Chapter 108: Sword Remnant II
"I'm just going to let it sleep for a while, or it's going to eat my skin. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Sulfona turned and looked in the direction where the voice came from, where a strange man had emerged. The weirdo's first impression of Sulfura was Gao. Although she is a woman, she is almost as tall as a male Brewster as a warrior. But this weirdo is a head taller than Sulfona. He had a bare head like a demon and fat earlobes, and his face was oddly grown. The strange man wore a gray robe with a peculiar pattern that looked like some kind of delicate fabric. But the strange man apparently had no pity for his clothes, and the hem of his robe had turned into tattered rags, and the rest of his body looked dirty. The strange ornament was a string of small wooden beads in his hand, and this strange ornament matched the strange man. The strange man stepped on the snow with his feet ****, and there was nothing else on his body except for a robe to protect him from the cold, but he didn't seem to feel cold at all. Sulfona couldn't sense the demonic power from him—not even the breath of the other person. If it weren't for the eyes that saw him and caught him with blindness, Sulfona wouldn't even notice the weirdo.
Sulfona was silent for a while, she felt that the other person's outfit was familiar. The last time the old knight Alik and Sulfona had spoken, they had mentioned such a person.
"You...... Could it be the legendary Inhuman?"
"That's right. Inhuman nodded, "That's what people do call us. ”
Inhuman said as he took Sulfur away from the demon frozen in the snow. According to this Inhuman, the demon is not dead, but has entered a state similar to a snake's hibernation. Sulfona nodded in understanding, a bit like the archetypal of the demon's predecessor. The archetype is like a stone in the natural environment, and does not need to eat or move.
"It's also good for it. "This demon isn't very smart, there are very few people in the northern lands, and it shouldn't have come here." If it can't find food, it will eventually starve to death. Such dormancy can help it survive. ”
"And when will it wake up?"
"Alarmed, for example, some unlucky people tried to bang its stiff limbs. Or wait until the weather warms up. "Now it's just a dream." There is no frost in dreams, the sky and the sea are one, and it can hunt and kill as much as it wants. Maybe it will feel that life in the dream is so better that it won't want to wake up?"
After hearing this, Sulfur was slightly stunned.
"Do you have the power to control dreams?"
"Only the demon himself knows what the dream is, but we can imagine it beautifully. Everything is just an illusion, see through the illusion of all this, and comprehend its essence. This is the state of emptiness (sunyata). ”
Inhuman shrugged, and followed the path up the cliff to a cave covered in snow and ice. The cave has a roaring bonfire, and the inner walls of the cave are hung with several rags that look similar to the clothes worn by the Inhumans. There's a wonderful texture on it, too. Inhuman didn't care about the ice and snow on the ground, and just sat cross-legged, and didn't look cold.
Sulfona looked around cautiously. The campfire was preceded by several metal objects, which shimmered eerily around the flames.
"You live here?"
"I've been here for half a year now. ”
"But I've heard that you're only showing up in the coastal part...... You are aliens from outside the ******......"
"Haha. Inhuman laughed loudly, his smile a little harsh in the silence of the cave, "We're just wandering around and experiencing nature. Didn't you show up here too? ”
"I ...... Appear here?"
"That's right, aren't you also an Inhuman?"
Sulfona was stunned.
"If you weren't an alien, how would you perceive me, and who helped you open the Eye of Heaven?"
In the words of the Inhuman, there were words that Sulfura could not understand, and its pronunciation was very awkward. Sulfura thought for a long time before she understood what this stranger meant.
"You...... Do you mean blindness -- that's how I perceive you? is what you call the eye of the sky?"
"Whether it's blindness or the eye of the sky, it's just a pronoun. I can feel that you are now close to the realm of sunyata. "When you open the Eye of Heaven, you can see everything you can see. When you sit in the middle of the room, you can see what's behind the wall. This is because you can walk out of the gate, go around behind the wall, and see what's behind the wall. Opening the eye of the sky does not allow you to see the unknown. You are simply shortening the process and time to understand things. You can't see anything higher than the clouds, and the Eye of Heaven can't help you—"
After listening to this, Sulfona knew it in her heart. She felt that the eye of heaven described by the stranger was a bit similar to the blindness she had at first. At first, Sulfona was blind and could not perceive demonic power, and could only see what existed in reality. At the same time, it can't see too far, and there are some limitations in terms of clarity.
"As you see more and more things, you will gradually understand the essence and inner connection of these things. At this time, your heavenly eye becomes a discerning eye. You'll see things you didn't see before, you can see connections and rules. Understanding and analyzing the nature of things is the state of sunyata. Injin explained, "I can't see it with the naked eye, but if you can spot me, it proves that you are close to the state of sunyata. ”
"When you say the essence of things, do you mean demonic powers?"
"Demon power - indeed, on this continent, it is the closest power to the void. However, there are many kinds of power, and you will see more in the future. "Demonic power is a form that can be converted into your body, your weapons, and even the outside world. If you study this process carefully with your celestial eye, you will be able to peek into more secrets. ”
"Taught. ”
Sulfona bowed deeply, she didn't know if the alien would be able to understand her understanding. Sulfona felt that this alien was in a higher realm than herself. It's not a power of strength or weakness. Sulfona's eyes told her that if she really wanted to do something with this Inhuman, she might immediately be frozen in the snow like the demon. And the other party seemed to be friendly and pointed out herself, and Sulfur decided to ask him for more. During her conversation with Alik, Sulfur learns that the swordsmanship she learned from Simona has something to do with Inhuman. The reason why Sulfona came to this wild land in the north was because of Simona's black letter. And she actually met Inhuman here, is there a connection between all this?
Thinking of this, Sulfur decided to continue asking Inhumans for advice.
"Have you ever seen this pose?"
Sulfona sat cross-legged. After becoming an official broadsword, Sulfona spent most of her days fighting and hurrying, and had little time to practice the swordsmanship that Simona had taught her. On the contrary, the "voyeurism" taught by Virginia was practiced more diligently. Witchcraft can enhance Sulfona's control over demonic power, and for warriors, demonic control is equivalent to combat power. But when Sulfona felt more and more tired, she began to practice "sitting cross-legged" again. Unlike all other swordsmanship, sitting cross-legged will not consume physical strength, but will restore the spirit. Although the increase in combat effectiveness is not obvious, it can relieve the pain on Sulfona's body. So Sulfona first demonstrated this pose to Inhuman.
Inhuman looked at it carefully for a long time.
"It's a bit like a lotus half-moon sitting, but it's different. I'm too short-sighted to recognize which secret method it is. But the effect can be seen. This is the way to open your heavenly eye. ”
"You mean to say that because of this, I have a sense of blindness?"
"Naturally, didn't the alien who taught you say it?"
Sulfona smiled awkwardly. When she was a child, the relationship between Sulfur and Simona was not very good, but she was not very willing to learn Simona's swordsmanship. It's just that Sulfona didn't expect this sword technique to be so profound. The power of blindness helped her a lot, even less than the power of demonic power. Ordinary people can also practice the exercises of the alien people, so it means that ordinary people can also use them with a sense of blindness. Does this mean that people don't need to be half-demons to defeat demons?
Sulfona suppressed the restlessness in her heart and continued to demonstrate Simona's swordsmanship. Simona's lazy sword was used by Sulfona one by one, and Sulfona couldn't help but think back to what happened when she was a child. The scenes of the past made Sulfura in a trance, knowing that it was difficult for her to use up a set of swordsmanship. Sulfona, who came to her senses, looked at Inhuman, only to find that Inhuman had her eyes closed.
"Can't look, can't look. ”
"Why can't you watch it?" asked Sulfona, confused.
"This is the true Fa, you have no intention of demonstrating that there is nothing wrong with me, but I am very wrong when I read it. Yiren shook his head again and again, "You don't want to demonstrate, I don't want to watch it, that's not wrong." But if you don't want to demonstrate, and someone has the intention to peep, then it's a big mistake. Therefore, you must not expose this set of true methods. ”
Sulfona asked several more times, and the Inhumans were all a set of rhetoric. No matter how much Sulfura persuaded him, he just didn't look at it. Sulfur Na was helpless, and she also vaguely understood that this lazy man's swordsmanship did not seem to be simple.
"This sword technique doesn't seem to be the same as sitting cross-legged?" asked Sulfura tentatively, "It's more advanced than sitting cross-legged?"
"No, no, no. Sitting posture and body style are just forms, and no one is higher or lower. The method of looking at the eyes of heaven can glimpse the principle of all things in the universe, and even transcend the shackles of reincarnation, if you say it, I am afraid it is even more profound. It's just that your body method is the true method passed on to you by your teacher, and you don't learn to be flexible. If I see it, it's stealing. You can't do anything like that. ”
"The real method, this set of swordsmanship is just a warrior senior handed me down. When I was young, I used this set of swordsmanship to chop trees and chop firewood......"
Halfway through her speech, she suddenly remembered what she had learned about the lazy man's swordsmanship. The first moves were indeed taught to Sulfur by Simona one by one. But later, Tifa asked Sulfur to learn Simona's swordsmanship, but she didn't want to be discovered by Simona. The two quarreled, and the last lazy swordsmanship was forced by Simona to learn it. At that time, Simona grabbed Sulfur's limbs and took Sulfur to use a set of lazy swordsmanship, and Sulfona naturally will.
"I see...... This is the so-called true dharma. Sulfona nodded knowingly at this time, "If it is taught, it will not be." ”
"That's right. If you don't want to teach, even if you watch it, you can only get a glimpse of it, and it's rare to get the whole picture. Yiren shook his head and said, "Forcibly comprehend, I'm afraid it's a mediocrity to disturb yourself." If there is not enough realm to forcibly speculate, it will not advance but retreat. ”
Sulfona couldn't help but sigh, she knew that she only now understood Simona's actions at that time. The lazy swordsmanship helped Sulfur kill a lot of demons, and when she was locked up in the dungeon of the organization, if she didn't sit cross-legged, she was afraid that she would die of physical weakness like other trainees who were imprisoned. Sulfona touched the black letter in her arms, she must repay Simona's kindness. Thinking of this, Sulfur first bowed deeply to the Inhuman.
"Thank you for your pointers. ”
"Don't thank me, I have a plan to answer your question. ”
Sulfona's heart sank. Although Alik said that Inhumans are very kind, and often help people they meet for free. But after going through so much, Sulfur no longer believes that there is nothing gratuitous in this world. I just don't know what this Inhuman needs Sulfona for.
"Don't worry, I don't have anything else to ask for. ”
Inhuman took off a bracelet from his hand and tossed it to Sulfona. When Sulfona came to see it, the wooden beads were a little blackened. Sulfona sniffed it, the material of the bead seemed to have never been seen before. Other than that, it doesn't seem like anything special. The Inhuman saw Sulfona's confusion, but didn't explain it further.
"This bracelet, please take it back to my hometown. If you meet someone in your hometown, you can give him this bracelet. If not, and you don't want to continue to carry this cause and effect, you bury the bracelet in the ground. ”
"Your hometown?"