Chapter 128: Sword Master
In mid-April, more and more independent cultivators came to Feimaji to make a living.
Gao Xian could hear the bustling voices on Central Street even when he was sitting in the yard.
Daniu was looking at the alchemy furnace in the alchemy room. The noisy voices outside could not cover up Daniu's long and orderly breathing.
Having followed him for nearly two years, Daniu can take Guyuan Pills every day and has now reached the third level of Qi training.
She is useless in fighting, but she is already an expert in alchemy. She can help him handle most of the alchemy work.
The problem with Daniu is that his spiritual awareness is not strong enough, and he doesn't know how to smell fragrance. His understanding of pharmacology is far from perfect, especially when it comes to controlling the temperature of the fire.
So he can only be an assistant and is not able to take charge on his own for the time being.
Gao Xian felt that Daniu's talent in alchemy was average, probably the same as his talent in swordsmanship, he had no understanding and relied entirely on hard practice.
He practiced hard for a month, and although his Qingfeng swordsmanship had reached the maximum master level, he was unable to reach the grandmaster level.
He had mastered serious spells such as Ice Arrow and Flame Bomb, and had never encountered a bottleneck.
Unexpectedly, he got stuck in swordsmanship.
He had a strong premonition that as long as his swordsmanship could reach the master level, he would be able to resonate with the Green Lotus Sword and achieve the state of unity between man and sword.
Because of this, Gao Xian had lost his appetite these past few days, and even his dual cultivation with Sister Lan was not as joyful as before.
He gently stroked the Qinglian Sword lying across his knees, feeling puzzled.
Yao Qingshuang could merge with the Qinglian Sword, so why couldn't he? Could it be that Yao Qingshuang's swordsmanship was better than his? Gao Xian sat there until the sun went down, and saw Qi Niang walking into the yard in the afterglow of the setting sun.
He watched Qi Niang approaching, and couldn't help but ask, "Qiniang, what do you think is the basis of sword practice?"
Zhu Qinnan knew that Gao Xian had been practicing sword skills like crazy during this period, but seemed to be stuck at a bottleneck and unable to make any progress.
She didn't really understand it. It was just a sword-fighting technique, not a sword-cultivation technique with a clear method, a clear level division, or a clear path to advancement.
It is difficult to classify ordinary swordsmanship into different levels. How come Gao Xian is stuck at a certain subtle level and cannot make any progress?
She didn't know how Gao Xian made such an accurate judgment and divided ordinary martial arts and sword techniques into clear levels.
Because of this, she didn't know how to help Gao Xian.
Gao Xian asked about it today, and Zhu Qinnan could only try her best to answer it.
"Sword cultivators have their own cultivation paths, which are extremely profound and mysterious. I can't explain them clearly. However, we only use combat sword techniques, which are not complicated.
"You are extremely talented in cultivation, and you can easily master sophisticated and complex spells. There is no reason why you can't master swordsmanship."
She pondered for a moment and said, "I think your problem is that you find everything too easy to learn and you are too impatient.
"There's not much to say about swordsmanship. I'll just talk about some general principles.
"If you want to achieve success in a certain field, you just need these four words: 'sincerity and integrity'."
Gao Xian nodded thoughtfully. What Qi Niang said was indeed very vague and without any specific details.
However, Qinnan was right about one thing: he was too impatient.
Be it the Great Five Elements Kung Fu or magic, the most complex technical aspects are all completed by Sister Lan.
With the added ability of Fengyue Baojian, he can quickly improve a spell to an extremely high level.
Everything can be accomplished quickly, which also suits the pace of his previous life.
Gao Xian didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Facts have proved that power is power, no matter where it comes from, it is equally powerful.
He couldn't help feeling a little annoyed because he couldn't take any shortcuts in his swordsmanship.
Therefore, if you want to break through the bottleneck, there is no other way but to practice hard!
After dinner, Gao Xian returned to his bedroom to sit cross-legged and practice, doing his routine exercises.
It was already dark outside, and the room was gloomy.
Gao Xian gently pulled out the Qinglian Sword, and the sword light on the green blade flowed like water, with a mysterious and wonderful beauty.
He felt that what Qi Niang meant by "sincerity and upright intentions" meant using spiritual consciousness to sense the sword.
He had always been accustomed to using Sister Lan to control his spiritual consciousness because Sister Lan could help him save countless efforts.
When practicing sword skills, he was only thinking about improving his proficiency and did not really put his spiritual consciousness into it.
In terms of swordsmanship, he has reached a very high level thanks to his superb electric light and dragon hands.
Good or bad fortune, fast or slow, all depends on the heart.
Gao Xian felt that he was stuck at the maximum master level because he had not been able to truly combine swordsmanship and spiritual awareness.
The so-called sword intent and sword heart, in reality, are nothing more than using spiritual consciousness to control the magic power of the sword.
In the battle last September, he saw Yun Taihao attack with his sword through the Flower-Seeing Mirror.
Gao Xian believed that even those great foundation-building monks could not see the huge battlefield as clearly as he did.
The Flower-Appraising Mirror and Sister Lan's powerful spiritual sense allowed him to see some details of Yun Taihao's attack.
When Yun Taihao wielded the sword, his magic power and the sword gathered into a sword force as strong as thunder.
Wherever the sword points, the thundering sword energy moves with the sword, releasing an indestructible power.
Gao Xian didn’t know what secret technique Yun Taihao was using. In his opinion, Yun Taihao was not using swordsmanship, but more like some kind of magic released through a sword.
The sword is nothing more than a magical weapon, a powerful medium for releasing power.
They, the Qi practitioners, were still at the level of controlling swords with their hands, eyes, and body, which was the level of physical combat.
Even Chishe and other late-stage Qi training masters can at most unleash the magical power of their swords, but fundamentally they still use them as swords.
Judging from the power displayed by Yun Taihao, using spiritual consciousness to control the sword is the fundamental thing.
The cultural influence that Gao Xian received in his previous life made him yearn for swordsmen.
However, this is the world of cultivators after all. Divine consciousness is the basis for controlling power.
Since he had no method to practice swordsmanship, he had to abandon those unrealistic fantasies, use his spiritual consciousness to integrate into swordsmanship, and use his spiritual consciousness to communicate with the sword.
Without the guidance of a wise teacher, Gao Xian could only figure it out on his own.
No matter what, spiritual awareness is his strong point, and integrating spiritual awareness into sword techniques and swordsmanship suits him very well.
Gao Xian held the Green Lotus Sword in his hand, slowly performing the Qing Feng Sword Technique while constantly adjusting his spiritual sense to try to resonate with the Green Lotus Sword.
The outward-emitting spiritual consciousness is equivalent to some kind of radio waves, which are constantly adjusted like adjusting the radio band, trying to establish a connection with the Green Lotus Sword.
The radio has only a few fixed bands, which are easy to adjust.
Using spiritual consciousness to communicate with the Green Lotus Sword is a million times more complicated.
Gao Xian accepted Qiniang's words with an open mind and sincerity. Well, he understood that she would not give up until she achieved her goal.
I stayed up until late at night, but there was no breakthrough.
After Gao Xian and Sister Lan practiced dual cultivation, he fell asleep holding the sword.
He had something on his mind and couldn't sleep well.
The sound of a rooster crowing woke Gao Xian from his sleep.
Gao Xian wanted to sleep but couldn't, so he just held his sword and sat on the bed in a daze. After an unknown amount of time, a ray of golden light from the rising sun in the east passed over the wall and landed in the yard.
At this moment, the sky and the earth were bright, and a hint of golden red could be seen faintly on the window paper.
At this moment, Gao Xian suddenly had an idea. He focused his consciousness on the lotus pattern on the hilt, and the Green Lotus Sword in his hand suddenly turned into a green rainbow light.
In an instant, the blade of the Green Lotus Sword seemed to be completely illuminated.
As the blue rainbow light flickered and flickered, it released an unparalleled sharp aura.
Gao Xian, who was holding the sword in his hand, felt a chill between his brows. The sharp sword light seemed to be able to cut through everything.
Gao Xian's spiritual consciousness and the Green Lotus Sword truly established a resonance. In the subtle resonance, he could sense the subtle changes inside the Green Lotus Sword, as well as the various meanings contained in the changes of the Green Lotus Sword.
The previous master of the Qinglian Sword left a spiritual consciousness, or sword intent, deep in the Qinglian Sword.
This sword intent records the origin of the Qinglian Sword and its various changes.
Through this sword intent, Gao Xian truly mastered the Green Lotus Sword.
The green rainbow light transformed by the Green Lotus Sword only lasted for a few breaths before turning back into a sword blade.
Gao Xian also let out a sigh of relief. In just a few breaths, he had consumed 70% of his spiritual awareness and 50% of his magic power.
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If the Green Lotus Sword continued to maintain this rainbow light state, he would be drained of his energy by the Green Lotus Sword.
He swallowed two recovery pills and sat cross-legged for a while to regulate his breathing before he recovered to his full strength.
By regulating his breathing and practicing qigong, Gao Xian's excitement calmed down.
Gao Xian drew out the Green Lotus Sword again. He stimulated his spiritual consciousness to resonate with the sword, triggering changes in the runes hidden deep within the sword.
The Green Lotus Sword instantly turned into a blade-like green rainbow light. Under the stimulation of Gao Xian's spiritual consciousness, this green rainbow light could reach a maximum length of four feet.
Well, it’s only three inches longer than the original blade.
According to the record of that sword intent, the Green Lotus Sword light turned into a blade-like green rainbow light, which is the most powerful transformation of the Green Lotus Sword, named the Green Lotus Flying Rainbow Sword.
The Green Lotus Feihong Sword is said to be indestructible.
Gao Xian naturally wouldn't take this statement seriously. However, the Green Lotus Flying Rainbow Sword has the power to break the law because of its special rainbow light.
In other words, the blade-like blue rainbow light can easily penetrate the magic protection of the same level.
For example, a shield condensed by magic power, such as the Yi Mu Shield, including the protective magic shield activated by magic talismans, etc., are like nothing under the Qinglian Feihong Sword.
Gao Xian couldn't help but feel delighted, thinking that the Green Lotus Feihong Sword should be of the second level, so it would be able to penetrate the protective Qi of a great cultivator who had established his foundation.
Given the sharpness of the Green Lotus Feihong Sword, even a great cultivator who specialized in body building would find it difficult to withstand a single blow.
If the Green Lotus Flying Rainbow Sword really had such power, it would be possible to kill a great cultivator who had reached the foundation-building stage.
Gao Xian is certainly not blindly optimistic. The power of the Green Lotus Feihong Sword still needs to be tested in various ways to determine its level of power.
No matter what, the change of the Green Lotus Feihong Sword allowed him to master a powerful attack method.
He used the Green Lotus Sword to practice a set of Qingfeng sword techniques. His spiritual consciousness was naturally integrated into every sword technique, and a close and mysterious connection was established between him and the Green Lotus Sword.
When performing sword techniques, the mind, sword and body are coordinated and integrated, which can mobilize the strength of muscles and bones more finely.
Every time he performed a sword technique, Gao Xian could feel that every part of his body was being integrated into the Green Lotus Sword by his spiritual consciousness, forming a harmonious and exquisite unity.
In this state, every sword technique performed will temper every part of the body.
In terms of effect, practicing Qingfeng Sword Technique has achieved some of the effects of Iron Dragon Hand.
The difference is that the Iron Dragon Hand can exercise the limbs, internal organs, and every part of the body at every level.
The integration of Qingfeng Sword Technique is for better power generation, not for physical training. However, this kind of power generation will have some physical training effects.
Gao Xian knew that his swordsmanship had taken a huge step forward, which was why he could control the sword so delicately and accurately, and achieve such good results in his practice.
He opened the Fengyue Treasure Mirror, and sure enough, his Qingfeng swordsmanship had advanced to the grandmaster level.
Qingfeng Sword Technique: The sword turns into wind and thunder, the body, mind and sword become one, mysterious and incomparable. (15/10000 Grandmaster)
The annotations of the Grandmaster Qingfeng Sword Technique have also changed greatly, clearly indicating that the power of Qingfeng Sword Technique has greatly increased.
There are several fierce moves in the Qingfeng sword technique that resemble wind and thunder. Gao Xian has only been able to use its speed but has found it difficult to bring out its fierceness and power.
Having reached the level of a sword master, he was able to fully unleash the power of the Qingfeng sword technique.
Gao Xian couldn't help but be overjoyed as he held the Qinglian Sword. After more than a month of hard work, he finally succeeded.
The master of swordsmanship improved his control over the sword and increased the power of his swordsmanship.
According to conservative estimates, the power of his swordsmanship has increased by at least 50%.
The performance of swordsmanship involves many aspects, including speed, strength, reaction, precision, etc. Because of the clever integration of spiritual consciousness, these aspects have been improved.
Taken together, the power of his swordsmanship was naturally greatly enhanced.
Gao Xian thought of Chishe and Yang Qiying and his wife. In his current state, he could easily kill the three of them with his sword openly without having to launch a sneak attack.
The Green Lotus Sword can be transformed into the Green Lotus Feihong Sword, giving him an additional killing move.
But he also knew that close combat was dangerous and unnecessary, so he would not fight anyone in close combat.
Using ice arrows to sweep and snipe from a distance without alarming even a speck of dust, that is the style of a cultivator.
Even Gao Xian didn't like to use the flame bomb. It made too much noise, and the explosion caused blood and flesh to fly everywhere, which was not elegant at all.
Gao Xian thought so, but he still had to test the sword.
He ran next door to wake up Zhu Qiniang and took her to the yard to test the sword.
Ever since Zhu Qinnan solved the problem of body alienation and advanced to the tenth level of Qi training, she has experienced explosive growth in all aspects.
Except for his advantages in speed and spiritual awareness, Gao Xian was completely crushed by Qiniang in other aspects.
If they fight head-on, he won't be able to defeat Qiniang.
Today, Gao Xian's swordsmanship has advanced to the Grandmaster level, so of course he wants to find Qiniang to give it a try.
When Zhu Qinnan looked at Gao Xian's condition, she knew that he should have made a breakthrough.
She was also a little curious. What had Gao Xian achieved after working so hard for more than a month? Zhu Qiniang and Gao Xian both held wooden swords. The swords had no eyes, and in the fierce battle, neither of them dared to say that they could control it.
If you keep your strength under control, there is little point in testing the sword.
Gao Xian raised his sword and saluted, and Qi Niang returned the salute.
The two sides faced each other in silence for a while, and Gao Xian raised his sword to attack first. He activated the geomagnetic wheel, and in a flash he was in front of Qiniang.
Qi Niang raised her sword to meet the attack, and the two began to fight.
Qi Niang's swordsmanship was extremely powerful and fierce, suppressing Gao Xian in all aspects.
Gao Xian drove the geomagnetic wheel as fast as a ghost, and the wooden sword in his hand was as erratic as the wind and as swift as lightning. Although he was in a passive situation, he was very calm and free when advancing and retreating.
The two fought for more than a hundred moves, and suddenly the two swords collided with each other in a chain. Sword shadows intertwined and emitted a sound of wind and thunder.
Suddenly a wooden sword broke and shattered, sending wood chips flying all over the sky.
Zhu Qiniang held the broken sword for a while, then said with a complicated expression: "I didn't expect that you are also a genius in swordsmanship. God really favors you!"
(End of this chapter)