On the snowy plains below Thousand Elegance Peak, there was a huge river of ice. The river of ice twisted and turned, forming a beautiful scenery on the snowy plains. There were many who built their cave dwellings using the river of ice, but the further west one went, the fewer there were. Because the river was too flat, the cave dwellings were not caves, and people were not insects. It was impossible to dig a hole on a small hill!
But there were also those who had unique interests. A snow mound that was dozens of feet high, a simple cave dwelling, and a human figure running across the vast snowy plains formed a beautiful scene of nature. Amidst the ordinary calmness, there was a sense of harmony.
Lou Xiaoyi had now successfully combined several cultivation techniques together. The Big Dipper Scripture, Purple Star Body, Starlight Traction, Astral Observation … The result of this was not only to save time, it was also a process of mutual promotion and complementation. The effect of one plus one was greater than two. This was not an ability that an ordinary person could easily possess. It was a skill that his soul had cultivated after drifting in the universe for countless years.
He did not have a comprehensive plan for the cultivation technique system because he did not have a comprehensive plan for his own future. In his opinion, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator's understanding of the world, the Great Dao, and the nature were all at the most basic stage. If you did not understand anything, what right do you have to plan for your future?
Because he had saved a lot of time on the cultivation technique, he had more time to hone his swordsmanship. The target of his training was the Four Seasons Flying Sword that had already produced a sword spirit! This was a very natural choice. Any flying sword would have a sword spirit at the top, followed by layers. With a sword spirit, there would be endless possibilities. Without a sword spirit, it would still be an ordinary piece of metal!
On the way back to the mountain, Lou Xiaoyi discovered a strange phenomenon. When a flying sword produced a sword spirit, it was less reliant on the layers of the sword formation. In other words, the Four Seasons Flying Sword now relied on the connection between the sword spirit and the human. This connection encompassed a wide range of things. It was not only the exchange of souls, but also the exchange of transcendence energy.
It was not to say that a flying sword that produced a sword spirit was cultivated by a human cultivator. It could reach the limit of a flying sword. The sword spirit also needed to grow. The growth of a sword spirit in a sword case was very limited. More importantly, it was used to train the sword!
Using the sword again and again, it nourished the growth of the flying sword and strengthened the body of the sword spirit. Only when the body of the sword spirit was strengthened could Lou Xiaoyi channel more transcendence energy and soul into it, allowing the flying sword to display a greater power!
These were the two ways to increase the power of a flying sword. One was through the layers of the sword formation, and the other was through the strengthening of the sword spirit. The higher the level of the cultivator, the more important the sword spirit was. Lou Xiaoyi could not achieve a breakthrough in the layers of the sword formation, so he could only work on the strengthening of the sword spirit!
In theory, the growth of the Swordsman's flying sword was as follows: Foundation Establishment was purely based on the layers of the sword formation, because they did not have a sword spirit. Jin Dan was still mainly based on the layers of the sword formation, but there might be a few lucky ones who had a sword spirit. Yuanying was gradually beginning to produce a sword spirit. Perfected Lords all had a sword spirit in their flying sword, because without a sword spirit, a Yuanying could not become a Lord!
It was inconceivable that Lou Xiaoyi could have a sword spirit in his current Foundation Establishment stage. If he had an average standard in the inscription of sword formations, then his strength would soon be outstanding among the Swordsman. However, his inscription of sword formations was not good enough, so everything was still unknown.
He would soon stand out among the newbies in the Foundation Establishment stage, but compared to the old Swordsman, there would still be a large gap. This was because the old Swordsman had more flying swords, unless he could solve the problem of the spirit of the flying sword.
But now, it seemed that he had no clue!
His cultivation continued smoothly and bumpily. The bumpy part was the formation of the sword spirit and the inscription of the sword formation, but everything else was considered smooth. He was not sure what kind of state he was in among the newbies in the Foundation Establishment stage, but it shouldn't be slow, right?
Time slowly flowed by in his selfless cultivation. The newbies in the Swordsman sects developed in various ways, but most of them were active in the snowy dome and the surrounding two months. There were very few people like Lou Xiaoyi who went out, because the old Swordsman would tell them that although the Swordsman's achievements in the Fifth Ring were unparalleled, they had also become the target of many powerful sects. Hunting was mutual, and Swordsman was not always the hunter! Sometimes, they were the prey!
Lou Xiaoyi was the only one who acted on his own initiative and went out after only three years of training. If he had made enough friends and met more senior Swordsman, he would not have been so impulsive.
Boao Tower, Visitation Hall, Market Square, Dharma Lectures, and Immortal's Cave — these were the daily routines of most newbies. After ten years of training like this, most cultivators would smoothly reach the Foundation Establishment stage and have some achievements in swordsmanship. At the very least, they would be able to master a flying sword, which was the most basic requirement for traveling.
Swordsman was a profession that would not be successful if it was confined to the mountain. There was also no point in fighting with fellow disciples all day long. In a Swordsman's life, the most powerful opponents he met were all Dharma Cultivators. If he did not come into contact with them, fight them, and fumble around in life and death situations, he would not be able to improve.
Therefore, ten years was the approximate dividing line. Fledgling Swordsman began to break away from the protection of the sect and went out to start their own new journey. Of course, there were also those who were timid, but in the great melting pot of Xuanyuan, timid people often found it difficult to achieve great things, because the heart of the sword was not there.
Casualties often occurred at this stage. Every year, about a hundred or so people died, and many of them were caused by these young eagles that flew out. The sect was well aware of this, but they could not forever enclose them in the nest because of casualties. This was a loss that had to be borne.
After going out once, Lou Xiaoyi had obediently stayed in the mountain gate. He did not care about the heart of the sword. He had no choice but to kill four people during the last long journey. He wanted to complete his repayment to Senior Gu Bei, but if you wanted him to deliberately go out and find danger to temper himself, he would not have such radical thoughts.
Therefore, when he was summoned by the Visitation Hall sword talisman, he was very unwilling.
"Cultivators have to accept missions from the sect after ten years in the dome? This is unreasonable, right? My cultivation is slower than others. Who isn't a baby? "
The senior brother in charge of issuing missions was somewhat impatient. He had seen Swordsman timid before, but he had never seen a timid one so openly!
"Xuanyuan does not raise giant babies! This is the sect's rule, and no one can change it! "
Lou Xiaoyi was still unwilling to give up. "Seven years ago, which was three years after I entered the sect, I went on a long journey. I was half a year away from the dome. Is that far enough? Can it be considered as a long-distance mission? "
The senior brother looked at him disdainfully. "You ate yesterday, so you don't have to eat today? You took a dump the day before yesterday, so you don't have to take a dump today? You watered your family's plot of land seven years ago, so you can always be idle after that? "
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