Chapter 103: Clumsy Realm

"It's in the "General Theory", you can study it yourself later." Ming Qitian said, "Simply put, your 【Cloud Sky Covering Eyes Losing Feathers】 is a sword of the 'Heart' realm, and Senior Yue might have already stepped into the 'Dao' realm."

"Then I can learn this sword..."

"If I have to say, you just learned its moves and also realized its meaning, but the 'Heart' that represents the limit was only opened once by you in that situation. Later, when you left that situation, using this sword again was just the lingering charm of that one state of mind." Ming Qitian said, "Because the 'Heart' realm has an obvious sign, which is that a sword heart will appear in your mind-spirit realm."

"……"

"With this sword heart, you can use the sword of the 'Heart' realm at any time. If there is no sword heart, you can only have the opportunity to touch it in that situation of complete fit."

"Then I actually didn't learn it?"

"That's not it, you have already reached its deepest part, just lacking the necessary conditions to stay there. You can use it, just can't exert all its power yet."

"Oh."

Seeing Pei Ye probably understood—he could use this style to cover the enemy's five senses, making them caught off guard, but when Grandpa Yue used this sword that day, he could feel his mind-spirit as if it were immersed in the deep sea of cold, dark, and heavy pressure from afar.

Compared to briefly depriving the enemy of their five senses, that was obviously the true meaning of this sword.

"Miss Ming, then what realm is my sword probably in?" Seeing Pei Ye asked.

"You are not strictly following this realm. On the one hand, you haven't even stepped into the Clumsy Realm, but on the other hand, you realized the sword meaning of that sword style in two years, and even stepped into the 'Heart' realm once."

Yes, Seeing Pei Ye realized. Ming Qitian just said the sword path division recognized by the famous sects, but the masters of the Huai martial arts hall couldn't touch it at all, and although Grandpa Yue stood at the top, his sword was not achieved step by step like this.

"Then, these days I will try my best to enter the Clumsy Realm?"

Ming Qitian shook her head: "You can step into it today. You already have the conditions, just lacking this awareness."

Seeing Pei Ye frowned and thought: "Yes, I feel that I have done every move in place, like an arm and finger... Then, what is missing?"

"'Clumsy' is the control of the sword. You only need to realize one point—you are not mastering the sword moves, and you must not let the sword moves master you. You are mastering the sword itself."

Seeing Pei Ye suddenly realized.

The sword move proficiency, arm-and-finger-like use, and accurate force required by 'Clumsy' he had already achieved, only missing the so-called "essence of the sword".

And he actually didn't lack this realization. Now that he realized the way, he naturally stood in front of the door of this realm.

Seeing Pei Ye weighed the sword in his hand, somewhat eager to try.

Ming Qitian said: "You use the Opening Door Sword again."

Seeing Pei Ye performed it again, intending to practice the realization he just had.

In the previous years, he practiced sword moves hundreds of times, standard and beautiful as if they were rubbed from a sword manual. This was naturally the best performance of the sword technique.

But at this time, Seeing Pei Ye realized that everyone is different from height to personality, so how can they practice according to the same template? And in the battle, it is not that any time needs the "best performance," nor can "best performance" be achieved at any time.

When the control of the sword is sufficient, the body can naturally realize the most comfortable and suitable "point". The movements and strength will have small adjustments. Using the sword again is still those sword moves, but it is already the most perfect way to fit one's own body. Only then can the maximum potential of a sword move be exerted.

This is the Clumsy Realm.

Seeing Pei Ye performed the Opening Door Sword again at this time. It was still standard and proficient, but there were indeed differences in the subtle places. It looked much smoother and more natural.

And in Seeing Pei Ye's own feeling, every sword was more powerful, using less force, but exerting more power.

After finishing the set, Ming Qitian nodded: "That is exactly the intent, but your sword is still somewhat erratic. At times, it falls back into the rut of dead moves. You need to earnestly grasp this feeling, practice it more, and turn it into an instinct."

Seeing Pei Ye nodded, he also had this feeling. Immediately, he wanted to practice again, intending to adjust the Opening Door Sword, and then spread this feeling to all his sword arts.

Ming Qitian stopped him, broke a thin branch from the jujube tree, and shook it lightly: "Next, you just use all your learning to attack me. In actual combat, you grow the fastest."

Seeing Pei Ye said thank you, and shook a cold light and shot it over.

For the whole afternoon, Seeing Pei Ye spent it dismantling moves with Ming Qitian. Seeing Pei Ye didn't know if "actual combat" really made such rapid progress, or if the woman's subtle guidance was too miraculous and precise. Every time he dismantled a move with Ming Qitian, he felt his sword output was more comfortable.

A fierce and hearty sword fight without stopping for a moment.

Like a sudden enlightenment that made rapid progress.

When he stopped panting, he truly felt that he had stepped firmly on the step of "Clumsy".

If Grandpa Yue's Snowy Night Flying Goose sword style was to poke a hole in the upper limit of his sword path, then Ming Qitian's teaching today was to build a wide high platform at his lower limit.

Clumsy Realm.

Seeing Pei Ye somewhat unfulfilledly returned the sword to its sheath. Before, he only roughly knew that he seemed to have some achievements in swords, but specifically how, and what level it was outside, he didn't know at all.

After this afternoon, he firmly grasped his sword art, neither arrogant nor self-deprecating.

"Miss Ming, thank you." Seeing Pei Ye scooped a large ladle of well water and poured it into his throat, wiped his mouth and said, "Are you leaving today?"

Ming Qitian nodded: "Leaving tonight, will be back in about a month. But there is one thing to ask for your help before leaving."

"What?"

"It's about Glaze."

Seeing Pei Ye had long noticed that she didn't carry that famous sword today: "Where is it?"

"Zhu Gaoyang wanted to take a look, so I left it at the County Magistrate's office."

"……"

Ming Qitian slowly spread her palm toward the sky. Only after one breath, a flowing shadow swept down from the sky and landed steadily in Ming Qitian's hand.

It was exactly Heart-Slicing Glaze.

Seeing Pei Ye looked down. This was the first time he had observed this famous sword so meticulously.

This sword is shallow and transparent, just like carved from glaze, but even the best glaze looks stiff and dead in front of it, and lacks that unique spiritual agility.

This sword is not a standard long sword style. Its handle is longer, one finger longer than the one in Seeing Pei Ye's hand. The sword guard is extremely short, almost invisible, and only a boundary between the sword body and the handle can be seen.

The sword body is long and straight, but this straightness is not as straight and smooth as a steel sword made by man. It is more like an ice prism falling down, translucent and smooth, but not regular—it is grown, not polished.

It has blades on both sides.

Its clear color is placed in the air, like ice entering water, and it is even a bit difficult to distinguish. And in the axis of this glazed ice jade sword body, near the sword guard, there is a small, tender red bead buried inside the sword body, which is somewhat distorted by the clear sword body.

Several thin and beautiful red lines spread from the red bead, adding a touch of exquisiteness to this white and cold sword.

It is truly a beautiful sword. Seeing Pei Ye opened his mouth subconsciously the first time he saw it.

However, now, this sword like snow plum is as if infected by evil, the sharp dark blue ice crystals are glowing with fluorescence, as if parasites are trembling in the sword body.

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