Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 11 — Water Sword Technique
Xiao Rou requested that Zhou Yuan guide her in learning the sword of her clan, the girl seemed to understand that Zhou Yuan was more skilled at swordplay than her grandfather.
'Hm, an instinct yes...' Zhou Yuan smiled faintly upon hearing the girl's request.
Zhou Yuan used to feel a strong instinct for his teacher when he first met. Somehow he felt his teacher was not an ordinary swordsman and it turned out that reality was indeed true.
"Miss Xiao, are you sure of this decision? If I guide you then indirectly I should also look at the secret techniques of your clan..."
"Brother Zhou, I have no problem with that..." Xiao Rou replied without thinking.
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, it seemed that the girl did not understand the intent of his words. Zhou Yuan then explained that it was not that simple to teach one's clan techniques.
In the martial world, martial techniques are divided into two, namely martial techniques that are common which means that anyone can learn them and both martial techniques are special, where only a few people can learn them.
Martial techniques are special examples are sword techniques typical of a Clan, a Family, or a Sect.
Other people should not learn it because it is considered a theft of knowledge, in the martial world it violates the rules and even the punishment is not light, the death penalty.
In the case of Xiao Rou, the Xiao clan had its own sword technique called the Water Sword Technique. The book that Xiao Fan gave Xiao Rou was also a book that learned about the technique.
If Zhou Yuan had now helped Xiao Rou in learning the Water Sword Technique, Zhou Yuan had also learned the sword techniques of the Xiao clan.
"According to my Grandfather, the Xiao clan's sword techniques are only passed down to those who are entitled and able to master them... Grandfather did not forbid anyone from learning the Water Sword Technique, instead our clan is trying to spread this technique to others..."
Xiao Rou said that the users of the Water Sword technique are getting less and less, if they rely on the Xiao clan alone then sooner or later the users of the sword technique will be lost in the martial world.
This was because the Water Sword Technique was a difficult sword technique to learn, even the members of the Xiao clan were few people who actually mastered it.
Zhou Yuan heard it was just a faint smile, in his first life he had already known the Water Sword Technique which was a high-level bending sword technique.
Actually Zhou Yuan had already mastered the Water Sword Technique from his teacher, he only reasoned to Xiao Rou to have a reason to do the sword technique from the Xiao clan.
Zhou Yuan acknowledged how great the sword technique was, if one swordsman could master the Water Sword Technique as a whole like Xiao Fan or himself, then they would become great heroes in the martial world.
The Water Sword Technique was one of the three Element Sword Techniques that still existed in the martial world, such as the Water Sword Technique, Lightning Sword Technique, and Wind Sword Technique.
Master Zhou Yuan was also a master swordsman of the Water Sword Technique in his day, he was said to be a legend in the martial world for being able to master more than one Element Sword Technique.
Of course Zhou Yuan who is his student is also able to do like his teacher even though it is not perfect.
After thinking for a while finally Zhou Yuan nodded accepting the request of the girl of origin on one secret condition.
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The days passed, Xiao Rou continued to do his sword training under Zhou Yuan's teachings, occasionally Zhou Yuan would correct Xiao Rou's sometimes rigid and misstep movements.
Although the girl was extremely talented but still learning a sword technique of the level of the Water Sword Technique would require a lot of time in mastering it.
"It's enough, we rest first..." Zhou Yuan stopped his training program after seeing the girl's breathing start to disorganize.
The Water Sword Technique in addition to high-level sword techniques was also a sword technique that required great stamina and deep manpower.
Zhou Yuan ordered the girl to recover her inner strength first, Xiao Rou according to then sat cross-legged on the grass and began to gather her inner strength.
"Brother Zhou, I never thought you were a greater person than my grandfather..." In the midst of recovering her inner strength, the always flat-faced girl suddenly started a conversation with Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Yuan scratched his cheek, a hundred years passed, he was unsure whether his sword abilities in this era would remain high or just the opposite.
"Right, isn't Senior Xiao the number two swordsman in this martial world... I'm not sure I can be paired with him?"
"Grandfather is great in sword, but I saw that when Brother Zhou taught me sword, Brother Zhou's abilities were far better than Grandfather's..."
Little by little the difficulty that Xiao Rou felt during swordplay began to gain enlightenment, each explanation Zhou Yuan had was so simple that Xiao Rou could easily understand his words.
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, according to him it was the beautiful girl who was extremely talented.
Although Xiao Rou was still unable to use the Water Sword Technique as a whole yet every development the sword-playing girl had always grown so quickly.
Xiao Rou's absorbency was too terrifying, Zhou Yuan didn't even expect that there would be someone with such a high talent in this world.
Xiao Rou then added. "The sword was my friend from childhood, I initially thought going here was a bad thing because of having to part with grandfather, not to mention that my sword development would slow down but my guess turned out to be wrong when I met you..."
Xiao Rou looked at Zhou Yuan deeply. "Brother Zhou, I think you're a wonderful man, I don't understand but I always feel amazed when I meet you..."
Zhou Yuan responded with an awkward smile, he saw the look in the girl's eyes was different when he said so, implied there was a slight interest in her feelings.
Zhou Yuan certainly could not take this seriously, for him, even though Xiao Rou was a sweet girl still in his sight she was no more than a ten-year-old child.
"Isn't Miss Xiao also very great," Zhou Yuan took charge of the topic. "In the outside world, few people have that much inner energy by the age of ten."
"Oh yeah, I don't know that, but if it's true then it's enough to be interviewed because every time grandfather always gives me resources."
Despite not looking directly but Zhou Yuan could guess the girl already had a sum of thirty inner power circles.
In the martial world, increasing the number of inner power circles was quite difficult. In addition to requiring valuable resources, shaping it is also not something easy.
Only a talented swordsman can form an inner circle quickly.
Zhou Yuan alone when in his first life, at least he could only form five to seven inner power circles in his body during each year.
When Zhou Yuan wanted to continue training with Xiao Rou suddenly there was someone who came to the two.