Three months later.

  This is a mountain valley deep in the Bi Xiao Mountains. The scenery is like a painting, with a waterfall cascading down from the ninth heaven into a deep pool below. Below the waterfall lies a vast lake, and along its shores is a lush green meadow. Further out, it's a dense forest of towering ancient trees whose branches stretch straight up to the sky, with thorny shrubs growing thickly between them.

  A bare-chested young man stood on a precipitous rock protruding from under the waterfall, holding a sword in his hand, thrusting forward with each stroke, letting the waterfall roar and crash against him, yet he remained unmoving, as if rooted to the ground.

  This young man was Li Hui. In three months, he finally cultivated the Five Elements Reincarnation Technique to the second layer of Qi Refining Stage. The small sword that controlled the Xianfu in his body was also thoroughly refined.

  In the immortal mansion, after two months, when hungry, I could only eat some raw medicinal materials to fill my hunger. Fortunately, cultivators have a low demand for food and can survive on one meal every ten or so days. After building the foundation, I can completely abstain from grains.

  Li Hui was fully immersed in his cultivation and didn't feel like time was passing slowly. However, it's about time to leave that place and get some fresh air. Moreover, Li Hui had already decided to start practicing swordsmanship.

  Yuán Hào True Person's entire divine power was in his sword, and he didn't leave behind any other cultivation methods for Lǐ Huī. At first, Lǐ Huī practiced swordplay on the plaza in front of the Immortal Mansion's grand hall, but found that it wasn't very effective.

  As Yuan Huazhen said, practicing swordplay is not just about the sword techniques, but also about combining various environmental factors with flexible body movements to defeat the enemy.

  Li Hui had originally planned to start directly from the 36 swords in "Yu Jian Pian". When he started practicing, he found that even the first few swords of the simplest 36 swords considered by Yuan Huan Zhenren to be from simple to complex were not practiced well.

  It wasn't until he carefully reviewed the insights left behind by Yuan Hua that he realized he had been too ambitious. The "Sword Controlling Chapter" is the essence of Yuan Hua's understanding of the sword path, and to start cultivating it, one must begin with the most basic sword techniques, progressing step by step. Only when the basic sword techniques have been practiced to the point where all variations are clear in one's mind can one begin to cultivate the "Sword Controlling Chapter".

  Then he took in the immortal mansion and left the deep pit, searched for it in the mountain, found such a beautiful place with various environments, and stopped.

  Under the waterfall, on the precipice, Li Hui grasped the Qingming sword, letting the water flow impact him, his body unmoving as a mountain, his eyes unblinking, staring at a splashing water flower, then stabbed with one sword. Just like this, dry and monotonous repetition.

  This is a method of practicing basic sword skills and exercising at the same time that Li Hui came up with himself.

  The waterfall carries the power of a thousand tons from high altitude, and at first Li Hui was washed down into the deep pool by the water flow as soon as he stepped up. After countless attempts, he could barely stand firm under the waterfall. After another period of time, he could practice sword under the waterfall.

  The water hit the stone, splashing countless water flowers. Li Hui wanted to find one of them in these water flowers, then aim at it and stab with his sword. The tip of the sword pierced through a water flower. The difficulty can be imagined.

  However, the benefits of practicing swordsmanship in this way are also very obvious. During this period, Li Hui's physical strength, as well as his sword's power and accuracy, have all undergone a qualitative leap. If he were to encounter that Iron-backed Wolf again now, holding the Qingming Sword, Li Hui would absolutely be able to achieve a one-hit kill.

  This is already the depths of Bixiao Mountain, where monsters often appear and disappear, and basically no one dares to come here to collect medicine. So Li Hui doesn't worry about being met by anyone either. In case of a monster attack, he would directly kill any that are not powerful, and if they can't be beaten, he would hide in the immortal mansion.

  Like this under the waterfall for a good long while, until exhausted, Li Hui finally came down from the top of the waterfall. Came to the grassland to sit and cultivate.

  After half an hour, Li Hui opened his eyes with a joyful expression: "It turns out that this Five Elements Reincarnation Technique has such a good effect. Even if you don't specifically meditate and cultivate, the qi vortex in your dantian will slowly rotate to guide the heavenly spiritual energy into your body! With the help of many elixirs during this period, I'm about to break through to the third layer of the Refining Qi stage!"

  Getting up, Li Hui was not in a hurry for his cultivation improvement, but continued to practice swordsmanship.

  This time, the swordsmanship is called "Rapid Wind Phantom Sword" and was used by Yuan Huan Zhenren when he was a young man traveling in Jianghu.

  Whirlwind Phantom Sword, divided into swordsmanship and body technique. Practitioners must pay attention to the degree of integration with the surrounding environment, feel the power of the wind, so that when moving, it will minimize air resistance to the greatest extent, and the body technique will reach the fastest. When drawing the sword, use the power of the wrist, retracting within a square inch, naturally extremely fast, but this also requires very strong wrist strength, otherwise the sword drawn not only slow but also powerless, can't even hurt people.

  Each stage requires matching progress in swordsmanship and body technique. When practiced to the highest level, the sword becomes omnipresent, and the person is like smoke. This means that when facing an enemy, the opponent feels as if they are being attacked by swords from all directions, while the practitioner's physical form is as elusive as smoke and fog, making it difficult to grasp.

  This is not only a sword technique! It's also a footwork technique! In other words, it's a top-notch lightness skill combined with an extraordinary sword technique!

  On the grass, a few big trees grew sparsely. Li Hui held the Qingming Sword and activated his spiritual power to swing it in the air. The leaves on top of the big tree were cut off by the sword energy and fell down. Then, Li Hui held the long sword and stabbed at the falling leaves, piercing ten leaves with one sword.

  Li Hui shook his head, "Still not fast enough. Originally, this sword should have pierced the thirteen leaves, but the last three leaves were blown off by the wind carried on the sword."

  Swift Sword, requires the sword to be as swift as the wind, the wind has not arrived yet the sword has already arrived, when the leaves are blown by the wind, they have already been pierced by the sword! In short, it's all about speed! And it requires small movements, a flick of the wrist and the sword flashes out like lightning, fast and accurate.

  ……

  Several days later, Li Hui's sword pierced forward and the fallen leaves were all strung together on the sword. Look, it can be practiced with body techniques now.

  Whirlwind Phantom Sword, body method and sword method complement each other, neither can be missing.

  Li Hui closed his eyes, quietly sensing the power of the wind. Slowly, a clarity emerged in his mind, and the vastness of heaven and earth became apparent. In the distance, a cricket chirped softly in the grass, the wind rustled through the leaves, and an owl circled above, gazing intently at a wild rabbit below. Li Hui slowly entered this state of enlightenment. He felt closer to nature than he ever had before, as if he were back in his mother's arms when he was young. Everything seemed so far away, yet everything also seemed right next to him.

  After a long time, Li Hui suddenly opened his eyes, the spiritual energy in his body surged, and he suddenly flew forward, his body twisting strangely, but the amplitude of the twist was very small, like... the vibration caused by flicking a thin iron sheet with one's fingers. His movements were extremely swift, and in an instant, he was already tens of meters away.

  Like a gust of wind passing through the forest, thorns and shrubs grew densely between the trees, but Li Hui's body twisted rapidly in a peculiar way, avoiding obstacles on his path forward. The sword in his hand stabbed out wildly from all directions like a stormy rain, at this moment Li Hui's figure was completely engulfed by the green glow of the sword, only feeling that the sword glow was omnipresent, while Li Hui himself was as elusive as smoke and mist, impossible to grasp.

  Suddenly, Li Hui's body stiffened, standing upright like a spear, his right hand holding the sword, the tip of which was pointing diagonally towards the ground, his eyes fixed intently on a bush in front of him.

  Time passed bit by bit, and Li Hui's face didn't show any impatience. On the contrary, he was like a sharp sword out of its scabbard, his spirit completely focused on the thicket in front of him.

  Slowly, the branches and leaves of the shrubs shook, a iron-backed wolf emerged, its green eyes staring at Li Hui, with saliva flowing from its mouth.

  As a secondary demon beast, the Iron-backed Wolf may not be highly intelligent, but it could still vaguely sense the danger brought by the person in front of it. It was a feeling of being trapped with no escape, like a rabbit being stared down by an eagle.

  The iron-backed wolf began to get restless, its front paws lightly scratching the ground, and suddenly it crouched down, ready to jump up.

  At this moment, Li Hui moved, like a gust of clear wind blowing by. Li Hui's figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared again in the same place, with the sword tip still pointing diagonally towards the ground, as if he had never left at all. There was only a streak of fresh blood on the sword tip.

  The iron-backed wolf still maintained its crouched posture, its eyes still open as if it would pounce at any moment. There was only a tiny wound on its forehead that was almost imperceptible. It wasn't until after several breaths that it fell to one side.

  "Haha, tonight we can have a roasted wolf meat feast." With a flash of the Qingming sword in his hand, Li Hui walked forward and lightly picked up the giant iron-backed wolf as if it were a small chicken. Returning to the lake shore, he started a fire, cleaned and skinned the iron-backed wolf, and put it on the fire pit. After a while, the fragrance of roasted meat wafted through the mountains and forests.

  At this time, the sun was about to set, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the lake surface with a faint red glow. Li Hui was admiring the sunset while chewing wolf meat in big mouthfuls.

  Before long, more than half of the iron-backed wolf had entered Li Hui's belly. "Hmm, not bad!" Patting his stomach, Li Hui fell onto the grass, propping up his head with both hands, and chewing on a blade of grass, watching as the sun disappeared beyond the horizon.

  "It's been ages since I've seen a soul, it's really quite lonely!"

  The sun had completely disappeared and night began to envelop the entire land. Li Hui then stood up.

  "It's time to go home!" Li Hui muttered to himself, and then he vanished into thin air. All that was left behind was a small, unremarkable stone, which blended in seamlessly with the other stones by the lake.

  This piece of stone is the Yuanhao Xianfu transformed.

  Inside the Yuanchang Immortal Mansion, in the Linshui Pavilion. Li Hui sat quietly with his eyes closed, a small whirlpool of air in his dantian rapidly rotating as he urged it on, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body, then circulating it through his body, transforming it into spiritual power, returning to the whirlpool, which was slowly growing larger at an imperceptible speed.

  Li Hui thus spent every day in the mountains, cultivating his sword skills by day using the waterfall, lake water and forest, and returning to the Xianfu at night to meditate on the "Five Elements Cycle" in the Linshui Pavilion.

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  A new chapter arrives at night, two updates a day is a must. I heard many people read books at noon and night, so I adjusted the update time. Rest assured to collect, and get more red tickets.