"Okay!" Chen Zhou reluctantly agreed. He immediately wrapped a stream of true energy around his legs and leaped onto a thick tree branch.

The thick branch was just big enough for Chen Zhou to step on with one foot. Chen Zhou roughly counted and found that there were four branches around him, enough for him to step on while practicing.

"Then let's begin! At the beginning, don't go too fast. Try to control your speed; this requires a high level of speed from you. If you continue at the speed you were just now, you will definitely fall!" Elder Ren said.

Chen Zhou nodded. That was indeed the case. If he had missed a step, he would probably have fallen straight down.

If he fell, Chen Zhou would definitely land flat on his back. Chen Zhou naturally didn't want that to happen, so he immediately focused all his attention on the Cloud Piercing Sword.

After Chen Zhou steadied himself, he repeatedly thought about the movements of the Cloud Piercing Sword in his mind, and then roughly calculated where he could step on the tree branch beneath his feet.

After some simple calculations, Chen Zhou roughly understood where each foot should land in his Cloud Piercing Sword movements. Once he understood this, Chen Zhou began to slowly imitate the Cloud Piercing Sword movements in his mind.

Using Xingyi Cloud Sword on this tree branch is absolutely impossible. Xingyi Cloud Sword emphasizes rapidly changing position to create afterimages. There are only a few places on this tree branch that one can step on, so how can one rapidly change position to create afterimages? Therefore, Chen Zhou can only use the Free Sword technique he just learned to generate sword energy.

Once the sword energy reached Chen Zhou's maximum value, Chen Zhou began to formally practice the Cloud Piercing Sword in his mind.

The basic moves of the Cloud Piercing Sword are quite different from those of the Free Sword. After all, one uses sword energy to attack, while the other uses sword techniques. The two are very different, but there is also a clever connection between them. If Chen Zhou learns the Free Sword, it will be much easier for him to learn the Cloud Piercing Sword.

One sword.

Two swords.

...

Chen Zhou silently recited to himself, and with each sword strike, his panic lessened. Chen Zhou was afraid of falling off the tree branch. The practice of the Cloud Piercing Sword was simple, with not many movements, and the key was to comprehend it.

After two or three training sessions, Chen Zhou grasped the knack and began to move faster.

The movement of their feet also quickened.

For Chen Zhou now, he has mastered the Cloud Piercing Sword technique in almost no time.

Chen Zhou silently memorized this feeling. His sword energy was still very weak, so using this move wouldn't be very meaningful. However, Chen Zhou could use it to train his sword energy. Moreover, once his sword energy grew stronger, this might become a killing move and a trump card for Chen Zhou.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"You're practicing your swordplay while standing in a tree?"

Upon hearing the voice, Chen Zhou immediately put the heavy sword in his hand into his storage ring and jumped down from the tree branch. The person who made the voice was Ji Lanying. Although Ji Lanying had woken up, there was no fluctuation of true qi. Presumably, the true qi in her dantian had been exhausted. Due to the strange true qi environment here, the recovery efficiency of true qi was too slow.

"Yes. Are all three of you awake?" Chen Zhou looked up at the sky and asked.

It was already close to evening, and even if all three of them were awake, it wouldn't be convenient for them to set off. If they were to leave now, it would be difficult to find an open space as large as this castle in the Black Mist Swamp.

Then I don't know when I'll be able to rest.

Therefore, Chen Zhou undoubtedly chose to rest here for the night.

“Yes. We are all very weak now and probably can’t travel any further. We will try our best to recover tonight and set off as early as possible tomorrow,” Ji Lanying said slowly. She had already discussed it with her two junior brothers and told them about Chen Zhou. They were now partners.

However, it seems that the cooperation has now ended, and Chen Zhou has done what he was supposed to do. What happens next seems to be none of Chen Zhou's business.

"I have kept our promise, so if you choose to leave as soon as possible, then we won't be going the same way! Have a safe journey," Chen Zhou said quickly. If that's the case, then that's great, he was just worried about how to shake them off.

"So you're planning to leave now?" Ji Lanying asked.

"No, no, no, I plan to sleep until I naturally wake up before setting off," Chen Zhou said honestly. He didn't think there was anything shameful about this idea; sleeping is human nature. What human being dares to say they've never slept?

“Alright. Let’s discuss it again. By the way, I still don’t know your name. Thank you so much for rescuing us from that mysterious man,” Ji Lanying said sincerely.

Just as Chen Zhou was about to answer, he suddenly noticed two figures behind a tree that was about as thick as a person could wrap their arms around, right next to Ji Lanying. One of the figures was so large that it was now clearly visible.

Chen Zhou's pupil technique has undergone a simple evolution. Although he did not use the pupil technique, his eyesight was no longer what it used to be.

“My name is Chen Dachuan. You don’t need to thank me anymore. That’s what our bet was. I’ve fulfilled my bet. I got the Transformation and Enlightenment Pill on my own. I’ve done my job well,” Chen Zhou said.

"Don't you want to know what that mysterious person did to us? And who he is?" Ji Lanying suddenly asked at this moment.

Faced with this sudden question, Chen Zhou was at a loss. He only knew what Elder Ren had told him about, and nothing else. To be honest, Chen Zhou was really curious about what the mysterious person had done to them.

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