Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu saw the power of the "Magic Sword", and sighed that the senior who carved the words on the wall was a man of great virtue, and became more determined to practice the "Magic Sword".

No wonder Sun Hewu asked him to read it through first. He had just read the ninth sword. As far as the original text was concerned, he did not deliberately understand the true meaning. He just glanced at the numbers with his eyes. He had no first impression of hundreds of There were so many knives, but they were by no means too few, just ninety-nine.

Nine is the ultimate number. Apart from "one" which symbolizes the beginning of numbers, Taoist people prefer this number the most.

From nine to ninety-nine, there is a ninety in between. Qi Xuansu wants to read through the original text of "Magic Sword", but he is still far away.

Qi Xuansu fell into meditation for a moment. The next step was to recover the injuries on his body and the consumed energy. The key was to recover the energy spent in the fight and prepare for the next fight.

In the previous fight, Qi Xuansu was not prepared at all, lost the initiative, and rashly used the unskilled "Innate Divine Calculation". It was tantamount to trapping himself, making one mistake every step, and ultimately losing the whole game, so Qi Xuansu felt that if he did well enough Prepare to do it again and never stop at the ninth knife.

Half an hour later, Qi Xuansu completed his recovery and felt that his energy and spirit had been adjusted to the peak state. He no longer used the hand knife or the "ghost knife", but directly took out the "Feiying" from the Sumeru object, and then immersed it in the wall in the text above.

Not long after, the knife-wielding figure appeared in front of Qi Xuansu again and charged towards Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu did not dodge, raised the "Feiying" in his hand, and faced him directly from the front.

This time, Qi Xuansu no longer deliberately used trickery, but relied on his own experience, intuition, and instinct to fight against this figure.

The two of them were fighting together. It couldn't be called a competition of skills at all. It was simply a fight of life and death. It wasn't fancy or pretty, but it was absolutely fatal.

Between the two swords intertwined, there are only ever-changing combinations of basic sword moves. They can be as simple or as direct as possible.

From this, Qi Xuansu understood the first true meaning of "Magic Knife" - the art of killing.

This is a pure killing technique. The reason why Song Zheng created this technique was not to pass it on to future generations, nor to teach it to his disciples, nor to prove or explore anything. It was purely so that he could kill people more efficiently.

Kill one and make a river of blood, kill one and make a mountain of bones, and kill one and kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Song Zheng was born in troubled times. It was a world where human life was as cheap as grass. There were famines, plagues, and wars. The land was literally thousands of miles away, and the fields were filled with bones. Even ten houses were empty, and people had to change their sons to eat. He is a person who is used to seeing life and death, and he is also a person who doesn't care about life and death. There is absolutely no moral burden in this sword, so there is no hesitation at all.

Only by getting rid of the constraints without hesitation can you hope to maximize the word "fast".

However, compared to the last time when he was in a hurry, Qi Xuansu made great progress this time. He persisted until the eighteenth blow before his throat was cut with a knife and he was defeated.

But Qi Xuansu was not satisfied.

Because there is no substantial difference between Qi Xuansu and that figure. They have the same level of cultivation, and the same physique, true energy, and physical strength. As a result, Qi Xuansu was "cut off the horse" with a sword in his hand within twenty swords. This is pure skill. He is inferior to others and has no excuses. This is also the first time Qi Xuansu has encountered an opponent in the same situation who can crush him in a life-and-death fight.

Qi Xuansu sat on the ground, slowly recalling the sword moves performed by that figure, and tried to imitate them, but Qi Xuansu found it difficult to imitate.

The reason is very simple. To put it nicely, these sword moves are called adaptability, and to put it worse, they are chaotic. They change completely according to the changes of Qi Xuansu. They are like a set of sword skills created specifically to crack the "Dayan Spirit Sword". .

From this, Qi Xuansu roughly understood one thing. The essence of the "magic sword" does not lie in the sword's moves, but in its true meaning, that is, the basic concept and logic. Therefore, the threshold for this Dacheng method is relatively high. It requires a certain foundation of sword skills. It is best to have rich experience in life and death combat. If you replace it with a person who does not know how to use a sword, or a Huayuan Taoist priest who has not experienced a life and death battle, There is simply no way to start.

It just so happened that Qi Xuansu was the kind of person who had a certain foundation in swordsmanship and was experienced in life-and-death battles.

In the next few hours, Qi Xuansu tried several more times, and the longest one lasted until the twenty-fourth blow, which was not easy. Because the figure that emerged from the text is not static. It is not that Qi Xuansu can pass the level by memorizing his moves. Instead, it has new changes as Qi Xuansu changes his moves, forcing Qi Xuansu to speculate, imitate, understand, and deconstruct its characteristics. When it comes to the logic and principles of using a sword, you must know what it is and why it is so that you can resist it.

Although the "Magic Knife" is like a wild beast, driven by instinct, the hunting instinct of the beast is also honed from hunting again and again, and it can hunt before it is born.

This is the reason why Qi Xuansu keeps practicing now.

For Qi Xuansu, practicing swordsmanship is not a hard task, and being slashed by that figure a few times is nothing. He is not gritting his teeth and persevering. On the contrary, he is enjoying it, unaware of the passage of time.

During this period, Sun Hewu also came here several times, but seeing that Qi Xuansu was immersed in it and showed no signs of losing control and going crazy, he did not disturb him and was happy to study next door.

The reason why the old man readily agreed to give Qi Xuansu advice was, firstly, because of Zhang Yuelu's face and favor, and secondly, because it would not delay his business. Even if Qi Xuansu didn't come to him for advice, he would still have the book "Xuanxuan" written by the five great masters of the Five Dynasties. After reading the "Notes on Shengxiang Er", I can give guidance to the younger generation while reading, without wasting too much time.

As for why he came to read this book that was written not long ago at a very old age, there are two main reasons.

First, because one has to live and learn, and no one can read all the books in the world.

The second reason is that "thinking about your notes" means that you have a new understanding after reading it and do not agree with the public's interpretation. In other words, after reading Xuansheng's works, the Five Dynasties Grand Masters came up with many new ideas, which were even different from the orthodox interpretations of the past.

If the Grand Master of the Five Dynasties was just an ordinary figure, this book was destined to become a banned book. Unfortunately, this was the Grand Master who represented the orthodoxy of the Tao sect, so it became the orthodoxy of the Tao sect. There were two official interpretations that conflicted with each other. It is not easy for people to make rash judgments. I can only say that this book is quite controversial, and only old scholars like Sun Hewu, whose thoughts and concepts have been fully formed, will read it. Young people will inevitably be confused after reading it.

In the next few days, Qi Xuansu has been trying to read through the original text of "Magic Sword" here, and finally stopped at the forty-eighth sword.

Then Sun Hewu interrupted Qi Xuansu's continued enlightenment, because June 15th was here, and the upper palace of Wanxiang Taoist Palace was about to undergo a three-month total closure. At the same time, a ceremony would be held in Qianyuan, mainly the Palm Palace. The great master gave a lecture, clarified the meaning and arrangements for the next three months, and encouraged these juniors to move forward and do their best for the Taoist sect.

After all, the Taoist priests of the Fourth Grade Wine Festival can be regarded as the mainstay of the Taoist sect. After they leave the Shang Palace, most of them will hold certain positions. This is an indispensable step.

Qi Xuansu could only leave this place temporarily.

Sun Hewu simply gave the key to this place to Qi Xuansu and allowed Qi Xuansu to come and go freely. He just told Qi Xuansu not to go where he couldn't go. If there was any trouble, he would not show mercy and would deal with it seriously.

Sun Hewu also wanted to attend such an occasion, so the two of them went together to Qianyuan.

Naturally, it attracted a lot of attention along the way. A young Taoist priest of the fourth grade was traveling with a Taoist priest of the second grade Taiyi who held a high position in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace. Many people began to speculate that this was another Taoist priest. Which family's young master?

Arriving at the auditorium, Qi Xuansu found that all the Daomen's auditoriums seemed to be similar, imitating the layout of the Golden Tower. Even someone like him who couldn't even enter the Zifu gate could roughly imagine what the Golden Tower looked like.

Qi Xuansu also found that their position arrangement was also very particular. The Taoist priests of the fourth grade wine offering were all in the front row, which was roughly equivalent to the position of the real people. The preparatory and candidate wine offerings could only sit in the back, which was roughly equivalent to the position of the real people. The location of one hundred and eight real people observing.

Of course, the auditorium here has many more seats than the Golden Tower, definitely more than one hundred and forty-four.

Qi Xuansu was placed in the front row. He estimated that if this was in Jinque, this position would belong to either Master Cihang or Master Qingwei. Diagonally opposite him was the expressionless Yao Pei. Thanks to Yao Pei. , attracted the attention of most people, causing many fewer people to pay attention to him.

Yao Pei has been closing his eyes to rest, indifferent to the many probing glances, and has not spoken to Qi Xuansu anymore. This is also reasonable. After all, he is a Taoist scholar who is as famous as Zhang Yuelu. He has his own arrogance, and there is a Zhang Yuelu who can match him. It's incredible to be interested in Xuan Su. Strictly speaking, Li Changge, the young ancestor of the Li family, is probably also a little interested in Qi Xuan Su because of "Xuan Yu". If Yao Pei is added to the mix, he will really be regarded as Liu. He is the illegitimate son of the Grand Master.

Opposite to this are the positions of the senior officials of the Dao Palace. If placed in Jinque, they correspond to the positions of the Grand Master, Deputy Master, and Great Masters.

In today's Golden Palace, the position of the Grand Master has always been vacant. Even if the Grand Master takes turns to preside over the discussion, he can only hold the back of the chair and cannot sit on it openly.

The situation in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace is similar. The position of the Grand Master of the Palm Palace is vacant. It seems that the Grand Master of the Palm Palace has not returned from Jinque yet. An assistant will lecture on behalf of the Grand Master of the Palm Palace. In any case, This is also a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, who is fully qualified.

However, what disappoints Qi Xuansu is that these instructions do not have much real meaning. They are all official clichés, boring and boring. The speaker has no intention and the listener has no intention. It is no wonder that the upper palace has now become a place for going through the motions.

Qi Xuansu had already begun to miss the stone room full of words.