7: Chapter 7 Entering the Three Gates

In a blink, two days passed.

【Cloud Swaying Sword Art, First Volume: Perfection (Sword Sense +5)】

Comprehension Ability +5

Lifespan +5

【Realm: Ascending Dragon Realm Second Pass, Qi Circulation Early Stage (166/500)】

"To be able to train a volume of sword art to Perfection in just two days, looking at it this way..."

In twenty days, he could reach Perfection in Qi Circulation, then break through the pass and step into the third pass of the Ascending Dragon Realm, the Qi Sea Realm.

The gold content of 94 Comprehension Ability was indeed terrifyingly high.

No, it was 99 Comprehension Ability now.

Therefore, his cultivation speed would only get faster from here; perhaps he wouldn't even need twenty days to completely master the Perfection of Qi Circulation.

Furthermore, a single qi-supplementing pill, which normally helped someone cultivate for five days, was only enough for one day of use for Yu Xiu.

This showed that the qi-supplementing pill was not wasted in the slightest by Yu Xiu; he absorbed it all, and his efficiency was far higher than others in the same Qi Circulation Realm.

Thirty qi-supplementing pills were already enough for Yu Xiu to cultivate through the entire Qi Circulation Realm.

In a blink, another half-month passed.

【Cloud Swaying Sword Art, Tenth Volume: Perfection (Sword Sense +5)】

【Flying Rainbow Sword: Perfection (Sword Sense +5)】

【Realm: Ascending Dragon Realm Second Pass, Qi Circulation Perfection (Can break through Realm)】

【Comprehension Ability: 149 (94+55)】

【Lifespan: 16 / 224 (169+55)】

【Sword Heart: Hidden Edge (1/500)】

'149 Comprehension Ability, 224 years of lifespan!'

Yu Xiu didn't pay much attention to his cultivation base instead.

Because his current Comprehension Ability was too high; it had already broken past 100 and was infinitely approaching 150.

Even the Great Four Passes could not block his path forward; perhaps he could continue to advance rapidly even within the Great Four Passes.

He had practiced the Qi Circulation Realm sword technique, Flying Rainbow Sword, to Perfection in just one day.

In just over half a month, he had already finished cultivating the entire Qi Circulation Realm.

Before this, he had spent nearly three years just on the entry level and the Leakless Realm, a world of difference compared to now.

Finally, Yu Xiu set his sights on the newly acquired 'Sword Heart: Hidden Edge'.

This was a transformation that occurred after his Sword Sense broke past 100.

The Qingwei Sword Sect cultivated the Sword Dao, practiced the sword, and learned the sword.

Those with profound Sword Dao had a body like a sword, a heart like a sword, and a spirit like a sword. Only when these three combined could one obtain a 'Sword Heart'.

What is the use of a Sword Heart?

Those who obtain a Sword Heart obtain Sword Intent, and Sword Intent needs no further explanation. With the support of Sword Intent, even a wooden sword in hand can cut through metal and jade; the deeper the Sword Intent, the stronger the power.

Sword Intent is the most intuitive manifestation of power.

And a Sword Heart is not just about obtaining Sword Intent; it is more about the heart and the spirit.

It can clarify the heart and nourish the spirit.

Clarifying the sword within the heart can sever all distracting thoughts and sense the Soul of the sword. Practicing the sword thereafter is like having divine assistance; cultivation will be twice, thrice, or even ten times faster than usual.

Nourishing the spirit of the Life Palace adds to one's spirit until it becomes as blazing as the sun.

Hidden Edge lies in concealment; great skill looks like clumsiness, with the edge tempered within.

When drawing the sword, outsiders cannot perceive it in the slightest. By the time the edge erupts, life and death have already been decided.

And this Hidden Edge is not just about hiding the sharpness of the sword; it can hide a person's aura and everything else.

Yu Xiu had once heard the Teaching Elder say that a Sword Heart is unrelated to the level of cultivation.

Some people can form a Sword Heart after only one year of cultivation.

While others, even after cultivating for a hundred years and becoming experts of the Great Four Passes, still cannot form a Sword Heart.

'I have formed a Sword Heart!' Yu Xiu breathed out lightly.

The sword in his hand seemed different, as if it had a faint life, with a deeper connection to him, showing signs of becoming a part of his own body.

As he moved the sword lightly, Sword Intent appeared, faintly revealing an indestructible sharpness.

'This is Sword Intent!'

'Unfortunately, my Sword Heart has just formed, and the Sword Intent is too weak.'

Yu Xiu was not discouraged.

The Sword Heart is above Sword Sense, but it is also based on Sword Sense.

Although the panel showed Sword Heart: Hidden Edge 1.

In reality, it was more than 1.

His Sword Sense before this was 85. After cultivating the ten volumes of the Cloud Swaying Sword Art and the Flying Rainbow Sword, his Sword Sense reached 140.

He had calculated that roughly 100 Sword Sense points could increase the Sword Heart by 1.

In other words, with another 60 points of Sword Sense, his Sword Heart would be able to increase by +1.

'Today, I shall break through the second pass of the Ascending Dragon Realm and enter the third pass, the Qi Sea.'

As long as he entered the third pass, the Qi Sea, he could enter the Inner Courtyard.

Once the Qi Sea was cultivated and he entered the Life Spring, he would no longer fear that Fang Jiming of the Inner Courtyard, and he could go out to subdue demons and kill monsters; he would not lack contribution points.

At that time, he would cultivate all the Cultivation Techniques, sword arts, and sword techniques in the entire Inner Courtyard Scripture Pavilion to Perfection.

By then, his Comprehension Ability would surely break ten thousand, and his lifespan would also break ten thousand.

Development, fierce development!

When he entered the Main Sect, who would be able to compete with him for the position of true Disciple?

However, before entering the Inner Courtyard, there were still a few guys who needed to be dealt with.

'Ascending Dragon Realm third pass, Qi Sea!'

Yu Xiu murmured in his heart. The internal Qi in his body flowed through his limbs and bones, like myriad rivers returning to the sea, and finally all poured into the Qi Sea.

In an instant, the third pass of the Ascending Dragon Realm, the Qi Sea Realm, was achieved.

There was no Bottleneck, nor did any obstacles exist; it was just so natural, like water flowing into a channel!

'Heart Demon!' Yu Xiu waited quietly.

But there was no movement!

'Could it be that this Heart Demon is cunning and wants to manifest when I am most relaxed?'

Yu Xiu remained unmoved and did not relax at all.

However, half an hour passed, and there was still no movement.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

'So, the Yin Demon also needs time to gestate!' Yu Xiu realized.

It had only been half a month since he broke through to the Qi Circulation Realm; the Yin Demon in his body had likely not yet gestated again.

'Breaking through too fast may not necessarily be good.'

He had wasted an opportunity to obtain a spiritual item.

Yu Xiu felt a bit regretful, but it didn't matter.

He did not rush to enter the Inner Courtyard but went down the mountain directly.

At the foot of Mianzhu Mountain, there was a city called Qingwei City.

Although this city was not the largest in Yan Province, it existed because of the Qingwei Sword Sect. Most of the people there were those who had come to join the Qingwei Sword Sect but failed and stayed behind; there were also family members of Disciples, and from time to time, Disciples would gather in this city to trade spiritual items.

Therefore, this made Qingwei City quite lively; there was no shortage of merchants or Loose Cultivators.

Almost shortly after Yu Xiu went down the mountain, in a bamboo hut in the Outer Courtyard, the effeminate-looking youth Yun Mo's eyes lit up: "Coming down the mountain at this time, Yu Xiu, oh Yu Xiu, it seems that entering the Qi Circulation Realm has given you great courage!"

Unfortunately, having entered the Qi Circulation Realm for less than a month, what kind of results could he cultivate? Judging from Yu Xiu's previous cultivation progress, in half a month, Yu Xiu would at most have stabilized his strength in the Early Stage of the Qi Circulation Realm.

Compared to them, the one who had entered the Qi Circulation Realm for the shortest time had been there for no less than half a year. No matter how you calculated it, it was not something Yu Xiu could compare with.

"Good, although there are patrolling Disciples in Qingwei City and we can't kill him, it won't be difficult to make him pay a price, injure his Foundation, make him forever stuck in the Early Stage of the Qi Circulation Realm, or even cripple his entire cultivation." The thin-faced youth Xu Fang's eyes flashed with cold intent.

...

Qingwei City, East City, street.

An old man and a young girl, who appeared to be grandfather and granddaughter, were walking on the street. The old man looked to be in his seventies, while the young girl was only twelve or thirteen.

"They still caught up!" The old man's expression was normal, but deep in his eyes, one could see a hint of inescapable worry and urgency.

"Grandpa Dong, they..." The twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was a bit scared and clutched the old man's sleeve.

"This is Qingwei City; they dare not act recklessly." The old man gently patted the girl's hand to comfort her.

"That thing..." The girl subconsciously pressed her hand against the wooden box in her arms.

"The thing that the entire Cui Clan paid with their lives to protect, even if it costs this old man's life, must never be handed over to these animals!" The old man's eyes revealed Evil Qi.

Behind this old man and young girl, several figures walked on the street unhurriedly, looking like just passersby, but their eyes fell on the old man and the young girl from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally.

...

"Since things have come to this, I'll eat a good meal first." Yu Xiu hadn't noticed those guys following him, but he knew that those guys would definitely come.

So he went all the way to the East City and entered the Babao Tower.