A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 418 Artistic Conception and Blade Light

Duan Rong rested for a while, then sat cross-legged on the large bluestone.

Between the inhalation and exhalation, his mind was focused and he skillfully hit the vague point where his breathing changed.

After a moment of dizziness and blurriness, the next moment, Duan Rong appeared in the sea of consciousness.

He stood in the center of the black earth. In the entire spiritual space, a thin mist was rolling.

Duan Rong looked up and saw a blurry grey shadow sitting cross-legged in the center of the sky.

The moment Duan Rong appeared in this space, a kind of spiritual connection immediately emerged between him and the gray shadow, just like two magnets, once they get close, they generate an invisible gravitational force.

Duan Rong's mind moved, and his figure suddenly disappeared in the center of the black earth.

Almost at the same time, it appeared behind the gray shadow above the sky.

Duan Rong stood high in the sky, behind the gray shadow, looking at the shadow's surroundings with flickering eyes.

There were more than a dozen fist-sized light balls of various colors, floating motionlessly near the gray shadow.

The light balls were blue-black, crimson, black, and purple, all emitting a dim glow that was not dazzling at all.

Duan Rong stood there, suddenly stretched out his hand, and took a pure green ball of light in his hand.

He looked intently at the ball of light in his hand, and saw a vague shadow of a Wu Gou wrapped in a faint light at the innermost part of the ball of light.

In fact, before Duan Rong entered the spiritual sea of consciousness, he had already roughly guessed what these light balls were based on the mental connection with the gray phantom. Now, looking at the phantom in the green light ball in his hand, he was even more certain of his original guess.

These dozen or so light balls of various colors floating around the gray shadow are the artistic conceptions of the dozen or so artistic conception-containing spirit objects that he swallowed in the elliptical stone chamber in Lonely Mountain.

The spirit of the weapon had been digested and absorbed and integrated into his soul, but these artistic conceptions did not seem to have been digested, but instead floated around his original shadow.

The weapon spirit with artistic conception that Duan Rong could devour was only the weapon spirit of the first level of the cyclone realm.

Among these artistic conceptions, there are only three that belong to the meaning of sword.

Duan Rong let go of the pure green light ball in his hand and took another green-black light ball not far away. Inside the light ball, wrapped in the faint green-black light, was the shadow of a solid deer antler knife.

Duan Rong frowned slightly. It seemed that these artistic conceptions could not be digested and absorbed by the soul space. If so, wouldn't the artistic conceptions that he had been thinking about become empty decorations in this soul space?
Duan Rong's eyes flashed, and he suddenly used his mind to try to stimulate the ball of light in his hand. As his mind urged, the ball of light in his hand began to flicker.

"Reaction!?"

If there is a reaction, there may be a way. The worst thing is that there is no reaction, then he will be completely helpless.

Duan Rong looked at the flickering ball of light in his hand, thoughts turning in his mind. Suddenly, his eyes fixed, and almost at the same time, he saw the gray shadow beside him suddenly open his eyes and open his mouth wide.

Duan Rong flashed, grabbed the ball of light in his hand, and pressed it into the mouth of the gray shadow.

The dark blue ball of light sank and hovered over the chest of the gray shadow. Its dim light was still flickering.

Duan Rong was standing in the void, when suddenly his mind moved again. A green shuttle suddenly appeared in front of him, spinning non-stop.

This green shuttle is one of the soul thorns condensed by Duan Rong!

As Duan Rong thought about it, the green shuttle suddenly disappeared like a ghost, and almost at the same time, it hit the chest of the gray shadow sitting cross-legged.

Where the soul pierced through, countless blue-black spots of light exploded on the chest of the gray shadow, like a small ball of fireworks, the luster was very charming.

Duan Rong actually used the Soul Spear to shoot and explode the artistic conception body of the blue-black light ball!
Some spots of light disappeared into the void, while many spots of light merged into the body of the gray shadow.

The shadow of the deer antler knife that was originally in the center of the blue-black light ball suddenly appeared between the eyebrows of the gray shadow.

A vague look of pain appeared on the face of the gray shadow. It was obvious that Duan Rong's soul-piercing stab had caused some damage to him.

Duan Rong looked intently and saw that the shadow of the deer horn knife that appeared between the eyebrows of the gray shadow seemed a little blurry, not as solid and clear as in the blue-black light ball.

It seems that although the body of artistic conception was forcibly absorbed in this way, it was shot out by the Soul Thorn after all. Although it was wrapped in the body of the gray phantom, it was inevitable that it would dissipate.

However, Duan Rong is already very satisfied with the result.

A knife shadow appeared on the brow of the gray shadow, which means that he has already possessed the artistic conception at this moment!
Artistic conception, this is the realm of martial arts that only the strong ones in the cyclone realm can achieve!

Only warriors in the cyclone realm can condense artistic conception, such as sword intent, knife intent, spear intent, etc.

Martial arts that can condense artistic conception are also called unique skills!

The reason why Duan Rong thought of this method is that the Soul Thorn is an attack on the soul and is ineffective against the flesh and matter.

But those artistic conception bodies also belong to the category of spirits. Otherwise, they would not be contained in the instrument spirit, swallowed by themselves and enter the spirit space.

But because they are artistic conceptions, they have a very fragile and thin barrier light film. Duan Rong used his soul to pierce the outer light film, allowing the essence of the artistic conception to enter the gray shadow body and be absorbed by it.

That grey shadow is the origin of his soul. Being absorbed by the grey shadow means being absorbed by his own soul.

Duan Rong's mind moved, and the figure suddenly disappeared into the void.

With just one thought, he had already exited the spiritual space.

Duan Rong, who was sitting cross-legged on the big blue stone in the deep pool of the dense forest, suddenly opened his eyes, which were bright and clear, with a deep and flashing look.

He suddenly jumped up, the animal skin fell in the air, and the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife appeared in his hand. With a flash of white light, he began to perform the Liuhe sword technique in the dense forest.

After three moves, Duan Rong's mind moved, and at the same time, in his soul space, the gray shadow sitting cross-legged in the void, the knife shadow at the center of the eyebrows suddenly lit up.

Almost at the same time, a blurry and flickering blade light about half an inch long shot out from the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife in Duan Rong's hand!
This blade light is the power of artistic conception!

With such artistic conception, he is almost invincible at the same level!

The blade light is something that only appears in the hands of warriors in the cyclone realm, but at this time it appeared on the blade of Duan Rong. Although the blade light was not solid and looked very vague, it was still a blade light!

It's totally not on the same level!

Artistic conception is something that belongs to the soul level, so even if Duan Rong has not achieved the cyclone state, as long as his soul has integrated the artistic conception, he can still use its power. The blade light jumped out, and Duan Rong's eyes were calm. As the blade slashed out, he clearly felt that the sound of the blade breaking through the air had changed subtly. The feeling of power in his hands instantly spread throughout his body and mind.

Duan Rong completed a set of Liuhe sword skills and stood up after finishing his training, but there was no joy in his eyes. Instead, there was a hint of deep worry.

Whether the artistic conception and the sword light are used depends only on his thoughts.

He can try to hide it as much as possible and not expose himself, but if he is exposed one day, how will he explain it?
After all, the environment he was in had changed. It was no longer the remote and secluded Xiangu County. He was in Taiyi Sect, and was accepted as a disciple by the elders of the Elders' Council.

He was surrounded by experts! Even if he was very careful, he could be exposed at any time!

What's more, he had only been observing hundreds of weapons in the stone chamber of Lonely Mountain before. Although it was a bit strange, he himself did not think it was a big deal. But even so, it still led Wu Shidao to test him again and again.

If he, a disciple at the Yuan Qi realm, suddenly exerted the power of the artistic conception, wouldn't that be a huge offense against the world?

Therefore, you must think of a backup plan in advance! At least there must be a reasonable reason to cover it up!
If you plan ahead, you will succeed; if you don't, you will fail!
As Duan Rong was thinking this, a vague thing flashed through his mind, something related to artistic conception.

He followed the vague memory, but he could not remember the specific content. However, he was very sure of one thing, he must have seen this thing in the Sutra Repository.

"It's about the artistic conception..."

Duan Rong stood with a sword on his back, his eyes flickering.

After a while, he decided that since he couldn't remember it, he would go to the Sutra Repository to look for it again. Then Duan Rong wrapped the Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife with animal skin, tied it around his waist, left the mountain and went to the Sutra Repository.

There are many secret areas in the Sutra Repository, which are only open to inner disciples. However, Duan Rong did not want to go to these places. He saw the thing related to artistic conception when he was still a registered disciple, so Duan Rong went straight to a loft in the outer courtyard.

To enter the Sutra Repository, registered disciples had to swipe points on the star map, but Duan Rong simply showed his sect's cloud certificate as an inner disciple.

When the old man guarding the door saw Duan Rong's sect certificate, he immediately stood up, held it up with both hands and handed it back, saying respectfully, "Sir, please come in!"

Although the old man was puzzled as to why an inner sect disciple would come to the outer courtyard of the Sutra Repository, he did not dare to ask.

Duan Rong put on his sect's cloud certificate and strode in. The few registered disciples near the door looked at Duan Rong in astonishment, wondering why the usually arrogant guard was so respectful to this young man. The registered disciples looked puzzled and immediately guessed Duan Rong's identity.

Duan Rong strolled here as if he was taking a leisurely walk in a garden, but his eyes never left the items on the shelves.

Occasionally, one could see a few registered disciples reading classics there.

Duan Rong suddenly stopped beside a shelf and pulled out a yellowed thin booklet from the corner of the shelf. On the cover was written: List of ancestors of Taiyi Sect.

Duan Rong stood beside the shelf and began to flip through it.

It was a very thin booklet, and Duan Rong quickly finished flipping through it. He shook his head and put the booklet in his hand back to its original place.

When he put it back, his eyes moved and he looked at the booklet next to it. This booklet was much thicker than the previous one, but it had also turned yellow and was covered with a thick layer of dust.

Duan Rong pulled it out, dusted it off, and saw the words "List of All the Elders of Taiyi Sect" written on its cover.

A vague memory flashed through Duan Rong's mind. He opened the booklet, ignoring the front pages, and read backwards from the last few pages.

The booklet contains a brief introduction to the elders of each elders' council.

Duan Rong flipped through the pages one by one, and suddenly stopped at a name, where he saw the three words "Gudaoling" clearly written.

The moment he saw this name, the vague things in his past memories suddenly became clear. Duan Rong had already remembered it, but he still lowered his head and read the introduction again.

Sure enough, it was this person called Gu Daoling, who had reached the great perfection of the Yuan Qi realm. Even before the cyclone was formed, he was already able to display the power of artistic conception!
In the introduction, it is recorded that when Gu Daoling was in the Yuanqi realm, the martial arts he practiced was a sword technique called Youlong Qingyin Sword.

Artistic conception, swordsmanship! That is the sword light!

It turns out to be this!
After Duan Rong confirmed this information, he found that it was what he was looking for!
After reading this message, he felt a little relieved. Since someone had done it before, he could do it too. At most, he was just following in the footsteps of his predecessors.

Moreover, since Gu Daoling was in the Yuanqi realm, he was able to comprehend the artistic conception by practicing the Youlong Qingyin sword technique. This also shows that although this sword technique is not a unique skill, it is possible to comprehend the artistic conception.

Then, as long as he also practices this sword technique, even if he uses the sword light one day and is really exposed, he will be protected by the example of Gu Daoling.

This Youlong Qingyin Sword was once very popular throughout the Taiyi Sect during those decades because Gu Daoling had once used this martial art to cultivate a state of mind. Almost half of the inner sect disciples would choose to practice this sword technique. However, no one could cultivate a state of mind anymore, and it slowly fell into silence.

But because of this, Duan Rong had already devoured the spirit of the weapon containing a complete set of Youlong Qingyin Swords in the stone chamber of Gushan Mountain. He was already very familiar with this set of swordsmanship.

However, there needs to be a legitimate procedure.

Before, he had chosen the sword manual of Liuhe Sword in the inner courtyard. At that time, he thought it didn't matter what he chose, but now it was different. He had to choose the sword manual of Youlong Qingyin Sword, so that he could perform it legitimately and impeccably.

His master Zhu He is the chief of the Internal Affairs Department. It should be possible for him to choose martial arts again. The worst that can happen is that he can just put the Liuhe sword set back!

Duan Rong's eyes moved and he decided to go find Lu Geng.

"Junior brother! I'm not saying anything to blame you, but when I asked you to choose, you didn't choose carefully. Now you feel it's not suitable? You want to change it?" Lu Geng looked at Duan Rong unhappily and said.

Duan Rong said: "Brother Lu, I didn't think it through and was careless last time! Please help me again, Brother."

When Lu Geng saw that Duan Rong admitted his mistake, his anger was half relieved.

In fact, you can still do it by just changing the set of exercises.

In principle, inner disciples can choose a martial arts book every year, but Duan Rong has already used up his quota this year, so it is impossible for him to choose again.

However, since the Internal History Department was under the management of Yunfu Peak, it was still possible to manipulate it. He could ask the Historical Supervisor for another approval note and let Duan Rong choose another martial art, but he would not register it in the registration book. He would only change the name of the originally registered Liuhe Knife to the new martial art chosen by Duan Rong.

"Okay. Follow me!" Lu Geng sighed and said, "But this is just the first time. There won't be a next time. This is against the rules! I'm only helping you this once because you're a new member!"

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Brother Lu, this time I owe you a favor, and I will definitely repay you one day."

Lu Geng looked at Duan Rong happily and said happily: "Okay, let's go! Let's go!"

The two men went out together. Lu Geng got another note from Shi Jian and gave him some instructions. Then Lu Geng took the note and went to the Sutra Repository with Duan Rong.

(End of this chapter)