Chapter 184: Let Your Mother Teach You Properly

Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Let Your Mother Teach You Properly

"What will you say if you lose?" Lu Yuan asked.

"I won’t lose!" Mu Lingyan drew out her Autumn Water Longsword.

"Playing dirty with me, are you?" The smile gradually faded from Lu Yuan’s face.

"Sister Mu, enough is enough," Lin Siyao said as she appeared, slowly walking over.

"I didn’t perform well last time. I will definitely win this time!" Mu Lingyan glanced at Lin Siyao and gritted her teeth.

"Do you believe I can defeat you in three moves?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Impossible!" Mu Lingyan’s eyes widened in disbelief, and she shook her head. "What kind of arrogant boasting is that? Defeating me in three moves... You could never do it!"

"And I won’t even use a Profound Weapon," Lu Yuan added.

"You... Impossible!!" Mu Lingyan ground her teeth, her mind almost losing its composure, her expression cracking. "Absolutely impossible! Impossible! Not using a Profound Weapon... Lu Yuan, you’re too arrogant! Do you think I’m just some ordinary Seventh Grade martial artist?"

Lu Yuan turned, guiding Lin Siyao to the door. He then looked back at Mu Lingyan. "Your strength is only somewhere between an ordinary High Tier Seventh Grade and a Seventh Grade Peak. Even if you go all out, you won’t be much stronger. Defeating you won’t take more than three moves!"

"Arrogant!" A baleful aura surged from Mu Lingyan as she circulated her Profound Skill. "Lu Yuan, fight me!"

"Make your move. Use your strongest attack, otherwise you might not get the chance later." Lu Yuan extended a hand, signaling her to begin.

"You... Fine!" Mu Lingyan gritted her teeth, pushing her Profound Skill to its absolute peak to prepare her strongest strike.

WHOOSH.

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi fluctuated. Massive amounts of water vapor materialized and condensed, blanketing the street in front of the Lu and Lin families’ homes as if a thick fog had rolled in.

But soon after...

SWISH! SWISH!

All that mist condensed into Water Swords. Blade after blade, they brimmed with a fierce and piercing sword intent.

"I’m ready. Here comes my sword!"

"Heh." Lu Yuan circulated his Cyan Dragon Technique.

A brilliant cyan light erupted from his body, rapidly drawing in massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi from a hundred meters around. Even the Sword Qi Mu Lingyan had condensed was affected.

Mu Lingyan watched in shock. She hadn’t expected Lu Yuan’s cultivation of the Cyan Dragon Technique to reach such a level of overbearing dominance. That power...

"That should be enough." Soon, half of Lu Yuan’s body was covered in the cyan glow. The light over his hands, in particular, had almost materialized into solid form. "Bring it on!"

"Here it comes!" Mu Lingyan shouted sharply. Hundreds of Water Swords slashed toward Lu Yuan all at once. "Misty Waves Return to Ruin, Ten Thousand Swords—Kill!"

Lu Yuan chuckled. Stomping his foot, he instantly launched himself forward. He thrust out a hand, and the cyan light morphed into a dragon claw.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

One by one, any Water Sword that made contact with the dragon claw shattered instantly. None could break through his defense, and none could impede his advance. He pushed straight through them all! In the blink of an eye, Lu Yuan was right in front of Mu Lingyan.

"Break!" Mu Lingyan aimed her Profound Weapon longsword right at the center of Lu Yuan’s claw.

"Away with you!" The cyan light on Lu Yuan’s hand flared brilliantly.

BANG!

Mu Lingyan was sent flying. She couldn’t block it at all; the gap in their strength was simply too massive.

First, Lu Yuan’s Cultivation in the Cyan Dragon Technique was already no weaker than Mu Lingyan’s, who had been in the Seventh Grade for two years and had cultivated her Profound Skill for just as long. Second, Lu Yuan’s bone root aptitude had reached 280—more than double hers. Add to that his numerous fully mastered Martial Arts, and his control over his power had reached a transcendent realm.

One move! That was all it took.

Suspended in midair, Mu Lingyan’s mind went completely blank.

SWISH!

A woman appeared. With a wave of her hand, the Power of Heaven and Earth wrapped around Mu Lingyan, safely catching her. It was Song Yumeng.

After all, this was her senior sister’s child; she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. More importantly, she couldn’t let a blood feud form between her and Lu Yuan.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Mu Lingyan was on the verge of an emotional breakdown. It took only one move... She had been defeated before she even had a chance to use her Profound Weapon Wind and Thunder Saber. She simply couldn’t accept this.

"Your defeat was destined the moment you came here," Song Yumeng said.

"What?" Mu Lingyan looked up at Song Yumeng in confusion. Why?

"You knew Lu Yuan’s strength. While your heart was filled with tremendous battle intent and courage, it also harbored self-doubt." Song Yumeng shook her head gently. "Without confidence, how could you unleash your full strength? Furthermore..."

"Your combat awareness is too poor," Lu Yuan chimed in, pointing it out mercilessly. "When I said I’d defeat you in three moves, you panicked. Then, you used an attack like that. The power was too scattered—it’s only useful against those with weaker Cultivation in Martial Arts than you. Against someone stronger... you’re better off going home and practicing your archery more."

"This... This..." Mu Lingyan’s heart trembled. Was that it? So that was why! That was why she had lost, and lost so utterly...

"Don’t listen to him. His training methods might not suit you. My senior sister’s sword arts are incredibly formidable. Go back and have her teach you properly, and you should see immense progress. Don’t disgrace the name of our Cyan Nether Sword Sect." Song Yumeng turned and vanished.

Mu Lingyan stared blankly. Mother... Her mother used to guide her in the past, but she had never taken it to heart. Had she really been that terribly wrong all along?

"Heh, hurry up and go back. You can think about it slowly at home." Lu Yuan waved his hand, shooing her away.

"You..." Mu Lingyan took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "Fine! Very well! Lu Yuan, in three months... No, in half a year, I’ll return to challenge you again!"

"Half a year... Hahahaha, hahahaha..." Lu Yuan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Mu Lingyan demanded, flushed with embarrassment and anger.

"You’re welcome to try." Lu Yuan turned, walked back inside, and closed his door.

He thought, "If you still dare to come back in half a year, I’ll take your last name!"

...

Meanwhile, at the Su family estate.

"Why exactly did you join the Demon Suppression Bureau?" Su Mu asked Su Wan.

"To gain experience, of course," Su Wan replied, her eyes flickering slightly.

"Tell me the truth!" Su Mu’s expression turned slightly cold.

"It really is to gain experience! Just for experience!" Su Wan insisted.

"That Lu Yuan is quite outstanding, but he’s already engaged. He has a fiancée," Su Mu reminded her.

"I know. It’s not like I was planning to do anything." Su Wan found a chair and sat down, her expression a bit unnatural.

"You were already thinking about it!" Su Mu sighed. "Don’t bring trouble upon yourself."

How could Su Wan not know that? But a fluttering heart couldn’t be easily stopped.

"Fifth Brother, have you ever heard of the Seven-Sound Mysterious Body?"

"The Seven-Sound Mysterious Body? What is that?" Su Mu was confused.

"Then you must have at least heard of the Seven Wonders Celestial Maidens from the Buddhist Sect’s Lotus Temple, right?" Su Wan asked.

"The Seven Wonders Celestial Maidens!" Su Mu’s expression shifted drastically.

They were the Saintesses of the Buddhist Sect. It was said that every single one of them possessed peerless talent and was destined to reach the First Grade! They were incredibly rare, miraculous, and powerful!

"Why are you bringing this up so suddenly?"

"Lu Yuan said my physique might be just that," Su Wan answered.

"What?" Su Mu shot up from his chair. "Th-this... How is that possible? How could it be? Don’t joke around! How would he know? How did he determine that? This isn’t the kind of thing you can just say casually, it really isn’t..."

"Lu Yuan said he could even help me awaken it." Su Wan dropped another massive bombshell.

SWISH!

Su Mu turned and bolted for the door. "I’m going to report this to our Ancestor!"

"Fifth Brother, wait!" Su Wan called out.

"I can’t wait!" Su Mu ran off.

...

Back at home, Lu Yuan was cultivating his Profound Skill, consuming True Essence Pills.

Experience points could unblock the pathways for his Cultivation Techniques, but the actual energy still had to be accumulated manually. Fortunately, Lu Yuan was flush with cash now and had plenty of Pills. For the thirty newly opened acupoints, three True Essence Pills were just about enough to fill them up.

CLANG! CLANG!

Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums rang out from outside, drawing closer from a distance. It wasn’t the curfew patrol, as there was still quite some time before nightfall.

He wondered, "What’s going on?"