Chapter 27
“Miss Verafia, why are you up?”
Seeing the girl’s delicate, jade-like face appear before his eyes, Igte was clearly surprised.
“Ah, I couldn’t sleep, so I came to see how you were training, and just happened to hear your question!”
Verafia waved her small hands, her beautiful, crescent-shaped eyes curving as she said softly, then moved a chair in front of the young man. She flicked away some of her soft golden hair that had fallen, revealing her fair and tender cheeks, and said casually.
“This young lady is very responsible, so I’ve come to help you answer!”
“So that’s how it is… Then Young Lady, what did you mean just now? And what did you mean by ‘inferior product’?”
Igte thought of the girl’s voice from before and asked tentatively.
“It means exactly what it says. Who told you that sword qi is cultivated within the body? I really don’t know how much Lothel’s inheritance has degenerated. They actually cultivate it as dou qi. It’s no wonder you’re the only junior who’s like this.”
“This…”
Igte seemed quite unable to understand what the girl was saying.
“Ah, what’s so difficult to understand about this? Never mind, Igte, tell me, how do practitioners of the dou qi profession among humans cultivate?”
Seemingly displeased with the boy’s hesitation, Verafia’s beautiful gold eyes revealed an impatient look. She raised her fair face and urged him on.
This, of course, was not difficult for Igte. Although the young man didn’t know why Verafia was suddenly asking this question, he still perked up and said.
“Human dou qi professionals naturally cultivate by continuously accumulating and tempering the dou qi within their bodies. The quantity and quality of dou qi to some extent determine the strength of a professional, and also represent the smoothness of their future cultivation path.”
“The higher the level, the higher the requirements for the quality and quantity of dou qi. This is not only limited by innate talent but also greatly influenced by acquired education.”
Igte paused, then continued.
“Furthermore, as the dou qi within human professionals is continuously refined and broken through, it can even bring about a transformation in their life level. Those who cultivate to the peak of power, their life force can even rival that of dragons!”
“That’s how it is.”
Verafia swayed her tender, slender legs beneath her white nightgown on the chair. She used her fingers to smooth a strand of golden hair that fell on her slender shoulders, then turned her gaze and let out a tinkling laugh.
“Besides the dou qi most common among your humans, many other races have similar methods, such as magic power, holy power, and the spiritual power of elves. In reality, they are all much the same.”
The girl thought for a moment and added.
“Mm, according to that Lothel, these can all be classified as powers cultivated within the life system. This young lady thinks his meaning is probably that, through such cultivation methods, one continuously develops the potential of one’s own body to achieve the effect of elevating one’s life level.”
Igte nodded in agreement, but he quickly saw the girl proudly lift her delicate face:
“Of course, this young lady naturally doesn’t need to cultivate slowly like you weak humans, hehe, my physique is naturally the most perfect!”
Igte ignored the boastful look on the girl’s little face, which clearly conveyed a “Aren’t you envious?”
“Miss Verafia, what do you mean?”
Igte asked again, he didn’t understand what this had to do with what the girl had said earlier.
The girl seemed disappointed that her boasting hadn’t elicited the flattery she expected, and she pouted unhappily, but she still patiently continued to explain.
“For you humans, dou qi is naturally an indispensable existence in the strengthening of the body and the perfection of the life level, which is the ‘foundation’ this young lady mentioned to you before. If you were to compare it to a tower reaching the heavens, then dou qi would be the indispensable bricks and stones in the construction of the tower.”
“If that’s the case, how could that Lothel create something that completely contradicts such an important existence?”
Listening to the girl’s voice, Igte hesitated slightly.
“But is it possible that Lord Lothel’s sword qi can achieve similar effects to dou qi?”
“You say that… Although this young lady admits that this human called Lothel is one of the most powerful beings I have ever seen, what you say, even the gods are incapable of creating. How could he possibly do it alone so easily?”
In response to Igte’s words, Verafia simply sneered, then shook her head.
“The dou qi in your bodies is not some divine gift or the creation of that hero; it is a seed that sprouted in your bloodline through the choices of billions of recorded humans over countless years under the entire world.”
“If you were to find something that could barely compare to it… Perhaps only your magic in the entire world could be considered comparable, but the magic power of mages is a completely opposite system to this.”
“So…”
“That’s why this young lady said that the ‘sword qi’ you cultivated by sacrificing your dou qi before was an inferior product! Although it was cultivated according to Lothel’s scripture, it was actually not cultivated by re-refining your dou qi at all.”
“If this saying were spread throughout the world, it’s no wonder that besides you, no one else is willing to cultivate this path.”
The girl’s eyes revealed a hint of mockery, but in reality, her heart felt even more indignant.
By simply rewriting a few words, she had completely destroyed the path she had painstakingly pioneered. After a hundred years, only this person in front of her remained. It was impossible for Verafia not to be angry.
“Is that so… Then Miss Verafia, what is the meaning of sword qi? I thought it was a more ferocious energy similar to dou qi, but now it seems it’s not just that?”
Igte naturally didn’t think the girl would play tricks on him about this matter, so he asked seriously.
“Of course! So-called sword qi, as the name suggests, is ‘qi derived from the sword’. Of course, you can simply understand it as the materialized manifestation of ‘will’.”
The girl said naturally.
“Speaking of which, I heard that magic swordsmen and the like have become popular among your humans recently. In fact, Lothel’s sword qi school has a certain degree of similarity, but it doesn’t require mastery of magic, and its connection to dou qi is closer – after all, that Lothel was also a swordsman.”
Verafia had no intention of hiding anything and explained to Igte word for word how she had created her school back then.
“As this young lady said before, the so-called ‘sword qi’ is essentially qi within the sword. It is naturally not cultivated within your body, but should be cultivated within your sword. Most importantly, you need to establish a connection between your spiritual will and it, and materialize it.”
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“So, sword qi and dou qi actually have fundamental differences. Your senior’s scripture can also help you temper the quality of your dou qi and enhance it with higher burst power and destructive force.”
“Of course, there are also disadvantages. Besides needing to meditate to cultivate dou qi, daily tempering and nurturing of sword qi is also indispensable, and it is easy to neglect one for the other. The consumption of spiritual power is also far greater than ordinary use.”
After finishing, Verafia tilted her delicate face, full of anticipation for the inevitable exclamation of surprise from the other party.
However, the response that greeted the girl was Igte’s silence.
“Hey!”
Verafia unhappily poked him with her fair fingers, only then did the young man frantically snap back to attention.
“Young Lady… allowing the spirit to materialize and cultivate within the sword? But the sword is not my body, how can it be cultivated? And the resonance and materialization of spiritual power and will that you mentioned…”
“For a swordsman, his sword is his most intimate partner. In Lothel’s eyes, it is even considered an extension of his limbs. How can it not be done?”
To Igte’s question, Verafia knitted her delicate, slender eyebrows and said with great displeasure.
“Really, didn’t the scripture I wrote for you clearly state this? Why don’t you try it? Hurry up and take out the End, and let’s deal with all this inferior fake sword qi on you!”
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The next chapter will focus on the main storyline…
