Chapter 8: Swordsmanship (Part 2)

  Changchun Residence

  A cluster of flowers entwines, a small path leads to seclusion.

  The courtyard is paved with neatly arranged pebbles.

  Lu Yuan stood in the middle of the Changchun Residence courtyard: "Master, I'd like to ask for your guidance."

  Li Yuanbai was taken aback: "You want to learn from me? Although I'm not young anymore, my combat strength hasn't suffered much. After all, I am one of the Six Sword Sages of Beifeng." As he spoke, Li Yuanbai's body seemed to emanate endless sword intent, affecting even the flowers and grass around him.

  "Your swordsmanship is just as good as Old Ninth Leaf Fang and Old Tenth Leaf Yuan's," said Li Yuanbai.

  Lu Yuan shook his head and said firmly: "I still want to ask Master for advice."

  Li Yuanbai furrowed his brow: "You're being too hasty, never mind, go ahead and make your move. Let me see what you've gained in the past half month." Li Yuanbai's current mood was hard to describe. Normally, Lu Yuan was a lazy good-for-nothing, but now, because of the upcoming Peak Selection and due to being provoked by Sima Changbai and Sima Hao, he had become diligent. This should have been a good thing, and Li Yuanbai naturally also welcomed this development.

  It's just that practicing swordsmanship isn't something that can be accomplished overnight, and rushing into it will only lead to trouble. Once you rush, you'll easily become trapped by your own sword techniques, and in the end, your skills will greatly decline. There have been precedents for this in the cultivation world. Now, Lu Yuan is actually challenging himself, it seems he's getting anxious about his sword practice.

  This time, Li Yuanbai decided to thoroughly wake up Lu Yuan.

  Lu Yuan didn't hold back, facing his master, one of the six sword immortals of Beifeng. If he were polite, it would be out of place. His Nourishing Sword had already been unsheathed, its bright body rolling in Lu Yuan's hand like a whirlwind, swift as lightning, and had already executed the "Crazy Wind Crossing Boundary" move. This move was indeed Crazy Wind Crossing Boundary, but it seemed somewhat different from before, with considerable differences from the past. At this time, Li Yuanbai's face suddenly changed color - impossible! He had actually seen sword intent in this move, the sword intent of the wind. In an instant, Li Yuanbai's heart surged with shock and astonishment.

  Is it possible? His own disciple, now only sixteen years old, has already grasped the intent of the Wind Sword at the age of sixteen. When he himself grasped the intent of the Wind Sword, he was still 116 years old, and that's considered quite good, otherwise he wouldn't be counted as one of the Six Sword Sages of North Peak. And now, his disciple has already grasped it?

  No matter how you think about it, it's absolutely impossible.

  Try again, Li Bai thought to himself.

  Li Yuanbai's hand shook and his long sword moved through the air like a cloud, also in one move "Crazy Wind Passing Through".

  The storm passes through the border of the storm, and similarly, it is the sword intent of the wind, and the wind intent has been incorporated into the sword intent.

  The Storming Wind Slash is a very ferocious move, with sword energy like lightning and destructive power that is quite great.

  Two formulas of fierce wind collided heavily, with a loud crash. The original flower cluster was surrounded by the boundary, and countless flowers and grasses were affected by the residual waves, even the turf was blown away, just like the real fierce wind passing through the border. The sword intent merged into the sword moves, originally it could imitate the effect of the fierce wind passing through the natural world. Obviously, Li Yuanbai only used the same amount of skill as Lu Yuan, he didn't want to defeat his own disciple, but wanted to try out his disciple's skills and swordsmanship.

  Two formulas collided, and Li Yuanbai's heart flashed with wild joy, unexpectedly his own disciple had really cultivated the Wind Sword Intention.

  This is the sword intent that even I myself had to be over a hundred years old to master!

  Then, try another move.

  At this time, Li Bai was not polite either. He immediately drew his sword and made a move. This move seemed ordinary, but those who knew the 108 Wind Cloud Style could see that it was actually the "Cloud Intention" move from the style. On the surface, it looked calm, but in reality, it hid a killing move, which was quite frightening.

  Lu Yuan also immediately understood the master's intention, shook his hand and drew a sword, which was also Yun Yi's "Cloud Intention" style, colliding with Yun Yi's "Cloud Intention".

  These two moves seem calm on the surface, and when they collide with each other, they basically don't produce much destructive power.

  At this moment, Li Yuanbai's heart flashed with wild joy. Indeed, in the two swords just now, he felt that his disciple had already grasped the sword intent of Cloud and Wind, the two great sword intents. Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, it was interesting, his disciple was usually lazy, but didn't expect that at a critical moment, he would burst out and grasp the sword intent of the 108 Wind and Cloud Swords.

  When I was young, I was called a genius, but it wasn't until I was 116 years old that I realized it.

  But I myself am now only sixteen years old.

  One hundred and sixteen minus sixteen is still too big a gap.

  If I were to say that my own lifespan is limited, what would make me most worried is this only disciple of mine.

  But now Lu Yuan's performance has made his heart slightly relieved, of course, it is impossible to completely put his mind at ease.

  Li Yuanbai asked: "The 108 Swords of Wind and Cloud, how many swords are there in total?" This is a small test.

  Lu Yuan replied: "Two swords, one is Cloud Sword and the other is Wind Sword."

  Li Yuanbai burst out laughing: "What a wonderful pair of swords, one is the Cloud Sword and the other is the Wind Sword!" He laughed so hard that he started coughing, but it was worth it. From this answer, he understood that his disciple had truly grasped the essence.

  Previously, this disciple had an epiphany that sword moves are dead, but people are alive. He came to ask for guidance, and I briefly mentioned some ideas about the intent of the sword. However, it's clear that I didn't think he could master it, as understanding the intent of the sword is too difficult. Once one grasps this concept, with time and practice, they will undoubtedly become a top-notch swordsman.

  At that time, it was just to let this disciple understand some future directions.

  Unexpectedly, more than four months had passed and Lu Yuan's disciple had grasped the sword intent of the Hundred and Eight Wind Cloud Swords.

  How can Li Bai be at ease with this?

  Among the tenth generation of disciples, only in terms of sword intent and swordsmanship, it can be said that this disciple should be ranked first. Even among the ninth generation of elders, there are not ten elders who have grasped the sword intent. The level of sword intent is originally extremely difficult to grasp, but once grasped, one's life will be destined to become a master in the cultivation world, and at least grow into a high-level master like the North Peak Six Swords Immortal.

  Moreover, this disciple of mine had grasped the essence of swordsmanship at the age of sixteen, which is a record in itself.

  On Mount Hua's North Peak, the youngest to grasp the sword intent should be the second-generation ancestor, and then it would be this disciple.

  Thinking of the delightful scene, Li Yuanbai couldn't help but burst into loud laughter. It had been a long time since he felt so exhilarated after his relapse from serious injury.

  "This time, the internal competition, I am at ease." Li Yuanbai said, relying solely on his 16-year-old understanding of sword intent, he would not be squeezed out of the top ten true disciples. Sima Changbai's plan was going to fall through. As soon as he finished speaking, he started coughing violently again, his body getting weaker by the day, and he couldn't hold on for much longer.

  Time slips away like sand between fingers.

  How much longer will I live?

  The original worry has been alleviated a lot now.

  Of course, Li Yuanbai said again: "At your age, you have already understood the meaning of swordsmanship. This is something that even a master like me can be proud of. However, the path to immortality is fraught with danger, and we cultivators are in constant peril. You must not become arrogant and complacent just because of your current achievements."

  "Yes." Lu Yuan nodded, just now he was indeed a little proud, but now that his master had reminded him, he immediately calmed down.

  ——————

  This time's PK is really nothing to worry about.

  That's why it immediately returned to its lazy state.

  After that, Lu Yuan resumed his usual lifestyle, sleeping when there was nothing to do, fishing, having barbecues and so on, or buying some wine.

  The days pass by in an extremely leisurely manner.

  Lu Yuan lay on the grass.

  On the side, two cold lights flashed, these two cold lights constantly collided in the air, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, the sword waves rolled, the sword light was extremely cold. One sword style was square and upright, with a strong sense of justice between the squares, while the other sword style was round and harmonious, with excellent defense. These two people were naturally Ye Fang and Ye Yuan.

  The trio of sworn brothers is together again.

  Ye Fang and Ye Yuan were originally close brothers. Ye Fang followed the gentleman sword Fang Ru, one of the six sword immortals of Beifeng, while Ye Yuan followed the rounded fusion sword Ye Rongyang, also one of the six sword immortals of Beifeng. The two men's swordsmanship was naturally vastly different. Although they both used the same Wind and Cloud 108 Swords, Ye Fang wielded it with stiffness and straightforwardness, while Ye Yuan wielded it with smoothness and fusion.

  Lu Yuan stood by and didn't make a move, just watching, feeling that the two people's moves, no matter whose move it was, had many openings, one opening after another, completely not in line with the sword intent of Fengyun 108. Lu Yuan could be certain that he could easily grasp those openings.

  He indeed made great progress, Lu Yuan secretly sighed in his heart.

  It turned out that his own strength was only comparable to Ye Fang and Ye Yuan, and they were evenly matched.

  But now, I feel that I can easily find the flaws in Ye Fang and Ye Yuan's sword moves. To defeat these two men, it won't even take thirty moves. The level of their swordsmanship is still stuck at the first stage of sword techniques. Sword moves are dead, people are bound by sword moves, while I have long reached the realm of sword intent, far surpassing them in terms of swordsmanship.

  So it can be seen through its flaws so easily.

  Lu Yuan lay on one side, watching the two of them cross swords, while savoring the yellow wine in his bottle with relish. The four months of cultivation in the Crazy Wind Willow Forest were really not in vain, and he had actually reached this level, mastering the sword intent, feeling exhilarated.

  Today, two updates of 6,000 words are done. Because the old book is still being written, some updates can't be made, so today I'll just update these two chapters. Please forgive me. Tomorrow will be three chapters. By the way, now someone should have already figured it out, this book is simply a story about the main character practicing swordsmanship, a very simple and straightforward story.