Chapter 29 - Lifting the Heavy as Though It Was Light
Bai Xiaochun inspected the defensive ability of the jade tablet before bursting into laughter. His fiery gaze immediately shifted towards his wooden sword. This was the same wooden sword he had received when he had first entered the sect. It had accompanied him up to this point and had already undergone two refinements.
“Judging from the improvement in the defensive capability of this jade tablet, after I refine this wooden sword for the third time, its power will definitely be extraordinary!” Bai Xiaochun smiled slightly before he began to refine the wooden sword.
As the silver light shone and the glow inside of the turtle-shell pot faded away, a small wooden sword appeared in front of Bai Xiaochun. The third silver pattern on the sword was glaring to the eyes. After a while, the brightness slowly faded away. The appearance of this wooden sword changed as well. It was now one finger longer, and the wood vein was almost completely purple.
(ED Note: https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=wood+vein&rlz=1C1LENP_enSG654SG654&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXlfnjjJDNAhXLRI8KHfl8AIsQ_AUIBigB)
It even exuded a peculiar aroma. This scent was very strange. The fragrance started out smelling and tasting sweet, but if one breathed it in for a long time, they would fall into a trance.
Bai Xiaochun’s body shivered as his eyes sobered. He looked at this small wooden sword with surprise. Lifting it slowly, he discovered that it was now many times heavier than before, as if he was holding a heavy rock.
His eyes shone as he placed the small wooden sword in front of him in order to inspect it closely. In his eyes, it could be seen that he was deep in thought.
“The material of this wooden sword is probably the rather common Dense Cloud Wood. This Dense Cloud Wood only requires about fourty-nine days of refinement before it can be used as equipment for cultivators. Furthermore, they can also be mass refined.” Bai Xiaochun mumbled, inspecting the vein on this wooden sword.
“Purple veins... then there is only one explanation. After multiple refinements, a mutation appeared in this sword” Bai Xiaochun closed his eyes. Every bit of knowledge about Dense Cloud Wood, which he had acquired from studying herbs, flashed through his mind.
After a long time, when he opened both of his eyes, there was a sense of anticipation revealed in his gaze. He made a couple of hand signs with his right hand, and pointed at the sword. Suddenly, a black glow mixed with traces of purple appeared on the sword before it flew out. In the blink of an eye, it pierced through the wooden cabin. It even flew out of the yard and pierced a huge rock, more than ten zhang away.
Without a sound, the small wooden sword pierced through the rock. It made a revolution within the rock before it pierced through and exited the rock again. In another blink of an eye, it had already returned in front of Bai Xiaochun.
There wasn’t even the slightest scratch on the sword’s body. Instead, an aura of sharpness flickered from the blade.
Bai Xiaochun was very excited. He turned the small wooden sword around, inspecting it thoroughly. After he covered up the third silver pattern, he pushed open the wooden cabin’s door. He was filled with happiness as he took a deep breath. However,as soon as he thought about the Scented Cloud Mountain’s small competition in two months time, he still felt unsafe.
“No, accomplishing just this much is still not enough. Those competitors are certainly going to be ferocious. It would be better if I prepared more.” Bai Xiaochun clenched his teeth, recalling the two states introduced in the Purple Qi Cauldron Manipulation Techinique.
Lifting the heavy as though it was light, lifting the light as though it was heavy.
When cultivating with the Purple Qi Cauldron Manipulation Techinique, these two levels were the established ways to practice. If one could cultivate these levels to the peak, then the technique would be transformed to a godly skill named Purple Qi Melting Cauldron Technique.
At the South Bank of the Spirit River Sect, the Purple Qi Cauldron Manipulation Techinique was a basic skill. Almost everyone would cultivate it. But it was rare for them to be able to cultivate it to the level of lifting the heavy as though it was light. The second level, lifting the light as though it was heavy was even rarer. As for cultivating them both to the peak and transforming the technique into the Purple Qi Melting Cauldron Technique, that was even more unlikely.
Even if there were people who gained enlightenment with the Purple Qi Melting Cauldron Technique, all of them would certainly be disciples of the Purple Cauldron Mountain.
“Lifting the heavy as if though it was light.... Only after reaching this level of object manipulation will my winning chances increase. ” Thinking about the introduction of this technique, Bai Xiaochun lowered his head and looked at the small wooden sword in his hand.
When Bai Xiaochun thought about how the Burning Stoves Kitchen and Administration Department wrongly assumed that he had mastered ‘lifting the heavy as though it was light’ back then during his battle with Xu Baocai, an idea suddenly crossed his mind.
“The reason that they assumed I understood how to ‘lift the heavy as though it was light’ was due to the level of ease with which I had controlled the small wooden sword. But the actual reason for this was the extraodinary power that the small wooden sword possessed after it was refined.
In fact, I am not actually skilled in manipulating the wooden sword. As for lifting the heavy though it was light...” Bai Xiaochun furrowed his brows and simply sat with legs crossed in the yard. Looking down at the wooden sword, his eyes lost focus, and gradually became bloodshot.
After a while, he suddenly raised his right hand and the wooden sword flew out. It vigorously cut straight ahead, the wind whizzed and it blew up quite some dust and dirt off the ground. Bai Xiaochun’s brows furrowed even further. He made some hand signs with his right hand and pointed again. But this time, he was not pointing at the wooden sword, instead, he was pointing at the rock that recently got pierced by the wooden sword.
With a point of his finger, the huge rock violently shook. After it rose a chi off the ground, the Qi in Bai Xiaochun's body became unstable. With a rumble, the rock fell down again.
(ED note: one chi is equal to ⅓ of a meter or 1.094 ft.)
The distress Bai Xiaochun felt disappeared, as his eyes gradually brightened up. With great determination, he circulated the spirit Qi inside of his body and pointed out again.
Once, twice, thrice…
Time flew, and in a blink of an eye, half a month had passed. In this half of a month, Bai Xiaochun was focused on controlling and moving the rock almost every second. This rock was almost triple a person’s height, and it weighed no less than seven to eight hundred jin. Even with Bai Xiaochun’s peak of the fifth level of Qi Condensation, it was still not easy to completely control that rock.
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