Chapter 1154

That green-skinned swordsman called out to Hearing Gai Nie just then.

"What is it?"

Hearing Gai Nie knew this man looked like a wild beast, but in truth was also an open and upright person, and would not go back on his word.

He just did not know why this green-skinned swordsman had stopped him.

"It's like this…"

The green-skinned swordsman's face twisted with awkward hesitation, as though it were hard to bring up.

Hearing Gai Nie watched this strange fellow—nearly a zhang tall, arms thicker than his own thighs, shaped like a human-shaped wild beast—behaving so, and could not help finding it funny.

Time was pressing, so Hearing Gai Nie asked directly,

"Whatever you have to say, please go ahead. As long as Hearing Gai Nie can agree, there is nothing I won't permit!"

"Really?"

The green-skinned swordsman's eyes lit up at the words, and he said at once,

"I heard before that you Jiuzhou people set great store by the transmission of one's sect.

The Wu Gong you learn—even among fellow disciples, as long as they are not from the same Master, you all hide things from each other.

Could it be that you are not such a person?"

Hearing Gai Nie was stunned at the words.

So this green-skinned swordsman actually wanted to learn his Wu Gong?

What kind of joke is that?

933 I've learned the Swift Wind Step too!

"This…"

Hearing Gai Nie was a little embarrassed at the moment—he had just said nothing would be refused, and now he was about to slap his own face.

Only, what his sect taught, though not some immortal-grade or divine-grade art, was still an unmatched lineage's learning.

Let alone this green-skinned man—even a Jiuzhou person wanting to receive it would not find it easy.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to refuse, the green-skinned swordsman suddenly stretched out one finger toward Hearing Gai Nie and poked at his brow.

Hearing Gai Nie saw that this finger carried no killing intent at all; rather, it had a faintly sacred air.

Puzzled in his heart, he neither dodged nor flinched.

Pop!

The green-skinned swordsman's carrot-thick finger landed on Hearing Gai Nie's brow, almost covering the upper half of his face.

Just as Hearing Gai Nie was wondering, a stream of heat flowed in from the man's fingertip.

Once this stream of heat entered Hearing Gai Nie's mind, it swiftly drew a response from his Sword Heart.

Boom…

In his mind, a flood of complex information was instantly branded deep into Hearing Gai Nie's spirit.

This flood of complex information left Hearing Gai Nie somewhat dazed.

After a long while, he slowly came back to himself.

Sorting through his thoughts, he discovered that this information was actually some cultivation methods transmitted by the green-skinned man.

Some cultivation methods concerning a power called Nianli!

From the description, this Nianli was the inherited secret art of their clan's swordsman lineage.

Cultivated to great depth, one could even use several secret techniques of their clan's swordsmen.

For instance, the concealment method every green-skinned swordsman excelled at!

In this stream of information, this concealment method was called the Swift Wind Step!

Swift as the wind, utterly silent!

A Swift Wind Step that even Hearing Gai Nie's martial Xin Qiji could not sense!

Besides that, there were several other secret arts!

Because Hearing Gai Nie had the Sword Heart's blessing, once this Nianli cultivation method was branded in—

In an instant, he had already mastered this Swift Wind Step!

"He… he actually gave me his clan's inheritance…"

Hearing Gai Nie was truly both moved and at a loss at this moment.

"You are the first Jiuzhou person to be so generous. To return the favor, I'll give you our inheritance too—it's not like I'm taking advantage of you."

The green-skinned swordsman grinned,

"Returning the favor—that's how it's used, right?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Gai Nie looked at this green-skinned swordsman and now found him incomparably pleasing to the eye.

Compared to many Jiuzhou martial artists, this green-skinned swordsman had far more the bearing of a martial artist.

Only, he had clearly misunderstood his meaning, and had given this inheritance to him instead.

If he then did not offer one or two Wu Gong in return, wouldn't it make him look far too petty?

Very well then. Since by chance he had learned the man's secret art, Hearing Gai Nie could hardly keep things to himself either.

"I have here a Guigu Breathing Technique, and a Xiao Jingtian Eighteen Swords!

One is an internal cultivation method, the other is a sword art.

Today I'll pass them on to you!"

Hearing Gai Nie pulled two illustrated manuals from his bosom—precisely the Guigu Breathing Technique and the Xiao Jingtian Eighteen Swords sword manual!

The Guigu Breathing Technique was both the Guigu Sect's foundational internal cultivation method and its most profound cultivation method.

According to the descriptions passed down through the generations of the Guigu Sect, this internal cultivation method is one that has no end.

Hearing Gai Nie, having cultivated for so many years, has also never reached the pinnacle of this internal cultivation method.

The reason this green-skinned blade-wielder was just now able to fight Hearing Gai Nie to a standstill—

First, his divine strength was astonishing, his physique unlike that of ordinary men.

Second, his secret art's spiritual power bolstered him; every slash of his blade was truly unlike any Wu Gong of the Nine Provinces.

Now, giving him this Guigu Breathing Technique—if his comprehension is decent and he truly manages to cultivate it successfully—

I fear this man's future achievements will be immeasurable.

As for that Xiao Jingtian Eighteen Swords, since the Guigu Breathing Technique has already been passed down, the Guigu Vertical Sword Art can no longer be transmitted.

After all, if the Guigu Breathing Technique and the Vertical Sword Art were passed down together, wouldn't that truly produce a successor of the Vertical lineage?

If it came to that, wouldn't it truly violate the rules passed down through the generations of the Guigu Sect?

Even if Hearing Gai Nie were more easygoing by nature, in the end he still wouldn't dare to act in such a way.

This Xiao Jingtian Eighteen Swords is precisely the sword art Hearing Gai Nie just now displayed!

This sword art was originally transmitted to him by a friend of Hearing Gai Nie, at the friend's deathbed.

The friend had hoped Hearing Gai Nie could help him find a successor.

For all these years, Hearing Gai Nie has stayed within Shengong, yet has kept putting it off.

The green-skinned blade-wielder differs vastly from this friend of mine, yet both are men of upright, forthright temperament.

Passing this Xiao Jingtian Eighteen Swords to this green-skinned blade-wielder would not disgrace my friend.

"Internal cultivation? So this is the marvelous internal cultivation of your Nine Provinces people?"

The green-skinned blade-wielder took the two illustrated manuals, and immediately began dancing with joy.

The Guigu Breathing Technique in particular delighted him so much he couldn't put it down, and he began flipping through it at once.

But the moment he looked, he realized he didn't yet recognize the Nine Provinces script.

He couldn't help but purse his lips and said,

"Sigh, what a pity—I still don't know your Nine Provinces script!"

Hearing Gai Nie found it curious: when this green-skinned blade-wielder first spoke the Nine Provinces tongue, he was still not very fluent—clearly a raw beginner.

Yet now he could already quote idioms—truly rapid progress.

But how could he not recognize a single Nine Provinces character?

"How about this! Either you go find someone else to learn from, or wait until my matters are settled, and I'll Tian Jiaojiao you."

Hearing Gai Nie said.

"You're willing to teach me? That really is wonderful!"