Chapter 257: Chapter 224: Sword Enlightenment

Chu Huaixu is “Euthanasia”.

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With this sword strike, he died with peace of mind, died happily, and was as dead as one could be.

“So strong! So strong that I don’t even know how to describe it!”

The visual senses cannot determine just how powerful this sword is.

You must be struck by it to personally experience it.

And the stronger this sword, naturally, the greater his future gains will be.

When his vision was restored, he found himself again standing at his previous position.

But when he looked up, he could no longer see the Daoist standing on Wenda Peak.

Clearly, the next period of time was for him to ponder.

“Will I have another chance to witness the sword?”

“Or is this the only time?” Chu Huaixu could not find an answer for now.

He began to sit cross-legged in the forest.

Then, he attempted to open his Character Panel and awaken the system.

Unexpectedly, he succeeded.

“If I need to experience this sword, then it must be to comprehend something.”

As an Outer Sect low tier cultivator, what else can one comprehend?

Nothing other than—Intent!

Chu Huaixu is a sword cultivator, and what he comprehends is sword intent.

Sword intent, like techniques, is divided into four levels.

Comprehending Sword Intent—Minor Success of Sword Intent—Great Success of Sword Intent—Sword Intent Perfection.

After achieving Sword Intent Perfection, one can form the Sword Heart.

The Sword Heart is also divided into four levels, with the highest being Sword Heart Clarity.

However, the Sword Domain is different.

[Domain], in fact, is the power mastered by Seventh Realm cultivators.

When cultivation reaches the Seventh Realm, it naturally manifests.

And Sword Heart Clarity is an extremely difficult realm to achieve, with very few people in the world possessing it.

Therefore, many sword cultivators with a Sword Domain do not necessarily have a Sword Heart of Clarity.

For the current Chu Huaixu, Sword Heart Clarity is the spiritual embryo divine technique of the Heart Sword.

Put simply, it means that even if the Heart Sword reaches this realm, he is still far from it!

His current Fearless Sword Intent is only at the stage of comprehending sword intent. To ascend to Minor Success, there are only two paths.

The first path is through daily insights.

Fighting with strong foes, experiencing life and death, gaining fortuitous encounters, or learning powerful swordsmanship… all assist in comprehending sword intent.

The system has many methods for evaluation, with its own set of [algorithms].

The second path is to invest experience points.

This is the simplest and most straightforward method.

When Chu Huaixu first comprehended Fearless Sword Intent, he glanced at the experience cost needed for an upgrade, which was 972,134.

Nearly a million experience points in total!

He had never saved such a large amount of experience points in one go.

Besides, he didn’t think it was necessary.

There are simply too many ways to increase the progress bar.

He fought his way through various hurdles, experienced numerous events, had many adventures, and learned the Earth Level Technique [Six Out of Seven]… all these contribute to the progress bar.

As a result, he never really considered using experience points for this purpose before.

This is also the choice of the majority of players in “Borrowed Sword”.

Because spending experience points elsewhere can often also promote sword intent.

For example, directly upgrading [Six Out of Seven] to Minor Success and learning Earth Level Swordsmanship to this extent increased the sword intent progress bar by sixteen percent!

Moreover, every time he gains [comprehension], the experience points required to upgrade the sword intent also decrease.

Overall, “Borrowed Sword” clearly wants players to understand and experience the aspect of [Intent]!

“I remember the last time I checked, the experience points needed to upgrade sword intent was only 230,000.” Chu Huaixu thought.

Now, he reopened the panel and was shocked to find it only required 110,000 more!

“Did one sword strike decrease it by 120,000?” Chu Huaixu was overjoyed.

“No, no, it shouldn’t be that much.”

“Because the last time I checked was before entering the [Origin Spirit Realm].”

Fighting with that Nascent Soul Dog definitely offered benefits.

However, Chu Huaixu knew very well that the system has its own [algorithm].

The fortune granted by the Dao Ancestor’s sword is unquestionably immense!

The reason the experience value was reduced to this extent is definitely not due to the Dao Ancestor, nor the might of the sword…

“The issue must lie with me!”

“I’m just a mere comprehension 6…”

Moreover, [Intent] itself is not something achieved overnight.

The so-called sudden enlightenment also requires continuous accumulation, then it bursts forth in an instant!

He started sitting cross-legged, trying his best to relive the sword strike.

He made great efforts to comprehend, relying entirely on himself.

Several hours passed like this.

Chu Huaixu glanced at the panel.

“Damn it! Only 2,000 points reduced!” he couldn’t help but curse.

Clearly, relying solely on himself to sit and ponder like this, who knows when he could finally understand!

If it were Xiaoxu with [comprehension 10], it would certainly be different.

Chu Huaixu knew very well, not to mention the gap between his comprehension 6 and Xiaoxu’s comprehension 10, even between comprehension 9 and 10, the differences are immense!

The further along, the greater the difference each point makes.

“It still needs to be struck, being struck is more efficient!” he thought to himself.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

Chu Huaixu had been trapped here for twelve hours.

This means his physical body also sat on Han Shuangjiang’s leg for twelve hours.

About this, he wasn’t very worried.

“Big Ice Cube is at least a cultivator.”

“Though not a body cultivator, she won’t be crushed to death just because I’m sitting on her.”

What Chu Huaixu is currently more concerned about is—eating and drinking!

He was a rather meticulous person and quickly thought of this problem.

“If I can’t comprehend it forever, then I won’t be able to get out.”

“Will I starve or die of thirst?”

Cultivators definitely endure more than ordinary people.

But even low-tier cultivators have limitations in this aspect.

Especially for body cultivators like him, they’re big eaters and have quite substantial demands in this regard.

For this reason, while refining the [Profound Yellow Origin Fragment], Jiang Zhi would come every day to stuff a Grain Avoidance Pill into his mouth.

Stranger still, his consciousness was trapped in here, yet this big eater could actually feel hunger?

“Could this be part of the test itself?”

“As time passes and hunger is felt, it brings a sense of urgency.”

That would be akin to racing against time.

Moreover, this also tests one’s mindset.

If the mind is not calm, the efficiency of comprehension will certainly be lower, entering a vicious cycle.

Chu Huaixu immediately furrowed his brow.

He wasn’t worried about himself.

He was unsure how long Han Shuangjiang had been sitting cross-legged comprehending the sword!

In theory, Chu Huaixu shouldn’t be worried.

Because in the book “Borrowed Sword,” Han Shuangjiang, a heroine of good fortune, single-handedly inherited two legacies from the Dao Ancestor.

This means, under normal circumstances, she should be able to pass through the Secret Realm smoothly.

Yet he couldn’t help but worry.

He worries because he cares.

If someone is on your mind, you definitely won’t bet on a small probability event; you’ll only think of ensuring everything is foolproof.

Moreover, even if life isn’t in danger, he doesn’t want Han Shuangjiang to suffer from hunger and thirst.

Most people in the world are not extremely selfish and indifferent; even if it’s just a good friend who’s hungry, they’d lend a helping hand.

Let alone if they’re a couple.

Chu Huaixu also wasn’t sure if this time’s sword enlightenment was about raising the Sword Intent by one level.

While thinking this, the figure in the Daoist robe reappeared at the top of Wenda Peak.

He heard that gentle voice again.

“Child, raise your head.”

After a while, the next sentence appeared.

“Child, carefully feel this strike.”

At this moment, Chu Huaixu understood why there was a delay between these two sentences.

Obviously, the Dao Ancestor was trying to wake up those who were sitting cross-legged in comprehension.

Then, time was left for the other person to prepare before he unleashed that strike.

This strongest person in the world was exceptionally thorough and considerate.

Everything was identical; Chu Huaixu saw the same Sword Qi as before.

He was once more reduced to dust.

After “reforming,” Chu Huaixu immediately opened the Character Panel without thinking.

“10,000 Experience Points are needed to level up.”

“In other words, this strike from the Dao Ancestor was worth a bit over 100,000 Experience Points.”

Chu Huaixu’s eyes focused, and without hesitation, he chose—to level up!

Over 10,000 Experience Points were nothing to him now.

The next moment, he felt his mind was about to explode.

His comprehension of Sword Dao instantly changed.

Everything around shattered in an instant, and the entire space began to collapse.

Chu Huaixu’s consciousness quickly returned to chaos.

Then, sitting on Han Shuangjiang’s lap, he suddenly opened his eyes and began to take deep breaths.

He immediately got off her lap, even though the sensation beneath him was pleasant, and the elasticity on his back wasn’t bad either.

Chu Huaixu took out a Grain Avoidance Pill from his Storage Token.

Han Shuangjiang, sitting cross-legged, indeed didn’t look well.

Her lips, which should have been rosy, were now pale and dry.

He lifted her left hand, and his thumb probed into her lips.

His fingers skillfully pried open her teeth.

Chu Huaixu’s fingers pressed against her lower teeth to prevent her mouth from closing naturally.

His thumb was inserted quite deep, so much so that his fingertips touched the tip of her tongue.

Not as moist as when he tasted it before, but still soft.

Chu Huaixu raised his right hand and pushed the Grain Avoidance Pill into her mouth.

Clearly, he was much gentler in feeding the elixir to Han Shuangjiang than Jiang Zhi was to him.

The Junior Martial Uncle used to pinch Chu Huaixu’s face single-handedly, forcing him to open his mouth instinctively, then threw the elixir in.

After placing the Grain Avoidance Pill into the girl’s mouth, he retracted his hand.

The pill slowly dissolved in her mouth, transforming into a warm current nourishing her body.

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Consciousness Space, Beyond the Mountains Region.

Han Shuangjiang sat cross-legged, experiencing the previous sword strike.

She did not know how long she had been trapped here.

But she could feel the endless hunger and the even more painful thirst!

She had sensed this long ago.

But the girl didn’t know how much longer it would take to successfully comprehend the sword.

Fortunately, she had an excellent mindset and a stubborn nature, enabling her to remain rational and force herself to calm down in such circumstances.

But no matter how you slice it, the feeling of being hungry and thirsty isn’t pleasant.

Han Shuangjiang sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, feeling she’d grasped something yet couldn’t quite catch it.

She still wanted to see that astonishing sword strike again.

But just then, she suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and let out a sound:

“Huh?”

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