Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 53 Chu Xinyue undergoes tribulation, the two swords unite.
Su Yu watched from outside for a while. When the battle on the stage ended, he was about to go up when he was bounced away by a layer of light.

He looked surprised, and a man next to him pointed to the number 17 on a sign erected at the edge of the ring and said:

"Newcomers can only challenge champions with fewer than ten wins. If they want to challenge champions with more than ten wins, they must have had at least one ten-win streak themselves."

"What?"

"Of course, it's to increase the prestige of the champion title. Otherwise, if you just randomly invite thirty-six people to challenge you, wouldn't the champion easily achieve thirty-six wins?"

"Oh!"

Su Yu understood, and looked at the other arenas. Just then, a winner was decided on one of the five-win arenas, and he immediately jumped onto the arena.

As soon as he entered the formation, a transparent light screen appeared on his body, and at the same time, a first-tier Qingfeng sword flew to him.

He knew without explanation that the Sword Testing Platform only considered swordsmanship skills, not cultivation level, and prohibited all magical treasures and Taoist techniques other than swordsmanship. Everyone was given a first-tier flying sword with identical attributes, and their shields were all set to 10,000 points of defense. Whoever broke through the opponent's shield first would win.

Su Yu gripped the flying sword, twirled it in his palm, and bowed respectfully to the person opposite him.
"Please advise!"

The man grinned and returned the greeting.

As soon as the countdown ended, the man raised his hand and slashed down with his sword, a white sword aura piercing through the air.

Su Yu twirled the green sword in his hand, and a thin wisp of sword energy pierced through the air.

"boom!"

The white sword energy collapsed instantly, and a flash of blue light arrived.

A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes. He raised his sword and tapped repeatedly, producing a series of crisp clanging sounds as the tiny sword energies shattered.

But before he could catch his breath, a second sword aura rushed towards him.

A thin sword aura swept across the sky like lightning in an arc, and the man frantically tried to defend himself.

With everyone using first-tier flying swords, the difference in swordsmanship level becomes increasingly apparent. It takes his opponent two or three strikes to block one of his swords. How can he possibly fight like that?
"We can't fight!"

They were crushed from the very beginning and never rose again.

After being brutally beaten for a while, Su Yu, his opponent, surrendered.

Soon it was the second opponent's turn. His skill level was not much different from the previous one, and he was also beaten badly.

The third.

the fourth.

the seventh.

In less than ten minutes, Su Yu swept through nine opponents in a row, until the tenth opponent, when Su Yu clearly felt that the opponent's strength had increased significantly.

However, their strength was limited, and the outcome was no different.

Although the outcome was the same, there were still some gains from fighting different sword cultivators.

Everyone has different habits, and habits influence swordsmanship. Even the same move will be used slightly differently by different people.

Su Yu treated these people as sparring partners, not rushing to defeat them, but purely using skills to compete with them in order to hone his swordsmanship and improve his shortcomings.

Real combat is the best way to improve swordsmanship. After several matches, Su Yu clearly noticed the improvement in his swordsmanship.

The sword energy and thunderous sound actually increased the progress by 1 point.

Keep in mind that this is the first level of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, which is at the pinnacle of skill. At this point, leveling up can only be done slowly and painstakingly. It would be considered rapid if you could improve even a little bit after a dozen or so battles.

The newly initiated Condensing Sword into Silk technique has improved significantly, improving by a little in almost every match.

"this is not bad!"

Seeing the tangible improvement on the panel, Su Yu was greatly encouraged and became even more eager to face his opponents.

"clang!"

With a metallic clang, a flying sword was deflected.

Su Yu glanced at her shield, which was now only a third full, and bowed respectfully.
"Concession!"

This was his nineteenth opponent, the most skilled he had ever encountered. His sword energy and thunderous sound had at least reached a high level, and he had begun to comprehend the concept of condensing sword energy into threads. His advantage was no longer significant at this point, and in the end, the opponent managed to destroy two-thirds of his shield.

After defeating this opponent, the next one is the twentieth.

However, unlike before, he was not immediately assigned another opponent after this battle. He stood alone on the stage, with no one in front of him.

Outside the arena where he stood, a large crowd of players had gathered, all eagerly awaiting their next opponent.

"A player with 20 or more wins must also have 20 or more wins to challenge him. I wonder who will be coming this time."

"Which swordsmanship master from the Crimson Sky Sword Clan is this young man?"

"I don't know. This is the first time I've seen it, too."

"Are you from out of town? If so?"

"Oh, Li Mingsheng is here."

"Oh, this young man isn't very lucky."

Suddenly, a young man dressed in black robes appeared on the arena. He looked Su Yu up and down with curiosity and said:

"I recognize all the famous young sword masters in the Crimson Sky Sword Clan, but I don't recall you. Where are you from?"

"I am not a disciple of the Crimson Sky Sword Clan."

"No wonder."

The countdown had ended, and the man gripped the longsword hanging in front of him, pointing it out. A white sword aura, as wide as a chopstick, rushed towards him.

Having anticipated this, Su Yu also unleashed a cyan sword aura.

"boom!"

Azure sword energy burst forth.

"This sword energy intensity?"

He was slightly startled, but his movements were swift. He urged the Green Edge Sword and the White Rainbow Sword to entangle back and forth, carefully sensing the changes in the force and technique of his opponent's flying sword.

"To be this good at only 20th place, the title of champion on the testing ground is really prestigious!"

Su Yu could sense that this opponent was superior to her in both swordsmanship and swordsmanship, though not by much.

He was not surprised but pleased; someone stronger than himself was the best sparring partner.

He concentrated his mind and devoted himself entirely to the competition.

The gap in skill and technique left him with only defensive capabilities and no offensive power, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter as he frantically absorbed the techniques his opponents displayed in battle, slowly transforming them into his own experience.

Two swords, one green and one white, crossed each other in the air, and in the instant they crossed, the two swords simultaneously underwent multiple transformations.

Collapse, grid, cut, support, strangle.
In that fleeting moment, Su Yu could simultaneously unleash five variations of his flying sword, but his opponent could display seven variations at the same time, two more than him.

As a result, the moment the two swords crossed, the white rainbow sword nimbly turned and struck him directly.

The Qingfeng sword was directly knocked away. By the time he turned around to parry, he had already been slashed several times, each sword having more than ten variations, resulting in considerable cumulative damage.

One attack wasn't enough to break through the defense, but after ten exchanges, the shield was completely worn away.

"boom!"

In the instant the two swords clashed, the Azure Rainbow Sword veered off course, while the White Rainbow Sword circled around Su Yu's neck, unleashing thirteen simultaneous attacks that shattered the remaining shield on the spot.

"I lost!"

Su Yu stopped her sword-wielding movements, her face showing no sign of frustration. Instead, her eyes sparkled as she pondered the changes in her opponent during their earlier exchange.

Under the influence of his golden finger talent, every improvement he made would solidify, causing his swordsmanship to continuously grow.

In just under two minutes of fighting, the progress was remarkable. At first, the flying sword was directly deflected, but later it was merely swayed away. "A very good way to train."

He came to his senses and looked up to find himself teleported out of the arena.

"Come again."

He paid 10 taels of silver directly and reappeared on the arena.

However, it wasn't the same arena as before, but another arena with a twelve-game winning streak.

"please!"

"please!"

The countdown ended, and the blue and white swords soared into the sky.

Realizing that this sword-testing platform would greatly hone his swordsmanship, Su Yu spent the rest of his time there.

After realizing that his current skill level was between ten and twenty wins, he stopped thinking about becoming a champion and instead focused on challenging champions with more than ten wins to learn from their experience and skills to improve himself.

In just two days, he spent nearly two gold coins, and his swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds.

His swordsmanship level hasn't changed much; it's impossible to level up in just two days. However, his swordsmanship skills have improved significantly.

He only reluctantly returned on the third day when Chu Xiaoyu sent him a message wanting to see him.

Inside the manor courtyard, upon seeing the three women again, Su Yu's gaze was immediately drawn to the changes in Chu Xinyue. Startled, she quickly stepped forward, clasped her hands in greeting, and said:
"Congratulations, Commander, on successfully surviving the Heavenly Tribulation!"

She looked exactly the same as before, still as radiant and beautiful. The difference lay in the faint glow emanating from her and the subtle pressure emanating from her.

The pressure was due to the fact that he had just passed through the Heavenly Tribulation and broken through to a higher realm, and he had not yet fully mastered this power.

That radiance is the power bestowed by the Heavenly Dao; anyone who survives the first Great Heavenly Tribulation will receive a reward from the Heavenly Dao.

The rewards are varied, including bloodline, talent, supernatural powers, special secret techniques, and even immortal bones.

The change in Chu Xinyue's body is most likely due to the acquisition of an immortal bone. She used the Heavenly Dao's reward to transform a mortal bone into an immortal bone, thereby gaining powerful strength. If it is a Buddhist bone, it is a Buddha bone; if it is a demonic bone, it is a demonic bone; if it is a monster, it is a demonic bone. In essence, they are all the same.

This thing is similar to the immortal bones refined by Su Yu's Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique, but it is generally not as strong as his immortal bones.

Because the level of immortal bones bestowed by Heaven is related to the Qi refining method and the intensity of the Heavenly Tribulation, the higher the level of the method, the stronger the Heavenly Tribulation, and the stronger the immortal bones condensed.

The Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique is an unparalleled divine power. The five immortal bones it condenses are all top-grade immortal bones. Ordinary cultivators cannot condense top-grade immortal bones even after undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation once.

Having successfully survived the Heavenly Tribulation, Chu Xinyue was in a good mood and rarely showed a smile.

Chu Xiaoyu then took out an exquisite red envelope and handed it to him.

Su Yu looked puzzled:
"This is?"

Chu Xiaoyu said with a grin:

"Miss has successfully survived the Heavenly Tribulation and ascended to the rank of Loose Immortal. Here is a red envelope."

"Uh!"

We need to accept this.

After offering her congratulations, Chu Xinyue left to stabilize her current state, leaving Xiao Qingli to continue instructing her in swordsmanship.

After exchanging blows as usual, Xiao Qingli said with some surprise:
"You've improved very quickly. Did you go to the sword-testing platform?"

"went."

"Keep honing your skills. When you can condense your sword energy into a fine thread and reach a high level of mastery, you can combine your sword energy into a sword aura. Only then can you attempt to differentiate your sword light."

"As for the deeper meaning of swordsmanship, such as breaking through all laws with a single sword and achieving clarity of sword heart, these secrets of swordsmanship are too far from you. First, master the differentiation of sword light."

Su Yu nodded.

"There's nothing more to teach you about swordsmanship. Let me teach you a few special swordsmanship techniques instead."

Su Yu clasped his hands in a salute:
"Please give me some advice, teacher."

Xiao Qingli didn't care about his address. She reached out and took out a Qingfeng sword. With a flick of her wrist, she instantly produced more than twenty sword flowers.

As the swords met, the sword flowers vanished in an instant.

The sword turned again, and a sword aura, seemingly only as thick as a hair, shot out from the tip, outlining a dragon with her exquisite skill, which circled around him with remarkable agility.

"This is."

Su Yu was dumbfounded.

"Is this the ability to manifest at will?"

As the swords closed, the dragon formed by the sword energy in the hair was erased, and a hawk and a fish were outlined in the shape of the sword blade.

After the rehearsal, she threw the green sword in her hand and casually pointed it out. The flying sword quickly expanded and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant sword that was ten feet wide and three feet long, larger than a door panel, and then slashed down.

The flying sword shrunk rapidly the instant it struck down, shrinking to the size of a needle in just two seconds.

Xiao Qingli pinched the embroidery needle with her slender fingers and inserted it into her black hair like a hairpin.

"Great!"

This operation broadened Su Yu's horizons and filled her with longing.

His eyes lit up as he looked at Xiao Qingli and asked earnestly:
"Teacher, can you teach me this?"

She took out her embroidery needle again, flicked it with her finger, and the needle quickly expanded into a green-edged sword. She nodded and said:

“That’s exactly what I want to teach you.”

"Okay."

She grasped the green sword in her slender hand, gently turned it, and demonstrated the change with an extremely slow movement, uttering the truth:

"The ability to manifest at will is the third level of sword control. It allows one to refine flying swords to be any size and change their shape. This requires extremely exquisite swordsmanship. The minimum standard is to be able to condense swords into threads with consummate skill and to master the differentiation of sword light."

"Your swordsmanship level is not high enough for you to do it right now, but you can learn it first and master the techniques. When your abilities are sufficient in the future, you will naturally understand it."

She practiced each move slowly and carefully, while Su Yu listened attentively.

One taught diligently, and the other listened attentively.

Over the next few days, she came to teach him various sword techniques. In addition to being able to conjure swords at will, she also taught him the technique of combining two swords.

As is generally known, only certain flying swords of the same origin can be combined, such as the Purple and Green Twin Swords, the Seven Cultivation Sword, and so on.

The normal combination of two swords combines the attributes of multiple flying swords, multiplies them by three, and results in explosive power.

If the two flying swords have different origins, they cannot be combined. However, the technique of combining two swords can forcibly combine two unpaired flying swords, greatly increasing their destructive power.

Forced merging also involves adding the attributes of multiple flying swords together and multiplying their power by two, but the mana consumption is more than ten times that of simultaneously activating two flying swords. The greater the difference between the two flying swords, the greater the mana consumption for forced merging.

It should be noted that generally only flying swords of the same type can be forcibly combined, that is, two Xuan weapons or two weapons that are both demonic weapons.

If one sword is a mystical weapon and the other is a demonic or Buddhist weapon, their origins are completely opposite, and even the most skilled swordsman cannot force them to merge.

Divine weapons have no limitations and can be compatible with any type.

This skill doesn't have very strict requirements, and Su Yu can learn it with her current abilities.

Upon learning about this skill, Su Yu's desire to learn was greatly aroused, and she devoted herself to studying with utmost focus.

His biggest problem right now is that his direct burst of power is not strong enough. Although the Taibai Dividing Light Sword is powerful, it is not a direct burst of power. A single sword aura is not very strong. Against enemies with strong physiques, it is not as good as a casual sword.

With this skill, combined with the Radiant Transformation, the two swords can be used together to unleash maximum burst damage, giving them a greater chance of defeating Ding Lingyu in the year-end exam.

One was willing to teach, and the other was willing to learn; they mastered the skill in just two days.

Once he has successfully mastered this skill, his journey will come to an end.

(End of this chapter)