There was an additional sword.
The countless swords that had danced in his eyes had now merged into one in his heart. It was as black as ink, and he swung it to his heart's content.
Li Qingshan seemed to sense something and left the formation. He came to the bamboo forest and took out a sword from his hundred treasures pouch.
His arm hung down naturally, and the tip of the sword pointed towards the ground. Suddenly, like a willow in the wind, it rose high and pointed towards the sky.
Not far away, an old bamboo was cut open from bottom to top.
Li Qingshan did not have the time to be shocked. In his mind, the black sword suddenly fell down.
Li Qingshan moved with the sword, turning around and slashing horizontally. The sword Qi was like an illusion, and a patch of bamboo fell with a crash.
At this moment, it was not the person controlling the sword, but the sword controlling the person.
Li Qingshan followed the sword move in his mind and jumped around like a spirit ape. The longsword in his hand disappeared, and only the sword light around him flickered.
Wherever it went, it destroyed everything. The sword move and sword intent were extremely sharp.
All the sword lights suddenly retracted. Li Qingshan held the sword in front of him with one hand and stroked the spine of the sword with the other. The cold blue light shone on his determined face.
So that was how it was. The greatest use of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy was not to defeat the enemy, but to record and pass down the path of the sword of that cultivator.
As for the sword Qi that went against the flow, it was not a sinister trap, but a way for future generations to experience the sword intent within. It could also be considered a kind of test!
If one had talent like Little Ann and could comprehend the sword intent to such a degree just by looking at it, they would be able to control it even if the sword Qi went against the flow. But if it was a mediocre person, they would not be qualified to receive this kind of inheritance.
But Li Qingshan could not help but think that that cultivator would not have guessed that his Cursive Sword Calligraphy would be split into so many pieces. But if it was the complete Cursive Sword Calligraphy, then just how terrifying would this test be?
The black sword in his mind would not be as simple as dancing around a few times. Just the terrifying sword intent it gave off would be enough to instantly destroy the mind of a normal cultivator.
He had really obtained something incredible.
Li Qingshan suddenly smiled and threw the sword away, stabbing it into a rock.
He leapt up and used a few soft bamboo branches as leverage. In a few steps, he arrived at the eastern side of the island, where there was a small hill covered with jagged rocks.
He leaped out of the bamboo forest. While he was in midair, he gathered his Qi in his Dantian and spread his arms wide. The dozens of crisscrossing Sword Qi suppressed in his Dantian shot out and silently sank into the mountain. Only some of the mountain rocks could not withstand the gravity and cracked. Apart from that, there was not much sound.
A cricket was originally fluttering its wings on a mountain rock, chirping loudly. At this moment, it had completely stopped and fell from the rock. There was not a trace of injury on its body. Originally, the entire slope was filled with the cries of insects, but now it had all returned to silence, killed by the scattered sword intent.
So this was the correct way to use the Cursive Sword Calligraphy.
Li Qingshan understood. He poured his True Qi into the Cursive Sword Calligraphy, causing it to flow back and hide in his Dantian. Just how shocking would its power be when it suddenly exploded in battle?
Of course, since he could comprehend the path of the sword within the Cursive Sword Calligraphy, he obviously would not be harmed by the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. Li Qingshan instead used a brutal method to forcefully suppress the sword qi.
But he believed that while he was not a genius, he was not an idiot either. He had already refined it. As long as he spent some time, he would naturally be able to comprehend the sword dao of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. Of course, he would only be able to comprehend the sword dao of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy.
Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind. Li Qingshan suddenly understood why the Cursive Sword Calligraphy had been split into so many parts. He also understood how to fuse them together.
It was precisely because he could not pass the test of the complete Cursive Sword Calligraphy that he had split it up. He did not need to be proficient in the art of refining tools. As long as he refined the Cursive Sword Calligraphy and fused the Sword Qi in his Dantian, he would be able to achieve the effect of fusing them.
Li Qingshan took out the high-grade Cursive Sword Calligraphy. As long as he could refine these two Cursive Sword Calligraphy, he would be confident of winning against any Qi Practitioner, let alone Chu Tian.
But first, he had to completely comprehend the sword dao of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. It was a pity that Little Ann was not here, or she would definitely be able to help him.
Perhaps she had sensed his call, but when Li Qingshan looked back, Xiao An arrived on the ripples, arriving before him with a smile.
In the School of Yin Yang, Ma Buyi placed his tall hat to the side, a slightly dazed expression on his face. Based on the complexity of the Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots, he was already prepared to spend several months teaching her.
The Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots was divided into seven main parts. The profoundness and complexity of each part was several times greater than the Gui Water Condensing Qi Method, a five elemental formula. The difficulty of completely mastering the seven parts would increase exponentially.
Ma Buyi explained the first part in great detail and was about to explain its wonders in detail.
Little Ann said, "Please continue."
Ma Buyi frowned, but when he thought about how the person sitting in front of him was a rare genius, perhaps it would be easier for him to teach her if she completely understood the entire part. Thus, he taught her the entire Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots.
Before he could say anything, Little Ann asked, "Anything else?"
Ma Buyi said, "No."
"Thank you." Little Ann stood up and bowed before turning around and leaving. She was in a hurry to see Li Qingshan. Ever since she came to the Hundred Schools of Thought, she seemed to spend a lot more time apart from him. She disliked it very much.
Ma Buyi asked, "Where are you going?"
"Isn't that all?"
Ma Buyi said, "Do you understand?"
Little Ann said, "I understand a little."
Ma Buyi immediately asked her a few questions. She answered them fluently without even thinking. She did indeed understand a little.
Of course, this did not mean she had completely grasped the Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots. However, the more profound parts could only be slowly comprehended through cultivation. It was not something that could be explained in a few sentences.
As a result, she answered very accurately with a little. However, in order to reach this level of "understanding a little" in the past, Ma Buyi had spent years under his master's careful guidance.
Now, he could finally understand what the One Thought master felt a little. Having a disciple like that could basically make a master experience a wondrous sense of defeat.
He said reluctantly, "Just talking about it doesn't count as understanding. You need to practise it."
As a result, all Little Ann could do was sit down. Because it was not the buddhist dharma, she was unable to progress as quickly as the Guardian King's Scripture of Demon Subdual. After spending an entire day and night, she reached a rudimentary level with the Cloud Bookcase of the Seven Lots.
Ma Buyi waved his hand in confusion. "You can go. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
Little Ann bowed again before turning around and leaving.
She stood on the waves as her sleeves fluttered in the wind. She arrived on Cloudwisp island and found Li Qingshan with a single glance. She smiled sweetly.
Li Qingshan immediately asked Little Ann about the path of the sword in the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. Sure enough, although Little Ann had never refined a single scroll, her comprehension of the path of the sword in the Cursive Sword Calligraphy surpassed Li Qingshan's.
When Li Qingshan heard her words, he immediately felt that he had benefited a lot. Furthermore, Little Ann also gained much inspiration from Li Qingshan's experiences, improving her sword technique.
However, comprehension was the most complicated feeling. Sometimes, Little Ann did not know how to explain it to Li Qingshan. So, she picked up her sword and sparred with Li Qingshan using the sword techniques in the Cursive Sword Calligraphy.
Day and night, two figures, one large and one small, chased each other in the sea of green bamboo. Their swords clashed, producing clanging sounds as large swathes of the bamboo forest fell.
Liu Chuanfeng's heart ached as he watched. The bamboo building had just spent a lot of spirit stones to issue the mission. If this continued, the quiet Cloudwisp island would probably be shaved bald by the two of them.
Although it was said to be two people, it was actually just Li Qingshan alone. Little Ann's sword Qi was like a rainbow, but it was extremely condensed, not harming even a single branch or leaf.
But after a few days, the number of green bamboos falling greatly decreased. Only then did Liu Chuanfeng feel relieved.
After more than ten days, a spring rain fell, and the bamboo shoots broke through the soil.
The spring wind danced, the sea of bamboo rose and fell, and the sky was filled with a fine drizzle.
Li Qingshan and Little Ann stood among them. The lake and mountain scenery in the distance were all blurred in the rain, as if they were in an ink painting.
Holding bamboo swords, they sometimes approached and sometimes distanced themselves. The swords in their hands rarely clashed. Every movement they made seemed to have a tacit understanding. It did not seem like they were sparring with swords, but more like they were dancing.
At first, Li Qingshan had used a low-grade spirit artifact sword. Later, he changed it to a low-grade spirit artifact, and then to an ordinary sword, until the bamboo sword he was using today.
He had personally forged it using artifact refining techniques from the bamboo forest under his feet. Of course, this was not to show off. The higher one's control over sword Qi, the lower the requirements for materials.
If it were the original Li Qingshan, even a metal sword would have been reduced to smithereens.
At this moment, it also proved that he could finally comprehend and control the path of the sword in the Cursive Sword Calligraphy.
However, when it came time to truly face an enemy, the stronger the weapon, the better. If he wanted to play the "sword in hand but sword in heart" against a truly powerful opponent, he would be looking to die.
Li Qingshan was relieved. He had finally completely mastered the path of the sword in the first volume of the Cursive Sword Calligraphy. He no longer needed the spirit turtle to suppress it. The sword Qi swam freely in his sea of qi like fish.
He suddenly called out, "Little Ann, use your full strength!"
The bamboo swords vanished, turning into a swath of sword qi. Some were heavy, some were light, some were slow, some were fast, some were straight, and some were twisted. This was the first time Li Qingshan had comprehended the intricate changes. He no longer unleashed all of his sword qi at once.
Little Ann smiled as well. Golden light erupted from his body. He wielded the vajra sword and stabbed it downwards. Steady!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Like the chime of a bell, only a few strands of sword Qi left behind a few shallow marks on the vajra avatar. The rest was completely unscathed.
"Buddhist cultivation methods sure are shameless." Li Qingshan grinned. It was obviously no problem for the sword Qi to pierce his protective true qi, but it was impossible for it to pierce Little Ann's golden avatar.
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