Watching Su Changqing in the field, holding a wooden sword with torrents of water swirling around him, Brother Er Niu was dumbfounded.
He opened his mouth wide, making a hoarse sound, and the sword light shimmering with azure glow left him bewildered.
This state of Su Changqing was all too familiar to him.
The sword technique's realm had reached perfection, resonating with heaven and earth, condensing his innate secret technique to enhance himself, causing a surge in power.
For an ordinary person, even if a Sword Dao failure could condense their innate secret technique, he could accept it.
But this was Su Changqing!
For eighteen years, he had never touched Sword Dao, let alone practiced it, even reading was only for a day or two.
More importantly, that blasted sword technique was incomplete!
"Just a sword move... can also condense an innate secret technique?"
Brother Er Niu grabbed his hair, "Even if he could master it, but... but this sword technique, the Young Master only practiced for two days."
"In two days, condensing an innate secret technique from just an incomplete set of sword moves?"
"By the Sword Emperor! What kind of blasted joke is this!"
Brother Er Niu stood there dumbfounded, his heart roaring incessantly.
And Su Changqing in the field looked at the wooden sword in his hand with a peculiar gaze.
At this moment, the wooden sword emitted a bright azure glow, and the entire sword exuded a sharp aura.
Simultaneously, a special power transmitted through the sword to his body.
"Is this the innate secret technique?"
Su Changqing closed his eyes to feel it, "It feels very powerful."
It wasn't an increase in physical strength, but a sort of... heavenly endowment.
"Roar!"
At this moment, a black bear seemed to sense a threat, roaring furiously as it lunged at Su Changqing.
Su Changqing opened his eyes, with no trace of nervousness on his face, only calmness.
The wooden sword in his hand lightly swung out, and the surrounding space resonated like the sound of flowing water in streams and lakes.
"Buzz!"
A barely audible sword hum rang out, and the wooden sword instantly sliced through the black bear's forelimb.
"Roar!"
The black bear let out a shrill scream in an instant, as the wooden sword seemed unimpeded, effortlessly severing its limb.
Su Changqing moved with the sword, and the sound of water flowing in the space became increasingly urgent and loud.
The sword technique like flowing clouds and water descended upon the black bear like crashing waves.
In just a blink, the massive black bear fell heavily to the ground, covered with sword marks.
"A sword technique infused with innate secret techniques is indeed this powerful?"
Su Changqing looked at the wooden sword in his hand with delight.
Clearly just a wooden sword, yet it was so sharp that even the bear's fur couldn't withstand it.
He underestimated how much the mark could amplify the sword technique.
"If only the sword technique was complete, what a pity."
Su Changqing shook his head, then turned to the stunned Brother Er Niu, teasingly saying:
"So, how is it? I told you I could master it, right?"
Brother Er Niu dumbly nodded, then took a step forward to stand in front of Su Changqing, eagerly asked:
"Chang Qing, did... did you practice this sword technique before?"
Su Changqing shook his head, "No, didn't you give it to me two days ago?"
"Mastered it in just two days?"
"Yeah, it's not very difficult. Kept practicing and eventually learned it."
Brother Er Niu stood there as if struck by five bolts of thunder.
The Surging Waves Sword... not difficult?
This was a Celestial Tier secret skill, and he had practiced it for over half a year to reach mastery, considering himself a Sword Dao prodigy already.
Yet the Young Master, in two days, took an incomplete sword technique and cultivated it into an innate secret technique?
For a moment, Brother Er Niu's gaze towards Su Changqing changed.
They had grown up playing together, and he just thought Chang Qing was smart, but never gave it much thought.
Now, seeing Su Changqing's initial steps into cultivation and his terrifying comprehension, it shook him to the core.
He was surely a prodigy, but the Young Master, surpasses even the heavenly prodigies by a percent!
"Is this... the genius nurtured by the Patriarch at the cost of eighteen years?"
Brother Er Niu gazed toward the sky, unable to hide the excitement in his eyes.
As the grand era approaches, with the Young Master around, surely there would be a place for the Su family at the peak!
"Why so excited? Don't worry, I assure you I'll teach you this sword technique."
Su Changqing patted Brother Er Niu on the shoulder and smiled.
Brother Er Niu was about to say something when howls of wolves suddenly echoed from deep within the forest.
Having no time to clean up the battlefield, Su Changqing hurriedly pulled Brother Er Niu to run,
"Run quickly, the wolf pack is coming!"
...
Su Changqing ran for a while with Brother Er Niu, only relaxing when they found safety.
Seeing Brother Er Niu still staring blankly at him, Su Changqing raised his eyebrow and smiled, "Want to learn?"
Brother Er Niu's eyes lit up, nodding vigorously, "Learn, definitely want to learn!"
He was just worried about having no teacher for this sword technique, now that the Young Master had mastered it, he certainly wouldn't be polite.
Two years later Young Master will go for cultivation, it's foreseeable that by then the Young Master's progress will be remarkably fast.
As the future right-hand man to the Young Master, he cannot afford to be left behind too much.
Hearing this, Su Changqing smiled, took out the tattered sword technique manual from his pocket, and tossed it to Brother Er Niu, "Review it first, and I'll teach you after."
Brother Er Niu forced a bitter smile in his heart; he had almost worn out this sword technique manual.
But to dispel Chang Qing's doubts, he still seriously reviewed it once more.
"Try performing it once, and I'll tell you what you're doing wrong."
Su Changqing broke off a twig and threw it to Brother Er Niu.
Brother Er Niu nodded, took a deep breath, then executed a standard opening move of the Surging Waves Sword Technique.
As a Sword Dao genius who had honed the Surging Waves Sword for a long time, his sword technique was like flowing clouds and water, with the unique sharpness of a Sword Cultivator spreading out.
Wow!
The sound of water flowing in the world resounded incessantly, with mighty waves crashing into the mind.
Soon, he had gone through a complete set of the Surging Waves Sword Technique.
This sword technique, although Brother Er Niu didn't use cultivation, he exerted all his efforts, even displaying the realm of the sword technique.
Only in this way, the onlooker could notice where his problem lay.
"Chang Qing, did you see where the problem is?" Brother Er Niu asked expectantly.
The benefit of having a teacher is not having to speculate aimlessly, allowing one to avoid many detours.
However, Su Changqing didn't answer immediately, but exclaimed, "Brother Er Niu, you truly are a genius."
"Even on the first time, you practiced it so well."
These were Su Changqing's heartfelt words; the first time he practiced, he was only slightly better than Brother Er Niu.
"What the teacher said is right; I'm just a bit stronger than ordinary people."
"I even thought I was a peerless Sword Dao genius, but I guess not."
Su Changqing chuckled bitterly inside.
Seeing Brother Er Niu practicing the sword dispelled his dreams of being a genius.
It was right; evaluating this world through the eyes of his past life was a mistake in itself.
This world had Immortals and martial arts; even the average person would naturally be stronger than those in his past life. Didn't he see that the black bear had grown to a height of over three meters?
"Me, a genius?"
And at this moment, Brother Er Niu's face turned a deep shade of red upon hearing this.
He was far from being a genius. He practiced this sword for over half a year, yet it was still inferior to others' two days. What kind of genius was this?
Hearing Su Changqing's words, he wished he could find a hole in the ground to hide in.
"Ahem, Chang Qing, about this sword technique... did you see where the problem is?"
Brother Er Niu quickly shifted the topic and asked.
"The problem is quite obvious."
Having only watched once, Su Changqing casually said:
"This sword technique is called the Surging Waves Sword, but it shouldn't strive to force through right from the start."
"This sword technique requires accumulating strength, starting like a winding stream, gathering into a lake, then flowing into rivers and seas, ultimately all streams converge, stirring up surging waves and terrifying billows!"
"You were too eager and used too much force."
With just a few simple words, Brother Er Niu felt as if struck by lightning, the fog in his mind suddenly dissipated.
"So that's it..."
Brother Er Niu looked at the wooden stick in his hand, his eyes revealing an expression of realization,
"The issue that trapped me was this simple."