Chapter 359 One Qi Fundamental Codex of the Sword (1/2)

If something was meant to happen, it would happen. Shoujing panicked for a while, but it did not take long for him to calm himself down.

Shouxuan looked at Shoujing and spoke gently, ”Prioritise your survival.”

Shoujing felt hundreds of millions of lightning struck in his heart. He glared at Shouxuan and nodded, ”Senior Apprentice-Brother, I hope that you will have Shen Ruoxi as your next opponent.”

Shouxuan twitched the corner of his mouth. He decided that he would teach this brat a lesson if he ended up having him as an opponent. As for what he teased Shoujing about, he had completely forgotten about that.

As Shoujing and Shouxuan spoke to each other, their mood lightened up gradually. Slowly, he walked into the veil of light. Zhao Siming had come in before him. At that moment, Zhao Siming's overwhelming sword aura did not seem as scary anymore.

Both of them gestured respectfully and bowed to each other.

The moment Ge Yuan announced the beginning of the battle, a flash of cold light appeared in Zhao Siming's eyes. The sword gleam in his hands was akin to a long snake, and it charged ferociously at Shoujing. The sword gleam had traveled a hundred feet when the thunderous roars of the sword were heard. The air turned blurry under the thrust of the sword.

The speed of his sword gleam was unrivaled in Qing Xuan. He defeated his opponent in the first three rounds within the length of a single breath. Most expected him to come in first in the Dao assessment. No one thought Shoujing could last under Zhao Siming's unbelievably fast sword gleam.

Despite that Zhao Siming had only grasped the basics of the supreme swordcraft of thunderous sword aura, but not many people in Qing Xuan could compare to his speed.

Shen Lian nodded as he observed Zhao Siming's sword gleam. Besides Senior Apprentice-Brother Chen, this person was another disciple of Qing Xuan who was notable for his potential in swordcraft. However, his pride hindered him from peering into the ingenuity of advanced swordcraft despite that he had mastered the thunderous sword aura.

Shoujing felt a chill in his heart, and the sword gleam was only a short distance away from him. However, his body reacted faster than his thoughts. A sword pill came out from his mouth and turned into white gas. It was then transformed into a rainbow that charged right at Zhao Siming.

Zhao Siming was surprised. He did not expect the brat to be so extreme and ignored his sword. Shoujing was trying to deal injuries to Zhao Siming at the price of his own life.

Ge Yuan frowned and was ready to step in. Yan Bugui too had a serious look on his face.

Shen Lian stood on top of the eastern tower and seemed to be at ease. He did not seem to be worrying about the two of them.

In fact, he was more than capable of stopping the two of them before they could seriously injure each other.

Regardless of the speed, they were moving at, they were shockingly slow in Shen Lian's mind. Shen Lian took his time to scrutinize Shoujing's swordcraft. Shoujing's flying sword was wielded with one Qi.

All of his Qi of essence was focused on the sword, and this was an incredibly advanced technique of ”Wielding the Sword with Qi”. The force in both the beginning and the end was endless and infinite. This technique was even more powerful than the ”Regenerative Sword of Cloud and Water” of Qingjiang Sword sect.

This swordcraft was also one of the few Codexes of the Sword amongst the one hundred and eight techniques of Qing Xuan. It was known as ”One Qi Fundamental Codex of the Sword”. Upon successful cultivation, the Qi of Essence of the cultivator and the sword would be interconnected. The cultivator could feed itself with the sword aura and unblock the Gold Portico and Jade Lock within his body. Subsequently, the cultivator could feed the sword pill with his Qi of Essence, forming a feedback loop. At the pinnacle of cultivation, the cultivator and the sword would be each other's wielder. Eventually, the transformation of Yin and Yang, Deficiency and Excess, would take place. Despite being a codex of the sword, it was a remarkable Dao formula.

It focused on waiting for the right time to strike and emphasized on improvisation rather than a rigid set of moves.

After all, Shoujing was not as good as Zhao Siming, which was why he had to resort to such an extreme measure and risked his life for it. Even though it seemed like they were fighting on equal footing, but he was actually the losing party as he did not show the essential quality of ”Wielding the sword with Qi, waiting for the right time to strike”.