Chapter Ninety-Five: Geng Metal Sword Qi

  Although he boasted in front of Green Willow, Qin Yun actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.

  But there is always hope, after returning to his own room, he calmed down and thought carefully, finding that there were many things he needed to do in terms of cultivation.

  He has passed the stable stage of the first layer of Jiu Yang Xuan Gong, but it is absolutely impossible to impact the second layer in a short period of time. At least, he must wait until he understands the second layer's gong fa jue and accumulates all the Jiu Yang true energy through the holes before attempting.

  However, the Xuan Gong boundary cannot be upgraded, but the real boundary is not a problem. With the power of Jiu Yang Zhen Qi, he has matured to impact the sixth heaven of Lian Qi.

  The Thunderbolt Cloud Swordsmanship, Qin Yun had just mastered the first move.

  More importantly, he also had to learn how to use the Floating Light Shadow Footwork, otherwise he wouldn't be able to enter the Small Qian Kun World again.

  Qin Yun found that there were many aspects he needed to work hard on.

  Fortunately, he had just arrived at Tiancheng Sword Sect and had enough time to improve his strength. The environment of the sword sect was also much better than that of the Qin family.

  What's most important now is still to deal with the Lingtian Earthworm, although Qin Yun hasn't seen his master yet, but in the past few days, he has regarded Yunshui Xiaozhu as his new home.

  Pushing aside all distractions, Qin Yun began to silently ponder the Geng Jin Sword Manual.

  Since he had the Qian Kun Bu Tian Stone, his memory ability has been greatly enhanced, reaching the point where he can remember everything at a glance.

  Although the content of Gengjin Jian Jue is complex and has dozens of pages, including the main text, annotations, and illustrations, every word and picture is deeply etched in my mind, without any omissions.

  From head to toe, Qin Yun thought silently and found what he wanted.

  On the third page of Jian Jue's opening chapter, it records the formula for condensing Geng Jin sword energy, which is the foundation for cultivating Geng Jin Jian Jue.

  In fact, a martial artist who has cultivated true energy, regardless of the attribute of his internal energy itself, will necessarily contain a thread of Gengjin Qi when using a metal weapon to stimulate the sword energy.

  This strand of Gangjin's aura originates from the weapon itself, the more divine and sharp the Gangjin's aura is stronger. A high-ranking swordsman can utilize it to increase the power of his sword style and sword aura.

  With Qin Yun's current state of mind and strength, it is definitely impossible for him to achieve this.

  However, the Gengjin Sword Manual records a mental skill that can bring out the greatest extent of the Gengjin aura from a weapon.

  It is rare that the strong man who gave the sword to the Wu family's direct descendant, may be worried that the other party will not learn it, and explained this section of Gong very carefully, and also noted the key points and taboos of cultivation.

  Qin Yun didn't dare to hope that he could master the entire Gangjin Sword Manual, but just learning a basic skill from it was still within his grasp, even without the help of the Qiankun Secret Realm.

  For the next three days, Qin Yun shut himself in and focused on contemplating and practicing the Geng Jin Sword Technique.

  Living together in Green Willow didn't disturb Qin Yun, she was an ordinary person but had been following Shui Wancong for a long time and knew that it was very common for martial artists to cultivate in seclusion for several days and nights.

  On the third night, Qin Yun quietly left the Cloud Water Pavilion and arrived at the Spirit Field Fruit Forest.

  The bright moonlight can hardly penetrate the dense forest, but everywhere in the woods are flying fireflies, and at the last moment of autumn, they exert their last bit of strength to burst into bloom.

  The faint light made the orchard not completely dark, relying on his keen eyesight, Qin Yun was able to see the Bi Chen fruits hidden among the branches.

  He stood quietly in the orchard for a short while, as if waiting for something.

  Ah!

  A crisp cracking sound came from a nearby place, Qin Yun's figure suddenly moved, and in an instant, he disappeared from his original position and swept towards the direction of the sound.

  It was the sound of a Bi Chen fruit bursting open, its white, jade-like pulp glowing softly in the darkness, emitting a sweet fragrance that could be smelled from far away.

  Just a moment later, accompanied by a rustling sound, dozens of ground beetles emerged from the underground and crawled frantically upwards towards the opening shell of the Bichen fruit.

  Whoosh!

  A scarlet-gold sword energy slashed through the darkness, accurately cutting onto the back of a fastest-crawling ground beetle.

  Squeak!

  This wretched beetle let out a mournful cry as it tumbled down from the tree trunk, its incredibly hard two-piece shell splitting in two and falling to the ground.

  It really works!

  Qin Yun was very satisfied with this sword of his own.

  He applied the Gangjin Qi's dynamic method he had just grasped, with the help of the Qinglian Sword's own sharpness, for the first time merging two different powers in the sword energy.

  Although it is still dominated by fire, with the help of Geng Jin Qi, the sword energy's power has been greatly enhanced, and its lethality to Di Bie Chong has increased significantly.

  Three days of closed-door meditation and contemplation of the sword mantra, although it was just a simple basic skill, still consumed a lot of his mental and physical energy, and almost made him make mistakes.

  Fortunately, this trick is a clever technique and not the real method of condensing Gangjin sword energy, so it's good to have mastered it without any danger.

  The first time I used it in actual combat, the effect was really good.

  However, what made Qin Yun dissatisfied was that he used seven parts of his strength in this sword, but still couldn't completely kill the ground beetle, and it escaped into the ground.

  If he uses his strength at 90% or even 100%, he can definitely cut it in two.

  But there were so many ground beetles that even using ten times the strength to fight back, Qin Yun could only hold on for a short while and kill a few of them.

  While Qin Yun was deep in thought, the other earthworms swarmed up and snatched the Bi Chen fruit meat clean, just like bandits breaking into a landlord's house, leaving not even a bit of dregs behind!

  Squeak!

  A ground beetle that had snatched a piece of fruit and swallowed it whole let out a triumphant cry, spread its wing covers and jumped down from the branch, ready to burrow back into the soil for a long winter's nap.

  But it had just flown down less than half a foot, when suddenly a dazzling sword aura slashed through the air at an angle, precisely cutting into the gap between its neck and shell, with an accuracy that left one's eyes wide with wonder!

  Bang!

  The beheaded body of the geoduck worm fell directly to the ground, twitched a few times and finally stopped moving.

  Success!

  Qin Yun ignored the other beetles that were fleeing in all directions, and bent down to pick up the corpse of the ground beetle from the ground.

  The dark copper-colored insect body was heavy and had a lot of weight, the head and neck were neatly cut off from the edge of the shell, and a light green liquid flowed out from the broken place, but it didn't smell foul.

  Lü Liu was right, this is exactly where the weakness of the earthworm lies. Qin Yun only used less than 70% of his strength, but he perfectly killed it in an instant!

  A faint smile played on his lips.

  If at this moment those earthworms hiding underground had the spirit to perceive Qin Yun's thoughts, they would probably think of running as far away as possible!

  ………

  The long night passed silently and quietly, and dawn broke.

  The willow tree woke up early.

  Actually, she hasn't been sleeping well these past few days. Every day, she would run to the orchard and see the Bi Chen fruit being eaten by the Di Wu insect, but she was powerless to stop it, and her heart ached with sorrow.

  As the time for Bi Chen's massive ripening approached, Lu Liu grew increasingly anxious and restless. She didn't dare to urge Qin Yun, fearing that she would disturb his cultivation.

  Because the young lady had told her that disturbing someone's closed-door training was a very taboo thing, there have been cases where people with bad temper would come out and kill someone with one sword.

  But thinking that many Bicheng fruits would be wasted today, she couldn't bear it anymore and walked straight to Qin Yun's door to ask.

  Ouch!

  The door of the room suddenly opened and Qin Yun appeared in front of her with a spirited look.

  Looking at the frightened girl, he smiled and said: "Green willow sister, you came just in time. Go find a few baskets to hold the Bi Chen fruit, we'll go to the spiritual field together!"

  "Now go...do you have a way to deal with the ground beetle?" Green Willow asked dazedly.

  "Of course!"

  The girl went to the thatched cottage and found two large bamboo baskets, dazedly following Qin Yun to the spiritual field, still wondering why Qin Yun was so confident.

  Today's weather is exceptionally good, the azure sky has no clouds at all, and the warm sunshine shines gently on the earth. The fruit trees in the spiritual field are especially green and luxuriant, with dew still clinging to the tips of their leaves from this morning.

  According to past experience, Green Willow knew that there would definitely be a lot of Bi Chen fruit opening shells today, and at that time, a large number of Di Que insects would appear to grab food.

  In previous years, Shui Wan Cong could only protect a small piece of orchard, and most of the hard work was fed to the ground beetles.

  Although it is possible to hire other disciples within the Sword Sect to help with pest control, doing so would be even more cost-ineffective. Typically, people from sects that own a Bi Chen fruit forest go up together as master and disciple in order to ensure sufficient harvest.

  But this year... Green Willow couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Water Wanjing was not there, could Qin Yun, a newly entered disciple, protect the fruit forest?

  She really didn't have any confidence in Qin Yun, but at this point she could only make do with what she had.

  Crack! Crack!

  At this moment, two Bi Chen fruits on a nearby fruit tree almost simultaneously cracked open.

  Then there was a burst of cracking sounds, and on the same fruit tree, eight or nine Bi Chen fruits suddenly cracked open their shells one after another, and it seemed that this was only just the beginning.

  When the fragrance of the fruit wafted in all directions, it was a signal that something big was about to happen. The mud on the forest floor began to bulge and heave, and ground beetles poured out of their burrows to indulge in the grand feast that belonged to them.

  There were at least over a hundred of them!

  "Ah!"

  A ground beetle crawled out from under the green willow's feet, scaring her into jumping behind Qin Yun and shouting: "So many, so many are coming out, what to do?"

  The girl's tears were about to fall out, and her heart was both afraid and worried.

  But in the next moment, all her fears and worries turned into surprise!

  Only to see Qin Yun suddenly drew out his long sword, his figure like a ghostly shadow darting forward, rapidly circling around the fruit tree.

  One after another, the sword energy shot out and wrapped around the tree trunk, passing by. Those geckos that were climbing up the tree trunk suddenly fell down like dumplings in a pot, thudding continuously!