“This Disciple feels it’s about time. My Basic Swordsmanship hasn’t improved in a while; it should have hit a Bottleneck. This Disciple hasn’t found any room for improvement.” Qin Chu said, which was also why he wanted to exchange for a Swordsmanship Cultivation Technique. His Basic Swordsmanship had no more room for improvement.
“No room for improvement… How immodest! You, take him down for me, two bottles of Spirit Origin Pills!” Mo Daozi pointed at one of the two Azure Dragon Sect Disciples on duty at the entrance of the Library Pavilion.
The Disciple’s eyes lit up. He drew his sword and attacked Qin Chu. He was a Core Disciple at the Fourth Stage Spirit Origin Realm, on duty at the Library Pavilion to earn points for Spirit Origin Pills. Now, two bottles of Spirit Origin Pills were right in front of him.
Seeing the Disciple on duty thrust his sword, Qin Chu drew his longsword and, with a diagonal slash, broke the Disciple’s offensive. However, he was also forced back, mainly because the Origin Qi on his opponent’s longsword was very violent.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Chu activated his nameless Cultivation Technique. The Qi and blood within his body began to surge. Then, he extended his longsword, blocking the Disciple’s second sword strike.
This time, it was the Disciple on duty who retreated, because Qin Chu’s body exploded with power, and his sword-wielding arm was strong and powerful.
In the past few months, Qin Chu had been doing missions in Misty Cloud Mountain, practicing Swordsmanship and combat skills. However, his main method for killing Fourth Stage Yao Beasts was still his physical strength. After he used a medicinal bath concocted primarily with the essence blood of a Snow Azure Dragon Snake, his physical strength had Advanced another level. If Qin Chu were to compare himself, he should be able to contend with a Fourth Stage Early Stage Yao Beast.
No longer being forced back, and able to hold his longsword steadily, Qin Chu’s Basic Swordsmanship regained its power. Move after move flowed naturally, and his counterattacks within defense made the Disciple on duty flustered. However, due to the limited offensive power of Basic Swordsmanship, Qin Chu couldn't do much to the Disciple on duty.
After fighting for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Mo Daozi waved his hand, signaling them to stop.
“You’ve walked very steadily; you can indeed run now. I have a Swordsmanship Cultivation Technique here, but it requires a lot of points. Do you want it?” Mo Daozi asked Qin Chu.
“If Senior isn’t trying to trick Qin Chu, and the Swordsmanship is truly suitable for Qin Chu, then Qin Chu will exchange for it.” Qin Chu looked at Mo Daozi with a hint of suspicion. He knew this old fellow had many tricks up his sleeve.
Noticing Qin Chu’s suspicious gaze, Mo Daozi exploded in anger. A surge of energy pressed down on Qin Chu, then he reached out and gave Qin Chu’s head a series of hard knocks. “No one has ever questioned what I say! You little brat are going to fly to the heavens!”
The pressure on his body disappeared. Qin Chu reached up and touched his head, finding several large bumps, but there was nothing he could do. Mo Daozi’s strength was formidable; he didn’t even have the right to resist.
“Spirit Shocking Sword Art, take it and Cultivate. Two hundred thousand points!” Mo Daozi threw a Cultivation Technique manual to Qin Chu, then uttered a price that left Qin Chu dumbfounded.
“Senior, can this Disciple not exchange for it?” Qin Chu held the Spirit Shocking Sword Art and pushed it towards Mo Daozi. It wasn’t that he hadn’t been to the Library Pavilion before; the Advanced Sword Arts inside were only sixty or seventy thousand points, and even the top-tier ones were only a little over a hundred thousand. This old man Mo just casually pulled out a Sword Art and wanted two hundred thousand for it? He wasn’t going to be a sucker.
“You can’t not exchange for it. If you want to continue in the Azure Dragon Sect, you must exchange for this Spirit Shocking Sword Art!” Mo Daozi glared at Qin Chu.
Qin Chu felt a bit helpless. He hesitated for a moment, “Senior, how about this? Qin Chu won’t take the Sword Art, and will offer you eighty thousand points as pure respect!”
He couldn't afford to offend Mo Daozi, and later he would still need Mo Daozi to deduce his background, so he had to accept his fate.
Mo Daozi exploded in anger again, pressing Qin Chu with energy and giving him another beating.
“Brat, don’t be ungrateful for your good fortune. It can be said that this Spirit Shocking Sword Art is the most suitable among all the Sword Arts in the Azure Dragon Sect, and besides the one in front of you, no one else has Cultivated it. No one understands it at all. Don’t you think it’s precious?” Ling Yunzi spoke up. He felt he had to speak, as Qin Chu kept thinking he was being taken advantage of and didn’t believe Mo Daozi.
After hearing Ling Yunzi’s words, Qin Chu put away the Cultivation Technique manual and was about to leave, but Mo Daozi grabbed him back, “You think you can run without giving points?”
There was nothing he could do. Qin Chu handed over his points card. After a few pleas, Mo Daozi transferred one hundred thousand points, leaving him with some change, enough to exchange for some Origin Condensing Pills.
Holding the Spirit Shocking Sword Art, Qin Chu left. Although he had obtained the Cultivation Technique manual, he felt a little depressed inside, because not only were one hundred thousand points gone, he also owed another one hundred thousand. Not only was the past half-year’s effort wasted, he would also have to pay off the debt in the future.
After Qin Chu left, the Law Enforcement Disciple looked at Mo Daozi, “Grand Elder Mo, isn’t your Spirit Shocking Sword Art a secret within the Sect?”
“It’s not that it’s not passed down; it’s that there hasn’t been a suitable person. One of the conditions for Cultivating the Spirit Shocking Sword Art is to Cultivate Basic Swordsmanship to Great Perfection. Only then can the power of the Spirit Shocking Sword Art be unleashed. Additionally, there’s another even more important factor that no one in our Sect has been able to achieve. I’m not so stingy as to let a Sword Art rot in my hands!” Mo Daozi said. The Disciples who could be on duty at the Library Pavilion were all Core Disciples whose loyalty was absolutely unquestionable, so he explained the main reason for passing the Spirit Shocking Sword Art to Qin Chu.
“Haha! He Cultivated Basic Swordsmanship to Great Perfection and still wants to find room for improvement. He’s truly too naive.” Ling Yunzi laughed. Mo Daozi had never been so frustrated before. The famous Spirit Shocking Sword Art was actually despised by Qin Chu. He also knew what the other condition for Cultivating the Spirit Shocking Sword Art was: one must possess a Sword Spirit Realm, where one’s mind and longsword are one.
Not long after Qin Chu left, a woman arrived at the Library Pavilion. Her flowing robe fluttered in the wind, giving her a unique aura.
“Junior Sister Shang Shu, are you here to exchange for a Cultivation Technique manual? Give me your points card!” A Disciple on duty said.
“Thank you, Senior Brother. Grand Elder Mo, this Disciple is here to exchange for the Spirit Shocking Sword Art!” Shang Shu Yu looked at Mo Daozi.
“How do you know about this?” Mo Daozi frowned, as not many people knew about the Spirit Shocking Sword Art.
Shang Shu Yu bowed to Mo Daozi, “This Disciple read about it in an ancient Sect text and also inquired with an Elder. He recommended it. This Disciple also knows that the Spirit Shocking Sword Art is the most potent offensive Sword Art in the Azure Dragon Sect.”
“Recommended… He doesn’t know the truth. The Spirit Shocking Sword Art requires a foundation in Basic Swordsmanship to Cultivate.” Mo Daozi said.
“He mentioned that, so this Disciple diligently Cultivated Basic Swordsmanship for three months, raising my Basic Swordsmanship to the Grandmaster Realm. I implore Grand Elder Mo to grant my wish. This Disciple dedicates her entire life to the Dao of the Sword.” Shang Shu Yu said to Mo Daozi.
Mo Daozi scrutinized Shang Shu Yu, “I have dedicated my entire life to the rise of the Azure Dragon Sect, and I am never stingy in supporting my Disciples. You are a Genius in the Dao of the Sword, but you are not suited for my Dao of the Sword. The one you should seek is him.” After speaking, Mo Daozi pointed at Ling Yunzi.
Holding the Spirit Shocking Sword Art, valued at two hundred thousand points, Qin Chu returned to his wooden house on the cliff next to the Servant’s Courtyard. He then took it out to study it, curious to see how the Spirit Shocking Sword Art could be worth two hundred thousand points.
It can cut down people, Yao Beasts, and demons. The sword can communicate with spirits, and when the sword is drawn, ghosts and gods are shocked… This was the general outline of the Spirit Shocking Sword Art!
