Chapter 35 - After Yesterday [1] (2/2)

Elder Cao Wang Xiu uttered as she glanced at Ju Feng, smilingly.

”Today, It's all about sword intent. How it relates to a swords artist. Please follow me. All of you.”

Elder Cao Wang Xiu took them through the back of the study hall to the house of light training field. Stationing herself at the opposite front, she continued.

”Sword intent. What does it mean to a swords artist? Everything is within your power, and your power is within you. This is the willpower. Every cultivator has it. The power to choose your own actions, and assert your own volition. We know we have this power, but why do we have to use this power? You may ask. The reason being that, there are things that propel it.”

She raised one finger to indicate.

”The first is the d.e.s.i.r.e. D.e.s.i.r.e is the strong wish for something to happen or to do. Will is easily associated with d.e.s.i.r.e, it is the fuel that propels will.”

”The second is the ability. Ability is the power that enable you to do things you do. With ability comes the will. They go hand in hand.”

Then, she had three fingers in the upright position.

”The third is Perseverance. This means persistence or resolution to do something. The trait of not giving up, the will of forging ahead no matter what.”

Hitting her fist against her palm, elder Cao Wang Xiu looked from one face to another.

”But the question is, why? Why do we have all these? All these things are compelled by the need to survive, the need to live. The innate driving force. This is the intent of a cultivator. And just like a cultivator, every weapon has an intent. The innate driving force imbued during its forging. Since swords are extension of a swords artist, a swordsmaster will give specific details of the needed sword to the swordsmith. And a swordsmith will be in the specific frame of mind when making a sword to imbue the necessary intent into it.”

Elder Cao Wang Xiu paced up and down, then stopped at their front.

”You see, there are many intents that can be imbued into a sword. Evil intent, bad intent, specific intent, good intent and so on. Most swordsmasters prefer the general intent with more of a specific. Pay attention to how you make your sword. The intent of your sword will reflect on you and your intent will reflect on your sword too. Because your sword is an extension of you, a part of you.

She materialised her sword, and held it slightly to the front. She glanced at their faces and gave a faint smile.