Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 513: Chapter 510: Ingenious Use

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Qu Ying finally couldn’t hold back and transmitted in secret: ”Sect Master, is everything alright? The princely heir can’t have an accident.”

Lu Donghu shook his head.

Qu Ying asked, ”Then what’s going on? Why did his hair stand up?”

Lu Donghu slowly said, ”He must have touched upon the Heavenly Blade’s mysteries.”

”What mysteries does the Heavenly Blade hold?” Qu Ying asked.

Lu Donghu said, ”The founder comprehended the profound meanings of the Heavenly Blade amidst thunder.”

”...Is the princely heir’s hair caused by thunder?” Qu Ying hurriedly asked.

Lu Donghu nodded, ”It seems so.”

”Sect Master, this Heavenly Blade seems unremarkable at first glance. Does it have to be touched to reveal itself?”

”If the realm is not reached, naturally it cannot be seen.”

”Then what realm is required?”

”You haven’t even gathered the Sword Intent, you are far behind, take your time.”

”Sword Intent...” Qu Ying lightly shook her head.

The Sword Intent is something extremely mysterious and profound. How to accomplish it exactly is unclear.

The Sword Skills secret manual says that when one is united with their blade, utterly sincere and pure, the Sword Intent forms naturally.

But she couldn’t accomplish it no matter what.

Is it because she isn’t sincere enough, isn’t pure enough?

After so many years of painstaking cultivation, is there anyone more sincere and pure than her?

Chu Zhiyuan’s hair grew more and more bushy, even his clothes billowed.

Gradually, they felt an inexplicable pressure emanating from Chu Zhiyuan.

Lu Donghu and Qu Liu, the two elders, couldn’t help but retreat, and retreat again, barely withstanding this strange pressure.

Qu Ying stood behind Qu Qianbi, still feeling breathless, as if she was in an icy cellar, her face grew pale in no time, and her body trembled.

Qu Qianbi placed a hand on her shoulder, injecting spiritual power to protect her body, but it was ineffective.

He could only lower his voice helplessly: ”Ying’er, you should withdraw.”

Qu Ying stubbornly shook her head.

She had to see clearly at all costs.

Lu Donghu also transmitted in secret, lowering his voice: ”Let Little Ying be, speak up if she really can’t hold on.”

Qu Qianbi glanced at him and nodded helplessly.

This was indeed a rare opportunity, but insufficient cultivation would only lead to suffering if forced.

Qu Ying gritted her teeth, but her white, neat teeth began to chatter.

She bit hard but it was useless, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t stop her teeth from knocking together.

Her body trembled continuously.

The aura Chu Zhiyuan emitted grew stronger and stronger, eventually pushing them to the point they couldn’t withstand it, forcing them to retreat step by step until they retreated outside the great hall.

The doors of the main hall were dragged open, curtains lifted.

They stood on the steps outside the hall, trying their best to steady themselves, staring inside intently.

Chu Zhiyuan’s hair slowly began to settle down, yet his aura grew even more formidable.

Vaguely, they saw a bright moon appear before their eyes.

Though it was daytime, it felt as if they were in the night, with a bright moon overhead slowly casting down its clear light.

A cool feeling surrounded them, and their minds were entirely clear.

They couldn’t help but become entranced, as if moon-gazing had made them lose themselves, leaving only the bright moon.

Unaware, time slipped by, until suddenly, the moon transformed in an instant.

It seemed to swell rapidly, expanding across the entire night sky.

Silver light filled the sky.

They woke abruptly, finding themselves drenched in sweat, as if fished out of water.

A gust of wind blew past, chilling them to the bone.

It was a cold that seeped into the marrow.

This was a feeling unthinkable for a Great Grandmaster, yet the spiritual energy couldn’t protect the body this time.

”Sword Intent!” Lu Donghu gently exhaled.

Qu Qianbi and Liu Ruixiang nodded gravely, then shook their heads.

Qu Ying realized she herself seemed unchanged, the earlier cold and pressure had unknowingly vanished completely.

Seeing Lu Donghu and the others perspiring profusely while she remained dry and neat.

Lu Donghu and the others also noticed her anomaly, looking toward Chu Zhiyuan.

After an exchanged glance, they understood.

He was already controlling his power, sparing Qu Ying from the pressure.

As for why he didn’t spare the pressure on themselves, either he was unable, or it was intentional.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes.

Purple light flickered in his eyes, gradually receding as he looked up at the four of them.

They felt a slight sting and didn’t dare meet his gaze.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and said, ”What a Heavenly Blade.”

”Princely Heir, how is it?” Lu Donghu hurriedly asked, ”Did you gain any insights?”

Chu Zhiyuan looked at the Heavenly Blade in his hands and sighed, ”I gained something, I suppose.”

”Only gained something?”

Lu Donghu and the others re-entered the hall, smiling and shaking their heads: ”Quite a gain, right?”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”After all, it’s not the same path. The stone from another mountain can polish jade; your sect’s founder still wished others not to glimpse the ultimate path of the sword technique.”

”Hehe...” Lu Donghu laughed, ”That’s inevitable, in that era, sword techniques were highly valued, unlike now.”

In that era, sword techniques were the foundation of establishing a sect. Focus on the sword technique was fundamental.

In that era, inner strength cultivation was merely an aid; sword techniques could surpass the gaps between realms of internal strength.

This era has changed, the realm of Internal Cultivation Methods is more important now.

Thus, various martial sects were subjected to the Court’s constraints and accomplishments, requiring cultivation resources to rapidly advance in the realms of Internal Cultivation Methods.

Chu Zhiyuan sighed, ”Your sect’s founder was truly extraordinary, admirable.”

The Heavenly Blade’s sword technique realm, according to the Glazed Blade Scripture, was only the Sealing God realm.

Equivalent to his own realm.

The Heavenly Blade could pierce through space due to the nature of the Heavenly Blade itself.

This blade originates from beyond the heavens, and naturally returns there.

Under normal circumstances, this blade would return to the heavens, leaving entirely.

This sect’s founder made it so that future generations could draw it back through the Sword God, opening his eyes.

It turns out the Sword God could be used in this way.

The Sword God could actually break through the bonds of space, something he’d never imagined.

If he hadn’t seen this Heavenly Blade, he probably wouldn’t have thought in this direction.

It might have taken many more years, discovering its wondrous use by chance.

As for the Sword God on this blade, it indeed benefited him, allowing the Bright Moon Saber God to grow by one third.

Another third, and it would be perfect at the Sealing God realm, stepping into the Transformation Realm.

Would the Transformation Realm let him ascend further and break through this Second Layer?

He looked at his Golden Tower, which was already quite damaged; at this rate, within a year, it would break through the First Layer.

A year was already very fast.

But if faster, wouldn’t that be even better?

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”The founder indeed had divine sword techniques.” Lu Donghu shook his head, ”The younger disciples are unworthy.”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed, ”Sect Master Lu, where did this Heavenly Blade come from?”

For such a large Flying Sky Sect, the strongest merely possessed Sword Intent; further ascent was impossible.

The decline of sword techniques to this point is truly regrettable. This is the nature of the world, even a genius cannot defy it.

”I don’t know.” Lu Donghu shook his head, ”The founder obtained it in his youth by chance; as for its origin, the founder never disclosed it, ...you can visit, but we truly cannot give it away.”

His gaze fell on the Heavenly Blade.

Chu Zhiyuan chuckled, ”I wouldn’t entertain such thoughts, even if I were shameless. This blade is truly profound.”

He lightly brushed the Heavenly Blade with his fingertip, feeling the blade’s material, then slowly handed it over.

After the Bright Moon Saber God clashed with its Sword God, his Super Sense finally fully understood the inside and out of this blade.

The material was unusual, similar to the iron rings he possessed.

This gave him tremendous hope.

It indicated that there were more materials like this in the world; they wouldn’t necessarily be undiscoverable.

Lu Donghu smiled, taking the long blade, ”As long as the princely heir benefits, all is well.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”I’ve observed your sect’s founder’s sword technique; it’s utterly strong and yang, how is it different from the sword techniques now?”

Lu Donghu smiled wryly, ”The Thunderbolt Saber Technique requires too much, it’s impossible to master.”

Chu Zhiyuan said, ”Thunderbolt Saber Technique?”

Lu Donghu shook his head, ”I don’t fear the princely heir laughing, the founder was worried the later generations couldn’t master this sword technique, so he developed the Purple Sun Saber Technique, then the Red Sun Saber Technique, and then the Fierce Sun Saber Technique, and finally the Flying Sky Saber Technique... we are currently practicing the Flying Sky Saber Technique.”

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