Chapter 174
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The next day.
At the same time, at the same place.
After Xu Taiping finished practicing the sword control technique and went down the mountain, that old man who stepped on the flying sword once again appeared in front of the cliff where the waterfall of the Moon Fishing Pool was located.
“Three thousand three hundred swords？ Only three hundred more swords. That’s all.”
After the old man counted the sword marks on the cliff, he still only said this sentence, and then proudly flew away with his sword breaking through the air again.
……
On the third day.
Different from the past, today Xu Taiping went down the mountain one hour earlier.
This made the old man, who also came one hour earlier but still missed Xu Taiping, a little unhappy.
“Going down the mountain so early, you haven’t learned the sword but have learned to be lazy. Let me see how many swords you stabbed today. If it’s even less than yesterday, you might as well not come tomorrow.”
The old man stepped on the flying sword and flew gracefully to the cliff of the waterfall.
After counting the sword marks on the cliff today, the old man frowned, and then said with a hint of reluctance in his tone： “It’s only three thousand six hundred swords. I thought there would be a lot more.”
After speaking, the flying sword under him suddenly changed direction and flew out into the night sky, and finally disappeared.
……
On the fourth day.
On this day, Xu Taiping went down the mountain one hour earlier than the previous day.
As a result, the old man, who also came one hour earlier than the previous day, missed him again.
“This kid, why is he getting earlier and earlier every day？ Is he still practicing the sword or not？”
The old man looked at Xu Taiping who was bouncing down the mountain very depressedly, and muttered a curse in his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, he flew to the cliff wall again with his sword and carefully counted the sword marks on the cliff wall. When he found that Xu Taiping had stabbed 4,100 swords today, the dissatisfied look on his face gradually faded away.
“Young people still can’t hold their breath. Obviously, if they persisted a little longer, they could have stabbed 5,000 swords, but they gave up for the sake of enjoying two hours of pleasure. That’s all.”
After saying that, he flew away with his sword again.
For the next five consecutive days, the number of swords stabbed by Xu Taiping began to increase at a rate of 600 swords per day.
By the ninth day, the number of sword marks on the wall had become 6,701.
Similarly, the time for Xu Taiping to go down the mountain was also advancing day by day.
However, the advanced time was not as fixed as the increasing number of swords. Sometimes it was a quarter of an hour in advance, sometimes it was a stick of incense in advance, and sometimes it was one or two hours in advance.
Precisely because of this, Elder Sansan failed to meet Xu Taiping at this Laoyue Pool even once.
“Forget it. Considering that you are still quite diligent, I will come here at the beginning of the Yin hour tomorrow.”
Looking at the thick sword marks on the cliff wall, the old man said helplessly.
He thought to himself that this time he should always meet this kid, right？
……
On the tenth day.
Just as the sky was dim, the old man came to Laoyue Pool.
“This kid actually hasn’t arrived yet today？ Humph, that diligence was indeed faked.”
Sansan Jushi took a look around the west side of Laoyue Tan. After not seeing Xu Taiping’s figure, he immediately snorted and said.
But then he immediately raised the corner of his mouth and said：
“It’s okay to be late. I can just take this opportunity to punish this kid severely and make him more honest when learning the sword in the future.”
The more the old man thought about it, the more interesting he felt.
He put his hands in his sleeves and sat upright on the big rock in the center of Laoyue Tan where Xu Taiping often sat, smiling and calculating how to punish Xu Taiping later.
“Otherwise, today’s appearance times will be doubled on the basis of yesterday？”
“No, this kind of punishment is too simple.”
“Otherwise, let him move stones with the flying sword？”
“Forget it, we are cultivators, not coolies.”
“Otherwise, let him start to control the sword underwater？”
“No, with his qualifications, it will probably be difficult to do it in a year or two.”
Just as the old man was thinking hard like this, a red sun quietly peeked out its small head from the sea of clouds.
A ray of sunlight just shone on the old man’s face.
“Why is it already dawn and this kid hasn’t arrived yet？”
The old man, who was dazzled by the sunlight, suddenly woke up and stood up.
The flying sword that was originally wandering around him like a fish also flew back to his front with a “buzz”.
And right at this moment, just like Xu Taiping who had waited the whole morning on the first day, the old man’s gaze fell upon a wooden board on the cliff wall.
“This wooden board doesn’t seem to be hung up by me.”
He immediately saw the outermost wooden board which was very new.
“Could it be left by that kid？”
While thinking this way, the old man flew out with his sword control. In the blink of an eye, he was standing in the air on the flying sword in front of that wooden board.
He fixed his eyes on the wooden board and saw a line of words engraved on it with a sword.
These words were square and upright, as if they were printed.
The old man first nodded, seemingly very fond of these words. However, when he finished reading the words left on the wooden board, his face suddenly fell.
It was written on the wooden board as follows：
“Elder Sansan, I am Xu Taiping, a disciple of the Seventh Peak. When it was not yet dawn today, I received an urgent letter from the Peak Master, ordering me to rush to the Hundred Herbs Hall of the Main Peak early this morning. Therefore, I am unable to practice swordsmanship today. I specifically leave this letter here and hope that the elder will understand.”
The old man looked at the words on the wooden board and was speechless for a long time.
It was not until a gust of cool wind blew that he suddenly flicked his sleeve and said：
“Zhao Qian！ Are you itchy again, you brat！”
……
The time was turned back one hour.
At dawn.
“Huff…”
In the secret room of Fanlou, Xu Taiping, who had been soaking in the acupoint-opening decoction for two full hours, finally circulated the Danxia Technique for five major cycles, and at the same time completely dissolved the medicinal power of two cups of Gentian Wine.
For a while, he only felt refreshed.
“Judging from the situation in the Qi Mansion, in another one or two months, my Wangyou Realm should be able to achieve a small success.”
Xu Taiping stood up naked from the bathtub.
“Uh uh…”
However, when he raised his leg to step out of the bathtub, a burst of piercing pain came from several acupoints on his thigh.
Although it wasn’t the first time he had soaked in the acupoint-opening decoction, the pain from the acupoints still made him grin his teeth in pain.
But despite the pain, the effect of the acupoint-opening decoction in improving the cultivation speed was very significant.
Now, the speed at which Xu Taiping’s cultivation level improves is almost comparable to that of the Mysterious Spirit Bone.
“Jiji！”
Just then, the voice of the little monkey Ping’an suddenly sounded outside Fanlou.
“What’s the matter, Ping’an？”
While getting dressed, Xu Taiping shouted towards the door.
“Letter, there’s a letter, an urgent letter！”
Ping’an shouted outside the door with a slightly urgent tone.
“Bring it in for me.”
Xu Taiping pressed his hand on the bronze mirror on the table, and the stone door of Fanlou then slowly opened.
At this moment, he really didn’t want to move much because of the pain.
“Jiji.”
After the door of Fan Tower opened, the little monkey Ping’an and Bai Yu rushed in one after another.
