Advancement

But Han Yu had money. He poured Spirit Stones into every one of his Spiritual Roots, so his cultivation progressed quickly. Most importantly, he was no fool.

On the contrary, he was remarkably clever. It was only because he usually played the part of a "boy who scattered wealth" that everyone automatically saw him through the "more money than sense" lens.

Wen Xu had fought Han Yu for only a short while before realizing that he was a shrewd cultivator. Han Yu seemed to spend lavishly, but he calculated every expense. He could even land his talismans with considerable accuracy on Wen Xu's stacked formations.

He was a formidable opponent.

Wen Xu closed his fan and wielded it like a sword. The first form of the Nine-Turn Sword Technique: Wind Rises Suddenly.

In truth, Wen Xu had never devoted much attention to swordsmanship. For one thing, he felt his talent was limited and not worth a major investment. For another, a Wind Spiritual Root was poorly suited to close combat.

The approach to combat he had devised for himself was to combine the Wind-Stacking Formation with the Windfold Fan. But his own recklessness had damaged the fan once before. Later, when Senior Brother Zheng Jin reforged Windfold for him, Wen Xu noticed as soon as he held it that it had changed.

The Windfold Fan's aura had originally been fierce, its edge keen and unmistakable.

After being reforged, it had become much more restrained. It was still wild in use, but at rest it looked little different from an ordinary folding fan. That was not its greatest change, however. Its greatest change was that it could shift between a folding fan and a spiritual sword.

It suited him better, without question, and had helped him win five arena matches in