Comprehending the Grasswood Sword Technique

Having decided to use the Five Elements Divine Beasts to condense his five viscera, Lin Jiufeng began working hard.

Every day, he cultivated, activated the aura of his five viscera, and then slowly condensed them.

This was a long process, requiring patient, grinding effort. It could not be rushed.

Lin Jiufeng was not some young man in his twenties. He was one hundred and thirty years old, steady of temperament and unmoved by outside things.

Slowly was fine.

If he improved a little each day, then over time, the Five Elements Divine Beasts would surely take shape.

Since Cultivation could not be rushed, he devoted part of his energy to his three martial nephews.

Lin Jiufeng diligently taught them to cultivate. The children, barely ten years old, cultivated for ten shichen each day and slept for the remaining two.

Every day was the same.

Sometimes they were so exhausted that they snored away while meditating.

Sometimes they were so exhausted that they fell asleep right in the middle of a meal.

Yet not a single one complained of being tired.

All three gritted their teeth and persevered. Even Wen Xinyun, the girl who appeared so fragile, endured through her stubborn nature.

Hard work was rewarded.

Especially when gifted people worked hard.

Three months later, just as Lin Jiufeng condensed the Vermilion Bird of the Heart, the three children broke through the First Restriction one after another on the same day.

Ten-year-old children, at the First Restriction.

Without any resources to aid them, relying only on diligence and the Feather Ascension Scripture.

Even within the Supreme Dao Sect, they would have been exceptionally rare peerless geniuses.

After breaking through the First Restriction, the three little ones came to find Lin Jiufeng in wild delight. Wen Xinyun was so excited that tears streamed down her face as she threw herself into Lin Jiufeng's arms, crying like pear blossoms drenched in rain.

Seeing Wen Xinyun sob so bitterly, Zhou Tianzi and Yue Dashan's eyes reddened as well.

Lin Jiufeng gently patted Wen Xinyun's back and said softly, "Martial Uncle knows you've had a hard time lately. Just cry it out. You'll feel better."

Wen Xinyun continued crying, as though she had suffered some enormous injustice and had finally found an outlet for it.

With reddened eyes, Zhou Tianzi said quietly, "Junior Sister is actually different from us. She came from a great clan with formidable power, but both her parents died when she was young. She was also a girl, so no one valued her. At home, she was treated worse than a maid and oppressed at every turn. She could no longer survive there, so she ran away. Then she met Master and came here."

Yue Dashan nodded. "Junior Sister never talks about it, but we all know that she's been holding something inside. She wants to prove to those people that her talent surpasses everyone else's."

Lin Jiufeng was stunned. Wen Xinyun's past had been so full of twists and turns.

That small body had borne too many grievances and too much pressure that no child her age should have endured.

Lin Jiufeng smiled and said, "The past is behind you. From now on, you are the senior sister of the Feather Transformation Sect. In ten-odd years, your name will surely spread throughout the Cultivation World."

Choking on her sobs, Wen Xinyun lifted her head and looked at Lin Jiufeng through tear-filled eyes. She nodded firmly. "Martial Uncle is right. I have to be strong. I am the senior sister of the Feather Transformation Sect."

Looking at her tear-streaked face, Lin Jiufeng said, "Go wash your face. You've cried yourself ugly."

Wen Xinyun's cheeks instantly flushed crimson. Covering her face shyly, she sprang up and ran outside without looking back.

Lin Jiufeng, Zhou Tianzi, and Yue Dashan all burst into laughter.

"Do you two have such winding pasts too?" Lin Jiufeng looked at the two boys and asked, "If you do, Martial Uncle can lend you his arms for a good cry as well."

Zhou Tianzi said disdainfully, "What kind of man cries and whimpers? Everyone in my family died, leaving only me. So I have to cultivate hard and avenge them."

Yue Dashan gave an honest smile. "I don't have any family. I was abandoned as a child and grew up in the countryside eating from a hundred households."

Lin Jiufeng teased, "Eating from a hundred households made you this fat?"

Yue Dashan said aggrievedly, "I don't know either. I've been fat since I was little. I gain weight from eating just a little, and I can't slim down at all. My parents probably abandoned me because of that."

"Don't bring up the past anymore. Now you have the Feather Transformation Sect, Master, and Martial Uncle. We are a family." Lin Jiufeng rubbed the two children's heads, messing up their hair.

Zhou Tianzi and Yue Dashan looked at Lin Jiufeng with affection, sincerely accepting the Feather Transformation Sect as their home.

"How long will Master's Secluded Cultivation last?" Zhou Tianzi suddenly asked.

"Yeah, it's already been more than three months," Yue Dashan said.

"What are three months? A master at your Master's level is in life-or-death Secluded Cultivation. At the very least, it will take several years. Just wait," Lin Jiufeng said.

"Then we'll cultivate hard and give Master a surprise in a few years," Zhou Tianzi said excitedly.

"I'll work hard too." Yue Dashan encouraged himself.

"Then go cultivate. There are nine restrictions in Cultivation. The First Restriction is only the beginning," Lin Jiufeng said.

Zhou Tianzi and Yue Dashan immediately went to cultivate, both exceedingly diligent.

Lin Jiufeng cultivated as well.

He read while condensing the qi of his five viscera within his body.

In three months, he had only condensed the Vermilion Bird of the Heart.

Next, he needed to condense the Azure Dragon of the Liver.

This could not be rushed, so Lin Jiufeng read while improving himself.

Fortunately, the Feather Transformation Sect was now completely sealed off. No one disturbed him, allowing him to improve in peace.

This time, Lin Jiufeng was reading the biography of a senior.

That senior had been an expert of the Sword Dao.

The book recorded that his Sword Dao had surpassed the nine restrictions. He wielded the Dao of Heaven, using the grasses and trees of heaven and earth as his sword.

He possessed a terrifying sword technique.

That sword technique relied on no external object, only one's comprehension of the Sword Dao.

The more Sword Intent one comprehended, the more powerful the sword technique became.

At its peak, every blade of grass and every tree could become a sword.

Relying on this sword technique, that expert looked down upon the world. Even the Supreme Dao Sect, known for its overbearing ways, did not dare speak loudly in his presence.

But regrettably, he had been as brilliant as Shooting Stars, vanishing all too soon.

Some said he had been assassinated.

Some said he had passed away.

Some said he had hidden himself away to cultivate.

Opinions varied wildly.

The only pity was that his terrifying sword technique had not been passed down. Later generations could not glimpse its true mysteries and could only imagine it.

"Using grass and trees as swords... just how terrifying could that be?" Lin Jiufeng closed the book and murmured.

He closed his eyes and envisioned that expert's sword technique.

Unbound by external things, unbound by form, pursuing one's true heart—among all things in heaven and earth, every blade of grass and every tree could become a sword.

In Lin Jiufeng's mind, there was a boom, as though chaos itself had been split open. A single blade of grass flew forth and slashed toward the sun, moon, and stars.

Boom!!!

The sun, moon, and stars came crashing down one after another.

The earth collapsed, and all things surged forth.

Sword qi stretched like the Great Wall, spanning heaven and earth.

Only that blade of grass remained, still the same blade of grass.

At that moment, inspiration descended upon Lin Jiufeng, and a line of words appeared before his eyes.

You earnestly comprehended, activating Heaven-Defying Comprehension and comprehending the Grasswood Sword Technique.

Within Lin Jiufeng's mind, there was now an ultimate sword technique of slaughter.

The Grasswood Sword Technique cultivated one's true heart and comprehended Sword Intent. In this way, every blade of grass and every tree could become a sword.

"With this sword technique, I can kill a Fifth Restriction Cultivator." Lin Jiufeng said this with great confidence.