Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 512: East Sea Jade Coral Sword

Despite trying her best to hold on and resist with all her might, Lin Ning was still beaten left and right, even worse than Zhao Yuanzhen just now.

Technical diligence is ultimately no match for the gap in cultivation. When someone strikes out with one sword, you need to use three or four to counter it, and you're bound to be embarrassed. If you let your energy and spirit slip, or if you lose focus, the puppet will penetrate your defenses and put you in danger.

However, Lin Ning also has a very stubborn temper. Since you asked me to fight the goalkeeper one-on-one, I will fight to the death even if I can't beat him. I will never retreat without receiving the order!

This was exactly what Yan Yu had anticipated. He chose Yao Nu and Ning Ning to challenge the goalkeeper not only because they were the only two who could defeat them, but also because they were the most stubborn and would persevere even if they were defeated, which would buy him more time to observe and learn—no, it was because it would train their ability to withstand extreme pressure!
Alas, Ruoxi could easily defeat the goalkeeper with a single thunder attack, yet I wasted my time waiting here, giving you two a precious opportunity for sparring. How much do I love you!
You must know how to be grateful!
Although Lin Ning was trying her best to hold on in front, she had been fighting for too long and the rest and recovery intervals were getting longer and longer.

Yan Yu saw that she was at the end of her strength, so he turned to Zhao Yuanzhen and asked:
"Did you get enough rest?"

Zhao Yuanzhen really wanted to say no, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of the little thief, so he just snorted coldly and said nothing.

"Captain." Su Yunjin asked curiously, "Are you going to train the troops?"

Going forward one by one to fight against the sword-controlling puppet reminded people of the first level of this secret realm last year. There was also a puppet goalkeeper, and they also took turns to fight one-on-one. The purpose was to let everyone who had not experienced pressure at that time get familiar with the real fighting battlefield.

Su Yunjin was a careful thinker after all, and he quickly realized that this guess was unlikely to be true. After all, this was a different time, and everyone was considered a seasoned warrior. What kind of powerful enemy had they not seen?
Even if it is a "fight against an invincible enemy", when we fight against each other in the training ground, captain, have you always beaten us so that we can't fight back?
There's no need to use this puppet as a sparring partner.

Chen Lingyun blinked beside him and asked with a smile:

"fencing?"

"That's right." Yan Yu nodded.

"Oh! So that's it." Su Yunjin suddenly realized.

Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi looked at each other, the former asked the latter via voice transmission:

"What do you mean? Are you going to train me and Ningning in swordsmanship?"

"I don't know." Xie Ruoxi said blankly, "But if we want to train swordsmanship, isn't the captain more suitable than this puppet?"

Zhao Yuanzhen was right. If this little thief were to put his skills into training us in swordsmanship, he'd not only be able to spot our weaknesses but also teach us how to improve and correct them. As for that puppet goalkeeper, all he knows is kill, kill, kill, kill. How can we improve anything by fighting him?

She glanced at Yan Yu suspiciously, then looked at Xie Ruoxi who said "I don't know anything" with an innocent look on her face, and sighed inwardly.

Ruoxi doesn't understand, but Yunjin and Lingyun definitely understand. But asking them through voice transmission would make me seem too stupid... No, forget it, I'll go for Ningning.

Zhao Yuanzhen rushed forward, ready to take over the puppet goalkeeper.

Lin Ning retreated and rested for a while. She didn't say anything, but just glared at Yan Yu angrily, waiting for him to give an explanation.

Yan Yu was not panicked at all. He had a mature and effective strategy to deal with Ning Ning, so he just winked at her and asked,

"understand?"

Lin Ning was stunned.

Do you understand what I mean? Are you hinting at something? Oh, so the captain isn't the type to waste time. He deliberately arranged for Sister Zhao and me to face off against the puppet goalkeeper. Could he have some other purpose I'm not aware of?

Thinking of this, Lin Ning's test-taker nature came out, and she threw all her anger and frustration behind her and began to think about Yan Yu's intentions.

Zhao Yuanzhen and the puppet goalkeeper fought for a long time. Yan Yu saw that his opponent had basically repeated his moves without any new ones. He thought that he had almost defeated him. He sighed, waved his hand and said:
"Yun Jin."

Su Yunjin activated his Taoist magic and used a move called "Carp Flip" that caused the waves to crash against the shore, knocking the puppet goalkeeper down from behind.

Zhao Yuanzhen immediately threw out the bone-locking hammer, smashing the puppet's head to pieces. Yan Yu quickly rushed forward and split the puppet's body open, revealing only a Ruyi sword and a scroll of scriptures, nothing else.

His spiritual consciousness scanned Ruyi and confirmed that it was the center of the secret realm on the second level; as for the scriptures... it was really strange. Shouldn't spiritual sects use jade slips to preserve information?

He carefully turned the pages and glanced through them.

According to the records in the scriptures, this place was named "Zhenshenghua Xuantian" and was opened up by a certain Zhenjun. It was later inhabited by a sect called "Lingdanmen".

The Lingdan Sect claims to be descendants of the ancient Penglai Jade Purity, specializing in alchemy, which they sell to inland sects to obtain cultivation resources. However, in the Dharma Ending Age, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth has disappeared, and even the secret realm itself has been affected.

Spiritual herbs were becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate, and the average cultivation level of the sect's disciples was declining. This wasn't due to poor aptitude, but rather to the increasingly harsh environment. Therefore, the sect leader ultimately abandoned the secret realm and relocated to another unaffected paradise, joining another sect stationed there.

As for the puppet's owner, he claimed to be the Lingdan Sect's swordsmanship instructor, having created these puppets to train his disciples in swordsmanship. Now that the sect was seeking to join another sect, it was actually because the other sect was interested in the Lingdan Sect's alchemy skills and wanted them to trade their Taoist legacy for a place in the sect—as for their swordsmanship, they were not impressed.

Therefore, the sword instructor placed the sect's sword manual inside the puppet leader, "to prevent this lineage of sword skills from being cut off" and "for those who are destined to take it in the future."

Yan Yu continued to look back, and sure enough, there were corresponding sword-fighting records and diagrams.

This sword art, called "East Sea Jade Coral Sword," is renowned for its agility and versatility, emphasizing the use of a small force to achieve a significant result. It's ideally suited for self-defense for those with weaker swordsmanship. While the barrier to entry is low, the upper limit is also significant, and professional sword masters would certainly disdain it.

But now that spiritual energy has revived, everything has to start from scratch. This East Sea Jade Coral Sword Art, in a world of cultivation filled with sects and sword immortals, might not be valued by mainstream sword immortals, but in the hands of Lu Guo, where there are only a few sword arts, it is considered extremely precious.

So why not use jade slips to save it?
Yan Yu turned to the back and saw that most of the pages were yellowed and the handwriting was not clear in many places. It was obvious that the lifespan of the paper of this book was limited after all. Even in the secret realm, inside the puppet's body, isolated from the outside moisture and air, it would be difficult to withstand the erosion of a long time.

Fortunately, he had just memorized the puppet's swordsmanship. Combined with some sentences left on it, it would not be difficult to reproduce the East China Sea Jade Coral Sword completely.

Thanks to my foresight, hahahahahahaha!

Yan Yu laughed a few times, then quickly stopped laughing. He turned around and looked at the confused girls, smiling slightly:
"Refine the core, then go notify the military headquarters to come over."

The news that the "East China Sea Jade Coral Sword" was produced in the secret realm of Wuyi Mountain was soon delivered to Li Weiguo's desk.

Swordmanship texts directly impact the combat effectiveness of Sword Immortals, a profession that is the backbone of Lu Kingdom cultivators, and the military has always attached great importance to it. The previous "General Outline of Kunlun Sword Control" had too high a quality requirement for Sword Immortals, making it difficult even for team cultivators to practice, let alone the even lower-quality cultivators in the military garrison.

Now that he had obtained the relatively low-priced "East Sea Jade Coral Sword", Li Weiguo was overjoyed. He clapped his hands and shouted "good" three times, smiling and saying:

"This kid has really made a great contribution!"

If the East China Sea Jade Coral Sword can be promoted among the best monks in the military mansion, even if only the most powerful 10% of them can practice it successfully, it will greatly enhance the strength of the Lu Kingdom!

Chen Tianming smiled beside him, but did not celebrate with Lao Li. Instead, he said calmly:

"Instead of deploying this sword technique among all the monks in the military academy, there is actually another place that is more suitable for using this sword technique."

"Oh?" Li Weiguo immediately stopped smiling and became serious.

He looked at the folder on the corner of the desk, which had the word "Confidential" printed on it.

If someone could break through the guards and get into the commander-in-chief's office, and then open the folder, they would see the title of the file inside:
Every warrior's plan.

　I've been very busy recently and can't update on time, please forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)