Chapter 493: A Talented Awakening, Achieved in One Night!

Chapter 493: A Talented Awakening, Achieved in One Night!

In the courtyard.

The sky had already turned completely dark, with only the distant red afterglow of the sunset providing a bit of light.

Jiang Ning stood with his blade in hand.

"Let's eat!" he called out to Lvyi, who had been waiting in a corner of the courtyard for quite some time.

Though he had been meditating with his eyes closed, he had maintained his awareness of the surroundings and knew that the Spring Wind Tower had already delivered dinner.

After a brief test, he was no longer in a hurry. It was more important to eat dinner first, as the food would get cold otherwise.

"Sure, Master!" Lvyi nodded eagerly.

A moment later.

After a satisfying meal, Jiang Ning returned to the courtyard. The candlelight from the room provided a bit of illumination in the dark courtyard. Under the night sky, a crescent moon slowly rose in the west. The evening breeze carried a wave of warm air.

"It's June already!" Jiang Ning sighed.

June, the month of scorching heat. The recent temperatures had clearly been rising. Even after the sun had set behind the mountains, the air was still filled with a stifling heat, and the wind that blew was warm.

Jiang Ning stood in the courtyard, gazing in the direction of Luoshui County. He reflected on how nearly a year had passed since he arrived in this world, and he felt a great deal of emotion.

After a long while, he clenched his fist and a smile appeared on his face.

In his previous life, decades of an ordinary existence felt less fulfilling than this short period of less than a year.

"Truly wonderful!" he exclaimed, feeling the abundant power within him.

He was extremely satisfied with his current, vibrant life, which was far more exciting than his previous one. In his past life, he had never experienced the warmth of family and had no attachments. But in this world, he had not only felt the warmth of family but also lived a life full of excitement.

With great power at his command, his life had evolved, his physical body had transformed, and he had the opportunity to pursue immortality. Such a life was so rich and fulfilling, how could he not be satisfied?

For a moment, his heart surged with emotion, and his motivation grew even stronger.

In this life, he wanted to reach the peak of martial arts, to experience the scenery at the pinnacle, and to make his rebirth worthwhile. He did not want to have come to this world and experienced such a life in vain.

After a brief moment of contemplation, his gaze became even more determined.

Then, he took out the Spirit Weapon Long Saber. The blade flashed with a cold light, and the air was instantly filled with a sense of solemnity and death.

"The blade is good, but it's not good enough!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

He then took out the Heavenly Gold Stone, which he had acquired that afternoon. He had chosen this stone because the Heavenly Gold Stone was an extraordinary mineral that could forge weapons that would astonish the world.

The Weapon Refinement Technique could smelt various minerals, extracting their essences and infusing them into weapons. This process could transform ordinary iron into divine weapons, not to mention the Spirit Weapon in his hand, which had the potential to develop a spirit.

A Spirit Weapon had a unique spirit. But after the last incident, he planned to reshape his weapon, returning it to its blade embryo state.

A weapon forged by his own hands would be the most suitable for him, rather than relying on the legacy of others.

Using the Weapon Refinement Technique, he could extract the Heavenly Gold Essence from the Heavenly Gold Stone and infuse it into the blade embryo, making it even stronger.

In the next moment, he raised his hand, and a flame appeared in the air.

The flame coalesced in mid-air, instantly enveloping the Heavenly Gold Stone. The flame's color quickly shifted from orange to a brilliant white, illuminating the courtyard.

Under the white flame, he could see the Heavenly Gold Stone continuously melting and breaking down.

The fragments shattered one by one, but his expression remained unchanged.

The most mysterious and magical aspect of the Heavenly Gold Stone was the Heavenly Gold Essence it contained. This essence was a kind of metal qi.

What made a divine weapon truly divine was the infusion of Heavenly Gold Essence. With the power of the Weapon Refinement Technique, extracting this essence was a simple task.

At this moment, if someone were to observe closely, they would see special patterns appearing in the white flame.

Then, he summoned the Spirit Weapon Long Saber. The flame enveloped the saber, and its color turned to a brilliant white.

He had already decided to evaluate the material of the Spirit Weapon and use it as the foundation to forge a blade that was truly his own—a blade he would be satisfied with.

The first step was to reshape it, returning it to its blade embryo state.

Reshaping it back to the blade embryo state would cause the spirit within the blade to be completely lost, but it would also make the weapon truly his. With the mysterious and profound Weapon Refinement Technique, the blade embryo would have no upper limit in quality. All he needed to do was find suitable divine weapon minerals, extract their essences, and infuse them into the blade embryo to continuously upgrade its quality.

The moment the blade embryo transforms into a fully formed blade is when its quality will far surpass its current state.

Under the intense white flames, the Spirit Weapon trembled continuously, as if wailing.

But after a short while, the blade ceased its trembling and fell silent.

As the white flames continued to burn, the blade no longer shimmered with a cold, sharp light and lost its edge.

After a moment.

Sweat dripped from Jiang Ning's forehead.

But the Long Saber was no longer the same as before; it had become a dull, unremarkable blade embryo, its once-sharp edge now restored to its unrefined state.

Apart from that, the Long Saber had not undergone any significant changes in form.

He then turned his gaze to the side.

Under the intense white flames, the Heavenly Gold Stone had melted into a pool of liquid.

The liquid was continuously evaporating, releasing wisps of milky white gas, which was the Heavenly Gold Essence.

After a moment.

"It's about time!" Jiang Ning thought.

Under his mental control, the milky white gas began to converge into the blade embryo, which was still being refined by the white flames.

As the Heavenly Gold Essence continuously merged with the blade embryo, it instantly filled with a sharp intent, and occasional flashes of white light appeared.

After a few breaths.

Everything settled, and Jiang Ning stopped.

The Heavenly Gold Stone had now transformed into a pile of fragments on the ground, and the pool of liquid, deprived of the high temperature, quickly solidified.

As for the blade embryo, it had returned to a plain, unremarkable state, like an ordinary Long Saber.

But he knew it was now completely different.

The overall structure of the Spirit Weapon had been altered.

The internal restrictions no longer existed.

But holding the blade embryo, he was very satisfied.

After the Heavenly Gold Essence merged with the blade embryo, he could feel a strong sharpness within it.

The sharpness of the blade embryo was no less than before.

For him, that was enough!

When wielding a blade to strike, he didn't need it to have a spirit.

He only needed it to be tough and sharp.

He then gripped the blade and shook it.

Swoosh—

A blade of energy pierced the air, instantly cutting into the ground to a depth of several feet.

Looking at his current masterpiece, he nodded in satisfaction.

He then checked the interface.

【Skill】: Jingzhe (Proficiency: 90/200)

He then closed the interface.

A moment later.

Boom—

A thunderous sound echoed in the courtyard.

【Jingzhe Experience +100】

【Skill】: Jingzhe (Proficiency: 190/200)

"Amazing!" Jiang Ning said, marveling at his interface.

One strike of the Jingzhe Blade Art could add a hundred experience points.

At this rate, he felt it wouldn't take long for the Jingzhe Blade Art to reach perfection.

He could then master the Jingzhe Blade Intent.

He then closed the interface.

After a few breaths.

Without cultivating the concept, he slashed the blade.

Boom—

Thunder echoed in the void once more.

"Doesn't work?" Jiang Ning muttered, looking at the lack of a prompt.

He then closed his eyes again, fully focusing on cultivating the Jingzhe Intent, visualizing the imagery of spring thunder awakening all living things in his mind.

After a long while.

Boom!

He slashed the blade.

Lightning flashed, and thunder echoed in the void.

【Jingzhe Experience +100】

【Skill】: Jingzhe (Small Success: 90/500)

"Really easy!"

Seeing the changes on the interface, he couldn't help but exclaim. The Jingzhe Blade Art had already reached the stage of Small Success.

He understood that such rapid progress was undoubtedly due to his innate talent in blade arts.

His talent was unparalleled in the world.

So even if his method of cultivating the Jingzhe Intent seemed a bit laughable, relying solely on his memories, it didn't hinder his understanding of the Jingzhe Blade Art.

He then sheathed the blade embryo.

After a few slashes, he had sensed the opinions of the surrounding residents.

The blade like thunder was too disruptive.

He shook his head, instructed Lvyi, and then instantly left.

As a Grandmaster, his mastery of the forces of heaven and earth allowed him to walk on air.

Combined with his technique of blending with the wind, his speed was extremely fast.

In an instant, he was far from the buildings surrounding the Spring Wind Tower.

A moment later.

He arrived in a desolate wilderness.

In a dark and deep forest.

Listening to the long roars of wild beasts in the forest, he nodded.

This environment was perfect for practicing the Jingzhe Blade Intent.

He then closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Jingzhe Intent.

After a long while.

Boom!

The blade sliced through the air like a thunderclap, and arcs of lightning flashed in the void.

【Jingzhe Experience +100】

Jingzhe Experience +100

Jingzhe Experience +100

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With each strike, the Jingzhe experience soared.

In the blink of an eye, the advanced Jingzhe Blade Art progressed from minor mastery to major mastery.

Skill: Jingzhe (Major Mastery 90/1000)

"Just ten more strikes", Jiang Ning murmured. "It's simple!"

At this moment, his blade moved even faster.

With just a few breaths of preparation, he could unleash a strike that resonated with the sound of spring thunder, increasing his experience.

In an instant,

Skill: Jingzhe (Perfection 90/1000)

As Jingzhe reached perfection, Jiang Ning closed his eyes.

The sky was dark and heavy with low-hanging clouds. He stood tall in the open field.

The wind suddenly ceased.

The field fell into a profound silence, not a sound to be heard.

It seemed that at this moment, all the birds, beasts, and insects had stopped their calls.

The entire world seemed to hold its breath.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning appeared.

A ghastly white flash tore through the clouds, as if a blade had split the heavens.

In that split second, the lightning illuminated the entire field.

The thunder followed, not a dull rumble but a sharp crack that seemed to shatter the sky.

It was like a thousand drums beating in his ears.

In that moment, his soul trembled.

The dark, illuminated clouds made the heavens seem all the more majestic and humans all the more insignificant.

After a long while, Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

At that moment, lightning seemed to tear through his pupils, illuminating his eyes from within.

"Jingzhe!"

"This is Jingzhe!!"

A smile crept onto his lips.

He had fully grasped the meaning and essence of Jingzhe.

"Should I continue?" He glanced at the perfected Jingzhe Blade Art on his status panel, his mind racing.

After a long moment of contemplation, he slowly shook his head.

"Never mind!"

With that decision made, he closed the panel.

Jingzhe was one of the twenty-four solar terms blade techniques.

He had learned about this unique and powerful blade art from Xia Wanjun.

Now that he had obtained the Jingzhe Blade Art, he wanted to try collecting all twenty-four solar terms blade techniques.

By gathering all twenty-four, he could grasp the deeper blade intent of the four seasons cycle, far surpassing any advanced martial arts.

He was confident that with his talent in blade arts, this goal was within reach.

What he truly wanted to attempt was mastering the concept of time, the changing of the seasons.

Even a hint of time's power would be invaluable to him.

He felt that with his talent, he might just achieve this.

After all, his talent in blade arts was unmatched in the world, the highest peak.

If the legends were true, his talent in blade arts surpassed even that of the Martial Saint who had ruled the world for over eight hundred years.

If he couldn't achieve this, then no one in the world could.

With the fusion of the Canglang Blade Art and the Liaoyuan Spear Art, forming the Water-Fire True Qi, he believed he had a chance.

If he succeeded, he would grasp the blade intents of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, the cycle of the four seasons, and the concept of time.

Three layers of profound blade intent, each more powerful than the last.

With such power, completing the nine blood changes and reaching the Grandmaster realm would be within reach.

Once he reached the Grandmaster realm with the perfected twenty-four solar terms blade techniques, what Grandmaster couldn't he defeat?

Even a peak Martial Arts master might be within his reach.

But if he pushed too far and disrupted the balance, he might lose the higher blade intent.

This possibility led him to decide against pushing Jingzhe to its limits.

More characteristics were not always better; stronger and higher were.

He had noticed a pattern.

The characteristics derived from breaking the limits of ordinary martial arts were far less powerful than those derived from breaking the limits of higher-level martial arts.

From his observations, whether it was a low-level or advanced martial art, the derived characteristics were essentially the same.

But techniques that surpassed advanced martial arts, like the Adamantine Indestructible Body, were different.

Breaking its limits once granted him the powerful Dragon-Elephant Power.

With the Dragon-Elephant Power, his strength multiplied, reaching the power of ten dragons and ten elephants.

Such a powerful characteristic far surpassed what he had gained from breaking the limits of other martial arts.

Ordinary martial arts required multiple limit breaks to gradually improve the quality of the derived characteristics.

Thus, breaking the limits of the Jingzhe Blade Art had little significance.

A few limit breaks wouldn't yield strong characteristics.

Multiple limit breaks would require too many Essence Points, making it impractical.

His current Essence Points needed to be used on techniques and skills that could help him complete the blood changes.

Clearly, the Jingzhe Blade Art was not a good choice for this.

He sheathed his blade and headed back.

In just one night, he had advanced an advanced blade art from uninitiated to perfection.

This terrifying rate of progress truly demonstrated the height of his talent in blade arts.

It fully justified the description on his status panel.

In the realm of blade arts, his natural talent and insight were the highest peak in this world, unmatched by anyone. (End of Chapter)

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