Several thick stone pillars rise from the ground, with the potential to reach the sky.
The column body is smooth, but perhaps due to wind, rain, and the passage of time, there are many cracks and traces of wind erosion on the body of the stone column. One end of the column head is full of broken marks, giving people the feeling of a long sword.
The tip of the sword was cut off, and the sword body was also covered with rust.
There is a sense of desolation about the vicissitudes of time.
According to the sword-washing pool guide records collected by Hidden Sword Pavilion, this kind of place is called a "sword pillar", and its specific function is to fix the aura of the earth vein nodes.
Because in the secret realm of Sword Washing Pond, the aura nodes are not fixed locations, but need to be found by sword cultivators themselves.
But the secret realm is so big, it’s okay in the area of Mortal Pond, there is basically no shortage of spiritual energy nodes, so it is easy to find a place for tempering. However, as the secret realm of Xijianchi Pond goes deeper, there are fewer spiritual energy nodes.
So if you don't have any special searching skills, it's normal for the results to be bleak.
Sword cultivators who know something about Sword Washing Pool will know how to find it.
Of course Su Anran didn't understand.
But fortunately, there is an explanation in the strategy post sold by the elder of Hidden Sword Pavilion.
It mentioned the special landscape of "Sword Pillar".
As a product of the nodes used to fix the sword-washing pool's earth veins, wherever there is a "sword pillar", there must be at least one aura node nearby - in the area of Fanchen Pool, this number is likely to increase several times, in a
It is normal to have seven or eight spiritual energy nodes near the "Sword Pillar".
However, not all "sword pillars" can be used as reference objects.
As Su Anran saw in front of her, these rusty sword pillars were called "broken sword pillars", which meant that the swords had been broken, which meant that this earth node had been abandoned, so naturally it could not
Gather the spiritual energy of the earth veins to form spiritual energy nodes that can be used by sword cultivators to practice their flying swords.
After Su Anran carefully observed the sword pillar, he took off with his sword and left.
These "broken sword pillars" are all left over from the last time the sword washing pool was opened, and naturally have no value at all - probably because the current sword washing pool has been damaged and has become a remnant, so
Every time the Sword Washing Pond is closed, after losing the aura supplied by the mysterious world, the entire Sword Washing Pond will lose all its aura and the earth veins will shrink. Therefore, after these sword pillars lose the nourishment of the earth energy and aura of the earth veins, they will also
Gradually it lost its aura and turned into a broken sword pillar.
Only when the sword-washing pool is opened again, the secret realm and the mysterious world are connected, and the spiritual energy enters the sword-washing pool secret realm again, allowing the earth veins to revive, will the sword pillars grow again.
But the strange thing is that every time the sword washing pool is opened, the earth veins will change direction after recovery, giving birth to new sword pillars. As the new sword pillars appear, the old sword pillars that have become broken sword pillars will also turn into broken sword pillars.
gravel.
This is also the reason why the elder of Hidden Sword Pavilion said before that there is no guide to the location of the spiritual energy nodes.
After all, in this "meat pigeon model" no one can guarantee that the last exploration experience will be useful. The only things that can be summarized and reused are some fixed routines and reference points.
At this time, Su Anran was within the scope of the Star Pond.
In the Sword Washing Pond, there are very obvious changes in the scene in each area, and it is impossible to make mistakes.
For example, the boundary between Star Pond and Mortal Pond is the division between day and night.
On the same wilderness terrain, there are mountains, rivers, and peaks, but they present two completely different colors of the sky - in the clear starry sky, there seems to be a straight dividing line dividing day and night: on one side is a clear sky;
On one side is the starry night scene.
Standing under the sky in the Fanchen Pond area, you can still see the beautiful starry night sky in the distant Xingchen Pond area by looking up.
But he couldn't feel the aura of the Star Pond that was obviously far superior to that of the Mortal Pond.
Only when you are in it can you clearly notice the two changes that are separated by a thin line.
However, the existence of broken sword pillars in the area of Xingchen Pond proves that the newly opened Sword Washing Pond has not yet fully recovered - at least the ground veins of Xingchen Pond have not yet fully recovered, so new stone pillars have not been born yet. These
The broken sword pillar has not dissipated yet.
Su Anran had just checked the condition of these folded sword pillars. The sandification phenomenon on them was very serious. Although the stone pillars still looked smooth on the surface, in fact, when they were touched with their hands, a large layer of gravel would be scraped off. It was very strange.
Rough feel.
Shi Lezhi estimated that within two to three days, these broken sword pillars would completely dissipate.
But why it took two or three days, Shi Lezhi himself couldn't explain.
However, considering Shi Lezhi's memory loss, Su Anran was not incomprehensible.
Under normal circumstances, the entire sword-washing pool will gradually recover and begin to appear aura nodes within five to seven days after it is opened. The time varies, but generally it will not exceed ten days at the latest. However, what is more interesting is that the sword-washing pool
Three days after the sword pool is opened, it will become a state where only exit is allowed but no entry is allowed. Therefore, monks who want to temper their flying swords through the sword pool must enter the sword pool within three days.
Although the sword-washing pool is in "meat pigeon mode" every time it is opened, even if you enter the sword-washing pool first, you may not be able to get the upper hand.
But after so many years, there will always be some tricks.
For example, you can find out who your competitors are in advance, and then decide whether to participate in the competition for spiritual energy nodes in Tiangang Pool and Disha Pool.
Or, there is a group of people who are really smart and come into the sword washing pool without bringing any materials and wait to grab materials for other sword cultivators - this is also mentioned in the strategy jade slips produced by Hidden Sword Pavilion.
He also said that this method is extremely undesirable. He even cited a few examples, one of which was that there was once a group of people who planned to imitate the predecessors who had achieved successful cases and prepared to carry out this kind of business without capital. As a result, an unexpected encounter happened.
Here comes the witch.
The guide post didn't say what happened next, but Su Anran could use her toes to figure out what the story would be like.
Although this kind of business without capital was almost extinct after that, it also gave rise to other routines: alliances.
I don’t know since when, when the sword washing pool is opened, there will always be a group of stronger sword cultivators who unite with each other, and then this group of people form an offensive and defensive alliance camp, and then they will occupy a large number of spiritual energy nodes for supply.
Used by sword cultivators from the same camp - but this kind of offensive and defensive alliance camp often does not have just one, but there are two, three, and the most is said to be six.
One can imagine how fierce the competition is.
Hidden Sword Pavilion recorded this matter clearly and in detail in the strategy jade slips, but did not comment on this behavior. Smarter people would have realized what Hidden Sword Pavilion was implying: If you are alone and helpless
, and if you are somewhat confident in your own strength, you can choose a camp to join.
This kind of group-building behavior is now considered the mainstream in Xijianchi.
Of course, if you are not strong enough and no one wants it, you can also choose another method.
A new method derived from "huotuan".
Hire.
As long as you are willing to spend some money, you can naturally ask someone to help you seize a spiritual energy node - Su Anran calls this method "living in a pile of corpses".
It can be said that in the secret realm of Sword Washing Pond, you can really see all kinds of life.
…
Su Anran just looked at the so-called "strategy" introduction in the jade slip and summarized and extracted the central ideas while paying attention to the surrounding situation.
The Sword Washing Pond does not prohibit flying with swords. It can be said that except for Liangyi Pond, which is more dangerous, there are no traces of prohibitions in the other areas within the entire Little Secret Area - if you are not afraid of being killed by other sword cultivators, the Tongqiao Realm is also
You can enter Tiangang Pool.
In Xijianchi, what we really need to worry about is man-made disasters.
"Husband." In the divine sea, Shi Lezhi's voice suddenly interrupted Su Anran's attention.
"What's wrong?" Su Anran asked.
He now has a very high degree of tacit understanding with Shi Lezhi: Under normal circumstances, Shi Lezhi will not interfere or peep on Su Anran's affairs, but when he is in secret realms or certain dangerous places, Shi Lezhi will be responsible for monitoring Su Anran.
Work. After all, in terms of experience and knowledge, Shi Lezhi can find some details and loopholes that are easily overlooked more easily than Su Anran.
Basically, with Shi Lezhi's assistance, there is almost no possibility of Su Anran being attacked by a sneak attack.
Unless someone uses a formation to block Su Anran's perception ability.
So at this moment, when Shi Lezhi spoke, there must be something Su Anran didn't notice.
"There is someone fighting about three kilometers ahead."
"There are a lot of disputes in the sword-washing pool. We have seen more than a dozen confrontations along the way." Su Anran was a little disapproving, "There was a fight three kilometers away, and... wait, is it someone I know?"
Su Anran said something subconsciously, but he soon woke up.
Shi Lezhi seldom talks nonsense.
They had seen several brutal sieges before, but Shi Lezhi didn't say anything, so when he suddenly mentioned this sentence, the meaning behind it was naturally different.
"Yes." Shi Lezhi said with a smile, "She is someone my husband is familiar with."
Su Anran thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go and have a look."
The sword is galloping.
The distance of three kilometers is just a blink of an eye.
So Su Anran soon saw a dozen figures fighting each other not far away.
There are only two people on one side, but there are nine people on the other side.
In one party of nine, four people stood in the air and used sword control skills to attack the party with only two people. However, all of this person's flying swords were blocked by another person's more exquisite sword control skills.
Otherwise, the other party will affect their companions.
The one person standing on the ground was fighting the other five with his own strength.
On the surface, it seemed that these nine people were so powerful that they had completely suppressed the two opponents.
But in the eyes of a swordsman like Su Anran who has reached a certain level of vision and insight, it is not difficult to find that while the two battlefields of land and air have their own advantages and disadvantages, they also influence each other: the four people in Yukong only
Being able to equal another person's flying sword, neither side can do anything to the other side, and naturally there is no hope of being able to support the ground battlefield; but on the ground battlefield, Fang Zheng, who is alone, is gradually gaining the upper hand, and will be able to break the situation soon.
.
And even with the strength of five people, the situation is barely even. Once the opponent kills one person to break the situation, the outcome of the battle can be imagined.
Once the ground battlefield is over, the winning side will naturally be free to support the air battlefield.
Both sides of the battlefield knew this very well, so the four people in the air began to work hard at this time, trying to break the blockade and put pressure on the ground battlefield. But it is a pity that there is only one opponent for these four people, but the opponent is
Showing extremely strong toughness, he blocked the opponent's four flying swords and forcibly held up the battlefield.
"It's really exquisite sword control." Shi Lezhi observed it for a while and couldn't help but admired it, "Isn't that the shadow of the splitting sword?"
The founding concept of sword control is a method of using spiritual consciousness to control flying swords against enemies.
However, most sword cultivators learn the art of sword control purely for the purpose of "flying with swords". Very few people delve into this skill specifically. It is precisely because of this that the art of sword control has gradually faded away in the mysterious world.
It has escaped the public's attention, and I don't know when it was misunderstood that the so-called sword control is sword flying.
However, this does not mean that swordsmen have really forgotten the essence of "sword control".
In situations like this where a three-dimensional attack needs to be carried out - for example, when the ground combat space is no longer enough and the attack can only be launched from the sky or underground - the swordsmanship naturally has its moment to shine. Because swordsmanship does not need to be sustained
Using a sword can naturally save space and position in combat. After all, it is more convenient for a swordsman to wield a flying sword than to hold the sword by himself.
The only pity is that when performing sword control, there will inevitably be a slight delay in the transition of true energy and the performance of sword skills.
It's like a delay.
But the reason why Shi Lezhi praised the man standing in the air with one against four as his "excellent sword-handling skills" was that there was no delay in the opponent's sword-handling skills at all.
The moment he blocked a flying sword with one sword move, the sword edge whirled and a sword energy shot out of the air to block another flying sword. Then, while the sword was spinning, he slashed out the sword energy.
In the gap, the flying sword retreated, blocked and pulled, and then held it
After grabbing the third flying sword, he directly collided with the fourth flying sword. Then, using the concussive force generated when the three swords intersected, he easily broke away from the entanglement, and then turned back towards the first flying sword that had been reorganized.
Kill with the sword.
There was only a tinkling sound of metal clashing in mid-air, as well as countless sparks flying and sword light shining. These four flying swords were unable to break through the interception circle with only one flying sword - regardless of the battle situation, just
Judging by the sound, an uninformed person might even think it was dozens of flying swords clashing.
"Husband, why don't you help me?" Shi Lezhi said with a smile.
"Indeed, if you look at it further, it's really a bit unkind."
Su Anran nodded slightly, then with a thought, a sword energy shot out of the air.
Although the sword energy emitted by Su Anran was invisible and qualityless, the fluctuation traces of the sword energy were so obvious that as soon as they approached the battlefield, several people present noticed the sudden sword energy.
But when the two sides on the ground battlefield saw this sword energy, their reactions were completely different.
"Wow--!"
The sword cultivator who had easily suppressed the five people on the opposite side by himself, immediately let out a scream and quickly left the battlefield without looking back. He even ran like a frightened man without daring to look back.
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The man on the aerial battlefield reacted in the same way.
With a flash of sword light, the flying sword no longer entangled with the other four flying swords, but flew directly to the opponent's feet, carrying the opponent quickly away from the battlefield.
The nine sword cultivators who fought with him, no matter how stupid they were, understood what was going on.
But now they want to leave the battlefield, but they have missed the best opportunity.
When the roar of an explosion sounded, smoke had completely filled the entire battlefield.
But what's even more outrageous is that the moment Su Anran saw his two friends leaving the battlefield, he had already begun to continuously release more sword energy and began to carry out covering saturation strikes.
So after the first explosion, the subsequent explosions completely drowned the battlefield.
The four people in the air might still be able to escape with luck, but the five people on the ground battlefield faced the center of Su Anran's missile sword energy. Their own strength was not that strong, so one can imagine what would happen to them -
- However, Su Anran released so many missiles and sword energy in one breath, so it was naturally impossible for him to just kill the five people on the ground battlefield. He also directly included the four people on the aerial battlefield as targets.
