Chapter 105 – Spiritwood Grove (III)

Chapter 105

Spiritwood Grove (III)

We actually stayed in the shade of the tree for three days total while Long Tao, essentially, beat the basics into them.

I had to admit… he was kind of right. Not in the ‘yes, let’s beat kids until they act the way we want them to’, but in that they did get much better. Even I could see it. There were fewer useless movements while they executed the martial arts, they didn’t get as winded as quickly as they used to, they were far more patient, and they were very clear on their strengths and weaknesses.

I mean, none of it mattered–they still got their shit kicked in the exact same manner as three days ago, but it was clear that Long Tao was now putting in, like, 1.3% effort as opposed to the 0.7% that it used to be.

Two interesting bits happened–in that two status windows popped up. One for fixing Xi Zhao’s art–the one he learned from the sect, the one I already improved once. I did spend the 60 points (wasn’t it cheaper?!) to fully fix it, and it turned into low-Sky tier art, actually. I haven’t taught him yet, but I will as soon as he stops wincing any time he moves more than two fingers.

The other time it popped up was actually just a moment ago–Long Tao demonstrated a sword technique (one of his own, actually) for Xi Zhao as a means of showcasing what a ‘distracted sword’ can do. And, surprisingly, a window popped up.

[–unknown Martial Art Analyzed]

[…]

[Do you wish to spend 100 Creation Points to view all 13 faults that could be remedied?]

Now, 100 points was a lot. I mean, it was a whole-ass-art. But… my curiosity got the best of me. I mean, I’d still be left with 200, and as long as I had some banked, it should be… fine.

[Art Analyzed]

[Name: Voidcleaver Blade, First Mantra]

[Type: Weapon Art]

[Rank: ???]

[???]

[Flaws Found: 13]

[Destructive Flaws: 1]

[Critical Flaws: 0]

[Major Flaws: 3]

[Minor Flaws: 9]

[…]

[Minor Flaw 1: art requires imbuement of Void Qi for most optimal use]

[Minor Flaw 2: swapping the sixth and seventh movements would be more optimal]

[…]

[Major Flaw 1: art was primarily created for severing the void and forging pathways through it; it has been altered and adjusted to be used as a killing art, but a lot of the original strength of the art has been lost in conversion, dropping its rank]

Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.

[…]

[Destructive Flaw: art was made for ‘?????’. Humans can only draw up to 0.5% of its total capability]

[…]

[Does the host wish to reconstruct the ‘Voidcleaver Blade’ martial art?]

[Partial Reconstruction Cost: 1,000,000 (art evolves into ‘???’)]

[Complete Reconstruction (making it wholly useable by humans): 500,000,000 CP (art breaks just barely into ‘???’ rank)]