154: You call this raising a sword? Obviously committing suicide!

"Would you like to start the trial now, or do you need some time to prepare?"

Hearing the old man's words, Mo Fan thought for a moment and asked, "Is there any danger in the trial?"

The old man stroked his grizzled beard and smiled, saying, "Trials naturally carry danger."

"Will people die?"

"No, not that." The old man shook his head.

Hearing this, Mo Fan no longer hesitated and immediately nodded: "Then let's start the trial now!"

As long as no one dies!

With that, Mo Fan sat up straight, waiting for the trial to begin.

However, the next second, he only felt a cold flash before his eyes, then it was gone.

Then—

There was a clang.

He saw half a skull roll to the ground, red and white spilling everywhere.

"Huh, whose brain fell out? This is too gruesome... right?"

Mo Fan was bewildered and instinctively scratched his head, only to find he was scratching empty air, which made him freeze.

"Oh, it's mine. Never mind then."

With a thud, Mo Fan's eyes rolled back, foam escaped his mouth, and he collapsed to the ground.

"What the hell! You said no one would die?"

Mo Fan was furious and trembling.

This old man is too wicked!

However, just then, the old man's gentle voice rang out: "Are you dead?"

Mo Fan was startled, immediately climbed up from the ground, and said with some uncertainty, "Uh, I don't seem to be dead yet?

"No, half my head is gone, why am I not dead?"

The old man put his hands behind his back, a smile on his face, and said:

"Don't worry, I have locked your Three Ethereal Souls and Seven Corporeal Spirits. Even if your body is split into 10,800 pieces, you won't die."

Mo Fan: "..."

Split into 10,800 pieces?

Listen, are these the words of a human?

Mo Fan looked at the old man, his face dark, and said, "Can you help me recover?"

"Yes."

The old man waved his hand, and Mo Fan's missing half-head immediately began to squirm and grow, returning to normal in the blink of an eye.

The half that had fallen to the ground vanished into specks of starlight the moment the new brain grew out.

"First trial, failed," the old man said calmly.

"You old fellow, you ambushed me, that's not Martial Virtue!" Mo Fan wanted to curse.

A sword suddenly struck, and he didn't even know the trial had begun!

"Martial Virtue? What Martial Virtue?" The old man shook his head, stroking his beard, and said, "Sword Cultivators prioritize a single decisive strike, never leaving themselves a way out.

"The moment the sword is drawn, life and death are already determined.

"Either you cleave the enemy with one sword, or you are cleaved by the enemy's sword.

"Do you think life is more important, or Martial Virtue?"

Mo Fan fell silent.

He naturally understood this principle.

In a real battle, using every means possible to kill the enemy is the correct approach.

What is Martial Virtue compared to life?

But the problem was, he was the one being killed... "Do you want to continue the trial?" The old man looked at Mo Fan.

"Continue!" Mo Fan gritted his teeth and nodded.

He wasn't ready just now!

This time, he wouldn't be instantly killed!

However, the next second.

Mo Fan's skull once again clanged to the ground, red and white spilling everywhere again.

Mo Fan: "???"

I was instantly killed again?

Without even a chance to resist?

Am I really that weak?

"Do you still want to continue the trial?" The old man stroked his grizzled beard and smiled.

"Of course!" Mo Fan wouldn't give up.

He could sense that the opponent's power level was the same as his.

Power level does not refer to the superficial cultivation Realm.

Instead, it refers to the real combat strength displayed after extremebreak out.

With the same power level, why couldn't he even block one of his swords?

Are Sword Cultivators really that Heaven-Defying?

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Sword light flashed and disappeared.

Mo Fan's skull fell again and again.

After being instantly killed thirty times in a row, the old man couldn't bear it anymore and said with a dark face:

"You are the worst Sword Cultivator I have ever seen. You don't understand the sword Dao at all!"

Mo Fan touched his newly grown brain and casually said, "I haven't Cultivated the sword Dao, how could I understand it..."

"What did you say?" The old man was startled.

"I only practiced the Sword Nurturing Art; I haven't touched any other aspects of the sword Dao," Mo Fan said, spreading his hands.

The Sword Nurturing Art is equivalent to a Mind-Cultivation Technique, only capable of Cultivating Internal Energy.

With only Internal Energy and no corresponding Martial Skill routines, combat power is naturally insufficient.

Mo Fan actually wanted to Cultivate the sword.

However, he did not have the sword dao physique, and even staying in the Sword Pavilion for long was difficult, so how could he Cultivate the sword Dao in the Sword Pavilion?

Of course, simply finding a random sword technique to Cultivate does not qualify one as a Sword Cultivator.

Like Yang Yi, although she comprehended a relatively profound Sword Art, she still couldn't be considered a Sword Cultivator; at most, she was a Martial Artist who knew how to use a sword.

The combat power she unleashed with her sword relied on her own Martial Dao cultivation.

The higher her Martial Dao cultivation, the stronger the combat power she unleashed with her sword would be; Martial Dao cultivation was the prerequisite.

Simply put, even if she didn't use a sword and switched to a Martial Skill of the same level, her combat power wouldn't fluctuate much.

True Sword Cultivators, however, enter the Dao with the sword, using their sword Dao Realm to drive the growth of their Martial Dao cultivation.

The sword Dao Realm is the prerequisite.

Liu Xiyan is an example of this situation.

When she had nurtured her sword for sixty years, her Martial Dao cultivation Breakthrough to the Guiyuan Realm.

However, forty years have passed, and her cultivation is still at Guiyuan First Level, without any growth.

Of course, while her Martial Dao cultivation hasn't changed.

As her sword Dao Realm grew, her combat power continuously increased and did not stagnate due to her Martial Dao cultivation not undergoing a Breakthrough.

The reason this situation occurred is that although her sword Dao Realm has been improving.

It still remained within that same level.

Thus, it couldn't drive her Martial Dao cultivation to Breakthrough.

When she nurtures her sword for a century and crosses the Life and Death Ordeal, her sword Dao Realm will then enter the next level.

At that time, the sword Dao Realm will once again feedback into her being, elevating her Martial Dao Realm to the corresponding level.

That is, directly Breakthrough from Guiyuan First Level to the Supreme Realm in one go.

As Mo Fan pondered, the old man asked with a puzzled expression:

"Since you have comprehended the Sword Nurturing Art and possess sword Dao talent that is difficult for ordinary people to match, why don't you Cultivate the sword Dao?"

Mo Fan shook his head and honestly said, "I merely have strong Comprehension Ability, forcefully comprehending the Sword Nurturing Art, and don't possess much sword Dao talent.

"In my situation, nurturing the sword into the body is too harmful.

"Even with the nourishment of the Sword Nurturing Art, it wouldn't be enough to compensate, and I probably wouldn't be able to Cultivate the sword Dao for long before dying suddenly..."

Hearing this, the old man's brows furrowed, and he said with some disbelief:

"Your so-called 'nurturing the sword into the body' refers to incorporating Sword Intent into your body?"

"Isn't it?" Mo Fan was astonished; the Sword Pavilion's cultivation method was precisely that.

"If nurturing the sword into the body is simply incorporating Sword Intent into the body, then what is the Guiyuan Sword Canon for?" The old man was so angry he wanted to laugh.

"Heh, directly incorporating Sword Intent into the body is also called sword nurturing? This is clearly suicide!"

"Suicide? No, Guiyuan Sword Canon? What's that?" Mo Fan was dumbfounded.

He seemed to have made an incredible discovery!

However, hearing Mo Fan's words, the old man was stunned, saying with some disbelief:

"You don't even know about the Guiyuan Sword Canon? Has the Legacy of our Hidden Sword Manor's Sword Cultivators been cut off?"