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Chapter&xA0;40: Mastering the Sword

Standing back in the courtyard, Xu Min thrust the sword forward Heh the air One minute passed after another as Xu Min was fully focused on etting used to the feeling of the heavy sithin his hands

Getting used to using a sas not as simple as Xu Min had expected The sword had to becoh they connected together and every raceful Yet, the ed There was neither grace nor any sign of Xu Min and the sword being connected in any specific way Anyone who looked at the tould instantly be able to tell that thisweapons was different fro a technique one needed to take a specific stance and allow for the Qi to flow through the meridians at specific patterns This activated specific points within the body and the Qi would slowly leave through the veins to form an attack made outside the body

When one were to use weapons, one could either imbue the weapons with the Qi or use physical attacks These physical attacks th ether It did not require any specific stance as it just followed and increased the dae done by the body itself

It was quite rare for people to focus on physical strength, but Xu Min had always focused on his body Being gifted a weapon by Overseer Wang, Xu Min felt that the way for hiy expert, soth and his weaponry than the stances and techniques

Many of the experts who focused solely on the internal energies were considered theattacks at a range, killing the opponent before they even were to close in enough to wound them

Xu Min was perfectly well aware of this, but at the sath which internal warriors did not have Their speed was far superior to that of an internal warrior, alongside their defense Although they were not ed combat, every warrior knew a few stances While an internal expert had to stand still whilea stance for the technique, the external warriors were capable of constantly th

Saying that external experts did not use techniques was so the Qi with their physical attacks, allowing for them to create attacks on their own But techniques such as the ones internal experts used were not so all of this, Xu Min still decided to stay focused on his external strength He was already far stronger than other warriors at his rank, and he had an astonishing weapon fro upon his leave It was only now that he truly appreciated the weapon he had gotten, and truly understood how hard it was to fullya weapon

Day out and day in, Xu Min made the sa hour on ain The following day, he focused on a specific slash, which he repeated from sunrise to sunset

The days went by and each day was a new attack Ever so slightly, the attacks becaraceful and the sword seein the art of the sword

Every day while Xu Min had trained, Yong Meilin had stayed within his courtyard, looking at the sword strokes She was surprised and a the same stroke as le one of his sword strokes

The first day, she had tried to convince him to take a break and eat some food as they reached the nored her and paid no heed to the food in her hands and the pleading expression on her face Cao Cao was the only one who paid attention to her Although Yong Meilin was hurt, she quickly recovered as the young snake followed her to eat the food

Cao Cao was bored when it ca The snake wished for Xu Min to be stronger so that he could approve of him as his boss, Cao Cao would be bored and have nothing to do Fortunately, Yong Meilin was the saether Neither spoke as they just both observed Xu Min while Yong Meiling gently patted the snake&x2019;s head

When Xu Min first started training his sword skills, it had been two months until the start of the tournament By the time he had fully familiarized himself with the sword in his hand, athe day had been spent on practicing his swordplay During the nights when he was incapable of training with his sword, he instead increased his cultivation level He knew that if he asked for stronger ranted them without any questions Instead, he had chosen to stick with the ones he had purchased fro Meilin back when he met her the first ti Treasure Pavilion ht now, he already felt like he owed the him He understood that the foolish actions he had done to e Meilin had caused his reputation to plu to kill hi disliked did not reat place to train like this was so he truly valued