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Chapter 47 - Learning the six-veined divine sword

"So, you should already have the qualifications to practice martial arts." Ling Xiao said indifferently.

Hearing that, Duan Yu was startled, then woodenly nodded his head.

Seeing that Duan Yu had not told the truth yet, Ling Xiao was too lazy to pursue the matter. He directly threw a manual of martial arts to Duan Yu and said: "Open it, this is only the Shaolin Temple's normal martial arts techniques, and normally it is only practiced by the outer disciples. I will give you two hours.

With that, Ling Xiao left the place and directly entered the highest level of the Scripture Pavilion.

According to the explanation given by the Shaolin Temple, the six-veined divine sword was in a wooden box on the highest level. As for the key, it was given to Ling Xiao.

Actually, after obtaining the two peerless arts, the spiritual art of Darknorth and the microstep, Ling Xiao was no longer interested in the other technique. But since the Old Monk believed in him and placed their only hope of saving the Shaolin Temple on his shoulders, then it would naturally not let him down.

If he did not help out with this matter, the Shaolin Temple would be annihilated and would disappear from history, what would happen then?

Therefore, Ling Xiao decided to take action personally. With Duan Yu's level, five to six days of time was definitely not enough.

Opening the wooden box, Ling Xiao saw an old and worn out book that was quietly lying inside. The corners had already turned yellow, and it could be seen that it had undergone a lot of vicissitudes of life, but its overall appearance was still relatively neat and tidy. This showed that the Shaolin Temple cherished it a lot and used his heart to take care of it.

Flipping it open, on the first page there was a cursive script with the words six-veined divine sword written in large characters, but there was no indication of the author. As a result, the origin became somewhat mysterious.

Ling Xiao was not interested in the origins of this secret scripture on martial arts, so after a brief moment of respect, he started to leaf through it without hesitation.

There weren't many moves recorded inside, but every single one of them were extremely tricky and the descriptions weren't very thorough. If one's comprehension wasn't good enough, they wouldn't be able to understand them.

But with Ling Xiao's perception, looking at these profound and difficult moves, it was simply not difficult at all. However, because the markings beside the moves were not very detailed, Ling Xiao spent a bit of time to study and understand it on his own.

An hour of time was more than enough for Ling Xiao to comprehend the contents of the six-veined divine sword. He spent another hour to practice it so that he could strengthen his memory and grasp it even more proficiently.

Thus, two hours later, the six-veined divine sword, a peerless martial art that everyone could think of, clearly entered Ling Xiao's mind without leaving behind a single word.

Closing the ancient book, Ling Xiao took a deep breath, and slowly closed his eyes. A figure that was constantly dancing with a strange technique flickered, his movements flowing with water, it was a complete set of six-veined divine sword moves!

Opening his eyes, Ling Xiao's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

Ling Xiao did not put the six-veined divine sword back into the box, as he wanted to give this manual to Duan Yu.

Down the stairs, Ling Xiao came over to Duan Yu's side. He discovered that Duan Yu's head was covered in sweat, and was staring fixedly at that ordinary martial arts book, as if he had fallen into some difficult situation.

Seeing that, Ling Xiao could not help but shake his head and sigh: "Could it be that you are unable to decipher an ordinary set of martial arts?"

Hearing this, Duan Yu was shocked, it seemed that he was very serious just now.

"I'm sorry, Master, I was too stupid." Duan Yu also wanted to say a few reasons, but in the end, he gave up.

Ling Xiao could also see that Duan Yu was working hard, but for things like martial arts, one, it required talent, and the other, it required hard work and accumulation of time.

After all, a prodigy like Ling Xiao was always unique.

"That's enough, your hard work, I can only see it for myself, I cannot demand too much from you, so I am prepared to personally read the six-veined divine sword for you, and I hope you can learn it seriously." Ling Xiao said indifferently.

Hearing this, Duan Yu could not help but be happy, and happily replied: "Thank you Master for your concern!"

"Alright, take this ancient book and read it yourself. If you have any questions, ask me." With that said, Ling Xiao handed the Ancient Book of six-veined divine sword over to Duan Yu.

Although Ling Xiao planned to use his own understanding to help Duan Yu, learning about it was still Duan Yu's own business, so Ling Xiao could only support him and he could not take over completely. That would be too spoiling for Duan Yu.

It had to be said that Duan Yu, who did not know any martial arts, did indeed have an extremely poor comprehension ability.

Helpless, Ling Xiao could only explain it to Duan Yu step by step in detail. At the same time, every time he finished analyzing a portion of the moves, he would have to start practicing by himself, in order to deepen his impression of the man.

Just like this, an entire two days passed before Duan Yu managed to completely comprehend the entire six-veined divine sword.

"Now that you have completed all your studies and are going to combine them for me to see, how much have you remembered?" Ling Xiao asked Duan Yu to keep the ancient scrolls.

Duan Yu vigorously nodded his head, after cheering himself on, he stood up and walked to an empty space, and began using all of the moves of the six-veined divine sword.

After completing the set, Ling Xiao said with a serious expression on his face: "Ignoring the fact that your movements are stiff and disjointed, and you have done quite a few wrong details, you have even missed five crucial linking moves."

Hearing this, Duan Yu's face turned red, he scratched his head and said: "Master, I have already done my best."

"It's not enough yet. You have to continue practicing. According to the previous method, practice makes perfect. You still have about three days, so you have to make full use of it." Ling Xiao said in a serious tone.

Duan Yu responded as he once again flipped open the Ancient Book of the six-veined divine sword.

The reason why six-veined divine sword was known as an absolute art was because there were many surprising things about it, including when one performed it. When one combined their techniques, their moves would not only be able to catch others off guard, even one's own self would be surprised.

However, Duan Yu was different, he did not have the slightest ability to think in this regard. Hence, he could only practice everything according to the records in the ancient books.

If not for Ling Xiao helping him organize and decipher the information, even if Duan Yu took it back to train for ten years, he would not have been able to achieve anything.

It was just like a treasure map. If one could not understand it correctly, then they would never be able to find the true treasure. Naturally, this treasure map was worth even less than a piece of white paper.