Yun Yun's Heart Stirs; Gaining New Combat Techniques

"Senior Sword Spirit!"

"Senior Sword Spirit?"

After returning to her room and not seeing Wu Changqing, Yun Yun called out a few more times.

"I can hear you. There's no need to shout so many times."

Wu Changqing flew out from a corner.

His transformation time was still limited to two hours a day, so unless there was a need, he usually remained in his original form and would not transform voluntarily.

"I thought you had gone out, Senior Sword Spirit."

"I'm a sword, not a person. If a sword went flying around the Misty Cloud Sect, your disciples would probably catch me before I even made it out," Wu Changqing said.

Until he could fully transform, he would not go wandering around.

Wasn't it nice to stay in the Misty Cloud Sect and slack off?

"But Senior Sword Spirit, can't you transform already? I thought you might sneak out while I wasn't here."

Wu Changqing: "..."

"Do you take me for a three-year-old child?"

"If I wanted to leave, I could walk out openly even with you here. Why would I need to sneak around?"

"That's true. By the way, Senior Sword Spirit, it seems like I've run into another bottleneck in my cultivation recently. I'm stuck at the peak of a two-star Dou Huang and can't break through. Could you accompany me to practice for a while?" Yun Yun finally revealed her purpose.

"Another bottleneck... I helped you break through to Dou Huang, and I helped you break through to two-star Dou Huang."

"Now you need me again to reach three-star Dou Huang. Why does it feel like I've become a tool for helping you break through?" Wu Changqing complained.

"If it weren't for me, would you simply not bother breaking through?"

Yun Yun smiled sheepishly. "It's because I gain new insights every time I spar with you, Senior Sword Spirit."

Wu Changqing was speechless. "Fine, fine. Let's go."

He could not refuse her anyway.

One person and one sword arrived at the back mountain.

With no one here to disturb them, Wu Changqing transformed back into human form.

Yun Yun took an ordinary longsword from her storage ring and looked at Wu Changqing. "Senior Sword Spirit, this should be our first spar since you transformed, right?"

"It feels rather different from before."

Previously, Wu Changqing had always sparred with her directly in the form of a sword.

Now that he had transformed, Yun Yun found him much more real.

"Man or sword, I won't hold back either way. Take this!"

Gripping the Evergreen Sword, Wu Changqing made the first move.

"Wind Spirit Sword Formation!"

Several fierce sword energies immediately flew toward Yun Yun.

Yun Yun remained unhurried. With a flick of her longsword, she unleashed—

"Wind Spirit Sword Formation!"

The same combat technique, the same sword energies. In the end, neither gained an advantage as all the sword energies canceled each other out.

"Wind's Extreme: Meteoric Kill!"

"Wind's Extreme: Meteoric Kill!"

Their follow-up moves were nearly identical as well.

Over the years, they had sparred so many times that they were intimately familiar with each other's techniques and patterns.

Their way of dealing with them was equally straightforward: using the exact same combat techniques to meet them head-on.

Wu Changqing and Yun Yun were both two-star Dou Huangs now, so neither could suppress the other for the moment.

"Wind's Extreme: Sunset Radiance!"

"Wind's Extreme: Sunset Radiance!"

Once again, identical combat techniques with nearly identical power, both ultimately collapsing together.

"Senior Sword Spirit, you've always used the combat techniques of our Misty Cloud Sect all this time. Don't you have any techniques of your own?" Yun Yun asked.

"Tch, are you making fun of me?" Wu Changqing laughed.

"Then let me show you a new combat technique I developed from the techniques of your Misty Cloud Sect."

"Wind's Extreme: Annihilation!"

A stream of pitch-black Dou Qi suddenly erupted from the tip of his sword.

Wherever it passed, it left even space itself riddled with black cracks.

Yun Yun's pupils contracted slightly, and she immediately raised her longsword.

"Wind's Extreme: Meteoric Kill!"

She likewise fired out a thin strand of sword energy, but Wind's Extreme: Meteoric Kill was no match for Wu Changqing's Wind's Extreme: Annihilation.

Yun Yun's sword energy was crushed in an instant, while the remaining black sword energy continued toward her without losing any momentum!

It was so fast that she had no time to dodge.

Whoosh!

At the critical moment, Wu Changqing moved in a flash, wrapped an arm around Yun Yun's waist, and carried her out of the sword's path.

Their bodies spun through the air several times before slowly landing on the ground.

Looking at the face so close to hers, Yun Yun suddenly froze.

She could feel Wu Changqing's strong arm around her waist. Their bodies were pressed close together, and she could sense each other's breaths.

The aura coming from Wu Changqing gradually made Yun Yun's cheeks burn, and her heart began pounding uncontrollably.

She hurriedly pushed Wu Changqing away and took two steps back.

"Senior Sword Spirit, w-what combat technique was that just now? Why have I never seen you use it before?"

"Didn't you say I only knew the combat techniques of your Misty Cloud Sect? So I used a technique your Misty Cloud Sect doesn't have," Wu Changqing said with a smile.

He had held back some of the power of that strike. Otherwise, he might have accidentally hurt Yun Yun.

"That strike was so powerful... Senior Sword Spirit, could you teach it to me?" Yun Yun asked expectantly.

"I knew it. If you want to learn, I'll teach you." Wu Changqing had no intention of hiding it from her.

"Hehe, I knew Senior Sword Spirit was the best!"

Yun Yun beamed with delight.

Afterward, the two began practicing in the back mountain.

Wu Changqing taught Yun Yun all three of his Earth-tier combat techniques.

It had to be said that Yun Yun's talent and comprehension were quite good.

She could basically grasp the essentials of an Earth-tier combat technique in a single day, and in three days, she had learned all three techniques Wu Changqing taught her.

[Successfully taught Yun Yun 'Wind's Extreme: Annihilation', obtained Earth-tier high-grade combat technique—Sword Extremity: Star Extinction!]

[Successfully taught Yun Yun 'Wind's Extremity: Blossoming Glory Annihilation', obtained Earth-tier high-grade combat technique—Sword Extremity: Sun Devourer!]

[Successfully taught Yun Yun 'Formless Phantom Sword', obtained Earth-tier high-grade combat technique—Sword Extremity: Sword-Shadow Clones!]

[Notice: Sword Extremity series combat techniques cannot be taught to others and may only be used by the host.]

"Tch, how did you know I was going to exploit a bug? You even patched the loophole in advance." Wu Changqing was somewhat displeased.

By teaching Yun Yun combat techniques, he could also use the Sword Heart Clarity talent to gain insights into sword techniques and thereby obtain new combat techniques.

He had originally intended to keep teaching Yun Yun, gain new combat techniques, teach again, gain more insights again, and continue cycling like that.

But the system had directly plugged this loophole.

What a pity.

Still, he had already taught Yun Yun three combat techniques, which greatly improved her strength.

Over the following days, Yun Yun successfully broke through her shackles and reached three-star Dou Huang while practicing these combat techniques!

Of course, Wu Changqing deserved some credit for that as well...