The morning light that he hadn't seen for a long time shone into the straw hut. Wang Yan turned around lazily, and then he slowly sat up from the straw bed. Even though the trip to the Sword Calligraphy Manor had only lasted a few days, it had truly exhausted too much of his mind and energy. So, when he returned to his little nest, Wang Yan slept so soundly and peacefully that it was even the first time in his life that he wanted to lie on the bed and not get up.
Maybe this was what Diwu Yun meant by staying in bed?
Wang Yan shook his head and smiled. He then stood up and stretched. If it was any other day, Xiao Douzi would have brought water and helped Wang Yan wash up. Then, the two of them would go to the training field together. However, the little guy didn't come today, and Wang Yan didn't plan to go out either. This was because he announced that he was going to close up.
Wang Yan couldn't help but feel a headache when he thought about the meeting between Diwu Yun and Linghu Wan. One of them called him big brother Wang, and the other called him big brother Yan. The smell of gunpowder was so strong that Wang Yan didn't know how to deal with it. He could only go back to his room and announce that he was going to close up. However, Linghu Wan still stayed in the village, and he lived right next to Diwu Yun.
As for Linghu Wan's dream of being a heroine, Wang Yan couldn't care less. He could only order Bai Moli to take Linghu Wan to train his bones. After all, Bai Moli knew everything about building one's foundation.
However, Wang Yan didn't close up this time just to avoid the women. Ever since he left the Aojian Villa, his martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds. Even though he stayed at the village for a few months to train his mind and Qi, he didn't really understand his own martial arts system or his own philosophy of martial arts. If he wanted to become a real swordsman, this was something he couldn't do without.
More importantly, Wang Yan had gained a lot from this trip to the Shujian Zhuang, especially after he obtained the famous sword Falling Sand. He could now practice the Sword Light Division, but before he could practice this sword technique, Wang Yan needed to offer a sacrifice to the sword.
Although Wang Yan's past was a blank, he had joined the Aojian Villa at the age of twelve and had participated in the annual Sword Festival Ceremony of the Aojian Villa. He had heard the Villa Master preach the Sword Scripture several times, so he knew how a real swordsman should perform the Sword Festival.
The Sword Offering Ceremony was divided into four stages. The first stage required one to be devoted to the sword through blood refinement. In other words, one had to offer a drop of heart blood to the sword every day for 49 days. Finally, one would form a subtle connection between the sword and the man. It might sound very mysterious, but it was a secret technique passed down in Aojian Villa since ancient times. It had been verified by countless swordsmen, so Wang Yan believed it without a doubt. To practice the Sword Light Division, one had to at least complete the first stage of the Sword Offering Ceremony.
Offering one's heart blood to the sword would naturally hurt one's vitality. During the Sword Offering Ceremony, one must not have any wandering thoughts. It was best to do everything related to the sword, or else the Sword Offering Ceremony might fail. Therefore, Wang Yan had made up his mind to stay at home for the next two to three months and focus on the Sword Offering Ceremony. Other than the Sword Offering Ceremony, the only thing he had to do was to sort out his martial arts, understand his own thoughts, and find his own path to the Sword Dao.
Because of all these reasons, this closed-door training was very important to Wang Yan. Therefore, he braced himself and waited until he was completely awake. Then, he took the Falling Sand and sat cross-legged on the bed. He collected his mind and eliminated all distracting thoughts. He began to prepare for the Sword Dao according to the Sword Scripture passed down in Aojian Villa.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Wang Yan followed the guidance of the Sword Offering Ceremony and completely immersed himself in his mind. The Sword Offering Ceremony named this illusory space that belonged to him as his own Self World. In this Self World, Wang Yan felt that there was only 'me' and 'the sword' in the world. A sense of 'emptiness' quietly arose, followed by desolation and loneliness. Such a feeling made Wang Yan's mind wander. Then, the Falling Sand shook slightly, and a sword light cut through the air.
The Sword Offering Ceremony was not just a simple ceremony. It was very mysterious, and ordinary people could not understand it. To successfully perform the Sword Offering Ceremony, it was not as simple as just sacrificing blood to the sword. Before that, one had to understand 'me' and 'the sword'. If one did not understand 'me' and 'the sword', how could one speak of sincerity to the sword?
The sword light cut through the air, and Wang Yan's' me 'did not block it. Then, he felt himself being cut apart, and the thoughts that contained the past were cut off. Then, he was wrapped in desolation and loneliness. After an unknown period of time, Wang Yan finally understood that this was the sword will that the previous owner of the Falling Sand had left in the sword. After some thought, Wang Yan felt that this sword will was very beneficial to his own sword will. But more importantly, he used the sword will that was left in the Falling Sand to form a bridge of communication with the Falling Sand itself.
With a thought, the world changed. In the yellow sand that filled the sky, a long sword danced wildly towards the sky. It was a pity that even a man could not fight against the world, let alone a sword. In the end, the long sword was buried in layers of yellow sand, but there was still a trace of flowing light on the long sword.
'I' watched everything quietly, and then connected my mind to carefully figure out the resoluteness and unyielding contained in that trace of flowing light. It seemed that a long time had passed, but it also seemed that only a moment had passed. 'I' leaped into the long sword, and then the long sword shone with a golden light. It broke through the layers of yellow sand and soared into the sky. Then, it passed through the yellow sand that filled the sky and slashed towards the sky.
Crack …
It was as if something had shattered. Wang Yan opened his eyes abruptly and felt the Inner Qi in his body surging wildly. In the blink of an eye, he felt a pain in his chest. As his Inner Qi flowed in reverse, a drop of Heart Blood was forced out. Immediately after, his Inner Qi pushed the drop of Heart Blood out of Wang Yan's mouth.
Clatter.
A small drop of blood fell on the blade of the Falling Sand sword. Then, something magical happened. The drop of blood melted into the sword at a speed visible to the naked eye. When it completely disappeared, there were a few more blood-colored lines on the blade of the Falling Sand sword.
Looking at the blood-colored lines on the sword, the pale-faced Wang Yan could not help but smile. Everything was difficult at the beginning. He knew that he had passed the most difficult stage. The blood-colored lines meant that he had gained Falling Sand's approval. For the next 48 days, as long as he continuously dripped blood from his heart into Falling Sand, he would not fail this time.
However, Wang Yan quickly calmed his mind. There were still many things that he did not understand in that mysterious experience. On one hand, his understanding of "himself" was still extremely vague. On the other hand, he could not understand the formation of the various illusions. He knew that the Sword Sacrifice Technique was actually a way of using the three treasures of one's Spirit, Qi, and Spirit. It was just that the Soothing Pulse Realm martial artists had a very shallow understanding of Spirit, Qi, and Spirit. Therefore, the Sword Sacrifice Technique was more like a model. It directly guided the martial artist's Spirit, Qi, and Spirit into the world of one's self.
With this thought, Wang Yan could not help but take out the Essence Condensing Sword Fury Technique secret manual. This secret manual mainly recorded the method of condensing the embryo and the method of refining the sword embryo. In the process of condensing the embryo, cleansing the origin embryo was a deep understanding and use of Qi. To refine a sword embryo, it involved the mental level. Especially to condense a mysterious high-grade origin embryo like the Demonic Blood Sword Embryo, one needed to use the three treasures of Spirit, Qi, and Spirit. Therefore, the secret manual naturally had a more detailed explanation of Spirit, Qi, and Spirit. Therefore, Wang Yan wanted to find some answers from it.
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