872 Entering the Path Through Worldly Affairs (1/2)

Within the moon palace, Qin Mu and Bai Qu'er were actually really having a discussion about sword techniques. Although Bai Qu'er's sword techniques were derived from Qin Mu's, after forty-thousand years of skills polishing, her techniques had made drastic improvements based off Qin Mu's sword techniques foundations from back then.

Back then when Qin Mu and Grandmaster returned to forty-thousand years ago, in Hundred Prosperities City, Qin Mu had demonstrated his sword techniques to Bai Qu'er, Bai Qingfu and the others. However, when the High Emperor Era collapsed, out of the many who had witnessed Qin Mu's sword techniques only Bai Qu'er had survived.

After Qin Mu left, she had protected her people alone, searching for a place to allow the High Emperor Era to continue to survive, enduring all the trials and tribulations by herself.

Qin Mu's sword techniques had gradually evolved under her as she became a god who protected her citizens. She was like another First Ancestor Human Emperor - their difference being that she had even more acute determination in pushing forward.

Bai Qu'er's starting point was even lower. First Ancestor Human Emperor Qin Wu was the descendant of the Founding Emperor - he had been given the most superior education since he was young, and he cultivated the most formidable techniques and divine art.

In comparison, she was merely the daughter of the city lord of Hundred Prosperities City and she was not of the pure bloodline of the dragon race. The best divine art that she had learned was Qin Mu's sword technique and the Ancestral Dragon Supreme Mystery Technique that he had imparted her. However, back then, Qin Mu was not able to completely impart his sword techniques to her in time, and the Ancestral Dragon Supreme Mystery Technique was also in bits and pieces.

She could only rely on herself to figure it out, changing and improving the techniques - although Qin Mu's shadow could still be seen in her sword techniques, the essential properties and the concept of the sword techniques had long strayed from Qin Mu's path.

This was also what made Qin Mu admire and respect her.

Only when the sword techniques encompass the spirit of an era can one enter the path.

This type of entering the path is not from using the Emperor's Throne techniques or relying on algebraic constructions and runes of ancient gods' Great Dao as celestial heavens' 'Celestial Venerable Yu' had done.

Entering the path using Emperor's Throne techniques relies on the cultivation of the founder - it brings limitless comprehension to the cultivators.

Entering the path using constructed Great Dao runes is an opportune shortcut method that allows one to be able to execute the Great Dao divine art of the ancient gods.

These two types are both shortcut methods.

The true way of entering the path is when one has been influenced by the spirit of a great era, allowing their Dao heart to situate itself within the era as their Dao heart pulsates along with it, touched by its breath and pulse - the Dao heart will then be stimulated by worldly affairs, thus allowing one to enter the path.

This type of entering the path is when one enters the mortal world.

Entering the path through worldly affairs - that is the true way of entering the path.

Village Chief's Sword Dao is from waving his sword again and again through setbacks as he commemorated the martyrs with a vast heart.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor's entered the path with reforms and a determination to push forwards.

Butcher entered the path with an unyielding spirit that refused to bow to the heavens and the earth or to accept defeat. He had pointed his knives to the heavens and was one who believed in returning debts of gratitude and avenging vengeances.

Qin Mu entered the path after being provoked by the First Ancestor Human Emperor. He bore heavy burdens and responsibilities but was powerless to do anything. With a furious strike in the battlefield of Supreme Emperor Heaven, he wanted to change the fate of humanity.

In Bai Qu'er's case, she had entered the path using her sword to look after the safety of the people, protecting the common citizens and giving them hope and the will to live.

Her Sword Dao had stopped advancing when the High Emperor Era had completely ended and after the common people were safe. It was only then when there were no longer war and chaos that the citizens from the High Emperor Era had the chance to live and flourish.

At that time, her Sword Dao had reached the twenty-seventh levels of heavens in cultivation.

The talents of the new generation like the Founding Emperor also started to rise from then, allowing for Bai Qu'er the High Emperor Sword God to finally be able to put down her heavy responsibilities. This was also the reason that in the tens of thousands of years that came after, her Sword Dao was no longer able to improve any further.

However, her sword techniques and philosophy had still influenced the Founding Emperor Era that would last twenty thousand years, and thereafter the Eternal Peace of forty thousand years later.

In their discussion of sword techniques, Qin Mu had imparted to her the eighteenth sword form and nineteenth sword form that he had founded, and in return he had also learned her Sword Dao great divine art.

He was able to see the trials and tribulations that this girl had experienced, as well as her stubborn persistence, through her Sword Dao great divine art.

This time, Qin Mu imparted his sword techniques completely to her, also imparting the Ancestral Dragon Supreme Mystery Technique in its entirety to her.

The reason why this High Emperor Sword God Bai Qu'er was unable to cultivate to a higher realm was exactly because the Ancestral Dragon Supreme Mystery Technique was lacking in parts. Now that she has the whole technique, even if it could not improve her attainments in the Sword Dao, it would be able to allow her cultivation realm to advance further.

”You want to look for the Ruins of Ends?”

Bai Qu'er heard Qin Mu mention the Ruins of Ends, thinking briefly, she continued, ”Back then I led my clansmen into east sea, at that time Yuandu had not been sealed yet. In an area in the sea I met a huge dragon, it sounds like the Dragon Count you mentioned. Since Dragon Count was there, then Ruins of Ends should be nearby.”

Qin Mu's eyes lit up and he quickly inquired where she had met Dragon Count.

Bai Qu'er drew a maritime geographical map for him, ”Dragon Count has a very bad temperament. He is a descendant of the ancient divine dragons, if you go there, you must be careful.”

Within the sky map, the scholars of Eternal Peace were very diligent and they were like busy worker bees, patching up the damaged parts of the formation in the sky map and shifting about the structure of the formation.

The sky map was a precious artifact and Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor wanted to reconstruct the whole of this artifact to make it a formation weapon for Eternal Peace.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor had also considered putting away the sky map, however, doing so would only speed up the forging of the new sky map by the celestial heavens. To Eternal Peace, this would be even more disadvantageous.

Making use of the laziness of the celestial heavens, and letting Eternal Peace look even more harmless - this was what would benefit Eternal Peace instead.

Qin Mu and Bai Qu'er too made their way out of the moon palace to help the scholars mend the sky map and improve the structure of the formation, spending their time fruitfully.

This went on until that day when Qin Mu suddenly thought of Celestial Venerable Yu.

'Damn, I have left Brother Yu in River Tomb Academy for almost half a year!'

Qin Mu had no choice but to leave. Bai Qu'er stood before the moon palace and waved goodbye to him.

Qin Mu stood on Dragon qilin's head as Dragon qilin sprinted towards the world below.

He turned his head around to look - that girl was dancing with her sword under the brilliant moon.

Qin Mu watched the girl dancing in the moon with a daze - he felt that Bai Qu'er's Sword Dao that had been stagnant had seemed to suddenly have elevated again, and had advanced further.

The girl seemed to have found someone or something that was worth sacrificing her life to protect again, and thus her attainments in Sword Dao had increased once again!

'Does she want to protect the Eternal Peace that had inherited the High Emperor's philosophy, or does she merely want to protect me...'

Qin Mu shook his head, breaking into laughter, 'She wants to protect Eternal Peace, that must be it.'

River Tomb Academy, with a black face, Qin Mu picked up Celestial Venerable Yu and Water qilin who had both become much fatter after being fed by Yan'er. In the span of a half year that Celestial Venerable Yu had followed Duke Wei, his voice had also become unusually louder - Qin Mu's ears rang from the vibrations of his voice.

Qin Mu's expression darkened even more, he strictly forbade Yan'er from feeding Celestial Venerable Yu and Water qilin anymore, and forced Celestial Venerable Yu to train insanely along the journey, not wasting any time to train away the flabs on his body.

As for water qilin, Qin Mu left dragon qilin to train him.

Regarding reducing flab from the body, dragon qilin knew his stuff well.

Yan'er no longer had the chance to feed them, and thus she could only look after Qin Mu. Qin Mu bought some sunflower seeds for her, letting this girl peel them one by one to feed him.