Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

On the wide open ground, a young man was brandishing a long sword, repeatedly performing the same action.

Draw the sword, thrust straight in, then sheathe it.

Then draw your sword...

At the same time, a voice kept ringing in Chu Yunfan's mind.

"Faster! Faster! I can go even faster!"

That's right, Chu Yunfan was training his sword-drawing speed.

It turns out that this book, "Basic Sword Techniques," really only contains some of the most basic sword movements, such as chopping, slashing, thrusting, and parrying.

Chu Yunfan mastered these simple sword techniques in just one day.

However, after learning the "Basic Sword Techniques" book, Chu Yunfan found that the surrounding environment had not changed at all.

In other words, he is still at the second stage of the Path of Sword Inquiry.

Therefore, without any clues, Chu Yunfan chose to continue practicing the "Basic Sword Technique".

In Chu Yunfan's understanding, the key to swordsmanship lies in only three words: speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness.

Ruthlessness is not something that can be trained; it must be forged in battle.

Therefore, the only skills Chu Yunfan could practice were speed and accuracy.

He chose to practice speed first because he felt that speed was more important than accuracy.

His method of practicing speed is also very simple.

That is to repeatedly practice the various sword movements in "Basic Sword Techniques" and do each movement to the best of your ability.

At this moment, he was like a ruthless sword-wielding machine.

The difference is that machines don't get tired, but Chu Yunfan is a human. He will feel tired, especially when repeating the same action. The muscles in the corresponding parts of his body will quickly become sore.

However, Chu Yunfan didn't care about any of that. If a muscle was sore, he would change his posture and use the strength of other muscles. If his whole arm was sore, he would switch to the other arm and practice swordsmanship with the other hand.

The reason he was working so hard was because he knew that he had performed poorly in the first test of sword affinity.

Therefore, in the second challenge, he must go all out and push himself to the limit.

Even more so, one must break through limits and constantly surpass oneself.

Only in this way can he have a chance to pass the test of the Path of Sword Inquiry.

Chu Yunfan once heard a saying that he found very insightful:

"Things that can be achieved through hard work are the simplest things in the world, and they are also worth doing."

At this point, Chu Yunfan had no reason not to work hard.

Time flies by, and seven days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During those seven days and seven nights, Chu Yunfan never stopped. Even though his consciousness was fading, his body developed the habit of instinctively drawing his sword.

However, Chu Yunfan was still human after all, and his body had its limits.

At that moment, Chu Yunfan finally lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

And at the very moment he fell, a smile appeared on Chu Yunfan's lips, a smile that seemed to say:

"I did my best, and I have a clear conscience!"

At the same time, the image of Chu Yunfan falling appeared in a square within the Qingyun Sword Sect.

In the square, there are more than a dozen stone benches, and on the benches sit more than a dozen elderly people who look to be over fifty years old.

However, despite being called elderly, their faces looked ruddy and full of energy.

More importantly, their eyes were exceptionally bright, sharp as swords.

At this moment, one of the elders suddenly spoke up:

"This boy has amazing perseverance and is a promising talent for swordsmanship."

Upon hearing this, several elderly men expressed their agreement, stroking their beards and nodding in agreement.

However, at this point, an elder raised a different opinion.

"He has a poor affinity for the sword; although he has perseverance, he is unlikely to achieve great things."

Let's see how he performs in the third round. Only if he performs exceptionally well in the third round will he be qualified to enter the Azure Cloud Sword Sect.

These words immediately drew more agreement from the elderly.

Even the old man who had spoken earlier did not utter a rebuttal.

Because what you just said was very true.

An affinity for the sword largely represents one's talent in swordsmanship and also largely determines one's achievements in swordsmanship.

For someone like Chu Yunfan, his affinity for the sword is only average, which means that he can only improve his swordsmanship through arduous training.

Some people are naturally drawn to swords; they feel an instant connection when they hold one.

These people are born to be good at swordsmanship. They find it much easier to learn swordsmanship than ordinary people and are more likely to make progress in swordsmanship.

Even more extreme are those with a special physique called the Innate Sword Body.

These are the true chosen ones. For them, practicing swordsmanship is as simple as eating and drinking. Sword techniques that take ordinary people months to master can be mastered in just a few hours in their hands.

Of course, such people are extremely rare. Even the Qingyun Sword Sect, which is known as a top-tier sword sect, has only produced a handful of them in tens of thousands of years.

Most people in the Qingyun Sword Sect only have a high affinity for swords.

Of course, there are also a few people, like Chu Yunfan, whose affinity for swords is only average.

However, a low affinity for swords and average talent in swordsmanship do not mean that one cannot practice swordsmanship.

In the history of the Qingyun Sword Sect, there have been precedents of people with average sword talent who, through their great perseverance, eventually became sword masters.

It is precisely because of this precedent that Chu Yunfan is qualified to have reached this point.

Otherwise, he would have been eliminated in the first stage of the Path of Swordsmanship.

It's a long story, but it only took a moment.

At that moment, Chu Yunfan had fallen completely asleep and entered a long dream.

In the dream, Chu Yunfan was born in a remote mountain village on the Qingyun Continent. However, he possessed extraordinary talent for cultivation. By chance, he was noticed by an elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect and brought back to the sect to be accepted as a personal disciple.

From then on, Chu Yunfan's cultivation progressed rapidly, and he became a rising star in the Qingyun Sword Sect.

However, just when he was riding high, his swordsmanship reached a bottleneck. No matter how hard he tried, he could not comprehend the existence of sword intent.

Those who cannot comprehend the essence of swordsmanship are not worthy of being called sword geniuses.

This would be a fatal blow to him.

Just then, he accidentally obtained a tattered ancient book. The book said that as long as he kept killing people with his sword, he would be able to comprehend the essence of swordsmanship when he had killed enough people.

At this moment, Chu Yunfan was moved.

He looked at the ancient book in his hands and fell into deep thought.

However, when the sun rose the next day and its rays fell on Chu Yunfan's face, he suddenly drew his long sword and shattered the ancient book into pieces.

"To kill for the sake of cultivation is no different from being an animal!"

These words were resounding, and Chu Yunfan looked at the sword in his hand, his gaze becoming exceptionally firm.

"I believe that I can definitely comprehend the essence of swordsmanship through my own efforts!"

And so, Chu Yunfan practiced swordsmanship diligently, and finally, a year later, he successfully comprehended his own sword intent.

Just then, Chu Yunfan suddenly received news that his parents had been captured by the Qingyun Sword Sect's enemies. They demanded that he betray the Qingyun Sword Sect and act as an inside agent to destroy it, or they would kill his parents.

Upon hearing this news, Chu Yunfan was caught in a dilemma.

On one side are one's biological parents, who gave birth to and raised them, and are the people closest to them.

On the other hand, there is the sect that has been kind to them by teaching and imparting knowledge.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to reconcile, and Chu Yunfan is now unable to break this curse.

Ultimately, he decided to go to the enemy camp alone to rescue his parents.

"If it succeeds, everyone will be happy!"

If it fails, then I will have no regrets towards my parents and sect!

Chu Yunfan was full of enthusiasm, but unfortunately the enemy was too strong.

In the end, he still fell in a pool of blood.

However, he was not dead at this time.

Just when he thought his life was over, his enemy suddenly said to him:

I admire your courage and character.

Now, I'm giving you a chance. I don't need your help to deal with the Qingyun Sword Sect.

"If you agree to lay down your sword and leave the Qingyun Sword Sect, I will spare your life and that of your parents. What do you say?"