Lin Caogen bowed and said, "Disciple Lin Caogen greets the sect leader."
The man slowly turned around; this person was none other than Yun Hai, the sect leader of the Wuwei Sect.
He said, "You have been in my sect for twenty days. I have observed that you have made great progress in your studies, martial arts, and self-cultivation. However, your martial arts techniques are still lacking. Tomorrow I will be leaving the sect for a while. Before I leave, I will give you a few more pointers on sword techniques. Take this sword."
After saying this, Yunhai waved his sleeve, and a cold-light sword rose from the ground and flew directly into Lin Caogen's hand.
Yunhai continued, “Junior Brother Tian has already taught you the Thirty-Six Vajra Finger Technique. Today, I will teach you how to channel your finger power into the tip of your sword. The sword is the king of weapons, and sword techniques include thrusting, parrying, slashing, and chopping, but the most powerful is always the thrust. By channeling the Vajra Finger into the tip of your sword and using the sword techniques flexibly, its power can be comparable to a beginner-level Heavenly Rank Immortal Technique.”
Lin Caogen was overjoyed.
The Vajra Finger was originally a high-level Earth-rank immortal technique. Now, the sect leader is teaching him to infuse his finger power into the tip of a sword and use the weapon to enhance this immortal technique. This will directly raise the level of the immortal technique by two levels, from high-level Earth-rank to top-level Earth-rank, and directly become a low-level Heaven-rank immortal technique.
If Lin Caogen cultivates the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, his Golden Bell Shield technique and Vajra Finger strength will further improve. If he finds a Heavenly Rank weapon in the future, he can further enhance the power of the Vajra Finger.
Yunhai brandished his cold-light sword, and with one strike, he pointed at the back mountain.
A beam of golden light shot out from the tip of the sword, piercing a three-meter-long hole through the boulder behind the mountain.
If this power were applied to a person, it would be even more ferocious than a sniper rifle.
Lin Caogen gasped.
Yunhai said, "Grassroots, try channeling your Vajra Finger power into the tip of your sword and thrusting it towards the rocks. You can't yet condense and release your immortal essence, so try merging it with the sword in your hand first."
Lin Caogen understood immediately and activated the Vajra Finger Immortal Technique. The metallic energy in every cell of his body converged at his wrist, and then the metallic energy gradually spread to the longsword in his hand.
Lin Caogen brandished his longsword and thrust it towards the rocks. The pale golden sword had already pierced the rocks several tens of centimeters deep.
Yunhai nodded and said, "Not bad, you're teachable! Try stabbing the sword into the rock without using the Vajra Finger Technique!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Caogen withdrew his Vajra Finger power, and the pale gold color on the Cold Light Sword faded. Then, Lin Caogen exerted force and thrust the sword into the rock, only to feel his arm go weak. The tip of the Cold Light Sword barely penetrated three centimeters into the rock.
Yunhai said, "The difference between using immortal energy and not using immortal energy lies here. Although the sword in your hand is just an ordinary object, it becomes incredibly sharp after being infused with immortal energy. When you eventually reach the Meridian Condensation stage, the immortal energy within your body can flow along your meridians, and you will be able to mobilize even more immortal energy. Right now, you are only in the Body Refinement stage, and the immortal energy you can mobilize can only be transferred between each cell, which is extremely slow. This is also the main reason for the huge gap in strength between the Body Refinement stage and the Meridian Condensation stage."
Lin Caogen nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Sect Leader. I will definitely work hard to lay a solid foundation as soon as possible and strive to reach the Qi Condensation stage."
Yunhai said, "There's no need to rush. I'll spar with you a few times so you can hone your swordsmanship."
After saying that, Yunhai drew his sword and thrust it forward.
Lin Caogen realized he couldn't dodge in time and hurriedly used his sword to parry. However, he was too slow and was directly pierced in the shoulder by the tip of Yunhai's sword.
Lin Caogen's clothes had a hole pierced through them, and a tiny puncture wound the size of a pinhole had been made on his shoulder by the sword tip, from which blood was seeping out.
Yunhai said, "Learn to dodge first!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Caogen hurriedly rolled on the ground, looking extremely disheveled.
Yunhai thrust his sword again, each strike landing with lightning speed.
Lin Caogen tried everything he could, dodging left and right, parrying with his sword, but Yunhai still managed to stab him in over a hundred times. Although each wound was only the size of a pinprick, Lin Caogen's clothes were now soaked through and stained red with snow.
Today, Yunhai taught him the best lesson. This is the power of a Core Formation stage cultivator; every sword strike could easily take his life.
A whole night had passed, and Lin Caogen and Yunhai practiced swordsmanship on the back mountain until 5 a.m.
Yunhai laughed and said, "Go back and rest! The National Day Golden Week is here, don't overwork yourself during the holiday! Last night you practiced your sword, and your Thirty-Six Vajra Finger Technique has been slowly incorporated into your swordsmanship. When you reach mastery, your swordsmanship should be called the Vajra Sword Technique."
Lin Caogen felt utterly exhausted, covered in blood. But he was extremely excited. Through a night of quasi-real combat, Lin Caogen felt that his swordsmanship and emergency avoidance abilities had greatly improved.
Lin Caogen has a kind of intuition.
The Vajra Finger Force is primarily used for thrusting at the sword tip. If he were to learn a few more slashing techniques and infuse them into his swordsmanship, wouldn't that perfect the sword's slashing function? In truth, all celestial arts are created by humans. Integrating martial arts into one and creating new celestial arts is a natural progression. Lin Caogen felt that his Vajra Sword Technique might one day be able to increase in power from the early Heavenly Rank to the advanced Heavenly Rank, or even the top Heavenly Rank.
After bidding farewell to the sea of clouds, Lin Caogen returned to his bamboo house and fell asleep immediately.
It wasn't until eight o'clock in the morning that Song Qingshu and Du Yumei's knocking woke Lin Caogen up.
He quickly washed up, put on new clothes, and went out. Song Qingshu said, "Junior brother, we agreed to leave at six o'clock this morning. Why did you sleep until this hour!"
Lin Caogen, still half asleep, said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Song and Junior Sister Du, I cultivated too late yesterday and didn't fall asleep until five in the morning."
Du Yumei smiled and said, "I'm fine, it's just that Senior Brother Song has been waiting for too long!"
Song Qingshu said, "No problem, no problem! I have prepared three immortal horses at the foot of the mountain. Let's go!"
After saying this, the three arrived at the foot of Wuwei Sect Mountain. Upon reaching the designated location, they indeed saw three winged celestial horses tied to a tree.
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