The Human Puppet Master was evidently a bit annoyed.
From its perspective, Li Muyang should have simply gone forward to take the sword and then quickly returned to find the half-demon General Luo Feng.
But just when it came time to act, Li Muyang suddenly started to dawdle… Wasn’t this just pure troublemaking?
The Human Puppet Master was utterly speechless.
Li Muyang, however, chuckled, “Senior, don’t be in a hurry. Can’t I be curious?”
“Suppose I came here alone, how could I safely take away the Startling Swan Immortal Sword?”
This was very important to the current Li Muyang.
If he could take the Startling Swan Immortal Sword alone, he wouldn’t have to worry about being trapped in this mystic place and could leave at any time.
Although Yan Xiaoru said that once the Sect reinforcements arrived, they could open the mystic place with their help and rescue the two of them,
Li Muyang never put his hopes on others.
Fairy Yu’s resting place was so hidden, how could it possibly be easily found.
Maybe the people outside wouldn’t find their bodies and would treat him and Yan Xiaoru as heroes who had sacrificed bravely.
It was still best to find a way to subdue the Startling Swan Immortal Sword and possess this Immortal Sword.
Finding his own way to break the situation was the safest.
Experience more on empire
Li Muyang refused to take the sword and instead asked a bunch of questions, making the Human Puppet Master’s head grow impatient.
But it still patiently explained.
[Human Puppet Master: The Immortal Sword has a spirit and won’t be easily taken by you. If you came here alone, you wouldn’t even be able to pull out the sword.]
[Human Puppet Master: But with this old man by your side, the Immortal Sword will give some face and obediently let you take it away.]
[Human Puppet Master: As for your agreement with Luo Feng, this old man will not forget. After the task is complete, this old man will teach you the Sword Control Heart Technique, which at the very least will allow you to control the Immortal Sword and unleash about seventy percent of its power.]
[Human Puppet Master: Don’t think seventy percent is too little. Seventy percent power is already very strong. And since the Immortal Sword has a spirit, if you have the ability to gain the approval of the sword, it won’t be difficult to unleash all of its power in the future.]
The Human Puppet Master began to make big promises to Li Muyang.
Li Muyang looked skeptical, “Do you know the Sword Control Heart Technique of the Startling Swan Immortal Sword?”
This Startling Swan Immortal Sword was clearly Fairy Yu’s sword!
[Human Puppet Master: …You ignorant brat! This old man watched Fairy Yu grow up! Naturally, I know her Sword Control Heart Technique.]
[Human Puppet Master: Would this old man lie to a little brat like you?]
This Human Puppet Master clearly had very ancient credentials.
Li Muyang, “Then, Senior, could you teach me the technique now? It’s not that I don’t believe you, but I’m just genuinely curious to learn…”
Li Muyang was all smiles.
[Human Puppet Master: Impossible! What if I teach you the technique now and you run away with the sword? You must bring the sword back to Luo Feng. Only then will this old man teach you the technique.]
The Human Puppet Master was stubborn in its opinion, no matter what Li Muyang said, it simply wouldn’t budge.
After much fuss, seeing that this stubborn head still wouldn’t relent, Li Muyang simply shrugged his shoulders.
“Alright! You said it, bring the sword back to find Luo Feng, then you’ll teach me the Sword Control Heart Technique.”
After saving a file, Li Muyang walked over, pulled out the Immortal Sword from the grave mound in front, and then left the mystic place.
As expected, upon exiting the mystic place, he ran into the blocking Granny Gu.
However, Li Muyang just turned and ran, not giving Granny Gu a chance to make a move.
His figure sprinted wildly through the city of Nanjiang, quickly shaking off Granny Gu, and returned to the mansion of the half-demon General Luo Feng.
The same scenario occurred.
Upon receiving the Startling Swan Immortal Sword, the half-demon General Luo Feng immediately underwent demonization, transformed into a mountainous giant monster, and began a massacre in the city.
But this time, Li Muyang didn’t control Jiang Xiaoyu to leave, but instead found the head of the Human Puppet Master.
[Jiang Xiaoyu: Senior, the Sword Control Heart Technique of the Startling Swan Immortal Sword you promised… Can you teach it to me now?]
Li Muyang’s eyes stared fixedly at the game’s stubborn head, fearing that the fellow would go back on its word.
But the Human Puppet Master glanced at the Demonized half-demon general slaughtering in the distance and nodded.
[Human Puppet Master: “All right! I shall teach you now!”]
[Human Puppet Master: “The Sword Control Heart Technique of the Startling Swan Immortal Sword is as follows…”]
In the game interface, the Human Puppet Master immediately recited a profound and obscure Sword Control mantra.
Li Muyang’s eyes widened as he stared intently at the screen, continuously jotting down the mantra.
After ten minutes, the recitation by the Human Puppet Master finally ended.
[Human Puppet Master: “How about it? Have you learned it?”]
[Jiang Xiaoyu: “Uh… I haven’t fully mastered it, but I basically got about seventy percent.”]
[Human Puppet Master: “Good lad, you have quite the knack for boasting. Although the Sword Control Heart Technique is not complicated, to truly master and integrate it requires at least a month or two of hard practice, unless you have some special blood uh…”]
The Human Puppet Master hadn’t finished speaking when Jiang Xiaoyu in the game gently raised his hand.
All the tables and chairs in his room floated up, using the very Sword Control Technique the Human Puppet Master mentioned.
Li Muyang’s view prompted a system notification.
[Startling Swan Sword Technique realized]
[Human Puppet Master: “…”]
Li Muyang: “…”
Seeing Jiang Xiaoyu in the game, who possessed the ancient evil bloodline, learn the Startling Swan Sword Technique after just one hearing, Li Muyang felt an immense frustration.
I haven’t learned it yet!
He hadn’t even completely remembered the contents of the mantra.
Who has the talent to remember everything after hearing it just once?
Li Muyang had no choice but to reload the file, return to the moment before the Human Puppet Master started teaching, and listen carefully to the recitation of the Sword Control Heart Technique once again.
Thus, he repeated this process of reloading and memorizing over and over again, tormenting himself all day long until the evening sun set in the secret realm and the moon was full in the sky, and Li Muyang in the bamboo forest finally opened his eyes having memorized all the content of the Heart Technique.
“Why don’t I have a special bloodline…”
Li Muyang sighed, feeling envious of Jiang Xiaoyu’s amazing talent to master skills after just one hearing.
But fortunately, he had his save-and-load strategy. Although his memory was average, he managed to remember it in the end.
After shutting down the game, Li Muyang glanced outside again.
His location was high up, hidden in a bamboo forest which perfectly overlooked the grassland beyond.
At that moment, Elder Yan in a purple robe sat silently ten paces in front of Fairy Jade’s tomb, her head bowed in a disappointed manner, clearly making little progress.
From his position, Li Muyang could look down on Yan Xiaoru, but Yan Xiaoru could not see Li Muyang hidden behind the bamboo.
Seeing Yan Xiaoru still remaining in the same place, Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief.
He picked up a dry branch from the ground, stared at it intensely, and began reciting quietly.
Although his cultivation was sealed, Fairy Jade’s “Startling Swan Sword Technique” emphasized more on spirit, and could be used even with a sealed cultivation.
It was just that Li Muyang’s aptitude was truly quite average.
He stared at the dry branch before him for a long while, but remained unable to perform the complicated and obscure “Startling Swan Sword Technique.”
His understanding was far from Jiang Xiaoyu’s, who grasped it immediately upon hearing.
“The ancient evil bloodline is indeed powerful…”
Li Muyang sighed and, worn out after a whole night’s effort, fell asleep.
Facing the rising morning sun, he curled up in a comfortable spot where the sunlight just right and fell asleep.
Planning to sleep for a while and then continue training after waking up.
The worse you are, the more you train!
Li Muyang didn’t believe he couldn’t learn the “Startling Swan Sword Technique.”