The old man who grilled skewers next door had "Bing," meaning "soldier," in his name, so the neighbors all called him Old Soldier. Apparently, his barbecue shop really was a time-honored establishment with over a hundred years of history. Yue Wen had arrived too recently to know how many years the old man had been running it.
But judging by his face, even a generous estimate would put him at seventy.
There was nothing unusual about a person having sword intent. It was a mysterious thing; anyone, cultivator or not, could possess the true essence of the sword.
But resonating with living beings was different from resonating with ordinary objects. Their individual wills were stronger, so resonance required either a strong willingness on the other party's part or strength far below that of the practitioner.
Zhao Xing'er and Qi Dian downstairs both had sword intent, for instance. Zhao Xing'er's was especially overwhelming. But Yue Wen couldn't just control her whenever he pleased. Her individual will and cultivation were both strong, so he couldn't unilaterally use Sword Heart Resonance on her. He had to follow her wishes.
Even someone as weak as Qi Dian couldn't be controlled at will.
Only someone with a mortal body like the skewer-grilling old man next door, whose individual will and cultivation weren't that strong, could be accidentally lifted into the air by Yue Wen.
It was actually rather surprising. An old man his age still possessed sword intent?
Yue Wen guided the utterly bewildered old man back, hurriedly severed the connection between their sword hearts, then went over to apologize profusely.
He would have to pay attention to what his sword heart connected with from now on. He couldn't just resonate with things at random.
Imagine a battle between powerful cultivators, everyone waving a hand