True Qi Art: Five-Leaf Wheel
Just as there were profound scriptures for wielding Profound Qi and spirit scriptures for directing Spiritual Qi, once martial artists entered the upper two realms of the meridian-growing stage and could project True Qi outside their bodies, they too could draw on the achievements of their predecessors to use that True Qi with greater finesse.
Martial artists called these methods True Qi Arts, a simple, readily understood name.
Such methods were not rare treasures. After entering the upper two realms and working at it for a few years, most could obtain one, and almost every Eighth Growth martial artist possessed one. Yet they were by no means commonplace either. Among Seventh Growth martial artists, those unfamiliar with True Qi Arts were far from rare, while a good, suitable True Qi Art could only be encountered by chance, not sought at will.
Such methods could be used independently. With [Five-Leaf Wheel], for example, Qinghuang did not need to draw his sword; he could form one with a lift of his hand. They could also enhance or extend a technique. The sharp Sword Qi that erupted from [Tree-Washing Bronze Shadow] in Nie Qianyu's hand, for instance, was a method of condensing True Qi into shape through a sword, described in the "Jadeite Collection," and had no separate name.
True Qi Arts came in countless forms: offensive and defensive, primary and supporting, all depending on their creators' ability and imagination. Though they were a more refined way of wielding True Qi, with a higher threshold for mastery, that did not mean they were superior or more powerful-[Broken Leaf Returning Tide] had shattered a sword and killed an enemy in a single move without any additional True Qi Art.
Now.
Five leaf-thin edges blossomed and spun at the sword