Chapter 109: New Path
Since he was alone, he decided to train his sword way, which he had put on hold because he really hadn’t had time for it before, but now that he was free, it was the perfect time to get started again.
He was close to reaching the next stage in it. Crossing stages in weapon mastery is similar to cultivation, and similarly, the heavens will reward you. If his proficiency reached the Sword Disciple level, he would know it immediately.
It is similar to absorbing laws; the more he absorbs, the more he gets attuned to them. Weapon laws exist too, but instead of absorbing, you have to practice your weapon until you feel yourself getting attuned to it.
Of course, it is not as easy as it seems. It also depends upon your talent, similar to cultivation; the better your comprehension is, the less practice you would need to reach the next stage compared to ordinary cultivators.
Lesser time is in comparison to ordinary cultivators; it will still take quite a lot of time.
Jiang Hao lost himself in practicing. He already knew what the basic sword moves were, and every other technique is created from these basic moves. To increase your understanding of the sword’s way, you can keep practicing basic moves.
You might think that you have perfectly mastered it, but once you reach the next stage, you will find that there are still something missing in your execution of basic movements.
You can also practice some other sword techniques created by mighty figures in place of basic movements, and you can still improve your understanding of the sword’s way, but Jiang Hao wasn’t keen on doing that.
Senior Huan Caiyi had said that if you do that, then you will be following the path of someone else; it will not be your path.
Maybe you will be able to surpass the person who created that technique if you practiced hard enough, but it is very difficult, as surpassing the shadow you were following is almost impossible.
So, instead of following someone else’s path, it is better to create your own. Maybe it will not be as strong as other existing sword techniques, but in the end, it will be yours, and your strength with it will be higher than the strength you would have gained by following someone else’s technique.