"You're right. In Jade City, I may not be weak, but compared to Ming Long, the difference is too great."
Stung by the truth, Liu Ji Ya bit her lip. She took another Qi-Locking Pill, took several deep breaths, and then went to the edge of the cliff to start practicing swordplay again.
Liu Ji Ya's moves were sharp and the killing intent was icy cold, clearly because she was thinking of Ming Long.
Chu Hao watched for a moment, then shook his head.
"Wrong. Your heart is filled with killing intent and resentment as you practice your sword. Be careful, you might suffer from a qi deviation. When practicing swordplay, your mind must be as calm as still water, your thoughts must be uniform and in harmony with your heart. Your mind should be peaceful, like stagnant water. This kind of self-forgetful immersion is the best way to practice swordplay."
Chu Hao's tone was steady, calming people's hearts like flowing water.
"Forget about Ming Long. Don't be impatient; it will come with time."
Liu Ji Ya was, after all, the Liu family's top prodigy, and her talent was not bad. Under Chu Hao's guidance, she gradually calmed her heart. Although her sword technique lacked the initial killing intent, it became even more profound and wondrous.
With the slippery ice under her feet and the fierce, cold gale, she naturally couldn't be as sure-footed as Chu Hao.
Many times she encountered danger, her body almost being blown away by the strong winds.
Whenever this happened, she could only quickly stop practicing her sword and try to stabilize her body.
"Don't be afraid. Just perform with ease. If you truly fall, I will save you," Chu Hao reminded her.
"Hoo!"
The wind was fierce and cold like a blade. This wind was strong enough to break and uproot ordinary trees.
Liu Ji Ya stood at the edge of the abyss. This time, she finally lost her balance, stumbled, and her body tilted towards the abyss, falling outward.
This was a moment of life and death. She had taken a Qi-Locking Pill, so the Great Grandmaster Realm aura in her body was difficult to use. A fall meant certain death.
At the crucial moment, she quickly looked towards Chu Hao.
Chu Hao had said he would save her.
But Chu Hao was like a block of stone, standing there and watching coldly, completely indifferent to her fall.
"Ah!"
Liu Ji Ya shrieked in fear. Her entire body had fallen outwards, plummeting downwards.
What made her heart turn cold was that Chu Hao showed no intention of saving her.
"Am I going to die?"
In a flash, this thought crossed Liu Ji Ya's mind. But perhaps the fear of death forced out her potential. At the critical moment, she desperately swung the longsword in her hand and stabbed it fiercely into the cliff face.
The sword was a High-grade Treasure Tool, its sharpness astonishing.
The sword pierced into the rock with a fierce sound. Liu Ji Ya held the hilt tightly, her body suspended. She looked down and couldn't help but feel terrified.
"Climb up yourself."
Chu Hao stood with his arms crossed, not helping at all.
Liu Ji Ya bit her teeth resentfully. Although she couldn't use her cultivation, her physical skills were not weak. She slowly climbed back up.
"You said you would save me!"
After getting back up, Liu Ji Ya's face was as cold as ice, filled with extreme anger. She had almost fallen to her death just now. This was the first time she had experienced such danger.
"I lied to you. You actually believed it?"
Chu Hao laughed coldly.
"Save you? You must know how to save yourself. It is better to rely on yourself than on others. Your life is your own. My fate is up to me, not to the heavens. I can save you once, but what about the next time? What about the day when someone wants to kill you and I'm not by your side? What will you do then?"
"When you face the Heavenly Tribulation in the future, you will have to face it alone. What will you do then? Rely on others to save you?"
"If you truly fell to your death, it would mean you are an incurable fool. I wouldn't care about the life or death of a fool."
Chu Hao's first two sentences were logical and irrefutable, but the last sentence almost made Liu Ji Ya die of anger.
"You are truly a heartless person!"
Liu Ji Ya was so angry that her chest heaved. She didn't even use the honorific "Mister" anymore.
"Continue," Chu Hao was as calm as ever, as if he would never get angry.
Liu Ji Ya glared fiercely at Chu Hao. She now had a clearer understanding of Chu Hao's personality.
Chu Hao seemed to be gentle and approachable on the surface, but in reality, there was a greater heartlessness hidden within his kindness.
"Don't try to resist the wind. You must learn to use its force. You can deflect a thousand pounds with just four ounces by borrowing the force and redirecting the massive force away. Just now, when the wind blew, if you had borrowed its force to perform a sword move, the power would have been completely different."
Chu Hao occasionally gave her a few pointers. From this perspective, Liu Ji Ya thought that Chu Hao was a flawless teacher. Every one of his words contained truth, and she benefited greatly from them.
After a long while, Liu Ji Ya was sweating profusely, her face flushed. Even with the cold wind blowing, she still sweated all over.
Her green robe was made of silk. After it was soaked in sweat, it clung to her skin, and her snow-white skin became partially visible, adding a bit of beauty.
"Continue practicing until you reach your limit," Chu Hao saw that Liu Ji Ya's movements had slowed down and knew she wanted to rest. But he didn't allow it.
"You can't even endure this little bit of tiredness? Are you that useless?"
Liu Ji Ya was a little dejected. Did this Chu Hao person not have the concept of "cherishing and pitying the fairer sex"?
While Liu Ji Ya was practicing her sword, Chu Hao was not idle. He held two primordial stones in his hands, urging the Nameless cultivation technique to absorb the primordial energy within them.
The primordial stones were the size of pebbles and glowed with a green color.
The primordial energy within one primordial stone was enough for an ordinary cultivator to cultivate for at least three days.
But at Chu Hao's thirty-six times cultivation speed, he could drain a single primordial stone in just one hour.
As time gradually approached evening, Chu Hao had told Chu Ling Er that he wouldn't be returning at noon, so he would be eating at the Liu family.