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

As you approach, the tip of your sword traces an arc, just like "a pine tree welcoming guests."

But this time, you didn't follow the standard procedure. You casually shifted the tip of your sword slightly at the highest point of the arc, making the arc irregular.

The two men in black had no idea which direction your sword would come from, so they instinctively dodged to the sides.

You didn't pursue them further, but simply sheathed your sword and stood watching the two men in black fall to the ground in a disheveled state: "Want to continue fighting?"

The two men in black looked at each other, then helped their injured companion up and ran away without looking back.

The woman approached, clasped her hands in a respectful bow, and said, "Many thanks for saving my life, benefactor. May I ask your honorable name?"

You waved your hand and said, "It was nothing, just call me... Awen."

"Awen?" The woman paused for a moment, clearly finding the name somewhat perfunctory.

You didn't offer any further explanation, and turned to leave.

You really don't want to have much interaction with others, and saving someone is just something you do on the spur of the moment; you don't need anyone to be grateful.

After walking a few steps, you seemed to remember something, and suddenly stopped, turning back to look at the woman.

She stood there, clutching her injured arm, her face a mixture of gratitude and confusion.

"Your left arm needs to be bandaged. There's a small town ahead with a doctor there." After saying that, you walked away without looking back.

That evening, you returned to the inn, sat on the bed, and mentally reviewed the day's battle.

This is your first real combat experience since arriving in the world of Swordsman, not counting sparring with your fellow disciples.

Although your opponent was weak and you didn't get to fully utilize your abilities, this real-world experience still allowed you to verify some things.

"Sword Heart Clarity • Beginning" not only allows you to practice swordsmanship faster, but also enables you to clearly perceive the sword's trajectory in battle, making your strikes faster and more accurate.

"Sword Intent Emerges" activates automatically during combat. You can sense that the reaction speed and judgment of the three men in black are decreasing, although the decrease is not significant.

After Hengyang, you went to several other places: Changsha, Jiangling, Xiangyang, Luoyang...

In each place you go, you stay for a few days. During the day, you wander around the streets, gathering information along the way. At night, you meditate in the inn, cultivating your inner strength.

Occasionally, you'll encounter "opportunities," such as when someone bullies the weak, robs you on the road, or bullies others by abusing their power, and you'll step in to help.

It's not about becoming a chivalrous hero or helping the weak and oppressed; it's purely for practical experience, and... for clear thinking.

In every real battle, you would carefully summarize your experiences, keeping in mind your opponent's martial arts style, attack habits, weaknesses, and flaws. Of course, these are not the main points.

Your focus is on understanding the subtle changes in your swordsmanship, and indeed, your swordsmanship becomes sharper and sharper in actual combat, your movements become more and more agile, and your sword intent becomes more and more intense.

After numerous real-world applications, the phrase "Sword Intent Emerging" has finally lived up to the power expected of a blue-level phrase.

If I had to categorize the sword intent you've grasped and displayed into a level, you'd be at the beginner stage of sword intent, although you've already taken a big step forward.

After entering the basics, there are minor achievements, major achievements, and finally, "perfection".

At each stage, the intensity and range of sword intent will experience a significant increase, even a complete transformation.

After traveling for more than half a year, you returned to the Cliff of Contemplation.

It's not because you miss home, but because you feel you need to "settle down" for a while.

Over the course of more than half a year, you have experienced hundreds of real-world battles, accumulating a wealth of experience. This experience needs time to be digested, absorbed, and transformed into your own.

You sit on the rock at the cave entrance, watching the distant mountains dyed fiery red by the autumn leaves.

After calming your mind completely, you begin to organize, summarize, and absorb the practical experience you've gained over the past six months, bit by bit.

The concept of "drawing inferences from one instance to another" played a significant role in this process.

When you're studying swordsmanship, you find yourself involuntarily thinking about movement techniques; when you're studying movement techniques, you involuntarily think about internal energy cultivation; and when you're studying internal energy cultivation, you involuntarily think about swordsmanship.

These three fields are no longer isolated, but rather an intertwined and mutually reinforcing whole.

Improvement in swordsmanship leads to improvement in movement techniques, which in turn leads to improvement in internal energy, and the improvement in internal energy, in turn, leads to improvement in swordsmanship.

This virtuous cycle allows you to feel your own growth every day.

Another winter has come, and you sit at the entrance of the cave on the Cliff of Contemplation, watching the distant mountains covered in white snow.

This is your twelfth winter in this world. Twelve years, a cycle, and you've gone from a twenty-year-old to a thirty-two-year-old middle-aged man.

After suppressing your chaotic thoughts, you closed your eyes and opened the keyword extraction interface.

[The twelfth year has passed. Entry extraction in progress... The system detected that the host has engaged in multiple real-world battles over the past year, validating and improving the effectiveness of several entries in those battles...]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the green attribute: Combat Instinct]

[Effect: In combat, it allows for faster assessment of the opponent's intentions and weaknesses, enabling optimal responses. Reaction and decision-making speeds are significantly improved, making it less susceptible to feints and deceptive moves.]

[Quality: Green Rare]

As you look at this word, the corners of your mouth curl up slightly, an expression you can't suppress.

Green, green again! You already have four green entries: "Body Refinement Genius," "Sword Heart Clarity - Beginner," "Agile Movement," and "Combat Instinct."

[Currently, there are a total of 4 green entries]

[Total number of blue entries: 1]

[Total number of white-label entries: 13]

[Remaining projection time: Unknown]

You put the entry away, stood up, picked up your sword, and walked to the snow outside the cave. The snow was still falling, the wind was still blowing, and it was still dark.

A thought strikes you, you close your eyes, raise your sword, and try to unleash your "sword intent".

This time, you sensed a significant change; the sword intent was stronger and its range was larger than before.

The intensity of the sword intent has also increased. You can feel an invisible pressure permeating the space around you, as if something is pressing down on the air.

You open your eyes and look at the sword in your hand. You can't see anything on the tip of the sword, but there really is something there.

That was a "spirit," a "spirit" flowing from your heart and released through the sword.

It is invisible and intangible, but it can influence people.

It can make people panic, feel nervous, and slow down their reactions.

And now, this "influence" is stronger than before.

You sheathed your sword, returned to the cave entrance and sat down. The snow fell heavier and heavier, turning the entire Cliff of Contemplation white.

You look at the snow-covered mountains in the distance, and you feel very peaceful.

Twelve years have passed. You are no longer the person you were back then, and you no longer need to live a life of hiding in order to survive.

Your current reclusive lifestyle is simply a matter of habit.