In the secret realm of White Jade Capital, besides the twelve official towers, there are also nurous spacious, independently floating pavilions, providing temporary resting places for the trialists.
Of course, during the period of the grand competition, this is also where cultivators with energy to spare co to practice, compete, and exchange in private.
Just like the restrictions placed on the towers and squares, practicing sword techniques in these pavilions won’t result in fatal injuries.
When a fatal injury is about to hit the target, the target will be "temporarily" isolated from the space, thus preventing an on-the-spot death.
As long as one doesn’t die on the spot, with a cultivator’s thods of Immortal Law, whether it be the physical damage from a Flying Sword Treasure or the Five Elents damage from Daoist Magic, they can be quickly treated and healed.
By the way, one of the main reasons why the Demon Cult is called such is because its cultivation techniques involve a lot of "magic damage" mixed with turbid energy, which can’t be healed quickly by conventional ans, hence the criticism that they are "too toxic".
Ling Yunpo was hit in the chest by the Flying Smoke Sword and imdiately felt a sweetness in his throat, his body rapidly flying backwards.
Although it seed like he had internal injuries, they could be healed with just a little bit of treatnt.
"A body as tough as a sword’s edge" is indeed one of the formidable aspects of the Innate Sword Bone.
An Zhisu’s arm was struck by the Green Duckweed Sword... More precisely, it was the Harsh Cold Sword that, while blocking the attack of the Green Duckweed Sword, hit her arm during the recoil, imdiately dislocating her shoulder joint.
Pressing his chest, Ling Yunpo thought that no matter how many tis they practiced, Senior Sister An’s swordsmanship was still so sharp, difficult to guard against.
An Zhisu’s Innate Sword Heart made her sword techniques even more refined, and her intuition and judgnt on the battlefield were extrely precise.
His own Innate Sword Bone granted him enhancents in the speed, physical strength, and agility of the Flying Swords.
In other words, Senior Sister specialized in "technique", while he specialized in "strength".
If one should play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, then he shouldn’t compare sword skills with Senior Sister An but should press with strength as much as possible... Of course, by doing so, the purpose of practicing swordsmanship would be lost, which was why Ling Yunpo normally didn’t do this.
But now, the always gentle-as-water Senior Sister An was unusually incensed, wanting to vent her anger under the guise of practice. How could he simply submit and let her do as she wished?
Therefore, Ling Yunpo put forward a stubborn and unyielding attitude and simply began to compete with Senior Sister An for damage.
"Junior Brother," An Zhisu swallowed a pill, then straightened her broken arm and spoke faintly, "Didn’t we agree not to trade injury for injury?"
"Without doing so, I’m afraid it’s hard to match Senior Sister An’s sword moves." Ling Yunpo regulated his breath, swallowing the stuffiness that rose in his chest.
Raising her sword finger, An Zhisu sent the Flying Smoke Sword hurtling toward him again, and Ling Yunpo, controlling the Green Duckweed Sword, blocked it. Finally, he asked softly, "Junior Brother Ling, do you really not know that Shi Liuli?"
"Senior Sister, I already said, I don’t know her," Ling Yunpo said earnestly, trying his best to fend off the various attacks from the Flying Smoke Sword.
"Then why did you give her way during the fight?" An Zhisu asked with a smile, though the sword technique in her hand beca even more urgent.
"It was just a spur of the mont," Ling Yunpo quickly directed the Thunder Punishnt Sword to move laterally, blocking the Harsh Cold Sword that sneak attacked from the side.
"You’ve never been so ’spur of the mont’ before," An Zhisu said somberly, quickly expanding her line of attack to increase the pressure on Ling Yunpo’s defense—her expression finally showing so anger.
An angry Senior Sister certainly has a different charm!
"Are you jealous, Senior Sister?" Ling Yunpo unleashed an attack aid at the heart.
The force transmitted through the sword suddenly intensified.
"No," An Zhisu imdiately denied, "I’m just worried that you might be deceived."
"Deceived?" Ling Yunpo feigned confusion, "Who does Senior Sister worry might deceive ?"
"You still haven’t told how you ca to know that Shi Liuli," An Zhisu hinted at sothing deeper.
"Strange," Ling Yunpo chuckled, "If Senior Sister is worried about that Shi Liuli, I think there’s really no need. I didn’t know Shi Liuli before, nor do I have any interest in dealing with her."
The force transmitted through the sword technique instantly weakened a bit.
"Really?" An Zhisu asked, frowning.
"Of course it’s true," laughed Ling Yunpo.
"I think it’s false," An Zhisu managed a smile, then pinched a few sword technique signs, and her offensive quickly beca more aggressive.
"Then how would Senior Sister like to trust ?" Ling Yunpo nearly had his defenses broken through by her sudden attack and hastily regained his rhythm, asking while doing so.
"Make an oath," An Zhisu said softly.
"I, Ling Yunpo, did not know Shi Liuli before and have no interest in dealing with her!" Ling Yunpo swore without hesitation, "If I break this oath..."
"Alright! You don’t have to say it," An Zhisu hurriedly interrupted him, then sheathed her swords, sighed, and said, "Junior Brother, it isn’t that Senior Sister is overthinking things or being too nosy, it’s just that I really can’t stop worrying about you."
"Our Qingluo Peak lineage, be it our master or Senior Sister, we aren’t the type of people who have complex and transparent thoughts. If we don’t stay extra vigilant, it’s very easy to be deceived by others."
"Master once said, ’Better to trust in swords and spears than silver-tongued words...’"
An Zhisu rattled on, basically explaining that she wasn’t jealous but worried that her Junior Brother might be deceived, which is why she interfered and inquired about his relationship with Shi Liuli.
Naturally, Ling Yunpo responded with a smile to everything, but inwardly he was silently complaining.
Who would have thought that Senior Sister An, who usually seed as gentle as water and indulgently protective, turned out to be such a stubbornly jealous person!
The contrast was too great, and he found it sowhat hard to accept.
But on second thought, why should he assu that Senior Sister could only have a gentle character?
Gentle indeed — could soone gentle earn the title "Weed-Cutting Sword Immortal" within the Shushan Sect, frequently destroying others’ Life-bound Sword Artifacts and making mortal enemies?
Right, Senior Sister An isn’t gentle, she has a clear-cut temperant.
When she loves, she’s utmost gentle, but when she hates, it’s quite another story.
Hmm, when I, Ling Yunpo, plan to seize the Heaven-nding Stone in the future, I must fake my own death to escape!
Otherwise, I might be relentlessly pursued by Senior Sister An, with nowhere to hide from her, not even at the ends of the earth!
With this thought, Ling Yunpo said with a smile:
"Senior Sister, shall we go back and watch the competition?"
"Alright," An Zhisu fished a dicine bottle out of her sleeves and handed it to him, "Take three pills, don’t leave any hidden injuries on your body."
"Senior Sister, if you were worried about sustaining hidden injuries, why didn’t you show rcy earlier?" Ling Yunpo said playfully.
"Which sword immortal doesn’t get injured?" An Zhisu forced calm, not wanting to further discuss the matter of jealousy, then took out a liquor flask and personally fed him the pills.
After taking the pills, Ling Yunpo felt the dicine’s power disperse within his Dantian, and all the various aches, pains, and minor injuries on his body vanished.
"Senior Sister, why are these pills so effective?"
"They’re just ordinary Jiuhua Jade Dew Pills, ground and mixed with Six Bears’ Profound Yellow Powder, then reford into pill shape."
"So it seems they contain a bit of Senior Sister’s tenderness..."
"Less talk. Follow to the competition."
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