Not long after,

The three of them arrived at the collection area of the library of the Academy of Arts.

Ilya was puzzled: "Uncle, aren't you looking for clues about Sodros, why did you come to this art division?" There are some celebrity calligraphy and paintings here, and there are no swordsmanship classics or anything..."

"Sodros was born into a family of artists, and his parents wanted him to be a painter rather than a swordsman. Therefore, when he was young, he was very accomplished in painting..."

Raymond was impressed by this plot and explained.

He tried to think about it for a moment, and then said, "If I remember correctly... Originally, he would have signed a note on his work. J. King's pseudonym. ”

"Picasso? I think I heard it in art class..."

Ilya is clearly impressed.

She followed the labels on the shelves and quickly found her target, "Look, here." ”

There are a lot of things on the shelves, there are oil paintings, there are picture scrolls, it seems that the output of Sodros's art was not small!

Ilya looked at the exquisite and unique paintings in front of him, and exclaimed: "It turns out that Sodros's predecessor is really a painter!" ”

"Hmm."

Raymond looked at these dusty old things that had been sealed for decades, frowned, and vaguely felt as if he was going to return empty-handed today. No matter how you look at it, there is no possibility of hiding the "magic sword" in this pile of paintings.

Could it be a mistake?

Thinking about it, he still didn't give up, and said: "I'm looking for a painting called 'Hell Change', you can see it and pay attention..."

This is the only information he can associate with "Hell", as introduced in the background of the game, it seems that Sodros found inspiration from that painting, saw Hell, and comprehended the "Twelve Views of Hell: Mystery".

......

"Found it!"

Not long after, when Judy was spreading out a picture scroll, she saw the label of "Hell Changes"!

It's a haunting picture with a scarlet background throughout, as if soaked in blood. There are pools of blood, thunder and lightning, volcanoes, demonic winds, torture instruments, demons... A terrifying landscape of hell depicted.

And the heroine in the painting is a woman who is burning in flames... Her gaze was full of burning pain, but more than that, it was affectionate. Those eyes full of affection seemed to be looking at the person who painted back then through the painting scroll.

The artist's skills are very superb and expressive, and the portrait of the real scene in the painting makes people look slightly trance-like, and suddenly feel that the flame seems to burn through the painting, faintly allowing the viewer to experience the heart-rending burning pain of the woman in the painting for a moment.

"Ahh How do I look at this painting, how do I feel my scalp tingling..."

Ilya's little face wrinkled, and she was very displeased: "This seems to be a sketch? Could it be that Sodros painted this painting when he watched people burn in front of his eyes? ”

Even Judy, who was accustomed to seeing too much life and death, frowned faintly when she saw it. She'd seen this look in her eyes, "It's a temporary goodbye look... Presumably, this woman who was burned by the flames knew the artist..."

"Well, they do know each other. In this painting, it is also a true story of the past..."

Seeing this painting, Raymond's eyes were also slightly foggy, and he slowly said: "Legend has it that Sodros was obsessed with sword dao back then, and he faintly touched the threshold of sword intent. But that kind of dry feeling is like the inspiration of a painter, mysterious and mysterious, ethereal, always he can't grasp it... He was almost crazy about this, and the more anxiously he wanted to comprehend that sword intent and step into the 'Sword Hero' realm, the more that feeling moved away from him..."

......

"Ahh What hell is hell like?! I've seen the outline of it, but it's getting blurrier... If I lose this God-given opportunity, I'm afraid I won't be able to step into the 'Sword Hero' realm in this life..."

"Sodros, the one I love the most, I can empathize with your anxiety... Can I help you? ”

"No... Sonya, you can't help me. My kendo is to make people see the desperate kendo! I have seen hell in my dreams, which is my ideal path of the 'Extreme Path'... But I don't understand the painful struggle in hell at all, and I can't understand the heart-wrenching despair of being in hell..."

“...”

Sodros also finally lost that "inspiration", he thought that God had given up on him, withdrew his kendo talent, and blocked him from the threshold of comprehending "sword intent".

Having lost his kendo, he borrows alcohol all day long to kill his sorrows, like a walking corpse.

He never touched the sword again after holding the bottle in his hand.

All this,

They were all seen by his lover Sonya.

That night,

Sodros was drunk again.

On the way home, he saw a fire in the distance, and thought it was a drunken dream. He staggered closer, and the light of the fire was like a red lotus from hell, and it was reflected in his eyes. And in the flames there was a figure struggling in pain, groaning in despair on the brink of death...

"Oh my God, isn't this the despair I once touched?"

Far from horrifying Sodros, this terrifying sight thought that the heavens had once again given him supreme inspiration, allowing him to touch the vanished and invisible "Extreme Artistic Conception", which was the scene of hell he had ever seen!

He was crazy, afraid that he would forget this scene again, so he quickly took out his sketchpad to record this wonderful scene in front of him...

He looked at the woman struggling in the flames as if he had seen the most exciting picture in the world... He forgot everything, forgot about himself, forgot about the woman in the flames... In his hazy and drunken eyes, the familiar mood of despair surged into his heart again, one move at a time, one sword at a time... The wonderful sword moves that I can't think of even after racking my brains are pouring out like a volcano in my mind at this moment...

He understood.

The flames have reached the extreme, and the vitality is gone... The woman in the flames finally turned her head slowly and showed him the last smile at the end of her life.

It was a familiar face of her lover, and her eyes were still full of love.

She waved goodbye in the flames,

"My love, goodbye..."

At this moment, it was like waking up from a big dream.

That smile made up for the missing "artistic conception" at the end.

She said goodbye in despair in the flames, and Sodros was in pain.

The loss of a loved one is a heart-wrenching despair...

"Nope! Sonya..."

The lover disappeared in front of his eyes and turned into a flame in the Red Lotus Hell, helping him burn the "sword intent" in his heart.

Since then, there has been no love in the world, and he has only kendo left.

This night,

Sodros walked out of hell,

Comprehended the "Extreme Sword Intent".

......

After listening to the story, Ilya looked incredulous, "You mean, the wife of Sodros on your picture scroll?" In order to help him comprehend the sword intent, she burned herself to death? ”

"Hmm."

Raymond nodded, looked at the scroll, and said in a heavy tone: "This is the origin of the original 'Twelve Views of Hell: Mysteries'..."

Ilya's expression was complicated, and she muttered, "How can there be such a stupid woman!" ”

Raymond also felt very heavy after telling the story.

Even heavier...

Hey, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with that last word!

What about the magic sword? I didn't even see a shadow!

Just when he pursed his mouth in disappointment and wanted to put away the scroll, suddenly the system prompt sounded.

【Ding! Mysterious consciousness invasion, do you accept it? 】

What else can you choose to accept?

Raymond was a little surprised, it didn't seem to be an offensive spirit spell.

【Yes!】 】

With this confirmation, he watched the raging flames in the picture really "come to life".

forthwith

An old voice whispered in his ear,

"You can see this spiritual remnant that I left behind, it must be my 'Extreme Sword Technique', fortunately... I have been with the Demon Sword [Ghost Pupil] for ten years, and I am getting into the devil day by day, and I know that my life will not be long, so I will keep this volume..."

"When I got this magic weapon, I was ecstatic. The magic sword is next to the body, and the way of the sword is more sophisticated, but I don't feel that I have been matched for a long time and devoured the gods... That day I fell into the devil for the first time, and by the time I woke up, I had made a terrible mistake... I wanted to sink the 'magic sword' into the deep sea, but I couldn't bear to bury such a peerless sword, hesitated again and again, and recreated and killed again and again, and I was already deep in the demon..."

"Recently, I have felt that I have been demonized more often than before, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to wake up again. There are countless tragic deaths and lives in my hands, and I know that my sins are extremely evil... After looking for the ancient method seal, he returned to the Black Sea with his sword, hoping that one day, it would see the light of day again... I also left behind this dossier that I have learned all my life, hoping that my lifelong swordsmanship will not be buried..."

"'The Twelve Views of Hell: Mysteries' was created when I was not in the Black Sea, and it is full of flaws. After many years of comprehension, I revised and left this volume... One word Razer, night ghost crying..."

"'Extreme Killing God Six Slashes' is the domineering and incomparable six-style sword technique that the magic sword helped me to break the mirror, which is the essence of my life's swordsmanship, dare to use this sword to slash the sky, the earth, and the gods. This sword move, non-sword hero realm can not comprehend, stay in this volume, when he enters the sword hero realm, you can know its mystery..."

"I have a hunch that my 'keeping the sword' may harm my people, so I entrusted my old friend to hide the [Ghost Pupil] and martial arts in the volcano hell crater and Tianlan Academy respectively... If you can see this, you must be the heir of my lineage. If the sword falls into the hands of others, our people may have been killed by them, and I hope to kill them! My sword, Xiao Xiao does not deserve it..."

"[Ghost Pupil] is a swordsman divine weapon, take it, use it with caution... With this sword in hand, you can experience the ultimate mystery of 'Extreme Dao Killing God Slash Six Slashes'..."

“...”

Raymond digested the information handed down in the scroll, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he said happily in his heart: "The complete and improved version of the 'Twelve Scenes of Hell', and the 'Extreme Dao Killing God Six Slashes' that is boundless when I hear it." Tsk, what a harvest of skills..."

At the beginning, because the realm was not enough, he only learned the first three moves of the "Twelve Scenes of Hell" in the old blind man, and he thought that the inheritance of the old man had been broken after his death, and he would have no chance to play the later moves in this life. I didn't expect that now I have this picture scroll in my hand, and everything is ready!

It turns out that Sodros's last words have two meanings, "sword" refers not only to the magic sword, but also to the inheritance of sword moves!

"Volcanic Hell" is a landmark island not far from Tianlan King, and this place name is also the place where Raymond guessed that the sword might be hidden, but he didn't expect it to be true!

"So... Mayer Clive also got the news, and if he's not too stupid, two years is enough time for him to get that magic sword out of the jaws of hell..."

Obviously, that old coward is smarter than anyone else.

Raymond's mind raced, it turned out that Sodros had already expected this situation.

The "Sword Castle" was indeed destroyed because of this news, and "if the sword falls into the hands of others, it is a murderer" This saying is also true.

Meyer must be killed... Even without that magic sword.

"Whew..."

The harvest was very good, and Raymond was in a great mood.

Ilya on the side also noticed that there was something strange about this scroll, and she probably guessed something. She now watched Raymond begin to roll up the scroll and asked, "Uncle, have you found what you are looking for?" ”

"Well, this scroll contains the sword skills left by Sodros."

Raymond nodded, put away the scroll, and said, "Let's go." ”

"I said that the ink on the scroll looked very new, and it turned out that someone had replaced it..."

Ilya tilted her head and muttered.

Thinking about it, she didn't forget to remind: "Uncle, you are not allowed to take the things out here." If you want to steal it, remember to hide it, or the administrator will stop you. ”

“...”

The corners of Raymond's mouth raised, and he knocked on Ilya's head with the scroll as if educating a child, and said, "I am retrieving the inheritance scroll of my 'Extreme Dao One Knife Stream', not stealing..."

This picture scroll represents the complete inheritance of "Extreme Dao One Knife Stream".

What the predecessors took their lives to comprehend, the descendants can enjoy the shade under the big tree, climb along the tree, and stand higher and see farther, which is the meaning of inheritance.

......

"Hey, hey, hey! Uncle, can you stop treating me like a child..."

Ilya covered her little head and muttered, looking unhappy.

Judy on the side didn't know what she was thinking, the corners of her eyebrows curved slightly, and a rare smile appeared.