Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Unfortunately, even after finding the reason for Su Baichen's poor swordsmanship, Guanlan Sword Lady was unable to improve the problem.

She eventually gave up on further training Su Baichen's ability to counter and adapt to attacks, because she realized that Su Baichen's true talent lay in cultivating internal energy rather than in swordsmanship.

What she seeks now is to be able to reverse Su Baichen's foundation in swordsmanship... not to make him much stronger, but at least to make it believable.

It concerns one's reputation, so one cannot be careless.

Her approach was to continuously teach Su Baichen more sword techniques.

Over the years, she had collected many sword techniques from ordinary martial artists to help her understand swordsmanship, and this proved useful at this time.

Su Baichen spent another two days learning a sword technique called "Chasing Wind Swift Sword".

This sword technique emphasizes incredibly swift attacks and is a completely explosive style of combat.

Clearly, Guanlan Sword Lady disapproved of Su Baichen's arbitrary use of qi circulation paths in his sword techniques and wanted to use this sword technique to correct his bad habit.

After all, how can a sword technique that relies purely on speed be paired with a qi circulation path?

This was indeed quite difficult for Su Baichen; at first, no matter how he practiced, he couldn't get it right.

Even if you know the sword moves, it feels incredibly awkward to use them; you just feel like something is missing from the moves.

It wasn't until three more days later, when he had opened up one of the twelve meridians, the Pericardium Meridian of Hand-Jueyin, and found that there was a meridian on his right hand that could serve as a high-speed channel for true qi, that he finally felt comfortable.

Then the Qi circulation route was thoroughly determined, and the body's Xuan Yin spiritual Qi was mobilized and continuously stimulated from the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian.

When he used the "Chasing Wind Swift Sword" again, each thrust of his sword released a chilling, profound yin sword energy.

The Xuan Yin sword energy shot out silently and pierced into the tree trunk in front, causing frost to form on the trunk and creating a through hole inside.

One burst of Yin sword energy was like this, and then the "Chasing Wind Swift Sword" was activated in succession. Su Baichen thrust thirteen times in a row, each sword condensing Yin energy as sharp as a blade...

However, before he could continue using it, the iron sword he had received from the Foreign Affairs Office before leaving home disintegrated on its own.

The iron sword's blade was covered in erosion marks, clearly unable to withstand the corrosive influence of Yin energy.

"Sigh, in the end, the wooden sword that my senior brother gave me is still the best."

Su Baichen sighed for a moment, casually tossed aside the broken sword hilt, and then picked up his own wooden sword to continue practicing.

Although he has mastered the "Chasing Wind Swift Sword" into the "Yin Wind Swift Sword," it is undoubtedly his most lethal sword technique at present.

Beside her, watching Su Baichen master a fast sword technique that was widely known in the mortal world, she felt a mix of emotions.

She felt that Su Baichen's talent was truly remarkable.

But looking beyond the surface, the truth is that he actually has a stronger talent in Qi cultivation.

Unexpectedly, he broke through his cultivation level slightly, and incidentally added a fairly suitable energy circulation path to the "Swift Wind Sword".

However, she had achieved her goal: to make Su Baichen immerse himself in such powerful sword moves, so that he would completely forget his so-called "unrestrained sword intent" that seemed like a joke.

Only in this way can she put her mind at ease.

"Very good, you've mastered the basics of 'Swift Wind Sword Technique.' What do you think?"

Su Baichen replied, "Very impressive."

He was practicing his sword on the back mountain. The grove of trees in front of him was covered in frost, and his meridians were also chilled to the bone.

The breath he exhaled as he spoke carried a chill.

This mysterious Yin spiritual energy has this drawback: excessive use can damage the meridians.

He immediately circulated his true energy into his meridians, quickly restoring the meridians that had been frozen with frost.

Guanlan Sword Lady encouraged her, saying, "This is nothing. The true swordsmanship is far more powerful than this. If you persevere on this path, you will eventually discover wonderful scenery."

Su Baichen humbly accepted the instruction.

Before Guanlan Sword Maiden could teach the third sword technique, she received news from Changchun Palace that she was to go to the capital of Liang Kingdom to deal with the actions of the demonic sect.

Over the past few days, through subtle questioning, Su Baichen has come to a general understanding of why Changchun Palace has lost two generations of its people...

That's because Changchun Palace participated in a great battle between good and evil more than two or three hundred years ago!

Their main adversaries were the demonic forces led by the Yuanmo Cave. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Changchun Palace suffered the same fate, having to close its gates and lie dormant for two hundred years before reopening to accept disciples.

Judging from the current trend, it seems that friction with the demonic path is about to begin again?

Before Guanlan Sword Lady left, Fenglinzi also came here and met Su Baichen.

"Bai Chen, I will also be going to the capital as the chief disciple of the Yin Sect... While I'm away, you must be as careful as possible in your actions."

"There's no one else to oversee things in Xianyou County for the time being, so it seems you'll have to take care of things here."

"Changchun Palace is currently short-staffed; perhaps someone will take advantage of the situation to cause trouble..."

He went on and on, giving a long and rambling explanation, until even Guanlan Jian's wife couldn't stand it anymore: "Oh dear, stop being so long-winded. This place is so close to Changchun Palace, nothing will happen."

That makes sense. Even if the grain transport ships from the Yuanmo Emperor's Palace passed through Hekou Town earlier, they were trying to slip by unnoticed, not to cause trouble.

Feng Linzi then stopped talking, and with a worried expression, he set off with Guanlan Jian'ao.

This gave Su Baichen a sense of the unpredictability of gatherings and separations.

But how should I put it?

He actually felt a sense of relief.

Because of Guanlan Jian'ao's presence, he always felt that someone was keeping him in check and he couldn't let loose.

With Guanlan Jian'ao not around, he had plenty of time to speculate on his own.

For example, the sword intent that Guanlan Sword Maiden tried to make him forget was immediately picked up by him and pondered anew...

He would never forget the joy of practicing swordsmanship, that feeling of freedom and unrestraint that made him instantly understand what he was pursuing.

However, he now felt that what Guanlan Sword Lady said was not wrong. His "Unruly Sword Technique" originally only had the "Eternal Spring Nourishing True Sword" as a reference, and there were too few changes. It could not reflect the "unruly" in his heart at all.

After learning the "Falling Flower Divine Sword" and the "Chasing Wind Swift Sword", he was clearly inspired and incorporated the wonderful aspects of these two sword techniques into his own sword moves.

But he stopped after practicing casually for a while, put away the wooden sword, and began to focus on meditation and qi cultivation.

how so?

He had discovered that to truly master his swordsmanship, he needed to open up more meridians, allowing his internal energy to circulate more rapidly throughout his body.

He realized something: his poor responsiveness stemmed from his inability to quickly change the pathways of his Qi. But if all his meridians were open, allowing his Qi to flow freely throughout his body, would his responsiveness still be so poor?

Now he needs to clear all the meridians in his body and make sure there are no obstructions, which is the foundation for his next actions.