Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 522 - 18 New Planning

Chapter 522: Chapter 18 New Planning

After the ceiling of Spiritual Energy Resurgence was raised, the whole world entered a rather long period of peace.

After all, if you were still fighting while others concentrated on cultivation and raised their levels, you’d be the first one they’d come to kill—no need to elaborate, everyone knew the outcome.

Thanks to the improved border defense situation, Lu Country also put a hold on the development of numerous mysterious realms, securing more time for cultivators to conduct their breathing exercises and cultivate. Even the cultivators from the military manors of the four armies initiated a “cultivation competition,” urging soldiers to quickly enhance their cultivation.

Everyone was preparing for war, and the Zhenhai Team was no exception.

By April, Lin Ning had finally made a breakthrough in the Dual Sword Control Technique, able to execute it smoothly.

Lin Ning stepped into all the pitfalls that Yan Yu had encountered when practicing the Dual Sword Control Technique: first, focusing on one hand meant neglecting the other; then, she confused left and right, leading to a disordered sequence of sword techniques; finally, by forcibly slowing down the pace, she managed to control different sword techniques with both hands simultaneously.

Next, as long as she continued her training methodically and increased her proficiency, she would naturally possess combat capability.

Speaking of proficiency, Lin Ning also had some doubts.

The ideal pairing for the Dual Sword Control Technique was “one orthodox and one peculiar.” Her own Green Bamboo Sword was extremely responsive and could be the “peculiar”; the Dan Yan Sword was vigorous and fierce, fitting the “orthodox” role.

However, having been accustomed to wielding the Green Bamboo Sword, Lin Ning had always followed a swift and agile offensive routine. Now with the newly acquired Dan Yan Sword, there was no avoiding the need to practice a new fighting style suited to the Fire-type Flying Sword, emphasizing frontal assaults—as Yan Yu said, since she installed new software, she needed to update the corresponding drivers as well.

Considering the minute differences between each sword, there was no “one size fits all” method for this, and the Sword Immortal had to gradually familiarize herself with her own Flying Swords and find her way.

But the more Lin Ning tried to control the Dan Yan Sword, the more she felt as if the sword possessed its own spirit, as it responded like an arm moves at the command of the mind, with the sword following her heart—its proficiency was increasing rapidly!

For example, the Green Bamboo Sword was like an obedient child, heading east or west on command; whereas the Dan Yan Sword was more like a clever child, initiating a charge on a curved path, and even without a specific trajectory set, it could choose the sword path that best fit Lin Ning’s needs, as if it had…

High emotional intelligence.

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It was strange to apply this term to a Flying Sword, yet Lin Ning found it perfectly fitting. The compatibility with the Green Bamboo Sword meant that no matter how complex and tedious the commands were, it would execute them meticulously; the Dan Yan Sword, however, with just one command, could grasp her intent and carry out the action in accordance with her own will.

This tacit understanding between person and sword was so ingenious that Lin Ning’s proficiency in Dual Sword Control soared, and even Yan Yu, who was always so demanding of Sword Immortals, couldn’t help but praise her performance.

After much thought, Lin Ning felt that although this issue was not very obvious, for safety’s sake, it was better to discuss it with the captain.

“Really?” Yan Yu expressed disbelief, remarking that despite being a Sword Immortal for two lifetimes, he had never encountered what she described.

A sword with high emotional intelligence? What kind of thing was that!

“Let me try the Dan Yan Sword.”

Lin Ning handed the Dan Yan Sword to Yan Yu while releasing her Qi to allow him to control the Flying Sword that had already recognized her as its master.

After Yan Yu controlled the Dan Yan Sword and made it fly for a moment, he said,

“It’s not about emotional intelligence; it just happens that its aerodynamic model fits perfectly.”

“Huh?” Lin Ning was puzzled, “Aerodynamic model?”

“The dimensions, streamlined shape, and center of gravity of Flying Swords are all different,” explained Yan Yu, “resulting in even slight variations in the trajectory and curvature of the sword moves carried out by different Flying Swords. Clearly, the Dan Yan Sword’s aerodynamic model has been specially designed for frontal charges.”

“I see,” Lin Ning still felt that something was amiss, but since the captain had already concluded, she no longer doubted it, “Oh, by the way, what book are you reading?”

“You mean this book?” Yan Yu picked up the book in his hand and threw it to her, “It’s the new teaching material issued by the school. If you’re interested, take a look.”

After the upper limit of Spiritual Energy Concentration was raised, the three minor realms within the Foundation Establishment Realm finally received their complete names:

Qi Refining Stage, Marrow Cleansing Stage, Hua Fu Stage.

Different realms have different learning contents. Taking Sword Immortals as an example, during the Qi Refining Stage they learn Sword Control Technique, in the Marrow Cleansing Stage they learn Sword Flying Slash, and in the Hua Fu Stage they learn Sword-Body Union, which is a rather standard study plan arrangement (of course, powerful Sword Immortals can skip levels to learn).

Lin Ning flipped through the pages of the book in her hands and discovered that the new teaching materials issued this time discussed the new content that the four major professions needed to study at the Hua Fu Stage, including the Sword Immortal’s Sword-Body Union, the Envoy’s Eye Perception, the Magic Cultivator’s Acquired Five Elements Essence, and the Assistant Officer’s Divine Sense Hosting Technique.

“Sword-Body Union, huh.” Lin Ning closed the book and said with emotion, “I’ve already mastered it.”

“Right, so you don’t need to study it,” Yan Yu took back the book.

Lin Ning had already mastered Sword-Body Union, and Su Yunjin had gathered one-third of the Acquired Five Elements Essence; these two had already started studying content from higher levels while still in the Marrow Cleansing Stage.

The ones who needed to study were the other three girls: Chen Lingyun’s Ears and Eyes Reach Heaven required entering the first stage, which is the cultivation of “Eye Perception.” The teaching material only briefly introduced its definition and concept and mentioned that the four military manors respectively arranged different cultivation mentors.

For the Zhendong Army’s side, the Eye Perception mentor happened to be a familiar face Yan Yu had helped before: Master Ci Nian, who was Cultivating in Jiangbei Province

Once most of the Envoys among the Team Monks advance to the Hua Fu Stage, the academy is expected to arrange a centralized training session, inviting Master Ci Nian for classes in school. However, Yan Yu didn’t want to wait that long; as a frontline team, the Zhenhai Team definitely had to master it faster than anyone else.

Time to ask Old Li, take Chen Lingyun there first to learn from Master Ci Nian.

Zhao Yuanzhen, as an Assistant Officer, needed to learn the Divine Sense Hosting Technique. Cultivating this dharma method to the intermediate stage leads to the “Second Primordial Spirit,” and beyond that, the “External Incarnation,” which is the equivalent of a cultivator having an extra life out of thin air, extremely difficult to cultivate but also extremely strong when accomplished.

The Second Primordial Spirit and External Incarnation actually require very high-quality Magic Treasures; ordinary treasures are not suitable for cultivating this technique, but Zhao Yuanzhen’s Puppet Magic Treasure is capable of being transformed into it — in her previous life, after mastering this technique, she established the renown of Empress Yuanzhen without a hint of exaggeration.

The Divine Sense Hosting Technique, the current method of Cultivation is not yet mature and is still in the stage of practical exploration. The textbook says it’s necessary to contact the school and go to a specific experimental base to study.

So this brings about a question, whether to let the Enchantress first learn the immature method in the experimental base, or follow the path of Empress Yuanzhen from the previous life, waiting until the method is mature before hosting the Divine Sense?

Yan Yu plans to ask the Enchantress for her opinion first; after all, this matter is like building a skyscraper, rushing the process is not impossible, but if the foundation is not stable, having to tear it down and start over would be a huge waste of time.

Speaking of which, I need to learn it too… It wouldn’t hurt to have the Enchantress scout it out for me.

The last one left is Xie Ruoxi.

The dharma body of Magic Cultivators integrates with the Five Elements, but strictly speaking, Thunder Method doesn’t fall within the Five Elements, though if anything, it leans more towards the Metal Line.

Should the beautiful waste be instructed to follow the Metal Line Tao Transformation path?

Or is there… perhaps a Tao Transformation path suited for the “Thunder Method King”?

Yan Yu recalled that Xie Ruoxi, Annan Army’s number one cultivator from her previous life, had not practiced any Essence of the Five Elements. Partly because this waste started too late, her main task was to catch up with the cultivation progress of top cultivators; on the other hand, her character was too lazy, even needing someone from the Annan Army to supervise her normal Breathing and Energy Refining exercises. How could you expect her to practice the Essence of the Five Elements?

This task takes careful and persistent work, like Su Yunjin has been at it for almost half a year already, only to collect so little… To ask the former Xie Ruoxi to endure hardships in the wild for months could lead to her defecting in just a few days, causing another major incident in the Annan Army.

Of course, in this lifetime, with my wise and mighty leadership, the beautiful waste’s character has significantly improved, and her Essence of the Five Elements, Tao Transformation body, can be considered.

About this matter… maybe I should ask Teacher Mei.