The light green piece of 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood floated in front of Junior Leopard, emitting a faint green light.
Junior Leopard took a deep breath and focused all his attention on the piece of wood that was less than half a foot long.
It was refined and rich with life energy. It made him feel that he was not facing a piece of tree core that had already been taken out of the trunk, but a huge tree that had an extremely strong life force.
At the same time, Junior Leopard could feel a wisp of Thunder Yuan power that was light but full of vitality!
Thunder Yuan power!
In 10,000 years, a piece of Heavenly Peach Wood that had been struck by Heavenly Thunder over a thousand times would contain a wisp of Thunder Yuan.
Thunder Yuan was different from ordinary thunderbolts. It was the source of thunderbolts, the seed of thunderbolts. It was just like the Mysterious Fire kindling that Junior Leopard had obtained from the Dragon Chimera. It was like a seed of a plant. As long as it was given a chance, a suitable environment, and a clear method, it would be able to grow.
Of course, if it was left idle for too long, or if it was not properly nurtured, this wisp of Thunder Yuan would slowly dissipate and die.
But at least for now, the Thunder Yuan within this piece of 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood was still active and full of vitality.
Now, he wanted to integrate this piece of 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood into his Emerald Pearl Sword. This would allow his Flying Sword to be upgraded to a higher level, allowing it to unleash greater power.
One had to know that even in the Middle Ages, 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood was a top-grade material for refining Flying Swords. Just the wisp of Thunder Yuan within it alone would not only greatly increase the attacking power of the Flying Sword, it would also have a critical impact on the speed of the Flying Sword. After all, there was really nothing in this world that could run faster than thunderbolts.
The Silver Moon Sword Technique was a complete cultivation system for swordsmen. Of course, it mentioned how to refine Flying Swords. Otherwise, Junior Leopard would not have successfully refined the Emerald Pearl Sword into a Flying Sword.
But compared to refining a Flying Sword, the act of integrating 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood into a Flying Sword was still extremely dangerous. If he was not careful, he could destroy the Flying Sword and the incomparably precious Heavenly Peach Wood.
Therefore, Junior Leopard had to be very careful!
Fortunately, Junior Leopard had consulted Elder Qing carefully before he started to melt the Flying Swords. He had a thorough understanding of the process of melting the Flying Swords, the precautions, and all kinds of accidents that might happen. He only started when he was 60% or 70% confident.
For a guy like Junior Leopard who liked to advance rashly in cultivation, 60% to 70% certainty was enough.
With a flick of his finger, a drop of blood flew out and landed on the Heavenly Peach Wood. His eyes flashed and a part of his divine thoughts followed the drop of blood and attached to the wood.
"Hiss —!"
A smooth and unobstructed feeling came from the Heavenly Peach Wood. Junior Leopard's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened.
Comfortable, too comfortable. This was a comfortable feeling that came from the depths of his spirit.
Calm, harmonious, pure, without a trace of impurity, full of vitality!
After Junior Leopard's divine thoughts attached to the Heavenly Peach Wood, his entire body seemed to be cleansed from the inside out by a mysterious power. His mind was incomparably clear and his thoughts were smooth. He even felt that his divine thoughts were being refined. Many of the intricacies of his thoughts were becoming more integrated.
"Eh, this is —!"
In an instant, Junior Leopard seemed to have discovered something strange, and his expression suddenly became strange.
"How can this be? Why do I feel like I can pour all my divine thoughts into the Heavenly Peach Wood?" Junior Leopard was secretly shocked. A strange thought flashed through his mind.
There were two types of Reining Sword Techniques. One was to use Qi to control the sword, and the next level was to use Spirit to control the sword.
Using Qi to control the sword referred to controlling the sword with Internal Qi. Using Spirit to control the sword referred to controlling the sword with the power of divine thoughts. Because Junior Leopard's divine thoughts were extremely strong, his Reining Sword Technique was to use Spirit to control the sword.
However, the sword practitioners in the Middle Ages were not like Junior Leopard, who could sense the existence of divine thoughts with a cultivation below Level Seven.
Therefore, the sword practitioners in the Middle Ages, whose cultivation was below Level Four, basically used Qi to control the sword. When one's cultivation reached Level Four of the Bone-Forging Realm, his spirit was stable and his willpower was firm. Although he was still unable to sense the divine thoughts, the sword practitioners in the Middle Ages took a different path. They created the method of using essence and blood to nourish the sword, nurturing the sword, and nurturing the sword. This allowed the Flying Sword to merge with the spirit, and the man and the sword became one.
Therefore, the Flying Sword in the hands of a real sword practitioner was usually the first Flying Sword that they nurtured with their essence and blood. This Flying Sword was also closely connected to their spirit. Once it was destroyed, it was not only their Flying Sword that was damaged, but their spirit as well. This was why there was the saying, "Pay your life to cultivate a sword, and the Flying Sword can take a person's head from a thousand miles away".
When one's cultivation reached Level Seven, he would be able to sense the existence of divine thoughts. Only when a strand of divine thoughts was attached to the Flying Sword could he be considered to have reached the advanced level of Flying Sword Technique.
However, the advanced level of Flying Sword Technique referred to the ability to attach a strand of divine thoughts to the Flying Sword. This was Junior Leopard's current state. But now, Junior Leopard realized that this Heavenly Peach Wood could not only contain a strand of divine thoughts, but it could also contain all of his spirit.
In other words, he could even completely integrate his spirit into this Heavenly Peach Wood and treat it as another body!
"It's a pity that my spirit can't leave my body!" Junior Leopard smiled bitterly in his heart. In this world, from the beginning of cultivation, the emphasis was on both internal and external cultivation. The way of both internal and external cultivation was to cultivate both Internal Qi and the body at the same time. When one's cultivation reached Level Four, the spirit would gradually take shape. During cultivation, it would unknowingly be nourished by the physical body and Internal Qi, constantly growing stronger. However, at the same time, the relationship between the spirit and the physical body would become tighter and tighter. In the end, they would become inseparable. Not to mention that it was impossible to leave the body, even if it was possible, no one would have the guts to do so. This was because, in theory, once the spirit left the body, it would bring all the essence of the body out. The physical body that had been painstakingly cultivated would wither and die. After the spirit left the body, it would lose the support and nourishment of the physical body and would slowly dissipate into the world.
Therefore, the spirit and the physical body were inseparable.
"Even though I can't completely attach my spirit to this Heavenly Peach Wood, I can insert a large amount of divine thoughts. This way, it will be easier to control it!"
The relationship between the divine thoughts and the spirit was actually very simple. If the spirit was seen as a complete body, then the divine thoughts would be the tentacles that extended out from the "body".
The stronger the spirit, the more tentacles the divine thoughts would have. When the spirit had been cultivated to a certain extent, the divine thoughts could even be materialized and possess strong attacking power.
Using celestial devices depended on the divine thoughts. The more divine thoughts were inserted into the celestial devices, the more powerful the celestial devices would be. The owner of the divine thoughts would also be more proficient in controlling the celestial devices.
However, not everything in this world could be infused with divine thoughts.
Items that could be infused with divine thoughts had to have spirituality. This was also why refining a Flying Sword required materials with spirituality.
However, spirituality was a very difficult thing to say. All kinds of materials also had spirituality, and there were big and small ones. Materials with strong spirituality could concentrate more divine sense, while materials with weak spirituality could concentrate less divine sense. In a sense, the spirituality of a material also determined the quality of a flying sword or a magic tool.
For example, the Demon Devil Needles were full of spirituality. That was why Junior Leopard could completely infuse his divine thoughts into them. He could control them as if they were his own arms and fingers. He could also easily set up the Demon Devil Formation. However, that was because the Demon Devil Needles were too small and easy to control. When all 49 Demon Devil Needles were gathered together, they were only the size of a pinky finger.
The Flying Sword was different. Its size was hundreds and thousands of times that of the Demon Devil Needles. Naturally, it was thousands of times more difficult to control than the Demon Devil Needles.
Spirituality and divine thoughts were profound and sounded mysterious. However, to put it bluntly, it was just a matter of volume and capacity.
The smaller the size of a celestial device, the more divine thoughts could fill the celestial device. Then, it would naturally be like a fish in water. However, if the size of a celestial device was too large, the requirements for the spirituality of the material would be higher. Because of this, in the Middle Ages, Flying Swords were basically short swords. Long swords were extremely rare. Similarly, celestial devices were the same. Legend had it that there were many large celestial devices, but these types of celestial devices could only be controlled by a compatible formation.
The materials used for Junior Leopard's Emerald Pearl Sword were of the highest quality even in the Middle Ages. That was why he could easily refine it into a Flying Sword with sufficient spirituality. However, this "sufficient" referred to the fact that Junior Leopard's divine thoughts were like wielding a sword with his hands. The weight of the sword matched the strength of his hands. However, after wielding it for a long time, it would be tiring. After all, Junior Leopard could not completely infuse his divine thoughts into the sword.
The Heavenly Peach Wood was different!
Its spirituality was too strong. It was so strong that even if Junior Leopard infused all his divine thoughts into it, he still could not fill it up. In this way, it was like waving a straw in his hand. He could play with it however he wanted.
"This is the first time I've seen something with such a strong spirituality. I wonder what will happen after it successfully fuses with my Emerald Pearl?! My Emerald Pearl is not just a Flying Sword! "
The Emerald Pearl Sword, of course, was not just a Flying Sword. It was also Junior Leopard's External Elixir!
An External Elixir that could cultivate itself. An External Elixir that had reached the peak of Level Six!
Ever since Junior Leopard had refined this External Elixir into a sword, he had absorbed it into his Dantian to nourish it. Now, it had already become one with Junior Leopard's mind. It could be said that their lives were intertwined.
"Hopefully, I can succeed this time. Otherwise, my External Elixir will be ruined!" Junior Leopard stared at the light green Heavenly Peach Wood in front of him and made up his mind.
He opened his mouth and a green light shot out, directly enveloping the entire Heavenly Peach Wood. At the same time, his divine thoughts that had entered the Heavenly Peach Wood began to circulate the spiritual Qi in the Heavenly Peach Wood according to the Sword Fusion Formula, causing it to fuse with the surrounding green light.
At the beginning, it was very smooth. Nothing abnormal happened. The rich spiritual Qi of life in the Heavenly Peach Wood blended smoothly with the Green Yuan Qian Yuan Sword Qi in the Emerald Pearl Sword. As the fusion deepened, the light green Heavenly Peach Wood began to melt. Just like the skull of the Dragon Chimera, it turned into light powder and blended with the green light.
"Very good, very smooth!"
Through his divine thoughts, Junior Leopard felt the spiritual Qi of the Heavenly Peach Wood slowly fuse with his Green Yuan Qian Yuan Sword Qi. Junior Leopard was secretly delighted.
"Very good. Just like this, the Heavenly Peach Wood contains a huge amount of spiritual Qi of life. Once it fuses with my Green Yuan Qian Yuan Internal Qi and is refined by the Bright Moon Deifying Technique, then the quality of my Flying Sword will at least increase by one level. Then …!"
Just when he thought that everything was going smoothly, a sudden change occurred.
Under the control of his spiritual will, the Heavenly Peach Wood had already been completely disintegrated. At the instant it was completely disintegrated, an extremely subtle but destructive power suddenly appeared.
This power was so subtle yet so terrifying. The moment it appeared, it struck Junior Leopard's divine thoughts fiercely, shattering the divine thoughts that he had already condensed into one. Under this attack, not to mention the divine thoughts in the Heavenly Peach Wood, even Junior Leopard's divine thoughts in the Emerald Pearl Sword were almost affected and could not control his Emerald Pearl Sword.
"Hiss …!" Junior Leopard, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly quivered. His whole body trembled for a while as if he had been electrocuted. He clenched his teeth tightly and concentrated his remaining divine thoughts in one place. Only then did he manage to persevere under this subtle but terrifying power.
"Damn it, it's the Thunder Yuan!" Junior Leopard cursed angrily. Junior Leopard knew that the Thunder Yuan in the Heavenly Peach Wood was present, but he had never thought that it would be so powerful. Almost with one attack, it destroyed his divine thoughts and almost affected the spirit in his body.
However, just as he withstood this attack, an even more bizarre change occurred.
The green sword light suddenly shone brightly. Before Junior Leopard could even react, the Thunder Yuan in the Heavenly Peach Wood violently collided with the Green Yuan Qian Yuan Internal Qi in the Flying Sword. There was a violent reaction.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh …!"
The green light that the Emerald Pearl Sword had transformed into began to spin. The powder that the Heavenly Peach Wood had turned into gathered together in the green light, like a faint green starlight. In front of Junior Leopard, a vortex formed from green starlight was forming.
"Pa, pa, pa, pa …!"
After the vortex formed, it spun faster and faster. Tiny blue electric lights, as thin as hair, began to appear in the vortex and quickly filled it.
"The power of thunder and lightning in the Green Yuan Qian Yuan Internal Qi is merging with the Thunder Yuan. I understand now!" A red light flashed in Junior Leopard's eyes. In an instant, he understood the cause and effect.
The Green Jade Qian Yuan Skill was extremely strong and was a rare cultivation method of thunder property. However, the property of thunder was too violent. If one's inner body was not strong enough at the beginning, it would not be able to withstand the existence of the Internal Qi of thunder property. Hence, this cultivation method not only suppressed the violent property of thunder property in the Internal Qi, but it also absorbed the spiritual qi of thunder property in the surrounding air. Each time it absorbed a small amount, it used a step-by-step method. Step by step, it strengthened the practitioner's body and their affinity with the Internal Qi of thunder property. When the body was strengthened to a certain extent, this cultivation method would also have a certain degree of maturity. Only then would the absorption of the spiritual qi of thunder property slowly increase.
Junior Leopard used the External Elixir to practice this cultivation method. Hence, he did not need to consider the problem of endurance. At the same time, he practiced 24 hours a day. Hence, his speed was extremely fast. Within his Internal Qi, there was naturally an extremely strong power of thunder and lightning.
However, even though the power of thunder and lightning was strong, it was ultimately refined from the surrounding spiritual qi of thunder property. It was a tree without roots, a duckweed without roots. No matter how strong it was, there was a limit. The Divine Peach Wood contained the Thunder Yuan.
The Heavenly Peach Wood contained Lightning Yuan. Although it was only a sliver, it was the source of lightning, the seed of lightning. As long as it was nurtured properly, it would be able to produce endless lightning energy. However, this sliver of Lightning Yuan was far too weak. It was extremely difficult for it to grow in the Heavenly Peach Wood. Furthermore, the Heavenly Peach Wood had been taken out and its roots were broken. Although it still had a strong life aura and life energy, it could no longer grow. After ten thousand years, when all its life energy dissipated, the Lightning Yuan would also dissipate.
However, it was different now. Junior Leopard's Emerald Pearl Sword contained a large amount of power of thunder and lightning. It was suitable to nourish this sliver of Thunder Yuan. Similarly, with the Thunder Yuan, when the Emerald Pearl Sword absorbed the power of thunder and lightning between heaven and earth in the future, it would be smoother and purer. It would also be less scrupulous.
Of course, these benefits could not be seen now. What Junior Leopard gained now was that the power of thunder and lightning in the Green Jade Qian Yuan Skill was completely purified. Then, it once again affected the Green Jade Qian Yuan Internal Qi. Under the influence of all kinds of related powers, the light of the whirlpool became brighter.
Junior Leopard's divine thoughts that were almost blown away just now also gathered at this moment and fell into the whirlpool.
"It seems that the nature of the Internal Qi has changed!" Feeling the message from the divine thoughts, Junior Leopard's gaze slightly froze. Then, he was ecstatic. "The nature of the Internal Qi has started to change. Yes, this is a sign that it is about to advance from Level Six to Level Seven!"
Practitioners all knew that there was a huge threshold between Level Six and Level Seven. To cross this threshold, one had to pass two tests!
The first test was the nature of the Internal Qi. From Level Three to Level Four, the Internal Qi would change from a scattered gaseous state to a condensed state. Even though this condensed state was also a gaseous state, it was fine and distant, like a human's breath, condensed and not scattered. From Level Six to Level Seven, the Internal Qi would change from a condensed state to a liquid state. This was the legendary Internal Qi like water. The second test was the strength of the body. The requirement for the Internal Qi like water was many times higher than before. Only when the body's strength had undergone an earth-shattering change and reached the level of steel tendons and iron bones could one barely withstand it.
Either of these two tests was difficult to pass.
Hence, Level Six was just an expert, while Level Seven was called an expert!
From ancient times until now, these two tests had stumped countless top geniuses.
But it was also because of these top geniuses that they thought of another way to cultivate the External Elixir, thus avoiding the test of body's strength.
Later on, practitioners discovered that the External Elixir could not only avoid the test of body's strength, but also had many other functions. This led to the popularity of the External Elixir's cultivation method. Then, the same thing happened in the antiquity times and the medieval times. The materials that could be used to cultivate the External Elixir were all plundered. Hence, in today's world, there were very few Mysterious Objects that could be used to cultivate the External Elixir.
Of course, these were not the problems that Junior Leopard was concerned about.
Junior Leopard had been refining the External Elixir for several years. He was creative and allowed the External Elixir to cultivate day and night. His cultivation had long reached the peak of Level Six, and it was also extremely dense.
Junior Leopard's Internal Qi had not only reached the state of condensing breath, but under the purification of the Bright Moon Deifying Technique, it had become extremely pure and dense. Even though it was still in the state of condensing breath, it was much stronger than the normal state. Hence, Junior Leopard had the confidence to fight against experts above Level Seven.
However, no matter how dense and dense his Internal Qi was, if it did not undergo a qualitative change, he would not be able to step into Level Seven.
What he needed was an opportunity, an opportunity to step into Level Seven. Now, this opportunity had come.
The thunder property power in the Green Jade Qian Yuan Skill combined with the Thunder Yuan finally produced a change. It began to drive his Internal Breath to transform.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Crack, crack, crack!
In the whirlpool, the cyan starlight and the blue electric light reflected each other beautifully. From time to time, there was a crackling sound.
Crack!
Whoosh, whoosh!
When the speed of the whirlpool's rotation reached its peak, the center of the whirlpool suddenly condensed. A layer of faint cyan light slowly extended from the center to the surroundings of the whirlpool. Even though the speed was very slow, the effect was very obvious.
In Junior Leopard's eyes and divine thoughts, he clearly saw that wherever the faint cyan light reached, the Green Jade Qian Yuan Internal Qi had already turned into liquid. Not only the Internal Qi, but also the flashing thunder and electric arc in the whirlpool. Under the flickering of the cyan light, they also turned into liquid and slowly condensed in the center of the whirlpool.
"It's really amazing. The originally violent thunder property Internal Qi unexpectedly became as gentle as water and as calm as a mirror!" Junior Leopard sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to neglect the slightest bit.
His Internal Qi had advanced from Level Six to Level Seven, but at the same time, he was also refining his Flying Sword. Both of them could not be delayed.
After condensing his divine thoughts again, Junior Leopard moved his fingers and began to refine his Flying Sword.
Junior Leopard's divine thoughts were condensed again. The cyan whirlpool also slowly stopped rotating because the Internal Qi had turned into water. When the last trace of thunder water condensed into the center of the whirlpool, the rotation automatically stopped.
Puff!
With a light sound, the cyan whirlpool exploded and turned into dozens of "water" drops.
These water drops floated in front of Junior Leopard. There were a total of 81 drops. Every drop was the same size and shape. They were like cyan crystals, emitting cyan light. In the light, there was a strange blue light flashing from time to time.
"Condense!" Junior Leopard shouted coldly. He pointed with his fingertip, and the 81 water drops condensed into a ball, which was only the size of a broad bean. This ball was not liquid, but solid, flashing with a faint metallic luster.
"Hehe, Sword Pill, I unexpectedly condensed a Sword Pill by accident!" Junior Leopard's face was even more joyful. He raised his right index finger and gently pointed at the Sword Pill. The Sword Pill automatically separated into two green spiritual lights, which were like spiritual snakes winding around Junior Leopard's fingertip. Finally, they intertwined with each other and circled around Junior Leopard's fingertip, turning into an aquamarine ring with a hidden light.
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