Under Zhou Fan's suggestion, Zhu Yi opened up the time bubble. Due to Zhou Fan's optimization of the time bubble technique, as well as giving Zhu Yi the perfect technique pathway to enhance the technique, Zhu Yi was able to recover more Qi while using the time bubble than he used.
Unfortunately, Zhu Yi's power level was too low to use the true perfect technique pathways for the technique. He would need to reach the god realm to do so.
Within the time bubble, Zhu Yi had two months to prepare for the tournament.
Zhou Fan's plan was to train him in the sword while creating an offensive time Qi technique. It would be difficult to create an offensive time Qi technique.
It was not because Zhou Fan would struggle, but because it could not obviously be the power of time. Showing off time Qi would be a perfect way to get captured and used in lab experiments.
Zhou Fan had to create a Time Qi technique that could be misinterpreted as something else.
While Zhou Fan thought, he also gave Zhu Yi instructions on the art of the sword.
For anyone else, two months would not be enough time to improve. Zhu Yi, however, had Zhou Fan sitting on his shoulder.
Although Zhu Yi usually focused on cultivating to get stronger and speed up Zhou Fan's recovery, when he practiced under Zhou Fan's guidance, even a day could provide qualitative changes.
A month and a half soon passed in the time bubble. All this time, Zhu Yi had been practicing the sword, and his strength had completely changed. At first, Zhou Fan had expected Zhu Yi to need to use Time QI to win the tournament, but he had underestimated just how greatly Zhu Yi would increase his strength under his guidance.
The initial plan of making a Time Qi technique that didn't seem like a Time Qi technique was thrown out the window.
"For the next half a month, you will practice a Time Qi technique. This is a technique you should only use when you are absolutely alone or in danger of dying. Otherwise, if someone notices the power of time, nobody can save you." Zhou Fan explained.
Luckily, he would be able to detect if anyone was nearby as long as they were not very far away.
Upon breaking through a recovery threshold, he was now able to sense cultivation 10 miles away from him.
Zhu Yi sat down and listened as Zhou Fan explained the technique and its usage.
"I call this one, "Instant Completion". Imagine swinging the sword at someone." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi nodded. "Now, imagine swinging the sword at someone, but as soon as you begin swinging, the slash is already completed."
Zhu Yi was shocked. "So this is the Time Qi technique."
"Yes. To be honest, it is something far more advanced than you can handle. If you use it, you will instantly be drained of all your Qi and will suffer great injuries. That's assuming that you use it with a full power slash. The stronger your attack, the more Qi it will take to use this technique." Zhou Fan explained.
"And that's why I'm even able to practice it." Zhu Yi said.
Zhou Fan nodded. He then explained the technique pathways best suited to the technique at Zhu Yi's level.
Before anything else, Zhu Yi dispersed the time bubble and bought a bunch of mannequins at a cultivator store. Each of them had the bodily defense of a level 3 Qi gathering realm cultivator, though that was not very strong. It was quite expensive despite being so weak, so Zhu Yi only bought 15.
He returned to his yard and put up the time bubble. Luckily, his courtyard had rather high walls and not many cultivators lived in this area.
Inside the time bubble, Zhu Yi held his sword and looked at the mannequin. He ran up to it and waved his sword while using the Instant Completion technique. Before he even noticed it, the mannequin was cut in half. It had only been a weak cut, barely a tenth of Zhu Yi's power, but it had used up a fourth of his Qi.
By that logic, using two fifths of his power would drain all of his Qi. Using his full power would naturally severely injure him. Zhu Yi practiced with mannequins, taking time to recover his Qi after 3 attempts before recovering to maximum capacity again.
The mannequins did not last long, but they had served their purpose. Zhu Yi was now able to practice Instant Completion without any sort of mannequin.
After a week, Zhou Fan taught Zhu Yi a basic sword technique, but one that had been refined greatly. It was the "Sword Wave" Technique.
Even in Zhu Yi's world, this was one of the most common sword techniques. Zhu Yi was able to use it with instant completion, which gave him a long range attack. For each technique that he learned, Zhou Fan gave him the perfect Technique pathway, transforming his power.
Finally, on the last day, Zhu Yi took down the Time bubble and rested.
The next day, Zhu Yi arrived at the location. It was in a private building with strong walls. When Zhu Yi walked in, he saw 7 people. One was the guild master of the Assassination guild. Another was Bernard. One more was next to them, clearly not a participant.
Near them, but not in the guild masters group was the young man who had calmed down Zhu Yi's sword intent.
Finally, in the center of the building were three people. These were the other participants. It seemed that the young man off to the side was the one that had gotten the spot without fighting for it.
"The last one is here. Let's get started." The guild master said.
Zhu Yi walked up to the other three and stood next to them. They were all silent and looking at the guild master.
"As all of you know, I am the guild master of the Assassination guild. Next to me is Bernard, and next to him is the guild master of the rogue cultivator guild." The guild master of the Assassination guild said.
Zhu Yi was shocked that the guild master of the rogue cultivator guild was here, but it made sense. He naturally knew about the Assassination guild.
From what Zhu Yi understood, the rogue cultivator guild branch in White Palace City also had two spots.