And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 187 Dao Swordsmanship Sword Qi Sword
"Your swordsmanship is acceptable, but it's just superficial."

After Lu Yan and Chen Yuan finished competing, they looked at Chen Yuandao seriously.

"Master, I ask you, what is a sword?"

Suddenly Lu Yan asked Chen Yuan.

What is the sword?
Regardless of the past life or this life, there are different explanations for swords.

The most widely known explanation of the sword in this life is the sentence most recognized by scholars: "The sword is straight and the blade of the heart."

However, in Chen Yuan's view, the so-called sword is actually a weapon.

Therefore, Chen Yuan agrees even more with a very niche interpretation of swords by only a small group of swordsmen and knights.

"A gentleman is armed with a sword, so he can defend himself."

Chen Yuan thought for a while and said to his master, Lu Yan.

"As you said, the sword is just a weapon. As a weapon, its purpose is to defeat the enemy and retreat. However, your sword is powerful but not harmful. The good "Hunyuan Sword Sutra" has been trained by you into a weapon. It’s an ordinary way to practice swordsmanship.”

Lu Yan nodded.

"Master, is there anything wrong with the "Hunyuan Sword Sutra" that this disciple practices?"

Chen Yuan humbly asked Lu Yan for advice.

"If you want to practice swordsmanship, you need to know the origin of swordsmanship and swordsmanship first. Since the Taoist ancestors preached Taoism, Taoism appeared, and the practice became popular, there were no swordsmen in the world."

"Later, in the chaotic period of ancient times when many kingdoms were established, swordsmen emerged in large numbers from many countries, especially the Yan Kingdom."

"The people of Yan are generous and righteous and love the learning of gods and immortals, so a number of swordsmen and swordsmen have emerged who are famous in other countries and whose swordsmanship is superb."

"Later, these swordsmen and swordsmen were no longer satisfied with defeating the enemy with swords. They gradually had the idea of ​​practicing swordsmanship to become immortals. These swordsmen combined some superficial Taoist cultivation methods and slowly developed a unique method of practicing swordsmanship. .”

"In the beginning, the methods of sword immortal cultivation were also divided into sects, which were divided into "Tao sword", "Shu sword" and "Qi sword"."

"Tao swords cultivate sword heart, martial arts swords cultivate sword spirit, and Qi swords cultivate sword intentions."

"However, as the Sword Immortal's method continued to improve in later generations, the factions of the Sword Immortal's method were no longer obvious, but began to merge and unify."

"So if you want to become a true swordsman, you need to master all three of sword heart, sword intention, and sword spirit. If you are only proficient in one, you can only be regarded as a human swordsman or swordsman at best."

"The "Hunyuan Sword Sutra" that my master helped you to revise included the practice of sword spirit and sword heart, but not the practice of sword spirit. You only practiced the part of sword spirit. Regarding the part of sword spirit, you Although I have successfully cultivated it, it has been very rough and I have only cultivated my own sword spirit, but there is still a long way to go before I can truly cultivate a complete sword spirit."

Lu Yan slowly told Chen Yuan the origin of the Sword Immortal Way.

"Master, when you taught your disciples the "Hunyuan Sword Sutra" before, you seemed to have told them about the sword spirit. Is that sword spirit different from this sword spirit?"

Chen Yuan recalled what his master Lu Yan said when he taught him the Hunyuan Sword Classic.

"Yes, this sword spirit is not that sword spirit."

Lu Yan nodded.

"The sword spirit that my master mentioned before is just the spirit of swords. These sword spirits can be found in many ancient swords that have existed for a long time."

"But the sword spirit that my master is talking about now is the real "sword spirit"."

"There are rumors from the outside that the sword fairy can fight the enemy with a sword and fly with the sword. In fact, it refers to the sword spirit. The so-called sword master does not actually control the sword through the air, but the sword spirit controls the sword."

Lu Yan talked eloquently to Chen Yuan and taught him some secrets of spiritual practice that Chen Yuan didn't know.

"What about Sword Intent and Sword Heart?"

Chen Yuan asked curiously again.

In the past, many people he met praised him as a reincarnated swordsman. Chen Yuan originally had no such idea, but after being said so many times, Chen Yuan has become accustomed to it.

But at this time, listening to his master Lu Yan's words, Chen Yuan realized that he had not even touched the threshold of the Sword Immortal, and was still far away from becoming one.

"The so-called sword heart, as the name suggests, is to cultivate a flawless sword heart. To put it more bluntly, it is a method similar to the inner alchemy cultivation, to cultivate a sword elixir similar to the golden elixir."

"The sword intention is to cultivate an innate Qi. This Qi is also a sword Qi. It is the invisible and formless Taihe Qi that nourishes the world. This sword Qi is extremely harmful to demons. In many story books, the masters who travel around the world Knight, if you open the sword box or sword bag, you will find a small sword the size of a leek leaf, which can severely injure demons, relying on this sword power."

"To gain sword power, the sword does not need to be too big, as long as it can absorb the sword power attached to the sword."

"The Dao sword and the Qi sword are tangible swords, while the Shu sword is an invisible sword."

Lu Yan said to Chen Yuan.

"Please also ask Master to teach me how to practice Qi Sword!"

Chen Yuan said to Lu Yan.

"Don't be too ambitious. You should first practice Dao sword and Shu sword to a certain level and then talk about it! The "Feigang Wen" in "Hunyuan Sword Classic" is exactly the method of cultivating Dao sword, but you have never practiced it seriously. Bar?"

Lu Yan asked Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan looked a little embarrassed when he heard this. Previously, he felt that the training part about "Feigang Wen" in "Hunyuan Sword Classic" was too simple, which was far from "Taiyi Jinhua Purpose" and "Fetal Breath Jue", so he only mentioned After he mastered it, he hardly practiced it seriously.

"Feigangwen" may be far from the "Purpose of Taiyi Jinhua" and "Fetal Breathing Technique", but it is the only way to practice swordsmanship. If you want to take the path of sword immortal, you must practice seriously. Cultivation into a sword elixir."

Lu Yan said to Chen Yuan seriously.

"The disciple has been taught."

Chen Yuan was enlightened by Lu Yan's words, and Chen Yuan looked respectfully at Lu Yan.

"However, even if the Sword Immortal Way has developed to this day, it is still excluded from the orthodox practice world. Except for a few Taoist practitioners, those who practice the Sword Immortal Way are mostly swordsmen and swordsmen in the human world."

"The orthodox Taoists believe that the way of the sword immortal belongs to the side stream and does not belong to the orthodoxy, because it is difficult for the sword immortal to practice to great success. Many orthodox Taoists are only willing to call practitioners of the sword immortal way swordsmen and swordsmen."

"So many practitioners, even if they practice the way of the Sword Immortal, it is only as a means to assist their practice."

"As my disciple, Lu Yan, you will have a bright future in the future. I would like to ask you, are you really ready to spend a lot of effort on the Sword Immortal Path?"

Lu Yan looked serious and looked at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan saw a hint of solemnity in his master Lu Yan's eyes.

"What about Master? What do you think of the way of the Sword Immortal?"

Chen Yuan asked his master Lu Yan in return.

In fact, there is no need for Master Lu Yan to answer. Chen Yuan already knows Master Lu Yan's answer.

Because Master Lu Yan once told him that the sword is the great road.

Judging from what his master Lu Yan taught him, he originally had profound attainments in the way of sword immortality.

"Listening to what you said, I already know your answer."

Lu Yan smiled when he heard this.

Although the answer had already been told to Chen Yuan before he asked this question, he was still sincerely happy that Chen Yuan could make the choice.

He looked serious just now, giving instructions to Chen Yuan, but in fact he was hiding his inner satisfaction and happiness.

He was afraid that his disciple Chen Yuan would become complacent and raise his tail to the sky after seeing the satisfaction and happiness on his face.

After all, his disciple has only been practicing for four years, including the three years since he entered Taoism.

In four years, he was able to achieve such a level of cultivation and swordsmanship. Even in the eyes of immortals and gods, he was an out-and-out genius.

"In fact, I feel that Taoist orthodoxy is right. Many practitioners, even gods, are too blind about what they call the way of the Sword Immortal and the method of the Sword Immortal."

"Swordsmanship is difficult to practice, but in the end there are only a few people who can rely on swordsmanship and become true swordsmen."

"If there is no way to become a Sword Immortal, how can we call it the way or method of a Sword Immortal?" Lu Yan finally said.

"Master, I understand. In the future, I will never falsely claim the way of the Sword Immortal or the method of the Sword Immortal."

Chen Yuan immediately climbed along the pole.

"You kid..."

Lu Yan smiled.

He felt that even if Chen Yuan had not met him, after surviving that disaster and continuing to study for the imperial examination, he might not be able to make a name for himself in the officialdom.

"By the way, Master, when this disciple stayed temporarily at Qingyang Temple in Jianghuai City, he happened to meet a ghost immortal from the previous dynasty..."

Chen Yuan told the story of his encounter with the ghost fairy Li Shaojun in Qingyang Temple, and also asked Li Shaojun what he promised to do.

After all, he was about to leave Jianghuai City. If he didn't ask, he would break his promise.

"The path of cultivation after ghosts and immortals?"

Lu Yan was a little surprised when he heard Chen Yuan's question.

"You are quite lucky. In addition to meeting your master, you also met a ghost fairy so quickly and became good friends with him at first sight!"

Lu Yan sighed.

He felt that even if he did not meet him, with his disciple's blessings and luck, he would eventually be able to embark on the path of cultivation.

"This friend of yours has an unstable foundation, so he wanted to rashly transform himself into an immortal. He failed to transform himself into a corpse, but he was able to save his life. By chance, he became a ghost immortal. He is already blessed by God."

Lu Yan said to Chen Yuan.

"Then according to Master's profound knowledge, as a ghost and immortal, can he still hope for the great path and become a true immortal?"

Chen Yuan asked his master Lu Yandao.

When he said this, he even gave Master Lu Yan a small pat on the back.

However, Lu Yan actively ignored the first half of his words.

"Unfortunately, it can't."

Lu Yan gently tapped the palm of his other hand with the peony folding fan in his hand and looked at Chen Yuandao.

"Becoming an immortal is the fruit of a mortal's attainment of the Tao after thousands of years of practice. And what kind of immortal a practitioner becomes will mark how far the practitioner can go in the future."

"Not to mention the immortals, earthly immortals, human immortals, even the zombie immortals, there are still opportunities to go further, but the ghost immortals will no longer have the chance to succeed."

Lu Yan explained to Chen Yuan.

Although Chen Yuan felt surprised, he also felt that it was reasonable.

Because Master Lu Yan and Mr. Huolong have long said that ghosts and immortals are not even immortals, they can only be called "spirit ghosts".

"This good friend of yours has very poor qualifications. He has not even become a corpse-disciplinarian."

"Given his current situation of sharing a body with a mortal, he now has two choices."

Lu Yan continued.

Chen Yuan: ...

In Chen Yuan's opinion, being able to cultivate into a ghost immortal is already very powerful, right?

Who do you think is your hometown?
However, Chen Yuan felt that as his master, Lu Yan, he was indeed qualified to say this.

"Which two choices?"

Chen Yuan asked.

"The first is to leave the mortal body and find a body of a recently deceased person to possess it. After experiencing the life, old age, illness and death that mortals go through, every few decades in the future, they will find another corpse to possess them. In this way, he can live for 900 years, but you said that he is from the previous dynasty, so he may have lived for hundreds of years. With this method, he can only live for another three to four hundred years at most."

"The second is to give up one's cultivation and be reincarnated to cultivate again. It seems that I can embark on the path of cultivation again in this life."

"The first method is nothing more than becoming an immortal silverfish, hanging on to survive in order to live forever. The second method is extremely risky. Almost most practitioners who choose to reincarnate and practice again have failed."

"Even if a few can be reincarnated and rebuild successfully, you can't be sure that the person in the next life will still be you."

Lu Yan continued.

Chen Yuan carefully digested everything Master Lu Yan said, and followed what Master Lu Yan said.

Once you become a ghost immortal, you have almost no hope of everlasting life and only have a lifespan of 900 years.

And every few decades, they will experience birth, old age, illness and death, and need to find a new body. In this case, in the eyes of a real immortal, this is indeed just a silverfish.

"According to Master, immortals also have a lifespan?"

Chen Yuan asked his master Lu Yan.

"Of course, heaven and earth have lifespans, let alone immortals."

"Only immortals and gods who have survived the three calamities can live forever. Human immortals have a lifespan of [-] years and are free from disease and disasters. Earthly immortals have a lifespan of [-] years, and can keep their physical body and appearance forever. Stay."

"Only one of the three treasures of ghost, immortality, energy, and spirit has been obtained. It needs to constantly change its physical body. Although it can live for nine hundred years, the path to immortality has been completely cut off."

Lu Yan continued.

"What about the corpse?"

Chen Yuan asked again.

"The situation of the Corpse Jie Immortal is similar to that of the Ghost Immortal, but it is better than that of the Ghost Immortal."

"The so-called corpse dissolution means dissolving it under the guise of a corpse, like a cicada leaving its skin to change its bones, retaining its energy and solidifying in a cave, and then ascending to immortality."

""Tai Yi Shou Shi Jing" says: There are thousands of ways to resolve the transformation. Some may sit in the empty valley of death, or stand on the secluded rock, or have hair buns that remain, or the knots of clothes cannot be untied, or even be refined by water and fire. After a thousand years, he was resurrected, his weapon was maimed and his limbs were broken, but he was still alive."

"There are many types of ways to dismantle corpses. To sum up, there are only two ways to truly achieve enlightenment. The first is called the superior path to dismemberment. It takes thousands of years to go through various hardships and sit idle for thousands of years without being interrupted in the process." , once it is interrupted, all previous efforts will be lost, but once it is completed, you can live another life and have a life span of [-] years."

"Another method called corpse dismemberment does not take much time and can be accomplished overnight. It involves completely giving up the physical body, feigning death and becoming a Taoist. The soul is attached to items such as swords and staffs, all of which are placed in the body. One thing and then go.”

"Although this kind of corpse is called an immortal and can achieve immortality for a while, it is actually just a dead thing. It has great limitations. If there is any misfortune, it will fall and it will be worse than a mortal."

"In addition to the methods mentioned above by Master, there are also Taiqing corpse method, Taiyi guarding corpse method, Taiji escape method, Bao Liang corpse method, Taiyin shape refining, water and fire wave refining corpse shape, and Yin and Yang Liujia refining shape and quality. Dharma, etc., these are just miscellaneous elements of the heretical path and cannot become immortals."

Lu Yan explained.

"You don't need to know too much about the way of corpse dissolution, because the path of corpse dissolution is just a low-grade method of becoming an immortal. As a disciple, you must not practice corpse dissolution. At the very least, you must cultivate to become an immortal. , Heavenly Immortal, otherwise don’t say that you are my disciple, Lu Yan, for fear of being embarrassed as a teacher."

Then Lu Yan said again, his expression a bit stern, as if he was admonishing Chen Yuan.

After Chen Yuan listened, he felt a lot in his heart. Li Shaojun also explained the method of corpse dissection to Chen Yuan, but it was only superficial. It was not as easy to understand as Master Lu Yan's explanation, which went straight to the core. .

In addition, Chen Yuan did not know until now that there are not only five ways to dismantle corpses, but include everything.

"Thank you, Master, for your guidance. I will teach you."

"Master, don't worry. This disciple will work hard to practice in the future and strive to become a heavenly or earthly immortal. He will never lose the reputation of Master."

Chen Yuan said seriously after hearing the admonishment in his master Lu Yan's words.

"It's almost there."

Hearing Chen Yuan's assurance, a smile appeared on Lu Yan's face.

(End of this chapter)