My Master Knows It All

Immortal Lord Wu Xin turned her head once more, looking at Venerable You Xin.

Venerable You Xin replied immediately before his senior sister could speak, ”I believe the way of the sword lies in personal cultivation and inner self.

The strength of swordsmanship also comes from inner tempering, inner peace, resilience, and humility.”

Immortal Lord Wu Xin nodded again and this time she finally offered her critique: ”Very well said.”

Venerable You Xin heard this, and a beam of joy appeared on his face. Senior Sister praised him; how long had it been since Senior Sister praised him—one hundred years, two hundred years, or maybe even a thousand?

Indeed, although Senior Sister often said he wasn’t diligent enough, deep down, Senior Sister truly acknowledged him.

He basked in the moment when Immortal Lord Wu Xin’s words cut through.

”Saying, but equates to saying nothing. Next time, no need to say it again.”

Venerable You Xin felt disheartened, realizing that Senior Sister didn’t actually praise him, but belittled him instead.

Immortal Lord Wu Xin turned her gaze to Cao Zhen and said, ”Don’t heed his words; swordsmanship shouldn’t be filled with empty things.

Swordsmanship is about having your sword faster than others, knowing that your sword moves are sharper than the opponents’, then you are stronger.

To make the sword faster and sharper, that requires tempering by thousands of trials.”

As she spoke, she casually waved her hand and pulled out an ordinary iron sword from the Heaven and Earth Ring, tossing it toward Cao Zhen.

The iron sword landed in front of Cao Zhen, within easy reach, embedding itself into the ground.

”You said you’ve trained with a sword, let me see your sword first.”

Cao Zhen listened to his senior sister, and effortlessly pulled the sword out from the soil.

This was his first time wielding a sword since severing ties with Zhang Daoling and the others.

Even though it was just an ordinary iron sword, when he held the longsword, he felt an unusual sense, a feeling akin to grasping a long-lost dear friend.

A sword, the only thing he had ever truly strived for.

Executing swordsmanship.

What swordsmanship should he perform?

He had abandoned the past, even sacrificing all his cultivation base.

He no longer wished to practice the swordsmanship of the past.

Cao Zhen looked at the people before him, at the grass and trees, and at the transition of summer to autumn not far away, lightly swinging a sword.

This swing was not a straightforward stroke but rather drawing a circle.

He thought of reincarnation.

He now cultivates The Way of Reincarnation, and as he swung the sword, it naturally seemed like reincarnation. He was performing the Reincarnation Sword, battling with the sword technique as he understood reincarnation.

One circle, two circles, three circles…

He stood in place, drawing circle after circle.

Venerable You Xin saw Cao Zhen draw his sword and immediately showed surprise on his face. They are swordsmen, their master is a swordsman, so naturally, they all use swords.

He certainly understood swords. From Cao Zhen’s swinging motion to the momentum after the longsword moved, and the trajectory it traced, it was evident this wasn’t something a novice never trained in swordsmanship could accomplish.

So, this kid actually knows swordsmanship?

In fact, his little junior brother has cultivated quite well.

But gradually, his expression turned exceedingly odd, wondering what his little junior brother was doing—why was he constantly drawing circles?

Is this swordsmanship?

He watched Cao Zhen, circling around and around, finally couldn’t help but speak, ”Little junior brother, swordsmanship shouldn’t be executed like this, let me tell you…”

Before he could finish, an angry shout from Immortal Lord Wu Xin interrupted.

”Shut up!”

This time, the look from Immortal Lord Wu Xin was sterner than ever before.

Venerable You Xin even felt as though Senior Sister’s gaze was like he made a major mistake and was about to be punished.

No, what have I done wrong, my junior brother is just drawing circles—is that swordsmanship?

He felt extremely aggrieved, turning to look at his master, hoping for some justice, but he was dumbfounded in the next moment.

Master was looking at him with the same gaze.

What’s going on?

What mistake did I make?

Did I damage junior brother’s self-confidence?

This…

Cao Zhen stopped when he heard Venerable You Xin, putting away his sword and looking at Immortal Lord Wu Xin.

Immortal Lord Wu Xin, looking at her little junior brother as if she was looking at a monster, after a long time, sighed and said, ”Unexpectedly, truly unexpected, at such an age, such cultivation realm, you have already comprehended such swordsmanship.

Unlike some people, who at a ripe old age, still haven’t seen anything through.”

She spoke, turning her gaze to Venerable You Xin, reprimanding him, ”Haven’t you realized what kind of swordsmanship your junior brother is displaying?

You, in your grand Immortality Regainment Realm, are no match for a junior brother in the Immortal Bridge Period, just a beginner.”

”Huh?” Venerable You Xin was even more bewildered, looking utterly puzzled, ”Isn’t junior brother just drawing circles with his sword? Although junior brother draws round circles, honestly, if you want to compare, I can draw my circles even rounder than his.”

”You, in the Immortality Regainment Realm, compared to the Immortal Bridge Period, how ambitious you are.”

Immortal Lord Wu Xin looked disdainfully at her junior brother, then turned to the other junior brothers and sisters, asking, ”Did you also fail to notice anything special about your little junior brother’s swordsmanship?”

Upon hearing this, the others realized there’s something special about the technique little junior brother just performed, especially since their master hadn’t intervened.