Chapter 10: Useless Sword Tricks

"Girl, recite it from the beginning a few more times. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" The early morning sun spreads out from the sky, a few rain clouds in the air that have not had time to disperse seem to tell about the thunderstorm last night, the spring in February has gradually thickened, the rain and snowmelt on both sides of the road converge into a few streams, towards the south of the Hengshui River, and the muddy official road has also accumulated a lot of rain, the dense woods on the side have turned out a few spring buds, the forest is surrounded by a few large bluestones where passers-by rest, an old man with dirty and shabby clothes is holding a rotten book on the bluestone shouting, and he sits under a little girl with a black lacquered iron sword at his feet。 The girl was eating a few pieces of dried meat, and when she heard the old man's shout, she quickly took a sip of water and swallowed the contents of her mouth, and said reluctantly, "Master, I haven't finished eating yet..."

This is the old man and Mingyu two people, the old man left the city of Woyan that day, with Mingyu all the way to the southwest, the city along the way did not stay, mostly sleeping outside the abandoned temples outside the city, the courtyard, now it has been more than two months, at this time the Qingdian Plain is in the early spring, the grass and trees are green, and here is the most important city on the southwest border of Liangdian country - Diancheng.

"The way of the sword is all done by God, and God is enough. Ran ......" Mingyu quickly recited, the old man on the side took a wine gourd and drank very comfortably, only two months for the little girl to learn all the words on this sword trick, roughly understand the composition of the human body's meridians, now the whole sword trick has been memorized like a stream, and the heavy iron sword she can barely swing, it's time to teach her to absorb qi into the body. “…… This useless sword trick also. ”

"Alright, stop. He saw that Mingyu was about to recite it again, but hurriedly asked her to stop, Mingyu heard the old man's casual voice, so he looked up and saw him put away the gourd, and then made the usual posture of his timer and said: "Girl, you learn from me to sit like this." Mingyu nodded as if he didn't understand, and then learned from the old man to fold his legs, the child's muscles and bones were soft, and it was easy to put on a posture of sitting with five hearts to the sky, and then waiting for the old man's words. The old man nodded with satisfaction, picked up the iron sword on the ground, and corrected Mingyu's several irregularities: "You try to run your heart method now." Mingyu closed his eyes as he said, and then sank his consciousness into the dantian, trying to feel the flow of breath in his body, and then according to the heart method, he transported this internal qi to the top of his head, palms and feet, to find the huge aura of the outside world. In a trance, I heard the old man say, "Cultivate hard, otherwise you will only be allowed to eat dry food." Mingyu hurriedly adjusted his posture and kept feeling, feeling, until he was sure that he was hungry, and he still didn't feel any qi, whether it was internal qi or external aura. "Sure enough, it's a useless sword trick, it......'s useless at all," Mingyu muttered secretly, and then secretly opened one eye, and saw that it was already noon at this time, and the old man was sleeping on the big bluestone under the tree. He stood up slightly, took two steps in the direction of his luggage, and then quickly took it in his hand, ready to take out the rest of the jerky inside, "Huh? ”

"Little girl, are you looking for this?" Suddenly there was a "friendly" inquiry from the old man behind him, Mingyu shuddered, and hurriedly sat back, pretending not to hear the old man's words. The old man smiled, took out a few pieces of jerky from the paper bag in his hand, and said casually: "Oh, this is just right for wine." ”

He was about to pick up a piece and stuff it into his mouth, when he saw Mingyu staring at him with resentful little eyes, the old man finished eating the meat with a smile, and then said while drinking: "Girl, I don't think about it now, hurry up and cultivate!" Mingyute unwillingly straightened his posture, and at this time he heard the old man say in the back: "You cultivate hard, old man, I will roast a pheasant for you to eat at night." Mingyu was overjoyed, threw aside the tragic experience of his jerky, and concentrated on cultivating. Watching Mingyu enter meditation, the old man nodded slightly, this little girl has a really good heart, well, this jerky tastes so good? Why didn't you find it before?

Mingyu ran the mental method for three whole weeks, and finally could faintly feel that there were a few very weak qi in the body, she hurriedly controlled these qi, guided the convergence to the dantian, and then led them all out along the meridians, letting them flow along the meridians to the five hearts, to feel the aura of the outside world. But before she could feel anything, the qi that had gathered so hard dissipated in her body. She quickly regathered the qi in her body, repeating this until she felt extremely tired, and then she was awakened from meditation by the smell of roasted meat, and she realized that the sky had already darkened. And the old man was roasting a pheasant with the iron sword, and when he saw Mingyu waking up, he didn't ask her how she was doing, but directly threw her a chicken leg that had been roasted for a long time and said, "Girl, hurry up and eat for a while and then refine it." Mingyu suddenly felt hungry, and immediately took the chicken leg in his hand and ate it, of course, the eating appearance was as ugly as the old man who was eating wine over there.

When the two of them were full of food and drink, and the bright moon was already hanging high, the old man slipped up Mingyuti lying on the big bluestone, signaling her not to be lazy, and immediately went to the side to meditate. Mingyu drooped her head, glanced at the old man who had quickly occupied the place where she was lying just now, and sat down on the grass next to the tree. With five hearts to the sky, she adjusted her posture, and then slowly mobilized her inner breath to feel the aura of heaven and earth.

After three days in a row, Mingyu still couldn't feel the existence of spiritual power at all, the old man sighed secretly, it seems that he can't be in a hurry, this girl's meridians are damaged, it is not easy to mobilize internal breath so quickly and freely, not to mention her broken spiritual root, she can only go to Diancheng and then find a way. He had been staying here for many days, and it was time to leave, so he put the dried meat he had dried in the past few days into a storage bag, and then rushed to Diancheng with Mingyu.

Except for sleeping and eating, the rest of the time the two of them were on the road, although the old man still asked Mingyu to take time to meditate, but he didn't ask too much. Finally, half a month later, they arrived at Diancheng.

This place is adjacent to the Weiguo of Liangzhou in the south, and was once the place where the two countries were at war, so the city mounds in this area are obviously much taller and stronger than many cities in the hinterland of Liangdian State, and the female wall urn city is readily available, and there is a moat with a very wide water surface built around the city, which can be said to be impregnable. The old man looked at the two big words "Diancheng" at the head of the city tower, and suddenly felt a lot lighter, he was a little tired from the half-month trek, and at his feet, Xiang Mingyu, who had climbed down tiredly. Mingyu has been very depressed lately, she can only eat dried meat, she can't sleep too long, she has to meditate often to make her mentally exhausted, and she has always had this broken sword tied to her waist, and she has to run to keep up with the speed of her bastard master. The two showed the documents to the officers and soldiers defending the city, and then entered the city through the north gate with the crowd entering the city. Just out of the guard area near the city gate, the neat street is presented in front of Mingyu's eyes, although it is not as prosperous as the Woyan City, but it is better in the long history, the eaves and pavilions, the carved brick walls, everywhere show its profound historical heritage. The street leading to the North City Gate is full of vendors, mostly food stalls, restaurants, and occasionally a few merchants selling novelty and small flags with Tai Chi gossip hanging on the poles around them, and the words "through the heavens and the earth" or "iron mouth straight break" and other charlatans and warlocks. The old man grabbed Mingyu, who had seen a lot of food and food, his eyes had lit up, and he had lost himself, and hurriedly dragged him towards the city. The old man finally found a comfortable and comfortable land temple after comparing many of them, he sat on the haystack, beckoned Mingyu and said, "I'll sleep here tonight, haha, I haven't lived in such a good broken temple for a long time." Mingyu hadn't recovered from the pile of dazzling food on the street at this time, and then said earnestly to the old man, "Master, eat." ”

The old man couldn't see the little guy's thoughts, and weighed the rest of his wine money, as if he could barely squeeze out a little.

"For the sake of your cultivation in the past half month, I'll take you to have a good meal, old man. ”

Mingyu suddenly perked up when she heard this, and as soon as she slipped away, she ran to the street just now, and the iron sword tied to her waist really frightened the passers-by. The old man shook his head with a smile, took a sip of wine, and followed.

When Mingyu couldn't eat anymore, the two went back to the broken temple, "Girl, go to bed early now, and go to Xianxi with me in the middle of the night." The old man yawned, and didn't care whether the little girl understood it or not, so he went to rest first. Mingyu seemed to understand there, and then decided not to understand, so he fell asleep according to his words.

The moon is in the sky, although there are still a few days before the full moon, but tonight is also the moonlight, on the quiet street, Mingyu is holding the sword and following the old man wine, until the two of them walk to the edge of a city wall, the old man walked to a dark color embedded in the wall, about two people high on the edge of the boulder, his fingertips gathered spiritual power on the hard stone wall knocked three times, only to see that the boulder that was still ordinary was shaking like a water curtain, the old man stepped into the boulder, and then turned around, and wrote on his face "I'm not interested in eating at all" Mingyu dragged it in. When both of them disappeared into the boulder, the stone wall quickly returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened. Mingyu took the old man's big hand, in the dark, she felt that she was walking in a narrow passage, after a few breaths, suddenly there was a bright light in front of her, she quickly closed her eyes, and waited until she recovered from the sudden light, she opened her eyes and fixed her eyes, only to see the blue sky, the distant mountains and green songs, the warm breeze, a small jade city was presented in front of her, the city was full of clouds and mist, the spiritual light appeared, and from time to time there would be a light in the air. Not far away, the city gate tower is not high, and there is also a plaque with delicate carving, which reads "Diancheng". The old man looked at Mingyu's surprised eyes, and couldn't help but smile proudly, how could this immortal city be imagined by this little girl who was still a mortal.