Cangsong Sword spun a few tis in mid-air before it landed with a zing, its blade piercing into the soil.
Liu Chenggong looked utterly disbelieving. He glanced down at his right hand—his tiger’s mouth tingled slightly and was mildly swollen and red.
Chu Huaixu also looked at him in disbelief. “The dignified Vice Captain of the Law Enforcent Team, and this is all you’ve got?”
There was a waste in the team!
For conventional cultivators, body training was limited to the Qi‑Opening Stage. After that, all primary ans relied on the spiritual energy within their bodies.
thods of killing relied on spiritual energy. Defensive techniques relied on spiritual energy as well.
Spiritual energy was the foundation of all cultivators!
In Chu Huaixu’s eyes, Liu Chenggong’s physique was likely stronger than that of most Nine Apertures cultivators, but it still shouldn’t surpass his own.
That was why he had let him use a sword. Otherwise, wouldn't it be bullying if he, a Body Training cultivator with Eight Apertures, fought soone rely in the Second Level?
Besides, without using spiritual energy, a spirit sword wouldn’t have much power either.
But Chu Huaixu could never have imagined that the other man’s condition resembled soone drained by wine and lust. What a vice captain in na only!
Earlier, he had flicked his finger, partially for flair, but also to subtly signal: don’t hold back, I haven’t used my full strength either.
But to think that this alone decided the outco—that was just amusing.
Han Shuangjiang watched from the side, her heart greatly shaken.
If Liu Chenggong weren’t examining his own tiger’s mouth so seriously, she might have suspected he was just trying a little too hard to fawn.
“Sothing’s not right,” Liu Chenggong couldn’t help but say.
He felt sothing was off.
As the Vice Captain of the Law Enforcent Team, this was a disgrace.
He had indeed co to curry favor, but now he seed utterly useless.
Liu Chenggong opened his right hand. With a guiding aura, the spirit sword Cangsong flew back into his hand with a swoosh.
Though this move looked impressive, Chu Huaixu could tell—this was not the 【Flying Sword Technique】.
“Flying Sword combat requires precise control and is a high-grade technique. He rely used spiritual energy and the sword spirit to recall the sword—just a fancy trick.” Chu Huaixu judged coolly in his heart.
Liu Chenggong gritted his teeth. He couldn’t afford to be this embarrassed and loudly declared, “Junior Brother Chu, let’s go again! Be careful this ti!”
He wore a look as if he had been caught off guard earlier. Chapters first released on novel{f}ire
“Good!” Chu Huaixu readied his stance to receive the sword.
The long sword thrust forward again. Liu Chenggong used the sa move but didn’t hold back this ti. He moved faster, clearly trying to recover his pride.
Chu Huaixu again retreated sharply, kicking up dust. The hem of his robes and his jet-black hair fluttered.
That dodge was perilously close.
He repeated his technique and flicked his finger.
Ding—!
The sword flew out again.
......
......
Whoosh—! A gentle breeze swept past.
Liu Chenggong looked again at the tiger’s mouth of his right hand. It was even more numb than before.
Chu Huaixu’s eyes narrowed as he looked at Cangsong Sword embedded in the dirt.
This ti, he sensed it more clearly—he realized the problem.
—【Heart Sword】!
He distinctly felt it: the mont his fingertip touched Cangsong Sword, the Black Small Sword within his body trembled slightly.
This Heart Sword, imbued with the【Spirit Embryo Divine Ability: Sword Heart Clarity】, seed to possess other mystical qualities!
Liu Chenggong, with his Fun Type tendencies, couldn’t laugh anymore.
He looked as miserable as a Yao Ming reaction and turned to glance at his Life-bound Spirit Sword.
He was connected in spirit with the sword. This was the second ti now—how could he not notice sothing was off?
“Chu Huaixu’s physique is much stronger than that of a typical Qi‑Opening Stage cultivator. His strength is imnse.”
“But that’s not the point! The real issue lies with the sword and the sword spirit!”
“It’s being suppressed by an invisible force.”
“The sword spirit has beco uncontrollable! It’s fleeing!”
Liu Chenggong could feel it. If he channeled spiritual energy into the spirit sword, he could resist that force.
But the question was—why?
Why would such a miraculous effect exist in soone at the seemingly ager Qi‑Opening Stage?
At that thought, he suddenly rembered the heaven-and-earth anomaly that had occurred by the Cold Pool. He rembered that day—his sword had trembled!
Liu Chenggong didn’t know what kind of fortuitous encounter Chu Huaixu had experienced to cause such a stir.
Nor did he dare ask—this matter had the attention of the Sect Master and the Elders!
The Vice Captain of the Law Enforcent Team suddenly had a realization: I suspect he brought here just to test this out!
And so, being tactful, he imdiately voiced his position, “Junior Brother Chu, we’ve sparred freely today. I, your senior brother, will keep everything a secret and will not let a second person know!”
After speaking, he glanced at the breathtakingly beautiful Han Shuangjiang and anded, “A third person…”
Seeing how perceptive he was, Chu Huaixu smiled and nodded slightly, putting away his doubts with a modest and composed expression.
“Heart Sword can suppress ordinary spirit swords to this extent?” Chu Huaixu was deeply surprised.
But in his heart, he felt a mixture of joy and unease, sensing a faint premonition of sothing ominous.
......
......
In front of the bamboo house, the two tried again.
This ti, Chu Huaixu had Liu Chenggong attempt to channel so of his spiritual energy.
Sure enough, the sword wasn’t sent flying.
“But what if I use spiritual energy too?” A question mark popped into Chu Huaixu’s mind.
It was just a pity that he was currently soone without spiritual energy.
This made him all the more eager to reach the First Level.
Gain experience points, open the Ninth Aperture, then head to the Scripture Pavilion to obtain a cultivation thod for the First Level!
At this mont, Chu Huaixu had also tried to restrain the Heart Sword from unleashing its full power.
But he could feel that the Heart Sword was connected to his mind and would heed his commands.
However, it must have been that the rank of this power was too high—there was still a degree of uncontrollability. The current Chu Huaixu could not yet wield it with ease.
As a result, the outco was that Liu Chenggong could only spar with Chu Huaixu unard.
Otherwise, he would have to use spiritual energy.
Fortunately, Chu Huaixu had indeed underestimated the Vice Captain of the Law Enforcent Team.
Liu Chenggong was truly a connection-backed mber within the Outer Sect Law Enforcent Team, which explained his rapid promotion.
Even so, he did have so real ability, which prevented his promotion from appearing too unseemly.
Barring accidents, he had likely focused on tempering his muscles and bones or perhaps soaked in so dicinal Bath.
Most importantly, he might have cultivated so fist-type technique—his fists had issues! As firm as rock!
Chu Huaixu suffered narrow defeat ti and again.
Yet Liu Chenggong, who was winning all along, felt the shock in his heart grow ever stronger.
“How could the Eighth Aperture be this powerful?”
“When I was training in Thunderburst Fist, I spent a fortune to enhance my body! My fists can shatter stone!”
“Ordinary Nine Apertures disciples probably wouldn’t even survive a casual strike from Chu Huaixu!”
“Even if he supplented his cultivation with a Body Training thod, it shouldn’t have reached this level.”
“Sothing’s off. Way too off.”
And so, the two spent the entire morning sparring.
Han Shuangjiang grew tired just from watching and went back inside.
Chu Huaixu looked a little disheveled—his robes were dirty.
But his mood was excellent.
Because that Law Enforcent Team uniform on Liu Chenggong wasn’t exactly clean either!
He had definitely suffered a few setbacks.
Of course, the most important thing was that each sparring session earned him 30–100 experience points. The value wasn’t fixed and was determined by the system.
“If I rember correctly, the maximum free experience points available during the Qi‑Opening Stage is 1200.”
Not a lot, but enough to raise him from level 8 to level 9.
In the end, it was Liu Chenggong who couldn’t keep going and began making excuses. “Junior Brother Chu, your senior brother still has duties within the Law Enforcent Team. Shall we continue another ti?”
Chu Huaixu wasn’t surprised. Soone with a re Second Level cultivation couldn’t match the stamina of an Eight Apertures powerhouse—it was only natural.
He had earned only 420 free experience points today, so he said directly, “How about tomorrow?”
Exhausted, Liu Chenggong gritted his teeth. “Fine! As Junior Brother Chu says—tomorrow it is!”
“Alright. It’s a deal.”
After Liu Chenggong left, Chu Huaixu returned indoors, took off his dirty clothes, and hung them outside Xu Ziqing’s room, waiting for him to return from cultivation to wash them.
......
......
dicine Mountain, Cold Pool, within the secret realm.
Xu Ziqing slowly regained consciousness from a coma.
He had now opened a second aperture.
The youth was overco with joy.
“The array and dicinal liquid in this Water Pool are truly miraculous!”
“With my dull aptitude, I still managed to break through two apertures in such a short ti.”
He wasn’t foolish—he knew how valuable this place was.
“Senior Brother gave a chance to cultivate, helped enter the Dao Gate, and now he’s assisting in advancing…”
“How can I ever repay such imnse grace?” Xu Ziqing looked upward.
After a while, the delicate youth lowered his head, his lashes drooping slightly. He suddenly gripped the cloth of his trousers tightly with both hands.
“Father, Mother, Little Sister, Grandma… do you think… I should give him that thing?”
......
User Comments
0 comments from readers