The Demon Cultivator of the Sword

Chapter 21 Mountains of Dead Souls
As we all know, the sword intent, the knife intent and the spear intent are all manifestations of the will of martial arts, and the three have something in common.

In the past, Gu Yuan believed that his soul was naturally strong and he could practice any martial arts easily, but he had no idea about the meaning of sword.

I always feel like I'm shrouded in some fog.

Look, after seeing Huo Lingzi's sword intent, I suddenly felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

The previously obscure areas seem to have become clearer.

So he slowed down the frequency of doing tasks.

He began to comprehend the sword intent with all his heart and soul.

Anyway, inner disciples only need to complete one task every month, and the spirit stones in his hand are enough for his practice for the time being.

Another month has passed.

On this day, within a radius of hundreds of feet centered on the Guyuan Courtyard, the vital energy of heaven and earth suddenly began to move, creating a scene of impending storm and changing winds and clouds.

Slowly, gradually, it circled around the entire courtyard, contracted, and gradually sank, forming a vital energy funnel.

"Hey, someone is breaking through."

Gu Yuan's courtyard is located in the Feitian Demon Sect's inner disciple compound. Almost every once in a while, someone breaks through here.

Therefore, he is not unfamiliar with the strange phenomena of breakthrough in heaven and earth.

The energy funnel became smaller and smaller, and finally it penetrated into the pavilion, almost shaking the roof off.

On the stone bench in the pavilion, Gu Yuan, who had absorbed a vast amount of vital energy from heaven and earth, turned red and white in the face. Sharp air currents moved three feet around him, losing control from time to time and making the pavilion, which was already overwhelmed, full of holes.

The vast Yuan Qi of heaven and earth roamed wildly in Gu Yuan's body, and was then refined by the third level of Zhong Yuan Gong.

At a certain moment, a spherical transparent airflow spread out, and the dilapidated pavilion finally exploded.

Almost at the same time, Gu Yuan's Dantian grew larger, the amount of true Qi increased dramatically, and the quality of true Qi rose sharply. It was clearly a sign that his cultivation had reached the middle stage of the Condensation Realm and his skills had made great progress.

"The eighth level of the third level of the heavy origin skill, the middle stage of the true concentration realm."

Gu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, with a hint of surprise in his voice.

He had broken through to the seventh level of his martial arts before carrying out the mission of delivering a letter to Taoist Black Crow.

He originally thought that it would take two to three months, or even longer, to break through to the eighth level.

But in the past month, in addition to completing the monthly task quota, he has almost fully devoted his energy to comprehending the sword intent.

As a result, he did not comprehend the sword intent, but his cultivation improved significantly. At the moment when his cultivation broke through the middle stage of the Condensation Realm, his Three Transformations of Heavy Yuan Gong broke through to the eighth stage.

"Could it be because I have already touched the edge of the sword's will?"

Gu Yuan vaguely remembered that the original novel introduced that a swordsman who had comprehended the sword's meaning could always keep his combat power at the peak and kill any factors that were not conducive to the battle.

When Huo Lingzi, the elder of the Fire Spirit Hall, demonstrated his sword power to him, he also mentioned this to him.

He was once told that his strength was not as good as that of Taoist Black Crow, but after he comprehended the meaning of the sword, his cultivation progressed at an amazing speed, and he was much happier in his practice, without any distracting thoughts.

Although Gu Yuan has not comprehended the true sword intent, he has never stopped studying the sword intent over the past year. Half a month ago, he was inspired by Huo Lingzi and has already touched the edge of the sword intent.

"It seems so."

After much thought, Gu Yuan could only find this one explanation.

But no matter what, the simultaneous improvement of cultivation and skills is undoubtedly a great thing for Gu Yuan. Now his strength is even beyond his control. If possible, he really wants the inner disciple ranking competition to be held soon so that he can verify his own strength.

"Well, good things never come to those who have waited too long. The inner disciples ranking competition will be held in two months. Since I want to participate, I must win first place. It is definitely not enough to rely on the cultivation level of the middle stage of the Condensation Realm and the eighth level of the Three-Turn Heavy Yuan Gong. I must also comprehend the sword intent and improve my cultivation level to the peak of the middle stage of the Condensation Realm. Otherwise, I will definitely not be a match for Wu Liangyu." Shaking his head, Gu Yuan quickly made up his mind.

But then again, how could the sword intent be so easy to comprehend, especially in just two months?

Then he thought that after the inner disciple ranking competition was over, there would be the Hidden Dragon Ranking competition in two months.

Gu Yuan felt more and more anxious.

“Do we really need to find another way?”

The alternative approach that Gu Yuan mentioned was naturally the method that Ye Chen used to integrate sword moves in the original novel.

At present, what he lacks most is foundation. Without a strong enough foundation, he naturally cannot comprehend the meaning of sword.

Although he has completely mastered the Eclipse Sword Technique, it is ultimately something learned from his predecessors.

Although Gu Yuan had mastered this sword technique thoroughly, he did not bring anything of his own to it.

And fusing sword moves is undoubtedly a good way to quickly enhance your foundation.

This can quickly improve his swordsmanship level.

The reason why Gu Yuan was unwilling to do this in the past.

That's because he didn't want to imitate Ye Chen.

After all, in this world that emphasizes the will of martial arts, although learning from others can quickly improve your strength, the later you get, the more you will limit yourself.

Because from ancient times to the present, I have never heard of anyone who learns from others and surpasses his predecessors.

The King of Hell, who inherited the mantle of the Hell Ancestor, is a good example.

"No, I can't continue to be entangled like this. If I don't make a decision, I will suffer the consequences. Besides, a method is always just a method. Who can guarantee that before Ye Chen, no one has quickly improved his sword skills by fusing sword moves?"

Thinking of this, Gu Yuan's eyes suddenly became firm. He no longer hesitated, straightened his clothes, and walked into the yard with his sword in hand.

Ten days later, Gu Yuan finally had a clue about the fusion sword moves, so after accepting a mission to kill a monster, he rushed to the Ghost Mountains behind the sect with his sword in hand.

In the afternoon, Gu Yuan arrived at the outskirts of the Ghost Mountains.

One or two level monsters began to appear. In such a dangerous place, no ordinary warrior in the Nascent Soul Realm dared to come in. Even Gu Yuan became cautious, with his hand on the hilt of the sword to prepare for the danger that might come at any time.

As he moved forward, Gu Yuan did not encounter any high-level monsters. The occasional third-level monsters that appeared were killed by him with a single sword.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. Gu Yuan had killed many monsters one after another and harvested a large amount of monster materials. He also made great progress in integrating sword moves.

On this day, Gu Yuan suddenly stopped and poured his true energy into his ears.

"Something is coming."

The biggest difference between warriors and ordinary people is the use of true Qi. No matter how strong the five senses of ordinary people are, they have their limits, but warriors can use true Qi to enhance their five senses. At this time, Gu Yuan can hear louder noises several miles away with the help of true Qi.

As for soul power, although it is clearer, Gu Yuan can currently only sense things within a radius of 300 meters.

As the cultivation level and age increase, the perception range also increases, but it is very weak. Generally, the perception range only increases by a few dozen meters for every small realm improvement or age increase.

Therefore, in most cases, Gu Yuan is just like ordinary warriors in the Condensation Realm, using true qi to enhance his five senses to fight.

ps: First update, thanks to [空城梦殇] for the 5000 starting coins reward

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