Chapter 61: Sword Cultivation and Flying Swords
readx; Embarking on the long journey home, Li Zhe finally had the opportunity to ask about Liu Ruyan's experience. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As Li Zhe speculated, the Yuan Infant Female Cultivator who took Liu Ruyan away from her home was none other than Bian Qiaoling, the Supreme Elder of the Jade Sword Sect. Bian Qiaoling inadvertently discovered that Liu Ruyan Linggen was so qualified, she naturally couldn't give up. So, she followed Liu Ruyan all the way home, and found an opportunity to persuade Liu Ruyan to go with her to cultivate the truth. Originally, she thought that it would definitely not be easy to persuade a lady to cultivate with her, and even forcibly took people away in the end. Unexpectedly, as soon as she started, Liu Ruyan agreed.
Seeing that Liu Ruyan agreed to go with him, in order to avoid a long night of dreams, Bian Qiaoling returned to the Jade Sword Gate with Liu Ruyan overnight, after all, Zhongjing is the sphere of influence of Yunmeng Sect. After returning to the Jade Sword Gate, she opened the spirit testing array specifically for Liu Ruyan, and after testing, she finally confirmed that Liu Ruyan was the qualification of a six-star spirit root. The extremely rare earth spirit root talent made Bian Qiaoling like a treasure, and she immediately announced that Liu Ruyan would be included in the Jade Sword Sect and trained by her personally.
Liu Ruyan's performance did not disappoint Bian Qiaoling, his cultivation was extremely hard, coupled with the excellent qualifications of the original spiritual root, the growth of cultivation can be said to be a rapid leap in the day. Liu Ruyan's gentle personality is also very pleasing to Bian Qiaoling. Soon, Bian Qiaoling actually announced that he would pass the Jade Sword Gate's Zhenmen Flying Sword "Ice Spirit Cold Jade Sword" to Liu Ruyan. There are two Zhenmen flying swords in the Jade Sword Gate, both of which are high-grade flying swords, one is the gold-based flying sword "Golden Rainbow Sunset Sword" used by Bian Qiaoling for his own use, and the other is the ice-type flying sword "Ice Spirit Cold Jade Sword".
The cultivation method of sword cultivation is very different from that of ordinary monks, and the flying sword used is also fundamentally different from the ordinary sword-type magic weapon. The original state of the flying sword is called the sword fetus, and each sword cultivator will choose a sword fetus as his lifelong magic weapon at the beginning of his cultivation. When the monk cultivates, he first uses a secret method to split a part of his Yuan Shen and dissolve it into the sword fetus, which is called the sword spirit.
The sword fetus after fusing with the sword spirit is the flying sword used in sword cultivation. The sword spirit and the sword fetus are the two parts that make up the flying sword, which are equivalent to the monk's primordial spirit and physical body, and the two are inseparable and complement each other. As a result of the fusion of the sword cultivator's primordial spirit, the flying sword became a part of the sword cultivator's body, just like his hands and feet. Compared with ordinary monks who use their divine sense to drive magic weapons, sword cultivators have a more thorough grasp of flying swords, control them more exquisitely, and exert much more power than the former.
Sword cultivation specializes in flying swords, and all the supernatural powers of the body are above the flying sword, and improving the power of the flying sword is the cultivation method of sword cultivation. The biggest difficulty in sword cultivation is that when it comes to advancement, it requires the flying sword and the sword cultivation itself to advance at the same time. Under the cultivation of the sword, the flying sword will also continue to grow. When it grows to a certain extent, the flying sword can also be advanced like a monk. At the advanced level, the flying sword needs to be dissolved into some heavenly and earthly treasures to improve its power and quality.
It is conceivable that the heaven and earth aura of sword cultivation is not only used to improve one's own cultivation, but also to consume a part of the aura to cultivate the flying sword, so the sword cultivation speed must be slower than that of ordinary monks.
Moreover, upgrading the heavenly treasures of the flying sword is also a big problem, and the materials required at the initial stage are relatively ordinary and easy to find. In the later stage, especially in the advanced Yuan Infant Stage, all that is needed are extremely precious materials, which are extremely difficult to find. It can be said that it is both time-consuming and laborious. As a result, sword cultivation is often unable to advance due to a lack of certain materials.
Also, harnessing the flying sword fighting technique itself is a risky thing. As a weapon, the flying sword is used to fight, so it is difficult to avoid damage. If the magic weapon of an ordinary monk is seriously damaged and cannot be repaired, it can be thrown away.
Sword cultivation is not good, the flying sword is a part of the monk's body, no matter how serious the damage is, it must be recovered, and then slowly repaired with its own essence, which is another extremely time-consuming thing, which will greatly slow down the monk's cultivation progress.
Jian Xiu chose a flying sword, and he would generally not replace it again for the rest of his life. Because of the replacement of the flying sword, it is necessary to change the sword tire to cultivate from scratch, and the process is extremely long. Especially with the cultivation of a tacit understanding with the new flying sword, there is no way to speed it up, and without decades of water grinding, it is simply impossible to restore combat power.
After the sword cultivator falls or sits down, as he dies out of the primordial realm, the sword spirit will also disappear. If you lose the sword spirit, the flying sword will revert to the state of the sword fetus. Descendants who inherit the sword fetus still have to cultivate from scratch, and with the improvement of sword cultivation, they can refine the flying sword back to the highest stage and exert the greatest power.
So, with so many drawbacks, why do many monks choose to become sword cultivators?
There is only one answer, and that is powerful combat power. Sword cultivation is a high-end existence among monks of the same level, and through sword spirit sword cultivation, you can use secret methods to control flying swords, and exert a power far stronger than that of magic weapons of the same level. High-level sword cultivators can also comprehend the powerful secret method of sword control, which is far more powerful than ordinary sword control secret methods.
The two Zhenmen flying swords of the Jade Sword Gate, the quality of the sword fetus far surpasses the other flying swords in the gate, and it is something that all disciples dream of. Obtaining a high-quality sword fetus can surpass other sword cultivation at the starting point of cultivation. Bian Qiaoling passed the Ice Spirit Cold Jade Sword to Liu Ruyan, which fully illustrated how favored Liu Ruyan was.
Liu is like a heavenly man, but in just ten years, he has cultivated to the late stage of spiritual introduction, which is close to the level of Great Perfection. In order to impact the Spirit Seed Stage, she must also prepare for the advancement of the Ice Spirit Cold Jade Sword, which requires the use of a heavenly and earthly treasure - Ice Spirit.
As the name suggests, Ice Spirit is the soul of ice. In the extremely cold land where the aura of heaven and earth is relatively strong, it is possible for ice that is more than 1,000 years old to give birth to ice spirits, which is actually the birth of a trace of spirituality. Of course, the spirituality of the ice spirit is only the most primary, and it has no consciousness, let alone sanity, and can only be regarded as a spiritual material. It is said that it is possible for the Ice Spirit to have a sanity after a longer period of cultivation, and it should be considered an alternative life form at that time.
In terms of value, ice is not a rare material, and it is possible to produce it in places where there is solid ice that does not melt for thousands of years. In the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is no man's land in the west of Youzhou, there is a large amount of production. It's just that the ice spirit is not easy to preserve, and once it leaves the extremely cold environment, the spirituality will be lost, and the quality will decline rapidly.
With Liu Ruyan's status in the Jade Sword Gate, she didn't have to worry about the advanced materials of the flying sword at all, and the Jade Sword Gate would naturally prepare them for her. However, Liu Ruyan took the initiative to propose to Bian Qiaoling that he would go to find Bingluo in person, firstly, he could increase his experience in the process of searching, and secondly, he missed his uncle very much after being away from home for ten years and wanted to visit. Bian Qiaoling thought about it for a while, and agreed, after all, blindly doing things behind closed doors is not beneficial to cultivation, and proper travel is still necessary.
In fact, Liu Ruyan has other considerations for doing this, but it is not easy to say it clearly. In the Jade Sword Gate, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Ice Spirit Cold Jade Sword, and they have been fighting for a long time. As a result, a low-level disciple who had just arrived for her got it, and secretly I don't know how many people were jealous and dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to show it because of Bian Qiaoling's majesty.
In this case, Liu Ruyan took it for granted again, wouldn't she stand up and be a target for others. With Liu Ruyan's cleverness, of course, this can't be allowed to happen.
After leaving the Jade Sword Gate, Liu Ruyan rushed all the way to Zhongjing City, wanting to meet his uncle first, and then go to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to find the ice spirit. Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived in Zhongjingcheng, she heard the news that Liu Siren was going to be beheaded, and hurriedly went to the prison to save people desperately.
As soon as she arrived at the prison, she vaguely saw Li Zhe leaving with Liu Siren, and she chased her all the way. Seeing that Li Zhe suddenly stopped, she misunderstood that Li Zhe wanted to harm Liu Siren, so she stabbed her flying sword with all her might. Fortunately, Li Zhe's mana is much higher than that of a monk of the same rank, otherwise this tragedy would not have ended.
Hearing that Liu Ruyan was going to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to look for ice spirits, Li Zhe hurriedly volunteered to help. Of course, Liu Ruyan will not refuse. However, after receiving Liu Ruyan's sword, Li Zhe had a precise positioning of his strength. Among the monks in the spiritual channeling period, his strength is also very good. However, when he encountered an elite disciple of the Great Gate Sect like Liu Ruyan, he had no power to fight back at all, and he only received one blow despite his best efforts. The reason for this is that Li Zhe does not have a magic weapon to take advantage of, and he suffers extremely much from handing it over. This problem must be solved first, otherwise when he arrives at the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, something really happens, not only will he not be able to help, but he will become a burden to Liu Ruyan, which will be too embarrassing.
So, the two agreed that Liu Ruyan would send Liu Siren back to Liujia Village alone, while Li Zhe would go to Yunmeng Zongfang City to buy a suitable magic weapon. After buying the magic weapon, I went to Liujia Village to meet Liu Ruyan, and then went to Yulong Snow Mountain together.
When he arrived in Yunmeng Zongfang City, Li Zhe first transformed into Master Wu and went to Vanilla House to exchange the ordinary elixir on his body for spirit stones, and then purchased some medicinal materials. When he was about to leave, Li Zhe was pulled by the shopkeeper Tang again and talked about a topic that annoyed Li Zhe.
It turned out that after trading with Li Zhe a few times, the shopkeeper Tang found that the purity of the elixir that Li Zhe sold was about eighty percent. This discovery surprised him, which showed that the average level of Li Zhe's refining and cultivating elixir was extremely high, so the value of his unique elixir was incalculable.
Although the Cultivation Pill is only a low-grade pill, and the value of the pill is limited, Li Zhe's Pill is very different, and it can stably refine the Cultivation Pill that is close to the product, and the value of the large-scale cultivation sect is high. With this Dan Fang, it can allow large sects to occupy a great advantage in the cultivation of low-level disciples, which can be said to be a strategic advantage, and the value is naturally extremely high.
The shopkeeper Tang calculated in his heart that he would get Li Zhe's Danfang in his hands, and as soon as it changed hands, it would be a spirit stone that could not be used up in several lifetimes. It's a pity that Li Zhe's alchemy is not universal with ordinary alchemists, and there is no traditional pill recipe, so there is no goods to sell. Of course, even if there is a Danfang, Li Zhe will not take it out and sell it, that is not equivalent to asking for trouble for himself.
In order to get Li Zhe's Danfang, Tang's shopkeeper's methods can be said to be endless. This time, he actually proposed to send a female cultivator to Li Zhe as a concubine, the purpose was nothing more than to find out the details of Li Zhe, but Li Zhe refused on the spot. Li Zhe finally got rid of the entanglement of the Tang shopkeeper and left the herb house. The shopkeeper Tang who saw Li Zhe leave, although he still had a smile on his face, a touch of murder flashed in his eyes, it seems that the patience of the shopkeeper Tang is almost grinding, and he will use some bad means next time.