Zhu Tian: Starting from the Laughing Proud Yue Buqun

Chapter 386 "The Sword of Love and Passion, Chapter Twenty-Three": Divine Soul Enters the Sword to Seek Inheritance

A quiet training room inside the city lord's mansion.

After taking Wushuang City, Xu Qing did not plan to return to the World Society immediately. Instead, he wanted to stay there for the time being to digest the gains from this battle.

However, the Wushuang disciples recruited within Wushuang City cannot remain there. They will be dispersed to various branches of the Tianxia Society and will no longer be able to participate in the management of the Wushuang City branch.

Xu Qing took out the Sword Saint's merit fruit from the [Gate of All Heavens]. This merit fruit was very special; it was in the shape of a sword and did not contain the Sword Saint's power, blood, or anything else.

Only the swordsman's way and spirit.

Because of the final Sword Twenty-Three, the Sword Saint burned all the vitality and power in his body to unleash the Sword Dao Primordial Spirit.

However, Xu Qing does not need the Sword Saint's skill and vitality.

Because the opponent's skill was far too little for him, and his vital energy was extremely depleted.

It should be noted that Xu Qing's power is the accumulation of several worlds, and then tempered five times. In terms of the depth and purity of his power, it is probably only slightly inferior to those old monsters who have lived for thousands of years in this world.

However, Xu Qing was certain that the difference in skill level would not be too great.

Now that I've reached the level of martial arts mastery, what I value is supernatural power.

Xu Qing was very interested in the power of the Sword Twenty-Three sword technique. After examining it for a moment, he swallowed the Sword Saint's Fruit in one gulp.

In an instant, all the sword techniques, sword intent, sword realm, and supernatural powers that the Sword Saint possessed were completely transformed into Xu Qing's possession.

Xu Qing's eyes contained a strong sword light. He was a master swordsman himself. Since the world of Swordsman, he had learned the number one sword technique of Swordsman, the "Nine Swords of Dugu", as well as Zhang Laodao's "Tai Chi Sword" and many other sects' sword techniques.

In the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, he obtained the number one divine skill of the Taoist sect, the Nine Yin Manual, which also contains profound sword techniques and the One Finger Divine Skill.

Although One Finger is a finger technique, it can also be evolved into a sword technique.

Later in the world of the Great Sui Dynasty, Xu Qing also obtained the "Yi Sword Technique" from Fu Cailin, one of the three grandmasters, and the "Cihang Sword Manual" from the Buddhist Cihang Jingzhai. Both of these are extremely powerful sword techniques.

Along the way, Xu Qing's own swordsmanship was already extremely high. Now, with the addition of the Sword Saint's swordsmanship, and after thoroughly digesting and integrating it into his own martial arts, his swordsmanship will take another step forward.

However, Xu Qing was never a swordsman who was obsessed with swords. What he was obsessed with was martial arts. Any martial arts, whether it was the way of the sword, the way of the knife, or the way of the fist, was the way of martial arts.

He embraces everything, like the ocean accepting all rivers, and refines all laws. He walks a path that encompasses all paths, yet aspires to stand above them all invincible.

Such a path is difficult to succeed on; it requires insight and opportunity, but Xu Qing has neither.

Therefore, he knew that this was the path he was suited to take.

The supreme treasure, the Gate of All Heavens, is the source of our confidence.

After mastering the sword technique [Sword Twenty-Three], Xu Qing gained a clearer understanding of the flaws of this sword technique: its coverage area was too large and its power was too dispersed.

At the same time, it requires too much power to condense the primordial spirit sword and unleash this sword technique.

As it stands, this supernatural power has too many flaws.

This is perfectly normal.

Every martial art needs to be refined and perfected multiple times to become stronger and more perfect.

Supernatural powers are the same; they are very powerful, but they still have many flaws.

When the Sword Saint first created the [Sword Twenty-Three] divine ability, he was naturally powerless to perfect it, and he didn't even have time to discover the flaws in this divine ability.

It wasn't until his battle with Xu Qing, in his final moments before death, that the Sword Saint realized that [Sword Twenty-Three] had many flaws and was not perfect.

After Xu Qing understood all the flaws in this supernatural ability, he activated the [Enlightenment Moment]. With his own comprehension, he could naturally perfect it, but it would take quite a while.

Therefore, we should rely on the power of the [Gate of All Heavens] to help him perfect this supernatural power more quickly.

With his comprehension reaching its limit, Xu Qing's mind conjured up a world of swords, filled with various sword techniques, principles, and philosophies.

Time passed quickly, and seven days later, Xu Qing abruptly ended the deduction.

"It's finally done."

Xu Qing opened his eyes, and the sword light illuminated the training room. Sword energy arose spontaneously, instantly transforming into a small sword prison!

The more perfect sword technique, [Sword Twenty-Three], has a sufficiently concentrated coverage area and a more powerful ability to condense spacetime. Most importantly, Xu Qing doesn't need to burn too much power to easily unleash this sword technique.

This is the perfect [Sword Twenty-Three].

Perhaps it could also be called "The Sword of Love and Passion, Chapter Twenty-Three".

This is the second stage of this swordsmanship.

As for the third stage, the [Six Annihilation Sword Twenty-Three] which pursues ultimate destruction and devastation, Xu Qing did not continue to develop it.

That's a higher level of supernatural power, and it takes much longer than just seven days.

According to his estimate, it would take years.

Therefore, Xu Qing temporarily put aside further deductions, as the second stage of [Sword Twenty-Three] was sufficient.

Moreover, he will need to focus on the inheritance of the Martial Saint.

With a thought, Xu Qing put away the Sword Prison.

He focused his gaze on the two peerless swords in front of him, the [Love That Shakes the City], a technique that only two people in love can cultivate.

Xu Qing was extremely interested in this martial saint's divine power.

As for these so-called cultivation conditions, Xu Qing will not give up because of them.

The requirement of two people is simply because our ancestors feared that one person would be unable to control this power, and this condition was set to commemorate the love between the Martial Saint and his beloved.

This is the divine power of the Martial Saint, originating from Guan Yu.

Once Xu Qing can understand the underlying principles, he will naturally be able to use it alone.

With this thought in mind, his attention was completely focused on the Peerless Swords, and he could clearly feel the spirituality of the two swords.

Divine weapons are said to possess spirits, which gives them life and makes their power vastly different from that of ordinary weapons.

Xu Qing used his sword intent to activate the spirit of the Peerless Sword and communicate with it.

He indicated that the spirit of the Peerless Sword helped him find the martial saint's divine power residing within the two swords.

The Peerless Sword began to tremble violently, emitting a series of sword cries.

Upon seeing this, Xu Qing's soul broke free of his body and rushed into the Peerless Sword.

His soul was condensed and was about to reach the level of condensing into a primordial spirit, which would have already allowed him to break free from his body.

There were few times before when this method was needed, but now Xu Qing used it to personally enter the body of the Peerless Sword to search for the Martial Saint's inheritance.

Within the sword, though seemingly extremely small, lies a hidden world, its entire body emanating from sword energy.

Two spiritual entities, one yin and one yang, moved around Xu Qing like brothers and sisters.

"The sword spirit of the Peerless Sword?" Xu Qing's heart stirred slightly as he recognized the two sword-shaped spirits.

The sword spirit was quite surprised by the arrival of Xu Qing's soul and kept circling around him.

"Take me to find [The Love That Captivates the City]."

Xu Qing spoke gently, and the two sword spirits understood, immediately transforming into flying swords and soaring into the sky.

Xu Qing also transformed into a sword and followed suit.

Soon, he arrived at a special area where sword shadows were no longer everywhere.

It's a knife!

The sword energy was domineering, and the sword intent was powerful!
There was also a huge sword lying across the sky. Xu Qing looked up suddenly, his eyes flickered, and he was instantly attracted by the sword!

The blade is as wide as a crescent moon, the edge as sharp as frost, and the back of the blade is covered with a blue dragon pattern, as if the blue dragon is swallowing the blade. A chilling feeling that goes straight to the heart comes from the blade!

"Green Dragon Crescent Blade!"

(End of this chapter)