First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 37: Sword Technique

Last night, Shen Mo had a long conversation with Chen Mengze.

After hearing the old stories from Chen Mengze that night, he gained a new understanding of Chen Mengze.

However, these changes didn't really change anything.

He still followed his own plan and rhythm, practicing daily according to his schedule.

He continued to cooperate with Senior Guo, each taking what they needed.

He told Guo Zhao about the birthday gift that Chen Mengze wanted.

Guo Zhao was overjoyed and gave him a Profound Grade lower-tier Magical Item, a Spirit Sword, as promised.

At the same time, Shen Mo diligently carried out his duties, refining pills and making talismans in his room according to the agreement, without going out.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and more than half of the time guarding the mine had gone by.

During this month, apart from encountering the stone spirit at the beginning, there were no other disturbances during their patrols.

As for the gold-devouring rats that liked to dig and devour the Xuanjing veins, Shen Mo and his group had encountered a few.

But it was not Shen Mo's turn to take action.

Senior Guo specifically dealt with these Demonic Beasts, driving them away whenever they encountered them.

Shen Mo's only job was to patrol every three days and occasionally cook for Chen Mengze and Guo Zhao, waiting for them to come back and eat.

The remaining time was spent openly practicing Closed Door Training, undisturbed by anyone.

Recently, even the patrol duty was taken over by Senior Guo.

He eagerly went on patrol with Chen Mengze in order to have a chance to spend time together.

However, there are always obstacles, and some things are hard to come by.

As Shen Mo had expected, despite Senior Guo's eager attitude, he never had a chance to get closer to Chen Mengze.

On the contrary, Shen Mo's relationship with Senior Guo gradually warmed up during the process of plotting and giving advice, becoming close friends.

Stars hang low over the vast plain, and the moon surges in the great river.

Tonight, Guo Zhao and Chen Mengze stayed behind to patrol the Xuanjing mine.

Shen Mo had nothing to do, so he walked out of the Immortal Cave and came to a stone platform by the Lancang River to practice swordsmanship.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

With a slight raise of Shen Mo's elbow, the sharp sword edge seemed to shatter the void in the dark night, creating gusts of powerful wind.

"Crush!"

He stood with his sword, pointing at a distant boulder and shouted.

"Boom!"

In the next moment, a Sword Qi shot out from the tip of his sword, shattering the boulder.

"It truly deserves to be a Magical Item-level Spirit Sword, indeed impressive."

Looking at the formidable destructive power, a faint smile appeared on Shen Mo's face.

He had been practicing with this Dragon Sparrow Sword gifted by Guo Zhao for over a month, gradually becoming more proficient.

He had also discovered its extraordinary aspects.

According to Guo Zhao's introduction, the reason why this sword was classified as a Magical Item was not only because it was made of Cold Ice Xuan Iron, with strength and sharpness far surpassing ordinary Divine Armaments in the mortal realm.

There was also a very important point, which was that a Sword Grandmaster had opened up Sword intent for this Dragon Sparrow Sword during its forging.

【Killing】

This is the name of the Sword intent of the Dragon Sparrow Sword.

Shen Mo only needed to infuse enough Spirit Power into it to activate this Sword intent technique.

The power of the Sword intent was demonstrated when he shattered the boulder just now.

"With my strength, fully activating this Dragon Sparrow Sword intent, its power is comparable to a Qi Gathering initial stage Practitioner."

He secretly calculated for a while and was quite satisfied.

In this strike, if it were to be executed during enemy combat, it could catch the opponent off guard and potentially inflict heavy injuries, rendering them unable to continue fighting at the Ninth Stage of the Body Forging Realm.

It is equivalent to facing the enemy head-on and having an additional killer move.

"However, the level of Sword intent, although it can activate combat, is only limited to that. To make Sword intent truly become a spirit, capable of communicating with humans and possessing independent consciousness, is still a distant goal."

In the cultivation world, there are four major levels of weapons, Divine Armament, and spiritual treasures.

They are Profound Grade, Spiritual Weapon Grade, Spiritual Treasure Grade, and Immortal Weapon Grade.

And within each level, they are further divided into lower, middle, upper, and extreme fourth ranks.

Profound Grade is collectively known as Magical Item. At this level, it has surpassed ordinary standards and has become highly sought after in the cultivation world.

Magical Items possess the attribute of communicating with cultivators and can be activated by the cultivator's blood.

As for Spiritual Weapons, they need to develop their own consciousness.

As for Spiritual Treasures, no one in the entire Chi Yan Kingdom knows if there is one, and the ancient texts do not provide detailed information about their power and uniqueness.

Immortal Weapons are even more legendary existences.

At this moment, Shen Mo is far from reaching this level.

Even if he speculates in his mind, it is still difficult to imagine.

After all, when you lack experience, even if you speculate and fantasize, you are bound to be far off the mark.

It would be like the appearance of the Eastern Palace Lady making pancakes or the Western Palace Lady rolling green onions, which would be laughable.

"Let's continue practicing the sword!"

Suppressing the distractions in his mind, Shen Mo raised the Longque Sword in his hand and began practicing the Shangqing Sword Technique.

"Clang! Clang!"

Under the silent night sky, countless sword rays swept through, forming a magnificent momentum, as if soaring into the sky.

Shen Mo wielded his sword with ease, his movements flowing like water.

This Shangqing Sword Technique is the basic sword technique he learned when he joined the Linjiang Sect more than ten years ago.

Previously, the original owner had dull aptitude and made no progress.

It was only after he transmigrated and activated the destiny panel that he began to make rapid progress.

After months of hard training and experiencing various battles in places like the Xuanjing Mine and the Zhao Family's spiritual field, Shen Mo has now reached the Returned to Origin realm in this sword technique.

[Martial Skill: "Shangqing Sword Technique" Integrated Mastery (3999/4000)]

"Integrated Mastery." Looking at the judgment on the basic attributes, Shen Mo murmured, "According to the standards of the cultivation world, the level of my Shangqing Sword Technique has reached the Returned to Origin realm."

"However, in terms of the destiny panel, this realm is not the limit!"

On the destiny panel, there are seven levels of proficiency for Martial Skills and Immortal Techniques.

They are: Initial Understanding, Slight Proficiency, Entering the Door, Integrated Mastery, Peak Mastery, Profound Mastery, and Returning to the Origin.

However, in the cultivation world, there are only four realms for the cultivation level of Martial Skills and Immortal Techniques.

They are: Initiation, Slight Proficiency, Great Completion, and Returned to Origin.

After some exploration and experimentation, Shen Mo has determined that the proficiency levels of the first four on the destiny panel are basically consistent with the Cultivation Technique Realm in the cultivation world.

Initial Understanding corresponds to Initiation.

Slight Proficiency corresponds to Slight Proficiency.

Entering the Door corresponds to Great Completion.

And Integrated Mastery is the commonly used term for the Returned to Origin level in the cultivation world.

Usually, when one reaches the Returned to Origin level, the practitioner's mastery of a Martial Skill or Immortal Technique has reached its limit and cannot be further improved.

Unless one is a rare genius, they may be able to deduce and improve the Martial Skills and Immortal Techniques created by their predecessors to reach the legendary level.

However, for Shen Mo, reaching this level in the Shangqing Sword Technique is just the beginning and has not yet reached the limit.

"It seems that the destiny panel allows me to reach the limit realm of Martial Skills and Immortal Techniques more easily than ordinary cultivators."

"However, there are still obstacles in the end."

He looked at the Longque Sword in his hand and sighed.

(End of this chapter)