Compared with these two spiritual bodies, it is deeper and lighter, and it is harder for him to grasp it in daily life.

A drop of life essence disappeared from the depths of Dantian and appeared in front of Meng Zhou. Meng Zhou tapped it gently with the tip of his sword.

The moment the soul marrow comes into contact with the tip of the sword, it is like being directed into an invisible straw and quickly disappears.

Meng Zhou clearly felt that this drop of spiritual essence was quickly transferred into his palm after being hit by the tip of the sword.

Then, it follows the palm of one's hand, blends into one's own muscles and bones, and is also smeared in the Dantian meridians.

Soon, a wonderful feeling filled Meng Zhou's heart again.

"Natural Sword Body (Incomplete)" became "Natural Sword Body 9% (+)"

"No wonder, although the three spirit bodies are all incomplete, the sword body is the most severely damaged."

Compared to the other two spirit bodies, this sword body incorporates the least swordsmanship skills during the process of practicing Qi and breaking through the foundation.

At the same time, Meng Zhou had a very strong reaction to the two sword-control techniques of "Shadow Killing Sword Code" and "Spectral Shadow Transformation".

He didn't resist at all, he followed this feeling and integrated the two sword-controlling skills into the perfect form.

What surprised Meng Zhou was that the two true forms of swordsmanship each brought him a 5% improvement. After the integration of the two swordsmanship skills, the integrity of the natural sword body increased by a full ten percentage points.

Although it is still the most incomplete compared to the other two spirits, it has also made the greatest progress.

And as the true form of these two swordsmanships merged, the "+" disappeared, and the effect of this drop of life essence ended there.

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[Talents: Moon Mirror Round Light, Heart of Nature, Life Essence, Variety Spirit Body 68%, White Lotus Spirit Body 52%, Natural Sword Body 19%]

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The three drops of life essence condensed during the retreat were all consumed, but Meng Zhou was still unfulfilled.

Deep in the Dantian, there is a steady stream of rich vitality coming out of the abundant mana, and new life marrow is slowly being nurtured.

Meng Zhou's heart moved and he took out the sealing jade bottle.

There are still sixteen drops of life dew stored inside, which have not been used.

He took out a drop and put it back into his Dantian.

As soon as this drop of life dew enters the Dantian, it immediately loses the ability to maintain its complete form and once again transforms into the perfect level of Spring Water Sutra mana.

At the same time, the condensation speed of the soul marrow suddenly accelerated.

Soon, one-tenth of a drop of spiritual essence was born deep in the Dantian.

"It's doable!" Meng Zhou was delighted when he saw this.

Hurry up and put more Soul Dew back into your Dantian.

When the tenth drop of Life Dew returns to the Dantian, a complete drop of Life Essence has condensed in the Dantian again.

The rich vitality contained in the mana began to condense into the prototype of the second drop of Life Essence next to this drop of Life Essence.

After observing for a while, Meng Zhou roughly made a judgment in his mind.

Without using mana for high-frequency cultivation, it usually takes about two days to condense a drop of life essence.

But during the routine retreat, which also lasted about two days, three drops of life essence could be condensed.

Meng Zhou weighed it in his mind and looked at the remaining six drops of Soul Dew in the Sealing Jade Bottle, but did not immediately recycle them into his Dantian.

Instead, he came to the gourd-shaped spiritual plant and fed it the only drop of complete spiritual marrow in his dantian.

With the integration of this drop of spiritual essence, this spiritual plant grew rapidly.

The spiritual vitality contained within it has become more active than ever before, as if it has returned to the time when it was at the middle or lower level of the first level.

The seven small gourds hanging on the branches, which were originally only the size of a thumb, quickly expanded and became larger like blowing balloons.

Finally, when the spiritual vitality inside this spiritual plant stabilized again, all seven gourds were the size of two adult fists, green in color, and rich in spiritual vitality.

"Two years."

Meng Zhou quickly made a judgment in his mind.

This drop of Life Spirit Marrow saves the two years of accumulation of this spiritual plant in the second-level mid-level, and the effect is much better than ten drops of Life Spirit Dew.

With this result, Meng Zhou sealed the six drops of life dew in the jade bottle and collected them in his dantian, so that the drop of life essence, which was still just beginning to take shape, suddenly took on more of its appearance.

Even though he knew that the spiritual marrow was so precious, Meng Zhou still chose to use this spiritual plant because of a consideration in his heart.

This was also the reason why he first chose to cultivate this spiritual plant alone.

In ordinary times, during each retreat, the condensation speed of the soul marrow varies greatly.

What Meng Zhou knew for sure was that during the retreat when the old and the new changed every year, when winter came to an end and spring came, the vitality contained in the Spring Water Sutra would be far greater than in ordinary times.

The condensation speed of the soul marrow will inevitably far exceed that of retreat in ordinary periods.

One thing that has been verified is that the "revealing position" in the Dantian is limited.

Once the quantity reaches the upper limit that the Dantian can hold, no new Life Dew will be born.

Meng Zhou guessed that although the Life Dew sublimated into the Life Essence, this point should be common. The amount of Life Essence that can be contained in the Dantian at the same time is limited.

Once saturation is reached, no new soul marrow will be born.

In the past, it was fine without the soul marrow.

Now, it would be a pity if he wasted this only opportunity once a year.

Therefore, he chose to "invest" in this spiritual plant first to fundamentally solve this pain point.

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After dealing with matters related to the soul marrow, Meng Zhou temporarily put these matters aside and continued the practice of cutting mountains and dividing seas.

Before this retreat, this sword-controlling technique was already on the verge of breakthrough.

Therefore, it did not take too much time to complete the breakthrough from master to perfection in this sword-controlling technique.

As this sword-controlling skill reaches perfection, its unique true form appears in the soul pool, demonstrating its unique characteristics.

The "natural sword body" had no reaction at all to this new true form of swordsmanship.

The doubts that had arisen in Meng Zhou's mind when he merged into the true form of the two swordsmanships of "Shadow Killing Sword Code" and "Spectral Shadow Transformation" resurfaced at this moment.

"In terms of compatibility, these sword skills and the natural sword body should all be able to attract each other automatically."

"But why is there no response?"

"Is it because the integrity of the natural sword body is too poor and the foundation itself is unstable?"

Meng Zhou had some speculations in his mind. He felt that the most likely possibility was that the natural sword itself was too "weak".

Although they are both incomplete spirit bodies, compared to the other two, this one's degree of disability is particularly serious.

Although magnets have a very strong attraction to iron, if the magnet itself is too small, the attraction will not be that great.

Because of this consideration, Meng Zhou's next schedule became clear.

Sitting cross-legged under the eaves of the elegant house, amidst the rising fragrance of tea, Meng Zhou had a jade slip in his hand.

"The True Explanation of Swordsmanship: Foundation Building Chapter"

This is the inheritance prepared by the Alchemy Sect for the members of the Establishment Sect whose birth magic weapon is the Flying Sword. It is just right for the current Meng Zhou.

This jade slip does not record any specific sword-control techniques such as the Shadow Killing Sword Code, splitting light into shadows, cutting mountains and dividing seas.

But after looking through it carefully, Meng Zhou believed that it actually contained a large amount of second-level swordsmanship.

It's just that they are all "hidden" very deeply.

The three second-level sword skills he had practiced before were like three gems clearly displayed in front of him. If he wanted to get them, all he had to do was walk to the corresponding gems, bend down and pick them up.

The "True Explanation of the Way of the Sword" is like a treasure mountain. The only thing that is certain is that there are many treasures buried in it, but where exactly they are buried and what is buried depends on each person who enters the treasure mountain.

Dig.

This excavation does not rely on luck, but on sensitivity to the way of the sword.

For Meng Zhou, although he is still a long way from a complete natural sword body, even a incomplete sword body is enough for him to rank among the swordsman geniuses at the foundation level.

Cultivating three second-level swordsmanship to perfection is his best "treasure hunting tool".

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The True Explanation of Kendo is divided into two parts.

One is the "Sword Control Chapter" and the other is the "Intentional Sword Chapter".

The Sword Control Chapter is divided into two parts.

The first part explains in detail all the basic sword-handling postures, stabbing, cutting, splitting, picking, teasing, stirring, sealing, point, collapsing, intercepting, hanging, clouding, wiping...etc.

The second part summarizes all the sword-control techniques in the foundation-building stage into three specific frames.

"The sword turns into silk", "The sword turns into rainbow", "The sword turns into gas".

After careful study, Meng Zhou suddenly discovered that the Shadow Sword Code can be put into the framework of "Sword Control and Silk".
To be continued...