Chapter 16

Knowledge is power.

Han Muye now had a deeper understanding of this saying.

If it weren't for the profound insights into swordsmanship he gained through his extraordinary comprehension, how could he have eight merit certificates in his pocket?

When he came, he only had a hundred spirit stones to his name. Now, as he was about to leave, he had nearly a thousand spirit stones.

On the way back, Han Muye was in a good mood.

After all, money is a man's backbone. With money in his pocket, he felt at ease.

And this was just the beginning.

In the future, he might earn even more.

As he strode forward, he activated the Iron Ox Strength within his body.

Instantly, he felt as if dust was rising beneath his feet, and his body was as light as a swallow.

Is this what cultivation feels like?

It's really amazing!

With each step covering several feet, the time it took to return to the Sword Pavilion was three times faster than when he came.

As dusk fell, golden spiritual light scattered around the Sword Pavilion.

Just as he arrived at the entrance of the Sword Pavilion, a tall sword cultivator in a black robe walked out.

This man had a tall and straight figure, a long sword on his back, and a stern expression. He glanced at Han Muye, said nothing, and walked away.

From that one glance, Han Muye felt a shock throughout his body, and the sword qi in the illusory space in his chest surged, as if trying to burst out.

It seemed that the sword qi was being provoked and needed to be suppressed.

Is this a formidable expert?

Entering the Sword Pavilion, Huang Laoliu was putting away the books on the long table.

"Sixth Brother, who was that just now?"

Hearing Han Muye's words, Huang Laoliu didn't even look up: "Ling Che, an executor of the Sword Battle Hall, a powerful expert at the Earth Realm Enlightenment stage."

The Sword Battle Hall is the main hall of the Nine Profound Sword Sect responsible for external defense and combat, and it is filled with many experts.

"How about it? Didn't you feel uncomfortable just from that one glance?" Huang Laoliu said with a grin.

This was the first time Han Muye had seen an expert at the Earth Realm stage.

It turns out that experts in the cultivation world are truly so powerful.

Earth Realm has three stages: Source Connection, Enlightenment, and Core Formation.

An expert at the Earth Realm Enlightenment stage is this strong?

What about those at the Core Formation stage, or even the Heaven Realm?

His eyes gleamed with determination. Mortal Realm, Earth Realm, Heaven Realm—with the help of his golden finger, he was increasingly looking forward to his future.

To wield a sword that can suppress heaven and earth, that is his goal!

"A few days ago, an Earth Realm expert from the Sword Battle Hall fell in battle. His sword will be returned tomorrow."

Putting away the books, Huang Laoliu looked at Han Muye with a serious expression: "Tomorrow morning, we will welcome the sword into the pavilion."

Receiving swords, welcoming swords, cleaning swords, and airing swords—among these tasks, the most dreaded by sword observers is welcoming swords.

New swords entering the pavilion are better, as their sword qi is generally weaker.

Welcoming swords, however, involves bringing back the swords of fallen cultivators, which often contain various grudges and malevolent energies. For sword observers, each time they welcome a sword, it is a torment.

There was once a sword observer who welcomed a spirit-grade sword and was overwhelmed by the grudge within. He died of blood vomiting within half a year.

"What cultivation method did you find in the Spell Demonstration Tower?"

Seemingly not wanting to put pressure on Han Muye, Huang Laoliu changed the subject.

"I found the Iron Ox Strength," Han Muye said with a smile.

"Iron Ox Strength." Huang Laoliu muttered, seemingly unfamiliar with this cultivation method.

"By the way, Sixth Brother, your spirit stones—" Han Muye reached into his pocket, ready to take out a merit certificate.

"It's fine, just a hundred spirit stones. I'm not short of that much." Before Han Muye could take out the certificate, Huang Laoliu waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, when we welcome the sword, be careful."

Han Muye held the merit certificate in his hand and chuckled, not saying anything more.

Just a hundred spirit stones.

Human relationships are more valuable than spirit stones.

Back in his meditation room, he sat cross-legged and gently opened a book.

The book had only four large characters: "Myriad Swords Return to the Source."

Closing his eyes slowly, the image of Mo Yuan's back, with his fingers extended, appeared in his mind again.

Han Muye felt all the sword qi in the illusory space in his chest begin to stir, as if ready to surge out at his command.

But to truly summon this sword qi, something seemed to be missing.

Opening his eyes, Han Muye looked at the wall in front of him.

He was struck by Mo Yuan's words.

"Cultivate a thread of sword qi, refine it ten thousand times, divide it into 128,000 strands, and condense it into sword intent."

"Refine the sword intent a hundred times, transforming it into tempered steel, flexible and strong, and gather 3,000 sword intents to form the great momentum of heaven and earth."

128,000 strands of sword qi can condense into one sword intent.

3,000 sword intents can form the great momentum of heaven and earth.

By using the great momentum of heaven and earth to suppress, one sword becomes myriad swords—this is the true meaning of "Myriad Swords Return to the Source."

128,000 strands of sword qi, condensed into one sword intent.

Not enough sword qi?

"Boom—"

In an instant, the fiery red sword qi extracted from the Purple Flame Sword in the illusory space suddenly exploded, transforming into countless strands of sword qi!

Dispersing into sword qi, condensing into sword intent!

It turned out that this massive and pure sword qi was the will of sword cultivation, condensed into a single line of spirit and intent!

Not only did this one sword intent explode, but all the thick sword qi in the illusory space also burst into countless strands.

Instantly, the illusory space was completely filled with sword qi.

In this illusory space, there were more than a million strands of sword qi!

His eyes gleamed with determination, and Han Muye raised his hand, looking at his palm.

A surging power was waiting.

As long as he extended his fingers, mountains and rivers could be shattered, and heaven and earth could be challenged!

This is "Myriad Swords Return to the Source"!

This is a sword that no one in the world can resist!

Outside the meditation room, all the swords seemed to sense something and trembled slightly.

These swords seemed to be waiting for a call to arms.

As long as Han Muye in the meditation room extended his hand, all the swords would charge forward, ready to fight to the death!

Suppressing the surging sword qi in his chest, Han Muye slowly retracted his hand.

This meditation room is not the place to test "Myriad Swords Return to the Source."

Retracting his hand, the sword qi in his illusory space began to swirl and then recombined, slowly rotating.

The sword intent from the Purple Flame Sword seemed to have become even more refined during the process of dispersion and recombination.

The other dense sword qi in the space collided, merged, and ultimately formed thirteen thick strands of sword intent.

Countless strands of sword qi condensed into these thirteen strands of sword intent.

At this point, Han Muye controlled a total of fourteen strands of sword intent, allowing him to activate "Myriad Swords Return to the Source" fourteen times.

"I wonder what it would be like to condense 3,000 sword intents into a sword momentum."

Sword momentum, wielding the power of heaven and earth, one sword can overturn the world.

How many people in the world can master such a sword?

One sword momentum requires 3,000 sword intents.

Han Muye's face showed a smile, and his eyes sparkled.

The long swords in the Sword Pavilion contain boundless sword qi. How much is there?

3,000 sword intents will eventually be condensed!

At that time, with one sword in hand, who in the world could resist?

Suppressing the sword qi, Han Muye slowly activated the newly cultivated body-strengthening technique, Iron Ox Strength.

This technique can strengthen his tendons and bones, allowing him to resist the erosion of sword qi.

Although he didn't believe that the sword qi close to him would harm him, it's better to be prepared.

Even for travel, it would be faster, right?

The images of Zhao Pu practicing Iron Ox Strength in the Spell Demonstration Tower kept flowing, and a solid stream of qi and blood began to gather in Han Muye's body.

Behind him, the form of a blue ox with a metallic sheen slowly appeared.

The Iron Ox formed, the technique was complete!