Cloud Sway Sword Art

Such incidents occasionally occur in the Outer Court.

Everyone is short on money, and everyone wants to slay Yin Demons to obtain spiritual items. However, venturing out to slay demons is far too dangerous; conversely, the Yin Demons that manifest during one's own breakthrough are equal to one's own strength, offering at least a fighting chance.

Thus, many disciples attempt their breakthroughs alone; some succeed, and naturally, some fail.

The commotion over there came and went quickly, and in a short while, all was silent.

Presumably, the Yin Demon had already been wiped out by the Outer Court disciples.

On the way, Yu Xiu encountered a disciple he used to be on good terms with, Song Quan.

"Yu Xiu, you've entered the Qi-Conducting Realm?" Song Quan observed from afar, looking surprised upon seeing Yu Xiu.

Yu Xiu replied, "Pure luck."

"It is good that you have entered the Qi-Conducting Realm. We both entered the sect three years ago, and now you won't be forced by the Outer Court to go down the mountain for training. You..." The disciple hesitated, then finally said, "Do not go down the mountain lightly. Although you will lack contribution points and resources, and your cultivation will be much slower, it is still safer than being down the mountain."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Song Quan. As Yu Xiu watched him leave, he thought of another fellow from the Inner Court.

Fang Jiming!

The fellow disciples of the Outer Court feared Fang Jiming like a tiger, to the point that they didn't even dare to associate with Yu Xiu!

Sooner or later, that guy will kill me.

Yu Xiu did not go to join the crowd, heading straight for the Internal Affairs Hall instead.

When Yu Xiu arrived, he saw Outer Court disciples coming and going.

Some even had bloodstains and injuries on them, clearly having just returned from down the mountain.

The world down the mountain is indeed dangerous. Yu Xiu thought to himself; before entering the Inner Court, he must never go down the mountain lightly.

Firstly, it is truly perilous down there, and secondly, he must guard against that dog Fang Jiming playing dirty tricks on him in the shadows.

[Fate: God-like Insight] is a growth-type cheat, not an invincible one; if he encounters real danger, he could truly die.

Yu Xiu went straight to another warehouse; this was the place where the Outer Court exchanged pills, medicines, and various spiritual items.

They also purchased spiritual items.

After the disciple in front finished, he walked up to the middle-aged deacon and took out the spiritual item transformed from the Yin Demon.

The deacon took the dark cyan, jade-like, irregular square object and held it up to the light to examine it closely. Faintly, one could see a mysterious substance flowing within, resembling a small green fish.

He smiled and said, "Jade Cyan. You are quite lucky; this item can help a practitioner at the fourth stage of the Dragon Ascension Realm, the Life Spring Realm, strengthen their Life Spring. It is worth a thousand taels of silver."

"If converted into contribution points, it would be one hundred."

A Life Spring Realm spiritual item! One thousand taels of silver! One hundred contribution points! Yu Xiu felt a surge of joy: "I'll exchange it for contribution points."

With the contribution points in hand, Yu Xiu first exchanged for thirty Qi-Boosting Pills required for Qi-Conducting Realm cultivation, which cost thirty contribution points.

Cultivation in the Qi-Conducting Realm is the cultivation of internal qi.

Where does internal qi come from?

It is refined from essence and blood-qi. Without pills to nourish the body, internal qi, essence, and blood-qi cannot keep up. If one practices for a long time under these conditions, it will only lead to a depletion of both blood-qi and essence, causing harm to the body.

Therefore, the 'Qi-Boosting Pill' is indispensable.

These pills can normally support five days of cultivation in the Qi-Conducting Realm; thirty pills are enough to last Yu Xiu for quite some time.

After collecting the pills, Yu Xiu turned and headed toward the Library Pavilion.

Not far away, several disciples who were handing in tasks looked at Yu Xiu at some point.

"This Yu Xiu has good fortune, actually breaking through to the Qi-Conducting Realm just as the three-year deadline approaches!" one thin-faced youth sneered with a cold expression.

"If it weren't for him ruining Fang Jibai's affairs, we wouldn't have been implicated and ended up in this state!" another youth with a delicate, feminine face whispered viciously, gnashing his teeth.

"It is true that Fang Jibai used evil arts to break through, but it is hateful that this Yu Xiu meddled in other people's business. It wasn't even his life being used for the breakthrough, yet he had to jump out and ruin things!" a third youth, tall and old-looking, was filled with resentment.

"I'm going to find him and vent my anger." The fourth youth, a dark-faced, ugly-looking boy, said this and prepared to intercept Yu Xiu.

He was blocked by the first thin-faced youth: "Fang Jibai's matter has already caused us to be shunned; do not go looking for trouble. There is still time, and there will always be an opportunity to make him pay the price."

They stared deeply at Yu Xiu before finally walking into the crowd.

Yun Mo, Xu Fang... As Yu Xiu glanced over, he felt the malice coming from those few youths.

In places with many people, various small cliques naturally form.

Especially within the sect, where one must constantly go out to slay demons and monsters, this leads to disciples forming groups of three or five, or even larger cliques.

The dark-faced youth Wu Zheng, along with the thin-faced Xu Fang and the other two who walked over, were part of the small clique that had originally been with Fang Jiming.

It was just that Yu Xiu had stopped Fang Jibai from using evil arts to break through, causing the matter to spread. Although Wu Zheng and Xu Fang did not seem to be involved, being in the same clique as Fang Jiming meant they were implicated.

Being shunned and alienated by other disciples eventually led the four of them to harbor a grudge against Yu Xiu.

Yu Xiu was not the least bit surprised that they harbored malice.

But he did not care; times were different now. With his current level of comprehension, he would soon leave these guys so far behind they wouldn't even see his shadow.

If they didn't come looking for trouble, then all would be well; but if they insisted on throwing their lives away, Yu Xiu wouldn't mind sending them on their way.

Arriving at the Library Pavilion, Yu Xiu went straight to select the ten volumes of the Cloud Sway Sword Art, along with a Qi-Refining realm sword technique, the Flying Rainbow Sword.

The white-haired and white-bearded elder guarding the pavilion picked them up, paused, and said, "You certainly know how to pick. Among the Qi-Refining realm techniques here, there is none more difficult than this one."

As he spoke, he handed the complete techniques over to Yu Xiu: "Good luck."

Yu Xiu smiled, took the techniques, and began reading them right there in the Library Pavilion.

With his current comprehension of 94, he could naturally distinguish the quality and caliber of the techniques with ease.

Just as the pavilion elder had said, the Cloud Sway Sword Art was the most difficult technique in the Library Pavilion, but it was also the best.

He focused his mind, burying his head in the books.

[Cloud Sway Sword Art, Volume One: Entry (1/200)]

A single glance, and I have achieved entry.

A comprehension of 94 was, as expected, far too overpowered.

Back when his comprehension was only 9, even mastering a Flawless realm technique had been difficult; just to reach the entry level would have required at least half a month of grueling practice.

But now, just by reading through it once, without even touching a sword, he had successfully achieved entry.

This was the difference!

[Cloud Sway Sword Art, Volume Two: Entry (1/200)]

[Cloud Sway Sword Art, Volume Five: Entry (1/200)]

[Cloud Sway Sword Art, Volume Ten: Entry (1/200)]

[Flying Rainbow Sword: Entry (1/200)]

Returning the techniques and sword manual, Yu Xiu went back to his bamboo hut and began his cultivation.

After swallowing a Qi-Boosting Pill, the first volume of the Cloud Sway Sword Art unfolded in his hands; sword light erupted, and the 'inner qi' within his body began to circulate at high speed.

The Qi-Boosting Pill was partially dissolved by his inner qi, its medicinal power merging into his energy.

Cloud Sway Sword Art +20

Cultivation +10

Cultivation +10

The progress was indeed incredibly fast.