Zhang Yan gently caressed the sword box, hesitating whether to open it.
He was a disciple of Hidden Sword Mountain, where the most core sword cultivation technique is the Nine Hidden Sword Techniques.
Concealing the edge within the heart, breaking the edge within the intent, hiding the edge is not weakness, but great skill disguised as clumsiness; hiding the light is not cowardice, but biding time for a decisive blow.
Refining the sword with the box, nurturing the box with the sword.
The sword box and the sword inside it were as fundamental to his Sword Dao foundation as the roots of his cultivation. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never break open the sword box.
Now that his Sword Dao had yet to take form, breaking open the sword box at this time would be equivalent to destroying years of painstaking cultivation of his sword foundation.
Just as he hesitated about breaking open the sword box, three vines suddenly shot up from the ground.
