Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 141 is good, no problem.

For example, right now he's nervously whispering a name:
"sea!"

The next second, a gentle voice from the vast ocean echoed in my heart:

"I'm here!"

"Okay, it's not off."

Su Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.

This proves that the Sword Palace's shield is not invincible; at least the Heavenly Gift of the Heart Knot cannot be shielded, so his double talent certainly cannot be shielded either.

A talent that even Heaven cannot detect must have a higher priority than the Knot of Unity.

With her worries put aside, Su Yu tried to communicate with the other things that were blocked, and found that, apart from the Heart Knot and her talent, everything else was indeed blocked, including the innate immortal treasure Zhenhai Pearl, which was in a sealed state.

He could communicate with his Daoist partner Canghai, who was located inside the Zhenhai Pearl, through the Heart Knot, but he could not sense the Zhenhai Pearl, so he could not enter it or take out any items from it.

"But that's enough!"

Everyone else was completely blocked and rendered useless, while I still had the talent to use it. What else can I say?

Calming herself down, Su Yu checked the panel and began to understand the situation of the second round of assessments at the Sword Palace.

Three minutes later, he lightly touched the panel with his finger, and two streams of light flew out and entered his brow. Su Yu opened the panel, and a basic Qi Refining Technique and a basic sword technique appeared on the bare panel.

Hunyuan Heart Method: Advanced Qi Refining Heart Method.

Each level increased by +20 points of health, +40 points of mana, +20 points of spell power, and +0.1/second of mana recovery.

Hunyuan Sword Manual: Advanced Basic Sword Techniques.

Each level increases the flying sword damage by +30, the attack speed by +20, and the sword flying speed by +20 km/h.

He stared at the panel quietly, and a few seconds later a familiar wave swept across, and the two cultivation techniques changed.

Hunyuan Heart Method: Advanced Qi Refining Heart Method.

Each level increased by +40 points of health, +80 points of mana, +40 points of spell power, and +0.2/second of mana recovery.

Hunyuan Sword Manual: Advanced Basic Sword Techniques.

Each level increases the flying sword damage by +60, the attack speed by +40, and the sword flying speed by +40 km/h.

"hey-hey!"

Su Yu looked up at the sky and exclaimed softly:
"Improve your cultivation!"

The next second, starlight fell from above, and a continuous stream of cultivation points and Dao power poured in with the starlight. The Hunyuan Heart Method and Hunyuan Sword Scripture that he had just learned continued to improve, and only stopped when they reached the thirtieth level.

Level 30 of Hunyuan Heart Sutra: Health +1200, Mana +2400, Spell Power +1200, Mana Regeneration +6/second.

Level 30 of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture: Flying sword damage +1800, attack speed +1200, sword control speed +1200 km/h.

Then, with another wave of his hand, two flying swords with identical attributes fell into his grasp.

Starlight (Tier 6): Divine Weapon, a divine weapon formed from starlight.

属性：攻击力200-300，攻击速度150-200，御剑速度150-200，剑诀加成50%。

At this point, the next stage of cultivation is set.

According to the rules, during this phase, everyone will be reduced to a blank slate, and will all uniformly possess a thirty-layer Hunyuan Heart Sutra and a Hunyuan Sword Scripture, as well as two blank sixth-tier divine weapons.

Before a normal cultivator transcends tribulation and becomes a Loose Immortal, they only have one flying sword slot. The assessment temporarily added one more.

They will stay in this space for the next month. The Sword Palace will provide them with many sword techniques to practice, as well as illusions of past contestants whose cultivation levels have been concealed, so that they can practice their sword skills. Contestants can also challenge and spar with each other, and so on.

Regardless of how much they improve their swordsmanship within a month, there will be an assessment after a month, and those who fail will be eliminated.

Those who pass will have two more months to improve, and will be assessed again after two months. Those who fail will be eliminated.

Those who pass the test a second time will have another three months to improve, and will be assessed again after three months.

The trial lasted a total of six months, but of course, this was because the Sword Palace adjusted the flow of time; in reality, only a few days had passed outside.

Those who pass this test will have passed the second round of assessment and will be eligible for at least the second-tier reward.

Simply put, this stage will eliminate all external factors, putting everyone on the same starting line, and it will all come down to individual swordsmanship talent.

Having fully grasped the rules of this round, Su Yu summoned her twin swords and began practicing her swordsmanship.

A blue dragon welcomes guests, and white carp leap from the waves.

A tiger roars on the hill, and ten thousand horses gallop.

He had already mastered the sword techniques he learned in real life, and had even broken down all the sword moves into basic moves and combined them into new sword moves.

Sword Palace can conceal cultivation level, but not memory, so they still remember all the moves.

After practicing several times and thoroughly mastering all the moves, Su Yu opened the panel and selected a past contestant with a one-star rating to project.

The next second, a beam of light fell, revealing a slender young woman dressed in a tight-fitting outfit.

As the light barrier disappeared, the girl unleashed her twin swords and charged forward.

Su Yu was naturally not intimidated and urged his two flying swords to meet the attack.

This girl is a projection of a previous contestant. She has the same level 30 Hunyuan Heart Sutra and Hunyuan Sword Technique as Su Yu, and also has two identical level 6 blank flying swords. However, she did not activate them, and the attribute bonus from her sword technique is only half that of Su Yu.

苏瑜的攻击力是300+900=1200，攻击速度200+600=800，御剑速度200+600=800公里/小时。

正常选手的攻击力是300+450=750，攻击速度200+300=500，御剑速度200+300=500公里/小时。

In actual combat, this manifested as his suppression of the two starlight swords the moment they made contact.

They completely crushed the opponent from start to finish, offering no chance to fight back.

“No difficulty at all.” This time he chose the two-star projection.

A dozen seconds later, the second contestant from previous years projected his flying sword, and a thunderous sound rang out. Su Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately urged his two swords to meet the attack.

The moment the two swords clashed, it was clear that the two-star projection was much stronger than the one-star projection.

Although his newly acquired Sword Qi Thunder Sound level was not enough to close the gap, it did pose a certain threat to him.

Instead of a quick victory, he chose to fight a steady and methodical battle of swordsmanship. Even though he gradually gained the upper hand with his superior strength and speed, he did not press his advantage but instead held back slightly to allow his opponent to recover and continue the fight.

Simply defeating them is meaningless, as there are no rewards for it.

The greatest use of these projected opponents is to provide them with a constant stream of equally matched foes to improve their swordsmanship and comprehend the essence of swordsmanship.

Unfortunately, even with his release of water, it didn't last long; the projection ran out of magic power after only a short time.

However, it's not a big problem, we can continue the challenge.

Through repeated back and forth, combined with his previous memories and experience, Su Yu successfully rediscovered the Sword Qi Thunder Sound when defeating his eighth opponent.

After defeating his opponent, he immediately opened the panel to check the leaderboard, which showed that 76 people had regained mastery of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, and 2 people had successfully mastered Condensing Sword into Silk.

He immediately sent Luo Qingchan a message asking:

"Have you already mastered the technique of condensing sword energy into threads?"

"Yes!"

"Great!"

In just a short while, two-thirds of them have regained mastery of the Sword Qi Thunder Sound, and some have even regained mastery of condensing swords into threads. Their swordsmanship talent is too strong.

"But I didn't turn it off."

Su Yu smiled slightly and decisively chose a Samsung projector to challenge.

A few deafening thunderclaps exploded, and two sword energies as thin as fingers pressed down from the sky. Four starlight-encircled flying swords intersected, and two sword energies were instantly shattered. The sword energy flashed and circled around the neck. The scene went black, and a layer of clear light rose up to block the sword's edge. The three-star projection flickered and disappeared, as if everything just now was an illusion.

"I'll go, so fierce!"

Su Yu touched his neck; he had been defeated in an instant.

"At the very least, the sword energy and thunderous sound of consummate skill, and the condensed sword into threads of mastery, the differentiation of sword light, are certainly within my grasp, but they are useless."

"The gap is too big."

Next, he honestly chose the two-star projection to hone his swordsmanship.

There's nothing you can do here except practice swordsmanship, engage in sword duels, level up, engage in more sword duels, and continuously improve your skills.

In this state, everyone has only one thing on their mind: to improve their swordsmanship. In their minds and actions, there is only the sword, nothing but the sword.

Even Su Yu was no exception.

When he was outside, swordsmanship was just a means of self-defense for him. Although he put effort into it, it was not his only focus, and he didn't even devote a third of his attention to it.

But at this moment, in the special environment created by the Sword Palace, he had no choice but to focus all his attention on swordsmanship.

The first thing he does every day when he opens his eyes is practice swordsmanship; he puts all his attention into it.

Extreme passion expressed through the sword!

Only then can one wield a sword!

In such extreme circumstances, anyone's swordsmanship skills would improve by leaps and bounds.

As can be seen from the rankings, everyone has mastered the Sword Qi Thunder Sound in less than a day.

Three days later, half of the people mastered the technique of condensing swords into threads.

Ten days later, at least twenty people had mastered the sword light splitting technique.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. As time goes by, the swordsmanship talents of many contestants become clear, and those with truly strong swordsmanship talent must have reached an extremely high level of skill.

Those with mediocre talent who had forcibly acquired their skills through other means were all exposed for what they truly were during this test.

Except for Su Yu.

Because he was one of the twenty contestants who mastered the ability to split sword light.

He certainly has terrible swordsmanship talent, probably the worst in the whole arena, but he just can't help it by not turning it off.

Talent is fixed; as long as there is progress, it will be fixed and permanent, and then further progress and fixation will be made on the existing foundation.

Every day, the moment you open your eyes, you begin your cultivation journey. All your thoughts are focused on swordsmanship. Every day, you spar with hundreds of projections of diverse styles and with swordsmanship levels superior to your own. Your swordsmanship level is bound to improve by leaps and bounds.

With such a rapid growth rate, it would be strange if it weren't strong.

In just one month, Su Yu's swordsmanship level caught up with his own before the shield was removed.

The first level of swordsmanship, [Sword Qi Thunder Sound], is a state of consummate skill.

The second level of swordsmanship, "Condensing Sword into Silk," signifies entering a higher level of mastery.

The third level of swordsmanship, [Sword Light Differentiation], has been achieved to a certain extent.

The fourth level of swordsmanship, "True Meaning of the Sword," has not yet been mastered.

Not only him, but none of the 122 people grasped the true meaning of swordsmanship, including Luo Qingchan.

Although she had mastered the essence of swordsmanship in reality, she had not yet reached the level of mastery in any sword technique during the current assessment, thus failing to meet the minimum mastery standard.

This is also the main reason why, despite many contestants having mastered the sword intent, half of them only achieved a second-tier ranking in the end. This is because some contestants' comprehension of the sword intent is not entirely due to their own efforts, but is influenced by external factors.

At this moment, all external factors within the Sword Palace are blocked, so if they were to try again, they might not be able to comprehend the sword intent once more.

(End of this chapter)