Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

After training all night, Wen Siling felt utterly hopeless.

As night fell and dawn broke, Yu Wanwu finally took pity on him and said, "Rest for an hour, then we'll have intensive training."

Wen Siling exhaled a breath of stale air, not caring about her image at all. After going outside, she directly sat down against a stone pillar in the Sword Stone Forest.

Sweat soaked her hair and clung to her neck, making her feel extremely uncomfortable. She raised her aching and swollen arm, cast a cleansing spell, and her whole body felt refreshed, but she was still listless.

Yang Ruo was whipped several times by the grass puppet, and the back of his hand was red. He leaned against another stone pillar and relaxed his body.

As the sky began to lighten with the first light of dawn, Liang Heng and Chi Leng emerged from the Sword Stone Forest. Seeing the three of them inside, a look of surprise flashed in their eyes.

"You're here so early?"

Wen Siling was too tired to speak, while Yang Ruo said with a bitter face, "Senior Brother, we haven't left at all."

Leaving now would be pointless; they'd have to regroup in an hour, and he was too lazy to move.

Yang Ruo took out a few winter dates and gave them to Wen Siling and Ning Fusang. He bit into a fruit and asked indistinctly, "Senior Brother, Senior Brother Chi, how many levels have you reached?"

Sword Stone Forest has a total of 49 levels. Liang Heng's highest level is 29, while Chi Leng's is 30.

He smiled slightly and said, "Thirty-one."

Wen Siling paused in her bite of fruit, then quickly looked at the Sword Stone Ranking. She saw Liang Heng's name had climbed more than ten lines and was now in the top fifty.

Chi Leng's name appears two lines above Liang Heng's, but the number of levels he has cleared is also thirty-one.

Wen Siling felt ashamed.

She, like Junior Sister Ning, had only reached the Grass Puppet stage. Her name was at the very bottom of the Sword and Stone Ranking.

However, Ning Shimei's realm was one minor realm higher than hers, and thinking this, Wen Siling's pressure eased a little.

Yang Ruo's cultivation level was even higher than theirs, yet she didn't even make the list. So, it seems she wasn't the worst off.

With nothing else to do, Wen Siling glanced at the names on the Sword Stone Ranking and looked for the rankings of other sects. There were a total of eighteen people, but excluding the people from the Southern Star Sword Sect, only four of the remaining nine were on the list.

Jian Gu Ruan Congquan, Wan Yizong Cao Jie, Weng Qianyi, and Guiyimen Fan Yuming.

Cao Jie and Weng Qianyi both came from the Sword Pavilion lineage of the Wanyi Sect. They were both quite talented in swordsmanship, so it was no surprise to Wen Siling that their names were on the list.

To her surprise, Fan Yuming's ranking was quite high.

Guiyi Sect is a sect that cultivates magic. Fan Yuming chose the sword as his weapon, so his path of swordsmanship is naturally different from that of sects that mainly cultivate the swordsmanship.

The most prominent example is swordsmanship resources, such as sword manuals.

Sword sects collect many sword manuals, and disciples can choose the one that suits them best from among them.

In sects that primarily focus on magical cultivation, the number of sword manuals available is extremely limited.

Since Fan Yuming wants to pursue the path of the sword, why doesn't he choose a sword sect? Even the now-declining Sword Valley is better than Guiyi Sect. At least Sword Valley has the Sword Forest of predecessors and the Small Sword Tomb.

With Fan Yuming's qualifications, he can go to Sword Valley, and he can also come to the Southern Star Sword Sect.

Wen Siling only sighed inwardly; she had no say in where others went to cultivate. Sometimes, one's affinity with a sect is also very important.

She likes the atmosphere of the Southern Star Sword Sect.

On the other side, Ning Fusang was still comprehending the sword's aura. She imitated Yu Wanwu's movements, using her fingers as a sword, and entered a profound state of mind.

There was a feeling, inexplicable and indescribable, deep within me. It was like a gentle breeze slipping through my fingers; I couldn't see it, but I could definitely feel its presence.

After a while, Ning Fusang opened her eyes and looked at her fingertips, which had not experienced anything. She knew that condensing sword light was not something that could be done overnight.

But she realized that it existed.

An hour later, everyone gathered. Today's training would still involve navigating the Sword Stone Forest, but Yu Wanwu had set specific requirements for them based on yesterday's assessment.

Ning Fusang passed the eleventh level yesterday, but because she still needs to learn sword aura, she has three more levels today, while the others have five more levels.

Wen Siling and Yang Ruo were still required to pass the test using sword energy, but they could use spiritual power.

Shen Yuanxi had expected her master to add more challenges for them, but she didn't expect so many right from the start.

"During your challenge, I will observe the flaws in your swordplay and provide corrections. However, no one may leave the Sword Stone Forest before completing the mission. Those who complete the mission may rest for half a day to prepare for the next round of training."

Although Yu Wanwu was not an elder of their sect, they knew before coming to the Southern Star Sword Sect that he was a grandmaster of swordsmanship, so they instinctively felt a sense of awe towards him.

He dared not utter a single word in response to Yu Wanwu's words.

Guan Zhuyin could only lament in his heart. He finally understood what Ning Daoyou meant by her meaningful tone when she inquired about Wu Ge Sword Lord that day.

With yesterday's experience, everyone passed the first level much faster. When Ning Fusang reached the seventh level, he smashed a stone golem, and a voice came from beside him:

"While the sharpness of the sword energy is a good thing, we can try to control the degree of tension."

Ning Fusang understood immediately and quickly realized what Yu Wanwu meant. When she looked to the side, Yu Wanwu was no longer there.

She concealed her sharpness, swept her sword horizontally, and the sword energy shattered the stone puppet, shortening the distance the rubble rolled.

Guan Zhuyin, who was in the next round, couldn't help but tense up when she saw Yu Wanwu. It takes real courage to wield a sword in front of a grandmaster of swordsmanship.

He knew his sword technique was flawed, but for some reason, Yu Wanwu didn't point that out. Instead, he said, "On the arena, you'll face all sorts of cultivators, each with their own style. Blind brute force might defeat your opponent, but it will also deplete your own strength. You need to use your eyes and mind to find your opponent's weaknesses and use the most ingenious method to defeat them in one strike, while conserving your physical and spiritual energy."

As he spoke, he raised a finger, and a stream of air shot out, shattering the tall stone golem.

Clean and neat.

They didn't give the other party any time to react at all.

Guan Zhuyin was stunned. The sword master's move was truly astonishing!
He nodded repeatedly and said, "I've remembered it, thank you for your guidance, Sword Master Wu Ge!"

“My surname is Yu, and my given name is Wanwu. You may call me Elder Yu or Master Yu.”

Within the sect, Yu Wanwu didn't really like being addressed that way. The title of Sword Lord was just an empty name, and he didn't like it. Besides, he was going to teach at the Southern Star Sword Sect, and this title would create a sense of distance between him and his students.

Because we respect them, we keep our distance.

It's not a good thing.

Yu Wanwu abandoned his Daoist title for many years, probably because his Daoist title and the title of Sword Lord were tied together.

The disciples who joined the sect in later years had no idea that Yu Wanwu also had the Daoist name "Wu Ge Jian Jun". They only knew that Master Yu was an inner sect elder and the head of the Discipline Hall in the sect.

Guan Zhuyin readily changed her address to "Elder Yu".

(End of this chapter)