Chapter 46 - Xiang Dragon Sword Qi (1/2)

Junior martial sister Jin'er might not be coming here anymore.

Zhong Yue bathed himself in the lightning while he played with the sword token in his hand. He felt the immense power that the sword token contained, and he thought of the bright and sweet young maiden. His heart could not help but slightly despondent, he thought to himself, I don't know where she stays either, there is no way I can find her. I can only wait until I become a Qi Practitioner and enter the inner hall, then I can return her this sword token.

Swords Gate had a strict rule on its inner hall disciples. They must be able to manifest a spirit and become a Qi Practitioner. There were numerous upper house disciples in the outer hall, but only a handful of them was able to enter the inner hall.

It was a tremendous chasm that separated the mortals and the Qi Practitioners, on one side were the ordinary mortals while at the other side stood the strong and supernatural Qi Practitioners.

"The power in the sword token is not bad at all. This should be the most profound art within Swords Gate."

Xin Huo was finally awake. The little flame leaped out from the Dragon Scale Sword, he stood on the sword and was the same size as Zhong Yue's soul, they were both small and little with the height of an inch tall.

The two little fellas sat together, Xin Huo looked at the sword token that appeared to be huge in their eyes, he sensed the power in it and praised, "The power in it is profound, the sword totem contains an abstruse art, it is still beyond what you can comprehend."

Zhong Yue's soul was in the Sui Sovereign dragon-headed human form. He sat in the lotus position with the lightning continuously refining his soul, "I've also noticed the art in the sword token, but as it is meant for the Qi Practitioners, I can't fully understand it."

"The Qi Practitioners of the Swords Gate can fully study this sword totem?"

Xin Huo was shocked and said, "To be able to study and fully understand this sword totem requires high intelligence and perceptions. Even the innate spirit body could only understand 40-50% of it. It seems like there are indeed some formidable Qi Practitioners in the Swords Gate!"

Zhong Yue was puzzled, he mumbled to himself, But did junior martial sister Jin'er said that most of the Qi Practitioners had all learned it before? Then why is that the [Geng Jin Sword Qi] is so difficult to learn in Xin Huo's opinion?

He was confused, but what he did not know was that Qiu Jin'er was referring to the thirty-six totem carvings in the sword token rather than the one sword totem he saw.

"This sword art is known as [Geng Jin Sword Qi]? What a name!"

Xin Huo was perplexed, and he gazed at the sword art in the sword totem. He then told Zhong Yue, "Cultivation techniques are composed of two parts－the arts and skills. Arts are the foundation of a martial artist; they are the ways they cultivate on. On the other hand, skills are the external manifestations of that foundation that gives the raw power focus. That's why they are called skills! What are skills? Why would the skills have the character denoting gate in it?"

Zhong Yue listened as he spoke, it then dawned on him as he surmised, "The gate 1 is a gateway! The human body house the prowess and it would need a medium and a conduit to unleash its strength, hence the skills!"

Xin Huo nodded and praised Zhong Yue, "Precisely, the name of the Swords Gate hid a deep meaning in it. But sadly, only a few Swords Gate Qi Practitioners are able to understand the hidden secret of the name, most of them just obtusely practiced the skills of swords without knowing what they are practicing and for what purpose. This sword totem contains a cultivation itself. The art would require the successful manifestation of spirit but the skill is rather easier, simply merge it with the other totem carvings and you will be exposed to limitless permutations of skills. No one would ever know the true skill you practice. Strange, is something like this really practiced by every Swords Gate Qi Practitioner?"

Even with his broad scope of knowledge as one who lived all the way back from the time of the Flame Order Sui Sovereign Era to the Human Sovereign Era, Xin Huo was still quite puzzled.

Zhong Yue was disappointed as he said, "If I hadn't manifested the spirit then I can't practice it?"

"Only when you have manifested your spirit can you glean the quintessence of the technique, to absorb the energy from nature, heaven, and the earth and manifest them into Swords Qi. But this is only the way an ordinary Qi Practitioner practices the techniques!"

Xin Huo sat at the edge of the sword blade, his two legs swung back and forth in the air as he said proudly, "But the Xin Huo inheritors are different, they are unfettered by such restrictions, although you aren't truly a Xin Huo inheritor, nonetheless, I would need your help to search for a pure-blood Fuxi Celestial Race. Hence, your prowess must not be too low otherwise I would lose all face. I will now show you the quintessence of this sword skill and let you have a preview on it."

A hologram shot out from the little flame's eyes and a screen curtain slowly appeared. It showed all the little nuances and the quintessence of the sword token.

Zhong Yue's third eye, the divine eye opened and he cast his gaze at the sword totem, he was able to use the divine eye with his soul in the Sui Sovereign form. Zhong Yue noticed that he could see things deeper and more insightfully with the third eye.

This was also how he had noticed the sword totem hidden behind the other thirty-six sword totems.

In his eyes, the totem carvings were getting clearer, from afar it seemed like a sword gate, a gate that was shaped like a sword while within it was contained Sword Qi.

The gate was getting bigger, larger, taller and higher; turning even more imposing and majestic.

All of a sudden, carvings like dragons appeared on the surface of the gate; it was the totem carvings of the sword totem!

The sword totem was a totem carving itself, but who knew its structure would be so complex as it was a totem carving formed by countless totem carvings.

Zhong Yue stared at it. The totem carvings were like dragons and pythons coiling around the gate, the aura they gave off was quaint and ancient!

Gradually, the sword gate before him grew to a thousand feet tall while Zhong Yue was as tiny as a little flame of an inch high in comparison; but even with the sword gate appearing a million feet tall in his eyes, the enlarged totem carvings retained the same level of complexity!

The actual structure of the totem carvings was incredibly complex!

Even if they are so complicated, it is still way easier than the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art].

Zhong Yue gazed at the sword gate without the slightest thought of retracing his gaze. He had seen techniques even harder than this; the [Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art] bestowed upon him by Xin Huo was one such example!