After making a decision, he threw everything else to the back of his mind.
There was no need to pack his belongings, no need to lock up his cave abode. All he had to do was report to the Ascension Hall, identify the direction, and fly towards the southwest.
As for the problem of swordsmanship, he would think about it when he returned. It was a common belief that a Swordsman's battle prowess lay in his flying sword. However, Lou Xiaoyi did not think so. As long as his opponent was close to him, he would still be able to put up a fight. He had his own way of fighting!
No matter what orthodoxy you were from, if you placed all your bets on one aspect, the outcome would not be good!
Lou Xiaoyi flew out of the dome on his flying sword and immediately changed back to the Starlight Guidance Technique. To him, the speed of a fifth layer flying sword was not necessarily faster than his Starlight Guidance Technique. The key was that the Starlight Evasion Technique was more relaxed. He could look at the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Five Rings and eat and drink leisurely.
The Sword Control Technique was to hasten the journey, while the Starlight Guidance Technique was for sightseeing. This was the essence of it.
Lou Xiaoyi still had the temperament of a scholar. Even if he was only a small scholar in his original world, he was still able to cheat.
From head to toe, the only thing that was not elegant was the sword box on his back. The function of the sword box was very simple. It was to nurture the sword. The core of the sword box was to maintain the synchronized circulation of the flying sword and the human body. This would allow the human and the sword to reach a sufficient level of interaction, which was beneficial for the control of the flying sword during battle.
In theory, the same goal could be achieved by carrying the sword directly on one's back. However, a cultivator could not possibly circulate his energy twenty-four hours a day. Furthermore, if there was more than one sword, it would be very troublesome.
Most importantly, it was easier for a flying sword to nurture a sword spirit if it was kept in the sword box for a long period of time! This was the best way to prevent a flying sword from being tainted by the mortal world for a long period of time.
This was the basic concept of Daoism. Therefore, the Sword Pill of the Inner Sword could only appear in the small world of the Sword Tomb. The Outer Sword lineage did not have such a small world, so they could only use the Sword Case to raise the Sword Spirit. This was an extremely long process. It was so long that it was very difficult to raise a Sword Spirit in the Jin Dan Stage of Foundation Establishment. Only when one reached the stage of Yuanying would there be a small probability of it appearing.
This was the reason why every Swordsman carried a sword case on their backs. No one would think that they would never reach the stage of Yuanying. Therefore, they had to start nurturing their swords from the moment they built their foundation!
What if in the future he cultivated to Yuanying? What if he managed to nurture a sword spirit in advance?
Hope was the driving force behind the development of mankind!
He felt that carrying such a thing on his back was very ugly. It would be better to just carry a sword on his back. At one point, he had the urge to buy a cloak to cover himself. However, he restrained this impulse because he understood that in the Western Region, carrying a sword case was also a form of protection!
There were many powerful sects in the Fifth Ring Domain. Xuanyuan was not the only one. Among them, the Supreme Sect and the Three Pure Ones were stronger than Xuanyuan. However, they were afraid of Xuanyuan's stronger individual combat ability. Therefore, they were on equal footing as the Three Hegemons of the Fifth Ring Domain.
However, this kind of hegemony was not absolute. There were more than ten sects that were not far away from them in terms of strength. There were also hundreds of sects that had a certain level of combat ability. Therefore, their hegemony was more in the nature of a leading sheep. A leading sheep was also a sheep, and not a lion leading a flock of sheep.
In the Western Region, other than Xuanyuan, there were also Temple Oracle, Spirit Gourd Cave, and Myriad View Sect that could compete with Xuanyuan. There were countless sects below them. Lou Xiaoyi could not remember all of them. However, he knew that in the Western Region, carrying a sword on his back meant a certain level of safety!
However, it was only a certain level, not absolute.
There were no absolutes in the Fifth Ring Domain!
This bandit domain worshipped the law of the jungle, where the strong preyed on the weak. All the sects and forces had reached an unspoken rule that disputes within the realm would be settled within the realm. This was also a way for everyone to train their middle and low-level disciples. Too much peace would not lead to banditry, and there was no guarantee that the cultivators would be able to deal with the strong enemies outside the domain in the universe. Therefore, the first thing they would do was to encourage the concept of competition within the sect!
With competition came disputes, and with disputes came fighting, and with fights came death and injury! Even if it was as strong as Xuanyuan, the sect would not use the sect's power to retaliate just because one of their Swordsman was killed by another cultivator of the same realm! There would be retribution, but it would be limited to the actions of the dead cultivator's fellow disciples. Only such a living environment could nurture fierce Fifth Ring elites!
However, in general, in the Western Region, the disciples of Xuanyuan, Temple Oracle, and the other major sects were still very popular. Not many people were willing to offend them. If they offended them, they might attract endless revenge from Xuanyuan's Swordsman. Who could withstand it forever?
Therefore, carrying a sword on his back was relatively safer. Of course, if he encountered a crazy person, carrying anything on his back would be useless!
For the first ten days, everything was normal. Most of the people in the sky carried swords on their backs. Although they were out of the range of the dome, the area thousands of miles around the dome was still under Xuanyuan's direct jurisdiction. In this area, no one dared to establish a sect or raise a flag!
Flying here was the same as flying in the snow dome. It was private land!
Ten days later, after they were out of Xuanyuan's radiation range, the number of Swordsman began to decrease. Traces of cultivators from other sects began to appear. Of course, since they were so close to the dome, Lou Xiaoyi could still strut around!
In the Fifth Ring Domain, there was no concept of human countries. Cultivation sects were everything! Not only did they manage cultivation, but they also managed the secular world. Basically, each city, state, and prefecture had independent jurisdiction and did not involve each other.
There was also no Confucian imperial examination system here. Cultivation was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, including the ordinary people! Cultivation was the best and only way out for people!
Everything was inferior, only cultivation was superior. This was no joke here! Only when you stepped into the path of cultivation, even if you were not successful and could not reach the next level, at least in the secular world, you still had the choice of managing mortals and running businesses.
In short, if you couldn't cultivate, your path to advancement would be cut off! Other than digging for food in the soil and working hard as a servant, there was basically no better way out!
Lou Xiaoyi did not know whether this was the best way. Since it existed, there must be a reason. After ten thousand years of development, there must be a reason for its existence.
Darkness existed everywhere, and exploitation existed everywhere. This had nothing to do with who was in power. It was the deep-rooted bad habits of humans that could not be eradicated.
Two months later, a large city slowly appeared in Lou Xiaoyi's line of sight. Compared to the cities he had seen before, the biggest feature of this city was that it was clean and tidy!
The roads were orderly, as if they were drawn with a ruler. Trees lined the sides of the roads, and the architectural styles were the same. The people in the city were orderly, and there was no noise at all!
How was this an ordinary city? It was basically managed like a military camp!
Lou Xiaoyi had a special fondness for clean cities. This made him feel happy. He had not neglected to eat and drink for more than ten days, so he was a little hungry. Thus, he decided to stay here for a day to relax and get rid of the fatigue of the long journey.
According to the rules of the secular world, it was not good to directly descend from the city. It would easily shock the people and also be disrespectful to the management of the cultivation forces. Thus, he descended a few miles in front of the city gate and walked into the city. When he neared the city gate, he raised his head and saw three large words written in calligraphy.
Heluo City!
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