Prior to the summer solstice, Chen Ping'an spent virtually all of his time indoors, dedicating close to twenty hours a day to Qi refinement.0

Ning Yao went a step further, going into seclusion altogether.0

Fan Dache would visit the Ning Residence to train whenever he received a messenger flying sword from the residence, and if he wasn't facing Chen Ping'an's fists, then he would be facing Yan Zhuo or Dong Huafu's flying swords. Chen Sanqiu wouldn't spar with Fan Dache, as he was responsible for carrying him home. 0

Yan Zhuo and Dong Huafu both possessed their own swords, Purple Lightning and Elaborate Makeup, and once they unsheathed these blades, Fan Dache would suffer even more. Fan Dache could only grumble about his aptitude being too inferior, allowing him to only be greatly discerning but not greatly apprehending, and thus preventing him from breaking through.[1] 0

Chen Ping'an promised Fan Dache that these sword training sessions would conclude once he advanced to the Golden Core Tier. At that time, he could visit the wine shop and holler a few times to draw a successful full stop on the matter.0

However, it wasn't so easy for Dragon Gate Tier sword cultivators at the Sword Qi Great Wall to break through the barrier to the Golden Core Tier, and doing so would essentially be like a coming of age for them.0

There was naturally a good reason why the Sword Qi Great Wall was home to the strongest sword cultivators in the world, also able to attract wave after wave of sword cultivators from other continents in the Majestic World to visit and temper their sword skills.0

Indeed, practicing sword skills at the Sword Qi Great Wall was analogous to pure martial artists being fed fist after fist without reprieve, allowing one to build an extremely strong foundation at each and every cultivation base.0

This signified greater barriers to overcome when attempting to break through, and...0