Yuan Qi is the energy in the human body that maintains life.
The operation of the heart, lungs, tendons, bones and meridians is not driven by blood, but by vital energy.
Without vital energy, the heart will not beat, the intestines will not move, and the liver and kidneys will not function.
Before, Xi Heng used the Life-Taking Technique to cut down his lifespan to replenish his qi and blood, and what he lost was the important lifespan for maintaining the growth and development of his body.
In addition to lifespan, there is also a basic vital energy, which is the power used to maintain the normal functioning of the current physical body.
If the root of vitality is cut off, the patient may suffer a serious illness at best, and death at worst.
If too much basic vital energy is missing, even the heart will stop beating and the person will naturally die.
The blood line forbidden method that was often used the night before was to use the blood line to connect two important acupuncture points containing vital energy, and then connect the Ren and Du meridians, to infuse the vital energy into the meridians to the limbs and bones, thereby increasing physical fitness exponentially - the vital energy itself has similar abilities to qi and blood, which can enable the body to exert strength that breaks through the limit.
"Use the blood forbidden method to explode the vitality in my body, and gather all the strength in my body on this sword..."
The demon in front of him responded:
"No matter whether it's the bright force, the dark force, the qi and blood, or the vital energy... all the strength will be put into the sword blade in one strike. It doesn't matter if the internal organs collapse or the body collapses. Only a sword will be left in the world."
"The bright and dark forces overlap, gathering everything in me, just for one sword." Xi Heng looked down at his palm:
"I understand."
"The martial arts path ultimately leads to the same destination. No matter what method you use, as long as you keep improving and moving forward, the bright force and the dark force will eventually overlap and become the transformed force."
“Hua Jin is not something that is out of reach or vague… Whether you focus on the strength of your body, or cultivate your internal strength, or control your strength, or seek the most powerful moves like me… at a certain stage, you have entered the realm of Hua Jin.”
“It’s like climbing a mountain. No matter which path you take, whether it’s difficult or smooth, as long as you don’t encounter any accidents along the way and keep going up, you will eventually reach the same mountain top.”
Xi Heng chuckled. She saw clearly the way to transform her energy - to combine all the strength into one sword.
"After this move is accomplished, the bright force and the dark force will overlap, and I will probably reach the state of transformation force."
She spoke softly, then raised her eyes to look at the demon in front of her.
"Maybe you don't have to sacrifice your life. As long as you can blend the bright force and dark force in your sword moves, and then use your lifespan to combine them, you can achieve the transformed force." The demon responded.
"No." Xi Heng shook his head: "I want the strongest one."
The demon grinned, and his tone became more pleased: "As expected of me."
She stepped forward, spun around, and swung the two swords in her hands, attacking with a flash of blood.
The two streaks of blood collided and dissipated at the same time.
……
Outside, Xi Heng was sitting cross-legged on a cushion with a very peaceful and relaxed expression, and the room was filled with fragrance.
The sky outside the window changed from light blue to dim yellow, and then to a thick, deep black.
Time passed for a long time before Xi Heng slowly opened his eyes due to mental exhaustion.
"The transformation is very close... just a little bit more."
She has been secluded here for a month and has not been concerned with external affairs.
I don't know how the Dark Sky Sect is doing in recruiting and providing relief to the disaster victims.
Jinshi City was almost burned down by such a big fire, how did the authorities deal with it...Also, does senior sister miss her?
Xi Heng shook his head, returned to the bed and sat down, taking off his clothes and preparing to go to sleep.
"Let's reach the state of Hua Jin as soon as possible and then reload the game." She said to herself.
The moon sets and the sun rises, alternating over and over again.
After another whole month, Xi Heng finally mastered the Sword of Life after constant rehearsal in his mind.
Before, she could feel that she was only a little bit away from reaching the state of transformation, but this 'little bit' was like a chasm that was difficult to cross.
An idea alone is not enough to support her in achieving Hua Jin. She needs to turn the idea into reality step by step. The things she needs to consider will emerge one by one like the branches of a tree that continue to grow and branch.
For example: How should the Qi and blood in the meridians be circulated when using a move? How should the Qi, which is essentially different from Qi and blood, be circulated so that it can be gathered on the sword like Qi and blood? In what state is the best time to use a move? And how to grasp that moment... All these require constant experimentation and practice.
Although with the help of Jianxin, Xi Heng could solve the details of swinging the sword in no time, but after practicing with his mind, it took him quite a long time to perfect this extremely difficult sword of death and turn it into the third stage of the sword of life.
Until today, it is finally completed.
When practicing in the mind, using this move will shatter the enemy's entire body into pieces, and the sword energy can stretch for a thousand meters. Even when facing a large army, one move can defeat the enemy.
In reality, Xi Heng propped himself up and slowly stood up.
Given her state of mind, it was inevitable that she felt a little nervous when faced with the results of months of hard work.
"I have rehearsed this move in my mind and it has worked more than ten times..."
Previously, she had used the moves that Kenshin had rehearsed in her mind in reality, and she had succeeded on the first try.
"There will be no problem this time." Xi Heng patted his chest to calm himself.
The girl was only wearing a simple dress and carrying her indoor sword, and walked towards the courtyard behind the pulpit.
When she opened the door, there was a sudden bleak autumn breeze, blowing through her long uncut hair.
Xi Heng let the cold wind brush across his cheeks, his eyes quietly fixed on a huge mulberry tree in the courtyard, and he slowly approached it.
Although she hadn't used sword skills for two months in reality, she still moved with ease and skill.
You can get into the state just by hearing the slight whistling sound of the sword being drawn out.
The trunk of the mulberry tree is as thick as two adult men can hug together. If an ordinary person were to chop it with a sword, it would probably take years to cut it.
However, for Xi Heng, this mulberry tree is quite fragile and is not a truly suitable stone for practicing sword skills.
Unfortunately, there are no other more suitable targets around.
She gathered her mind and urged her sword heart.
All other impure things in the mind that have nothing to do with swordsmanship were thrown away, and it became clearer and clearer.
When I close my eyes, all I see is empty white.
As her eyes opened again, the sword had become a part of her soul.
Xi Heng felt that the sword blade was breathing with her breathing, and her heart and the sword began to harmonize and resonate.
Slowly, she turned her wrist and held the long sword with both hands, with the tip of the sword pointing steadily at her abdomen.
"Most methods of transforming strength use internal energy to cultivate internal force, and then use the internal force to blend the light and dark forces and roll them into the meridians to achieve transformation strength."
"But I don't cultivate the power in my body, but achieve it through the sword."
When the light and dark forces are mixed on the sword, and then the life force is used as the internal force to combine them, the transformation force can be obtained naturally.
If she hadn't been able to comprehend the heart of the sword, even if she had the inspiration, she wouldn't have been able to accomplish it.
Because even inside the body, in order to accurately combine the two forces without causing the meridians and dantian to explode and go astray, extremely strong control is required.
When advancing to the stage of Hua Jin, there must be no mistakes in any detail, otherwise, at best, one will fail and fall back to a lower realm, depleting the upper limit of Qi and blood, or at worst, die on the spot.
Any method of improving one's Hua Jin is extremely risky. If you are not careful, you will fail.
This is true inside the body, so it is even more impossible to succeed if you put it on external objects.
If ordinary dark energy warriors saw what Xi Heng was about to do, they would probably think it was the behavior of a madman.
Wasting precious life energy and combining it with a sword that has no meridians is simply seeking death.
But for Xi Heng himself, the sword is closer to his soul than his body.
Compared to her arms, meridians, and dantian... her control over the sword is much stronger.
The various subtle details that need to be paid attention to when refining the energy may not be fully controlled in the body, but they are easy to control on the sword that is directly intertwined with the mind.
……
The tip of the sword stopped steadily in front of the waist. As the cool autumn breeze blew, the girl's coat swayed gently, and the sharp sword blade that was slightly glowing red left a fine mark.
The next moment, Xi Heng did not hesitate to mobilize the qi and blood to gather at two acupoints. The sword blade pierced through the slender waist, leaving a red line connecting the Ren and Du meridians.
“…It still hurts a little.”
Xi Heng pulled out the long sword that pierced his waist and abdomen, letting the blood drip from the sword.
She had long been accustomed to the feeling of having her waist pierced by a sharp blade, and Kenshin could easily suppress the pain so that it would not have much impact on her.
As always, the vital energy spontaneously flowed from the acupuncture points to the limbs and bones, seemingly difficult to control.
But Xi Heng had had the same experience more than a hundred times, and had rehearsed it many times in Kenshin's spiritual space, so moving the vital energy was a piece of cake for him.
The whole body's qi and blood are wrapped in vital energy, flowing through the arms to create strength, and then transferred into the sword along with the strength.
At the same time, the dark energy that had been brewing for a long time also rushed towards the long sword.
At first, the meridians in the body could still withstand it, but as the surging qi and blood gradually expanded, they soon reached their limit.
A flash of blood suddenly appeared on the surface of the sword blade. Xi Heng had just gathered his strength and had not yet swung the sword when traces of blood spontaneously flashed in the surrounding air.
The thick tree trunk in front of him was dotted with blood lines, and there were chaotic sword marks everywhere.
"Some of the blood and energy overflowed from the center of the sword... As expected, the sword blade itself can't bear it." Xi Heng felt that the sword blade was also trembling slightly.
The thought passed in an instant, she fixed her gaze, her body trembled slightly, and the meridians in her body broke from the end, and the uncontrollable energy and blood force were forcefully pushed towards the sword in her hand.
Although his meridians were disrupted, his internal strength had already been stored in various parts of his body.
Power surges, blood flows, muscles pulsate, internal organs resonate—the body’s vitality has been condensed.
As the ends of her hair gradually turned white, Xi Heng gently raised the long sword that was shining with blood. The influence of the sword's heart quickly spread out from the gap in the blade and from inside her body.
If there were someone standing nearby at this moment, they would surely be influenced by the sword's heart and involuntarily forget all thoughts and just stare blankly at the sword.
Furthermore, anything that the sword is pointed at will be like being blocked, making it difficult to move to avoid the sword.
This sword not only pushed the physical body to its limit, but also the deeply trained sword intent was manifested externally, affecting reality.
This sword is a sword that cannot be avoided.
When the enemy was pinned to the spot by Jianxin and stared at the sword in horror, Xi Heng suddenly attacked.
Step forward, swing the sword, thrust—
The three movements were as smooth as flowing water. With one move of Xi Heng's body, he stepped on the stone floor of the courtyard at his feet, leaving a spider web crack with a diameter of several meters.
A red light flashed across the sky like a meteor and came to the huge mulberry tree that she regarded as her enemy.
"Yueyin, end my life——"
The sword blade thrust forward, breaking through the white barrier.
The meridians in her body were broken bit by bit in an instant due to the surging vital energy. She would definitely die after being hit by this sword, and thus she could swing the strongest sword.
"Jue Sheng!"
After the sword blade pierced the white barrier, the color that burst out was no longer bright red, but a layer of overlapping white like the petals of a flower blooming at dawn.
At this moment, the sword energy is no longer just composed of blood, but also includes tremendous vitality.
The Sword of Death draws the vital energy in the body, which is used to drive the heartbeat, operate the internal organs, and provide power for various life activities, and pours it into this sword.
After using this sword, not only will the meridians in the body be severed, but all life activities will also lose the power.
But because of this, this sword infused with the strongest vitality in the human body will also become her strongest sword.
The layers of white light burned wildly like a raging fire, crushing the air and piercing through space, arriving in front of the mulberry tree which was already covered in wounds from the aftermath of the sword.
The same sword with three bursts of power pierced through the tree trunk. The first strike completely destroyed the thick trunk that was as thick as two people hugging together, causing it to fall backwards.
The second force burst out in an instant, directly breaking through the position where the sword was stabbed, and creating a round hole as wide as a person.
Countless debris and broken wood burst backwards, just like the blood and flesh splattered on Fang Tiande's chest when he was pierced by the life-severing fragments.
However, the tree trunk was too fragile after all. The Sword of Life-Slaying, which could originally only make a hole the size of a bowl in the body of a martial artist at the Hua Jin stage, could create a hole nearly two meters in diameter here.
The broken wood flew everywhere, and the third stage of Jue Sheng erupted.
The might of the vital energy surged like a tsunami, the burning white waves bloomed again, and the pale sword energy directly destroyed the huge mulberry tree that was falling.
The tall, broad trunks, branches and leaves all seemed to have suddenly shattered into pieces as if they had been crushed by a crusher, pouring down into the distance like a rainstorm.
The sword force did not stop even after breaking the huge tree into pieces, and continued to rush forward to destroy the courtyard wall a hundred meters away, and then destroyed many houses that were burned to ashes in the distance, raising smoke and gray fog all over the sky, and the momentum finally slowed down.
Within the range of the sword energy, both the solid and thick courtyard walls and the many remaining houses behind them were shattered and destroyed the moment they came into contact.
Then, the sword energy flew away to the distant horizon and disappeared at the end of the sight. It was unknown how far it flew.
