Chapter 49: Seven Days of Enlightenment (Congratulations to the reader "Ice Angel", congratulations on the safety of your son and mother)
"Liu Baihong was defeated?"
Hearing the news, Chen Tengjiao was a little dumbfounded Sitting on the chair in a daze, he almost grew up listening to the story of the White Rainbow Swordsman. Of course, he was shocked beyond words for a moment.
"Liu Baihong and Lin Lie, the master of Wenjianzhai, returned to Wenjianzhai. It is rumored that Liu Baihong was defeated."
The subordinate saw sweat on his forehead and could only repeat it again, and then He quickly exited the room at the signal of the butler in blue next to him.
"How could Liu Baihong be defeated, how could he be defeated! Even his father praised this person highly, how could Liu Baihong lose to Lin Lie!"
Chen Tengjiao suddenly stood up in shock and anger, and raised his hand to put the man in front of him The long table was smashed to pieces.
He moved out of the room, but was stopped by the housekeeper with his hand. This is a thin and shrewd middle-aged man in a blue robe:
"Young Master, where are you going now?" Although it is a question, it is an advisory tone.
"...You think I shouldn't go?" Chen Tengjiao gradually calmed down after hearing this, and turned to look at the housekeeper.
"I think you should at least wait for the young master to calm down before making a decision. What's more, the master went to Lin's Merchant Shop today to play chess with Master Lin. The young master should at least wait for the master to come back."
"Huh, you're right. I was too impulsive. This matter should be solved by myself." Chen Tengjiao calmed down his emotions in a few breaths, but there was still madness in his falcon-like eyes. Severely.
"Uncle Fu, help me arrange for the owners of the major sword halls to come and see me in half an hour. Also help me arrange a ride in the evening. I want to go to the Blood Rain Tower tonight."
The butler named Chen Fu frowned slightly when he heard this, but he still nodded in agreement.
In his opinion, this matter is just a means for the master to sharpen the young master's character. Regardless of success or failure, as long as it can exercise the young master, as long as the master is there, things will not develop. To the point of getting out of hand.
Blood Rain Tower is a killer organization that has emerged in recent years. Unless you have a very high net worth and a certain status, it is difficult to know about it. They charge high prices, but there are indeed experts in charge, and hiring people there will not directly affect the success or failure of the matter. To the young master.
As for the high price, just share it with the major sword halls. Judging from the young master’s instructions just now, the young master has already thought of this.
On the other side, the backyard of Wenjianzhai in the city that never sleeps.
This is a peaceful and quiet place, with green trees, pavilions, rockeries and clear ponds.
Looking out from the pavilion in the lake, you can see the sparkling waves and a huge red carp swimming leisurely in the lake, as if it is floating in the air.
Outside the quiet backyard, the sound of the swordsman practicing swordsmanship in the sword hall could be heard vaguely.
In such an environment, in a peach blossom forest, Lu Cheng and Liu Baihong drank fine wine and talked about interesting things in their lives and the swordsmanship in the world.
“I have never left Shiwandashan. Talking to Brother Lin about swordsmanship in the world is actually empty talk. I really want to have time to see and experience the vastness of this world and the mystery of swordsmanship. It’s best to verify it yourself!”
That bottle of red wine is so delicious.
After opening the jar, the wine was mellow and fragrant. You took a small spoonful and I drank a small spoonful. The two of them quickly drank half the jar. Lu Cheng quickly stopped and set the rules.
Then the two began to compete in sword moves, then compete in chess, then compete in fists, and then compete in life experience. Whoever can win will drink a spoonful of wine.
In the end, the two of them were really greedy. Lu Cheng asked his disciples to go to the restaurant and buy two carts of fine wine. You can drink these as much as you want, but for the half-ton of daughter-in-law, whoever beats the other can drink it. A spoonful of wine, that's what makes this wine particularly delicious.
As time goes by, the two have their own victories and defeats, and the wine world has bottomed out.
“When I was young, I fell in love with a girl. At that time, I was not yet thirty years old and was practicing at the second level of Qi. I joined that village in order to assassinate a barbarian king.”
"I pretended to be an honest and cowardly fisherman, because fishermen will not kill people."
"The first time I saw her, it was a festival in that village. She was wearing a plain totem robe and buckwheat shoes. She looked delicate and handsome. She was sitting quietly under the eaves, holding a small diamond in her hand. The wood carving has a simple kindness in her face, and the light sunlight shines on her body, making her look softer. Beautiful."
"Don't tell me that she is the daughter of that barbarian king..."
"Do you listen or not?"
"Okay, okay, keep talking. . ”
The two chatted, drank, bragged, and talked about each other’s past lives.
"Believe it or not, I promised Xiaowei not to be a killer anymore. If I were still a killer, hehe."
Liu Baihong stared at Lu Cheng's neck and sneered.
"Under the killer's sword, there is no victory or defeat, only life and death. If I hide in the dark, suddenly burst out and use the white rainbow piercing the sun, the power will be several times more powerful than it is now."
"I have a fire thunder bead in my hand. If you let me notice it in advance, I will send you down with one bead. If you can't kill me with one sword, I will send you down with one bead." Lu Cheng sneered and replied. .
Some people’s hair is as white as new, while some people’s hair is as old as ever.
Because they got to know each other through swordplay, maybe Lu Cheng and Liu Baihong were the latter, so they really enjoyed themselves chatting and drinking together.
Both of them possess magical powers and have a good capacity for drinking. After two days, a car full of fine wine was drunk.
"Tell me, why do some old monsters who have lived for two or three hundred years suddenly become lustful and jump out to fight for girls with young people?"
The wine jar is placed on the grass. On the side, Liu Baihong asked drunkenly while lying on the grass.
“Because of cultivation, what is cultivation? Some books say it is the process of being in harmony with the Tao. For this purpose, some people constantly discard the fragile things on their bodies and replace them with harder limbs. In order to make themselves More powerful, more in line with the so-called way of heaven, all the hands, feet, head, and various organs in the body are completely replaced... Finally, he becomes a stone-like person, who will be with the way for thousands of generations. Congruent.”
"It's nothing. To be strong, to master the most powerful power, there is nothing to do, but when you have a choice, keep something that belongs to you, even if it is dirty, like a pig or a dog. Desire is also a powerful thing in itself.”
“So, a person who has been practicing for two or three hundred years, or even a person who has been practicing for two or three thousand years, suddenly becomes lustful and jumps out to compete with young people. Girl, I think this is very right It’s a normal thing, isn’t this the meaning of cultivation?”
“Three thousand years later, the whole world will congratulate me on my three thousand birthday, but at that time, I can still be attracted to a sixteen-year-old girl. , I can still be in heat like a pig or dog, which means that I have really succeeded in cultivation, and I even have the potential to go further, and I have not cultivated like a stone."
Lying on the stone table, Lu. Cheng answered this while holding the wine jar in his right hand.
At this moment, maybe even he himself didn’t know what he had answered. The two of them were just talking nonsense after drinking. Before drinking, I was from Huoyun Mansion and I was from Sleepless City.
After drinking too much, Huoyun Mansion is mine. In the city that never sleeps, I, Liu Baihong, can solve half of the problems!
One day, two days, three days, four days, five days.
“No, we can’t drink like this anymore.”
“If the two of us continue to drink like this, I will be useless and your Wenjian Studio will have to close. No, no, I Gotta go.”
On the fifth day, Liu Baihong, who was more serious about business, came to his senses in time and returned to his senses.
This is a habit for him. In the early years, after assassinating important targets, Liu Baihong would live a life of indulgence for a while, but indulgence is indulgence. After the release, he had to restore his state. Otherwise, Liu Baihong would not have the same problem. Today’s cultivation achievements.
Lu Cheng tried to persuade him to stay. Seeing that Liu Baihong had decided to leave, he said helplessly:
"Then wait for a while, wait for me. If you take the opportunity to run away, don't say anything about it in the future. You know me!”
Lu Cheng returned to the house drunkenly, and took out a Qiankun bag from his room. He thought about it, and then took out two thousand spiritual stones from the Qiankun bag that he usually carried with him, and put it into the Qiankun bag that he picked up first. He walked out of the Qiankun bag.
“Nuo, take this Qiankun bag.”
Liu Baihong frowned slightly when he saw this, but he still took Lu Cheng's Qiankun bag and opened it, only to see that there were stacks of stacks of spiritual stones inside, probably more than 20,000 pieces.
"Lin Lie, what do you mean?"
Liu Baihong has an arrogant temperament, and anger appeared on her face on the spot. "What do I mean? These are all the spiritual stones I earned from opening the sword gym during this period. Now I can't get out another two hundred spiritual stones even if I pick my asshole and suck my fingers. I give these to you to let you You go buy the Blood Spirit Pill, the Foundation Establishment Pill, anything you think is useful, and then you don’t have to die. You are more than ten years old. If you don’t break through, you will have no chance.”
“Twenty thousand spiritual stones, I will buy you and you will be promoted to Foundation Establishment. You can come and compete with me again.” I cast White Rainbow Penetrating Sun once, I have no other intention.”
Liu Baihong should have been furious. He treated money like dirt for a while in Zongheng. In his early years, he treated his wife's illness and spent all his property.
But at this moment, looking at the drunken young Taoist in front of him, looking down at the Qiankun bag filled with 20,000 spiritual stones in his hand, Liu Baihong finally laughed:
"Hahahahaha, I remember back then, in order to survive, I, Liu Baihong, fought for a piece of bread with a wild dog. Unexpectedly, sixty years later, there was a person I had only known for five days. My friend, give me all your money so that I can live. Hahahahaha, God has been kind to me Liu Baihong."
"Stop laughing, let's go, let's go, if you want. If you can’t break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, don’t come back alive to see me.”
With a wave of his hand, Lu Cheng returned to his room to sleep drunkenly.
The Four Essentials of Cultivation, Dharma, Earth, and Wealth. Twenty thousand spirit stones is definitely a lot of money. In some places with good alchemy skills, it is even enough to buy foundation-building pills.
But Lu Cheng really liked and appreciated Liu Baihong’s swordsmanship and wanted to have the opportunity to continue discussing swordsmanship with him in the future. Therefore, he spent 20,000 spirit stones to buy a companion. Lu Cheng didn’t feel that he had lost anything. .
Money, you bastard, I have a sword in my hand, and there are spiritual stones everywhere wherever I go.
“Hoo ho ho…”
One day later, Lu Cheng got up from the bed in his room. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the room facing east. The statue of Chijun lying there.
He first held the Dao Sect Hand Technique and bowed before getting up.
The sun is high in the sky, and there is still a strong smell of alcohol permeating the backyard pavilion and the lake.
“Pure grain wine is good. I don’t have a headache at all after drinking it.”
I was too lazy to wash up and cast a cleaning spell on myself. At this time, Lu Cheng suddenly felt a sharp The sword energy spread and overflowed in the courtyard without concealment.
Feeling this, he naturally walked out and came to the place where he had been drinking with Liu Baihong a few days ago. He saw that the area was now diffused with a dense white sword energy, forming a barrier, allowing Xiu to Those who are deficient cannot get close.
"..."
When Lu Cheng saw this, he naturally understood that Liu Baihong had left something for himself, but he did not want to ask other people from the Jianzhai Sword Hall to accidentally approach and see it.
Move forward.
The sword energy barrier was broken by Lu Cheng as soon as he raised his hand.
Then he saw several particularly familiar stone slabs placed among the scattered wine jars in the forest - Liu Baihong removed the stone table in Lu Cheng's backyard, cut a few stone slabs out, and carved on them the following Text like this:
"Brother Lin, you have a broad mind and value wealth over justice. For me, a mere friend, you gave me 20,000 spiritual stones without expecting anything in return. However, I, the elder brother, am not sure of a breakthrough. I'm afraid it will be difficult to repay the foundation-building realm in this life."
"This style is 'White Rainbow Pass'. The essence of swordsmanship in my life has been condensed. If I can no longer show it to Brother Lin, then let Brother Lin figure it out and study it himself, so that what I have learned in my life will not disappear from the world."
The next few stone slabs are Bai Hong Guanri's technique of using the Qi Luck Sword.
Lu Cheng is a genius in swordsmanship. Just by looking at it, his mind was naturally immersed in it, and he began to ponder and understand Liu Baihong's sword, which can be called a "magic transformation".
“It turns out that the sword move of White Rainbow Penetrating the Sun is simple, but the method of moving qi is extremely complicated. The practitioner can only exert the highest power by executing the sword ruthlessly in the place of death. It is indeed extremely powerful. A brilliant sword of assassination.”
"Although Brother Liu has not understood the power of the sword, the more people he kills with this killing sword, the more his energy and spirit rise to the peak when he strikes, and he has briefly reached the state of the sword's power, and it only takes a moment to kill people with the sword. . ”
During the process of thinking and understanding, Lu Cheng sat on the stone bench next to the column without the stone table. His energy, mana, and spirit naturally increased to their peak as he activated the method.
Even the pulse-breaking sword energy in his body was inspired by this sword technique. It circulated faster and faster in Lu Cheng's body. The power of the sword energy continued to increase and skyrocketed. However, the load on the meridians , but it is declining because of the selflessness of the heart.
When Lu Cheng got drunk, it was the early morning of the sixth day. He came to the backyard and saw the sword skills recorded on the stone tablets. He was fascinated. When he came back to his senses, he looked around:
< br>The blue-purple starry sky is dotted with stars, and there is a bright silver moon hanging high in the sky.
There is a small lake on one side, and there are trees and flowers beside the lake.
Lu Cheng turned around and saw a bright mirror used for washing in his room, which happened to be shining here. He stared and saw himself, a small lake, a group of flowers, and the bright moon reflected in the mirror. .
Suddenly, Lu Cheng felt a strange uplifting feeling, as if his mind was separated from the body and soared, and then looked down.
"The heart is like still water, and the mirror is like a flower in the water!"
Under this situation, the sword energy in the meridians in the body is running violently, as if its power can destroy everything, but it is completely in the mind at this moment. Under suppression, there is no joy, no sadness, no fear and other thoughts.
"It's a pity that my cultivation of spiritual consciousness is still not enough, otherwise, at this moment, I can prove the sword's unique skill of the sword's heart being clear."
With this thought, the wonderful state no longer exists.
The self, the small lake, the flowers, the bright moon, and the blue-purple starry sky all split apart and then collapsed. What appeared was the noon of the seventh day.
Prepared, Lu Cheng methodically slowed down and collected the violent sword energy in his body, and at the same time felt the improvement of his consciousness.
Books record that in ancient times, there were sword cultivators who practiced the six senses, including eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, and then achieved the unique skill of clearing the heart of the sword;
If the heart of the sword is clear, you can be pure yourself, recognize the enemy clearly, anticipate the battle ahead, and discern opportunities. When using the Flying Sword, the enemies coming from behind are coming from all directions, making it difficult to resist...
But in fact, if you are in the realm of Qi training and condense your spiritual consciousness first, then you can also cultivate the transparency of the sword's heart in the realm of Qi training. It is a great skill in swordsmanship. Unfortunately, unless one is extremely gifted and has an innately powerful spiritual consciousness, the difficulty of practicing it can be imagined.
Lu Cheng's mental cultivation was first tempered by Chijun, and he realized it twice before and after. It is not considered weak, but it is still a little short of the fire, and he cannot cultivate the sword's heart to be clear.
The only thing that can be achieved is that the mind is like still water and is pure in itself.
“You three, come here.”
Following Lu Cheng's call, He Guo, Xie Yan, and Yu Liang walked over hesitantly. They all bowed and saluted:
"Master, you have been sitting here for a day and a night. We I'm a little worried about you."
"Master, I wanted to come up and see you, but Junior Brother Xie Yan said that you are in a state of enlightenment and cannot be disturbed."
"It's okay, I just felt like this after reading the sword manuals left by fellow Taoists. Is there anything going on in the sword hall during this period?"
"Nothing. Since you and Yi were seven days ago, After the battle between Sword Immortal Ape Liu Baihong, more and more people came to the sword hall to become apprentices, and some even came to me and Junior Brother Yu’s father. Other than that, everything is normal in the sword hall," Xie Yan replied.
"If it's because of Patriarch Xie and Patriarch Yu, it doesn't hurt to let in ten more people. Why not, I'll give you five places. How much money you can sell is all up to you."
"Master. Sir, I don’t need it.” He Guo heard this and wanted to refuse, but Lu Cheng held out his hand to stop him.
"The three of you are brothers. If I give it to them, I will naturally give it to you. There is no need to say this again. In addition, I have not tested your swordsmanship during this period. Today, the three of you will each show your skills. Let me Let’s see how it goes.”
A few days later, there were fifteen more apprentices in Wenjianzhai Sword Hall.
In response to this, both the Xie family and the Yu family reciprocated the favor and arranged for the housekeepers of the two families to bring gifts and come to thank their young master's mentor.
"Master Lin Zhai, the young masters of our two families have thanked you for your trouble. I heard that you were searching for this thing some time ago. Our two families found some during this time and sent it to you."
As the person in charge of the trip, the steward of the Xie family took out the wooden box after a respectful speech, and opened it carefully, revealing a row of four blue-white iron pellets inside, exuding a dangerous aura.
(End of this chapter)