Chapter 170 : Chapter 170
Chapter 170: Spare No Cost to Make Mister Cheng Persist in the Sword Dao!
Chang Ningxiao.
Sword Chief of the Sword Bearers.
She was one of the most mysterious and powerful Grandmaster experts in the Jianghu.
In the eyes of almost everyone, she was an unreachable, lofty existence. The mere sound of her name seemed enough to sever them with Sword Intent.
She was practically a Sword Immortal walking the mortal world.
Yet such a figure was now standing before Cheng Yu merely as an ordinary woman arguing over an idea.
“Those of us who cultivate sword techniques and comprehend the Sword Dao should naturally work diligently without cease, practicing our Sword Intent until it becomes incomparably refined. Thinking of the sword at every moment is the necessary path to reaching a higher realm.”
A firm light shone in Chang Ningxiao’s beautiful eyes.
She refuted the essentials of the Taiji Sword.
“According to what Mister Cheng said, formlessness surpasses fixed moves is indeed profound, but forgetting everything for that sake is extremely unworthy!”
Every swordsman among the Sword Bearers who had achieved something was someone who forgot the self for the sword.
Their comprehension of the sword was accumulated bit by bit over decades or even a century.
Two or three signature sword techniques were the mark of a swordsman.
How could they be easily discarded?
Even Chang Ningxiao herself, a Grandmaster, had cultivated the sword qi of the Blue Radiance Sword in her hand from one inch to one foot, then gradually to one zhang, one li.
Until it became the terrifying Sword Intent that now pierced Heaven and Earth.
Cheng Yu looked at Chang Ningxiao’s resolute attitude. He had not expected her to resist the specific characteristic of the Taiji Sword’s lack of moves so strongly.
Indeed.
In the martial cultivation of Great Qian and even the world, everything revolved around cultivating cultivation methods.
The strength of a cultivation method determined the strength of a martial artist.
It was also a martial artist’s calling card.
Even with the existence of Heart Arts to consolidate one’s foundation, the essence was still bound to a cultivation method.
For a swordsman, a single sword technique was enough to be everything.
But to the Wudang Taiji Sword and Taiyi Mysterious Gate Sword rewarded by the system, this was not the case.
In the hands of the supreme experts who had created those sword techniques, the Sword Dao had not been the only thing.
The source of their powerful strength had come more from their own mighty power.
The Sword Dao was a method to face enemies. Forgetting techniques and reaching the realm where no move surpassed having moves was naturally feasible.
Cheng Yu looked at Chang Ningxiao and revealed a faint smile.
“Sword Chief Chang, let me ask you a question. If someone obtained a supreme sword technique and became the strongest under Heaven, enough to be considered the leader of the Sword Dao…”
“Would that invincible Sword Dao under Heaven belong to the swordsman, or to the sword technique?”
When Chang Ningxiao heard this, she immediately frowned.
The Sword Dao—did it belong to the person, or to the sword technique?
She felt that Cheng Yu’s words were a forced argument. “It is perfectly natural for a swordsman to use a sword technique. Why must it be separated so clearly?”
Seeing that she was still somewhat unconvinced, Cheng Yu continued with a smile.
“Then I will ask it another way. A High-Grade Earth-Rank sword technique was created by a top Grandmaster expert. If one person rigidly comprehended and cultivated all of it, what realm could he reach?”
Chang Ningxiao immediately frowned, and her expression became abnormal.
“If he truly could rigidly and completely comprehend it, he would be able to reach the realm of the Grandmaster who created the technique.”
Grandmaster.
It was the realm pursued by all martial artists under Heaven, representing the strongest existence within their understanding.
Reaching Grandmaster was already something they dreamed of.
But for Chang Ningxiao, Grandmaster was the present.
She had to consider the road beyond that.
Cheng Yu nodded. “If one persists in polishing oneself through a single sword technique, one will eventually walk toward a sufficiently lofty realm. But no matter how lofty or distant it is, is that the peak of the Sword Dao?”
“The Sword Dao has no peak!”
As soon as these words were spoken, Chang Ningxiao’s eyes instantly widened, and her entire body trembled somewhat with excitement.
At this moment.
She finally understood where the greatest difference lay between her and Cheng Yu in their comprehension of the Sword Dao.
It was not about obsessively struggling over one move, one form, or one question.
It was about vision.
It was about whether one could hold an extraordinarily vast attitude and perspective toward the Great Dao of the Sword.
If one locked one or several sword techniques inside one’s heart and refused to change, one’s upper limit would also be locked.
“Forgetting is absolutely not disorder or reckless slashing. It is an even deeper form of memory.”
“If every gesture and movement can be Sword Intent, and everything I hear and see is the Sword Dao, then one can naturally reach the realm where no move surpasses having moves.”
Chang Ningxiao’s expression grew increasingly shocked. She stood frozen in place as though enlightened by a sudden awakening.
Only after a long while did she cup her hands and bow with incomparable excitement.
“Thank you for your teaching, Mister Cheng. Ningxiao is deeply grateful!”
【The host has taught and transmitted profound insights into the Sword Dao, influencing a powerful martial artist and expanding the Great Dao of Arms · Sword!】
【Reward: Divine-Level cultivation method, “Sword Dao Weapon-Breaking Art”!】
When Cheng Yu heard the system’s voice, his eyes lit up. He had been rewarded with another Divine-Level cultivation method.
Using the Dao of the Sword to draw parallels and break the intent of the hundred weapons!
It surpassed the Sword Dao itself and allowed one to comprehend other weapons.
It used the sword to suppress and counter the essential techniques of other weapon forms.
Compared to the Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi, which consumed an enormous amount and could only be used by Cheng Yu as a trump card, the Sword Dao Weapon-Breaking Art could improve him in every aspect!
As expected of the Sword Dao.
Aside from his main profession as a Jinyiwei and the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable’s suppression of demons, this was the side profession from which Cheng Yu had gained the most benefit.
He looked toward the Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber at his waist. The terrifying aura it contained was enough to intimidate countless experts.
How could the might of a Heavenly Armament be simple?
But compared to the hidden Demon-Slaying Sword, it still seemed somewhat weaker.
“At any rate, you are also the symbol of my identity. Why are you always a step weaker than the sword? Do not let people forget that I am a Jinyiwei and mistake me for a swordsman.”
The Dragon-Dethroning Xiuchun Saber possessed spirituality, and it seemed to understand what Cheng Yu meant.
It trembled slightly, clearly displaying its sharp blade.
It was answering Cheng Yu.
As long as he still used it to slaughter people every day, others definitely would not mistake him!
Cheng Yu could not help laughing. A spiritual saber was actually more emotionally stable than many people.
Chang Ningxiao, beside him, was still organizing the gains she had obtained just now.
As her strength grew higher and higher.
She had indeed become somewhat confused about the path ahead, but now she had received an answer.
To practice the sword, one must first practice the person!
Rigid sword techniques had an upper limit, but a person had no eternal upper limit!
Cheng Yu’s comprehension of the Sword Dao truly made even her, the Sword Chief of the Sword Bearers, feel deeply ashamed.
When she raised her head, she once again saw that extremely spiritual Xiuchun Saber.
Her heart was even more shocked.
Weapon nurturing!
According to what Jian A had said, this Xiuchun Saber had stayed by Cheng Yu’s side, being nurtured step by step from a decent sharp weapon to its current state.
Together with the Hard-Body Training Cheng Yu had once displayed.
Just how broad and terrifying was Cheng Yu’s talent?
In an instant.
Chang Ningxiao even became somewhat nervous. She felt that Cheng Yu was not the type of person who devoted his entire life to the Sword Dao.
Instead, he was simply pursuing greater power!
If one had to ask what he was inclined toward or fond of, only being a Jinyiwei could count.
If one day, the Sword Dao was no longer a powerful strength in Cheng Yu’s hands, would he abandon the Sword Dao?
The moment she thought of this.
Chang Ningxiao trembled all over. If that truly happened, it would be an incomparable loss for the Sword Dao under Heaven!
“No! No matter what, I must make Mister Cheng persist in the Sword Dao, no matter the cost!”
Cheng Yu was looking at the Xiuchun Saber when he suddenly felt as if someone had set their eyes on him.
“Uh, Sword Chief Chang, is there something else?”
“Nothing. Ningxiao will take her leave first and organize what I gained today. Thank you, Mister Cheng, for generously transmitting the Dao.”
A sharp gleam flashed through Chang Ningxiao’s eyes, and she left filled with gratitude.
Cheng Yu raised an eyebrow.
“As expected of a sword fanatic. How strange.”
It was actually very difficult for him to understand the thoughts of sword fanatics.
When killing someone, one should use whatever felt most comfortable. Why obsess over the sword?