He broke a department and fashioned a sword with it and contemplated, “The heavy iron sword is round seventy jin in weight, there are solely two potentialities on how one can overcome it with such a lightweight and fragile wood sword. One is thru ingenuity of the sword strokes, utilizing pace to beat the sluggish; the opposite is thru overbearing inner power, utilizing power to subdue the weak.”

From that day on, he skilled his inner power onerous night time and day and studied the artwork of the sword. Each timed it rained; he went to the mountain torrents to battle the water with a view to enhance the facility in his sword strokes.

Summer time ended and autumn arrived, autumn went and winter got here. Although Yang Guo skilled with dedication, he made little progress along with his inner power and sword arts. Nevertheless, he knew that his degree of martial arts was already very excessive; to realize any type of enchancment from such a state was, in actuality, a tough activity to perform, so he wasn’t troubled by it.

At some point, it began to snow. The Divine Eagle known as out with pleasure and leapt into the open. It unfold its wings and created a robust gust of wind, blowing the snow away. Yang Guo had a thought, “There are not any mountain torrents within the winter; training within the snow is a good different.”

He watched on because the gusts of wind created by the eagle grew to become stronger and stronger; although the snow was heavy, not a flake landed on its physique.

Yang Guo’s pursuits have been stirred. He picked up the wood sword and he too went out into the snow. He used his sword along with his left hand and swung his proper sleeve on the identical time. At any time when flakes of snow acquired shut, both the wind from the wood sword or the drive from his proper sleeve would repel it. He continued for a half a day and felt that the facility in each his sword and sleeve appeared to have made some enhancements.

It snowed for 3 days and Yang Guo practiced within the snow every day. On the afternoon of the third day, the snow grew to become even heavier. Yang Guo was in the midst of concentrating on attacking the snow when all of a sudden, the Divine Eagle swept its wings at him. Yang Guo was not ready for this and was nearly tripped by this assault. He leaped up urgently to keep away from this assault however as quickly as he did this, he felt coolness on his brow, two flakes of snow had landed on it. He instantly understood, “That day on high of the cliff, Brother Eagle used its wings to battle me and helped me to make nice enhancements in my sword arts; immediately he’s serving to me to coach my sword expertise as soon as once more.” He then prolonged his sword and thrust ahead, a ‘crack’ sound was heard because the sword met the eagle’s wings; the sword broke. The Divine Eagle didn’t proceed its assault and as a substitute it straightened up and chirruped with an impression of blame.

Yang Guo thought, “The one solution to battle in opposition to your horrifying power with a wood sword is to dodge, evade and watch for an opportunity to assault from afar.” He made one other wood sword and as soon as once more, fought with the Divine Eagle within the snow. This time, he managed ten stances earlier than the sword broke.

Coaching as onerous as this with out cease, Yang Guo felt that the Divine Eagle was like a strict instructor and confirmed no indicators of letting up; he was touched by this however he was additionally ashamed of himself, “If I do not handle to be taught the wood sword, will not I’ve let down Brother Eagle’s good intentions? Anyway, it is a as soon as in a lifetime alternative, how can I let it slip away?”

From then on, he thought of how one can enhance his inner power, about how one can evade and how one can strike out with the sword even in his desires. He skilled rigorously and because of this, his ideas of Xiao Longnü didn’t engulf his thoughts because it had within the earlier months. The poison from the Ardour Flower had now been cleansed from his physique, his inner power had improved, he was in prime form and he not had the haggard and distressed look of previous.

It was now the anniversary of his parting with Xiao Longnü. Yang Guo mentioned, “Brother Eagle, I need to go to the Passionless Valley; I’ll have to depart you for some time.” He then picked up his wood sword and made his manner out of the valley. The Divine Eagle adopted. Once they reached the fork within the street, Yang Guo bowed to the Divine Eagle and made his manner on the street to the north. However to his shock, the Divine Eagle tugged at his garments and pulled him in the direction of the south.

Yang Guo mentioned, “Brother Eagle, I’ve one thing to do within the north, allow us to half now.” However the eagle saved on pulling him south. Yang Guo was curious, “Brother Eagle has been very understanding; why is he being so cussed now?” He couldn’t get by way of to it with phrases and will solely comply with the Divine Eagle south. When the Divine Eagle noticed that Yang Guo was following, it let go of Yang Guo’s garments: however as quickly as Yang Guo rotated and tried to go north, it acquired maintain of his garments as soon as once more.

Yang Guo thought, “Brother Eagle is a divine creature, it should have a cause for wanting me to go to the south with him, I would as effectively go.” He dropped his ideas of returning to Passionless Valley and adopted the eagle to the southeast.

After touring over ten li, Yang Guo all of a sudden had a thought, “Might it’s that Brother Eagle is main me to the South Sea to permit me to see Lengthy’er?” As quickly as this thought completed, he was stuffed with pleasure and began to take larger strides as he adopted the Divine Eagle. Inside a month, that they had reached the coast of the South Sea.

He stood on a rock and gazed into the ocean. He watched the waves of the ocean as all manners of feelings crammed his thoughts. After some time, he heard the thunderous sounds of the tides that went on with out cease. After spending a part of his childhood on the Peach Blossom Island, he knew that the tides of the ocean all the time saved its cycle; it might come on the first and seventh hour of the day. The solar was within the sky and it appeared that it was the time for the flip of the tide. The tide was getting louder and louder, sounding just like the hoofs of ten thousand horses. The tide made a white line because it surged in the direction of the coast; the drive proven by the tide was larger than the hue and cries of thunder and lightning. Yang Guo couldn’t imagine that there existed such a drive and after seeing this show, he could not cease his face from altering expression.

Within the blink of a watch, the waves had reached him and have been about to engulf him. Yang Guo leaped backwards, however all of a sudden he felt a terrific drive pushing him from behind. It was the Divine Eagle utilizing its wings to hit him. He was in midair and had no management over the place he was going. With a splash he landed within the foamy waves. He felt a salty style in his mouth as he swallowed two mouthfuls of seawater.

It was an especially harmful state of affairs however fortunately for him, he had spent a very long time coaching within the mountain torrents and he instantly used the ‘Thousand Pound Plummet’, steadying himself on the rocks under the ocean’s floor. The underside of the ocean was lots calmer than the turbulent waves on high. He gathered his ideas and instantly knew what was taking place, “Brother Eagle has led me right here as a result of he desires me to coach my sword arts within the waves of the ocean.” He lifted his legs and leapt as much as the floor of the ocean and into the fierce winds, assembly the primary of the waves head on. He pushed in opposition to the water along with his left arm and leapt above the waves earlier than rapidly drawing a deep breath and returning to the underside of the ocean.