Chapter 3: The Second Life of a Swordsman
Jian Xin had a very long dream.
Because he had white disease, which was considered unlucky, he had never left that narrow wooden house since he was born.
When he was eleven years old, he finally escaped, alone, and wanted to seek immortality. After much difficulty, he was admitted into a sect, but was told that he had the body of a Cang Yao sword and there was no hope for him to become an immortal.
From then on, he had no attachment to this world any more, and his heart was no longer concerned with warmth or coldness. He was only focused on proving his truth with the sword. He became a ruthless swordsman relying solely on the Yellow-level Qi-training techniques he had learned by eavesdropping.
Finally, at the age of thirty-six, she had the good fortune to come into contact with the secret treasure of the Great Wilderness, and obtained the long-lost special skills of the Cang Yao sword body, the Cang Jian Jue, and the Dayan heart method of shielding the secrets of heaven.
But fate played tricks on her. Although she became a great sword fairy, her body had already reached its limit due to her congenital vitiligo. She only had time to experience the mysteries of the Cang Sword Jue and the Dayan Heart Method for a moment before she died before the Great Dao.
But she had no complaints and no regrets. Since she was eleven years old, she had cut off everything. She no longer had any expectations for anything in the world, nor did she have any attachment. All that remained in her heart was that ruthless sword.
A fragrance disturbed the dream that was filled with only blood and rain.
Jian Xin opened her eyes blankly. The warm and soft quilt dragged her body like a swamp, preventing her from getting up.
Just as Jian Xin was struggling with her eyelids, Li Yan came in with a bowl of lean meat porridge. Seeing Jian Xin's little head nodding, Li Yan laughed.
"You can sleep a little longer if you want. There's no rush."
Jian Xin's shoulders trembled, and his crimson pupils shrank suddenly, but then slowly relaxed. After hesitating for a while, Jian Xin slowly spoke, "Master, are we going to start practicing?"
"Practice? Ah... practice. There's no rush. You're too weak now. Wait until you've recovered."
Li Yanmo smiled, put a pillow behind Jian Xin, picked up the porridge, and started stirring it with a spoon.
Jian Xin blinked his eyes, and only reacted when Li Yanmo began to blow the lean meat porridge in the spoon. He immediately stammered and stretched out his hands, "Master, I can do it myself."
"That's fine, just be careful with the heat."
Li Yanmo thought about it and felt that it might be because Jian Xin was used to wandering alone and was not used to such overly friendly behavior.
To comfort a little wild cat, you must proceed step by step.
After taking the hot porridge, Jian Xin bit her lip and was about to say thank you when she found that Li Yanmo had already stood up and pushed the door open to leave.
Jian Xin curled the corners of his mouth slightly, stirred gently with a spoon, stared at the lean meat porridge with a doubtful look on his face for a while, and then took a tentative bite.
"……tasty."
In the cabin, Li Yanmo sat down and took out the salary of the sect leader and the Yellow Level Qi Training Technique issued by the management system.
As he opened the pages of the book, a voice sounded in Li Yanmo's ears, guiding Li Yanmo to practice his skills.
The salary of the sect leader was an unexpected surprise, but looking at the five thousand operating resources, Li Yanmo always felt that the fifty spirit stones in his hand were like those given to beggars.
"Humph - I want to collect my salary, and I also want to eat the bankruptcy subsidy."
Li Yanmo muttered to himself and made up his mind. He held a spirit stone and began to practice Qigong according to the instructions in the Qigong Technique. After just a few breaths, Li Yanmo felt a stream of air overflowing from the spirit stone and spreading along the meridians in his body, circle after circle.
Li Yanmo was a little excited at first, but gradually he felt something was wrong. According to the description in the Qigong Exercises, the spiritual energy should have gathered into a vortex in his dantian at this time.
Just as Li Yanmo was trying hard to guide the airflow, a shattering sound rang in Li Yanmo's ears, and the airflow flowing in the body disappeared without a trace. Li Yanmo looked down and found that the spirit stone in his hand had been broken.
"I--"
Thinking that Jian Xin was still resting in the house, Li Yanmo suppressed the urge to ask whose mother it was, copied out the second spirit stone and repeated the previous operation. Within a quarter of an hour, the second spirit stone met the same ending.
When the eighth spirit stone broke, the airflow finally condensed into a vortex in Li Yanmo's dantian. Even without conscious control, it could rotate on its own, endlessly.
Li Yanmo felt very upset after losing almost one-fifth of his salary in one go, but the updated data from the management system finally made him feel a little relieved.
[Sect Master: Li Yanmo, Cultivation Level: Qi Training Level 1]
All things are difficult at the beginning. If the beginning is difficult, won’t it be easy afterwards?
Li Yanmo regained his confidence. He glanced at the sun in the sky and estimated that it was only about nine o'clock. He turned around and walked to the front of the house. He knocked on the door before pushing it open. At this moment, Jian Xin was leaning on the bed, with white hair, snow-white skin, and coughing from time to time. She looked like a dying young lady described in novels. The bowl on the bedside was empty and clean as if it had just been washed.
"Jian Xin, do you feel better?"
"Master, I feel much better. Should I start practicing?"
Jian Xin's voice was very light, as if it would disappear at any time. Li Yanmo frowned slightly, not because he was angry, but because Jian Xin's body was much weaker than he expected.
"There's no rush for cultivation. Come, Jian Xin, this is the Marrow Cleansing Pill."
Li Yanmo touched the ring on his thumb and took out a jade bottle from it. This action caused Jian Xin's eyes to tremble, and a trace of doubt and vigilance appeared in his scarlet eyes.
Li Yanmo did not notice the change in Jian Xin's eyes, and took out another twenty spirit stones and distributed the Qi training techniques.
"Take a look at this Qi training technique first. As for these spirit stones, feel free to use them. If you don't have them, Master still has them."
Li Yanmo was very relaxed. He used eight spirit stones to condense the Qi vortex and reached the first level of Qi training. Jian Xin was born with a useless body and a white disease. The negative buffs were almost full. It might not be so easy to practice.
But it’s also good, it’s a good opportunity to break all the spirit stones into pieces.
Jian Xin looked strange, but still nodded.
"Then I will get busy first. You... take more rest. Don't worry. Even if you can't condense the Qi vortex, don't worry."
Li Yanmo gave some instructions and then got up and left.
As soon as the door was closed, Jian Xin got out of bed sideways, his bare feet landed on the ground, and with a few clacking sounds, he walked to the window and looked up.
Eight and a quarter of an hour ago, she was also standing on tiptoe like this watching Li Yanmo practice.
Jian Xin was extremely confused by the feat of breaking eight spirit stones in a row to barely enter the first level of Qi training.
She was born with a weak body, and without any special skills to help her practice, it was a hundred times more difficult than for ordinary people, but she had never consumed so many spirit stones.
Jian Xin thought about it, picked up a spiritual stone, and activated the Cang Sword Technique. She only borrowed a strand of it, and a powerful vortex condensed from her petite body. This vortex was so powerful that there was a faint sound of swords, and the knives hanging on the wall were buzzing.
In just a breath, the first level of Qi training was completed, and the vortex was still growing. The natural spiritual energy of the world seemed to have found its home and condensed towards Jian Xin's Dantian.
One floor, two floors, three floors.
The third level of Qi training has been achieved.
Three layers of vortexes condensed in Jian Xin's dantian, but were hidden under the cover of Jian Xin's Dayan Heart Method.
Jian Xin looked at the ten spirit stones placed on the bedside in confusion.
Now that the Qi training vortex has been formed, with the help of the Cang Sword Technique, she can directly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for cultivation. There is no difference between using spirit stones for cultivation and burning money for heating.
Jian Xin remembered the bold words Li Yan said before he left. After hesitating for a moment, Jian Xin climbed back to the bed in small steps, swallowed the marrow cleansing pill, and used the Cang Sword Technique to refine the spiritual energy in the spirit stone.
In her previous life, she had met "kind-hearted people who claimed to be generous", but when they saw her congenital disability, their true colors were exposed.
(End of this chapter)
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