CHAPTER 338: CHAPTER 35: PRIMORDIAL SWORD INTENT

This mutated Bodhi Leaf...

Lin Jing and the Pine Leaf Mouse scratched their heads.

"This time’s mutation effect is unexpectedly normal?"

The two of them looked at each other.

"The less compatible it is, the faster the learning speed... the more compatible, the slower the comprehension speed."

"Although it’s somewhat taking an unconventional path, it’s undeniably useful."

"Squeak!"

The Pine Leaf Mouse nodded heavily.

Lin Jing’s understanding was roughly that if the Dragon Koi were to eat this thing and practice fire magic, it would have no enhancement at all and might even go berserk, but if it practices divination, water magic, or charm techniques, which have nothing to do with it, the cultivation speed might actually increase!

It’s completely a plant of unusual enlightenment.

"For normal cultivators, its usefulness might not be significant, but in certain specific situations, this thing becomes a divine object!"

Generally speaking, normal cultivators wouldn’t practice incompatible cultivation techniques or magic.

A fire spirit body cultivator would have to be really bored to practice water magic.

Even if the Bodhi Leaf provides assistance, mastering water magic is possible, but as a fire spirit body, using water magic is meaningless. It’s better to spend time enhancing the compatible magic further.

After all, even for magic compatible with one’s own body, few can cultivate it to the extreme. Spending effort on incompatible magic is a case of putting the cart before the horse.

But this is only the case under normal circumstances. For a fire spirit body cultivator, given a Nascent Soul level fire attribute cultivation technique and a Nascent Soul level water attribute cultivation technique, even with limitless mutated Bodhi Leaves allowing him unhindered cultivation of water attribute techniques, he certainly wouldn’t choose water magic.

However, if he accidentally obtains an Immortal level water attribute Immortal technique, can he say the technique doesn’t match his fire spirit body?

That would mean the trashy fire spirit body doesn’t match the noble Immortal technique.

By all means, one must learn the Immortal technique.

In such cases, even if abandoning the fire spirit body’s enhancement for fire magic, the Immortal technique must be chosen.

The Bodhi Leaf’s usefulness is particularly evident in such situations.

After all, the Bodhi Leaf wasn’t born to serve a cultivator’s regular cultivation techniques and magic, but rather for those who possess top-tier magic yet are unsuited for cultivating it due to various reasons.

These top-tier techniques, even if not cultivated to a high degree, might bring great benefits to a cultivator upon learning even the basics.

Lin Jing glanced at the Pine Leaf Mouse, saying, "How about you being the guinea pig, let’s test the effects."

Pine Leaf Mouse: ???

"Squeak!!!" The Pine Leaf Mouse appeared weak and feeble as if ready to topple.

Though this thing didn’t seem like a vicious or demonic plant, it still didn’t want to be the first to try.

"Alright..." Seeing the Pine Leaf Mouse’s state indeed lacking, Lin Jing shook his head and started searching for new guinea pigs; here... he looked beyond the boundary, and it seemed only the Thunder Dragon Ancestor and the nine Thunder Dragons he was guiding were suitable.

Lin Jing pondered for a while, his figure flashed and disappeared, arriving outside the boundary.

"Your Highness the Saint Son, why have you come here, are you going out?" The Thunder Dragon Ancestor noticed and immediately came up, dispersing a group of Thunder Dragon prodigies.

"Senior, is there any particular skill you’re not good at but yearn for?" Lin Jing inquired.

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor paused, puzzled why His Highness the Saint Son asked this, then sighed emotionally after some thought: "Yes!"

"Your Highness the Saint Son might not know, when I traveled the mainland in my youth, I befriended a human Sword Cultivator. His Sword Intent was extremely domineering, easily capable of breaking through my dragon scales, and I was once deeply shadowed by his Sword Intent."

"He was very kind, actively teaching me ’Sword Dao,’ but due to racial limitations, I couldn’t master ’Sword,’ a man-made weapon, even the most basic sword moves felt clumsy, totally lacking in talent for it, thus I gradually gave up."

"Perhaps only by fully transforming into a demon race and taking human form could I hope to learn."

Lin Jing was taken aback, asked: "What was your friend’s name?"

As the strongest of the Thunder Dragon Race, whoever could defeat him in his youth was probably not an unknown figure.

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor laughed, saying: "The Saint Son surely doesn’t know him; he practices sword in deep mountains, never revealed himself, a sword fanatic."

"He only knows practicing sword, indifferent to improving cultivation or using his Swordsmanship to fight for resources, a peculiar person."

"Therefore, as a human, his lifespan was short, and he passed away long ago."

"Sometimes I think, if only he were a demon, he wouldn’t live forever, but at least he wouldn’t turn to dust so soon."

"But fortunately, His Highness the Saint Son probably doesn’t have such worries. No matter how time flows, a thousand years later, he will remain unchanged," the Thunder Dragon Ancestor didn’t forget to flatter.

"Alright, alright," Lin Jing interrupted.

"Senior, try this," he said, handing the mutated Bodhi leaf to the Thunder Dragon Ancestor and explaining its effects.

Upon hearing this, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s expression turned strange; could there really be such a wondrous item?

Though he had drank tea brewed from Bodhi leaves before, he couldn’t imagine that Bodhi leaves could mutate to have such effects.

"I’ll give it a try." It was merely a third-grade Bodhi leaf, so the Thunder Dragon Ancestor wasn’t worried about any side effects and directly absorbed it into his body. He then dispersed his transformation and returned to his true form, hovering in the sky, with a medium-grade Spirit Sword appearing atop his enormous dragon claws.

"How long has it been since I last drew this sword?" The Thunder Dragon Ancestor sighed, then closed his eyes, recalling his youthful memories.

The years flowed like a river, and his memories flowed upstream, returning to shortly after he formed his Demon Pill, a brief past.

"Thunder Dragon, why don’t you try out Swordsmanship? It’s quite interesting."

"I won’t learn it; I’m a demon beast, what need do I have for swords."

"What if you can become a demon clan member in the future? Many ancient demons used swords too."

"Then I’ll talk about it after I can transform into human form."

"How long will that take? I might be dead by then. Why not try it now? This is the ’Primal Sword Intent’ I’ve realized. It can combine with one’s own Dao and transform into any sword intent..."

Primal Sword Intent...

Regarding the Primal Sword Intent that his human friend spoke of, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor never comprehended it nor wanted to learn it, until after his friend died. After he picked up his friend’s sword, hoping to study anew, he eventually realized he indeed lacked the talent.

"I wish I had asked him to teach me more while he was alive."

Yet on this day, as the Thunder Dragon Ancestor revisited this memory, he found the recollections remarkably clear, even the sharp sting of his friend’s sword intent left on him felt distinctly sharp.

Unbeknownst to him, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor immersed himself in this pure relationship, while externally, the nine Thunder Dragon prodigies who hadn’t gone far suddenly turned their heads, looking at the distant sky in shock, where a godly sword formed by golden lightning descended from the thunderclouds...

Its sharp sword intent combined with the destructive lightning made their scales ache just by laying eyes on it.

"What is this, the ancestor’s magic? Does the Thunder Dragon Race have such a magic?" They wondered, having never seen or heard of it.

In the blink of an eye, the lightning divine sword descending from the thunderclouds transformed into the ethereal sword intent and fused with the medium-grade Spirit Sword in the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s hand, a sword that had been maintained till then through postnatal care miraculously improved in quality at that moment.

"Is this... Primal Sword Intent?"

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor opened his eyes in surprise, not understanding how he suddenly learned it. At the same time, he again felt sorrow for his friend. Having learned the Primal Sword Intent, he could better appreciate his friend’s talent; had his friend pursued cultivation, he surely would not have achieved less than the Thunder Dragon Ancestor himself.

"Alas..."

"Thanks to His Highness the Saint Son for granting the leaf." At this point, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s heart was comparatively excited, although the Primal Sword Intent hadn’t boosted his strength presently, the fact he learned it marked a fulfilled connection, making his spirit feel more complete, which would undoubtedly aid him in his future breakthroughs to enlightenment.

Meanwhile, Lin Jing also watched the Thunder Dragon Ancestor in contemplation, surprised by how quickly the other learned the sword intent.

"It’s nothing, that leaf is merely a catalyst. You surely have studied the sword intent extensively, that’s why you had today’s enlightenment," Lin Jing felt that’s how it truly was.

The Thunder Dragon Ancestor laughed heartily.

"It’s a pity, such a strong sword intent, my friend never had a successor. His Highness the Saint Son, I wonder if you have any interest in this Primal Sword Intent, would you like to learn? Its greatest feature, like the Divine Technique of Golden Core, combines with the cultivator’s own power to transform into the sword intent most suited to oneself!"

"Me?" Lin Jing pondered, smiled, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, I have too much magic now, I really don’t have the energy for it. Better you teach it to the Ice Soul Gu. If it can, it’s just as if I can."

Through the fusion feature of the Gu insect and him, he could use the Ice Soul Gu’s magic.

The Gu insect’s fusion feature combined with the Beast Taming Sect’s combination secret technique allowed Lin Jing to enhance the power of the magic held by the Ice Soul Gu beyond 100%, an advantage absent when merging with the Dragon Carp and others.

"Huh?" The Thunder Dragon Ancestor was puzzled, teach the Ice Soul Gu? What on earth, isn’t it a spider? How could a spider comprehend swordsmanship?

He imagined a spider floating in the air, holding eight swords with its eight legs.

Or perhaps a small spider standing on the ground, surrounded by numerous webs each binding a sword.

No matter how he imagined, it was never compatible.

"If it’s compatible, it’d already be cultivating." Lin Jing muttered. "This leaf seems it could move the Buddhist Sect!"