If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
On the way to the martial arts field to practice, Li Mu also stopped by his aunt Liu Ruoying's residence, intending to shamelessly ask her to borrow two hundred Cangyun coins to buy a good weapon in the simulation system store.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ruoying was very happy when she heard that Li Mu was using it for his cultivation. Without saying anything, she took out five hundred Cangyun coins and stuffed it into his hand.
This nephew has given up on himself more and more over the years, which has always been Liu Ruoying's heartache. Now that he is willing to start practicing, he is naturally very happy. He said that if he needs help, just ask him, and his aunt will definitely help him.
Li Mu, who was holding five hundred Cangyun coins, was also a little confused. After all, this was what he had spent for nearly a year. Such a fortune must be planned carefully.
Skillfully opening the store system, Li Mu exchanged all 500 Cangyun coins into store gold coins under Granny Yoder's usual questioning, and then carefully compared and selected from the product list, finally spending a total of 400 gold coins.
I bought a long sword as my first weapon after traveling through time.
The name of the sword is Jue Ying. It is made of meteorite iron and is as fast as lightning. It can cut off its shadow and cut off its traces, hence its name.
"This is really a big expense. Now that we have weapons and all the spiritual talents have been added, it's time to see the effect."
Li Mu, who came to the martial arts arena, was fully confident that he would pass Li Yue's assessment and successfully join the academy.
The Cangyun Empire advocates martial arts, and the status of immortal cultivators in the empire is extremely high. The leader of the first sect, the Yunlan Sect, even has power over the imperial royal family. It can also be said that whoever is in power in the Cangyun Empire has to be decided by the Yunlan Sect.
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Under such a trend, every important city will have an academy to select outstanding immortal cultivation talents. For example, Qinglan City has two large immortal cultivation colleges, Cangyun Academy and Qinglan Academy.
Cangyun College is a standard college established by the empire in major cities. It inherits the martial style of the empire and cultivates outstanding immortal cultivators. Anyone who graduates and reaches the realm of alchemy can obtain an official position within the empire system.
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Qinglan Academy was founded by Li Yubai, the lord of Qinglan City. As a strong man with perfect strength in the Infant Transformation Realm, he made an indelible contribution to the rise of Qinglan City. Although the purpose of establishing the academy is also to select talents,
Compared with Cangyun College, where all graduates are labeled as imperial, Qinglan College does not force graduates to join any force, as long as they do not threaten Qinglan City.
Therefore, Qinglan Academy naturally became the academy used by the Li family and their followers, and it also trained a group of young and powerful people with outstanding qualifications, such as Li Yue, Lin Qingzhu, etc. who studied in the academy.
This is also the reason why Li Mu chose to join the academy as his first step in cultivating immortality. It is also the best way for him to quickly improve his strength at this stage. After all, Li Mu wasted too much time before. Although he now has the help of the simulation system, the system
Knowledge learning is still the fastest way to see results.
"Let's start with the three styles of the Li family's swordsmanship. Let me see if adding five points of spiritual talent has really improved my understanding a lot."
Li Mu pulled out the Jueying Sword from his waist, stepped out with a bow, and began practicing swordsmanship.
The Li family swordsmanship is famous for its mysterious moves and extremely fast speed. It was created by Qinglan swordsman Li Yubai. The whole set of swordsmanship has ten styles in total.
The first three moves, basic swordsmanship, are the most common lunge and straight thrust, knee-lifting slash and turning back and slashing. These three moves can also be said to be the basis of all swordsmanship in the world. You can evolve your swordsmanship in any way you like.
If we trace back to the origin, we can find the shadow of this stab, a slash and a slash.
These three moves in the Li family's swordsmanship emphasize speed and accuracy. The sword's edge reaches the sword before it reaches the sword's intention. If you practice it to perfection, you will be almost invincible before the Dan Formation stage.
In Qinglan City, the fastest person to practice this sword technique to perfection was Li Yue, who took a month, followed by Lin Qingzhu, who took half a year, and most of the Li family's children needed a year to master it.
The midday sun was always so fierce. Li Mu stood alone on the martial arts field, stabbing, slashing, and slashing continuously. He had been familiar with the key points of the moves since he was a child. Now that he is practicing again, all he can do is practice hard.
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The effect of the five points of spiritual talent was indeed immediate. Many details that needed to be understood in the three-movement sword technique became easy to grasp in Li Mu's hands, and he quickly understood them.
It only took half a day to cultivate the sword intention. This incredible speed made Li Mu extremely happy. As long as he could take a step further and be able to release the sword unexpectedly, he would be able to reach the perfect state of the three basic sword techniques.
With such progress, Li Yubai might even be shocked when he comes.
"Is this me who has the talent?" Li Mu felt so confident at this moment. With a system in hand, he felt like he was the king of the world.
However, two more days passed, and Li Mu still failed to release the sword unexpectedly. He swung the sword again and again, with full sword intent, but he still could not break through the shackles of the sword body.
"I have fully understood the three sword techniques, and my sword intention has reached its peak, but I always feel that something is missing. I am only one step away from the state of perfection. What is missing?"
As time went by, Li Mu gradually began to become impatient. Even Lin Qingzhu who came to visit could not relieve his anxiety, but he had no choice but to swing his sword, swing his sword, and swing his sword again and again.
Just when Li Mu was sweating like rain, trouble also came to the door.
"Hey, isn't this the second young master? If you don't go to Shuangfeng Tower to find happiness with those top names, why are you doing a martial arts show?"
The harsh words pulled Li Mu out of his practice. When he looked back, he saw two teenagers looking at him with playful eyes.
"Li Bo, Li Zhan, what am I doing here? Do I need to report to you two?"
After searching through his memory, Li Mu recognized the two people in front of him. They both belonged to the more powerful branch of the Li family. Li Yue usually followed Li Mu's lead and often verbally criticized Li Mu behind his back.
"Of course there is no need to report to us what the second young master does, but the martial arts field is an important place for the family's disciples to practice and compete. Since the second young master is obsessed with Fengyue, why should he come here to occupy the resources of other disciples? If someone sees him, he will inevitably gossip.
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The words between the two men were full of contempt and ridicule for Li Mu, and they did not take the second young master of the master's family seriously at all. This has a lot to do with the Cangyun Empire's custom of respecting strength. In their eyes,
Even if you are the son of the master, you are nothing more than a waste addicted to women.
"You said that I was wasting the resources of other family members. You just think that I am not strong enough. Why don't you two compete with me? If I lose, I will never set foot on the martial arts field again. If I win, you two will compete with me."
You need to stand on your head and run around in this martial arts arena, how about that?"
Li Mu didn't want to waste words with these two people, but suddenly an idea flashed, maybe he still couldn't break through the sword accidentally, and what he lacked was actual combat. When these two people came to his door, there was no reason for him to let it go.
"this……"
Li Mu's response only made Li Bo and Li Bo look embarrassed. After all, Li Mu was the biological son of the head of the family, and there was no problem with verbal exchanges, but if they really wanted to take action, the two of them still didn't have the courage.
"What? You two just fought for the injustice of the family members, but now you don't have the courage to fight?"
Li Mu saw the hesitation of the two and quickly added fuel to the fire. He couldn't let these two sparring partners go no matter what today.
"Hmph, it's a joke. We are just worried that the sword has no eyes, and it will be bad if it hurts the second young master."
After all, Li Bo and Li Bo were only teenagers. How could they withstand such provocation from Li Mu? Their blood immediately surged and their worries were thrown away.
"Two brothers, there is no need to worry. The family has a formal martial arts competition, and no one will be held accountable regardless of the outcome. This is the rule set by my father, and I will naturally abide by it."
Li Mufeng looked at the two of them lightly, holding the long sword in his hand, and his eyes were filled with three parts of fighting intent, three parts of provocation, three parts of confidence, and one part of condescension.
Li Mu, who was in such a posture, had never seen a dandy who had not practiced in ten years, an incompetent waste who had been wandering in the Land of Wind and Moon for a long time. At this time, Li Bo and Li Bo felt like they were facing a master. How could they endure it?
It was Shaolang's nature, but he was so aroused by Li Mu that he couldn't care about anything.
"Okay! Then according to what the second young master said, the two of us will compete with you. I hope the second young master will keep his word." Both of them were flushed, obviously very angry.
"I, Li Mu, keep my word, come on, you guys make the first move."
With a wave of the long sword, Li Mu stretched out his left hand and made a provocative gesture.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh" Li Bo and Li Bo couldn't bear it any longer. They pulled out their long swords and rushed towards Li Mu.