The importance of a sword spirit to a divine sword is like the importance of a soul to a person. A person without a soul is not a true person; similarly, a divine sword without a sword spirit cannot be considered a true divine sword.
The reason a divine sword is a divine sword lies in this "divine" aspect, and this "divine" aspect can be considered the sword spirit of the divine sword.
Qin Chuan's Divine Sword Hammer already possesses most of the characteristics of a divine sword, and even the Divine Sword Hammer itself has a trace of sword spirit, though it is incomplete and very weak.
However, sword spirits, whether absorbed and refined from external objects or generated and forged on their own, are extremely precious and rare.
If it were just a sword, even a divine sword, it wouldn't hold much appeal for Qin Chuan, but if it were a sword spirit, it would be different; Qin Chuan truly likes it.
However, obtaining a sword spirit is not easy. To absorb a sword spirit, a vessel is needed, and that vessel is a sword—a sword that the sword spirit is willing to settle in.
So, it seems simple enough: sense the sword spirit, try to let the sword spirit enter your own sword, and that's it.
However, it's actually very difficult to do. Just considering the hardware, you need a fine sword, at least one that can be infused with a sword spirit. This requirement alone excludes most people.
However, many can still produce such swords, especially those who come to the Sword Pavilion. After all, these are powerful figures who can easily produce several decent swords.
The second requirement is to sense the sword spirit. This requires a martial artist who has cultivated sword skills and possesses strong spiritual sense. Only those who can sense the sword spirit are qualified to seek it out. Otherwise, even if the sword spirit is right in front of you, you won't see it, let alone be able to refine it. Once
these two conditions are met, you are qualified to attempt to obtain a sword spirit. The real difficulty lies in refining the sword spirit.
This is incredibly difficult, even more so than refining and absorbing a fire seed. However, refining a fire seed is extremely dangerous, almost certainly a matter of life and death.
Refining and absorbing a sword spirit is relatively safer compared to refining a fire seed. While refining a sword spirit also involves danger, many believe that this danger is manageable, at least enough to ensure survival.
That's why so many people are trying their luck. If this were a fire seed, there would hardly be any onlookers.
As for absorbing and refining the fire seed, those are extremely rare. Many people have the same opinion about those who possess a fire seed:
madmen!
Actually, many people who possess a fire seed are similar to Qin Chuan; they don't actively seek to absorb it, but rather have no choice but to take a gamble, and only succeed by sheer luck.
Many here have sensed sword intent, or sword soul, and everyone is excited. Many of them cultivate sword techniques.
Among weapons, the sword is the most difficult to master, but it's also the most widely used. There are many sword techniques, many choices, and the sword is the king of all weapons, the gentleman and the king among weapons.
Qin Chuan is also searching for it. Since he's encountered it, he naturally has to take a gamble. This kind of thing is rare and hard to come by; if he could obtain it, the benefits would be unimaginable.
Many people follow the sword intent forward. Many can't comprehend it, but they follow along, trying their luck.
Qin Chuan was also in the crowd, not at the very front. Sword spirits weren't something you could obtain simply by being at the front.
The first priority was a good sword. If your sword wasn't good enough, the sword spirit would reject you outright, ignoring you completely, no matter how powerful you were. After all, the weapon was the sword spirit's dwelling place.
Therefore, a fine sword was a prerequisite. Without a good sword, you could forget about it. In principle, the better the sword, the greater the chance of refining a sword spirit. If the sword was good enough, it might even cause the sword spirit to automatically fuse with it.
Qin Chuan's Divine Forging Hammer was good; although not a true divine sword, it was a very good divine sword embryo, highly attractive to sword spirits.
This was why Qin Chuan was so confident, as he had a significant advantage. However, nothing was absolute. Who could guarantee there weren't any peerless swords here?
What if someone possessed a super-good sword and directly attracted a sword spirit?
In that case, there was still a method: using your will to communicate with the sword spirit and your own sword—this was the process of refining and absorbing a sword spirit.
Whether the sword spirit hadn't chosen a sword or had already, during the journey before true fusion, one could communicate with the sword spirit through thought, and sometimes even change its choice.
Everyone was slowly approaching, sensing and waiting for the sword spirit to appear. Soon, Qin Chuan became restless.
He discovered someone possessed a fine sword, a truly excellent one, far superior to his own Forging God Hammer in many aspects.
The Forging God Hammer's power and benefits were latent; currently, it was far inferior to this sword, making it virtually impossible for the sword spirit to choose it.
Qin Chuan frowned, looking at the man with the fine sword—a middle-aged man, very composed, an incredibly powerful swordsman.
The man also exuded righteousness; he was a gentleman. Qin Chuan's current strength wouldn't make it difficult to seize it, but he couldn't bring himself to do such a thing.
Therefore, Qin Chuan was conflicted. The man certainly wouldn't give up this opportunity, leaving Qin Chuan somewhat at a loss. Without using other methods, the possibility of obtaining the sword spirit was extremely slim.
If he used other methods, Qin Chuan felt uneasy; he didn't like that approach.
So, in the end, he only had one choice: to let nature take its course, see if luck was on his side, and also use his Golden Divine Eye to see if he could find a weakness in the sword soul.
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan gained some confidence and his fighting spirit increased. Besides, Qin Chuan also hoped that his Forging God Hammer would possess a sword soul.
"A sword soul has appeared!"
someone exclaimed, instantly causing many around to prick up their ears and widen their eyes to stare ahead.
Qin Chuan also looked towards the sky above a white jade platform, where a light sword had appeared. Its snow-white, jade-like sword light, shaped like a sword, emitted a soft white light. It
was incomparably beautiful, gentle, natural, and pure, hovering in mid-air like a king overlooking everything below.
This was the first time Qin Chuan had seen such a complete sword soul, and of such high quality—a truly excellent sword soul.
Many people couldn't see it, but they could sense it; only those with special eyes or those who had cultivated eye-based combat techniques could see it.
But seeing it doesn't really help much. At this point, everyone will take out their own sword and start communicating with the sword spirit using their thoughts.