Devour: Can you also draw entries from clone projection worlds?

You spent three days moving your belongings from the side room of the Huashan Sect to the Cliff of Contemplation.

There wasn't much: a sword, a quilt, a few changes of clothes, a kettle, and a rice bowl.

You found a dry cave on the Cliff of Contemplation, spread out your blankets, hung your sword on the wall, and placed your kettle and rice bowl at the entrance of the cave.

From now on, this will be your new home.

Life on the Cliff of Contemplation was quieter, more monotonous, and also freer than life at the Huashan Sect.

No fellow disciples to bother you, no Yue Buqun watching you, no sect rules to restrain you.

You can practice whenever you want, for as long as you want, and eat whatever you want. Of course, the food is limited to the same things: wild vegetables and fruits from the back of Mount Hua, and occasionally a few wild game.

Your daily routine is very fixed. You get up before dawn and meditate for an hour to cultivate your inner strength.

Then practice swordsmanship for two hours, trying to maximize the effect of "Sword Heart Clarity • Initial".

We eat some dry food at noon, rest for half an hour, and then practice body techniques for another two hours in the afternoon, maximizing the effect of "agile body techniques".

In the evening, meditate for another hour to consolidate your inner strength and strive to break through to the mid-stage of first-class as soon as possible. Fortunately, the threshold from the early to the mid-stage of first-class is very small, so this will not be difficult for you.

After dark, eat something, then read for a while under the moonlight—anything you've memorized, whether it's martial arts manuals, tales of the martial world, or historical records.

This kind of life might seem incredibly boring to outsiders, but you don't feel that way.

You possess "Perseverance at the Beginning," demonstrating patience and focus far exceeding that of ordinary people, along with "Sword Mind Clarity at the Beginning" and "Agile Movement," allowing you to feel your progress with each practice session.

This feeling of "getting stronger every day" is incredibly addictive.

More importantly, you have an entry.

The annual selection of keywords is the moment you look forward to the most.

You don't know what you'll get, but you do know that every draw is a chance to become stronger.

Whether white is common or green is rare, you won't be disappointed even if no higher-quality entries appear; you want every single one.

Because you've already discovered that every term has its value; it's just a matter of how and when you use it.

Another winter has come. You sit at the entrance of the cave on the Cliff of Contemplation, watching the distant mountains covered in white snow. This is the tenth time you have spent winter in this world.

Ten years, no, more than ten years, including the previous five years, fifteen years, you went from a young man to a thirty-year-old... still a young man.

In this world, you are fifteen years older, but when you return to the main world, only a moment has passed.

It's a wonderful feeling; every day and every year you experience in this world is real.

The sweat you've shed, the wounds you've suffered (as steady as you seem, you haven't been wounded yet), the bitterness you've swallowed—all of it is real.

Your swordsmanship, your movement techniques, and your internal energy are all real.

But what will happen to these things when we return to the main world? You don't know, or you have some guesses, but apart from the internal energy which has been verified, the rest still needs to be proven.

But you know you'll definitely bring these things back with you.

You close your eyes and open the keyword extraction interface.

[The tenth year has passed. Entry extraction in progress... The system has detected that the host has stayed in the world of Swordsman for ten years, achieving the hidden achievement "Ten Years of Hard Work"...]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the blue attribute: Initial Manifestation of Sword Intent]

[Effect: When using swords, one can release a suitable "sword intent," creating mental pressure on enemies. Within the range of the sword intent, the enemy's reaction speed and judgment are slightly reduced. The strength of the sword intent increases with the host's mental strength and swordsmanship skill.]

[Quality: Blue Elite]

You stared at this entry for a long time, stunned.

Blue! Finally, a blue elite attribute has been released.

It's not white, it's not green, it's blue.

"Initial Manifestation of Sword Intent" refers to the ability to release appropriate "sword intent" when using sword-type weapons, creating mental pressure on the enemy. Within the range of sword intent, the enemy's reaction speed and judgment are slightly reduced.

In the world of Swordsman, this effect is practically a game-changer.

Sword intent is something that not everyone can comprehend.

It's like Linghu Chong possessed the Dugu Nine Swords, but did he comprehend the essence of swordsmanship? You don't know.

Did Feng Qingyang possess sword intent? Perhaps.

Did Dongfang Bubai possess sword intent? Perhaps.

But these people are all top masters in this world, so it is only natural that they comprehend the essence of swordsmanship.

And you're only at the peak of the early stage of first-class, oh, you just accidentally broke through to the middle stage of first-class, and you managed to touch the threshold of sword intent just by relying on a blue attribute.

What else could this be but cheating?

You take a deep breath, suppress your elation, and begin to carefully consider the application of this term.

The concept of "sword intent" is both mysterious and not mysterious.

It is essentially a psychological attack; it doesn't involve using a sword to cut people, but rather using "power" to suppress them.

Before your sword arrives, your intent has already arrived. The enemy's reaction speed and judgment are suppressed, making it easier for your sword to hit.

You are currently only at the "initial stage of sword intent," meaning your sword intent is only of average strength and has a limited range, covering approximately ten meters around you. Naturally, this has a limited effect on suppressing enemies, perhaps only slowing down their reaction time slightly.

But when masters clash, even a moment's delay can mean the difference between life and death.

Moreover, these terms obviously have intermediate and advanced levels, etc. Perhaps in the future, sword intent can cover an entire world. Wouldn't that be something like the realm of swordsmanship? You would definitely be the master of the battlefield.

You carefully put the entry away, let out a long sigh of relief. Ten years later, a blue entry has finally appeared.

You've waited too long for this day, and it has only strengthened your resolve to survive. Ten years of blue, what about twenty, thirty, or even sixty years?

Above the blue text, there are also purple, gold, mythological, and even seven-colored destiny entries.

As long as you keep playing defensively and keep drawing cards, one day you'll have those overpowered keywords.

[System Prompt: Current Term Statistics (Current Avatar Projection World)]

White entries: 12 (early to bed and early to rise, simple meals, slippery footing, listening to the wind to locate, photographic memory • disabled, going with the flow, heart of stone, danger perception • beginner, insightful • beginner, understanding people's hearts • beginner, perseverance • beginner, restraint of breath)

Green entries: 3 (Body Refinement Genius, Sword Heart Clarity (Beginner), Agile Movement)

Blue entry: 1 (Initial Signs of Sword Intent)

Projection time remaining: Unknown