That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Lin Jun, who was watching from the sidelines, stared wide-eyed and his mouth was agape.

Ding Mo couldn't help but think more highly of Lin Zhifeng.

The elders happily left together. As soon as they were gone, Lin Jun rushed up, patted Lin Zhifeng on the shoulder, and said, "Not bad, little brother! I didn't know you were such a dark horse! If you ever become rich and powerful, don't forget me!"

Lin Zhifeng put the two swords into his inventory and said with a smile, "We're brothers, so it's no big deal!"

Ding Mo said, "Now that the selection is over, shall we leave?"

Lin Jun and Lin Zhifeng said in unison, "Okay!"

After the three of them came out, they each returned to their respective caves.

Lin Zhifeng dismissed Qingfeng and took out the two spirit swords to play with.

The system couldn't help but chime in at this point: "See? Master, wasn't I right?"

Lin Zhifeng laughed and said, "You know, we're incredibly lucky!"

The system said, "When you find rare and precious materials in the future, upgrade these two swords properly, and they will be enough for you until you ascend to immortality."

Lin Zhifeng said, "No rush. We're penniless right now, all we have are some spirit stones. We can save them up slowly later when we have the chance."

The system said, "You've obtained two swords, and we've also secured ten luck points for you. Master, go and claim them quickly."

Lin Zhifeng was surprised by this good fortune and quickly opened the control panel. Sure enough, he saw a new side quest: Obtain Spirit Treasure.

He clicked "Done," and easily earned ten points of luck.

Lin Zhifeng said to the system, "System, if there are any more good things like this that can earn me luck points in the future, please remind me more often."

The system said, "Okay, don't worry, Master."

Lin Zhifeng has obtained the precious sword, and now he must diligently cultivate. Previously, his soul was incomplete, and his sect leader father only provided medicine to boost his cultivation level; he hadn't learned any swordsmanship. (Given the circumstances, he couldn't have learned it anyway, could he?)

He needs to learn some swordsmanship now, otherwise he'll only have internal strength but no external skills, and he'll still be a "weakling in combat".

Lin Zhifeng plans to visit the sect's library tomorrow. Finding a suitable manual for his two-handed swordsmanship would be ideal, but if not, he'll at least acquire one copy each of the beginner, intermediate, and advanced sword techniques that all sword sect disciples know and learn them.

The next morning, Lin Zhifeng went to the library to look for books.

The library is usually managed by an elder from the inner sect, who also has some people under his command who have reached the Nascent Soul stage or above but have no hope of breaking through.

There are such people in every department of the Sword Sect. They are often those whose souls have been severely injured, or those whose natural talents are limited, preventing them from making further progress in their lifetime. So they voluntarily take on some of the sect's daily maintenance work. Thanks to the contributions of these people, the sect can operate normally; and those with potential can cultivate more single-mindedly.

The Sword Sect's continued glory is not only due to its talented sword cultivators, but also inseparable from the contributions of these unsung heroes.

Lin Zhifeng respected all these people and greeted everyone he met with utmost respect.

Who wouldn't like such a handsome and polite young man? So the people in the library took good care of Lin Zhifeng, granting him access to find the books he wanted.

Lin Zhifeng brought a scroll that could be used to copy secret manuals, so he could copy it back later if he found one that was suitable.

Lin Zhifeng, being a blank slate, knew almost nothing about swordsmanship. All his relevant knowledge came from the game he used to play.

He thought he had two swords, so he should practice using two-handed swords.

He buried himself in searching for manuals on two-handed swords and soon found several.

Lin Zhifeng found it quite strange—he remembered that when they were choosing swords, the elders said that manuals for dual swords were very rare. How come he found several just by casually flipping through them in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn?

Lin Zhifeng opened one of the books and exclaimed: "Oh dear, I've made a mistake!"

It turns out that two-handed swords and dual swords are not the same thing at all.

A two-handed sword is actually a sword that reaches chest length and needs to be held with both hands.

Two-handed sword techniques include drawing, sweeping, clouding, wiping, lifting...

Lin Zhifeng immediately realized he couldn't learn to use a two-handed sword. His height was a disadvantage. The sword itself was also wrong; his own sword was of ordinary length, completely different from a two-handed sword.

With a helpless sigh, Lin Zhifeng put the manuals back in their original place.

Lin Zhifeng spent the entire day in the library. He searched until closing time but still couldn't find a single manual about dual swords.

It seems that mastering dual swords is not going to be so easy.

Lin Zhifeng decided to honestly practice basic swordsmanship and lay a solid foundation first.

Since we're lucky koi fish, we're sure to have more amazing encounters in the future. Maybe we'll even get a dual-sword manual in some secret realm!

Lin Zhifeng copied the basic swordsmanship manual back and began to study and practice swordsmanship seriously from then on.

After mastering the basic knowledge, his cultivation level also increased significantly, and he was even close to reaching the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

He focused on his cultivation, and Ding Mo was somewhat surprised that he didn't come to ask for guidance for a long time.

When they were choosing swords last time, Ding Mo's master, the Grand Elder, instructed him to mentor Lin Zhifeng. Ding Mo always listened to his master. Although he didn't think he could offer Lin Zhifeng much guidance in swordsmanship.

Ding Mo is a genius; his comprehension ability is too extraordinary, so his cultivation method is simply not suitable for others.

For example, when you're working on a math problem, you're still applying formulas and writing out equations, while a smart person just glances at the problem and skips all those calculations to get the result.

Therefore, geniuses are never good teachers. Geniuses also cannot teach ordinary people.

Ding Mo understood this principle, so when he taught swordsmanship to the Golden Core disciples of the Sword Sect, he never pursued the matter if some of them slacked off, skipped class, or even refused to attend.

But taking those large classes is one thing, and no one ever seriously pursues any particular teaching effectiveness. Now it's different: this is something my master personally instructed me to do, so I can't completely ignore it.

Ding Mo, who was notoriously bad at handling interpersonal relationships, was unusually troubled. He sighed and decided to visit Lin Zhifeng's house the next day. At least he could report back to his master.

When Ding Mo arrived the next day, Lin Zhifeng was practicing his sword in the courtyard.

He recently taught himself beginner and intermediate swordsmanship. These were not difficult for him at all, and he mastered them easily.

He is now learning advanced swordsmanship.

Advanced sword techniques have been categorized based on the different spiritual root attributes of the cultivators—that is to say, the specialization begins from the advanced level.

Logically speaking, Lin Zhifeng has a water elemental root and should only cultivate the water element (including ice). But do you all remember the two swords he pulled from the Sword Tomb? The "Crane's Cry" is an ice elemental sword, which suits him perfectly; the other, "Phoenix's Cry," is a fire elemental sword.

If he only learns water-based swordsmanship and not fire-based ones, then the power of Phoenix Cry in his hands will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, although Lin Zhifeng did not have a fire elemental root, he still tried to learn fire-based swordsmanship. Although it was not as easy to learn as water-based swordsmanship, fortunately, he had the foundation from his previous training in water-based swordsmanship, so it was not too difficult.

Ding Mo saw that he was not very agile, using both hands simultaneously. His left hand, Crane Cry, was using water-based swordsmanship, while his right hand, Phoenix Cry, was using fire-based swordsmanship.

It's impressive that he could multitask so perfectly. However, due to a lack of repeated practice and insufficient proficiency, his movements appeared somewhat clumsy.

Ding Mo stopped Lin Zhifeng's practice.

Lin Zhifeng quickly sheathed his sword and bowed upon seeing Ding Mo.

He asked Ding Mo curiously about his purpose in coming.

Ding Mo said, "I promised my master that I would instruct you in swordsmanship, but since you haven't come for many days, I had no choice but to come to your door to find you."

Lin Zhifeng chuckled and said, "It was my fault. When my soul was incomplete, my father couldn't teach me swordsmanship. Therefore, I truly started from scratch in swordsmanship training. I'm still practicing basic swordsmanship, so I haven't encountered any difficult points that I need to ask my martial uncle for help. I should have sent a message to my martial uncle, but I've made him worry. I apologize for my mistake, martial uncle!"

Ding Mo said, "It's alright. The fact that you can cultivate on your own shows that you have excellent comprehension. In that case, if you encounter any problems in the future, you can come to my cave to find me."

Lin Zhifeng quickly thanked him.

Ding Mo continued, "I just saw you practicing your swordsmanship, and you were actually practicing both water and fire sword techniques at the same time. As the saying goes, water and fire are incompatible, and these two elements are mutually restraining. You don't feel it now because your cultivation is still shallow, but the deeper you cultivate in the future, the more you will feel the repulsive force between the two. If you don't handle it well, there is a possibility that you might go astray in your practice and suffer a qi deviation. So I advise you to think about it carefully."