"The sword is the mother of all soldiers, and it is also the one that changes the most, if you use the sword to resist the enemy, the best way is to respond to all changes with the same, and to win with no moves."

Time passed slowly as the sky darkened, and finally ushered in the sunset in another free world again, and this was also the third night that Duan Qing and the others were about to spend in the wild after running out of Karlo Village. The group of guys from the Beast and Bird Alliance who had been entrenched in the novice village did not seem to have left this place during this time, and the search and disturbance of the people had not stopped, and this also made the two people who had discovered the slightest mistake that morning completely stay in this wild place in the south of the village.

Although they stayed here, they didn't have any leisure at this time.

"Drink!"

The same loud shout as before echoed in one of the corners of the wilderness again, accompanied by the sound made when another sword belonging to the snow spirit phantom ice hacked a wild wolf to death in place, and the completely different momentum when using the sword was also slowly disappeared into her delicate expression with the action of retracting the sword at this time: "...... To put it lightly. ”

"Although you have been using the sword for a long time, you still have a long way to go before you can learn all the sword moves."

Duan Qing, who was lazily sitting under the small rock not far from her, was busy with his hands and said without raising his head: "I just told you what you should achieve in advance, so that you can have a correct direction, don't if something goes wrong again, and in the end, it will be blamed on my head......"

"It's your fault."

A hint of gloom flashed on his face, and Xue Lingphantom Ice then concealed his worries with a strange face: "You are a blade of broken heaven, and you can't even teach swordsmanship, don't blame you for it?" ”

“…… That's why I've said I'll know a little bit about everything. ”

The mouths of the two potion bottles in his hand were gradually put together, and Duan Qing, who couldn't take his eyes off it, was still discussing with Xue Lingphantom Ice without any obstacles: "The rest is okay, swords are what I am best at, and you still have to take the path of a swordsman in the end, and it is inevitable that I will have a little higher requirements for you...... Oops, don't poke, don't poke! The potions are all spilled! ”

"It's all sprinkled on you!" Xue Ling, who had withdrawn his finger, threw his sword aside angrily: "Then why do you want to be a magician again?" ”

"I've never been a magician before, so I want to try it now."

Helplessly looking at the two potion bottles that had been half missing, Duan Qing, who pouted, then simply put all the things in his hand on the ground: "I didn't have a chance in my last life, but I finally have a chance in this life......

“…… Chances? ”

glanced at the other party suspiciously, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who had his hands behind his back, jumped to Duan Qing's side in a few steps: "What are you talking about...... Do you know the character in Qingshan? ”

"At that time, I also did a mage's test, and the old Norman guy gave me the answer - I can't be a mage."

With a thoughtful expression in his eyes, Duan Qing looked up at the clear sky beside the rocks: "What's the reason...... I think it's caused by a physique with divergent mental power, right? Anyway, he later gave me a book, which he said was a cure for my disease......"

"Now that I think about it, it should just be a means of using mental power to force memory magic." He shook his palm, then pointed to his head: "Using some unknown means, I was forcibly taught a few simple earth-based spells. ”

"And then?" Blinking, Xue Ling's Phantom Ice shrewdly found the crux of the question: "Why can you learn magic now?" ”

"I don't know why." Duan Qing sighed abruptly: "Probably ......"

"It's because I can't use the Sword of Intent anymore."

As if mentioning some kind of sad past, the air between the two of them was silent for a moment, and the woman named Xue Lingphantom Ice then pulled her long white hair, cautiously probed and asked, "Why?" ”

"Because here."

Tapping his head again, Duan Qing explained in a speculative tone: "I have also been thinking about this question during that time, whether the so-called magical adaptability and mental stability are related to the player's own mental state in the game, and the instability represented by the divergent mental power may not only be caused by the player's own problems, but there may also be another possibility of taking the initiative." ”

"You did something when Norman gave you a forage test?" Xue Ling Phantom Ice guessed and asked, "You used the Yi Sword?" ”

"I'm not that idle, but there should be a connection between the two."

His fingers were still pointing at his head, and a wry smile appeared on Duan Qing's face: "People who have used the Yi Sword are connected to the virtual real world in an abnormal way after all, and I don't know what kind of consequences this abnormal state will manifest itself, and the mage's identification of abnormalities may only be one of the manifestations......

"But such an explanation doesn't explain that I'm now able to use magic normally, unless there's evidence that I'm mentally back to normal now." Speaking of this, Duan Qing picked up two different potion bottles again: "And I'm ...... now"

“…… What's wrong? ”

"No, nothing."

Sighing slightly, Duan Qing shook his head with a smile: "In short, the design of magic theory in the free world is a very profound science, with my IQ, I can't figure it out, my magic is also self-taught during this long vacation, and the knowledge of these potions in front of me......"

"So you dumped the sword training on me?" The woman, who had been silent for a while, frowned a little angrily: "Hiding to the side and being lazy? ”

"Please, isn't it your own choice for the sword?" Duan Qing, who had just wanted to put the two bottles of potion together, lowered his arms again when he heard the sound: "I'm not lazy now, if you didn't bother me...... I've now made three potions of Intense Healing. ”

"I don't care, anyway, you have to instruct me in swordsmanship." Xue Lingphantom Bing, who pursed her mouth, pulled Duan Qing up from the ground with a dissatisfied expression: "What did you say just now, explain it clearly first." ”

"Forget it, according to what I know about you, you still have too few swordsmanship seen now."

Sighing slightly, Duan Qing's gaze, which was forcibly pulled up, took the lead in falling on the surface of the long sword that Xue Lingphantom Ice threw aside: "Insufficient understanding will only lead you astray on the path of cultivation, so in order to avoid that kind of situation...... Let's go step by step. ”

As he spoke, he walked to the front of the iron long sword, and his contemplative face slowly revealed on his face as he picked up the long sword: "And ......"

"In order not to repeat my mistakes, you don't want to use the sword in the future, understand?"

“…… Then I can only level up more. ”

Nodding obediently, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who didn't ask why, then raised his eyebrows: "Otherwise, with my uninspiring level......"

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, anyway, you're already a novice now."

Making an innocuous move towards the other party, Duan Qing then twisted the other party's gaze back from the direction of the distant Kalo Village: "It just so happens that now that we have lost all our skills, let's stop practicing the path of the qi sword, hmm...... Since the attributes are not enough, let's start with the heart sword first. ”

"Heart Sword, what's that?"

"Unlike swordsmanship that requires strength and skill, such as power swords and technical swords, the heart sword relies on sword intent...... and the eye to detect the flaws of the other party. ”

Slightly raising the iron long sword in his hand, Duan Qing then put forward a peculiar posture of raising the height of a sword: "The mystery of the Heart Sword lies in induction, in dealing with everything between you and the enemy with your mind, and if you practice it to the extreme, a simple sword move is enough to cause threatening damage, and even make the enemy break down and take the initiative to expose your weaknesses." ”

The silent momentum rose around him as Duan Qing gradually closed his eyes, making Xue Lingphantom Ice involuntarily take a step back, concentrating on her in front of her, and then her gaze involuntarily fell on Duan Qing's body, but her concentrated attention did not find anything that could make people feel subtle or intimidating: "You...... What are you doing? ”

"This is probably the heart sword."

The long sword in his hand stabbed forward from afar, Duan Qing replied without looking back, but the posture that kept swinging back and forth turned around in the next moment, and the tip of the sword raised again pointed at the white-haired woman's position remotely: "Feel it." ”

As if she was shining in front of her by a round of sun wheels that were close at hand, Xue Ling's eyes suddenly became sharp, and all her attention after taking two steps back was completely attracted by the tip of the sword that was raised above her head and pointed at her from afar, and the action of wanting to raise her hand to block it was also shocked by some inexplicable invisible sword intent. A serious look gradually appeared on her face, and the white-haired woman, who had almost exhausted all her strength, finally raised her left arm, and the next moment she wanted to retreat and lift her body was frozen in place with her suddenly enlarged eyes, and at the same time appeared the tip of the iron sword that suddenly appeared in front of her: "Don't always think about retreating, although I know that this is a subconscious choice, but I choose too much......"

"It's a flaw."

【Ding——】

[You have comprehended the skill: stabbing attack.] 】

[You have comprehended the skill: counterattack.] 】

[You have comprehended the skill: Swift Thorn.] 】

[You have comprehended the skill: heart-eye reflex.] 】

"What just happened?"

Looking at the smile that Duan Qing then placed in front of him and the hilt of the sword handed over, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who still maintained a backward movement, blinked his eyes: "Yes...... Is that the way you use the sword? ”

"That's kind of how it feels."

Waving his hand slightly, Duan Qing, who didn't care at all about those system prompts, then slapped his gray magic robe to both sides: "It's probably not realistic to want you to achieve the level of Tai Chi Sword Intent now, now it's enough to have a little concept, your qualifications may not be the best person I've ever seen, but comprehending such a thing as sword intent...... It should still be possible. ”

“……”

Slowly took the hilt of the sword, the snow spirit phantom ice that hung his eyes slowly fell into contemplation, and only after a while did he look up at Duan Qing, who had returned to the front of the pile of potion bottles, in the action of fiddling with the long sword in his hand indiscriminately: "I understand, how should I practice?" ”

"Let's start with a counterattack."

Pointing slightly towards the location of the few wild wolves still roaming around, Duan Qing asked without raising his head, "You should be able to counterattack this skill, right?" It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, you just need to remember when you go to practice with those wild wolves for a while...... Just kill them with a counterattack. ”

Nodding slightly, the white-haired woman then turned around and walked towards the depths of the wilderness again, and the pace that had slowed down because she had been in deep thought began to get farther and farther away from the small rock, and finally slowly disappeared into Duan Qing's raised field of vision: "Alas......"

"This momentum...... It's not much different from the beginning. ”

Pulling the corners of his mouth, Duan Qing then focused his attention on the strange and strange potion bottles in front of him again, and the magic brilliance that was vague also bloomed in this uninhabited wilderness with his actions of fusing the potions together again and again. Perhaps because these colorful magical brilliance were too dazzling, some players walking by on the edge of this wilderness were still attracted by the busy figures of a man and a woman not far away, they first lingered for a while at the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice that was closer to the path, and then walked around to Duan Qing's vicinity in the cold gaze that the woman's eyes inadvertently revealed: "That...... How can I help? ”

"I'm not an NPC." It was Duan Qing who answered him in a rather helpless tone: "I'm doing experiments now, so I won't accept customers." ”

"Pick up, pick up?" The player looked confused and asked, "What kind of customer?" ”

"Ah, it's not."

Turning his head in reaction, Duan Qing then set his gaze on the two players who didn't continue to approach: "I'm sorry I didn't notice you...... What, what's the matter? ”

"No, no. But ......"

Glancing at each other, the player named Lazy Cat tentatively continued to shout, "Have we met?" ”

"Meet?" After looking up and down for a while, Duan Qing then turned his head with a senseless expression: "There should be, after all, I am a full-time medicine seller in the village......"

"What?"

"No, no, nothing."

A few thoughts turned in his heart, and Duan Qing then refocused his attention on the potion preparation in front of him: "It's okay, let's go." ”

"Don't you really need our help?"

"No, no, thank you for your kindness."

The loud shouts from the battle with the wolf then passed through the air between the two players, and the lazy cat then touched his nose and gradually retreated with an apologetic smile in the direction he came. A little gloom flashed across his face, and he and the crystal bun who were following him glanced at each other, and then confirmed each other in a low voice as they gradually moved away from this place: "Is it him?" ”

"It should ...... Right? ”

"Yes...... Who are they looking for? ”

"Well...... It's not up to us to decide. ”

Pulling the corners of his mouth a little helplessly, the crystal bun showed a knowing look: "You said it was ......"

"That's it."