Chapter 1135: Raising a Sword (1/2)

Chapter 1135: Raising a Sword

Lin Feng remained silent, he understood what the old man meant. Zun cultivators of the same level had different understanding abilities of abstruse energies. It was like abstruse crystals, at the same level, they had different levels of efficiency. For example: a normal abstruse crystal of high quality and an abstruse crystal of high quality with a spirit were different, the latter was a lot more expensive.

“Do you know how to evaluate if a Zun cultivator is a genius or not?” asked the old man smiling at Lin Feng. It seemed like he had completely forgotten about why Lin Feng was in there, the sacrifice and so on. He was fascinated by swords and their cultivation. Lin Feng was also becoming captivated by the topic. The old man was offering him priceless advice on cultivation, after all.

“Those who understand several types of abstruse energies and who have a high understanding of abstruse energies.” replied Lin Feng.

“Kind of, but not only. It’s not about understanding as many types of abstruse energies as possible, control is essential too. Even at a low level, geniuses can release strong abstruse energies. Ordinary people, even at a high level, cannot release powerful abstruse energies. Therefore, some Zun cultivators are old, but remain at a low level. Of course, we can’t underestimate low-level cultivators. Some people are strange too. Some people study abstruse energies for a hundred years, but don’t see a rise in level. They don’t show how strong they really are, but sometimes they can amaze the world with a single brilliant feat.”

“For example, I heard about someone who understood life and death abstruse energies. He had meditated for a hundred years studying just those energies. When he came out, he had only broken through to the second Zun Qi layer, so everybody despised him. However, he could kill medium-level Zun level cultivators easily. He could even fight cultivators at the top of the Zun Qi layer. That was because he had a level eight life and death abstruse energy. With only one thought, he could steal people’s lives. Besides, when he started fighting, he also started leveling up very quickly. He quickly became an emperor. It was as if nobody could stop him anymore. That’s what a genius is!”

Second Zun Qi layer, level eight life and death abstruse energy. The he went straight to becoming an imperial level cultivator!

“Unfortunately, Jiange’s people don’t understand swords. They don’t even try to understand the sources of strength. Sometimes, they even do counterproductive things like trying to find extremely powerful sword spells and techniques or incredible swords. Even that thing with the sacrifice, it’s the opposite of what a real sword cultivator should do.” said the old man shaking his head and sighing.

He looked grave and said, “Back then, Emperor Wu Tian Jian studied how to control swords for three years, then he studied sword energies for seven years, and then he learnt how to raise swords for ten years. Then, someday, he used his swords and amazed the world!”

Three years to control swords, seven to study their energies, ten years to raise swords, what did that mean?

Lin Feng didn’t understand, but the old man continued, “Emperor Wu Tian Jian was a real genius. He studied how to handle sword for three years, during which he learnt spells and techniques. In just those three years, he learnt a myriad of sword skills and techniques. After that, he decided to give up swords and studied only their energies. He didn’t touch a sword for seven years. After seven years, he decided to touch swords again, but not to kill people. He wanted to learn how to raise swords, so he did that for ten years.”

“How to raise a sword?” asked Lin Feng. He was captivated.

“You need to understand things related to the Zun Qi layer before you can understand that. When you break through to the Zun Qi layer, the path of cultivation doesn’t become broader. It becomes narrower because Zun cultivators must rely on their understanding abilities. They must know how to control abstruse energies. Some people only understand basic abstruse energy, such as fire abstruse energy, so they need other things to fight, such as tools. That kind of cultivator is weak. Even powerful external sources have their limits..”

“Then, some people understand several types of abstruse energies. Their cultivation is less limited and they can resort to more way of fighting.”

“Sword cultivators have terrified people since the antiquity, therefore, many people want to become sword cultivators. But really strong sword cultivators are rare. In the last five thousand years, Emperor Wu Tian Jian is the only who has amazed Ba Huang. Even though he left his legacy in Jiange, there are no strong sword cultivators here, quite the opposite.”

“People have always feared sword cultivators because the sword is the king of weapons. You’ll see that swords act rarely like other holy weapons. You’ll realize that holy marks, which contain abstruse energies, are not as numerous or as dazzling on swords. Swords don’t have special powers either, the most important thing for a sword is its soul, like your demonic sword which has a demon soul.”

Lin Feng was lost in thought. Indeed, his sword was different from his other holy weapons.

“Swords don’t need special powers.” repeated the old man, before adding, “Just try and use that sword!”