That night, after Su Rui walked out of Xuanmiao Temple, he found a group of caves on the edge of the cave that were specially opened by the Qingcheng Sect for true disciples and inner disciples. He found a relatively cleaner cave and settled down there.
Many of the Qingcheng Sect's outer disciples and young men were children of wealthy families, so the sect was not short of supplies. After Su Rui selected his cave, he went to the Internal Affairs Hall and received several sets of bedding and other daily necessities from the disciples stationed at the cave complex. After tidying up the cave, it surprisingly had a warm atmosphere.
After Su Rui chose the cave, the little fox demon changed back into the appearance of a lotus and busied itself with running around. At this moment, it was discussing with Chi Jiao whether it was possible to hunt some colorful pheasants outside the cave for dinner!
During this period, the poor little fox demon followed Su Rui and became thin because he couldn't eat chicken.
Su Rui didn't join their chicken-catching scheme. Instead, he summoned the Green Fly Sword and began to wield it with a twisting, unsteady movement. Learning the art of sword control didn't mean one could instantly soar through the skies, traversing the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening. On the contrary, even after mastering the art, one still needed to start from scratch, slowly learning and mastering it, to achieve faster and more stable flight.
Since Su Rui had not had time to refine the Purple Swan Sword, he could only use the Green Fly Sword to practice sword-wielding. Since he had not cultivated the "Innate Gengjin Sword Art" to the third level of entering and exiting the Qingming level, he had not been able to cultivate a sword and shield, and could not condense a layer of true energy membrane outside the sword light to resist the wind and rain. Su Rui was now standing on the sword light of the Green Fly Sword, and could only practice at a low altitude of three or four meters above the ground. The wind was strong when flying high, and the feeling of that wind blowing into his mouth and nose was extremely uncomfortable.
The speed of his initial sword control technique was about the same as that of a small electric scooter, around 30-40 kilometers per hour, similar to the Yinyun Escape technique he had previously mastered. However, it was not as comfortable as the Yinyun Escape technique described in the Xuanming Sutra. After all, Yinyun Escape was surrounded by clouds and did not require direct exposure to the wind.
However, Yinyundun is no match for the sword-controlling technique, because the sword-controlling technique is easy to learn and takes a short time to activate. More importantly, it has great growth potential. It will become faster as the level of Taoism increases and the flying sword is upgraded. Some old monsters can even reach a speed of 20,000 to 30,000 kilometers per hour when flying with a sword, which is quite terrifying!
In addition, when using the sword-controlling technique, one can also control another flying sword to fight with others at the same time, which is actually the same as the cloud escape technique, wind escape technique, etc.
However, since Su Rui was still a rookie, it was already very good that he did not lie on the flying sword to fly. For the time being, he could not fly and fight with the sword at the same time.
The night in the cave did not seem to be as dark as imagined. In order to keep the cave bright, the Qingcheng Sect actually used a magic tool to project the starry sky outside to the top of the cave, so that the moon and stars could also be seen inside the cave.
In order to avoid disturbing other Qingcheng disciples who were resting in the cave, Su Rui only practiced for half an hour before retracting the Qingfeng Sword and returning to the cave.
The red dragon and the little fox demon actually caught a few colorful pheasants and cooked chicken soup in a clay pot. Looking at the milky white chicken soup with an alluring aroma and the plump and tempting chicken, Su Rui felt hungry and immediately joined the "battle" with the red dragon and the little fox demon to snatch the chicken legs...
After eating and drinking, Su Rui took out the Purple Swan Sword and began to refine it with the Pure Qi.
The Purple Swan Sword had already developed spiritual consciousness and barely reached the level of a magic weapon. Su Rui poured the Shangqing true energy into the sword and felt one of the divine restrictions and two recently refined restrictions.
According to the different production methods, flying swords and magic weapons can be divided into three types: talisman instruments, magic instruments, and magic treasures. Talisman instruments are simply talismans engraved on swords or other objects, just like the Nine-Character Mantra Sword that Su Rui bought earlier was actually a talisman instrument.
A talisman is different from a talisman. A talisman is a combination of a talisman and an implement, serving a specific purpose while also mobilizing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. A single powerful talisman can sometimes be even more powerful than a magical weapon. For example, the "Great Sage Save Me" talisman given to him by the little fox demon is a powerful summoning talisman. However, most talismans require specific ink and paper to communicate with the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, and demons and spirits, making them essentially disposable. Only specific materials can create reusable talismans. For example, the talismans used by the Xitang court to issue decrees to the gods were made from special materials.
Magical weapons are flying swords and instruments that have been refined to impose restrictions but have not yet become divine restrictions. The small cloth bag, Qingxie Sword, and Xuanyin Banner currently in Su Rui's hand are all magical weapons.
A magical treasure is a general term for instruments that possess divine prohibitions, equating to a treasure. The more divine prohibitions one possesses, the higher the rank of the magical treasure. After generating nine divine prohibitions, one has the chance to generate an innate divine prohibition, a legendary acquired treasure. Innate treasures, on the other hand, are naturally created by nature, possessing an innate divine prohibition and possessing control over a specific principled avenue.
Since the divine prohibitions in magic weapons have a specific power-enhancing effect on them, generally speaking, magic weapons are more powerful than magic tools. Of course, the power will also vary due to the different refining techniques of various schools and factions.
Although there's often a small chance that magical weapons that have been granted divine prohibitions will develop spirituality, magical weapons that have been granted innate divine prohibitions will inevitably develop spiritual intelligence. Therefore, spirituality isn't a significant factor in determining the power of a flying sword or magical weapon, but the general rule is that higher-level flying swords and magical weapons have greater spirituality.
Su Rui currently has three and a half magic weapons in his hands. The Dragon Diagram Bagua and the Thunder Scale are definitely one, and the Purple Swan also has a divine ban. Although the Blue Luan also has a divine ban, the sword body is only half, so it can only be considered half.
Su Rui hadn't practiced the secret art of restraint and didn't know how to refine weapons, but the Purple Swan Sword itself was a flying sword wielded by a Qingcheng Sect master's uncle, long since modified to be controlled by Supreme Purity Qi. Furthermore, it had been abandoned and placed within the sword tomb, its Qi imprint having long since been erased or dissipated. Therefore, Su Rui only needed to mobilize Supreme Purity Qi to infect the divine restraints and restrictions within the sword, leaving his own imprint, and he would be able to control the flying sword.
This process is not complicated, but it consumes quite a bit of Qi.
Su Rui spent the entire night, repeatedly refining, recovering his energy, and refining again, and finally succeeded in refining the Purple Swan Sword before dawn.
Looking at the purple sword floating in front of him with the sword-controlling hand gestures, Su Rui felt full of a sense of accomplishment.
This made him unable to help but jump onto the flying sword and control the purple swan sword to fly out of the cave.
The speed of the Purple Swan Sword was more than twice that of the Green Fly Sword, nearly 70-80 kilometers per hour. After Su Rui stood on the sword light and enjoyed the high-altitude "racing" against the wind, he returned to the cave shivering with a unique hairstyle.
He had practiced the "Boy's Kung Fu," and his primordial Yang was strong. Furthermore, his Tongbei Divine Ape Demonic Body controlled the Samadhi True Fire, so under normal circumstances, he wasn't afraid of the cold. However, the early morning wind was so strong and cold that he flew against it at high speed, inevitably being invaded by the cold, and shivering with cold.
After returning to the cave, Su Rui urged the Shangqing Qi to circulate throughout his body, and then drove the cold air out of his body. Of course, this was the convenience brought by cultivation.
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