The swordsmanship of the Jianyu School was indeed very interesting. They paid particular attention to the movement of the sword. One sword could use ten thousand techniques. The key to this set of swordsmanship was the sword technique.
The sword technique of the Jianyu School was completely different from the sword techniques of other sects. In ancient times, sword cultivation was divided into many branches. Unlike now, when sword cultivation was mentioned, people would think of a sword that could break ten thousand techniques. They would also think of the supreme attack power of sword cultivation. In ancient times, sword cultivation was just a branch of sword cultivation. It wasn't even the strongest branch.
In ancient times, sword cultivation was divided into many kinds. There were those who paid particular attention to sword techniques to break the enemy. These sword techniques weren't about using the sword to cast spells. Instead, they focused on how to use the sword to break the enemy's moves, martial arts, protective spiritual energy, defensive shields, defensive artifacts, and so on. This kind of sword cultivation was very powerful in ancient times. However, it was slowly lost. This was because sword cultivation required a high level of control over the sword. Ordinary people simply couldn't learn it.
In addition to these sword cultivators, there were also sword cultivators who specialized in using sword intent to break through the enemy. These sword cultivators were the predecessors of the current sword cultivators. They were particular about accidentally releasing sword intent and using the sword intent to enhance the long sword, giving the long sword an unparalleled attack power to achieve the goal of one sword to break ten thousand techniques.
In addition to these two types of sword cultivators, the other big branch was the sword arts branch. The people of this sword arts branch were particular about swaying. One sword could use ten thousand techniques, and when the sword was drawn, the technique would move. This was the inheritance of the Imperial Sword Sect.
However, this method had high requirements for techniques and spiritual energy. Although the Jianyu School passed down sword techniques, they didn't pass down the method of controlling spiritual energy. Therefore, the people of the Jianyu School couldn't use their sword techniques. They could only use sword techniques and spiritual energy to forcefully stimulate the spiritual energy of the world. However, this method required a lot of spiritual energy. Therefore, when Zhao Hai used the curse technique to reduce their spiritual energy, the fighting strength of the people of the Jianyu School was immediately affected. In the end, they were directly eliminated by Zhao Hai's group.
However, the method of the Jianyu School was very suitable for the people of the Tidewatch Gang. This was because the people of the Tidewatch Gang used techniques to deal with their enemies. Moreover, their spiritual energy cultivation method was very good. And with the support of the Tidal Forging Soul Technique, their spiritual energy was much stronger than the people of the Jianyu School. It can be said that this inheritance was very suitable for the Tidewatch Gang.
In the beginning, Zhao Hai and the others didn't think of this point. This was because they didn't know what the Jianyu School's inheritance was like. But when they took down the Jianyu School and saw the inheritance, they discovered that they had really obtained a treasure.
Zhao Hai directly learned the sword technique. In fact, there were three main aspects to this method. The first was the use of spiritual energy. For Zhao Hai, this wasn't a problem. The second was the operation of the sword technique. Zhao Hai discovered that this sword technique was actually a hand seal. It had some similarities with the Buddhist School's Nine Characters Mantra Hand Seal. However, there were also big differences. One was leaning towards the Dao School while the other leaned towards the Buddhist School. However, this didn't pose a problem for Zhao Hai. The third aspect was the sword.
The Sword Technique of the Sword Control Sect had certain requirements for the sword. Although the swords of the Sword Control Sect didn't look too different from the swords of other Sword Sects on the surface, the refining process of the sword, the materials used to refine the sword, and the restrictions added to the sword were very different. It was precisely because of this kind of special sword that the people of the Sword Control Sect could achieve the Sword Technique of the Sword Control Sect.
Zhao Hai was very happy with this result. As for the problem of the sword, he wasn't too worried. This was because the Jianyu School had a lot of flying swords to use. Moreover, the materials used to refine these flying swords weren't very difficult to find. Even if they were to refine new flying swords, there wouldn't be any problem.
However, although the inheritance of the Jianyu School was suitable for Zhao Hai, it wasn't easy to improve the strength of the Tide-watching Gang in a short period of time. Zhao Hai calculated that even if they obtained the inheritance of the Jianyu School and used the materials of the Jianyu School, it would still take them at least five to ten years to reach the peak of the Jianyu School.
It was precisely because the Tide-watching Gang had just started to develop that Zhao Hai had to stay in the Tide-watching Gang in order to prevent any accidents from happening.
After destroying the Jianyu School, Zhao Hai and the others took a month to stabilize the situation. Then they stayed in the Jianyu School for another two months to get the Tide-watching Gang on the right track.
However, the Tide-watching Gang still had a big problem, and that was manpower. The Tide-watching Gang didn't have enough manpower. The Jianyu School had now become the core of the Tide-watching Gang, so they needed a lot of manpower. The cities under the Jianyu School were important sources of revenue for the Jianyu School, so they couldn't abandon them. They needed a lot of manpower to look after them. Tidewatching City also couldn't be abandoned. They couldn't let the people of Spirit Crab Island find out that something was wrong. Because of this, the Tide-watching Gang's manpower became insufficient.
The Tide-watching Gang originally had 20 thousand people. Later on, they occupied the Jianyu School. In addition to the people they killed, they also left behind 10 thousand servant disciples and servants. However, these servant disciples and servants weren't necessarily of the same mind as the Tide-watching Gang. Because of this, they needed to leave a lot of manpower in the Jianyu School. First, the cultivation environment here was better, and the spiritual qi was more abundant. Second, the defensive arrangements here were very reasonable. Third, the Jianyu School couldn't be found by ordinary people. Because of this, Zhao Hai and the others couldn't give up on the Jianyu School. In the future, this place would be the core of the Tide-watching Gang, so a lot of manpower would be gathered here. Naturally, people would be needed.
And in the cities under the Jianyu School's rule, they also needed to arrange enough manpower. At this time, the Tide-watching Gang and the servant disciples of the Jianyu School had a total of 30 thousand people. Most of them were disciples with low strength. Obviously, they didn't have enough manpower. One must know that the Jianyu School still had a lot of land waiting to be developed. Once these lands were developed, it would be a huge source of income. Naturally, they couldn't give it up.
In the past, Zhao Hai wanted to do this in Tide-watching City. However, it was obviously impossible. If he did this in the Tide-watching Gang, then he would be discovered very quickly. After all, Tide-watching City wasn't a secret place. Moreover, it would attract the attention of the Spirit Crab Island. Because of this, Zhao Hai reluctantly gave up.
However, the Jianyu School was different. The Jianyu School's location was very secretive. It was impossible for ordinary people to discover it. Moreover, this was the Jianyu School's territory. If an ordinary person came in, then Zhao Hai could kill them first. Because of this, the Jianyu School could make use of the lands in the Jianyu School. However, the problem was that they didn't have enough manpower.
In fact, Zhao Hai had discovered this problem a long time ago. He was also very clear that it wasn't difficult to solve this problem. The Sword Spirit Realm lacked everything except people who wanted to join a Great Sect. Because of this, Zhao Hai was sure that as long as he released the news, there would be countless people who would want to join the Jianyu School.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't prepared to do this. If he did, then the people who would join the Tide-watching Gang would be the Rogue Cultivators of the Sword Spirit Realm. Letting these people join the Tide-watching Gang would bring a lot of hidden dangers to the Jianyu School.
The people in the Tide-watching Gang all ascended from the lower realms. Their status was very low, even lower than the native Rogue Cultivators of the Sword Spirit Realm. These Rogue Cultivators looked down on Ascended Cultivators. Because of this, Zhao Hai couldn't let these Rogue Cultivators join the Tide-watching Gang.
If these Rogue Cultivators joined the Tide-watching Gang and found out that it was formed by Ascended Cultivators, then what would they think? When the time comes, would they have a conflict with the gang? If that's the case, then the Jianyu School wouldn't be safe.
Having no way to recruit Rogue Cultivators might be troublesome for Zhao Hai and the others, but it wasn't impossible to solve this problem. In fact, Zhao Hai had already thought of a solution, and that was to recruit Ascended Cultivators.
In the past, when they recruited Ascended Cultivators to join the Tide-watching Gang, these Ascended Cultivators would think twice about it. But now, it was different. Now, they can use the Jianyu School's name to attract Ascended Cultivators. Ascended Cultivators' desire to join a Sect was much stronger than Rogue Cultivators. Therefore, as long as they use the Jianyu School to attract Ascended Cultivators, they wouldn't be afraid of not joining. They would definitely join, and they would be very happy to do so. Because of this, Zhao Hai didn't have to worry about manpower.
After three months, the Jianyu School's situation finally stabilized. Everything was on the right track. Zhao Hai was also preparing for the next step, which was to recruit Ascended Cultivators. Naturally, they couldn't go to other cities to recruit Ascended Cultivators. Not only would they not be able to recruit Ascended Cultivators, it would also attract unwanted attention. What Zhao Hai wanted to do was to have the Jianyu School directly go to Spirit Pool Mountain to recruit Ascended Cultivators. There were several cities under Spirit Pool Mountain, and in those cities, there were a lot of Ascended Cultivators. Aside from some Ascended Cultivators who made a living by robbing Ascended Cultivators, the other Ascended Cultivators were having a hard time. Zhao Hai's goal was to recruit these Ascended Cultivators.
However, this recruitment also depended on how Zhao Hai recruited them. Not all Ascended Cultivators would be recruited by Zhao Hai. They were indeed Ascended Cultivators, but it wasn't easy for them to reach their current level. If they wanted to recruit Ascended Cultivators, then they would be relatively honest. Those who were too unruly and rebellious wouldn't be recruited. Such people would be troublesome in the future. At this time, Zhao Hai only hoped that the Jianyu School could develop steadily for a few years. He didn't want to recruit a bunch of troublemakers, he didn't have time to manage them.
This time, Zhao Hai wasn't going to personally recruit Ascended Cultivators. He was going to have Wen Wenhai lead some Core Disciples to Spirit Pool Mountain. The first batch of recruits didn't need to be too many, just a thousand people would be enough. Later on, they would slowly recruit. If they recruited too many people, then it would be too eye-catching.
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