mtlumby2d Chapter 354 - 304: Shu Mountain’s 3 Strongest Sword Dao Introduction Methods: Shu Mountain 3000 Swords
Chapter 354 - 304: Shu Mountain’s 3 Strongest Sword Dao Introduction Methods: Shu Mountain 3000 Swords
SWISH! SWISH!
Ling Yun and Xu Qing used the Sword Control Technique. Standing atop their Flying Swords, they reached an incredible speed. Transforming into streaks of Sword Light, they seemed to tear through space itself.
"Senior Sister, what’s going on?"
Xu Qing asked.
"We’re going to beat someone up!"
Ling Yun huffed.
"Who?"
Xu Qing asked.
"Stop asking. You’ll know when we get there,"
Ling Yun said.
"Alright."
Xu Qing shrugged.
「Three months ago.」
Xu Qing was still unconscious when he was discovered by Xu Fengyun, Mo Yude, and Ji Lingyun. They had come to the Great Zhou Martial Country in search of Ancient Texts, and they brought him back to Shu Mountain.
Shu Mountain.
One of the Nine Great Sacred Lands of the Central Tang Dynasty.
It could also be called a Martial Arts Sacred Land, but more accurately, Shu Mountain was known as a Sword Dao Sacred Land, as its greatest strength was the Shushan Sword Dao.
Shu Mountain dominated the myriad realms with its Sword Dao.
First, after Xu Fengyun and the others brought Xu Qing back to Shu Mountain, they reported his situation to a Shushan Elder named Xu Jingtian. Xu Jingtian examined him and confirmed that there was nothing wrong; Xu Qing was not one of the Demons, Fiends, and Evil Spirits, nor was he connected to the matter of the Ancient Texts in the Great Zhou Martial Country.
Seven days passed.
Xu Qing awoke from his coma. When he first woke up, he was still in a groggy state and was placed in Shushan City.
Afterward,
another seven days passed.
Xu Qing finally understood everything. He realized he had been unconscious for over ten days—nearly half a month. His injuries were severe, and he had lost almost all of his Cultivation.
Over the next,
month,
Xu Qing recovered from his injuries in Shushan City. He also became good friends with Xu Fengyun, Mo Yude, and Ji Lingyun, and their interactions and conversations grew increasingly close.
In that month,
Xu Qing completely recovered from his injuries and regained his full strength and Cultivation.
He was back at the Fourth Realm of Soul Law Perfection.
When Xu Qing’s Cultivation was restored, Xu Fengyun, Mo Yude, and Ji Lingyun were all quite astonished and recommended him to Shu Mountain.
In the end,
one of the Shushan Elders, Xu Jingtian, made an exception and accepted Xu Qing as his disciple. Xu Qing became a Shushan Outer Disciple and took up residence on Chixia Peak of Shushan.
It should be known,
Shu Mountain was one of the Nine Great Sacred Lands of the Central Tang Dynasty.
Within Shu Mountain,
disciples were generally divided into six levels: Lay Disciples, Servant Disciples, Outer Disciples, Inner Sect Disciples, True Disciples, and Direct Disciples.
Generally speaking,
Lay Disciples were not qualified to enter Shu Mountain. After learning one of Shu Mountain’s Magic Gates, they would be sent away from the sect to train in the mortal world or cultivate within their family’s sphere of influence.
Eventually,
after a Lay Disciple reached a certain Realm and completed tasks assigned by Shu Mountain, they could qualify for promotion to Servant Disciple.
Servant Disciples were qualified to enter Shu Mountain, but that was all. They could only practice their Cultivation at the foot of the mountain and were even required to perform many menial chores daily.
After a Servant Disciple of Shu Mountain cultivated to a certain level—at least reaching the Third Realm—and completed more tasks assigned by the sect, they could then qualify to become a Shushan Outer Disciple.
Only after becoming a Shushan Outer Disciple were they considered part of Shu Mountain’s core strength, qualifying them to be granted their own mountain peak as a place to live and cultivate.
Generally speaking,
every peak on Shu Mountain had cultivation caves and other such facilities.
Further up,
were the Inner Sect Disciples of Shu Mountain.
Inner Sect Disciples were on a completely different level from Outer Disciples. Each one could be considered a major figure in their own right when they ventured out into the world.
Furthermore,
within Shu Mountain, each Inner Sect Disciple was not merely given a mountain peak to live and cultivate on, but an entire grotto-heaven or pocket world.
Even higher up,
were the True Disciples and Direct Disciples.
Their status was almost unimaginable.
Counting the time,
it had been a month and a half since Xu Qing joined the Shushan Sect—or more precisely, since he had become a disciple of Xu Jingtian, one of Shu Mountain’s many Elders.
Recalling it all, Xu Qing still felt a sense of awe. To him, the strength of his master, Xu Jingtian, was simply unfathomable and immeasurable.
This was because
he sensed the same aura from Xu Jingtian as he had from that one slender, jade-like hand and that purple-gold arrow—an aura suffused with Dao Rhyme.
From this, one could imagine,
Xu Jingtian must be a truly great figure.
However,
such a powerful figure was merely one of Shu Mountain’s many Elders, and each of them was unfathomably strong. Above the Elders, there was still the Sect Leader of Shushan and the Supreme Elders.
It was no wonder,
that Shu Mountain was ranked among the Nine Great Sacred Lands of the Central Tang Dynasty. Its foundation was so profound that, for now, Xu Qing couldn’t even begin to fathom it.
With a thought,
Xu Qing’s consciousness connected to the Encyclopedia of All Things.
A little over a month ago,
closer to two,
on the very day,
that Xu Qing became Xu Jingtian’s disciple, that very evening, Xu Jingtian had used an incredible method to destroy Xu Qing’s Cultivation.
"Xu Qing,"
Xu Jingtian had said, "your aptitude and comprehension have indeed exceeded my expectations. What I find even more incredible is that you have somehow managed to simultaneously cultivate eight different Secret Techniques and legacies."
"That should be impossible."
"This must be your secret."
"I will not pry into your secrets."
"However, you’ve cultivated a variety of different Secret Techniques and legacies, bringing each to a state of utter perfection and even deriving Low Grade Great Divine Power Techniques from them."
"According to your own plan, were you intending to master three thousand different legacies and Secret Techniques, grasp three thousand Law Marks, and thus step into Perfect Law Realm Perfection?"
"Yes."
Xu Qing had admitted it readily. That had been his original plan.
"Hahaha..."
Xu Jingtian had laughed. "Even if you could achieve that, the Laws you cultivate would lack a coherent system. You would never be able to reach the maximum combat strength of Perfect Law Realm Perfection."
"Therefore,"
"I will remove all three hundred and sixty-five of your Law Marks. Afterward, I will teach you a Shushan Sword Dao called the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan."
"Once you master the ’Three Thousand Swords of Shushan,’ you will naturally step into Perfect Law Realm Perfection and achieve the greatest possible combat strength within that Realm."
"You must understand."
"The combat power of a Sword Cultivator is the strongest."
"Yes, Master."
Xu Qing had nodded, having no choice but to agree.
And so,
all the Law Marks that Xu Qing had previously cultivated, along with his various Low Grade Great Divine Power Techniques, were erased and vanished.
He had to start all over again.
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[Three Thousand Swords of Shushan LV1: 0/One Trillion (An introductory Sword Dao method from ’Shu Mountain: the Sword Dao Sacred Land,’ one of the Nine Great Sacred Lands of the Middle Earth Great Tang. It is part of the ’Shushan Sword Dao.’ Only by mastering the ’Sword Dao Law’ can one be considered to have achieved ’Entry Level Sword Dao.’ The ’Three Thousand Swords of Shushan’ can only be formally cultivated after one has mastered the Sword Dao Law and entered the ’Fourth Realm: Body Law Realm.’
The Three Thousand Swords of Shushan contains three thousand types of Laws and is one of the three most powerful introductory Sword Dao methods within the ’Shushan Sword Dao.’ Upon mastering it completely, one can grasp three thousand Laws that form a coherent system. Ultimately, one can use this method to step into ’Perfect Law Realm Perfection’ and master the ’Supreme Great Divine Technique: Three Thousand Sword Dao.’)]
...
Additionally,
as Xu Qing was both a Shushan Outer Disciple and a disciple of Xu Jingtian, Shu Mountain provided him with corresponding Cultivation Resources every month.
Because Xu Qing was in the Fourth Realm,
therefore,
he received one hundred Low-grade Law Stones each month.
Thus,
after successfully recording the ’Three Thousand Swords of Shushan’ in his Encyclopedia, he began to comprehend and practice it. He had originally reached Soul Law Realm Perfection, and with the help of the Low-grade Law Stones,
in just one day,
Xu Qing could practice the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan one trillion times.
That’s right, one trillion.
He had reached such an unbelievable level.
It far exceeded Xu Qing’s own expectations.
Later,
Xu Qing discovered the reason for this: Shu Mountain was a Sword Dao Sacred Land, and the entire area was enveloped within an incredible Sword Dao Domain.
As a result,
cultivating the Sword Dao on Shu Mountain yielded twice the results with half the effort.
All these amplification effects stacked together.
This allowed Xu Qing to practice a trillion times in a single day.
Therefore,
in less than two months,
...
[Three Thousand Swords of Shushan LV6: 0/Thirty-two Trillion (One of Shu Mountain’s three strongest introductory Sword Dao methods. Now at LV6, you have completely mastered the Sword Dao Law and entered the Perfect Body Law Realm. You have also mastered thirty-six Law Marks, integrating them into your Sword Dao to reach the ’Initial Soul Law Realm.’)]
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With the Three Thousand Swords of Shushan at Level 6, Xu Qing not only completely mastered the Sword Dao Law but also tempered his physical body with it, condensing a Law Body and reaching the Perfect Body Law Realm.
Moreover,
Xu Qing had also mastered thirty-six Sword Techniques. Since each technique represented a Law, mastering thirty-six techniques gave him thirty-six Laws, which transformed into Law Marks. This allowed his Cultivation to step into the Initial Soul Law Realm.
Therefore,
Xu Qing was not far from returning to Soul Law Realm Perfection.
While he was lost in thought,
Xu Qing and Ji Lingyun arrived at their destination: the Imperial City of the Great Tang. They had not entered the city itself, but were just outside it.
"Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Mo, you two are here too!"
Xu Qing called out, having spotted two familiar faces.
"Junior Brother Xu."
Xu Fengyun was overjoyed to see him, but he couldn’t help shooting a reproachful look at Ling Yun. "Why did you drag Junior Brother Xu into this?"
"I didn’t have a choice."
Ji Lingyun pouted and said, "This is a Celestial Spirit Flower! It’s worth a full one hundred thousand Low-grade Law Stones, not to mention the other Spirit Grasses. We went through so much trouble to find them. We can’t just hand them over, especially not to those guys from the Corpse Ghost Sect!"
"I refuse."
"Besides,"
"Hasn’t Junior Brother Xu always been saying he’s short on Law Stones? Once we sell the Celestial Spirit Flower and the other things, we can just give him a share of the Law Stones. Problem solved."