Chapter 433: Chapter 299: Innate Master? Absolute Master! [Seeking Monthly Votes!]
Solid integration, absolute Fifth Realm Peak!
The swordsmanship of Lu Yuru is only a line short of Ding Xiang’s "Shadowy Charm" before her breakthrough and Peng Fannian’s "Twelve Skills of Acupuncture" before his breakthrough.
Another step forward!
Then it will be called absolute!
But this last step has trapped Lu Yuru for a long time.
Lifting, supporting, wiping, hanging, flattening, searching, closing, sweeping, following, intercepting!
Just see Lu Yuru wield the "Eight Diagrams Sword" with sharp moves, not stuck on rigid doctrines, handling it with ease, possessing unique thoughts.
Inwardly, its power!
Outwardly, hands and feet!
United with the sword, the swordsmanship changes endlessly.
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
Yan Chuan praised without ceasing.
But what Lu Yuru deserves praise for is not only the "Eight Diagrams Sword"—
"Four Symbols Sword!"
"This is a set of advanced sword techniques formed with the guidance of Four Symbols and principles of Yi philosophy."
"Elastic and lively, floating and sinking agilely."
"The Eastern Dragon Form, mind in stretching, rises like a flood dragon ascending to the sky, descends like a dragon entering the sea."
"The Western Tiger Form, with steady stepping technique, relaxed shoulders and elbows, turning and chopping alternately, bravely pouncing and capturing."
"The Southern Chicken Form, forceful and agile, the sole of the foot containing emptiness, the shoulders have springy and shaking power, turning and jumping, not forgetting to peck and pull, can then strike suddenly left and right, flash seal and push dissolve."
"The Northern Turtle and Snake, seeking the fullness of divine force, momentum inhales and exhales with the snake’s flexibility, the turtle’s crouching form, elastic and lively, floating and sinking agilely, desires to stretch but is restrained, desires specialization but cannot leave."
"The changes of the Four Symbols are endless!"
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The changes of the "Four Symbols Sword"!
The flowing swordplay of the "Eight Diagrams Sword"!
Lu Yuru mastered these deeply, just relying on these two sets of swordsmanship, though they are not on the absolute skill level comparable to Ying Jifeng’s Eight Phases Mountain Town Mountain Skill "Twenty-Eight Forms of Vajra Unfixed Leg," in terms of strength alone, with these two swords, Lu Yuru is actually not inferior to people like Ying Jifeng.
However, Lu Yuru is more than that.
Besides these two sets of swordsmanship, she also mastered a "Yin Yang Sword," which is her true reliance to be ranked third among "Chufeng"—
"Yin Yang Sword!"
"Secretly conforms to yin and yang changes, the moves are intricate and hard to predict. The entire sword form has one hundred and eight techniques, extremely complex and mysterious. If one’s power and skill are one point superior, the swordsmanship also gains one more point of power."
"Lu Yuru relies on her own peak cultivation, mastering this peak great success ’Yin Yang Sword,’ thus earning the reputation of third ’Three Heavenly Swords’ among ’Chufeng,’ truly well-deserved!"
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Yan Chuan gives a martial arts lecture, talks about swords, discusses Lu Yuru.
Lu Yuru fought alone against Chen Ze, Wang Ge, and Fu Yunzhan, finding it entirely relaxed, feeling no pressure at all. This kind of sparring actually has no real meaning, Lu Yuru purely enjoys herself in hardship, just taking advantage of seeing Fu Yunzhan’s "Evil Exorcism Sword Skill," Wang Ge’s "Seven Injuries Fist," Chen Ze’s "Quanzhen Swordsmanship" and "Jade Maiden Swordsmanship." Indeed, the strength of the three is insufficient, but each of their martial arts can be called absolute skills, quite unique, broadening Lu Yuru’s horizons.
Initially.
Lu Yuru was attracted by these few absolute skills.
But as Yan Chuan’s explanations deepened, with his more in-depth explanations on the "Yin Yang Sword," "Four Symbols Sword," and "Eight Diagrams Sword," Lu Yuru’s mind gradually got captivated.
When Yan Chuan spoke of her ambition to create the "Three-Pointed Returning Essence Sword," Lu Yuru finally swayed in mind and truly began to take it seriously.
Three-Pointed Returning Essence Sword!
Or, more aptly called the "Three-Pointed Returning Essence Sword."
This is her deeply hidden ambition, no one except her mentor has been told about this, but today it was spotted by Yan Chuan, who also saw the direction it pointed, the crux of the problem.
Lu Yuru’s mind was shaken, unknowingly becoming more focused and invested.
"The ’Four Symbols Sword’ excels in changes, with the Eastern Dragon Form Sword alone having various transformations—"
"Spiraling upwards, spiraling downwards, hover and swoop, piercing clouds and dispelling fog, this is the Dragon-shaped Sword."
"Wrapping, enveloping, embracing, cutting, holding, twisting, turning, copying!"
"Combining, bouncing, spinning, swinging, sweeping, flying!"
"The integration of swordsmanship and leg techniques holds endless profound mysteries."
"In the ’Four Symbols Sword’ alone, the ’Dragon-shaped Sword’ contains innumerable mysteries, requiring an ordinary martial artist to spend their lifetime researching it, whereas Lu Yuru wants to cultivate the ’Four Symbols Sword,’ ’Yin Yang Sword,’ and ’Eight Diagrams Sword’ simultaneously, contemplating them at the same time, aiming to practice three swords in one person, integrate three swords, how can it not be difficult?"
"Lu Fairy!"
"Don’t think about the ’Yin Yang Sword’ first!"
"Don’t think about the ’Eight Diagrams Sword’!"
"Put aside the ’Four Symbols Sword’ as well, listen to me, focus on the ’Dragon-shaped Sword’!"
Lu Yuru originally effortlessly wielded the three sets of swordsmanship, wanting to listen to Yan Chuan’s understanding of the three swordsmanships all at once, but the three sets of swordsmanship are vast and profound, not to say one hour, even in a day or ten days, you couldn’t finish talking.
Biting off more than one can chew!
Yan Chuan deeply understood this principle, he knows that if he wants to pursue explaining the three great swords in one hour, then each sword technique can only be touched superficially, not really helping Lu Yuru much.
Only by grabbing the focus!
Only by focusing on one point.
In this way, using point to lead to surface, can help her have a qualitative improvement and breakthrough on the three great swords.
Therefore, Yan Chuan cannot let Lu Yuru get carried away, he started actively setting the pace—
"Blocking recognizes dodging!"
"This is the ’Coiled Dragon Sword’ from the ’Dragon-shaped Sword’!"
"Sometimes soaring, sometimes crouching, sometimes twisting and turning in spirals, sometimes like a rainbow, swift as an arrow off the string, releasing slowly like floating clouds. In quick dodging, in the slowness, seizing the opportunity to attack, the change in sword momentum is unpredictable—"
"The body is like a wandering dragon, the momentum is like the vast blue sky, inhaling and exhaling, soft and hard combined, sometimes long, sometimes short, dodging cunningly, twisting and folding hidden techniques!"
"The ’Coiled Dragon Sword’ has its own unique interest."
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"Black Dragon swings its tail, like a dragon, like a snake!"
"This is the ’Black Dragon Sword’!"
"This path of the ’Dragon-shaped Sword’ is different, it should contain hardness within softness, the spiral contains the momentum of a fierce advance, compared to the ’Dragon-shape,’ it actually suits the ’Snake Shape’ better, modifying its small and soft form into a long and large shape, exploiting the characteristics of Snake Form Qi Training to cultivate strength, gradually forming into a swordsmanship that appears like a Dragon Form, stepping with Snake Movement, highlighting the swift and fierce swordsmanship in sword and leg techniques."