Chapter 13 Flowery Fists and Embroidery Kicks, Every Strike Deadly (Please Bookmark, Please Follow)

"What is the 'Tidal Breathing Technique'?"

If the "Gentle Water Eight Stances" stance method is a rare foundational wonder in the martial world,

then the Wave Subduing Blade Technique is a superior martial art that shakes the Jianghu.

And just how far these two signature martial arts of the Lin Family can go depends on whether "Tidal Breath Technique" has been learned.

This is the core secret technique of the Guangning Lin Clan's establishment.

It is generally only passed down through the direct lineage of the family.

Xiao Xue and Xiao Cui were only taught because they grew up with the Third Miss Lin of the Lin Family since childhood, and once the Third Miss marries, they would also serve as accompanying maids, making them absolutely trusted insiders.

Even the loyal and extraordinary family retainer Lin Ziqi was not qualified to learn it.

Such a secret technique is definitely the core competitive strength for a family's lasting prosperity.

How could it be passed on casually?

Keep in mind, some Jianghu Sects would go to great lengths to pursue and kill anyone who steals their unique skills, to ensure the techniques are thoroughly reclaimed.

From this, you can see just how serious the matter is.

Among the various sects in the world, breath control techniques are already rare. Those who possess them are completely on a different level compared to martial artists who merely refine their muscles and bones.

Some breath control techniques can only be practiced to the Blood Renewal and Organ Refinement realms, and are already very sought after.

Yet, the Lin Family's 'Tidal Breath Technique' can theoretically lead straight to the pinnacle of the True Martial Realm.

Of course, whether or not one can succeed depends on personal talent...

But at the very least, the upper limit of this breath control method is quite high.

Because it originated from the 'Cloud Water Sect' of the 'Four Great Immortal Sects,' it is different from ordinary cultivation techniques.

"I remember when my little sister was three years old, she went to Yunhu Lake on a spring outing, fell by the lake, and kicked up a piece of gold as large as a horse's hoof."

Lin Huaiyu unexpectedly began to reminisce about some past events.

"When she was six, she followed us to Qingwu Mountain to gather herbs, and while not being watched, she fell into a hole and stepped on a Biluo Fruit.

Later, this precious medicine helped me complete my Blood Renewal and has been of endless benefit to me to this day."

"Yes, Miss, you even sealed off this information, saying that the Ninth Miss naturally has some inexplicably good luck. Could it be that..."

"You've been following Xiao Jiu these past two days. I imagine that Zhou..."

"Zhou Ping'an."

"Right, Zhou Ping'an, he shouldn't have noticed you, and your memory, even stronger than mine, can almost be described as photographic. Tell me about the good-looking sword techniques he practiced."

Having a good memory and broad knowledge doesn't necessarily mean one has a solid background in martial arts.

To make Xiao Jiu so happy that she would give away the Lin Family's core cultivation method without a second thought, there must be deeper meanings involved.

However, Xiao Xue hadn't seen them.

"The sword technique he practiced was actually just some fancy little tricks."

"To describe it as 'flowery fists and embroidery kicks' wouldn't be too far off. Although it's extremely pleasing to the eye, it's practically useless in combat."

Xiao Xue herself had to admit that his sword techniques were indeed so captivating that one could hardly take their eyes off of them, especially when the blades bloomed like flowers, she forgot everything else.

Her mind was completely occupied by his leaping and flipping figure, to the point that for a moment, she was lost in a daze...

By the time the Ninth Miss had finished explaining the breath control technique and had also finished practicing, Xiao Xue had barely snapped back to reality.

She hadn't managed to intervene in time.

Now, thinking back on it, those sword techniques were still vivid in her memory.

She replicated the moves used by Zhou Ping'an, one by one.

Although her movements were slow, they were fundamentally accurate.

"This is not right, he should have done it like this, yes, this movement needs to be three parts faster. I'm afraid of cutting my fingers,

this move, as Zhou Ping'an said, is called 'Dance Flower Dragon Shape Slash'..."

Xiao Xue drew her sword and practiced as she spoke.

After all, she was a seventeen-year-old girl.

She had been practicing martial arts since she was young, and her bones were incredibly flexible.

Add to that her recent great achievement in refining muscles and bones and self-generating Marrow Energy, her physical condition was strong as a horse.

When practicing the routines, even if the movements and stances were complex, she learned by mimicking, with no worry of injuring herself.

If Zhou Ping'an were present, he would surely marvel at the girl's powerful learning and replicating abilities.

A white figure could be seen, with the flash of her blade like a flicker of snow.

Unparalleled and distinguished, she danced an extremely beautiful dance.

Xiao Xue kept recalling the sword techniques, practicing various complicated and strange moves, but she didn't notice that her mistress's eyes were becoming more solemn, and her expression increasingly strange.

"Stop, perform the 'Looking Back at the Moon' again for me," Lin Huaiyu suddenly called out with an urgent tone.

Xiao Xue hastily turned her head to look.

She saw the young miss's eyes brimming with excitement, her porcelain-like face flushed with layers of red.

Even the tip of her nose had a faint reflective glow.

This must be the utmost thrill.

With some confusion, she applied one of the moves from the "Python Rolls Over Nine Blades" they had just practiced—"Looking Back at the Moon."

"Not like that, yes, just like this..."

All of a sudden, Lin Huaiyu reached over and took the long blade from Xiao Xue's hand, slashing heavily downward...

The blade's light thundered and chased lightning; midway through the slash, she unexpectedly transitioned into a staggered step.

She twisted her waist like a corkscrew, the blade moving even faster, yet it cut behind her.

Despite aiming to chop forward, the blade's actual fall was from bottom to top, viciously slashing backward.

It was as if by magic.

"I've heard that on the battlefield, there are famed generals who are masters of the 'Returning Horse Spear,' hailed as the unmatched move of desperation to seek life in the face of death.

Unless one anticipates the move before the opponent executes it, once the technique is carried out, it cannot be defended against, and death is certain."

After executing the slash, Lin Huaiyu let out a deep sigh, her eyes shining frighteningly bright.

"Xiao Xue, you were mistaken, the sword forms this person displayed, they're far from any showy tricks.

Every move and every form is beyond expectation, something an average person wouldn't even fathom."

Xiao Xue was also stunned.

She watched as her young miss executed the "Looking Back at the Moon" stance, and though it seemed to be the same move she had secretly watched Zhou Ping'an practice, it was fundamentally different in essence.

Just a flash of the blade...

Muddling front and back.

If she were the enemy of that blade, even if her opponent had the same cultivation level, she would be effortlessly cut down like a piece of wood.

Dead without understanding how.

The young miss's slash just now was nothing more than tripling the blade's speed, and the speed at which her body transformed also tripled, without really leveraging her strength.

Because she was injured and suppressing her Fire Jin, she did not use the Wave Subduing Blade's Wave Stacking Form.

Otherwise, that slash's speed and ferocity would have been many times stronger.

Even though she only used the move without any Sword Energy, the slash was beguilingly sinister, teeming with concealed lethality.

"You don't understand, in this world it's easy to train one's cultivation realm. Those with wealth and power have no lack of secret techniques and precious medicines, they can stack their way up...

Therefore, most experts rely on overwhelming others with their strength.

But when you reach an extremely high level and encounter a bottleneck,"

"At that time, what's tested is not mere strength, but creative thinking and ingenuity."

"Those startlingly brilliant moves and unexpected techniques might even dazzle an era, becoming coveted secrets not to be disclosed by any sect or family, the bedrock of one's standing and survival."

After reflecting for a moment, Lin Huaiyu suddenly leaned back sharply, her back half a foot off the ground, toes pointing like arrows as she retreated...

It appeared as though a fearsome enemy had arrived from the front, attacking so ferociously that she had to use such an extreme motion to dodge backward.

The enemy, however, would relentlessly pursue, on the brink of life and death.

Then, Xiao Xue watched in astonishment as, seemingly out of nowhere, the long blade that the young miss held vanished, her body beginning to spin.

One moment the blade's light was on the right.

The next moment, it had whooshed past from the left.

If someone were really pursuing, they would likely be cut in the waist without realizing...

This slash was dark and mysterious to the extreme, striking in a manner that seemed utterly impossible from the start.

From showing the blade, to hiding it, then striking with it...

It was as if it were all a joke.

Even with Xiao Xue's wit, she couldn't puzzle it out immediately.

After pondering, she finally understood how the move had been performed.

"To break the move, you must not pursue...

Either hand can strike, able to switch between forehand and backhand blade strikes.

A single spin opens up four ways to wield the blade, eight angles of attack..."

"In the blink of an eye, unless the blade's light is upon you, you would never guess how the retreating person will strike."

Having realized this, Xiao Xue could not help but marvel.

This was no mere fancy maneuver; it was a lethal strike with every slash.

Luring one into a trap unknowingly.