"The Twenty-Three Swords …"
Jiang He found a pen and paper, but paused halfway through writing.
He had read manga, television dramas, and movies about the Wind and Clouds, and knew very well how powerful the Twenty-Three Swords was. It was undeniably the best swordplay in the Wind and Clouds.
Once the technique was unleashed, time and space would freeze. Wielding the sword with one's mind and Yuan Spirit would render one immune to all physical attacks, and only those who had grasped Yuan Spirit attacks could block it.
That was precisely why the Yuan Spirit had to leave the body and the physical body would enter a state of suspended animation when the Twenty-Three Swords was unleashed. Jiang He would not be able to resist at all if someone attacked his physical body at that moment.
"It's not necessarily that I don't have the ability to resist at all. If I can cultivate my body to a certain level of strength, then even if someone were to attack me, it would be very difficult for them to harm my body."
"The only problem is … the Twenty-Three Swords seems to be a sword technique that perishes together. I'd rather not kill myself before killing my enemy."
Jiang He actually had a hunch about that.
It was because the Twenty-three Swords Technique was no longer a martial art. It required the primordial spirit to leave the body and control the sword with the primordial spirit … Maybe it was because the Sword Sage hadn't cultivated the "primordial spirit" yet, so when the sword burst out, his spiritual will would explode and dissipate along with the sword. After performing the sword, he would naturally die.
"That is why if I could cultivate a Yuan Spirit and wield the Yuan Spirit, the weakness of the Twenty-Three Swords would no longer be a weakness, but a powerful Yuan Spirit attack!"
"But the problem is that I'm a novice immortal cultivator and a full-fledged Qi Refinist. I'm worlds away from Yuan Spirit, so I can't learn the Twenty-Three Swords and not use it, can I?"
That was why …
He had to revamp it!
Jiang He was very experienced in revamping cultivation manuals.
"First, I don't have to strengthen the power of the Twenty-Three Swords since it's already powerful enough. What if it doesn't come out if it gets stronger?"
"Wielding the sword with the heart and Yuan Spirit … yes, it could be changed to wielding the sword with the mind. The power of the Twenty-Three Swords depends on the strength of the mind, and the stronger the mind, the more powerful the Twenty-Three Swords would be!"
The mind was not the Yuan Spirit.
Therefore, even if he had not cultivated the "Primordial Spirit", he did not have to worry about dying after using it. At most, he would feel dispirited and exhausted. At most, he could get some sedative medicine, such as the Tranquilizer Pill, which specialized in treating mental disturbances, palpitations, and insomnia …
After spending thirty minutes, writing hundreds of words and rewriting several drafts, Jiang He finally finished revamping the Twenty-Three Swords.
He kept the three moves of the Twenty-three Swords.
First style: Selfless Emotion.
Second Move: Destruction of Heaven and Earth
The third move: Six Annihilation Anatta Twenty-three Swords.
Next, it was time to polish up the demonic cultivation method.
To put it bluntly, the so-called embellishment was more or less the same as editing after writing. Adding some fancy words could not only increase the pretentiousness of the writing, but also reduce the number of words.
On the other hand, Jiang He added some sound effects and special effects to make it look more awesome.
After musing to himself for a while, Jiang He picked up his pen and wrote, "Once this sword technique is unleashed, there would be waves of sword hum, and ten thousand swords would hum within fifty kilometers from the user."
"Once this sword technique is used, sword light will soar into the sky and sword qi will sweep across …"
"I'm done!"
"Done!"
Jiang He checked the Twenty-Three Swords carefully and corrected a few typos before crumpling the paper into a ball and throwing it into the hole Dumbo had 'dug'.
He then opened the system and exchanged for a bag of Mysterious Soil. He poured the entire bag of Mysterious Soil into the small pit before burying it.
As Jiang He watched expectantly, the soil began to squirm in mere moments, and a sword light slowly shot out of it.
At first, it was just the tip of a sword, but a dozen minutes later, it turned into a small sword that was around eight inches long.
The small sword was not solid and appeared illusory, and there seemed to be runes flashing and dancing over its blade.
After another hour or so, when the sun rose, the seven to eight inches long sword had grown to more than a meter long and stopped growing.
Jiang He reached out and grasped the small sword.
Ooom!
The small sword promptly turned into a sword light and disappeared between Jiang He's brows.
[Ding!]
[+ 30,000 Farm Points.]
[Ding!]
[Twenty-Three Swords detected. Consume 100000 Farm Points to learn the First Style of the Twenty-Three Swords, Host?]
"Gasp!"
Jiang He could not help inhaling sharply when he heard the System Notification jingle in his head, and his entire body became uncomfortable.
What the hell …
Wasn't the World of Winds and Clouds supposed to be a world of martial arts?
One 'Twenty-Three Swords' cost as much as 100000 Farm Points, and that was only the first form!
"I only learned the First Style of the Three Thousand Calamities, White Foal Crosses the Rift, and it's only worth 50000 Farm Points …"
Jiang He could not help complaining.
Of course, complaining aside, he felt very comfortable inside. After all, the more Farm Points a cultivation manual costs, the stronger it is.
Jiang He did not choose to learn the Twenty-Three Swords right away, since he had plenty of Farm Points right now.
His priority now was to level up his farm!
"Hold on …"
Jiang He suddenly came to a realization. "If I level up my farm to level 5, the Farm Points and EXP gained from planting Orirocks would definitely be greatly reduced according to the System's nature!"
Jiang He then turned to look at the many Orirock Trees.
With a wave of his hand and a gust of True Qi, the Orirocks fell from the trees.
[Ding!]
[+ 100 Farm Points]
[Ding!]
"…"
As the veins of System Notifications jingled beside his ears, Jiang He glanced at the EXP overflowing on his System Panel and gritted his teeth. "Wasting EXP is a waste, and I'll just farm it slowly in the future. Still, it would be difficult to find such a good opportunity to earn Farm Points again!"
280 Orirocks.
Each batch of 30 Orirock trees would take almost two hours to ripen and be harvested. Jiang He basically stayed in the yard all the way until sunset, when he finally converted all 280 Orirocks into Farm Points and EXP.
Turning on his System, Jiang He took a look … he had accumulated 288,2000 Farm Points!
"2.88 million …"
Jiang He laughed out loud, and had a thought!
"System, let me cultivate the Twenty-Three Swords for now."
[Ding!]
A crisp System Notification jingled in his head —
[-100,000 Farm Points.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have mastered 'Selfless Passion', the first style of the Twenty-Three Swords.]
Ooom!
A special sword will instantly erupted over Jiang He's body.
Under the effect of that sword will, Jiang He's sword will that he had grasped over ninety percent instantly reached full-fledged.
"Level up, System, keep leveling up!"
"Nine Stars Heavenly Body Formula, Three Thousand Calamities … hold on!"
Jiang He, who was about to spend all 2.88 million Farm Points on improving his ability suddenly did a double take and asked hesitantly, "System … if I level up the Nine Stars Heavenly Body Formula and Three Thousand Calamities to a higher level … would I draw heavenly retribution or something like that?"
After all …
This kind of plot was too common. It was common in novels.
When cultivators ascended to Golden Pellet-tier, they would face the legendary Four Retributions of the Nine Lesser Heavens.
What if they were caught off guard as they ascended and the heavenly retribution struck them, and they could not withstand it?
(PS: You didn't expect an update at this time, did you? Haha!)
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