Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 50: The Sword Immortal Li instructs on swordsmanship.

Su Yu didn't look for long. A dozen minutes later, Chu Xiaoyu returned, called him back to the house, and handed him a jade token.

"This is your temporary identity card, which grants you access to some of the outer disciples' privileges of the Crimson Sky Sword Clan, but it is only valid for three months."

Su Yu took the jade token and asked:

"What level of access do I have to claim daily tasks and accumulate contribution points here?"

Chu Xiaoyu shook her head and said:

"All we have is the right of passage and access to the sect's channel for the Crimson Sky Sword Vein; nothing else."

"Ok."

"In addition, I just asked Miss Qingli, and she happens to be free right now. She will be teaching you about swordsmanship over the next few days."

Chu Xiaoyu said earnestly:
“Miss Qingli is one of the personal disciples of the master of the Chixiao Dao lineage. She has passed the first Great Heavenly Tribulation and advanced to the position of Loose Immortal. Her swordsmanship is extremely high. If it weren’t for Miss’s request, you wouldn’t have been able to meet her. You should study hard and not waste this rare opportunity.”

Su Yu's eyes lit up, and she nodded quickly:

"Don't worry, Sister Xiaoyu, I will study hard."

"Okay, you should rest for now. I'll call you tomorrow."

"Ok!"

Watching Chu Xiaoyu leave, Su Yu clenched her fist tightly, filled with excitement.

A direct disciple of the master of the Crimson Sky Dao Clan, this is a true big shot.

Such a person must have exceptionally high talent in swordsmanship and an extremely high level of swordsmanship.

Just as Chu Xiaoyu said, without the leader's connections, he would never have had the chance to meet him, let alone ask him for advice.

"We must seize this opportunity."

Su Yu had originally intended to wander around the sect, but she wasn't in the mood for it anymore and went straight back to her room to rest.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, he got up early and waited in the house. Around seven o'clock, Chu Xiaoyu arrived.

"You come with me."

Chu Xiaoyu did not summon the flying boat, but instead led him through the side gate of the courtyard into the manor. After passing through a gate entwined with vines, they entered the inner courtyard and saw Chu Xinyue and Li Jianxian drinking wine and admiring flowers in the garden pavilion, occasionally exchanging affectionate glances.

"Wow, it really is a lesbian relationship!"

Both women were stunning beauties with exceptional figures and elegant demeanors; their close embrace was a delightful sight to behold.

But he didn't dare look too long, and deliberately lowered his gaze.

The two arrived at the pavilion. The Sword Immortal Li glanced at him, took out a jade slip, flicked it towards him, and said:
"I'll give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to master the sword techniques inside, then demonstrate them to me."

Su Yu took the jade slip and pressed it to his brow, and specks of clear light flew out and entered his mind.

The Thirteen Paths to Slay Demons with Sword Techniques.

A high-level sword technique, consisting of thirteen moves.

The light vanished, the jade slip shattered, and the sword technique appeared on Su Yu's panel.

Simple sword techniques, not basic sword skills, cannot be leveled up.

Su Yu closed his eyes for a moment, then summoned the Sun-Concealing Technique and began practicing.

The first move of the Thirteen Paths to Slay Demons Sword Technique: Flowing Wind and Returning Snow. A sweeping horizontal sword strike, which can be freely connected to the left and right sides.

The second move: Flying Flowers Chasing Waves. The flying sword thrusts out several sword shadows that converge at a single point, with each strike dealing cumulative damage.

The third move: Stars hang low over the plains.

The fourth move: Jade Shatters Kunlun.

Thirteenth move: Thunderous Strike of the Nine Heavens. Consumes 30% of mana to draw heavenly lightning into the flying sword, delivering a fatal blow to the target.

The first rehearsal took Su Yu almost three minutes, and she was very clumsy and unfamiliar with the process.

Xiao Qingli, who had been watching him closely, frowned and asked with some confusion:
"Xinyue, are you sure he has good talent in swordsmanship?"

Chu Xinyue didn't explain, she just said calmly:

"We'll see soon enough."

Su Yu rested for a short while before starting the second round of practice.

With the help of the cheat code, the second practice session started directly from the success of the first one. All the mistakes made in the first session disappeared, the speed increased greatly, and the practice session was completed in only about two and a half minutes.

Then came the third time, which only took two minutes.

The fourth time, it only took one and a half minutes.

He practiced again and again, becoming more and more proficient each time. By the tenth time, his swordsmanship had already achieved a certain level of proficiency.

"That's it!"

A cool voice interrupted Su Yu's practice. Turning around, he saw that the Sword Immortal Li had already walked over, carefully looking him up and down, and nodded:

"Your talent is average, but your learning ability is good."

With a flick of her wrist, she tossed a flying sword over. Su Yu caught it and saw that it was a first-tier flying sword, the Azure Edge Sword.

"Use this flying sword to attack me."

Su Yu immediately poured his magic power into the flying sword to refine it, replacing Qing Que's equipment in the flying sword slot. He then pointed at the Qingfeng sword, which flew out and hovered in front of him.

He reached out, grasped the sword, and bowed.
"Please enlighten me, Immortal Li!"

The next second, a white rainbow pierced the sun and struck straight at Xiao Qingli.

Xiao Qingli also summoned a first-tier flying sword, the White Rainbow Sword, and met the attack with the same move, White Rainbow Piercing the Sun.

"Ding Ding Ding"

The moment the two swords clashed, Baihong Sword swiftly changed tactics, unleashing a flurry of flying flowers and surging waves that transformed into more than a dozen sword shadows.

Although Su Yu reacted quickly and changed his move as well, he could only conjure eight sword shadows with the same technique, and he was at a disadvantage the moment they clashed.

Su Yu could clearly sense that the dozen or so sword shadows were not her limit.

"Pay attention to my sword stance and power generation techniques."

Although her attacks were sharp, they were not fierce. She did not relentlessly pursue him after defeating him. Each time, she would stop and let him make another move, and then defeat him with the same moves.

Repeating the same moves over and over again, feeling the same sword intent and power techniques again and again, slowly understanding her power techniques in failure, figuring out how to deal with them by combining them with his own swordsmanship, and then being defeated by her with the same moves again.

"too strong!"

The more Su Yu fought, the more she could feel her strength.

Meanwhile, his swordsmanship gradually improved under her suppression.

His proficiency with the Thirteen Paths Demon-Slaying Sword Technique improved rapidly, and he soon mastered it.

In addition, the progress of the sword skill realm, Sword Qi Thunder Sound, is also slowly increasing. It increased a little in less than half an hour. Normally, it would take several days to increase even a little.

After sparring for an hour straight, she sent him flying with a single sword strike, then sheathed her sword and stood there.

That's all for today. Go back and continue practicing.

Su Yu bowed with his sword in hand.
"Thank you for your guidance, Immortal Li!"

He then bowed to Chu Xinyue and took his leave.

Back in the side courtyard, he took out his Qingfeng sword and continued practicing.

The next morning, he received another message from Chu Xiaoyu, asking him to come over and practice swordsmanship.

It was still the inner garden, and they were still practicing the Thirteen Paths of Demon-Slaying Sword Technique together. They practiced for an hour every day, and then practiced on their own.

On the third day, after Su Yu mastered the Thirteen Paths of Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, he increased his practice time to one and a half hours.

On the fourth day, Li Jianxian was unavailable, and on the fifth day, the time increased to two hours. As time went on, his swordsmanship became more and more proficient, and his progress in the Sword Qi Thunder Sound realm also increased. However, he still only practiced these sword techniques every day and was not taught any other sword skills.

But Su Yu was not in a hurry and calmed down to continue practicing.

Such a master would definitely not be perfunctory in spending an hour or two sparring with you every day; there must be a reason why he doesn't teach you.

The daily sparring routine continued, using two first-tier flying swords and the Thirteen Paths of Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, until the eighth day.

"Ding!"

A clear, distinct sword cry rang out, and the Qingfeng sword suddenly shone brightly. The moves were more agile than usual, and the sword tip flashed, creating ten sword shadows to meet the attack, producing a series of clanging sounds.

Although he was still easily suppressed, he could clearly feel the pressure decreasing.

"Your swordsmanship has improved."

He took a step back and opened the panel. His swordsmanship level [Sword Qi Thunder Sound] had been upgraded from "Entry-level" to "Masterful". His sword damage increased by 50% and his attack speed increased by 50%.

"it is good!"

Su Yu was overjoyed.

The power of the sword has increased by 20% compared to before, and the output of the Sun-Covering Sword has increased from 3198 to 3690. If you encounter Ding Lingyu again, a casual sword strike can not only break through his defense but also deal about 1200 damage.

Even Qingque has an output of 3450, which can deal nearly a thousand damage.

This output is enough to suppress him head-on and slowly wear him down.

At this moment, Xiao Qingli flicked the white rainbow in her hand, and a melodious sound rang out:

"Now that we have broken through, let's move on to the next stage and prepare to face the challenge."

With a flick of her wrist, the white rainbow sword spun, and a sharp sword aura pierced through the air.

Su Yu twirled the Qingfeng sword in his hand, unleashing a sword aura.

"Sizzle!"

A pair of green and white sword energies intertwined, their sharp edges pressing and cutting against each other, causing the sword energies to tremble violently.

"boom!"

The cyan sword energy could not withstand the pressure and collapsed.

"Come again!"

The white rainbow sword energy turned around and slashed down again. Su Yu swung his sword down, and another cyan sword energy met it, just like before.

This time, Xiao Qingli did not use any exquisite sword techniques. She simply overwhelmed his sword energy with the sheer strength of her sword energy, causing it to shatter and dissipate.

Su Yu's initial response was to try to neutralize the force with his swordsmanship skills, but after repeated attempts, he found that it was of little use, or rather, it was useful but not very effective. Although his swordsmanship level had increased by one level, the gap between him and Xiao Qingli was still so large, and he felt no different from before he had leveled up.

He knew that the gap between them was too great; Xiao Qingli's swordsmanship was far superior to his, and even leveling up wouldn't be enough to close the gap.

Then, changing his approach, he injected more magic power to condense the sword energy, making it more solid.

He could sense the difference as soon as his thinking changed.

After the sword energy is condensed, its endurance increases greatly, and it is then combined with techniques.

Sword energies crisscrossed, pressing, colliding, and cutting, with forces squeezing back and forth.
A thought flashed through Su Yu's mind, and she vaguely understood something.

Xiao Qingli seemed to be able to read minds; whenever he made a change in response to his thoughts, she could precisely adjust herself accordingly.

From the first day onwards, for three consecutive days, no matter how he changed his tactics, the result was the same as the first day. No matter how he changed his moves or refined his sword energy, he was defeated in just a few clashes.

It was as if everything he did was meaningless and futile.

But Su Yu could clearly perceive the difference between them, and he could also vaguely sense the meaning behind each of her strikes. He stopped thinking and adjusted his technique and sword energy structure according to his instincts.

At first it was a bit awkward, but it gradually became smoother until I became proficient.

Unbeknownst to him, his sword energy gradually condensed and shrank, from five inches wide to four and a half inches, and then to four inches.

As the sword energy shrank, its condensation level increased significantly.

Under Xiao Qingli's attacks, the duration of the sword energy gradually increased, from the initial three seconds to four seconds, then to five or six seconds, and then to ten seconds, and so on.

When the sword energy condensed to three inches, Xiao Qingli suddenly sheathed her sword and stood up, saying in a crisp voice:
"That's fine. You can practice on your own from now on. Come find me again when you break through."

Su Yu was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what she meant and nodded.

Back at her residence, Su Yu sent Chu Xinyue a message:

"Guild Leader, Fairy Li told me to practice on my own from now on. I'd like to find a place nearby to level up and study at the same time."

She pondered for a moment and then said:
"Okay, you should practice for now. Once you've mastered the art of condensing sword energy into threads, it's best to come back and practice in real combat. There's a sword-testing platform in Chixiao City at the foot of the mountain, which is specifically for sword cultivators to spar with each other. You can go up and give it a try."

"Ok."

He then sent the same message to Chu Xiaoyu before leaving the house.

The spirit fish shuttle left Crimson Sky Sword Peak and headed straight for Crimson Sky City.

After entering the city, I opened the local area channel to check a little, and spent 1 tael of gold to order a local map from a local merchant.

Load the map into your own territory, and a large area of ​​the previously dark local map will be instantly lit up.

Su Yu carefully examined the map and quickly selected a leveling spot.

Two thousand miles east of Chixiao Sword Peak, there is a river called Cangshui, which is one of the tributaries of the middle reaches of the Yuanjiang River. Traveling more than 200,000 kilometers downstream, one can reach the middle reaches of the Yuanjiang River, and then continue downstream to return to Qianyu City.

This river is narrower than Chensha River, but it is the largest waterway in the vicinity and one of the most popular leveling spots in the area.

But it's not the best leveling spot.

The largest leveling spot in the area is located north of Crimson Sky Sword Peak, where there is an endless forest stretching for millions of kilometers. There are countless monsters to level up in, as well as numerous demon strongholds and demon lords. It is said that deep within the endless forest lies a demon kingdom, ruled by a demon king with a level of over 300.

Although he was quite interested in the endless forest, the best place for him to level up was still in the water, and he couldn't possibly give up his advantage to go to an unfamiliar place.

An hour later, the spirit fish shuttle arrived above the Cangshui River. Just as it was about to enter the water, it suddenly saw warships anchored far downstream. The sky was full of black dots, and sword lights and flying boats could be seen flying towards that direction from time to time.

"What happened?"

Curious, he flew over and soon saw the massive fleet anchored on the river.

A massive fleet consisting of eleven Tier 6 giant wooden divine ships, seven Tier 6 poison dragon warships, hundreds of Tier 5 raging whale ships or ironclad warships, and two to three hundred Tier 4 wave-piercing giant ships or tortoise-shell warships spanned a river hundreds of kilometers wide.

The warship was filled with divine thunder towers, and the decks and the area outside the warship were densely packed with players lined up in formation.

Beneath the river, a dense array of naval forces stood in formation, with naval commanders of level 100 or higher rising and falling in the water, their invisible blue light rippling across the surface.

"This is."

Su Yu quickly flew over and jumped out of the spirit fish shuttle, cupping his hands in a gesture of respect to the people on a nearby Taiyi Azure Spirit Boat:

"Hey bro, what's going on here? Is it a guild war?"

The people on the Taiyi Azure Spirit Boat glanced at him indifferently without saying a word. He felt slightly embarrassed and turned to a white-robed man sitting cross-legged on a large door-shaped sword not far away. He cupped his hands and asked.

The man looked him up and down and asked:

"Are you from out of town?"

"Yes, I haven't been here long."

"Then it's not surprising."

"This is not a guild war, it's a river god war. These guilds have all come to help because they have received river god quests."

"The Battle of the River Gods?"

Su Yu suddenly realized:

"Could it be that the Cangshui River has two river gods?"

"Guessed it right!"

(End of this chapter)