Chapter 36: The Soul 

Chapter 36: The Soul

After 6 hours, I had Guan Xi sitting beside me, completely cleaned up and in a new robe, looking at the dead corpse of Qin Ma.

He died the second I was done with Guan Xi, I had no more use for him.

Jiang Chen was also currently sitting in front of me presenting me with 3 different books.

[Item: Keiki style sword art

Type: Martial Art

Rank: 9 star (Legendary)

[1st Form: Quick Flash]: A one-dimensional slash that could only hit forward with an overwhelming speed that could not be seen by the naked eye.

[2nd Form: Horizontal Step] Unlocked after host masters Quick Flash and gains a Sword Will, before the Nascent Soul stage

Description: Sword art created by Grandmaster Toshimoto Keiki. A five-star module that focused primarily on reaching the apex of swordsmanship and speed. Upon mastery, the sword art becomes so fast that before an opponent could even think about their next move, their heads would already be rolling on the ground. A sword art of the Legend rank, the host should be honored to use it so early, and receive it through sheer coincidence. The reason why no one can reach the true potential of this sword art is due to its restiveness in nature. To unlock the 2nd form the host has to master the first form and gain a sword will before the Nascent Soul Stage. These requirements have only been fulfilled by 1 million people in all of existence, and even they didn't have their hands on this sword art except for its creator.]

[Item: Soul Devouring art

Type: Martial Art

Rank: 9 star

Effect: Helps its user to absorb the soul of someone who has a lower level of cultivation than them, and merge it into their own soul. The lower the cultivation of the soul that is merged, the lesser the effect on the user's soul. This technique negates the quantity of the amount of souls absorbed completely.

Description: Created by a man who used it to completely advance his Nascent Soul without any resources and reach the immortal realms to become a Demon Monarch]

[Item: Resonance Art

Type: Dual cultivation Art

Rank: 9 star

Effect: Helps the user of this technique to engage in dual cultivation as a form of battle, to absorb the Qi and life essence of their pattern to advance their own cultivation base. It is recommended to do it with someone of a lower cultivation base than the user since it will be too challenging to win if this is not done. Additionally, there is a high chance the user of this art can die from Qi absorption overload or insane amounts of pleasure.

Description: Created by a man who used it to completely advance his Qi without any resources and reach the immortal realms to become a Demon Monarch]

Huh, it seems like they have a demonic ancestor or something, since both skills seem to come from the same person.

This is definitely a surprise, maybe I will meet this guy in the future, and take whatever he has at the moment.

I will definitely learn these very strong sword arts, especially Keiki style. Not a lot of people might be able to use it, but I will, it seems like a really overpowered sword art.

"Right, Guan Xi, do you know where the civilians live in your Kingdom?" I asked my woman.

"Hmm, they should be around 100,000 km North from here."

I nodded, and then ordered Elder Sword to bring me and Jiang Chen there. It's time to check the use of these Martial Arts.

…

It didn't take us long to reach the border of the Qin Kingdom, where there are about a thousand people around.

I was currently reading the Keiki style Martial Art book.

"Elder Sword, what are the different levels to the mastery of the sword even though I already knew them, I needed him to explain them thoroughly." I asked my trusty Sword Slave.

"Master, there are multiple stages in the path of using weapons. Usually, when one is able to gain complete mastery of the basics of a weapon and resonate with the weapon at a fundamental Soul level, one can condense a ​​Weapon Aura. This Aura is something the world will provide them and not take up any Qi. The stronger one is to the weapon, the larger and more destructive the Aura.

Then, after completely mastering the usage of the Aura and further mastering ones' original weapon, one can then condense a Weapon Heart. Only a handful of people known to this world have done this, and they themselves have all ascended. With a Weapon Heart, one is able to become the Heart of the weapon, and thus their entire body is the weapon. To put it in simpler terms, your entire body can become the sword.

Following this is the Weapon Will. Only one person known to man has reached this stage. The first and only person to have done this, the founder of The Sword Holy Land, created a Sword Concept yet was able to integrate Spear Aura into it as well. Not a lot is known about this, but when one condenses a Weapon Will, one is able to hear the song of the weapons. At least that is what the Founder told his disciples, that they will be able to hear the Song of the Sword." Elder Sword explained.

Interesting. It seems that at the very least I should aim to condense a Sword Will before leaving this mortal world, since that is the highest of this world.

The system says there is still a thing known as the Sword Concept and Pseudo-Sword Domain, but I will learn more about those when the time comes.

For now, I want to build my Sword Aura, and to do that, I need to learn about the Sword more, and Elder Sword has been telling me if I want to learn about the sword more I need a stronger will and essentially more guts to put my life in danger.

And that is why I am here, in front of these 1000 people, to experiment.

I randomly picked an old blacksmith, who was currently working on forging knives, and used my Qi to bring him to me.

"What is going on!" He screamed, but no one could hear him since I covered him in Qi so the sound wouldn't leave the area around him.

Then, I start to follow the instructions of the Soul Devouring Art. It said for the first time, I should put my hand over the person's chest, and try and feel their entire natural Qi flow.

The Soul isn't at any given point, it is around their entire being shrouding them. If I can feel their Innate-Qi flow, I can sense their entire being.

It took me a very long time, mainly because the guy I picked was old and had little Innate-Qi. Innate-Qi is essentially one's vitality, however it is extremely difficult to sense in cultivators due to the world's Qi being absorbed into their own body.

Eventually, I could sense his Innate-Qi.

Now, for the simple part.

"Yoink!" I said, as I pulled the entire amount of Innate-Qi. As the Innate-Qi flowed out of his body and into mine, I felt my entire being becoming slightly stronger, but in reality it was only my soul that was being strengthened.

[New stat, Will has been unlocked]

[This is a stat anyone with a particularly strong Will will unlock]

[Will-Better yet to be referred to as Willpower, something that can be emitted into the surroundings will allow for a person's will to succeed to influence the world. A person will usually grow with their goals and ambitions but that is only the 'Natural' way to go. When a will is exceedingly strong, they can change their surroundings, sort of like a Will Aura]

[Hosts current Will-stat is 1]

[The reason why host has unlocked a Will stat is because he himself had decent goals but no Will to back it up, but with the absorption of a Mortals Will, the host has gained a Will stat]

[For reference, the host should know that in exactly 13 days, Nanbeng Choi will unlock a Will stat of 100 due to a tribulation he is facing]

A new stat? Well this is interesting