The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 434 Lesser Formless Skill, Obtained!
"Madam, please leave your daughter here!"

Xu Xingchen's words angered Madam Wang for most of the day, but in the end, she still decided to entrust her daughter to Xu Xingchen for education.

The condition is that she also has to stay at Big Fish Manor!
He left his beautiful daughter alone in a newly built, unfamiliar mountain villa, where there was only one man living there.
In a situation where a man and a woman are alone together, no parent who loves their children would feel at ease.

Not to mention that the man also possessed incredibly powerful martial arts skills.

Xu Xingchen did not refuse and took the mother and daughter, along with the other servants, to a spacious courtyard to stay in.

The Dayu Mountain Villa covers a large area. In addition to the three main courtyards in the front, middle and rear that occupy half of the area, there are also courtyards of different sizes and styles scattered on the left and right sides.

The courtyard where Madam Wang and her daughter lived with their servants consisted of more than a dozen rooms of various sizes. The courtyard also included a small artificial hill, a pavilion for relaxation, a small bridge three steps wide and five steps long, a winding stream flowing through the courtyard, and some transplanted green trees in the corners.

It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the vital organs!
As for food, Xu Xingchen stored a warehouse full of it; in order to preserve some of the easily perishable food, he also used the power of ice to create large blocks of ice and build a huge ice cellar.

Since he condensed the talisman of the Yuan Magnetic Ring by the lakeside outside Suzhou City, his spiritual energy has been increasing over the past six months, and other martial arts techniques have also condensed talismans one after another.

A magnetic ring, a three-inch hill, a several-foot-long red ribbon, and a ten-foot-long sword beam.
The return of these familiar martial arts powers to his body filled him with an overflowing sense of confidence.

Even his icy power could be barely transmitted and released through contact.
After much thought, Xu Xingchen felt that it was probably due to the increasing spirituality within his inner strength that the icy power, which had not yet condensed into a magical technique, had a chance to emerge.

so.
The mountain resort has no shortage of food, vegetables and fruits, and even in this sweltering September, one can enjoy some chilled tea.

After becoming familiar with this unfamiliar place, Lady Wang's maids felt that the lifestyle was even more pleasant than at Mantuo Villa.

In comparison, Madam Wang and her daughter Wang Yuyan lived a less than satisfactory life.

Or perhaps it's not as comfortable as it was at Mantuo Villa!
Xu Xingchen suggested, "Since Madam Wang is also staying at the manor, why not train with your daughter? After all, this is a rare opportunity, and the future is fraught with danger; it's important to train hard to stay alive."

Madam Wang is not a fool!
Although her martial arts talent was not as good as her father's or mother's, the divine skill she practiced was, after all, the most advanced skill of the Xiaoyao Sect: Xiaowuxiang Gong.

However, in her youth, she was so engrossed in love and romance that she couldn't extricate herself; even after marrying into the Wang family, she never devoted herself to spiritual practice.

Therefore, Madam Wang's martial arts skills appeared completely incompetent in Xu Xingchen's eyes!
Now, Madam Wang knows many things about the Free and Unfettered Sect, as well as the crisis her father is facing, and her mother who has transformed into the Empress Dowager of Western Xia; in addition, there is her father's treacherous disciple Ding Chunqiu, who terrifies the world.
This immense pressure and inexplicable events forced her to dedicate three or four hours of her time, which she spent missing Duan Lang for seven or eight hours each day, to practicing martial arts.

Madam Wang has a solid foundation in martial arts, and her family possesses numerous secret manuals from the Langhuan Jade Cave. As long as she is willing to work hard and cultivate diligently, she will naturally make progress.

In contrast, consider her daughter, Wang Yuyan.

How is his talent in martial arts?

Not yet known!

But her comprehension and memory are absolutely first-rate in the world.

She memorized all the martial arts manuals in the Langhuan Jade Cave, making them practically a martial arts dictionary.

This is because Wang Yuyan had no other entertainment from childhood to adulthood, and could only go in and out of the Langhuan Jade Cave every day to read for pleasure.
However, this also demonstrates that Wang Yuyan's memory and comprehension abilities are absolutely extraordinary.

Even if an ordinary person puts in ten times the effort, ten times the focus, and ten times the perseverance, they may not be able to do this.

This is talent!

An irrational talent!

Wang Yuyan didn't want to learn martial arts, but under her mother's pressure, she had no choice but to come to Xu Xingchen's courtyard to receive his guidance.

Even though Xu Xingchen already knew that the girl was familiar with martial arts, he still carefully examined her just in case.

After the inspection, he nodded with great satisfaction.

Wang Yuyan had a thorough understanding of all the basic martial arts knowledge, including every meridian and acupoint on the human body, and even the flow of Qi and blood throughout the body.
Only then did he feel relieved and begin to teach her the Northern Darkness Divine Skill.

Yes!

The martial arts technique that Xu Xingchen taught to the extraordinary woman Wang Yuyan was none other than the Northern Darkness Divine Art of the Free and Unfettered Sect.

Only this divine skill can quickly make up for the regret of her not practicing martial arts for more than ten years, allowing her to become a martial arts master in a very short time.

This girl is as kind-hearted as Duan Yu, so even if she learns this divine skill, there's no fear that she might do evil in the future.

When Wang Yuyan heard that the Xiaoyao Sect actually had a technique that aimed to absorb the internal energy that others had painstakingly cultivated over many years, she was immediately shocked and exclaimed that it was a demonic and evil technique, and refused to learn it.

Looking into her resolute eyes, Xu Xingchen said, "This martial art is the supreme art of Taoism, based on Zhuangzi's 'Free and Easy Wandering,' with a very high purpose. You think it's a demonic or evil art, but you don't know its profound and mysterious nature, which is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people." "When I teach this martial art to others, I will test their character and temperament beforehand. Those whose character and temperament fail me will absolutely not be taught, lest they bring chaos to the world."

"I will only impart my teachings to someone as pure and virtuous as you."

"Because only people like you wouldn't indiscriminately kill innocent people and commit atrocities in order to accumulate immense internal energy in a short period of time."

"Miss Wang, you have wasted the past ten years. If you start cultivating now, without shortcuts, your achievements in this lifetime will likely be limited."

"Cultivating the Northern Darkness Divine Art is your only way out."

After saying this, Xu Xingchen ignored whether Wang Yuyan agreed to learn the Beiming Divine Skill and began to explain its methods of circulating qi, meridians and acupoints, and internal energy cultivation techniques.

While narrating, he used a thin bamboo stick to repeatedly press each acupoint on Wang Yuyan's body.

Wang Yuyan had no desire to study, so she deliberately distracted herself and thought about other things as a form of silent resistance.

But every time Xu Xingchen pressed the bamboo stick in her hand onto her acupoints, it brought different sensations such as tingling, pain, soreness, heat, swelling, and coolness.

Her attention involuntarily focused on the aches and pains on her body. As the bamboo stick touched different acupoints, her attention moved from one acupoint to another, eventually connecting to form a meridian and finally creating a complete internal energy circulation route.

This way.

Wang Yuyan couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to, and she couldn't forget it even if she wanted to.

Unconsciously, my attention was drawn back to the bamboo branch again and again.

Wang Yuyan was both angry and annoyed by Xu Xingchen's forced teaching, but her gentle nature prevented her from refusing.

I could only silently remind myself to forget what I had learned today.

However, the force with which Xu Xingchen used the bamboo stick to poke the acupoints on her body was just right, neither too much nor too little.

Even when she returned to her room at night and tried her best to forget and not think about it, the tingling sensation at that acupoint still involuntarily attracted her subconscious after she fell asleep, causing her to practice and refine it again and again in her dreams.
When Wang Yuyan woke up the next morning, she recalled the scene of her continuous cultivation in her dream and was speechless with despair!

After experiencing Xu Xingchen's incredibly peculiar teaching methods for several days, seeing that he was powerless to resist, and with the memories in his mind becoming more and more vivid, and the sensations on that meridian becoming more and more sensitive, he realized that he was truly struggling to resist.
Wang Yuyan had no choice but to accept this unfortunate reality and began to actively cooperate in learning and cultivating the Northern Darkness Divine Art.

She thought to herself, "I might as well learn it! At worst, I'll just try not to use it once I've mastered it."

Wang Yuyan's comprehension was truly astonishing. With her initiative in learning, she memorized all thirty-six cultivation routes of the Northern Darkness Divine Art in just one day.

Subsequently, under Xu Xingchen's guidance on acupressure with bamboo sticks, he quickly mastered the acupoints on the thirty-six energy pathways on his body.

He cultivates during the day, he cultivates at night, and even in his dreams he continues to cultivate diligently.
Her diligent work ethic put pressure on her mother, Madam Wang!
Madam Wang had no choice but to become even more serious!

While teaching Wang Yuyan, Xu Xingchen would also take the time to give guidance to Madam Wang, who was cultivating nearby.

At the same time, she was asked how her "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" cultivation was progressing, and if she had any doubts or questions, she could ask him for guidance.

Before she turned sixteen, Lady Wang was taught martial arts by her mother.

At that time, she was young and playful, and her temperament was unstable. Although her mother forced her to memorize a lot of martial arts knowledge, she only swallowed it whole and only had a superficial understanding.

Later, her mother disappeared, and she left the Sword Lake Palace to enter the outside world, where she met her destined lover.
He never paid any more attention to cultivation!
Over the years, she has forgotten most of the martial arts knowledge her mother taught her.

Even after she married into the Mantuo Manor, she would occasionally enter the Langhuan Jade Cave to study the martial arts manuals of various schools with her daughter.

But how could the martial arts manuals that her parents collected from all over the world compare to the divine skills of the Xiaoyao Sect?

She lacks the wisdom to integrate and innovate techniques, so no matter how much she studies, it will be of no use!

Lady Wang had never diligently practiced cultivation, nor had she received guidance from any masters of the Free and Unfettered Sect. As a result, she had cultivated one of the most advanced martial arts techniques in the world into a complete mess.

Now, they have finally met a master from the Free and Unfettered Sect who, in addition to guiding his daughter's cultivation, is also willing to give her some pointers.

She immediately seized the opportunity to recount all the questions she had during her practice of the "Xiao Wuxiang Gong".

Madam Wang had already learned from her daughter how mysterious and extraordinary the Beiming Divine Skill that Xu Xingchen had taught her was; she became more and more convinced that Xu Xingchen was indeed a member of the Xiaoyao Sect, and never doubted that Xu Xingchen might not know the Xiaowuxiang Skill.

Xu Xingchen lived up to her expectations. Every time she finished listening to her questions and doubts about the cultivation process, he would think for a while and then give the correct answer.
(End of this chapter)