An incense stick's worth of time later.
(Han Lingxiao has taught you "Gengxin Sword Qi." Would you like to learn it?)
"Learn it!"
At the prompt from [Heavenly Mandate] in his mind, Lu Cheng made his choice without hesitation.
In an instant, golden light blazed within his Consciousness Sea, and another figure appeared.
[Gengxin Sword Qi] [Grade: Upper-Grade Earth Tier] [Realm: Novice (1/200)] [A sword art combining the tangible and intangible, nurturing formless Sword Qi through physical sword moves. Unpredictably shifting between illusion and reality, its power is devastatingly sharp.]
In an instant, all the information about Gengxin Sword Qi flooded into Lu Cheng's mind.
This sword art had three major stages.
The first involved mastering the physical sword moves and using them to nurture Sword Qi.
In battle, Sword Qi could shoot from the sword at any moment without preparation. Silent, formless, traceless, and exceptionally sharp, it was truly difficult to guard against.
The second stage united the tangible and intangible, and was the stage Han Lingxiao had currently reached.
At this stage, one could condense twenty-two strands of Sword Qi within the Lung Aperture and unleash them freely without a sword.
The invisible strand Han Lingxiao had flicked out earlier was precisely such Sword Qi.
Even the ringing of a sword had been a deliberate warning from Han Lingxiao to his opponent.
In a real fight, a wave of his hand would unleash the Sword Qi.
If one did not mind looking undignified, opening the nostrils would allow two strands of Sword Qi to blast out, making them even harder to guard against.
The third stage was more wondrous still.
At this stage, the Sword Qi within the Lung Aperture could be refined into twenty-two Gengxin Sword Seeds.
Each sword seed was a sword,