Chapter 11: Sword Cultivation
Xiyue looked at Su Chen, compared him with his previous appearance in the Qitian Mountain Range, and found that there was indeed a little difference, Su Chen at this time was confident and ruthless, while in the Qitian Mountain Range, he was cautious, had no vitality, and went crazy when he didn't agree with each other.
"I can't beat him now, in case he goes crazy again......" Xiyue couldn't help but shiver, and then thought angrily, "No, he learned the Pure Heart Mantra, so he won't go crazy so easily." Besides, if he dares to beat me, I'll find the elders to clean him up!" Thinking of this, she looked around for a while, trying to determine if the elders in the clan were hiding somewhere, but after looking at it for a long time, she found nothing.
One person against three people, Jindan Sixth Heaven against one Fifth Heaven and two Triple Heavens, the gap in cultivation made Su Chen fearless.
"Actually, I don't want to be a killer. Su Chen said, "Why don't you just treat me as if you haven't seen me, and just separate and never see each other again?"
"Villain, shut up!" Huang Ying said sharply, "If you kill my people, this matter will never be good!"
"Then you want to die here too?" Su Chen sneered, he really looked like a villain at this moment.
"What a big breath. Fu Jian said coldly, "Just rely on the stars to disappear without a trace, then you are too arrogant." ”
"But you really can't do anything about me. Su Chen sneered.
The three of them were speechless, in the round of attacks just now, Su Chen killed all the disciples of the Spirit Control Period effortlessly, for the joint attack of the three of them, they could not only dodge, but also resist hard, they were simply invincible, and the three of Fu Jian were also shocked.
"It's him!" Fu Jian shouted, urging Dingguang Shuo to attack again, and at the same time, Liu Quan's Bagua Treasure Mirror hit a golden light, and Huang Ying urged a flying sword to spin and kill. Su Chen's right hand raised his sword fingers, pointed at the Dingguang Shuttle, and his left hand came out to meet the golden light of the Bagua Treasure Mirror, and then kicked towards the flying sword; in an instant, the Dingguang Shuttle was split by the sword qi, the golden light of the treasure mirror was scattered, and the flying sword was also kicked away.
Su Chen's footsteps were slightly wrong, and he walked without a trace, and in an instant he came behind Liu Quan, and slapped out a palm, Liu Quan sensed it, and the gossip treasure mirror swirled around, blocking this palm, and at the same time, the black light of the Dingguang shuttle swept out, and Su Chen's footsteps moved, avoiding "time is like a shuttle" This supernatural power, when he reappeared, Huang Ying's flying sword attacked again, Su Chen's left hand stretched out, the white light flashed between his fingers, and accurately clamped the flying sword, Huang Ying was shocked, and hurriedly urged the sword trick, the flying sword trembled, but it couldn't get out of Su Chen's control;
Huang Ying was anxious, suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his expression suddenly languished, but he saw that in Su Chen's hand, the flying sword had been shattered into powder, and at the same time, a sword blade was sandwiched between Su Chen's fingers, and his figure was unpredictable, avoiding the attacks of Fu Jian and Liu Quan again and again, and dodged to Huang Ying, who had suffered internal wounds.
"Dare!" The two were furious and attacked together, but Su Chen took a step faster, grabbed Huang Ying's neck and flickered directly, and came to the side.
"Stop!" Su Chen held Huang Ying hostage, and the blade of the flying sword was against Huang Ying's neck.
Fu Jian and Liu Quan had scruples, so they stopped at the moment, and Liu Quan said, "Let go of Senior Sister Huang!"
Su Chen smiled: "Give me a reason." ”
Fu Jian said coldly: "You let go of my junior sister, I can treat you as if I haven't seen you and let you go." ”
Su Chen said: "This condition is good, but how can I trust you?"
Fu Jian's eyes became more and more cold, and with a move of his hand, Dingguang Shuo submerged into his body, Liu Quan saw this, and also withdrew the gossip treasure mirror, Fu Jian said: "Even if you leave, if we make a move, we will not die well." ”
Su Chen beckoned Xiyue to come over, sealed Huang Ying's cultivation, held her in his hand, and said, "When Ah Yue and I are safe, I will let her go." With that, he strode away.
"Senior brother, really let him go like this?" Liu Quan was unwilling and wanted to chase after him.
"Senior Sister Huang is still in his hands, and this person is still at ease with one enemy and three, and the woman from the Ice Phoenix Clan has not made a move, even if we catch up, it will be in vain. Fu Jian said.
"What then?" asked Liu Quan.
"Go back to the master and report to the master. Fu Jian said, "I hope Senior Sister Huang is okay." ”
Su Chen and Xiyue found a ferry by the Jiuqu River, and then Huang Ying was released, but it did not liberate her cultivation, Huang Ying glared at Su Chen fiercely before leaving, Su Chen raised his eyebrows, and said, "Still not convinced?
Huang Ying was startled and hurriedly ran away.
"Aren't you afraid that they will come to trouble you again?" asked Xiyue.
"Come on, come on. Su Chen said lightly, "As long as they are not afraid of death." ”
Xiyue thought about it, and it was true, in the same great realm, Su Chen seemed to be really not afraid of anyone, not only had the unique footwork of Daowu Palace, but also had strange skills, and was not afraid of any attack. Speaking of this peculiar ability, Xiyue's curiosity also came, so she asked Su Chen, "What is your white halo? Is it your supernatural power?"
Su Chen smiled: "That's right, when I entered the Jindan period, this was the supernatural power that appeared. ”
Xiyue continued to ask, "What kind of supernatural power is that?"
Su Chen said: "Innate Sword Gang!"
Nine years ago, Su Chen was seven years old and worshipped Su Xingfeng as his teacher, and then returned to the master's door only to know that Su Xingfeng was the first disciple of the contemporary head of Daowu Palace, Xuanling Daoren.
When he first saw his ancestor, the Xuanling Daoist of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone saw Su Chen's root bones, praised him, and told Su Xingfeng that he could pass on all the Dao methods of his own sect to Su Chen.
Later, on the Wujian Cliff where Su Xingfeng lived, Su Chen set the way for the future.
The path of cultivation has been passed down to the present day, and there are many schools of thought, but the emphasis is different, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. So far, there are three major schools, which are divided into "Imperial Martial Flow", "Imperial Weapon Stream", and "Imperial Art Stream" according to their different emphasis. The Imperial Weapon Flow focuses on tempering the physical body and different combat skills, and is good at hand-to-hand combat; the Imperial Weapon Flow focuses on refining weapons and controlling various magic weapons; the Imperial Weapon Flow focuses on communicating the aura of heaven and earth, and is good at various spiritual formations.
There is a way that "chaos reopens the heavens and the earth, and the immortals and demons merge and transform the three emperors", which refers to the development and evolution of the cultivation method on the Shenzhou continent in the past 10 million years.
Between the three royals, each has its own advantages and defects, and it can also blend with each other. The Imperial Martial Stream can also practice refining weapons and spiritual arts, and the Imperial Martial Stream can also refine various melee combat techniques, and the same is true for the Imperial Weapon Stream. However, in the early stages of their monasticism, many monks concentrate on one of the schools and then delve into the others when they have attained success.
The cultivation path set by Su Xingfeng for Su Chen is "Imperial Martial Arts", and it is a unique branch of Imperial Martial Arts - Sword Cultivation.
Sword cultivation, with his life to cast a sword, all his life only focus on a sword, with this sword into the Tao, with this sword to ask, with this sword to become the Tao. But since ancient times, sword cultivation has always been scarce, and there are even fewer people who can achieve great success. Because he only cultivates one sword in his life, he is more likely to die in the early stage of cultivation than other monks. The sword is not as close as the tripod, tower, bell and other instruments are born close to the way, on the contrary, the sword is ordinary and ordinary, and it is difficult to carry the avenue of heaven and earth without being close to the road, and it is difficult to achieve great success.
The first sword cultivator in the history of Shenzhou, he was a swordsman before entering the monastic world, but he was extraordinary, and he also had adventures, and he was instructed by a senior in the monastic world to enter the Tao, and then he created a first-class "sword cultivation" with his own talent, and also opened a sect, determined to pass on the sword cultivation, but the ancestor of the sword cultivation did not reach the peak of his own cultivation, and died young. The sword cultivation after him, I don't know if it was because of his qualifications, or why, no one could reach his realm, let alone surpass his predecessors.
Later, sword cultivation became less and less, and the inheritance was almost cut off.
Su Xingfeng himself is not a sword cultivator, but by chance, he got the cultivation codex left by the sword cultivation patriarch, which records the sword cultivation ancestor's lifelong cultivation gains, and also includes the deduction of the road to sword cultivation. Su Xingfeng was amazed when he saw it, but at this time, his own path of cultivation had been finalized, and he could no longer cultivate from scratch, which was a pity.
Later, Su Xingfeng accepted Su Chen as an apprentice, this apprentice has excellent roots and bones, and is very talented in cultivation, and it is an uncarved piece of jade. So a slightly crazy idea appeared in Su Xingfeng's mind, that is, to pass this codex to Su Chen, and let Su Chen continue the path of sword cultivation!
Therefore, in addition to practicing some Dao methods of the Dao Martial Palace, Su Chen practiced according to the provisions of this codex, and the path he took was also different from that of the disciples of the same sect.
Su Xingfeng's move, firstly, he did not want to cut off the inheritance of sword cultivation, and secondly, he also wanted to know how far Su Chen's qualifications could go on the road of sword cultivation, if he could reach the dignity of the pinnacle of humanity, it would undoubtedly give all those who were interested in the path of sword cultivation supreme confidence, sword cultivation, and even become the fourth school outside the Three Emperors.
In the first three years of cultivation, with the help of the resources of his master, Su Chen laid a good foundation, and in the sixth year of cultivation, he successfully broke through the Jindan period. It was at this time that his natural supernatural powers were also revealed.
Among the monks of Yuwuliu, there is a rare supernatural power, called "innate Gang Qi", with this supernatural power, Gang Qi covers the body, and in the same realm, it can almost be afraid of any form of external attack. Of course, this supernatural power also has a nemesis, but it is also rare to be able to restrain the "innate qi".
Su Chen's innate supernatural power is derived from the change of "Innate Gang Qi", in the Codex of the Sword Cultivation Ancestor, it is called "Innate Jian Gang", and according to the deduction of the ancestor, the Innate Sword Gang can not only be used as a defense, but also have more changes if its own cultivation is sufficient.
Su Chen, who was in the Jindan period, couldn't reflect these changes yet, but with the "Innate Sword Gang" in his body, as long as the other party's cultivation was not higher than his three small realms or one big realm, he could hardly be moved.
This is the power of the "Innate Sword Gang".
"I see, I can't imagine that there is such a relationship. Xiyue listened to Su Chen's explanation, and nodded constantly, she had seen the record of "Congenital Gang Qi" in the classics collected by the clan, but she still heard about the term "Innate Sword Gang" from Su Chen, and at the same time, she had to admire the generation of wizards who created the sword cultivation school.
Su Chen said: "Yes, now my cultivation is still shallow, and the mystery of the innate sword gang cannot be fully displayed, according to the deduction of the sword ancestor, the mystery that the innate sword gang can play is proportional to the cultivation, and the innate sword gang can also be obtained through the acquired cultivation, even if there is only one formula, it can contain infinite changes, or attack or defense, free and free, not confined to any form." ”
Xiyue nodded and said, "There are ten thousand laws in the world, and they all end up in the same way, and any method can be like this in the end." ”
Su Chen smiled: "That's true. ”
The two bought a boat from the boatman to cross the river, and the money was naturally scavenged from Huang Ying. Xiyue also asked the boatman for some condiments, which she put in her sachet, and in addition, she also asked for a brazier, and before getting on the boat, she went to the grove by the river to pick up some dry firewood and the kind of grass that Su Chen used to remove the fish.
Su Chen kept rolling his eyes, this girl seemed to be very worried about eating, and he would be busy in the future.
The two went down the river, touring the mountains and rivers all the way, grilling fish and talking about it, and they both gained a lot from each other.
Jiuqu River, from the Qitian Mountains, along the northern boundary of Yongzhou and Hebei to the east, in the middle of the Jizhou border to the south to the interior, deep into the territory of Jizhou, in the area close to the holy city of Yanyun City turned again, continue to the east, through Qingzhou into the sea, during which the nine curves loop, meandering like a dragon, nourished thousands of Shenzhou creatures, especially the Kyushu human race, this river has nurtured millions of years, along the river of the counties and counties, there are even special shrines set up for the Jiuqu River, by the worship and sacrifice of the Kyushu people in the past dynasties.
On both sides of the big river, the hills are continuous, the green trees are shady, the birds are heard crying during the day, and the insects are heard at night; occasionally there are apes howling and swinging away from the trees, and occasionally tigers, leopards and jackals are seen, hidden in the forest, so it is not lively.
Xiyue is naturally very happy, she has grown up in the north and the south, she is naturally the first time to see such a scene, and Su Chen is also willing to tell her anecdotes about Kyushu, lest she always support herself to go down to the river to catch fish. But Xiyue is not so easy to fool, as soon as the meal arrives, she only needs to smile, Su Chen understands, sighs and goes down to the river, catches two fish and comes up, to satisfy Xiyue's appetite.
That night, the night sky was as clear as a wash, a crescent moon hung high in the sky, and a long river of stars stretched across the sky, and the stars were murmuring, flowing with dreamlike brilliance. The sky was full of stars, like a naughty child blinking his eyes, staring curiously at this earthly world.
Xiyue sat on the bow of the boat, barefoot, swaying and swinging, dressed in a blue dress and white dress, her long blue hair spread out, dancing lightly with the night breeze, and her blue eyes stared at the starry sky, reflecting the starlight, which was so beautiful that people were intoxicated. That small face, delicate and serene, like a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world.
Beautiful, so beautiful!
In Su Chen's heart, he couldn't think of any other words to describe it, there was only one word "beauty", which could describe the Northern Pluto Heavenly Maiden who was staring at the starry sky at this time.
The so-called fairies are nothing more than that!
Xiyue looked at the night sky for a while, looked back, and saw an elegant young man leaning in the cabin with clear eyes......
"I haven't seen a beautiful woman!" Xiyue said crampedly, and immediately looked away.
"It's too much! it's not worse than you!" Su Chen felt that his cheeks were a little hot, and replied casually.
"By the way, where are we going to land?" asked Xi Yue without looking back.
"The nearest ferry port is the Yanhui Ferry, where there is an official road to a big city in the north of Jizhou. Su Chen said and went back to the cabin.
There was no movement behind her, Xi Yue quietly glanced back, let out a long sigh of relief, and said to herself, "What was that feeling just now?"
Indeed, at this point, she was still a little restless, and her heart was pounding. Looking up at the sky, the stars twinkled and twinkled, like her beating heart.
In the afternoon of the next day, the two finally saw the crowd.
"This is the Yanhui ferry you said?" Xiyue's eyes lit up when she saw the busy scene of people coming and going by the big river, she really hadn't seen such a person in the past month.
"Well, here it is. Su Chen nodded, but kept looking at Xiyue.
Xiyue looked at herself suspiciously and asked, "Why do you keep looking at me?"
Su Chen said, "You look a little too ostentatious, aren't you?"
Xiyue pursed her lips and said, "What's the big deal, who dares to come to me for trouble?"
Su Chen shrugged his shoulders, said no more, shook the pulp, and sailed towards the dock.
Yanhui Ferry, which is an important material turnover place on the northern border of Jizhou and along the Jiuqu River, because it is close to the strategic place in the north of Jizhou - Eucalyptus City, it is said that in the era of war, a lot of material turnover has to pass through here and be transported to Eucalyptus City.
On the shore, Xiyue looked east and west, very curious. In addition to the dock workers who carry goods, there are also businessmen and fishermen who come and go along the coast, accompanied by the sound of trumpets from time to time, and it is very lively.
Her appearance naturally attracted a lot of attention.
"Strange, it seems that monks are rarely seen. Xiyue muttered.
After Su Chen heard this, he explained to her: "This is a ferry built by the human dynasty, and there are unwritten rules in the cultivation world, which can support the forces of the human world, but cannot interfere in the affairs of the human world. This place is for mortals, and there are basically no monks coming, unless some merchant has invited them to escort them, it is difficult to see monks in such places. ”
Xiyue asked again, "What about the city?"
Su Chen said: "That's different, if it's some important cities, the dynasty in the world will generally invite powerful monks to sit in the town, and of course the cost is not cheap." If it was the Nine Holy Cities, this would not be the case, the more powerful the monks, the more low-key they would be in the Nine Holy Cities. ”
"Why?"
"The nine holy cities of Kyushu, the legend is that it is an ancient city that existed a long time ago, and the history of Kyushu is as long, and it is said that there is a holy tripod in each holy city, and the nine holy cities can stand for endless years without falling, it is said that it is because of the protection of the nine tripods. These holy cities are the holy places of the human race, and neither the human race nor the human race dare to make a mistake in the holy city. Legend has it that in the past, when Kyushu was in great danger and the survival of the human race was threatened, Jiuding once exerted its power to quell the disaster and protect the human race. Therefore, the Shenzhou monks have always been full of reverence for Jiuding and the holy city they guard, and it is said that there are many rules in the holy city that are specifically used to restrict powerful monks. ”
"Oh, what are the nine holy cities?"
"Xuzhou Linjie City, Jizhou Yanyun City, Yongzhou Changyang City, Qingzhou Stargazing City, Yangzhou Jinling City, Jingzhou West Chu City, Yuzhou Taiwang City, Liangzhou Tushan City and Shuzhou Tianfu City, are these nine. ”
"So, you've been to Tushan City since you were a child?
"Well, I see. That kind of atmosphere, unforgettable......"
While chatting, the two left the dock.