Chapter 110: Teaching the Arts

In the deepest part of the cave, a giant skeleton monster was being besieged by a small party; the health bar above its head had already dropped to the minimum.

"Final strike!" A brilliant radiance bloomed from the rapier in Yuuki's hand, parrying the skeleton monster's attack before she thrust out like lightning. The brilliance of the rapier's consecutive strikes merged into one; in an instant, Yuuki unleashed a four-hit combo, successfully wiping away its last sliver of health.

The skeleton monster turned into fragments filling the sky, and a joyful smile appeared on Yuuki's face.

"A very beautiful attack! If you continue to grow like this, you will definitely become one of the best rapier users in this world!" Luo Yexi objectively stated her evaluation. "It's just a pity that I am not skilled in this style of attack, otherwise I could have offered you some pointers!"

"No, no, no, being able to form a party and fight monsters with you sisters is already enough for me!" Yuuki waved her hands at Luo Yexi with a smile on her face.

Luo Yexi shook her head, then caught sight of Lingyun to the side, and her eyes couldn't help but light up: "By the way, Master, why don't you come and guide Yuuki?"

"Me?" Hearing his disciple suddenly mention him, Lingyun was somewhat stunned.

Luo Yexi nodded: "Yes, with your ability, Master, you will surely be able to guide Yuuki, won't you?"

"Brother Lingyun, guide me?" Yuuki looked at Lingyun with some curiosity.

Lingyun looked Yuuki up and down: "Indeed a good seedling, however, this is not the place to talk; let's return to the Town first!"

The group all took out their Transfer Crystals, and after a flash of white light, the group disappeared from the cave.

"Master, can you guide Yuuki?" After returning to the Town, Lingyun's group found an inn and opened a room; as soon as they entered, Luo Yexi grabbed Lingyun's hand and asked.

"That is no big problem, but the most important thing right now is to resolve the matter of Yuuki's body. I don't want my student to disappear from this world before she has even learned my skills!" Lingyun spread his hands.

"Ling-kun, do you already have a way to resolve the situation with Yuuki's body?" Busujima Saeko asked with interest.

"I have already discussed it with Ruoxi just now; the simplest way to dispel this status on Yuuki is to have Alice reach level 100, and then use light-element magic to dispel this condition. However, Yuuki might not be able to hold on until then," Lingyun said.

"Level 100?" Yuuki couldn't help but be startled. Several months had passed since the game launched, but she had only just managed to reach level 35, which was already an incredible feat among current players. To wait for Alice to reach level 100, who knew how long that would take!

"This method simply won't work!" Luo Yexi also frowned.

Lingyun spread his hands: "If the one-shot method won't work, then we can only use persistent effort to grind it down slowly! We can improve Yuuki's constitution bit by bit in this world and slowly weaken this permanent status!"

"It seems this is the only method that can work for now. Yuuki, from now on, just stay by our side until your body improves!" Luo Yexi said to Yuuki beside her.

"Mm!" Yuuki nodded vigorously, showing a big smile to Luo Yexi. After all, she was only an eleven or twelve-year-old girl; even if she were mature, who could face such a major life-and-death matter with a calm face?

"Then let's do that. Starting tomorrow, Yuuki, you will begin learning swordsmanship from me!" Lingyun was also very curious to see how far this girl, who passed away at such a young age in the original story, could go under his guidance.

In the small woods at dawn, a girl with long purple hair was brandishing the long sword in her hand, drops of sweat rolling down her face. The long sword swung out repeatedly, revealing a blur of afterimages and bringing forth bursts of whistling sounds. Behind the girl, Lingyun watched the girl practicing her sword in the field with a smile.

Nearly a month had passed since he met Yuuki. After taking Yuuki on as a student, Lingyun's group temporarily settled down on the 21st Floor. What Lingyun taught Yuuki was a set of Gale Sword Technique; the key to this sword technique was the word 'fast'. Clearly, this sword technique was very suitable for Yuuki. In just one month, Yuuki had already made this set of sword techniques look quite impressive.

With a "swish" sound, Yuuki swung her final strike, then slowly retracted her rapier. In front of her, leaves were sliced in two and fell to the ground.

"Very good, you have already mastered this Gale Sword Technique for the most part. How well you can practice this set of techniques in the future depends on yourself," Lingyun applauded.

"This is all thanks to Teacher's good teaching!" Yuuki wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to Lingyun with a smile.

"Yuuki, are you done practicing your sword?" Luo Yexi walked into the woods and said to Yuuki with a smile.

"Sister Ye Xi!" Yuuki greeted Luo Yexi with a smile. "You're here!"

During this month, the relationship between Yuuki and Luo Yexi had progressed by leaps and bounds, reaching the point of calling each other sisters.

"Ling-kun, Yuuki's swordsmanship is improving very quickly!" Busujima Saeko walked up to Lingyun with a smile.

"Perhaps she was naturally suited for this sword technique. I really want to see what kind of sparks will fly if Yuuki meets Kirito and Asuna in the future!" A hint of anticipation flickered in Lingyun's eyes.

"Kirito, Asuna?" Yuuki looked at Luo Yexi with some curiosity, "Sister, who is Teacher talking about?"

"They are our friends, and also famous solo players in this world." Luo Yexi smiled and patted Yuuki's head.

"Is that so? I really want to meet them too!" A desire for battle flashed in Yuuki's eyes.

Since being taught the Gale Sword by Lingyun, she felt her strength improving every single day. Moreover, she had defeated quite a few famous players in this world recently. Under these circumstances, Lingyun's remark about what kind of sparks would fly between them made her look forward to their meeting.

"However, Suguha sent me an email earlier saying that Kirito hasn't been in contact with us for a while. Could something have happened to her?" Busujima Saeko suddenly spoke up.

"Rest assured, I know Kirito's strength best. Unless she loses her will, judging by the floors cleared so far, there really doesn't seem to be any map that could put her in danger." Lingyun waved his hand. "Besides, I have a premonition that the next time we see Kirito, she will definitely give us all a big surprise."

"Is that so? Then I'm starting to look forward to it!" Luo Yexi said with a smile.

Just as Lingyun and the others were talking, a white light lit up on the Central Plaza of the 20th Floor, and a black figure carrying a long sword appeared in the center of the plaza.