Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 13 Suspended Wrist Ring
Time flew by. Gu Pingsheng glanced at the sky outside, then looked away, picked up the tea beside him to moisten his throat, before continuing:

"The realm of knowledge is still too far away for you. Once you enter the inner sect, elders will teach you and answer your questions. I will not go into too much detail here."

Gu Pingsheng looked around at the group of people sitting in various positions and said calmly, "Today's lecture was a bit long, and you must be tired from sitting. Let's end today's lesson here."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to organize the papers they had taken notes on during class.

Gu Pingsheng watched their movements and said calmly, "Meet at Chaoyang Peak Square at the same time tomorrow for our kendo lesson."

"Before leaving the Preaching Abode, come here to receive a copy of the cultivation method of the 'Spirit Refining Technique.' Study it carefully after you go down. I will explain it to you again tomorrow night at the Preaching Abode."

As Gu Pingsheng distributed the rubbings of the "Spirit Refining Technique" to those leaving the preaching hall, he said:
"The sect offers classes on literacy. If you are illiterate, you can study more in your spare time or ask your classmates for help."

As Ning Fusang passed by Gu Pingsheng's desk, a piece of paper covered in writing was handed to her. The contents of the paper were the "Spirit Refining Technique." Ning Fusang had already memorized it, but she still reached out and took it, saying, "Thank you, Master Gu."

Gu Pingsheng nodded slightly.

After leaving the preaching house, Ning Fusang found Ruan Sanniang waiting for her. She calmly said, "You don't need to wait for me."

Ning Fusang can integrate into a group, but prefers to be alone.

She doesn't make friends within the sect.

Ruan San Niang was a little flustered. She asked in a low voice, "Senior Sister Ning, I'm going to the dining hall. Do you need me to bring you some food?"

After thinking for a moment, Ning Fusang took out a spirit stone and handed it to Ruan Sanniang: "Just bring me a bowl of Lingshan Snow Pear Porridge."

"If there's no more Lingshan snow pear porridge, then I'll have a plate of carved honey-fried porridge."

After giving instructions to Ruan Sanniang, Ning Fusang strode towards the Sword Washing Pool.

Although she was punished to do odd jobs at the Sword Washing Pool, she still received a monthly wage of ten spirit stones for washing swords there.

The candles in Qingquanzhai were still lit.

A servant disciple was flipping through the Sword Washing Pool's ledger for the month, marking the names of those who had come to collect spirit stones with a vermilion brush.

Ning Fusang climbed the steps and knocked on the door.

The handyman disciple didn't look up, but simply said "Go in".

As Ning Fusang approached and introduced herself, the servant disciple quickly stood up and said, "Greetings, Senior Sister Ning."

As an outer disciple, he was one level higher than a menial disciple, so he addressed Ning Fusang as "Senior Sister Ning" to show proper respect.

Ning Fusang explained her purpose, and the other party quickly took out a bag of spirit stones and handed it to her: "Senior Sister Ning, please check it. If there are no problems, please write your name on the side."

Ning Fusang stayed at the Sword Washing Pool for three years. She didn't forget the proper procedures. After writing her name down, she left with the spirit stones.

The round trip didn't take much time.

Ruan San Niang waited for Ning Fusang at the door of her house.

"Senior Sister Ning, we're out of Lingshan Snow Pear Porridge, so I brought you some carved honey-fried pears instead."

Actually, when she arrived at the dining hall, there was one last serving of Ling Shan Snow Pear Porridge, but it was snatched away by someone else. The other person also had the identity jade token of an outer disciple hanging on their waist. Ruan San Niang had just arrived at the Nanxing Sword Sect and dared not compete with them. Seeing that there was still a lot of carved honey porridge, she bought some.

Ning Fusang smiled and said, "Thank you."

She pushed open the door, closed it, and put the ten spirit stones she had just received into the wooden box.

She currently has a total of ninety-nine spirit stones, which is not even enough to buy the lowest-level storage bag, but Ning Fusang has never thought about buying a storage bag.

Storage bags are easy to lose, so she planned to accumulate enough spirit stones to buy a storage bracelet and wear it on her wrist, so she wouldn't be unaware if she lost it or it was stolen. After finishing her carved honey-glazed cake, Ning Fusang washed up, sat cross-legged on a futon, and began cultivating.

I didn't sleep all night, and dawn was breaking.

Thinking that today's class was kendo, Ning Fusang became a little interested.

She arrived at the square very early. There were not many people in the square at that time, and the sword racks were full of black iron swords that had been washed until they were shiny.

Ning Fusang took a sword and practiced the moves of the Southern Star Sword Technique.

She only learned the second level; she hadn't learned the later sword techniques. So, Ning Fusang had been repeatedly practicing the first two levels.

His body movements, footwork, and swordsmanship are all perfectly integrated, and he has reached a state of consummate skill.

Gu Pingsheng watched from a distance without interrupting her.

It wasn't until Ning Fusang had practiced swordsmanship for half an hour that the others gradually arrived.

Gu Pingsheng appeared, signaling Ning Fusang to return to the team.

Yesterday, she heard so much that it almost filled up Ruan San Niang's head, causing her to dream about those things while she slept, and she didn't sleep well all night.

Ruan San Niang had some dark circles under her eyes. She rubbed her eyes, yawned repeatedly, and asked in a lazy voice, "Senior Sister Ning, when did you leave Wuyuan? I didn't even notice."

After getting up, Ruan San Niang saw that there was no movement in Ning Fusang's room and didn't know if she had gotten up. She hesitated outside the door for a while before knocking on the door. After confirming that Ning Fusang had gotten up, she left first.

Everyone was very interested in the practical class, and their eyes showed eagerness to try.

Gu Pingsheng took in everyone's expressions and said from the stone steps, "Today we will have a kendo lesson."

"These are wrist rings. Each person should come forward to receive one and wear it on their wrist. You may not remove them without my permission."

Only then did everyone notice that behind Gu Pingsheng was a basket containing many black iron rings.

Ning Fusang was no stranger to these iron rings; disciples of the Southern Star Sword Sect often wore them to train their wrist strength.

I just don't know how heavy the iron ring that Master Gu prepared was.

Ning Fusang stepped forward and picked up an iron ring, but Gu Pingsheng reached out and took it away.

He flipped his wrist, revealing a thicker, black iron ring in his hand, and said calmly, "This is yours."

Ning Fusang: "..."

She still took it with both hands; the heavy weight made her shoulders slump.

Good weight!

Everyone had the same thought.

Xiao Qiu had practiced martial arts and was naturally stronger than others. When she wore the wrist rings, she felt slightly uncomfortable.

She turned to look at Xu Jianjia, her tone concerned, "Miss, are you alright?"

Xu Jianjia's face was slightly pale, and she squeezed out two words through gritted teeth: "It's nothing."

She knew that sword training was tough, and that even tougher training was yet to come; for now, she was just wearing weighted rings, which was nothing.

Everyone put on the wrist rings. Gu Pingsheng looked at their pale faces and nodded in satisfaction: "Today's training is to run laps around Chaoyang Peak Square. You can rest for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea after twenty laps, and for fifteen minutes after fifty laps. You can leave early after completing one hundred laps."

(End of this chapter)