Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Immediately, several gazes fell on Wen Siling.

Her face flushed slightly, and she took a step forward.

Wen Siling had no idea that Yu Wanwu knew about her kendo class progress. Yang Ruo, standing to the side, also took a small step before Yu Wanwu called her name.

Yu Wanwu looked at the others and said calmly, "Those who have entered the Sword Qi Realm can leave now."

The group, who had spent the entire day in Swordstone Forest, were almost completely exhausted. They breathed a heavy sigh of relief when they heard that they could leave.

Guan Zhuyin glanced back, then turned to speak to her senior brother Ruan Zongquan, "Is Sword Master Wu Ge going to give them special tutoring?"

"After a day of training, they still have to do extra training. That's too cruel."

He muttered to himself, wondering if the canteen was still open at this hour. He felt like even the fasting pills weren't working anymore.

Of course, this was just Guan Zhuyin's psychological illusion after a long day.

“Fellow Daoist Ning is not yet at the Sword Qi Realm, which is a bit of a surprise,” Ruan Zongquan said.

Recalling the time in "Mirror Flower Water Moon," she indeed had not used sword energy. Ruan Zongquan was unaware that Ning Fusang not only did not know how to use sword energy, but she could not even condense sword light.

Guan Zhuyin nodded in agreement, then changed the subject, asking, "Senior brother, I'm going to the dining hall to see what I can bring you."

"Anything is fine with me, I'm not picky."

Guan Zhuyin responded with an "okay" and headed towards the dining hall with practiced ease.

Of the three left behind—Wen Siling, Yang Ruo, and Ning Fusang—Wen Siling and Yang Ruo were considered to be at the half-step Sword Qi Realm, but Yu Wanwu was not satisfied and demanded that the two of them solidify their Sword Qi to meet his standards.

Yu Wanwu led the three of them directly into the eleventh level of the Sword Stone Forest.

"The grass puppets here are swift, agile, and extremely resilient. Wen Siling and Yang Ruo, you will practice with these grass puppets. During practice, you can only use the sword energy generated by your swords, and you cannot use spiritual power, understand?"

The two nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

“Students understand.”

On the other side, Yu Wanwu was discussing the realm of swordsmanship with Ning Fusang.

"The four realms of swordsmanship are: sword light comes after sword energy and before sword aura. Including the final realm of sword intent, no matter what realm you are in, it has nothing to do with spiritual power."

"However, the power of mortals is limited, so the sword energy, sword light, and sword aura they can generate are also very limited. Taking sword energy as an example, when mortals wield swords, the sword energy can only extend to a radius of a hundred miles, which is the limit. However, cultivators can use spiritual power to expand the path of sword energy to thousands of miles, tens of thousands of miles, or even hundreds of thousands of miles."

"The so-called sword energy that can traverse 30,000 miles is the method of immortals. Mortals who learn swordsmanship cannot reach this level."

"Let's talk about sword intent now. What do you think sword intent is?"

Yu Wanwu's skill in swordsmanship was unparalleled, and his few words greatly inspired Ning Fu.

After quickly digesting the previous content, she thought for a moment before saying, "In the process of learning swordsmanship, cultivators gain a deeper and deeper understanding of the sword. When their spirit becomes one with the sword and they reach the state of unity between mind and sword, the sword intent begins to sprout, grows stronger, and finally transcends the physical form to exist eternally."

Yu Wanwu was supposed to explain the Sword Aura Realm to Ning Fusang, but he asked about the Sword Intent Realm. At this point, Ning Fusang understood Master Yu's intention.

Sword intent is a gradually clear understanding that comes with the process of cultivating swordsmanship, and the Sword Aura Realm is also on this straight line, an indispensable part of her cultivation of sword intent.

She now has a deeper understanding of sword energy, which will be more helpful for her to comprehend sword intent in the future.

Yu Wanwu nodded slightly and said, "Of all the creatures in the world, only humankind has developed consciousness during its long development. Swords are inanimate objects and cannot possess consciousness."

"The so-called sword intent is the will of the sword wielder."

"If a person is not dead, then they naturally possess consciousness. Therefore, anyone who picks up a sword will possess sword intent." The latter half of the sentence overturns the world's understanding of sword intent.

People generally believe that only those with superb swordsmanship can possess such a thing as sword intent.

But Yu Wanwu said that everyone has sword intent.

A sudden gust of wind stirred the calm lake of Ning Fusang's heart, causing ripples to spread outwards.

She had never heard such remarks before, but Ning Fusang was only slightly surprised for a moment before accepting them.

Seeing that she accepted it well, Yu Wanwu's eyes held a hint of a smile that was hard to detect. "Everyone has a nature, but how many people in this world can truly recognize it? And how many can have their nature fulfilled?"

"Sword intent, like one's true nature, has always been there. It's just that some people spend their entire lives trying to see it through a fog, so they can't find it and therefore can't obtain it."

"As the saying goes, to comprehend the sword intent, the key lies in the word 'comprehend'. This shows that the sword intent has always existed."

“There is an Enlightenment Cliff in Cloud Spirit Valley, you should have been there. The incomplete sword moves and techniques carved on the cliff also contain sword intent. Because the sword intent is there, the disciples of the Southern Star Sword Sect went to the foot of the Enlightenment Cliff and found it, and were able to comprehend it.”

"That is the sword intent of others, carved on the cliff of enlightenment. The sword intent of the Southern Star Sword Technique is in the sword moves and forms, while the sword intent of a sword cultivator is in their own heart."

"Parting the clouds, the bright moon appears. Do you understand what I mean?"

Ning Fusang sincerely replied, "I understand, thank you for your guidance, Master Yu."

"It's good that you understand." Yu Wanwu put his hands behind his back, and suddenly felt a sense of relief. He had always firmly believed that this student was exceptionally talented and that his achievements in swordsmanship might not be inferior to Li Jinzhen's.

Now it seems that her comprehension is indeed remarkable.

The essence of swordsmanship is elusive and intangible; how many people can truly understand it?

Throughout history, those who have cultivated their true nature to perfection and made it unchanging are few and far between. Those with unwavering inner strength are more likely to reach the summit.

After discussing some other things, Yu Wanwu officially began teaching Ning Fusang Sword Aura.

Yu Wanwu required Ning Fusang to condense sword light without the aid of spiritual power.

He made a sword shape with two fingers together, tilted his head slightly, and said, "I'll demonstrate it once, watch carefully."

Ning Fusang stared intently at Yu Wanwu's movements. He remained calm, making a sweeping motion in the air, unleashing a sharp blade that struck the grass puppet with a "snap," instantly reducing the green puppet to dust!
A gentle breeze swept by, swirling up dust and grime.

Yang Ruo and Wen Siling were startled.

Crack!

In their moment of distraction, the two forgot that they were still surrounded by grass puppets. Suddenly, one of them was struck by a grass whip, sent flying, and crashed heavily to the ground.

Because Yu Wanwu forbade the two of them to use their spiritual power, Yang Ruo grimaced in pain. Muttering something under his breath, the grass puppet ruthlessly trampled over him, and he quickly rolled to the ground and picked up his sword to defend himself.

Swish swish!
A flash of sword light slicing through the grass puppet's arm. Yang Ruo caught his breath, completely forgetting that Yu Wanwu had ordered him to fight with sword energy.

Wen Siling rubbed her palms together, withdrew the flying sword stuck in the grass puppet's chest, and leaped up, several sword energies shooting out like knives, slicing across the grass puppet's body.

However, just as Master Tanluan had commented, her sword energy was not solid enough. It was shattered by the grass puppet's whips. The grass puppet only had a few shallow scratches on it and quickly recovered.

Wen Siling: "..."

Is its healing power really that amazing?!
(End of this chapter)