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In the Yu Huang Xian Fu.
In front of the palace, sword light filled the air, Li Hui was still practicing his sword moves repeatedly.
The Qingming sword transformed into a beam of light, following a strange trajectory that traversed the void with ease and naturalness, perfectly connecting without any flaws.
"Heehee!"
A burst of sword-breaking wind sound, suddenly, like a flowing cloud and water-like sword momentum slightly stagnated, although still following the original trajectory to continue going on, but just like a musical composition in which a wrong note was played, although it continued afterwards, the whole piece was already off-key.
"Hiss!"
Li Hui's figure paused, putting away the Qing Ming sword. His eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Still a bit off, always unable to truly reach the realm of the 108 swords from simplicity to complexity."
Haste makes waste, Li Hui understood this principle, and swordsmanship can only be improved the fastest in real battles, otherwise Li Hui would hide in the immortal mansion and not come out until he cultivated to ascend.
"I wonder what Teacher Han is doing now?" For some reason, Li Hui suddenly thought of Han Xue.
Then almost subconsciously, Li Hui used his spiritual sense to perceive the situation in Linshui Pavilion at this moment. Then Li Hui's body shook, his mouth slightly opened, and his eyes stared blankly at the spot.
Outside the Water Pavilion, a beautiful woman was bathing in the lake surrounded by green trees, red flowers, artificial hills and flying waterfalls.
The beauty in this bathing scene is certainly no one else but Han Xue.
Han Xue was splattered with blood when Li Hui killed Xiao Shaojun from behind. A beautiful young girl, dressed in a bloody outfit, also stained with a lot of blood, Han Xue felt uncomfortable all over and wanted to take a bath and change her clothes.
Always following Li Hui around, where did you get the chance to bathe and change clothes?
After Li Hui left, Han Xue was also hesitant for a long time. Several hours later, she felt that Li Hui should not come over temporarily, so she boldly entered the lake to take a bath.
At this time, Han Xue's whole body was wet, her hair was naturally draped behind her head, and more than half of her body was submerged in the lake water, only revealing two segments of fragrant shoulders and a deep groove between her twin peaks that seemed to be hiding and seeking.
One jade arm emerged, slender jade hands gently lifted the lake water and splashed it onto the fragrant shoulders. The skin was as white as snow, the jade arm was like a delicate flower, and the crystal clear water droplets slid down from the white jade-like skin like pearls, dispersing into the lake.
At this time, Han Xue's unspeakable beauty and elegance, her captivating charm, were all clearly sensed by Li Hui through the Yu Huang Immortal Mansion's spiritual energy, as if he had seen it all with his own eyes.
For a moment, Li Hui's mind was wandering, and he couldn't help but feel some attachment to such a beautiful scene. However, he still managed to control himself, withdrawing his attention and no longer sensing the situation in Linshui Pavilion.
After recalling the sensory response, that stunning figure, enchanting face, and skin as white as snow still lingered in his mind. Li Hui only felt his heart beating slightly faster, his mouth a bit dry, and a certain part of his body seemed to have a slight abnormal reaction...
He hastily suppressed the absurd thoughts in his mind, and the spiritual energy in his body secretly flowed to adjust his breathing. After a while, his breathing gradually calmed down, and the abnormality of his body also gradually disappeared.
"Ah!"
Li Hui let out a long sigh, feeling more tense than after finishing a sword practice session. He even raised his hand to wipe away sweat, despite not having a single bead of sweat on his forehead.
"It seems that my cultivation is still insufficient!" Li Hui muttered to himself.
Actually, this has nothing to do with his cultivation. Li Hui is seventeen years old this year, and he is still a young man in the prime of youth. Although his experiences are much richer than those of some ordinary seventeen-year-old boys, after all, he is still an innocent boy who has not yet experienced romantic love.
Li Hui, who had never had in-depth contact with girls before, met Han Xue, a beautiful and youthful woman, and... also unintentionally saw the beauty bathing, it was normal to have some heart palpitations.
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Outside the Yuán Hào Xiān Fǔ, groups of demonic cultivators were carefully searching the skies and mountain ridges of the Bì Xiāo Mountains - or perhaps they should be renamed the Liè Tiān Mountains - not missing a single thicket or rocky outcropping.
No one would have thought that just a short distance away, in the small stream flowing happily down the mountain, there was an inconspicuous little stone where Li Hui was hiding.
In mid-air, Xiao Yuanqi's face was gloomy and his consciousness was fully open, carefully observing everything below, not missing any movement of the wind or grass.
Unfortunately, even a loose immortal master couldn't use his divine sense to investigate the Yuanhao Xianfu, so how could Xiao Yuanchi, a Jindan cultivator, discover it?
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In the Yu Huang Xian Fu, Li Hui had adjusted his mood and was standing under the great hall, once again observing the words left behind by Yuan Hua Zhen Ren.
Every time after advancing a stage in swordsmanship, those who come to observe the remaining words of Yuan Huaozhen will have different epiphanies.
At this moment, a surge of sword intent directly transmitted from the four large characters on the signboard!
"The four characters 'Yuán Huáng Xiān Fǔ' are written with strokes that resemble a dragon and snake leaping, the first and last characters connected in one breath. The hidden edge is like a treasure sword in its scabbard, the sharpness retracted, while the exposed edge is like a sharp sword out of its scabbard, with sharpness extending for miles."
The strokes are varied in style, with horizontal, vertical, and hook-like lines all different, yet perfectly unified, without any single stroke or line standing out awkwardly.
Gradually, Li Hui's mind became completely immersed in the characters. In his mind, a figure emerged, holding a sharp sword and practicing a set of sword moves along the trajectory of the characters, unbound by specific moves or styles, with the sword moving wherever his thoughts led it.
Li Hui stood quietly there, but the aura on his body slowly rose up, a matchless sword intent emanating from Li Hui's body.
Li Hui involuntarily picked up the Qingming sword in his hand and began practicing it on the square.
One sword thrusts out, seemingly carefree and casual, following another thrust that seems to defy all reason, yet somehow pleasing to the eye, as if it were meant to be so.
One day... Two days... Three days...
Time quietly slipped away, but Li Hui was completely unaware of it, still practicing his sword moves with a somewhat dazed expression in front of the temple square.
4th... 5th... 6th...
Li Hui continued to practice his swordplay, but his movements were getting slower and slower, without making a single sound.
Sheathing the sword, drawing the sword, swinging, thrusting... Li Hui's Qing Ming sword slowly performed these seemingly simple movements, yet becoming more and more natural, merging with heaven and earth.
Seven days... eight days... nine days... ten days have passed.
Li Hui's sword movements became even slower, and the changes were simpler. He didn't even bother to move his feet, swinging the sword a few times with a lazy attitude, like a child playing with a toy, before putting it away lazily.
"So that's how it is!" Li Hui's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile, and his eyes cleared up.
"What is known as the state of no sword, is merely to have all the changes in sword moves clearly in one's mind, no longer bound by the changes in techniques. When facing an opponent, just find the weakness and you can defeat them with a single blow!"
"All the variations of swordsmanship have been deeply ingrained, when facing an enemy, even before my mind has a chance to react, my hand with the sword naturally produces a reaction. This is what's meant by 'the sword moves before the intention, the intention hasn't arrived yet but the sword has already been launched', I myself can't predict the change of my next move, how would the enemy know?"
The state of no sword! What is called a sudden enlightenment in one morning, surpasses ten years of hard practice! Li Hui actually reached the state of no sword in these ten days!
However, this swordless realm is ultimately still at the level of understanding swordsmanship! It still needs to go through countless challenges between life and death, tempered thousands of times, to reach the true swordless realm!
It's like a scholar with a wealth of knowledge wanting to govern the world, but still needs to personally experience it before truly understanding how to govern.
Li Hui's current state has reached a high level, but lacks actual combat experience!
"Huh, it's already been ten days!" Li Hui slightly sensed something and realized that this time he practiced swordsmanship, he had unknowingly continued for ten whole days.
"It's also time to go see Xue Han." Ten days had passed without a word, and Li Hui felt that this wasn't the way to treat a guest. But then he recalled the scene of Xue Han bathing in the lake that day, and his heart skipped a beat once again.
"This time she shouldn't be bathing, right!" Li Hui thought to himself, his divine sense passing through the Yuanhua Immortal Mansion for a brief moment, letting out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Han Xue was sitting alone in the Linshui Pavilion, meditating.
Li Hui suddenly disappeared and reappeared in Linshui Pavilion the next moment.
"Teacher Han!" Li Hui called out softly.
Han Xue suddenly turned her head, with a hint of joy on her face: "Li Shidi, you've finally arrived!" After speaking, she felt a slight sense of unease in her heart, why did she say "finally"? Her face also had a faint blush.
Li Hui didn't notice the inappropriateness of Han Xue's words, his eyes fell on Han Xue. Han Xue had already changed out of that stained Bi Xuan Men third generation disciple uniform and was now wearing a snow-white outfit, her absolutely beautiful face blooming into a smile, instantly making all the flowers lose their color, and nothing could compare to her purity.
Li Hui couldn't help but recall the scene of Han Xue getting out of the bath that day, and suddenly felt his body slightly burning, as if a flame was burning.
Struggling to suppress the unusual changes in his body, Li Hui could no longer maintain that cold demeanor, and his face softened as he spoke to Han Xue: "Han Shijie, I've been in seclusion practicing a certain technique for the past few days, so I haven't come to see you. Please don't be offended."
Han Xue heard Li Hui's voice was much softer than the previous few days, and she secretly rejoiced in her heart, smiled, and said softly: "It doesn't matter, Brother Disciple please sit down."
Li Hui looked at Han Xue's stunning face, and couldn't help but stare again. He quickly came back to his senses, walked over to the stone bench beside Han Xue, and sat down with her, separated by a stone table between them.
The stone table was not large, and a faint scent of perfume unique to women wafted from Han Xue's body, causing Li Hui's heart to flutter once again.
Unconsciously, the relationship between the two had quietly changed and drawn much closer.
"Miss Han, are you getting used to these past few days?" Li Hui asked after a moment of hesitation.
"En, very good, Shidi your space treasure is indeed wonderful, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here is so rich, I will be meditating and cultivating in this pavilion for a few days, my cultivation has increased significantly." Han Xue smiled and replied.
The two gradually opened up the topic, talking about some old things in Bixiao Gate and some of the prosperity of Lingxiao City in the past. Both were from Lingxiao City, only Li Hui was born into a poor scattered cultivator family, while Han Xue was a young master of a large clan. As for the affairs of Lingxiao City, both were quite familiar with it and had more to talk about.
At this time, in the mountain ridge where Yuan Hua Xian Fu was located, the cultivators of Lie Tian Zong had almost searched every inch of land, and the caves on the mountain ridge that might be hiding, the bushes of the forest, all turned upside down, still did not find Li Hui's figure.
Days passed, Zhao Mingjiu flew into a rage and personally used his divine sense to search the entire area but couldn't find any sign of Li Hui's presence. He could only return with hatred in his heart. However, he still wasn't willing to give up and left several hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators behind to continue searching the mountains and forests.
One side sent someone to carry a jade tablet with Li Hui's appearance, and went to inform other sects in Chu State. Once Li Hui's shadow is found, they can take action to capture him. If anyone can capture Li Hui alive and present him to the Lietian Sect, it will be considered as Zhao Mingyu owing a favor to this sect!
The sentiment of a Yuan infant master is more valuable than a heavenly rank treasure! The various demonic sects in Chuzhou immediately dispatched people to guard the borders of their respective territories and strictly searched every cultivator who passed by.
At this time, the entire Chu State Xiuzhen realm began to hunt down Li Hui!
