Chapter 15: The Imperial Sword Takes Flight
In the Xianxia world, there are thousands of cultivation methods, but they can be broadly classified into several categories: Fa Xiū (Dharma Cultivation), Jiàn Xiū (Sword Cultivation), Wǔ Xiū (Martial Cultivation), Qì Xiū (Tool Cultivation), and Dān Xiū (Elixir Cultivation). Among them, Fa Xiū is the most numerous, accounting for around 65%. However, at the same level of cultivation, Jiàn Xiū is the most powerful. Within Jiàn Xiū, the "Yuè Jiàn" (Sword Nurturing) method is considered the most orthodox.
Its power is also the greatest. Generally, sword cultivators only cultivate sword moves and sword arrays, while "Yu Jian" is to cultivate the sword spirit, putting the sword in the dantian with true yuan "nurturing", such nurturing will make the sword very spiritual, can be integrated with the owner's mind, use it more handy, and flying swords after continuous nurturing, can also enhance its own power, even produce a sword spirit.
It's possible to become a divine artifact that can attack on its own, yes, a divine artifact! Having an artifact spirit is the most basic criterion for evaluating a divine artifact. In the Xian Tian continent, tens of thousands of years ago, there was once a sword cultivator who possessed such power, but due to being peered at by others, he suffered heavy injuries and in anger, destroyed his cultivation method and self-destructed with his flying sword.
That battle, the entire Xiu Jian realm participated in the siege with thousands of people, and the lowest was also Yuan Ying period. As a result, only a dozen or so people came back, and they were all seriously injured. They were killed by the Qiu family. Of course, these are memories from Xiao Yao Zi's past. According to Xiao Yao Zi's memory, after that battle, there has never been another sword cultivator who can "Yu Jian" in the Xiu Jian realm again. And it was because of this memory of Xiao Yao Zi that Little Liuxing chose to cultivate "Yu Jian".
Isn't Xiaoliu Xing studying the Hunyuan Scripture? Why has he started practicing "Yu Jian" again? Actually, this was also a matter of several months ago. At that time, Xiaoliu Xing had already reached the stage of Bi Gu, and while recalling his master's memories, he discovered that one person could cultivate several gong fa as long as they didn't conflict with their main gong fa. From childhood, Xiaoliu Xing had always wanted to learn swordsmanship, then wield a sword in the jianghu world, reveling in the joy of avenging past grievances.
However, the Chaotic Decision made his heart move again. When he first chose the Chaotic Decision, he was sad for a while, not thinking that he could cultivate other things. So he started to look at the Chaotic Decision again, and what kind of nature it had. The result made him extremely happy, because the preface of the Chaotic Decision said that the Chaotic Decision belongs to the Chaotic level, containing all things. Before, he didn't notice this sentence, thinking that it was saying how powerful the Chaotic Decision was, without realizing that it had another layer of meaning.
Since it contains all things, the small meteor is no longer worried about anything. It starts to find the sword repair method on the Hunyuan Treasure. There are not many divine-level sword repair methods, a total of eight kinds. Fortunately, one of them is the "Yu Jian" way, and the name of the technique is called "Ling Jian Shen Jue". It is divided into: Yu Jian, Rong Jian, Ling Jian three layers, each layer has twelve levels. There are only thirteen moves in total, with three moves per layer for the first two layers, and the last move can only be used after the Ling Jian layer is practiced.
Xiao Liuxing didn't hesitate and chose it. The arrays engraved on the flying sword were all required by the Lingjian Shenjie. By the time of the Bi Valley period, one could already control the flying sword to fly, so Xiao Liuxing waited until the Hunyuan fire was refined before hastily refining the sword. There were many flying swords in both the Xiangxiao Jie and the Hunyuan Golden Tower, but Xiao Liuxing still decided to refine it himself because only such a flying sword could be used for sword cultivation.
Take a look inside, the flying sword in the dantian is constantly interacting with the chaotic air, and the small streamer that is connected to its heart can vaguely feel the joyous emotions transmitted by the flying sword. Taking a deep breath, the small streamer suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked towards the next room, where Xia Chun Tian was also cultivating.
Five months ago, when Xiaoliu Xing entered the late fusion stage, she began to teach Xiaochun Tian to cultivate her true self. "Biqiushen Jue" is a water-attribute technique that Xiaoliu Xing chose for her from the Hunyuan Baodian. Xiaochun Tian's physique was naturally most suitable for cultivating water-attribute techniques. Due to being soaked in the Yinhuang Sacred Liquid, Xiaochun Tian's body had no impurities, and with her special physique, she made rapid progress in her cultivation, reaching the late fusion stage in just half a year.
Cultivating the Azure Water Divine Art not only allows control over water between heaven and earth, but it also has two major characteristics. Firstly, the Azure Water True Essence cultivated from it possesses healing abilities. The higher the realm, the stronger the healing ability of the True Essence. Secondly, those who cultivate it can refine any type of ** in the world.
The refined ** is stored in a special independent space that only exists for those who have cultivated the Azure Water Divine Technique. The entrance to this space is the cultivator's dantian. This strange space can infinitely accommodate **, and different ** can also be automatically separated. In addition, the space can also nourish and preserve the ** inside, enhancing its properties. The longer it stays in the space, the stronger the enhanced properties will be. For example, if a healing-type ** is refined into this space and taken out after a period of time, its therapeutic effect will be stronger than when it was first taken out.
And it's getting stronger and stronger. Moreover, during the cultivation of the Bi Shui Shen Jue, a small portion of the Bi Shui True Essence will automatically be separated into that special space, transforming into those **. The more varieties there are in the space, the more Bi Shui True Essence will enter, and the higher the cultivator's realm is, the more Bi Shui True Essence will enter the space. The more Bi Shui True Essence there is, the more ** it will transform into! Of course, when a certain amount of ** is drawn out from the space, the amount in the space will decrease by that much, and won't suddenly increase to replenish the consumed **. That would violate the law of conservation of energy.
The Bishui Shen jue has such a characteristic, and the small stream star will not waste it. When Xia Chun Tian just arrived at the middle of Zhuji, she let her refine the pool of silver holy liquid at the bottom of the cliff. After all, the earlier the refining, the longer the time spent in that space, the more effects will be increased.
She arrived at the large hall next to where he had just refined his equipment, and saw Xia Chun Tian sitting cross-legged on the ground with her eyes closed, cultivating with a Lan Hua finger seal. The water-attributed Yuan Qi in the surroundings was crazily pouring into her body under the attraction of her special physique, forming a thick layer of pale green color around her that extended over a meter in radius! This situation was something Xiao Liu Xing had seen before when Xia Chun Tian first cultivated, so he wasn't surprised. He used his divine sense to feel the flow of Yuan Qi within Xia Chun Tian's body for a moment, and everything seemed normal. Then, Xiao Liu Xing quietly retreated. "Sword Flight!" This was what Xiao Liu Xing would do next.
As Xiao Liuxing now has the realm of Hou Tian, the range of activity of Hunyuan Golden Tower is more than 10 times larger than before. When Hunyuan Golden Tower first recognized its master, the visible range in the middle was approximately several hundred thousand square kilometers, but now it's at least several million, and one can't even see the edge with a single glance. Such a vast space is more than enough for flying with a sword.
Standing on the empty ground, he summoned the Flowing Star Sword that was being nurtured in his dantian. As soon as it emerged from his dantian, the Flowing Star Sword stopped in mid-air about 10 inches above the ground, its size no larger than a needle. Under Xiao Liuxing's mental control, it slowly grew bigger until it became a gigantic sword three meters long and 0.4 meters wide before finally stopping. After taking a look at the gigantic sword in front of him, Xiao Liuxing felt that this size was sufficient, so he took a deep breath and stepped onto the flying sword. It was very stable, and Xiao Liuxing initially thought that stepping onto the flying sword would be like boarding a ship - it would sway, and the flying sword would sink slightly.
Unexpectedly, the flying sword didn't move at all and remained stable in its original position. This made Little Meteor a bit surprised, he stomped his feet forcefully several times, but it still didn't move, lightly jumped on it twice, but it still didn't move, then jumped forcefully again, but it still didn't move. Little Meteor smiled with relief. The feeling was just like stepping on solid ground!
Slowly controlling the flying sword to rise, slowly experiencing the feeling of rising, Xiaoliu Xingxing was still experiencing the feeling of flying for the first time, it's indescribable but very exciting. The height changed from one meter to two meters, from two meters to three meters... Xiaoliu Xingxing was experiencing the strangeness of his feet leaving the ground while getting familiar with the skill of controlling the flying sword.
Rise, fall, rise again, fall again, and then move forward. From slow to slightly faster, to fast, and finally to flying forward. Only when the small meteor feels it can fully control its movement does it start trying to turn, retreat, etc. Among these movements, only during rapid flight does the small meteor need to release chaotic air to separate the airflow produced by rapid movement, allowing the small meteor to slightly slow down; otherwise, there isn't much difficulty. Turning and retreating require checking the surroundings with one's divine sense, which this small meteor has already used before, so it's not difficult for him.
Having mastered the skill of controlling the flying sword, the rest of the time was spent enjoying himself. Suddenly up and down, suddenly forward and backward, suddenly fast and slow, Xiaoliu Xing (Little Meteor) thoroughly enjoyed the thrill of flight. Of course, he didn't fly far, because Xiaochuntian (Little Spring Sky) would wake up from her practice at any moment, and not seeing him would make her anxious. So while flying, Xiaoliu Xing constantly used his spiritual sense to envelop the living room where Xiaochuntian was. After flying for about an hour or so, Xiaoliu Xing's heart stirred, Xiaochuntian had finished her practice. And with a "whoosh", he flew back on his sword, perhaps it was time to give her a surprise.
Xiao Liuxing finally had his own flying sword, and he also learned how to fly with it. In the ordinary Xianxia world, if one wanted to fly, they would have to reach the stage of Bi Gu period to learn how to fly with magical tools. If one wanted to fly in their physical body, they would have to reach the Jindan realm, and even then, only those at the early stages of Jindan could do so, while others would need to be at least mid-stage Jindan.
They can fly with swords now, so they can go out and have a look around. They've been stuck at the bottom of the cliff for over a year, which is really boring for two kids. Fortunately, they're cultivating their true selves, or else they would have gone crazy long ago. With Xiaochuntian, they first went wild in the Hunyuan Golden Pagoda, and then went out again. The Hunyuan Golden Classics had already recognized him as its master, so naturally, the seal at the top of the cliff was cancelled by Xiao Liuxing.
