During his stay in Shushan, Ling Yunpo continued to practice swordsmanship with An Zhisu.

I have to admit that in terms of swordsmanship alone, I am indeed no match for my senior sister.

This was really too outrageous, because although I entered Qingluo Peak later, I was practicing all five lines at the same time, and in terms of the years of cultivation, I have actually surpassed Senior Sister An.

I can only say that Senior Sister’s natural swordsmanship is truly amazing.

In addition to swordsmanship practice, Ling Yunpo also has to learn footwork with his senior sister.

The Fenyun Bagua Step is an ancient step that the Crazy Sword Immortal was looking for in the Giant Tree Secret Realm last time. It was later discovered by Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu when they accidentally entered a cave.

In order to move around in battle, sword masters usually use the sword-controlling technique. However, although the sword-controlling technique is convenient, it requires a lot of attention to control, so it is not very flexible to use.

After learning the Fenyun Bagua Steps, Lingyunpo can move around in a small space with his footwork, becoming more agile and light in dodging and moving, and his short-distance burst speed is even faster than the sword-wielding technique.

Because Senior Sister An was born with a sword heart, her learning progress was much ahead of Ling Yunpo. However, Ling Yunpo had a natural sword bone, and his explosive power and speed when using footwork were better than Senior Sister An's. Therefore, the two of them chased each other and competed with great interest.

After practicing the footwork, Ling Yunpo began to study the method of refining an incarnation.

In the "Tai Shang Kai Yan Secret Tibetan Sutra", the description of the incarnation is very obscure. For example, it says here, "It is like a bright mirror, which can see colors and images, clearly and distinctly. All kinds of differences are the images in the mirror."

What this means is that the incarnation outside the body is the "mirror image" of the original body, and one must always keep in mind the difference between the original body and the incarnation, and not mistake the incarnation for the original body.

"Ajing, do you think my understanding is correct?" Ling Yunpo asked in a low voice.

"Right." Kunlun Mirror said lazily.

"What's that attitude of yours!" Ling Yunpo said dissatisfiedly.

"Compared to this, I am more concerned about another point." Kunlun Jing suddenly said, "Have you noticed that Senior Sister An seems to hate Qiu Changtian very much."

"Of course I found out." Ling Yunpo replied, "Senior Sister really hates people who pretend to be cool, and Qiu Changtian's pretentiousness is just too high."

"She's not someone who hates pretentious people." Qing Ping Jian interrupted, "She just feels aggrieved that Qiu Changtian is the one who gets to be so popular while Junior Brother Ling, who has the same ability, can only remain unknown."

Ling Yun broke the silence for a moment and said:

"Is this pure speculation, or have you discovered something?"

"Just treat it as a guess." Qing Ping Jian said with a chuckle, "If you want evidence, I can't produce it."

"This is not important." Kunlun Jing said, "The key is the upcoming Baiyujing competition. What are you going to do as Qiu Changtian?"

"If Qiu Changtian loses, it will cause a lot of trouble for his character." Ling Yunpo thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "So Qiu Changtian must win the first place in the competition."

"Do you know what this means?" Kunlun Jing said faintly, "This means that Qiu Changtian has to defeat An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo at the same time."

"How do you think An Zhisu's opinion of Qiu Changtian will change if you really win?"

"Maybe..." Ling Yunpo smiled bitterly, "Maybe I hate it very much."

After all, An Zhisu is a senior sister who is extremely protective of her, and being her junior brother is a very wonderful experience. However, if you were a stranger who has nothing to do with her, you would think that this female swordsman must be very strong - otherwise, with her extremely upright character, she would have been killed long ago.

What does it mean to protect the shortcomings? It means that all good things should belong to the junior brother. If the junior brother made a mistake, it must be because you forced him to do so. If you make the junior brother unhappy, I will make you unhappy.

If Qiu Changtian defeated An Zhisu, it might not have much impact. However, if he defeated Ling Yunpo and prevented him from getting first place in the competition, An Zhisu would definitely have a very bad impression of him - it is unreasonable to protect one's shortcomings.

Fortunately, Ling Yunpo can also give some advice so that the senior sister will not go looking for trouble with Qiu Changtian, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Not to be feared?" Kunlun Jing thought to himself, "If one day, An Zhisu finds out that 'the annoying and arrogant Qiu Changtian' and 'the loyal and honest Junior Brother Ling' are actually the same person, I wonder how he will react."

"Well, Chen Guanshui thought he could get away safely, so he didn't even think about it. So I won't remind him."

"It will be quite interesting to see him being chased by my senior sister with a sword."

Ling Yunpo didn't think much about it, but just pondered carefully for a moment, and then decided to start preparing to refine his incarnation.

The preparations are complete!

Of course, the most important thing is that with Ajing and Qingping helping to watch over it, there shouldn’t be any problem... just like the last time when we refined the Yangxia Zhuming Pill.

Just in case, Ling Yunpo went to the backyard again to check where Senior Sister An was.

At this time, An Zhisu was sitting in the pavilion by the stream in the backyard, trying to play a pipa, and she placed the wine jug on the table.

"Senior sister, you have a very refined taste." Ling Yunpo said with a smile, "Why did you suddenly start learning a musical instrument?"

"My master told me that he knew a sword fairy who was very good at playing the pipa," An Zhisu replied. "It is said that she could use the pipa to produce the sound of metal and iron, and even form sword energy, which is much more powerful than ordinary flying swords."

"So I also want to try to study it for a while to see if it can help me with kendo."

"Is that so?" Under normal circumstances, Ling Yunpo would definitely discuss music with his senior sister, but at this moment it was more important to refine his external incarnation by himself, so he chatted with his senior sister for a few words and then returned to the Taoist temple alone.

Since my senior sister is playing the pipa, I guess she won’t have time to come and see me for a while.

However, just in case, let’s go to the secret room where the master stayed before he went into seclusion.

After passing through the back hall and corridor, going down, we finally arrived at the secret room.

In the past, during every festival, An Zhisu would bring him here to pray to Su Jian who was in seclusion, so he was very familiar with this place.

Although he didn't think Su Jian could respond, Ling Yunpo still found a cushion and knelt down, and began to pray to Su Jian:

"Master, I am Lingyunpo. I am using this secret room to refine treasures. I hope Master can bless me."

After the report, Su Jian in the secret room did not respond, which probably meant he agreed.

So Ling Yunpo put his legs together and sat cross-legged, placed the Qingling Divine Pearl on his abdomen, and then began to circulate his true energy.

Gradually, I entered the state of "a mind as calm as still water" recorded in the Dharma.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Yunpo began to visualize himself in his mind, while slowly sending his consciousness into the Qingling Divine Pearl, constructing his own image in the pearl.