Chapter 57 Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura (1/2)

For Shen Lian, seeing something for himself was more convincing than hearing it.

Despite not believing Mister Su's talk about swordcraft triumphing over all, Shen Lian could not do anything about it.

Mister Su did not mean to change Shen Lian's perception, but his talk was a mere illustration of his attitude towards swordcraft. There was no point in taking the path of swordcraft if one did not believe that it could bring one to the pinnacle.

At the end of the day, all these spells and supernatural powers, they did nothing more than facilitating the mastery of Daoism.

The moonlight flew like water and slowly took shape in Mister Su's hand.

There was more than moonlight – a long sword formed in Mister Su's hand. It was yellowish and looked like Nephrite Jade. The sword was around ninety centimeters long and it looked natural from the top to the bottom.

Every part of the sword including the sword hilt looked highly realistic, it was impossible to tell that it was different from an actual sword.

He held the sword in his hand and thrust it forward, a scene that was indescribable with words alone.

The sword aura that was as fine as gossamer appeared out of thin air.

The sword gleam was coming at Shen Lian at a high speed, but it was still within his reaction range. He fished out his sandalwood sword and aimed it precisely at the heart of the sword gleam.

The entire process of taking out the sword and attacking with it was seamless and natural.

However, the gleam disappeared before it reached the tip of Shen Lian's sandalwood sword.

It was as though the sword aura that was as fine as gossamer reached the end of its power, and was but a spent force.

Shen Lian found it strange. Right at this moment, he heard a clang. He turned his head to find a sword mark five foot behind him.

That was obviously the work of the sword gleam earlier.

”This is called 'Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura'. With your existing cultivation experience, it is something that you can briefly learn. It might even save your life in a time of emergency,” Mister Su said flatly.

Without prior knowledge, the disappearing sword aura was definitely something that was hard to defend against.

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In Jianghu, those who can muster sword aura would be considered highly skilled. To be capable of mustering a disappearing sword aura would definitely be a lot harder.

Shen Lian believed that practice made perfect.

If he was not able to master it after practicing for a thousand times, he would practice for ten thousand times. If he realized that he was not on the right track, he could always troubleshoot.

Mister Su activated the skill - Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura - in such a casual manner.

Shen Lian knew that he had to put in a lot of hard work to even get the hang of it.

Regardless of how intricate it was, all of the sword crafts in this world were confined to such categories; split, chopped, cut, stitch, pick, hooks, pierce, wear, wiping, sweeping, point, collapse, hanging, and cloud.

These fourteen techniques formed the basis of swordcraft, and they were the building blocks to any variation.

Even if one were to kill someone from hundreds of miles away with a flying sword, the skills that he will be using would still be a variation of these fourteen techniques.

The Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura took shape in the meridians inside of its user's body.

The inner Qi from the cinnabar fields would pass through certain meridians in the body, and it would take its shape by utilizing the tip of the sword as the medium.

The traveling of inner Qi and the condensation of the sword aura were the simplest step in the entire process.

Though, Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura only took shape after the inner Qi traveled through a total of thirty-five acupoints.

The hardest part would be the pierce.

The cold and absolute pierce was an important finishing touch and was of utmost significance.

Being and Non-Being of Sword Aura gave the impression that it had disappeared abruptly, but it was all due to the abstruse track of the piercing.

However, Shen Lian did not have enough experience to understand and the fundamental truth about the abstruse track, what more to explain it.