I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 45: Sword in the Heart

Due to their evenly matched strength, Zhong Cang and Yan Lingdie's battle continued until dusk that day.

The second day, the third day, the fourth day... for the next ten days or so, Yan Lingdie stayed with Zhong Cang.

Whether it was fighting or discussing sword techniques, Yan Lingdie no longer came at noon. Instead, she would arrive early in the morning at the training ground, and stay there for the entire day.

During this process, she and Zhong Cang were inseparable.

Seeing this situation, Shui Bo was initially nervous, fearing that something romantic might develop between the two.

But soon, he realized he was overthinking it.

When things were normal, once Zhong Cang drew his sword, both he and Yan Lingdie became single-mindedly focused on the sword.

Love? What is that? It only affects my sword speed.

Under these circumstances, Shui Bo's worry was no longer about whether Yan Lingdie would fall in love or not.

He was afraid that if this continued, Yan Lingdie would become a swordsman who only had her longsword as her companion for life.

And treating a longsword as a wife was not uncommon in the cultivation world, but rather quite common.

"...No, I must tell Madam about this."

...

With the addition of Sword Heart and becoming a sword genius, Yan Lingdie's swordsmanship made great progress. Not only did she learn the formidable sword technique, Flame Spirit Slash, but she also learned how to leverage her strengths in battle.

Continuously sparring with Zhong Cang also allowed her to accumulate a wealth of combat experience.

Now, even without Sword Heart, she stood proudly with a fierce aura.

Her progress was rapid, and Zhong Cang benefited greatly.

The first benefit was spiritual stones. With money in hand, Yan Lingdie, who was not stingy, gave Zhong Cang a large amount of spiritual stones after he revealed his abilities. This made Zhong Cang's cultivation quite luxurious.

Even the original "family" friends of Zhong Yingying did not have as many spiritual stones as Zhong Cang.

The second benefit was the improvement of his perspective and swordsmanship.

In addition to fighting, Zhong Cang and Yan Lingdie, who were always together, also discussed sword techniques.

Because Zhong Cang's Sword Heart was stronger, whenever Yan Lingdie encountered difficulties in swordsmanship, she would always tell Zhong Cang about her problems.

In this process, Zhong Cang inevitably learned more sword techniques and secrets.

He learned that when swordsmanship reached a high level, there would be Sword Thunder, Sword Light Differentiation, Sword Intent, Sword Momentum, Sword Domain...

At the same time, he also learned that although the Flame Family controlled fire, their fire was not ordinary fire but a life flame with special power.

With this flame, they could shape the Flame Spirit.

It was also because of this flame that the Flame Family's swordsmanship did not follow the traditional path of breaking ten thousand techniques with one sword, but rather the path of the Creation Sword.

The so-called Creation Sword was to use one's own will, combined with the flame of life, to give the sword qi "life"...

Yan Lingdie talked a lot, but fortunately, with Shui Bo guarding the door, Zhong Cang did not overhear anything he shouldn't have.

However, even the things he could hear alone greatly expanded Zhong Cang's perspective.

In addition to spiritual stones and perspective, the continuously growing Zhong Yingying also put tremendous pressure on Zhong Cang, which greatly improved his Ignorant Heart Sword Art and Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower...

Continuously sparring and progressing together, Zhong Cang and Yan Lingdie began to feel a sense of rivalry.

...

Outside of Zhong Cang and Yan Lingdie, Zhong Yingying's growth was also tremendous.

Zhong Yingying's face was elevated, allowing her to continue practicing in the private training ground.

——There is also something else to mention, their training ground has also changed.

Previously, when Yan Lingdie came and fought with Zhong Cang, she would leave afterwards, which meant that although their training ground was of the highest quality, the emphasis was on tranquility.

Nowadays, Yan Lingdie spends half of her day in the training ground, gradually becoming dissatisfied with the environment there.

Even the best training ground did not satisfy Yan Lingdie... after all, this is still the outer sect.

Then, Zhong Cang witnessed what it meant to be wealthy.

After staying here for a long time, Yan Lingdie not only rented a small valley as her training ground, but also used a convenient array plate and spirit stones to enhance the spiritual energy concentration of the training ground.

Having this small spiritual land, even without any guidance, constantly cultivating here is a huge advantage for Zhong Yingying.

Not to mention, Zhong Cang did not forget about his sister and often bestowed Sword Heart upon her.

This preferential treatment also allowed her to progress rapidly.

What Zhong Cang did not expect was that the improved Zhong Yingying actually brought him a small surprise.

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More than ten days ago, Zhong Cang defeated Cai Guang with just two moves, and then Zhong Yingying stood up and angrily criticized the whole audience, which made those young members of the families feel embarrassed.

If it were normal teenagers, feeling embarrassed, they would directly stay away from Zhong Cang and Zhong Yingying and no longer interact with them.

However, these young members of the families were not normal. They had received family education and were reminded by their parents of the importance of opportunities.

Therefore, even though the situation was not good, in the following days, they still shamelessly came to the training ground, hoping to gain Yan Lingdie's attention.

Of course, after witnessing Zhong Cang's strength, no one dared to challenge him anymore. Most of these young people fought against each other when Yan Lingdie arrived, hoping to attract her attention through this method.

Zhong Cang naturally didn't care about this, after all, he still said, "You can use the training ground under my jurisdiction, but you have to pay."

Getting a large amount of spirit stones every day made Zhong Cang feel that these young members of the families were no longer detestable.

——This thought only flashed by, because he needed to focus on battling and discussing the Dao with Yan Lingdie, so he didn't have much time to pay attention to these "family" members.

He also didn't know that after the news spread that Yan Lingdie often came here, not only Yan Hongyu would bring people over, but some other young members of the families also came.

It was Zhong Yingying who dealt with these people.

At the same time, just as Zhong Yingying and Zhong Cang had said, making friends with the young members of the families was not about friendship, but about interests.

Even though Zhong Yingying had scolded them as despicable and shameless, and even took the blame for Zhong Cang receiving payment, her "friends" would still gather around her and have intimate conversations with her when she was exhausted from training outside (since she had no relationship with Yan Lingdie, the young miss would naturally not give her pills for recovery).

Hmm... it was only intimate on the surface, behind her back, they would continue to curse.

"Hmph, what's so great..."

"Isn't it just luck to have an outstanding brother..."

"Miss Yan is from a big family, her growth is fast, in at most a month, she will leave you and your brother far behind. Then, let's see how arrogant you can be!"

Because of her humble background, Zhong Yingying ultimately did not integrate into the circle of young members of the families.

The current enthusiasm was only because she could interact with Yan Lingdie.

However, whether it was the young members of the families who came first, those who came after hearing the news, or Yan Hongyu who had some chivalrous spirit, they all did not believe that Zhong Cang could continuously satisfy Yan Lingdie.

Therefore, in their hearts, they always looked down on Zhong Yingying.

And they all believed that her arrogance was only temporary.

However, just when they were thinking this way, an event occurred that shocked their eyes.

And from that moment on, their attitude towards Zhong Yingying and Zhong Cang completely changed.

(End of this chapter)