"Sword Cultivators developed the method of Man and Sword as One based on this. Judging by its outward form, it was nothing more than a simple straight thrust. In terms of energy application, however, it concentrated nearly one hundred percent of the wielder's power onto the sword's edge. It could be called a technique bordering on the Dao!"
"But this method placed considerable demands on the user. In terms of scale and cost, firing guns and cannons from a distance remained the more advantageous solution. You could think of the astral stones imbued with primordial energy as little figures performing 'Man and Sword as One,' launching sacrificial attacks in which sword and wielder perished together."
Like those Grandmaster Artisans, Li Chen analyzed it from the perspectives of kinetic energy, primordial energy, and more, combining science and magic. He suddenly felt that his sword case and Zhu Yishan's Fire God Arquebus were essentially the same.
Was there really any fundamental difference between unleashing Sword Qi, throwing a spear, thrusting a sword forward, and delivering a saber slash?
There was no difference at all!
There had never been any reason that calling a sword technique exquisite or a saber technique domineering should increase its damage.
The so-called artistic conception and imposing might were nothing more than the magic power a cultivator imbued them with.
Remove the "human" factor, and mechanical creations and mechanism components alone could achieve the same effect.
Even Dao hearts and convictions were all material!
Seeing through the outward forms of these moves, distilling them down to their essence, refusing to cling to any single approach, and employing the most efficient method at the most appropriate moment-that was true cultivation.
As it happened, Li Chen had also researched firearm Magical Treasures. After Zhu Yishan was delighted to pass, Li