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"Talent determines one's achievements …"
As he returned to Astral-9's Earth Sword Tower, Chu Mu thought about what the two judges had said.
"The so-called cultivation talent is related to the potential of the body. The higher the potential, the stronger the cultivation talent. The potential of my body is relatively ordinary." Chu Mu thought to himself, "However, my cultivation speed doesn't fall behind others at all. Even those with higher cultivation talent than me may not be able to surpass me in terms of cultivation talent."
"After the Qi Transformation Realm is the Qi Hai Realm, and after the Qi Hai Realm is the Ninth Transformation Realm. Even if the limit of a Level 7 talent is the Ninth Transformation Realm, it will still take me a few years or even decades to reach the Ninth Transformation Realm. Whatever, I'll wait until I reach the Qi Hai Realm before I travel."
As the saying went, talent determines one's achievements. It did not affect Chu Mu's state of mind and made him lose his composure. Instead, it aroused his fighting spirit and made him even more determined.
At this time, the news of Chu Mu's 100th place on the Bronze Sword Leaderboard had spread. On his way back to the Sword Tower, Chu Mu was the center of attention.
"Damn you!" Zhu Tianzhao was furious and smashed a table.
Ever since he was defeated by Chu Mu in the Sword King Competition, Zhu Tianzhao hated Chu Mu. Now that he heard that Chu Mu was on the Bronze Sword Leaderboard, he was very unhappy.
"Leader, this guy must be very proud of himself now that he's on the Bronze Sword Leaderboard." Zhao Longkun also hated Chu Mu and fanned the flames.
"Hmph, let him be proud for a while." Zhu Tianzhao's eyes flashed with a hidden ferociousness. "Anyone who enters the Bronze Sword List for the first time will be sent by the Sword Mansion to carry out a mission after a period of time. This mission is compulsory and cannot be refused. When the time comes …"
Zhao Longkun's eyes lit up and he laughed sinisterly.
…
Sitting on the third floor of the Sword Tower, Chu Mu took out a jade box from his spatial bracelet. It was the jade box that contained the Mind Refining Pill.
"The Refining Mind Pill can speed up the comprehension of Concepts. The lower limit is 40%, and the upper limit is 70%. However, with the strength of the Tearing Concept, 25% should be enough to bear the burden of the Refining Mind Pill." Chu Mu considered whether or not he should take the Refining Mind Pill now.
"No, I won't take the Mind Refining Pill for now. I'll go to the Sword Comprehension Room and try my best to raise the Tearing Concept. Then, I'll use the Sword Comprehension Room's effect to take the Mind Refining Pill and deepen my comprehension of the Tearing Concept."
After making his decision, Chu Mu put away the Mind Refining Pill. As for the Concept of Cloud, it had almost been forgotten by Chu Mu at this time. Because compared to the Ripping Concept, the Concept of Cloud was far too inferior, so it didn't seem that important.
"I'll rest for a day and head to the Sword Comprehension Room tomorrow."
After a day of fighting, Chu Mu could not help but feel tired.
After a night's rest, Chu Mu woke up early the next day as usual. The first thing he did was to cultivate the Nine Revolutions of Heaven Yuan.
After breaking through to the Seventh Revolution during the competition, Chu Mu's sword Qi was already as thick as a normal Peak Qi Transformation Realm warrior. In terms of purity, it could even be compared with Lu Wenjian and the others.
The Nine Revolutions of Heaven Yuan was indeed a High Rank Profound Level Martial Skill. It was even more profound than normal High Rank Profound Level Martial Skills.
Chu Mu believed that once he reached the Ninth Revolution, his Heaven Yuan sword Qi would be much thicker and purer than other sword warriors of the same level.
His idea was to cultivate the Nine Revolutions of Heaven Yuan to the Ninth Revolution before breaking through to the Qi Hai Realm. This way, the foundation of the Qi Transformation Realm would be more solid, and when he broke through to the Qi Hai Realm, his starting point would be even higher.
After finishing cultivating the Nine Revolutions of Heaven Yuan, Chu Mu practiced his sword arts dozens of times. Then, he tidied himself up a little and left the Sword Tower, heading towards the so-called Sword Comprehension Room.
There were only ten Sword Comprehension Rooms in the Inner Mansion. Fortunately, only the students on the Bronze Sword Ranking were qualified to use them. Otherwise, it would be impossible to satisfy the 70,000 students in the Inner Mansion. That would be a bloody fight.
The person guarding the Sword Comprehension Room was an elder. His cultivation level could not be seen through. His eyes were closed all the time, as if he was meditating all the time.
This elder's expression was very calm. He would not treat anyone differently because of their arrival.
"The Sword Comprehension Room number nine is still empty. How many hours do you need?" The elder asked indifferently. Although his eyes were closed, Chu Mu had a strange feeling that he was being stared at.
"Four hours." Chu Mu said. He took out his identity sword token and handed it over. Then, he took out two hundred low grade soul stones from his space bracelet.
The elder took Chu Mu's identity sword token and swiped it on a black board next to him like swiping a card. Then, he handed it back to Chu Mu. Chu Mu looked at it and found that he had lost twenty thousand credits.
However, he was now a person with millions of credits. Twenty thousand credits was nothing.
The door of the Sword Comprehension Room number nine opened automatically. Chu Mu strode in and entered the Sword Comprehension Room.
The Sword Comprehension Room was dark and nothing could be seen. The door closed automatically and a bright light lit up. Chu Mu glanced around and could not find where the light came from. It seemed to be shining from all directions.
But this was not the point. The point was that he was here to comprehend.
The Sword Comprehension Room was not large. It was only about ten square meters in size. There were only four bare walls in the room. There was only a black futon in the middle of the room.
In a flash, Chu Mu appeared next to the praying mat and sat down. Immediately, a peculiar feeling swept over him. It was as if all the distracting thoughts in his mind had suddenly retreated. His mind naturally became focused without the slightest bit of effort.
Chu Mu also took the initiative to cooperate. In the blink of an eye, he entered an almost ethereal state. The only remaining light in his mind made his consciousness sink into the spiritual world. He locked onto the sword-like dark golden light. It was the power of the Tearing Concept. He began to comprehend it.
Seventy percent of the Tearing Concept came from the mutation of the Metal Concept, and thirty percent came from the absorption of the Wind Concept.
The Wind Concept was Chu Mu's first concept, and the Metal Concept was Chu Mu's third.
Comprehending the Wind Concept was not difficult for Chu Mu. However, comprehending the Metal Concept was much more difficult.
Right now, the Metal Concept was a few times harder to comprehend than the Metal Concept. Plus, he had absorbed part of the Wind Concept, which was almost the second mutation of the Tearing Concept. The difficulty of comprehending it had increased a lot, making it even more difficult.
If he were to comprehend it at a normal speed, from twenty-five percent to thirty percent, Chu Mu estimated that it would take him at least a year. Plus, he would have to put in a lot of time every day.
Even five percent would take him a year. If he wanted to go from thirty percent to forty percent, it would be even more difficult. It might take him at least three years.
Thinking about this kind of speed, Chu Mu could not accept it. He believed that he would definitely become a Qi Hai Realm sword artist in four years. At that time, his Tearing Concept would only be at the small success level. He might be able to surpass some sword artists, but he would not be able to compete with those powerful ones.
"The Tearing Concept came from the Metal Concept and the Wind Concept. Then, to comprehend it, I would have to start from the Metal Concept and the Wind Concept." Chu Mu thought to himself.
After calming down, Chu Mu started to comprehend the Tearing Concept with the Metal Concept as the main focus and the Wind Concept as the support.
He was trying to comprehend both concepts at the same time. Plus, there was the increase after the mutation, which made it even more difficult. Unknowingly, two hours had passed, but Chu Mu could not feel any improvement.
Sharpness, sharpness, speed, cutting, and all the other characteristics of the Tearing Concept appeared in Chu Mu's mind one by one.
The dark gold color in Chu Mu's mental world started to fly around like a flying sword. Its speed was extremely fast, and it had a sharpness that could break through the void. It was frightening.
The Tearing Concept had a terrifying potential. Its power was thirty percent stronger than the normal Concept.
Time flowed like water. Four hours was not a long time at all, especially when he was trying to comprehend it.
All of a sudden, the light in the room disappeared, and the room fell into darkness. The door opened automatically. Chu Mu's mind seemed to have been touched by an invisible force, and he was pulled out of the mental world.
"Time's up?" Chu Mu was shocked. He was so immersed in the comprehension that he could not feel the passage of time. He did not expect four hours to pass so easily.
"The effect is indeed several times better than outside, but the Tearing Concept is too difficult to comprehend. I did not feel anything after four hours." Thinking to himself, Chu Mu walked out of the room and came before the elder again. He took out his identity sword badge and low-grade spirit stones and said, "Elder, I still need six more hours."
"Thirty thousand credits and three hundred low-grade spirit stones," the elder said lightly.
After paying, Chu Mu entered the room again, and the door closed again.
When Chu Mu entered the sword comprehension room for the second time, just as the door closed, a person walked out from another room. It was Fu She, who was ranked in the top ten of the bronze sword ranking.
"What a familiar back." Fu She narrowed his eyes and stared at the closed door of the ninth room. His pupils dilated. "It's him … Is he on the Bronze Sword Ranking now?"
Fu She had been in seclusion for the past two days, so he only knew about the Bronze Sword Ranking Competition. He did not know who the final winner was.
"It shouldn't be him. A month ago, his sword qi cultivation was only at the initial success of Qi Transformation." Fu She seemed to be comforting himself. He strode toward the elder with a respectful expression. "Elder, who was the person who just entered the ninth room?"
"Chu Mu." After three breaths of time, the elder indifferently spat out two words.
"Chu Mu …" Fu She felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck down in front of him, causing his entire body to tremble uncontrollably. It was as if he had been struck by lightning, causing his hair to stand on end, "It really is him … it's actually him …"
Ever since he was defeated by Chu Mu at the Sword Art King Competition, Fu She had been very wary of Chu Mu.
Now that he knew that Chu Mu, who was only at the initial success of Qi Transformation, was on the Bronze Sword Ranking, even if he was only at the 100th place, who could say for sure that Chu Mu would not rise to the top ten in a few months? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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