Chapter 352: Chapter 69: Senior Sister, Teach Me
An Zhisu slowly awakened.
Although her physical constitution was not as outstanding as Ling Yunpo’s, it was only by comparison—in the Shushan, which valued root bone quality, An Zhisu’s resistance to miasma toxins was still considered above average.
Although it was dark around her, she quickly noticed that her clothes had been undone by someone.
Because the hooks were fastened incorrectly.
The last time her junior brother had undressed her for healing, he had also fastened the hooks wrong…
An Zhisu was dazed for a moment before realizing that it must have been her junior brother who had undressed her again to remove the poison.
Although she still felt some shyness, she quickly convinced herself and struggled to get up from the ground.
This place seemed to be underground, the only source of light coming from ahead, where her junior brother was currently standing under a giant tree, patiently examining a skeleton.
“Senior Sister An, you’re awake?” Ling Yunpo noticed the movement behind him and turned around, smiling as he asked.
“Yes,” An Zhisu nodded reservedly, hesitating.
She wanted to lecture her junior brother again about the principle of “impropriety between men and women,” but then she remembered that before she fainted, the toxins had indeed spread throughout her meridians.
If he hadn’t undressed her to guide the True Yuan through the major acupoints on her body to extract the toxins, what else could her junior brother have done?
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Her junior brother was so kind; he wouldn’t have intentionally embarrassed me…
An Zhisu bit her lower lip, her thoughts tangled, when suddenly Ling Yunpo tossed something to her.
She caught it with her hand and realized it was a jade slip.
Upon probing it with her Divine Sense, An Zhisu learned that the owner of the jade slip was named “Zhong Liang,” a Cultivator from the Emei Sword Sect who had committed suicide here.
He requested that whoever found this jade slip burn his and the big tree’s remains into ashes with flames, then mix and bury them in the soil—as a reward, his belongings were in his Storage Bag.
Since there were only a few words in the jade slip, An Zhisu was still clueless as to why this Cultivator had committed suicide or what his relationship with the big tree was.
But as her gaze swept past Ling Yunpo and she saw the embraced posture of the two corpses, she seemed to understand something.
“This predecessor’s Storage Bag contains a set of movement skills,” Ling Yunpo continued, “Would you like to take a look, Senior Sister?”
This time he tossed her a scripture scroll with complete details of the movement skill, accompanied by illustrated charts.
An Zhisu looked carefully and learned that this movement skill was called “Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step,” which contained the principles of the Eight Trigrams from Yi Jing, allowing one to move and shift within a small space without leaving a trace.
Interestingly, the scripture mentioned that within the Emei Sword Sect, this step was almost as essential as Sword Control Technique, with nearly everyone learning it.
The reason is that in battles of Sword Immortals, rapid and precise movement is often necessary.
If one rides on a Flying Sword, then attention must be divided to control the sword, which consumes too much Divine Sense.
If movement is done through stepping techniques, on the one hand, it doesn’t consume Divine Sense, and on the other, the burst of speed may even surpass Sword Control Technique, hence it is a necessity for Sword Immortals.
However, according to An Zhisu’s memory, the Shushan Shangqing Faction had no similar concept.
It’s not that movement skills were completely lost in transmission, but just like Talisman Scripts and Magical Treasures, they were considered “miscellaneous studies” within Shushan and no peak would teach them as the core of their teachings.
Even her teacher, Su Jian, hadn’t discussed any movement skills with her.
How strange.
Seeing that Senior Sister An’s attention had shifted to the movement skill, forgetting about how she was actually “detoxified,” Ling Yunpo internally shouted his good luck and hurriedly continued:
“Senior Sister, that Crazy Sword Immortal also used this movement skill.”
“Don’t call him Crazy Sword Immortal; that’s your Senior Uncle,” An Zhisu sighed.
You don’t know, Senior Sister, the Senior Uncle’s soul is fragmented, and I’m afraid his remaining soul has reincarnated, leaving only an obsession in the flesh.
Ling Yunpo mentally criticized, nodding and agreeing outwardly and went on:
“According to the scriptures, this Cloud-Parting Eight Trigrams Step is divided into ‘Entry Level’, ‘Advanced Level’, and ‘Daoist Level’.”
“Elder Martial Uncle is probably just at the Entry Level, but since he is at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm and his True Yuan is far more powerful than ours, his speed is not to be underestimated.”
“If we can learn this step technique to the Advanced Level, I believe we could escape Elder Martial Uncle’s pursuit.”
“Silly, Junior Brother,” An Zhisu sighed helplessly with a laugh, “This technique clearly requires profound understanding; how could it be so easy to learn?”
Ling Yunpo fell silent for a moment before saying:
“How do we know if we don’t try?”
Senior Sister has an Innate Sword Heart, but I have the Green Duckweed Sword to cheat… oh no, I mean, to give me a helping hand. There should still be hope.
Otherwise, even if we manage to escape from this place, by the time we are ready to leave the swamp, wouldn’t we just be caught by that mad Sword Immortal and yet again enter an endless cycle of fleeing for our lives?
And next time, we might not be lucky enough to have a poison rat to lead the disaster elsewhere!
“Well, okay then.” An Zhisu was someone easily persuaded (by her Junior Brother), and seeing how persistent he was, she could only agree.
So she drew the Flying Smoke Sword, first activated the Sword Dao Techniques on it to turn the corpses hugging a tree to ashes and buried them underground to clear the space, then she began to study with Ling Yunpo.
“Senior Sister, you understand it all, right?” Ling Yunpo thought it crucial to focus on boosting Senior Sister An’s progress, to teach her as quickly as possible. “Could you perform it once for me to see?”
“Oh,” An Zhisu’s figure flickered, and she instantly flashed out more than thirty feet away.
Ling Yunpo: ???
This strange feeling, it’s like at a school dance, teaching a girl how to dance hand in hand, only for her to get it after just one look and even dance better than you.
An Innate Sword Heart really is too much of a cheat!
“Wow, worthy of being Senior Sister!” He then broke into a sincere, admiring smile and exclaimed, “There are several places I still don’t understand.”
“Which parts don’t you understand?” An Zhisu asked earnestly.
“Here, here, and here.” Ling Yunpo pointed out several difficult areas on the scripture, which he had already mastered.
“Let me teach you,” An Zhisu said with a smile, “Could you try going through it once for me to see?”
“Okay.” Ling Yunpo couldn’t help but laugh and cry, pretending to be a beginner and stumbled through the steps.
“That’s not right, follow me like this…” An Zhisu stepped behind him, their bodies close together, and hand in hand, she taught him how to move his feet, twist his waist, and step on the ground.
“I see.” Ling Yunpo was secretly delighted, but he said, “Senior Sister, I also don’t know how to do this part.”
“This incantation is too vague. What does it mean?”
“And here, can you teach me this too?”
An Zhisu patiently led him through the whole step technique three or four times until he could perform it decently.
However, according to the scripture, Ling Yunpo’s proficiency could only be considered “Entry Level,” while An Zhisu had already reached the “Advanced Level.”
“Senior Sister, am I very useless?” Ling Yunpo feigned sadness.
“How could that be!” An Zhisu was anxious in her heart and hurriedly said, “It must be because it’s too dark in this underground space. Junior Brother, let me lead you through it a few more times.”
Ling Yunpo happily complied and let Senior Sister An teach him hand in hand, body to body, once again. He said:
“Senior Sister, I think I’ve grasped the knack of it.”
“See, isn’t it simple?” An Zhisu sighed in relief with a gentle smile, “Your talent is not bad, Junior Brother, you’ll have no problem learning this step technique.”
“Yes, Senior Sister,” Ling Yunpo said, feigning determination, “No matter how difficult this step technique is, with you teaching me, I will definitely learn it!”
[Unyielding persona, Synchronization Value + 1.]
Ling Yunpo was overjoyed to increase his Synchronization Value.