Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled-Chapter 449 - 445: Absorbing the Sword Heart, Filling the Gaps
Xia Tianming’s expression also carried a hint of helplessness: "If there’s a Great Dao inside that you haven’t comprehended, that would be a real shame."
Beside him, Li Qingxue had also been quick in her comprehension this time. It seemed there was some overlap with the Sword Heart from moments ago, allowing her to snap back quickly.
Upon returning to her senses, she immediately heard this sentence and nodded seriously, "Grandpa is right, it’s better to catch a thousand wrongs than miss a single one."
"If one of them can actually benefit you, it would be more useful than if I absorbed ten."
Xia Feng frowned slightly, seemingly disagreeing with Li Qingxue’s perspective.
He reached out to hold Li Qingxue’s wrist, and the Divine Sword in her palm let out a timely sword hum.
Xia Feng glared at the Divine Sword: "Sword Spirit, stop fooling around."
"You’ve been with Qingxue for so long, you should know her comprehension abilities on the Great Dao of Celestial Sword are by no means inferior to mine."
The Sword Spirit’s buzzing sound weakened considerably, and a slightly childish voice echoed within the Divine Sword: "Her talent is indeed not bad."
"But you comprehend a lot. If the Great Dao of Celestial Sword within the Sword Qi can really fill your gaps, then it must be extremely high-level fragments of the Great Dao."
"Such a high level of existence, even if Li Qingxue finds it, she might not necessarily be able to absorb it with her current foundation."
Li Qingxue nodded: "That makes sense."
"So, my dear, you should focus on absorbing the Sword Qi. If there are lower level Sword Hearts, I can absorb one or two to make substantial progress as well."
Xia Feng was still somewhat hesitant. At the moment, he could only slowly grind away time to break through as soon as he accumulated enough.
However, both Li Qingxue and Xia Tianming were adamantly determined to let Xia Feng absorb more, and even after discussing for quite a while, Xia Feng couldn’t change their minds.
In the end, reluctantly, Xia Feng could only say he’d absorb the Sword Qi first, intending to find more low-tier Sword Hearts for Li Qingxue to absorb later.
Yet, he glanced at the three and a half people present, where even the Sword Slave was a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial God, so capturing some low-tier Sword Beasts was beyond his ability.
Seeing Xia Feng frown again, Xia Tianming anxiously asked, "What’s wrong?"
Xia Feng still hadn’t absorbed the Sword Heart of the First Grade Celestial God Realm in his hand, and his frown didn’t seem to be about not knowing how to handle that Sword Heart.
Xia Feng came back to his senses and offered a somewhat reassuring smile: "Don’t worry, Grandpa, it’s not because of that. I’ll absorb the Sword Heart first and then think about other matters."
He was curious about the Sword God Hall, but didn’t voice it, instead placing the First Grade Celestial God Realm Sword Heart against his forehead.
Dots of white light seeped from the contact, gradually dismantling and comprehending the techniques of the Great Dao of Celestial Sword.
During the comprehension process, he found it peculiar how many techniques were similar to the sword techniques in the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, seemingly from the same origin.
However, compared to the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, the sword techniques in the Holy Sword Secret Realm seemed more complicated.
The Heaven-Burying Divine Technique’s sword techniques seemed to simplify complexity, teaching Xia Feng only the essence.
He lowered his gaze slightly, pondering the principles contained within.
After quite a while, he sighed lightly and then took out the remaining Sword Heart, placing it on his forehead again.
Li Qingxue and Xia Tianming beside him looked somewhat anxious.
Xia Tianming turned to look at Li Qingxue: "When you comprehended earlier, I saw you swinging your sword while standing still."
"Is this state of comprehension normal for Feng’er now?"
Li Qingxue looked a bit troubled: "I’m not really sure either, I was in a state of enlightenment then."
"It felt like someone forcibly stuffed a bunch of unknown knowledge into my mind, like a sudden epiphany."
Li Qingxue couldn’t quite describe the situation as only she and Xia Feng had absorbed a Sword Heart, and normal procedures were unclear.
In reality, their experience was entirely different from others.
When Li Qingyu absorbed a Sword Heart, it only slightly supplemented her foundation in the Great Dao of Celestial Sword. She learned no new sword techniques, nor did she attain enlightenment.
Even absorbing a basic Sword Heart demanded much effort, wasting half her experience to fully absorb it.
Furthermore, the Divine Sense felt inexplicably full afterward, preventing the immediate absorption of another.
Li Qingxue’s enlightenment was a fortunate occurrence, her solid foundation allowing the Sword Heart to fill gaps and then teach her techniques.
The Sword Spirit, sensing the inherent technique, autonomously drove the Divine Sword to operate.
As for Xia Feng, it was more nuanced. His foundation was so solid that the Sword Heart provided almost nothing new.
Regarding techniques, there were similarities to the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique, whose level even surpassed the Sword Heart.
Thus, the Sword Heart turned futile circles, unsure where to fill, appearing particularly lost.
Ultimately, the bewildered Sword Heart could only divide its energy into three parts: one guiding Xia Feng’s Great Dao of Celestial Sword to self-comprehend the world’s Great Dao.
Another part delved deep into his Sea of Consciousness, accelerating his enlightenment of the Heaven-Burying Divine Technique.
The last part converged into the Heaven-Burying Sword, enhancing it further.
Once split into three, the Sword Heart’s energy was a bit depleted.
Just then, Xia Feng appropriately took out the second Sword Heart, placed it on his forehead, and absorbed it.
The second Sword Heart’s energy skipped the filling gaps stage, directly following the first’s energy division route.
Upon inspecting himself internally, Xia Feng nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the Heaven-Burying Sword in his hand.
"Tsk, you’re already at the Ancient Divine Artifact Level, and only by following me can you continue to improve this much."
The Heaven-Burying Sword let out a timely hum, causing Xia Feng to smirk.
Given the Sword’s level of Spirituality, it probably wouldn’t be long before it awakened its consciousness and had its own Sword Spirit.
Although Li Qingxue and Xia Tianming were still slightly worried, Xia Feng carefully explained the absorption process.
Both understood Xia Feng’s solid foundation, accepting why it happened this way.
After surveying the cave and vaguely targeting the Sword God Hall’s location, he said: "Next, it’s time we take the initiative and head near the Sword God Hall to take a look."
As soon as he spoke, a subtle feeling welled up in Xia Feng’s heart.
