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Hou Niao left without any attachnt.
He was uninterested in the benefits, alliances, and entanglents in Cultivation.
He was no saint.
If given a choice, he would prefer a simple transaction like the one behind Fangfei’s courtyard, free of burdens and entanglents; if beneficial, engage, if not, everyone goes their separate ways, no ntal pressure.
Or perhaps like Daoist among the Cultivation Families…
Being too involved in such small communities was troubleso, being lightly involved yielded no good price; constantly holding out for a better offer, don’t they know that so renewable resources are healthier when used?
Yet he could not make it clear in these matters.
He hoped that these two won would eventually realize it on their own.
These resources themselves were indeed top-notch choices.
Cultivation cos first.
After registering at Mu Shuai’s residence, he would not stay in Jin City all the ti for the next period.
As long as he stayed within the influence of Shan Country’s Quanzhen Sect, he was free to choose any place for his Cultivation.
A quarry was not a good place for Cultivation; the environnt here had been completely devastated by humans.
He was granted permission, which was his right; however, there were restrictions, the most important being not to disrupt the local governance, not to leave Shan Country, and to report back to Mu Shuai’s residence in two years…
Once out of Jin City, rising into the air, his view broadened, and his heart felt relieved.
He couldn’t return to Chicken Mountain, as he was already too familiar with its natural environnt.
He also didn’t want to constantly disturb the old blind man, who preferred tranquility and wouldn’t welco his Flying Sword disrupting the local harmony.
It was also unsuitable to return to Yinling, not because he alienated his friends, but because his presence would add pressure on them.
Imbalance in ntal state could badly affect their advancent to the Upper Realm at this critical mont.
Should he seek a new environnt?
He didn’t want to waste ti on boring searches; there’s no definitive answer to what environnt is best, as one mountain always surpasses another, one scenery always outshines the next.
Gliding through the low hundred feet, Hou Niao drifted southwards.
Cultivators generally avoid revealing their presence before mortals, an unspoken rule everyone adheres to.
However, an occasional breach was fine as he couldn’t fly high yet.
He tried to find paths seldom tread by humans, avoiding passing over towns and villages; after such detours, it took less than two days to arrive at a familiar place – the Poplar Forest.
This was where he had suffered setbacks before, and it felt different; more importantly, on the other side was Anhe Dao Country, which was beneficial for keeping up with the latest developnts in Anhe.
Of course, he could also visit the lady and nurture their affections.
Towards his hotown Anhe, towards Chong Ling Daoist, and towards Daoist, he harbored feelings he could not sever.
Even though his path in Cultivation was now firmly set, he still couldn’t let go of what lay beyond the Poplar Forest.
The Poplar Forest was a slender stretch extending over a thousand miles, yet only a few dozen miles wide, its origin unknown, almost as if it were a man-made forest planted deliberately to demarcate national borders.
Yet, for him, it was sufficient.
He purposely chose a segnt of the forest away from the trade routes, denser sections up to a hundred miles thick.
For ordinary mortals and low-level Cultivators, this place was fraught with various dangers, but for Tongxuan Cultivators, such challenges were nonexistent.
The Poplar Forest was hardly secluded from the world, and the beasts here had a lower order.
This was Hou Niao’s third visit, and he found everything to be unlike the others, as if navigating an ancient stretch of woodland.
If one carefully imrsed oneself, the mottled light filtering through could even evoke a sense of poetry and painting.
The Poplar Forest hadn’t changed.
What had changed was him;
All beasts possessed an inherent ability to discern what could be bullied and what should not be offended.
When a cultivator like Hou Niao, who hadn’t yet learned to conceal his aura, entered, he caused the forest beasts within a radius centered on him to scatter completely.
Even their usual roaring softened considerably, revealing a seldom-seen gentler side of these creatures.
Survival, whether for humans or beasts, was a matter that required caution.
Facing a host of new skills, he set a strict plan for himself.
He officially began his day’s cultivation at mao ti, before dawn, allowing him an hour of close combat sword skills practice.
This was to reflect and consolidate his swordsmanship learned in the Soul Realm.
Though he couldn’t specifically explain why it was necessary, reinforcing one’s best direction tirelessly was the essence of asymtric warfare.
He didn’t want to relinquish this strength of his, perhaps the only aspect in which he could maintain an edge across the three Tongtian realms, and at the sa ti, it served as a warm-up for his body, easing the transition from extre stillness to extre motion.
From the middle of mao ti to the middle of chen ti, this hour was his morning class, where he practiced the Three Night Thunder Law Regular.
This was his primary cultivation technique.
His progress in cultivation heavily relied on it, marking the onset of the cultivation sequence at his current stage.
After the morning class, up to the end of si ti, was his ti to practice with the flying sword.
If cultivation techniques determined his realm, then swordsmanship determined his life, indispensable.
He didn’t practice the three major swords techniques directly, as it was still premature.
He needed to familiarize himself with the Quanzhen Sword Form True Understanding first; simply put, you needed to effortlessly control the flying sword as though it were an extension of your hand before you could truly engage with specific sword techniques.
According to the theory of the Sword Form True Understanding, it was a process from near to far, from raw to ripe; first, control the flying sword at close range, master the delicate control and increase the speed until it was effortless; once this level of mastery was reached, gradually extend the range until reaching the limit of a cultivator’s Divine Sense control.
Once a cultivator could manage the basic control within the furthest range of their Divine Sense, the next step was to gradually increase power up to the limit that their Dantian magic power could withstand.
Only when a Sword Cultivator could manage both at the limit of Divine Sense and magic power, was it truly ti to learn swordsmanship; the timing was not fixed.
Learning too early ant the foundations were neglected and would need revisiting, whereas learning too late wasted ti—it required cultivators to have a clear understanding of their own abilities and growth.
At wu ti, under the abundant sunlight, a cultivator faced a harsh test when in the sky—heat, dazzling brightness, glares, yet this was also the best ti to practice the Sword Control Technique.
You couldn’t just pick cool, comfortable tis for flying; when cultivators got used to comfort, opponents wouldn’t give you the chance to choose a ti for battle.
At wei ti, during the mid-class period, he practiced the supplentary cultivation skill of Earth Elent Escape.
The forest’s soft soil layers were advantageous for beginners, though the frequent encounters with underground creatures were rather annoying…
During shen and you tis, two hours for reading, he needed to quickly supplent his knowledge of the common insights in the three Tongtian realms.
This might seem trivial but was in fact of significant importance.
During xu ti, he continued practicing the sword, accustod to the sensation of drawing the sword in darkness.
During hai ti, evening class ti, the Three Night Thunder Law Regular.
At zi ti, the intersection of Yin and Yang, a perfect ti for practicing the Taoist Body.
At chou ti, another hour of flying.
At yin ti, deep ditation for Breathing Control.
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