i have a sword fairy

Chapter 598 The Disappearing Nine-Headed Evil Dragon

On a high slope in the deep forest, in the drizzle of autumn rain, a man was sitting on the ground with his whole body wet, with his hands propped behind his back, smiling lightly.

In the basin below, there is a little fox demon dancing around blue fireflies, wearing red clothes and carrying a small green bamboo bookcase.

"Zhao Rong, are you crazy?" Jian Ling asked patiently.

"People who hide from the rain joke that people who don't hold an umbrella in the rain are crazy, but in the eyes of the latter, those who hide in the rain are also crazy. Why hide?" He smiled back in the rain.

"Oh, it's really philosophical." Sword Spirit sincerely praised, "Then when will our great sage Zhao suddenly realize his ascension?"

Zhao Rong wiped his wet face again, the smile on his lips remained the same.

"Is there something wrong with my heart lake recently?" He asked suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Sword Spirit pretended to be stupid.

"It's just...a strange feeling." Zhao Rong looked down at the little fox demon below, trying to organize his words to describe a certain change, "It was clear that I wouldn't feel guilty before, but these days On the contrary, I am thinking about it and even feel uneasy."

Gui Yi was silent for a moment, he wiped his face again, and said with a smile:
"It wasn't like this when I was with Qingjun Qian'er in the past. I also felt at ease eating soft rice in your mouths, but it's a bit strange these days. I even had the idea of ​​escaping from them with guilt, and the idea was very logical. Translucent and strong, I want to go south with you to cultivate myself."

Gui curled his lips, "Oh, can't it be that Mr. Zhao has gone through a desperate situation and his ideological awareness has improved? The moral bottom line has moved up a bit more flexibly? And isn't this a good thing?"

"It's not a good thing. My son, the Peach Blossom Sword Master, can't do it. I don't think the soft rice tastes good anymore. I don't have the appetite to insist on it. Gui, can you tell me the reason?"

Gui nodded, "Oh, I understand. You say so much because you suspect that I have tampered with your heart lake? Is it all to seduce you to go south?"

Zhao Rong stretched out his hand to put away the small sachet, fearing that the poem inside would be soaked. After thinking about it, he felt that the word 'seduce' was not used correctly.

He shook his head and said:

"No, it's not like you forcibly instilled these thoughts into me. At most, you are the same old person who fanned the flames. The thoughts I have these days are all thoughts that came naturally in my heart. There are no traces of artificial carving, and everything will come naturally. "

Gui raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Rong was quiet for a while, and reached out to catch the rain, "Well, in your words, I have indeed become more 'saint', and it is... the progress bar has suddenly increased a lot."

He uttered a strange metaphor, out of curiosity, "Progress bar?"

Zhao Rong tried to explain: "Since I saw the clarity of my mind, my self-cultivation has been gradual and orderly. Knowledge and action are slowly and orderly integrated. Every time 'knowledge' improves a little, then 'action' slowly keeps up. Make some small changes, in the process of increasing the "knowledge" in practice, unite knowledge and action, so self-cultivation... Even if the "knowledge" is a little contradictory to my current life, I can use the "action" to calm down Make changes and gradually cultivate yourself."

He looked at his palm, tilted his head in the rain, and tried to describe:
"But in the past few days... Am I too deep in one of the 'self-cultivation' items? 'Knowledge' has improved a lot. I looked around and found that 'knowledge' and present Some life suddenly has great contradictions, and I feel that it is difficult to bridge, and even have a strong thought of... "I am very ashamed of Qing Junqian, and feel that the life I want now is not what I want", and I feel deeply guilty and even want to escape. this home."

Gui thought for a while, and said curiously: "This seat understands a little bit, what Mr. Zhao means is that your moral level has improved too much all of a sudden, which has caused conflicts with your own current life, so you have been thinking wildly for the past two days. Running around? Want to act and make a difference?"

Zhao Rong nodded, then shook his head again, "That's why I have the idea of ​​going south to practice self-cultivation, and I feel that I am not self-cultivating enough... Heh, 'knowledge' suddenly has a very strange improvement, and the amount is almost overflowing, but 'xing' does not Keeping up, didn't repair the life around me to what 'Zhi' wanted."

He laughed at himself.

It is precisely because of this that there is a serious gap between 'knowledge' and 'action', and he has been running around like a headless chicken in the past few days, wanting to find the 'action' that bridges the gap between 'knowledge' and 'knowledge'!
At the beginning, Zhao Rong wanted to use the 'action' of traveling south to make up for the gap with 'knowledge', but Zhu Yourong proposed another method for him...

Zhao Rong paused and murmured two words.

Gui expressionless: "Oh, you explain so much to me just to make excuses for not leaving now?"

Zhao Rong smiled.

Gui hehe sneered.

Zhao Rong suddenly asked: "Is it related to the nine-headed dragon that died deep in the lake of my heart?"

Sword Spirit was startled.

"Really?" Zhao Rong narrowed his eyes.

"So you're still thinking about this? You thought that after you survived a catastrophe, all your thoughts were on those 'soft rice'."

"Nine of the 81 heart lake evil dragons died, where did they go?" He shook his head.

"Where else can I go? You saw it the other day, and it was eaten by the demon dragon that was fused with the evil dragon and the Daolong carp."

"What about the dragon?" Zhao Rong asked.

"He was beheaded by this seat's sword, and re-formed into the prototype of an evil dragon and a dragon carp, and each returned to the bottom of the lake."

"Then what about the nine-headed dragon that was eaten by it?" He insisted.

The sword spirit thought for a while, and said seriously: "In the belly of the magic dragon, it has been digested."

"What has become of digestion? Or what has become of dissolution?"

"Strength, pure power, this power from the source of the Dao, allows you to become a top-notch warrior with nine breaths, and kill Qin Jianfu in the underground palace of the imperial mausoleum." Gui replied with a frown.

"I know, you said that the stronger the power in the world, the more it is accompanied by extremely negative emotions. The evil dragon is the Daolong carp essence that helps me swallow all kinds of evil thoughts and negative emotions in my heart and feeds them back to me. With pure power, the evil dragon and the dragon carp check and balance each other, and they become stronger and stronger together, but..."

"But now the nine evil dragons are dead," he said.

The sword spirit suddenly fell silent.

"The original power provided by the nine evil dragons after their death allowed me to be promoted to the Nine Breaths of a martial artist." In the heavy rain, the man sitting on the ground was extremely calm, "But what part of the evil thoughts and negative emotions they themselves represent? Where did it go? Why did it disappear without a trace in the heart lake after the dragon died?"

The sword spirit seemed to be thinking too, and didn't speak for a while.

Zhao Rong wiped his face again, stood up, and looked up at the rain that was getting smaller and smaller.

In fact, he had wanted to ask this question a long time ago. Zhao Rong has always had his own understanding of the miraculous heart lake built for him by the sword spirit.

The ninety-nine and 81 evil dragons in the original heart abyss should represent the collection of all the evil thoughts and negative emotions in his heart that are opposed to conscience and goodness.

After opening up this heart lake with a clear mind, they have a total of 81 copies, and they continue to grow, but there is a corresponding Daolong carp suppressing them.

But now, after the magic dragon ate the nine-headed evil dragon and died, nine of the evil thoughts and negative emotions disappeared out of thin air, leaving only 72 copies, which is equivalent to one-ninth.

And according to the simple principle of corresponding complementarity, if the "most evil" in the heart is reduced by one-ninth, then it is equal to the "perfect good" increased by one-ninth.

This is also the reason why the progress bar of his "knowledge" that Zhao Rong just analyzed with Gui has increased a lot, and it is also the root cause of the abnormal fluctuations in his mind in the past few days that he just concluded after calmly thinking in the heavy rain.

All Zhao Rong asked at this moment.

Because of raising Jiaoxin Lake and the technique of manifesting the magic dragon, these two exercises were provided to him by the sword spirit, and it should know them best.

At this time, Gui Ma Hu Hu also gave an explanation.

It pondered and said: "This seat is not too clear. The two sets of out-of-boundary exercises I gave you came from the outsider martial artist and the magic dragon. This seat has only been modified and perfected. It is suitable for our Xuanhuang human race to practice. It is reasonable for them The avenue is easy to walk.”

The sword spirit nodded, "This seat thinks...it may be that their avenues complement each other! After you have practiced the two sets of exercises at the same time, in a certain link, they cancel each other out. Evil thoughts and negativity."

"Really?" Zhao Rong frowned, "Will there be any unknown hidden dangers?"

Logically speaking, if the evil thoughts and negative emotions in the heart can be reduced, normal people should be happy. After all, being able to become more kind and upright is the hope of the people.

Although in the past few days, because of the sudden disappearance of evil thoughts and negative emotions, his xinxing has improved a lot, resulting in various contradictions and troubles.

But for Confucian scholars, it is a dream.

And as long as Zhao Rong can properly handle the contradiction between knowledge and action this time, and resolve or alleviate the sequelae of the sudden improvement of conscience, then his self-cultivation will be perfected a lot, even more perfect than some gentlemen who have cultivated their lives in Confucian academies for many years. All touched the realm of self-cultivation of a Confucian gentleman.

So not long ago, in the tomb passage, Zhu Yourong admired and sincerely praised his self-cultivation, which was enough in a certain sense.

As far as Zhao Rong knows, in Confucian Confucian temples and academies, in addition to focusing on the realm of knowledge and practice, they also pay great attention to the realm of self-cultivation. Scholars, first-class scholars, and gentlemen all have corresponding requirements for self-cultivation, so many In the academy, there are always those gentlemen who have no aura...

But at this moment, even in the face of such foreseeable benefits, Zhao Rong is still worried.

Because this is inconsistent with his long-standing world view of yin and yang, and good and evil.

At this time, Gui nodded and replied: "From the point of view, your heart lake is still stable, the evil dragon and the dragon carp are in peace, and the water in the heart lake is still as clear as a mirror. I will watch it for you all day long." , but I didn’t see any hidden dangers. Besides, you are the only one in this world who takes this path. While bearing the benefits, you also have to bear the unknown risks, and be the first to eat crabs.”

Its motivation was not as enthusiastic as that of Zhao Rong. He shook his head, feeling that the sword spirit still hadn't answered his most fundamental doubts.

"Guild, is there really such a good thing in this world? And let me do it?" He asked doubtfully, "Running your heaven-defying magic dragon technique will not only allow me to enter the product with nine breaths in times of crisis, but also allow me to take advantage of it." Completely eliminate the evil dragon in the heart lake, leaving no hidden dangers?"

Return seems to be also said by Zhao Rong that it feels a bit unreliable.

It glanced at the peaceful heart lake, and said in a low voice: "Well, it is very likely that the way of the warrior outside the world and the magic dragon complement each other, and the exercises also complement each other, achieving this miraculous effect that can be called good luck."

Gui nodded, and immediately gained confidence, "Zhao Rong, why don't you hurry up and thank me for your kindness. You are probably the only one in the world with such an opportunity."

"........."

How come there is always a feeling of being the only guinea pig?
Zhao Rong frowned. For some reason, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that his sword spirit was unreliable.

He's not that easy to pass.

Just when the sword spirit wanted to take the opportunity to recall "the courage of the past" arrogantly.

Zhao Rong suddenly asked: "Doesn't that mean that as long as I let the Daolong carp go down to the Xinyuan to be eaten by the evil dragon, the devil dragon will be born, a few more times, and consume 72 breaths, and the heart will be evil?" All Jiao died, and all the evil thoughts and negative emotions in my heart were wiped out?"

The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly became quiet.

This is a very bold idea, the result is very attractive, and there is currently no risk.

Good guy, he really understood this set of exercises.

Zhao Rong rubbed his face and said speechlessly, "Then, am I going to become a saint?"

Directly cultivate one's body to become a saint?
Gui raised his eyebrows lightly and said: "It's not all right, because there will be an evil dragon left in the end, because it can't eat itself, um, but it's almost the same, the evil thoughts and negative emotions in your heart have been reduced to the extreme, you probably can eat it." Directly cultivate the mind to the level of a certain ceiling...

"In addition, you can't let the dragon eat all the evil dragons at once. The body can't bear it all at once. You can only let the dragon show nine or eight breaths each time, and then cultivate for a period of time. Take your time..."

It paused for a moment, then nodded at last, and said very much in agreement: "But it's very clever, Zhao Rong, why don't we... let's try?"

For some reason, Sword Spirit's tone carried some vague temptations.

Zhao Rong: "..."

Try and die?

Why do I always feel that my own sword spirit's advice is a bit unreliable?
Zhao Rong felt like some kind of creature called a "programmer" in his previous life: Well, if the code can run, don't touch it...

And the current thinking of my cheap sword spirit is probably: Hey, I don’t know how these two sets of exercises work together so miraculously, no, I can’t touch it, just like this, let the sword master try it. (convinced and arrogant face)

The corner of Zhao Rong's mouth couldn't help twitching.

But people say "as long as one of the person and the code can run", but your cheap sword spirit is different from them.

The sword master seriously told the sword spirit: "Gui, you can't escape." It seemed that he was afraid that it would forget that the two of them were deeply bound together.

Gui suddenly became upset, "Why can't you run away? Are you still worried about me running away? Will I still harm you?"

Just as Zhao Rong was about to nod, it murmured and added, "If I could run away, I would have run away a long time ago and have been serving you until now?"

"........."

The two then discussed for a while, but there was still no substantive result.

At this time, Gui Zhengse said in relief:
"Let's put this aside for now, this seat will help you look at the heart lake... Maybe the evil thoughts and negative emotions of the disappearing nine-headed evil dragon just temporarily exist in another form that we don't know? After a while, it will reappear in the heart lake and turn into a new evil dragon... This seat is just right for research, so wait and see."

It sighed softly: "How mysterious is this Dao, there are many things I don't know, it's hard to explain."

"Row."

Zhao Rong nodded.

His brows were not loose.

He felt something was wrong.

……

(End of this chapter)