Asking About Longevity Chapter 741

Chapter 741: Sword-wielding Genius

 When we arrived at the Demon Refining Mountain, the morning glow filled the mountain and the vegetation was lush.

Obviously it is a dangerous mountain forest where monsters and beasts gather, but the ink painting is like outing, with a relaxed expression, brisk steps, and humming a tune.

When he reached the bottom of a hillside, Mo Hua stopped, took out the fruit wine, pastries, and dried meat from his storage bag, and ate them deliciously while looking at the mountain scenery in the early morning.

 After a while, a figure came from a distance.

Mo Hua stood up immediately, waved and shouted with joy:

 “Situ, this way!”

A tall and handsome young man with his back on the fire sword smiled and said hello when he heard the sound, and walked towards Mo Hua.

 The person who came was none other than Situ Jian.

He was also found by Mo Hua to be Yu Jian's "partner".

 Taken together, both of them are from Lizhou and should be fellow villagers.

 Mo Hua had interacted with the Situ family before when he was in Lizhou. He knew many monks such as Situ Fang and Situ Xiu, elder Situ Jin and other monks of the Situ family.

However, the Situ family is very big, so these people should be regarded as side branches of the Situ family, and they are probably not familiar with Situ Jian.

 Ink painting was not mentioned.

 The two of them were in the mountains, taking advantage of the morning glow and mountain scenery, eating fine wine and delicacies.

 After eating and drinking, we officially started practicing sword practice.

 Before practicing the sword, Situ Jian still had some doubts:

“Senior brother, you are not a sword cultivator, right? Why do you suddenly think of wielding a sword?”

Mo Hua had a serious face and said nonsense:

"Duanjinmen is stingy by nature and uses despicable methods. Although it has temporarily ceased its activities, it is uncertain that it will come back again in the future, so it is necessary to take precautions in the bud and study more on how to control the sword."

“And it's not just about cutting off the Golden Gate. There are so many swordsmanships in this area, so we must learn more to avoid falling into their trap in the future..."

 “Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be able to fight a hundred battles without danger.”

“Oh.” Situ Jian nodded slowly and praised, “As expected of my young senior brother, he has really thought far ahead.”

 “Is it very far?”

"Hmm." Situ Jian said, "The real 'sword control' is a sword move that can only be learned at the late stage of foundation building and can be achieved at the golden core level."

Mo Hua was stunned, "So far?"

Situ Jian looked at the ink paintings silently, thinking that it turns out, little senior brother, you don't know anything...

Situ Jian sighed, then found a big rock to sit down and started talking about ink painting from the beginning:

“Any sword practice must start with sword energy. Using spiritual power to transform a sword is the foundation for entry into the art of swordsmanship.”

“However, at the beginning of sword practice, the sword energy transformed by spiritual power is not strong, so it is necessary to use the spiritual sword to amplify the sword energy and enhance the killing power.”

“The earlier the stage, the shallower the cultivation level, the weaker the sword energy, and the stronger the sword cultivator relies on the sword.”

“In the later stages, as your cultivation deepens and your sword energy becomes stronger, you can be able to do without a sword in your hand. Since your body is a sword, you are not particularly dependent on the sword.”

“Of course a sword cultivator with a sword will still be very strong.”

"This is because the 'sword control' method of combining sword energy and sword weapon, the two are superimposed, and have extraordinary lethality."

 “How strong can it be?” Mo Hua was very curious.

Situ Jian shook his head, "I don't know..."

 Ink painting: “…”

Situ Jian was a little embarrassed and said: "It's very strong anyway... but I haven't learned the real 'Lihuo Sword Control Technique' yet, so I don't know how strong it is."

“So, the Broken Gold Sword Controlling Technique we met before, that Brother Duanjinmen used, is not the real 'sword control'?”

 “Which Brother Duanjinmen?”

 “The one who was stripped of his clothes, hung on a tree, and painted with a turtle.”

“Oh.” Situ Jian remembered it and nodded, “Yes.”

Situ Jian explained to Mo Hua: "He has indeed practiced sword control techniques, but his cultivation and swordsmanship attainments are not enough to display real sword control, so his sword control is only a shallow level of sword energy. level…”

 “The real swordsman…”

Situ Jian's expression was stern, his eyes full of yearning:

 “First of all, you must cultivate your sword energy to be very powerful.”

 “Try to integrate the sword energy with the sword.”

“Then use your spiritual consciousness to control the spiritual sword fused with sword energy, lock onto the enemy, and fly the sword to kill the enemy from a long distance.”

“Only this kind of sword-controlling method, where the sword is controlled by spiritual consciousness and the sword energy is integrated into one, and the three are integrated into one, and only when one has practiced to a high and deep level, one can develop the 'sword intention' step by step...”

 “Sword Intent?!”

Mo Hua's expression changed and he was shocked.

Situ Jian was startled and asked in a low voice:

 “Senior brother, is there something wrong?”

Mo Hua then realized that he was a little excited. He immediately pretended to be calm, patted Situ Jian on the shoulder and said:

 “No, you're absolutely right!”

"go on…"

Situ Jian was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "No more..."

Mo Hua was startled, "It's gone?"

Situ Jian nodded and said: "What happens after the sword intention is too profound. My cultivation is still shallow and I can't understand it..."

 Forget about the sword's will, he hasn't even learned how to "control a sword" yet.

 “Okay.” Mo Hua sighed.

Although it was a pity that he couldn't ask about the deeper "sword intention", he at least understood one important point:

 Sword control with divine consciousness. Only when the sword energy, sword weapon and divine consciousness are integrated can the "sword intention" be nourished.

 Sword control is the culmination of the method of integrating sword energy and sword weapon.

 But at the same time, it is also the beginning of "sword intention".

This kind of thing is very crucial, and it is somewhat "super-outlined" and is not taught in the Taoist teachings of the sect.

 How to control a sword…

If you can only learn it in the later stage of foundation building, you can only achieve it in the golden elixir realm.

That is a method that can only be taught in at least the next post-foundation school year, and possibly even after entering the inner sect.

 As expected, there must be a teacher from me when we are traveling among three people. It is always beneficial to ask fellow disciples for advice when there is nothing to do.

Mo Hua nodded secretly in his heart.

“How do you control the sword with divine consciousness?”

 “Is it the same as the divine sense of controlling objects?”

“Is it enough to control the spiritual sword with your spiritual consciousness and stab it from a distance?”

Mo Hua asked again curiously.

Situ Jiandao: "The general process of controlling a sword is to first accumulate sword energy, then inject sword energy into the spiritual sword, and then control the sword with spiritual consciousness."

“After the spiritual consciousness is integrated with the spiritual sword and sword energy, and reaches the state of complete 'sword control', then use the spiritual consciousness to search for the enemy, use the sword to break through the air, and kill the enemy from a long distance…”

“Sword control is based on control of objects. The stronger the control object, the better the foundation of sword control.”

“However, compared with ordinary sword control, it is more difficult, consumes more spiritual energy, and it is more difficult to track down enemies..."

Memorize every word and every word of the ink painting.

But he just skipped the previous part of "accumulating sword energy and infusing the spiritual sword".

 Because his sword energy is too weak, it is useless to inject the spiritual sword into it.

 He plans to directly replace it with "Sword Formation".

 Omitting these two parts, there is no need for so much "foreplay". Simply and directly, you can detect the enemy with your spiritual sense, break through the air with your sword, and kill the enemy from a distance.

 As for the rest, just leave it to the "formation".

“The specific method of wielding a sword with spiritual consciousness and killing enemies through the air is actually a special method of using spiritual consciousness, and one needs to learn special sword-handling techniques…”

When Situ Jian said this, he looked a little apologetic and said to Mo Hua, "My Situ family has the method of 'sacred sword control'. Before I entered the sect, my father asked me to take it with me and let me keep it for later. study…"

“But this is a family inheritance and cannot be passed on to others, and I can't tell you..."

 Situ Jian is very candid.

 “Yeah, it's okay.” Mo Hua nodded.

He understood Situ Jian's intention.

But he also has the skills to handle a sword.

 The "Breaking Gold Sword Control Technique" in the Broken Gold Jade Slip obtained from Boss Jiang, part of which contains the "Sword Control Technique".

 Ink painting was studied secretly last night.

However, some kendo terminology is rather obscure, and I didn't understand much about the ink painting.

Now that Situ Jian has started from the basics of kendo and explained the method of handling the sword in a more comprehensive way, Mo Hua gradually gained some understanding.

Mo Hua sighed slightly.

 After all, I still have a very poor foundation in swordsmanship.

There are some things that Situ Jian didn't say. He worked behind closed doors and couldn't figure it out at all.

 “There is also the issue of spiritual consciousness…”

Situ Jian continued, "Drawing a sword with spiritual consciousness. If your spiritual consciousness is not strong, you will naturally be unable to control a sword. Therefore, spiritual consciousness is also the key to wielding a sword..."

“As we all know, the release of spiritual consciousness has a certain scope.”

“From the beginning of foundation building, one line of spiritual consciousness is roughly equivalent to a distance of ten feet. Generally, for monks in the early stage of foundation building, there are about eleven lines of spiritual consciousness, which can be spread out for more than a hundred feet..."

“At the peak of foundation building, with nineteen lines of spiritual consciousness, the distance of the spiritual consciousness is more than one hundred and dozens of feet, infinitely close to two hundred feet, but it will not reach two hundred feet…”

“If we break through the golden elixir, it will be four hundred feet away…”

Mo Hua nodded slightly, "So generally, for monks in the late stage of foundation establishment, the distance between their spiritual consciousness and their swords is only about one hundred and ninety feet?"

Situ Jian shook his head, "It's not that far."

Mo Hua was a little surprised, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood:

 “Will it still decay?”

"This is natural," Situ Jian nodded. "The spiritual consciousness is released freely, and the range is naturally the farthest, but once you control objects, the distance will be attenuated."

 “If it is a higher difficulty sword, the attenuation will be more severe.”

"Generally speaking, when a foundation-building sword cultivator uses his spiritual consciousness to control the sword, the range of his spiritual consciousness may even be reduced to more than half." Mo Hua was slightly startled, "In that case, even in the later stages of foundation-building, the general spiritual consciousness can control the sword. The range of the sword is about a hundred feet?"

Situ Jian nodded slightly, "Excluding those swordsman geniuses with extraordinary talents, the average swordsman is almost like this."

 “A talented swordsman? Does our Taixu Sect have any?”

Mo Hua asked, then silently looked at Situ Jian whose name had the word "Jian" in it.

Situ Jian was a little embarrassed by the ink paintings and sighed:

“Senior brother, don't look at me... My talent is indeed among the best in the Situ family, or in the several states near the Situ family...”

“But when we reach the border of Qianxue state, we can only stay in the middle.”

“As for those in the Taixu Sect, although there are some who are better than me in swordsmanship, they are not much better.”

Situ Jian paused for a moment, looked at the ink painting, and said helplessly:

　　“Although this is a bit unpleasant to hear, it is also true…”

“Generally speaking, a swordsman genius with this kind of talent will join the Tianjian Sect, which ranks first among the four major sects in swordsmanship, and then choose from the other three sects among the four major sects.”

“Such a swordsmanship genius will not join our Taixu Sect. After all, our Taixu Sect's swordsmanship inheritance is really lackluster..."

“It can't be said that there is nothing good to say. It's just some sword skills, which are better than the best and better than the worst..."

Mo Hua's eyes narrowed slightly and he asked in a low voice:

“Situ, have you ever heard of 'spiritual thoughts turning into swords'?”

Situ Jian was startled, "The mind turns into a sword? What kind of sword technique is this?"

Seeing that he hadn't heard of it, Mo Hua said, "It's nothing. I heard what the calligrapher said, but I don't know whether it's true or not."

Situ Jian felt helpless.

 Can we believe the storyteller's words?…

 When little senior brother is reliable, he is really reliable.

But he occasionally talks nonsense, which seems a bit... naive and out of tune.

Mo Hua added: "I have learned a little bit about how to handle a sword. You can see for me whether the technique is correct..."

“Yeah.” Situ Jian nodded, but halfway through, he suddenly froze, with a look of confusion on his face:

“Senior Brother, where did you learn to control a sword?”

“Besides, you are only in the middle stage of foundation building.”

“Also, you are not a sword cultivator, and you do not cultivate sword energy. If the spiritual sword and sword energy cannot be integrated into one, how can you control the sword?”

Mo Hua said "hiss" and whispered to Situ Jian: "I learned it secretly, don't tell others."

  She said that she was "stealing" her studies, but she looked confident and confident.

Seeing Mo Hua being so "frank", Situ Jian nodded blankly.

“I don't practice sword energy, I just use my spiritual consciousness to control the sword, try the effect, and practice for fun...”

As he spoke, Mo Hua took out a "broken sword".

 It is said to be a broken sword, but it is not that broken. It is just dirty. It was stuffed in an unknown corner. It has been dusted for a long time and there are rust stains on it.

This was the first time Situ Jian saw someone using a "broken sword" to practice sword-wielding...

 As expected of a young senior brother, his thinking and behavior are different from ordinary people.

"Okay." Situ Jian sighed, "Then let's try the range of the sword first."

He looked around, then chose a direction, pointed to the hillside on the other side and said, "Senior brother, you stand here and fly to the opposite hillside with your sword."

 “Okay!” Mo Hua nodded.

 Then he recalled the method of "Sword Controlling Chapter" in the Broken Gold Sword Controlling Technique, and began to use his spiritual consciousness to control the worn-out spiritual sword.

 The method of controlling swords can be regarded as a special method of "manipulating objects".

 The control of ink with divine consciousness can also be regarded as the control of objects.

It's just that what Yumo pays attention to is the complexity and flexibility of the control of spiritual consciousness.

And the sword control with divine consciousness is about instant pressure and extremely fast flying sword.

  But as long as it is the method of spiritual consciousness, it is not difficult for ink painting.

  No matter how difficult it is to control a sword with divine consciousness, it cannot be compared with the divine calculations and unpredictable calculations in the divine consciousness method.

 Mo Hua began to wield the sword.

He concentrated his concentration, held his breath, released his spiritual consciousness, and firmly "grabbed" the worn-out spirit sword in front of him, achieving complete "control of the object."

 Then he glanced at the hillside on the opposite side, and his consciousness suddenly increased, flowing at an extremely fast speed, giving the spiritual sword a powerful potential.

 Then golden light suddenly flashed.

Situ Jian only heard a "swish" sound, and the light of the sword in front of him went out, drawing a golden line, which flashed away, and then the spiritual sword disappeared.

He didn't even realize what was happening.

too fast…

Situ Jian looked at the hillside opposite, looking a little startled.

 “Where's the sword?”

It was obviously flying towards the opposite hillside, why was the sword gone?

Situ Jian looked far away, looking into the distance, and suddenly his expression was slightly shaken.

 Behind the hillside, there is a forest.

This sword…

 It seemed to have flown over the hillside and disappeared into the forest on the opposite side.

"No way…"

Situ Jian suppressed the surprise in his heart, used the Get Up Technique, and in a few flashes, he reached the forest on the opposite side. He let go of his consciousness and searched for a while, and he found a spiritual sword embedded in the forest trees.

 The spirit sword is old and rusty. It is the broken sword of the little senior brother.

Situ Jian looked back, estimated the distance, and felt a surge of panic in his heart.

It is estimated that there must be...

 One hundred seventeen or eighty feet? !

Situ Jian's scalp was numb and he couldn't believe it.

This little senior brother of mine is a pervert.

In the middle stage of foundation building, the sword is 1,780 feet long. Is this still reasonable?

Situ Jian sighed, picked up the broken sword, returned to Mo Hua, and couldn't help but ask:

 “Senior Brother, how strong is your spiritual consciousness?”

Mo Hua said vaguely: "It's just an ordinary... spiritual consciousness in the middle stage of foundation building, maybe a little stronger. After all, I am a formation master and I draw formations every day."

 Situ Jian was in a complicated mood.

 Your "little bit" is probably too much.

He and Mo Hua are from the same sect and live as the same disciple. Even if they get along day and night, he already knew that Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness was strong, but he never expected that he could be so strong.

No wonder the little senior brother can learn the formation so well.

No wonder Mr. Xun appointed him as the "little senior brother" in the formation.

Situ Jian didn't get to the bottom of it either.

 Because each person's talent for cultivation is different, the young senior brother is so weak in blood and spiritual power, but he is able to worship at the Taixu Sect. He must be superior in other places.

Just like some people are born with strong blood, some are born with good spiritual roots, and some are born with high talent in swordsmanship.

 Little senior brother may be born with strong spiritual consciousness.

Situ Jian doesn't learn formations, doesn't cultivate spiritual consciousness, is not sensitive to the realm of spiritual consciousness, and doesn't quite understand what it means.

 What shocked him even more was another thing:

“Senior brother, the distance of your sword...is not attenuated?”

Mo Hua was startled, thought for a moment, and nodded slowly:

"Seems to be…"

His current spiritual consciousness is at the peak of the seventeenth line, only a hair away from the eighteenth line.

The distance between the sword and the sword seems to be just between 170 feet and 180 feet, which is the limit of his spiritual consciousness.

 The distance at which the consciousness is spread out is exactly the distance at which the sword is wielded.

 There is no attenuation at all.

 After thinking about it for a while, Mo Hua understood it in his heart.

 The qualitative change of spiritual consciousness!

 Due to the qualitative change of spiritual consciousness, spiritual thoughts are extremely tough and carry a high load, so the distance of the sword will not be attenuated.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up.

This means that the attack range of your own sword is likely to be nearly twice as far as that of ordinary swordsmen.

 This is still compared to the same state of spiritual consciousness.

If compared with sword cultivators of the same level, I'm afraid it's even further.

Situ Jian was stunned, and then exclaimed: "Senior brother, you should be considered a swordsman genius..."

 Then he felt something was wrong and corrected him:

 “She should be regarded as a genius of 'sword-controlling'.”

 Because my younger brother is only stronger with his sword.

Other than that, the attainments of swordsmanship, especially sword energy, are not worth mentioning at all...

Situ Jian sighed and said with deep regret:

“It's a pity, little senior brother, you can wield a sword very fast and far, and you are a natural genius for wielding a sword. But if you don't practice swordsmanship, your sword will have no power at all…”

Situ Jian sighed again.

　　Can only wield a sword, but have no sword spirit.

It's like a master of marksmanship, with unparalleled marksmanship, but without a "tip", he can't kill anyone.

  What a waste of talent.

Situ Jian looked regretful.

Mo Hua smiled and said: "It's okay, I'm not a swordsman, I'm just practicing for fun..."

 (End of this chapter)

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