He was able to comprehend sword intent during the Foundation Establishment stage thanks to his Grandmaster Uncle Tantai.
Shen Qing comprehended his own sword intent by studying the sword marks left by Tantai Yueming on the sword-testing stone day and night.
Sword cultivators are different from magic cultivators; they don't have any special skills, and it's normal for them to swing their swords tens of thousands of times a day.
For this reason, most sword cultivators comprehend their own sword intent after entering the Golden Core stage.
However, if one can comprehend sword intent before reaching the Golden Core stage, then one is destined to go much further on the path of swordsmanship.
Tantai Yueming had already comprehended sword intent before even reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, which is why Shen Qing always regarded him as his role model.
And since gaining some insight from the sword-testing stone he left behind, this feeling of reverence has only grown stronger.
Now, his idol is right in front of him, teaching him how not to get excited.
Unfortunately, Grandmaster Tantai only showed up once before leaving, and he had no chance to ask many questions about swordsmanship that he had in mind.
Then, thinking about how those people seemed to have an unusual relationship with his grandmaster, Shen Qing secretly felt regretful.
How could he have missed such a good opportunity?
If we could win over those two kids to our side, wouldn't we have a chance to speak with Grandmaster Tantai?
Shen Qing felt even more remorseful upon thinking about this.
His aura was also changing drastically, and those around him immediately noticed something was wrong.
One of the younger disciples, seeing this, couldn't resist reaching out to touch it.
"Senior Brother Shen, you..."
The man originally wanted to ask him what was wrong, but before he could even finish speaking, a sharp sword aura attacked him.
Upon seeing this, the man quickly withdrew his hand, barely managing to save one hand, but his robe was torn in half.
The unexpected happened so suddenly that no one had time to react.
The man looked at his torn sleeve and felt a wave of fear.
Elder Wu heard the commotion and came over. He saw that Shen Qing was surrounded by sword energy and seemed to be in an unstable state of mind, so he quickly took action to call him out of his consciousness.
"Shen Qing, concentrate your mind and focus your energy."
As those thunderous voices struck his very soul, Shen Qing quickly did as instructed, thus snapping out of his daze.
He learned from the whispers of his fellow disciples that he had almost hurt a fellow disciple while lost in thought.
Shen Qing quickly apologized to the junior brother from before.
"I'm sorry, Junior Brother Huang, I almost hurt you."
Upon hearing this, the junior brother surnamed Huang quickly waved his hand.
"Senior brother, I shouldn't have forgotten Master's teachings. I shouldn't have tried to touch you when the sword cultivator was lost in thought."
Because sword cultivators practice their swordsmanship tens of thousands of times a day, their bodies have developed conditioned reflexes. Even if someone is very familiar with them, if they approach them while they are lost in thought, they may be injured by the stress response of their bodies.
Huang Tao seemed to have thought of something and asked again.
"Senior Brother Shen, did you just obtain some fortuitous opportunity? Could it be that I, your junior brother, have ruined your important plans?"
Thinking back to what he had just been thinking, Shen Qing waved his hand somewhat awkwardly.
"No, no, junior brother, there's no need to worry."
The commotion at the Spirit Sword Sect was quite significant, and Lin Jiujiu and the others following behind them naturally noticed it.
Seeing that Shen Qing was alright, they didn't bother with him.
Tantai Yueming, however, came out and took a look.
Then, he let out a rare sigh.
"He's a promising talent with good comprehension, but unfortunately his cultivation level has risen too quickly, and his temperament hasn't kept up. It seems I'll have to give the sect leader some advice later. These children should be sent out for some training as soon as possible."
Lin Jiujiu raised an eyebrow upon hearing his words. To her, Tantai Yueming's bone age was only about twenty-five or twenty-six.
Shen Qing is only two or three years younger than him at most, so how come he's considered a child?
However, Lin Jiujiu didn't dwell on his way of addressing him. After all, since the other person called him Grandmaster Uncle, it didn't seem wrong for him to treat him as a junior.
Apart from this minor incident, the two spirit boats flew one after the other over the Canglan Sea for two days, both quite peacefully, and nothing else happened.
During this time, Tantai Haoze successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Tantai Yueming helped him stabilize his realm and then released him to play with the little bean.
As they approached the entrance to the secret realm, Lin Jiujiu brought up the idea of going to the secret realm together again.
Tantai Yueming held the spirit tea she had managed to get from Baili Chenyuan and took a big, satisfied sip before speaking.
"Forget about it. Anyone above the Foundation Establishment stage can't get in. Some people tried to lower their cultivation level before, but it didn't work at all. They were kicked out of the secret realm."
Lin Jiujiu clearly didn't take his words to heart.
She didn't intend to lower her cultivation level to enter.
You must understand that all calculations are futile in the face of absolute power.
Now that she knew that this Azure Orchid Secret Realm was related to a small world she had experienced before, she naturally had other ways to enter.
Lin Jiujiu waved her hand dismissively.
"You don't need to worry about how I get in. But if you don't want to go in, go back to the spirit boat at the Spirit Sword Sect. We still have other uses for this spirit boat."
Seeing her determined look, Tantai Yueming also became interested.
"Do you really have a solution?"
Lin Jiujiu rolled her eyes and didn't answer.
Tantai Yueming knew from her attitude that things were probably settled.
He quickly replied, "I'll go, I'll definitely go. Baili and I are good brothers. Since he wants to go into the secret realm, I'll naturally accompany him even at the risk of my life."
This time, not only Lin Jiujiu, but even Tantai Haoze and Ning Yi on the side couldn't help but roll their eyes.
Lin Jiujiu called Xiaobai over.
"That spirit should be the same as you, right? Do you have any way to devour it and take us in?"
Lin Jiujiu has a way to enter the secret realm on her own, but since there is free labor available, she is unwilling to do it herself.
Xiao Bai rolled her eyes at him.
"Do you know that disturbing someone's sleep is the most shameful thing, and yet it's for such a trivial matter?"
Tantai Yueming was already incredulous when she heard Lin Jiujiu's words, and she was even more surprised when she heard Xiaobai say that it was a small matter.
He kept glancing at Lin Jiujiu and then at Xiaobai.
He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Could this master and pet be some kind of ancient monster?"
Both the person and the pet turned their heads and glared at him at the same time. Tantai Yueming was so frightened that she quickly shut her mouth and moved her body closer to Baili Chenyuan.
Baili Chenyuan didn't want Lin Jiujiu to mistakenly believe that she was in cahoots with him.
Without hesitation, he made a hand seal and teleported ten feet away from him.
Seeing his cowardly appearance, Lin Jiujiu didn't argue with him and turned to Xiaobai.
"If I make too much noise, there might be some old monsters hiding here. Since this secret realm is the main female protagonist's cheat, you can probably control it too."
Xiao Bai did not refuse, because he knew that what Lin Jiujiu said was true.
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