The middle-aged man continued, "Me, you can call me...... Forget it, it's just a name, don't mention it, now I tell you, this little sapling in front of you is your sword heart, he can grow, thrive, but he can also wither, wither in an instant, whether to continue to thrive or wither, it's all up to your thoughts. ”

The middle-aged man didn't know what the reason was, he didn't want to reveal his name, and only revealed the word "Fang", according to Li Cheng's guess, it should be the strong man on the Sword Saint Fang Xun's ancestor, in this way, the Fang family is really a sword cultivation family!

Li Cheng continued to ask: "It's all up to me? This is my sword heart, where is this place, and why did I suddenly come to this place?"

After listening to Li Cheng's doubts, the middle-aged man continued to explain to Li Cheng, and his words were very detailed: "You are not from my family, and there are some things that I am inconvenient to reveal to you, but my junior actually intends to make you his disciple, I can talk to you."

Entering the Sword Shrine, you will be oppressed by the sword intent from beginning to end, and the more you go inside the sword shrine, the more powerful the sword intent will be, until a golden sword appears in front of you, and you will enter this sword heart world. If it weren't for the wonder of the sword shrine, it would not be easy for a talented sword cultivator to cultivate a sword heart with his own strength. ”

"Golden Greatsword, but I didn't see any golden greatsword!" Li Cheng said strangely, because he really didn't see any golden greatsword, but he came to this place unconsciously.

"Didn't see it?" Hearing this, the middle-aged man also showed an expression of disbelief, as if he was questioning the truth of what Li Cheng said.

Li Chengwang saw the middle-aged man's puzzled expression, and added again: "Senior, what I said is true, I really didn't see any golden sword, I have no reason to lie." ”

"Perhaps, it's because you're not from my family, and you don't have the blood relationship of the Fang family...... You don't have to worry about this, now, do your best to cultivate your sword heart!" The middle-aged man thought about it, and didn't worry too much, but let Li Cheng start to cultivate that sword heart full of powerful sword intent.

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man added meaningfully: "This sword heart you have bred is very powerful, if you don't have a hundred years of hard work, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cultivate into a real sword heart!"

"One hundred years! This ......" Li Cheng was shocked when he heard this, and he almost didn't get angry, how could he have a hundred years to cultivate the sword heart now!

The middle-aged man saw Li Cheng's worry at a glance, so he hurriedly comforted and explained: "Swordsman, you will always be lonely and lonely. I can see what worries you are in, and you don't need to worry, the time here is different from the outside world, and when you leave this space, it will be the same time as when you came in, and you won't get half a minute old. ”

"Well, in the next hundred years, you will be lonely, lonely, everything will be endured by yourself, you only need to have a sword in your heart every moment, think about the sword momentum, sword moves, you can make the sword heart continue to grow. After saying that, the middle-aged man came out of thin air and disappeared without a trace, as if he had never come.

"A hundred years......" Li Cheng looked at the sapling in front of him a little helplessly, a hundred years of loneliness, he had never endured it, they all said that the swordsman was lonely, Li Cheng was not a mature sword cultivator so far, maybe it was because the loneliness he experienced was not enough.

Li Cheng thought for a while, and found that the saplings began to show signs of withering, which almost frightened Li Cheng, so he didn't dare to be distracted, and immediately guarded his mind and began to comprehend swordsmanship.

Sure enough, as the middle-aged man said, as long as Li Cheng has a sword in his heart, then the sapling will thrive, but he must also have a sword in his heart at all times, and he must not stop for a moment, otherwise the sapling will start to wither immediately.

A hundred years of loneliness begins here!

Li Cheng made up his mind that the sword heart must be cultivated, with his kendo talent, if he couldn't become a real sword cultivator, it would be too condescending, so he had to let himself cultivate the sword heart and become a generation of sword cultivators.

Li Chengcheng has always been thinking about the sword in his heart, and he does not dare to waver at all, for fear that his efforts will be wasted because of a moment of laxity.

At first, Li Cheng felt that life was unbearable, but as the days passed, he seemed to begin to adapt to this lonely life, he was born in a world without sound, lonely to the extreme, and his sense of hearing seemed to be abolished.

Unconsciously, ten years have passed, and ten years of hard work have lived up to Li Cheng's hopes, and the little sapling has changed from a small sapling ten years ago to a thriving little tree now.

After another ten years, Li Cheng's face has not been shaved, and now the beard has covered the corners of his mouth, his hair has grown to his hips, and his clothes have begun to tatte.

After another ten years, thirty years later, the small sapling has gradually taken on the shadow of a big tree from the original small sapling, and the first silver filament has appeared on Li Cheng's head, which looks so dazzling.

And now Li Cheng is also familiar with this lonely life, at the beginning, he may say something to himself, or talk to the little sapling in front of him, but now, he has not said a word for almost a few years.

Enduring loneliness like this, he didn't know if he would be able to speak, because he had no distractions, he only had the sword in his heart, the eternal sword, and his understanding of the sword was much deeper.

Another four decades have passed, and seventy years later, Li Cheng is no longer the handsome young man he used to be, and now there are a lot of wrinkles on his face, layer by layer.

His gray hair was long, for it had never been cut, and the ground around him was covered with his hair, and his white beard, and he was now a drooping old man.

And the little sapling has become a big tree, a towering tree, but I don't know when it will bloom and when it will bear fruit, but Li Cheng thought to himself that this day should not be too long.

He has been waiting for seventy years, and he is not in a hurry for this moment and a half, he has time to wait, and he has already adapted to this loneliness.

In the midst of endless waiting, finally ninety years later, a towering tree was full of white jasmine-like flowers, which looked so pleasing and beautiful.

Li Cheng sat alone under the towering tree, his face was full of wrinkles, his breathing became sluggish, he was no longer what he used to be, he looked like he would die at any time, but he would not die, and if he didn't wait until the flowers bloomed and fell, and the moment they bore fruit, how could he die easily, like this, wouldn't the hundred years of waiting be in vain?

Finally, a hundred years have passed, the flowers have fallen to the ground one by one, turning into nothingness, and among the lush towering trees, among the countless branches and leaves, finally a fruit has burst out, the fruit is cyan, and there is also a sword-shaped rune engraved on it.

Li Cheng looked up at the big tree, and before he knew it, the fruit had actually ripened, and finally fell and landed on Li Cheng's chest, but it merged into Li Cheng's body and Li Cheng's heart.

From this moment on, Li Cheng's heart is no longer just an ordinary heart, but a sword heart, the heart of sword intent.

With the integration of Kenshin, the white hair on Li Cheng's head began to turn black and lighter along with the white beard, becoming shorter, as if it had been retracted into his head.

And the wrinkles on Li Cheng's face slowly disappeared, his body became healthy, his limbs became stronger, and he returned to his youth again, Li Cheng's breathing was steady and powerful, and the whole person was full of vitality and vitality.

"I ...... Finally...... Jian Xin ......" Li Cheng stood up, he didn't speak for nearly a hundred years, and he stammered when he spoke for a while, but he still couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

At this time, the scene in front of him also began to fall apart inch by inch, this void space disappeared, and when Li Cheng opened his eyes again, it was inside the sword mound again.

However, unlike Li Cheng before, he seemed to be integrated with the sword intent around him at this moment, regardless of each other, he would no longer feel the coercion of the sword intent, in front of the sword intent, he was like a relative of the sword intent and got close to the sword intent.

Just as Li Cheng looked at his body with satisfaction, Fang Shu came to his side: "Yes, I didn't misunderstand you, you can actually comprehend Jian Xin as a person who is not a member of my clan, which shows that your kendo talent is not low, and you are qualified to become a disciple of our Fang Shu." ”

Fang Cheng was still silent, and Li Cheng didn't notice it at all. If it were an enemy, Li Cheng might have become a ghost by now. Of course, this is under the condition that Li Cheng does not use the Sacred Heart Spiral, once the Sacred Heart Spiral is used, no matter how powerful the body technique is, it will not be able to escape Li Cheng's eyes.

"In vain...... Meet...... Master!" Hearing this, Li Cheng was immediately overjoyed, but he still stuttered a little when he spoke, and it was estimated that it would take some time to recover.

Seeing that Li Cheng could still speak, Fang Yu praised: "Yes, I think I forgot to speak when I came out of the sword heart world You can still speak, although you stutter, you are not inferior to me." ”

After cultivating the sword heart, Li Cheng finally officially became a disciple of the sword saint Fang Xun, and came to the Forgotten Sword Mountain where he was cultivating, a huge sword peak shrouded in clouds and towering into the clouds.

Fang Yu stood on the edge of the sword cliff of Forgotten Sword Mountain, turned his back to Li Cheng, and pointed with his finger at the vast clouds and mist under his feet and the faintly visible scenery at the bottom of the mountain.

Fang Yu looked into the distance and asked, "Li Cheng, what do you say a swordsman pursues in his life?"

Hearing this, Li Cheng pondered for a moment before he said: "I'm stupid, but in my opinion, the life of a swordsman should be the pursuit of the peak, the pursuit of the supreme realm, and the power, I don't know if what I said is right?"

Hearing Li Cheng's answer, Fang Yu shook his head, but he didn't blame Li Cheng's answer, but said like this: "No, you are wrong, at the beginning, I also thought so, but now that I think about it, I was also wrong at the beginning." What a swordsman wants in his life is not the peak, and the peak is too lonely. I now believe that a swordsman should pursue a leisurely life. ”

Hearing Fang Xun's words, Li Cheng fell into a moment of contemplation, and then said with a smile: "Indeed, reaching the peak of the sword, it should be invincible, the loneliness of an invincible swordsman is really painful ......."

Li Cheng was a little curious as to why Fang Yu would say such a thing to him, so he couldn't understand what he meant, so he had to ask, "Has the master reached that peak?"

Fang Yu shook his head and sighed: "There are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, the world is so big, who dares to say that he is the first in the world? There are so many hermits in the world, there are countless strong people, and most of them are injured by the red dust." ”

Fang Cheng seemed to remember something, and there was a little painful look on his face, but he was facing away from Li Cheng, so Li Cheng didn't notice the expression on his face at this moment.

"What does the master mean ......" Li Cheng waited for Fang Yu's answer.

Hearing Li Cheng's doubts, Fang Xun said, "I just want to tell you a direction. A person who pursues the direction of kendo is not to make himself very strong, and if he goes in this direction, he may indeed be strong in the future, but he will not be able to find a never-ending path, and it will be difficult to go on forever, and he will be very lonely. ”

In this way, it is also to let Li Cheng take some detours.

After Li Cheng heard this, his heart was also touched, and he hurriedly bent down respectfully: "Master Xie's guidance, the apprentice must follow the teachings!"

Although he turned his back to Li Cheng, Fang Xun still seemed to have seen Li Cheng's respectful behavior, and with his character, he was naturally not very comfortable, as an idle cloud and wild crane, he had always been disdainful of vulgarity.

Fang Yu chuckled and said: "These false courtesies between you and me can be avoided, I am not a sect here, there are no rules here, you can do whatever you want, you don't have to be restrained in everything, you can say anything, you don't have to worry about offending me." ”