Chapter 28: Laying the Foundation and Gathering the Origin, Entering the Gate of Swordsmanship
In the dantian qihai, Lu Qing commanded the pure sword yuanqi to flow along the meridians towards Lei Jing's invitation. At the moment of their intersection, at the shoulder blade, two purple light spots that were misty and electric suddenly lit up.
Coughing sound
A clear sound of skeletal compression came from the shoulders, surrounding Lu Qing within a radius of three feet. The ground was scorched black by the residual electric light. In his meridians, the not-yet-matured Sword Origin Qi retreated in defeat, as the Earthly Purple Electricity closely followed and attacked his Dantian.
The heavenly energy of the Bright Moon Pool was no less than that of the ordinary cultivation caves behind the Chao Yang Palace. At this moment, under Lu Qing's desperate situation, the thick heavenly energy around him quickly gathered into his body, even exceeding the previous speed. The surrounding air produced a significant wind sound due to the rapid absorption of the heavenly energy. However, the thunderous energy was abnormally powerful and was not something that Lu Qing, an unestablished sword cultivator, could easily refine. After all, it was a beast dan, the essence condensed within the body of a fifth-grade spiritual beast, which according to the classification of the sword path, was the most refined source of power within the body of a Sword King-level master.
It was only a matter of tens of breaths before the lightning energy quickly approached in the direction of the sword's retreat, and at this time Lu Qing was already exhausted. Even if he wanted to let go of the Beast Dan, it seemed to have recognized him and stuck to his hand tightly, with the lightning energy pouring into his meridians through the Labor Palace acupoint on his palm.
In the dantian, the qihai retreated in an instant, shrinking into a ball to guard the last piece of pure land. As Lei Jing entered the dantian, Lu Qing's lower abdomen suddenly swelled up, and he let out a painful scream. At this moment, Lu Qing's entire body was covered in bulging blue veins, reflecting a purple glow that made his skin seem almost transparent, revealing even the internal bones and meridians beneath.
The rotation of the Kokoro Heart Sutra is becoming increasingly obscure, as if it has been held back by the powerful force of several three-tiered mammoths, making every step difficult. In the Sea of Qi, the sword yuan qi that was tightly wrapped around in a ball is constantly shrinking under the intense pressure of the thunderous power, although the space being guarded is getting smaller and smaller, but due to the compression and condensation degree is getting higher and higher. This should be the final stage of the sword servant's peak sword yuan qi accumulation, but unexpectedly, it has been rapidly condensed by the powerful thunderous power at this moment.
However, at this time Lu Qing obviously couldn't care about these anymore. As long as he could hold on, he still had a glimmer of hope to refine the lightning energy. Only now did he realize that he had underestimated the power of the Beast Dan. The relentless lightning energy was like an assassin closing in step by step, slowly pressing down on him with crushing force until he died a slow death.
As the sword's energy condensed rapidly, it only slowed down the speed at which the lightning occupied the dantian qihai. At this time, half of the space inside the dantian was already filled with purple lightning, and the powerful destructive force caused the dantian qihai to gradually expand. If things continued like this, even if he survived, his dantian would be shattered, rendering him a useless person.
Time was pressing, Lu Qing's face revealed a resolute expression. In his dantian, the only remaining fist-sized ball of dense, liquid-like sword energy suddenly emitted a dazzling purple light. The direction of its circulation changed abruptly, reversing and flowing in the opposite direction.
"Halt!" Just as Lu Qing was about to make a desperate move, a hoarse voice came from behind him, almost taking away his concentration. The sword energy in his dantian suddenly surged, and a vast and powerful sword energy burst into his dantian from behind with lightning speed. However, this sword energy was unusually warm and gentle, and instead of causing Lu Qing any harm, it made him feel as if he had been soaked in a hot spring, making him want to sigh contentedly.
As the vast and mighty sword energy poured in, the lightning power that was originally surging towards Lu Qing's dantian seemed to be attracted, rapidly rushing towards the deep purple sword energy that appeared substantial as jade within Lu Qing's inner vision.
Facing such a surging thunder, the sword yuan seemed to swallow it easily without any threat. As this foreign sword yuan was absorbed, the beast dan pressed by Lu Qing also seemed to rage up, and a stronger thunder power than before rushed up along Lu Qing's meridians again.
"Hmm!" A cold, stern voice seemed to come from the nine underworlds, and then Lu Qing felt a power that made his sword's energy tremble coming from beside him. In an instant, he felt a lightness in his palm, and the Beast Dan had already left his hand.
Who is this person behind me? Why help me? The Soul Refining Incantation was activated, and the gradually recovering cool energy flowed towards the back.
"Huh?" Along with a somewhat unexpected voice, Lu Qing's mind only presented a vague outline before feeling a darkening of his vision, and then he felt nothing.
"Don't be distracted, I'll pass on this purest Lei Yuan to you. Remember, focus your mind on the Dan Tian, and contain all things like the ocean, for only then can you be great!"
His heart skipped a beat, and suddenly a sense of enlightenment emerged in his mind. Lu Qing's mouth curled up into a faint smile, and his face returned to its usual calm state. In his dantian, the seemingly substantial Sword Origin Qi began circulating once more, forming a whirlpool that seemed to revolve endlessly like a dazzling galaxy.
"Next!" With a somewhat urgent, hoarse prompting, a pure purple lightning bolt with almost no impurities shot out from the sword core that had been lingering in Lu Qing's dantian, and directly entered the center of the sword core vortex.
Unlike the previous violent and tyrannical thunder, this thunder seemed unusually gentle. As soon as it came into contact with the center of the vortex, it was torn apart by the rotating force and turned into purple mist that merged into the vortex. With the integration of this thunder, the originally rotating sword energy clearly expanded slightly, and Lu Qing even felt a hint of lightning aura on top, which was completely under his control.
Then, the sword yuan shot out another burst of lightning energy, and the pure lightning energy continuously merged into the sword yuan's aura. The sword yuan's aura grew bigger and bigger, and in a short while, it expanded to its original size before refining the beast dan, but it didn't stop there. It continued to expand as the mysterious person controlled the sword yuan, which was constantly retreating into the meridians.
Half a column of fragrance passed, and with the last burst of thunder from the sword yuan, Lu Qing's dantian qihai was completely filled with a cluster of purple sword yuan energy like silk liquid. The purple thunderbolts flowed incessantly on its surface, just like the thunderball spat out by the thunder python at that time.
"Take advantage of the trend, build your foundation——" As a voice that was getting more and more ethereal sounded in his ears, Lu Qing suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, "Senior——senior——" He looked around, but found nothing, only the waterfall hanging high above still falling down, making a loud noise.
Lu Qing's pupils suddenly contracted as he discovered that his originally hidden Golden Heaven-level divine sword, Nianyun, was now sheathed and placed beside Lian Xin. However, he soon relaxed, realizing that the mysterious person had no malicious intentions towards him. If they did, Lu Qing wouldn't have been able to withstand the vast and powerful Sword Origin Force. He wondered what kind of realm this person had achieved, and thought to himself that it was likely the Sword Soul Realm.
With a wry smile, he shook his head. Today was indeed a close call for him. Looking at the Nian Yun Sword stuck in the ground, Lu Qing's face revealed a hint of satisfaction once again. After all, the gains from taking risks were always exhilarating.
With a solemn expression, he slowly drew out the Nian Yun Sword, bit by bit pulling it out of its scabbard. As the sword appeared, the air was suddenly filled with a distant, mournful sword hum. The Lian Xin Sword beside him let out a trembling sword wail, its hilt slowly rising from the ground, slanting towards the Nian Yun Sword as if displaying its submission like a subject greeting their monarch. This was the pressure of hierarchy.
Facing the waterfall, Lu Qing sat down again, holding the Cloud Sword with its tip pointing upwards and both hands grasping it. The third layer of the Xuanyi Heart Sutra's foundation-building technique was activated, and the primordial energy between heaven and earth suddenly swarmed in. The Beast Dan, which had fallen to one side and remained still, once again emitted a faint purple glow. At the same time, strands of purple primordial energy also gathered towards Lu Qing along with the heavenly energy, all converging onto the purple-copper body of the Cloud Sword, being absorbed without any leftovers.
As the primordial energy of heaven and earth poured in, Nianyun Sword's originally ordinary sword body gradually emitted a golden aura, surrounded by a purple-red flame-like glow. A sharp and illusory sword shadow shot up into the sky, stirring up the high-altitude wind to produce a whirring sound like a tornado.
Lu Qing's body was surrounded by a thick layer of purple gas, making him look like he was cast from purple jade. The purple light reflected in the Mingyue Pool, and beside the full moon, it seemed as if another dazzling purple moon had risen, dyeing the entire pool water a deep purple-red color, with sparkling waves that shone brightly.
The Soul Refining Technique was operating at full capacity, and at this moment, Lu Qing's mind was more tranquil than it had ever been before. Perhaps it was because he had just experienced a life-or-death situation, but his mind was now exceptionally clear and calm, as if nothing could stir up even the slightest ripple within him. Through his inner vision, a long and continuous yet extremely pure sword energy that exceeded his previous imagination and estimation flowed from the hilt of the Nianyun Sword into his palm meridians. This was the sword energy produced by the Nianyun Sword's transformation of the heaven and earth's primordial energy, named after the sword itself - it was the sword energy.
However, this sword energy is somewhat unusual. According to the understanding of Lu Qingxu's Day Heart Scripture, the first thread of sword energy that enters the body at the beginning of building the foundation should be the purest transparent sword energy transformed from the heaven and earth's original energy. It wasn't until it merged with the accumulated peak sword energy that it would condense into a state like liquid sword energy, and then use out purple daybreak sword energy. (New book on the top ten list, urgently seeking recommendation votes and collection, hoping everyone will generously assist, let Ten Steps truly take ten steps to kill one person, leaving no trail, killing all the way to the top ten!)
