Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 14 — Swordsman Level
The next two months Zhou Yuan managed to raise his bones to 25%, a great achievement for his physical training.
'Before I die, I can only remodel my bones up to 40 percent, in this life I will make sure all my bones change perfectly...'
In the martial world there is no warrior who has done a bone reshuffle up to 100%, at the highest they can only reach 40% - 45%.
That was because no bone-spear technique was perfect, the Diamond Bone Technique from teacher Zhou Yuan was arguably the exception as he could maximize his entire bone in the spear.
Zhou Yuan believed he could kill a swordsman in one hit if all his bones had been completely broken.
In the morning after doing the physical forging, Zhou Yuan did a light warm-up with his new bone quality, he struck a tree firmly without any inner strength, he said, as a result, the tree branches slightly curved inward.
'Hm, with my physique now at least my strength exceeds the strength of an adult swordsman...' Zhou Yuan smiled widely while looking at his fist.
Zhou Yuan then went to Xiao Rou's residence, when Zhou Yuan found the girl doing sword training.
"Teacher, I'm sorry I didn't notice your presence..." Xiao Rou immediately saluted him when it was too late to notice Zhou Yuan's arrival.
Zhou Yuan scratched his nose with an awkward feeling, he was still not used to the call of the girl.
After the two had been together for these few months Zhou Yuan and Xiao Rou's relationship was quite different, now the girl had always called Zhou Yuan as her teacher.
Zhou Yuan of course refused but the always cold-faced girl still wanted to call him that.
Xiao Rou might not have high social skills and could even be said to be quite low but the girl best understood how to appreciate those who had contributed to her, one of them was Zhou Yuan who had been teaching swords all along.
To Xiao Rou, Zhou Yuan was a figure that he should respect like his grandfather even if the man was under his age.
"Miss Xiao training this time might be a little different, we will duel the sword. I want to see where your sword skills are..."
Xiao Rou nodded in understanding, he took out two wooden swords in his house before giving one of them to Zhou Yuan.
The two took positions, Zhou Yuan gestured for the girl to attack him first while Zhou Yuan would choose a temporary holding position.
"Miss Xiao, you can think of me as someone you hate, attack me earnestly!"
Without being told twice the girl moved and attacked Zhou Yuan with the Water Sword Technique she had learned all along.
Xiao Rou's sword swing was extremely fast and had movements like flowing water, his swordplay was quite agile but it was not enough to hit Zhou Yuan's body
Zhou Yuan observed each movement of the girl calmly, he noticed some mistakes that Xiao Rou made especially her body which still felt stiff.
"Water Sword Technique — Wave!"
Suddenly Xiao Rou performed the first of the Water Sword Technique's Wave Sword Technique, the technique speeding up his sword movements several times during one swing while strengthening his attack power.
Zhou Yuan fended off Xiao Rou's sword swing quickly, he succeeded but his body was pushed a few steps back with his hands in pain.
Xiao Rou again closed his distance and swung his sword, this time Zhou Yuan did not stay still, he moved to attack Xiao Rou with the same technique.
In just a few exchanges of attacks Xiao Rou began to turn in a defensive position even a little desperate, zhou Yuan's sword comprehension couldn't be juxtaposed against him so in a short period of time the wooden sword in his hand slipped apart the moment Zhou Yuan struck him.
Zhou Yuan ended his practice after Xiao Rou released the sword, he saw that the girl's breathing had also started to disorganize.
"Miss Xiao, your first technique move is quite good but it's not maxed out yet, you can increase your sword speed even more perfectly..." Zhou Yuan gave the girl some advice.
The Water Sword Technique was divided into two types, first the basic technique and second the special technique.
The basic technique was how Xiao Rou played his sword technique like flowing water while the special technique was the deadly one that existed in the Water Sword Technique.
Wave Wave is the first and one of the 8 moves found in the Water Sword Technique where each style has different difficulties and uses.
Xiao Rou nodded at Zhou Yuan's suggestion, he still calmed his slightly hunting breath.
"Teacher, I want to ask you something but I'm not forcing Master to answer it?"
Zhou Yuan frowned before finally nodding slowly.
"Teacher, I can't see Master's level of strength, could it be that Master is at the level of the Silver Realm Swordsman?"
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, he had already guessed that Xiao Rou would ask that but did not expect the time to be now.
Xiao Rou indeed could not see Zhou Yuan's strength was due to the profound yin in the male's body but actually Zhou Yuan's strength was below his strength.
In the martial world the strength of a warrior is divided into several levels according to his ability.
The level starts from someone who has opened the dantian gate, then automatically he is at the level of the Bronze Swordsman, next is the Silver Swordsman, Gold Swordsman, Crystal World Swordsman, and the last Light Warrior Nature. Each level is divided into nine stages.
Zhou Yuan was currently still a Bronze Realm Stage 1 Swordsman, the most basic strength of a swordsman.
Zhou Yuan had indeed never broken through to the next stage because right now his attention was not on it, Zhou Yuan was still focusing his training in physical forging especially the quality of bones.
He could have broken through by now if he had enough resources, but Zhou Yuan felt no need to rush into raising his level of strength.
On the other hand Xiao Rou's strength was now at the level of the Bronze Realm Stage 7. As a 10-year-old woman, the girl was actually categorized as a genius in the martial world.
"My strength level is still below you Miss Xiao, I'm still in the Bronze Realm Stage 1..." After thinking for a moment Zhou Yuan finally chose to be honest.
Xiao Rou's eyes widened, obviously the girl was surprised, when she had previously felt Zhou Yuan's physical strength was very strong and above her, so she questioned Zhou Yuan's current level of strength.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuan was still at the bottom level but had high abilities according to Xiao Rou.