Li Yuanba has been a disciple of Elder Jian for a year, and he has hardly left Wanjian Peak during this year.
The main reason was that he needed to update his main cultivation method, which for a cultivator was equivalent to breaking down the spiritual lake in his body and rebuilding it again.
Fortunately, 'One Hundred Thousand Sword Cultivation Techniques' and 'Sword Intent Soaring into the Sky Techniques' are both sword cultivation techniques. Even if he has to start over, he can still maintain his foundation-building stage and will not fall back to the Qi Refining stage.
If he chose to re-cultivate the law, or other non-sword cultivation techniques, then he would need to start again from the Qi Refining Stage, which would delay the practice for too long.
A cultivator's time is precious. Even though a cultivator's life span is over a hundred years in the Qi Refining Stage and increases to two hundred years in the Foundation Establishment Stage, in reality a cultivator's training time is always tight.
The Qi Refining Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage can be practiced for a maximum of 150 years. If one fails to break through to the Golden Core Stage, there will be no further breakthroughs.
The reason why it is said to be a one hundred and fifty years is that after the age of one hundred and fifty, the body of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage begins to decline. It is good enough to maintain his cultivation level from declining, and he is simply unable to make a breakthrough.
Li Yuanba was born with natural spiritual roots, and coupled with the extremely solid foundation laid during the Qi Refining Stage, he was able to successfully practice the top sword cultivation technique, 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky', within just one year.
His realm is roughly the same as it was a year ago, but his strength has changed a lot.
After coming into contact with the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky', he finally understood the difference between the two techniques.
The 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique' is to constantly hone the sword intent within the body, while the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Technique' not only has the effect of sharpening the sword intent within the body like the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique', it can also absorb the sword intent from the outside world for its own use.
Whenever he practiced the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky', he would be able to absorb the sword intent of Wan Jian Peak into his body, increasing his own sword intent.
Li Yuanba also gradually came into contact with the secret of Wanjian Peak, which can be regarded as a huge magic weapon.
Yes, Wanjian Peak as a whole is a magic weapon. The mountain of Wanjian Peak is originally a magnetic mountain. The sword-cultivating sect has invested a lot of resources into it. The sword cultivators who have mastered the sword intent in the past generations have left their flying swords on the mountain.
The process of refining the magic weapon took countless years.
A sword cultivator will have the experience of changing flying swords several times in his life, and these are all when he makes a leap to a greater realm.
During the Qi Refining Stage, sword cultivators use magic flying swords; during the Foundation Building Stage, sword cultivators use spiritual flying swords; during the Golden Core Stage, sword cultivators use magic flying swords.
As for the flying sword that was replaced, because it had been nourished by the sword cultivator's sword intent for a long time, a trace of the sword cultivator's sword intent was contained in it.
Perhaps one flying sword like this is nothing, but when the number of such flying swords reaches ten thousand, and with five magic-level flying swords containing powerful sword intent as the core, an unimaginable huge inherited magic weapon is created.
The creation of a magic weapon like Wanjianfeng is unimaginable with the technology of the previous life. It took tens of thousands of years to refine. Even the civilization of the previous life did not take as long as this magic weapon.
Li Yuanba could imagine that the sword-cultivating sect that Elder Jian did not name must have been an extremely glorious sect in history, otherwise it would not have been so successful.
Not to mention the materials needed to fill a mountain as big as Wanjian Peak, even if one were to find 10,000 flying swords containing sword intent, it is estimated that even if all the sword cultivators in the current Beishu continent were captured, there would not be that number.
The magic weapon passed down by sword cultivators like Wanjianfeng became the source of the sect's destruction when the sect declined.
Of course, Li Yuanba would not sympathize with the sword-cultivating sect. Sword-cultivating sects hardly engage in production. Where do their resources come from? Of course, they were all robbed.
Several ancestors of the Senluo Sect also seized the Wanjian Peak of the sword-cultivating sect, which was considered a retribution.
Anyway, he was reaping the benefits. The spiritual power in his body was more condensed, and his sword power was three times that of a year ago. All of this was thanks to Wan Jianfeng.
Li Yuanba hasn't seen his master Elder Jian for more than a month. Elder Jian has a special status in Senluo Sect. He is the strongest person in the sect at the Jindan stage. Most of the conflicts between the sect and the outside world at the Jindan stage are resolved by Elder Jian.
Just as he was standing on the top of Wanjian Peak, feeling the power of the sword, a sword light came closer and closer.
"Hello, Master!" He quickly stopped what he was doing, stepped forward and bowed.
Elder Jian has a sharp sword intention, which is extremely rare.
After practicing the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art', Li Yuanba knew clearly that the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art' restrains the sword intent in order to better nourish it, so that the burst will be more intense when necessary.
It was unknown how long Elder Jian's sword intent had been restrained, but now it was radiating from his body. It seemed that he had encountered a powerful enemy and had used his strongest sword intent.
"Yuanba, get ready to go to the Jieshan Checkpoint with the sect's monks. Sword cultivators need to fight to sharpen their sword intent. Your sword intent is growing too fast!" Elder Jian said with a smile.
He was very satisfied with Li Yuanba's cultivation speed. It was not easy to change cultivation. The pain of shattering the spirit lake and the determination were not something that ordinary people could do.
Li Yuanba's talent in sword cultivation is top-notch, and his spirit is even stronger. Everything about him is perfect as Elder Jian envisions.
Therefore, he had higher expectations for Li Yuanba and also raised his requirements for Li Yuanba a lot.
In Senluo Sect, he and Li Yuanba are the only cultivators from Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, and he is willing to devote all his efforts to training Li Yuanba.
Elder Jian wants to return to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. This is the direction he is working towards, but it is too difficult.
Even though Elder Jian is already in the late Golden Core stage, the chances of him breaking through the Golden Core stage and becoming an Infant are not great.
In order to gain the sect's support, he continuously launched attacks everywhere to eliminate all threats to the sect. More than twenty Jindan monks had died at his hands.
This is a horrifying record. An ordinary Jindan cultivator has never killed a Jindan cultivator of the same level in his entire life. The main reason is that it is easy to defeat a Jindan cultivator, but it is extremely difficult to kill him.
Without absolute crushing strength, it is impossible to kill the Golden Core.
Every Jindan cultivator is extraordinary and is a genius who stands out from millions of cultivators.
"Did something happen at the Jieshan Checkpoint?" Li Yuanba asked curiously.
Judging from the sword intent on Elder Jian's body, there are not many enemies worthy of Elder Jian's full-strength attack. A sword cultivator in the late Jindan stage, if his Nascent Soul stage has not emerged, is almost the top combat force in the world of immortal cultivation.
He thought of the rumors he had heard from his original body, Li Shiming, about a war between good and evil. Was this war about to begin?
"Three Arhats from Qianye Temple ambushed Elder Ye. Elder Ye's silver corpse was destroyed and he himself was also seriously injured. I killed one of the Arhats. Qianye Temple's revenge will come soon. In addition, there have been constant frictions between good and evil in recent times. I think this incident will soon become the fuse!" Elder Jian said calmly.
As a sword cultivator, he had no fear of fighting, but was looking forward to it.
Only fighting is the fastest way for sword practitioners to grow, and the improvement of sword intent is the fastest in battle.
Just like Li Yuanba himself, he practiced sword intent for a long time but didn't feel any special effects. However, a life-and-death battle with a true disciple of the outer sect made him realize that sword intent could turn into silk.
"Oh, this is the body of the Arhat. You should find a way to take out the relics. This Arhat's body refinement has reached the pinnacle of the golden elixir, and he is almost able to achieve indestructibility. His relics will be of great help to your body refinement!"
Elder Jian thought of something, took out a storage bracelet and threw it over and said.
Li Yuanba couldn't help but be stunned. This was the body of an arhat, and it was a body that had reached the ultimate level of the golden elixir through practicing body-refining techniques.
Arhat is the Buddhist name for Buddhist monks in the Jindan stage. Buddhism places the most emphasis on body training, and many body training techniques in the world of immortal cultivation come from Buddhism.
Taoism focuses on the soul and spirit, while Buddhism is more concerned with the body, constantly strengthening the body to make it the perfect vessel to carry the soul.
However, he was still extremely surprised that Elder Jian gave him the Arhat's body like this.
You have to know that the Jindan elders in the sect will definitely pay a huge price to exchange for the physical body of the Arhat.
This is the strongest material for refining corpses, and there is a high probability of directly refining a silver corpse.
Refining the silver corpse requires a Jindan-level corpse refining technique and a large amount of precious materials, including a lot of third-grade materials. The Arhat's body is only the main material.
Even if Li Yuanba obtained the body of an arhat, he did not have the conditions to refine it into a corpse.
Of course, even if he had the conditions and he already had his own corpse refining skill, he would not be able to refine a silver corpse with the strength of a golden elixir before his strength reached the golden elixir stage.
As for what Elder Jian said about destroying the corpse and taking its relics, that would be a waste of natural resources.
In fact, Elder Jian was giving resources to his disciple. He said verbally that he was giving the Arhat's body to Li Yuanba for body refining, but he would not ask what Li Yuanba would do with the Arhat's body after giving it away.
Since accepting him as a disciple, Elder Jian has not given him any valuable gifts.
Elder Jian was in the late Jindan stage, and he exchanged all the spiritual objects he obtained from killing for resources for cultivation.
The value of cultivation resources in the late Jindan period is too high, leaving him with almost nothing. This is a similar situation for all sword cultivators.
At the same level, sword cultivators need a lot of resources to practice. Inherited magic weapons like Wanjian Peak are Li Yuanba's practice resources.
As for Elder Jian's realm, the help from Wan Jian Peak was so weak that it could be ignored. His cultivation resources were either obtained by completing tasks for the sect or by killing Jindan cultivators.
"Thank you, Master!" Li Yuanba put the storage bracelet on his wrist regardless of what Elder Jian thought.
His spiritual thoughts entered the storage bracelet, and a corpse of a monk wearing Buddhist robes floated in the space.
Even though the monk was dead, his body still exuded a terrifying aura. Li Yuanba suspected that if he met this monk, the monk would be able to crush him to death with just one finger.
There was only a Buddhist robe on the monk's body, and nothing else. I guess they were all taken away by Elder Jian.
"Oh, right, I've prepared something to save your life!" Elder Jian took out a Buddhist bead and handed it over. He continued, "Those righteous cultivators are sweet-mouthed but treacherous. They may do something against the rules. Once a Jindan cultivator makes a move, you must crush this thing. It contains my sword intent!"
Li Yuanba took the Buddhist beads. Needless to say, these Buddhist beads should belong to the Arhat and were borrowed by Elder Jian to store his own sword intent.
His fingers touched the sword-meaning Buddhist beads, and the hairs on his body stood up. This was an instinctive reaction to facing great terror.
He was almost certain that the sword intent within the sword-intent Buddhist beads was definitely the power of a true Jindan-stage sword cultivator. As for how powerful it was, that was not something he could judge.
"Master, I will be careful!" He bowed and said after putting away the sword-intentioned Buddhist beads.
"A sword cultivator's battle is not a fight to the death. If the opponent is impossible to succeed, flee thousands of miles away immediately. If the opponent can be killed, strike him with lightning speed. There should not be any hesitation!" Although Elder Jian knew that Li Yuanba had experienced a lot, he still gave his instructions.
This time, Elder Jian fought a fierce battle with three Arhats. He mobilized all the sword power he had cultivated over the years and killed one of them, scaring away the other two.
He incorporated the remaining sword intent into the Arhat's Buddhist beads. Although the Arhat's Buddhist beads were only made of second-grade spiritual wood, they were nourished by the Arhat's Buddha intent for many years and had the special effect of containing energy.
Arhats use Buddhist beads to store their own spiritual power and can continuously draw spiritual power from the beads to replenish themselves during battle.
Elder Jian's use of the Buddhist beads is like cooking a crane and burning a piano, which is extremely wasteful.
Sword intent is an extremely domineering energy. The sword intent that remains after the battle is the result of his long-term cultivation, and is even more exceptionally sharp.
After being incorporated into the Buddhist beads, this rare treasure that can repeatedly store the spiritual power of the golden elixir becomes a disposable spiritual object.
Elder Jian himself had never learned how to refine weapons, so he just used whatever he had and didn't feel it was a pity.
As for material possessions, the sword cultivator's attitude is to exchange them for resources. If it weren't for his disciple Li Yuanba, these Buddhist beads would eventually only become a trading item for exchanging resources.
In other words, Li Yuanba did not know the value of Buddhist beads, otherwise he would also be heartbroken by such behavior.
There are not many treasures that can preserve golden elixir-level spiritual power outside the body, even in the entire world of immortal cultivation. The cultivators who possess such treasures will not take them out for trading.
Li Yuanba bid farewell to Elder Jian. He did not leave alone, but left with other cultivators of the sect, accompanied by Elder Jindan who led the team.
When they arrived at the designated place, more than two hundred foundation-building monks were already waiting.
His appearance did not attract much attention, mainly because he had not appeared in the sect except for a period of time a year ago when he received a series of missions and became famous.
The little fame I had a year ago has long since faded away with time.
Elder Jian accepted him as his disciple and made him his true disciple, which was also the purpose of changing the information on his identity jade disc, and he reported it to the sect.
There was no apprenticeship ceremony, and no monks from the sect were invited to witness it.
In addition, after practicing the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky', his sword intent was restrained a lot, at least it was not something that an ordinary foundation-building cultivator could sense.
The foundation-building monks present thought that he was just an ordinary sect monk, and they all surrounded the dozen or so true disciples, wanting to join the team of these true disciples. With the protection of these true disciples, they would be safer in the battle.