Chapter 381: Back to Training (1/2)

Alex was certainly not very good at using the sword as just a sword. He needed to use the various techniques, regardless of if they used Qi or not, to properly fight with a sword.

The one he used most of the time was Elusive Heavenly Sword. While it had 3 Qi-based attacks, its main purpose was that it was a style of sword fighting that mostly focused on the elusiveness of the fighter, rather than focusing on doing the most damage.

This certainly helped Alex a lot, but following simply this was also not a very good idea for him who wanted to learn Sword Intent.

So, he was going back to the basics once more. He logged out and looked online on how he could learn as a beginner in sword fighting.

The people online gave some instructions that Alex decided to follow.

To get used to the sword's weight, they had him simply try to hold the sword out straight in front of him without shaking it a lot. This not only helped in increasing the person's understanding of the sword, but it also helped him increase his wrist strength.

The wrist strength was something Alex didn't need to care about, but learning the weight was something that helped him a lot.

The second part that the internet suggested was to strike empty air in front of him. He would stand on one spot and swing directly in front of him.

He had to do that for hours and hours on end for days on end.

The final thing that the internet told him was to fight an imaginary opponent. Make someone in your mind, and fight them until you are sure you could.

This was like the famous shadow boxing, but for swords.

Once Alex was done doing these three things, he stopped for the day. It was around 8 pm when he decided to make his pills. He had a routine and he would stick to it.

Alex took out a few spirit stones and the fire furnace he had created. He dug a hole and started the fire. He then took out a black cauldron.

He was going to do test creations, so he couldn't use his normal cauldron.

While that was going on, he revised what he had learned so far.

'The direction of the motion of the ingredients inside the cauldron can, for some reason, play a huge role in how much energy a pill can hold.'

'The speed of the motion of the ingredients inside the cauldron can help in regulated heat transfer, so it plays a role in the speed of energy release. Also, same as the direction, it can also affect the amount of energy a pill can hold.'

'Finally, the temperature the ingredients are burned in also matters. Each ingredient burns at a certain temperature, so it is necessary one knew the exact burning temperature of every ingredient if they want to create a new pill,' he thought.