Volume 13: Sword Immortal Chapter 6: Not Like a Young Man
"I'm ready to leave." Lu Qingshan put down the new intelligence and said in a deep voice.
"Have you made up your mind?" Ji Chuan and Yu Canghai frowned at the same time.
Yu Canghai warned, “You have to think clearly. If you really go to the Black Armor Region, you will not be able to get any help. Except for you, none of us can go directly into the Black Armor Region. Once you encounter danger, you will be isolated and helpless, and it is very likely that you will be destroyed.”
"There are smoke of war rising outside Guangling Pass. You and I both know that it is extremely difficult to defend Guangling Pass relying solely on the Lunwu Hall and the monks of the Zhongwu Domain against the most warlike Asura clan." Lu Qingshan said very calmly.
"We must help them, but the Sword Sect has been severely damaged in the battle of Zhongling, and cannot withstand another westward expedition."
"It seems that this method is the most effective and has the least impact on Yumen Pass."
"I will be careful and sensible." Lu Qingshan said.
"The Black Armor Region and the Burning Moon Region happen to be adjacent to each other. If the Soldier Demons can't hold back and launch an offensive, the Sect Master can also return to the Burning Moon Region from the Black Armor Region and carry out the original plan. This is indeed a feasible strategy," Ji Chuan thought for a moment and agreed, "Leave Yumen Pass to us."
"You are the sect leader. Since you have made up your mind, we have no reason to object." Yu Canghai and Xue Wushao looked at each other, sighed, and said no more.
“You must be extra careful. If it’s just the Burning Moon Region, it would be easier to come back. But if you are surrounded and killed in the Black Armor Region, it will be a long journey to come back.” Yu Canghai said calmly, giving a final warning.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
According to the original strategy, he planned to go straight to the rear of the demon clan when the demon clan attacked Yumen Pass and seize the initiative for the human race.
However, they did not expect that the Soldier Demon, who had been ready to make a move for a long time and had made many attempts, had not yet taken action, while the Asura Clan, which had not made much movement until now, took the lead in launching an attack on Guangling Pass.
The plight of Guangling Pass is well known throughout the world.
There is no doubt that it would be difficult to pass Guangling Pass without external help this time.
After the battle of Zhongling, the Sword Sect had the answer to the question of whether to provide support without any hesitation.
But how to provide support has become a problem - the Sword Sect now seems to be in a state of being unable to save itself after crossing the river.
Then, Lu Qingshan came up with this extremely bold idea.
Go straight to the rear of the Asura demon clan and seize the initiative for Guangling Pass.
The good news is that in the abyss, the Burning Moon Realm where the Soldier Demon Clan is located and the Black Armor Realm where the Asura Clan belongs are two adjacent realms.
This means that Lu Qingshan can completely enter the Black Armor Domain through the Burning Moon Domain, and at the same time, he can react immediately when there are any unusual movements in the Burning Moon Domain and return to the Burning Moon Domain.
Moreover, in addition to these strategic needs , for Lu Qingshan himself, taking the risk to sneak into the Black Armor Domain is also a very meaningful thing:
For a full ten years , he was limited by the task of advancing to the Seventh Tribulation Realm, and his Taoism improved only slightly.
He also had moments of anxiety and difficulty calming down.
Because time waits for no one.
Moreover, another ten years passed, and his age increased from thirty-three to forty-three, approaching the fifty-year mark.
Fifty is the age when one knows one’s destiny.
In fact, before this, Lu Qingshan's goal for himself had always been to reach the realm of Sword Immortal before the age of fifty.
This will ensure that when the second war between Taoism and Demons breaks out, he will have enough power to influence the outcome of the war.
Now it seems that this goal is difficult to achieve.
After all, the seventh tribulation is still a long way off, and above that there are the eighth and ninth tribulations, not to mention the sword immortal.
But later, Lu Qingshan suddenly discovered that although it was difficult to improve his Taoism, there were changes in his body and he also gained some understanding of the way of the sword.
This is a rare accumulation that can lay a solid foundation for the Tao.
You have to know that Li Qiu was defeated because his path was too smooth, which left hidden dangers, and then he cut off his own path and started over again.
With this precedent, Lu Qingshan understood it even more clearly. Even if he couldn't make any progress in his cultivation now, it might be a blessing. He could build higher achievements in the future through suffering.
It was also during this process that he began to realize his own shortcomings.
Among the eight realms of cultivation, although his first seven realms were also advanced by relying on "Deep Blue", after re-cultivation, accumulation of strength, and cultivation of the mind in the Daoyuan Realm, they were all extremely perfect and sublimated to the ultimate realm.
Only in this tribulation realm, forced by a sense of crisis and some opportunities, his improvement was particularly fast - the time it took from the first tribulation to the sixth tribulation was not even more than one year.
This was a very terrifying thing. The speed of the progress was enough to amaze anyone. Many people even began to spread rumors that Lu Qingshan was a natural cultivator, with unparalleled talent and was born to meet the calamity.
But such a fast cultivation speed is not entirely a blessing, and it eventually leaves hidden dangers.
The ten years spent in the Six Tribulations Realm were precisely the opportunity for Lu Qingshan to eliminate hidden dangers and improve himself.
While accumulating good fortune, he also practiced meditation and self-reflection, identifying his own shortcomings and filling them.
It took him nearly eight years, but the rewards were enormous .
The most intuitive manifestation is that his original energy base of 2.929 million increased to three million quietly and naturally with almost no improvement in his cultivation.
It doesn't seem like the growth is much.
But you have to understand that from the perspective of the game's numerical design alone, the 2.929 million yuan in total power is definitely flawed and not perfect.
A foundation of three million Yuan of strength is the true perfection.
Just like the difference between a full score and ninety-nine points seems to be only one point, but the gap between them is not something that can be told to outsiders.
But at the moment when his Yuanli foundation increased to three million, Lu Qingshan seemed to feel something, and vaguely sensed that the heavenly tribulation he was about to face would be of a higher level and would be extremely terrifying, an unprecedented thunder tribulation.
At this point, Lu Qingshan's foundation in Taoism had been completely honed, but he also reached a real bottleneck.
Even though he was still eager to improve his cultivation, Lu Qingshan had already understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little, so he began to gain enlightenment and think about his own path.
He recalled all the Dharmas he had learned and mastered.
From the Four Great Truths to the Six Secret Swords, from the Flying Sword Technique to the Sword Domain Divine Power...
That’s not enough, it’s far from enough.
Xia Daoyuan once told him that one must play a thousand songs before he understands their music, and one must look at a thousand swords before he recognizes their weapons.
What's more, among three people walking together, there must be one who can be my teacher.
Even if the sword cultivator's cultivation level is far lower than Lu Qingshan's, the sword technique he created is likely to have advantages that he does not have.
Not to mention those great swordsmen who were once famous.
So, Lu Qingshan found the sword sect's collection of classics to learn about the ancient chapters and understand the evolution of sword skills and the differences between ancient and modern times.
It is not enough to just understand it, you must truly master it before you can verify it.
Even though the Sword Sect's collection of sword classics has been strictly screened, after so many years of inheritance, the number of sword classics is still as numerous as the hairs on a cow and as vast as the sea.
Even if you don't seek to achieve mastery, but just want to have a basic grasp of it, it is undoubtedly a huge project that will take an extremely long time.
But for Lu Qingshan, this matter was not as difficult as he had imagined.
Because... he has two major plug-ins.
The unparalleled top-notch kendo talent that [Natural Sword Species] brought him, combined with his current vision and kendo attainments, allowed him to understand many sword classics at a glance - just like a college student solving elementary school math problems.
Of course, there are also a few more complex sword manuals that are not so easy to understand.
But Lu Qingshan has a second plug-in.
"Deep blue".
It gets understood in one click.
If you can understand everything at a glance and understand everything at a little bit, then you will understand everything.
In two years, Lu Qingshan mastered countless new methods.
To him, most of these laws have no practical significance, but that does not mean they are meaningless.
Various methods were circulating in Lu Qingshan's mind, constantly entangled.
What Lu Qingshan needs to do is to unravel the mystery, find the thread, and then finally integrate them into one, creating his own path and a method that suits him.
It is obviously not enough to just summarize theoretically.
Lu Qingshan encountered difficulties again.
First, it is difficult for him to make a breakthrough through simple theoretical study, and he must hone his skills through actual combat.
Second... after all this consumption, his experience points are finally reaching the bottom.
Lu Qingshan urgently needs new experience points.
This is a very urgent matter.
Lu Qingshan didn't expect that after finally completing the advanced task, he would be stuck with experience points.
After thinking about it this way, this trip to the Black Armor Region seems indispensable.
He had to go to that dangerous place to accumulate for his future enlightenment.
…
Lu Qingshan has always had strong execution and action capabilities.
Since the idea had been made and everything had been arranged at Yumen Pass, Lu Qingshan did not delay any further. He took Long Que and Qin Yitian with him and set off immediately.
Twenty years later, Lu Qingshan set out on the journey to the abyss for the second time.
Compared with the last time when he was cautious and careful, Lu Qingshan went to the abyss this time with murderous intent, which was destined to cause a storm far greater than the first time.
In the past 20,000 years, only three people in the human race have gone into the abyss alone.
Xia Zu, Xie Qingyun, and...
Lu Qingshan.
