Chapter362:TheNewTalent
Casinaspokeandheldthegobletinherhandandlookedupatthemoon,thenYunXi’smiserablefatehadbeendetermined.
Hedidn’tevenknowwhathithimwhenhistwinswordsflewoutofhishandsandstuckintothefloorofthefloatingship.Hehimselfwaskickedofftheshipbysomeunknownforce,droppingtothegroundfromthousandsofmetreshighinthesky.
"Arrrghhh!"Thesenseofweightlessnessmadehimemitasadcry.
Iwilldie!Iwilldie!Withoutthetwinswords,Iwoulddashmybrainsoutontheground!
"Shuffle!"
WhenYunXiwasaboutadozenofmetresawayfromtheground,thethreadsuddenlymovedandformedawebthatwasfullofflexiblethreads,catchinghisfallingbodyintheair,andbarelystoppedwhenhewasonlyafewcentimetersawayfromtheground.Then,hisbodywasbouncedintotheskyagain.
"Whooa!"Hedidn’texpecttoseethe"softness"ofthethreadinthismanner.
Rollingaroundinalotofthreadsintheair,andbouncedupanddownfordozensoftimes,hefinallystoodontheground,gaspingforair.
Thewebreturnedtoitsinitialform,thethreadagain.
"Thisis...soft..."YunXiexperiencedhowspecialthethreadwaswithhisownbody.
"Doitagain.Yourcreativityisn’tbad."Casina’slazyvoicecamefromthesky,tellinghimthathedidn’tdowrong.
Theonlymistakehemadewastoborrowstrengthfromthetwinswords.Casinadidn’tliketoseehimpullthroughthedifficultybyusingthepairoftop-levelspiritweapons.
"Whatastrictteacher."YunXipulledthethreadandcalculatedtheparametersthesuperslingshothewouldmake.
"Wind...acceleration...andinertia..."Failureisthemotherofsuccess.Fromtheexperiencebefore,heknewhowtodevelopanewsuperslingshottoshoothimselfintothesky.
Comparedtothefirstshoddyslingshot,thisonewasmoresophisticated.Heevenknittedthethread,increasingtheelasticityoftheslingshotseveraltimes.
Hehadnocluewhatthematerialofthethreadwasmadeof.Nomatterhowstrongastrengthheused,itwouldn’tbreak.Itwasreallyatreasure!
"Ok...Ithinkit’sdonenow..."Again,hestoodinthecenterofthenewsuperslingshot.
Humancannonball,fire!
"Bang!"YunXi’sbodywasshotintotheskylikeanarrow.Thistime,heflewtotheskythatwasevenhundredsofmetrestallerthanthefloatingship,theSandsofTime.
"Rightnow!"LookingdownattheflooroftheSandsofTime,hisbodynimblyturnedaroundintheair.
Hewasn’tholdingaswordinhishand,buttherewasaswordinhisheart.
FlyingSwallowSword!
Likeaswallowflyinginthesky,heovercamegravityandgentlylandedontheflooroftheSandsofTime,lookingatCasinawhowassittingonthethroneleisurely.
"99points."CasinadrankthepoisonouswinefromHydraandpraisedhimwithasatisfiedair.
Undoubtedly,hernewdisciple,YunXi,hadagreattalent.
Inthepast,evenherbestdisciplecouldn’tclimbuptothefloatingshipbeforetryingdozensoftimes.
Differentpeoplehaddifferentideas,therewasn’tanexactanswertosolvethisproblem.YunXi’smethodwasthemostimaginativeofall.
Shedidn’tgivehim100points,becauseshedidn’twanthimtobetooproud.
"LiedownandpracticetheTreasureShipStyle1000times.Bequick!"CasinapleasinglyputhertoesonthegroundandsteppedontoYunXi’sback.
Everythingwasassmoothasfloatingcloudsandflowingwater.BeforeYunXisawhermoving,hehadfeltherweightonhisbackandwasforcedtoleavehishandsoffthegroundforasupport.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袩)
"Hum...verywell,yourbodyjustbecamebetter."Sittingonhisback,CasinadrankandurgedhimtopracticetheTreasureShipStyle.
"Isee..."Whatelsecouldhesaywhenitwassuchastrongandcapriciousteacher?
Casinasaidthathisbodyhadbecomebetter...YunXihimselfalsonoticedit.
WhenhemettheBlackDemonDog,heenteredtheKillingPrincessModeandhismindfirmlyrememberedthefeelingofcontrollingeachmuscleandbloodcellofhisbody.Eventhoughhecouldonlyrepeatonetenthofthespecialmodenow,itwasstillanamazingtreasure.
TheKillingPrincessindeedlefthimaveryvaluabletreasure.
Thememorythatwashidingdeepwithinhisbodywasactivatednow.
Contracthismuscles,andloosenthem.
Controltherhythmofhisbreathing,andthebeatofhisheart.
Originally,theknowledgecouldonlybelearnedafterrepeatingthesamepracticethousandsoftimes.Butnow,theywereflowingintohismindnaturally.
"Oh...oh!Verygood.Keepgoing!"Sittingonhisback,Casinaknewthemovementofhiseverymuscle.ShefoundthatherdisciplequicklylearnedtheskilloftheTreasureShipStyle.
Hewasstillabitinexperiencedatfirst,butquicklygothimselfintoit.
InCasina’seyes,hedidn’tlooklikeanewbiewhoonlypracticedtheTreasureShipStyleonenight,butlikeamanwhohadpracticeditcountlessdaysandnights.
Thiswastheso-calledtalent,thetalentaboutpracticing.
AfterrepeatingtheTreasureShipStyleforathousandtimes,YunXigaspedforair.Sweatbrokeoutalloverhisbody.
HecouldclearlyfeelthatCasinabecametwotimesheavierthanbeforewhenthepracticewasdrawingtoanend.Ifhedidn’tusetheskillhelearnedfromthememoryoftheKillingBlood,hewouldhavelaidonhisstomachlikeadeadbody.
"Good.YouhavemasteredtheskilloftheTreasureShipStyle.Thenextistoincreasethetrainingintensity."Casinasquintedathim,whowasprobablythemostexcellentdiscipleofhers.
"It’stimetoteachyouthethirdstyle."