I use myths to create immortality

Chapter 84 83: Holy Spirit, Body and Sword Unite
Gu Lingmiao glanced at Ji Yuan thoughtfully; she didn't expect that this Junior Brother Ji also knew swordsmanship.

She also practiced swordsmanship, so she must be knowledgeable about it.

Ji Yuan's swordsmanship is not very profound, and even looks a bit shallow; it is neither like the Northern School nor the Southern School, but rather like a martial arts swordsmanship that combines martial arts combat techniques.

But the last sentence, "to enter the Tao through killing", is like the finishing touch, adding some unknown and unpredictable mystery to this set of swordsmanship.

"No wonder I heard from Yu Qi that Junior Brother was able to fight with Pei Lingming for several rounds; Junior Brother's martial arts skills are really impressive." Gu Lingmiao praised sincerely.

The martial arts of this era are not something that ordinary people or common people can easily access, nor are they some kind of martial arts.

If you have to say it, it is more appropriate to consider it as the self-defense martial arts of the immortals or the fighting martial arts of gods and demons.

Although they are called martial arts, in reality they are all about cultivating the physical body, achieving immortality, immense strength, or the art of fighting.

Those who can learn martial arts are either from a family of immortals, disciples of a major sect, or members of the royal family.

Or, they could be old giant demons, such as the Demon King or Demon Saint, who are proficient in fighting weapons.

Keeping it secret is as important as passing on magic.

Knowing a magic spell does not necessarily mean you can defeat a hundred or even a thousand enemies alone.

In many cases, Qi cultivators and demon kings use martial arts as the main means of killing, and magic is merely a supplement.

For example, things like breathing fire, attracting wind, becoming invisible, taking medicine, fasting, corpse transformation, escaping from bondage, using a stick, escaping underground, entering water, flying into the clouds, etc.

These spells are the result of hundreds or thousands of years of hard practice. They are used to escape from danger and to show magical powers. If they are used in fights, they will be hilarious if you meet someone who knows how to use them.

He knows a martial art of killing and can easily lead thousands of troops.

"Senior Sister, are you here to urge us to set off?"

Ji Yuan's question interrupted Gu Lingmiao's thoughts. She shook her head and said, "No, although everything is going well and Beiyang is in sight, I still feel uneasy. I think we should wait and see."

Caizhu City is not far from the capital of Beiyang State. If you take the small path and cross Caizhu Ridge outside the city, you will reach the territory of Beiyang.

But the smoother it goes, the more disturbing it becomes.

"Perhaps, Senior Sister's enemy is not planning to take action at all?" Chen Hai asked.

"Impossible. The dispute between them and me is not just a simple dispute over interests, but a deep hatred. They may not be able to kill me, but they will definitely stop me from accomplishing anything." Gu Lingmiao knew her opponents very well.

Those people's magic power and spells were inferior to hers, but now they were outnumbered and powerful, and she was also injured and her strength was greatly reduced.

There has been decades of grudges between them, so it would be fine if it were just normal.

Especially at this time when the true successor is about to be selected, it would be strange if as strong competitors did not attack each other.

Even if you can't kill them, you have to cause trouble for them.

"What do you two junior brothers think?" Gu Lingmiao looked at Ji Yuan.

Chen Hai also looked at Ji Yuan. Of course he would listen to Ji Yuan.

"Just do as you say, Senior Sister." Ji Yuan didn't care. Staying here wouldn't affect his progress in practicing magic and refining the divine copper.

Chen Hai was slightly delighted, as this was a good opportunity to practice his swordsmanship.

"Okay, I'll come find you when we're about to leave." Gu Lingmiao turned and left.

Ji Yuan nodded, turned around and went back into the house to continue practicing the invisibility spell.

……

In Chen Hai's room.

The room was dark except for a tiny red light.

That is a piece of incense stick.

Chen Hai held the sword in his right hand, stood two steps away, and imitated Ji Yuan, raising his hand to chop towards the incense head in the darkness.

"Puchi!" Sparks flew from the incense head and the sword light accurately hit the incense head.

But it was cut into two sections instead of being split in the middle.

Chen Hai shook his head repeatedly, he knew that this was still a long way off.

"My senior brother taught me the basics of swordsmanship. When ordinary people learn swordsmanship, they should first cut off the incense stick in a quiet room. It takes one strike of the sword to split the incense stick into two. Only then can it be considered successful."

"Then, chop the soybeans, and the beans will fly from all directions. The sword light will rise and fall, splitting them into two pieces."

"It takes an ordinary person thirty years to practice these two steps. A person with exceptional talent can master them in ten years."

"Then you can practice flying sword techniques. It took another thirty years to practice them to perfection. You can practice sword techniques in a small space, from the outside to the inside, and gradually develop inner breath."

"After that, he tempered the sword with his inner breath. After several decades, the sword gradually became spiritual and merged with the spirit of the man. It became one with the original energy of the man. It could fly thousands of miles to kill people, demons and ghosts. He was called the Swordsman."

For a mortal to become a flying swordsman, even someone with excellent aptitude would need sixty years, a whole sixty years of hard work.

The swordsman is also the sword immortal.

"Fortunately, I am not an ordinary person."

"According to the current progress, as long as I keep practicing day and night, I can complete the first step of splitting the incense head with a sword in ten days at the latest."

Although Qigong practitioners do not have such things as spiritual awareness, their five senses are extremely agile, which allows them to practice martial arts and techniques beyond ordinary people.

Let Chen Hai practice swordsmanship and get twice the result with half the effort.

That alone is not enough.

The key is the indescribable pure energy that Chen Hai accumulated while reading scriptures and copying thousands of books in the Sutra Hall.

Usually not noticeable.

But once he calmed down and practiced swordsmanship, this invisible force would emit an invisible power to purify the mind and cleanse the whole body.

It can make him quickly immerse himself in a state of ecstasy and fall into an extremely calm state.

Swing the sword and cut the incense.

Hundreds of times... Thousands of times...

The broken incense sticks filled the entire room.

In the end, even every swing of the sword.

He seemed to be out of his body.

Like a third party, he watched the trajectory of his sword falling.

Every time the sword falls, you can get a wonderful feeling and make corrections.

The whole person was completely immersed in it, and fell into ecstasy.

It was dark outside the window, and then there were bursts of roosters crowing. The sky gradually brightened, then slowly fell, and the sun set.

The rising and setting of the sun were not enough to interrupt Chen Hai's state of concentration. Since Ji Yuan taught him swordsmanship, he stayed at home and continued to immerse himself in it.

Until the ninth day.

Swoosh! The sword light fell.

The thin incense stick, about a foot long, was split into two parts in the middle, with a smooth and neat break.

This means that Chen Hai’s control over the power of the sword has reached an extremely subtle level.

But this is still far from enough.

Next, they had to practice cutting soybeans. "First, take a nap to get enough rest, then continue practicing." Chen Hai's eyes turned red.

He hadn't slept for ten days, and even as a Qi Refiner, he felt a little tired.

But he himself did not realize that his eyes were extremely sharp at this moment, with an indescribable and unexplainable sharpness.

I don't know if it was because he hadn't slept for a long time, or because he had been in the darkness, his eyes fixed on the incense tip, and his mind was extremely concentrated.

Especially in the darkness, when his eyes were open and closed, there was a gleam of light that was captivating.

[The eyes are the source of a person’s spirit. Therefore, when a person is alive, his eyes open first, and when a person dies, his eyes close first. When a swordsman opens and closes his eyes, his divine light can kill ghosts and gods a hundred steps away.]—"Nine Palace Sword Scriptures Volume 2: The Immortal Vein Explanation Chapter"

Chen Hai held a two-finger-thick book in his hand. The ink on the cover was not yet dry and there was no title.

This is the sword manual that Ji Yuan passed on to him.

Originally it had no name.

But Chen Hai named it the Nine Palaces Sword Sutra based on the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams body techniques and the thirty-six sets of sword moves.

It is divided into five volumes.

There are basics chapter, body movement routine chapter, sword maintenance chapter, sword refining chapter, and sword flying chapter.

"Following Senior Brother Ji is really my greatest opportunity! If I can truly master this sword technique, it will be enough to make me surpass my peers!" Chen Hai's red eyes flashed with excitement.

Ordinary cultivators, even those from great sects, do not have any powerful magic. Being able to master a set of flying swords, flying forks, and flying knives to chop people, and to capture objects from a distance are considered powerful skills.

Systematic sword moves and flying sword techniques like this are extremely precious.

This sword manual is very rough, with many places containing conjectures and irrationalities. It is obviously a hastily created mixture of sword techniques from various sources.

But this did not prevent many of these ideas from being so insightful and being regarded as treasures by Chen Hai.

“Using spiritual energy to control the sword, gathering the essence, energy and spirit to become one with the sword. This method is unheard of even in the northern and southern swordsmanship.” Chen Hai flipped through the sword manual and nodded continuously.

This was the inspiration that Ji Yuan got from the Samadhi Fire, and he also rubbed some of it in.

Chen Hai sat cross-legged on a cushion with his sword placed across his knees.

He cut his finger and drops of blood fell onto the sword.

This is the method of maintaining the sword.

The blood of Qi cultivators, especially those who practice swordsmanship.

It can nourish the spirituality and killing nature of the sword.

Chen Hai closed his eyes and breathed in and out, and began to practice. Wisps of white mist came out of his mouth, wrapped around the sword, and then entered through his nose and penetrated into his lungs.

Among the five internal organs and five elements, the lungs are represented by gold, which corresponds to the murderous nature of swordsmanship.

Suddenly, it seemed that the consciousness was merging with the sword.

He could feel the tiny holes in the sword, which were invisible to the naked eye. With the blood staining it, he seemed to be able to clearly feel the condition of the sword.

Of course, this change is extremely subtle and slow.

The progress is based on years, and it may take hundreds or thousands of years.

But it was not false, especially under the influence of the extraordinary power of the clear energy, which made him improve extremely quickly.

In a blink of an eye, several days passed.

Teng Haifeng and his group have been waiting in this small bamboo-picking town for half a month.

This day, in the courtyard.

Chen Hai held the sword in his right hand and the gourd in his left hand, drinking savagely. A dozen steps away, Ji Yuan was sitting under a tree, plucking the wine with two fingers.

A whooshing sound was heard.

Beans flew towards Chen Hai from all directions.

"Zheng!" The white light was dazzling, the swords rang, and the soybeans turned into two pieces and then became powder.

Chen Hai's figure moved like a dragon flashing with lightning. His figure leaped up and down, leaving afterimages in an area of ​​several feet.

At last he even let out a long roar and leaped forward, the sword light was all mixed together, like water that could not be splashed in, his body movements were versatile, and he used all thirty-six moves with great familiarity.

"Good Drunken Taoist, now you can try the flying sword!" Ji Yuan was a little surprised.

I thought that with the foundation of the Mysterious Art of Gods and Demons and the Red Fruit, I could practice these martial arts and master them in a short time, and that I had become an unparalleled genius.

But who would have thought that this ordinary Chen Hai also has such strong talent?

This was really beyond my expectations.

His hand stopped flicking out the soybeans unconsciously.

"Ha!" Chen Hai was completely selfless. He let out a long roar, and his qi and sword became one. The sword actually flew out of his hand.

"Swoosh!" A white light flew all over the sky, cutting off pieces of leaves, revealing its sharp edge.

“Try to combine your body and sword!” Ji Yuan’s eyes lit up.

Chen Hai made a sword gesture and leaped up.

The sword light instantly extended about ten feet, seven or eight feet wide, wrapping around the body, like a white light rushing into the sky.

"Puff!" The body and the sword became one, and the sword light, which was several feet long and as light as a thread, actually penetrated the several-inch iron door.

This is already swordsmanship.

The swordsman is also the sword immortal.

In fact, flying with a sword does not mean stepping on the sword, that would be funny.

The real swordsmanship is that the body and the sword become one, like a ray of white light, which can be extended and changed at will and is extremely sharp.

Once the sword light rises up and turns into a ray of sword light, even if it is trapped in the iron gates of the fairy palace with many restrictions, it can instantly make a hole and pass through, with an astonishing sharpness.

However, the sword light only rose more than ten steps.

The sword light suddenly disappeared, and Chen Hai rolled over twice with the sword in his hand and landed on the tiles, almost falling off. His face was pale and he was breathing irregularly.

"This sword-flying technique is too energy-consuming. My inner cultivation is shallow, and I am far from being able to do it now!" Chen Hai looked up in disappointment.

That feeling is different from riding the mist. Instead, the whole person seems to be like light and lightning, able to stretch and change length at will, and able to pass through mountains and walls. It is quite mysterious.

But in just a moment, he seemed to have been drained of all his energy.

"You are really incredible!" Ji Yuan exclaimed in amazement.

“Don’t you think about how long you have been practicing? To master the skill of combining body and sword, I estimate that even if you are a Qigong practitioner, it will take you 20 to 30 years to master it. You…” Ji Yuan was stunned.

He had the urge to take Chen Hai apart and take a look.

This rate of improvement was far beyond expectations and even faster than Ji Yuan's own.

What is the reason?

"Since I entered the Sutra Repository and copied tens of thousands of sutras, I have always felt an invisible force in my body. It cannot be seen or touched, but it can make me immersed in it. My understanding has become extraordinary and my progress is amazing!" Chen Hai did not hide the reason and told the truth.

I will update one chapter first, don't wait for me, I was delayed by something today, I stayed up late to update, there are two more chapters to come, but I think I will finish writing it in the morning!! You can see it tomorrow morning.

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