CBGC - ch107.2

During the day, Su Tingyun uses Xi Guang’s body to comprehend the way of swords. At night, she goes inside the bell to rest. Time passes quickly, and another fortnight goes by in a mere blink of an eye. That day, she only gets hit by a sword once, and her mind is not particularly exhausted. That night, Su Tingyun does not rest in the bell. She thinks back to the sword techniques she studied during the day. Every green bamboo is a sword, and every bamboo leaf is a blade. There are countless green bamboos, and as many sword intents. She has to avoid all the swords before she can draw her own.

Because the Springwater Sword is linked to her soul, her primordial spirit can now touch the sword inside the little bell. Su Tingyun hugs the sword in her arms, imitating Xiao Budian, properly sensing it. All of a sudden, she feels a movement on the Cleansing Sword Lake outside.

That’s sword qi!

The killing intent is overwhelming, like the roar of a thousand soldiers and the galloping of ten thousand horses. That wave of murderousness causes Su Tingyun's Springwater Sword to tremble slightly. It feels like the sword would have flown out to fight against it, if she hadn't been holding onto it tightly.

That Killing Sword, does that belong to Little Uncle?

Is Little Uncle's sword already this powerful?

Su Tingyun furtively glances outside and sees someone practicing swordsmanship at the Cleansing Sword Lake.

Although she couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, the sword skill is frightening.

"Do you understand now?" Su Tingyun hears a voice say.

"Yes." Then someone starts to perform a sword technique, also filled with killing intent, but not as overwhelming as the one before.

The outside world is hazy and indistinct, there’s even thick fog on the Cleansing Sword Lake. She can’t see them clearly, and since her divine sense can’t pass through that dense fog, there should be a formation on it. Although she can’t perceive clearly, Su Tingyun still feels that the one behind that latter sword is Little Uncle, but who was the person before him?

She initially hasn't exhausted her divine sense from before, but just after this little peek outside, her consciousness unexpectedly feels like it has dried up, like it’s overdrawn. Not long after, Su Tingyun faints completely.

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The next day, Su Tingyun wakes up late, the sun has risen three poles high (9-10am). Getting out, she happens across Elder Yan, so she asks him, "Elder Yan, were you practicing swordsmanship in the Cleansing Sword Lake last night?"

"Recently, it's only been Yuqing practicing there. I’m too far behind." Elder Yan is only at the Foundation Establishment stage himself, his cultivation not even as good as his own disciple Yan Yuqing. "It's a pity that I can't teach him much. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to study on his own all day long. It wouldn’t be like this, if only he had a good teacher to guide him." Speaking of this, the normally serious Elder Yan also sighs, looking very desolate.

Su Tingyun hesitates for a moment and continues to ask, "How is Little Uncle’s training on the Killing Sword going these days?"

Just then, she hears a voice say, "You can ask me directly."

Su Tingyun has been walking along the edge of the lake, and just at this time, she watches as Yan Yuqing comes out of the water. Her heart skips a beat, and she feels quite nervous.

"Su Tingyun." Yan Yuqing looks at her and calls her name in deadly earnest.

Su Tingyun immediately stands straight as a ramrod, "Disciple is here."

"Draw your sword."

Huh?

Yan Yuqing brandishes his long sword, and Su Tingyun immediately turns pale. She barely manages to dodge, but the murderous aura of the sword does not dissipate. She evades the sword, but not its murderous energy. Fortunately, with her advanced cultivation, she uses her spiritual energy to block, dissolving the killing energy. Yan Yuqing's flying sword suddenly shines brightly. He is originally in the Golden Core stage, but at this moment, his cultivation level skyrockets, even reaching the level of a Nascent Soul.

One sword thrust is like the clamor of ten thousand swords. Shrouded in cold light, the killing intent could freeze a thousand lis.

Su Tingyun parries the attack with her Springwater Sword. She thinks that she has yet to formally learn swordsmanship, so she can only randomly wave her sword around. But unexpectedly, with a sword in her hand, there’s no fear in her heart. In that moment, those sword intents she had felt in the bamboo forest, and the reflexes she had developed under the rain of swords in the formation, they are all coming to her aid.

She stops his sword with her own, and with a pool of springwater, she washes away the endless cold light. On this battlefield that overflows with killing intent, it comes like a gentle breeze and fine rain, bringing the warmth of the sun and the beginning of spring, letting thousands of flowers bloom.

Yan Yuqing’s facial features look resolute, taciturn and unsmiling. Now, having sheathed his sword, he appears even sterner.

Su Tingyun is somewhat nervous, "Little Uncle, should I suppress my cultivation level?"

He had painstakingly cultivated and pondered upon his swordsmanship day and night, only to have it broken by her cheating. How terrible that must feel!

Yan Yuqing's expression falters. "No need. I will spar with you more in the future. Practice your sword well."

"Yes, Uncle."

Yan Yuqing should have gone back to rest after coming out of the Cleansing Sword Lake, but after saying his piece, he returns to the pool. Su Tingyun immediately regrets it. She should have suppressed her cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage at least! She used her Tribulation Transcendent cultivation to break his attack. But now he’s not going to rest, and he’s gone to sit at the bottom of the lake. Seeing Elder Yan next to her, along with his expression that looks like he wants to eat her, Su Tingyun shrinks her head and scuttles into the bamboo forest.

This time, she remembers to suppress her cultivation. Not only that, she suppresses it right down to the level of Soul Condensation.

If she could dodge the sword energies even at the stage Soul Condensation, then in the future, she could definitely completely avoid them all.