Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

Chapter 109 Sword Essence

However, the quality of spiritual energy in the Golden Sun Opening River Technique is ultimately inferior to that of the Kunlun Sword Qi.

However, it doesn't matter. There are three-tiered spiritual veins on Qingcang Mountain, and spiritual fields and lakes around Lu Yang gather spiritual energy. There are also three first-tier spiritual veins beneath him, and Lu Yang has thick spiritual pills to support him.

All of this combined is enough to consume Kunlun Sword Qi.

Although the Kunlun Sword Scripture cultivates sword energy, this sword energy lacks sharpness and instead appears somewhat ethereal, almost devoid of any elemental attributes.

This is the brilliance of the Kunlun Sword Manual: the sword moves with the mind, rather than fixing the cultivator's path of cultivation from the very beginning.

It's like giving you a bare-bones house; how you build and decorate it is entirely up to you.

This will undoubtedly give cultivators a brighter future.

Gradually, Lu Yang became completely focused on mastering the Kunlun Sword Scripture.

The spiritual energy transformed into sword energy, the sword energy shattered the spiritual seed, and the spiritual seed transformed into a sword seed. The spiritual energy surrounding the entire courtyard surged wildly toward Lu Yang, who himself became a vortex, greedily and endlessly.

The comprehension of the Thunderclap Sword Technique, the Sword Nourishing Technique, the Sword Breathing Technique, the Kunlun Enlightenment, and the Sword Slicing Through Thousands of Mountains—all these have now become resources for Lu Yang to nurture and refine his sword seed.

One stripe, two stripes, three stripes, four stripes, five stripes —

Ten sword patterns descended one after another on the sword. Originally, he was preparing to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining after the completion of the Golden Sun Opening River Technique, but this was actually due to the transformation.

Who says that switching cultivation methods will cause you to drop your cultivation level? That's something only a good-for-nothing would do. As long as you have enough resources, how can you not make progress when you cultivate a high level of cultivation?

He leaped from the late stage of Qi Refining to the late stage of Sword Technique.

With the Kunlun Sword Manual in his possession, Lu Yang could easily claim to be invincible in Qi cultivation. He felt there was nothing wrong with it. At this moment, Lu Yang was surrounded by sword energy. After standing up, he swung his broken sword and slowly unleashed a set of sword techniques.

As the broken sword was severed, it seemed as if clouds and currents were flowing around it. A pale golden spiritual light surged into the meridians from the fingertips, guiding the sword energy to cascade.

"Buzz"

The broken sword hummed softly, hovering three feet in front of him. Lu Yang slightly opened his eyes, his gaze clear and unwavering, showing no trace of restlessness.

With a raised hand, he unleashed the first move of the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds—Rising Clouds.

The sword moves with the heart, originating from the smallest things and hidden in the formless.

Lu Yang leaped lightly, his toes touching the clouds, his longsword rotating with his wrist. It was no longer the fierce and forceful way he used to break formations when practicing the Thunderclap Sword Technique, but rather he moved with the clouds, the sword wind gentle, yet it caused the surrounding clouds to swirl around the sword, and strands of spiritual energy from heaven and earth were drawn by the sword energy and flowed into his dantian.

He refines the sword even more.

"So this is the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds. It's not about killing power, but about following the trend, borrowing the trend, and turning heaven and earth into one's own power."

Lu Yang felt enlightened. After Kunlun's enlightenment, with the teachings of Ancestor Xuanqing, Lu Yang's cultivation of the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds seemed to come naturally. After a few demonstrations, he mastered the first move, Cloud Rising, in less than half an incense stick's time. The sword moved with his body, and his body moved with the clouds. He seemed to merge with the spiritual mist in the mountains, and his aura was ethereal and unpredictable.

What surprised Lu Yang was the lofty concept behind the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds. It was not about the sword, but about the Dao. Its strength was not in the sword energy, but in the power of the clouds.

Or rather, it is the grand scheme of things. Although Lu Yang cannot yet display such power, by using this intention, even if it is just a single force, its power is already greater than the previous thunderclap from the ground.

The difference in skill level between the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds and the Thunderclap Sword Technique is immediately apparent.

Without pausing, Lu Yang unleashed the second move, "Flowing Clouds," and the third move, "Chasing Shadows," in succession.

Lu Yang was not in a hurry to achieve quick results, but only used sword energy to verify the sword momentum. The long sword in his hand sometimes swirled like light clouds, and sometimes swept like a flowing wind. The sword moves were connected without any stagnation, and the basic framework of the thirteen moves slowly took shape in his mind.

With each swing of his sword, he tempered his sword bones and purified his sword energy. His cultivation, which was originally somewhat mixed due to his recent switch to swordsmanship, became increasingly refined under the harmonization of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

Beside the spirit field, clouds gathered but did not disperse, forming a faint vortex that enveloped the young man.

Lu Yang closed his eyes and concentrated, his longsword automatically swirling to protect him, the sword techniques of the Thirteen Flowing Cloud Swords flowing freely within his body. He could clearly feel that the foundation of his swordsmanship, which he had just switched to, was being reshaped by this Kunlun sword technique. Not only was its power multiplied, but it also gained a touch of elegance and agility. Even when encountering sword cultivators of the same realm, he could gain an advantage by virtue of his sword energy alone.

As the clouds gradually dispersed, Lu Yang sheathed his sword and stood there, his clothes spotless. His sword intent was as swirling and unfurling as clouds, restrained yet unfathomable.

With a light flick of his fingertips, the broken sword rang out, its clear and melodious sound echoing through the mountain peaks. A wisp of sword energy condensed into sword essence, flowing over the sword essence and making the sword sound even more crisp.

The cultivation stages in the Sword Manual include Sword Seed, Sword Embryo, Sword Particle, Sword Infant, and Sword God.

Sword cultivation also has different levels, such as sword energy, sword essence, sword momentum, and sword intent.

The realm of swordsmanship is unrelated to the cultivation of sword scriptures; it is the manifestation of the swordsmanship. If a sword cultivator possesses exceptional comprehension and reaches the Sword Seed Realm, it is not impossible to comprehend the sword intent.

Although Lu Yang is not that powerful, his enlightenment in Kunlun, coupled with his switch to cultivating new techniques today and practicing the Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds, has allowed Lu Yang's swordsmanship to advance by leaps and bounds.

Now, after a series of evolutions in swordsmanship, Lu Yang's swordsmanship realm has finally progressed from sword qi to the realm of sword essence.

The sword energy condenses into sword essence, and once the sword is unleashed, its power is more than ten times greater than before.

Lu Yang now felt that he could easily take on that priestess.

The Broken Sword was overjoyed to receive the nourishment of Lu Yang's sword essence, as the efficiency of this nourishment was more than ten times greater than before.

The sword rejoiced, and the man rejoiced even more.

"The Thirteen Swords of Flowing Clouds, Beginner Level"

However, when Lu Yang looked at his body, he had to admit that it was thanks to his good body and spirit cultivation that he was able to cultivate to the tenth level of the sword seed. Otherwise, it would have been quite a test for his body and soul to cultivate a single breath to the tenth level of the sword seed.

Even if the sword energy within the body has no inherent attributes or sharpness, the high level of sword energy in the Kunlun Sword Scripture still exerts considerable pressure on the body.

At this moment, traces of black blood seeped out from the body; these were both impurities and foul blood.

With the sword technique reaching level ten and the sword skills entering the basics, Lu Yang's physical strength had increased by another level, and his soul seemed to have improved as well. He had originally thought that was the limit.

Sheathing his broken sword, Lu Yang looked at the Sun-Eating Demon. Wait, why did it pee again?!

At this moment, Shi Ri looked aggrieved. If you're going to protect the Dharma, then protect the Dharma. Why do you keep scaring people? Heaven knows how terrifying Lu Yang's sword energy was just now. That cloud usually looks soft and weak, but now it directly pressed down, making its bladder unable to bear it. It directly squeezed out the remaining urine in its bladder.

Seeing Shi Ri's pitiful expression, Lu Yang had no choice but to pick him up and throw him into the fishpond.

Beside the fishpond, Lu Yang gathered spiritual energy to cleanse his body; it felt really good.

The feeling of making progress in cultivation is just awesome.

From this day forward, Lu Yang is now a legitimate sword cultivator. Thinking back to the first time he comprehended the sword, when three thousand sword cultivators from Kunlun slew demons in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Lu Yang couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

The Golden Sun Opening River Technique was already at the Great Perfection level. At this moment, he had completely switched to cultivating the Sword Scripture, and what he was switching was only spiritual energy. However, his understanding of the Golden Sun Opening River Technique was still there.

Lu Yang didn't want to waste these insights. The Golden Sun Opening River Technique contained six basic techniques, three beginner techniques, and one intermediate technique.

Qi Refining and Foundation Building cultivators cultivate techniques; Golden Core cultivators cultivate supernatural powers.

Basic and beginner-level spells can be mastered at the Qi Refining stage, but most intermediate and advanced spells can only be mastered at the Foundation Establishment stage.

It's easy to build a high vantage point, but difficult to aim too high.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yang immediately converted his mastery of the Great Perfection Golden Sun Opening River Technique into a cultivation method.

Basic spells are no longer of any use to Lu Yang now, but beginner and intermediate spells might still be of some use.

The three initial-level techniques are Golden Sun Flash, River-Splitting Slash, and Ripple Escape.

A mid-level technique, namely the Sunset River Dividing Technique.

These techniques, after all, originated from the Golden Sun Opening River Technique, so the understanding of the Golden Sun Opening River Technique was transformed into the understanding of these techniques without any hindrance.

Golden Sun Flash (perfected), River Opening Slash (perfected), Ripple Escape (perfected).

He has even mastered most of the basics of the technique of dividing the river by sunset.

With one body technique, one attack technique, and one defense technique, it must be said that mastering these three basic techniques will definitely be a great help to Lu Yang in future battles.

Investing in two hundred years of fortune has really paid off big time!

Lu Yang thought to himself that he really wanted to pick up the Broken Sword and kiss it. He knew that all of this was due to the Broken Sword. If it weren't for the Broken Sword, no matter how much luck he invested, he would have no way to enter the Kunlun Sword Path.

"Brother! Brother!"

After finishing his cultivation, Lu Yang cast spells on the spirit lake and spirit field. His basic spirit plant technique was now perfected, and the effects of his spells were far greater than before, with a much wider range.

When Lu Yang achieved some success, he still had to work on the land one acre at a time.

Now, a single spell can cover 300 acres of land, and the perfect level of spiritual plant cultivation makes the spiritual fields transform even faster.

The spiritual energy gathered by the Lesser Spirit Gathering Technique was almost ten times that of before.

With such a concentration of spiritual energy, as long as Lu Yang is willing to put in the effort, the transformation of the spiritual field may be completed within ten days.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang became even more excited.

Lu Chen's voice came from the direction of the courtyard, which made Lu Yang unable to help but smile.

This is his own younger brother, and he is well-behaved and sensible. Lu Chen's cultivation at the academy has been going smoothly for the past two years. However, young people are impatient, and since he has an older brother here, he often runs to Lu Yang's place.

The spiritual energy here in Lu Yang is much richer than that in the Dao Academy, which is very helpful for Lu Chen's cultivation.

Lu Yang was happy to have company and free labor available. Once Lu Chen finished his cultivation, he would send him to help with the fishponds and fields. Although Lu Chen had not yet formally cultivated Qi, his mind was definitely much more useful than a puppet, and he was quite capable in helping Lu Yang manage the fishponds and fields.

It can also help direct the puppets to do things, providing both entertainment and tasks.

"The spiritual training is almost complete."

Looking at the spiritual light emanating from Lu Chen, Lu Yang couldn't help but nod. If he calculated carefully, Lu Chen had been cultivating for four years.

With his dual spiritual roots of earth and wood, and with Lu Yang's help, Lu Chen's cultivation speed was much faster than Lu Yang's back then.

Cultivation requires a certain background, even within one's own clan.