"Hahaha, I'm just joking kid!." Lin Weidong waved his hand frantically. He can tolerate anything but the last thing he wanted to see was his daughter being humiliated.
Lin Yue chuckled as her mother winked at her.
"Okay, when are you going to teach me then, procrastination is the thief of time as they says."
"Now, now!." Lin Weidong placed down his teacup and stood up. "Follow me, let's go to our private training ground."
"I will tagged along." Xie Mingzhu stood up.
Lin Yue also stood up excitedly and follow her parents to the training ground.
Her mother sat at the side, as elegant as usual while she on the other hand stood in the middle of the field with her father.
"Can you feel the sword?, does it feel heavy in your hand?." Lin Weidong asked.
"Nope." Lin Yue shook her head as she hold onto Little Xuanyuan.
"That's good. Now, slash any direction."
"Any direction?." Lin Yue look up at her father in confusion.
"Yeah."
She didn't ask anything anymore and just do as she was told, she gripped the sword with both hand and slashed into the air easily and then look at her father.
Lin Weidong nodded and waved his sleeve, a small boy, no, a wooden boy, with an height of 110cm made from wood suddenly appeared in front of her.
"What is that?." Lin Yue asked curiously.
"That's a puppet." Lin Weidong raised his chin up arrogantly.
Lin Yue scoffed at him. "What's its use then?."
"You don't even know that." Lin Weidong mocked his daughter.
"Uh, I bet you know it when you are five months old." Lin Yue commented sarcastically.
"What a sharp tongue you've got there." Lin Weidong chuckled and started explaining the function of the puppet to her.
"As it name implies, this thing is controlled by me and will only perform the function it is made for. This one for example is for training, a sparring partner to be more specific."
"So it will fight with me?." Lin Yue calmly look at her father.
"Yeah." Lin Weidong nodded. "You will fight it and also defeat it." He paused and continued.
"Wielding sword didn't mean anything, it is just to know how to attack and defend yourself and the rule is that no use of your spiritual qi."
"Wait, you said to defeat it?." Lin Yue asked with furrow brow, how the hell was she going to destroy a wood.
"Yeah." Lin Weidong nodded but didn't explain anything.
He looked at her and asked. "Are you ready?."
Lin Yue inhaled and nodded. "Bring it on!"
Lin Weidong smiled and took out a wooden sword and place it in the hand of the puppet and commanded. "Go!"
At a lightening speed, the puppet rushed forward to Lin Yue and raised swung the sword fiercely at her.
Lin Yue's eyes widened and she instinctively dodge it and swear loudly. "Fuck father!, why didn't you tell me that this damn stick could be so fast?!."
Another strike was about to landed on her and she also narrowly dodged it then she strike back.
"Hahahaha, our Yue'er made her first attack!."
Lin Hue smiled in satisfaction but her smile froze when she realized saw that the wooden sword was about to landed on her head!.
"Dammit!!!." She raised Little Xuanyuan up and the two swords collide, one as sharp as blade and the other just a wood.
She used all her strength and push Little Xuanyuan up and it cut through the wooden sword, cutting it to half.
She patted her chest in relief and look at her father with a small smile. "Next one!."
Lin Weidong chuckled and another wooden sword landed on the puppet's hand.
Fighting and dodging, attacking and defending, Lin Yue exhibit all at that moment.
She sparred with the puppet for two hours—taking some short break and by this time, her clothes had already became sticky with sweat.
She searched for the puppet's weakness but she didn't see any, no sword can pierce it and its body is too sturdy to be pierced by Little Xuanyauan, her chest heaved up and down and her leg had became jelly and she was only able to hold on thanks to the fact that her body had became quite stronger than when she hasn't started cultivating.
She gritted her teeth and continue to strike fiercely. Suddenly, she had an epiphany.
She dodged the incoming attack and counterattack by swinging the sword on the puppet's head with all her strength.
She felt the puppet froze suddenly and she heaved a sigh of relief, standing with difficulties as she gripped onto the sword tightly.
She heard a laughter erupted and she took a deep breath before facing her father who was laughing, his eyes locking at hers with satisfaction which make her feel proud.
"Our Yue'er is so smart!." She heard her mother's gentle voice as she walked towards her and then carry her up.
She laid in her mother's embrace and closed her eyes, entering into a deep slumber in the middle of the field.