Chapter 35: The Sword of the Evening Spring
"Zhou Song, I have advised you a long time ago, but now it is useless for you to regret it."
Seeing Zhou Song's face of loss, Mu Ke wanted to open his mouth to comfort, but the sentences he said inevitably turned into mockery.
Zhou Song shook his head: "I didn't say I regret it." β
Yes, she doesn't regret it, she's not a backsliding, as long as it's what she decides to do, she'll never regret it.
She just felt that time was running out.
Those few gray hairs turned into an opportunity for Zhou Song to have nothing outside his heart.
She still thought about Ye Xingchuan, but what she thought was that if she didn't practice this swordsmanship as soon as possible, the time when she met Ye Xingchuan would be far away.
"The first step is to be empty of body and mind, you need to meditate for seven days, fast water and fast for seven days, sink into the dantian, feel the internal force to the meridians, integrate into the blood, and then you can continue."
Zhou Song meditated for seven days, the first two days were better, no different from meditation on weekdays, the third to the fifth day was extremely difficult, thirsty, hungry, the internal force was blocked everywhere, almost gave up, after the fifth day, she felt relaxed, the fatigue disappeared instantly, refreshed, the body was light, the meridians in the body were dredged, and the spiritual power in the body could be flexibly mobilized, but it was integrated into the blood, and she had no feeling.
Soon seven days passed, she was always short of the last step, so she insisted on meditating, during which no water entered, and finally on the tenth day, she suddenly felt cold hands and feet, and her body was hot, as if the blood was withdrawn from the limbs and condensed in the dantian, and then the warm feeling spread out from the dantian, quickly washing all over Zhou Song's body, until a mouthful of blood gushed up and down her throat, Zhou Song spit out involuntarily, she instantly felt that the internal force reached all over her body, as if she was really one with herself!
This first step, Zhou Song finally did it, and then she ate a little and continued to practice the second step.
"The second step is to concentrate the internal force in the palm of the palm and slowly lose it in the blade of the sword, here you need to be cautious and slow, and you must not rush until the body is empty."
This step alone is dangerous enough. Inject all your internal strength into the sword, if you don't use it well, it's easy to never get it back, and I'm afraid that many people who have lost their martial arts will stop here.
But Zhou Song didn't make it difficult for her, but she didn't have a sword at all, only branches. Let's not talk about whether she can get back the internal force, I'm afraid that if she only injects a little, the branches will shatter because she can't bear it. Moreover, it is difficult for an ordinary sword to make her internal strength, and she needs a good divine sword that is competent and well-made, rather than just looking for one. Moreover, people and swords need to be tempered, and if they are incompatible, no matter how good the sword is, it is useless.
Then I have to go to the armory of the Shenji Pavilion, compared to the library, the armory is much more heavily guarded, so I'm afraid I can't do it again. In this way, there is only one way left - every disciple of the Shenji Pavilion will go to the armory to get the weapon he is capable of before performing the task, and he still needs to hand it in after the execution, and the Shenji Pavilion does not allow the disciple to carry a weapon with him. Then, Zhou Song could disguise himself as a disciple of the Divine Machine Pavilion and infiltrate the armory.
If you choose a way, the next step is to bother those two gatekeepers.
Zhou Song had been in the Shenji Pavilion for three months, and he had long been very familiar with these two disciples, and the two disciples would complain to her from time to time, such as the food in the canteen today was not appetizing, or the elders who taught the mechanical arts were too strict. She also occasionally interjects when the two are chatting.
"Aren't you bored to stay with me all day?"
"Of course it's boring, I want to go on a mission with other people." One of them had a deflated mouth and looked very dissatisfied.
Another answered: "You're not qualified enough, practice again!" β
Zhou Song was puzzled and amused by their words: "Didn't you all worship the Divine Machine Pavilion together?" β
The complaining disciple immediately replied, "Of course it is, this guy can just go out on a mission tonight and talk cool things!" β
"Out on a mission?"
"Yes," replied the disciple who could do the task, "don't make up your mind, someone will come and take my place." β
Zhou Song nodded thoughtfully: "I know, is the person who replaced you better than you?" β
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, it's just that you two are too weak for me to fight."
Zhou Song began to use the agitation method again, and the two disciples were not fooled, and said, "Do you want to knock us out again, so that you can sneak out?" β
"If I wanted to run, I would have knocked you out a long time ago."
The two disciples looked at each other, this is not unreasonable, the two of them clearly can't beat her, last time she was knocked unconscious, she could have escaped, not only did she run away, but she still stayed here honestly, not to mention them, even Mu Ke's vigilance relaxed a lot.
"And what do you mean?"
"It's not interesting, it's okay to be idle, I'll just come to you to practice my hands again."
Before the two disciples agreed, Zhou Song simply knocked the two on the back of the head, knocked them unconscious, and it was not safe, and ordered the sleeping points of the two of them, enough for them to sleep well for a while.
She carried the one out of the task to her bed, covered it, and pretended to be sleeping, and dragged the other one out of the door, pretending to be napping, so that the substitute would not be suspicious later.
She changed her clothes, searched for the mask from the disciple who was about to go on a mission, and put it on. Zhou Song put on that mask again, and she didn't feel uncomfortable, which also showed that her cultivation was very impressive.
Generally, disciples who have tasks will put on masks in advance, and they have priority in entering and leaving anywhere, of course, they also need to show a special token, and Zhou Song also found it on that disciple.
After she was fully prepared, she went out with ease. Although she has been away from the Shenji Pavilion for many years, she is familiar with the rules inside.
It didn't take long for her to meet up with her fellow missionists, and it went well, and then came the most crucial step - entering the armory to get weapons.
She handed over the token and followed the group of disciples into the armory. They entered the most shallow level, and there were only some of the most commonly used and basic weapons in the Shenji Pavilion, and the real best weapons were all placed in the innermost stone gate.
The stone gate is guarded by four guards, and there is a guard patrolling, it is not easy to attack it, but Zhou Song was lucky this time, and it happened that the task was difficult, allowing them to enter and select weapons.
The people who went on the mission with her were not idle people, and Zhou Song fought them alone, which was too risky, so she decided to observe the situation first.
The stone door slowly opened, not as brilliant as imagined, but gloomy and dry, revealing a solemn aura. Zhou Song's favorite sword in his previous life was brought in by Mu Ke to choose.
She remembered that Mulko had reminded her that there were traps everywhere and that she had to watch her step.
The environment is gloomy, but the weapons inside are all dazzling, and Zhou Song will take a fancy to the sword in his previous life at first glance - Yu Quan.
The whole body of the sword is moon white, and a frog drawn by a special stone surrounds the hilt, which looks extremely majestic, and the sword body is protected by a white scabbard, revealing a holy and inviolable meaning.
The Evening Spring Sword is a good sword, not everyone can use it well, and those who use it well can be greatly powerful, and those who use it badly will even hurt themselves.
Zhou Song looked at the twilight spring, which he hadn't seen for a long time, and was a little distracted, and then slowly stretched out his hand-
"What are you doing? We can only take the flying needle in front. β
A disciple walked up to Zhou Song and interrupted Zhou Song's movements.
Zhou Song stopped what he was doing, raised his eyes and looked, there were five people in it, plus four guards outside, she might be a little difficult to deal with alone, but if there was a mechanism, it would be much better.
So she lowered her hand and reached under her sword insteadβnext to every good weapon, there was a mechanism button to prevent theft, and now it had helped her a lot.
As soon as she pressed hard, a thousand sharp arrows flew out of the surroundings!
Zhou Song had already prepared, in the use of protection, the hidden weapons were set to dodge weapons, at this time, just pick up the weapon and stand nearby, you can dodge most of the hidden weapons, but the speed of the arrow is too fast, ordinary people don't have time to react, they are shot through the heart by ten thousand arrows.
She picked up the sword with one hand, quickly dodged the sharp arrows shot, and if she couldn't dodge, she used the sword to block it, and there were some abrasions on her body, but it was fine.
However, the others were not so lucky, they were all shot into a sieve, and the guards outside the door sensed that something was wrong, but Zhou Song had already pressed another mechanism and closed the door tightly from the inside.
Once this stone door is closed from the inside, it will be extremely difficult to open outside, Zhou Song took the twilight spring, and immediately recalled in his heart the second step of the eighth layer of the "Canglong Sword Technique"-
"The second step is to concentrate the internal force in the palm of the palm and slowly lose it in the blade of the sword, here you need to be cautious and slow, and you must not rush until the body is empty."
In the past few days, while planning how to get the weapon, Zhou Song has not forgotten to meditate, every day of meditation, she will review the first step, from the beginning of the day, shortened to just a few seconds, she can integrate the internal force.
She took the spring and breathed a sigh of relief to calm herself, and then slowly gathered the internal force in her palm and injected it into the sword body.
It didn't take long for Zhou Song to see the whole body of the spring glowing with silver-white light, which was a sign of her internal force infusion.
She didn't care about the joy, and concentrated on injecting all the internal force into the sword body.
Slowly, the fountain began to shake slightly, making a slight humming sound.
Zhou Song held the spring tightly and kept it steady.
However, the more she injected internal force, the more obvious the vibration of the twilight spring became, and in the end, it moved so much that even Zhou Song was about to let go.
"How can you not bear it?!"
Zhou Song sighed in surprise in his heart, this Evening Spring is an unattainable divine sword, if even it can't withstand her internal strength, I really can't think of a more suitable second one!
She saw that since she was unwilling to accept her internal strength, she went with her.
Instead of clenching the fountain hard, she switched to a hand and began to practice every move she had learned.
From simplification to complexity, and then from complexity to simplification, she danced with the spring, and soon, her cooperation with the spring improved a lot.
While practicing, Zhou Song injected internal force into it, and soon, all the internal force in her body was injected into the twilight spring, and she completed this step so easily!