Lord Yellow Mountain sighed, "I am a Mountain God, and my Divine Sense's status is different from that of a regular cultivator, so my understanding of Divine Sense also needs to be deeper..."
Back then, when I battled with that Sword Cultivator from the Taixu Gate, during our exchange, I was wounded all over by the Sword Qi of Divine Thought and came to understand some of the mysteries of this Sword technique..."
"The Sword technique of Divine Thought into Sword differs from normal Sword techniques."
"Normal Sword techniques involve channeling one's Spiritual Power throughout the body into the Spirit Sword to form 'Sword Qi,' then using the sharp Sword Qi to kill enemies."
"Divine Thought into Sword is different, it requires condensing the manifested, formless and intangible, yet infinitely mysterious 'Sword Intent' on top of the Sword Qi..."
"One must use Sword Qi as the foundation and temper it with Sword Intent to unleash its tremendous power, capable of slicing through tangible matter and intangible spirits alike!"
"In short..."
"Normal Sword Control involves forging the sword and cultivating Sword Qi."
"Whereas Divine Thought into Sword goes further on top of the Sword Qi, to cultivate Sword Intent."
"Both are indispensable, Sword Qi must be cultivated to the extreme to derive Sword Intent, and with the enhancement of Sword Intent, Sword Qi can become invincible and vanquish enemies in all directions!"
A hint of arrogance appeared in Lord Yellow Mountain's eyes:
"Had it not been for this technique, the Taixu Mind Transforming Sword True Jue, able to turn the tangible into intangible, to use the tangible sword to slay the intangible spirits, back then within the realm, there might have not been anyone who could have handled me..."
Mo Hua pondered:
"Then wouldn't you have become a 'Taoist Demon'?"
A chill went down Lord Yellow Mountain's spine, he was shocked and his expression turned to disbelief:
"How... how did you know?!"
Mo Hua nodded, "I've seen how Taoist Demons are cultivated..."
And moreover, I've killed Taoist Demons before!
But it's somewhat taboo to speak of such things...
Despite this, Lord Yellow Mountain still gasped in astonishment.
He realized more and more that he couldn't afford to provoke this little ancestor.
Lord Yellow Mountain immediately restrained his arrogant demeanor.
He could no longer boast.
If he boasted too much and broke through his pretense, revealing his lies to this little ancestor, that would be troublesome...
Mo Hua didn't notice the subtle changes in Lord Yellow Mountain's expression, but was instead contemplating the cultivation of Divine Thought into Sword:
"I must first cultivate Sword Qi, bring it to the utmost limit, then transform the tangible into intangible and cultivate Sword Intent, merging Sword Intent with Sword Qi to cultivate the 'Taixu Mind Transforming Sword True Jue'..."
Mo Hua was deeply disappointed.
"If I do not become a Sword Cultivator and cultivate Sword Qi, wouldn't I be unable to learn Divine Thought into Sword?"
Lord Yellow Mountain nodded, "Naturally."
Mo Hua thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, "What if I don't cultivate Sword Qi, but my Divine Sense is strong enough to directly transform Divine Thought into Sword Intent, would that work?"
Lord Yellow Mountain thought Mo Hua was wildly imaginative and said dismissively:
"If you don't cultivate Sword Qi, where would you get Sword Intent from?"
"You are a Formation Master, can you understand Formation principles without drawing formations?"
"Isn't it the same principle..."
"The better you cultivate Sword Qi, the sharper it becomes, and the purer and more powerful the Sword Intent derived from it will be..."
"How can you transform it with just Divine Thought? Can your Divine Thought be stronger than the Sword Qi of a Sword Cultivator?"
"And how strong can your Divine Sense be?"
Mo Hua murmured softly, "Is sixteen patterns enough?"
Lord Yellow Mountain scoffed, "Sixteen patterns, enough for what?"
Lord Yellow Mountain was about to say more but suddenly stopped and turned to look at Mo Hua, "How many?"
"Sixteen patterns..."
Lord Yellow Mountain's expression froze...
Sixteen patterns... How could it be sixteen patterns?
What age are you, what Realm are you in?
How could a cultivator in the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment have sixteen patterns of Divine Sense?
You couldn't possibly have consumed something...
Lord Yellow Mountain's heart skipped a beat, he immediately looked straight ahead and said softly:
"Sixteen patterns of Divine Sense are indeed strong, but still not enough to cultivate Divine Thought into Sword..."
"How much is needed then?"
"Feathers..." Lord Yellow Mountain was about to downgrade his previous statement, "at least a Golden Core, above twenty patterns..."