louisehourcade Chapter 338 A heart as clear as crystal can cut through anything.
Chapter 338 A heart as clear as crystal can cut through anything.
"Momentum..."
The young swordsman fell into deep thought, his eyes growing brighter as he gazed at the swords in his hands, muttering to himself:
"So that's what I was lacking, I see..."
"I have always pursued superficial speed and neglected the inner essence of swordsmanship."
"Mind, body, and technique are all indispensable."
Ye Jiuling sensed the nascent sword aura emanating from him, nodded slightly, and asked the sword club member beside her:
"Is he also a swordsman? What's his name?"
"I think he was a freshman, a fourth-tier swordsman, and his name was... Shen Tong."
"He has good potential. I'll ask him later if he'd like to join the Sword Club."
"it is good."
After thinking it through.
The boy named Shen Tong, filled with excitement and beaming with pride, bowed deeply to Jiang Yuan and shouted:
"Thank you so much for your guidance!"
"What you understand is what you gain."
Jiang Yuan tossed the sword to him, his gaze sweeping over the onlookers as he said:
"Is there anyone else who has questions about kendo?"
Ye Jiuling stepped out of the crowd first, with a blood-red longsword floating behind her, its sound resonating like a dragon's roar.
Her bangs fell down, covering half of one eye, and her long hair flowed freely behind her head. Her gaze was sharp and unparalleled, like a drawn sword, fixed on Jiang Yuan with lightning speed.
"A famous swordsman in history once proposed that the path of a swordsman is divided into three realms: sword momentum, sword intent, and sword domain."
"I want to know how, after mastering sword intent and sword spirit, one can climb to a higher realm of swordsmanship."
"I can see that realm now, but I can't touch it."
Upon hearing this, many martial arts professors and instructors present changed their expressions slightly, and their gazes toward Ye Jiuling also shifted somewhat.
"At such a young age, I never imagined she had already reached such a level," a professor said with admiration.
"Many swordsmen spend their entire lives without ever seeing that elusive realm."
"Even with the legendary swordsman class bonus, this understanding of the sword is still quite astonishing, enough to rival that former king of swordsmanship."
"His future is limitless."
Jiang Yuan glanced at the SS-rank sword [Yellow Spring] floating behind the girl and smiled, "Do you still remember the strongest sword strike you once unleashed against me?"
Ye Jiuling certainly remembered, or rather, kept it in her heart.
Jiang Yuan continued, "Your profession and talent are both related to the sword, and they provide you with great assistance, both good and bad. The advantage is that it deepens your understanding of the sword, while the disadvantage is that you will develop a dependence on it without realizing it."
He pointed to the blood-red longsword floating behind the girl.
"When you can wield that sword without using your innate sword, but with an ordinary sword, that will be the moment you touch the realm of the sword."
Ye Jiuling's eyes flickered slightly, as if she had realized something.
Her eyes were fixed on Lu Zhou as she continued, "Have you already reached that level?"
"Was that sword strike you unleashed earlier your strongest strike?"
"The strongest?"
Jiang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.
"Have you ever seen an adult who takes a child seriously?"
Ye Jiuling raised her eyebrows slightly.
A child? She seems to be a bit older.
Among the onlookers.
Jiang Yan, dressed in a robe with flame patterns, clicked his tongue and said, "So that guy treats us like children? Last time he probably didn't even use half his strength. It's unbearable."
"nonsense."
Shi Zhentian crossed his arms and said, "Haven't you heard that even the dean of the School of Life Sciences was beaten by him? Although that dean is old, he is still a quasi-king."
Chang Baimo looked at Sikong: "What do you mean?"
Sikong smiled wryly, "What else can I say? We can't beat them in a fight. We can only wait until we reach the ninth level."
"Ninth rank."
Chang Baimo sighed. He was only at the sixth level. Although he was already considered a prodigy among the younger generation, the ninth level was still a long way off.
"As for whether I've reached that level..."
Jiang Yuan took a step forward, like a drop of water falling into a calm lake. An invisible wave of air rippled out from the ground, instantly stirring everyone's hair.
Lin Qingyan felt the oppressive air coming towards her, her clear eyes flickering slightly.
This feeling was the same as when she fought the female sword saint from the Sunset Kingdom in her previous life.
He actually reached that level.
The Realm of Swords.
The black-clad youth's coat billowed, his bangs fluttered, and strange, colorful halos shimmered deep within the pupils of his heterochromatic eyes.
Once he enters the state of supreme enlightenment, the realm of swordsmanship is laid bare before him.
Having initially taken a half-step into the realm of swordsmanship, he, under the blessing of supreme comprehension, could be said to have stepped entirely into it, reaching the summit of Sword Hill.
The place where it stands.
That is, the Sword Realm.
The body is the bone of the sword.
It means the heart of the sword.
If one's heart is as clear as crystal, nothing is beyond its reach, and one can traverse the battlefield undefeated.
Jiang Yuan reached out and grasped his hand loosely.
To everyone's astonishment, an invisible and hazy sword aura appeared in his palm, its sharpness slicing through the sunlight and scattering countless tiny sparks.
In an instant, tens of thousands of straight, crisscrossing cracks appeared on the ground.
That's enough.
A professor with an S-rank talent in the defensive system, [Shield Wall], made a move, and a huge crystal that shone like a diamond appeared out of thin air in front of the students watching from all around.
Jiang Yuan did not stop, but instead gripped the sword energy in his hand and slashed at the defense-oriented professor.
In the sight of everyone watching.
It seemed as if darkness fell instantly, followed by a beam of light cleaving through the sky and descending upon the earth. Countless stars fell, each one a ray of sword light, dazzling and brilliant.
"!"
The defense professor was greatly alarmed and unleashed his strongest defensive skill without hesitation.
【Vajra Forms. The Wall of Crystal】
In an instant.
The ground rumbled and shook as a crystalline wall, formed from countless glass Vajra statues arranged side by side, rose from the ground and stood before the professor of the defense department.
The sword energy struck, causing a crack to appear in the indestructible crystal wall. The dragon-shaped energy waves that followed surged and crashed against it, causing the entire crystal wall to tremble violently.