Borrowing a sword

Chapter 226 Enlightenment of the Sword
The preface to the Chu Huai preface is about "euthanasia".

With that sword, he died peacefully, happily, and without any sense of utter despair.

"So strong! So strong that I don't even know how to describe it!"

Visual perception cannot determine just how powerful a sword strike is.

You have to be struck by his sword to experience it firsthand.

The stronger this sword strike, the greater his subsequent gains will be.

When his vision returned, he was back in the same spot he had been standing.

But when he looked up, he could no longer see the Taoist priest standing on the Peak of Asking the Way.

Clearly, the time that follows is for him to reflect upon.

"Do I still have the chance to observe the sword?"

"Or is this the only time we can see it?" Chu Huaixu had no answer for the time being.

He began to sit cross-legged in the woods.

Then, he tried to open his character panel and activate the system.

Surprisingly, it actually succeeded.

"If the purpose is to experience this sword strike, then it's to help me understand something."

What else can a low-level cultivator from the outer sect comprehend?

It's nothing more than—meaning!

Chu Huaixu is a sword cultivator, and what he comprehended was the intent of the sword.

Sword intent and magic are the same, and are also divided into four levels.

Comprehend the sword intent — minor mastery of sword intent — major mastery of sword intent — perfect mastery of sword intent.

Once the sword intent is perfected, the sword heart can be condensed.

Sword Heart is also divided into four levels, with the highest level being Sword Heart Clarity.

However, the Sword Domain is different.

The "domain" is actually the power wielded by cultivators in the seventh realm.

Once one's cultivation reaches the seventh realm, it will naturally arise.

A clear understanding of the sword is an extremely difficult state to achieve; there are very few people in the world who possess such a state.

Therefore, many sword cultivators who possess a sword domain do not necessarily have a clear sword heart.

For Chu Huaixu at this stage, Sword Heart Clarity is the spiritual essence of the Heart Sword.

Simply put, even if the Heart Sword has reached this level, he still has a long way to go!

His current fearless sword intent is only at the stage of comprehending sword intent. If he wants to advance to the minor mastery stage, there are only two paths to take.

The first path is the insights gained in daily life.

Fighting against strong opponents, experiencing life and death, seizing opportunities, or learning powerful sword techniques can all help one comprehend the essence of swordsmanship.

There are many ways to make a judgment, and the system will make its own judgment based on its own algorithm.

The second option is to gain experience points.

This is the simplest and most direct method.

When Chu Huaixu first comprehended the Fearless Sword Intent, he checked the experience points required to level up, which was 972134.

Nearly a million experience points!
He had never accumulated such a large amount of experience points in one go.

In addition, he also felt that this was necessary.

There are simply too many ways to increase the progress bar.

He overcame numerous obstacles and experienced many events and adventures, even learning the Earth-level spell [Six Out of Horizon]. All of these contribute to increasing the progress bar.

Therefore, he had never even considered using experience points to gain experience.

This is also the choice of the vast majority of players in "Borrowing Swords".

Because you spend your experience points elsewhere, you can often activate your sword intent.

If you directly upgrade [Six Out of Horizon] to the minor level, and learn the Earth-level sword technique to this extent, the progress bar for upgrading sword intent will increase by 16%!

Furthermore, each time he gains [Comprehension], the experience points required to upgrade his sword intent will decrease.

Overall, in terms of its concept, "Borrowing the Sword" clearly aims to let players experience and understand it!

"I remember the last time I checked, the experience points required to upgrade sword intent were only 23," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

Now, when he opened the panel again, he was only 11 points away!
"One sword reduced my points by 12?" Chu Huaixu was overjoyed.

"No, no, there shouldn't be that many."

"Because the last time I saw it was before entering the [Original Spirit Realm]."

Fighting that Nascent Soul old dog would definitely be beneficial.

However, Chu Huaixu was well aware that the system had its own algorithm.

The blessings bestowed by the Dao Ancestor's sword are absolutely immense!

The reason why the number of experience points was reduced was definitely not due to the Dao Ancestor, nor to the power of this sword.
"It must be my fault!"

"I'm just a mere 6-point comprehension level user."

Moreover, the concept of "meaning" is not something that can be achieved overnight.

So-called enlightenment requires continuous accumulation, and then it bursts forth at a certain moment!
He sat down cross-legged, trying his best to savor the sword strike he had just witnessed.

He tried very hard to understand it, relying entirely on himself.

Several hours passed just like that.

Chu Huaixu opened the panel and took a look.

"Damn it! More than 2000 yuan is missing!" he couldn't help but curse.

Obviously, relying solely on his own meditation and contemplation, who knows when he'll ever achieve enlightenment!

If it were Xiao Xu with [Comprehension 10], it would definitely be different.

Chu Huaixu knew very well that, let alone the difference between his 6 comprehension and Xiao Xu's 10 comprehension, even the difference between 9 and 10 comprehension was huge!

The later the game goes, the more significant the difference becomes with each additional point.

"I'll still get chopped up, but getting chopped up is more efficient!" he thought to himself.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

Chu Huaixu has been trapped here for twelve hours.

In other words, his physical body had been sitting on Han Shuangjiang's lap for twelve hours.

He wasn't too worried about it.

"The big ice block is at least a cultivator." "Although not a body cultivator, he won't be crushed to death just because I keep pressing him down."

Chu Huaixu is currently more concerned about eating and drinking!
He is a rather meticulous person, and he quickly came up with this question.

"If I can't figure it out, then I won't be able to get out."

"I wonder if I'll starve to death or die of thirst?"

Those who cultivate themselves can definitely endure more hardship than ordinary people.

However, even low-level cultivators have limitations in this regard.

Especially for body cultivators like him, they are all big eaters, and the demand for this kind of thing is quite large.

Therefore, when he was refining the [Fragment of the Profound Yellow Origin], Jiang Zhi would come and stuff a Bigu Pill into his mouth every day.

What's even stranger is that his consciousness is trapped inside, yet this glutton can still feel hunger?
"Could this be part of the test in itself?"

"As time goes by, the feeling of hunger brings a sense of urgency."

That would be equivalent to racing against time.

Besides, this also really tests one's character.

If the mind is not calm, the efficiency of enlightenment will definitely be lower, and a vicious cycle will be formed.

Chu Huaixu frowned instantly.

He wasn't worried about himself.

He wasn't sure how long Han Shuangjiang had been meditating on the sword!
Logically speaking, Chu Huaixu shouldn't have been worried.

In "Borrowing the Sword," Han Shuangjiang, a woman of destiny, uniquely inherited two of the Dao Ancestor's teachings.

In other words, following the normal trajectory, she should definitely be able to successfully pass through the secret realm.

But that's exactly what he was worried about.

Because I care, I worry.

If you have someone on your mind, you certainly won't gamble on a low-probability event; you'll only want to be absolutely certain.

Moreover, even if his life was not in danger, he did not want Han Shuangjiang to suffer from hunger and thirst.

I believe that the vast majority of people in the world are not extremely selfish and indifferent. Even if a close friend is starving, they will lend a helping hand.

Not to mention couples.

Chu Huaixu wasn't actually sure if this sword comprehension was simply about raising his sword intent by one level.
Just as he was thinking about these things, the figure in the Taoist robe reappeared on the summit of Daodao Peak.

He heard that gentle voice again.

"Child, look up."

After a long while, the next sentence finally appeared.

"Child, savor this sword strike."

Chu Huaixu then understood why there was a long interval between the two sentences.

It's clear that the Taoist patriarch was trying to wake up the person who was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Then, give the opponent time to prepare before unleashing that sword strike.

This most powerful person in the world was incredibly thorough, even meticulous.

Everything was exactly the same; Chu Huaixu saw the same sword energy as before.

He vanished into nothingness once again.

After re-"condensing", Chu Huaixu opened the panel without thinking.

"1 more experience points are needed to upgrade."

"In other words, Dao Ancestor's sword strike is roughly equivalent to a little over 100,000 experience points."

Chu Huaixu's eyes narrowed, and without thinking, he directly chose to upgrade!
More than 10,000 experience points were nothing to him.

The next moment, he felt like his head was about to explode.

His understanding of swordsmanship changed instantly.

Everything around them shattered in an instant, and the entire space began to collapse.

Chu Huaixu's consciousness quickly returned to chaos.

Then, sitting on Han Shuangjiang's lap, he suddenly opened his eyes and began to breathe heavily.

He immediately got up from the other person's legs, even though the feel under his buttocks was nice and the elasticity from his back was not bad either.

Chu Huaixu took out a Bigu Pill from his storage token.

Han Shuangjiang, sitting cross-legged, did indeed look unwell.

Her lips, which should have been rosy, were now pale and dry.

He raised his left hand and inserted his thumb into her lips.

Then, with nimble fingers, he pried open her pearly teeth as well.

Chu Huaixu placed his fingers against her lower teeth, preventing her mouth from closing naturally.

His thumb went in quite deep, so deep that his fingertip touched the girl's tongue.

It wasn't as moist as when he tasted it before, but it was still soft.

Chu Huaixu raised his right hand and pushed the Bigu Pill into her mouth.

It was obvious that he was much gentler when he gave Han Shuangjiang the pill than Jiang Zhi did when he gave him the pill.

This junior grandmaster would pinch Chu Huaixu's face hard with one hand, forcing him to instinctively open his mouth, and then throw the pill in.

He withdrew his hand only after feeding the girl the fasting pill.

The elixir slowly dissolved in her mouth, then transformed into a warm current that nourished her body.

Consciousness space, the area beyond the mountains.

Han Shuangjiang sat cross-legged, feeling the impact of the sword strike she had just received.

She had no idea how long she had been trapped there.

But she could feel endless hunger, and even more painful dehydration!
She had sensed this a long time ago.

But the girl didn't know how long it would take for her to successfully comprehend swordsmanship.

Fortunately, she has an excellent temperament and is also stubborn. Under such circumstances, she was able to remain rational and force herself to calm down.

But no matter what, the feeling of being both hungry and thirsty is not pleasant.

Han Shuangjiang sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, feeling as if she had grasped something, but she couldn't quite understand it.

She wanted to see that earth-shattering sword strike again.

But at that moment, she suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and uttered a sound:
"what?"

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