Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Comprehending Sword Dao

Sword Peak.

Inside the secret chamber, Yang Ji looked at himself.

"Name: Yang Ji"

"Root Bone: Lower-grade"

"Lifespan: 28/200"

"Realm: Foundation Establishment Early Stage (1800/102400)"

"Cultivation Technique: Ling Water Technique (Low-grade), True Rigidity Divine Art (Dao-grade)"

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Previously, he enjoyed the treatment of a Quasi-Nascent Soul True Monarch, which allowed him to consume Demon General Level Demon Cores combined with three-hundred-year-old Demon Companion Herbs to make Demon Essence Pills.

Such medicine pills could provide him with 60 cultivation points per day.

But now, his treatment standard was raised by the supreme Bai Mei to that of Divinity Transformation, letting him use Demon Marshal Level Demon Cores combined with four-hundred-year-old Demon Companion Herbs to make Demon Essence Pills.

Such medicine pills could provide him with 80 cultivation points per day.

This meant that as long as there was a continuous supply of such medicine pills, he could reach the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment in about three years, no more than four.

Such a cultivation speed was something he could never have imagined before.

If he cultivated at the speed provided by consuming Spirit Enhancing Pills, which could grant only 5 cultivation points per day,

Two hundred years of lifespan would by no means be enough for him to break through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

The path of cultivation is truly a matter of life and death if one has poor Root Bone and lacks cultivation resources.

Fortunately, Yang Ji possessed a Golden Finger by his side, creating a path to survival out of mediocrity.

Currently, although he only had a lower-grade Root Bone, he had access to Demon Essence Pills that even most disciples with a superior Root Bone envied.

You should know, Demon Marshals are comparable to human Golden Core powerhouses.

How many people could enjoy Demon Essence Pills made with such demon cores and Demon Companion Herbs?

In the entire Canglan Sect, only the Nascent Soul ancestors and about a dozen other people, including Yang Ji, had such privilege.

Jian Yuanzi once told him that even Li Changxiao, a candidate for the Void Refining Seed, used medicine pills of this caliber.

Because Demon Kings are rare, creating faster cultivation speed with their Demon Cores is quite challenging.

Usually, the supreme Bai Mei himself would hunt them down.

But the vast sea is boundless, and Demon Kings leave no trace; if they choose to hide, then even the most supreme beings could hardly find them.

That is why when Ling Gu True Monarch and Crimson Fire True Monarch and others saw three Demon Kings when they broke into the underwater waterfall, they immediately desired to hunt them down.

Unfortunately, at the level of Demon Kings, which can transform and dissipate into demon qi at will, success is hard to come by.

There are no Demon King Cores, so the fastest cultivation speed that the entire Thousand-Islands Sea Area could offer Yang Ji was around 80 cultivation points per day.

Of course, this is based on the absorption speed of his lower-grade Root Bone; if it were a superior Root Bone or even a supreme one, the amount would double or more.

Such talents, consuming the same medicine pills as him, could easily add one or two hundred cultivation points per day.

Otherwise, Li Changxiao, only a few years older than him, would not have reached the peak of Golden Core at such a young age.

This is what it means to be a genius.

However, he was quite satisfied with the current speed of cultivation.

He immediately took out a Demon Essence Pill and consumed it.

The rolling Medicine Pill's Spiritual Power unraveled, quickly being drawn into the Dantian by the force of the circulatory Heavenly Cycle within the meridians.

At this moment inside the Dantian, the vortex of Spiritual Power condensed by the True Rigidity Divine Art was even sharper, resembling a tornado made up of thousands of Flying Swords.

As soon as the Medicine Pill's Spiritual Power was swept into it, the vortex of Spiritual Energy rapidly refined it into pure True Rigidity Spiritual Power.

Then, after several circulatory cycles of refinement and purification, it transformed into an even purer liquid state of Spiritual Power.

Yang Ji sensed it briefly and found that the speed of refinement by the vortex of Spiritual Power alone was already fast enough, virtually the same as when he fully focused his mind to impel the Cultivation Technique to refine.

A Dao-level Cultivation Technique is indeed powerful, endless benefits it does yield.

This discovery left him pleasantly surprised, as it also meant that he could free up more time to practice his spells and techniques.

His initial choice to select a Dao-level Cultivation Technique was indeed exceptionally correct, equivalent to having gained an extra portion of time.

After ingesting a Medicine Pill, Yang Ji no longer interfered, letting the vortex of Spiritual Power refine on its own.

With a flip of his hand, he took out a Jade Slip, which contained the Dao of Li Sword.

Initially, without any substantial Sword Dao scriptures, he managed to comprehend the Dao of Li Sword just from the glimpse of intent contained in the Sword Dao's afterimage.

Now, with Sword Dao scriptures to study, he believed his Cultivation speed would be even faster.

No sooner had his Divine Sense touched the Jade Slip than he found its world to be chaotic and obscured. Just as he was about to probe further, a deep voice echoed in his ear.

"The Gui Cang Sword is divided into Qian, Kun, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui, and Zhen— the innate Eight Swords. Following the principle of Gui Cang, they mutually generate and transform, creating the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, all things between the heavens and the earth, hidden within."

"This is the Dao of Li Sword. The Dao of Li Sword represents the fire element, full of dominance and unstoppable, and once unleashed, it's like wildfire spreading across the plains, an unstoppable force."

Accompanied by the booming voice of the Dao, each character resembling both fire and sword emitted a tyrannical and sharp aura, swiftly approaching from the hazy distance.

They appeared in the air before Yang Ji in a square formation.

Each of these characters, with flames climbing over their surfaces like Flying Swords, was imbued with the intense Sword Intent of the Li fire.

Yang Ji knew that the few hundred characters before him held the essence of Cultivating the Dao of Li Sword, which required personal insight and understanding.

He quickly got hold of the Sword Dao scripture, and each character turned into a Sword Dao rune, imprinting deep within his soul.

As he delved deeper into his comprehension and unraveled the profound truths, the Sword Dao characters in the Jade Slip changed.

The characters collided thunderously, forming a giant Flying Sword that stood erect before his eyes.

The sword intent of the fire element emitted by this Flying Sword was more than a hundred times more potent than the Sword Intent in the Sword Dao's afterimage.

The scriptures, supplemented by Sword Intent, made it easier to grasp the understanding.

Yang Ji contemplated the scripture and comprehended the Sword Intent.

After ten days of contemplation, upon opening his eyes once more, endless white sword glows burst forth from his eyes, and the initially six-tenths transparent Sword Intent in his mind roared into solidity, with the Sword Intent soaring instantly to ten percent.

Feeling the enhancement in Sword Intent, only a faint smile of satisfaction crossed Yang Ji's face; such a result surprised him yet was within his expectations.

Having pondered on the Sword Dao's afterimage for three years, a deep foundation had been laid, now with substantive scriptures at hand, his comprehension was unstoppable, advancing at a rapid pace.

Having achieved ten percent of the fire element Sword Intent, he temporarily set it aside.

Turning his hand over, he took out another Jade Slip which contained the Dao of Xun Sword.

Once his Divine Sense entered, a similarly profound voice of the Dao resonated by his ear.

"The Dao of Xun Sword. Xun signifies wind, the essence between heaven and earth, born at the tip of greenery, dancing under pines and cypresses.

The Dao of Xun Sword is extremely versatile, the finest of the Gui Cang Sword techniques; gentle like sprinkling flowers and sweeping willows, but when it acts in frenzy, it has the tremendous power to shatter stones, cleave forests, split mountains, and rend the heavens."

Like with the Dao of Li Sword, hundreds of Sword Dao characters flew in from the misty distance, appearing chaotically yet filled with countless regulations, exuding sensations of extreme speed, elegance, and ferocity.

Indeed, sometimes a gentle breeze, other times a wild gale.

Unsteady and elusive, no wonder it's the most variable among the Gui Cang Sword techniques.

(One more chapter follows.)