Volume 1 The Scholar and the Sword Chapter 33 The Heart of the Sword
After Qin Zi woke up, he lay on the bed alone and felt the feeling just now.
Naturally, he didn't want to reminisce about the beauty of that thing, or the weird dream he had just had, but he wanted to carefully recall how he had felt when he had used the aura to perceive before.
This is a method he came up with two years ago, and after two years of training, he finally has some results, although he has not fully reached the expected goal in his heart, but now it is completely usable.
By the way, he had seen Elder Shen very few times in the past two years, and Elder Shen had been busy deducing the cultivation techniques, so he didn't know what Qin Zi had been doing in the past two years.
According to his thoughts, these two years should be his accumulation period, mainly used to read various books to enrich his knowledge reserves.
How did he know that Qin Zi had a golden finger like the Spirit Domain, and the time for reading books became very short, and the main time was spent refining the Seven Apertures.
So until now, Elder Shen didn't know what he had been doing in the past two years, or that in the entire sect, only Sect Master Lu Shui himself knew what he had been doing in the past two years, and even Lu Shui actually didn't know what his purpose was.
And just now, he tried his idea for the first time, and it turned out to be usable, which means that in the next time, he will try to climb the second mountain.
He closed his eyes and derived a little aura from his dantian, which he had been refining with his will for a long time, and he would leave a little after each refining trick and store it in the qi mansion.
Although he doesn't know where the qi is, it is real, so even if he doesn't know where it is, he can use it a little bit.
The aura derived from his qi mansion was naturally free of impurities, and he carefully controlled his mind, letting these aura spread out in the air, and then controlling it more carefully.
After the operation, he quickly tried to meditate.
Now his level of meditation is already very high, and he can enter meditation at will, and he succeeds almost instantly.
At this time, his mind once again presented a similar picture to the previous one, that is, the discovery achieved by using aura, but unlike before, in the air in the room, a more obvious spot of light was floating, with his name written on it-
Qin Zi
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Shen Shuo returned to the Scripture Pavilion.
He was even more puzzled now when he thought back to what Lu Shui had said before.
'What does this mean, Sect Master?' Could it be that he is still suspicious of Ah Zi now? No, if he really suspects it for two years, then with his character, he would rather kill by mistake than let it go. β
So what did he mean by telling me to go to that kid? β
He looked again at the room he was in.
At this time, the Shenyun Room was several times more chaotic than when Qin Zi came before, and the ground was full of crumpled paper.
Shen Shuo looked at the room that he usually thought was very academic, and the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became, and with a wave of his hand, all the paper balls gathered together, and then instantly turned into powder and disappeared out of thin air.
This is the strength of the Transformation Period, and the control of matter has reached such a point!
After the garbage in the room was cleaned up, Shen Shuo was in a slightly better mood, and lowered his head again to start the deduction.
In fact, when he told those people before, he had something to hide.
If the deduction goes well, he can indeed finish it in three years, but that is if the deduction goes smoothly and does not encounter bottlenecks. He said this in order to pull them all into the chariot first, and even if there were no results for three years, they would have to admit it.
He did this because he was helpless, because he had already hit a bottleneck!
Things in the world are so wonderful, he originally thought that the threshold of the improved exercises should be lower, and it was more suitable for those who were not so talented to cultivate, but now, the improved exercises were actually even more difficult to cultivate.
The reason is very simple, when he deduced that the qi house was stable and stepped into the foundation building period, he actually lost his sense of the qi mansion, or the induction became very small.
In the past few years, the cultivation speed of several disciples who had assisted him in the experiment had slowed down without exception, and he had not even been able to sense the Qi Mansion so far, including Ling Qiuheng and Xiao Yuan'er and several other top Tianjiao!
You must know that the spiritual roots of these people are of the highest quality, and now they are actually in the same predicament as Qin Zi, who has no spiritual roots.
Although these disciples were all voluntary, every time he thought that the future of these sects would stagnate in their cultivation due to his lack of ability, he felt a pang of guilt in his heart, and in this way, the deduction became even more difficult.
Eventually, he decided to stop the deduction for now.
Sighing heavily, he suddenly thought of Lu Shui's words again, and somehow, there seemed to be a voice in his head that made him believe Lu Shui's words and go to Qin Zi.
Shen Shuo closed his eyes and thought for a while, then finally sighed and turned his head to look at a candle lamp on the side.
This is what Qin Zi exchanged with him two years ago!
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On the other side, Qin Zi's hut ushered in an unexpected guest.
"Senior Brother Qin, are you feeling better, is there anything I can help with?" Ling Qiuheng asked slightly apologetically.
"Don't bother Senior Brother, Senior Brother, you better go back and continue your life's work!" Qin Zi said angrily.
Ling Qiuheng scratched his head embarrassedly, this usually chivalrous young man only felt very embarrassed now.
"Alright, no kidding. Senior Brother Ling, why are you back again, Sister Yuan'er? β
"I promised her to take her down the mountain in a few years to practice, and let her go back to practice first, and she also told me that she would stay in retreat until the Jindan period before coming out." Ling Qiuheng's tone was slightly doting, and Qin Zi felt a sour tooth when he heard it.
"I think she will last until the day after tomorrow!" He said unceremoniously.
"So Senior Brother hasn't answered another question yet, did you come back to find me something?"
Ling Qiuheng didn't answer directly, but found a stool and sat on the edge of Qin Zi's bed, turning his back to Qin Zi to prevent him from seeing his expression.
"Senior Brother Qin, do you remember when we first met two years ago?"
"Senior brother, it's not me bragging, my memory is even better than you think."
"Of course I know this, I'm a reckless man at best, and you're a scholar!" There was a bit of nostalgia in Ling Qiuheng's tone, which he shouldn't have at his age.
However, Qin Zi knew that Senior Brother Ling had been on the mountain for a few years, but he had never regarded himself as an immortal, just like himself.
"So, junior brother, do you remember the other night when we discussed your affairs together? If I'm not mistaken, we were talking about Reiki impurities that day, right? β
"Well, under that old peach tree."
"Heh, at that time, I actually just listened to you all the time, don't refute it, the things I told you, even if you don't have me, you will definitely be able to think of it."
Qin Zi didn't rush to refute, because he knew that what Senior Brother Ling wanted to say now was not that.
"Actually, after that day, I was a little more concerned and usually kept more snacks. So when Elder Shen came to me later, I agreed immediately. β
"Promised what?" Actually, Qin Zi knew.
"Help him experiment with new cultivation techniques. Don't pretend, I know you must know, and I also know that your Qi Mansion is already stable, and it seems to be born when I heard Elder Shen say it. β
Qin Zi smiled and didn't reply.
Ling Qiuheng didn't care either, and continued:
"Senior Brother Qin, I'm serious, I actually admire you very much. You're very smart, my dad told me since I was a kid to respect readers, especially those who are really smart, and I think you are. β
"Of course, in fact, I also envy you a little, don't laugh, I also thought about strategizing like those strategists or something."
"But just think about it, because I know that when it really comes to need, I will definitely be the first to rush ahead, because I know that I am a ruthless person, and I can't see the person I care about die in front of me."
"Remember the first time we met? I'm practicing my sword there, and you can tell at a glance that there is something wrong with my sword intent. β
"At that time, I knew that you must be a good person, a really good person, because my sword is my justice, and you know in your heart what true justice is, so you can see my problem at a glance."
"Hehe, I think you should be able to guess, my father and mother also died when I was a child, and they died in front of me."
"My dad was originally a martial artist, the innate kind!
His name is Ling Heng, horizontal and vertical, is it particularly earthy, blind to our family such a good surname, I told him several times when I was a child to tell him to change it himself, those times I called ah, I still remember. β
Speaking of his embarrassment back then, there was a lonely smile in Ling Qiuheng's eyes.
"You know that, I later found out that he wasn't actually called Ling Heng, it was a nickname given to him, and he was good, so he took this special nickname as his name."
"But he really responded to this name, he has been very horizontal all his life, he has never seen those bad things, and he has killed a lot of bad people."
"Hey, he is obviously a big boss, but he admires those literati very much, and he also learned from that Mr. Zhengyang, named our family Hengyang Jianzhuang, specializing in chivalry and righteousness, and really gave him the name of a Hengyang hero."
When he said this, he paused, and there was a little sadness in his tone.
"Next, you must be able to guess, it is that there are too many enemies, and they are slaughtered all over the house, and I am the only one who was saved by the elders of the Falling Sword Sect who passed by."
"But seriously, unlike the characters in those novels, I don't have enemies, and the people who killed my whole family are already dead, so I don't actually have any hatred."
"But I was still young at that time, and after reading a few novels, I always felt that good people must be rewarded. So after that I kept thinking, why? Why? β
"Why are there so many wicked people in this world who are not cared for? Why the fuck should a good guy have such a thing? Those immortals on the mountain are all fucking eating dry food, won't they care? β
"So at that time, I was bent on practicing swords, and I wanted to become a great sword immortal."
"The other mountain people don't care whether mortals live or die, I'll take care of it!
"The other mountain people let the wicked do evil, I will kill them!"
When he said this, he realized his gaffe, scratched his head unwillingly, and said with a smile:
"So you also know later, I have a problem with my mentality, and I didn't get better until I met Senior Sister Kite and you."
"Look at me now, the sword intent has actually improved a lot, and what you have often told me in the past few years, I can basically understand it, so you see, in fact, I am not so stupid. Maybe not as smart as you, but still smart, right? β
He was still a little unconvinced when he said this, and there was a little hesitation in his tone.
"Well, Senior Brother is just not good at strategy, but he is really great wisdom!"
"Look, you think so too!"
"So, I'm pretty smart, I can actually figure it out if I think about itβ"
"Someone is scheming on us, right?"
Ling Qiuheng didn't seem to be the righteous young man at this time, his tone was cold, with a strong killing intent, but the next moment he eased up.
"Hehe, I can guess, you're going to do big things, I can't."
"So you don't need to tell me the specifics, you just have to answer me a question, is someone going to do something bad?"
Ling Qiuheng was completely facing away from Qin Zi at this time, so he didn't see that a cruel smile rose on Qin Zi's face, a chilling smile.
He just wanted to speak, but when he saw Senior Brother Ling's back, he suddenly paused, and finally his smile gradually disappeared, and he just answered his question softly:
"Yes!"
"Phew-hehe, now I finally know, I don't have to think about it."
"You don't have to worry, I'm not trying to do anything, but it's pretty obvious after all, so I can still guess a little bit anyway. So this time I'm asking you, in fact, I just want to know the answer.
Now that I know, it's just a clear idea of what I'm going to do next-"
Ling Qiuheng paused, his tone firm, with a determination to die, without a trace of confusion:
"Practice your sword well, you must not let go of those bastards!"
After saying that, he walked away without looking back.