Yu Family's One Sword is an extremely cruel method of cultivation; this family heirloom technique somehow appeared in the "Ancestor Dragon Technique".
Every male infant of the Yu Family was considered as a potential successor of Yu Family's One Sword. As soon as these infants were born, their visages were destroyed, and then the Yu Family covertly sent servants to take each infant to the slums.
The infants were tortured by the servants and, because of their disfigured faces, faced discrimination and endured the harshest realities of the world, growing up with deep-seated rage against society. When they grew up, the Yu Family would take them back to impart specialized Inner Strength, and at the same time, they'd undergo the intense training of Yu Family's One Sword.
Training was simple, it involved training to kill. First, they practiced with corpses, forcing the candidates to repeatedly attack the vital points of the dead with a short sword. Each corpse was to be stabbed and maimed until it decomposed before it could be disposed of. Once the candidates could easily strike an enemy's vital points even with closed eyes, their training progressed to relentless assignments.
Yu Family's One Sword kills in one strike and has only two steps—'Hiding Sword, Draw Sword'.
When Yu Family's One Sword is drawn, it never fails to take a life.
Simple, very simple, deadly simple, yet it's known as the number one sword in assassination.
"Facial disfigurement during infancy, persistent torture, discrimination with no affection or assistance from anyone, and spending entire days training with corpses, continuously piercing them until they rotted. Such training is utterly perverse and disgusting." Qin Yu's expression was extremely ugly.
Just the thought of disfiguring infants' faces and training with corpses made Qin Yu find the so-called 'Yu Family's One Sword' repulsive. It was too abnormal a way to cultivate assassins.
"The murderous aura, it's the most eerie and terrifying aspect of the Yu Family's successors!"
The final judgment about 'Yu Family's One Sword' in the "Ancestor Dragon Technique" made Qin Yu's heart skip a beat. After pondering for a moment, he fully understood the terrifying nature of 'Yu Family's One Sword' and why it was known as the number one sword in assassination.
Qin Yu's face was full of shock, "Terrifying, truly terrifying. The person who devised the 'Yu Family's One Sword' training method was too fearsome. Those infants, disfigured and discriminated against since childhood, with no affection and completely warped psyches, grew up to train by piercing rotting corpses, always surrounded by death. As a result, these infants harbored deep-seated rage since childhood, which would become even more horrific over time. When they kill, the mere burst of rage in that instant is enough to throw their opponent into disarray."
Qin Yu took several deep breaths to calm himself.
Being often alone, Qin Yu was also accustomed to contemplating many things.
"The 'Yu Family's One Sword' can be called the number one sword in assassination for two reasons: one is the cultivation of a terrifying aura, and the other is the simplicity of the actual sword strike." Qin Yu quietly summed up in his thoughts, "The deep-seated rage developed from infancy becomes incredibly fearsome by adulthood. When it comes to killing, I bet that rage alone is enough to disrupt the enemy's state of mind, followed by a swift sword strike to kill the foe."
Yu Family's One Sword—two steps: 'Hiding Sword, Draw Sword'.
This is meticulously crafted, 'Hiding Sword' hides the weapon so well it goes unnoticed, 'Draw Sword' is executed so swiftly that the opponent can't even react, and it must kill in one strike without any margin for error.
"Cultivating that fearsome momentum ensures a more certain sword strike. In reality, without the terrifying momentum, Yu Family's One Sword remains a formidable method of assassination!" Qin Yu admired internally, finding the 'Hiding Sword, Draw Sword' method simple yet profound.
However, Qin Yu understood that without the terrifying rage, Yu Family's One Sword would be just a rather powerful assassination sword technique, but it could not be called the number one sword in assassination.
"I wouldn't want to be so aberrant, but the so-called 'Hiding Sword, Draw Sword' of Yu Family's One Sword is very much to my liking." Qin Yu was quite pleased internally, "In normal times I'll keep the sword hidden and engage in close-quarters combat, and only draw the sword when absolutely necessary. Good, my weapon will be a short sword from now on."
Fighting with fists and kicks was what Qin Yu liked the most.
He chose the short sword because it too was used for close-quarters combat. In the moment of striking, it directly ends lives. Deciding life or death in an instant, Qin Yu relished this type of passionate, blood-stirring combat.
Close combat involved dislocating and breaking ligaments, directly striking the enemy's vital points with fists and feet.
Hand, can become a fist, a claw, a palm, a knife...
Leg, can become a whip, a knife, a stick, an axe...
"Close combat is what really excites people." Qin Yu looked at the wooden dummy in front of him, fashioned exactly like a human skeleton, and immediately reached out with a claw hand, crushing the dummy's joints. His hands moved like illusions, just in a flash, all the joints of a dummy were completely crushed to pieces.
...
In the West Garden Hot Spring.
Qin Yu was wriggling through the water like a dragon, all the while punching continuously, even creating trails of fist shadows underwater. Qin Yu was moving too quickly.
Almost three years of training had nearly perfected his mastery of water's properties; in water, he could utilize the flow as it offered no resistance, moving with the ease of a fish.
"Little Yu." Lian Yan walked into West Garden with a smile.
"Poof!"
Qin Yu suddenly shot up from the water, jumping right out of it. He propped his hands on the ground, flipped through the air, and landed gracefully.
"Grandpa Lian." Qin Yu said with a smile as he walked toward Lian Yan, when suddenly... a gust of wind arose. As the wind brushed against Qin Yu, he unconsciously swayed and in an instant, he was right beside Lian Yan, his speed so fast it was frightening, startling Lian Yan.
And Qin Yu's eyes suddenly burst forth with an amazing light, his entire being frozen as if struck by thunder and lightning.
"Just now, just now..."
Qin Yu was incredibly surprised by what had just occurred. In the water, he had tried every possible way to use the current to increase his speed, and just now, when he surfaced and the wind came, with his mind on Lian Yan, he unconsciously attempted to use the 'current' just like in the water, though in reality, it was the wind.
"The resistance of water, the resistance of wind, the resistance of air... they're all resistances, it's just that the resistance of water is greater. If I could use the current in water, why couldn't I use the current of wind to turn the strong breeze when moving fast into something that's not resistance!"
Qin Yu's heart grew more excited.
"Little Yu, you..." Lian Yan was shocked by this scene. Qin Yu did not lift his head, but waved his hand and said, "Grandpa Lian, we'll talk about it later." With those words, he completely immersed himself in his realization, closing his eyes altogether.
Using his body to increasingly clearly feel the resistance of the wind.
Speed!
Just how fast can a person go? When walking normally, one hardly feels the air resistance, but when darting about at extreme speeds, the faster one goes, the greater the resistance felt, and at the limit of one's speed, the resistance of the air can become terrifying.
"When these resistances are no longer resistive, and perhaps even become aiding forces, how fast will my speed be?" Thinking of this question, Qin Yu immediately had a goal. Recently, he had been searching for a movement technique that suited him, and at this moment, Qin Yu suddenly understood that this might just be the path to his technique.
With his eyes closed, he moved slowly, feeling the resistance of the wind, similar to how he had once felt the resistance of water.
However, the resistance of air and wind was obviously less than that of water, making following the current of wind even harder. Armed with his experience in water, Qin Yu's realization came much faster, and the art of Qimen Dunjia was also intentionally integrated into it by him.
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Days passed by.
Under the waterfall, resisting water pressure; during weighted long runs, exercising finger strength; in a sandbag formation, practicing reaction ability; in the wooden stick arena, forging body strength... In Wooden Man Alley, enhancing close combat capability, executing 'Yu Family's One Sword' against human models, and understanding the movement technique that borrows the power of air currents...
Absorbing inner strength, increasing the toughness and potential of his muscles.
With an increased appetite, his bones and muscles also underwent rapid transformation, and Qin Yu, who was in the stage of physical development, followed an almost perfect extreme training regime, constantly making his body more harmonious and perfect, with his personal strength also increasing at a rapid pace.
His movement technique was gradually approaching completion, and when Qin Yu moved at high speeds, the resistance of the wind became increasingly less.
...
At the Iron Blade Town residence of the East King.
Qin De was looking at the military map on the wall with various colored marks on it, the Eastern Domain Three Prefectures marked in black, while other territories of the Chu Dynasty were red. Qin De stared at this military map with killing intent in his eyes, spending nearly two hours a day motionless looking at it.
"Prince, a message has arrived from Cloud Mist Villa," said Xu Yuan, dressed in black, as he walked in.
Upon hearing 'Cloud Mist Villa,' Qin De's attention finally shifted away from the map, turning his head and saying indifferently, "Speak, what message?"
Xu Yuan immediately replied, "Prince, the letter says that the three Inner Power Experts secretly assigned by the Prince to protect Little Yu have decided to return to the army."
Qin De couldn't help but be puzzled; he was very clear about those three people. Although they were only Postnatal Masters, their combined attack power was strong and they were extremely loyal to him, absolutely not daring to defy his orders on a whim.
"Speak, what's the reason?" Qin De asked coldly.
Xu Yuan looked again at the letter in his hand, his face somewhat strangely saying, "The letter states that the Prince had originally sent these three Inner Power Experts to protect Little Yu in secret, but, but..." at this point, it seemed Xu Yuan was having difficulty continuing.
"What's the reason, speak up!" Qin De demanded, staring at Xu Yuan.
With an odd expression on his face, Xu Yuan could only say, "Prince, the letter says that the three Inner Power Experts selected by the Prince, well, they simply can't keep up with Little Yu's speed of movement, so they can no longer protect him in secret."
"What, can't keep up, how is that possible!" Even Qin De, normally composed, now widened his eyes in disbelief.
This year, Qin Yu was just twelve years old.