Tao and Heaven

Chapter 84 Jade Purity Sword Technique Fourth Level

[The first move of Yuqing Sword Technique: Frost Flower] consumes one year of Tiansui.

[The second move of Yuqing Sword Technique: Controlling the sword with the mind] consumed five years of Tiansui.

This was the level that Gu Wen had reached before, and it was usually only used for defense and to kill enemies much weaker than himself. The biggest limitation of the Heart Sword was that it consumed a lot of energy and could not be used as a conventional means of fighting the enemy. Its biggest advantage was that it was difficult to defend against.

With Gu Wen's current strength, he is not afraid of the army, and can handle the heavily armored army formation. But in terms of killing efficiency, Zhaolie Spear is not as good as Heart Sword, because heavy armor also has a certain degree of defense against spear energy.

A casual spear can break it, but a casual spear force cannot penetrate the fine iron.

The sword of the heart does not exist in matter, and everything becomes illusory under one strike of the sword.

Gu Wen had just broken through the second level of Yuqing Sword Art. According to the military strategists' classification of weapon skills, the first three levels were sword techniques and sword energy, and the application and refinement of the heart sword. From the fourth level onwards, one entered the image, and one step further was the spirit, and one step further was the Dharma image.
The paths of spiritual practice all lead to the same destination. No matter which school or sect one belongs to, the ultimate pursuit is the profound Taoism. Among them, the most mysterious one is to transform dead things into living things.

Endow your own Taoism with spirituality and turn decay into magic. This is the three elements of intention, spirit and appearance.

[The third move of Yuqing Sword Technique: Concentrate the mind into a sword. There is no sword in the hand, but the mind is the sword]

You can condense the sword intent into a sword to avoid being left alone without a weapon, which would cost you ten years of Tiansui.

[Jade Purity Sword Technique Fourth Style: Jade Purity Sword Intention]

On the basis of the heart sword which was already similar to the sword intent, it was further condensed into sword intent, and its power was more than three times that of before, enough to kill a person of the sixth level of the Dao foundation, consuming twenty years of Tiansui.

【Tian Sui 2】

The 32 years of heavenly marrow that was originally intended to be used to improve the foundation of Taoism was consumed in an instant, leaving only 2 years of heavenly marrow. And for Gu Wen, this was a necessary consumption. If all the True Lords died, then he would have nothing to do next, and no time for his own growth.

This is fighting for the soil for his own survival and development, and thirty-two years of heavenly marrow is not enough to break through the fourth level of the Dao foundation, and it is still far from perfection.

"Is this sword intent?"

Ao Tang looked astonished. He keenly noticed the snow-white light in Gu Wen's eyes, which was the sword intent of the Jade Purity Sword Technique.

"When did you master the Jade Purity Sword Intention?"

Gu Wen nodded and said, "I had a lucky breakthrough a few days ago."

He never said anything about his swordsmanship, so the time he gave was naturally nonsense.

"Really?" Ao Tang took two steps forward, still incredulous, and said, "You usually practice Taoism, spearmanship, and swordsmanship. You are a genius if you master so many of them. You are a genius if you master two of them. How could you also master swordsmanship?"

Gu Wen replied without blushing, "This is talent! Otherwise, how can I compete with those sect geniuses? They have practiced for dozens or even hundreds of years, how long have I practiced?"

There are thousands of cultivation methods, but they all boil down to understanding. Most of the cultivation follows the path of predecessors. Some go fast, some go slow, but Gu Wen feels that there is nothing wrong with going faster.

After all, others have been practicing in the mountains since childhood. They have all stood out from hundreds of millions of people to become monks, then become geniuses from tens of millions of monks, and then become prodigies from hundreds of thousands of geniuses.

Isn’t my destiny my own?
I am my destiny and my destiny is me.

If Gu Wen had no talent at all, or had extremely poor talent, then the amount of Tiansui he would need might be hundreds or even thousands.

Yu Hua was just slightly stunned, but then he felt that there was no problem and said, "I heard that Xiao Yunyi comprehended the sword intent after practicing the Qingliu Sword Technique of Zhejian Mountain for a month. It is normal for you to comprehend the sword intent after practicing for half a year."

No, how is this normal?
Ao Tang said quietly, "Other people only practice swordsmanship, but he has so many things to practice."

A person's energy is limited, and a person's talent should also be limited.

"A mediocre person cannot reach the sword intent in his entire life, but a genius can comprehend the sword intent in just one month. So why can't Gu Wen cultivate the sword intent in his spare time?"

Yu Hua paused, then looked at Ao Tang and said in a slow voice: "Guardian, you are only at the fourth level of the eighth level of Dao Foundation Perfection. Why compare yourself with him? Isn't this deceiving yourself?" "Hiss!"

Ao Tang took a deep breath and took two steps back, as if two knives were stabbed into his heart.
It wanted to refute something, because the talent shown by Gu Wen was really hard for it to understand. But if it thought about Gu Wen as the "future head of the sect", everything became a little logical.

It’s just that Yu Hua’s words were so hurtful that this old thing found it hard to accept for a while.

Yu Hua no longer paid attention to Ao Tang, whose heart was broken, and turned to look at Gu Wen and said, "I'll leave this matter to you. I will provide you with all the help I can."

"I need pills that can speed up my cultivation. The more the better."

Gu Wen looked inward at his fate and learned that the fifth level of Jade Purity Sword Art [Sword Intention Frost Hua] required forty years of heavenly marrow. The content of the technique was complicated, and the actual power was twice that of the fourth level.

He used his own experience in fighting to predict, and compared it with the power of Zhaolie Dharma. He could probably kill an ordinary fourth-level Daoist master, and cut a heavily armored soldier in half. A full-strength sword could reach five feet, and within five feet of the soul, there would be death.

Its consumption is three times that of the Zhaolie Spear, and its power is only one-third of that of the Zhaolie Spear, but it is extremely efficient in killing mortal armies.

The sixth level of Jade Purity Sword Art [Jade Purity Sword God] requires eighty years of Heavenly Marrow. The seventh level [Jade Sword Dharma] requires one hundred and sixty years of Heavenly Marrow. The eighth level [Jade Sword Extreme] requires three hundred and twenty years of Heavenly Marrow.

The ninth level belongs to the Dharma-Appearance Divine Power, which Yu Hua did not give to herself because she had not learned it either. There is no specific method for practicing Divine Power, and it can only be comprehended through some things left by the Dao Rhyme.

Gu Wen needs to reach the seventh level of Yuqing Sword Technique and condense the Jade Sword Dharma Image before he can climb Tianquan Mountain. There are three levels in between, and it takes a total of 280 years of Tiansui to go from the fourth level to the seventh level.

It takes eighty years of Heavenly Marrow to condense the Primordial Spirit of the True Primordial Hunyuan, and it is impossible to achieve it by practicing step by step. The only way at present is to grab the one thousand kilograms of spiritual object.

"Protector, give all the pills that can speed up the cultivation of Taoism to Gu Wen."

Yu Hua did not hesitate at all. Although Ao Tang felt heartbroken as it involved the elixir of immortality, he still took out all his family assets.

He advised: "The spiritual objects in the Immortal Land are special and can indeed speed up your cultivation, but don't eat too much at once, lest your foundation become weak."

"I know."

Gu Wen simply weighed it and found that the pills given by Ao Tang weighed one kilogram. If they were all the size of Dragon and Tiger Pills, there should be thirty pills.

The elixir that Yu Hua had taken out before contained at least one level of Heavenly Marrow, and the elixir that the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect prepared for her were all top-grade.

Ao Tang sighed and said, "I have invested all my gains from this trip. You better not let me down. If you can't become a little ancestor, you can only force your way in. Destroying the sword pool of Tianquan Mountain is no less than killing the Emperor Daojun."

It only lamented its bad luck, as if its search for the elixir of immortality would bring punishment from heaven. From the time Emperor Daojun learned of the elixir and exterminated the Gu family, to the time when the descendants of the Gu family rose up and returned to the orthodoxy, things never went according to Daozong's plan, and they never went as they wished.

The immortality elixir might be in the sword washing pool now, and judging from the strange phenomena around it, it is most likely correct. Although it is said that only Di Ting can find out the immortality elixir, it does not say that only Yu Hua can get it.

Even if it was just a possibility they had to go in.

"After all this consumption, others will definitely take action. Alas!"

"You will die?"

Gu Wen raised his head slightly. He knew that Yu Hua's life would be shortened, but the other party seemed to mean that Yu Hua would die if he took action this time.

Yu Hua shook his head and replied, "No, you will only become weak. You don't have to feel stressed, because this is not something you should bear. No matter what the outcome is, Dao Zong will protect you in the end. Even without me, your talent is enough for Dao Zong to protect you."

Weakness means collective attack, and the current peace is built on Yu Hua's deterrence.

Gu Wen's eyes darkened slightly, but he didn't say anything. Apart from successfully climbing the mountain, it was indeed not within his scope of responsibility.

But now that the True Lord of the World has fallen, can I really still collect what I need for my destiny?
But fortunately, he was not completely without the opportunity to turn the situation around. He could improve his strength, snatch the thousand-jin spiritual object, and finally climb the mountain.

(End of this chapter)