49 Sword Meditation

I was meditating in my room, space was warping and 12 black snakes; and one-horned one were slithering on my body. Then a sword intent appeared within the room, it seemed like it was trying to substantialize. It was an old adage about the weapons path, one starts on affinity, then affinity takes form and becomes prowess.

For the specially gifted the form becomes a weapon of the heart and soul. Then the soul is sharpened to perfection. In my case, I had a strange floating white energy with the power to cut anything into pieces.

My elemental brandings burned onto my face, my eyes flashed opened and a torrent of undying sword intent came from my glabella. The undying sword intent was Isaiah sword intent that I mimicked. Next, my Lightning Sword Intent blasted out as it created a lightning bolt in front of me.

I reabsorbed the sword intents as my muscles bulged in power for a moment, before settling and I looked at my status. A full 2 months had passed and I had reached level 7 but that wasn't important. I had constantly been circulating my sword Qis and exploring the Lightning Sword Code. I had brought it up to 20% and gleaned a bit of the second layer.

One with the Sword also increased to 27% making my Sword intent even stronger. Then the final part was all my stats except magic power had increased by 12 points. But the strangest part was a new ability, it was Darkness Origin. I had no idea what it was, and neither did Drrak.

The most confusing part was that nothing showed on up on the status screen. Except for a timer with 8 months left, I read it in confusion. Although I wanted more information, I was very unlikely to get it. So I instead focused on other more important things, like my sword marks.

I hadn't been able to increase my percentage of the Lightning Sword Code above 20%. I realized I had hit a bottleneck and would need inspiration from the original technique. So I went over to the Code Fane, which strangely had a line for it. I looked into the line and saw a few familiar faces, Carol, Raynard, and most surprising was John.

I walked to the front and flashed my medallion to a guard, but as I entered I felt a stare. I looked back to see a few faces of intrigue and some were of anger. The ones that hated me already were insignificant, what interested me was her. She had light blue hair and an enchanting figure. She seemed like a goddess descended to the mortal realm, but that wasn't the important part.

It was her holy aura like she was truly blessed by the gods. I met her gaze and it was calm like a lake, but as deep as one. She had no intent nor illusions, she was just calm. We kept staring into each other's eyes for a while, and then she looked away. I felt a strong suspicion in my heart about her, but I was too unsure.

She turned around and a few people appeared at high speeds, and one of them was surprisingly the headmaster. He came and greeted her in surprise, and guided her away as the crowd looked at her. As she was leaving she looked at me again, that's when I felt a cold vision stab at my core. I looked around and saw a young man a small distance from the girl.

He had a look of warning and had a strong saber intent. Not refined like mine, but it had taken more form than mine. Of course, I wouldn't be content with being suppressed, so I released my own saber intent into my sword intent. Which tore through his saber intent much to his surprise.

From the use of the Ancestor King's sword code, I've come to have saber, sword, and sword intent. For me, they might as well be synonyms

'Drrak was she a prophet?' I thought in uncertainty, I had an innate understanding she was like me. But what concerned me the most was did she have the same feeling.

'She was....' Drrak said and quickly became silent

'Why didn't you tell me earlier, what if she realized who I am?' I said in anger

'Don't worry about it, she can't tell. Where would she experience shadow power? My concern is why she is here and why you met a prophet already.' Drrak said in contemplation

'Does it have anything to do with the tournament, my paper, or something else entirely?' I thought in silence

I didn't bother to keep looking and just entered the Code Fane, as my hours given to me by Teacher Elton were removed. I felt rather happy to see my sword marks. I had even received double my previous income for reaching top 1000. I even got a bonus for breaking a record, bringing me to 3000 total sword marks.

I went around the Code Fane, taking in the intents all around. Examining them, although I didn't plan on using any of these techniques. Since all my techniques are self-created, I need to constantly take techniques and make them my own.

As I took in the sights and sounds, I quickly approached the 5 swords styles. I sat in front of the Lightning Sword Code and took in the sword intent. It wasn't a true technique, but something one had to discern for themselves and make their own. I could only get methods of sword intent circulation from the sword intent in the mural.

But that in itself was so profound, one could spend a lifetime just understanding the circulation. I followed the paths of the Lightning Sword Code in the mural. I realized that my circulation had flaws, they were only noticeable now that my insights had improved so much. I fixed the sword intent circulation as they saturated into my cells.

Fusing with my magic power much better and created a successful blending of energies. I was still far from the true fusion of the knight and magic path, but it was a step in the right direction. When my intent was about to overflow, my mind wandered.

I saw an old man in a black robe, he was sitting in a grassy plain under a willow tree. He looked towards the sky, as he drank from his jug. His face was full of contentment, he was the very meaning of unfettered. I watched him for a moment then looked around the plain, other than the tree it was empty no even a single creature. I was confused as to what this was.

'Drrak what is going on?' I asked in concern

Drrak didn't respond, I then got a suspicion so I tried to channel my true qi. Nothing happened, I couldn't even access any of my magic power. All I had was my sword intent, but I didn't even have a sword to fight with.

'Someone cut off my connection to Drrak, and all of my magic power.' I thought in even more concern, I even tried to use my elemental brandings which had completely disappeared.

The power of someone who could not only find but even seal Drrak, as well as my magic power was terrifying. I hadn't ever met anyone who could do that, even the headmaster the strongest person I have ever met couldn't do that. I looked at the old man under the willow tree in even more fear. But to change this situation, I couldn't just wait around. So I slowly walked up to the old man to not agitate.

When I got closer, I saw an old saber it had the sheath removed to the side. The sword was completely black and had a few red spots, similar to blood but the blood aura was too strong to be normal blood. The old man had his back facing to me, but he turned a little to look at me. He tapped the ground close to him and gestured that I sit down.

So I sat down next to the old man, and he looked at the sky in joy. Then I noticed something a strange, it was really high and a gigantic creature. It started to get lower, and I could see what it was. A silver dragon.....it had skills reminiscent of a sword and had a swirling vortex of intent.

It seemed to have no elemental powers, but by sheer willpower, it could cut apart all of reality. But something was strange about it, the dragon didn't seem real. It had the power of a dragon, but not the inherent dignity. The old man handed him his jug and gestured that I drink it.

I looked on the inside and saw the alcohol, it smelled of a beast but I unwittingly drank it. It was strong but tasty, the burning sensation made me want to drink again. But the old man took it back as quickly as he gave it to me. I watched the landscape and the dragon flying around in its majesty.

Then I realized the dragon was doing something more than flying, it was demonstrating a sword code! My heart transformed at that revelation and the bar broke through quickly in. 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, and then all the way up to a 5% increase, bringing my Lightning Sword Code to a whopping 25%. My sword intent took form even faster becoming 30%.

My heart settled as my sword intent felt complete and the second layer of the sword code opened up to me. The old man raised his finger and faced me. He pointed at my heart and finally spoke to me.

"Without heart the sword is pointless. Even with a heart filled with chaos, a sword can still reach the top. Look to the stars and divine heaven's path" His old decrepit finger turned to dust along with the plane and the dragon disappeared. All that was left was death I then saw the most terrifying revelation in the realm...A massive demonic serpent god staring me down!