"If only I were truly a man..."
...
The pile of firewood within the Daoist Temple emitted a dim, murky light.
Su Bei gently wiped the two swords in the Sword Box, feeling a whole new energy coursing through his body, and murmured to himself, "The sword needs nurturing."
The Qingping Sword was already second nature to him, but when it came to Missing Departure, there was still much left to be desired in terms of control.
The myriad laws of the world are manifold, yet do not stray from their origin; what countless cultivators have sought since ancient times is the grand immortality, the Great Longevity.
Only those cultivators who achieve Minor Longevity truly deserve the title "Immortal," having taken the preliminary step of "Achieving Dao." For a Sword Cultivator, though, while it's not exactly about fusing person and sword into one, which would be an exaggeration, reaching the end of the cultivator's path, at the very least, requires nurturing a Sword Spirit.
