God-Slaying Blade

Swish!

With a wave of his hand, Qin Jue threw a long sword, as black as ink with only its blade gleaming white, at Hong Tiehu.

Hong Tiehu quickly reached out to take it.

The moment the long sword was in his hand, Hong Tiehu's arms sank, his body staggered, and he almost fell over.

But Hong Tiehu, being a peak Grandmaster, quickly regained his footing. He exclaimed in surprise, "This blade is incredibly heavy!"

Qin Jue smiled faintly, "This blade is forged from refined black iron, weighing one hundred and thirty-two jin. I named it the Tiger Soul Severing Blade. Only those who have refined a body imbued with the Tiger Soul can wield this blade and sever the enemy's soul!"

Hong Tiehu exclaimed with delight, "It's actually forged from Xuan Iron! It must be a top-tier divine weapon among mortals! Young Master, may I try it out first?"

Qin Jue was surprised: "You know longsword techniques?"

Although the longsword is powerful, it is not used by many people.

Because the longsword is too heavy, it is difficult for anyone but a brave and strong person to wield it.

In comparison, most martial artists prefer to use swords.

Hong Tiehu laughed and said, "Young Master, have you forgotten what I did before? Since I'm opening a school and taking on apprentices, I naturally need to know a little about all kinds of weapons. Although longsword techniques are not my forte, I do know two basic sword techniques."

Qin Jue nodded and smiled, "Then give it a try."

With Qin Jue's approval, Hong Tiehu took a deep breath, slightly bent his knees, gripped the hilt of his knife with both hands, and began to slash.

Although the swordsmanship was indeed rudimentary... it still made the blade appear powerful and imposing.

Qin Jue suddenly waved his right hand, and a huge black rock, half a zhang square, crashed to the ground.

"Try slashing it," Qin Jue said.

"good!"

Hong Tiehu opened his eyes wide, channeling his inner energy into his arms to strengthen them, while also channeling some of his inner energy into the blade!

boom!

With a single slash, the powerful force caused Hong Tiehu to stumble back slightly, and a crack appeared on the black stone.

"What a fine knife! It can even crack a meteorite with a single strike!" Hong Tiehu exclaimed excitedly.

Qin Jue smiled faintly, "Once you master the Tiger Soul Wind and Thunder Blade, the crack you create won't just be a fissure; one strike will be enough to shatter this black meteorite into pieces!"

"Tiger Soul Thunder Blade?" Hong Tiehu and the rest of the Hong family were all excited.

With a wave of his hand, Qin Jue sent fifteen heavy swords weighing a hundred catties each and sixteen light, narrow long swords weighing thirty catties each crashing to the ground.

"Each of you will receive a Tiger Soul Slaying Blade and a light, narrow, long sword. Take them yourself."

"yes!"

Everyone stepped forward and received two longswords of different weights.

"Now I will begin to teach you the Tiger Soul Wind and Thunder Blade Technique!"

The Tiger Soul Wind and Thunder Blade Technique is divided into two parts.

One is the method of internal cultivation, and the other is martial arts techniques and sword skills.

Internal cultivation methods can help martial artists open their meridians, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and refine it into internal energy.

Different methods result in different speeds of absorbing and refining spiritual energy from heaven and earth, as well as varying degrees of refinement in the internal energy that is transformed after the spiritual energy is refined.

The more exquisite the method, the faster the cultivation speed will be!

In the Tianwu Continent, martial arts techniques are generally divided into four grades—Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow—according to their level of sophistication, from strongest to weakest.

If one possesses a cultivation method for the Earth Rank of Mortal Martial Arts, it would be enough to dominate a region.

The four major sects in Fengzhou have all thrived because of a single mortal-level martial arts technique.

Only when one's cultivation level reaches the Earth Rank can one have the opportunity to break through to the Spirit Realm.

Martial artists who cultivate techniques below the Earth Rank, even if fortunate enough to reach the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, will absolutely not be able to successfully break through to the Spirit Realm.

Because when breaking through to the Spirit Realm, it is necessary to introduce an extremely large amount of power into the physical body. Martial artists who cultivate ordinary methods simply cannot bear this enormous power in their physical body and meridians!

Forcing your way through will only result in your body exploding and dying!

The Heavenly Rank techniques are even more profound than the Earthly Rank techniques. Cultivating Heavenly Rank techniques will also increase the success rate of breaking through to the Spirit Realm.

However, the Heavenly Rank techniques have always been tightly held by the Martial Dynasty's royal family and a few powerful sects, and ordinary martial artists have never had the chance to access them.

Qin Jue did not explicitly tell Hong Tiehu and the others what level of technique the Tiger Soul Wind and Thunder Blade Technique was, but simply told them to focus on cultivating it.

He instructed everyone to practice swordsmanship daily, using heavy swords when they were strong, and switching to light, narrow, long swords when they were tired and weak, so as to master the martial arts.

When they can wield the sword with ease and make it seem like a long arm, their swordsmanship will be considered highly proficient.

However, in the early stages, Qin Jue had only one requirement for everyone: to increase their strength as much as possible, at least to be able to wield the Tiger Soul Slaying Blade skillfully!

Swordsmanship relies on gravity; without immense strength, one cannot unleash the true power of swordsmanship!

And the same is true for long swords!

The people at the Hong Family Martial Arts School all have good physical conditions because they previously only practiced Xuan-level techniques, which were not strong enough, so they could only rely on body tempering to enhance their combat power.

After passing on the sword technique, Qin Jue distributed some resources and then sent Hong Tiehu and the others into seclusion to cultivate.

If you want to build a strong guard team, you can't do it without spending resources.

Qin Jue certainly wouldn't be stingy in this regard.

"When do you plan to break through to the Spirit Realm?" On this day, Liu Qingxue's voice came from inside the God-Slaying Blade lying across Qin Jue's lap.

Qin Jue narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Let's wait until things stabilize a bit more. The Ling Shan Sect's retaliation could come at any time. The Feng family is probably also biding their time, waiting for the right opportunity."

Liu Qingxue said, "The resources you have now are sufficient. You can find a desolate mountain, escape into it, and try to break through to the Spirit Realm. You can come back after you break through."

Qin Jue shook his head and said, "If they come and can't find me, they will definitely target the businesses under my Qin family's control."

Liu Qingxue laughed and said, "If I had known this would happen, I would have come back later."

Qin Jue chuckled and said, "If we didn't come back, how could we have gathered enough resources to break through to the next realm so quickly?"

"Heh, that's true. Since you don't plan to break through to the next level for the time being, I do have a way to help your subordinates improve their strength as quickly as possible," Liu Qingxue said.

Qin Jue's eyes lit up: "What method?"

Liu Qingxue said, "You can set up the Blood Refining Demon Forging Array! This is an array created by my father. Through this array, the blood refining power refined by the God-Slaying Blade and your fearless sword energy can be infused into those people's bodies in an array-like manner. This method can help those people to undergo extreme body forging! Although the process is very painful, the effect is also excellent, especially for martial artists of their level, the effect is almost immediate."

Qin Jue exclaimed with delight, "Hong Tiehu and the others harbor deep hatred and are all eager to become stronger. I'm sure they're willing to endure any amount of pain! Sister Qingxue, please tell me how to set up the Blood Refining Demon Forging Array!"

"Besides the formation, you also need to prepare a few things. I'll tell you, and you'll remember them."

"good!"

"Nine Crimson Yin Flowers, ten Frost Condensation Pearls, nine Golden Yang Grasses, ten Fire Spirit Crystals..."

Liu Qingxue mentioned a lot of materials. Although these materials were not rare, each one was quite expensive, making Qin Jue feel a pang of heartache.

"If you're willing, kill a strange beast, refine its bones into demon bone pills for them to consume, and then combine it with the Blood Refining Demon Forging Array for even better results!" Liu Qingxue said with a smile.

Qin Jue laughed and said, "That's fine. Those guys are quite docile following behind Big White. Once I enter the Spirit Realm, I'll try to see if I can help them break through. If they fail to break through, it's not too late to refine them into Demon Bone Pills."

Although the success rate of summoning a mythical beast is low, if it succeeds, the Qin family will gain a powerful ally!

Moreover, once a soul contract is signed, the spirit beast will be more loyal than a human!