I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 27 Guo Fengxiao said: Brother, you are finished
In front of Hulao Pass, the sharp sword intent on the city wall was as cold as a biting cold wind.

The closer Wang Jing got, the more he could feel the pressure on his heart, as if a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds was hanging above his head.

When he was nine feet away from the city wall, he stopped.

Just because he instinctively sensed a huge crisis, his subconscious seemed to urge him to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

At this time, there were already three people in front of the wall.

The leader had a stern face, raised eyebrows, and held a long sword without any decoration in his arms. He exuded a sharp temperament.

And he was only three meters away from the city wall.

The second person was in high spirits and behaved calmly. He sat sideways with his legs spread out, six feet away from the city wall, in a lazy posture. Only his eyes were as bright as stars and as deep as an ancient well, with no bottom to be seen.

As for the third person, he wore a conical hat and a straw raincoat, and did not show his true face. But just by looking at his hand on the sword at his waist, one could tell that he was extremely cautious and a brave and aggressive person.

He was standing seven feet away from the city wall. After his eyes passed over Wang Jing, they quickly retracted. He continued to close his eyes and sense the sword intent on the city wall.

After the Overlord left his move, Hulao Pass has become one of the most famous martial arts holy places in the world for hundreds of years.

Every day, countless swordsmen and knifemen come here and stop in front of the pass, hoping to use the sword marks on the city wall to sharpen their will and mind.

When the late Emperor Liu Hong first ascended the throne, he erected nine stone tablets in front of the city wall, named Sword-Testing Stones, in an effort to recruit heroes from all over the world to serve the court.

Nine sword marks, nine feet distance.

Every time they walked one zhang (10 feet) further, they could leave their moves and carve marks on a stone tablet to prove their strength.

So far, only Sword Saint Wang Yue and Knife Lord Lu Zheng in the world have been able to successfully test their swords on the eighth stone tablet, leaving two marks, one from the sword and one from the knife.

However, the last stone tablet remained blank, with no one leaving any mark on it.

At this time, many ordinary people had gathered in front of Hulao Pass to watch the fun. They were all ordinary people with dusty minds and dull five senses. They could not perceive the magnificent sword intent emanating from the sword mark at all.

Only masters, with keen perception and the power of thought, can feel what is in their hearts.

Several wealthy young men in fancy clothes broke out in sweat when they saw Wang Jing standing nine feet away. They stopped in their tracks and immediately started to sneer with a mixture of jealousy and resentment: "Who is this guy? He is so unbearable that he won't even be able to pass the first level."

"I don't know, but I know the person ranked first."

"Oh? Being able to walk a distance of six meters already makes him a rare master in the world. And he's still so young. Which family does he come from?"

"Haha, his name is Shi A, how can he be handsome? He just got lucky and became a disciple of the Sword Saint."

One of them said with disdain, as if as long as he wanted, he could also become Wang Yue's disciple.

Not all the children of wealthy families can become talented. Most of them are mediocre in talent, neither good at literature nor martial arts. But they can see the mountains, so they can't stand their own mediocrity.

To the extent that they can only maintain their pitiful and humble self-esteem by maintaining a superior attitude and belittling others.

It’s a pity that they don’t even have the qualifications to participate now and can only stand aside and watch.

At this moment, Wang Jing had no time to care about the various looks and gazes from the people around him. His eyes were solemn, and he knew that this was already his limit.

The distance was nine zhang, and one had to reach the middle to be eligible to hold back a move. But for him, let alone the middle, just taking the first step was extremely difficult.

His body seemed to be deeply hypnotized. There was clearly only a flat ground in front of him, but when Wang Jing looked up, all he saw was a towering mountain of knives.

The soul feels as if pierced by a sharp sword. That kind of pain is simply unbearable for those with weak wills.

As a technology geek from modern society, how could Wang Jing endure such hardship?

"No wonder this place has become a holy place for martial arts. Just a few steps here can sharpen one's spirit and will... This is like walking up a mountain of swords. To be able to walk the entire way without changing one's expression and endure the mental pain, even a pig can complete the spiritual transformation, right?"

After secretly sighing in his heart, Wang Jing tried seriously several times, and finally had to admit that he really did not have that kind of iron will and was a complete waste.

"It seems that my martial arts willpower alone can only stop here..."

However, Wang Jing did not give up. After all, if he could not pass the test by normal means, he could use cheats.

"Report your identity and start hosting mode!"

Wang Jing's eyes flickered, and deep in his pupils, there was a stream of light. His body had successfully come online and took over control of his body.

As an artificial intelligence without emotions, what is there to fear even if there is a mountain of swords ahead?

Take one step...

hum~
It seemed as if there were bursts of buzzing in my ears, but in fact it was the vibration coming from the soul.

In an instant, an invisible sharp blade came with the wind and slashed at Wang Jing's consciousness, like a wind knife or a frost sword, scraping away human flesh and bones.

The pain of having flesh and blood cut off by a sword is almost the same as the torture of lingchi, which is unbearable for ordinary people.

However, Wang Jing had already disconnected the link and handed over everything to his reward body. The pain of soul-tearing was completely borne by his reward body, the clone, and could not fall on his main god at all.

After a while, the sword wind stopped and the torture ended.

The name of this move suddenly emerged in Wang Jing’s mind—Divine Sharp Shadow.

After this baptism and tempering, all the distracting thoughts in the soul were cut off by the sword wind, and the form of the soul of the retribution body became much purer, like colorless glass, transparent inside and out.

It was as if the dust on the soul had been carefully wiped away by someone.

Wang Jing's eyes lit up: "Using sword will as a whetstone, so this is what it means to sharpen one's will! The effect is indeed remarkable. No wonder the sword masters in the world all praise this place so much!"

At this time, the crowd eating onlookers in front of Hulao Pass were in shock.

"He actually managed to pass the first level?"

"There's no reason for that. Weren't you standing there sweating just now?"

Many people showed expressions of disbelief, some were puzzled, but more were envious and jealous.

Being able to leave a move on the Sword-Testing Stone is such an honor, who in the world wouldn't want it?

It’s a pity that those who can do it are all talented heroes selected from thousands of people. Ordinary people can forget about it.

'Wang Jing' did not stop there. After comprehending the first sword intent, he continued to move forward.

Under the astonished gazes of the people around him, he walked a distance of ten feet towards the second stone tablet.

huh~
In the spiritual consciousness, a stream of light came from the sky and suddenly arrived.

The sword light is dazzling and unstoppable.

It was the second sword intention, the divine rainbow opened the way!
In the Battle of Julu, the Overlord was at a disadvantage, but he fought bravely, burned his boats, and cleared a path with his sword. He finally carved out a bloody path out of the desperate situation, and the 120 Qin passes finally belonged to Chu!
If you want to break through this barrier, you must not retreat in the face of danger and must move forward courageously.

The sword light broke through the air, but Baoshen remained calm and continued to move forward without emotion. Even though his consciousness was damaged, he did not stop for a moment.

The second level, broken!
"Passed two levels in a row?"

"In the nearly four hundred years since Overlord kept his moves, there are probably no more than ten people who can break through two levels in a row, right?"

"To be exact, only seventeen people have done it, and as long as they didn't die prematurely, they all became world-famous masters in the end."

"For ordinary masters, even if they can break through the first level, their minds and spirits have already been exhausted, and it is difficult for them to survive the second level. This boy is truly a stunning talent. Where is his talent from?"

"It is said that he is from the Wang family of Taiyuan and is the second son of Prince Shi."

"The Wang family is so lucky to have such a unicorn child. Master Wang Zi is so lucky."

"Haha, that's hard to say. What if my brother is looking at me from the wall? The human heart is hard to predict, and the sea is hard to measure."

At this time, in the Taiyuan Wang family's convoy, Wang Ling looked at Wang Yun excitedly: "Uncle, my second brother has passed two levels in a row. He is really talented!"

Wang Yun was overjoyed and felt relieved, but then he thought of something. He sighed and called his eldest son Wang Gai to him and told him, "Jixuan, the family business will eventually be inherited by you, but the current situation is turbulent. Even though my Taiyuan Wang family is deeply rooted, we need to diversify the risks. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Gai quickly assured: "Don't worry, father. I will never have any grudges against my second brother because of this. As the saying goes, brothers are united and their strength is strong. Now that my second brother is more outstanding, I, as the eldest brother, can't wait to be happy. How can I be jealous?"

It has to be said that Wang Yun's teaching by words and deeds was quite successful. At least among the descendants of the Wang family in Taiyuan, there might be some useless ones, but there was absolutely no one who was extreme in character and did evil.

After all, with Wang Yun's character of being able to vent his anger on everyone he dislikes, if any of the clan members dared to commit a crime, he would have been punished according to his family rules long ago.

Just when everyone thought that Wang Jing would stop after breaking through two levels in a row, he took another step forward.

At this time, Wang Yun no longer cared about Wang Gai. He stared at Wang Jing and was secretly worried about him.

Seven feet away, the third sword intent!

High in the sky, the glittering seven-colored phoenix feathers flew across the air, and in one's mind, one could hear the clear and vast sound of a phoenix cry, resounding through the clouds.

Zheng~
The first sword struck directly at the face, slashing down vertically.

Hug your body to face it, don't dodge or avoid.

The second sword spun around and attacked from behind, slashing horizontally.

Bao Shen walked calmly, neither dodging nor giving way. This move was the third sword intention, divine wings flying back!

The two swords seemed to overlap in time and space, and they actually slashed at Wang Jing's consciousness at the same time. The consciousness form of Baoshen was suddenly divided into four and broke apart.

If it were an ordinary person, after this move, even if he didn't die, his mind would be severely damaged by the interference of his terrified instinctive consciousness.

But his body felt no pain at all, nor any fear or hesitation, as if having his spiritual consciousness cut was just a minor insignificant injury.

In a moment, the divine consciousness gathered again and returned to its original form.

Wang Jing observed from the side and suddenly understood: "The sword intent of this move should be to tell the person being tested that divine thoughts have no fixed form. The reason why they gather into human form is due to human's own thinking habits. As long as you eliminate the interference of negative emotions such as fear and terror, and firmly believe that you will not die, you will never die. Even if you are injured, you can re-condense your divine thoughts and recover as before..."

Although the principle is simple, just like acrophobia, it is not easy to overcome the fear in your heart.

However, Wang Jing directly used plug-ins to pass the level. Baoshen adhered to the operating mechanism of artificial intelligence. He didn't care about you so much and just passed the level in the simplest and most brutal way.

Mental pain?

The divine consciousness is damaged?

nonexistent!

As long as the soul is still there, the challenge will not stop.

Baoshen continued to take a step forward, and this step also caused the onlookers to gasp.

"I passed three levels in a row!"

"In the past four hundred years, the number of people who have been able to pass three levels in a row can be counted on one hand, right?"

"In the past hundred years, only Sword Saint Wang Yue and Sword Lord Lu Zheng have been able to pass three levels in a row. Could it be that one more level will be added to the four levels of martial arts soon?"

"How can this boy be compared with the Sword Saint and the Sword Master? It's impossible, absolutely impossible, I don't believe it!"

Many people were hit hard.

Just because Wang Jing's face is too young and unknown, how can he be compared with the idol in their hearts?

Unfortunately, their words could not reach Wang Jing's ears, and could not shake Baoshen, an emotionless artificial intelligence.

Bao Shen did not stop, but continued to move forward with his posture upright.

The fourth sword intention, divine thunder shakes the world!

The thunder rolled in with great force and majestic appearance.

However, he was free from worries and fears, and walked calmly, allowing the thunder and lightning to strike his body.

Endless thunder and lightning will completely devour the body.

After the lightning dissipated, the body was not damaged at all. Instead, it absorbed the power of thought contained in the sword intent and strengthened its own spiritual consciousness.

And Wang Jing's mind seemed to be nourished, becoming bright and his gaze became heavy.

Although thunder destroys, it also contains vitality!
Only by facing this destruction can you gain the infinite vitality that follows!
Break through four levels in a row!

Unprecedented!

In front of Hulao Pass, the onlookers knew what to say.

Just now some people were arguing whether Wang Jing could become the new pinnacle of martial arts, but now everyone was silent and stunned.

Breaking through four levels in a row and covering a distance of four meters at a time, this kind of thing is simply unheard of!

Even Sword Saint Wang Yue and Knife Lord Lu Zheng, who came here to hone their martial arts will in their youth, were exhausted after breaking through three levels in a row. They were unable to advance any further and had to recuperate first before coming here again to seek a breakthrough.

Wang Jing knew nothing about this. He only knew that Wang Yue and Lu Zheng were both top masters who had walked a distance of eight zhang and successfully left a move on the eighth stone tablet.

Therefore, Wang Jing did not realize how shocking it was that he had broken through four levels in a row.

All we can say is that humans have their limits after all. Even the invisible and intangible mind will feel tired and exhausted due to external intrusions.

But artificial intelligence doesn’t!
As long as it is still alive, artificial intelligence will carry out its master's instructions without complaint or regret, regardless of weather conditions, and is the perfect tool.

As a tool, you won't feel tired as it's just basic operation and you can keep using it until it's completely damaged.

The fifth sword intention, divine light in the sunset!

The sixth sword intention, the divine and powerful slash!

The seventh sword intent, divine power and heaven’s wrath!
The eighth sword intention, the divine mind is boundless!

As everyone was shocked to numbness and stared at them with dull eyes, Wang Jing kept moving forward without stopping until he finally arrived in front of the ninth stone tablet.

The violent sword intent is like the sun falling from the sky, the overbearing sword intent is like the clanging of a god, the mighty sword intent is like the anger of the sky bringing down disasters, and the infinite sword intent is like the origin of all things at the beginning of the universe.

Every move and every style has the power to topple mountains and seas and shake the earth.

But it could never shake the cold and ruthless mind of the body, just like natural disasters can make humans despair, but cannot shake the robot's intelligent program in the slightest.

Finally, Bao Shen stopped in front of the city wall, because this road had reached its end.

The last stone tablet is at the foot of the city wall.

The stone tablet is made of black iron slag through the ritual of fire. It is about seven feet high and weighs more than ten thousand pounds. Its surface is polished to be smooth and hard, like a mirror.

It is difficult to leave a mark on it unless you are a top expert.

As for the ninth sword-testing stone, no one has successfully tested the sword on it so far, that the stone tablet is covered with a thick layer of dust.

Bao Shen raised his head, his eyes fixed on the last sword mark.

This is the last sword mark and also the deepest sword mark carved into the wall. Even after years of erosion, it still exudes a strong martial arts truth. The power of thought and energy gathers and does not disperse, condensing into an unparalleled sword intent.

The momentum is magnificent and overwhelming!
Xiang Yu, the King of Western Chu, was born with a vision, double pupils in his eyes, extraordinary spirit, and unprecedented talent and aptitude. When he was young, he traveled around the world with his uncle Xiang Liang.

Later, in order to revive the State of Chu, he risked his life to go deep into the ten most desolate places to retrieve the Chu State's national defense skill "Tian Wei Jiu Ge" and accidentally obtained the Zhou Dynasty's emperor's martial arts "Phoenix Sky Sword".

Although the sword manual was only a fragment, and Xiang Yu did not have the slightest aura of an emperor at that time.

However, he still used his extraordinary understanding to comprehend nine sword moves of his own from these two peerless magical skills, and named them "Divine Feather Sword Sutra".

Such talent is unparalleled throughout the ages.

This last sword was also the one that Xiang Yu was most proud of in his life. It was a stunning sword move he created for himself.

Shen Yu Liekong!

As the sword thrusts out, the thoughts and energy boil over.

A domineering, brutal, unretreatable, life-or-death sword intent came crashing down like a mountain.

Then came the boundless sword shadows that filled the sky and the earth, as powerful as a rushing river and blazing flames across the sky, finally turning into a waterfall of flaming swords that poured down on the top of the head.

The myriad sword intentions condensed from thought energy are layered upon layer, endless.

In the void, a torrent of red flames fell from the sky, constantly piercing Wang Jing's soul, as if to completely annihilate him in the raging fire.

After a while, the sword waterfall that seemed to be the Chihe Falling from the Sky disappeared, and the divine consciousness of Baoshen also became much thinner. It was obvious that the power of his mental energy had been greatly depleted by the just-affected impact.

Boom~
Deep in Wang Jing's sea of ​​consciousness, a phoenix shadow appeared at some point.

This phoenix has nine souls in one body. When it flaps its wings and flies, huge waves are raised in the sea of ​​consciousness, which makes Wang Jing's soul stronger and his thinking power increases by a large amount out of thin air. It is simply incredible.

As a result, the incarnation that was originally planned to be created in another half a year can now be created ahead of schedule!

Even the growth of this kind of thinking power is far from reaching its peak.

Wang Jing couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised: "Divine thought inheritance? I didn't expect that I would encounter such a good thing when I went out?"

At the same time, the sword intent that originally enveloped this place also dissipated, so that the sword marks on the wall gradually became dim and no longer as mysterious as before.

The three people who had been quietly comprehending the sword intent without making any sound before also looked at Wang Jing.

Among them, the young scholar who was sitting sideways and had an elegant demeanor stood up and walked in front of Wang Jing: "Brother, you are in big trouble."

Wang Jing was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

"I am Guo Fengxiao from Yingchuan. I passed by Chenggao this time. I have long admired the Overlord's Move, so I came here to comprehend it. However, you don't know that the sword power inheritance here is not ownerless. You can use the sword power to sharpen yourself, but taking it away directly is the way to death."

Shi A held a long sword in his arms, walked up to Wang Jing with a stern face, and gave him a thumbs up in admiration: "If you can see the sun tomorrow, I will definitely make you my friend."

Wang Jing: ???
Seeing Wang Jing still looking at a loss, Guo Jia had to reveal the truth: "Ten years ago, the Sword Saint and the Sword Master already had the ability to leave a move on the ninth stone tablet, but they didn't. Because they can't afford to offend the owner of this inheritance. Brother... you'd better pray for yourself..."

(End of this chapter)