Su Changan found a decent room in the courtyard to live in, although Tianlan Academy has not had students for many years, but the furnishings of the year are still there, and the house is clean, just need to clean up a little.

Su Changan didn't sleep well this night, after all, the divine blood was still in the body, and he couldn't put life and death out of his mind. He tossed and turned until late before falling asleep.

"Hey, hey, get up!"

A voice like a yellow warbler sounded in Su Changan's ears, and he opened his eyes reluctantly. The upper and lower eyelids seemed to be a little reluctant, and he opened his eyes with great difficulty.

What catches your eye is a beautiful face. Su Changan felt a little familiar. Is it Momo? Isn't it? Su Changan was still a little confused, he rubbed his eyes, and finally saw the owner of that face clearly. It turned out to be the girl from yesterday, Her Royal Highness Xiahou Shuyu, the eldest princess of Great Wei.

Su Changan instinctively stepped back into the bed, "Why are you here?" Su Changan was a little shy, and his face unconsciously became ruddy.

"Why can't I be here?" Xiahou Shuyu felt that Su Changan, who was flushed, was very interesting, and she leaned forward again. "Have you forgotten, did Grandpa Yuheng agree to let me practice in Tianlan Academy yesterday?"

A faint aroma lingered on the tip of Su Changan's nose, and his heartbeat was beating hard. He didn't even hear what Xiahou Shuyu was talking about, but just subconsciously responded: "Oh. That's right. ”

"Hurry up, Senior Chu Xifeng asked me to wake you up. Xiahou Shuyu urged.

As soon as Su Changan heard Chu Xifeng's name, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his spirit was much better. He has always wanted to learn knives, but he has no good teacher. He immediately sat up, and was about to lift the quilt and get out of bed, but stopped again. He turned his head, looked at Xiahou Shuyu with some twist, and said hesitantly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, can you avoid it first." ”

"Why?" Xiahou Shuyu looked at Su Changan with big black eyes.

"There is a difference between this man and woman" Su Changan was a little embarrassed, he rarely had the opportunity to be alone with girls of his age. It's inevitable to be a little nervous.

Xiahou Shuyu also reacted at this time, her face turned red, and she dropped a sentence, "Then you hurry up." After that, he fled from Su Changan's door like a fly.

When Su Changan sorted out his clothes and walked out of the door, he found that Xiahou Shuyu was still waiting at the door.

She stood there, her head bowed, kneading the corners of her clothes, her face was ruddy, and she couldn't say how beautiful she looked.

Su Changan stepped forward and said, "Let the princess wait for a long time." ”

Xiahou Shuyu raised his head, glanced at him, and said angrily: "Let's go, Senior Chu has been waiting for a long time." After speaking, without waiting for Su Changan to answer, he walked straight in one direction.

Su Changan hurriedly followed. The two of them walked one after the other for less than a quarter of an hour before they came to an empty square platform paved with stone slabs. At this moment, Chu Xifeng was holding a knife in both hands and standing on it.

The two hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Chu Xidao. Chu Xidao is now a teacher at Tianlan Academy, and the two of them naturally need to give him enough respect.

"Hmm. Chu Xidao nodded, which was considered a return gift. He said: "From today onwards, I will be your teacher, and since Chu has promised Lord Yuheng, he will naturally do his best." If there is any problem in practice, both of them can come and ask Chu. Saying this, Chu Xifeng paused, and looked at Xiahou Shuyu with some hesitation. He also said: "It's just that Chu has learned everything in this sword, and Her Royal Highness the princess has cultivated the way of the sword."

"Senior Chu, rest assured, Grandpa Yuheng has handed me a sword trick, if you don't understand, you can also ask him for advice, don't bother seniors. Xiahou Shuyu said with a smile.

"Well, Chu is relieved like this. Chu Xifeng looked at Su Changan again, and his expression became serious. "Senior Yuheng has explained, from today onwards, you will learn swords with me in the morning and practice swords with Her Royal Highness the Princess in the afternoon. I don't know anything else, but if I learn the knife, I will definitely have to endure hardship. If you don't have the perseverance, it's best to say it now, so as not to waste your time. ”

"Senior Chu, don't worry, I will definitely work hard. Su Changan hurriedly responded, he had been looking forward to this day for I don't know how many years, so naturally he would not miss it. But after saying that, his face suddenly became a little strange. He said with some hesitation, "It's just just"

"Well, just what? But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"It's just that I haven't had breakfast yet. Can you," Su Changan whispered.

"Hmph!" Chu Xifeng waved his hand and said coldly: "The plan of the day lies in the morning, and now we will start practicing." In the future, if you want to have breakfast, you should wake up early. ”

Su Changan only replied yes with a bitter face, which caused Xiahou Shuyu on the side to chuckle.

Since then, Su Chang'an's practice time in Chang'an has finally begun.

He had never practiced, and everything was so new to him. Although Chu Xifeng was strict, Su Changan loved knives because he was affected by Mo Tingyu, so he didn't feel that it was too hard. But his qualifications are not good, Chu Xifeng was a well-known genius back then, and his vision is inevitably a little high. He was not very satisfied with the progress of Su Chang'an's cultivation, so he became more and more severe.

In the way of the sword, it is said that he practiced swords with Xiahou Shuyu. In fact, it was Xiahou Shuyu who taught him to practice swords. Xiahou Shuyu is the eldest princess of Great Wei, and has been taught by a famous teacher invited by the Holy Emperor since she was a child. And she herself is extremely talented, so it is naturally not a problem to guide the fledgling Su Changan. But it's strange to say, Su Changan didn't have much interest in swordsmanship, but he seemed to be very talented in this area, and many things were thorough at a glance, even Xiahou Shuyu was surprised by it. At the beginning, Xiahou Shuyu needed to mention a few words from time to time, but later, the two could fight on an equal footing.

Nearly two months have passed.

On this day, Su Changan ended his afternoon swordsmanship practice.

Yu Heng, Chu Xifeng, Su Chang'an, and Xiahou Shuyu were eating dinner around a table. Xiahou Shuyu also lived in Tianlan Courtyard, and the house was next door to Su Chang'an.

At this moment, Xiahou Shuyu angrily picked up some green vegetables and put them in his mouth, chewing hard, as if he wanted to bite something. Her eyes seemed to be about to erupt into flames, staring directly at Su Changan.

Su Changan was very uncomfortable, and he even felt a little cramped and uneasy even sitting there.

"Suyu, didn't you test your swordsmanship with Chang'an today?"

"Hmph!" Xiahou Shuyu heard this, the look on her face became more and more ugly, she smashed the chopsticks in the bowl a few times, lowered her head and did not speak.

Seeing this scene, Su Changan became more and more embarrassed, he scratched his head in distress, and said, "I was lucky to beat my senior sister in one and a half moves." ”

Xiahou Shuyu was one year older than Su Chang'an, so he forced Su Chang'an to call him senior sister.

"Chang'an's talent in kendo seems to be much stronger than that of swordsmanship. Chu Xifeng, who had always been silent, said at this time.

"Uncle Shi, I have been practicing sword and sword dao during this time. But I found that it was difficult to advance an inch in the way of the sword, but it was a thousand miles in the way of the sword. I like to use knives, and I learn more seriously than swords, but why do I do more with less? Could it be that I really don't have the talent to learn knives?" Su Changan was not in a good mood when he asked this. The only person he has seen who can really be compared with the heroes in those novels is Mo Tingyu.

So he has always regarded Mo Tingyu as his goal, and wants to become a swordsman like him. But when it came time to really cultivate, I found that things backfired. It was as if some kind of dream had been shattered suddenly, and his heart was inevitably lost.

Yu Heng turned a deaf ear to his loss, and he half-squinted his eyes and said, "The matter of cultivation, although there is talent. But over the years, I have seen too many geniuses end up in the end, and I have seen too many so-called mediocre talents finally achieve extraordinary. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, squinted his eyes and looked at Su Changan with an intriguing smile, and asked, "Do you know why I want you to practice swordsmanship?"

"I don't know. Su Changan shook his head.

"Swords and swords are both weapons. A sword or sword is an imperial weapon. And ordinary people learn swordsmanship and swordsmanship, and they use their bodies to resist weapons. It's the next thing. And the swordsmanship taught by Chu Xifeng, or the swordsmanship that I gave Shuyu and asked you to learn with her are all heart-based weapons, which are superior. ”

"Chu Xifeng's knife technique pays attention to fierceness, opening and closing, advancing and retreating, and attacking and defending. It's overbearing. That's not what you do. ”

Su Changan realized, he tilted his head and thought for a while and asked, "Then what is my Dao?" I seem to be handy in practicing swordsmanship, is that my Dao, is that the way of swordsmanship." ”

Yu Heng shook his head and said, "The instrument is dead, and the person is alive." Taking a certain sword technique as the way, isn't it sticking to the form, and it can't become a big tool. ”

"Then what I want to cultivate is the way of the sword?" Su Changan felt suddenly enlightened, since he couldn't use the sword technique as the way, then he would take the sword as the way, and the sword contained ten thousand laws, which was not confined to the form of the sword technique, but also fit the sword he was handy. Kendo seems to be the most suitable way for him to practice.

Who knew that as soon as these words came out, Yu Heng shook his head again.

"The swordsmanship you learned is called "Spring Breeze Crossing", which I created in my early years. You are handy in practicing because this swordsmanship seems to be smooth and gentle, but in fact it is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside. It's a bit like you, but it's my way, like you, but not you. You have to find your way yourself, I can't help you. ”

Su Changan was confused when he heard it, and said that it was still too far away for him, and he couldn't figure it out, "Then do I still need to continue to learn the knife?" I feel that I don't seem to be suitable, and I always make Senior Chu angry. When Su Changan said right, he subconsciously looked at Chu Xifeng, but saw Chu Xifeng eating his meal as usual, so he put his mind at ease.

"If you don't learn how to use knives, won't you be as distressed as you are now?"

When Su Changan heard this, he thought about it very seriously, and finally shook his head. "I like knives," he said. ”

"If you like that, you will learn, and if you learn, you may find your own way. Yu Heng said meaningfully.

Su Changan didn't know much about it, but with Yuheng's permission, he could continue to learn knives, which was a very happy thing for Su Changan.

"Chang'an, you have already gathered spirits, right?" At this time, Yu Heng asked again.

"Yes. Su Changan nodded, he had successfully gathered spirits a few days ago. It took about a month and a half before and after, which is an impressive speed.

The so-called gathering of spirits is to absorb the aura of heaven and earth and turn into star spirits in the body, this process is generally very long, according to each person's practice and affinity for spiritual power, it takes a year or even several years.

Su Changan didn't need such a long process, because he had two inheritance star spirits left by the stars in his body.

This is different from the star spirit cultivated by ordinary cultivators, if the star spirit is compared to a seed, then the inheritance star spirit is a seed that is destined to grow into a towering tree as long as there are enough nutrients.

Su Changan had two such seeds, and gathering spirits was not too difficult for him. He only needs to refine the inheritance star spirit in his body into his own thing, then he is the Spirit Gathering Realm. And now although he is a gathering spirit, he has two star spirits in his body, and the two star spirits contain the origin power of the star, and in terms of spiritual power alone, even the Nine Star Realm can rarely match it. This is one of the important reasons why he can rely on such cultivation to defeat Xiahou Shuyu.

"Yesterday, I received an invitation from the Eight Desolations Academy, and they are going to hold a new session of the General Star Club. I haven't had a new life in Tianlan Academy for ten years, and this time, I can't shirk anything. You can go on a trip with Shuyu tomorrow. Yuheng said.

"Eight Desolations?" asked Su Changan.

"The Eight Desolations Academy is the second largest college in Chang'an, and the Star Club is a conference that will be held every time each college in Chang'an recruits new students. Each college sends the most proud new students to compete in the conference, decide one priority, and then evaluate a list. Xiahou Shuyu on the side answered.

"The Star Club was originally organized by our Tianlan Academy, but because we haven't recruited any new students in these years, we handed it over to the second-ranked Eight Desolation Academy. ”

"I'm afraid it's not good. Chu Xifeng on the side suddenly said: "I heard that over the years, the Eight Desolations Academy has been eyeing the name of Chang'an First Academy. I think it's to peek into the quota of the Heavenly Dao Pavilion, and this time I invited us, I'm afraid I want to fall in front of everyone The prestige of our academy. ”

"Huh. It's just a name, so why care. Yu Heng waved his hand indifferently.

"As long as I, Yuheng, am still alive, no one can snatch this Heavenly Dao Pavilion away. He said this, and a terrifying light suddenly shot out of his narrowed eyes.