True Solution of the Sword Dao-Chapter 35 - 31
Chapter 35: 31
Chapter 35: 31
The sky outside the window was dimly lit, and through the glass, one could see the faint grey mist outside. The air was surprisingly cool in the early morning.
“Hoo…” In the gloomy bedroom, a boy dressed in a black tank top stood silently in front of the window with his eyes tightly shut. His lips were slightly parted, and the thin sound of his breathing continued steadily for almost twenty seconds.
It wasn’t until he had exhaled all the air from his lungs that he slowly inhaled fresh air. The boy had an ordinary face with decent features, but the solid outline of his body already hinted at his excellent physical condition. Particularly his arms were strong, almost a circle thicker than those of other boys his age. Even boys who played basketball regularly couldn’t compare.
Slowly opening his eyes, Lin Fei felt a trace of cool breath slowly returning to his dantian and a hint of joy appeared on his face. He was compelled to spend every moment practicing because of the taste of growing stronger each day, a kind of addiction similar to leveling up in online games. After all, nothing was more intoxicating than seeing oneself grow stronger every day!
Every day before dawn, he would wake up early and seize the time to complete a standard set of Visualizations and Basic Sword Technique practice. As neither required much space, Lin Fei could easily complete them in his bedroom. The First Diagram of the Basic Sword Technique was for cultivating one’s sword intent. With a posture alone, harboring the intention of offense, and maintaining an unreleased stance, this was the key to practicing each design in the Basic Sword Technique. Since breaking through to the second diagram of the Visualization Qi Cultivation, which granted him the design for increased practice speed, Lin Fei had been trying to break through to the third diagram. Even with that wisp of cool breath, he couldn’t visualize the Third Diagram, but he felt that he should barely be able to adopt the posture of the first diagram of Remnant Sword for practice.
Lin Fei slowly ended his practice and stood quietly for a moment before resuming normal movement. After each practice session, it was necessary to stand still to subdue the rolling qi and blood, which helped consolidate the gains from the practice.
Last night, even Lin Fei himself didn’t expect that with that wisp of cool breath, his speed, strength, and the toughness of his skin had all greatly surpassed his previous self. However, after chatting with Lu Jun and returning home for his routine standing pile practice, Lin Fei unexpectedly discovered that the cool breath had shown signs of weakening, albeit slightly. He was certain he wasn’t mistaken in his feeling, as the breath’s effect on him was remarkably pronounced, so whenever he had the chance, he would perform the first diagram of the Visualization Qi Cultivation to strengthen his body in conjunction with the breath. He originally thought it wouldn’t be consumed, but it seemed this idea was clearly unrealistic.
“If this wisp of breath is completely exhausted, how will I practice afterwards?” Lin Fei had this worry in his heart. He acutely felt the difference in his rate of progress with and without something like this seed of True Force; the contrast was like night and day.
However, this thought had to be put aside for the time being, as he had no clue about the source of this breath. The small knife had been thoroughly inspected many times over, and apart from timing, there were no other issues – it was no different from the ordinary fruit knives sold in supermarkets.
Setting aside this thought, Lin Fei once again composed himself and turned his body to the right, squatting down slowly in a spiral without moving his feet. This was the posture of the first diagram of Basic Sword Technique.
The Basic Sword Technique was broad and profound, divided into two parts: Remnant Sword and Sword of Death, each with two diagrams. Together with the five diagrams of Basic Footwork, there were a total of nine diagrams, aligning with the concept that nine is the extreme of numbers.
Now, the posture Lin Fei adopted was the first diagram of Remnant Sword. As his body twisted, the intent to attack just arose in Lin Fei’s heart when suddenly a surge of qi and blood rushed up. In an instant, all the qi within his body became chaotic. An intense feeling of internal contradiction filled Lin Fei’s heart, leaving him extremely frustrated and unable to express it.
“Cough, cough!” Finally, a surge of blood rushed to his throat, causing Lin Fei to cough violently and involuntarily drop his stance, breaking off the posture he had been holding.
“What’s going on?” No sooner had Lin Fei released the stance than he immediately felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him, his concentration faltered, and even the scenery before his eyes began to blur. He instantly knew that he had mishandled his practice and that his body had suffered an excessive loss of energy. His internal organs were injured.
Although unsure why simply adopting a pose in combination with mindful intent could cause him to sustain light injuries, Lin Fei dared not take it lightly and hurriedly revisited the First Diagram of The First Layer from the Visualization Qi Cultivation. In an instant, streams of energy rapidly emerged from all over his body, accompanied by a cool aura, gathering quickly inside his body, especially around the area of his lower abdomen, just as it had when his thigh was first injured. This was the cool aura working with the First Diagram to quickly heal his wounds. As for its concentration at the lower abdomen, it was clearly due to damage sustained by the internal organs there.
This ordeal meant that, even with the relief provided by visualization healing, it took Lin Fei a full half hour to feel normal again internally. However, only a very faint trace of the cool aura remained. It was almost imperceptible, as if it didn’t exist. Lin Fei knew that this wisp of aura might naturally deplete over the next few days during daily practice sessions, and he would eventually return to the slow pace of improvement he had experienced at the beginning.
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“If I go by the information in that notebook, I should be just entering F Grade right now. At this level, not to mention the Inner World, even in real life there are many people with this kind of strength, such as Lu Jun and others from Shueisha. There are even double digits in this city alone, not to mention other places. This level of power is still subject to a great fear of firearms, and if faced with guns, there is no other option but to dodge aside. In terms of the Inner World, F Grade is barely scratching the surface, and to enter that world and safeguard oneself, one must attain D Grade combat power. Although I am unclear about the standards of D Grade, according to the description in the notebook, D Grade grants the initial qualifications to counteract firearms,” Lin Fei thought rapidly, sitting quietly on the edge of the bed, “Basic Sword Technique being so perilous even with just the Remnant Sword section, if it were not for the cool aura, I might need to recuperate at home for a week after just one attempt. If it’s going to be like this every time, it’s absolutely impracticable to continue without the supplement of the cool aura; practicing once for a week’s recovery, I have no idea how long it might take to make real progress. It’s too much wasted time.”
Lin Fei gently stretched out his palm and suddenly made a slashing motion in the air, whooshing as the air briefly burst. “My physical condition should have already reached the level of my previous life. I am at a Professional Level. Normal hand-to-hand fighting is not a problem for me, but if I were to face Lu Jun again, it would still be very difficult for me to achieve victory now. However, it is much better than the first time we met; back then, Lu Jun even managed to effortlessly block my full-powered attack with the Bear Claw, and it seemed he still had energy to spare.”
If facing an opponent where the gap in strength isn’t too wide, generally speaking, if one has a fierce move that’s hard to defend against, there’s a good chance of overcoming the opponent. Even if one’s own strength is slightly inferior, a powerful ultimate move can significantly tilt the odds. With Lin Fei’s current combat experience, apart from transforming a tearing move into something bizarre using Basic Footwork, the rest were all just standard fighting techniques. Furthermore, Ripping was actually just benefiting from the Basic Footwork, which utilized the footwork’s ability to gather strength from the entire body as he forcefully swung the Bear Claw. Moreover, Lin Fei could even distinctly feel the faint awkwardness when swinging the Bear Claw. He knew that Basic Footwork was not originally designed for weapons like the Bear Claw; it was more suited to the Longsword. Only with a Longsword would that feeling of awkwardness disappear, and the power would correspondingly increase by at least twenty percent.
This was also one of the reasons why he was eager to have a Longsword of his own.
Additionally, he still lacked a truly powerful ultimate move that could bridge the gap in strength. Ripping was ultimately somewhat unsuitable; it had a feel of concentrating force in one hit, which was not applicable in many situations, and it required a long recovery period after use.
“This move needs to be fast, sufficiently concealed, and have a powerful burst. It would be even better if it didn’t consume too much,” Lin Fei mused. Neither his past experience with martial arts nor the information and notes from Sword Dao True Solution contained a move of this caliber. To create such a technique was to grapple with something completely elusive; such things can’t be invented carelessly.
The sky outside the window had already brightened completely. The school broadcast had also started to sound faintly.
Lin Fei could just make out the noises of his sister Lin You getting out of bed next door. Ever since that night, she had been getting out early every morning, and he didn’t know what she was up to. Lin Fei couldn’t possibly follow her all the time.
Today is Saturday, there is no need to go to school, and Lin Fei also had an appointment with Lu Jun to pick up a sword at the community center, giving him no time to attend to Lin You for now.
