sword sentient beings

Chapter 33
Tang Zhao was caught off guard, he had never seen so many characters before, and there were not so many words written in the "Tonghua Yinfeng Jue" back then.

Taking a closer look, his heart skipped a beat:
That night when I watched the tung flower attracting the phoenix, the feeling of heaven came again.

This time, not only is the text esoteric, but it is also mixed with true heavenly scriptures.

The line of characters was disassembled one by one, into seven symbols, and each symbol was extremely complicated.

In the annotation, each symbol is divided into a section, which is interpreted separately, and its strokes, shapes, and usages are analyzed in great detail.Finally, there is a large section of annotations and discussions on the combination of symbols.

Compared with Tonghua Yinfengjue, which I don't understand at first glance, this comment is in vernacular, and every sentence seems to be understandable, but when I look closely, there is no beginning, no end, no root, no reason, and it seems that there are more missing than the comment. A hundred times the basics.

The corner of Tang Zhao's mouth twitched. If Mr. Chen's analogy was used, it would be to let elementary school students read medical monographs.

Si Liyu had already noticed that he was fiddling with the magic weapon over and over again, so he remained calm.

The young military officer was not surprised either. Looking at Tang Zhao's appearance, he knew that he had discovered the talisman in the magic weapon.

Since he has the aptitude, it is normal to be able to see the symbols, and it is normal to be interested in seeing it for the first time, but it is wishful thinking to see what the mystery is, and that is something from another door.

Even Si Liyu and even Xing Ji didn't understand that Fu Jianshi was a system independent of swordsmen.

Now that Tang Zhaochu had a glimpse of the world of swords, he was allowed to be curious, but he had to concentrate on practicing martial arts when the time came.

Here Xiang Tangzhao swiped through all the annotations, and sure enough, he saw the symbol of a water well at the end.

Well, this one can also be exchanged for gold and silver sticks by putting in water.

It's just that it's not worth it, Tang Zhao still intends to leave the only chance left for something more precious, preferably exercises.If not, it must be other precious treasures.

For example, the sword that Xing Ji asked him to hold for the first time.

It's a pity that it doesn't belong to him, probably he can't be allowed to throw it into the water.

Huh?
Tang Zhao was surprised to find that there was another symbol next to the water well symbol, which was in the shape of a water drop.

This is the first time I see this symbol, what is it for?

Thinking about it, Tang Zhao involuntarily focused his attention...

A force starts from the finger holding the magic weapon, flows upward along the arm, flows all the way up the head until it leaks out from the ear...

wait wait wait!
Tang Zhao was startled, and hurriedly took off his glasses, the exhaustion stopped.

Although it was only a few seconds, Tang Zhao broke into a cold sweat from fright—it’s okay to see something strange with the glasses, but it’s another matter to experience it personally—just now, what’s wrong?
He glanced down at the glasses, and suddenly his eyes widened.

The slit running across the lens is... a bit shorter?

He quickly lifted it up and looked at the moonlight. It really wasn't an illusion, the crack was really healed a bit!
so……

He looked at the talisman again, and found that one of the characters was blurred.

really!

These glasses actually absorb the power of the magic weapon to replenish themselves!

Rao has always been looking forward to repairing his glasses, but now he is more frightened than pleasantly surprised.

This is not his stuff, it was given to him by Mr. Xing, and——

One thousand two!
If something good or bad comes out of this, how can he pay for it!

For a moment, he felt apprehensive, and couldn't help weighing the surgical instrument in his hand, feeling that the power coming from it hadn't weakened, and there was no flaw from the outside.

He put on his glasses again, and didn't look at the symbols. Sure enough, the suction didn't appear, and then he looked at the notes on the magic weapon itself:

"Yuanli: One Yuan (99.7%). Technique: None. Substrate: Ten-year mahogany core."

Sure enough...he just spent thirty taels of silver.

Tang Zhao felt guilty, and his cheeks gradually turned red.He is a student who only knows how to study, and he has never done anything that harms others or benefits himself. Just now, he took it without warning. Isn't it stealing?

How can this be good?

Struggling in his heart, this involves his biggest secret, so naturally he can't say it, and he is indeed not that brave, secretly said: When there is a chance, I will pay you thirty taels of silver.

"Master Si..."

Si Liyu raised one eyelid, and Tang Zhaotan asked: "It's a pity that there is such power in this talisman, it's only stored in a wooden stick? If it can be absorbed and used by others, wouldn't it be a thousand miles away?"

Si Liyu gave a rare smile, and said: "You are not the only one who thinks this way. It's a pity that you can't do it. Heaven and man don't communicate with each other. Even a swordsman can only communicate with his own sword. The power of a magic weapon only belongs to the weapon. If it doesn’t come out, it will just slowly dissipate as the symbol decays.”

Tang Zhao's heart moved, and he asked, "Will the power of the magic weapon dissipate?"

Si Liyu said: "It's just a magic weapon, can it last forever? Yuan magic weapon is the most difficult to preserve, and it will dissipate in a few days. And such a crude talisman magic weapon will lose its power day by day, even if it is not used at all. Consumption, it will be exhausted in two or three months. If it is used to fight against evil spirits, the consumption will be even faster, maybe one or two will be scrapped in a battle."

Tang Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, and felt relieved, and was even more amazed at the power of the glasses—the power that can never be channeled, it can actually absorb it!
Moreover, the glasses are also invisible to others, so they are really mysterious, so he has to be more cautious, because it is a catastrophe for others to find out!

You can no longer do things like throwing glasses in front of Si Liyu's eyes!
I heard Si Liyu say: "If power is so easy to obtain, and everyone in the world is powerful, is there still a chance for a humble person like you and me to rise up? Now that you have the opportunity to work hard, work hard. Get up and practice swords!" "

By the time the exercise was over, it was already the second watch.

Tang Zhao gets up to exercise before five o'clock every day, and goes back so late at night, he will definitely not be able to survive in the long run.

Si Liyu taught him a method of lying down and resting, which can better enter sleep and nourish the spirit. It is a kind of static work, similar to internal work, but different from it. It does not have the effect of gathering qi and nourishing breath. Lord, it can be regarded as a supplement to external training.Tang Zhao learned Jing Gong very quickly, especially when he was in parallel with the state before he entered the visualization, it was even more effective with half the effort.

So Tang Zhao modified his plan.In the evening, visualize the Jue of Bathing Fire, and wait until the mental strength is exhausted, then practice Jing Gong, and go into a deep sleep. The next morning, the spirit can be restored to its peak.

This is a perfect cycle. Of course, the plan will definitely not be perfect, but it is not difficult to solve the problem within a month.

Waking up the next day, Tang Zhao only felt refreshed and full of energy, and the fatigue from yesterday's practice was swept away.Thinking about it, in addition to the static exercises, the tonics I took yesterday and the medicinal baths I took were all very effective.

Even if it is for the plan of a month later, Tang Zhao's cultivation can be regarded as a "luxury". If you count the method of contemplating the gods, it is incomparable for ordinary high-ranking disciples and nobles from aristocratic families.

The homework in the morning is still stretching, and then pushing stones.

Tang Zhao felt much more relaxed. Although the stone was still standing still, he could feel that the strength in his hand was stronger than yesterday.He didn't think too much about it, of course there must be progress in cultivation, otherwise why would you practice?
Guan Lei also noticed Tang Zhao's progress, and couldn't help being amazed, but he knew that Tang Zhao was still being taught at night, so it wasn't particularly strange, and thought to himself: What panacea did the prosecutor give him?No, the medicine and food list I prescribed has already been planned in place, so his body can only accept this kind of progress, any more will not make up for the deficiency, and it will be harmful instead of beneficial.

Could it be that my eyesight is poor, Tang Zhao's aptitude is better than I thought, absorbing the medicine has great effect, and the improvement is extremely fast?
If this is the case... you might as well increase your cultivation efforts.

So in the evening of this day, Tang Zhao practiced again until he was exhausted, and took a long soak in medicinal baths before he recovered.

In the evening, Si Liyu came again and asked him to practice the sword again. In addition to the straight chop yesterday, he added the practice of stabbing.

For a few days, Tang Zhao worked hard every day, mainly pushing and jumping stones during the day, and practicing basic movements with a sword at night, nothing more than chopping, stabbing, chopping, cutting, hanging, lifting, framing, collapsing, etc., combined with basic footwork , Body skills practiced one by one.With the blessing of the talisman, he can easily complete a lot of exercises, and with Si Liyu giving pointers from time to time, his progress is not slow.

That night when practicing swords at night, Tang Zhao suddenly noticed that the power of the talisman in his hand had declined. He checked it with glasses and found that the power had decayed to "95%" by itself. He thought: Sure enough, the talisman is consumed naturally Yes, a 5% attenuation will make a difference. 10% would be more obvious.This can be recorded so that we can grasp it well.

Grasp what?
Needless to say, it's naturally his secret thoughts:
Since the power will dissipate in vain in the end, why don't I squeeze it too?
This can't be called stealing, can it?
Call pick up.

While resting, he began to absorb the power of the magic weapon again.

Inhale slowly, and observe while inhaling.

Breathing and sucking, he probably had an idea in his mind.

There is no way to adjust the absorption efficiency of the glasses, it is about one thousandth of a second, and a thousand seconds is half a quarter of an hour (calculated according to the hour) to completely absorb a surgical instrument.

But a single surgical instrument can't meet the needs of repairing glasses. A rough estimate is that a single surgical instrument can repair one-tenth of it, which is not bad.

To repair this lens, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver is needed.

The problem is, not to mention ten, even one can’t be completely consumed. According to natural consumption, this one can last for three months, and only one-third of it will be consumed in a month. Only in the second half can we muddle through.That is, at most one-twentieth of it can be repaired.In any case, it is impossible to catch up with the dead line.

In this way, Tang Zhao felt that there was nothing to steal... It didn't mean much to him to pick it up, and he felt guilty.

Thinking of this, Tang Zhao took off his glasses.The heat naturally stopped.

Suddenly, Tang Zhao was shocked.The power came from the magic weapon and went to the glasses, using his body as a channel.As soon as he took off his glasses, although there was no heat coming from the surgical device, he had already lost his destination in the passage, but he did not retract the surgical device, but was directly sealed into his body.

Then, without waiting for him to explore, it naturally dissipated among the limbs and bones.

This process only took a moment, and the blocked heat was also very weak. Tang Zhao could barely notice it after catching it for a while, and felt no obvious changes in his body.

Is there really no change?
Tang Zhao suddenly remembered that after the first day of exercise, his strength increased significantly on the second day, and then there was no such obvious improvement. At that time, he only thought that it would be more obvious when he started from scratch for the first time. Now thinking about it, it was because of the absorption of external force.

The power sucked from the magic weapon is just a drop in the bucket for repairing glasses, but it has a great effect on himself. Pulling out a feather is almost thicker than his thigh.

This is obviously because, compared with the mysterious and unpredictable glasses, Tang Zhao himself is not up to the mark.

In other words, in fact, wool should still be squeezed?

"Teacher Si—" Tang Zhao also changed to a more familiar name as he became familiar with him, "I'm practicing all external skills now, right? Can I learn to sense breath and carry Zhou Tian's internal skills?"

Si Liyu grimaced, and said: "You can learn it, but you shouldn't. The progress of inner strength is slow, and the first step of sensing is extremely difficult. You only have one month. You have to work hard to get started, and you won't be able to use it in the forbidden area. It’s not as useful as if you slashed hundreds of times with the sword.”

Tang Zhao sighed, he didn't have any opinion on learning external exercises, but just felt that the hot air was very similar to internal energy, guessed that using internal exercises might be able to absorb this energy more effectively, and it would be a waste to just let it dissipate, so he wanted to learn it .But Si Liyu said one thing, it seems that he will not teach it.Although Guan Lei is easy to talk to, he made it clear in Lei Sheng Lun Wu that he is not good at internal skills, he practiced externally, and all his internal forces are cultivated from the outside to the inside. An ant force is cultivated to the depths, and the water will overflow. It takes a year or two to generate internal strength naturally.

Do you want to learn some methods of transporting breath from Xuan Gong?

After thinking about it, Tang Zhao still felt that he should not seek death.

He hasn't even crossed the threshold of learning martial arts now, and if he tries to practice martial arts, he will die, even with the help of glasses.

"From today onwards, the magic weapon will be carried by you."

Tang Zhao was a little surprised: "Is it safe to put such a valuable thing with me?"

"It's not that it's safe or not, it's necessary." Si Liyu said solemnly, "You also know that whether you hold a sword or not is two people. You can learn to hold a sword for a long time, but if it's urgent, if there is an accident, call Can you adapt to the sudden change of state when you immediately hold your sword? From today on, I will attack you at any time, and you must immediately take out the sword from your side to fight back against me."

Tang Zhaodao: "Anytime? When eating or sleeping..."

Si Liyu said: "Of course. Could it be that the enemy will let you go when they see you sleeping? They only think this is a good opportunity." He also warned, "You must not hold the talisman in your hand all the time, because you It can’t be like this forever. Practicing is a state switching. This one is good for life.”

Tang Zhao agreed solemnly, and glanced at the surgical instrument in his hand again, feeling itchy—throwing a mouse into a rice vat, how can you test a scholar like this?

Sure enough, Si Liyu did what he said, and in the next few days, he would sneak out and attack from any corner.

Regardless of whether Tang Zhao eats, sleeps, practices meditation, or even goes to the toilet, he may be attacked.

Originally, Tang Zhao thought, no matter what, the time of pushing stones during the day is always safe, right?After all, it was Guan Lei's territory.Unexpectedly, he pushed for a while, and just about to rest, Si Liyu came out from behind the stone and gave him a kick.

Seeing this scene, Guan Lei let out a "huh" and watched from the side with his arms around his shoulders.

Of course Tang Zhao couldn't hold the magic weapon when he pushed the stone. Fortunately, he carefully placed the magic weapon not far away, and scrambled to pick up the wooden stick, and Si Liyu walked away early.

Si Liyu's attack was extremely ruthless, although it didn't hurt his muscles and bones, it still made him suffer a lot.Moreover, sometimes he would run away with one blow, and sometimes he would chase after him, and it also meant to examine his sword skills.

After going back and forth, Tang Zhao has made great progress, his vigilance has been greatly improved, and his coordination ability has become better and better, but there are also many scars on his body, which are all treated by the evening medicinal bath.

Although he knew it was the teacher's good intentions, he was too annoyed and secretly thought about counterattacking.

After thinking about it for a day, Tang Zhao really came up with a trick, thinking: I am most sensitive when I do meditation at night, when my five senses are far more sensitive than usual.If there is any trouble, you will definitely be able to detect it.It just so happened that night was also the peak time for his sneak attacks.I pretended to be asleep and kept myself in a clear state. If he showed any traces, I rushed out, not seeking to win, but poking him with a stick would count as victory.

That night, he simply stopped visualizing, opened the window, and lay down quietly with his clothes on.

Nearly three o'clock, there was a light and soft sound outside the window, softer than a cat walking.

Normally, Tang Zhao would not be able to hear at all, but at this time he was at the peak of his spiritual will, and he was already prepared, with his fingers gripping the talisman, he kicked off the edge of the bed, and his body shot out through the window like a sharp arrow!

Sure enough, someone was outside the window!

First, borrowing the power of the magic weapon, and second, borrowing the strength of his feet, Tang Zhao went straight into the palace, the speed is not unpleasant, but at the very moment, he suddenly found that the figure was different, and it was too late to stop.

In his busy schedule, he yelled loudly: "Get away—"

Being in the air, it was difficult to control, he deflected a few degrees with great effort, flattened the blade, and brushed against the man's shoulder.

"what--"

In the dark night, someone screamed in pain and fell down clutching his shoulders.

Tang Zhao rushed over, slowed down desperately, staggered a few steps on the ground before barely stopping.

Turning around, I saw a woman's face turned pale, and blood was already dripping between the fingers holding her shoulders.

It's Yuanqing.

(End of this chapter)