This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

The two pondered for a long time but ultimately were unable to come up with any clues.

The fog shrouding this matter was layered and difficult to disperse.

Lu Qingshan could only set the matter aside for the time being, but at least it made him more cautious.

"A year ago, when I first met you, you were just a Qi Refinement Level 8 cultivator," Dantai Qingrun spoke softly, her voice was calm, but her heart was filled with waves.

"Just a gifted talent," Lu Qingshan said nonchalantly, shrugging his shoulders in response.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Given Dantai Qingrun's personality, she wouldn't press Lu Qingshan for more if he was unwilling to share.

This was also an important reason why Lu Qingshan continued to cooperate with her.

"Are you planning to practice the Single Sword Faction or the Multiple Swords Faction?" Dantai Qingrun, no longer dwelling on the previous topic, asked with interest.

"Does the Dantai Tower Master practice Multiple Swords?" Lu Qingshan asked in return.

He remembered that Dantai Qingrun cultivated two life-bound swords.

"Yes," Dantai Qingrun did not deny it and nodded, then added, "However, I plan to cultivate only these two life-bound swords. Even if I reach the Nascent Soul stage in the future, I probably won't cultivate more."

Sword cultivators roam freely between heaven and earth; when their cultivation is complete, a flying sword can reach thousands of miles in an instant to take a life.

However, there are always differences in the focus of cultivation, most notably reflected in their life-bound swords.

Whenever a sword cultivator reaches a new major realm, they can cultivate an additional life-bound sword, with the only restriction being that the attributes must not overlap.

Therefore, theoretically, a sword cultivator can have up to seven life-bound swords with different attributes—in other words, the Five Elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, and the two exceptions: Wind and Thunder.

Of course, the intricacies involved are not so simple and entail many considerations.

Cultivating a life-bound sword requires a sword cultivator to spend a great deal of time and spiritual power to nurture it, and the life-bound sword will grow and evolve with continuous nurturing from the sword cultivator, becoming increasingly powerful.

This leads to a question: Since people's energy and time are limited, should they choose to focus on one or be mediocre in several?

If one cultivates only a single life-bound sword and specializes in it, there's a chance to nurture it to an incredibly powerful state, but the drawback is a limitation in techniques.

If one cultivates multiple life-bound swords, the advantage is having a multitude of techniques, with the Five Elements and two exceptions at one's disposal, allowing for the use of different attribute swords according to different opponents, which is flexible and changeable.

The downside is that it consumes a great deal of energy, and in being divided, the power and strength of the life-bound swords naturally cannot compare to a sword cultivator who cultivates only one life-bound sword.

No matter how many life-bound swords you have, if their combined strength is no match for my single one, then what's the point?

Additionally, there is another important point.

With daily and nightly nurturing, a life-bound sword gradually becomes part of the sword cultivator's life; although powerful to a terrifying degree, this also brings a side effect—if the life-bound sword is destroyed, the sword cultivator could suffer damage to their foundation at the least or the destruction of their path at worst.

Compared to those cultivating a single life-bound sword, sword cultivators who cultivate multiple life-bound swords, due to the increased number of life-bound swords and their relatively weaker strength, also have a much higher possibility of having their life-bound swords destroyed.

Taking into account all of these reasons, the Single Sword Faction is actually the mainstream among sword cultivators, while the Multiple Swords Faction is a minority. Moreover, the majority of Multiple Swords Faction cultivators, like Dantai Qingrun, only cultivate two life-bound swords.

However, compared to other sword cultivators, Lu Qingshan had an unparalleled advantage.

——He did not need to expend his own energy to cultivate his life-bound sword; instead, he could directly inject Experience Points to enhance it.

Given this, why wouldn't he choose the path of the Multiple Swords Faction?

So, even though the Dragon Sparrow Sword was a heaven-and-earth created sword, Lu Qingshan never intended to use the Dragon Sparrow Sword as his only life-bound sword.

Two fists are hard enough to match against four hands, after all. Having one more life-bound sword naturally means one more technique to use, so why not?

"Multiple Swords Faction," Lu Qingshan stated succinctly, glancing from the corner of his eye at Qin Yitian, who stood by his side with a calm and dignified expression.

After getting his answer, Dantai Qingrun nodded and said nothing more.

"I still have some loose ends to tie up at Lingxu Tower, so I'll head back to take care of them. You've just entered the Golden Core stage, so take some time to consolidate your cultivation," Dantai Qingrun soon said, taking her leave.

In fact, once she knew Lu Qingshan was preparing to advance to Golden Core, Dantai Qingrun had put her affairs on hold and waited outside the quiet room.

Her thought was simple: to act as a protector for Lu Qingshan. If any mishaps occurred during Lu Qingshan's breakthrough, she could provide timely assistance.

Although she also knew that with Lu Qingshan's talent, there was no reason for him to fail the advancement to Golden Core, she still did so as a precaution.

This sentiment, even if Lu Qingshan did not have great need of it, was still quite welcome.

At the very least, from the many behaviors observed, it was clear that Dantai Qingrun did not merely regard him as a chess piece for garnering merits.

.....

After seeing Dantai Qingrun leave, Lu Qingshan directly returned to the quarters arranged for him by Dantai Qingrun.

Upon entering the room, Qin Yitian suddenly said, "Young master need not worry about my opinion if you wish to seek another life-bound sword.

I am merely the young master's sword, whose duty is to fight for the young master, not to interfere with the young master's choices."

Lu Qingshan felt somewhat embarrassed.

Clearly, the subtle glance he had cast toward Qin Yitian while answering Dantai Qingrun's question about the life-bound sword had been noticed by Qin Yitian.

Because of Qin Yitian, when he decided to follow the Multiple Swords Faction, an inexplicable sense of guilt, strangely named infidelity, emerged in his heart, making him feel somewhat guilty.

Vibrant!

The Dragon Sparrow Sword flashed out from Lu Qingshan's dantian and hovered in front of him as Qin Yitian transformed into a red light and reentered the sword.

"However, as my sword master, I hope the life-bound sword that the young master seeks will not be of too low a grade, it must be worthy of the young master," Qin Yitian's voice came from the sword, "At the very least, a sword of the Three-feet Edge's level is far from sufficient."

Lu Qingshan was speechless and merely smirked.

"Lu....Lu...." came the trembling voice of the Western Rat King.

Lu Qingshan raised an eyebrow, "Hmm?"

The Western Rat King pointed at the Dragon Sparrow Sword floating in the air, its teeth chattering, "Qin Yitian, she... How did she get inside?"

Lu Qingshan spread his hands, "She is a sword spirit. What is so surprising about returning to the sword?"

"Ah? Qin Yitian is a sword spirit?" The Western Rat King's head spun, unable to grasp the concept.

Lu Qingshan didn't bother to continue the conversation with the Western Rat King any further and took the Dragon Sparrow Sword back into his dantian, focusing on the distribution of experience points.

He had been accumulating experience points without using them, saving for the breakthrough to Golden Core. Now that he had achieved his goal, naturally, he was no longer stingy with spending them.

In the allocation of experience points, the highest priority was naturally given to the life-bound sword.

Nurturing a sword is always one of the most direct ways for a sword cultivator to enhance combat power.

Moreover, although Qin Yitian said she did not mind, if Lu Qingshan truly believed that, it would be his mistake.

Women are always contradictory in their words and hearts.

Sword spirits are no different.

-----And it would also serve to appease Qin Yitian.

"You spend ten thousand experience points, Dragon Sparrow Sword level up: LV2(0/10w)----Damage from all sword techniques performed through this life-bound sword +20%!"

"You spend one hundred thousand experience points, Dragon Sparrow Sword level up: LV3(0/100w)----Damage from all sword techniques performed through this life-bound sword +30%!"

Just as experience points poured out from Lu Qingshan, an astonishing transformation took place within his dantian.

Points of intense light appeared from nowhere, surging towards the Dragon Sparrow Sword like mad.

These points of light contained Lu Qingshan's vital essence.

The Dragon Sparrow Sword involuntarily let out a crisp sword chant, its surface glowed with radiance, voraciously absorbing the dense light points.

Both the vibrancy of the Dragon Sparrow Sword's blade and its connection with Lu Qingshan continued to strengthen while absorbing the light points.

Metallic clang!

The sword's entire body shimmered with a fleeting radiance, its form becoming blurred, and after a moment, it finally stabilized.

Lu Qingshan could clearly feel that the connection between him and the Dragon Sparrow Sword had become much closer compared to before.

In such a condition, the power of all sword techniques he executed through the life-bound sword would accordingly increase. (Damage from all sword techniques performed through this life-bound sword +30%!) Find your next adventure on empire

This is the process and benefit of a sword cultivator nurturing a sword, both intuitive and powerful.