Duan Rong slept until the afternoon before waking up.
He turned over and got out of bed, feeling a dryness in his throat. Duan Rong rubbed his eyes and sighed, "I’ve been a bit heated lately."
He walked slowly to the entrance of the cave, squatted among several pieces of deer at drying there, and picked a large rib with bone.
Duan Rong grabbed the rib with one hand and leaped along the cliff wall to the creekside.
He first gathered so dry branches, lit them with a flint, and placed the rib on the fire to smoke and roast. Then he walked over to the creek, washed his face, and drank several handfuls of clear water.
Duan Rong wiped the water stains from his mouth with his sleeve. He looked up, and at this ti, there was no wind in the valley, adding to the tranquility.
The faint chirping of birds and the babbling of the stream ca through clearly, accentuating the silence of the forest.
Suddenly, Duan Rong drew his saber and stood on a large rock beside the creek!
The warm afternoon sun shone on his face. His eyes were tightly closed, and a drop of water hung from his newly washed eyelashes...
With his right hand holding the saber, Duan Rong stood straight, extending it before him, motionless!
He closed his eyes, recalling that sense of emptiness and clarity from the night before!
Duan Rong could be sure that in that mont of clarity, he briefly reached the Great Perfection Realm!
He stood like that, petrified, for nearly half a stick of incense’s ti before his body suddenly shifted, the saber light dancing...
Duan Rong’s eyes remained shut, but after several sets, he stopped. He hadn’t entered that state of emptiness from last night.
He opened his eyes and looked at his Cow Tail Saber. Under the spring sun, the saber glinted with a cold, sharp light.
After pausing for a few breaths, Duan Rong once again moved, his saber light dancing. This ti, he didn’t deliberately try to enter that state from last night but rather cleared his mind of distractions and imrsed himself in the saber’s montum!
As he continued, Duan Rong realized his feelings had changed!
Instead of entering that state of emptiness, he directly broke through!
It was like bursting out of the water with a pop, and everything before his eyes suddenly beca clear!
So that’s it!
Perfection is harmony!
Harmony is selflessness!
At this mont, Duan Rong finally grasped the true aning of the Great Perfection Realm!
At this ti, his saber movents were neither fast nor slow, without the feeling of flowing water!
On the contrary, each cut appeared extrely commonplace, like an old farr harvesting rice.
Duan Rong’s eyes were also filled with tranquility!
A saber has never killed anyone; it rely represents the facts without murderous intent!
It is simply your friend!
It rely slits your throat, rcifully taking your life away!
It holds no intention to kill; it just accomplishes the fact of killing in a peaceful manner!
The intention to kill would only obstruct your clarity, making you narrow and irritable, while a true killer is compassionate and peaceful!
Only within compassion and peace can one command everything!
This is the true aning of selflessness!
Duan Rong was imrsed in the Great Perfection Realm. He executed the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber form after form!
At this mont, Duan Rong finally understood the last layer of aning behind Xiao Zongting’s initial words!
Martial arts, with technique as the thod of martial combat, rooted in the Inner Power Heart thod, and spiritual power as the core!
The final realm of martial arts is to command everything through spiritual power!
And this command is not a forceful drive but a spontaneous harmony and unity!
Duan Rong practiced for nearly an hour before suddenly sheathing his saber!
The sun had already descended sowhat, its lazy rays streaming through the treetops and casting shadows on Duan Rong’s face. He smiled slightly; after practicing for an hour, he had completely comprehended the Great Perfection Realm.
Just as Duan Rong sheathed his saber, a burnt sll suddenly hit his nose.
"Oh no!"
Duan Rong’s heart skipped a beat as he leaped towards the creekside boulder, only to see the pile of pine wood had burned out, leaving only ashes, and the piece of venison rib had beco as black as charcoal.
Duan Rong touched his growling stomach, stretched, and sighed, "What a waste of good at!"
With no other choice, Duan Rong returned to the cave, fetched another piece of at, and started a new fire on the large white stone, roasting the venison over the flas.
As Duan Rong roasted the venison, he contemplated the newfound wondrous sensation after breaking through the Great Perfection Realm!
As he mused, his itch for practice grew. Flipping the venison, he drew his saber on the large white stone and began to perform techniques!
This ti, Duan Rong wasn’t using the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber but the Xin Family’s Thunder Smoke Saber Technique.
Previously, he had reached the Great Perfection Realm with the Five Tigers and Sheep Saber, and now, he was using the attained Great Perfection Realm to master the Thunder Smoke Saber Technique!
In just a few breaths, Duan Rong had completed the breakthrough with the Thunder Smoke Saber!
Now, at the creekside of the Empty Valley, he was performing the Thunder Smoke Saber Technique of the Great Perfection Realm!
If Xin Yong saw this, he would be moved to tears because, for generations, no one in the Xin Family had practiced this saber technique to such an advanced level!
Duan Rong perford for nearly half a stick of incense’s ti before stopping. He stood with his saber across his chest, eyes filled with deep contemplation.
"Oops!"
Duan Rong’s nostrils flared slightly as he slled a hint of a burnt scent again...
With a leap, Duan Rong ca to the fire pile on the large white stone. With a flick of his saber tip, he lifted the large piece of venison from the fire.
The charred venison landed on the shimring white stone, scattering sparks.
Duan Rong looked at the venison, one side already burnt but fortunately, the other side wasn’t ruined.
With his saber, Duan Rong cut away the burnt side, holding the remaining venison, and began to eat.
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