Learning techniques

A year later after Lin Kai finished climbing the mountain, he came back and asked his grandma, Lin Chan, to practice sword techniques, he didn't ask her right when he came down the mountain but a year later just so he can relax.

"With your talent, learning sword techniques should be a breeze for you." Lin Chan said. "Here take this technique, 'Sword defense art', it'll help you block attacks easier, I'll show you the first five moves."

As Lin Chan said that Lin Kai turns to her and tells her, "There is no need grandma Lin Chan, I'll learn it on my own time."

A month later Lin Kai mastered the technique, he could've learned it in a day but Lin Kai was very lazy and only spent about 10 minutes on it a day.

"Who created this technique? It's so bad. Why is it allowed for ancient people to create techniques but people nowadays can't? If I want to make a technique maybe I can use some anime techniques as inspiration." As Lin Kai pondered he said, "oh well, I'll leave it for next month. I'll go spend some time with Lin feng."

Lin feng was Lin Kai's younger brother, he's about 3 months and was born in January 1st. Although he wasn't talented like Lin Kai everyone had great hope for him.

Lin Kai takes Lin feng and wrapped him around him with a cloth around him and Lin feng, obviously he had to sneak out with him since there parents wouldn't allow it.

Lin Kai walks outside while carrying Lin feng and admiring the beauty of this ancient China style town, seeing pagodas and inns, it was truly a sight to behold.

As Lin Kai was walking, he see's yu yan, the daughter of yu family which is the second merchant family in town, she is the same age as Lin Kai, but younger by a couple months surrounded by 2 body guards in the third level of the 5 basics.

Yu yan walks up to Lin Kai, "Nice meeting you here, Lin Kai. Is that your younger brother? I can't believe that your parents let you take him out."

Lin Kai sighed, "here she goes again" he thought, "Yes, they let me. Do you need something?"

"Why yes I do, can you guys grab the thing I left at home?" Yu yan says to the bodyguards behind her.

"Yes, Ma'am!" A bodyguard says and leaves to Yu family house.

"Do you just want me to wait here? Why don't we go around and buy some foods while we wait?" Lin Kai suggested

"Mm, mm." Yu yan quickly agreed.

10 minutes later the body guard returns with a box, "Here you go, little miss." He says as he hands her the box.

"Here you go, Lin Kai! I know it's your birthday today and I know you don't like anyone celebrating it, can you please accept this." Yu yan said with a smile on her face.

Lin Kai sighed, "Fine." Lin Kai said as he grabbed it.

"Come on, go back home and open it." Yu yan said.

Lin Kai stares at her.

"Pleaseeeee," Yu yan says.

"Fine." Lin Kai turns around and leaves."

As Lin Kai returns home, he puts Lin feng back to sleep, Lin Kai had put an illusion of his little brother sleeping before he took him outside so no one suspected anything.

Lin Kai returns to his room and opens the box, inside was a technique, 'chopping the mountain' although it was a common technique, if mastered, will let anyone chop a mountain in half but it was very difficult to master which is why it wasn't liked by cultivators.

"For me, practicing this would be pretty easy, I guess I'll just learn it right now and master it in a couple months." As Lin Kai said that he sees a little note hidden underneath which read,

'A week after my birthday, come and meet me on the foot of the mountain.'

Which meant he had about 2 months to master the technique without anything major happening.