Chapter 38: Swordsmanship Hierarchy (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

  The recent weather has been quite fluctuating.

  At one time, the rainstorm was disastrous, like the Milky Way in heaven pouring down, almost killing all the trees and flowers in the courtyard.

  At that moment, it was drizzling again, with dense and fine rain weaving a net in the sky, enveloping heaven and earth in a hazy mist.

  In the corridor of Changchun's residence, a youth with a slightly grown mustache was watching the rainstorm. The heavy rain and light drizzle had different appearances. At this moment, Lu Yuan fell into deep thought. Clouds can turn into swords, clouds can turn into swords, the 108 Swords of Wind and Cloud are actually the sword intent of two swords.

  Then can rain be turned into a sword? Condensing the will of the rain into a sword.

  Obviously, this answer is affirmative. Clouds can be transformed into the intention of a cloud sword, fog can be transformed into the intention of a fog sword, and rain can naturally be transformed into the intention of a rain sword.

  However, to come up with the idea of Rain Sword by himself was not an easy task. Lu Yuan stood in the corridor for a while, watching the changes in the rain. At first, it was a stormy downpour, followed by gentle drizzle, and then suddenly, there were heavy drops of rain that fell at an angle, striking the ground. Different ideas about the rain kept flashing through his mind.

  At this time, Lu Yuan fell into deep thought.

  Originally, Lu Yuan was supposed to deliver medicine to his master Li Yuanbai at this time. His master often needed to decoct medicine, and usually it was done by Song Shu, the old servant who served his master. Now that he had returned, and still had some free time, he decided to deliver the medicine to his master himself. As a result, while walking in the corridor with the medicine, he couldn't help but fall into a state of contemplation about swordsmanship under the drizzle of the evening rain.

  And then, tragedy struck.

  Everything is forgotten, and I am lost in thought, can this rain be incorporated into the sword's intent?

  Li Yuanbai was also waiting for the medicine to be delivered, but after half a month of waiting without receiving it, he came out to take a look and immediately discovered that Lu Yuan was now in the long corridor, seemingly entranced.

  For insight into Kendo.

  This enlightenment can only occur in a disciple who is quite gifted.

  Of course, it's not that enlightenment is guaranteed, but being able to have such an epiphany once can actually be quite beneficial for the growth of one's swordsmanship. Li Yuanbai watched from the side for a while before turning back and returning to his room, without disturbing his disciple.

  The rain continues to fall.

  After a long time, Lu Yuan suddenly took a deep breath. Just now, his mind was in chaos, everything was in chaos, and the rain seemed to have turned into flying swords, rushing towards him. At that moment, his heart was also in chaos. Unfortunately, he still didn't understand the meaning of Rain Sword. However, it's not necessary to take it too seriously. After all, understanding sword intent is not easy. Being able to comprehend a type of sword intent and create a set of sword techniques is something only achieved by masters of the sword path. He was still young, after all.

  Actually, someone like Lu Yuan who understood the true meaning of swordsmanship at the age of seventeen would be a shocking and astonishing figure in the entire Jin Dynasty.

  If at the age of seventeen, one can comprehend the intent of the Rain Sword by observing the world and understanding it on their own, then that would be even more astonishing and shocking to the world. Such behavior is only achieved by two people among the Six Swords Sages of Beifeng: Yuan Yuanshang and Dugu Ye. The other four have not achieved this level of comprehension, where one can observe the world and come up with their own sword intent on their own. What kind of state is this?

  If you don't understand then so be it.

  Lu Yuan smiled, and at this moment he saw that the medicine he had been brewing in his hand had long since gone cold. He was startled, damn it, he had forgotten to deliver the medicine to his master! He had been standing there in a daze, but now he immediately ran over, only to see Master Li Yuanbai lying on his back, smiling at him: "Not bad just now, thinking about observing the heavens and comprehending the sword's intent."

  "Hmm, I failed again, and still didn't grasp the intent of Rain Sword." said Lu Yuan.

  "It's normal to fail, it's not easy to grasp the intent of a sword." Li Yuanbai said: "It's about time I explained to you what the true realm of swordsmanship is. If not, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say it again. As I mentioned before, there are four realms in swordsmanship." Actually, when saying this, Li Yuanbai was extremely delighted. He had thought that even if he died, he wouldn't have the chance to say these words, because the disciple who could hear them had to be of a high realm. He had thought that even if he died, Lu Yuan would not be able to reach that realm, but unexpectedly, his disciple had reached the edge of that realm so quickly.

  "The first level is your current state of mind, where sword moves are dead and people are also dead."

  "The second level is that sword moves are dead, but people are alive. People should not be bound by the sword moves."

  "The third level is the sword intent."

  "The fourth level is the ultimate sword intent."

  "While the third level is not easy to transcend to the fourth level." Li Yuanbai said: "The Great Way has three thousand, and the sword intent between heaven and earth also has three thousand kinds. You are now enlightened with two kinds, one is the wind sword intent, and the other is the cloud sword intent. If you gather all three thousand kinds, you will reach the true ultimate sword intent. At that time, once you have enlightened the ultimate sword intent, all things in the world can be transformed into the sword, grass, wood, mountain, stone, all can enter the sword, and become a vast sword law. Even wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, the natural phenomena of nature, can also be transformed into the sword intent, becoming one of the three thousand sword intents."

  "Of course, the ultimate sword intent is just a legend. The strongest cultivator in our Great Jin Dynasty today is our Huashan Sect's Master Yan Cangsheng, who has condensed 97 types of sword intents and can be considered the number one in our Great Jin Dynasty."

  "The more one understands the intent of the sword, the higher their skill with it will be."

  Lu Yuan listened to Li Yuanbai's lecture, and it turned out that this was the direction of his own progress. Basically, his current swordsmanship level could be said to be unparalleled in the tenth generation of Huashan Xianmen, and only some of the older generations who were good at swordsmanship could compete with him. However, he had now discovered that there was still room for improvement ahead of him.

  Three thousand sword intents! The ultimate sword intent, once cultivated, naturally all things and phenomena can be incorporated into the sword.

  Of course, the first master of the Great Jin Dynasty and the first sword saint is Yan Cang Sheng Shizu, who has cultivated ninety-seven kinds of sword intent.

  I am now two kinds of sword intent, and the first sword saint of the Great Jin Dynasty has ninety-seven kinds of sword intent.

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  Lu Yuan's mind is a bit messy now, sorting out what Master said earlier.

  Mastered a kind of sword intent, known as the Sword Dao Master.

  Mastered ten kinds of sword intent, known as a master of swordsmanship.

  One who has mastered one hundred types of sword intent is called a great master of the way of the sword.

  Mastering one thousand kinds of sword intent is called a giant in the way of the sword.

  Mastering three thousand kinds of sword intent is known as the Sword God.

  "This is basically what Master said, this is the next level of swordsmanship, and now I am at the realm of Sword Dao Grandmaster. According to Master, the higher realms can easily defeat the lower realms. As for Huashan North Peak, the current North Peak Six Swords Immortal, they are all at the level of Sword Dao Grandmaster, none have reached the level of Sword Dao Ancestor. Those who can cultivate ten kinds of sword intent and reach the realm of Sword Dao Ancestor are extremely rare, almost extinct."

  Lu Yuan was thinking to himself at this time, he had already practiced two kinds of sword intent and became a master of the sword path. If he could practice eight more, wouldn't he become a grandmaster of the sword path, surpassing any one of the six sword immortals in Beifeng? In fact, practicing sword intent wasn't as difficult as he imagined, that was Lu Yuan's feeling.

  If someone knew what was going on in Lu Yuan's mind at this time, they would probably cry. Others practiced sword intent with great difficulty, as difficult as ascending to heaven, but for Lu Yuan it was just a bit easier.

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