15 Strands of Inner Qi Every Day

The sunlight was warm, and the Stone Platform in Sunset Glow Courtyard, once cool to the touch, had been baked into a pleasant warmth.

Lin Fan sat cross-legged at one end of the Stone Platform and closed his eyes in meditation. As usual, after activating the 5,000-fold cultivation effect acceleration, he circulated his cultivation method and devoted himself to training. Faint, lustrous white Inner Qi flowed around his body, appearing and vanishing, while wisps of heat seeped from his pores into the air.

In the empty courtyard beside him, Su Qingwei held the manual of the "Flowing Cloud Fine Sword" and slowly practiced its sword techniques with a longsword, following the diagrams and moves recorded within.

The longsword was no divine weapon, merely an ordinary sword with a forging level of 20. Its blade trembled lightly, carving soft, graceful arcs through the air. The Flowing Cloud Fine Sword emphasized nimbleness and fluid turns; it did not rely on brute force to meet force head-on, but used dexterity and speed to defeat enemies. As the sword momentum circled and turned, its light rolled out like drifting sunset clouds.

Having only just entered the Early Bone Tempering Realm, Su Qingwei had yet to fully control the surging strength within her body. Sometimes, she could not properly gauge the force of her strikes. When she chopped down with her sword, it was like a fierce wind sweeping past, stirring a gale that blew the leaves from several small trees in the neighboring courtyard down with a rustle.

Su Qingwei repeated the moves from the manual over and over. A thin sheen of sweat gradually formed on her brow, and she practiced every move with exceptional care.

Though Lin Fan sat with his eyes closed, a thread of his awareness remained on her. Whenever