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Ancient Strengthening Technique Chapter 33: It takes 10 Years to Forge a Good Sword

Qing Shui’s i He was daydrea about ould he be able to step into the fabled realm of Man and Sword as One, and Heaven and Man as One After which, he shook his head: “A journey of a thousandand start with the basics After all, even accounting for the experiences of my past life, I do not have any experience in the way of the sword Ithe Tai-Chi Fist and the Tai-Chi swordplay Those were just empty stances full of air with no real substance behind them

As he read on, other than the main basic ing, Pointing, Carrying, Piercing, Slicing and Hacking, the book also, in great detail, explained the ath which had to be exerted for each strike, the position of the sword, the posture of the body as well as breathing methods that could be utilized Other than the descriptions, there were also pictures depicting a hu a sword in the various for Shui read, the more he was confused “How could the techniques the <> be so complex? If this is the case, what about the profound sword arts? How could I even begin to train in the Shui was lost in conte Shui saw a picture, he would match it with the details stated in the description and practice theers in place of a sword, he held the book in one hand and practiced the basic for, Slicing and Hacking with the other one One stroke after another, relentlessly pursuing perfection

Qing Shui carried on his practice as time inexorably passed on He did not know the exact aht cycle within the spatial real Shui, akin to a madman, practiced al on his journey to co all out is the only way for me to improve, even if I have to step close to the boundary of Qi Deviation, I have to succeed!” Qing Shui said with deter Shui did not lack perseverance or determination He understood well that he was akin to metal Metal needs to suffer blows from the sed into a good sword In addition to that, the Yin-Yang Sy his spirit and h level of co personality as well as the aiding effects of his spatial real would be i <> to to the 3 other thick medical books, it could be considered rather thin In addition, the contents of the <> book explained the most basic of all sword stances Compared to the complex <> and the <>, it was infinitely easier to ree of the book it ritten that the essence of the sword could be sule sentence of four reale], [Profoundness within Simplicity], [Swiftness equates Invincibility], [Back to Nature]!”

Qing Shui understood all of them, except for the last part, [Back to Nature] He only see it contained, but nothing concrete

For the first realht referred to knoas the right circuht ti sword forms Simply put, to execute the correct moves at the correct time

For the second realht referred to not pursuing perfection of form Form is secondary and intent is priood, but is nothing in comparison to true power In fact, the more profound the sword art is, thethe techniques within Upon stepping into this realm, the techniques executed those who understand the dao of the sword ht even looked clumsy and sloppy

For the third realm, [Swiftness equates Invincibility], the essence of this insight referred to, under the vast domain of heavens, the sa as one achieve sufficient speed, he would be able to defeat anything in the world With sufficient speed, one ht indeed achieve the realm of invincibility What a pity that this was just a theory After all, ould dare to say that they are the swiftest in the world?

For the last real of the insights behind it Qing Shui could not coed to “Could it be the legendary realm? After one had mastered the sword, one could infuse sword intent into everything in nature At that real in nature could be used as a sword!

Sword intent! Qing Shui got lost in contehts drifted far away

After he finished the book, Qing Shui closed his eyes and started hts and to his heart to comprehend the various details outlined in the book

After a long ti Shui finally opened his eyes This was indeed the basics of sword arts! No matter how profound a sword technique was and no matter which realm a sword user had attained, traces of the <> would still exist within them!

“If that is the case, when <> is cultivated to its pinnacle, could it also possess theShui was lost in conteiant condor and the dried rations, had long since been finished off by Qing Shui, therefore he had no choice but to hunt As he exited the spatial real Shui could spent approximately 15 days in the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal per real day, every day he chose to split the ment, he would stay within the spatial realm until it forcibly extricated him after he passed the ti Shui had learnt plenty of things in the last month He was also out in nature where he could contenificance of the 5 elehts into the heart of the heavens