I didn't know how to explain the Sword Swallowing Scripture, so I joked with the fatty. I didn't take it to heart then.
I never expected that after using the Sword Swallowing Scripture, I would advance from the early stage of Heaven Master to the middle stage of Heaven Master during my first sword cultivation. I even caused such a huge commotion.
This time, the fatty was completely dumbfounded. His ability to think logically disappeared, and he completely believed my words.
I looked at him in shock. I couldn't bear to tease him anymore, so I waved my hand and explained to him with a smile. "How can you become stronger by eating a sword? I was just joking with you.
In actual fact, I didn't eat a sword, but used a technique called 'Sword Swallowing Scripture'. Its only use is to absorb the sword into my body so that I can train in sword cultivation. It won't increase my power.
I had a breakthrough earlier because I learned something from training in sword cultivation. Secondly, I was at the brink of breaking through, so I broke through. It was all a coincidence and not what you think. "
After saying all that, I thought I had explained everything clearly enough.
The fatty's expression changed when he heard that.
He looked at me solemnly. After half a minute of silence, he lowered his head and said in pain, "Third Baby … you, you've changed!"
I was stunned again. I didn't know what was wrong with the fatty. It took me a long time to come back to my senses. I asked him, "How have I changed?"
The fatty sighed and his expression became even more pained.
"Third Baby, we've been friends since we were young … Although we've grown up and you've become a saint, did our friendship change as well?
You said you didn't become stronger by eating swords, but you used the Sword Swallowing Scripture to train in the sword … Aren't you lying to me?
If it was just to absorb the sword into the body, it would be so simple. Even with my current cultivation, I could easily do it, so why did you have to swallow the sword?
Daoist swords are magical artifacts. After refining with one's own blood, they can be absorbed into the body. Any cultivator would know this technique. Don't tell me you don't know it. "
The fatty's words were serious. I could tell that he was really angry.
I couldn't help but smile bitterly.
What he said was right, the method of sacrificing essence blood to refine an artifact, not to mention that he had Glory of Consciousness cultivation, even people with Acupoint Sealing cultivation could use this kind of method. Wanting to store the sword in his body was not a problem at all.
But the problem was that it was the Xuan-Yuan Sword!
Cultivators had to have a certain level of cultivation to refine a ritual implement. Without sufficient cultivation, there was no way to successfully refine a ritual implement. It would only result in a backlash.
"If you want to refine the Xuanyuan Sword, not to mention an ordinary Heaven Master like me, even a Yang Spirit, or even a Yang Spirit who has been promoted, would not dare to refine it with his blood essence in the face of the pressure of the Xuanyuan Sword. That is simply courting death."
If it weren't for the fact that the Sword Swallowing Spell was really strange and that the power of the sword stone had opened the Xuanyuan Sword Box, I wouldn't have dared to try it.
Even then, I was merely trying when I swallowed the Xuan-Yuan Sword earlier, and I'd utterly never imagined that I would actually succeed.
Speaking of which, I can't blame Fatty for being angry. If I hadn't personally tested this sword swallowing technique, I would never have believed it myself. With Fatty's current cultivation and eyesight, it's normal for him not to believe it. It would be strange if he did.
Of course, this was only one of the reasons.
The other reason was just like how the fatty mentioned my identity as a "Saint".
To this day, I was still a little confused about this so-called Sage and the Nine Cauldrons Family that Wang Can had mentioned.
But no matter what, since I had obtained this identity, Wangwu Grotto-Heaven and Uncle Lin had always regarded themselves as my servants.
Although I had never shown anything strange in front of Fatty, Uncle Lin was his father, so Fatty would definitely feel strange about it.
Moreover, when I came to Wangwu Grotto-Heaven this time, Wang Can had repeatedly reprimanded Fatty for chatting casually with me. Although I had also reprimanded Wang Can, standing in Fatty's position, I felt even more uncomfortable.
After thinking about it, I felt a little sad.
After some thought, he broke into a smile and explained to the fatty, "This Sword Engulfing Spell is really a little strange … If you're interested, here's the sword incantation. I also have other Dao swords here. You can take them and play with them."
I tried to make my tone sound relaxed. I didn't want to ruin my friendship with Fatty.
Then, I gave him the Sword Swallowing Spell and an ordinary Taoist sword from Xiang Liu's leather pouch.
At this moment, the fatty's expression was a little guilty. He probably felt that his words were too harsh, but the guilt was only because of the friendship between us and not because of my explanation.
It was obvious that he didn't believe my explanation.
Fatty didn't show any pain on his face, but he still pretended to be angry. I guessed he wanted to ease the awkwardness. He took the Sword Swallowing Spell and the Taoist sword and said to me, "I'm not coveting your cultivation technique … You know that I'm a lazy person. I just muddle along when it comes to cultivation.
Do you know why I'm cultivating outside in the rain today?
Humph, it's because of you.
I went to ask around today. The Heavenly Grand Ritual of the Blessed and Heavenly Lands will be held in the arena. The rule is that each Blessed and Heavenly Land will send three people, one Yang God Celestial Master, one Seal Celestial Master, and one Earthly Master. My cultivation isn't high, so I don't care about the matters of the Celestial Masters and above. But in the Earthly Master realm, I'm confident that no one in the world can be my opponent.
But to be safe, I purposely sharpened my spear … "
After listening to him, I couldn't help but feel warmth in my heart.
I hadn't asked Officer Wang about the specific rules of the Allheaven Competition because I'd only come to provide my combat power. There was no need for me to participate in the decision-making.
I didn't expect that the fatty would pay attention to it and even keep it in his heart.
Just as he said, the fatty was really lazy. In fact, he was extremely talented, not any weaker than me.
Moreover, he had started cultivating earlier than me. If he was a hardworking person, he would have reached the Heavenly Master realm long ago.
When I came back, I was wondering why he had suddenly become hardworking. It turned out that this was his purpose.
I smiled and patted his head as usual. "That's because I'm not at the Earthly Master realm. If I were at the Earthly Master realm, I would have to compete with you if you dared to boast like that … However, your strength is still alright. Not to mention, when I was testing my sword yesterday, the formation that you laid was something that even I wouldn't be able to break when I was at the Earthly Master realm.
I'm afraid that no one in the Earthly Master realm would be able to defeat me … Alright, go and take a look at the Sword Swallowing Art. The Heavenly Grand Ritual is about to begin. I'm still a little rusty with the Armor Stripping Sword, so I'll have to study it more.
Even though Officer Wang's words are sometimes annoying, he's still close to us. This time, we'll help him with the Heavenly Grand Ritual. "
The fatty curled his lips. "I'm only helping you. Whoever wants to help Officer Wang can."
"Alright, alright. Help me."
I smiled and didn't bother with the fatty anymore. I walked over and simply tidied up the messy palace. After that, I sat cross-legged on the bed and took out the Armor Stripping Sword to continue cultivating.
I was already able to control the Armor Stripping Sword to attack within four seconds. However, this was clearly not enough.
Even though the two sword slaves that I faced that day had high cultivation, they didn't have any spiritual intelligence. I could stop them with just a few tricks. However, if I were to fight with someone else, they probably wouldn't even give me a chance. Furthermore, I definitely wouldn't be able to use talismans in the arena.
Otherwise, it would just be a competition of resources. The tournament would also lose its meaning.
Therefore, I still had to completely master the Armor Stripping Sword.
There was only one day left until the Heavenly Grand Ritual. If my cultivation was still at the initial stage of the Heavenly Master realm, one day wouldn't have been enough for me to completely master the Armor Stripping Sword. However, after advancing to the intermediate stage of the Heavenly Master realm, everything was different.
The True Essence in my body was more abundant, so I could use it more easily.
This was my first time trying to control the Armor Stripping Sword, so I managed to control the time to within three seconds.
After familiarizing myself with it a few times, I managed to compress the time to a little more than a second.
When experts fought, the situation could change in an instant. Although a little more than a second seemed fast, it was actually far from enough.
I calmed myself down and circulated the Dao Qi in my body, continuing to cultivate.
It was extremely difficult to improve further, but every time I improved, I managed to control the Dao Qi in my body to half a second.
During this period of time, my Dao Qi and True Essence were exhausted several times. Every time, I would go out to replenish them. This kind of absorption and consumption was extremely beneficial to my cultivation. As I trained to control the Armor Stripping Sword, I also completely stabilized my intermediate stage of the Heavenly Master realm.
Although half a second was slightly long, it could almost be considered instantaneous. Moreover, at this level, I knew that I couldn't improve any further for the time being. Thus, I stopped and tried to use my Shaman Qi to activate the Armor Stripping Sword a few times. I discovered that the two weren't compatible. After trying a few times to no avail, I finally gave up.
Magic tools were very particular about compatibility.
For example, the Yin Yang Yama Brush from back then could successfully be compatible with the Shaman Qi and could be used by activating both at the same time.
However, this Armor Stripping Sword couldn't be activated with Shaman Qi because it wasn't compatible with Shaman Qi.
There was also the Xuanyuan Sword. This sword was the Yellow Emperor's personal sword, so it was extremely compatible with Dao Qi. When I tried to use my Shaman Qi to activate it, I felt an intense hostility from it, so I didn't even dare to try it.
Trying to use my Shaman Qi was just a spur of the moment thing. I didn't take it to heart even if I failed.
After I finished cultivating, I stretched my body and stood up. Then, I remembered about the fatty and quickly turned my head to look around.
The fatty was currently sitting cross-legged on a praying mat by the table. In his hand was the Sword Swallowing Chant that I had given him. He was concentrating on reading it. On the ground not far from him, there was a pile of metal shards and a sword hilt.
Looking at the pile of metal shards, my eyes instantly widened. The fatty couldn't have really gone to eat swords, right?
I quickly walked over and asked him, "What's going on?"
The fellow seemed to be immersed in the Sword Swallowing Chant. Hearing my voice, he raised his head in a daze. "I'm studying the Sword Swallowing Chant. You don't say, this thing is really interesting."
I pointed at the pile of metal shards. "I'm asking about this. Since you're studying the Sword Swallowing Chant, what's going on with this sword?"
Hearing that, the fatty's face instantly reddened. He stammered, "That … I thought you were lying to me. I was too lazy to look at the Sword Swallowing Chant. I thought that after eating the Dao Sword, I would be able to absorb the spiritual power in the Dao Sword …"
"And the result?"