Zhou Wen was only trying his best to maintain the situation. He didn't wish for the Vine Sword's sword intent to turn the tables. All he wanted was to delay the Vine Sword's sword intent's defeat. He wanted to see the profundity between the illusory and the real.
However, sword intent was something ethereal to begin with. It could only be sensed, but it couldn't be seen or touched.
Even though he was in Zhou Wen's body, he could only sense that the sword intent had changed his body, but he couldn't see the existence of the sword intent.
It has a powerful influence, but it can't be seen or touched. This feeling seems to be somewhat similar to something in my impression? Zhou Wen pondered over what it was in his impression.
After some thought, Zhou Wen realized what sword intent was similar to.
The thing Zhou Wen thought of was the deity that humans worshipped. However, on careful thought, deities and sword intent could actually be considered the same thing. They were all illusions derived from human thought.
Sword intent was actually a form of thought, and deities were products of human thought. The difference was that sword intent was one's understanding of the world, while deities were a form of sustenance and fear towards the unknown.
Humans are emotional creatures. The existence of an invisible being like a deity can sometimes affect the actions and abilities of humans, Zhou Wen thought to himself.
He had heard of a story in the past. It was about a student who, despite studying hard, didn't do well in his studies, especially during exams. He didn't do well every time.
Once, he went to a nearby temple with his classmates. He didn't think much of it and just paid his respects to the gods. In the end, not only did he draw the best lot, but he also heard a divine voice that the other students hadn't heard. It said that he would definitely study well and that he would be able to get into a good university.
However, when he asked the other students, they didn't hear anything.
After returning, not only did the student work even harder, but his academic results also improved greatly. His exam results also shot up, and he was finally admitted to a famous university.
Later, when they talked about this during a class reunion, he found out that it was a trap set up by a few of his classmates. The drawing of lots was prepared in advance, and Shen Yan was the one who played the recording so that the other students could hear it.
The reason they did this was because they felt that the student had already worked hard, but he wasn't confident enough. That was why they thought of using such a method to stimulate his confidence and potential. The outcome was indeed good.
However, the extent of the sword intent had far exceeded the influence of pure thought.
If it's not purely an emotional influence, what's the principle behind this? Zhou Wen constantly observed and pondered, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the true core.
The tangible sword aura constantly collided with the invisible sword intent that affected Zhou Wen's body. All Zhou Wen could see was his body being destroyed by the sword aura, preventing him from truly grasping the existence of the sword intent.
Suddenly, Zhou Wen discovered a problem.
Previously, Zhou Wen had only observed the battle between the two and couldn't find the main point. However, when Zhou Wen focused on the changes that occurred after his body was destroyed, he immediately discovered something different.
The destructive power of the sword qi was extremely strong. After destroying the body of flesh and blood, it was directly broken down into extremely small molecules. It was divided again and again until it could no longer be seen, as if it had disappeared.
Zhou Wen knew that it hadn't vanished. It was just too small that he couldn't see or sense it.
However, during this process, there was an extremely small portion of matter that was not separated to the point where it could not be seen.
The rest of the flesh and blood were cut up again and again until nothing could be seen. However, there was a wisp of smoke-like substance that drifted out and disappeared at an extremely fast speed.
Although it had only existed for a short period of time, Zhou Wen was certain that the wisp of smoke wasn't separated by the sword aura, but that it had vanished on its own.
Zhou Wen carefully observed and realized that after every cell was destroyed, there would be wisps of smoke that would disappear instead of being separated into smaller pieces.
What's that in my body? It actually wasn't split apart under such a powerful sword aura? The more Zhou Wen sensed it, the more magical he found the wisp of smoke.
In the smoke, Zhou Wen sensed the existence of sword intent and sword aura, but it only existed for an extremely short period of time. It vanished like a meteor.
That wisp of smoke has the uniqueness of sword intent and the characteristics of sword aura, but there's a clear difference between the two. It has a corporeal body that sword intent doesn't have, but it also has a divergent thought that sword aura doesn't have … The more Zhou Wen observed, the more he found the wisp of smoke magical.
However, the smoke would only be produced when it was destroyed by sword aura. It didn't always exist. Zhou Wen didn't discover the existence of the smoke when he damaged some of his flesh.
This is interesting. Zhou Wen wanted to see if he could capture the wisp of smoke.
When the smoke appeared, he could indeed touch it, but even if he used sword aura to envelop the wisp of smoke, the smoke would still vanish into thin air. It was difficult to capture it.
He tried many times, but he failed every time.
It's clearly a corporeal object, but it can turn invisible. This characteristic is really strange. Zhou Wen tried again and again, but he failed again and again.
However, gradually, Zhou Wen realized that it wasn't that he couldn't capture it, but that it didn't exist at all.
Since it can turn from corporeal to incorporeal, can I turn from incorporeal to corporeal? Zhou Wen felt that he could give it a try. The key seemed to be the collision between sword aura and sword intent.
As sword intent didn't have a corporeal body, he couldn't directly collide. And his body was the medium.
He tried again and again, using all sorts of methods, hoping to figure out what the smoke was that existed between corporeal and incorporeal.
This was clearly not an easy task. Zhou Wen never figured out how the smoke was formed, and his body couldn't hold on any longer.
Although Zhou Wen kept helping the vine sword's sword intent maintain, he ultimately couldn't withstand the corrosion of the sword aura. His body was already on the brink of death.
The Sword Pill was already covered in cracks, about to shatter at any moment.
Can I do it again later? Zhou Wen thought to himself. He would pull out the vine sword again and experience it again.
Crack!
The Sword Pill finally couldn't withstand the pressure and exploded.
As the Sword Pill was about to be completely transformed by sword intent, Zhou Wen immediately saw large amounts of smoke spread out from his body like fireworks.
At the moment of death, Zhou Wen suddenly had an inexplicable realization.
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