Chapter 260: Sword Qi, Sword Intention and Sword Soul

Su Chen sighed in his heart, sword soul, even in his previous life, he had seen few strong people who cultivated sword soul, but once he cultivated it, not to mention being invincible in the same realm, even if he crossed a major realm to kill a strong enemy, it was not impossible.

Thinking of this, Su Chen clasped his fists towards Ling Fang and asked, "Can I learn swordsmanship from you?"

Although Su Chen had the experience of watching the sword emperors practice swordsmanship and discussing swordsmanship with the sword emperors in his previous life, it was only on paper after all. In this life, if he could personally communicate with the swordsman who had comprehended the edge of the sword soul, I believe it should be very helpful for Su Chen to condense the sword energy.

Ling Fang was completely stunned after hearing this.

Although Ling Fang was nominally a mentor at Anyang College, all along, both mentors and students in the college thought he was crazy, and no one was willing to approach him, let alone learn swordsmanship from him.

Over the past decade, he had doubted more than once whether the path he was taking was correct, why he had spent more than a decade without any breakthrough, and whether he should have improved his cultivation step by step from the beginning, instead of trying to comprehend the illusory sword spirit here.

However, every time he doubted himself, his obsession with the sword led him to immerse himself in the mysterious world of the sword again.

For more than a decade, Ling Fang had been living like this. He lived in the most remote hut in the academy and did not communicate with the outside world. His daily life was to comprehend the sword except for eating and sleeping.

He also knew that everyone in Anyang College, from the instructors to the students, felt that he was a crazy person with a nervous mind.

However, now there was a student who said that he wanted to learn the sword from him.

This made Ling Fang burst into tears, and he felt that his hard work had finally been affirmed and understood by someone. At this moment, Ling Fang felt like he had found a confidant.

At that moment, Ling Fang looked at Su Chen and asked, "What's your name?"

"Su Chen."

"Okay, Su Chen, you are a good student, I will definitely teach you well."

Ling Fang said, "I wonder what aspect of kendo you want to learn specifically?"

"Any aspect is fine, as long as it is your understanding of kendo."

Su Chen did not need Ling Fang to teach him any specific swordsmanship. Those were useless to Su Chen. What Su Chen needed was the understanding of kendo by a swordsman who was close to comprehending the sword spirit. In these understandings, he could absorb the part of kendo knowledge he wanted.

"Okay, my understanding of kendo is that the sword is made of ordinary iron, but it becomes spiritual because of holding, moves because of the heart, and lives because of blood. So, the sword is the heart..."

Ling Fang immediately started talking nonstop. These things had been in his heart for too long, and he had never told anyone, and no one was interested in knowing.

Now, someone finally showed interest in what he said. He was so excited that he wanted to pour all of it out to the other party at once, regardless of whether Su Chen could understand it or not.

As Su Chen listened, he became more and more surprised. Although Su Chen had not practiced martial arts in his previous life, he had become a close friend of the Sword Emperor after all, and his understanding of the sword was naturally far beyond the reach of ordinary martial artists.

Therefore, Su Chen could fully understand what Ling Fang said.

It was precisely because Su Chen could understand that he was shocked. Because what Ling Fang said was far beyond his original realm. Even if he had not yet truly comprehended the sword soul, he was only one step away from comprehending the sword soul.

In a place where the martial arts level was so backward, and his own realm was only the fifth level of the transformation realm, he had actually touched the edge of comprehending the sword soul. It was really surprising.

Ling Fang talked endlessly about his understanding of the sword, and Su Chen was constantly absorbing the nutrition in Ling Fang's words and transforming it into martial arts inspiration in his mind.

After Ling Fang finished speaking, Su Chen closed his eyes slightly and digested what Ling Fang said.

Su Chen knew very well that for a swordsman, Ling Fang's words were priceless.

What was valuable was not the superficial things Ling Fang said, but his understanding of the swordsmanship reflected in what he said, which was exactly what Su Chen wanted. The understanding of the swordsmanship by a swordsman who was close to comprehending the sword spirit was priceless.

That was why Su Chen met Ling Fang. If he hadn't met him, it would have been almost impossible for him to hear such an understanding. Every swordsman's understanding of the swordsmanship was his own secret, not to mention the swordsman who was close to comprehending the sword spirit. Such swordsmen would generally only pass on their understanding of the swordsmanship to their own disciples. Now Su Chen was lucky enough to hear it.

What Ling Fang said was not a specific swordsmanship, nor was it a secret book or method that could be practiced. It was just an understanding and explanation of the swordsmanship, about the root and essence of the swordsmanship.

Moreover, even if one has comprehended the sword spirit, everyone's understanding is not exactly the same, because everyone's path in practicing swordsmanship is different, so everyone's "Tao" is also different.

But even so, listening to such explanations is extremely helpful for Su Chen, who has not yet cultivated sword energy. It is equivalent to paving a flat road directly under his feet, waiting for him to step on it.

The most important thing is that Su Chen heard the essence of Ling Fang's swordsmanship from Ling Fang's words.

Ling Fang's swordsmanship is actually very simple to say, that is, to integrate soul power with swordsmanship.

Soul power is what alchemists value. Ordinary warriors do not value soul power very much. For them, soul power is just a useless attribute that will be improved accordingly as the warrior level increases.

It is precisely because of this that few swordsmen can think of integrating soul power with swords.

It must be said that Ling Fang is indeed a swordsmanship genius, because he actually found the way to integrate soul power and swordsmanship by his own strength without any guidance from anyone. And in constant attempts and meditation, he forcibly improved his soul power to a level that is almost comparable to that of a first-grade alchemist.

If such a sword genius can be given some correct guidance and help, his future achievements will be terrifying.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the fusion of soul power and swordsmanship created by Ling Fang. This seemingly nonsensical collision has unexpected effects.

The so-called sword soul, although this "soul" is not the soul of soul power, using soul power to comprehend the sword is a way to achieve twice the result with half the effort.