Next, Hong Asan taught everyone how to practice the secret technique of "Sword Finger".
During this process, he also specially took time to explain the basics of swordsmanship to Liang Yan and Zhang Song, so that they could get started as soon as possible.
In this way, I practiced at the top of Frost Sword Peak for a day and a night. It wasn't until the early morning of the next day, when it was close to the morning class time, that Hong Asan announced that the class was over.
"Thanks for the advice!" Liang Yan thanked him sincerely.
He could feel that Hong Asan was quite down-to-earth, at least he didn't teach them wrong things just because they were outsiders.
"You don't need to thank me. The Jianzhi lineage has been deserted for many years. If this continues, I'm afraid no one will practice it in thousands of years... I hope you can learn one and a half moves. Even if you leave the academy in the future, you can still practice it."
Let outside monks know the power of my sword finger lineage." Hong Asan said calmly.
Liang Yan said with a smile: "The Jianzhi lineage will never decline. As you said, great wisdom can be compared to foolishness, and great ingenuity cannot be achieved through craftsmanship. There will always be people who come after you with a wise eye, and the inheritance will continue."
After hearing this, Hong Asan gave a rare smile and said: "I hope it's as you said... By the way, I will be practicing in seclusion for a period of time. If you are still interested, you can come again in three months to listen to the lecture.
As for Frost Sword Peak, this is my dojo, suitable for training the physical body. You can come here to practice at any time."
"Haha, I will definitely come on time in three months!" Liang Yan said with a smile.
Everyone was having a good time chatting with each other, and they were quite speculative. After bowing to each other, they said goodbye and left.
"How is it? How is this 'Sword Finger' lineage?" Zhang Song asked with a smile on the way down the mountain.
Liang Yan pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's indeed good. Although it is different from the sword cultivation in my mind, it is also a different approach that is worth learning from."
"Then will you choose 'Sword Finger' as your major course in this decade?"
"I plan to keep observing...but what about you, Brother Zhang?" Liang Yan asked.
"Well...hehe, to be honest, after today's course, I confirmed that my physical strength cannot meet the training requirements of 'Sword Finger'. So I plan to give up this course and go to see 'Sword Dance'
how."
When Zhang Song said this, he smiled mysteriously: "It is said that the strongest person in sword dance is a peerless beauty. If you can enter her class, you can not only learn excellent sword skills, but also enjoy the sight and cultivate your sentiments... tsk tsk!"
Seeing the intoxicated look on his face, Liang Yan couldn't help but shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, we are here to learn. Ten years will pass with a snap of the fingers. Don't spend your thoughts on other places, otherwise you will draw water from a bamboo basket."
It’s all in vain.”
"Well, of course I understand the truth, but practicing hard, sometimes you need a little adjustment." Zhang Song didn't seem to care.
Seeing this scene, Liang Yan stopped talking and said with a smile: "Morning classes have started. Yan Yizhou doesn't like people being late. Let's rush there quickly."
"Um."
The two said nothing more and drifted away in the wind and snow...
In the next few days, Liang Yan's life in the academy went according to plan.
In the morning, he went to Jixia Academy to listen to morning classes. From "Nine Palaces", "Yi Li", "Xin Xue"... to "Sha Yuan Zhang", "Refutation of Spring and Autumn" and other Confucian classics, there was a master in each academic field.
Having an accomplished teacher come to teach was an eye-opener for him.
After morning classes, Liang Yan would occasionally travel around the mountains and rivers to make connections, or return directly to the cave to study the secret technique of "Sword Finger".
Hong Asan's first lesson has taught him the practice method of "Dragon Elephant Finger Sword". Although it is not perfect yet, it is enough to lay a solid foundation for him.
Speaking of Hong Asan, Liang Yan concluded that he had achieved Sword Heart!
Although this person only has the cultivation level to overcome eight difficulties, judging from the strength he displayed on the top of the snow mountain, ordinary Yasheng is no match for him.
"The sword points to the lineage, and the talent is late. If this person can break through the sub-sage, I wonder how many people below the saint in the academy are his opponents?"
Liang Yan thought of this and suddenly chuckled, pointing like swords in the cave.
A majestic sword intent emanated from his body, forming an illusory dragon-elephant shape behind him...
It actually looks a bit similar to Hong Asan!
It turns out that Liang Yan's understanding is extremely high. This "dragon-elephant pointing sword" is difficult for others to understand, but he can draw inferences from one instance.
In this short period of more than ten days, he had roughly deduced the rest of the secrets of swordsmanship from only the part taught by Hong Asan.
Although it is not perfect yet, it is a good imitation. At least outsiders can recognize it as a dragon-elephant finger sword at a glance!
"The secret technique of 'Sword Finger' is more suitable for the cultivation of this clone. After all, the body of the sword spirit does not need to polish the physical body, and I am not a human being with a sword, which just caters to the step of 'controlling people with a sword'..."
Liang Yan thought of this, narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself: "Looking at it this way, I can join the Sword Finger lineage, use this as a guise to cover up the characteristics of my sword spirit body, and then wait for an opportunity to learn the other five moves, so as to spy on Hui.
The whole sword!"
In just a short moment, Liang Yan had already laid down the basic strategy for his academy career for the next ten years.
It was already late at night, the moon and stars were sparse outside the house, and everything was silent.
Before he knew it, it had been more than half a month since he arrived at Hidden Sword Academy, and he had basically grasped the situation here.
During this period of time, he worked hard to make friends with monks from all walks of life. While he was trying every means to explore the subtleties of Confucian swordsmanship, he was also preparing for the discussion of Taoism in the virtual realm ten years later.
Now that the secret technique of Jianzhi has been found, the next step should be Jianyin...
Suddenly, Liang Yan's brows raised, as if he sensed something.
"Haha, after so many days, I finally arrived!"
In the darkness, Liang Yan smiled slightly, stood up and pushed the door open.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, and after silently sensing for a moment, his figure turned into a wisp of smoke, gradually dissipating in the dark night...
About half an hour later, this plume of green smoke appeared outside a forest.
The green smoke gradually condensed and took shape, revealing the appearance of the person, it was Liang Yan!
He raised his head and looked at the woods in front of him, frowned slightly, and said to himself: "I didn't expect to be in the Enlightenment Forest... It's not open time now, but luckily I followed the bamboo order."
After pondering for a moment, Liang Yan quickly arrived at the entrance of Wu Daolin.
The disciples on duty were a man and a woman, both of whom were in the middle stage of Tongxuan. When they saw Liang Yan approaching from a distance, they couldn't help but look surprised.
"Senior, now is not the time for the Enlightenment Forest to be open. If you want to meditate and gain enlightenment, you can wait until tomorrow afternoon to come over." The man reminded in a kind tone.
"I obeyed the bamboo order." Liang Yan smiled slightly and took out the token given by Fang Xi from his sleeve.
"I see……"
The man nodded and lightly scratched the token with a special brush. The original five opportunities to use it became four.
He raised his hand and cast a spell to open the seal at the entrance to Wudao Forest.
"Senior, the ban has been opened...but I still have to remind you that the Enlightenment Bamboo is not very effective at night, so few people choose to enter the Enlightenment Forest at night."
Facing this person's kind reminder, Liang Yan smiled and nodded: "Thank you for reminding me. I didn't want to come at this time, but I ran into some trouble when I was doing my exercises just now, and I still can't figure out a certain key point.
, so I came to Wudaolin to try my luck."
"Oh, that's not surprising, please, senior, we won't disturb you anymore." The man said politely.
Liang Yan nodded, said no more, and walked into the Enlightenment Forest.
This forest is very vast, with a radius of thousands of miles, but the outside is the ordinary "red sky and blue sky". Only when you get to the middle is the Enlightenment Bamboo.
Liang Yan guessed that this design should coincide with a certain formation to lock the spirituality of the Enlightenment Bamboo, so it has not lost its effectiveness after being passed down for so many years.
However, at this moment, he did not go to the center of the woods.
Standing in the shadow of the woods, closing his eyes and sensing for a moment, Liang Yan quickly determined a direction and walked quickly to the southeast.
After walking for more than three hundred miles, Liang Yan saw a towering hillside in the distance, and there was a dark cave at the bottom of the hillside.
He came outside the cave and paused for a moment to ponder.
It is now midnight, and most of the disciples in the academy are practicing in their own caves. Only a few people go out, but they will not come to Wu Daolin because the effect is not good at night.
What's more, this place is not in the middle of the woods and is not within the scope of Enlightenment Bamboo, so there is not even a single person.
But Liang Yan sensed a violent aura from the cave.
call!
call!
…
It was as if there was a peerless ferocious beast staring at him with red eyes.
Facing such a strange scene, Liang Yan didn't seem surprised at all, but instead sighed softly.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to be your enemy..."
After saying that, he ducked into the cave.
The corridor is dark and long, and there are dense sword marks on the surrounding walls. It is obvious that this cave was not formed naturally, but was forcibly opened by someone using sword energy.
Liang Yan walked for a while and soon reached the end.
In the depths of the darkness, he saw a pair of blood-red eyes staring at him.
The owner of these eyes is actually the spirit deer Mengli!
However, it seems different from before...
At this time, Mengli's eyes were red, her body exuded a violent aura, and the two antlers on her head were also glowing red, like two bloodthirsty demon swords!
Not far from Mengli, a smart and delicate girl was sitting against the wall, panting slightly.
It’s none other than Su Xiaodie!
Her face was pale and her breath was weak. She could barely maintain her sitting position by relying on the support of the wall. Her right sleeve had been rolled up, revealing a white lotus-rooted arm.
The bright red blood is slowly dripping from this snow-white arm, forming a sharp contrast!
Seeing Liang Yan arriving, the woman's expression changed drastically.
"You, why are you here?!"
She tried to stand up with support, but struggled several times without success. She looked very weak...
"Now is not the time for Wudao Forest to open. What are your intentions when you break in here?" Su Xiaodie tried her best to shout in a serious tone.
Liang Yan glanced at her and suddenly smiled and said: "Are you still bluffing? I obeyed the bamboo order and can enter the Enlightenment Forest at any time, and I did not violate the rules of the academy. But you..."
"Stop, shut up! Stop talking..."
Su Xiaodie was so excited that she couldn't help but feel a sweetness in her throat, and actually spit out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this scene, Liang Yan shook his head and said, "You'd better stop trying to be brave. If you get backlash and force your skills to move, I'm afraid it will damage your Dao foundation."
"So... so you just take advantage of the situation?" Su Xiaodie asked in a weak tone.
"Haha, if I were that kind of person, I would get started as soon as I came in. Why would I talk to you so much?"
Liang Yan smiled, and then looked at Meng Li opposite.
"If I guess correctly, your spirit beast will go crazy every once in a while, and every time you need to feed it with your own blood and essence to barely calm down its rage. But even if you calm the spirit deer,
You yourself will also suffer extremely serious backlash..."
"You don't have to worry about it!"
Su Xiaodie seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and immediately shouted: "My backlash is only temporary, and I will be able to recover by tomorrow morning. If you are not taking advantage of me, then leave here quickly. I, Su Xiaodie, will let bygones be bygones!"
"snort!"
Liang Yan snorted coldly and said lightly: "Perhaps you have some special physique, and the essence and blood in your body can calm the restlessness of this spiritual deer, but don't forget that you are a sword cultivator, a swordsman, and a murderous weapon! Use yours
Feeding it with essence and blood is like drinking poison to quench its thirst. Its craziness will become more and more violent. Even if this riot is calmed down, what about next time? What about the next time?"
Su Xiaodie was stunned by his question, with a painful expression in her eyes.
"It was me who hurt her..." the woman muttered to herself.
Liang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly said something shocking:
"If I guessed correctly, this spiritual deer must have been contaminated by Tianxu, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Su Xiaodie immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at him with an unbelievable look.
"You, you...how did you know?"
"I?"
Liang Yan smiled slightly: "I am a clever strategist, and there is nothing in the world that I don't know!"
"No, it's impossible! Those old men in the academy didn't notice it. How can you, a monk who has just survived the second disaster, notice it? I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"
Su Xiaodie looked very broken.
Her voice was hoarse, her face was miserable, and she even caused injuries, and she coughed violently several times.
After a moment, she looked at Liang Yan with determined eyes.
"Lu Xuanji, are you going to the academy to report me?"
Liang Yan heard the murderous intention behind the voice, but his expression did not change at all, and he said with a smile: "Su Xiaodie, I see you are so seriously injured that you don't even have a clear mind! The so-called arresting people and stealing stolen goods, if I
If I want to report you, I am not here alone now, but I am here with all the fellow Taoists from the academy."
"this……"
Su Xiaodie was stunned by what he said.
After thinking about it carefully, it made sense, so the murderous intent in his eyes dissipated somewhat, but he still remained vigilant and asked: "Then what are you doing here?"
"What to do? Of course I'm here to help you!" Liang Yan chuckled.
"help me?"
Su Xiaodie looked suspicious: "Are you so kind? Besides, what can you do to help me?"
Liang Yan did not answer, but slowly walked towards Mengli...