Volume 18: The Third Master's Sword Chapter 452: Martial Arts Spirit
The hero has returned home.
The owner of Yuelai Inn did not go to the execution ground, so when he saw Su Weiyun, his legs trembled as if he had seen a ghost.
He immediately rushed back to the house, packed up his things, and escaped by jumping out of the window without stopping.
So Su Weiyun walked to the platform in the middle of the hall, sat down in the place where he used to give lectures, poured a cup of tea, and fiddled with the ruler.
The little girl stood in the empty audience and asked curiously, "Big brother, they seem to be afraid of you?"
Su Weiyun smiled and said, "Because from now on, I am no longer the Xiaoyun from before, but Su Weiyun."
The little girl asked, "Are you the mysterious swordsman Su Weiyun who fought Xie Xiaofeng to a draw?"
Su Weiyun smiled but said nothing.
The little girl said, "Okay, then you must tell me that story carefully!"
Su Weiyun shook his head and said, "That story is not exciting at all."
The little girl opened her bright eyes and looked at Su Weiyun without blinking, obviously a little unconvinced.
Su Weiyun said: "How can the real story be as exciting as the one in the storytelling? Xie Xiaofeng and I just sat and talked for seven days and seven nights."
The little girl asked, "So what did you talk about?"
Su Weiyun said: "They are all nameless little people, actually not worth mentioning."
The little girl said: "You..."
Outside the door, people gradually came over.
It was the people who saw with their own eyes at the execution ground that Su Weiyun broke free from the shackles, smashed the sword, and then left openly.
Among them were the waiter of Yuelai Inn, a scholar, the proprietress of a pastry shop, and many other listeners who had heard Su Weiyun’s storytelling.
The waiter walked up and looked at Su Weiyun, surprised and delighted, very happy. He wanted to go up and hug him, but stopped halfway.
"Xiaoyun, you're okay, that's great!"
"We didn't expect you to have such powerful martial arts!"
“…”
The crowd roared and cheered again.
Su Weiyun smiled slightly at this time and said, "Okay, I will tell you one last paragraph of the book, and then I will leave."
"Ah, you're leaving soon?"
Everyone was silent.
But everyone also knew that when Su Weiyun displayed his extraordinary martial arts, he was destined to leave.
Su Weiyun ignored everyone's gazes and comments and said directly: "Once upon a time, there was a Divine Sword Villa. In the villa, there lived a rare and talented swordsman named Xie Xiaofeng."
"When he was sixteen, he had already defeated the famous 'Dragon Swordsman'..."
"Every year, countless swordsmen challenge him, trying to replace him and become the new world's number one swordsman, but no one has ever succeeded. All that is left behind are unclaimed bodies at the foot of Cuiyun Peak and beside Lushui Lake."
"Until one year, a swordsman named Yan Shisan came to Excalibur Villa..."
Su Weiyun narrated this heart-wrenching, thrilling and fascinating story in a leisurely manner. He did not stop for a breath, omitted most of the process in the middle, and finally talked about the battle between Yan Shisan and Xie Xiaofeng.
"Xie Xiaofeng had actually reached the state of 'no sword in hand, no sword in heart' at that time. After all, he was the best swordsman in the world, and Yan Shisan was still inferior to him."
Su Weiyun almost repeated Xie Xiaofeng's exact words when he and Xie Xiaofeng were talking: "But at that moment, when Yan Shisan used the fifteenth fatal sword, Xie Xiaofeng suddenly felt a mysterious and terrifying force draining away his strength and the soul on his sword."
"For a swordsman like him, if he feels that there is no soul in the sword, then it is almost the same as not having a sword."
The audience nodded one after another, even though they did not understand what the "soul of the sword" was.
Su Weiyun continued, "So Xie Xiaofeng knew that he was doomed to fail, but Yan Shisan did not kill him. Instead, he turned the sword and killed himself in the woods under the brilliant sunset!"
“Ssss!”
Everyone gasped.
The story has ended, but everyone is still unable to savor it.
The little girl asked, "Why did Yan Shisan want to kill himself?"
Su Weiyun said: "Because his realm is not high enough. He doesn't want to release this poisonous dragon to harm the world!"
The little girl asked, "How high does his realm have to be to be considered sufficient?"
Su Weiyun said: "There is nothing and no self, just sit and forget about the gods and humans."
The little girl said, "And his realm at that time was not as good as Xie Xiaofeng's 'no sword in hand, no sword in heart'?"
Su Weiyun said: "Yes! But he has the ability to kill Xie Xiaofeng!"
The little girl was puzzled and asked, "Why is he so powerful?"
This question is not only the little girl's question, but also the question of all the listeners.
Since Yan Shisan's realm is not as good as Xie Xiaofeng's, why was he able to kill Xie Xiaofeng?
Su Weiyun said slowly: "Because the Fifteen Deadly Swords have acquired a kind of martial arts spirit power! This is originally only available to the gods, but Yan Shisan realized it in advance."
The spirit of martial arts!
The most mysterious power that transcends martial arts moves, internal strength, and momentum!
Su Weiyun said: "You should still remember the story of Xiao Li's Flying Dagger, right?"
The little girl said, "Of course I can't forget it . Li Tanhua is such a pitiful man. By the way, I remember my elder brother said that Xiao Li Feidao's realm is not as good as the Dragon and Phoenix Double Rings, but in the end he still won the battle!"
Su Weiyun said: "That's because Xiao Li Fei Dao also possesses a kind of martial arts spirit, a spirit of justice, so Xiao Li Fei Dao is not a flying knife that kills people, but a flying knife that saves the dying and heals the wounded!"
The little girl said: "But the Fifteen Deadly Swords are swords that kill people!"
Su Weiyun said: "A flying knife that saves people will not hurt itself, but a sword that kills people will kill itself first!"
“So if Yan Shisan’s realm is not as high as that of a god, it will be very difficult for him to control this sword, even though the power of this sword in his hands is no less powerful than that of a god!”
There was no applause, and no one offered any reward. Everyone was silent. They didn't know how to respond.
What Su Weiyun described was the most difficult and complicated changes in the way of martial arts. Ordinary martial arts only involved "essence and energy", but what he talked about was the final avenue about "spirit"!
Li Xunhuan's flying dagger never misses its target. The real swordsmanship does not lie in the sword itself, but in Li Xunhuan's spirit of compassion for the world and saving people from suffering.
Every time he swung his sword, he had to concentrate his mind first. If his mind was not focused, he would not be able to deliver the strongest blow!
The same is true for the Fifteen Deadly Swords.
The Fourteen Deadly Swords have reached the limit of the moves, and the fifteenth sword that extends out is not a sword, but spirit.
However, this kind of spirit is a murderous spirit, which is not desirable in Su Weiyun's opinion.
However, this martial arts spirit that is in line with the great Dao is precisely one of the most important prerequisites for advancing to the realm of gods and men!
The little girl said, "So after Uncle Yan Shisan died, there are no more real Fifteen Deadly Swords in the world, right?"
She was very intelligent and smart, and she actually noticed something that Su Weiyun didn't say directly.
Su Weiyun sighed: "Yes!"
The little girl's eyes sparkled like stars, and she said, "Is this also the reason why killing and evil can never defeat justice and love?"
Su Weiyun confirmed again: "Yes!"
The little girl asked, "Could it be that the evil demons and heretics will never be able to ascend to the realm of gods and men?"
Su Weiyun was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled and said, "Big brother doesn't know either. But big brother hopes so !"
After he said that, he stepped forward and walked out of the gate of Yuelai Inn.
He also had to go to Excalibur Villa to retrieve the things he left behind.
