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A fearsome sword strike rushed from the land to Osmanthus Island, which was located in the middle of the sea. Another sword strike followed quickly after, and it also surged over from atop the sea of clouds above Old Dragon City.
The might of the two sword strikes was magnificent and earth-shaking.
One after another, the two bursts of sword qi descended from the sky and carved deep ravines into the sea between Old Dragon City and Osmanthus Island.
As Chen Ping'an closed his eyes to comprehend the sword intent, the old swordsman at the Golden Core Tier had already returned to his senses. The old swordsman didn't attempt to seize the fleeting sword intent like Chen Ping'an, and he didn't try to borrow this external power. This wasn't because he was less experienced than a martial artist at the fourth tier, but it was because he was well aware of the risks and consequences.
After a sword cultivator formed their own sword intent, there would be a big risk of causing internal conflict if they recklessly learned or absorbed the intent and essence contained within another sword cultivator's sword strike. Doing so could cause their pure sword intent to become mixed and impure.
If the sword intents of the two sword cultivators were largely similar, however, then learning and absorbing each other's sword intent would naturally be beneficial.
The sword intent of Ma Zhi's bonded flying sword, Shade, was founded on the principle of seeking shade under a tree. Thus, its sword intent was aligned with the spring chill, heavy snow, clear springs, and so on. At the same time, it was not aligned with large fires, scorching summer heat, furnaces, and so on.
This was completely different from the killing intent and attacking nature of the two strikes from the clouds, which had seemingly been derived from the true intent of battlefields. Thus, the old swordsman naturally wouldn't follow the traces of these sword strikes to seize and learn their sword intents. In contrast, some junior sword cultivators who had only just advanced...
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