1019 Growing More Timid as One Gets Closer to Home (1/2)

It was as if Qin Mu went back to the old days at Disabled Elderly Village as Village Chief personally gave him tricks and taught him to comprehend the true essence of Sword Dao.

It was extremely difficult to learn the twentieth sword form despite Qin Mu being an expert in Sword Dao and how he had the personal guidance of a master like Village Chief. This was because he had to comprehend it from the start.

He was like a kid who just started learning it from the old Village Chief. They held long swords and performed every move and skill clearly and simply. Sword skills were the most basic sword forms. It was simple and rudimentary.

”After you went to the celestial heavens, your Sword Dao ground to a halt, and your sword heart decreased as you got distracted.”

Village Chief put all his effort into teaching as he said, ”The celestial heavens is a world of sensual pleasures. Although it broadened your horizons, it also clouded your sword heart, causing your Sword Dao to stagnate.”

They eased their minds by leading a simple life for the dozens of days that they trained. Outside of studying the blade, Qin Mu and Village Chief would sit together and practice their breathing techniques to their own divine swords.

They didn't utilize any techniques. All they did was feel the spirit inside their sword and resonate with it.

On this day, Qin Mu felt his own sword pellet breathing with him. When he breathed in, the sword pellet seemed to breathe in too as it expanded. When he breathed out, the sword pellet seemed to do the same as it contracted.

While he breathed, he felt his own essence and blood flowing into the sword pellet.

On top of that, his consciousness and sword pellet seemed inseparable.

His soul also seemed to treat the sword pellet as a part of his body.

Village Chief was satisfied. ”You can now learn the twentieth sword form.”

Qin Mu thus learned the twentieth sword form.

It was an extremely powerful basic sword form that more resembled a cultivation technique. One had to inject one's essence, blood, consciousness, and soul into the sword to elevate its power so it could be used in any sword skill.

In other words, this move could be used in rudimentary sword forms like the nineteenth sword form!

However, even if one learned the twentieth sword form, one might not be able to use it, for it was harsh to do so. One had to comprehend the sword realm!

Despite learning this move with Village Chief, he never cultivated the sword realm, so he still couldn't deploy it.

”The sword realm is the realm of the Sword Dao. To comprehend it, you must have a deeper understanding of Sword Dao. You cannot force it now.”

Village Chief said, ”Keep your sword heart pure, and you will comprehend it. Currently, I have only reached the gate to the realm. Your foundation in Sword Dao is steady, and you know how to research, so your aptitude is better than mine. In the future, your accomplishments will supersede mine. It's just that you are too jumpy now.”

Over these days, Qin Mu benefited a lot and was extremely grateful. However, after that, he put away Village Chief's teachings and went to the capital to work with Blind and Mute on microscopic forging.

Village Chief couldn't do anything, so he let him.

Qin Mu, as the holy infant of the masters of creation, was very knowledgeable despite not being a top expert in comprehending consciousnesses. Thus, his attainment in consciousness made him a rare strong practitioner. As such, he was able to quickly solve the problem of microscopic forging that troubled Mute and Blind.

Under the leadership of Mute and Blind, Eternal Peace's forging had reached its peak. It was almost impossible for them to improve.

However, microscopic forging required changing physical structures, which was impossible given Eternal Peace's current technology.

Physics referred to the principles hidden in physical objects that determined their properties.

Studying such underlying principles would allow one to understand physics.

Microscopic forging meant changing physics.

This required consciousness to pinpoint the order of every microscopic crystal in black gold. One could use the knowledge of others to make up for their weaknesses. The masters of creation's attainment in consciousness could be used in microscopic forging to make up for Eternal Peace's weakness in it.

Qin Mu, Blind, and Mute put their hearts into research, ignoring everything else. After a dozen days, they were excited when they saw how they personally made divine gold out of black gold.

”Microscopic forging has greater use than just the superficial use of changing physical structures!”

Qin Mu excitedly said, ”One can imprint rune formations on microscopic crystals. A drop of water has trillions of microscopic crystals, and a sword has even more than that. If one could push microscopic forging to the extreme, it could be used on divine weapons. We could sculpt microscopic imprints on divine weapons to push their power beyond gods and devils on the same realm!”

Mute was excited too, and he rubbed his hands, saying, ”Founding Emperor mentioned this before. This will be the era of the forging path, the era where powerful treasures will rule the world!”

Qin Mu egged him on with some alluring words, saying, ”And Grandpa Mute will be the pioneer of this era!”

Mute laughed. His voice was bright as the furnace's flames rose into the air behind him.

However, Blind was slightly unhappy as he shook his head and said, ”If we push microscopic forging to the extreme, what do people like us need to do? If treasures become too powerful, it will be a battle of treasures during wars. With weapons flying around, do divine arts practitioners like us still need to cultivate?”