Chapter 309: Powerful Sword Cultivators (2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
At that time, he had even thought of becoming a sword cultivator.
When Miao You saw Lin Shen staring at the flying sword in a daze, she couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Do you want to be a sword cultivator?”
Lin Shen came back to his senses and smiled. He casually said, “Sword cultivators have powerful combat strength. Becoming one would be great news, right?”
Everyone knew that although cultivators had countless methods to deal with their enemies, sword cultivators were the strongest in terms of fighting!
Miao You nodded and said, “Of course. There are many cultivators who want to become sword cultivators, but very few of them will get what they want in the end.”
“Why is that?” Lin Shen was instantly curious.
He had just become a cultivator master and still didn’t know much about it. Now that he had a cultivator master beside him, he could ask for guidance.
Seeing that a powerful expert like Lin Shen was asking her for guidance, even though Miao You appeared to be nonchalant, she was very satisfied. She immediately explained softly.
“If you want to become a sword cultivator, you have to meet two conditions.
“First of all, I have to have a sword pill!”
A sword pill?
Lin Shen was slightly surprised as he looked at the flying sword in his hand.
Noticing his gaze, Miao You smiled and said,
“Many low-level cultivators who don’t know much about sword cultivators think that sword cultivators’ weapons are flying swords, but they’re actually very wrong!
“Strictly speaking, flying swords are only a type of ordinary Dharma treasure. Using a flying sword doesn’t mean that you’re a sword cultivator. A true sword cultivator’s weapon is a sword pill!”
Under Miao You’s explanation, Lin Shen gradually came to a realization.
The so-called sword pill was a magic treasure refined from pure metal.
A sword pill alone didn’t mean much. In the hands of an amateur, the power it could unleash was even inferior to ordinary Dharma treasures.
However, in the hands of a sword cultivator, it was a killing weapon that could kill enemies thousands of miles away!
After a sword cultivator obtained the sword pill, he could fuse it with his mind through training. Then, he could inject his spiritual essence into it and use it to kill people from afar.
It was agile and unpredictable when used. It was far more difficult to defend against than a cultivator master attacking with a flying sword.
Even if one could block a single attack, they couldn’t block the continuous flying slashes that followed.
Moreover, once the situation was bad in battle, the sword cultivator could use the sword light to escape. When the enemy’s Dharma treasure was put away, he could turn around and continue attacking. He could advance and retreat freely in battles.
Because of that, sword cultivators were recognized as the most troublesome and ferocious existences in battle!
“It’s not easy to refine a sword pill. Only a weapon refinement grandmaster can refine it. Moreover, the materials are very hard to find. It’s not easy for ordinary cultivator masters to obtain an ordinary sword pill, let alone an excellent one.”
Miao You continued,
“Just the sword pill alone has stopped many cultivators from embarking on the path of sword cultivation!”
Lin Shen was deep in thought as he asked, “What’s the second condition?”
Miao You replied without thinking, “Weapons can’t be used without a technique. The sword pill is a weapon. With a weapon, we naturally need a technique to control the sword pill, which is the flying sword technique!”
This flying sword wasn’t the ordinary one that flew in the sky.
“A good Flying Sword Technique is extremely important to a sword cultivator’s combat strength!
“I once heard of a sect called the Star Sect. It’s said to be the strongest sword cultivation sect in the East Divine Continent. Its disciples are all sword cultivators without exception. Although there are few of them, their combat strength is unparalleled. Not many sects in the entire East Divine Continent dare to provoke them!”
At this point, Miao You glanced at Lin Shen and smiled.
“Although the Nine Suns Sect isn’t a sword cultivation sect, there are still many famous sword cultivation experts in the East Sea Path. I believe your sect should also have excellent flying sword techniques!”
Lin Shen nodded slightly and made up his mind to see if he could find a way to get the sword pill and flying sword technique after returning to Dragonside City.
After putting away the Dharma treasure, Lin Shen looked at the books again.
There were three books in total. They were the Deadiron Manual, the Golden Wheel Lightning Tome, and the Nether Yin Heavy Water.
Lin Shen opened the Deadiron Manual and read it for a while. He quickly realized that this was the cultivation technique Lu Wansong used.
The deadiron spiritual essence was transformed by cultivating this manual.
Lin Shen closed the secret manual and turned to Miao You to ask for advice on spells and the Five Elements spiritual essence.
Miao You deliberated for a moment before slowly saying,
“The Great Dao is inseparable from the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It’s the same for all the cultivation techniques that transform spiritual essence. There are five attributes, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Depending on the cultivation technique, there are also differences in their quality.
“Cultivators who cultivate metal techniques will naturally convert their spiritual essence into metal. For example, Lu Wansong’s deadiron spiritual essence is metal spiritual essence, while my wind spiritual essence is wood spiritual essence.”
Lin Shen suddenly thought of Wu Luo and Wu Ji.
The former had water spiritual essence, while the latter had metal spiritual essence.
Thinking of this, Lin Shen asked again, “Does a person only have one attribute?”
“That’s not the case. There are very few cultivation techniques that can cultivate spiritual essence with two or even three attributes, making it even more powerful. However, such cultivation techniques often have extremely high requirements for the number of spirit meridians. Only people with first or second-grade spirit meridians can cultivate them.”
At this point, Miao You couldn’t help but look at Lin Shen enviously.
With a third-grade spirit meridian like hers, she was basically destined to only cultivate a single attribute.
Even though there were a few dual-attribute techniques, they were still extremely inferior. The spiritual essence cultivated was probably not as pure as a single spiritual essence. It was better not to cultivate them after all.
As for those with first-grade spirit meridians, as long as they wanted to, they could cultivate 99% of the cultivation techniques in the world.
For someone like Lin Shen, whose spirit meridian grade was above grade one, there was probably no technique in the world that he couldn’t cultivate.
Miao You was deep in thought when she suddenly heard Lin Shen’s question.
“Are there any cultivation techniques with all five elements?”
“Well…”
Miao You was stunned and hesitated.
“I’ve never heard of one. However, there are so many techniques in the world. What I know is only a tiny fraction. I think there should be one. Perhaps your sect has something similar to that.”
Lin Shen nodded slightly, a thoughtful look flashing across his eyes.
He had 108 spirit meridians on him, and most of the cultivation techniques in the world were for him to cultivate. In that case, the more advanced the cultivation technique, the better.
After coming back to his senses, Lin Shen looked at the Golden Wheel Lightning Tome and the Nether Yin Heavy Water in his hands.
“Do you recognize these two secret manuals?” Lin Shen glanced at Miao You.
Miao You pursed her lips and nodded, her eyes looking troubled.
“This is the cultivation technique of our tribe.”
“Your tribe?”
Miao You hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully, “I’m from the Eagle Tribe of the Dragon Abyss Mountain Range.”
Lin Shen was really surprised.
He had guessed that Miao You was definitely from a certain demon tribe, but he didn’t expect her to be an old neighbor.
However, why would a cultivator master of the Eagle Tribe appear here?
A thought suddenly flashed across Lin Shen’s mind, and he blurted out, “Lu Wansong is also from the Eagle Tribe?”
Miao You sighed and admitted frankly.
Lin Shen immediately understood.
Apart from a bloody power struggle, there was no other reason for them to kill each other.
Speaking of which, the factional strife within the Nine Suns Sect was pretty much the same. It was just that it hadn’t developed to the point where the Eagle Tribe had to face each other head-on.
Shaking his head, Lin Shen didn’t ask further. Instead, he asked about the Golden Wheel Lightning Tome and the Nether Yin Heavy Water.
Miao You didn’t keep anything from him. Even if she didn’t tell him, Lin Shen would only spend more time researching it. If he wanted to cultivate, he could still cultivate.
Moreover, in the current situation, she no longer had the intention to keep the tribe’s cultivation technique a secret.
“The Golden Wheel Lightning Technique is a Body Tempering cultivation technique. It requires metal and water spiritual essence to cultivate. The metal and water form the power of divine lightning and temper the body. After cultivating it, the body will be integrated into one and as hard as steel. Ordinary enchanted armaments won’t be able to hurt you at all!”
Lin Shen’s eyes lit up.
It was actually a Body Tempering cultivation technique!
That was perfect!
After advancing to a cultivator master, the martial techniques and spells he had previously cultivated could no longer keep up with the increase in his strength.
This was also one of the reasons why Lin Shen hadn’t used any martial arts techniques from the beginning to the end when he fought with Lu Wansong.
True Martial techniques were fine. They still had some effect on cultivator masters.
However, the spells, including the Seven Arts Sword Energy, were no longer enough.
It wasn’t that the spells weren’t as powerful as before, but that they were only created for the Bright Aperture Stage. Although they could be used with spiritual essence, the amount of spiritual essence consumed was far from proportional to the power.
It was better to use spiritual essence directly against the enemy!
Therefore, apart from finding a suitable spell to convert the spiritual essence of the Five Elements spiritual essence, what Lin Shen urgently needed to do now was to cultivate new techniques..
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