"Senior Brother... what are you talking about?" Song Yan asked, somewhat bewildered.
"I have no sword intent." Deng Ke lowered his eyes guiltily, not daring to look at him.
Song Yan froze for a moment, then started from the beginning. "Was the method Senior Pei left behind Slay the Spirit and Plant the Sword?"
"If so, how could you form a golden core without sword intent?" Song Yan felt as though his brain was about to burn out.
Slay the Spirit and Plant the Sword destroyed one's original spiritual root.
A trace of embryonic sword intent and the heart of the Dao-seeker condensed into a Seed of the Sword Dao, replacing it.
From then on, once the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth was drawn into the body and refined, it was no longer ordinary spiritual power, but sword Qi.
Spiritual power could only be stored temporarily at the edges of the Qi sea and within the meridians, drawn upon occasionally. It could hardly serve as the foundation for breaking through realms.
That was how it had been for Song Yan. As his cultivation rose, the Seed of the Sword Dao took root and sprouted, building his Dao foundation, and the lotus bloomed.
During core formation, the essence, Qi, and spirit three flowers, sword Qi, sword intent, and spiritual source all rested upon that lotus, condensing a golden core above it.
Perhaps because he had never dared speak of it before, now that he had confessed, he actually felt much more relaxed.
"I don't know either. I do have the heart of the Dao-seeker, but no sword intent. Back then, a little of something else combined with my heart of the Dao-seeker and condensed into a Seed of the Sword Dao..."
At this point, he still felt somewhat guilty.
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