Chapter 175 Visual Prompt (Please Subscribe)
A rich fragrance of tea instantly filled the entire room.
Lin Shiming picked up a teacup, first pouring a full cup for the Seventh Great-Uncle sitting opposite him, then pouring one for himself as well.
"This Spiritual Tea is indeed good tea, that Wood Demon is also considered a cultivatable item!" After finishing a cup, Lin Xianzhi also felt his whole body and mind become ethereal and clear, not to mention that the fatigue vanished, but it seemed to have also brought about some new understanding regarding his progress in cultivation.
"Shiming, with your catalyzing speed, you can now catalyze Spirit Plants more than twice as fast, right?"
Lin Xianzhi continued speaking, and Lin Shiming nodded as well.
It was just that Lin Shiming did not talk much, instead, it was Lin Xianzhi who kept speaking about this and that.
Lin Shiming just kept on adding Spiritual Tea to the cups.
Cup after cup, pot after pot.
After a good half an hour passed, Lin Xianzhi finally let out a sigh and opened his mouth to speak:
"If you want to master the Grass Sword Technique, then practice it, this Wood Attribute sword technique might truly establish your supreme Sword Dao!"
At this moment, Lin Shiming finally relaxed, his drinking tea with Lin Xianzhi here was indeed long overdue, meant as a company to an elder.
But more so, he wanted to refine the Grass Sword Technique.
If the Profound Grade Secret Realm were to open, he did not want Lin Xianzhi to venture in alone.
Of course, it wasn't an impulsive decision; his strength was actually fairly decent, with Superior Grade Spirit Stones available, he could break through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage within three years, and he was confident about improving his Body Refining Cultivation and Divine Sense by a layer.
Moreover, he had the Golden Winged Mantis and the Red-haired Demon Monkey among his Spirit Beasts.
The most crucial point was that, even if he came out from the Profound Grade Secret Realm, he had the Cave Heaven Bead to hide some Spiritual Objects.
Whether it was him or Lin Xianzhi, in fact, both faced an important threshold, the Purple Mansion.
But the main Spiritual Medicine required for Purple Mansion Jade Liquid was the Purple Jade Fruit, which not only did not exist in the outside world but was also unheard of.
However, as an important Secret Realm under Qingxuan Sect, it would naturally have the Purple Jade Fruit. Speaking of which, the Deacon of the Duobao Tower had discussed this matter with Lin Xianzhi, about going into the Profound Grade Secret Realm together to obtain the Purple Jade Fruit.
"Shiming, here are the insights I have gained from cultivating Sword Intent over these years, take a look!" Lin Xianzhi took out a Jade Slip and handed it to Lin Shiming.
He was aware that Lin Shiming, who was to support the Lin Family's sky, also had to cultivate the Grass Sword Technique.
His reluctance for Lin Shiming to cultivate it was only due to his concern that Lin Shiming would enter the Profound Grade Secret Realm along with him, which would put both of them at risk, but then he thought, whether he allowed it or not, Lin Shiming's cultivation of the technique could not be stopped.
It was just that Lin Shiming respected his teachers and revered the way of the Dao, unwilling to go against the face of his elder.
Moreover, Lin Shiming was formidable indeed, but what he had always relied on were his Spirit Beasts and the Wood Vine Technique, along with other Cultivators when facing enemies. If one day his Cultivation Level far surpassed that of his Spirit Beasts and Wood Vine, and he lacked assistance from Lin Family Clan members of equal cultivation, he would be short of a decisive killing move.
"Thank you, Seventh Great-Uncle!" Lin Shiming was also exceedingly happy as he took the Jade Slip.
After chatting about family matters for a while longer, Lin Shiming excused himself and left.
He then immediately returned to his room and began to comprehend Lin Xianzhi's insights on Sword Dao as well as the Grass Sword Technique.
As for the Mountain Ape Body Refining Technique and Split Spirit Decision, they were very unsuitable for Heavenly River City, which was on the brink of war.
The former required recovery time after training the physical body, and the latter, tearing the Divine Sense, also needed time to recover from the Split Spirit Decision.
Lin Shiming took out the Dao Enlightenment meditation cushion, sat on it, first practiced the Purple Wood Heart Sutra once to bring his state to the utmost level, and then began to study the Seventh Great-Uncle Lin Xianzhi's insights on Sword Enlightenment.
Sword Dao and sword techniques value a transparent Sword Heart, with the sword strike created naturally upon execution.
He admitted to himself that he only knew Sword Manipulation techniques, as for the true Sword Dao, it was but a fleeting glimpse he caught when he saw the Zi Xuan Hermit and the True Person of the Heavenly Sword strike.
Lin Xianzhi's insights on Sword Dao were extremely detailed, which encompassed the confusion Lin Xianzhi felt when he started sword training as a youth, the strengths he gathered from various families when he matured, and his initial comprehension of a hint of Sword Intent in his unwavering years.
Lastly were the openness and pride when Sword Intent emerged, 'overlooking all from a solitary height', the thirty years at the lotus pond, the reservation of Sword Dao, and then its transformation.
Bit by bit, from unsheathing to striking, the Sword Dao contained within each movement unfolded in Lin Shiming's mind like a passing glance.
It had been three days before Lin Shiming finally opened his eyes.
At this moment, his face was full of joy, and there was even a faint hint of sword light in his eyes!
Of course, this wasn't to say that Lin Shiming had attained entry-level Sword Intent, but within the Jade Slip, there was not only Lin Xianzhi's understanding but also a thread of Qinglian Sword Intent.
At that moment, he couldn't help but be amazed by his Uncle's talent in Sword Dao, but at the same time, he also gained a rough understanding of Sword Dao.
Lin Shiming took a deep breath and closed his eyes to reflect once more.
Only this time, it wasn't to review or to empathize, but to forget.
No matter how strong Lin Xianzhi's Sword Intent was, it was still his own, incorporating the Water Attribute's continuous surge as well as the metallic attribute's unstoppable force that could break through anything.
Half a day later, the scent of tea rose again, and the mist of tea pervaded the air.
Lin Shiming, seated on his cushion, opened the Jade Slip of the Grass Sword technique.
The same scene as before unfolded, only this time, Lin Shiming saw that blade of Grass Sword.
The purple Grass Sword was sprouting, comprehending the sword, and then growing.
In an instant, it seemed as if hundreds of years had passed. The blade of grass was still gathering momentum, nurturing the sword within.
Then a sword strike was unleashed.
The accumulation of hundreds of years of Sword Intent made that strike the only one in heaven and earth.
The colors of heaven and earth dimmed!
The grass rose, and the sword fell!
The sky split, the ground sank!
The scene disappeared without a trace.
Experience tales at empire
And Lin Shiming closed his eyes once again, the corners of his mouth bidding a trace of bitterness.
He knew clearly that the Sword Intent contained within the Jade Slip was gone, the Sword Intent of the Zi Xuan Hermit, just like the Jade Slip given to him by Lin Xianzhi. With the disappearance of the sword light, the true meaning was lost by a great deal.
To say Lin Shiming wasn't disappointed would be a lie; although the Sword Intent of the two scenes gave him a lot of insight, most of it was still confusion.
Unlike Lin Xianzhi's easy-to-understand experiences, the Grass Sword at this moment was clearly more difficult, and the Zi Xuan Hermit hadn't conveyed it with as much care, or perhaps his Grass Sword was at a level too high for him to comprehend.
He tried to cultivate the content of the Sword technique but felt a wave of irritation in his heart.
However, at this moment, a system prompt appeared once again.
But this time, it wasn't a prompt, but a replay of the scene he had just witnessed, slowed down by hundreds of times!
The only difference was that this time it was a green Grass Sword, a blade of green foxtail grass.
Lin Shiming was shocked; he hadn't expected that this time the prompt would be a scene replay, but he was also overjoyed.
If the previous strike of the grass sword left him somewhat confused, this Grass Sword, slowed down by ten times, allowed him to have more clarity and understanding.
And in the scene, unlike the purple Grass Sword, there was a clear difference. He saw the foxtail grass practicing the sword in the wind.
Sword dancing!
Ten times!
A hundred times!
Ten thousand times!
This was the true momentum of the Grass Sword!
The true meaning of the Grass Sword technique gradually emerged in Lin Shiming's mind.
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