Chapter 869: Chapter 869: Sword Technique
In Chen Guan’s eyes, those hand seals seemed to come alive, fading gradually from the Jade Sword.
As the hand seals disappeared from the Jade Sword, hands that did not exist, or rather transcended time, materialized out of thin air, appearing in Chen Guan’s line of sight.
These were the hands that left the hand seals on the Jade Sword, transcending the river of time, presented in reverse to Chen Guan’s eyes.
Thousands of hands, in a reversed mode, converged towards one place, finally gathering on a shadow, as if the person was like a thousand-armed Buddha, with arms and hands displaying various postures, yet the shadow was a mass of chaos, its appearance unclear.
Chen Guan understood in his heart, that the person was not truly with a thousand arms and hands, but because all these hand seals were made by him alone, such a scene appeared when analyzing the trajectory.
Sure enough, with the movement of the thousand hands and arms, they all eventually merged into a normal human shadow.
That shadow posed, with both hands forming a unique gesture.
This gesture was strange, without the earth-shattering aura Chen Guan imagined, lacking the oppressive power of gods and demons, and it didn’t even look like the starting stance of a Palm Technique.
Just as Chen Guan was pondering what this stance could be, something unexpected occurred.
In the image, the Jade Sword embedded in the cliff wall flew out, landing directly in the shadow’s hand.
At this moment, Chen Guan realized why he found the shadow’s position peculiar because it was not a stance for a Palm Technique but a position of one hand grasping a sword, the other forming a Sword Technique stance.
"How could this be?" Chen Guan was somewhat astonished.
He originally thought that the owner of the Jade Sword and the owner of the hand seals should be enemies, not expecting them to be the same person.
"Since he is the owner of the Jade Sword, why would he put hand seals on it himself? What is he doing?" Chen Guan continued to watch, and the shadow sheathed the sword and disappeared.
"Now it’s certain, the Jade Sword and the hand seals come from the same person. Is he doing this to enhance the Jade Sword’s combat power or to suppress it?" Chen Guan pondered internally.
If it’s to enhance the Jade Sword’s combat power, then the fact that it’s stuck atop a mountain might suggest it’s suppressing or sealing something within the mountain or on it.
If it is to suppress the Jade Sword, it shows that the Jade Sword is far from ordinary, possibly having some very special attribute.
Chen Guan leaned more toward the latter; if it was to enhance the Jade Sword’s combat power, there was no need to hit so hard as to leave grooves on it.
Another reason is that, even though it’s analyzed in reverse, it can still be felt that when those hand prints were imprinted, it was not for some benevolent amplification purpose.
Chen Guan repeatedly analyzed it using the Secret Law, increasingly feeling that these hand seals were to suppress the Jade Sword itself, and slowly discerned some clues about these seals.
The reason why even Ming Fei’s Prajna Wisdom couldn’t deduce the Palm Technique corresponding to the seals is, firstly, the power of the seals itself is very peculiar, and secondly, they were not actually done using a Palm Technique.
These hand seals correspond to a Sword Technique hand gesture, not intended for killing, but to control the Jade Sword.
Because it’s a Sword Technique issued specifically for the Jade Sword, someone as wise as Ming Fei could never have deduced it without first witnessing the Jade Sword’s power.
Chen Guan attempted to restore the Sword Technique through the analysis ability of the Secret Law.
However, no matter how he practiced, the results were not significant. The power used by the opponent with this Sword Technique must be quite special, and without the corresponding power, it can’t be used properly.
Since he didn’t know the power corresponding to the Sword Technique, Chen Guan couldn’t deduce and learn the Sword Technique.
Nevertheless, it wasn’t too difficult for Chen Guan.
Even though he couldn’t grasp the true intricacies, Chen Guan still memorized the moves and aura, then continuously imitated them.
When Chen Guan felt his imitation was nearly accurate, he asked Ming Fei to take a look and see if this Sword Technique was indeed used to suppress the Jade Sword.
Ming Fei activated the Secret Law and Talent Ability, analyzing the Sword Technique Chen Guan used and the situation he described.
With some clues at hand, Ming Fei’s Prajna Wisdom came into play.
"This is indeed a Sword Technique used for suppression and control, but since the technique requires a kind of power we’ve never seen, without witnessing the person using it, it’s hard to reproduce it," Ming Fei said after a pause and continued, "However, it doesn’t mean there’s no gain at all. It’s difficult to recreate the Sword Technique, but if we reverse engineer it, it might be worth a try and could yield some results."
"Why can’t it be done forward, but can be done backward?" Chen Guan didn’t understand Ming Fei’s logic.
"Because my ability can help you replicate a certain power, you saw it in reverse and haven’t seen the forward version. Thus, even if I merged with you to let you leverage my power, I could only replicate the reverse Sword Technique, not the normal one." Ming Fei explained.
"So that’s the case, having the reverse Sword Technique should make it easier to understand its function," Chen Guan thought this as he allowed Ming Fei to transform into armor and attach to him.
Then he simultaneously used Ming Fei and his Secret Law to watch the image projected by the demon’s eye once more.
This time, indeed, Chen Guan experienced something different again. Watching the reversed Sword Technique, the Primordial Energy inside him, through Ming Fei’s ability, transformed into a special attribute flowing continuously.
With a thought, Chen Guan adopted the reverse Sword Technique stance, indeed feeling a strange power flowing on his palms.
Following the reversal sequence, Chen Guan’s hands changed into different gestures, reversing and replicating various hand seal Sword Techniques.
With the change of hand Sword Techniques, Chen Guan suddenly felt the Primordial Energy inside him depleting rapidly, gushing out like a breached dam.
If it was any ordinary cultivator, even one at the Ninth Awakening, the Primordial Energy would likely be exhausted instantly.
Chen Guan naturally didn’t have this worry, but he suddenly heard a sword cry and immediately realized something was wrong, promptly halting the copying and usage of the Sword Technique.
Chen Guan couldn’t see the situation outside, but he was sure that his reversed use of the Sword Technique triggered a reaction from the Jade Sword.
He didn’t expect that using the Sword Technique in reverse would have any effect, and he hadn’t specifically targeted the Jade Sword, yet it reacted.
Chen Guan didn’t know the exact state of the Jade Sword now, but he estimated the woman would come soon.
Because he adjusted the Secret Law and had no means to mask the energy fluctuations, he didn’t dare let the demon’s eye see, so he approached the telescope himself to observe the external situation.
Just as he expected, the woman flew in directly, this time without pacing across the clouds, landing on the opposite mountain platform in an instant.
