The Cangsong Sword spun a few tis in the air before it landed with a thud, its blade piercing into the soil.
Liu Chenggong looked on in disbelief, glancing down at his right hand. The web between his thumb and forefinger felt slightly numb, with a faint redness swelling there.
Chu Huaixu, equally incredulous, looked at him and said, "To think the deputy captain of the Law Enforcent Team is so weak!"
There are indeed incompetents in the team!
For regular cultivators, the Acupoint Opening Stage is when they hone their physique, but beyond that, their primary ans rely on the spiritual power within them.
The ans of attacking relies on spiritual power, and so does defense.
Spiritual power is the foundation of a cultivator!
In Chu Huaixu’s perspective, Liu Chenggong’s physique was definitely stronger than ordinary Nine Acupoints Practitioners, but it shouldn’t be stronger than his own.
That’s why he let him use the sword; otherwise, as an Eight Acupoint Body Refining expert, wouldn’t he be bullying soone who’s rely in the Second Realm?
After all, without utilizing spiritual power, a Spirit Sword wouldn’t exert much power.
But no matter how Chu Huaixu thought about it, he couldn’t understand why the other seed as weak as if drained by wine and won—what an undeserving deputy captain!
When he flicked his finger, it was partly for show, but also to hint at him: Don’t hold back, I clearly am not.
Yet, if this determined the victor, it would truly be a joke.
Han Shuangjiang looked on from the side, feeling quite shocked.
If Liu Chenggong weren’t observing his own hand, she would have suspected him of being overly sycophantic.
"Sothing’s off." Liu Chenggong couldn’t help but speak up.
He felt sothing was amiss.
As the deputy captain of the Law Enforcent Team, he felt embarrassed.
He indeed ca to ingratiate himself, but this made him look utterly worthless.
Liu Chenggong opened his right hand, guided by his energy, and with a swoosh, the spirit sword Cangsong flew back to his hand.
This move looked impressive, but Chu Huaixu could see it wasn’t the Flying Sword Technique.
"Flying Sword Technique requires precise control and is an advanced technique. He rely relied on spiritual power and the sword spirit to call it back—a re show." He astutely deduced in his mind.
Liu Chenggong gritted his teeth, refusing to be humiliated, and loudly declared, "Junior Brother Chu, let’s go again! This ti, I’ll be really careful!"
He wore a look suggesting he had been careless earlier.
"Alright!" Chu Huaixu got into position, ready to et the sword.
Once more, the long sword thrust forward, and Liu Chenggong chose the sa move, but held nothing back this ti, speeding up, hoping to regain face.
Chu Huaixu abruptly retreated a step, raising a cloud of dust as the hem of his robe and his black hair fluttered.
This ti, he narrowly avoided it.
He repeated his previous trick, flicking his finger.
"Ding—!"
The sword flew out.
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...
"Whoosh—!" A gentle breeze blew by.
Liu Chenggong again looked at his right hand’s webbing, feeling even more numb.
Chu Huaixu’s eyes narrowed, looking at the Cangsong Sword embedded in the soil.
This ti, he carefully sensed, realizing where the problem lay.
—Heart Sword!
He distinctly felt the black little sword within him gently tremble as his fingertip touched the Cangsong Sword.
This Heart Sword, imbued with Spiritual Embryo Divine Techniques: Sword Heart Clarity, obviously had mysterious aspects!
Liu Chenggong, with his playful personality, could no longer smile.
He was worried, making a face like Yao Ming’s , and turned to look at his Lifebound Sword beside him.
Connected with the sword spirit, how could he not notice sothing amiss the second ti?
"Chu Huaixu’s physique is much stronger than an average Acupoint Opening Stage cultivator, exceptionally powerful," he thought.
"But that’s not the main point! The issue lies with the sword and the sword spirit!"
"It was suppressed by an invisible force."
"The sword spirit is out of control! It’s fleeing!"
Liu Chenggong could sense if he channeled spiritual power into the spirit sword, he could resist this force.
But the question was, why?
How could a minor cultivator at the Acupoint Opening Stage possess such a marvelous thod?
As this thought crossed his mind, he recalled the Heaven and Earth Phenona arising by the Cold Pool and that day when his sword trembled!
Liu Chenggong wasn’t sure what opportunity Chu Huaixu had encountered to cause such an uproar.
He dared not ask, as it was too overreaching.
—This was sothing even the Sect Leader and Elders were watching!
The deputy captain of the Law Enforcent Team suddenly realized: I suspect he brought here to experint with this!
Thus, he tactfully stated imdiately: "Junior Brother Chu, let’s spar freely; today’s matters will never be revealed to another soul!"
After speaking, he glanced at the stunningly beautiful Han Shuangjiang and corrected himself: "To a third person..."
Seeing him behave so sensibly, Chu Huaixu smiled and nodded, tucking away his doubts without showing any sign.
"Heart Sword has such a restraint against regular Spirit Swords?" Chu Huaixu was deeply surprised.
But in his heart, he felt a mix of joy and worry, with a vague sense of foreboding.
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...
In front of the bamboo house, the two of them tried once more.
This ti, Chu Huaixu asked Liu Chenggong to try and mobilize the spiritual power within him.
As expected, the sword wasn’t sent flying.
"But what if I use spiritual power too?" A question mark popped into Chu Huaixu’s mind.
Unfortunately, he was still a non-spiritual power user.
This made him even more eager to ascend to the First Realm.
Gain experience points, open the Ninth Acupoint, then go to the Library Pavilion to get the First Realm’s cultivation technique!
At this mont, Chu Huaixu actually tried to control the Heart Sword, to not let it display its full might.
But he could feel that the Heart Sword was connected to his mind and would listen to him.
However, it seed the power’s ranking was too high, still a bit uncontrollable, and the current Chu Huaixu couldn’t master it freely.
Therefore, the final result was that Liu Chenggong could only spar with Chu Huaixu hand-to-hand, without using the sword.
Otherwise, he would have to use spiritual power.
Luckily, Chu Huaixu indeed underestimated the vice-captain of the Law Enforcent Team.
Liu Chenggong was indeed a connected mber of the Outer Sect Law Enforcent Team, so his promotion was swift.
But he had so genuine skills, so his promotion wasn’t too embarrassing.
Unexpectedly, he probably polished his muscles and bones or bathed in so dicinal bath.
Most importantly, he might have practiced so fist technique, his fists were formidable! Solid as a rock!
Chu Huaixu suffered defeat again and again.
But ironically, it was Liu Chenggong, who kept winning, who felt increasingly shocked.
"Why is the Eighth Acupoint so strong?"
"I’ve invested greatly in strengthening my body while practicing Thunderbolt Fist! My fists can shatter rocks!"
"An average Nine Acupoints Disciple might not withstand Chu Huaixu’s casual palm strike!"
"Even if he assisted his cultivation with a body refining technique, it shouldn’t be this strong."
"It’s uncanny, too uncanny."
Thus, the two sparred all morning.
Han Shuangjiang, later on, got tired watching and went back inside.
Chu Huaixu looked sowhat disheveled, his robe dirty.
However, he was in high spirits.
Because Liu Chenggong’s Law Enforcent Team uniform wasn’t much cleaner!
After all, he encountered setbacks a few tis.
Of course, most importantly, each round of sparring earned him 30-100 experience points, the value not fixed, determined by the system.
"If I rember correctly, the sparring cap for the whole Acupoint Opening Stage is 1200 free experience points."
It’s not much, but it’s enough for him to ascend from Level 8 to Level 9.
Ultimately, it was Liu Chenggong who first couldn’t bear it and began to make excuses: "Junior Brother Chu, Senior Brother still has duties in the Law Enforcent Team, may I co tomorrow?"
Chu Huaixu wasn’t surprised, a re Second Realm cultivation isn’t as enduring as my Eighth Acupoint prowess, it’s a human commonality.
He only gained 420 free experience points today, so he suggested directly: "How about tomorrow?"
The exhausted Liu Chenggong gritted his teeth: "Fine! As Junior Brother Chu wishes, tomorrow it is!"
"Alright, it’s settled then."
After Liu Chenggong left, Chu Huaixu returned inside, took off his dirty clothes, and hung them at Xu Ziqing’s door, waiting for him to return from cultivation to wash them.
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In the Secret Realm within dicine Mountain, Cold Pool.
Xu Ziqing slowly awakened from unconsciousness.
He had now opened the second acupoint.
The young man was overjoyed.
"The array and dicinal liquid in this pool are truly miraculous!"
"With my dull aptitude, I’ve even broken through two acupoints in a short ti."
He wasn’t foolish, knowing the value of this place.
"Senior Brother gave the opportunity to cultivate, let enter the Daoist Sect, and now assists in breaking through..."
"Such imnse gratitude, how should I repay it?" Xu Ziqing looked up.
After a while, the delicate youth lowered his head, his eyes slightly closed, clenching his clothes tightly on his legs.
"Father, mother, little sister, grandma, should I give him that item?"
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(ps: Second update, asking for monthly tickets on the last day of the month.
It officially launches tomorrow, August 1st~)
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