“Nice, right? Uncle gave it to me.” Sensing Henry Clark's gaze, Yvonne Harris immediately forgot her shyness and spun around with her arms outstretched.

“Beautiful, you really look like a swordswoman.” Even with Henry Clark's aesthetic, trained by all sorts of modern plastic surgery and Photoshop, he couldn’t find anything to nitpick. If it weren’t for the calluses from sword practice on Yvonne Harris’s hands, she’d probably look just like a delicate, ethereal maiden in white.

“Yeah, Uncle said it was given to him by a swordswoman.” Yvonne Harris replied a bit cluelessly.

“I bet he stole it…” Henry Clark was speechless. But he didn’t dare say that out loud, only thinking it to himself. He could tell that Charles Cooper’s skills were clearly much better than that cheap master of his. With such rich experience and the ability to survive in the martial world for so long, his level was obviously not low.

After a short rest, Edward Grant and William Grant finished cooking, and everyone gathered to eat, only to find that no matter how they searched the dojo, they couldn’t find Uncle Charles Cooper.

Henry Clark had already practiced the footwork and sword moves of the Red Pine Sword Technique to perfection. With the help of his attribute abilities, he only needed to succeed once by chance to memorize the body memory of that success, then form a skill and keep practicing it.

This made mastering sword moves incredibly fast. In front of Charles Cooper, he held back at least half his strength, so as not to reveal his terrifying rate of progress.

He was just about to eat and then ask Uncle how to practice the Poison Sand Palm, but unexpectedly, in just this short time, Charles Cooper had disappeared.

The four of them went to Charles Cooper’s room and saw a piece of paper neatly placed on the desk.

Only Henry Clark among them could read, so William Grant hurried forward, picked up the paper, and eagerly handed it to Henry Clark.

“Out on business, will return in three months, don’t worry. —Uncle.”

Henry Clark read it out loud, recalling the dart that had suddenly appeared earlier, and the white cloth at its end. Clearly, something urgent had come up, so Charles Cooper had to leave suddenly.

The four of them looked at each other. They had finally found someone to rely on, but now he was gone again.

“All right, all right, don’t worry, it’s fine. Charles Cooper Uncle is just out for a bit and will be back in three months. We just need to take good care of the dojo.” During this time, Henry Clark had been constantly pulled by Charles Cooper to spar with swords, and had completely adapted to and mastered Henry Clark’s original basic sword technique, gaining much more combat experience.

Chapter Six: Lantern Festival (Part Two)

After all, Charles Cooper was a man of the underworld, roaming the martial world with all sorts of tricks up his sleeve, including plenty of dirty tactics. Henry Clark and the others really got to experience what ruthlessness and being caught off guard meant.

But the upside was that, especially for Henry Clark, after mastering the Red Pine Sword Technique, his courage grew greatly. They were also taken into the woods to hunt some wild animals and see blood, which made them much calmer and steadier.

“The Lantern Festival is coming up in a few days. I need to go home once. Junior sister, come with me. You two stay here and watch the house.” Henry Clark instructed.

“Oh…” The Edward Grant siblings replied listlessly.

“I’ll bring you back some gifts.” Henry Clark added.

Immediately, the two perked up again.

“Thank you, senior brother!”

Shaking his head, after dinner, Henry Clark made some arrangements for Yvonne Harris, reminding her what to prepare and what to watch out for, before returning to his own room.

He continued to practice the Red Pine Sword Technique. In fact, the Red Pine Sword Technique only had three moves: Songyang Needle, Great Songyang Needle, and True Yang Restoration—three ultimate moves. The rest were just basic sword moves: point, thrust, slice, lift, flick, and so on.

The footwork was the matching Red Pine Steps, which had a steady and solid style.

Standing in his room, Henry Clark glanced at his attribute panel. He already had all three skills of the Red Pine Sword Technique, each perfected through repeated attempts. As long as he selected them, they would be the most perfect, standard model sword moves.

“It’s a pity I can’t practice the Minor Guiyuan Technique…” Henry Clark glanced regretfully at the secret manual on his desk. This was returned to him by Uncle Charles Cooper, and it contained the entire technique up to the fifth level.

Calming his mind, Henry Clark continued to practice the Red Pine Sword Technique. Although he had already mastered the moves, it hadn’t been long, and it would still take a lot of time to make them second nature.

After several rounds, he was panting, sweating all over, and his hands were aching badly.

Sitting at the desk to rest, he casually picked up the secret manual and flipped through it. He was already extremely familiar with the Minor Guiyuan Technique written inside.

Unexpectedly, after turning a few pages, he suddenly found a small booklet inside. It was earth-yellow, a bit tattered and creased, as if it had been frequently read.

“What’s this…?” Henry Clark picked up the booklet.

On the cover, in bold, flowing script, were the words “Essentials of Guiyuan.” It was clearly left here by Charles Cooper on purpose.

Opening the booklet, Henry Clark began to read it carefully, bit by bit.

Time ticked by. Unknowingly, the oil lamp suddenly popped with a crack, startling Henry Clark out of his immersion in the booklet.

He quickly added more oil to the lamp, but the joy on his face was hard to hide.

Picking up the small booklet again, he took a deep breath.

“I didn’t expect there to be a way to bypass the restriction.”

It recorded a kind of pill called Guiyuan Pill. It was created specifically for disciples who couldn’t practice the Minor Guiyuan Technique.

This pill wasn’t refined in a pill furnace, but was formed by condensing medicinal paste.