CBGC - ch108.1

Chapter 108: Sword‘s Infancy

In order to practice her sword skills in peace, Su Tingyun would collect gifts and make flower wreaths every month, and Bai Chengyu would bring them to Big Bai. She doesn’t deliver them in person, but she would take the time to prepare these gifts. The rest of her time is spent on cultivation.

After defeating Yan Yuqing with a cheat on their match by the lake, Su Tingyun would spar with him for months afterwards. Every time he appears, it is always when she’s mentally and physically drained from practicing in the bamboo forest’s sword formation. He never even bothers to say hello, he just draws his sword and engages her in combat. This has resulted in Su Tingyun fighting for her life every time she practices, often pushing herself to the brink of collapse. Once, she even rolled straight back into the little bell, and it was her Little Uncle who carried her body back into her attic. However, this intense training is paying off, as not only is her sword skills improving significantly, but her primordial spirit is also growing at a faster rate.

Initially, Su Tingyun's primordial spirit was already at the level of the Golden Core stage, and with her intense training coupled with the constant nourishment from her ring, it has now reached the strength of the Nascent Soul stage. She feels that her primordial spirit has strengthened beyond reason, and she’s becoming even more curious about the true origin of the ring. It’s a family heirloom from Su Lijiang, and she wonders if his ancestors are from the Upper Realm, or if they’re even more powerful than Bai Su’s group. If that isn’t the case, Bai Su should have been able to detect the strangeness of the ring.

However, Little Uncle’s progress is also quite excessive. At first, Su Tingyun suppressed her cultivation to the Golden Core stage, and he beat her into a pulp. Afterwards, even when she’s already on the Nascent Soul stage, he can still push her into a draw. She continues to raise her cultivation level, and it’s only when she’s on the Tribulation Transcendent stage that she could consistently get stable victories. And the next day, her Little Uncle breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, becoming the first Nascent Soul cultivator in the Obliteration Sword Tower in nearly ten thousand years.

At the age of just over three hundred years old, while most people are still in the Foundation Establishment stage, Yan Yuqing has already reached the Nascent Formation stage. Of course, his talent still cannot be compared to that of Su Lijiang.

Several days later, Su Tingyun breaks through the Bamboo Forest’s Sword Formation, with her cultivation in the Foundation Establishment stage. She is able to anticipate the sword intent and sword movements of the bamboos, and using her footwork to dodge, she finally avoids all the sword blades successfully. After her success, she uses the Springwater Sword to defeat every sword intent within the bamboo forest.

Understanding the momentum, blocking it, and merging with the sword, allowing the sword technique to become instinctive.

She doesn’t need to understand any complicated sword moves, she just uses her own moves to dismantle her opponent's attacks.

Sword follows the heart, heart follows the will.

In the bamboo forest, the swords rain down, as numerous as the hairs of an ox. This second step is obviously even more difficult. It isn’t enough to just avoid it; she also has to use her sword to defeat all the other sword intents. She doesn’t need any formula for sword techniques, she just needs to move according to her will. After training like this for a few days, Su Tingyun's swordsmanship has improved greatly.

But Su Tingyun discovers that since she started practicing the sword in the bamboo forest, along with sparring with Little Uncle, Little Uncle’s sword technique has also improved. This indicates that he’s been holding back before, and maybe now he is finally showing his true strength.

Is the Killing Sect really that powerful? Why didn’t her masters learn their swords technique instead? Still, her masters are all relatively good-natured, and don't spend much time practicing the sword. For example, Third Uncle is busy with his blacksmithing, and the other martial uncles have their own interests and hobbies. Perhaps everyone has their own aspirations.

In a blink of an eye, another year goes by, and Su Tingyun successfully defeats every sword technique in the bamboo forest, achieving perfection in her training.

On this day, all the cultivators of the Obliteration Sword Tower stand outside the bamboo forest, congratulating her with smiles on their faces, including the usually cold and stern Little Uncle Yan Yuqing.

Master Zhan Yu's beaming grin is practically stuck on his face.

Su Tingyun is deeply moved by everyone's happiness for her, and is about to express her gratitude, when her Master says, "If you don't come out soon, we won't have enough spirit stones left. Your Little Uncle Yan Yuqing and Bai Chengyu will have to go out and work to earn money."

She has trained in the bamboo forest for nearly two years. Maintaining the bamboo forest’s sword formation requires a lot of spiritual stones every day, and the Cleansing Sword Lake also consumes a lot of spirit stones. As a result, Bai Chengyu's previously accumulated wealth is depleted, and even the spirit stones sent by Jinxiu City are almost gone.

"Good thing I hid some at the beginning," Zhan Yu pats Xiao Budian's head, "Otherwise, your junior brother wouldn't have any spirit stones to practice with in the future."

Su Tingyun: "..."

She goes red, and can only say, "I’ll rescue Big Bai and go hunting for spiritual beasts with it, and refine Pills to sell for spirit stones."

"Mhm. Senior sister, senior sister, your body’s cultivation level is too high. You don't need to worry about something like that," Xiao Budian’s eyes blink.

From the side, Third Uncle chimes in, "You've reached the Great Perfection of the Tribulation Transcendent Stage. You're one of the most powerful people in the cultivation world. When the time comes, we can also go to the Immortal Palace, try our luck to restore the glory of the Obliteration Sword Tower."

Zhan Yu nods and says in a lowered voice, "It's feasible."

Previously, when Su Tingyun asked about the opportunities at the Immortal Palace, Zhan Yu had seriously berated her. Now it seems that he didn't not want to go, but it was just because the Obliteration Sword Tower was too weak at that time, so they couldn't. For them, developing and promoting the Sect is also a lifelong dream.

It's a pity that Xi Guang's identity is really quite extraordinary.

Su Tingyun inwardly says that if you guys only knew whose body this is, and how many Tribulation Transcendent cultivators it had provoked, you probably wouldn't think that way. If she uses Xi Guang's identity and shows up at the Immortal Palace, if she runs around in front of those old Tribulation Transcendent monsters, hehe, that would definitely be very interesting.

More than that, Xi Guang's primordial spirit is still out there, unlike Wei Yun who has already passed away. Su Tingyun is borrowing the other's body now because she has no choice if she wants to save Big Bai. As soon as she saves Big Bai, she will use her old body to cultivate in an honest way, and keep Xi Guang's vessel well-preserved. If there is a chance to find her primordial spirit in the future, she will return the body to its rightful owner.

After completing the second stage cultivation, she will cultivate the real Haoran Zhenqi Art.