He had to improve his hardcore!
What was hardcore? It was the power of a flying sword!
If a Swordsman's flying sword was not feared by others, then he had already lost half the battle!
Just like his flying sword, not to mention Yan Yun, even the first ten-year inner sword he met didn't care too much about it! It could easily chase after him under his attacks!
That would not work, it would be a joke!
It had to be done. Once my sword strikes, you would have to put up all your mental defenses, and you might not even be able to defend against it! This was the true essence of a Swordsman! Only then would he be able to gain an advantage in the future! Only then would he be able to end a Swordsman's battle quickly!
To improve the power of his flying sword, he had two paths. One was the main path, which was to improve his communication with the sword spirit. This was also his future direction, and it would not be outdated even when he reached Perfected Yuanying. In fact, it would only become more and more important! But this would require time, a very long time!
The other path was to make up for it, and that was to carve a sword formation! As his realm increased, there might be some changes in the carving of sword formations. But in the middle and lower realms, especially in the Foundation Establishment stage, sword formations were extremely important. In terms of effectiveness, it was even better than the sword spirit. This was a fact that he had to admit!
He could not ignore sword formations just because they might disappear after he became a Perfected Monarch! If he wanted to grow, he had to walk this path. It was impossible to skip it!
What's the point of practicing martial arts!
His talent in sword formations was very limited. If he had to do it himself, carving sword formations would be a waste of time and resources!
But now, he had thought of a good idea. He could actually find a helper!
Of course, it was not to find a human helper. The biggest taboo for a Swordsman was to have someone else carve a sword formation for him. This would prevent the Swordsman from fully utilizing the flying sword's power in battle, and might even cause problems when controlling the sword!
The helper he would find was the sword spirit!
Why not let the sword spirit carve a sword formation for him? This way, it would save him a lot of trouble. The Sword Spirit would also carve out the sword array that it liked the most. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?
He only needed to provide enough materials, and then cooperate with the Flying Sword throughout the entire process of engraving. This way, the Flying Sword, the Sword Spirit, and the Flying Sword would all increase their strength together. This was probably the best way to bring out the Flying Sword's power, right?
He purchased the materials for the sixth level of the Sword Array of the Ten Sword Strikes Stratum, as well as a few sets of materials for the Four Seasons Sword Song. According to his judgment, the Jue City Sword Spirit could start from the sixth level. However, the Four Seasons Sword Spirit would not be easy to do. Because the Sword Array was already fully inscribed, if he simply continued to inscribe, who knew how much more power he would gain?
This was an experiment that consumed a lot of resources, but he had to try and find out the regularity of the sword formation carved by the sword spirit!
For the time being, he still had enough Spiritual Stones on hand because of the reward. He had accumulated more than a thousand Medium Spiritual Stones over the past seven years. If that was not enough, he still had two precious Spiritual Jades!
He also didn't know if Jiu Ye would agree if he went to the Nine Palaces Realm to borrow Spiritual Jades.
Lou Xiaoyi decided to start from the Four Seasons Sword Spirit. Although the Four Seasons Flying Sword was already fully engraved, it would be difficult for the Sword Spirit to carve further since there was no sword art or sword array to rely on. However, the advantage was that he and the Four Seasons Sword Spirit had already been together for seven years. They had a certain level of understanding of each other and knew each other well!
It was a night with a bright moon and few stars. The surroundings were silent, except for the endless crashing sounds of the ice river flowing down.
Lou Xiaoyi took out the Four Seasons Flying Sword and arranged all the materials that he could use. Then, he began to communicate with the Four Seasons Sword Spirit. What made him happy was that the Sword Spirit accepted his suggestion, and also faintly revealed its dissatisfaction with the current five levels of the sword array!
He gave the Four Seasons Sword Spirit full authority, and he was only responsible for providing spiritual power and magic power support. This made the Sword Spirit very excited!
Even if it was a Sword Spirit, it had its own independent thoughts and longed for the respect of humans!
Then, to Lou Xiaoyi's surprise, the Sword Spirit's first action was not to engrave, but to destroy!
It guided Lou Xiaoyi's magic power to melt the sword array that he had spent so much effort on. This was not only time and effort, but also a considerable amount of resources!
Lou Xiaoyi did not stop it! He continued to provide spiritual power support. He had already guessed the Four Seasons Sword Spirit's thoughts. Since the foundation was not suitable, how could it build a tall building on it?
The Four Seasons Sword Spirit wanted to engrave the Four Seasons Sword Song from the beginning. Lou Xiaoyi supported it unconditionally!
There can be no construction without destruction! He wanted to see what kind of level the flying sword could reach under the Sword Spirit's choice!
All five levels of the sword array were destroyed. This was the Four Seasons Sword Spirit's doing! Not to mention how much more he would have to spend in the future, just a few hundred mid-grade spirit stones were gone. Lou Xiaoyi's heart was bleeding, but his expression did not change. This was the price to pay for wanting to be strong!
They did not start to engrave the sword array again. Destroying the array was also very exhausting, whether it was Lou Xiaoyi or the Four Seasons Sword Spirit. So, although the Sword Spirit was very excited, he was still ordered to rest. He needed the results of all three parties in their best condition, and not for the sake of speed.
The next day, at the same time, Lou Xiaoyi felt that he and the Four Seasons Sword Spirit had both recovered to their best condition. So, he officially began to engrave the sword array!
This was actually not his or the Sword Spirit's actions alone, but a kind of tacit understanding between the two parties. The Sword Spirit would choose the suitable materials, and Lou Xiaoyi would use his magic to melt them. Then, with the support of his powerful mental power, the Sword Spirit would be responsible for guiding the engraving of the sword array!
After seven years of using it, the Sword Spirit had a very deep understanding of sword arrays. He knew which parts were useless and which parts were useful and needed to be strengthened. This was the Sword Spirit's instinct. It was the feeling closest to the essence of a sword, and it was also the most compatible with it. It was the variant of the Four Seasons Sword Song!
The Sword Spirit made a subversive change to the first layer of the sword formation. The sword formation it carved was not the original water-type speed sword formation of the first layer. Instead, it was a combination of the water-type sword formation of the first layer and the wood-type sword formation of the third layer, forming a brand new attribute.
When the sword array was completed, everything was clear. Wood and water as wind! Wind-type speed sword array!
This was something that humans could not do. Or rather, a Foundation Establishment cultivator like Lou Xiaoyi could not understand it at all. Maybe in the future, when he formed his Azoth Core or became a Nascent Soul, he would understand it. But now was not the time! Right now, Foundation Establishment cultivators could only make limited use of it, and could not understand the principles behind it!
But for something like the Sword Spirit, this was its instinct. It might not be able to explain the principles behind it, but it did not mean that it could not carve it out based on its instincts!
If the Sword Spirit's choice of the first sword array was out of his expectations, then the second choice was something that he could not understand!
The Sword Spirit began to engrave the second sword array, which was a simplified version of the original fourth level's earth-type sword array!
Pure earth, the most extreme earth, earth that could not be any simpler!
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