Ming Yue continued to fight the swords, she didn't know how much ti passed nor did she care. It was an unending battle, the blades constantly t each other at every point. They weaved around as if they were water, flowing and flexible. Suddenly she felt hand resting on her shoulder and she stopped. The two swords had also stopped and rged together as one before going back and floating at its original spot.
"Its ti for you to rest, you've been fighting for several hours now," said ng Zhao, "Look, its almost night. You should go back and take this ti to examine what you've gained."
Now that she thought about it, Ming Yue could barely move around and suddenly collapsed from exhaustion. She was in a state of extre concentration for several hours, it was more stress than her body could handle. ng Zhao saw this and picked her up, carrying her back to his office and letting her rest on a futon. When she ca to, he helped her up and gave her so tea. The tea was light blue and suffused a sweet sll. Ming Yue drank it and felt a refreshing feeling course through her body. The tea has so recovery effects and she felt much better. ng Zhao waited for her to recover before asking her sothing.
"You know, there is going to be a competition half a year from now at the Capital, Five Elent City. It's called the Youth Dragon Tournant, Anyone under 20 can enter and there was no limit to cultivation level. If you want to look for the Splitting Moon Blade, there is a chance it is there," he said.
Her face lit up, when she obtained Parting Sun, she made finding its sister blade one of her objectives. She wasn't sure where to search and only looked randomly. However, now she had a lead to go on. After resting and conversing with ng Zhao, she left his office and went back to the inn.
"The next ti, we et, just call Grandpa ng", he said, smiling and waving goodbye.
Ming Yue thanked him and left. As for ng Zhao, he went back to his desk and looked at a small plant with a soft expression. It was a purple flower given to him by Ming Yue's father as a farewell gift from when he decided to live in a village. It was supposedly good for relaxation. After, ng Zhao had been healed by him, they quickly beca extrely good friends going on the sa missions. In fact, ng Zhao was the first person he went to tell him about his wife giving birth. He was also among the first to hold Ming Yue as a newborn baby. He sighed and went back to his work, reading through paperwork, etc. The next several days were quite peaceful.
After Ming Yue recovered from her first experience with the training room, she continued to challenge it and only stopped when she could no longer fight. Every ti this happened, ng Zhao would take her away to rest and talk to her about cultivation. On one such occasion, they talked about how Ming Yue had been cultivating for the last year or so.
"The way you are cultivating isn't the best. In fact, it is quite dangerous. Yet, it is not as uncommon as you may think. Cultivation manuals set down a path for people. They have been perfected to suit the populace but in the end, they are not perfect for each individual, only suitable. Many people knew this and wanted to forge their own path rather than taking one that has already been made. They start by circulating their inner force all throughout their body, finding ways to improve it. To make it unique only to them. But by doing so, they risked destroying their body, those who fail are either crippled or dead", he said.
"Let examine your body. I need to see the state of it and whether or not it is in a dangerous condition."
He put his hand on Ming Yue's back, sending in his force. After several minutes, there was a surprised look on his face.
"Your body isn't in as bad as a situation as I had thought. You must have been going about it quite carefully"
That was an understatent. When she first began, Ming Yue was extrely cautious with this. Even the slightest pain made her withdraw her energy and direct it sowhere else. Its been almost a year since then and she knew that it wasn't perfect yet but it was at least complete. She could circulate her energy throughout her entire body but there was still pain in parts of her body.
Then ng Zhao said, "Let help you quicken the process."
He sent in more of his energy and helped her polish her cultivation thod. His energy guided hers throughout her body while nourishing and healing the ridians. Her body went though multiple cycles until she reached the peak of the 4th Human Realm. Her cultivation efficiency had also increased by 20%.
"Thank you, Grandpa ng!" she said with a small smile.
These past several days had allowed them to get closer. There was a sense of kinship between the two. After all, he was friends with her father and he had helped her imnsely. She left after today's session and ng Zhao went back to his desk in a happy mood. However that did not last long.
A ssenger soon ca in bearing grim news.
"A rank 5 monster is causing chaos in Death Wind Mountain. Due to the continuous destruction, a monster horde is forming and the closest city to it is Luan City. Based on early reports, If we don't do sothing, the city will be destroyed!"
ng Zhao's face turned serious and imdiately made orders.
"Send this out to all of the other Pavilions. This is a defense mission, the reward will 1000 contribution points along with whatever they harvest from the monster corpses!"
"Yes sir!"
The ssenger left and prepared send out the orders.
Ming Yue had already left and walked back to her inn. She decided to have a quick bite and went into a restaurant, ordering so simple dishes. Suddenly, so people rushed in and started talking to the other custors.
"Did you hear? Luan City is in danger because of a monster horde. The Jade Dragon Pavilion had already created a mission. The rewards are quite nice and I hear that the monster leading this horde is a rank 5."
"Hm", she thought, "Luan City is in danger!?"
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