Chapter 207 – Learning to Use the Sword for the First Time
Chapter 207 – Learning how to use a sword for the first time
The rest of the people heard the words and similarly looked over towards Xu Chuniang, apparently equally curious as to how many grades of dao tai she had obtained.
“Third grade.”
Master had reminded her that there was no need to inform others of the grade of the dao platform.
If outsiders asked, they would say that they had attained the third grade.
“To have attained the third grade!”
The female cultivator let out a cry of surprise and looked at Xu Chuniang, her face full of envy.
“You’ve obtained the third grade of Dao Foundation, and you’ve come from the outer sect, so you must have already worshipped under the Jindan Elder and become his disciple?”
Xu Chuniang hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Thousand Machine Peak Master Yue Yanru had a late Jindan cultivation level, and since she had already joined his door, she naturally claimed to be his disciple.
“A third grade dao platform is just fine! It’s a pity that I’ve only obtained the fifth grade, and although I’ve likewise worshipped the Jindan Elder as my master, I’m only a named disciple.”
The female cultivator said, a look of longing on her face, “I also don’t know when I’ll be able to switch.”
“As long as you are dedicated to cultivation, there will always be an opportunity.”
Xu Chuniang wasn’t very good at comforting people, and after thinking for half a day, she only said this.
“I know.”
The female cultivator arched her eyebrows, “My name is Huo Chunyan, I’m from Weaponry Peak, what’s your name?”
“My name is Xu Chunyan.”
“What a coincidence, both of our names have the word spring in them.”
Huo Chunyan’s eyes reveal a look of surprise, and when she is about to ask for more, her remaining light catches a glimpse of a figure outside, and she hastily closes her mouth and sits upright.
The others similarly sit upright.
Gu Yuanan walked into the lecture room and scanned the room, his eyes staring slightly when they landed on Xu Chunyang.
This female cultivator, whose face clearly looked somewhat unfamiliar, somehow gave him a sense of familiarity, as if he had met her before.
However, after thinking about it several times, he couldn’t recall where he had seen this female cultivator before.
Gu Yuanan shook his head, perhaps he remembered wrongly.
He walked onto the stage and was about to begin his lecture when his hand suddenly stopped.
He remembered.
The female cultivator’s appearance overlapped with the looks of a girl in his memory.
She had grown up a lot, changed a lot, and only between her eyebrows and eyes, she still had the outline of her childhood.
If it wasn’t for the amazing memory of the cultivator, Gu Yuanan would not have been able to recognize her.
It’s only been less than thirty years, the inconspicuous outer disciple back then, has actually built a foundation?
Gu Yuanan’s face was as normal, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
Similarly, he had built his foundation within thirty years, so he naturally knew how difficult it was to do so.
He couldn’t help but give this female cultivator a high look, “What’s your name, can you worship your master?”
If she hadn’t yet worshipped a master, he might be able to help introduce her.
Such a heavenly pride, if there was a good teacher to help her, it would be like a tiger adding wings.
Xu Chuniang was a bit surprised, and after reacting, she hurriedly replied, “Disciple Xu Chuniang, I have already worshiped Thousand Chance Peak.”
Gu Yuanan nodded, not asking any more questions, and began today’s lesson.
“Yesterday, we said that the art of the Imperial Sword lies in the Imperial Qi. Taking the newborn qi in the body and taking the aura of heaven and earth as well. Only when the two qi are mingled and harmonized can we control the qi on the weapon, thus traveling freely between heaven and earth.”
Saying that, Gu Yuanan demonstrated on the spot.
After the spiritual qi in his body traveled since the circumference of the sky, it opened up the body’s small circulation and gave birth to a strand of qi.
“After a cultivator establishes the foundation, the circulation in the body is self-generated. What you have to do is to capture the trajectory of this internal circulation and get the newborn qi.”
At first glance, this nascent qi didn’t seem to be any different from the surrounding aura, but in reality, the difference was much greater.
This wisp of qi was also known as true qi, which was the key to the Foundation Establishment Cultivation’s communication with heaven and earth.
As the aura in Gu Yuanan’s body continued to circulate, more and more true qi was born, condensing into a small cyclone. “Once the cyclone was born, it attracted the aura from heaven and earth to enter the period, and the two merged with each other, and soon merged into a single entity, indistinguishable from each other.
Although you can’t see the special features of this cyclone with the naked eye, as long as you use your divine sense to explore it, you’ll be able to understand what I’m saying.
Right now the two qi have completed their mingling and merging, and the next step is to control the qi on the weapon.”
Saying that, Gu Yuanan wrapped the qi mass with his divine sense and carefully guided it into the flying sword.
As soon as the qi mass entered the flying sword, the flying sword instantly hovered and floated in mid-air.
Seeing this scene, the crowd couldn’t help but widen their eyes, it seemed that the secret of the Royal Sword Technique was hidden within this tiny air mass.
Xu Chuniang similarly stared intently at the flying sword, sighing in her heart.
This art of flying with a sword was truly marvelous.
Gu Yuanan looked around, put away the flying sword, and casually waved the air mass away.
“Alright, my demonstration will end here, next, you guys start practicing according to what I said before, starting with the small circulation step.”
When everyone heard this, they all closed their eyes and meditated, following Elder Brother Gu’s earlier example, and began to catalyze that newborn qi.
Xu Chuniang closed her eyes, feeling the spiritual energy circulating around her body.
The spiritual qi first came out from the dantian, then traveled through the small circumference, then entered the large circumference, arriving at all parts of the body.
“Relax, don’t deliberately guide the spiritual qi’s operation, this will instead break the small circulation within the body, making it more difficult to capture its traces.”
A voice transmission fell into Xu Chuniang’s ears, it was Senior Brother Gu’s voice.
She slowed down her breathing, not deliberately guiding the operation of her aura, and meditated on the so-called “internal circulation”.
The lecture room was silent, with only the occasional sound of one or two long breaths.
The two hours of instruction passed in the blink of an eye, and after explaining the essentials again, Gu Yuanan left the room.
“Ugh, the Royal Sword Art is really hard. I’ve been learning it for a week now, but I’ve only sensed the trajectory of the circulation in my body, and I’m still far from being able to catalyze that newborn qi.”
Huo Chunyan couldn’t help but sigh.
“Just be content, being able to sense the small circulation in a week is already considered good, I’ve heard that there are elder brothers and sisters who can only get this far in a month!”
“A month, that’s too slow.”
Huo Chunyan smacks her lips, “At this speed, if you want to learn the Royal Sword Art, how long would it take?”
“It would take about a year.”
The disciple who spoke earlier estimates, “But that’s just learning it, I’m afraid it’ll take more than a year if you want to fully master it and skillfully utilize it.”
At those words, Xu Chuniang’s brows furrowed slightly before stretching.
Although she hadn’t captured the trajectory of the small cycle just now, she had already vaguely gotten some glimpses of it, and thought that it wouldn’t take a week to find its pattern.
Huo Chunyan turned her head and issued an invitation rather enthusiastically.
“Senior Sister Xu, I’m minoring in Formation, there’s a Jindan Elder lecturing on Formation in the afternoon, are you going? If you go, let’s both go together.”
“Not going.”
Xu Chuniang shook her head slightly, she wanted to learn the Royal Sword Art first before talking about anything else.
“As a Thousand Chance Peak disciple, you meet a Jindan elder lecturing on formation lessons and you don’t even go?”
Huo Chunyan was first surprised, then a look of realization appeared on her face.
“Right oh, I forgot that you’ve worshipped the Jindan Elder as your teacher, and that you can listen to your master’s sermon every first and fifteenth day of the month, so it’s no wonder that you don’t go. Alright then, I’ll go first, see you later.”
After saying that, Huo Chunyan leaves the lecture room in a flurry of wind, she has to hurry over to take up a seat before she can do so.
Otherwise, if she’s late, she won’t be able to squeeze in.
Afterwards, a few more people left the lecture room, and in the end, only Xu Chunyan and the two male cultivators remained inside.
Xu Chuniang thought for a moment and walked out of the lecture hall, heading towards the practice field.
Thank you to Daoist friend Pussy Fanny for her reward, as well as the support of her friends!
(End of chapter)