Chapter 272: Sword Technique at Full Perfection
As his Comprehension increased, the Experience Points Chu Huaixu needed to upgrade skills were decreasing.
Now that he had Comprehension 7, it was incomparable to when he had Comprehension 1.
Back then, when he learned ăFlying Profoundă and ăThunder at Fingertipsă, it had cost him quite a lot of Experience Points. If he upgraded them now, he could save a significant amount.
But even so, 110,000 Experience Points were still far from enough.
This made him begin to speculate:
âI wonder if thereâs a time limit?â
âAnd if I canât train the sword techniques to full perfection, does that count as failing the trial?â
If that were the case, wouldnât it mean he simply couldnât clear this instance?
More importantly, if things were truly as he had guessedâwalking through the entire âpath of the swordâ that the Dao Ancestor had takenâthen this was only just the beginning!
âThereâs definitely more to learn later!â
With that thought, Chu Huaixu decided not to use even those 110,000 Experience Points.
âWhat a jokeâitâs just Mystic-rank sword techniques!â
âIâve got Comprehension 7, which already meets the minimum threshold for Heaven-rank Techniques. How could learning Mystic-rank ones be that hard!â
After all, he had cheats. If there really were a time limit, the System would surely notify him.
Thus, within the small courtyard, he followed the Dao Ancestor, using his fingers as a sword, continuously practicing ăHeavenly Leader Sword Techniqueă beneath the tree.
Once, twice, three timesâŠ
Later on, Chu Huaixu had no idea how many times he had swung the sword.
Strangely, he didnât feel tired at all.
Even someone with strong physical conditioning had limitsâno matter how tough he was, like a bull, it shouldnât be like this.
This made him realize just how terrifying this inheritance secret realm was.
âItâs practically tailor-made for me,â Chu Huaixu thought.
Because with the System by his side, he didnât need to rely on so-called comprehension.
He only needed to keep practicingâeach practice granted him a portion of ăSkill Experience Pointsă.
Once the Experience Points were full, the skill would naturally level up.
Since he wouldnât grow tired, as long as time allowed, he could keep practicing forever.
âJust grind it outâstack repetitions.â
âOnce the number of repetitions is enough, the Skill Experience Points will be full.â
With this mindset, Chu Huaixu began practicing swordsmanship day and night alongside the Dao Ancestor.
And he noticed something againâor rather, something he had already vaguely observed before.
âWhen the Dao Ancestor practices swordsmanship, he doesnât use any Spiritual Energy at all.â
âThat means heâs just performing⊠empty forms?â
âWhy is that?â
If he hadnât used Spiritual Energy in the cave because he had just started cultivating and didnât have much energy in his body, that would be understandable.
But now, the Dao Ancestor shouldnât be weak anymore.
âIf his realm were too low, he wouldnât be able to refine the pills that the purple-robed woman needed.â
âEven though I donât know whatâs inside that jade bottle, she traded two Mystic-rank Techniques for itâthereâs no way itâs something ordinary.â
âNot using Spiritual Energy while practicing swordsmanship actually makes it harder to fully master it, because the circulation of Spiritual Energy is part of the sword technique itself.â
He couldnât help but recall that the female founding ancestor of Spring and Autumn Mountain had said the Dao Ancestor wasnât even a Sword Cultivatorâso why be so obsessed with the sword?
And according to historical records, although the Dao Ancestor always called himself a Sword Cultivator and loved borrowing swords from others, he had never actually used any sword techniques.
He only used the simplest movementsâcasual slashes, thrusts, cutsâŠ
Until he created the number one Technique in the worldâMyriad Swords Converge!
Over the past thousand years, peopleâs imaginations had elevated this to something extremely awe-inspiring.
Many believed that the Dao Ancestor didnât use sword techniques because he had no equal in the world.
Who was worthy of making him use sword techniques!?
Even his most casual strike was something no one in the world could withstand.
In player terms, the Dao Ancestor used âbasic attacksâ to defeat all opponentsâhe simply had no need to use ăskillsă.
One normal attackâand youâre dead!
But Chu Huaixu didnât think that way.
The reason was simpleâbecause of his Heart Sword, he himself was also restricted in many ways. He couldnât even possess his own Life-bound Sword, nor could he hold a sword for long periods.
However, when it came to executing sword techniques, he wasnât restricted.
âSo⊠is it possible that the Dao Ancestor, for some special reason, couldnât use sword techniques?â
âSomething similar to my situation, but also different?â
Just like how, if he didnât tell others the truth, no one would believe that a genius Sword Cultivator who had comprehended Sword Intent and formed a Sword Heart couldnât even hold a sword for long.
Time passed.
Chu Huaixu had no idea how long he had been practicing ăHeavenly Leader Sword Techniqueă, nor how many times he had repeated it.
Strangely, as he practiced, he gradually became immersed in it without realizing it!
He entered an extremely mysterious state, truly calming his mind and beginning to comprehend, to feel.
All along, he had relied on the System.
Of course, he wouldnât admit thatâafter all, Experience Points were earned through his own efforts.
âEverything I have is through my own hard work!
But strictly speaking, because of the Systemâs existence, his cultivation journey had almost completely lacked the step of âcomprehension.â
Or rather, after a one-click upgrade, the System would stuff all the insights into his mind at once.
It was like compressing all the processes into a single instant, then handing you the âresult.â
This made Chu Huaixuâs current experience feel extremely strange.
He suspected that the earlier mass of cyan energy had other uses.
Because he knew himself wellâhe wasnât someone who could easily enter this kind of ăState of Selflessnessă.
âHeavenly Leader Sword Technique⊠finally perfected.â
He let out a long breath, and a sense of accomplishment arose naturally within him.
As expected, the frozen surroundings began to return to normal.
The Dao Ancestor stopped practicing swordsmanship and instead returned to sit on the stone bench, picking up another jade slip from the stone table.
âMystic-rank, Mid-grade, ăThunder Manifestation Sword Artă.
The name was rather interesting.
This sword technique was somewhat similar to Chu Huaixuâs ăThunder at Fingertipsăâboth followed a fierce and domineering style.
Moreover, its presence was overwhelmingâit truly felt like thunder erupting from flat ground.
With a single sword strike, thunder roared.
âIf this were used in a fight, people two miles away could hear it clearly,â he muttered inwardly.
But this sword technique was different from ăSix Formations of the Broken Arrayă.
âBroken Arrayâ was an elegant name for lightning.
However, that Earth-rank Technique was clearly faster and more powerful than ăThunder Manifestation Sword Artă.
It just didnât have as much visual spectacleâand it had backlash.
Overall, techniques with such overwhelming presence were advantageous when one needed to display power in front of others.
But in certain situations, making too much noise could be a disadvantage.
Chu Huaixu once again focused his mind and continued practicing swordsmanship alongside the Dao Ancestor.
He knew that Mystic-rank, Mid-grade techniques would definitely take more time.
But now, he was becoming increasingly patient.
Strangely, he didnât find it boring at all.
Moreover, he had just checked his Character Panel.
After bringing ăHeavenly Leader Sword Techniqueă to full perfection, his ăSword Intentă progress bar had increased.
In other words, the entire process helped temper his Sword Intent.
Now, his Fearless Sword Intent was still 71% away from Major Mastery, steadily increasing.
âIf I can raise my Fearless Sword Intent to Major Mastery in this inheritance secret realm, that alone would be an enormous gain!â
The improvement of Sword Intent greatly enhanced overall combat power.
Moreover, Chu Huaixu was eager to find out whether it was possible for him to condense a second Sword Heart, so he paid great attention to its progress.
âAlright! Keep practicing!â
Meanwhile, Han Shuangjiangâs progress was actually similar to Chu Huaixuâs.
Because she had spent more time in the cave earlier.
However, due to her higher Comprehension, when practicing ăHeavenly Leader Sword Techniqueă, she quickly caught upâand had even surpassed him.
Her Reincarnation Sword Intent was also steadily improving.
At this moment, the Big Ice Block had roughly guessed the Dao Ancestorâs intention.
She had always been meticulous and thriftyâChu Huaixuâs little housekeeper.
She valued opportunities like this, where she could learn Techniques for free, and felt like she had struck a huge bargain.
After all, she hadnât saved up much yet and still owed Chu Huaixu a large debt.
Han Shuangjiang had already begun to look forward to it.
âWeâve already reached Mystic-rank Techniques.â
âWill there be Earth-rank next?â
âOr even Heaven-rank?â
She thought the possibility was extremely high!
As a genius blessed with high Comprehension, she never doubted her ability to learn them.
Unlike Chu Huaixu, who had previously worried that Comprehension 6 wouldnât be enough for Heaven-rank Techniques.
âItâs just unclear how long weâll be trapped here.â
And she keenly noticed something.
âIâm not hungry or thirsty at all this time.â
The last time she was trapped in the Dao Ancestorâs secret realm, if Chu Huaixu hadnât entered and fed her a Fasting Pill, she would have suffered quite a bit.
Now, after being trapped here for quite some time, she didnât feel hunger or thirst at all.
But the distracting thoughts in her mind quickly dissipated completely.
That mass of cyan energy seemed to have the ability to bring people into a state of selflessness.
Han Shuangjiang was the first to bring the sword technique to full perfection, while Chu Huaixu was much slower.
At higher levels, even a difference of 1 point in Comprehension created a vast gap.
Comprehension 7 might only be the top scorer of a city, while Comprehension 8 would be the provincial top scorer.
âFinally learned it,â Chu Huaixu let out a long breath.
He opened the System interface to check how many days had passed.
They said âthere are no years in the mountainsââbeing trapped in this secret realm felt somewhat like that.
But with the System, which had a ăTimeă function, he didnât have to worry about losing track of time.
âThough⊠why didnât I realize this earlier? I was so focused on practicing swordsmanship, like I was possessedâsuddenly becoming a sword fanatic?â he wondered.
And when he opened the System interface and glanced at the time, his pupils suddenly contracted.
âTime isnât moving!â
âTime has been frozen!â