Jino took a deep breath.

At this moment, Louis felt a tremendous heat radiating from Jino.

That heat coiled around him tightly like a python.

His gaze gradually became serene.

As if he were a child gazing up at the azure sky.

But those eyes were so deep, as if a blood-red storm was brewing within them.

"Watch closely, kid, this sword move is going to be cool."

A slight curve appeared at the corner of Jino's mouth.

In the next instant, the greatsword in his hand was hurled out.

In that very moment.

The heat surrounding Jino materialized, closely following the spinning greatsword, transforming into a crimson tempest.

The skyrocketing fiery tornado carved a beautiful arc, striking the wall that Saint Louis Academy used for the Nine Swords students' practice.

Accompanied by a deafening explosion, Louis watched as the glowing magic glyph-etched stone wall emitted a groan of strain.

With a cracking sound.

This sword split the immense stone wall in two.

Before the fiery tornado dissipated, the greatsword returned at an even faster speed, landing steadily in Jino's hand.

"Instructor Jino, what's the name of this move?"

Jino's smile was now unmistakable:

"Desert Style Level 4 martial technique Flame Sun Sword, paired with Bloodrage Blade Level 2 martial technique Thunderous Strike to form a throwing attack."

"And then using Bloodrage Blade Level 4 martial technique Lightning Recall, commanding the weapon to return to your hand."

"Want to learn it?"

The next second, Louis grasped Instructor Jino's hand:

"Teacher Jino, teach me."

Louis's eyes had already turned red.

Seeing this, Jino showed a satisfied smile.

「Shameless master Old Deng, my disciple is my disciple after all!」

Jino was ecstatic inside.

That evening, Jino sent a note to Kulin Sword Saint.

It said:

「Master, only what I give you can you take, if I don't give it to you, taking it is useless!」

Jino started to show off.

But amidst his boasting, in the dead of night, Jino, sore in the waist and back, slipped into sage mode after accompanying his wife and suddenly became clear-headed.

What did I originally plan for young Louis to do with the martial technique passed down in the York Marquis's family?

Soon, a heart-wrenching cry resonated from Jino's courtyard.

——The cry half-way through, suddenly got interrupted.

Late-night life was about to begin.

The next day, the always-annoying-to-Jino Kulin Sword Saint invited Jino to the academy for a talk.

It was said that the small mount in the academy was continuously shaking that day, scaring away all the birds and beasts.

...

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

[Location: Tino City·Saint Louis Academy]

A group of students jumped into the river at the training ground one after another.

More precisely, they jumped onto the bamboo rods laid flat in the river.

At this time, there were bamboo rods as thick as a baby's wrist lying on the river.

These were "teaching tools" that Louis specifically had someone chop down.

Of course, as [Greedy], it was natural for him to demand reimbursement for this "equipment fee" and "shipping cost" from Kulin.

Yudo Werner, who once had a slight grudge against Louis, was by the river psyching himself up.

In the next moment, he suddenly lifted his head and jumped onto the bamboo rod held up by a rope over the river.

Accompanied by a burst of wavering on the bamboo rod above the water, Yudo managed to stabilize himself momentarily after some bumps.

"Wow, I did it!"

He shouted in excitement.

Suddenly, an abrupt shift in the rushing current knocked him back into the water.

A few seconds later, he lifted his head out of the river, spitting out a mouthful of water with a "wah".

A bamboo rod smacked Yudo with a thud.

"Fool, what did you accomplish?"

Louis said, keeping a stony expression:

"What are you waiting for? Standing on the bamboo rod for two seconds is worth getting excited about?"

Yudo retorted unhappily:

"I'm the first in this batch of students to actually stand steady!"

——Even his old rival Gregory was still stuck doing somersaults in the water!

But Louis's expression remained calm.

Standing at the bank, he instantly hurled the bamboo rod in his hand into the rushing stream.

The next moment, with a leap, he followed the bamboo rod, soaring into the air.

As the bamboo rod hit the water, his toes landed on it.

Without the rope to secure its position, jumping onto a bamboo rod like this would almost certainly mean falling into the water.

But somehow, he stood leisurely on the bamboo rod.

Without any signs of falling into the water.

He even took out a bamboo rod from his dimensional bag.

Swaying from side to side, he deftly paddled, as if piloting a small, flat boat, going upstream against the current.

He even had the time to use the stick to support a student still floundering in the water onto the bank.

Throughout the whole exercise, his feet never shifted, as if glued to the bamboo rod.

Yudo lowered his head in embarrassment.

Louis calmly said:

"Keep practicing."

Louis dubbed this training [Crossing the River on a Reed].

In legends from his previous life, it was said that the Dharma Ancestor crossed the river by stepping on a reed stem instead of using a boat.

In reality, Louis had seen a short video where someone jumped onto bamboo rods in the river and walked along those rods.

The incredible sense of balance left Louis amazed and deeply impressed.

One couldn't help but wonder how much time and effort it took to master such a skill.

Remembering the water-walking training of ninjas in eye legends, Louis found inspiration.

Among the core abilities required for the three basic professions of the Nine Swords, [balance] consistently ranked as a top-three critical skill.

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