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After performing 1,000 swings of every Basic Sword Move, Qing Tian went ahead to rest next to the pond.
With the aid of spiritual energy from the Yin Yang Symbol in his Sea of Consciousness, Qing Tian didn't have to worry about fatigue or a sore body. He just needs to let his mind and body rest for a moment and he would be ready to go at it again.
However, right now he has more techniques he also needs to train in.
Heavenly Vision Technique
Godly Hands
Nine Death Arts
Training first with the Heavenly Vision Technique, Qing Tian began circulating the minute energy he had within his body. He let the energy go through his meridians and into his Dantian before feeling the energy change into something else. Letting that energy make it into his eyes, Qing Tian felt the world had changed just a bit. He looked at the Strength Enhancing Fruit Tree and the only information he got was, [Fruit Tree].
'I need to train in this more,' thought Qing Tian as he dedicated two hours to training in the Heavenly Vision Technique.
Next up was the Godly Hands technique.
All Qing Tian had to do was perform some hand movements that challenged his mobility, flexibility, and even speed. In just an hour of training, Qing Tian felt his hands and arms grow tired.
Letting his arms rest, Qing Tian resumed training the Godly Hands for another hour. This time with a small pencil he grabbed from his room.
Training with the pencil proved to be more challenging, but the benefits were clear as Qing Tian felt his Mastery increase.
Qing Tian was sweating when he finished training in the Godly Hands technique for two hours.
Drinking a bit of water from the pond, Qing Tian moved onto the Nine Death Arts. This focused on the entire body and the mind, bringing great strain to the body which could leave someone bedridden for weeks.
Qing Tian was an exception however, he had Spiritual Energy to support him and make him better in just a day. It is also the reason he left the Nine Death Arts till last.
Qing Tian needed to train himself to not only be quick, but to be silent, keep his presence Hidden, hide away his bodily intentions, feelings and intent, and have great skill with hidden weapons and daggers. For the moment, Qing Tian used erasers as Hidden weapons and a pencil as a dagger.
"It isn't too effective but it will do for the moment until I can manage to get some wood to sharpen into wooden weapons," muttered Qing Tian as he looked at the erasers and pencil with a grim look.
Not only that, but Qing Tian will also need to train with the bow.
'Something which is definitely required for this world,' thought Qing Tian as he remembered the many times the bow had saved, and granted, Han Sen many opportunities.
However, the training with the bow won't begin until he trains in one other technique in the future.
***
A year passed and Qing Tian was in school already
His training time with the Myriad Bone Tempering Art was cut down by a lot. Luckily he had the Jade Spirit Fruit which helped him speed up his training.
He was also forced to train with other weapons at school, which wasn't too bad, but it was pointless nonetheless.
'It's annoying however, how all the teachers kept their attention on me just because I defeated the other kids too easily,' thought Qing Tian as he glanced at a teacher looking at him from afar.
When school started, the teachers had the students have a mock battle royale. Qing Tian wasn't too keen on losing to a six year old who's not even decently skilled for their young age. His pride wouldn't allow it and it would haunt him.
'Next time I will just step out and pretend to have lost,' thought Qing Tian, understanding why Han Sen always kept himself Hidden from the public eye.
Han Sen had many secrets he needed to keep hidden. If people like the paparazzi were always nearby, his secrets would be revealed to everyone.
Not only that, but his family would be put in danger and inconvenienced. Besides that, Han Sen had made many enemies, he wouldn't want them to target his close friends and family.
It was also just very annoying to tell everyone that you did something when most wouldn't believe you.
'Let's keep ourselves Hidden in the meantime,' thought Qing Tian. He was willing to take a similar approach to how Han Sen tried to keep himself Hidden from the world and didn't want to become famous and draw attention.
Qing Tian didn't mind becoming famous, but for now, he wanted to train without being interrupted and annoyed.
…
Qing Tian's training was coming along nicely. His Origin Needle Technique is in Large Success stage with only a bit left for Great Completion, Heavenly Vision Technique was already in its Large Success Stage, his Nine Death Arts at Small Success, Godly Hands at Large Success, and his Basic Sword Technique is at the Expert level, just a smidge away from the Master level.
It may be because the Master level grants a benefit, but Qing Tian is having trouble reaching it.
Due to that, Qing Tian is going to ask his mother to spar with him.
"A spar?"
"Yeah! I feel like I can't get any better," honestly said Qing Tian as he looked troubled.
Lin Xue smiled gently and nodded, "Okay, but I'll go easy on you. After all, your mother is already a Sacred-Blood Evolver! I have a fitness of 28.6, so I will only block and dodge."
'Oh?'
Qing Tian looked at his mother with a bit of surprise. He didn't see it in her to be able to reach Sacred-Blood nor become an evolver so soon too.
'I guess her adoptive father really did train her well,' thought Qing Tian. 'I was so focused on my training that I failed to notice my own mother's strength increase.
It's a good thing I noticed now. She said that her Fitness is at 28.6, which means she isn't developing her strength that well. Almost three whole points are going to waste.'
A single point has over a strength of 1,000 Jin, so not having those points is detrimental for someone like Lin Xue who doesn't seem to have much battle experience.
Lucky for her, her son is Qing Tian.
"After sparring, can I teach you a stretching technique, mom?" Qing Tian was going to teach his mother a stretching technique that makes use of all the muscles in her body.
This in turn also makes her body feel relaxed while also strengthening the muscles. As long as she continues using the stretching exercises, her fitness will go up and she will be able to properly use it all.
Lin Xue looked at Qing Tian in surprise for a second before giving a caring smile, "Okay. Now let's go sparring. Go change and bring whatever you need."
"Okay!"
Qing Tian didn't mind what his mother was probably thinking, all he wanted was to increase her ability to survive in the sanctuaries.
'I'm lucky that she won't be able to gather enough evolution points to become a Surpasser. Because I need her to train in a good Qigong or at least a strong Hyper Geno Art,' thought Qing Tian as he wore his training clothes and grabbed his beaten up wooden sword.
"Are you ready?"
Lin Xue stood tall in front of Qing Tian. Her bountiful peaks were pointing towards him and her seductive eyes peered into his own eyes.
A faint pressure came from Lin Xue, which Qing Tian felt to be the strength difference.
'I need to keep my fitness under wraps. For now, I will be fighting with the strength of a 7 year old with some skill in the sword.'
Getting into stance, Qing Tian's aura began to change and turn into a sword as if he was slowly becoming a sword himself. And it only became stronger as Qing Tian's hand rested on the hilt of his wooden sword.
Lin Xue felt the change in Qing Tian and felt perplexed. She didn't say anything however, and only kept quiet, waiting to see what he would do next.
Iaido!
The first move Qing Tian performed was the most swift and deadly, the sword drawing move. Where you pull the sword out of its sheath/scabbard as fast as you can, and with the speed increasing, attack the target in one swift strike.
Lin Xue looked at Qing Tian and his wooden sword weirdly. Lin Xue felt as if she could get cut by the wooden sword in Qing Tian's hand. It made her hair stand up and her expression turned serious as she moved back to dodge the attack.
However, it didn't end with just one attack, Qing Tian continued attacking. Sword move after sword move, perfectly combining every sword move and bringing out their full potential.
Lin Xue knew that her body wouldn't be hurt by a wooden sword, and especially because of Qing Tian's meager seven year old strength. What her body was fearing was Qing Tian's Mastery in the sword.
Despite having any talent for fighting, Lin Xue knew that Qing Tian would be dangerous against someone ordinary like her who has no battle experience and skill.
Once she calmed down, Lin Xue began to use her hand to deflect and slap away Qing Tian's sword.
With her 28.6 in Fitness, Lin Xue could see through most of Qing Tian's moves. She even had the speed and strength to properly react to every single attack.
Whilst Lin Xue was relaxed and calm, the story was entirely different from Qing Tian.
He already felt pressured by Lin Xue's strength and now he felt even more pressure from her stopping and deflecting every attack of his. Slowly, under his watchful gaze, Qing Tian felt his sword skills about to reach the Master Realm.
Lin Xue also felt as if something was happening with Qing Tian as she watched him closely.
Hooking!
Slicing!
Hacking!
…
Move after move, Qing Tian began to feel his sword Mastery about to pop.
Hanging!
Hacking!
…
PIERCING!
Pa!
As if a rubber band that once tied Qing Tian's limbs, Qing Tian felt as if he broke that rubber band and broke free.
His wooden sword that was piercing forward went even faster than before as it launched forward at the speed of an attacking snake.
!!!
Lin Xue felt her instincts acting up again, throwing her mind into chaos. Her hand balled up into a fist and hit the wooden sword on its side as hard as she could.
Unlike what she expected of the sword breaking from her strength, Qing Tian was sent flying along with the sword.
"Eh?" Qing Tian felt the unexpected punch through his hand as he was launched towards a wall. His wrist was probably broken and his body was in a good state despite crashing into the wall.
As a Swordsman, Qing Tian needed to have a monster grip to hold on to his sword and never lose it. His wrist and arms needed to be strong and his body needed to be even stronger to support and guide his sword.
"Tian'er!"
Lin Xue reacted too late by the time she realized that Qing Tian was thrown into the wall. Her face was pale and her tears ran down her beautiful face. Panic was evident in her face and both her lips and hands trembled in fear.
Qing Tian's body was laid out on the floor and Lin Xue was already feeling dread.
"Tian'er…" sobbed Lin Xue as she got on her knees and crawled to Qing Tian.
"… *cough* I'm okay, mom…" said Qing Tian in an embarrassed tone.
"Tian'er!"
Lin Xue yelled in happiness as her fear of losing her son slowly faded. She pulled Qing Tian into a hug and pressed his face against her breasts.
"Mom… I'm okay," said Qing Tian once again. He looked at his mother's relieved, yet still pale, face.
Qing Arian kept quiet about his broken wrist and decided to heal it himself in his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal.
"You're sleeping with me tonight…" muttered Lin Xue in a low voice as she rested her head in Qing Tian's.
"…"
Qing Tian kept quiet and just waited for his mother to let him go.
…
A few minutes later, Lin Xue finally let Qing Tian out of her bosom and headed out to his room.
Qing Tian rushed to his room and entered his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal, quickly pulling out a set of needles he got from his mother's work.
Using his Origin Needle Technique, Qing Tian pressed the acupoints that speed up his Healing speed. He also let the Spiritual Energy head off into his wrist and let it speed up the healing speed even more.
While his wrist healed, Qing Tian practiced his Heavenly Vision Technique. He couldn't use anything else besides that anyways, so he use of the time.