Volume 6: Wangchuan Chapter 8: Sword Fight at Qingyaping
The interior layout of the wooden building that Lu Qingshan was assigned to was surprisingly similar to the one Xia Daoyun owned.
It seems that these three or two wooden buildings were built by the same person.
As soon as he entered the building, a shadow jumped out of Lu Qingshan's spirit beast bag.
"Lu Qingshan, there is too much spiritual energy here, it's about to overflow, I like it so much!" Intimidated by the powerful aura of many Sword Sect monks, the Western Rat King, who had been hiding in the spirit beast bag and not daring to act rashly, was finally able to run wild freely and express his surprise at this moment.
"The colorful world is fascinating, but my love for Sword Sect will never change!" The little mouse demon took a deep breath, feeling the lingering spiritual power in the air. He immediately blinked his starry eyes and said intoxicatedly.
Monsters also need to practice.
With the amount of spiritual energy in the Sword Sect, even if a pig demon were to practice here, the progress would be rapid.
Not to mention that the King of Western Rat himself has extremely good talents.
The little mouse demon seemed to have seen his bright future of making great strides in cultivation and achieving great success at a young age.
Lu Qingshan did not discourage the mouse demon's enthusiasm, and even took the initiative to encourage it.
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"Young Master, your master... is very good." Qin Yitian's voice suddenly sounded in Lu Qingshan's consciousness, "The feeling her aura gave me is somewhat similar to the feeling you gave me at the beginning."
Lu Qingshan was not surprised about this.
According to Qin Yitian's original evaluation of himself, he was a sword cultivator of Dao level quality in the eyes of swordsmen.
Xia Daoyun, who also possesses the legendary talent of a sword cultivator, should naturally be considered a sword cultivator of Dao grade quality, perhaps even higher.
It is reasonable for Qin Yitian to feel this way.
However, Qin Yitian seemed to be sensitive to Lu Qingshan's inner thoughts, and felt that his meaning was misunderstood, and was a little unhappy, "It's just a little similar, but... she can't compare with you at all."
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
The same goes for this sword spirit. Among thousands of people, who can compare to her sword master?
Although he only heard the voice, Lu Qingshan seemed to see Qin Yitian who was pouting in dissatisfaction at this moment.
He couldn't help but chuckle, and quickly comforted the sword spirit girl who seemed a little aggrieved.
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The little mouse demon was already very excited and found a room in the wooden building. It solemnly printed its claws on the door. After declaring its sovereignty, it could not wait to start experiencing the feeling of practicing in such an environment with abundant spiritual energy.
Lu Qingshan sat alone in the hall, carefully studying the complete version of the Ten Thousand Swords Technique given to him by Xia Daoyun.
The reason why he used experience points to study before was just to get started faster and truly feel the difference between the complete version of Ten Thousand Swords Art and the incomplete version of Ten Thousand Swords Art.
With this feeling, the subsequent process is more like a process of accumulation of quantity.
Lu Qingshan did not avoid accumulating and settling down in the Sword Sect for a period of time.
His improvement was too fast, and his understanding was as quick as snow in a furnace.
But no matter how much you understand it, it is still someone else's thing.
He needs some time to make it his own.
Xia Daoyun told him to practice the Ten Thousand Swords Technique to the level of six hundred swords before going to find her.
Lu Qingshan was also very obedient and did not intend to disturb her before that.
He first entered the Sword Sect in the mid-autumn season. By the time he had mastered the Ten Thousand Swords Technique and mastered the twenty swords, the mid-autumn season was almost over.
Lu Qingshan gradually became impatient.
He was not annoyed by the boredom of practice. On the contrary, in his eyes, the process was not only not boring, but even very interesting.
What annoyed him was this calm and inefficient form of sword practice.
From the perspective of modern people, before doing anything, they will pursue the most efficient way. There are very few people who are stupid enough to work hard without doing anything.
The time when he practiced the Ten Thousand Swords Technique most efficiently was the six months he spent in Qingzhou.
Why?
It's simple, the formation of Zhishou Tower put him under great pressure.
Only pressure could motivate him to master the Ten Thousand Swords Technique faster.
After thinking about it, Lu Qingshan left Jianlai Peak and went to a low mountain among the countless sword peaks around.
Qingyaping on Qingya Peak.
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Qingyaping is the place where the disciples of the Sword Sect fight with swords.
The Sword Sect has a rule that new disciples are not allowed to leave the Sword Sect before they break through to the Nascent Soul stage, unless they are led by a senior brother or a predecessor with cultivation level above the Nascent Soul stage.
The reason is very simple.
Although the Sword Sect is a Taoist sect that dominates the Eastern Region, the human territory is so vast that there are countless cultivators with ulterior motives, both overtly and covertly, and the dangers are endless.
Given the free-spirited and aggressive nature of sword cultivators, if they leave the Sword Sect without a certain level of cultivation and venture out into the world, the chances of their death are extremely high.
The number of people in the Sword Sect has never exceeded five thousand from ancient times to the present.
The loss of every disciple is extremely painful for the Sword Sect.
Therefore, in order to protect their own disciples, the predecessors of the Sword Sect made this rule with foresight.
However, as everyone knows, sword cultivators are all warmongers, born killers, and have a rather unruly and unruly temperament.
As for swordsmanship, it is an actual combat killing technique, how can it be mastered by just sitting in a cave and practicing hard?
Qingyaping came into being.
It is a sword-fighting venue specially set aside by the Sword Sect for its disciples whose cultivation level is below the level of Refining Void.
Qingyaping is actually an extremely wide mountaintop area.
Only such an extremely large space that is close to the natural environment can meet the requirements of sword practitioners for sword fighting.
Before reaching Qingyaping, Lu Qingshan could see from afar that in the huge venue, there were dozens of sword practitioners fighting with swords. The sword lights were divided and the sword shadows were continuous. It was very lively.
You must know that according to Ji Chuan, the number of disciples in the Sword Sect whose cultivation level is below the Refining Void Realm is less than three hundred.
Here, Lu Qingshan only took a glance and found that there were about seventy sword cultivators.
This is already a quarter of the total number.
The sword cultivator's reputation for bellicosity was indeed not an unfounded accusation bestowed upon him.
Lu Qingshan thought so.
As soon as he reached Qingyaping, Lu Qingshan saw thousands of green bamboo swords lined up along the cliff on the side of Daping.
There are various styles, even a set of bamboo swords that can be divided into dozens of small swords.
These bamboo swords are really just bamboo swords, carved from the most common bamboo and without any spirituality at all.
These bamboo swords are the designated swords for sword fighting in Qingyaping.
The reason is not difficult to explain.
The moves of sword cultivators are often extremely dangerous, and all sword cultivators have always been very competitive, especially the disciples of the Sword Sect.
If there are no restrictions, when the two sword masters fight to determine the winner, I'm afraid either they will die or be injured.
The Sword Sect would not allow its disciples to kill each other and waste resources like this.
So I came up with this idea.
The swords used in the sword fight must be bamboo swords from Qingyaping. This will minimize the possibility of someone losing control and accidentally hurting their fellow disciples.
After all, how can the killing power of a bamboo sword be compared with that of a sword cultivator's natal sword?
The outcome of a sword fight is even simpler.
Whoever's bamboo sword is destroyed loses the duel, and both players should stop fighting immediately, ending the duel.
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Lu Qingshan picked up a bamboo sword at random, inserted it into the ground in front of him, and then stood there waiting quietly.
Just as Ji Chuan said, as a new disciple, he was the one with the lowest cultivation level in the Sword Sect.
At this time, all the sword cultivators on Qingyaping were Nascent Soul cultivators. With his Golden Core cultivation, he seemed very different.
In this situation, few people would challenge him to a sword fight.
Because the fight between Yuanying and Jindan cannot be considered a serious competition, it would be more appropriate to call it teaching and feeding the sword.
So Lu Qingshan was also very down-to-earth. He put on a sword-fighting posture, neither humble nor arrogant, and waited quietly to see if any of his senior brothers would come and play with him.
His presence quickly attracted the attention of some monks.
Because his Jindan cultivation was too conspicuous.
If they remembered correctly, within the Sword Sect at that time, the only ones who still had the Golden Core cultivation level seemed to be the group of new disciples that Peak Master Haoran brought back from the Seven Realms Discussion Forum.
Looking at this title, many Nascent Soul sword cultivators immediately became interested.
A tall sword cultivator holding a slender bamboo sword walked up to Lu Qingshan, looked him up for a moment, and introduced himself: "Why? Are you a new disciple who entered the Sword Sect as the winner of the Seven Realms Discussion?"
"That's right." Lu Qingshan replied politely.
"What's your ranking?" He Yi's eyes lit up and asked curiously.
"I am not talented, I just happened to win the first place."
He Yi clapped his hands lightly and said with a hearty smile , "I have heard for a long time that the champion of the Seven Realms Discussion will join our Sword Sect, but I didn't expect it to be you. Your move is to promote the name of our Sword Sect, so I will play two rounds with you today, just as I am teaching you sword skills as a junior brother who has just joined the Sword Sect."
The conversation here also attracted a few sword cultivators who had just had some free time.
Influenced by the title of the leader of the Seven Realms Discussion Forum, they who were about to leave Qingyaping suddenly stopped.
They were also curious about the methods used by this disciple who won the first place in the Seven Realms Discussion.
He Yi's body retreated nearly a hundred feet.
He was leaving some distance for Lu Qingshan to use his flying sword.
"Junior brother, shall we begin?" He Yiyao asked.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly.
"Here it comes!" He Yi shouted, he was intentionally reminding Lu Qing.
At the same time, He Yi pointed his finger in the distance and with a thought, the bamboo sword in front of him shot out towards Lu Qingshan, containing a layer of rich spiritual power.
This is used to protect the bamboo sword.
Of course, he didn't use his full strength, but only used 60% of his strength to show mercy.
After all, if he knocked Lu Qingshan over with just one sword, it would go against his original intention.
What surprised him was that this good-looking junior brother did not move the bamboo sword on the ground in front of him, but instead, twenty sword energy threads with a faint blood-red luster suddenly emerged from his body.
He was extremely talented and had a broad vision. When the bamboo sword he controlled collided with the twenty sword wisps of Lu Qingshan's sword energy, he understood Lu Qingshan's intention.
This junior brother really came to Qingyaping to practice sword.
Although he was thinking this in his mind, he was still very friendly because this junior fellow apprentice had won honor for the Sword Sect.
"Then I'll waste some time and practice sword skills with you."
With this in mind, He Yi once again retracted a third of his strength and began to fight against Lu Qingshan's flying sword-like sword energy.
After two more moves, He Yi felt a little surprised.
The power of this junior brother's sword energy is so condensed and sharp.
This time, He Yi suddenly became concerned.
After careful observation, he discovered the mystery.
Integrate the sword intent into the sword energy.
Junior brother, you have actually started studying this in the Jindan stage?
To achieve this, extremely high requirements are placed on the realm of sword intent and the attainment of sword energy.
Generally speaking, this requirement should not be achievable by Jindan cultivators.
"As expected of you, you are the leader of the Seven Realms Discussion Forum. You really have some abilities." He Yi suddenly became interested and put in a little more effort.
This time, Lu Qingshan was already having a hard time defending himself.
But what was surprising was that within just a few breaths, Lu Qingshan pointed his finger from a distance, and three more strands of sword energy containing extremely pure sword intent flew out tremblingly and joined the battle.
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Lu Qingshan lost in the end, but this sword fight lasted for almost an hour thanks to He Yi's careful care.
By the end, he had already perfectly condensed and controlled the twenty-three strands of sword energy.
Sure enough, pressure is the best catalyst for improvement.
Lu Qingshan walked towards He Yi and thanked him politely, "Thank you for your help and guidance, Senior Brother."
He naturally knew that the reason why this sword fight lasted for an hour was undoubtedly because the opponent had seen through his intentions and was cooperating with him.
"Junior brother is very talented." He Yi said seriously.
"Thank you for your praise, senior brother. Thanks to you for showing mercy." Lu Qingshan expressed his gratitude generously.
He Yi nodded to Lu Qingshan, indicating that he understood.
Immediately, he turned around and flew his sword, transforming into a ray of sword light, and his figure quickly disappeared among the many sword peaks.
"Junior brother, let me play with you for a while. I..." After He Yi left, another senior brother in the Nascent Soul stage said with interest.
He was one of the monks who had just watched the entire process of the sword fight between Lu Qingshan and He Yi.
"Thank you, senior brother." Lu Qingshan couldn't ask for more.
This is the function of names.
He entered the Sword Sect with the title of the leader of the Seven Realms Discussion Forum. He had never met these brothers before, but they already had some good feelings towards him.
Then it ferments and takes effect.
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Lu Qingshan's life in the Sword Sect officially began in this strange way.
Qingyaping became his place to practice sword skills, and his good reputation made all the senior brothers willing to play with him for a while when they had nothing to do.
Of course, the more important reason is that Lu Qingshan has not only been making progress, but also has been making progress at a very fast pace. Every time he "fights swords" with Lu Qingshan, he feels refreshed.
It is this feeling that prolongs their sense of freshness and allows the activity to continue for a long time.
Because these Nascent Soul brothers are also very curious about how much progress this junior brother will make in his next sword fight.
A month passed like this, and exchanging a few moves with this junior brother who practiced the Ten Thousand Swords Technique actually developed into a tradition in Qingyaping.
The question of "Guess how high the Ten Thousand Swords Art has been improved by Junior Brother Lu today" became an interesting topic that the two hundred Sword Sect disciples often talked about.
On this day, Lu Qingshan had just fought with a senior brother who was in the late Nascent Soul stage when he suddenly heard a light exclamation that seemed far away yet close.
Lu Qingshan raised his head, and after seeing who was coming, he quickly said respectfully, "Greetings, Senior Brother Ji."
The visitor was none other than the Sword Sect’s senior brother, Ji Chuan, who had led Lu Qingshan into the sect.
These days, from the words of his fellow senior brothers, Lu Qingshan has a deeper understanding of this eldest senior brother.
Who would have thought that this amiable senior brother was actually ranked first on the Yellow List and was invincible in the four realms.
"I just happened to hear that you were practicing sword in Qingyaping, so I came over to take a look." Ji Chuan explained.
"Brother, that's so thoughtful." Lu Qingshan bowed and expressed his gratitude.
"I have been observing your situation for a while. Your killing sword intent is very strong. Even if we add the criteria of Yuanying sword cultivation, it is still the same."
Ji Chuan went straight to the point and gave advice: "It's a pity that your killing sword intent is too obvious, and it focuses more on the superficial appearance of power. The consequence is that once the sword intent comes out, the killing intent is rolling, as if telling the enemy, I am going to use a big move on you, so that others will be prepared. The sword intent should be kept in your flying sword at all times and places, contained but not released, and gathered and dispersed by your heart..."
Lu Qingshan was silent.
It is true that his sword power is at a very high level, but the problem is that he does not know how to use it.
When he used sword power before, he was more reckless.
Simply attach it to the sword and then explode.
However, this method of use, although powerful, is monotonous and lacks flexibility, and it can easily make people defensive.
Only by concentrating the sword intent in the sword, holding it in without releasing it, and then suddenly exploding when the time comes, can the lethality be greater.
What Ji Chuan taught was not some magical power, but some understanding and use of sword intent.
This is something that Lu Qingshan had never seen in his previous life's games.
Therefore, he could only learn, study and understand slowly.
