Chapter 514 - SPRING HAS COME (5) (1/2)

While many people are speculating on this clash, Sword Monarch Zhu Yao on the other hand is practicing by his lonesome on a secluded forest near the foot of the mountain.

Even though, the ground is uneven and there are many roots of tree crawling around the ground, for some reason he never lost his footing.

He ignores all those words he heard and those speculation as his eyes only seek the path of the sword.

It is a pure devotion to the sword. Even Azief did not have such pure heart toward the sword. This is because they both seek different things. But could the devotion of sword defeats Azief?

How could it? Zhu Yao seek the sword, Azief seek the truth of all things. These things are so different and its height is also different.

It is like comparing Heaven and Earth

One seeks the origin of sword, while one seeks the origins of all things. It is clear who is more advantageous.

Sword is just that, a sword. But many people did not understand this simple notion. Even Xi Feng did not understand. They were taught that sword intent comes from the will of the sword resonating with the world.

Sword intent comes from the heart and it affect the world. The heart affects the world, like a sight affect your mood.

A blind man could not see the world while a deaf man could not hear. And as such it affects one mood.

The Sword did not resonate with the world unless one put some soul into it. And whose soul was put into it?

The swordsman soul.

The Heart affect the world, and the heart create a sword. And a sword is always just that, a sword.

Azief understand this the moment he heard Xi Feng told him about his belief of the sword intent. But the reason Azief knows so much is because unlike the people of this world, he was exposed to more secrets of the Universe.

While these people used sword to fight Azief used Laws and Concepts of the World and the Universe to fight monstrous and godly beings.

If Zhu Yao heard Azief teaching, there is no doubt his attainment in the sword arts would increase almost immediately.

Zhu Yao did not know that there is such expert on top of the mountains, if not he would not act drastically, leaving the Sword Residence and travelled all the way to Silhae to spar with Xi Feng so he could understand One Sword technique.

Xi Feng would never have the chance to be in the notice of such a powerful sword practitioner if not for the fact that he is rumored to have mastered the ten moves of the Flowing Sword Arts.

Zhu Yao eyes is clear and the sword on his hand shows unbreakable resolve as his sword swing through the air like a graceful dance

His long white robe contrasted the gloomy dim darkness of the forest as his sword light cut many leaves into two.

The wind rustles the leaves, the leaves falls and his sword light will split the leave following the grains of those leaves.

It shows not only Zhu Yao precision in attacking, it also highlighted his control over his own internal energy.

If he uses to much of his internal energy, the leaves would not be split apart that cleanly. Instead it would have scattered into thousand pieces.

His aura when he is wielding a sword is akin to nature itself. Soothing and calm at times but could also become a disaster. It is tempestuous and unpredictable.

Like always, in his eyes there is only the sword in his hand. Not far away, some female sword practitioner from other orthodox sect marvel at the handsome face of the Sword Monarch.

Behind them mumbling with a dissatisfied face is Saber Manor Young Master Jian Que. Flitting around the camp is Tukhla from Beiyuan and his companion Ulhak, making small talks and socializing with other warriors of the South.

There is even Su Yun who Tukhla suspected to be one of the secret spies of the southern dynasties.

Elegant Scholar Sun Wu from Wu Pavilion waving his fan and crafted a few poems in the night, about the One Sword might and the unpredictable Flowing Sword Arts. It was like he is goading Zhu Yao and hyping the battle ahead of time.

People have always knowns that the Elegant Scholar is not that proficient in fighting but his intellect in strategizing make him a formidable enemy.