Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 10: Sword Monument Secret Realm
Standing by the lake, enjoying the breeze and the gleam of morning light and dew, Lu Qingshan gazed at the black carp in the small lake.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Tiny wisps of sword energy, no different from swimming fish, roamed freely in the lake.
These black carps seemed to treat the sword energies as their companions and played happily with them.
This seems incredible to others.
Sword energy is the sharpest thing, radiating sharp energy, but at this moment it is so gentle that even the swimming fish are not afraid of it. This control ability is truly terrifying.
"Yes, the sword intent is restrained, just like a swimming fish." A faint voice of praise came from behind Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved, and all the sword energy in the lake suddenly jumped up and entered his body.
Then, Lu Qingshan turned around.
A figure in green caught his eye, standing a few steps behind him.
The woman had red lips and a fair face, with eyebrows like distant mountains, but there was a hint of fatigue in her expression.
"Master." Lu Qingshan called respectfully.
Xia Daoyun glanced at the six hundred and fifty sword energy threads , nodded slightly, and explained: "I was delayed by something, so I came back a little late."
Lu Qingshan naturally would not have any objection.
"Your sword intent is improving very quickly." Xia Daoyun's eyes were filled with satisfaction, "You are getting closer to mastering the art."
She waved her long sleeves, and a piece of ancient but magical green jade flew in front of Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan took the green jade with some surprise.
It can be seen that on the spiritual jade, there is an unimaginable mysterious Taoist pattern engraved, and the Taoist rhyme flows out.
"This is?"
"The reward for the top winner of the Seven Realms Discussion is the Great Summer Sutra Refining Void Chapter you selected." Xia Daoyun said, "The spiritual jade contains the Dao rhyme of the Great Summer Sutra. After you probe your consciousness into it, this Dao rhyme will deduce the various changes of this sutra in your soul, and then this Dao rhyme will disappear. In addition, you can only practice this sutra yourself, and you cannot pass it on to others, including those of the Sword Sect."
"Must keep it in mind." Lu Qingshan understood.
He didn't expect that the Daxia Sutra, which Daxia had said would be delivered personally after a while, was actually entrusted to him by his master.
but……
Lu Qingshan narrowed his eyes slightly and thought of a question.
The Daxia Sutra is such an important inheritance, how could Daxia just hand it over to Xia Daoyun and let him pass it on to himself?
Do you trust Xia Daoyun not to pry into the secret?
Or even if Xia Daoyun saw the Daxia Sutra, it would not matter?
Then think of Xia Daoyuan's surname.
The latter is undoubtedly more likely...
However, if Xia Daoyun was really of the bloodline of Daozu and a member of the royal family of Great Xia, why would she practice in the Sword Sect and become the master of the Sword Sect's Jianlai Peak?
When Lu Qingshan thought of this, he suddenly felt that the origin of this must be extremely interesting, but he had already skillfully put the Great Xia Sutra Jade into the storage ring.
"Do you know why I want you to improve the Ten Thousand Swords Technique to a certain level before I teach you other things?" Xia Daoyun asked.
"It is to enable me to have a fuller understanding and stronger control over my own sword intent." Lu Qingshan said.
Xia Daoyun nodded slightly and said, "Then do you know why I value sword intent so much?"
Lu Qingshan shook his head.
He actually knew something.
The artistic conception is related to the subsequent path of cultivation.
But what he knew was too superficial, so he still wanted to hear Xia Daoyuan's specific explanation.
“There are ten realms in the path of cultivation.
The tenth realm, among the human race, only Daozu has reached it, so let’s not talk about it for now, let’s just consider it the ninth realm.
Lianxu is the fifth level of cultivation. Although there are only a few cultivators who can reach this level, in fact, after reaching the fifth level, the cultivator's path of cultivation is officially opened.
The first four realms are just the stage of laying the foundation.
The most important transformation in the fifth realm is the condensation of the Tao Seed.
Where does the Tao seed come from?
It is condensed by this artistic conception. The stronger the artistic conception, the more vibrant the Tao seeds will be.
Therefore, in the Jindan and Yuanying realms, you must find ways to comprehend and improve your artistic conception as much as possible, as this is related to your future path." Xia Daoyun explained in great detail.
"Ji Chuan has already reached the great perfection of Nascent Soul, and is known as invincible in the four realms. If he wants to break through to the Refining Void stage, it would be a matter of thought. But now he has been suppressing his own realm. In fact, it is because he wants to promote a higher-level state of mind to the original true meaning, in order to condense the most profound Dao seed. However, his own accumulation is not enough, so he can only accumulate and settle in this way." Xia Daoyun directly used Ji Chuan as an example.
"So, it is definitely worthwhile to start practicing artistic conception earlier." Xia Daoyun said as a matter of course.
As for Jindan cultivators, it is an extremely difficult task to perceive the artistic conception. Generally, only when they reach Yuanying stage can they have a slightly easier understanding. However, Xia Daoyun has never had it.
Because her practice was like this, she had already comprehended the true meaning of the origin in the Golden Core Realm.
Therefore, in her opinion, there is absolutely no problem for Jindan to start practicing artistic conception.
"I understand." Lu Qingshan said.
"Take out your sword talisman." Xia Daoyun said.
Lu Qingshan quickly took out his willow catkin sword talisman.
Xia Daoyun stretched out his index finger and lightly tapped it, and a ray of light merged into the sword talisman.
"I have marked ten days of time for you to comprehend the secret realm of the Sword Monument in your sword talisman. Next, you can go to the Sword Monument." Xia Daoyun said lightly.
Lu Qingshan was moved when he heard this and said respectfully, "Thank you, Master."
"The artistic conception is a personal experience. I can't teach you too much. You have to explore it on your own." Xia Daoyun floated away.
…
After she left, Lu Qingshan turned his gaze to his sword talisman.
It turned out to be the secret realm of the sword monument!
Ji Chuan once introduced this place to the six new disciples.
This is the most important secret place in the Sword Sect in the eyes of disciples below the level of Refining Void.
The Sword Monument Secret Realm appeared shortly after the founding of .
At that time, a seventh-level sword cultivator from the Sword Sect was at the end of his life and was dying.
Because his own cultivation level had not reached the requirements to open a main peak, he was unable to accept disciples and teach them his sword skills.
But he was unwilling to quietly die with the sword art he had practiced all his life, nor was he willing to teach it to a mediocre person just to pass it on.
After some thought, he came up with an idea. He took a stone tablet and left countless sword marks on it that contained his own sword intent and sword skills, unconditionally for future disciples of the Sword Sect to comprehend.
These sword marks are obscure and difficult to understand, and only truly talented cultivators can gain insights from them.
In this way, one can pass on one's swordsmanship forever in an ingenious way.
His behavior brought great inspiration to the later Sword Sect monks.
Countless sword cultivators who had no chance to open the main peak followed his example and left behind a sword stele containing their lifelong insights and experiences for later disciples of the Sword Sect to comprehend.
Over tens of thousands of years, there have been more and more such monks, and in this virtuous cycle, the number of sword monuments has also increased.
In the end, the Sword Sect simply gathered these sword steles together and constructed a forest of sword steles for the Sword Sect's disciples to comprehend.
These sword steles, which embody the lifelong experience of sword masters, are of great inspiration and guidance to sword masters at lower levels.
Xia Daoyun hoped that Lu Qingshan could comprehend one or two suitable artistic conceptions in the secret realm of the sword monument.
The improvement of artistic conception on one's own combat power is obvious, and it is also related to the future path. Lu Qingshan is naturally happy to see it happen.
Moreover, there is another reason why he has been slow to improve his cultivation to the Golden Elixir perfection.
The Daozang technique he practiced had an additional effect:
When you complete the Daozang Jindan chapter to the maximum level, you will comprehend a magical power.
The specific form and power of this magical power will depend on the practitioner's understanding of the artistic conception.
To put it simply, the deeper your understanding of the artistic conception, the stronger this magical power will naturally be.
Therefore, he also wanted to improve his cultivation after mastering as many sword skills as possible and raising the level of his artistic conception, so as to comprehend powerful magical powers.
And Xia Daoyuan's idea happened to coincide with his own.
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