The Lord who use immortals as food

"When a swordsman is young and first steps into the art of swordsmanship, he sees that there are so many swordsmanships in the world, and often wants to learn them when he sees someone he likes. Especially for everyone here, 'learning swordsmanship' is really a very easy thing, so they don't care much about it. Wanton greed.”

"But when I learn swordsmanship for a long time and want to climb up, I find that I don't feel so comfortable anymore."

"Guan Chuan Shan Chuan is a sweet and weak fruit wine that anyone can taste freely, drink like water, and squander as much as they like. Mei Chuan Chao Chuan is not easy to mess with. Some of them are real spirits, and few people can drink them. You can’t drink it often, so you have to choose carefully at this time.”

"And when you want to go higher, you often find that no sword is within reach." The old man looked at them, "[Intentional Sword], each one is like a flower on the high mountain. If you want to learn it, you have to To grasp its true meaning, it will require your life experience, your emotional character, and of course your swordsmanship experience and understanding.”

"Beautiful places, wonderful fields, wonders, and ultimate views. Every step is a chasm. And further up, what about the [Heart Sword], what about the [Tao Sword]?" The old man said slowly, "They start to ask you whole life.”

"To learn King Mu's Sword, you must first master the Eight Horses and Seven Jade swords; and if you have not mastered Confucian swords, you cannot use the Sword of Changes."

"Each sword is the reward of the previous level and the cornerstone of the next level. The end point is the Tao sword. This is the [Sword Ladder]."

"There are so many swordsmanships in the world, and there are so many that can be called treasures that it is difficult to see them all. However, the life of a practitioner can only last a hundred years." The old man said, "What sword to learn and why to learn it are questions that every swordsman must answer. ”

"Not every swordsman needs a [Sword Ladder]."

"The number of people who have picked up swords in the world is like the crucian carp crossing the river. They all have their own different reasons. Some are for fame and wealth, some are for pleasure and revenge, some are for the glory of their masters, and some do not know why. 'Sword' As long as it helps them achieve their goals, they can pick it up and put it down.”

"Only those who learn swordsmanship for the sake of swordsmanship are my colleagues. The journey is long and long, and they are seeking. In this life, they will want to see the true meaning of swords, and they will want to reach the pinnacle of swordsmanship. Since you are here to climb to the sky, you must have a ladder."

The old man stood up with his sword in hand and slowly scanned every face in front of him: "Constructing the sword ladder is the 'Tao Qi'. From then on, you will be seekers of the Tao and spend the rest of your life on this sword ladder." Climb, learn the sword, and ascend to the sky.”

Suddenly he tilted his head and said, "Pei Ye, why are you in a daze?"

Pei Ye was caught off guard and was startled: "Yuan, the master of the hospital."

"Why are you out of your mind?"

Pei Ye was startled, opened his mouth, pursed his lips and said, "Master, I was thinking just now. I am the person you said 'doesn't learn the sword for the sake of the sword'."

"When I was learning swordsmanship, I never thought about pursuing the path of swordsmanship." The young man said calmly, his lips parted, "When I most wanted to learn a sword style, it was to cut the throat of the enemy in front of me. Later, I practiced swordsmanship assiduously. It’s more about defeating powerful enemies. Although I like swords, I don’t like them themselves.”

There was silence on the field, and Wang Shou quietly hooked his finger.

The master of the academy is talking about the foundation of the Dao Qihui and the significance of the Sword Xiu Academy. At this time, if you say that you and I "have different paths," doesn't that mean we can only "not work together"?

Pei Ye actually frowned a little. He would definitely not stand up and sing the opposite, but to his surprise, the old man took notice of him at a glance.

And when this question really came up, he was proud and unwilling to lie.

However, he saw the hospital master snort, but then he laughed, suddenly raised his eyebrows and pointed at him, and said angrily: "That's right, that's why I annoy people like you the most!"

He sighed: "Don't I know that there are very few people in the world who are obsessed with swords? Dao Qihui accepts more than a hundred people every year, how many of them are sincere?"

His eyebrows dropped, but his temperament became sharper: "Because not every swordsman is qualified to build a [Sword Ladder]."

"If there are tens of millions of swordsmen in the world, there are probably only a few thousand who can be called geniuses, and among them, only one out of ten can actually complete the sword ladder."

"Those who are devoted to the sword and are as crazy as crazy may not be favored by the sword, and you, a rare swordsman in the world, do not regard the sword as life." The old man smiled, "Heaven and earth are merciless, that's how it is."

"The Dao Qi Society is not a religion. You must believe in it before you can teach true knowledge. What you want is that those who can attain the Dao but do not know the way and have no sword to climb can have a majestic door. There will always be someone who leaves. In the Sword Academy, one no longer remembers the desire to seek the truth; but there are also people who walk in with worldliness, and then travel around the world alone after leaving, just to fill in the next gap in the sword ladder. "

The old man looked at Pei Ye and said with a smile: "Of course I have devoted my life for it, but if you hold the Tao sword in your hand with other things in mind, I can only curse you, 'What a thief!' "

He opened the lid of the pot, raised his head and took a sip: "Okay, I haven't told you your names yet - my name is Qiu Jizi, and I have been the master of the Shenjing Sword Xiuyuan for thirty years. Today I will repair the sword ladder for you. Sincerely, I hope you will be sincere."

"Let's start with the most difficult one first." Qiu Jizi smiled and said with steady eyes, "Zhang Chao."

There was some laughter on the field. The true successor of Baiyuan Cave was always the first name, and everyone was used to it.

As soon as the word "most difficult" came out, Pei Ye somewhat understood the meaning of "construction".

No wonder the sword ladder differs from person to person. It is obviously based on what sword the swordsman has learned and what sword he can learn in the future. This is all affected by his origin, experience and talent.

For example, if Zhang Chao has learned no Intention Sword, then the head of the academy must first select a few Intention Swords that are suitable and learnable for him, and then make these Intention Swords converge towards a certain Intention Sword. road.

But there are countless heart swords in the world, which one is he willing to learn?

What kind of harsh conditions are required?

What's more important is that the sword heart cultivated through this method also has the possibility of reaching the "Tao".

No wonder this kind of thing needs to be done by the courtyard master. I am afraid that only this courtyard master who has been in office for thirty years can know almost all the swords in the world and filter out a narrow but passable path.

The words "the most difficult" are indeed true. Even though Qiu Jizi had already started preparations when he learned the list, the two of them still discussed it under the table in front of the building for more than half an hour.

Finally, Zhang Chao came down holding a jade-encrusted book. It was a sword ladder carefully written by Qiu Jizi for him. The three neat fonts on the cover were "Ape Justice".

After that, it was indeed much smoother to the naked eye. All sword sects that teach the inheritance of intentional swords are always looking for the path to the "Heart Sword", and as the outstanding true disciples of these sword sects, before coming to the sword academy, the master carefully drew the future direction for them. .

At this time, it is Qiu Jizi's real work, to fill in and optimize this sword ladder with all the swords in the world he knows, so that the swordsman will know clearly what to learn in the next sword.

Ning Shuhong and Wang Shousi both carried the brochures they brought over one after another. It was the direction written down by the teacher. Qiu Jizi copied and scrutinized it, filling in the swords in the sword-hiding towers one by one, making it From a concept to something practical.

The sword ladder is indeed a more personal thing, but there is no reason to say that it cannot be leaked at all. In short, both Ning and Wang showed him their jade albums. Ning Shuhong's name is "The Road to Shu is Difficult" , Wang Shousi’s is [Fire Fusang].

Both of them have a total of five levels, each level has its own name, explains the context in detail, and lists the swords that should be learned in detail on the first two levels.

Pei Ye became more and more confused. The old man said that the Zhang Dynasty was the most difficult. He thought that was not necessarily the case, because the Zhang Dynasty still had inheritance, and what he had learned was really sparse and confusing. However, he himself did not understand it at all. The old man wanted to compose a sword for him. Ladder, that's really out of nowhere.

However, this process has been completed after all, and it obviously becomes simpler as it goes forward - for example, in Tianshan Shushan, only the Dao sword column of the sword ladder has not been completed, and Qiu Jizi has not gone further than the Liangjianmen, but only in the lower three. The layer is filled with some jade from other mountains.

When he arrived at Yang Zhenbing, the sword ladder given to him by Bailu Palace was completely intact. Qiu Jizi only repaired it slightly and handed it back after making some comments.

"Then there's only one left." Qiu Jizi stretched, stood up and walked towards the sword-hiding tower, smiling and saying, "Pei Ye, come with me."

Pei Ye was startled and followed him.

None of the twenty-four people in front of them had ever entered the building, so Pei Ye was actually caught off guard.

"Because it's difficult here." Qiu Jizi sighed, "Let's find a quiet place and take our time."

"I don't have an inheritance, so I'm sorry to bother you." Pei Ye said apologetically.

Qiu Jizi looked at him with wide eyes: "You have no inheritance?"

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Qiu Jizi laughed: "If you don't have the inheritance, no one in the world will have it."

"Because your inheritance is so clear and your road is so broad, I have to be very careful when building a sword ladder for you." Qiu Jizi swung the wine gourd and looked at him seriously, "Don't hurt you because of my lack of skills. The way forward.”

".I just thought that everyone has the sword ladder reference given by the master. I am the only one with nothing. It would be too troublesome for you."

"You do too."

".ah?"

Qiu Jizi smiled and took out a snow-white letter from his arms and handed it to him. Pei Ye took it in a daze. It was the letter that Jian Ming Qitian sent yesterday, and he had already opened it.

"I studied all night last night." Qiu Jizi sighed with a smile, pulled out a chair for him, and sat down himself.

Pei Ye opened the letter.

"Senior Jizi Huijian,

A few months have passed since I broke my rules.

I heard that your academy has recently admitted new swordsmen. Among them is Pei Ye, who has outstanding swordsmanship and is just starting out. I hope to take care of him.

I have already given him a letter of recommendation, and I also thought about the sword ladder, which is the most important thing in a swordsman's life. He is confused by this and has no choice but to bother him again.

I have been with him for a long time. Not only do I know his sword, but I also think about it often. I have compiled a sword ladder for him over the past month. Yesterday, I also asked my master to inspect it. There should be no major leaks.

Please give seniors a reference.

Qitian, hello. "

"And it is the best in the world." Qiu Jizi sighed, "'Master' has tested it, if there is anything else I can use as a reference, the two of us will study it respectfully."

He smiled and opened the attachment with the sword ladder written on it and spread it on the table. Pei Ye looked at it and saw that it was the woman's familiar handwriting again, and this was almost the most numerous handwriting he had ever seen.

Written densely and painstakingly, the paper was spread out to be half the size of a table, and the tiny characters completely filled it.

Pei Ye was startled for a moment, then lowered his eyes to look at the content. He saw that it was roughly divided into five levels. However, unlike Ning and Wang, the content became simpler as they went up. Each level occupied almost the same length.

"All sword ladders are made up of five steps. Zhuo, Ling, Yi, Xin and Dao are intertwined with the realm of swordsmanship." Qiu Jizi said, "You and other swordsmen are the other way around. The highest level of the mind is The two levels of "Tao" and "Tao" are already clear, but the lower three levels are extremely weak, so this is a process of writing steps according to the answer - do you know what your answer is? "

".It's the last form of "Flying Geese on a Snowy Night", but I haven't seen it yet."

"Yes, I said that you have mastered the sword ladder, because this Dao sword is sleeping completely in your heart. This is the fifth step without hesitation." Qiu Jizi copied the contents of the letter into the blank jade book, "and the path to learn it has been clearly marked for you - you have to learn the following four heart swords, and then you can hatch this Dao sword."

"And you have already mastered three of the four heart swords, only the last one, 'Silence of Snowy Night', is not yet completed, right?"

".Yes."

The old man's words about "studying all night" were indeed not false. He lowered his eyes to look at the letter and pointed out his current sword practice path with great accuracy.

"Then this is the key." Qiu Jizi raised his head and looked at him seriously, "This is the end point of our sword ladder today - the sword heart is forged after the snowy night is cultivated. Once the sword heart is completed, the four swords are naturally the heart swords. And once the four swords are completed, the sword of Tao is in sight."

"How to learn the sword of the snowy night?"

Pei Ye was stunned. He learned the first three moves, none of which was planned. They were all obtained through personal experience and spiritual enlightenment. Before learning them, he didn't know what they looked like.

It's the same now. Although he knows that this sword was born in the "quietness of the snowy night", he can't see what it looks like, let alone how to learn it.

"Because you haven't stood at that height, it's too dark and mysterious for you." Qiu Jizi said, and then sighed and looked at him, "You are too far away from them, so naturally you don't know how to learn them - so I still wonder, how did you learn the first three moves?"

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"But no matter how you learned it, this method doesn't work now." Qiu Jizi pointed to the letter and said, "Shao Jianjun said that this move is 'After enlightenment, listen to the falling snow quietly. And precipitation is the most irreplaceable by spiritual enlightenment', I deeply agree."

Qiu Jizi looked at him: "No Taoist sword can Reached directly by spiritual enlightenment, this is not a problem of talent, this is a problem of the sword itself. "

Pei Ye was slightly at a loss, Qiu Jizi said seriously: "Moves, intentions, and hearts are the sword's excavation of a person from the outside to the inside, and between the sword and the person is the field of sword endowment."

"But 'Tao' is not only in people. Dao sword, to some extent, is a matter between heaven and earth and man, between Tao and heart." Qiu Jizi said, "Therefore, when this sword was created, it must have such a style. After Huo Ran's spiritual enlightenment, you must practice, reason, and experience it quietly. "

That's right, Pei Ye suddenly realized.

"The lonely man" had arrived when the old man killed the young lady.

The small town lay stiff for eighteen years, all of which were "the quiet of a snowy night."

"So if you want to learn this sword, you have to understand its truth in a down-to-earth manner, which is also the process of practicing it." Qiu Jizi moved the inkless pen tip to the third level, "And the true meaning of this sword, Shao Jianjun said it is 'grow feathers', I said it is 'hatching', I think it's about the same. To master this true meaning, we have to pick a few swords of will."