Grasp Sparrow's Tail, Complete!

"Grasp Sparrow's Tail!"

Duan Yun focused his mind, and Lunar Essence-like Jade Sword True Qi scattered forth from his body, forming the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect.

Only this time, the Dharma Aspect was more tangible than ever before.

The Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect wore snowy robes, with pale blue wisps drifting around her shoulders. She seemed steeped in immortal aura, while her white silk stockings traced faint lines along the tops of her rounded thighs.

The Jade Sword Immortal Duan Yun visualized within his sea of consciousness was perfectly manifested here.

Mm, he had even added the patterned details of the white stockings.

Duan Yun formed the Jade Sword Finger hand seal, and almost at the same moment, the Dharma Aspect formed the same seal.

In an instant, dozens of slender jade hands appeared behind the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect, like a blooming lotus and like the spread tail feathers of a peacock.

"Kill!"

Duan Yun unleashed a Jade Sword Finger, and the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect's dozens of jade hands struck at the same time.

A barrage of piercing sounds like a Sudden Rain rang out. Half the wall was blasted into tatters, and the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect dispersed afterward.

He had mastered it again!

This was Grasp Sparrow's Tail, the final move of the Jade Sword True Canon. It could condense the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect and launch simultaneous attacks through dozens of jade hands.

If the third move, Jade Sword Finger, resembled a pistol's precise shots, then Grasp Sparrow's Tail was like upgrading that pistol into a Gatling gun.

Naturally, the consumption of Jade Sword True Qi was enormous as well.

Duan Yun reflected that he had failed to master this move before because he had been too rigidly bound by the book, focusing only on visualizing the Dharma Aspect depicted in the manual.

The Dharma Aspect in the manual was too simplistic and lacked concrete detail. It could not be called lifelike.

But just now, he had been thinking about the female constable's "uniform," and a flash of inspiration had struck him. He had introduced the concepts of clothing and skin into the Dharma Aspect.

If the Dharma Aspect had a brand-new skin and vivid details, would it become more spirited and lifelike, thus advancing even further?

Just like in many games, where premium skins simply felt better to use than the default one.

The answer was yes!

Who else could do this!

Duan Yun felt that his talent and wisdom in the sword path were astonishing. There was no sword-path problem he could not solve.

After resting for a while, Duan Yun gritted his teeth and used Grasp Sparrow's Tail once more.

This time, the Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect underwent another new change.

The Jade Sword Immortal had just been dressed in fluttering snowy robes, her white silk whiter than snow. Now, however, she wore a black dress, black silk covering her legs like mist and giving off an eerie feeling.

"Kill!"

Duan Yun used Jade Sword Finger again. The Black-Silk Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect stretched out her jade hands, and Sword Qi shot forth.

If the White-Silk Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect's Jade Sword Finger had been upright and open, carrying an overbearing aura that pierced through everything, then the Black-Silk Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect's Jade Sword Finger Sword Qi curved and flowed, giving off an unpredictable and eerie sensation.

This was the power of skins!

The Black-Silk Jade Sword Immortal's Dharma Aspect dispersed, and Duan Yun's face was full of excitement.

Too strong.

On that night ten days ago, he could only catch the Red Chamber Fairies off guard and wound her with a jab, allowing her to escape successfully.

He could even sense that if the female constable had not pursued her afterward, and she had continued fighting him, the one at a disadvantage would definitely have been him.

But now, let her come try again?

He guaranteed that she would return with a full load!

But at this moment, Duan Yun also felt profound exhaustion.

Grasp Sparrow's Tail was the final move of the Jade Sword True Canon, as well as its most powerful move. Yet likewise, its consumption was immense.

After using it twice, he had nearly exhausted all his True Qi, and Duan Yun felt the fatigue of having overexerted himself.

Especially during the second use, half the Black-Silk Jade Sword Immortal Dharma Aspect's jade hands had failed to fire Sword Qi. It was clear that he had reached his limit.

This move was powerful, but it absolutely could not be used recklessly. It should be treated as a trump card.

Of course, if his True Qi continued to grow and his body grew accustomed to this level of overexertion, then spraying Sword Qi wildly would pose no problem at all.

Having mastered Grasp Sparrow's Tail as a trump card, Duan Yun undoubtedly gained a little more confidence.

Now that he had learned all four moves of the Jade Sword True Canon, the only thing left for him to do was focus on increasing his True Qi capacity.

Duan Yun did not know what level he was at now, whether he counted as a third-rate or second-rate expert. He could only use the entire Black Bear Gang as his benchmark.

In any case, he still was not strong enough to kill the entire Black Bear Gang.

He had to continue working according to his plan.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

At Bamboo Grove Cottage, Duan Yun experienced a tranquility he had never felt before.

Each day when he cultivated the Jade Sword Stance, aside from occasionally hallucinating countless faces, the only thing that troubled him slightly was having to take a cold shower every morning to cool himself down.

The nourishing-yin-and-strengthening-yang effect was simply too good.

And now, his True Qi capacity had nearly reached his planned target.

When he left Riverside City, he could consecutively unleash around ten Moonlit Water Sword Qi slashes or use Jade Sword Finger twenty times.

His plan had been to increase this True Qi capacity tenfold within a hundred days—enough to consecutively unleash a hundred Moonlit Water Sword Qi slashes or use Jade Sword Finger two hundred times.

Now that more than seventy days had passed, he could be considered to have completed the goal ahead of schedule.

However, Duan Yun had also encountered a bottleneck. To further increase his True Qi capacity, the speed had slowed by more than half.

The sea of Qi in the dantian was not, in the end, a boundless sea.

He had thought that a sword-path prodigy like himself would have no bottlenecks. Unfortunately, as a human being, he still had limits.

Since his target had been achieved, it was time to return to Riverside City and kill the entire Black Bear Gang.

Duan Yun did not hold grudges, but he did not like leaving worries hanging over his heart for too long and affecting his sleep.

Speaking of worries, Duan Yun thought again of that chest sunk beneath the water.

After so many days, it seemed he was still the only one curious about what was inside.

Since he was about to leave, he decided to fish up that large chest and see what it contained.

It was nearing dusk, and the setting sun was like blood.

The lake surface shimmered with rippling light, but beneath the water lay a deep gloom, like another world.

The large chest submerged in the water, with half of it exposed, had been painted red all over. It should have looked festive, yet in such an environment, it seemed somewhat eerie.

Duan Yun took a deep breath and dived into the water.

Ever since cultivating the Jade Sword True Canon, Duan Yun's physique had risen with the tide. Once underwater, he did not feel stifled in the slightest. Relying on the breathing technique of the Jade Sword True Canon, he could even breathe freely within it.

At this point, he had already reached the vicinity of the red chest.

With a sweep of his sword, Duan Yun cut away the water weeds covering it.

Afterward, he gripped the clasp on the chest and pulled upward.

The moment he touched it, Duan Yun could tell that the chest was not empty.

It was very heavy.

His cultivation during this period had made him who knew how many times stronger than before, yet dragging it through the water still took some effort.

True Qi circulated through Duan Yun's body as he gave a fierce tug!

The chest immediately broke free from the mud at the bottom of the lake, and he dragged it toward the shore.

After the time it took to burn two sticks of incense, the large red-painted chest had been moved by Duan Yun into the small courtyard.

Duan Yun could not help letting out a long breath. After changing into clean clothes inside the house, he came before the chest.

What was inside this chest? The answer would soon be revealed.