Chapter 76: Cloud-Melting Brocade

Popular Recommendation: Moonlight Tower is one of the sects in Anyang Prefecture, yet within the sect, there is an embroidery workshop.

An embroidery workshop, as the name implies, is a place for embroidery.

However, this embroidery workshop is not an industry under the Moonlight Tower; the workshop master is a sword cultivator at the Perfection of the Fourth Realm.

On the Tianxuan Continent, the Perfection of the Fourth Realm is an important dividing line for cultivators.

As long as they take one step forward, they can enter the Fifth Realm and become a great cultivator.

Although there are gaps between other realms, the gap at the Fifth Realm is especially huge.

The difference in strength between cultivators above the Fifth Realm and below the Fifth Realm is like a natural chasm.

At this moment, the master of this embroidery workshop, Yu Ying, is concentrating on her embroidery.

That's right, she is embroidering.

A flying needle is seen flying out from her sleeve, with a thread of Spirit Qi trailing from its tail; the flying needle draws a beautiful arc in the air and lands on the embroidery cloth before her, just like a nimble fish leaping into the water.

The embroidery cloth is like a calm lake surface, without a single ripple.

The next moment.

The lake surface suddenly moves; that flying needle transforms into hundreds of swimming fish, all leaping out of the embroidery cloth at once, scattering a patch of jumping silver light upon it!

The silver light is like water; suddenly, a handful of flying needles break away from the group, part of them turning fiery red while others become dim in color, and they fly past, smashing directly into the embroidery cloth.

The next instant, a mountain peak dotted with sparks of fire suddenly rises from the water surface.

Thousands of flying needles perform their respective duties, yet they are not chaotic at all, embroidering a magnificent landscape upon the cloth.

Yu Ying's attention is entirely focused on the embroidery cloth, and she does not notice that her most beloved disciple, Jiang Yinuo, who is guarding at the side, has a face full of shock.

Jiang Yinuo stares with wide, disbelieving eyes, but her shock does not come from her master's flying needles before her; rather, she suddenly remembers the profound aura carried by Lu Li's sword technique—Sword Intent!

When Lu Li killed the demon cultivator in the deep forest that day and unleashed Sword Intent for the first time, Jiang Yinuo felt it was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't recall it at the time.

Today, after the martial arts competition with Lu Li, seeing her master Yu Ying's practice, she suddenly remembers that the aura on Lu Li's sword actually shares a common thread with the aura contained in her master's flying needles.

But how could that be? Lu Li has only just stepped into the Initial Realm; how could he possess the same realization as Master Yu Ying? And it looks as if the aura on Lu Li's sword is even more perfect and solid.

At this moment, the flying needles before Yu Ying dance continuously; the Sword Qi crisscrosses but is not sharp, forming instead a scroll of power and beauty.

Suddenly, the flying needle that fell into the embroidery cloth jerks violently, and within the scroll, a point of disharmony suddenly spreads.

In just the blink of an eye, it completely destroys this nearly finished, stunningly beautiful scroll.

Yu Ying sighs and waves her sleeve; those thousands of flying needles disappear instantly, returning to one, transforming into a small Flying Sword that returns to her sleeve.

And the profound aura on her body also falls away.

"Failed again... Where exactly did the problem lie? Is it the realm? Or is the attribute of the embroidery cloth incompatible?"

Yu Ying mutters to herself.

Her already plump figure becomes undulating due to her deep breathing, even though the purpose of her deep breathing is to calm her mind.

In the eyes of many men, the slightly plump ones are the best.

And Yu Ying is the perfection of this.

Of course, the tastes of perverts are hard to define; exactly which kind is the "slightly plump" they speak of can only be understood intuitively and cannot be put into words.

At this time, Yu Ying has returned to normal.

She sits upright on a pear-wood chair; because of the sitting posture, her already wide robes are pulled tight in certain areas, leaving the perfect curves in full view, making it hard for Jiang Yinuo to look away.

Jiang Yinuo looks down at herself, and by comparison, she cannot help but feel a bit distressed.

When will she be able to grow up? 'But there are disadvantages to growing up, right? At least during battle, one's field of vision would be restricted.

Like Master, if she looks down, she certainly cannot see her own toes...' Jiang Yinuo shakes her head.

If only she could grow up just a little bit.

"Yinuo, why the long face?"

Yu Ying smiles.

"Ah? Nothing."

Jiang Yinuo says: "Um, Master, this disciple just observed the aura on Master's sword technique and suddenly felt it was somewhat familiar."

"Familiar?"

Yu Ying's eyes suddenly light up: "Where have you seen it?"

"It was yesterday while gathering Spirit Cleansing Grass..."

Jiang Yinuo tells Yu Ying about Lu Li's Sword Intent.

After hearing this, Yu Ying cannot help but smile: "How could the Initial Realm have Sword Intent? Yinuo, you must have misidentified it."

"Sword Intent?"

Jiang Yinuo asks: "Was the aura Master just using Sword Intent?"

Yu Ying says: "No, the aura on my flying needles just now was only an incomplete Sword Intent."

"I have not yet grasped true Sword Intent."

Yu Ying pauses and continues: "It is still a bit early to tell you these things; I originally intended for your master to tell you when you reached the Fourth Realm."

"As everyone knows, the difficulty of stepping into the Fifth Realm as a great cultivator is immense."

"The difficulty in cultivation level is secondary; more importantly, one must grasp the realm of 'Intent'."

"There is Intent between heaven and earth; mountains have mountain intent, and water has water intent."

"To become a great cultivator, one must realize this kind of Intent and fuse the Intent of heaven and earth with one's own techniques."

"Only when one's cultivation and techniques both meet the requirements can one step into the Fifth Realm."

Must both cultivation and techniques meet the requirements? Jiang Yinuo says: "Why have previous cultivation courses focused mainly on improving cultivation?"

Yu Ying smiles: "Because your realms are still too low; how could you comprehend the Intent of heaven and earth? Teaching you these things would only hinder you instead."

"However, your cultivation is about to enter the Third Realm, so you can start paying attention to improving your sword techniques."

"However, the Initial Realm of Intent is mysterious and profound; I can offer very little help, and you must rely on your own enlightenment."

Jiang Yinuo nodded, feeling that what her master said was correct.

But Lu Li's sword technique lingered in her mind, especially that sword strike today that broke her "July Flowing Fire."

That sword strike of his.

"Could it be that Lu Li comprehended Intent when he broke through to the Initial Realm?"

No way, right? Yu Ying smiled: "You should head back first; I need to regulate my breath for a while."

She had failed to break through to the Realm of Intent once again and needed to meditate and gain insight for a period of time.

As she spoke, Yu Ying moved her fingers, and a vest flew out from her sleeve.

"Since that is the case, Lu Li saved your life, and I, Yu Ying, am not a stingy person.

This Golden Silk Armor was a practice piece I made many years ago; it can block a portion of attacks from the Third Realm. You take it and give it to him for me."

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Yinuo happily took the Golden Silk Armor.

She knew that her master, Yu Ying, was not only a Fourth Realm sword cultivator but also an embroidery master proficient in needlework.

Items embroidered by her were absolutely rare and hard to come by.

Although Yu Ying claimed it was a practice piece, since it could even negate a portion of attacks from the Third Realm, how could it be an ordinary object? "Great!

I will go give it to him in a moment."

Jiang Yinuo smiled and turned to walk toward the Qingyang Sword Hall.

Tomorrow happened to be the sect's internal selection; if Lu Li obtained this Golden Silk Armor, his chances of winning might be even greater.

"This child..."

Yu Ying shook her head and said: "She is actually much better than someone else."

As she spoke, her gaze swept toward a corner.

Before the words had even faded, a figure drifted into the courtyard.

"Ahem!

Greetings, Junior Sister Yu."

Someone walked out; he was tall and thin, dressed in green robes with a sword at his waist, looking very much like a swordsman. Looking at his face, he bore some resemblance to Jiang Yinuo.

Actually, that was not quite right; it should be said that Jiang Yinuo resembled him somewhat, because he was Jiang Yinuo's father, Jiang Yebai.

"Senior Brother Jiang, it has been a long time."

Yu Ying smiled.

She looked over Jiang Yebai, whom she had not seen for a long time, and quickly noticed keenly that Jiang Yebai was thinner than before, and his complexion seemed even paler.

One must know that Jiang Yebai was also a Fourth Realm sword cultivator.

With his level of cultivation, he would have long since stopped getting sick, and it was difficult for his physical condition to have problems.

Could it be that he was injured while out during this period? Seeing Yu Ying, Jiang Yebai felt his Dao heart was somewhat unstable.

As a Fourth Realm sword cultivator, he also keenly noticed that his heart was beating a bit too fast.

Yet, he could not control it.

How strange!

"Um... Junior Sister Yu, where is Yinuo? I came this time wanting to take Yinuo home to stay for two days. Come to think of it, she has been cultivating bitterly at the Moonlight Tower, and we father and daughter have not seen each other for a while."

"She just left, she should be heading back to the Qingyang Sword Hall. Did Senior Brother Jiang not sense it?"

"That... perhaps, ahem... we just happened to miss each other, haha."

"By the way, Junior Sister, I happened to come across a piece of embroidery cloth while out two days ago that looked quite good, so I brought it for you. Perhaps it will be of some help to your breakthrough. Since Yinuo has gone back, I will not disturb you further."

Jiang Yebai spoke a paragraph in a very rapid tone, then his palm moved, and an exquisite piece of embroidery cloth drifted toward Yu Ying. The next moment, he walked out using the "shortening the ground to an inch" technique.

Seeing Jiang Yebai's somewhat flustered appearance, a smile welled up in Yu Ying's eyes, but within this smile, there seemed to be a trace of loss mixed in.

She took the embroidery cloth, and her body suddenly froze: "This is, Rongyun Brocade?"

"Rongyun Brocade from the Tianyun Sect in Yunzhou... sigh, why go to such lengths?"

Suddenly, a soft, sweet voice came from the courtyard gate.

Following closely, a young girl fluttered in like a flower butterfly.

"Senior Sister Jiang!

Let me show you something fun."

"Eh? Rongyun Brocade?"

The young girl was holding a colorful silkworm in her hand and was about to share it with Yu Ying, but her gaze was suddenly drawn by the Rongyun Brocade before her.

The Rongyun Brocade was pure white and flawless, extremely translucent; it was embroidery cloth made by cultivators of the Tianyun Sect who extracted cloud Qi from the clouds on Tianyun Mountain every day and infused it with Spirit Qi.

When you looked at it, it was as if you were amidst the clouds, completely forgetting yourself.

The young girl suddenly threw herself into Yu Ying's arms, finding it very comfortable to rest on.

And her hands were carefully stroking the Rongyun Brocade, her eyes filled with twinkling little stars.

"Heavens!

Senior Sister, where did you get this Rongyun Brocade!

? The Tianyun Sect can only weave two or three bolts a year; you can't buy this stuff!

Did you save their Sect Master or something?"

Save their Sect Master? Perhaps indeed only such a favor would provide an opportunity to buy Rongyun Brocade.

But the one who saved someone was not me, it was him... Suddenly, Yu Ying felt the junior sister in her arms wriggling around.

"Clouds turned into brocade, clouds hidden within the brocade, it's really so beautiful~"

"I love it, I love it!

If there were a man who could gift me this piece of Rongyun Brocade, I would definitely marry him, wuwu."

"No, that's not right, this piece of Rongyun Brocade is too white; it would be even prettier if it were Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud Brocade."

Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud Brocade? That is indeed extremely beautiful; if gifted to a woman, it would absolutely be able to capture her heart.

But precisely because of the beauty of the Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud, it is instead unsuitable for Yu Ying.

She wants to break through to the Fifth Realm, so she must walk her own path.

The pure and flawless Rongyun Brocade is more suitable for her to display her talents.

Whatever kind of scroll she wants to embroider on the Rongyun Brocade, and whatever posture she wants to use, she can do it all.

Although the Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud is beautiful, it is not as suitable as the Rongyun Brocade.

For a cultivator, this flawless Rongyun Brocade is likely even more precious than the Seven-Colored Flowing Cloud Brocade.

"...... Senior Sister~ could you lend me this Rongyun Brocade for a few days? Don't worry, Senior Sister, I absolutely won't touch it; I just want to hug it while I sleep for a few days, then I'll probably be lying in the clouds when I dream."

Junior Sister Butterfly nudged her forcefully, acting coquettishly toward Yu Ying.

Unexpectedly, Yu Ying pushed her away, then tucked the Rongyun Brocade into her sleeve.

"No."

Because Senior Sister also wants to hug it while she sleeps.