Ancient Strengthening Techniques
Chapter 31 - The Limitations of the Spatial Realm
Ancient Strengthening Techniques Chapter 33 - Iaido
Qing Shui diligently began his training to master the path of Iaido, he stood there as a shadow of a sword shadow flashed across his mind as he visualized the simplest of all sword moves.
After he was exhausted, Qing Shui would rest and drink water from the pond, eat the ferocious beasts he hunted and even read his books. There were a few times where Qing Shui was tempted to pluck the Energy Enhancing Fruit and eat it, but every time he saw the sparkling red color of the fruit, it was, he would unconsciously reject the idea. This unconscious refusal was not born from the fear that the fruit would be poisonous, but the real reason was unknown to Qing Shui.
“Why rush? There is always time, wait a little longer before I consume the Energy Enhancing Fruit. ” Qing Shui decided to temporarily postpone his idea when he started reading << Continental Medical Annal >>, << 10,000 Herbal Encyclopedia >> and << Herbal Combination Formula >> again. This was already the second time he had read it, not to mention the fact that he had already memorized all the content in all three books! However, despite that, Qing Shui knew that he should only stop reading it when he had reached the point of forming an opinion on the theory behind its contents! Only when he reached the point of forming his own opinion would he be able to review the old and gain new knowledge. Only then would he be qualified to become a teacher!
Of course, he did not ignore the << Basic Sword Technique >>, in fact, training his sword techniques became the main point of Qing Shui's focus during this period of time. If the people of the World of the Nine Continents knew that Qing Shui was so obsessed and spent so much time and effort in mastering this type of simple movement to draw the sword and return it to its sheath, it would be a very powerful weapon, they would definitely call him a crazy fool.
Qing Shui endlessly practiced the Iaido Technique, he must have already reached the point of executing it hundreds of thousands to millions of times. Practice made perfect, Qing Shui strongly believed that as long as he practiced this simple set of sword moves for several hundred million times, he would definitely turn this ordinary-looking technique into something magical!
What Qing Shui wanted, was the effect of turning something ordinary look into something magical! Since << Basic Sword Technique >>, forms the basis of all sword users, as long as one diligently practices the basics to the top, the foundation they build will be sturdy and sturdy. This would allow them to reach higher and higher levels in the way of the sword in the future!
Another month passed, within the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal Qing Shui had practiced the Iaido technique for 3 years ... It could be said that in the entire vast world, only Qing Shui had this kind of way of thinking. Only with enough determination would one be willing to spend a lot of time and manpower on something like this.
From time to time he practiced a series of drawing and returning movements. Qing Shui had no idea how many wooden sticks he had broken over time. Originally, the wooden stake he used was only as thin as a thumb. However, as he was increasing, the wooden stick he was using started to get thicker and now, it was the size of a wrist!
Each time, he practiced the Iaido Technique, the amount of friction resulting from the force of movement would be too difficult for an ordinary wooden stick to handle. Qing Shui had to forage for a long time before he found the rare Scryrius Iron Wood and made it into a sword. Scryrius Iron Wood is famous for its toughness. Back when he was in the Qing Clan, he remembered seeing furniture made from this type of wood, which was why he recognized this material when he saw it.
What Qing Shui didn't know, other than the furniture, there were also many other weapons out there that were made from Scryrius Ironwood.
After finding it, Qing Shui decided to train against something rather than just solo practice a simple series of movements, He stood on a high mountain peak, observing all four directions, and then he could do it, trying to find a good location for his sword practice. Now, it's August. The climate had turned cold, but despite wearing only a thin layer of clothing, Qing Shui was not afraid of the cold at all. His constitution had increased to such an extent that, even if he was half-naked, the cold would not bother him.
Qing Shui did not care and casually walked down the mountain, trying to find a suitable place. He passed the hillside where stood a giant tree, so big that it required many people to join hands before they could embrace him. A gentle breeze blew, making the yellowing and reddish leaves start flying in the air, falling from the branches of the tree and landing all over the ground.
Instinctively, Qing Shui executed his Iaido technique and pierced the leaves with the wooden sword he had made from Scryrius Ironwood. After this, he continued to pierce the leaves. Second leaf, third leaf.
Qing Shui's current weapon was a wooden sword made from Scryrius Ironwood, it looked simple and crude, but one could not question its toughness. Previously, he had used a staff to practice sword techniques.However, in the end, the staff remained a stick and was unable to bring out the essence behind the sword arts. So Qing Shui, using tyrannical power, had formed a stick into the shape of a sword!
Qing Shui momentarily paused and extended his left hand, sending a punch to the giant tree trunk. After which, the impact caused many leaves to fly from the sky as he brandished the wooden sword and charged towards them.
Despite using only seemingly simple techniques, the technique was actually filled with depth. No matter the angle or direction, Qing Shui could unleash a burst of sword stabs that were unmatched in speed!
Qing Shui spent all his time punching the giant tree and then attacking the fallen leaves, only after the poor tree had no leaves at all did he proceed to look for another giant tree.
In the midst of his search, he found a large bird that tried to ambush him. Of course, this bird was not as big or as strong as the white-headed Inky Jade Condor before. After finding an ambush attempt, with just one strike, Qing Shui executed the Iaido Technique and pierced through the head of the huge bird. Despite being seriously injured, the large bird still managed to fly. It was because his sword was currently made from a stick. Its length left many things to be desired, and it was unable to penetrate all the way to the brain of the great bird.
Qing Shui sighed, the length of this sword was too short, if he had a bigger and longer sword, he was absolutely certain that he would be able to kill the bird earlier. His current sword could be considered similar to a mosquito bite. No matter how hard a mosquito bites, it still can't kill someone!
Especially when it came to ferocious beasts with great stature, it would be extremely difficult for Qing Shui to kill them with a single strike to the head with his current sword. Conversely, if the opponent he faced was human, he was sure there would be no problems at all.
As time passed and all the surrounding trees were stripped naked because of Qing Shui. Qing Shui knew that /it was time for him to return to the Qing Clan.
Qing Shui had left the house for almost half a year! Soon in November. For the past half a year or so, all of the surrounding leaves had served as target practice for Qing Shui's sword techniques.
"One more month is enough for me to rush back to Qing Village," Qing Shui exclaimed.
This decision to leave Qing Village was the right one, by doing so it had gained a lot of benefits for Qing Shui. The greatest benefit Qing Shui received was not from his mastery of the Iaido Technique but the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal! After months of hard training, Qing Shui had reached a frightening level with respect to the way his sword was. Among the thousands of fallen leaves, if one looked closely, one would find the gap created from the sword thrust in the middle of each leaf. Moreover, if Qing Shui wanted to, he could gather all the leaves together with his Iaido technique, letting none of them touch the ground. [1]
This was the region that Qing Shui's sword mastery had reached! The total amount of time he spent on it could be considered to be almost 10 years! As the saying went, '10 years to train a sword', he needed exactly 10 years to master this single technique, the depth in simplicity!
Other than using 2 hours each day to cultivate within the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, the rest of his time was used for traveling. Looking at all the majestic mountains surrounding him, Qing Shui couldn't help but feel that humans were too insignificant. Qing Shui drove towards Qing Village as he could not wait to return home.
His Ancient Strengthening Technique, still stuck in the 48th cycle, no matter what he did, he was unable to break through the bottleneck. Despite this failure, Qing Shui was extremely excited. He believed that as long as he could reach the 49th cycle, then he would enter the 4th heavenly layer of the Ancient Strengthening Technique!
At night, after ending his cultivation practice within the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, Qing Shui sighed helplessly ... The bottleneck was akin to a huge mountain blocking his way, no matter what he did, he was unable to move it in the slightest .. there was no hope of him breaking through!
At this moment, he tilted his head and looked at the 10 blood-red, gleaming fruits hanging on the Energy Enhancer Tree.
“Maybe it's time for me to consume the Energy Enhancing Fruit?”
