Chapter 32: The Second Play of Kang Hai Jiao (Part 2)
It is generally accepted by the world that there are "two major villas" in the world today, one in the south and one in the north.
To the north is the Liaodong Shengdao Villa, while to the south is the Wujian Villa located in the Lingnan area.
If Shen Dao Villa gives people the impression of being prestigious, wealthy and powerful, and showing domineering power... then Wu Jian Villa is just the opposite, with the word "mysterious" everywhere in it.
Unlike "Magic Sword Song Wudi", Xiao Zhun, the owner of the Wujian Villa and the "Sword Master", has always been extremely low-key; not to mention people in the world, even those who live in the Villa, there are many
I've only met him once or twice.
But this... does not hinder people's evaluation of Xiao Zhun.
Anyone who has seen Xiao Zhun take action will have the same feeling about his swordsmanship - standard.
Not subtle, not overbearing, not weird...but "standard", which is as rigorous, precise and harmonious as mathematics.
Every move he made seemed so "correct" and so just right...
Not only the posture, speed, and strength that can be seen at a glance, but also the tightening and releasing of every muscle fiber, every breath that matches the internal strength and moves, and every flow and movement of the internal force...
All are neither light nor heavy, neither deep nor shallow, neither more nor less.
You can't find even a single "error" in his sword moves, so his sword skills have no mistakes, no flaws, and no flaws.
His title of "Sword Master" may sound very plain, but in fact it is much better than those of "Qing Tian", "Three Arms", and "Shadowless"; for a swordsman, this is already
It is the title second only to "Sword God" and "Sword Master".
As the name suggests, Xiao Zhun is a person who can "teach swordsmen all over the world what swordsmanship is."
Anyone who uses a sword will not be "wrong" as long as they learn from him, or imitate him, and the closer they learn to him, the closer they are to the so-called "correct answer".
Therefore, there is an endless stream of swordsmen who come to Wujian Villa every year to ask for his advice.
As for Xiao Zhun, he also set rules——
To ask for a sword, you must first put down the sword; to know the sword, you must first ask for the sword.
To refine a sword, you need to know the sword, and it will take a long time to master the sword.
Just four lines of big characters were engraved directly on the stone tablet at the entrance of Wujian Villa.
When it comes to details, the key point is actually the first sentence, "To ask for a sword, give up the sword first", which means... If you want to come to my Wujian Villa to ask my sword master to teach you, you must first master your sword skills and skills.
Leave it to me, and then follow me to learn from the basics.
But if you really have "zero foundation" and have no martial arts skills, Wujian Villa will not accept them, because such people are not considered swordsmen at all and have no swords to give up, or no swordsmanship to offer.
In addition, Wujian Villa also does not want those who are very weak in strength, such as those who only know a set of third-rate swordsmanship and are not yet proficient in it, because nine out of ten people like this will have no qualifications and will not be able to teach anything famous.
, going out will only ruin the reputation of the villa.
As for the few people who have successfully entered the villa, if one day they feel that they have learned enough and want to leave, the owner of the villa will not stop them. After all, "it will take forever to learn the sword", he will not do it for one thing.
Things that are far away and may be hopeless for the rest of your life force you to stay.
Wujian Villa is such a holy place that seems to be aloof from the world and exists only for those who pursue swordsmanship.
At least...that's how it looks on the surface.
However, what is the actual situation? Let’s not be too careful here. Anyway, everyone knows about this turn of events and has been waiting for a long time.
This Xiao Zhun is naturally ambitious.
Over the years, in the name of learning swords and teaching swords, he has collected swords and swordsmanship from all over the world, and won over swordsmen from all over the world as disciples. Although there is part of the true meaning of "seeking the Tao" in this, he undoubtedly also has the desire to dominate the martial arts world.
Of course, the ideas he had in mind were different from those of Gu Qiying and Shen Youran. Xiao Zhun's idea was more simple and direct: I'll be invincible first!
Everyone, have you ever heard of a saying - "Lily of the valley has no top".
The same is true in the world of martial arts. No one can become the true overlord, not even the leader of the martial arts alliance.
It is extremely difficult for even a great hero and a proud man of heaven to be able to dominate the world for "a decade" during a certain period of his life.
Taking ten years as a boundary, the tide of the times will definitely push another person up to replace you... Standing at the top, even if that person does not mean that, this will still happen.
What about being "invincible"?
Is there anyone who is truly "invincible"? As long as you are human, you will inevitably die. As long as the time is right, a weakling may easily take your life.
But how many people in the world can figure this out? How many of those who can figure this out are not pretending to be confused and lying to themselves?
Xiao Zhun, at the age of fifty, that is, last year, encountered the biggest bottleneck in his martial arts journey. In about half a year, his martial arts skills failed to improve.
One night, Xiao Zhun was anxious and depressed, so he went to the forbidden area of the villa alone, raised his sword and danced wildly, venting his anger, splitting mountains and rocks.
Unexpectedly, this move led him to accidentally discover that under the rock crust vegetation on the surface of the mountain wall, there were several lines of messages written by the ancestors of the villa.
On it, a forbidden and forgotten secret technique is recorded:
First of all, the swords of the seven or forty-nine swordsmen were used as the base material, and the blood of the seven or forty-nine swordsmen themselves were used as the base material. They were soaked in the sword-making pool of Wujian Villa for smelting, and then the legendary swordsmen were used. The "colorful glass glue" in it condenses and becomes one, which is a huge "blood iron".
Then, beat every day after sunset and stop when the rooster crows. This continues for seven to forty-nine nights. When the blood iron is only the size of a sword, the "Blood Sword Hatchling" is completed. fetal".
Then, within seven days of the initial formation of this "sword fetus", use this sword to kill another seven or forty-nine swordsmen to "open up the front". In this way... the "blood sword" is completed.
As soon as this sword is drawn out, the heaven and earth will move, and the ghosts and gods will be frightened.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the moment when the sword is completed, the sword master will gain the sword power of all the souls who have died under this sword so far, and can integrate them, gather them together, and reach the ultimate state.
When the blood sword is made, so is the sword demon, and no one in the world can defeat him.
Even if the above record is true, it is obvious at a glance that it is a kind of witchcraft.
Ordinarily, there is no need for people like Xiao Zhun to do this...
Even if he is not number one in the world, even if he stays at his current level for the rest of his life, he is still a first-class player, infinitely close to the "top level" master.
Unfortunately, there is often only a fine line between seeking the truth and being possessed by evil.
It can be seen from Xiao Zhun's swordsmanship that he is a person who pursues "perfection", and the more such a person is, the easier it is to fall into extremes.
He didn't care whether the secret technique was real or not, let alone whether it was a witchcraft or not, he already believed it anyway.
After that, Xiao Zhun began to secretly recruit troops... People like Kang Haijiao and Terashima Yasuhei who were not very visible but had good martial arts skills were exactly what he wanted.
Of course, Xiao Zhun will not tell these executors all the information about the "Blood Sword". He just gives them the task of collecting the swordsman's sword and blood; Terashima and Kang Haijiao are not the only ones doing this.
The person responsible for this matter, there are people in other places who are performing the same tasks as them, and like them, they disguise this matter as an ordinary "duel between rivers and lakes, swordsman competition", and outsiders will not investigate them deeply.
What is the purpose of seizing the sword? After all, taking away the dead opponent's weapon is nothing special in the world.
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Kang Haijiao actually didn't know much, so it didn't take him long to tell everything he knew.
Sun Yixie finally summed it up in his mind, which was actually just one sentence - Xiao Zhun, the owner of Wujian Villa, had been secretly collecting swordsmen's swords and blood for several months.
As for what conspiracy is behind this, it's hard to say...but it is definitely there, and it might be very big, otherwise there would be no need for him to use people like Kang Haijiao and Terashima as "sword masters".
"That's it?" After hearing this, Sun Yixie deliberately put on an expression that was nothing more than that and said to Kang Haijiao, "You also want to change your life?"
"Ah? Sun Shaoxia, Xiao Zhun is one of the best swordsmen in the martial arts world, and Wujian Villa is also one of the second largest in the world. I have sold such a big shot, isn't that enough?" Kang Haijiao asked with his eyes widened.
"Not enough." Sun Yixie crossed his hands on his chest and continued as if he was haggling at the fish market, "Terashima is now dead and there is no proof. How do I know whether your words are true or false? What you said...
…Is there any evidence?”
"Yes! Yes, yes..." Kang Haijiao first said yes, then thought about it and said, "According to the master...oh no...Xiao Zhun's instructions, every time Terashima and I collect four swords, we will
We need to send the swords to a 'connector'; before tonight, we got a total of fifteen swords, and I have given twelve of them to the connector. Now I still have three swords, if you count them
The ones Terashima has in his hand at the moment are four more..." He paused and said in a deep voice, "Shao Xia Sun, Shao Xia Lin... I can use the name of 'sending swords' tonight to take you to that joint.
As long as you hide in the dark and listen to us, you will know that what I just said is true."
"Oh...that's right." Sun Yixie nodded pretendingly, then turned to look at Lin Yuancheng, "Brother Lin, this muddy water...can you go out?"
This question must be asked first.
Because Lin Yuancheng came to the "Seven Heroes Association" as a spy of Xingyimen this time, it stands to reason that he has nothing to do with the current matter, and there is no need for him to take risks to further investigate the matter.
Anyway, Kang Haijiao has now exposed his master's name. If Lin Yuancheng doesn't want to cause any more trouble, he can kill him with one sword now and be more careful with Xiao Zhun in the future.
However...
"Wu Jian Villa..." When Lin Yuancheng said these words, his eyes became a little subtle.
Back then, Lin Yuancheng, who had just killed his master, actually considered going to Wujian Villa, but in the end he gave up because he had to "give up his sword" first there, and Lin Yuancheng's situation was very special - if he chose to give up his sword,
"Seven Star Sword Technique", wouldn't it be exposed that he is Fan Zhengting's apprentice? And if he gave up his own creation of "Seven Star Sword Technique", people will definitely question, how could such a superb sword technique belong to you?
Created by a fourteen-year-old boy?
After thinking about it, it is really difficult to get into one of the "Two Villages in the World". For a person like Lin Yuancheng who had a secretive childhood, if someone asked him about something and couldn't explain it clearly, they wouldn't let him go.
, which is even more troublesome.
However, Lin Yuancheng has always cared about the name of "Sword Master". If it weren't for Xiao Zhun's reclusive life, he would not attend any young hero meetings, various sword sects discussing swords, and various communist alliance conferences... Lin Yuancheng would have thought so long ago.
I looked for an opportunity to ask him for advice.
But he didn't expect that before he saw anyone, he heard the conspiracy related to it. How could Lin Yuancheng not investigate it.
"Brother Sun, regarding this matter...even if you don't go, I will still go." Lin Yuancheng said, "You don't have to worry about me."
When Sun Yixie heard this, he thought to himself: Am I worried about you? I'm a little worried about myself now! That Wujian Villa is a little off-putting when I hear it. You kid, can't you just say no and give me a step down?
, then wouldn’t it be over if we destroy this Kanghai Jiao?
But I can't say what's in my heart.
Sun Yixie could only pretend to be calm and smiled slightly: "Ah... OK." He looked at Kang Haijiao again, "Then let's walk with you again and see how you use the formula."