Lu Xiaotian stretched out his hand and a palm-sized wooden doll made of Dark Cloud Wood floated above his palm. He couldn't help but smile. The refining of this puppet doll would also improve as he became more familiar with it. The current one's ability to absorb damage was much higher than before. It could be said to be a top quality protective treasure. At a critical moment, it could replace him in death, which was equivalent to having an extra life. Its value was indescribable. If this were to be leaked outside, it would cause a frenzy among the Jin Dan cultivators.
He just didn't know if it would be useful for Nascent Soul cultivators. Lu Xiaotian's eyes revealed a look of longing, but he quickly regained his composure. He didn't know how long it would be before Nascent Soul cultivators could reach it. Even if it was fast, it would still be several hundred years. The difference in cultivation realms was like heaven and earth. What was useful for Jin Dan cultivators might not be of much use to Nascent Soul cultivators.
He was still thinking too far ahead.
Lu Xiaotian didn't make any movements in the Zhen Wei Marquis Estate. He was usually busy with his own cultivation and would occasionally take care of the lotus flowers and leaves in the lotus pond. As for the spiritual beasts in the Marquis Estate that Cao Kun mentioned, they rarely came. This red lotus pond had a radius of over ten miles. When the wind blew, the large lotus leaves swayed slightly, emitting the fresh fragrance of the lotus leaves. The red lotus leaves were like balls of flames floating on the surface of the water. The scenery was quite unique.
Occasionally, there would be young masters and young misses of the Zhen Wei Marquis Estate who would come over to enjoy themselves in the lotus pond. Soon, there were the eldest young master Cao Wei, the second young master Cao Bao, and the third young miss Cao Xier. There were also a few young masters and young misses from the other aristocratic families in Wushang City. Lu Xiaotian also knew a few of them. Most of them were only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Every time these young nobles came over to play, Lu Xiaotian would hide further away to avoid being ordered around by these people. Among them, the second young master Cao Bao had the worst temper. He would beat and scold his followers. Lu Xiaotian had seen him from afar a few times. Even though his status in the Marquis's Estate was only an odd-job worker, an existence equivalent to a servant, if Cao Bao really caught the opportunity, it would not be worth it for him to be reprimanded. Fortunately, with his cultivation, he would always stay far away from this group of people before they came.
One day, half a year later, Lu Xiaotian sat cross-legged in a small courtyard with simple decorations. He sat cross-legged with his palms facing the sky. Within his dantian, the small sword that was wrapped in a layer of transparent light roamed unstably within his meridians along with his mana. At this moment, Lu Xiaotian's main Essence Spirit was immersed in the Sword Comprehension Stone Tablet. At this moment, the Sword Qi within the stone tablet was constantly converging. Sword after sword slashed out in the gray void, leaving behind traces of uncanny craftsmanship. The Sword Qi was illusory and ethereal. A moment ago, the Sword Qi seemed to be very far away, but in the next moment, the Sword Qi was right in front of him.
Lu Xiaotian didn't realize that the time he spent immersed in the Sword Comprehension Stone Tablet was getting longer and longer. He didn't even wake up for several days. One day, when Lu Xiaotian saw the Sword Essence that filled the sky, an idea seemed to flash through his mind. He felt that the Sword Essence around him suddenly became lively.
The Sword Qi that slashed out in the void suddenly formed a green light screen. The Sword Qi in the void constantly converged towards the green light screen. It looked extremely messy, but Lu Xiaotian soon exclaimed softly. These seemingly messy Sword Qi actually followed a certain pattern. Eight to four, four to two, two to one. The distribution of each Sword Qi was extremely methodical.
"This, this is actually a formation. A formation formed by Sword Qi!" Lu Xiaotian was shocked.
In the end, these Sword Qi converged into eight light screens. Within each light screen, there was a sharp small sword that attacked people with Sword Essence. It was exactly the same as the small sword wrapped in the light screen in Lu Xiaotian's body and the sword embryo that he saw in the Ethereal Hall. The only difference was that the strength of their aura was slightly different.
Lu Xiaotian felt that when the eight small swords gathered together, a frightening Sword Qi suddenly appeared. It was aimed at Lu Xiaotian's glabella.
Lu Xiaotian couldn't dodge in time and cried out in pain. He only felt that the Sword Essence in his mind was overturning rivers and seas. Even with his willpower, he almost couldn't bear it. The pain was actually not any less than when he practiced the "Soul Splitting Secret Art". If one's willpower was slightly weaker, under this terrible pain, they might even directly become an idiot.
After an unknown period of time, the intense pain began to gradually ease. When Lu Xiaotian came to his senses, he found that there were some strange and inexplicable scenes in his mind. Every eight Sword Qi converged together to form a small sword wrapped in a transparent light screen.
The eight small swords wrapped in a transparent light screen constantly evolved into various patterns. In each pattern, the eight transparent sword balls coordinated perfectly, giving people a feeling of invulnerability. It was incomparably profound.
With Lu Xiaotian's attainments in formations, he could naturally easily see that this was the operating method of a sword formation.
In the end, eight transparent sword balls, eight into four, four into two, two into one. They turned into a huge ball of light, almost exactly the same as the sword embryo he saw in the Ethereal Hall.
Transforming the formation into a fetus! Lu Xiaotian's expression changed. He finally knew the origin of the Ethereal Venerable's sword embryo. It was actually condensed from a sword formation. No wonder it was so powerful.
The Seven-storied Pagoda was also very powerful, but it was not a means that a Jin Dan cultivator could perform. At least after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, one could gradually exert the power of the Seven-storied Pagoda. The main reason why the Ethereal Venerable was able to suppress Monk Pagoda was this overbearing sword formation and sword embryo. However, Lu Xiaotian did not know whether the Ethereal Sword Formation and sword embryo were more powerful or the Seven-storied Pagoda was more powerful. This question was probably something that even the Ethereal Venerable and Monk Pagoda might not know. After all, even Monk Pagoda himself was unable to refine the Seven-storied Pagoda. The difficulty of refining the Seven-storied Pagoda was simply outrageous.
Lu Xiaotian was already satisfied with obtaining Monk Pagoda's Seven-storied Pagoda. He did not have any thoughts of getting involved with the Ethereal Sword Technique. At first, he accidentally comprehended the Sword Comprehension Stone Tablet and did not have such thoughts. However, he later discovered that this kind of comprehension could alleviate the damage caused by the Ethereal Sword Qi in his body. Thus, Lu Xiaotian had been comprehending it until now. He did not expect to comprehend something by accident. Moreover, he was recognized by the Sword Comprehension Stone Tablet and obtained the mystery of the Ethereal Sword Formation.
However, in order to refine the eight sword balls of the sword formation into a sword pill, other than comprehending from the Sword Comprehension Stone Tablet, some additional precious spiritual items were required. Otherwise, the sword pill alone would not be able to cause much damage.
Within Lu Xiaotian's dantian, a sword pill embryo was formed because he had comprehended some of the true essence of the Ethereal Sword Essence. However, it was still far from a real sword pill.
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