Ninth In the World

“Heavenly Aqua is a good name. Show me your saber techniques.” As Qian Fenghua praised Di Jiu, he seemed to be a lot more alert and energetic.

Now that such a man was guiding him, Di Jiu did not hold back his abilities. The Heavenly Aqua turned into a green mist and struck with an aura that threatened to split open the space.

The space turned icy cold, and a strong, sinister saber intent aura exploded. All the obstacles in front of his saber would be utterly destroyed by this saber.

Di Jiu first used the Wind-Rustling Move, a saber move created from his own insight.

Bam! The saber slashed, creating a blue saber scar underneath the Night Star Sky Market. The saber aura stopped, yet the saber scar remained in the void, dispersing only after a long time had passed.

When Di Jiu withdrew the saber, he was very satisfied with this move. Before the blue saber scars in the void could fully disperse, Di Jiu cupped his fists and said, “Please advise me, sir.”

Qian Fenghua sighed. “That’s some good saber intent…”

After saying these words, he shook his head and sighed again. “It’s a pity that there is only scattered saber intent, but no real aura. If this goes on, it will be very difficult to condense one’s saber aura. The scattered saber intent is just like a firework. It’s only good to look at.”

Di Jiu was shocked. The Wind-Rustling Move, the Split-Wave Saber Move and the Sky Screen Saber Move were the three saber moves he was the proudest of. Even though he had not performed the latter two, the Wind-Rustling Move itself was representative of his highest level of Saber Dao insight. His saber intent insight was very strong. How could it be scattered?

Qian Fenghua shook his head. “I have heard an old man say that space and time are intents of a higher level. I will tell you what space and time intents are when you understand the true saber intent completely. You should conduct research here for a month. Then, you can execute your few saber moves again for me and I will point out your flaws.”

“Yes.” Di Jiu dared not hesitate. He found an empty space and sat down. His Spiritual Force landed within the Heaven Saber Sect’s Sutra Depository.

Qian Fenghua could not guide him in the Saber Dao, so he had to search for information on it in the Heaven Saber Sect’s Sutra Depository.

As expected, Di Jiu found some information a few days later. However, the highest stage of intent stated in these sutras was perfected. There was no mention of the condensed force stage Qian Fenghua had talked about.

Meanwhile, Di Jiu also found various saber techniques and Saber Dao cultivation techniques. After viewing them, he started to feel embarrassed about his six saber moves.

The first and second saber move of the Di Clan could at best be considered methods to use the Quintessential Essence. However, they could not be considered saber moves, let alone saber techniques.

The third saber move, which was called the Cyclone Saber Move, could be considered a saber technique. However, the Cyclone Saber Move was incomplete, so it could only be executed at a superficial level.

Just as Qian Fenghua had told him, his saber intent had indeed only gained a rudimentary mastery. It was scattered, so its strength fluctuated.

Qian Fenghua stood aside and watched as Di Jiu kept trying various saber techniques. The blue mist exuded from the Heaven Aqua Saber endlessly gathered slowly until it formed a blue line. It had evidently attained order. This was only possible after mastering the saber intent to a certain extent. Qian Fenghua was impressed. Di Jiu truly had no master to guide him along. That was why he lacked the most basic knowledge. From that day on, Di Jiu’s future would be full of possibilities.

A month later, Di Jiu stopped swinging his saber. After sheathing it, he closed his eyes and started to go through what he had gained after a month’s efforts.

The six saber moves had been condensed into three. The first was the Wind-Rustling Move, the second was the Split-Wave Saber Move and the third was the Sky Screen Saber Move.

The first four saber moves had merged into one move that was called the Wind-Rustling Move. This saber move was no longer a one-on-one saber technique, but a group-attack technique that would shoulder on when it was executed. When this move entered an enemy crowd, the saber intent would transform into a Saber Qi whirlpool that would wreak havoc and carry a devastating aura.

The second saber move, which was the Split-Wave Saber Move, and the third saber move, which was the Sky Screen Saber Move, remained unchanged. The saber intents of these two moves had previously been scattered. However, after Di Jiu relearned them, the two saber intents became condensed. When this happened, Di Jiu felt his combat power and Saber Dao potential increase dramatically. The increase of his combat power was nothing compared to that of his potential, which pointed him in the right direction.

The saying “a single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth 10 years of studying books” applied perfectly to this situation. If it had not been for Qian Fenghua’s guidance, he would only have decided to research his own Saber Dao after suffering a great loss. Then, he would have learned this knowledge slowly.

“Please look at my three saber moves, sir.” After bowing before Qian Fenghua, Di Jiu once again executed the Wind-Rustling Move, the Split-Wave Saber Move and the Sky Screen Saber Move.

This time, when the three moves were executed, the saber intent was condensed. Now that it was not scattered, it indistinctly formed a saber aura. Meanwhile, the blue mist was everywhere, as though an actual saber flare was slashing across space.