Chapter 18: First Transmission of Swordplay
"Zhang student is also here shopping."
Xu Xing and Zhang Yunlu had just come out of the mall when they bumped into a middle-aged man in a suit with a slicked-back hairstyle. Behind him were several students wearing blue and white school uniforms.
Zhang Yunlu hesitated for a moment, then respectfully greeted, "Hello, teacher."
It turned out to be her teacher.
"Hehe." The teacher smiled, looked at Xu Xing, and said, "I am Fang Chi, Zhang student's teacher. And you are...?"
Zhang Yunlu didn't know how to answer this question for a moment.
"I am the tutor Zhang student hired," Xu Xing said casually.
Guiding her cultivation could also be considered tutoring.
However, after hearing his identity, the students behind Fang Chi exchanged glances, and his own expression stiffened slightly.
"So that's it. Zhang student is truly diligent," Fang Chi nodded slightly. "The sparring test is the day after tomorrow. It seems Zhang student will achieve a very good result."
Then, he took a few students, walked past the two, and entered the mall.
"Your teacher's impression of you doesn't seem very good. Can you tell me why?"
Especially when he said he was Zhang Yunlu's tutor.
There wasn't anything that couldn't be said.
"Teacher Fang... when school started this year, he organized a tutoring class. I was the only one in the whole class who didn't go, and my grades were quite good in the class, so more than a dozen others in the tutoring class also withdrew."
Since that incident, the teacher didn't dare to target her openly. After all, Zhang Yunlu had a bit of a reputation in Xuanjian City Third Middle School.
But he also intentionally or unintentionally ignored her in class and in various matters. If her psychological resilience hadn't been quite good, she probably would have become withdrawn long ago.
But at the beginning, he clearly said that the tutoring class was voluntary, and those who didn't want to go didn't have to.
Sometimes it was like this; even though she didn't want to offend anyone, she somehow ended up offending them.
"Then do you hate him?" Xu Xing asked.
Hate?
Hate her own teacher?
That seemed a bit too resentful, but hearing him ask that, she did feel a bit uncomfortable inside.
"I don't know," she said truthfully.
Hearing this answer, Xu Xing wasn't surprised.
Such things could be big or small. Zhang Yunlu herself had very good psychological resilience and wouldn't complain about others because of such matters.
She probably wouldn't think about such things normally.
But whenever others mentioned or asked about it, she would feel wronged upon careful thought.
Emotions in adolescence come and go quickly. She might feel unhappy remembering things where she suffered a loss, but she would also forget everything after encountering something happy the next moment.
"Then do you want him to pay a price?"
Pay a price?
Scenes from the past appeared in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt. She nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"Since you want to, let's go."
Xu Xing waved to stop a car.
...
More than ten minutes later, the two returned to the villa.
Zhang Yunlu looked around curiously as soon as she entered. She had heard of this place but had never been here before.
Xu Xing opened the 'air conditioning' Formation, adjusted it to the most comfortable temperature, then turned around and said directly:
"You have just advanced to Qi Refining Ninth Layer. Let's not rush into matters of cultivation for now. I will transmit a set of swordplay to you."
Raising his hand, he pointed. A streak of spiritual light flew out, arrived in an instant, and quickly merged into Zhang Yunlu's glabella.
As soon as the spiritual light entered her glabella, she felt a blur before her eyes, and it was as if something had appeared in her mind out of nowhere.
When she came back to her senses, there were nearly a thousand words spread out. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a swordplay technique.
Flowing Cloud Swordplay
A swordplay technique that primarily emphasized lightness and elegance, with exquisite moves, focusing on using force against force, softening hardness with softness, and breaking clumsiness with skill.
For Cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, due to the limitations of spiritual energy itself, the cost-effectiveness of practicing Spells was very low. Close-quarters combat techniques like this were instead the most suitable.
"For the sparring test later, this swordplay technique will be enough."
"Two days... I'm afraid I won't be able to learn it."
No, isn't this overestimating me a bit? Learning a set of swordplay in two days?
"You don't need to worry about this. You will naturally know after you go back," Xu Xing didn't actually intend for her to teach herself. "Wait until you return to school tomorrow, report your Realm, and understand the matters concerning Foundation Establishment in detail before coming here again. If you are determined to build a Heavenly Dao Foundation, I will transmit a suitable cultivation technique and methods for collecting the essence of the sun and moon, as well as a rare treasure of heaven and earth."
Saying this, he took out a small wooden token from the drawer and tossed it to Zhang Yunlu.
"This is the pass for the Formation. Keep it safe and don't lose it."
...
A few minutes later, Zhang Yunlu left the villa, still in a somewhat bewildered state.
So, he asked her to come just to get a key for the Formation?
And what did 'you don't need to worry' mean? Did he really believe in her talent that much?
Emm...
Could it be that she was actually a hidden sword dao Genius?
She stood by the roadside in the community, lost in thought for a while.
"Xiao Lu?"
A figure slowly descended, stepping on a long sword.
"Brother?" Zhang Yunlu was startled. "Why are you here?"
"I came to submit a report," Zhang Xiu explained.
As the first person to discover the Grand Master coming out of seclusion, he had to submit a report detailing the process according to procedure.
"What about you? Why are you here?"
"This..."
How should she say this?
Say that she met a big shot who had come out of seclusion on the road, and then that big shot took a liking to her and wanted to give her an Opportunity?
Could she say this?
Seeing her hesitant look, Zhang Xiu's heart sank, but he still wore a gentle smile on his face.
"It's okay, if it's inconvenient to say, don't say it."
At worst, he would sneak over to investigate again at night.
"Okay."
Zhang Yunlu nodded slightly, feeling a bit guilty inside.
"Let's go," Zhang Xiu smiled gently.
The two walked out together.
After all, Sword Cultivators below the Yuanying Stage cannot carry people while flying with their swords. And it was impossible for him to go back alone, so they could only take a taxi.
"Still no clues."
In a villa not far away, a figure in white robes watched the backs of the brother and sister, his eyes indifferent.
Standing behind him was another person, none other than Xiao Ning Zhenren, who had engaged in battle with the Demonic Cultivator youth when he was refining the Ten Thousand Souls Banner that day.
Xiao Ning Zhenren was very helpless at this moment. It would have been fine if anyone else had come, but why did it have to be this Shishu?
"Shishu, since the Sword Sect has admitted that the Cultivator who came out of seclusion belongs to their Sect, shouldn't we stop dwelling on it?"
The Combined Dao Grand Master from the Supreme Dao Sect turned around and looked calmly at Xiao Ning Zhenren: "That Cultivator who came out of seclusion caused such a huge commotion. It would have been fine if he didn't take the initiative to come and explain to this Venerable One, but he even deliberately hid. This Venerable One has reason to suspect that the Sword Sect Cultivator who came out of seclusion colluded with Demonic Cultivators and intended to slaughter the city to refine the Ten Thousand Souls Banner."
Xiao Ning Zhenren: "..."
Shishu, can you please stop referring to yourself as 'this Venerable One' all the time? According to Saint Emperor Yuan, that's really chuunibyou!
Moreover, this is clearly personal revenge, isn't it?
As for what happened back then, it was clearly because your nephew had evil intentions, sacrificing infant souls to refine heterodox demonic methods, which was why he was killed by the passing Sword Cultivator who had come out of seclusion.
*Sigh*~
This matter caused a huge uproar back then, even alarming the Sect Leaders of both Sects, and it was only resolved with great difficulty.
Everyone thought everything had settled down, but after this Shishu advanced to Combined Dao several years ago, his first action was to apply to be stationed in the Ancient Cultivator Response Department within the Sword Sect's territory.
Clearly, he hadn't forgotten.
"This Venerable One is also acting according to regulations now," purple energy flowed in the Combined Dao Grand Master's eyes. "What? Can they do it, but this Venerable One cannot?"
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