If the sword formation provided by an external swordsmanship could only be carved with six or seven layers, it would be classified as an ordinary swordsmanship. If it could reach eight or nine layers, it would be a high-level swordsmanship. Occasionally, there would be a sword formation that could reach ten or eleven layers, and that would be a top-notch swordsmanship. Everyone would scramble for it and treat it as a hidden trump card. However, not every cultivator could cultivate their swordsmanship to such a level. It meant a lot of things, not just a matter of hard work and talent.
If one reached the Jin Dan, the so-called improvement in swordsmanship would mostly be reflected in the carving of sword formations. The limit of a Jin Dan was thirty-nine layers. A flying sword carved with more than thirty layers of sword formations was very terrifying. In terms of the power of a single sword, it was far above the Inner Swordsmanship!
The upper limit of a Yuanying external sword was raised to ninety-nine layers … It sounded incredible, but the problem was that when the flying sword was destroyed, it meant that the swordsmanship that one had spent so many years cultivating was gone!
The person was still there, but the sword was gone, which meant that the swordsmanship was gone too! Perhaps one could still refine another one after the event. Not to mention how much time, energy, and resources it would take. But since it was in the middle of a battle, what would happen if the swordsmanship was gone?
Therefore, senior external swordsmen usually had many flying swords. Some were used to test the depletion of energy, some were used as the main force in battle, and some were kept as a trump card for the most crucial moment!
It sounded safe and reasonable, but the difference between them and an Inner Swordsman was in these aspects. An Inner Swordsman did not care about the depletion of energy. They could use their strongest moves from the beginning all the way to the end!
This was how the battle strength was pulled apart!
Of course, Yuanying and cultivators of a higher level were better. They had fewer concerns in this aspect, because when a flying sword was carved to ninety-nine layers or more, there was a chance that a sword spirit would be born!
With a sword spirit, there was a lot more room for maneuver. Not only would the attack be more flexible and intelligent, but it could also self-repair and improve. However, these were too far away for Lou Xiaoyi to consider.
His problem was that after understanding the fighting style of an external sword and the source of power of an external swordsmanship, he completely understood the difficulties he had to face in order to achieve success in the path of an external sword!
Resources were very important to an external sword! It almost ran through the entire cultivation life of an external Swordsman!
If you want to carve more sword formations, the flying swords you prepare can't be weak, right? It had to be made of top-grade cultivation materials, right?
Every additional layer of the sword array had a special material requirement in order to achieve the desired effect. These heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the sect would not give them to you for free. Instead, you would have to collect them yourself, do business, complete missions, and kill people to seize their treasures. Even if you had to sell your grain …
Then you'll need a second flying sword, a third flying sword …
It was true that Xuanyuan Sword School did not require you to pay a single spirit stone for the cultivation methods and sword arts, but in the following cultivation, everyone was pulled into the busy business of creating wealth and promoting consumption.
Of course, it wasn't just Xuanyuan that was like this. In fact, every big sect was no different! If you can crawl back up, that's your ability. If you can't crawl back up, then you'll disappear into the crowd. No one will pity you because there are too many people who need pity!
He was not a second or third generation cultivator, nor did he have a thigh to rely on, nor did he have any property. Where could he find so many resources to fill this big hole? Don't they need resources in other aspects? Just rely on the half-yearly allowance given by the sect?
If he wanted to do business, go on missions, refine pills, and draw talismans, not to mention whether he had the talent or not, even if he did, how could he waste his time like this?
Cultivation was interrelated. If there was a problem in one aspect, it would affect everything!
Needless to say, he really didn't have the mood to do this. The biggest wish of a rice worm was to do what he liked. If he came all the way here to do this, wouldn't it be fine if he stayed in his original world to do business and refine pills?
In terms of resources alone, he had fallen into a dead end! Presumably, it wasn't just him, but also the vast majority of small Foundation Establishment cultivators who had no one to rely on!
Even if he had so many resources, the flying sword that he spent so much effort to create couldn't be used to his heart's content in all situations. Then what was he after?
Lou Xiaoyi really didn't have any lofty ambitions, but his vision was there! He had an intuition about swords that he didn't know where it came from. This intuition helped him kill many enemies in the early stages. Now, he felt that there was a problem with the so-called external sword technique. If he continued to practice like this, he would forever be a hidden external Swordsman. It wasn't that he didn't want to show off, but that he couldn't!
Challenge Wen Chang? Was that even possible? He could only tuck his tail between his legs and pray to the heavens that the other party would forget him!
He had to find a new method! It wouldn't consume so much resources! He wouldn't have to worry so much about the flying sword! He wouldn't have to spend all his time thinking about carving this and that on the sword! He wouldn't have to put all his thoughts on external objects. He wouldn't even want to pick up a rock to see if it was a heavenly treasure!
Although he still couldn't find such a method, he would rather not practice anything than to use all his energy and end up eating farts behind someone else's back!
Because it didn't matter, because of his innate intuition towards swords, he, a small Foundation Establishment cultivator, rejected a technique that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years from the bottom of his heart. This was somewhat inconceivable. If he had a master, he would probably be hung up and beaten up …
After figuring out the cause and effect, he felt much more relaxed. He walked into the Sword Turtle Tower, grabbed a jade scroll, and left!
The old cultivator who was in charge of registration at the door saw this and couldn't help but be very curious. In the register, this newcomer had chosen the most difficult cultivation technique! Instead, he chose the lowest level sword technique in terms of swordsmanship.
The Sword Song of the Four Seasons!
This was the sword technique with the least number of layers in the sword formation among the tens of thousands of sword techniques in the Sword Turtle Tower. There were only five layers. Furthermore, the materials used to carve it were simple and cheap. If it wasn't for its uniqueness, it wouldn't even be kept in the Sword Turtle Tower!
The so-called four seasons here did not necessarily refer to the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter!
The 'seasons' here referred to a period of time. There were three seasons in a season. It could refer to six hours, three months or three years. It didn't only refer to the seasons.
Yin Mao was spring, Si Wuwei was summer, Shen Youxu was autumn and Hai Zichou was winter. Yin Mao was wood, Si Wuwei was fire, Shen You was metal, Hai Zichou was water and Chen Weixu was earth.
Therefore, the Sword Song of the Four Seasons actually had five layers. Metal, wood, water, fire and earth were all used to carve the sword formation using the most basic materials of the five elements. Therefore, it was relatively economical.
The most difficult cultivation technique and the cheapest sword technique. What kind of combination was this?
Lou Xiaoyi felt relaxed! When you felt that you had made the most suitable choice among the tens of thousands of sword techniques, anyone would feel relaxed!
He had chosen the Sword Song of the Four Seasons because it had the least number of layers and saved the most resources! Although he didn't think much of the fighting style of the external sword, this was after all a legacy that had been passed down for tens of thousands of years. The internal sword was the core and the external sword was the body. It had its own reasons for existing.
His goal was to use this sword technique that didn't cost much to judge the strengths and weaknesses of the entire external sword system!
You could have your own opinions about it, but you had to respect its achievements!
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