Lou Xiaoyi did not understand the intricacies of this, nor did he understand the unspoken rules of Xuanyuan. One had to be an old Swordsman with decades of experience, or an old Swordsman who was proficient in battle, to understand the intricacies of this!
For the various large sects, open and covert struggles between the lower level cultivators were acceptable, and even necessary, but it could not be promoted to the extent of being encouraged by the sect rules! It could not be done on paper! After all, this was a form of training, not a war!
No one had told Lou Xiaoyi about this, and even he had kept it to himself. Thus, 400 mid-grade spirit stones was a profit to him, and he was extremely happy.
His current net worth was close to a thousand mid-grade spirit stones! It was enough to support his research for a period of time, and that was the most important thing.
But now, the first thing he had to do was to distribute his wealth! He had to pay off the 3,000 spirit stones that Gu Bei owed him!
There were two ways to do this. The first was to visit them one by one. The advantage of this was that he would get to know many people, and they would be grateful to him, and he could become friends with them. This was very beneficial to his cultivation life in the dome. The disadvantage was that it was a waste of time! Gu Bei did not borrow much from each person, only around a hundred spirit stones. This meant that he would have to travel dozens of times. Furthermore, not everyone would stay in the cave residence. There would always be people who went out for various reasons, and did not return for many years. This would cause him a headache!
The other way was to entrust this task to the side hall of the Visitation Hall! The advantage was that it would be done in an instant, and he would not have to worry about it. The disadvantage was that he would not be able to meet the creditors, and they would naturally not be grateful. At most, they would think that Gu Bei was good in their hearts!
He was a lazy person, so his choice was very natural. He would just throw it to the Visitation Hall and be done with it! From his point of view, when you had the strength, there would naturally be many people who would want to befriend you. If you did not have the strength, what was the use of sending spirit stones?
However, it was just a word of thanks, and it was the kind that would be forgotten after saying it!
Since he had come to Thousand Elegance Peak, he might as well go to the market and Bo Ao Loft to take a look. He needed to prepare some materials and sword techniques to verify his conjecture. This was his current priority.
In the Sword Ao Loft, Lou Xiaoyi did not hesitate this time. He directly took out a sword technique book — Ten Strikes!
It was not his choice, but Gu Bei's choice!
Gu Bei had left behind three sword embryos among his belongings. They were all top-notch materials for flying swords. Gu Bei had collected them all his life. Just like how people who liked to drink liked to collect wine bottles, nine out of ten people who played with flying swords liked to collect sword embryos.
In Gu Bei's dream, each of the three sword embryos had its own sword skill combination, and they were all top sword skills of the tenth level. It was not that Gu Bei's strength had reached that level, but since it was just a dream, why not make it more perfect?
These sword embryos were hidden by Gu Bei for his ideals. If his cultivation progressed smoothly, there was a possibility that he could personally practice them. However, that would mean that he would have to spend a great amount of money on this path, as those expensive and rare materials would have to repeat themselves after repeated failures.
However, the heavens did not give him such an opportunity in the end. After he was over a hundred years old, he had no choice but to put more effort into breaking through to the upper realm. Between longevity and sword skills, he still succumbed to fate and chose the direction of a longer life. However, fate played with him. In the end, his dream of sword skills and longevity both became nothing. This was actually the problem that most Foundation Establishment Swordsman faced!
Should they ignore longevity and focus on the sword, and use it to break through to the upper realm while they were at it?
Or should they focus on longevity instead of the sword, and wait until they had a longer lifespan before seeking a breakthrough in sword skills?
Both of them were reasonable and unreasonable at the same time, because most cultivators would end up with nothing in the end.
The three sword embryos all had their own sword skills. This was the result of Gu Bei's meticulous selection over the past hundred years. He had considered all aspects. Even if he could not put it into action, he could at least use it for his own entertainment when he was bored.
To Lou Xiaoyi, it was fine as long as he followed his heart. Firstly, it would save him a lot of trouble, and secondly, it could be considered as helping Gu Bei fulfill his unfulfilled wish.
The three sword embryos corresponded to three sets of sword skills. Lou Xiaoyi still had two rights to choose from the sword skills. In the end, he chose the Ten Moves Decisive City!
This was because this was a set of sword skills that focused on pure strength, and there were not many attributes to choose from. Furthermore, he was a lazy person.
He did not stay in the Sword Turtle Tower for long, and went straight to the market. Other than purchasing the materials for the Ten Moves Decisive City sword formation, he also purchased two ordinary sword embryos and some materials for the Four Seasons Sword Song. He needed to refine another Four Seasons Flying Sword, and then see under what circumstances a sword spirit would be born.
Actually, these two flying swords were the targets of his experiments, but they were different paths. Refining a flying sword was not the goal, but refining a sword spirit was the key!
This purchase cost him close to five hundred mid-grade spirit stones, mainly on the materials for the Ten Moves Decisive City. This was only the cost of the materials for the first few levels of the Ten Moves Decisive City. If he added the materials for the later levels, and the repeated failures after repeated failures, the cost would be huge. This was why the ninth and tenth levels of sword skills were so hard to come by, but not many people actually tried it. It could really empty your savings of decades, and put you in a difficult position between refining a sword and immortality!
Lou Xiaoyi did not need to consider so much for the time being. He was far from having to choose between immortality and sword skills!
The Ten Moves Decisive City could extend the sword skills by ten levels. Ten levels meant that a Foundation Establishment cultivator could inscribe ten levels of the Decisive City sword formation on the sword embryos!
Extension meant that after a cultivator reached the level of Jin Dan, he could continue to inscribe sword formations on this foundation, reaching twenty levels, thirty levels, or even more! There was no need to throw in a flying sword for every level!
Of course, if you felt that the recording of the Foundation Establishment moment was not perfect enough, and you had enough resources, then you could start from scratch to refine a flying sword again.
This time, Lou Xiaoyi bought the materials for the first five levels of the Ten Moves Decisive City. He did not dare to buy the rest because he did not have enough spirit stones. Even so, it was hard to say if the materials he bought would be enough for him to complete the fifth level!
His main goal was still to find the birth of a sword spirit, and refining the Ten Moves Decisive City was secondary!
The sword formation was called the Blood Formation of Dang City. It was a sword formation that could be upgraded layer by layer, and it would get more complicated as it progressed. Lou Xiaoyi could be considered to have some experience in sword formations, and this allowed him to easily complete the first three levels in one go!
Then, he was suddenly stuck on the fourth level, and was at his wit's end. Even if his magic power was stable enough and his spirit strong enough, he still lacked something, and he could not succeed.
He was not in a hurry. If he could not complete the Ten Moves Decisive City, then he would use the Sword Song of Four Seasons that he was familiar with. He was familiar with the process, and he completed it in a few days.
Then, he would turn to the Ten Moves Decisive City, and continue to fail!
He finally discovered his shortcoming. His talent in sword formations was really very limited!
The fourth level was already so difficult, and there were still six levels after that. This was practically an impossible task!
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