The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 28 28, Practice Results

Lu Chen sparred with the divine eagle for more than half an hour in one go. Even though he had been able to eat three snake galls every day for the past ten days, and his skill was now comparable to that of someone who had cultivated for five or six years, and his physical strength and arm strength had also greatly increased, he was still gradually exhausting his skill and physical strength by constantly wielding the heavy sword weighing eighty-one pounds to fight against the divine eagle with its amazing strength.

After deflecting another iron beak strike from the divine eagle, Lu Chen quickly withdrew from the battle, shouting:

"Brother Eagle, please wait. I am exhausted. Please allow me to rest for the night and reflect on what you have taught me today. I will fight you again tomorrow!"

Seeing that he was drenched in sweat and swaying precariously, the eagle knew that he had reached his limit. It cooed twice, flapped its wings and made a few gestures, indicating that he should go back and rest and come back tomorrow.

Lu Chen struggled to lift the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, called out to Huang Rong, said goodbye to the Divine Condor, and headed down the Sword Tomb Mountain.

Huang Rong also picked up her four-foot-long sword, waved to the Divine Condor with a smile, and followed Lu Chen with light steps.

"Lu Chen, this sword is also very powerful."

Huang Rong handed the four-foot-long sword to Lu Chen:

"Senior Dugu has been gone for many years, and this sword has been neglected for many years. It still shines with a blue light, remains as sharp as ever, and has no trace of rust. It is a rare sword made of a very special material."

Lu Chen took the four-foot-long sword that gleamed with blue light, waved it a few times, and saw a small tree about the size of a bowl by the roadside. With a casual wave of his hand, he chopped the small tree in half with a soft snap, almost without any resistance.

"It is indeed very sharp!"

Lu Chen praised.

Huang Rong smiled and said:

"Senior Dugu didn't give this sword a name either. Since it's entirely azure, how about we call it the 'Azure Gang Sword'? Hmm, the 'gang' from 'Tiangang'."

Lu Chen readily agreed, nodding with a smile:
"Alright, let's call it the Azure Gang Sword."

Huang Rong then asked him with a smile, "Which sword do you want to use?"

Why can't we use both?

Lu Chen carried the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword in one hand and the Qing Gang Sword in the other.
"The heavy sword is simple, the light sword is complex. Senior Dugu emphasized both, ultimately achieving a state of being unaffected by external things, where having no sword is better than having a sword. Of course, I also strive for both simplicity and complexity, using both."

He possessed the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaying," and was originally meant to explore various sword techniques in order to pursue the ultimate realm of sword immortality, where one sword could cleave the sky, split the ocean, and pierce the golden crow.

Therefore, he uses both heavy swords and light swords, alternating between them.

Unfortunately, these two swords could only be used in the world of Legend of the Condor Heroes, and could not be brought back to the main world. When traveling between the two worlds, he could only carry supplies that were no more than one percent of his own body weight.

After unlocking "Sword One", his carrying limit doubled, allowing him to carry supplies up to two percent of his own body weight. Lu Chen guessed that this was probably a reward from "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaughter" to encourage him to keep up the good work and continue climbing.

Even if the supply quota were doubled, given his weight, he wouldn't be able to bring back the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, let alone the Qing Gang Sword, which is four feet long, made of a special material, and much heavier than a regular three-foot steel sword, weighing about four or five pounds.

Of course, once back in the main world, there won't be a shortage of swords.

Even if you can't get your hands on a magical metal like "Mysterious Iron" to forge a sword, you can still forge an alloy sword in the main world. If you put it in a low-level martial arts world, it might not be inferior to the Azure Gang Sword and could also be called a rare treasure sword.

The two chatted and laughed all the way back to their lodgings. Huang Rong began preparing dinner, while Lu Chen pondered his experience fighting the Divine Condor. After thoroughly digesting his insights, he took the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword and practiced half of the first move of the sword technique.

Cultivating with a heavy iron sword is far more effective than using a light sword.

Each time, one must exert all their strength and squeeze the limits of their body's potential. Even without the aid of snake gall, the true energy cultivated is more refined and concentrated, and in greater quantity.

Such extreme exertion would absolutely ruin the body of anyone else.

Lu Chen, however, had no need to worry.

After all, his recovery ability, which never leaves any hidden injuries no matter how hard he trains, is so strong that it's almost unreasonable. According to Huang Rong, it could be called a "superpower".

Next, Lu Chen and Huang Rong went to the Sword Tomb every day to practice swordsmanship with the Divine Condor and eat snakes along the way.

However, since it began practicing swordsmanship, the Divine Condor no longer hunts three snakes a day, but only one. It's likely that it has eaten too much during this period, and the number of useless Bodhi snakes has gradually decreased. Most of the remaining ones need to be kept for laying eggs and reproduction, so for the long term, it can only reduce hunting. Lu Chen estimated that after a while, there might not even be one Bodhi snake a day left.

However, he did not feel any regret.

Even if you only eat one snake gallbladder a day, combined with the extreme, intensive sword training method using the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword, your skill level can still improve significantly.

By practicing with the Divine Condor every day and studying the swordsmanship of Dugu Qiubai, his heavy swordsmanship, which evolved from a few basic sword styles, gradually took shape. He became more adept at wielding the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword and his strength improved day by day.

Before we knew it, another ten days or so had passed.

As expected, the Bodhi Snake broke its course, and Lu Chen's skill no longer advanced as rapidly as before. However, according to his own estimation, if he relied entirely on his own cultivation of "Sword One" to slowly accumulate his skill, it would take him at least seven or eight years of diligent practice.

As for the level of internal energy cultivated over seven or eight years...

Martial artists are not all the same.

Despite ten years of arduous training, depending on individual aptitude and the specific techniques employed, some martial artists, after ten years of painstaking practice, barely manage to reach the third tier in the martial arts world, while a few geniuses can rise to the top tier, possessing astonishing power of true qi.

Although Lu Chen did not practice internal energy cultivation, he accumulated true qi purely through the "half-move sword technique" he had figured out on his own. However, the quality of the true qi cultivated from this "half-move sword technique" was extraordinary.

With his current skill, when he uses his fingers to perform the sword technique, channeling his energy to his fingertips, he can easily pierce through a tree trunk with a single finger.

It should be noted that he has only been practicing martial arts for a short time, and all his energy has been devoted to swordsmanship. He has never practiced any finger or claw techniques, nor has he ever practiced palm or fist techniques that can improve the strength of his hands.

The fingers can become as strong and sharp as steel cones, all thanks to the pure and refined true energy that has a hidden "sharp" characteristic.

With the power of his finger strike now, he can kill people without a sword, and it is probably no less powerful than Mei Chaofeng's "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" which she has cultivated for many years.

With his skills greatly improved, his simple heavy sword technique finally took shape, allowing him to fight the Condor to a standstill, and even gain a slight advantage by virtue of his weapon.

Calculating the time, Lu Chen and Huang Rong had only been cultivating in this valley for a little over a month, yet their strength had undergone a tremendous change compared to before they entered the mountain.

The only regret was that it was late autumn, the sky was clear and the air was crisp, and in the past month or so there had only been one light drizzle that lasted no more than half a night, so Lu Chen couldn't experience the joy of practicing martial arts at the waterfall...

clang!
With a deep metallic clang, Lu Chen thrust his sword into the bottom of a rock weighing over two hundred pounds, and with a pry, the rock flew up with a whoosh. Lu Chen then swiftly urged his heavy sword forward, thrusting straight in, and with a clang, the rock was shattered into pieces in mid-air.

Such force, at least in this low-level martial arts world, is beyond the ability of any flesh and blood to withstand. Even with a body honed through rigorous physical training and clad in the Jin Dynasty's "Iron Pagoda" heavy armor, one would certainly not be able to withstand a single thrust from a heavy sword.

The broken stones shot towards the divine eagle like shrapnel. The eagle flapped its short wings repeatedly, blocking the incoming stones one by one, but it was still forced to retreat several steps.

Lu Chen seized the opportunity to advance—the heavy sword greatly hampered his movement. Even though Lu Chen's skill was already quite strong and his strength had increased considerably, he could not use a light and graceful movement when wielding the Xuan Tie Heavy Sword.

Of course, the speed of the straight burst was still quite fast. In just one step, he had already rushed in front of the Divine Eagle, and with a whoosh, the heavy sword pierced straight into the Divine Eagle's chest.

The eagle's wings were blocking the rocks, and in its hasty retreat, it was easily parried by the heavy sword. The blunt tip of the sword lightly touched the eagle's chest, without unleashing any force, and then withdrew.

Although the divine eagle was not injured, it was obviously more difficult to restrain the enormous inertia of the 81-pound heavy sword in time and achieve the goal of touching it without causing damage. The heavy sword technique can be said to have been mastered at this point.

"Brother Eagle, you flatter me!"

Lu Chen laughed heartily, but as soon as he finished speaking, he paused slightly, because the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaughter" in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled slightly, giving him a hint that one of the two prerequisites for unlocking "Sword Two," "two extraordinary sword techniques," had already been met.

This was an unexpected surprise.

Unexpectedly, after sparring with the Divine Condor and gleaning insights into Dugu Qiubai's swordsmanship from its offensive and defensive stances, Lu Chen's heavy sword technique, developed from this experience, could actually be considered a "transcendent swordsmanship." While pleasantly surprised, Lu Chen couldn't help but ponder:

If you encounter a master swordsman who doesn't have a sword manual or sword book and whose swordsmanship is only passed down orally but refuses to teach you, could you use this method of constant practice to slowly figure out his swordsmanship?

Although sword techniques like the "Nine Swords of Dugu" are profound and complex, and certainly not as easy to comprehend as heavy sword techniques that follow the path of simplicity, his understanding of swordsmanship is constantly improving.

As the "Sword Intent of Immortal Slaying" is unlocked and the sword principles he touches become deeper, his sword comprehension may one day reach the level where "all sword techniques under heaven are readily available."

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