Chapter 83: It turned out, this was also a sword

  Slowly withdrawing his divine spirit from the small sword, it was as if a star had fallen into his brow and disappeared without a trace.

  Li Ran's eyes suddenly opened, and a hint of crystal light flowed in his pupils, deep like the night sky.

  "Now try the power of my newborn divine consciousness."

  Li Ran's eyes sparkled with excitement, he was not a newcomer to the spiritual realm, and his skill in using his spiritual sense was no longer unfamiliar. He slowly condensed his spiritual sense into a beam, his eyes fixed intently on a decorative stone carving on a nearby stone table. His spiritual sense became even more concentrated, layer by layer, as he looked through the interior of the stone carving. The texture was rough and had a greenish tint, but as he looked deeper, the stone seemed to have a subtle glow.

  Li Ran's knife became increasingly suspicious, his mind more concentrated, breaking through again, one step into the stone carving interior, and he "saw" a pool of milky white sticky liquid slowly rippling.

  "Is this... Azure Stone Marrow? I never thought that I would be able to discover such a rare object by chance?"

  Li Ruo's knife was both shocking and delightful.

  Qīng shí shí suī is a spiritual object born with the innate power of heaven and earth, which can be used to make elixirs. Taking it orally can strengthen muscles and bones, and increase one's inner power. The amount of qīng shí shí suī in this stone carving is small, its effect is not great, but after all, it is an unexpected gain.

  It's unknown how this mysterious stone carving ended up being placed here, but it seems that those powerful warriors in green robes didn't have the leisure to casually use their divine sense to scan the area, and thus Li Furan benefited from it.

  Li Ruo's eyes focused again, his consciousness stirred slightly, and he whispered in his heart: "Rise". The stone statue shook and swayed, and with a sudden burst of strength, it was lifted off the stone table, flying slowly towards Li Ruo like a drunkard.

  Li Ran furrowed his brow, knowing that his nascent divine consciousness was still quite weak.

  His consciousness concentrated again, condensing into a more refined spiritual thread that suddenly burst forth. The stone statue was subjected to a strong force and accelerated rapidly, smashing towards him. Li Ran's knife jumped violently in fright, he forcefully shook his head, and with a loud crash, the stone statue smashed into the mountain wall behind him, shattering into several pieces.

  Dust fills the air.

  Li Ran wiped away a cold sweat, his newly born divine sense still not adept at controlling himself, almost getting into danger. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, turned around and smashed open the stone carving, carefully pouring the jade marrow inside into a jade bottle which he then stored in his bosom.

  But these are still not the most important gains.

  Li Ruo knew that the true sword intent could borrow the momentum of heaven and earth to use for oneself, and it was infinitely wonderful. Now that he had grasped the four-layered wave pattern, he probably also grasped about 40% of the sword intent. Not even half a step, still far from perfection.

  However, the secret pattern of the quadruple wave peak has become much stronger than before, and the sword intent in his heart is even clearer.

  The secret pattern of the fourfold wave crest, just like Li Ruo's knife from Jingyuan's vigor threefold promotion to fourfold power, is also a strong qualitative change, a powerful surge in his heart. Li Ruo wanted to try out the current sword intent's power, his wrist trembling, the long sword flashing like a thousand rays of light bursting forth, precisely the third form of the Flowing Clouds Sword Classic - Thousandfold Spirit Cloud.

  The long sword danced faster and faster, the sword intent in his heart surging like a mighty river, and when it reached its climax, he leapt into a spin, and with a clang, the long sword broke into two sections. Half of the sword body fell from the air to the ground, producing a clear ringing sound.

  Li Ran's knife came to an abrupt stop, his breathing labored, his eyes furrowed in concentration.

  The secret pattern of the fourfold wave crest allowed him to sense the trend of heaven and earth more clearly, the trend of heaven and earth was vast like a vast ocean, Li Ran's knife took only one scoop and drank, but it was not something that could be performed by the thousand-layered spiritual cloud sword technique.

  The swordsmanship that Li Ruo currently masters is like a slender bamboo tube, while the sword intent is like a rough bucket filled with spring water. When the rough bucket pours out, the slender bamboo tube can't withstand such a large flow rate at all.

  Jianfa suddenly became a shackle for Li Ran's knife to exert even stronger power.

  If there wasn't a more powerful sword technique, his Four-Part Sword Intention would never be able to fully unfold.

  "What to do? If the Liuyun Sword Manual can be recovered, the fourth move should be able to withstand such a strong sword intent. However, the Liuyun Sword Manual is hidden in the Gong Sun family, and the Gong Sun family has a Dan Xian period immortal sitting in town, so with my current abilities, I am powerless."

  Li Ruo Knife furrowed his brow and sat back down on the stone bed, deep in thought. In his previous life, he was skilled in alchemy and had made many connections with eccentric people through this skill. People knew that Li Ruo Knife was a sword enthusiast, so when someone asked him for elixirs, they would often exchange them for a few advanced sword techniques. There were indeed many things stored in Li Ruo Knife's mind.

  "The Liuyun Sword Classic is not enough, why don't I try other sword techniques? In my past life, I only had a mindset of borrowing and referencing other sword techniques, but didn't delve too deeply into them. Perhaps there will be one that suits me."

  Thinking of doing, in the stone room, Li Ran sometimes frowned and meditated, sometimes swung his sword to stab quickly, sometimes paced back and forth, and sometimes leaned over to scribble. The whole person was completely immersed in a realm of swords, with no distractions, as if crazy. It felt like all the sword techniques from the past flooded into his mind, trying to sort them out, eliminating those that seemed useless, and testing some extremely complex sword moves one by one.

  In the stone cave, the sword's edge flashed, Li Ran's knife suddenly retracted, and his eyebrows furrowed fiercely. He felt that those sword techniques were useless, looking powerful but unable to carry even stronger sword intent.

  "No, I must have gotten it wrong. The sword's power isn't in its complexity; complexity doesn't necessarily mean maximum power. What I'm looking for is a sword technique that can bring out my intent, perhaps an ordinary and unassuming strike can be transformed at will."

  Li Ran Jian reconverted his thinking, this time no longer demanding any swordsmanship power, whatever came to mind he would use the long sword to practice, completely relying on feeling and practicing at will.

  The long sword is sometimes solemn, sometimes light and agile, sometimes rustic and clumsy, and sometimes luxurious and elegant. For the profound understanding of swordsmanship, Li Fenger felt that some of his insights had deepened a lot, but he still hadn't found what suited him.

  He swiftly spun around and sheathed his long sword, Li Ran stood stunned in the center of the stone chamber.

  So many swordsmanship styles and yet none of them are suitable, could it be...

  After a profound understanding of the sword, Li Ruo suddenly realized that everyone's sword intent is a unique life with its own characteristics and personality, requiring a completely suitable body to carry it. Perhaps even finding the Flowing Cloud Sword Classic again may not be able to accommodate his current sword intent.

  Just like an incompatible soul and body cannot merge.

  "But where can I go to find a sword technique that suits my own sword intent?"

  Li Ruo's knife was stuck in a dilemma, and suddenly he had an epiphany. He remembered the Cang Zhen Pavilion all at once.

  The Xuanji Mountain Treasure Pavilion has accumulated a vast amount of swordsmanship over the years, and it may be where I find what I need.

  Li Rando calmed down the excitement in his heart, calculated with his fingers, adding up the income from selling Ling Dan and the thirty merit points rewarded by the sect for this month, deducting the one hundred merit points he returned to Ma Kong, Li Rando now had a total of 425 merit points.

  "Is this enough to buy a set of sword skills? Once I find one that suits me, if the money isn't enough, I'll just sell another Spirit Pellet."

  Thinking of this, Li Ran's knife didn't stay any longer. He quietly left the cave and walked into the mountain alone, following the winding mountain road, turning over a sea of flowers, then turning over a dense forest, passing through the dense forest, the thunderous sound of the waterfall in front of him shook his ears and came over deafeningly.

  The road to the Treasure Pavilion was one that Li Ruo had walked many times before, and he was extremely familiar with it. He gazed at the distant waterfall cascading down the mountain edge and nodded silently.

  The waterfall in the mysterious mountain is formed by the suspension of the Ganges River flowing through here. Recently, the sky has been full and the Ganges River is at its peak tide. The waterfall in front of us appears particularly magnificent and majestic, with the sound of rushing water roaring. Several stone pillars leading to the opposite bank in front of the waterfall are half submerged in the river water.

  The mountain rocks were wet and slippery, Li Ran's knife also needed to be careful, took a deep breath, toes pointed to the ground and quickly crossed over, on a nail column of mountain rock, spanning across a wide stream, his body lightly floated towards another nail column in the distance.

  Just then, a boulder as tall as two men came crashing down from the upper reaches of the waterfall, sending waves several meters high surging through the river below and rushing towards Li with a loud roar.

  Li Ran's knife urged him to dodge, but his body was too slow, and he was electrocuted. He made a horizontal leap over the two stone pillars, landing far away, almost being hit by the waves. With a silent laugh, he stood still, but suddenly froze there.

  As he gazed at the surging waves, Li Rou felt a deep sense of familiarity and intimacy in his heart.

  Just like something you've been searching for all along.

  It was as if a window facing the sunlight had slowly opened before his eyes, and the swordsmanship he had been pondering for countless hours flew by rapidly. The familiar sword techniques didn't feel like anything special, but the surge of water that had just splashed out contained a heavenly momentum, which quietly resonated with Li Ran's sword intent.

  The whole person stood still on the mountain rock, motionless.

  "Could it really be like this?"

  The waterfall in front of him was surging and foaming, the waves were boiling. Li Ruo Dao stood on the mountain rock, those water vapors had all transformed into sword auras that filled his heart, just like a stone standing there quietly pondering. The splashing water flowers would soon drench his entire body, the water flowing down from his forehead, but Li Ruo Dao didn't care at all, he stood there blankly, his heart devoid of any external thoughts.

  "It turns out that this is also a sword, and the sword is everywhere between heaven and earth. If you want to carry your own sword intent, it's not about finding existing sword techniques, but rather about coming up with moves that can bring out your sword intent on your own. It seems that's indeed the case."

  In his heart, he suddenly became enlightened, and he didn't know how long he had been standing under the waterfall. Li Ran's mind became clearer and clearer, with the water as his teacher, he gained insight into the momentum of heaven and earth. Li Ran felt that this one stand had increased his understanding of the sword by a great deal.

  At this moment, another boulder came crashing down from upstream and landed in the water with a loud crash, sending a swirling wave surging towards Li Fenger.

  With a sudden whoosh, Li Ran's sword flashed around and slashed out, the long sword surprisingly having the momentum of surging waves crashing, with a loud splash, the wave was rolled back by the sword, like a flying dragon, it crashed into the river water, creating a soaring wave that splashed high into the air.

  Li Ran was overjoyed in his heart.

  "It's indeed like this, the swordsmanship I've comprehended from the flow of water can indeed carry my four-part sword intent. With my sword intent in motion, it has actually produced such immense power."