Chen Ping'an woke up at five in the morning every day. The sky would still be dark, and he would first practice the six steps of walking meditation for approximately two hours. Ma Zhi would arrive at around seven, and the old sword cultivator would leisurely drink a pot of osmanthus wine while he waited for Chen Ping'an to finish practicing that bland and unremarkable fist technique. In fact, it was more accurate to say that Chen Ping'an would wait for the old man to finish drinking his pot of wine.5

When Ma Zhi finished drinking, it would roughly be time for Jin Su to deliver breakfast to them. They would eat for half an hour, and Ma Zhi would use this time to roughly explain the strength and sword intent of the sword strikes that he would unleash later in the day. He would also tell Chen Ping'an some peculiar or interesting stories regarding sword cultivators.0

Afterward, Chen Ping'an would return the breakfast boxes to Jin Su, who would be waiting at the front door of the courtyard. He would thank her, and he wouldn't feel embarrassed to directly ask for osmanthus wine if he needed to replenish his stock in the small courtyard.0

Following Ma Zhi's suggestion, Chen Ping'an's training would start off easy in the morning and gradually become harder as the day went on. Chen Ping'an would first practice sword techniques from the Proper Sword Scripture for four hours. During this time, Ma Zhi would suddenly attack him without warning from time to time, purposely breaking up the young boy's sword techniques. 0

Thus, Chen Ping'an needed to perfect the four sword techniques including the Avalanche Technique and the Deity Suppression Technique, and he also needed to be wary of sudden attacks from the Golden Core Tier sword cultivator at any given moment. On some days, Ma Zhi might decide to directly move the afternoon's sparring session to the morn...0