CBGC - ch106.2

    At first, Su Tingyun is startled by the incessant sword-sharp attacks from the bamboo. But after dodging a few times, she realizes that having the cultivation of a Tribulation Transcendent is really something else. She could move very fast, and she could sense the movements of each bamboo ahead of time. Even the slightest movements in a green bamboo would trigger her quick response.

    Her movements are somewhat sluggish in the beginning, but she adapts more and more to the situation. Su Tingyun no longer feels any pressure in the face of these bamboo sword attacks.

    In the forest, the green bamboo is like a homing sword, with its cold energy. But this body moves like a startled swan, like an oriole through the willows. Su Tingyun dodges every sword energy, and as she gets complete mastery over the body, her movements become even more graceful, like a white crane spreading its wings and gliding gracefully through the forest.

    The outside onlookers stare dumbfoundedly.

    "Yun-lass seems to be in the Tribulation Transcendent period now," Third Uncle says in a deep voice.

    "Has there ever been a Tribulation Transcendent cultivator who practiced here before?" someone asks again.

    "Practice my ass! It's been tens of thousands of years since there was a Tribulation Transcendent cultivator in the Obliteration Sword Tower," Zhan Yu knits his brows and looks rather conflicted.

    "So, has it happened all those years ago?" Xiao Budian raises his head and asks.

    Everyone is stumped for a moment. The sect leader ponders a little and replies, "Probably not."

    Xiao Budian shrugs his shoulders, looking as if he’s known all along that this would be the case.

    Seeing that something isn’t right, Zhan Yu makes Bai Chengyu add some more spirit stones, causing the green bamboo in the forest to suddenly move as a whole. For a moment, the bamboo leaves flutter, resembling countless knives and swords.

    Su Tingyun feels the sword energy like it would hide the sky and cover the earth, but she doesn’t panic. Now that she’s full of spiritual energy, although she couldn't completely avoid the dense and numerous flying swords, she could still easily dodge the majority of them— and for those she can’t, she could sense where they’re coming, and put up a little of her spiritual energy to block their attacks, like lifting a sword to parry. The bamboo leaves’ attacks are resolved.

    It is at this moment that the bamboo forest suddenly returns to calm. She turns around and smiles slightly, feeling quite pleased that she could dodge the swords.

    Suddenly, Master Zhan Yu strides over and gives her a hard knock on the head with his heavy sword.

    His face black, Zhan Yu roars, "Suppress your cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage."

    Su Tingyun immediately understands. Earlier, she had only been thinking about familiarizing herself with this body, as she will use it to break the seal of the Sealed Heaven Border in the future. Dodging those flying swords just now isn’t as simple as she had imagined. Although her body isn’t tired, her divine sense has been drastically consumed. But with the cool air of the ring constantly flowing, it felt like she’s draining and recharging at the same time, so she had gritted her teeth and persevered.

    Now that her ring has been in her soul, although she still can’t use it any way she likes, it’s no longer like before when it would only help her when she’s in mortal danger. But in this way, won’t it be impossible for her to lay the foundation for Sword Cultivation? If her starting point is too high, she couldn't experience the true power of those swords, or feel the subtlety of the sword techniques.

    "How do I suppress my cultivation?" Su Tingyun asks in earnest. Her cultivation has never been high before, so she has never done something so advanced.

    "Cultivation is like a bottle containing spiritual energy. Your bottle is now very big, so you need to limit yourself and only display the strength of the Foundation Establishment stage," Zhan Yu demonstrates, and Su Tingyun follows suit, grasping it quickly.

    She suppresses her cultivation and enters the bamboo forest again. She is full of confidence, thinking she’s already familiar with the sword energy in the forest. Who could’ve known that in just an instant, a green bamboo will strike her back with a snap, causing her to grimace and suck in two gasps of cold air from the pain.

    If there's one, there's two; if there's two, there's three. She’s getting bruised from all the hits. The bamboo leaves are like sharp blades, cutting many wounds on her, and making her hiss from time to time. But she doesn’t shout in pain. She continues to grit her teeth and persist, her eyes wide open and observing, carefully capturing the laws of the sword in the bamboo forest.

    Countless sword energies fall on her like heavy rain, and it’s getting more and more difficult for her to deal with them. Before long, she has crisscrossing sword wounds on her body. It never crosses Su Tingyun’s mind to give up. She thinks of the scars on her Little Uncle’s back, she thinks of Big Bai at the bottom of the Sealed Heaven Border, and she thinks of Bai Su's last hopes for her.

    Although it hurts a little, she has all the energy to keep going.

    "If you can't hold on, call out to me!'' In the distance, there’s the sound of Zhan Yu's laughing voice, along with the laughter of several other Uncles.

    "That's right, your Second Uncle only lasted for a quarter of an hour, and your Fourth Uncle for an hour."

    "Zhan Yu held on for two hours!" someone else shouts, exposing Zhan Yu's secrets.

    Su Tingyun doesn’t say a word. She clenches her jaw and focuses all her attention on withstanding these bamboo and the leaves swirling in the air.

    Even her peerlessly beautiful face looks somewhat fierce and distorted from all that teeth grinding.

    Little Bai bursts out laughing, its two leaves clapping loudly, and it even repeats Su Tingyun's gasping sounds, "Hiss!"

    Next to it, Bai Chengyu looks on in melancholy. "As expected of Granny. Even wearing such beautiful skin, she will still make so many unsightly expressions."

    He likes women with big breasts and slim waists. Does he now have to add two more criteria - graceful and charming bearing, with a youthful and lively heart?