Unsheathed

Chen Ping'an glanced at the sky and said to Zhao Shuxia with a smile, "Alright, let's stop here. Remember not to neglect the six-step walking meditation, and also strive to reach five hundred thousand punches. Follow the method I taught you, and make sure to enter the fist stance before throwing a punch. You shouldn't perform walking meditation and throw punches if anything feels off about your fist stance.

"When you become tired from practicing walking meditation, use the mantra I taught you to practice standing meditation while you rest. Both of us are slow and untalented, so we can only use the simplest methods to practice fist techniques. However, there will eventually come a day when you suddenly get hit by a stroke of enlightenment. Of course, you shouldn't feel anxious even if this day takes a long time to arrive."

Chen Ping'an rolled his sleeves down and lightly patted them straight. He then patted Zhao Shuxia's shoulder and said, "Alright, that's all I have to say."

Zhao Shuxia wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Zhao Luan had already stood up.

"I need to discuss something with Mr. Wu before I leave," Chen Ping'an said.

Chen Ping'an sighed softly when he found Wu Shuowen, who was currently practicing calligraphy in his room. He planned to speak the truth, but the speech that he had prepared in his mind earlier fell to pieces when it came time for him to use it.

"Mr. Wu, Luanluan is your disciple, so I technically shouldn't be telling you what to do. However, Luanluan is at a critical point of her cultivation right now, and it's incredibly beneficial for Qi refiners to reach the Abode Tier earlier even if it's only by a single day. With this in mind, I've prepared a sum of immortal coins..."

Wu Shuowen smiled and didn't say anything.

Chen Ping'an could only muster his courage and continue, "...As well as a few talismans, and I plan to offer these as a farewell gift. Of course, there's also a hand copy of the Proper Sword Scripture and an immortal sword that I purchased from an immortal shop called Qu Huang. This is a replica sword, and its quality isn't overly high. All of these things are for Shuxia to use as self-defence.

"My only request is that Mr. Wu help me keep an eye on Shuxia's sword practice. When you feel like Shuxia has achieved initial mastery in swordsmanship, please hand the Proper Sword Scripture and Great Replica Qu Huang to him at that time. Truth be told, I would really like to take Shuxia as an unofficial disciple if Mr. Wu is willing to agree. If fate allows in the future, if Shuxia is willing, and if Mr. Wu doesn't have any objections, then I would like to develop an official master and disciple relationship with him."