Chapter 2: Vertical and horizontal swordsmanship
Seeing the two coming side by side, Han Ling nodded and said, "Although the Qin State has unified the world, the empire has not yet calmed down, if you want to make a difference, you must not only have a peerless strategy, but also martial arts to defend yourself."
"Confucianism is used to mess with the law, chivalry is forbidden by martial arts, although the Six Kingdoms are swinging, there are still many elite killer organizations, if you don't have strong martial arts, it is easy to become an assassination target!"
"My Guigu faction has two supreme sword techniques, which are hidden in two stone slabs, if you want to learn the supreme sword technique, you must crack the nine palace diagrams of the stone slabs, otherwise it will prove that you are not capable of obtaining it."
He took out two stone slabs, the slate had a total of eighty-one grids, engraved with digital patterns, as Han Ling said, as long as the Nine Palace Diagram was cracked, the slate would be opened back, and they would be able to obtain the Supreme Sword Technique hidden in the slate.
"Choose a stone tablet for each of you, and remember that the stone tablet cannot be broken by force, otherwise it will explode and destroy the sword spectrum." Han Ling said.
The two of them each choose a stone slab and sit cross-legged to solve the diagram.
"Nine Palaces Calculation!" Chu Yun whispered, he looked at the stone slabs, there were gaps between the grids, which allowed them to move at will, but it was not easy to piece together the Nine Palaces diagram.
Fortunately, Chu Yun came through time and knew the Nine Palaces Diagram, which was almost cheating, but he couldn't expose himself, so he pretended to think deeply, as if he was thinking about the Nine Palaces Diagram.
Han Ling lit a stick of incense, he wanted to see which of the two disciples would unlock the Nine Palace Diagram first.
Seeing that Wang Xu was moving the grid, Chu Yun was not in a hurry, he pretended to think about half a tea time before he began to move the grid.
The incense burned little by little, and Chu Yun's movements became faster and faster, until the incense ash burned out, and he sweated and cracked the Nine Palaces Diagram.
Originally, he could solve it faster, but that was too ostentatious, so he extended the time.
The lattice moved quickly, and the slate slowly opened, revealing an ancient silk cloth.
"Vertical Sword!"
Chu Yun was surprised, he fused the memories of the two lives, and naturally understood the silk cloth characters.
It turned out that Qin Shi Mingyue was not all false, he really had vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, and he got the vertical and horizontal sword of the Guigu faction.
At this time, Wang Xu also cracked the Nine Palaces Diagram and got the horizontal sword.
Han Ling nodded with satisfaction, the two disciples did not disappoint him, and in a moment of incense, he cracked the Nine Palaces diagram, and both of them could be regarded as dragons and phoenixes among people.
"There are two kinds of swordsmanship, each with nine moves, you should write down the changes of the two swordsmanship first!" Han Ling said.
Chu Yun and Wang Xu looked at the silk cloth's moves, and after memorizing them, Han Ling took the silk cloth back, he picked up a wooden branch, and said:
"Longitudinal sword, deter strong enemies with momentum, fierce and sharp swordsmanship, sword like a dragon, strong as the wind."
After that, he practiced the longitudinal sword change, he used the branch to replace the sword, but it exuded a strong sword aura, and the strong internal force played a strong horizontal sword momentum, as if it had the power to destroy mountains and split stones.
The longitudinal sword exhausts its changes, and the swordsmanship is unparalleled and powerful.
"Yun'er, do you understand?" Han Ling said.
"The disciple knows the sword moves by heart, and he has a deep understanding." Chu Yun said truthfully.
Han Ling nodded, he looked at Wang Xu, and said, "The horizontal sword uses subtle changes against the enemy, and every change is strange and unpredictable, making the enemy unguardable!"
After he finished practicing the horizontal sword, he looked at Wang Xu and said, "Xu'er, you understand."
Wang Xu nodded and said, "The disciple understands."
Han Ling stroked his beard and said, "You have cultivated the inner strength of your own sect since you were a child, and you have laid a solid foundation, and now learning the sword technique will be twice the result with half the effort."
"In a year, I will test your martial arts, and the victor will be able to learn the strongest swordsmanship of my sect, even if it is only a sword, it is ten times more powerful."
"Even the horizontal and the vertical extinction!" Wang Xu's eyes flickered.
The ancestor of Guigu was able to decide the fate of the world, and then slowly comprehended the supreme sword technique from it, and has been shocking the princes of the world since his preaching.
The highest sword move of vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, even horizontal and vertical annihilation, if anyone can learn this swordsmanship, he can become one of the top masters.
Chu Yun's mind was lively, he originally thought that the strongest sword technique of the Guigu Sect would be the Hundred Steps Flying Sword, but it seemed that he was affected by Qin Shi Mingyue.
They began to practice vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, both of which were extremely powerful and had their own strengths.
They are all extremely intelligent and talented, and in just one day, their movements have changed from jerky to coherent and accomplished.
"The Ancestor of the Ghost Valley is really interesting, the vertical sword pays attention to power, and although the change in swordsmanship is not as subtle as the horizontal sword, it has a taste of returning to the basics."
"Simplifying the complex, it's quite like Dugu seeking defeat in the second martial arts realm, the heavy sword realm." Chu Yun thought to himself.
He looked at Wang Xu, but the horizontal sword paid attention to the changes in swordsmanship, and the sword moves were exquisite, and he felt a little dazzled when he looked at it, as if the changes were endless, and it was very difficult to crack it.
He found that the two swordsmanship have their own strengths, but they can restrain each other, as if the vertical and horizontal swordsmanship is inherently hostile, and even the changes in the moves are all mutually restrained and evolved.
It is also the Supreme Sword Technique of the Guigu Sect, but only one person can master the method of the Ghost Valley Patriarch, which has deep meaning.
In the following days, Han Ling not only taught them the essence of vertical and horizontal swordsmanship, but also explained the essence of vertical and horizontal swordsmanship to them.
Spring went to autumn, Chu Yun and Wang Xu often accompanied Han Ling, learning the Guigu Vertical and Horizontal Technique and the Art of War, and soon the winter solstice came, and the snow was falling heavily and the snow was deep.
The two figures quickly staggered and separated, both of them holding wooden swords, the speed was amazing, the shadows were heavy, they were both too fast, leaving a series of scurrying figures, it was difficult to see their movements.
After dozens of rounds of fierce fighting, they quickly separated, and the two fierce and powerful sword qi collided, and the snowflakes splashed everywhere and flew apart.
"Senior brother, your swordsmanship is fierce and domineering, and your power is amazing, making it difficult to resist, and you really deserve to be the most proud disciple of Shizun." Wang Xu said lightly.
"Xiao Xu, you are not bad, the essence of the horizontal sword has been thoroughly understood by you, and the swordsmanship is unpredictable, I'm afraid that it won't be long before I will defeat you." Chu Yundao.
The horizontal sword is varied, and it is easy to dissolve the power of his vertical sword, and the two swordsmanship are mutually resistant, and it is difficult for anyone to take advantage.
"Senior brother, when we decide the day, I won't show mercy." Wang Xu said, he is very arrogant and confident.
"The ghost valley has always been difficult to see, who knows if the master will choose the strongest martial arts in the end." Chu Yun said with a smile.
Guiguzi in the past generations must be inherited by the strongest disciples, but he is not the strongest in martial arts.
Chu Yun felt that even if the two of them were to win or lose, the strongest might not be able to get the horizontal and vertical annihilation.
"It's like there's a road ahead, you don't know what awaits you at the end, but you still have to go on, and you have to walk in the front, so that you can see clearly what kind of road it is!" Wang Xu said.
"But if you go too fast, you tend to ignore the subtle things, which can be fatal." Chu Yun said.
"Senior brother, hesitation, it's not your character!" Wang Xu said: "Since we embarked on this road, we are destined to not turn back, if we are afraid to move forward, it will be a dead end."
Chu Yun stopped talking, Guiguzi walked over, looked at them, and said, "There is a task for the teacher to be handed over to you!"
"There are two bandits who have kidnapped the people of the two villages within a radius of ten miles from Mopan Mountain, and the teacher wants you to go down the mountain and try your best to rescue the villagers, remember not to hurt the innocent."
The two bandits occupy the mountain as the king, located in the south of Mopan Mountain, and Ling wants them to act separately to see who can do the fastest and best, so he took out twenty ingots of silver and handed them to the two apprentices.
"The disciple will not live up to his mission."
Chu Yun said goodbye to Han Ling, separated from Wang Xu, and after an hour's journey, he came to Gai Village, originally wanting to go to Bishan to save people, but after thinking about it, he came to the local county government.
"I hope that the lord will allow the contemptible person to visit a person." When Chu Yun saw the order of the county government, he immediately explained his intention.
"Who do you want to see?" The government commander asked.
"The contemptible wants to visit Gayne!" Chu Yun said truthfully.
When the government commander heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he shot out two cold rays, and said: "Bold, Gai Nie is a repeat offender, since you are related to him, you must be an accomplice, and you should be guilty of the same crime."
Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, which made the King of Qin angry and accelerated the destruction of the Yan Kingdom.
On the eve of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, Gai Nie had met with him, so he was named Jing Ke's fellow party and captured in prison, which should have been executed.
Just because he was a good person and had good friends with the government, he was only imprisoned by checking up and down, and he was not killed.
Chu Yun was fearless, and said: "I hope that the adults will listen to the contemptible people first, and when I explain the reason for the matter, if the adults think that I am guilty of the same crime, it will not be too late to arrest me."
Seeing that he was bold, the government commander said, "Okay, if you can't tell the reason, I won't be polite."
"This matter has to start with His Majesty the Emperor." Chu Yundao.
When the government commander heard this, his face changed, he looked at Chu Yun and did not speak.
Chu Yun smiled indifferently and continued: "His Majesty the Emperor is a person who loves swords, his martial arts are strong, and there are few enemies in the world.
"Lord Wang Jian is an upright person, after a little thought, he recommended a person, and my lord guessed who Lord Wang Jian recommended to His Majesty the Emperor?" Chu Yun asked.
Fu Ling's color changed, his pupils contracted, and he said, "Could it be that Lord Wang Jian recommended Gai Nie?"
Chu Yun nodded and said: "Exactly, Lord Wang Jian recommended Gai Nie, His Majesty the Emperor cherishes talents and wants to summon him to Xianyang, but he wants to know if Gai Nie is in vain, so he sent me to test him first, and within three days, His Majesty the Emperor's envoy will come to Yuci, if Gai Nie's swordsmanship is unknown, he should be beheaded."
Fu Ling's face was cloudy, he looked at Chu Yun and said, "Do you think I will believe you?"
Chu Yun changed his form and shadow, and appeared behind Fu Ling like a ghost, the wooden sword in his hand was placed on Fu Ling's neck, and his voice became cold: "My lord, if you delay His Majesty the Emperor's affairs, you will punish the Nine Clans!"
"If you don't believe it, you can send it to meet Your Majesty's envoys, and you can also get the news, but if I can't see Gai Nie today, my lord understands what the consequences will be?"
"My lord, please spare your life!" The government commander broke out in a cold sweat and changed his words, if it was a special envoy from Xianyang, it was not something he could offend.
Chu Yun took back the wooden sword, he used light skills to inform the government order, he is a master, combined with his own half-truths, the government order can be believed if you don't believe it!
The most important thing is that he used the First Emperor to deter the government order, who can guess the mind of the First Emperor, if this matter is true, it is a major crime to kill the head.