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Chapter 149: 149??The Anomaly in Sword Cultivating Technique?(Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
Chapter 149: 149??The Anomaly in Sword Cultivating Technique?(Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
Chapter 149: 149??The Anomaly in Sword Cultivating Technique?(Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
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“Sword Cultivating Technique”, a heaven-defying cultivation technique created by Yan Li.
It was one of Yan Li’s crutches that helped him become the World’s First Sword Cultivator, but it was also the primary reason for his own demise.
With the help of Experience Points, Lu Xun deviated from the cultivation path, nurturing himself instead of the sword, with a tiny sword appearing within his Sword Heart.
Now it seems, his body is akin to a large sword, and the tiny sword within his Sword Heart is reminiscent of… a Sword Spirit?
This is where Lu Xun felt something was off.
Theoretically, a Sword Spirit should have a certain level of Spiritual Wisdom; the higher the sword’s grade, the higher the Sword Spirit’s Spiritual Wisdom.
Look at the case of ‘The Sword Qi is Near’, its Sword Spirit is a downright arrogant tsundere.
As for the tiny sword within Lu Xun’s Sword Heart, to be unpleasantly frank, aside from its natural jealous temperament, forbidding Lu Xun from any contact with other swords, it seemed… a little dim-witted.
It seems to possess little Spiritual Wisdom, only instinct.
However, upon closer thought, the Sword Spirit is the essence controlling a sword. If he himself is the sword and the tiny sword within his Sword Heart has too many thoughts of its own… then he might be afraid to continue practicing the Sword Cultivating Technique.
In that case, who knows who will end up controlling his body in the end?
With that thought, the situation as it stands seems rather alright. It feels like the cultivation process accidentally spawned a “foolish child”.
“Just stay as you are, it’s fine being a little dim. Daddy loves you,” Lu Xun said to the tiny sword within his Sword Heart.
Now, the other problem he was contemplating: the Sword Cultivating Technique has a limit.
Take ‘The Sword Qi is Near’ for instance, it was nurtured to the limit by the Sword Cultivating Technique.
“Since I broke through using Experience Points, I wonder if my body has a limit?”
“If there is a limit, where exactly is it?”
However, these questions were not something today’s Lu Xun needed to ponder. Those were far-fetched notions for him.
“For now, I can practice at ease, so let’s focus on raising the level of the Sword Cultivating Technique!”
The Swordsmanship Skill Upgrade Coupon from the mission reward is only effective for skills below Level 5, not including the upgrade from Level 5 to Level 6. Therefore, to maximize the benefits, it should be used for the upgrade from Level 4 to Level 5 because this would save the most Experience Points.
The current level of Lu Xun’s Sword Cultivating Technique is Level 3. All he had to do is spend Experience Points to raise it one level, then he could forcibly raise another level with the upgrade coupon!
And to raise the Sword Cultivating Technique to Level 4, it only requires 75,000 Experience Points. Ha, ha, ha, ha, hic!
He really wanted to flip the table and curse!
The Sword Cultivating Technique is just a skill, not a Cultivation Technique. The Experience Points it eats up is somewhat outrageous.
Previously, Lu Xun earned 80,000 Experience Points from the Guide task.
Though he spent some Experience Points learning how to refine artifacts while crafting paper cranes, he ended up making 50 successful cranes with plenty of materials provided due thanks to his third senior brother’s misfortune… ahem, care. This earned him an additional 20,000 Experience Points.
Adding to the almost 10,000 he had left, he had almost 110,000 Experience Points.
Moreover, the reward from the Asking Sword task was 100,000 Experience Points, so he had nearly 210,000 Experience Points to spare.
While it seemed like a lot, reality was, it wouldn’t allow him to level up much.
“Seems like I need to find an opportunity to find a new group of useful idiots,” Lu Xun possessed immense greed for Experience Points.
Without hesitation, he upgraded his Sword Cultivating Technique to Level 4 and checked how many Experience Points would be needed to level up to Level 5.
Then, the corner of his mouth twitched.
“Leveling from 4 to 5 asks for 180,000, you’ve got some nerve!” Lu Xun cursed inwardly.
Upon reflection, after his transmigration, only the “Eagle’s Claw” he picked from the body was offering everything free of cost, not consuming any Experience Points. Though this nimble finger… seems useless for any martial art.
Lu Xun didn’t hesitate and used the upgrade coupon right away, pretending he scored a cool 180,000 Experience Points.
A golden light flashed across the upgrade coupon in his backpack, and then a mysterious power flowed into Lu Xun’s body.
The next moment, Lu Xun almost spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
He felt like an invisible huge hammer was smashing him relentlessly.
He was like a sword, yet to be fully formed, enduring the pounding of a hammer.
On top of that, his body felt so hot, as if he was in a furnace.
“What the hell! I’m not Sun Wukong in the alchemy furnace!”
“Damn it! Why is the heat rising?!” The heat was continuously escalating.
A burning sensation was coming from every inch of his body, it felt as if he was experiencing the forging process of a sword firsthand, with his human body.
And the worst part was that this process didn’t happen in stages – everything hit him at once!
The weird thing was, there was nothing unusual about his physical body, this was purely a torment on his spirit!
The practice of Sword Cultivating Technique before had never led to his current predicament. Every time he leveled up, he felt relaxed and never experienced such torture.
“Where did I go wrong?” Lu Xun gritted his teeth internally.
Though he practiced often when he had free time, mainly to savor the pain, he did have his limits, and the current level of pain was a bit too much to handle.
He felt like he was a victim of mental torture!
But Lu Xun had a thought. Maybe level 5 is a watershed for the Sword Cultivating Technique!
“It hurts too much, I need to figure something out!” Lu Xun told himself.
Then, he came up with a solution.
— he passed out.
The sun rose from the east, illuminating the earth.
Ever since coming to the back mountain, Lu Xun had never overslept. But today, he was still “asleep” in his room.
Mao Nanbei was waiting outside with a small basket early in the morning. She had planned to go pick winter jujubes with Lu Xun and Lin Chan today, but why wasn’t the little junior brother up yet?
Even the lawless Mao Nanbei did not forcefully wake Lu Xun up, instead, she was wondering: “Little junior brother seemed relaxed when he was Asking the Sword. Could it be that the actual situation was not so?”
Otherwise, why hadn’t he got up yet, as if he was all worn out after fighting with Ye Sui’an.
“Let’s wait for him.” Mao Nanbei sat down on her large rattan chair and started her daily ritual of chewing her own hand.
She was over a hundred years old, but she still hasn’t gotten rid of her habit of chewing on her hand. Even her master had given up on her.
But as Mao Nanbei kept waiting, the sky turned dark and Lu Xun still hadn’t gotten up.
She was getting restless and considered entering Lu Xun’s room.
Despite the distinction between men and women, with her never aging body… it seemed unnecessary to pay attention to such things.
She happily hopped over to Lu Xun’s door, only to find Lin Chan guarding there.
Little Mute gestured to Mao Nanbei, signaling her not to go in.
“When did you start guarding here? Why can’t I go in?” Mao Nanbei asked, puzzled.
Lin Chan didn’t really know what was happening inside, but based on her sensitivity as a Natural Sword Embryo, she could vaguely sense something.
Mao Nanbei’s cultivation base was much higher than hers, but she didn’t detect anything unusual.
Lin Chan caught Mao Nanbei’s small hand and wrote a word “Sword” in her palm.
(PS: It is almost a new month again, looking for the guaranteed monthly votes from everyone! The new book month is regrettable, although everyone’s monthly votes are strong in the last few days, and the results of this book are really not bad, because of some special reasons, other people just have ways to rank higher than us. Well, never mind~ Let’s continue to work hard this month!)