Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 103 - 49: Sword Immortal Li’s Guidance on Swordsmanship
The proficiency of the Thirteen Demon-slaying Sword Formulas is rapidly progressing, soon achieving mastery.
Additionally, the progress in swordsmanship’s Sword Qi Thunder Sound is slowly increasing; less than half an hour resulted in an advancement, whereas normally it would take several days to progress one point.
After practicing together for an hour, she flicked him away with a single strike and stood firm with her sword:
"That’s enough for today. Go back and continue practicing."
Su Yu bowed with his sword:
"Thank you, Sword Immortal Li, for your guidance!"
He then saluted Chu Xinyue and took his leave.
Back at the side courtyard, he took out the Cyan Sword and continued practicing.
Early the next morning, he received a message from Chu Xiaoyu asking him to come over for sword practice.
Still in the inner garden, still practicing the Thirteen Demon-slaying Sword Formulas, practicing together for just one hour each day, then practicing on his own.
On the third day, Su Yu perfected the Thirteen Demon-slaying Sword Formulas, and the training time increased to one and a half hours.
On the fourth day, Sword Immortal Li was unavailable, by the fifth day it increased to two hours.
As time went by, his swordsmanship became increasingly proficient, and the progress in swordsmanship’s Sword Qi Thunder Sound rose ever higher. Yet, he was only taught these sword skills every day, without being taught any other sword techniques.
But Su Yu was not in a hurry; he calmed his mind and continued practicing.
Such a great master takes an hour or two each day to practice with you, there must be a reason for not teaching you other skills.
Daily routine practice, still with two Tier One Flying Swords, all Thirteen Demon-slaying Sword Skills, continued till the eighth day.
"Ding!"
A crisp sword hum different from usual rang out, and the Cyan Sword’s glow suddenly brightened, its movements more agile than usual, flashing ten sword shadows to meet his opponent, producing a series of crisp sounds.
Although still easily suppressed, he could clearly sense the reduced pressure.
"Swordsmanship has advanced."
He took a step back and opened his panel, the swordsmanship realm [Sword Qi Thunder Sound] advanced from mastery to perfection, Sword Control damage +50%, attack speed +50%.
"Great!"
Su Yu was delighted.
The power of Sword Control increased by 20% compared to before; the output of the Sun Concealing Sword increased from 3198 to 3690, if he meets Ding Lingyu again, a casual strike could not only break defenses but also inflict about 1200 damage.
Even Blue Sparrow has an output of 3450, causing nearly a thousand damage.
This output is enough to suppress him head-on and slowly wear him down.
At this moment, Xiao Qingli gracefully wielded the White Rainbow Sword, and her pleasant voice rang out:
"Now that you have broken through, let’s begin the next stage. Prepare yourself."
Her slender wrist shook, the White Rainbow Sword spun, and a fierce Sword Qi pierced through the air.
Su Yu turned the Cyan Sword in his hand, similarly slashing out a Sword Qi.
"Zila!"
The blue and white Sword Qi intersected, the sharp edge squeezing and cutting against each other, the Sword Qi trembling violently.
"Boom!"
The blue Sword Qi couldn’t withstand it and shattered.
"Again!"
The White Rainbow Sword Qi turned around and slashed again; Su Yu swung his sword downward, meeting it with another blue Sword Qi, just like earlier crossed past.
This time, Xiao Qingli didn’t perform any intricate sword technique, but simply crushed with Sword Qi strength, forcibly causing his Sword Qi to burst.
Su Yu initially attempted to dissipate the force with sword technique skills, but after countless tries realized it was practically useless, or useful but not much. Despite leveling up his swordsmanship realm, the gap with Xiao Qingli’s skills remained significant.
He understood their differences were too vast; Xiao Qingli’s sword techniques were far superior; leveling up wasn’t enough to bridge the gap.
Then he changed his approach, infusing more Mana to refine and strengthen the Sword Qi.
Once he shifted his mindset, he sensed a difference.
After refining the Sword Qi, its endurance greatly increased, combining with his technique.
As Sword Qi intersected, pressed, collided, and cut, forces squeezed back and forth...
Su Yu had a sudden flash of insight, vaguely grasping something.
It was as if Xiao Qingli could read minds, precisely adjusting to his changes whenever he made them.
Starting from the first day, regardless of his variations, every result mirrored the first day, no matter how he altered moves and refined Sword Qi, it shattered within a few brief clashes.
It seemed like whatever he did was futile, meaningless.
But Su Yu keenly sensed the differences and subtly understood the significance within each of her strikes; he stopped overthinking and adjusted instincts through technique, and Sword Qi structures.
Initially rough, gradually smoothing out, until achieving familiarity.
Unknowingly, his Sword Qi gradually refined and contracted, from five inches wide to four and a half inches, and finally, four inches.
As the Sword Qi narrowed, its refinement level significantly increased.
Under Xiao Qingli’s strikes, the Sword Qi’s persistence gradually increased, from initially three seconds to four, then to five, six, up to ten seconds, continuously increasing.
When the Sword Qi refined to three inches, Xiao Qingli suddenly withdrew her sword and stood, crisply saying:
"That’s enough, now practice on your own, come find me when you break through."
Su Yu hesitated for a moment, quickly realizing and nodding.
Back at his dwelling, Su Yu sent a message to Chu Xinyue:
"Leader, Fairy Li told me to practice on my own. I want to find a place nearby to level up and learn simultaneously."
She pondered a bit and said:
"Sure, practice well for now, once you comprehend Condensing Sword into Silk, come back for actual combat. There’s a Sword Testing Platform in Chixiao City at the mountain’s foot, especially for Sword Cultivators to spar; you should give it a try."
"Okay."
Next, he sent the same message to Chu Xiaoyu, then went out.
The Spirit Fish Shuttle left Chixiao Sword Peak, heading directly to Chixiao City.
Upon entering the city, he opened the local area channel and spent 1 tael of gold to buy a local map from a merchant.
Loaded the map onto his land, instantly lighting up the previously pitch-black local map.
Su Yu examined the map carefully, quickly choosing a leveling spot.
Two thousand miles east of Chixiao Sword Peak lies a river, named Cangshui, a tributary in the midstream of Yuanjiang River, moving downstream over two hundred thousand kilometers will reach Yuanjiang’s midstream, and further downstream will lead back to Thousand Feather City.
This river is narrower than Chensha River but is the largest water system nearby and one of the most popular leveling spots around.
But not the largest leveling spot.
The largest local leveling spot is located north of Chixiao Sword Peak, where spreads an endless forest over a million kilometers, with countless spirits suitable for leveling, with numerous Demon Camps and Demon Lords entrenched. It’s rumored deep within the endless forest lies a Demon Country, home to a Demon King over Level 300.
Though intrigued by the endless forest, the most suitable leveling location for him now lies in the water; he can’t forsake the advantage for unfamiliar places.
An hour later, Spirit Fish Shuttle arrived above Cangshui; he was about to enter the water when he suddenly saw countless warships anchored far downstream, black dots everywhere in the air, with Sword Light and Flying Ships occasionally soaring that way.
"What’s happening?"
Curiously, he flew over, soon seeing the large fleet anchored on the river.
Eleven Tier Six Giant Wood Divine Ships, seven Tier Six Poison Dragon Battleships, over a hundred Tier Five Furious Whale Ships or Ironclad Battleships, two or three hundred Tier Four Wave-piercing Giant Ships or Turtle Shell Battleships forming a massive fleet, spanning over a hundred kilometers across the river.
Divine Thunder Towers towered over the battleships, with dense formations of players everywhere on deck and around the warships.
Beneath the river, the Navy was arranged in formation, with generals of over Level 100 standing in the water, rising and sinking, invisible blue light rippling across the surface. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"This is...."
Su Yu swiftly flew over and jumped out of the Spirit Fish Shuttle, clasping his hands to some on a Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ship nearby at a distance:
"Brother, what’s happening here? Is it a guild battle?"
The people on the Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ship glanced at him indifferently without speaking; he felt slightly awkward, turned, and respectfully asked a white-robed man sitting on a door-like sword nearby.
The man sized him up and asked:
"Are you from out of town?"
"Yes, I’ve just arrived."
"Then it makes sense."
"This isn’t a guild war, it’s the River God War; these guilds have accepted a River God mission to assist."
"River God War?"
Su Yu suddenly understood:
"Could it be there are two river gods in Cangshui?"
"You guessed right!"
