Chapter 10 Innate Sword Seed
The Beichen Sword Sect, true to its name, specializes in the refinement of sword energy.
Unlike other sects that typically convert Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi to temper muscles, polish the body, and refine the Five Elements Dao Qi of the Taoist body.
Sword energy stores the refined True Qi in special acupuncture points, compresses and purifies it repeatedly, forms it into a sword shape, and emits it as a high-speed Qi blade, dedicated to slaughter and polishing as a special variant.
Therefore, the potency of sword energy is not significantly related to one's realm or cultivation. Even a child who has just started Qi refining, just by repeatedly honing a meridian and a breath of Qi, can cultivate sword energy. Moreover, the longer the training, the higher the purity of the sword energy, and the Qi blade becomes extremely sharp, capable of slicing hair and cutting iron like mud, with unparalleled sharpness.
However, no matter how pure the refined sword energy is, it is only temporarily powerful. No matter how much is refined, once it's shot out, it's gone. If it can't be recovered in time, it must be refined anew, making it impractical for cultivation. Therefore, it is primarily used in combat.
Moreover, the secret practice of sword energy is extremely dangerous. Any slight mistake could lead to the fate of those Guangxia Mountain children, being pierced by the Qi sword energy and dying.
Even with the Beichen Sword Sect's secret teachings, which allow special cultivation routes using sword energy to boost the speed of one's own cultivation, this technique of quenching the sword in acupuncture points and meridians is, to some extent, redundant.
After all, the rate and limit at which the human body absorbs Qi are already restricted. Instead of spending effort continuously quenching, it is better to refine the root bone several more times to improve overall cultivation.
Thus, typically in the inner sect, sword energy is only used when breaking through realms during secluded practice for forced cultivation growth. Regular disciples often only practice halfway.
For example, the Divine Gang Qi Refining Sword Technique focuses on Qi refining first, then refining the root bone and Taoist body, similar to other Mystic Sects. Only during combat do they employ the method of forming Qi into a sword, spewing a breath of sword energy against the enemy.
Even Yue Peng, who has cultivated beside Immortal Chen since childhood, from being a sword attendant to Foundation Establishment and Sword Transmission, after forty to fifty years of hard work, has waited to gather enough Heavenly Materials to form a core, has also trained in this method.