the thunderbolt youth, and stared at him without blinking.

As the light of thunderbolt around his body surged, the thunderbolt youth suddenly moved like flowing clouds and water. His illusionary movement technique flickered again and again, making it impossible for people to figure out where his next step would appear.

Third rated movement technique, Floating Cloud Step.

Zi Chen had mastered it before too, and he had memorized every move and style of it. But seeing the thunderbolt youth using it made him finally know the difference between them.

He had seen it many times, but he was never able to fathom that. A mere third rated movement technique was actually able to let Zi Chen feel a sense of profundity.

It had already been several days, yet he still could not understand a little bit of it.

After carefully observing again and meticulously comprehending, Zi Chen still could not understand a little bit of it.

The gigantic ice bear had already been eaten by one third. Zi Chen had already stayed in the valley for more than ten days and at the same time, he found the location of another ice bear.

"Let's go and try again."

Zi Chen stood up and walked toward another valley several kilometers away.

"Roar!"

In the valley, the moment the ice bear saw Zi Chen, it was as if it had seen an enemy. Its eyes turned red, and with a gust of wind, his bear palm flew towards Zi Chen.

This time, Zi Chen did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, he chose to dodge with the Floating Cloud Step.

"Pfft!"

With a light sound, a cut appeared on Zi Chen's clothes.

"Bang!"

The careless Zi Chen was struck by the bear's paw and sent flying.

After painstakingly studying and comprehending the Floating Cloud Step, not only did Zi Chen not become proficient at using the Floating Cloud Step, he even felt that it was a bit unfamiliar to use it.

On this day, Zi Chen returned after finding nothing.

The ice bear could not catch up with Zi Chen, so it let out an angry roar and then returned to the valley.

Time passed, and another five days went by.

In the silver space, Zi Chen's eyes widened as he watched the thunderbolt youth using the Floating Cloud Step. But after such a long time, he had still not made any progress. Instead, it was even a bit unfamiliar to use it.

Being anxious, Zi Chen's mood was extremely bad, and at the same time, he became angry. Especially when he saw the thunderbolt youth's feet continuously changing, that speed made him feel so bad that he became agitated.

"Roar!"

The agitated Zi Chen was angry in his heart. With a tiger's roar, Zi Chen threw a punch towards the thunderbolt youth, which was the strongest punch in Fierce Tiger Fist, and he once used this punch to kill the ice bear that day.

He had imagined that the youth would be blown away by his punch, but he didn't expect that when the wind from his punch reached the youth's side, the youth suddenly moved and dodged his punch by a hair's breadth.

After the attack was missed, Zi Chen unleashed yet another attack, Fierce tiger roaring. The tiger charged forward, bringing along a large amount of silver energy.

"Shua!"

However, the thunderbolt youth dodged another strike by a hair's breadth.

Zi Chen punched out four or five times, but he did not even touch the corner of the youth's clothes. It was always just by a hair's breadth. But the thunderbolt youth was able to dodge his attacks with ease, and he still had his strength left.

"This is …"

Zi Chen's eyes lit up. After continuously attacking a few times, he had already awakened from his anger. Although he was still attacking, he was still sensing the changes in the thunderbolt youth's movement technique.

He discovered that every step the youth took was at a very small distance. The youth reserved his energy, and when his moves changed, so did the youth. The distance the youth moved was also very small, that’s why he could spare his strength and moved with agility.

“That's right, although my footsteps were very large and I could always dodge an attack, I could not spare my strength. When I was exhausted, I was unable to quickly respond to a second attack, so I always wanted to take another step. In this case, I spent too much strength and my movement techniques were also unconnected, that’s why I felt that my movement technique became worse with more practices.”

Now that he understood all of this, Zi Chen's Floating Cloud Step had naturally improved.

it could be said that he finally had a basic understanding of Floating Cloud Step.

"Although that big bear's attack is powerful, its speed is very slow, so I can use it to test it out."

Thus, Zi Chen once again went to the place of the ice bear.

"Roar!"

The bear palm carried a fierce wind as it swept towards Zi Chen. However, Zi Chen had expected the ice bear's attack, and only with a slight move, he was able to dodge the attack.

After dodging the attack, Zi Chen still had some strength left. In his eyes, the entire body of the ice bear was exposed in front of him, and he could launch an attack at any time.

"Roar!"

The ice bear roared again and unleashed another attack. Zi Chen only dodged without attacking.

"Sigh, not good. This time, I took more than half a step."

Zi Chen said silently. After that, he became exhausted and was smacked by the bear's paw. It was fortunate that his body was tough enough to withstand the ice bear's attack.

As time passed, the snow and ice in the valley showed signs of melting. There had been no snow in the sky for a long time, so the ice bear's attacks became more and more fierce. There were even occasional beast roars in the large mountains.

Spring was coming.

Besides the fact that it was still cold in few places in the valley, there were already signs of spring in other places.

"Spring is coming?"

In front of Zi Chen, there was a pile of bones of an ice bear with not much meat. He had already stayed here for a few months.

"Spring is coming, and it's about time for the inner sect disciple examination. It looks like it's time to leave."

Zi Chen muttered.

Time quickly flowed by in the valley, and Zi Chen actually liked the carefree life alone. He didn’t want to go back.

However, the food was gone and he did not have any more resources to cultivate, so Zi Chen had to return.

Thus, Zi Chen walked out of the valley and came to another valley.

In the valley, he once again saw the furious ice bear.

"Come, let's fight one last time."

A hint of fighting spirit appeared in Zi Chen's eyes, and he made a provocative gesture towards the ice bear.

"Roar!"

The ice bear was enraged. It roared and flew forward again with an even faster speed, the howling sound of the strong wind was even louder, and the ice bear had already gotten out of its stupor and become more flexible.

Except for the coming of spring, there was one more reason, which was because it often dueled with Zi Chen. When Zi Chen took it as a training partner to increase his strength, the ice bear also improved as well.

The attacks of the ice bear were very sharp and powerful, but Zi Chen still seemed to be relaxed and at ease., With every step he took, there was a feeling of flowing clouds and flowing water. And with every step he took, even though his steps were small, he was able to dodge the attacks of the ice bear by a hair's breadth.

The ice bear was confused. Normally, it could still be able to brush against Zi Chen’s clothes, but today, it could not even touch him. Zi Chen was clearly in front of it and was very close to it, yet it could not even touch him.

"Today, I am leaving. Before I leave, I will show you my strongest attack that I have comprehended recently."

Zi Chen laughed indifferently, and his entire body suddenly emitted the aura of a king. Zi Chen was going to use the Fierce Tiger Fist.

"Roar!"

Feeling a sense of danger, the ice bear roared and used its gigantic paw to smack right at Zi Chen's head. At that moment, the aura of a King on Zi Chen's body changed once again. It changed like floating clouds and water and became illusionary.

"Shua!"

With a movement of his feet, Zi Chen dodged the ice bear's attack. He looked like a nimble tiger with both the dignity of a king and a feeling of being a light swallow.

In these few months, Zi Chen had already merged the Fierce Tiger Fist and the Floating Cloud Step together, creating a trace of flexibility within the ferocious Fierce Tiger Fist, which was both rigid and flexible.

Like a nimble tiger, Zi Chen dodged one attack and then released a fatal attack. As the aura of king around his body instantly surged, Zi Chen threw out a powerful punch.

"Bang!"

The ice bear's body directly smashed backwards and was defeated by Zi Chen’s one strike. At this critical moment, Zi Chen naturally withdrew his strength, or he would definitely kill the ice bear.

However, Zi Chen did not kill it. After all, the ice bear had been his training partner for several months. The ice bear was also a reason of his success in cultivating.

Therefore, Zi Chen left confidently, carrying the little food on the other ice bear's body.

The ice bear laid on the ground and its ice-cold eyes watched the human who was leaving. It suddenly had a hint of doubt, as it did not understand why the human would let it go.

With the coming of Spring and warm wind, the land turned into green. This was a season full of hope.

On the way back, the journey was not peaceful, so Zi Chen took care of a few Vicious Beasts.

The Vicious Beasts here were all low-level beasts and would not threaten the current Zi Chen, so Zi Chen often defeated them with one single punch.

After that, Zi Chen brought a few animal skins and returned to the sect.

In the sect, disciples could live their daily life without paying money, so it was a great expense for the sect. Of course, disciples should pay out for the necessities of life provided by the sect. So every outer sect disciple had to work in the sect. And if they were to go out to cultivate, they had to bring back some valuable things, like Refining materials, or the skin of Vicious Beasts.

To inner sect disciples, handing over items would allow them to obtain corresponding Contribution Points, and they could use these Contribution Points in exchange for Pills s for cultivation.

However, this was only limited to inner sect disciples. Even if the outer sect disciples handed over a stalk of Thousand Year Elixir, they couldn’t obtain Contribution Points but could only exchange for it from the inner sect disciples.

This was also the main reason why Zhao Can hooked up with Wang Xiong.

The Spirit Martial Sect was very big, occupying a lot of mountain peaks. Architectures stood at the top of the mountains and connected with each other.

After disappearing for a few months, the Spirit Martial Sect still hadn't changed much. After a dozen or so days, Zi Chen returned to the sect and headed towards the delivery location.

The appearance of Zi Chen did not cause any shocks, and he only saw few outer sect disciples.

"They should be cultivating in order to break through into the inner sect."

At this time of year, the outer sect disciples were always most nervous.

Since the examination was held once every two years, if they missed it, they would have to wait another two years, so no one wanted to miss it.

"Eh, Zi Chen. It’s you. You're finally back."

As soon as he entered the charging hall, he heard a surprised noise.