Chapter 49: The Completion of Sword-Draw Technique

  However, Ning Chong was not very sure about this.

  Because in the book "Wudao Basics", the levels of Wuxiu and their relationship with the martial arts techniques and methods that can be cultivated have been detailed. It clearly states that if the level of Wuxiu is not sufficient, forcibly cultivating higher-level techniques and methods will often result in a loss, and basically only end in madness.

  It's not hard to understand that martial arts cultivation emphasizes stability, one step at a time, and natural progression. A martial artist who is not yet at the right level of attainment but tries to practice high-level techniques will be like a small child trying to swing a hundred-pound hammer - they won't get any benefit and may even end up hurting themselves.

  Generally speaking, "human-level" gongfa and wuqi are only suitable for cultivation when one reaches the realm of a martial artist. Of course, there may be some exceptionally talented super geniuses who can be exceptions to this rule.

  But Ning Chong is obviously not a genius, if it weren't for the help of that strange feeling, he would probably still be hiding in that corner painting circles.

  It has been confirmed that Ning Chong can cultivate the "Sword Drawing Technique", and his speed is actually very, very fast. However, compared to other martial skills he has practiced before, such as "Rolling Stone Fist", it is indeed more difficult to practice, taking up more time, making it seem slower in comparison.

  Since he can cultivate and the speed of cultivation is very fast, it's either the credit of that strange feeling that allows him to transcend levels in cultivating martial skills; or "Sword Drawing Technique" isn't a human-grade skill, so he can cultivate.

  Therefore, Ning Chong is uncertain whether "Drawing Sword Technique" is a human-grade martial skill or not, but it's undeniable that "Drawing Sword Technique" surpasses even high-level martial skills.

  "The power of this 'Drawing Sword Technique' is indeed formidable, the speed at which I can draw my sword is incredibly fast, beyond what I thought possible! Having spent so much time studying and practicing, it's truly been worth it. Hmm, with less than two months to go before the family's outer disciple competition, I won't think about it anymore, I'll just continue to cultivate and raise my realm, I must efficiently and quickly increase my strength!"

  In the following days, Ning Chong continued to practice with a bitter and determined attitude, forgetting sleep and food.

  Another five days have passed...

  Drawing the sword, putting away the sword, repeating the practice without end, after more than 30,000 times, Ning Chong's "Sword Drawing Technique" was once again refined, and its speed increased by several degrees. When drawing the sword, the sword body could no longer be seen, only the shadow of the sword remained. This is a sign that the "Sword Drawing Technique" has reached the realm of "entering the hall".

  Another five days...

  He rushes out with his sword, seeing only the sword light, but no sword shadow. This is a sign of great accomplishment in "Drawing Sword Technique".

  Another five days...

  Ning Chong stood with his eyes closed in front of a large stone for a long time, like a lifeless statue.

  At some point, I felt that my essence, energy, and spirit were all in their best state. Ning Chong suddenly opened his eyes, slowly and deeply inhaling a breath of air, while moving his numb body, yet still calming his mind and focusing his spirit, with no ripples in his heart like an ancient well.

  Suddenly, without warning, Ning's right hand left a high-speed afterimage and lightly brushed the hilt of his sword on his back. Without making a sound, his long sword had already been drawn out of its scabbard in an instant and stabbed towards the large stone in front of him.

  Hmph!

  The sword blade broke through the air, transforming into a beam of sword light. In an instant, the sword light condensed into a line the size of a needle tip, faster than lightning, and had already stabbed into the body of the giant stone.

  Ding!

  A faint metallic crisp sound, and the big stone seemed to suddenly turn into a tofu-like one. More than half of the sword's body instantly sank deeply into the stone wall.

  Ning Chong was shocked and stunned, then suddenly overjoyed. At this moment, the long sword transformed into a sword light that instantly condensed into a fine thread the size of a needle tip. The sound of the sword blade breaking through the air was as gentle as a breeze - this was indeed the perfect sign of the "Sword Drawing Technique"!

  It's really not easy! It took a whole 18 days to cultivate the "Sword Drawing Technique" to perfection, compared to the 5 days it took for the "Rolling Stone Fist", it can only be described as arduous and lengthy!

  But all the hard work is worth it, this "sword drawing technique" emphasizes sword walking on a bias, unexpectedness, speed faster than lightning. When the sword drawing technique reaches perfection, the sword light condenses into a thin thread the size of a needle tip, like clear wind without any trace, instantly taking people's lives in an invisible way!

  No wonder, the small characters in the sheepskin volume dared to describe the "Sword Drawing Technique" as a sword that must see blood and kill people! The speed of the Sword Drawing Technique is strange and eerie, with precise and absolute killing power, and its penetrating power is astonishing. Once the timing and weakness are identified, the technique is launched, and indeed, few martial artists can dodge or defend against it!

  In the eighteen days, Ning Chongxin was free from distractions, diligently studying and practicing. Not only did he cultivate "Sword Drawing Technique" to perfection, increasing his strength and gaining an ace up his sleeve, but his cultivation also successfully broke through to the early stage of Martial Disciple Third Order.

  Now Ning Chong's strength has made a qualitative leap, he is very sure that if he encounters the Black Panther now, he will take his life in three to five moves!

  Unfortunately, the Black Tiger Mercenary Group seemed to have disbanded after Hei Bao's death and didn't dare provoke Ning Chong again. Otherwise, Ning Chong would take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out the entire Black Tiger Mercenary Group once and for all.

  In the following days, Ning Chong continued to temper himself in the forest, roaming around and hunting down demonic beasts. Due to his greatly increased strength, his training became more and more smooth sailing, and he basically didn't encounter any dangers.

  That day, Ning Chong arrived at the outer edge of the forest and found five small blue flowers on a cliff.

  Upon closer inspection, Ning Chong couldn't help but feel overjoyed, recognizing that the five small blue flowers were indeed "Blue Yuan Flowers", a type of spirit medicine rich in refined heavenly and earthly yuan energy, capable of enhancing martial cultivation without any side effects like dan medicines.

  Although with the help of that strange feeling, Ning Chong had cultivated the "Basic Qi Refining Technique" to its highest realm, obtaining the fastest cultivation speed. However, because this "Basic Qi Refining Technique" was after all an unorthodox technique, and his own innate talent was relatively poor, the cultivation speed still couldn't satisfy him.

  Although the "Pei Yuan Dan" and other elixirs collected from Hei Bao and others can assist in cultivation and speed up the improvement of cultivation, they also have the drawback of causing instability in the foundation of martial arts and impurity of internal yuan qi.

  But for the sake of the family's outer sect disciple competition, Ning Chong was eager to increase his strength and cultivation. In recent days, he had taken many elixirs despite their side effects.

  Now, the appearance of these few Blue Yuan Flowers is like a timely snowfall for Ning Cheng who is eager to improve his cultivation.

  However, the precious elixir is often guarded by powerful demon beasts. Although Ning Chong can't see any signs of demon beasts nearby, he dares not to be careless and carefully approaches several Blue Yuan flowers.

  Ning Chong's caution was not without reason, and sure enough, when he approached the Blue Yuan Flower by more than twenty steps, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of branches and leaves rubbing against each other violently, followed by a strong gust of wind carrying a pungent smell that hit him in the face.

  Ning Chong had long been on guard and immediately stomped his foot on the ground, his body rapidly drifting backwards at high speed.

  Suddenly, in the position where Ning Chong had been standing earlier, a thick and large shadow opened its bloody mouth wide and bit at the air - it was actually a huge blood-red python!