Chapter Eighty-Eight: Kenshin
The trial was not carried out quickly, as none of the seven disciples who had tried so far had passed. Although they all tried their best to find the right sword mark for the sword in their hand, even if they racked their brains, they still couldn't.
There were too many sword marks on the boulder, if there was no sword heart of the ancestors of the Enlightenment Sword Pavilion, or even if Duan Yun didn't even know what he wanted to teach, how could he find out the right sword marks?
The eleventh disciple who came up to participate in the trial was a burly man, who looked to be about thirty years old, with a square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and dark skin. At this moment, what he was holding in his hand was a five-foot long sword with a pitch-black body and a heavy sword body but no blade.
The sword in the man's hand was a bit special, so it caused a whisper among the disciples around him.
"Why did he choose this sword, I saw it just now, this sword is too long and thick, how can there be sword marks on the boulder that match this heavy sword?"
"That's not necessarily, junior brother, since Senior Uncle Duan said that these sword marks have the original owner, then the heavy sword in his hand must also have sword marks left on the boulder. ”
"But it was too difficult for him to choose, and I think the most difficult thing is probably this sword. ”
Dahan didn't pay attention to the discussion of the disciples around him, and when it was his turn, he lifted his sword with one hand and walked towards the boulder.
Huan Yin was really a little surprised by the power in the hands of this big man, you must know that the sword in his hand was made of Xuantie and Heavy Single Leaf, and its weight was not trivial. If the monk picked up this sword, it would naturally be nothing, but the big man in front of him did not have the slightest cultivation, he was a mortal.
After the big man walked in front of the boulder, he did not hesitate for a moment, he went directly to the left side of the boulder, lifted the heavy sword and plunged it into the boulder.
The continuous friction sound of "......" sounded on the boulder, and then the disciples around saw the heavy sword in the hand of the big man piercing into the boulder little by little.
The heavy sword has no edge, and the Great Han is a mortal, and the Sword Pavilion's sword test stone is extremely hard, how could it be that he can pierce it? Everyone hurriedly ran to the big Han to take a look, and it turned out that there was a small groove there, and the Great Han's sword pierced into that groove.
"I also noticed this groove just now, but this groove is a little thicker for other swords, and too thin for this heavy sword, why didn't I think it was the tip of the sword?"
"It turns out that the length of one foot at the tip of this sword is just right, this senior brother, you can see it so accurately!"
It turned out that Dahan didn't actually insert the heavy sword completely into the groove, but only inserted a foot of the tip of the sword into it. The tip of the sword is the thinnest part of the whole sword, so it is just enough to insert this groove that looks thinner than the heavy sword. The depth of the groove is also about a foot, which can perfectly match the length of the tip of the sword.
"What's your name?" Duan Yun asked at Dahan.
"Back to the words of the seniors, my name is Gao Shan, tall and tall, the mountain of the peaks!" Dahan's voice was heavy, which matched his appearance very well.
As soon as Gao Shan's name was announced, some disciples around him were surprised: "It turns out that he is Gao Shan." I heard that he was originally an inner disciple, and his cultivation was at the peak of the ninth layer of condensation. In order to meet the conditions for joining the Sword Pavilion, he actually abolished his cultivation, and he abolished all his cultivation, and finally became what he is now. ”
"Well, I also know him, he has stayed at the peak of condensation for seven or eight years, and he has never been able to break through. This time, he should have chosen to make a desperate bet, hoping that the Sword Pavilion could bring him a new life. However, his approach was too absolute, how could he abolish all his cultivation and return to the fifth layer of condensation?"
"Senior Brother Gao has a resolute personality, and he probably thinks that he has taken the wrong path, so he decided to start all over again. If you go to the middle of the mountain, and the road ahead is blocked, and you turn back halfway, will you be able to reopen the road?"
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"Gao Shan, what did you feel in the sword?" Duan Yun asked again.
Gao Shan pulled out the heavy sword, took it to his eyes and looked at it for a while, and his eyes showed sympathy: "Strength, firmness, and ...... Guard!"
Duan Yun listened to his words, nodded with satisfaction, and asked loudly: "Gao Shan, are you willing to join my Sword Pavilion and become the latest generation disciple of my Sword Pavilion, swearing to protect the Sword Pavilion and the sect?"
"Gao Shan is willing!" Gao Shan did not hesitate at all, straightened his whole body, and shouted loudly.
"Okay, Gao Shan, I will be your uncle in the future, and Ye Qingyou will be your uncle!" Duan Yun arrived.
"Senior Duan is unwilling to accept Gao Shan?" Gao Shan looked surprised.
Duan Yun shook his head and said, "I am already a person who has cultivated to nothing, where can I still be qualified to accept apprentices, because I accepted it by chance." However, you don't have to worry, in the future, everyone, including the Pavilion Master, will give you advice. Although my Sword Pavilion is thin, I am united and will not leave any disciple behind. ”
However, Gao Shan still shook his head and knelt directly in front of Duan Yun: "Please also ask Senior Duan to take me as an apprentice!"
Duan Yun was a little surprised, he was a waste, and it was too late for others to hide, but the man in front of him had to worship himself as a teacher, why was this?
"Gao Shan, why?" Duan Yun asked.
Gao Shan bowed his head and knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Since the first day I entered twenty years ago, I have admired the predecessors of the Seven Absolute Sons and wanted to join the Sword Pavilion. It's a pity that Gao Shan's heart was not good back then, and he didn't have a chance to enter the Sword Pavilion. ”
"After the Sword Pavilion was lonely, Gao Shan wanted to join the Sword Pavilion all day long, assist the seniors of Duan, and contribute to the Sword Pavilion. It's a pity that the qualification of the Sword Pavilion to recruit disciples was soon cancelled, and the elders in the sect directly stepped forward to prevent Gao Shan from joining the Sword Pavilion. The Sword Pavilion is lonely, Gao Shan is heartbroken, he can't help the Sword Pavilion, and Gao Shan can't sleep at night!"
This time, the Sword Pavilion recruited new recruits again, and Gao Shan was excited. Although the elders in the door stopped him many times, Gao Shan abandoned all his cultivation, turned immortals into mortals, and finally made the elders in the door have nothing to say!"
"Today, Takayama is here again because of his unwavering heart. Senior Duan was able to cultivate an excellent junior like Senior Brother Huan, which proved that Gao Shan's idea was not wrong all along. Gao Shan came for the heritage of the Sword Pavilion, for the ancestors of the Sword Pavilion, and even more with his own wishes. Therefore, I want to worship Duan as a teacher. Please also ask Senior Duan to accept me!" Gao Shan became more and more excited, and in the end, he kowtowed three times to Duan Yun.
Everyone looked at the big man kneeling on the ground in amazement, and anyone could see that his words were not false at all. It turned out that he had abolished his cultivation because of the Sword Pavilion. His heart hasn't changed in twenty years!
Duan Yun's eyes were a little ruddy, but he didn't expect that when the Sword Pavilion was the loneliest, in fact, the man in front of him had always put his heart firmly on the Sword Pavilion. How could such a person who had an unwavering heart for the Sword Pavilion not be able to pass the test of his conscience? Although he was not a member of the Sword Pavilion, I am afraid that his heart was no different from the hearts of the ancestors of the Sword Pavilion! He understood the Sword Pavilion, so he had a sword heart!
"Gao Shan, from today onwards, you are Huan Yin's junior disciple and my second apprentice Duan Yun!" Duan Yun shouted, his voice becoming a little hoarse.
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After the high mountain, the test of conscience went on again. However, this trial may be really too difficult, except for people like Gao Shan, I'm afraid that there really can't be anyone else who can have the sword heart that Duan Yun wants to find, so no one has passed the trial anymore.
Finally, it was the last of the eighteen to take turn. This is a little girl who has no cultivation, very short, only seven or eight years old. The little girl has beautiful facial features, and she looks like a beautiful embryo at first glance. But it's a pity that there is no smile on her face, she is completely indifferent, and there is no longing for life and the innocence of a child, which makes her originally beautiful face look a little gloomy.
When the little girl walked up to the boulder, everyone realized that she had no sword in her hand at all, perhaps because she was too short, so no one noticed it at first.
Under the surprised gaze of everyone, the little girl picked up a black stone from the river, which looked similar in texture to the sword test stone, and should be extremely hard. The stone is sharp and angular.
When the little girl had picked up the stone, she walked to the stone of the sword, raised the hand holding the stone, and held it up with her other hand. Then, she aimed the sharpest corner of the stone in her hand at the sword test stone and slashed it down.
The Sword Test Stone was used by the ancestors of the Sword Pavilion to try the edge of the Immortal Sword, and its hardness was unimaginable. Although the stone in the little girl's hand was as hard as the stone, how much power could she exert on her short body?
The little girl used all her strength, almost pressed her body to the small stone in her hand, and tried hard to scratch on the sword test stone. However, where could she shake the hardness of the sword test stone, the small stone in her hand only moved down a trace of distance since it touched the sword test stone, and there was no trace left on the path that was crossed.
She can't move!
However, the little girl did not give up and still focused on the things in hand. Slowly, bright red flowed out of her hand holding the small stone, dripping down the small stone.
The stroke continued, and the little girl continued to exert herself! until her hands were covered with blood, and even blood was flowing down the boulder, and she was still blushing and increasing her strength.
Finally, the little girl's hand could no longer support it, and the flesh on her hand was already turned up, even revealing the bones inside, and the corner of the stone was already relying on her bones to support it!
There was silence all around. No one knows what this little girl is going to do, and no one can imagine how much pain she is going through at the moment.
This is perseverance, this is persistence, this is paranoia!
The little girl's efforts finally paid off, and the little stone began to move slowly downward, leaving a very shallow scratch on the path it passed, which was covered by blood, and if you didn't look closely, you might think it was a trace of blood.
Finally, the little girl made a distance of more than an inch, and then she stopped and threw away the stone in her hand. At this moment, her hand was completely blurred with flesh and blood, and she couldn't tell that it was still a human hand.
But the little girl turned around, but she didn't show the slightest pain, but looked at Duan Yun with a serious face: "This is my sword heart!"