Chapter Ninety-Nine: Apprenticeship
Halfway through, Luo Tiancheng sent a message to Ling Chen: "This Niu Tiejian belongs to the Martial Emperor of the Ancient Martial Arts Inheritance Family, their family has been cultivating heavy swords for generations, and they have a deep study of heavy swords, no one on the earth dares to say that they know more about heavy swords than their family." Niu Tiejian is close to two hundred years old, he is the ancestor of their family, he is extremely strong, he has been famous for a long time, and Jin Hao is known as the Emperor of the Double Swords, one heavy sword and one Qingfeng. β
Ling Chen didn't expect that Niu Tiejian's weapon was also a heavy sword, and there was a family behind him who practiced heavy swords, after all, for such a long time, Ling Chen had never seen anyone else use a heavy sword except for himself. It seems that it is precisely because of the heavy sword that Luo Tiancheng has put so much effort into letting himself apprentice.
"There's no skill in your heavy sword, so you'll have to find a way to get in with him. Luo Tiancheng said again: "Besides, this is also a big backer." β
Ling Chen wanted to say thank you, but he couldn't transmit the sound yet.
But he still had another doubt, what kind of skills did the heavy sword have? This was not what Ling Chen thought, he didn't have the ability to think so, but he didn't have any skills when he saw the Dragon Lady Venerable using the heavy sword? At most, it was a secret sword move like the "Shura Sword". The Dragon Yuan Sword is the weapon of the Dragon Lady Venerable, and now it is also Ling Chen's weapon, if there is really any powerful skill, there should be a record in the Dragon Classic. Ling Chen followed behind a few people with doubts.
Halfway through, Jin Hao seemed to be taking Jin Mulan to other places, so he said to Niu Tiejian and Luo Tiancheng: "I will take Mulan to the place where I cultivate, and I will not accompany you." At the end, he said to Ling Chen: "The young man is good, the future is yours!"
Ling Chen thought that he was just talking about the previous competition, so he arched his hand and said, "Emperor Xie Jian's appreciation." β
"Twisting and pinching like a little girl, why do you want so many ordinary people's etiquette, the momentum of the Martial Emperor just now went there. Niu Tiejian seemed to be unaccustomed to Ling Chen's habit.
Ling Chen was speechless, and I couldn't see that no one was scared.
Jin Hao smiled and didn't speak, and left with Jin Mulan.
"Luo boy, aren't you leaving, I'll take him to apprentice, what are you doing here?" Niu Tiejian said to Luo Tiancheng again.
"Then I'll go too. Seeing this, Luo Tiancheng said, "Ling Chen, you have to follow the Sword Emperor and cultivate well. β
"Hmm!" Ling Chen still decided to go and have a look first, so he didn't refuse.
"I haven't promised to accept apprentices yet......" Niu Tiejian muttered, but his voice was much quieter.
Seeing this, Luo Tiancheng felt that there was a chance that this matter would be done, so he left with a satisfied face, thinking that in a few decades, Huaxia would have another Sword Emperor.
Ling Chen followed Niu Tiejian to the so-called "Sword Emperor's Exclusive Cultivation Room", when he was outside, Ling Chen didn't find anything special in it, it was just a huge metal room, surrounded by silver metal walls, no different from normal walls, but when he walked in, Ling Chen felt that something was wrong.
As soon as he entered the door, Ling Chen felt a momentum pressing over, and this momentum was aimed at Ling Chen's source power, but after a few breaths, Ling Chen felt that the source power in his body had disappeared, and only the power of his body remained.
Moreover, Ling Chen also saw that there was a young man in the corner of the cultivation room who was naked, tying a horse by the wall, but it was not simply a horse step, there were still a few metal objects hanging on his body and arms, thinking that it should be not light.
The young man's somewhat painful expression and slightly trembling muscles also confirmed Ling Chen's guess, and when the young man saw Ling Chen follow Niu Tiejian in, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he also spoke idly, and Niu Tiejian didn't mean to introduce Ling Chen.
"Sensed?" Niu Tiejian asked when he saw Ling Chen's expression change.
"Hmm," Ling Chen nodded, "What's going on?"
"This is the magic of this cultivation room, which can completely suppress the source power of a martial artist. Niu Tiejian said a little ostentatiously: "Isn't it very easy to use?"
"Uh......" Ling Chen didn't think of what it was good to use for a while, but he still chose to answer with a clear conscience: "Well, it's really easy to use, not bad......"
"Then what do you say is useful?" Niu Tiejian asked again.
"......" Ling Chen was speechless.
"If you can't answer, it means that you haven't understood the most important thing to use a heavy sword. β
Ling Chen didn't expect this old man to look rough, but in fact he was quite yin, so he tested himself like this, but after thinking about it, he still said tentatively: "Exercise physical strength?"
If the source power is suppressed, there is only the strength of the physical body, and the heavy sword is something that pays attention to breaking through ten thousand laws with force, so Ling Chen naturally thought of the power of the physical body.
Niu Tiejian nodded, Ling Chen thought that he had answered correctly, but he didn't expect Niu Tiejian to follow up and say, "The understanding is good, but I don't like it." β
Ling Chen: "???" What is the truth?
Niu Tiejian knew what Ling Chen was thinking when he saw the change in Ling Chen's expression, but he had a serious face and said without half-parting jokes: "I'm not kidding you, I don't like disciples who are too smart." β
"Why?" Ling Chen was puzzled, didn't the little dragon girl keep saying that her understanding was a little worse, could it be that there was something special about practicing heavy swords?
"Normally, it is better for smart people to learn things quickly, but it is precisely because of this that some people can't sink their minds and are easy to be impetuous. Niu Tiejian said: "Emperor Wu can live for thousands of years, even if his comprehension is almost enough for him to comprehend a lot of things, but if you claim to be smart, then you won't be able to learn the essence for thousands of years, so I prefer the 'stupid' apprentice." β
Ling Chen nodded and understood what Niu Tiejian meant, but still said: "But this is not absolute, smart people are also down-to-earth." β
"Yes, but very few, anyway, I have lived for so many years and watched many talented juniors in my family who are not as talented as those who are less talented in the end. Niu Tiejian said: "You can have this kind of cultivation at this age and your actual combat power far exceeds that of a martial artist of the same level, and your understanding will definitely not be bad, so I say these to tell you that no matter whether you become my apprentice in the end or not, you must cultivate steadily, it is not easy for such a genius to appear in Huaxia, if you destroy yourself, it will be a pity." β
"The younger generation should keep it in mind. Ling Chen saluted Niu Tiejian.
"Don't use it for these vanities. Niu Tiejian waved his hand, and then continued: "It's far away, I talked about the strength of the flesh before, practicing heavy swords, the strength of the flesh is the foundation, so as soon as I saw this cultivation room, I asked for it." β
"I saw you just now when you competed at the last moment that burst out of the physical strength is very good, so you are still very talented in the cultivation of the heavy sword, but in my comprehension talent or anything is not the most important, I have to ask you two more questions before apprenticing. Niu Tiejian said, "Why do you learn martial arts?"
"Do you want to ask three questions?" Ling Chen felt that this routine seemed to be a little familiar, thinking that this kind of question was generally answered according to his own heart, so he thought for a few seconds and said awe-inspiringly: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!"
"Listen...... Not bad, but ...... What does this mean?" Niu Tiejian was a big old man, and he couldn't understand this for a while.
But the young man over there had a brighten of eyes, and he silently recited Ling Chen's words in his heart: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations...... That's a good point!"
"It means ......" Ling Chen explained to him: "I first learned martial arts just to have a good future," Ling Chen said and thought of the time when he was struggling in the third year of high school: "I want to not worry about life in the future, I want to be looked down upon, I want to protect my family, and I want to protect the people and things I care about." But now that I've come to this place, Principal Luo said that he was working hard to protect mankind, but for the time being, I can only say that I have the heart but not the power, so to sum it up, I practice martial arts, if I am weak, I will be good at myself, and if I am strong, I will fight the sword world. β
"Yes, if you are weak, you will be good alone, and if you are strong, you will be a sword genius. Niu Tiejian nodded with satisfaction: "I hope you can do what you said today in the future." β
"If I had enough strength, I would have been able to do it. β
"Then the second question, why did you want to kill people just now?" Niu Tiejian's eyes stared: "I can see that the murderous aura on your body is very heavy, but murderous aura and murderous intent are two different things, if you want to kill just because that kid provoked you, then your murderous intent is inevitably too heavy." β
Ling Chen was not afraid of Niu Tiejian's gaze, and said to him: "I killed him not because he provoked me, but because he was the first to kill, I don't think I am murderous, but I am by no means a soft-hearted person, mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, since it has been determined that it is the enemy, then why not kill?"
"Okay, not bad!" Niu Tiejian nodded with satisfaction, and Ling Chen suddenly felt a relief on his body: "Your character is angry with me!"
"The talent is very strong, and the heart is also good, I will accept your apprentice. Niu Tiejian nodded with satisfaction.
It's just that Niu Tiejian has decided, but Ling Chen still doesn't know if he has a powerful heavy sword secret method, if he just teaches himself cultivation experience, then this master will be at a loss.
"Aren't you going to kowtow?" said Niu Tiejian as he looked at Ling Chen, who was still in place.
"Then Sword Emperor, can you show me the skills of the heavy sword first?" Ling Chen smiled with an embarrassed face rather than a polite one.
As soon as these words came out, not only Niu Tiejian was stunned, but the young man next to him was even more fluctuating, and then his body reached the limit and sat on the ground all of a sudden, panting heavily, but his gaze at Ling Chen was full of admiration and sympathy: "Sure enough, people who can say such things are not very human, but if the apprenticeship is successful, won't they be tortured to death by the ancestor......
Niu Tiejian's violent temper can't bear it, this kid is doubting himself? Isn't he worthy of teaching you the Sword Emperor? Immediately said: "You stand up and take out the weapon, now we both have no source power, we are all about the same, we will know the skill of finding the heavy sword after the two of us try it!"
Ling Chen: "...... can this be the same?" Your physical body is extremely strong among the Martial Emperors, and I can't beat it if I stand there.
In the end, Niu Tiejian still let Ling Chen go, but he took out his own weapon.
Niu Tiejian's weapon is naturally a heavy sword, but its size is even more exaggerated than Ling Chen's, it is three meters long, fortunately, Niu Tiejian's own figure is also tall and strong, so it doesn't look like there is any sense of disobedience, and there is no special decoration on the sword, it is black all over.
"I'll show you a move today, gather momentum!" Niu Tiejian said: "The light sword has a move called drawing the sword, which pays attention to fastness, accuracy and ruthlessness, and the heavy sword also has a basic move, which is this momentum, and the momentum is increased by several times the power of this sword." β
Niu Tiejian said that his own momentum changed, as if he was integrated with the heavy sword, he stood the heavy sword obliquely behind him and did not make a sword, but his own momentum was increasing wildly, this improvement had nothing to do with his own cultivation, it was completely that kind of sword momentum, the sword momentum that was not moving like a mountain, Ling Chen felt as if he was facing a mountain that was about to collapse.
"Qingfeng's sword posture is sharp, and the sword posture of heavy sword is heavy in one word. Niu Tiejian explained to Ling Chen, and at the same time, he slowly swung down with a heavy sword in his arm.
If Ling Chen was facing a mountain that was about to collapse just now, then now it was this mountain that was collapsing towards Ling Chen, and Ling Chen couldn't help but take a step back.
"How is it?" Niu Tiejian didn't completely split the heavy sword, only stopped in mid-air, and then put away the heavy sword and asked Ling Chen.
"Master drink tea~" Ling Chen said flatteringly, and then took out a cup out of nowhere.
"In the future, I will have the opportunity to have more contact with those so-called ancient martial arts, it feels not ......simple," Xiaolongnu also said to Ling Chen.
In the end, Ling Chen respectfully kowtowed to Niu Tiejian three times and bowed to his teacher.
"That is your senior brother, called Niu Catch, and the two of you will cultivate together in the future. After apprenticeship, Niu Tiejian said to Ling Chen.
"Hello senior brother. Ling Chen greeted the young man with a smile, but because there was no reason fluctuation in his body, Ling Chen didn't know his specific strength.
"Hello," the cow catcher smiled: "Senior brother is very powerful." β
"I have to learn more from my brother. β
"You just came here today and have a lot of things to do, so you should go back first. Niu Tiejian said to Ling Chen: "In the future, come here every afternoon to practice physical strength for two hours, and then practice heavy sword skills for two hours." β
"Yes. Ling Chen nodded in agreement, and then walked towards the door.
After going out, Ling Chen suddenly didn't know where he should go now, he followed Niu Tiejian, and the others didn't know what to do with the three assessments, he didn't even seem to know where he should live, could it be that he didn't need a house to live in here? When he was fine, he found a tree to sit on and cultivate? Ling Chen thought about it and seemed to feel a little reasonable, everyone is a cultivator and they don't need to eat and sleep, it seems that it's useless to ask for a house, right......
Ling Chen was thinking wildly and didn't know where his thoughts were drifting, when suddenly the voice of Niu Hunting came from behind: "Senior Brother Ling Chen, wait a minute." β
"What's wrong?" Ling Chen turned around and asked, Niu Yu behind him had already changed his clothes and walked over, looking very honest. At this time, Ling Chen finally saw his strengthβthe peak of the Martial Sect.
"Didn't you just come here, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to find a place to live, so I came to tell you. β
"So there's a place to live here......"
"What are you talking about?" Niu Tiejian asked strangely, what does it mean that there is no place to live?
"Oh, it's okay, thank you, brother. β
"You're polite, it's right to take care of your junior brother. β