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Chu Mu did not know that Old Tuo had such a high opinion of him. He had already entered the Eastern Sage Sub Palace's Book Collection Hall.
The Book Collection Hall was not very big. It was about a hundred square meters, but it was twenty meters tall. Other than the entrance, there were bookshelves on all four sides. The bookshelves were one with the walls.
There were many books on the bookshelves. They were packed together like a small library.
Perhaps compared to the four great sword sects Great Kun Sword Mansion and Great Kun Royal Family's book collection, Eastern Saint Sub Palace's book collection was indeed lacking. However, after Chu Mu swept his eyes over the book collection, he roughly understood what Old Tuo was saying. Of the books collected here, there wasn't a single one that was useless. Each one had an unimaginable value.
Chu Mu wanted to have a deeper understanding of the Ancient Sword Continent. This place was just the beginning.
Although after reaching the Qi Hai realm, a sword artist's need for food had decreased, they still had to maintain the frequency of eating once every two days. Otherwise, it would be detrimental to the body.
It was said that after reaching the Origin Realm, one would be able to go without eating for a long time without any effect.
Chu Mu had an extreme grade spatial bracelet and two upper grade spatial bracelets. In one of the upper grade spatial bracelets, Chu Mu had stored a large amount of food and wine in preparation for his closed door training.
This time, he was prepared for a long period of closed door training.
His original plan was to obtain the Sword Hero title and return to the Sword Palace before going into closed door training. But now, if he went into closed door training in the Eastern Sage Sub Palace, he would be able to read a large amount of books and enter the Sword Comprehension Palace. These benefits were not available in the Sword Palace. Chu Mu had no reason to reject.
Next, Chu Mu began to live a regular life.
First, he visited the Book Collection Hall and the Sword Comprehension Palace. Then, he stayed in a small sub palace beside the two palaces. Then, he began to adjust his condition. Once he was in peak condition, he dispersed the Heaven Origin Sword Qi in his body.
Dispersing the Heaven Origin Sword Qi that had reached the Initial Qi Hai realm was an extremely painful process. It was as if countless sharp knives were cutting and twisting in his meridians.
Luckily, Chu Mu had already reached the first level of the Heavenly Desolate Sword Body, which was why he was able to withstand the pain. After spending two hours, Chu Mu finally managed to disperse the Heaven Origin Sword Qi.
It was hard to imagine how he would have been able to endure such pain if he had not cultivated the Heavenly Desolation Sword Body and increased the strength of his meridians by over ten times.
It was no wonder that the higher the cultivation level of a swordsman, the more unwilling they were to switch to a sword qi art. Unless the sword qi art they were switching to was much more powerful than the sword qi art they were currently cultivating, just the pain alone was enough to cause one's expression to change drastically. Some might even be unable to withstand it and faint.
Once he fainted while dispersing the sword qi, the sword qi would go out of control. At that time, even if he did not die, his meridians would be destroyed. Even his dantian would not be spared, turning him into a cripple.
The dangers involved were not something that could be explained in a few words.
After dispersing the Heaven Origin Sword Qi, Chu Mu's face was pale. His eyes were filled with fatigue, but his pupils were abnormally bright. Because, dispersing the Heaven Origin Sword Qi was the first step to cultivating the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi. He had completed it.
His dantian was empty. There was not a single trace of Heaven Origin Sword Qi. The second step was to condense a strand of Heaven Origin Sword Qi according to the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi.
The first step was usually the most difficult. Chu Mu did not plan to start now. Dispersing the Heaven Origin Sword Qi made him feel very tired. Therefore, Chu Mu laid down and prepared to sleep first.
Next, Chu Mu took out two hours every day to cultivate the Qi Cultivation Chapter of the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi. He also held a low grade Heavenly Desolate Stone in each of his hands.
There was a sentence in the Heavenly Desolate Sword Manual. The Heavenly Desolate Stone could assist in the cultivation of the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi, just like how spirit stones could assist in the cultivation of Sword Qi.
Other than cultivating the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi, he used four hours to cultivate basic swordsmanship and the foundation of a swordsman. Four hours to read books in the library to increase his knowledge. Eight hours to comprehend in the Sword Comprehension Hall, and the last four hours to rest.
Three days later, Chu Mu once again condensed a strand of Heaven Origin Sword Qi in his dantian. This strand of Heaven Origin Sword Qi was yellowish-brown, like the color of the vast barren land. It emitted an ancient aura that filled Chu Mu's dantian.
Although this strand of Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi was small, Chu Mu could feel that it was far more condensed than the Heavenly Origin Sword Qi. With a thought, the strand of Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi appeared at Chu Mu's fingertips in an instant. It was as agile as a fish.
"Its purity is far greater than the Heavenly Origin Sword Qi. Its control is also far greater than the Heavenly Origin Sword Qi. Its power is not something that the Heavenly Origin Sword Qi can compare with. It is indeed a top grade Earth Level Sword Qi Art." Chu Mu thought to himself, his face full of joy.
Since the first strand of Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi had been successfully condensed, the next step was to continuously condense more strands of Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi to fill up his dantian until he regained the Initial Qi Hai level of Sword Qi.
Because the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi was too pure, the speed of condensing the Heavenly Desolate Sword Qi was slower than the Heavenly Origin Sword Qi. This required more time for Chu Mu. Fortunately, he decided to stay here for a long period of time to cultivate.
Very quickly, a month had passed.
Chu Mu began to understand what Old Hunchback meant when he said he could not withstand it. He could clearly feel that the longer he stayed here, the greater the pressure on his mind.
It was as if there was a pressure that was increasing bit by bit. After a month, it had already increased by two times.
If it was a normal Sword Master, this kind of pressure on the mind would cause them to feel uncomfortable and have no choice but to leave. But for Chu Mu, this kind of pressure could only be felt by him, but it could not cause any pressure.
However, the pressure was increasing every day. Perhaps one day, it would increase to a level that Chu Mu could not withstand.
The Sword Comprehension Hall was a side hall with a small door. It was also twenty meters tall and had eight walls. On each wall, there were many sword marks that crisscrossed.
Some of these sword marks were long, some were short, some were thick, some were thin, some were high, some were low, and they did not seem to be made by the same person.
This was because these sword marks all had different auras.
Different swordsmen cultivated different cultivation techniques and sword techniques, used different swords, and so on. Any slight difference would cause the sword marks to be different.
This could not be seen from the outside. Only by sensing the aura within would one be able to understand.
After a month of comprehension, Chu Mu already knew that a portion of the sword marks in the Sword Comprehension Hall were left behind by senior experts. There were probably experts at the level of the Sword Of Gojoseon, as well as experts at the level of Sword Venerable. Most of them were left behind by Sword Masters. They should have been left behind by Sword Masters who had entered this place to cultivate.
As he planned to stay here for a long period of time to cultivate, Chu Mu began to comprehend the sword marks of the Sword Master level, which had the weakest aura. He vaguely saw a figure practicing the sword.
This experience had happened before on the eighth floor of the Earth Wasteland Building. At that time, Chu Mu had saved half a year of effort and pushed his sword force to the peak of perfection. However, after a month here, Chu Mu's sword force had not made any progress.
He knew that after reaching the peak of perfection in sword force, it was extremely difficult to make any progress. It was thousands or even tens of thousands of times more difficult than before. Countless swordsmen were stuck at the peak of perfection in sword force, unable to break through for the rest of their lives. They could not even make any progress. In the end, they were only left with regret.
Therefore, Chu Mu was not in a hurry. Through the books in the library, he knew that the realm above the peak of perfection in sword force was sword intent. However, before comprehending sword intent, there was still one more step to take, and that was the peak of sword force.
Only by reaching the peak of sword force would one have the opportunity to comprehend sword intent. This was the iron law of sword dao.
Cultivating and comprehending every day, even though there was no progress in sword force, Chu Mu's dantian had more and more Heavenly Wasteland Sword Qi. His cultivation had also broken through from the first stage of the Sword Qi realm to the Qi Transformation realm and was still improving.
The Heavenly Wasteland Stones were consumed piece by piece. Fortunately, he had obtained tens of thousands of Heavenly Wasteland Stones, which was enough for his current consumption.
As he comprehended in the Sword Comprehension Hall, he saw more sword scars left behind by Sword Heroes. He also read a large number of books in the library, which broadened his horizons. Many things that he did not understand in the past were enlightened, and many secrets were also understood.
For example, the origin of the Eastern Sage Sub Palace, the origin of the Eastern Sage City, and so on.
It turned out that there was a huge power in the Central Sword Domain that transcended worldly affairs. This power was called the Hundred Saints Alliance.
The so-called Hundred Saints Alliance, as the name implied, was an alliance formed by a hundred Sword Saints. As for why this alliance was formed by a hundred Sword Saints, Chu Mu had only seen a few records. It seemed to be a deeper level of secret. Perhaps he would only have the opportunity to understand it after he entered the Central Sword Domain.
Sword Saint was the fourth title in sword dao. It was above the Sword Of Gojoseon, and was more than a hundred times stronger than the Sword Of Gojoseon. An alliance formed by a hundred Sword Saints, just thinking about it was enough to make one feel shocked.
And now, Chu Mu had only taken the first step on the path of sword dao – Sword Hero. In the future, there was still a long way for him to go. A broader world awaited him.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed. The pressure in the Eastern Sage Sub Palace was strong enough to affect Chu Mu. Chu Mu had no choice but to strengthen his mental resistance. And this kind of resistance also had its benefits. It allowed his mental power and will to be constantly tempered, although the strength of the tempering was still not strong enough.
After a year of cultivation, his sword Qi had recovered to the Initial Qi Sea level. Within a year, he would definitely be able to recover to the Minor Completion level.
As for his sword force, there was finally a slight improvement. Although it was not obvious, it was like a fuse.
The Lacerating Concept and the Concept of Clouds had also been improved. Even Chu Mu had comprehended other concepts in the Sword Comprehension Hall, and they had all reached a certain level.
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"A year has already passed. Chu Mu still hasn't left the Eastern Sage Sub Palace?" A faint sigh rang out in the darkness. It contained a hint of surprise, "It seems like he can stay here for a longer period of time. I wonder how long he can stay?"
After saying that, the sigh went silent again, as if it had never sounded.
In the blink of an eye, another month had passed. Old Tuo was shocked again because every month, the increase in pressure would become more and more obvious. Yet, Chu Mu still didn't have any intentions of leaving … … 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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