"How much Profound Gold do you need?"
Zhang Yang asked with great interest.
"This isn't a matter of how much Profound Gold I need. It's whether you, Sect Master Zhang, understand that a Profound Grade Sword Manipulation requires at least five jin of Profound Gold. Profound Gold is the most stable material, retaining its nature even under most complicated circumstances. That is the first priority in Sword Flight. Otherwise, if an enemy strikes you head-on with a Daoist technique, the connection between man and sword can easily be severed, resulting in both sword and wielder being destroyed. After all, the sky is no place for the ground, flying is no running, and a sword cultivator's Sword Manipulation is no Golden Core cultivator's artifact control. Sect Master Zhang, do you understand?"
The old man spoke slowly and methodically, looking very much like an expert.
Zhang Yang's level was nowhere near enough to tell whether he was right, so he turned his gaze toward Li Hanqiu. The latter said expressionlessly, "What he said is correct. Cultivators aren't omnipotent. Flying through the sky is the most dangerous thing of all. Throughout history, unless they possessed the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage or higher, no cultivator had ever dared to fly recklessly through unexplored wilderness, whether by sword or artifact."
"Only in familiar regions—in other words, within the range protected by their own sect—would Golden Core- and Foundation Establishment-level cultivators dare to swagger about flying by sword or artifact. Sect Master, please make sure to sternly warn the disciples under your command about this. They must never be careless and make a mistake."
"As for what this Fire Artisan Daoist said about Profound Gold being the most stable, that is correct. But this stability doesn't refer to ease of control. It means that