Strange Sequence: Longevity from Guoshu

Chapter 274 Gong Jianqiu teaches swordsmanship and gets "Qiushui Sword"

After walking a few steps, a long and narrow mountain road with stone steps appeared in front of it. Next to the mountain road was a stone tablet with two large characters written on it, as if written with the edge of a sword: Emei.

Walking up the stone steps to the top of the peak, an ancient building appeared with a plaque reading: Welcome Hall.

There were two middle-aged men with swords waiting at the gate. Gong Jianqiu introduced them as the elders of the outer sect of Emei.

Due to the closure of the mountain, the Emei Sect still followed the traditional elite route. There were not many people in the sect. Being able to send Gong Jianqiu and two outer sect elders to receive Jiang You was a sign that Young Master Yama valued him highly.

Everyone greeted each other and went into the palace to drink tea. As soon as the tea soup was in his mouth, Jiang You felt the fragrance overflowing in his mouth and a warm feeling in his lower abdomen. This should be the spiritual tea grown by the Emei Sect in the mountains.

Although the sects stationed in the mountains are far away from the city and are not conducive to development and growth, they are relatively close to the spiritual objects in the mountains and forests. Just like Yama, they cannot produce this precious spiritual tea. Yama has been trying to cultivate it artificially. It was not until Jiang You brought back a few pieces of spiritual soil that the planting staff opened their minds. The cultivation of spiritual objects is the project that the Logistics Department is focusing on this year.

"It seems that I can communicate with the Emei Sect in a while and ask them about their experience in cultivating spiritual animals."

Jiang You thought to himself.

At the tea table, the two outer sect elders were very silent. Jiang You didn't take the initiative to ask questions, so they silently served him tea.

Jiang You mainly talked with Gong Jianqiu.

Gong Jianqiu told Jiang You about the arrangements for the Emei Sect. Since the two knew each other, she was responsible for teaching Jiang You's swordsmanship. At the same time, Gong Jianqiu also made it clear that the core swordsmanship of the Emei Sect cannot be taught, but can only be taught. Some introductory swordsmanship and understanding and practice methods of swordsmanship.

Jiang You had no objection to this. This was how it should be. If Emei was enthusiastic when he came up and taught Jiang You his core swordsmanship, he would have to wonder if Emei had any thoughts about Yama.

After drinking a pot of tea, the two elders took their leave, and Jiang You and Gong Jianqiu got up and continued on their way.

As the host, Gong Jianqiu introduced the Emei Sect to him on the road. The Emei Sect has a total of five peaks. The first one is the Yingke Peak, which is used to receive visiting guests. Only when you walk through the Yingke Peak can it be considered official. Entered the Emei Sect.

The second peak, Xundao Peak, is where the outer gate of Emei is. When Jiang You walked to Xundao Peak, he saw that the top of the mountain seemed to have been flattened by someone with a sword. The top of the mountain was extremely flat. There were many palaces on it, and there were many disciples inside. Young Master, the disciples I met along the way were busy with their own affairs. There were two people practicing sword skills in an open space. Their movements were erratic and their swords were radiating with light. They perfectly reflected the characteristics of the swordsmanship's lightness and agility. Move, move around, the weapons will hardly collide.

Some people were sitting cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, breathing in and out. There were also three or four people gathered around an axe, chopping knife, and sword stele, staring cross-legged, as if they were studying the sword skills recorded in the sword stele.

Gong Jianqiu said: "There are no teachers in the Seeking Dao Peak. They are all seekers. Only those who have found their own way of swords can enter the inner gate! Those who cannot enter the inner gate within three months will be kicked out. !”

Jiang You couldn't help but clicked his tongue. It was obvious that the threshold of Emei was very high. It valued the understanding of its disciples very much. These disciples who could enter the outer sect were probably already extraordinary talents, but even so, there should still be many disciples who would join the outer sect. It was a waste of time and I stayed in Emei for three months and regretted leaving the mountain.

After walking through Xundao Peak, there is a large valley with a large number of spiritual plants planted in the valley. There are also tea trees on the slopes on both sides. The spiritual tea that Jiang You drinks comes from here.

Jiang You took a look and found that the number of tea trees was very rare. Also, for Emei, it was extremely difficult to grow Lingcha. This tea should be very precious and could no longer be measured by money.

In the valley, there are many people wearing bamboo hats tending to the spiritual trees.

"These people are disciples of the inner sect who also practice miscellaneous ways, and have received relevant tasks."

Emei classified all cultivation paths other than swordsmanship as miscellaneous paths.

After walking out of the valley, I saw a towering mountain suddenly appeared in front of me, and the white clouds only drifted to the mountainside.

From time to time, various sword lights flash across the mountain. It seems that flying with a sword is no longer a rare thing in the inner sect. Poor Chiyun cannot get the realm of sword control, but in front of Emei, the master of the air sect, the sword control realm , excellent inner disciples can achieve it.

This is the horror of the Dharma Lineage!

Gong Jianqiu took Jiang You on a tour. In addition to treating guests with courtesy, he also wanted to flex his muscles for Yan Luo and show off the sect's heritage through Jiang You's eyes. It seemed that Emei had the intention to cooperate with Yan Luo.

Jiang You thought to himself.

"This is where the inner gate is, Sword Peak."

Gong Jianqiu changed direction at this time and did not lead Jiang You into the inner gate. This place seemed to be the core of Emei and was not convenient for guests to visit. He led Jiang You all the way to the mountain called Zangjian Peak.

On the edge of the cliff at the top of the mountain, there is a villa built in a modern style. One-third of the building is cantilevered directly on the cliff. It is difficult to imagine that such a building can be found deep in the mountains.

This is the residence where Emei hosted Jiang You. Standing at the door was an old man in black, who was responsible for Jiang You's daily life. All he had to do was give orders to the old man for all his daily needs.

It was already getting late, and Gong Jianqiu and Jiang You agreed to officially start learning the way of the sword at six o'clock tomorrow.

Then he said goodbye to Jiang You, jumped off the cliff, and his sword turned into a sword light and flew into the sea of ​​clouds, disappearing without a trace.

The old man took the reins from Jiang You, tied the donkey to the tree outside the door, and then entered the room with Jiang You.

Although the appearance of the building is in a modern style, the decoration inside is antique and extremely luxurious. It was built specifically by Emei to receive high-status guests.

As soon as Jiang You entered the door, he was attracted by the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room. When he walked to the window, outside the window was a sea of ​​clouds. The soft sunset poured into the room. A red sunset sank above the sea of ​​clouds. A sea of ​​rosy clouds was reflected in the mountain breeze. tumbling among them.

The old man saw Jiang You admiring the beautiful scenery in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, so he moved a wooden case and placed it in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. First, he placed a white porcelain vase on the upper left corner of the wooden case. A plum blossom on the mouth of the bottle was particularly beautiful in the orange-red sunset.

Then the old man served Jiang You dinner. The dinner was not very sumptuous. They were all exquisite dishes that were beautifully presented. Although the portions were not large, they were all cooked with monster meat and spiritual plants.

Jiang You sat on the futon in front of the wooden desk, smelling the fragrance of flowers, watching the sun sink into the sea of ​​clouds little by little as time passed, and tasting delicious food.

It has to be said that although Emei's reception of Jiang You was not very grand, the arrangements were still very appropriate.

After all, Jiang You not only represents himself, but also represents Yama. Snuggling Jiang You is the same as neglecting Yama, and Emei senior officials cannot ignore it.

Jiang You ate very slowly. By the time he finished his meal and drank the last sip of plum wine to clear his mouth, a dark scene was already in front of him.

The old man walked up to Jiang You and told him that he would not disturb Jiang You and go back to the servant's room first. When Jiang You had something to tell him, he could just press the call button on the coffee table in the living room.

The best service staff will minimize their presence, but they will always be there for you when you need them.

Jiang You first went out to check on the donkey. The donkey was happily eating the food in the trough. Jiang You didn't even look up when he came.

This beast is extremely serious when eating, and will never stop eating unless something serious happens.

Jiang You smiled and kicked the donkey, "This beast just knows how to eat!"

Jiang You then went back to the bedroom, took a shower to wash away the dust and dust from the past few days, and then entered into his daily practice.

After Jiang You refined the Dongwang Stone Tablet, due to the lack of other refining materials, his cultivation of Gang Jin had to be suspended. At this time, his main cultivation was still Immortality Qi and Spiritual Power, which are the fundamentals of the fundamentals. Changsheng Qi repaired the shortcomings of his body. After these few days of practice and recovery, Jiang You will be able to fully recover after tonight.When you refine spiritual objects in the future, your mental power will directly determine the speed of your progress. The deeper you are, the more skillful you will be in the future.

On the second day, after Jiang You collected the purple energy, the old man knew that Jiang You got up early today. At around five o'clock in the morning, when Jiang You just left the bedroom, he had already arranged breakfast.

After Jiang You had breakfast, he boxed on the cliff to stretch his muscles and bones. Jiang You's boxing at this time was no longer limited to Baji. Among them, Hong Fist, Tai Chi and the moves he had seen when fighting enemies were all at his fingertips.

He also added his understanding of the way of yin and yang. As he waved his arms, the surrounding air began to flow around him, and the air began to become thicker. The mist from the mountains in the early morning also wrapped around his arms, and during the swing Pull out long white lines.

While Jiang You was boxing, Gong Jianqiu had already arrived. When he saw Jiang You practicing his boxing skills, he did not disturb him and stood quietly watching.

Although Gong Jianqiu specializes in swordsmanship, Emei is a major sect, and his disciples have a very broad vision in martial arts.

It was immediately apparent that Jiang You's attainments in boxing were already above those of the master. There was no distinction between boxing skills in his hands, only whether they were suitable or not.

This is how to turn decay into magic.

After Jiang You finished practicing a set of boxing techniques, he raised and pressed his palms to expel the cloud energy around him into the sea of ​​clouds, "I've kept you waiting for so long, fellow Taoist Palace!"

"To see such exquisite boxing skills, it's worth the wait."

"Haha, my swordsmanship is far behind. I'll have to ask fellow Taoist Gong to take care of me later!" Gong Jianqiu had also learned Jiang You's swordsmanship before. A good sword was unruly in his hands. Instead of slashing, he still followed the domineering path of overwhelming others. The weapon in his hand was like a sword or a fire stick, and it did not exhibit the characteristics of the sword at all.

However, Jiang You is no longer what he used to be. To teach Jiang You, you need to know Jiang You's swordsmanship level at this time before you can teach him according to his aptitude. Let's take a basic test first.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, let's learn from each other with sword moves, so that I can know how to teach at that level."

"Okay, let's show off our shame then!"

Jiang You pulled out the Shengxie Sword from his back. The Shengxie Sword had not yet recovered its strength, but simple slashing with the blade still had no damage to it.

Gong Jianqiu also turned her wrist, a blue light flashed, and a cold blue sword appeared in her hand.

After the fight between the two ended, Gong Jianqiu stood there for a long time, silent and thinking. Jiang You touched his nose, said nothing, and waited quietly.

It is true that I have not put any effort into swordsmanship, which is also my weakness. Everyone has their own strengths, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. Isn't the reason why I came to Emei just to make up for this shortcoming?
Gong Jianqiu finally spoke, "Actually, you should not be like this when you have practiced martial arts to this point. In the final analysis, swordsmanship is the way of killing. Many principles are the same as boxing. The sword technique, heart, hands, eyes, Step, spirit, rhyme, power, gong, speed, change, virtuality, solidity, softness, rigidity, lightness, heavyness, delay. You can do it easily. The reason why your swordsmanship has not improved yet, I think. The problem is with your ideas!”

Gong Jianqiu is worthy of being a disciple of the Emei sect. Once he has a fight with Jiang You, he can discover Jiang You's most fundamental problem. He doesn't think about Chi Yun, he only knows that he is wrong, but he doesn't know why he is wrong.

Jiang You felt happy after hearing this, thinking that he had indeed come to the right place, so he continued to listen to Gong Jianqiu.

"I think you have a biased understanding of swords and want to use swords to be domineering. This idea was actually very common in society before. In some novels, movies and TV shows, there are often some heavy swords and the like. , something bulkier than a spear and a spurge is simply ridiculous.

The reason why a sword is a sword is because of its lightness. If the sword becomes larger and heavier, and loses the characteristics of the sword, can it still be made into a sword? "

"But, as far as my strength is concerned, the weight of the sword will not have any impact on me at all!"

Jiang You had questions in his mind, so he expressed them directly.

"This is the crux of your problem, because you did not practice swordsmanship from the beginning. You have a certain level of strength. When facing the enemy, you will always find the most efficient way to move the sword with force. Naturally, You can win easily. You can win with a sword. After throwing away the sword, you can already win, and it will even be more convenient. The sword in your hand does not help, but becomes a restraint on your strength. Replace the sword in your hand with Nothing makes any difference to you.

But since you want to practice kendo, you have to take advantage of the characteristics that the sword has that other weapons do not have. Start from the most fundamental place. If you want to plant peach blossoms, but the seeds are apricot tree seeds, it will never be possible. On the day when the peach blossom blooms, it is because you held the sword with strength and ignored the lightness of the sword. You fundamentally went the wrong way, and you always lingered at the door of the palace. "

"That's the principle!"

Jiang You's understanding was not weak at all. After a little help from Gong Jianqiu, he immediately understood his shortcomings.

He became a monk halfway, and the reason why he practiced swordsmanship was entirely because he had the sword to defeat evil and awakened the sword energy to kill demons, and this happened to be an obstacle to his sword practice.

When using the sword, the purpose was to activate the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi. Later, the Victory Evil Sword gained spirituality. Jiang You still used the old method, simply and crudely treating it as a way to activate the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi and fly with the sword. The use of carrier has not exerted its due power at all.

Gong Jianqiu continued: "This can be clearly seen from your attacks. Most of your attacks are to force me to collide with you head-on, and then use your power to either cut off or hit the sword in my hand. Flying, thereby achieving victory, this should be influenced by your domineering Bajiquan, but the sword has never been said to be domineering. It is the way of the big gun, the big halberd, and the copper hammer. The sword is about lightness and agility. , Swift, you have also seen the fight between the two outer disciples on Xundao Peak before. Their swords rarely collide. When the spiritual energy is not revived, the blade is thin and thin, no matter what it is. Such a magical weapon will cause damage to the blade after a collision, and the sword body is not suitable for collision.

I think the sword in your hand is not an ordinary sword. This is also the reason why you can slash without restraint. It will not be damaged anyway. The most taboo thing in practicing swordsmanship is to use magic weapons from the beginning, because you are afraid of appearing like Questions like yours. "

Gong Jianqiu came to the point of Jiang You's analysis, and Jiang You accepted it humbly.

After finding out Jiang You's illness, Gong Jianqiu gave Jiang You an ordinary Qingfeng Sword and asked him to put the Shengxie Sword back into its scabbard and fight her with only the Qingfeng Sword.

Jiang You had deliberately avoided his mistakes this time, but when Gong Jianqiu pressed forward with his sword and put pressure on him, his long-term fighting habit still made him think of using his sword to blow him away.

When Jiang You blocked it, the long sword in his hand immediately broke into two pieces.

The two of them fought without any strength, without the blessing of yin and yang strength, this was the result.

Gong Jianqiu also turned around and retracted his hand, giving Jiang You a look, as if to say, look, without the Victory Evil Sword, your fighting style will be impossible.

Jiang You also discovered a very serious problem from this, that is, his fighting instincts were formed through repeated training to form an extremely mature and efficient fighting method.

But fighting with the correct way of using the sword conflicts with my original fighting method.

If you forcefully integrate, you will hesitate in future battles. This hesitation will slow you down too much!
Isn’t this like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon?
Jiang You truthfully informed Gong Jianqiu of the problems he discovered.

After all, Gong Jianqiu has many geniuses who have grown up with Jiang You. He has been immersed in spiritual practice for many years and has given an unbreakable point of view on Jiang You's problems. His fighting instinct is indeed powerful, but conflicts are a good thing. This is what he can do. The power to continue to progress. Is Jiang You's current fighting instinct the most powerful, perfect, and best one?

After hearing this, Jiang You no longer had any worries in his heart and immersed himself in the practice of swordsmanship.

Gong Jianqiu directly trained Jiang You on basic sword moves, fundamentally correcting his mistakes step by step.

Gong Jianqiu, one of Emei's best disciples, was able to teach this most basic sword move step by step, which shows the weight of Jiang You's letter of recommendation.

Similarly, after Gong Jianqiu had practiced swordsmanship to such an extent, he still had an extremely thorough understanding of basic sword moves, and held Jiang You's teachings to the highest standards.

But Jiang You has the strength of martial arts, and his mastery of his own muscles and strength is at the master level. Basically, what Gong Jianqiu said once, he can do it perfectly the second time.

By dusk, Jiang You was able to use the Emei basic swordsmanship taught to him by Gong Jianqiu to the point where she was blameless.

After that, Gong Jianqiu no longer taught moves, but taught Jiang You his understanding of kendo.

This is what Jiang You values ​​most during this visit.

He listened attentively and asked questions directly when he had any doubts. Gong Jianqiu also patiently explained in detail.

Under this condition, Jiang You's swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds in an extremely rapid manner.

"After all, you are already very accomplished in boxing. These things are not difficult for you. So there is no need to deliberately come to Emei to learn swordsmanship. What is the fundamental purpose of this time?"

Under a day's complementary teachings from famous teachers and apprentices, Jiang You has already mastered the art of swordsmanship, and has reached the point where he can enter the palace. Gong Jianqiu also knows that with Jiang You's status as the young master of Yama, the acquisition of this kind of teaching means a lot to him. It’s not difficult. There should be other purposes for this visit.

"I want to know how to practice sword energy!"

"Sure enough!" Gong Jianqiu smiled inwardly. Jiang You then asked about the core of Emei's Dharma lineage. Originally, this could not be spread to the outside world, but Emei could agree to Jiang You's visit and was well prepared for it. Yes, you still have to show some real skills.

"Sword Qi is actually developed by oneself. It is a special energy emitted by the sword. Apart from its characteristics, there is no difference in essence from other Qi you cultivate. The sword Qi that each person cultivates is different according to the method of cultivation. The ones that come out are also different, and they are divided into higher and lower levels according to the degree of difficulty. Our Emei Sect has a total of five techniques that can produce sword energy, but the ones we can teach you are only the most common techniques. This is already This is the limit of what Emei can do, I hope you don’t mind!”

Jiang You's purpose in wanting to practice sword energy was to try to see if he could use it to awaken his magical power: the demon-slaying sword energy. He didn't care about the quality of the sword energy he could develop.

Gong Jianqiu immediately described the exercises orally, and after Jiang Youji was remembered in his mind, Gong Jianqiu left under the sunset.

In this way, Emei's teaching to Jiang You can be regarded as complete. After all, Gong Jianqiu's time is extremely precious, and it is not easy to spare a day. In fact, Emei's request for her is only half a day, but because of the conflict between the two, After a few favors, Gong Jianqiu still taught for a whole day.

The technique Gong Jianqiu taught Jiang You is called "Autumn Water Sword". This technique has seven levels in total. Once you reach the seventh level, you can develop the Qiu Shui Sword Qi.

After Jiang You obtained the skill, logically speaking, his purpose in Emei had been achieved and he could leave. However, he felt that Emei had a good scenery, and he was a master of swordsmanship and air sect, and his spiritual energy was rich, so he planned to use the sword here. After practicing the Qi, leave again.

Emei didn't care about Jiang You's behavior for a long time. After all, he was a big sect, so he would be petty, and his various benefits were not reduced at all.

In fact, Jiang You also had another intention to wait for Emei to find Yama to cooperate. When he went into the mountain before, he noticed this intention, but Gong Jianqiu did not speak for a long time. If it had been in the past, Jiang You would have felt that he would Wrong meaning, Emei didn't mean this at all, but after being influenced by old foxes like Fifth Master and the Righteous Alliance, he would no longer think so.

After all, if Emei spoke first, he would be in a passive situation, and future cooperation would be difficult to discuss. They just hinted that they wanted Jiang You to speak, so as to gain a certain right to speak.

Jiang You smiled. Anyway, he was practicing swordsmanship here. After practicing the sword spirit, Emei still didn't speak. It seemed that the necessity of such cooperation was not great. He could just leave by himself.

After thinking about it clearly, Jiang You began to have a pleasant time practicing "Autumn Water Sword".

(End of this chapter)