The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 40 - Half Circle Month
Xin Fai bounced a few meters away as he got a crushing attack in front of him, he held his stomach in pain. "How can an old man seem to have such immense strength?!" Inner screaming. If Kaibo used all his strength, he would die soon.
Instantly Kaibo closed his eyes and suddenly stood before him, Xin Fai jumped in shock unable to dodge. Kaibo's wand hit his shoulder again.
"Gurgh!"
"Stop lazing around if you don't want to get hurt. In training with me you have to be on standby every second!"
Xin Fai woke up resting on her knees, now she only understood what Lan An had said. Not all fights had to use deep manpower, he had to develop martial arts and physical strength to avoid Kaibo attacks. That's what Kaibo's dariadi tested from him during training.
"The Crescent Kick!"
"Once again that move! You know, it's the weakest and weaker if you use it!"
Xin Fai's face wrinkled up, she had already maximized that stance a few times but only the scathing comments she had poured over. Inevitably he had to fight Kaibo with his bare hands.
Bruises began to decorate all over Xin Fai's body, he continued to attack while raising the tempo of the attack making Kaibo also raise his vigilance every second.
"Don't be in a hurry, you're just opening up loopholes everywhere."
On the riverbank they trained until the afternoon, Lang who had awakened to eat fish could only guess the identity of a strange-looking old man.
"The aura of this spirit... Is he the owner of the book?" Lang watched for a long time, he ate the fish around the charcoal of the fire that had been extinguished. Looking at the beautiful afternoon sky.
Kaibo wanted to develop Xin Fai's martial arts, by maturing his understanding of combat. The new movement variation was exemplified and followed by Xin Fai stammering.
"Hey!" Kaibo who had been furious since then finally vented his frustration by tapping Xin Fai's head using his staff. "I'm training you in martial arts, not dancing!"
Xin Fai made repeated moves but still it was just a bad comment that she got. As if resigned to his condition Xin Fai decided to stop for a moment. Kaibo closed his eyes before speaking again.
"I'll be back after three days, you already know what you have to do, right?"
"Mmmm..." Xin Fai just clicked slowly, she herself was also upset that she could not do her best during the training. The disappointment on Kaibo's face was obvious because he was so unreliable.
At night, Xin Fai, who had just made a bonfire, stood on a large rock beside the river. He clasped his sword while closing his eyes, the entire night he used to swing the sword.
Lang opened his eyes every hour and still found Xin Fai training very hard. I don't know what pushed him that far. Lang got up and entered the forest.
The next morning Xin Fai was still standing in the same spot as the blackened bag, she had not fallen asleep from last night. Lang who had just been hunting was confused, he put the forest goat from his mouth into the ground.
"Stop a minute. You're not hungry?"
Xin Fai stopped swinging the sword, he jumped up and caused a splash of water on his leg.
Smoke billowed after Xin Fai lit the fire, Xin Fai's eyes blank. Lang who noticed that from then on could only quietly choose not to interfere but it felt like letting a child like Xin Fai think too hard somewhat made him heartless.
"There's no need to be what the old man wanted to be. You just need to maximize what's already inside you."
"Making the most out of what is inside me? Likewhat? Do I have something you mean?"
The small bird perched on the low branch and then flew high towards the east along with the frown on Xin Fai's forehead that was deepening.
"Lang did not tell me the strength I could maximize while the greatest strength I had was all dependent on using inner strength..."
For hours Xin Fai sat thinking without caring about the surroundings. Finally, having not found the answer, Xin Fai was annoyed by the ruffling of her hair.
"It's true that I thought for hours and only found a dead end! Shit!" He cursed in annoyance and was about to throw himself into the river.
It had occurred to him that the great potential he had was to stay in the water for 4 minutes but in hindsight it was also not very precise.
Xin Fai did everything she could, she meditated until evening and it also had nothing to do with her great potential. Again he snorted long until scratching his head.
Xin Fai decided to develop the Crescent Moon Kick style that had previously received the most scathing criticism from Kaibo.
"The Crescent Kick!"
Xin Fai could see the line of cracks in the tree, but it felt like the development meant nothing in Kaibo's eyes later. He opened the book, learning some techniques that can be used without involving energy in.
The Half Moon Circle became his choice, Xin Fai focused his mind and focused both feet properly.
"The Half Moon of the Circle!"
Xin Fai jumped backwards with a twisted body. The movement was still too beginner and it took time to refine it whereas Kaibo would return one more day to test its strength.
Naturally Xin Fai had to show progress if not to hear Kaibo's super annoying nagging. With the resignation of Xin Fai drawing his sword, he stared at the sword listlessly.
"If I'm being rumored to be, for now I don't have to practice martial arts anymore. All I have to practice is my patience later if I meet him," Xin Fai muttered to himself.
Xin Fai leaped onto the river stone while swinging her sword carefully, she tried to recall the science Lan An had taught her.
Xin Fai had just realized the sensation of holding a wooden and sword was completely different. He tried to adjust the movement patterns of Lan An and himself then put the two techniques together.
Lang who had just returned home hunting at night was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. His worry was answered, there was actually nothing to fear. Xin Fai was indeed a foolish and careless brat but that child had a mindset that was hard to guess.
At least the boy had found the answer that haunted his mind earlier.
As he was deep in his own thoughts, Lang widened his golden eyes when he saw Xin Fai trying to tinker with the skill he was learning.
The boy fused the Half-Circle Moon with his inner strength, as a result of which the sword he used moved half-circle with a golden light that lingered in the air for a few seconds.
The sight was of course very beautiful, Lang even seemed to be looking at the crescent moon right in front of him.
Xin Fai looked at him. "It's beautiful, right?" He retreated to look at the sickle light.
"Had my father seen this, I think he would have fallen unconscious hahahaha," he laughed widely but implied a sense of loneliness in it.