Just as Gao Yuanshan was thinking about whether to find a vacancy to slightly reduce the strength of his true qi to give Su Mu a chance to fight back, the battle situation had quietly changed.

At the beginning, Gao Yuanshan still had the strength to dodge while thinking and predicting Su Mu's movements, but gradually he found that he seemed to be about to lose such a margin. Su Mu seemed to have gradually adapted to the strength and speed of Gao Yuanshan's sword, and also adapted to the recoil of the sword after he stabbed into the air, so the speed of the sword became faster and faster, and the angle became more and more tricky.

Suddenly, Gao Yuanshan was surprised to find that in the face of Su Mu's increasingly strange sword path, he gradually changed from active attacks to passive dodges, and he couldn't even block counterattacks. It seems that this seemingly simple temptation contains a killer move everywhere.

Why did Su Mu show no signs of shortness of breath, but became more and more energetic?

"Brush", another sharp thrust, almost hit Gao Yuanshan's face, which made Gao Yuanshan startled.

This speed, this sword blade, is no longer at the level of the Body Refining Realm?

Could it be that this kid has made a breakthrough in the process of the competition and entered the artistic conception of condensation?

At this time, Su Mu's eyes also began to become foggy, and the thoughts in his mind seemed to have come to a standstill.

For Su Mu, this is a mysterious realm. Not to mention the practice of these moves he is using now, he has never even seen them. At this moment, almost all the moves are the body's knee-jerk reaction. Swing your sword on instinct. The master in his eyes is no longer just a master, his steps, position, body structure, dead corners of movements, every detail related to swordsmanship is very naturally and directly led to Su Mu's mind, Su Mu's brain has not yet made a judgment, and the sword in his hand has been stabbed out.

In a trance, the figure of Gao Yuanshan in front of him gradually dimmed, replaced by a little starlight that kept appearing on his figure. He didn't even realize that the starlight was where his sword had been trying to touch. It is a dead spot that slowly emerges from the moving high mountain.

It's like his favorite night sky.

Su Mu suddenly became happy. He didn't know that he could see the starry sky when he swung his sword.

Su Mu almost instantly forgot that he was competing with Gao Yuanshan, and just wanted to keep swinging his sword to touch those little starlight, the feeling of swinging in the air made him uncomfortable, he wanted to get closer, closer.

until touched.

Finally, Gao Yuanshan was a little overwhelmed. He wanted to improve some more True Qi, but if he ascended any further, he was not sure that he could control the power of his sword well, and it might hurt Su Mu. Moreover, at this time, Gao Yuanshan couldn't even find the time to take a break, and if he forcibly increased the output of true qi in the middle of the fight, it was likely to hurt the meridians.

When he hesitated, Gao Yuanshan's big arm was rubbed with a sword. Although it was a passive defensive dodge, the big arm would not be too important, but this time it was not just a scratch of the skin, but an extremely deep wound, and a large area of blood splashed out and fell on the ground. The sword slashed through the night, and the true qi attached to the sword glittered in the air.

It's like a galaxy of stars.

Gao Yuanshan stared at Su Mu in front of him in surprise, he didn't mean to stop at all, but immediately chased after him. The fluctuations of the true qi on his body were also getting stronger and stronger, and the stars floating in the air were shining.

At this time, Gao Yuanshan had already determined, and Su Mu had just advanced to the True Qi realm in the competition and reached the condensation realm.

Gao Yuanshan felt a chill down his spine, as if he had never felt like this when he had faced his master. The ten-year-old child's sword moves in front of him were too terrifying, he once naively thought that he had adapted to the speed and angle of his sword moves, but he didn't expect that after the competition was hot, the sword moves could be faster and the angles could be more tricky, but the dodge was already a little overwhelming. And this is still a free competition, his age was suppressed in the free competition, and he wielded more sword than this kid has eaten.

How did he find out this strange angle, it seems that all the tricks are chasing his life.

And the child in front of him didn't seem to realize that he had stabbed his master, and there was only fanaticism and greater longing in his eyes.

Large beads of sweat fell from the back of Gao Yuanshan, soaking his clothes.

"Bell, bell!" the swords resonated with each other in the night sky without stopping for a moment. Under normal circumstances, in the competition between the same door, one side is already considered a loser if it is injured, which means that Gao Yuanshan has actually lost at this moment. But he didn't take the initiative to pull out of the battle, but silently improved the input of true qi, reaching the star vertical realm of the middle third grade.

After the competition just now, Gao Yuanshan was not worried at all about whether he would accidentally hurt this kid if he continued to improve his true qi, what he should be worried about was whether he would be seriously injured if he didn't improve his true qi.

In addition, Gao Yuanshan also wanted to see where the child's limit was.

Under the infusion of the true qi of the Star Falling Realm, the battle situation was tilted again, and the pressure on Gao Yuanshan was reduced a lot, and he finally found the space to carefully read Su Mu's sword. Because his true qi was suppressed, Su Mu couldn't find a chance to fight back. Although he could still see those starry dead ends, his body couldn't keep up, so he could only let them disappear, which made Su Mu anxious and sad.

The sword he swung became more and more impatient, and his eyes gradually changed from his state of concentration. The breath began to gradually become chaotic.

The eyes of the onlookers couldn't keep up with the movements of the two at all, so they could only cheer for Su Mu silently and waited for the results of this competition.

In the end, this fierce competition did not last forever. Gao Yuanshan also found that Su Mu was a little unable to hold on, he found a gap, quickly took a few steps back, transported all his true qi and concentrated it on his fingertips, concentrating his calm, and directly clamped Su Mu's attacking sword with one shot, so that it could no longer continue to swing. True Qi and Sword Qi collided in the silent night with a loud sound of gold and iron resonating. And Su Mu was also staggered to the ground by the huge anti-seismic force, and the sound feather on the side saw it and hurriedly ran up to help Su Mu up.

Gao Yuanshan looked at Su Mu, who was tired and paralyzed on the ground, gasping for breath, and still couldn't believe that this kid could wield such a sharp sword move just now. I can't see the way and system at all, and I have my own school. And until he ascended to the realm of true qi and suppressed him, it was not chaotic, but he did whatever he wanted.

Gao Yuanshan already firmly believed in Su Mu's talent. Those sword moves just now made him a little overwhelmed, where did Su Mu learn it, this Cold Mountain Sword Sect is so remote and there are no outsiders. The only explanation is that these are also subconsciously self-created by this child.

Only a talent that has no reason to talk about allows a child to swing such a sword move without practice and only subconsciously.

What would he become if he kept practicing hard?

Gao Yuanshan was excited, he didn't care about his few sword wounds, and stepped forward and asked, "Kid, when did you reach this level." ”

Su Mu, who had consumed a lot of money because of excessive movement of his body, was still a little sore at this time, and he was still immersed in the mysterious and vague realm just now, and he only vaguely remembered that little starlight was guiding him to swing his sword. In the interplay of light and shadow, he also heard strange voices whispering in his ears.

Su Mu, who came back to his senses, replied with some incomprehension: "What level? Master, the disciple doesn't quite understand Master's words. ”

Gao Yuanshan ignored Xiao Su Mu's confused eyes, stepped forward, took the sword in Su Mu's hand, drew a beautiful streamlined sword mark in the air, and continued, "Master mentioned to you a long time ago that the level of a sword cultivator's cultivation is only one part of the True Qi realm, and the other part is more important is the Kendo realm, you remember." ”

Su Mu nodded, this is the foundation of the way of the sword, and he is naturally familiar with it.

"For any sword cultivator, True Qi and Kendo comprehension complement each other in order to exert their greatest strength. However, most people's kendo comprehension has been fixed since he was born in this world, and it is difficult to rely on acquired efforts to change. The sea of true qi always expands with the daily accumulation, but the comprehension of kendo is difficult to cultivate. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yuanshan paused and glanced at Su Mu deeply.

"Mu'er, you are still young, even if you don't understand my words, but the sword you just now told me that you already understand this sword. Or rather, that's part of your innate talent. The sword you wield inadvertently and lightly is a realm that it is difficult for us philistines to achieve in our lifetimes. This is the level you are at. In other words, you are different from us, you already have a very high kendo realm and comprehension at a young age, and what you lack is only the accumulation of true qi. ”

This evaluation is obviously extremely high. Su Mu and Otoyu glanced at each other, both a little shocked.

Looking closer, Su Mu found that his master had another extremely deep sword wound on his body, obviously, it was from his own sword, and there was no third person here.

Did you actually hurt your master? Su Mu's memory was a little vague. He turned his head to look at Otoha suspiciously, and Otoha gave him an affirmative look. Recalling that it seemed that there was a feeling of hitting Fang Cai's hand, Su Mu came back to his senses at this time, his face changed greatly in an instant, he hugged Gao Yuanshan's arm anxiously, and asked in a tone of rapid crying: "Master, you are injured, don't you matter, disciple ......"

"Envy. Gao Yuanshan didn't answer Su Mu directly, and he completely ignored his injury, his tone, Su Mu was sure that he had never heard it before. He wanted to say something or ask something now, but he remembered that his language skills were not very good, and his face turned red for a while.

Gao Yuanshan looked down at him, touched his head, and returned to that kind and kind appearance again, and said, "Mu'er, can you promise Master one thing?"

Su Mu hurriedly nodded vigorously, he didn't know what it was yet, but what the master wanted him to do, even if it was boring, he was willing to do it.

"Do you know what day tomorrow is?" Gao Yuanshan asked.

"What day is it? Su Mu was a little confused.

"You stupid brother, tomorrow is your birthday. Otowa reminded from the side.

"Well, that's right, you'll be ten years old tomorrow, kid. Gao Yuanshan patted him on the shoulder lovingly again, "In the Cold Mountain Sword Sect, what is a ten-year-old child going to do, you shouldn't have forgotten, right?"

"Yes, Master, according to the rules, ten-year-old children have to take a talent test to decide where the inner and outer sects go. Su Mu replied, this is the most complete and fluent sentence he said after meeting Gao Yuanshan today.

"Exactly, a talent test. For a long time, the talent test of our Hanshan Sword Sect has been to let the children swing a complete set of basic moves, and test them according to their fluency, but in fact, what is tested in this way is not talent, but the repetition of existing sword moves. ”

The head Gao Yuanshan paused, glanced at Su Mu deeply, and continued.

"True talent is never repetition, but creation. It is a search out of nothing. This is the true meaning of kendo. ”

"And you, you have a superb talent for swordsmanship, you don't need to take any tests, I just confirmed. ”

Su Mu was very serious in digesting the meaning of Gao Yuanshan's words.

Although Su Mu looked a little silly in the eyes of his senior brother, he was very clear in his heart. His swordsmanship talent is very high, in fact, Su Mu had already thought of it as early as when he first felt the changes in his body. Otowa has always said this to himself. It's just that Su Mu's personality is relatively gentle, and Su Mu, who lacks domineering and desire to compare, doesn't take it too seriously. Even if this is the Cold Mountain Sword Sect, a place where the sword is accompanied for life, until just now, the greatest meaning of the sword for Su Mu is only to help him eliminate the strange voice in his head. Rather than using a sword to compare, it was more satisfying to help Otohan practice.

But now the situation has clearly changed. The personal basic exercises, which have been boring, are clearly not in line with the child's nature. After experiencing the fun of confrontation and creation, Su Mu has developed a strong interest in sword practice.

If it weren't for the sound and headache, would I still be willing to continue practicing swords.

Su Mu might have hesitated a few months ago, but now he felt that he should give an affirmative answer.

Not to mention how much encouragement the words from the high mountain pass must have been to the little Su Mu.

For a child who was not yet ten years old at this time, this existence that he had always regarded as a relative, respected and looked up to, and said that he had an excellent talent for swordsmanship, and there was nothing more worthy of joy than the praise of the person he admired the most.

Thinking of this, Su Mu quietly clenched his fists.

Seeing that Su Mu hadn't spoken for a long time, Gao Yuanshan was also a little uneasy in his heart. He was a little worried that he had just held this kid too high. Although his evaluation of Su Mu is not exaggerated in the slightest, it is completely an objective judgment from the heart. But praising a child too early may help build confidence, or it may fuel his conceit, which may affect Kenshin's purity later on. Throughout the ages, there has never been a shortage of people with outstanding talents, but only a few people have been able to reach that highest realm. Someone gets lost in the way, someone succumbs to the bottleneck. Almost all kendo masters believe that the ultimate level of a sword cultivator is important, but in the end, it still depends on whether he has a pure and persistent passion for swords.

Gao Yuanshan really didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. I don't want to watch my beloved apprentice with excellent talent go astray again. He is already very old, and there is a high probability that he will stagnate in the current realm in this life, and there will be no more breakthroughs.

If you can, you can teach a proud son of the sword, and it is not in vain that you have devoted your life to the way of the sword.

"However, although your talent is excellent, no matter how good your talent is, it will not work without hard practice. Thinking of this, Gao Yuanshan hurriedly added, "Therefore, you must not be arrogant, and you must practice in a down-to-earth manner is the right way." ”

The head of the house, Gao Yuanshan, had a very serious expression when he said this, and he wanted Su Mu to clarify the importance of this matter.

"Yes, thank you Master for teaching, disciple remember. Su Mu also replied respectfully.

When it comes to things related to swords, Su Mu can be said to be extremely smart. He had seen a lot of dozo, and of course he knew the importance of diligent practice for kendo.

No matter how high your comprehension is, you need to improve your true qi realm and swordsmanship realm in a down-to-earth manner in order to maximize your talent. After all, if the sword has no qi, it will disperse, and there is no matching thick true qi. The sword move loses its foundation. The speed of ascension in the swordsmanship realm may depend on innate comprehension, but there is no shortcut to the ascension of the true qi realm. Only by conscientiously cultivating and accumulating little by little can the true qi be solid and strong, and only when the foundation is firmly laid can we have the opportunity to climb to a higher realm.

For a child like Su Mu, patience and resilience have never been what he lacks.

Seeing Su Mu's unfazed appearance, Gao Yuanshan was also very satisfied. He knows this child very well that he has watched grow up, although his personality is gentle, he has a resilience in his bones, others think he is stupid, and the head of Gao Yuanshan only thinks that he is light and light, and his heart is cultivated.

Is it really necessary for such a child to worry about whether he will be impetuous and floating? If this was the case, he wouldn't know that the Hanshan Sword Technique was a little rough and he would continue to practice and study the tricks.

Gao Yuanshan thought for a while, and then said to Su Mu, "In the future, I will accompany my master to practice swords, okay?" Gao Yuanshan looked serious, and Su Mu didn't realize that what he said was "I accompany my master to practice swords, not that my master accompanies me to practice swords." ”

"Understood, Master!" When Gao Yuanshan spoke, Su Mu had actually vaguely guessed it, and almost immediately responded. Even for this naughty and willful child, the requirements of the head Gao Yuanshan are greater than his own desires. And the fun I felt in the sword competition just now really fascinated me.

If you practice sword before to drive away the voice in your head, or to meet the requirements of Gao Yuanshan. At this moment, Su Mu wanted to practice swords completely from the bottom of his heart.

He wanted to reach a higher realm, and then compete with the high mountains.

"Ah" Su Mu suddenly remembered that he was not alone, and now there was a little junior sister Otoha beside him, and hurriedly asked, "Master, Senior sister Otoha has been practicing swords with me, can she ...... in the future?"

"Of course," Gao Yuanshan had already guessed that Su Mu, who had a kind personality, would not be able to leave behind Otowa, who had the best relationship with his childhood sweetheart, and directly agreed, "Not only will Otoha practice with us, but I just saw that Otowa's swordsmanship has improved a lot and has full potential, and I will accept her as my second personal disciple." ”

"Really!" Su Mu and Otoyu almost cried out, Otoha couldn't believe her ears, and after confirming that Gao Yuanshan wasn't joking, she hugged Su Mu excitedly and began to cheer.

"Thank you, Master!" Until just now, he was a marginal disciple of the outer sect who had no master to rely on and had a humble status, but now he has become a personal disciple of the head master, and this change is too great. Otowa is really hard to digest.

"Well, from today onwards, Yu'er, you will be like Mu'er, surnamed Su. Tomorrow I will tell the whole sect. ”

"Thank you, Master!" Otowa hurriedly bowed and knelt down to thank him.

"Great, Otowa great, great!" Su Mu said.

"Brother Mu, thank you!" Yin Yu knew very well that if it weren't for Su Mu's relationship, he would definitely not get the attention and appreciation of the master in charge with his own ability.

Su Mu was also very excited, originally he and Otoha were like brothers and sisters, but now that the master has accepted Otoha as a disciple, the two have really become nominal brother and sister, the excited Su Mu settled down and said, "Then, from now on, the disciple and Otowa will go to the dojo to find you every day, Master." “

"Don't use it in the dojo", the head Gao Yuanshan waved his hand, "It's here, it's in the back mountain." We'll all be here from now on. ”

"And. Not tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow the two of you are going to another place. Gao Yuanshan added.

"Where to go?"

"Inner Sect, Hanshan Ancestral Hall. Gao Yuanshan seemed to have made up his mind, and didn't say anything more, but urged Su Mu to go back and rest quickly.

After the figures of Su Mu and Yin Yu disappeared from view, Gao Yuanshan gently stroked Fang Cai's sword wound. His eyes were closed, and he savored the duel with Su Mu.

In that child's sword, there was a vast galaxy that Gao Yuan had never seen.

On the other hand, Su Mu didn't think much about the significance of Gao Yuanshan suddenly going to the Hanshan Ancestral Hall by himself. After he and Otoha were separated, he fell asleep as soon as he returned to his room, and tonight's confrontation really made him a little tired. He only has a True Qi Reserve at the level of the Body Refining Realm, and he has been fighting against Gao Yuanshan in the cross-border realm, and in order to keep up with Gao Yuanshan's speed and strength, the load on his body is too great, and his arm is still a little sore.

Su Mu slept soundly this night, and he had a dream, in which he didn't hear any strange sword sounds at all. Only the bright starry sky, he seemed to be in the sea of stars. Every inch of the skin of the body greedily absorbs the starlight.

When I woke up the next day, the aches and pains were gone.

Thinking back to what happened yesterday, Su Mu still felt a little unreal at the moment. The duel with Gao Yuanshan, being affirmed by Gao Yuanshan, and regaining interest in the sword are all a little difficult for this kid who has just turned ten years old today.

yes, I'm ten years old. Su Mu thought about it, and couldn't stop being happy in his heart.

In the Cold Mountain Sword Sect, the age of ten means that the path of cultivation has officially begun. Children who reach the age of 10 are tested for their talent and practice of basic moves, and then assigned to a Takatoyama that suits them most for more detailed guidance. After the age of ten, he also had the right to enter and exit the Cabinet Academy building freely, and he no longer had to sneak to the library of the head of Gao Yuanshan to read books, and there were more Taoist classics waiting for him.