While Jian Shen who was the first to enter the Sword World was deep inside the forbidden region of mist, the others who entered after him had also gotten started with what they came here to do.
Due to the Sword World being open for only nine days, none of those who entered even had any ideas of sleeping during the night.
For those who were on the Path of Sword, obtaining comprehension on the Intent of Sword through defeating the Sword Spirits was a godly opportunity which only those very lucky few would manage to obtain.
Similarly, this was also a great opportunity for the non-sword cultivators who came here as well.
Leaving the Sword World after nine days with their spatial rings filled to the brim with precious cultivation herbs meant nothing less than being set for life.
After that, they would not have to do anything else other than cultivating at ease while revelling in the money they earned from exchanging the spirit herbs they didn't need.
Either way, no one wanted to waste this opportunity which they obtained after fighting against thousands of others to be here.
Still, all of them only threw one look towards the spiralling mist before shaking their heads and going somewhere else.
This was because no matter how great the resources hidden inside the land covered by must was, the danger of losing their life was what kept most of them away from having any thoughts of entering it.
Thus, while most of them roamed in the outer regions of the Sword World where the concentration of Sword Spirits was comparatively less, those strong and confident few roamed close to the mist which was the area that had the second-highest concentration in Sword Spirits after the area hidden by mist.
In fact, there were even quite a daring few who entered the mist as well.
But this wasn't done by people who arrived here on their own, and instead with a group of friends or colleagues.
What they did was tie the daring one that would go inside with a rope around his waist while the rest of the members in the group held the rope from outside the mist.
While the one who entered the mist would keep on running around and harvesting as many precious herbs inside it as possible, he'd immediately run away from seeing any signs of Sword Spirits.
This was also where the group outside came into use.
The one in the inside had a special code to send by tugging on the rope tied around him in a particular rhythm when those on the outside would do their best to pull him away from whatever dangerous situation he was in.
And putting aside all of this, starting from the fourth day onward there were quite a lot of cultivators who were on the Path of Sword leaving the Sword World every hour after they felt that they had reached their limit due to injuries or tiredness and therefore chose to touch the sword they found to their liking.
After all, not everyone was like Jian Shen who was aiming to find the strongest Sword Spirit and defeat it.
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On his very first day inside the area hidden behind the mist, all that Jian Shen encountered was mid-grade Sword Spirits because was only on the outskirts of the area.
But starting from the second day onwards, all that Jian Shen met was high-grade Sword Spirits whose strength was comparable to Genesis Realm Cultivators.
Due to this, Jian Shen was unable to defeat a whole group of them at the same time or even defeat many of them in a single day because of how tiresome it was to fight against so many high-grade Sword Spirits.
Luckily, the high-grade Sword Spirits didn't move around in groups and rather by themselves which made it easy for Jian Shen to pick them off one after the other while he continued making his way to the core of the spiralling mist.
Following the map, Jian Shen realized why those that entered this place found it hard to see where that special sword was at.
The place where the strongest Sword Spirit inside the Sword World was located at wasn't actually at the centre of the spiralling mist due to which one couldn't find it by just walking in a straight line.
Instead, the area where the sword was at was actually pretty close to the outer regions of the spiralling mist on one of its sides.
Thus, you either had to be very lucky or very unlucky to be the one who'd enter the area covered in mist just to discover that they were against something which rivalled False Immortal Realm Cultivators in strength.
Similarly, even Jian Shen felt lucky that he hadn't entered that place directly and had rather entered through the opposite side.
This way, Jian Shen would be able to fight against so many of the other Sword Spirits during his journey there and increase his comprehension on the Intent of Sword before finding that special sword.
After all, if he had met the special sword first and ended up defeating it in one way or the other, he would have no choice but to pick the sword which it would drop after being defeated.
And when he does that, Jian Shen would have had no choice but to leave the Sword World and lose out on the opportunity to defeat the other Sword Spirits and take all the comprehension they'd give him in the Intent of Sword.