I am a martial god, proving the way with a sword

Chapter 246
One month later, the capital of the Xu Kingdom was Xinyi City.

Compared with 600 years ago, this city has undergone tremendous changes. Except for the fact that Jianqiu remains the same and the name remains the same, Song Boyu can hardly see any other similarities.

"History has been erased. Today's Xu State knows neither Xu Hongyi nor Xu Xin, but the spirit of practicing martial arts and swordsmanship has been passed down."

Although Jianqiu is there, it is not easy to get close to observe it. You must either enter Jianqiu Temple and become Jianqiu Zhu, or participate in the annual sword fighting competition and win the top ten in order to gain the right to watch Jianqiu's sword intention.

In addition, the swordsmen of the Xu Kingdom are only eligible to bury their swords in the Sword Hill when they are near death, and at the same time feel the endless sword spirit left over 600 years ago.

Song Boyu did not intend to rush in, but planned to abide by the rules and obtain the right to enter and exit the sword hill through the sword fighting competition.

He walked aimlessly in Xinyi City, watching the urchins in the streets and alleys fighting wooden swords, and men and women fencing for fun. He couldn't help but nod. The atmosphere in the society that favored martial arts and loved swords was quite good.

For ten consecutive days, Song Boyu used his divine jade black-yellow eyes to observe and scan, and kept asking questions to gain a general understanding of the situation in Xinyi City. He found that the vast majority of people had martial arts skills, and those above the realm of divine power were like crucian carp crossing the river.

Song Boyu even found hundreds of people who had become martial arts Yinshen, but most of them stopped here, with their essence becoming gelatinous and unable to transform further.

However, there are always some swordsmen who are born with spiritual roots and spiritual bones. They are like the darlings of swordsmanship. Not only do they practice faster in the internal training stage than those without spiritual roots, but they also have unlimited possibilities after entering the Tao.

The time when these spiritual bone sword cultivators appeared is unknown. Most people believe that it was after the Xu Kingdom appeared in Kuangtang Tribe Continent, and it should be a practice passed down by the ancestors of the former Taoism.

After cultivating the spirit bone sword cultivators into the Yin Shen of martial arts, they will turn to refine the true essence, and observe the sword mound to comprehend the nine sword energies of gold, wood, water, fire, earth, ice, thunder, wind, and kill, and transform the sword essence into existence.

After cultivating sword essence, you can turn it into sword energy to kill enemies at any time. Most spirit bone sword cultivators only specialize in one sword essence, and there are also some amazing and talented people who can practice several sword essences.

Thousands of years ago in the Xu Kingdom, there was a strong man named Xu Qingshu who had mastered the Five Elements Sword Element. His strength had reached the third realm of visualization, the realm of choosing the path.

It was this Xu Qingshu who pioneered the method of sword cultivation visualization. He used the sword hill as the object of visualization and induction, and chose the immortal sword intention that had been passed down for thousands of years as his path. He became the strongest sword cultivation in history.

True Immortal Kuangtao, the former Taoist ancestor, liked him very much and took him to the mountain of hermitage. Later, something happened and he was expelled from the mountain gate by the former Taoist ancestor.

In order to make a further breakthrough, Xu Qingshu later tried to condense the strange scene in Jianqiu, and eventually died, turning into a Five Elements Sword Intention and staying in Jianqiu forever.

After him, there were also sword cultivators who tried to deduce subsequent cultivation methods, but they were unable to achieve it. Thousands of years passed, and only powerful sword intentions were left in Jianqiu, prompting Jianqiu to slowly transform.

Song Boyu can sense Jianqiu. The nine sword energies he left in Jianqiu back then were used as objects of visualization by countless sword cultivators. To a certain extent, they have become deified, almost Taoist, and cannot be easily conquered.

Regarding how to conquer the nine kinds of sword energy that are close to the Tao, Song Boyu is ready to take it one step at a time. If he wants to recover all these 600 years of inheritance, it will take some tricks.

Song Boyu lived in the state of Xu. Within half a year, he challenged all the major swordsmanship schools, formed his own family, and gradually became famous.

There were also people who challenged him, but most of them failed. This made Song Boyu more famous and became the favorite to win the new sword fighting competition.

Naturally, the Xu Kingdom's court noticed such a person, and You Si soon came to recruit him. Song Boyu agreed directly. He had planned to integrate into the Xu Kingdom, and the Xu Kingdom's court came to him just in line with his wishes.

In the eyes of everyone, Yin Shen Sword Cultivator without spiritual roots had limited achievements, so the King of Xu State did not summon Song Boyu.

However, Xu Heng, the young grandson of Xu Kingdom, was very interested in Song Boyu. He summoned him many times. After competing with Song Boyu, he asked Song Boyu to be his swordsmanship master. This time, Song Boyu became familiar with the current Xu Palace.

Xu Heng is sixteen this year, has no spiritual roots, and has not yet been crowned. However, he is quite courageous and knowledgeable. He often challenges various schools under the pseudonym Song Boyu, and even signs up for sword fighting competitions together.

The day before the sword fighting competition, Xu Heng asked: "Master, who do you think can compete with you for the championship in this competition?"

Song Boyu was already familiar with these opponents and smiled scornfully: "Their level is still far behind! Unless the sword cultivators who have mastered Sword Yuan take action, no one can be my opponent."

In fact, even if those spiritual bone sword cultivators really take action, they cannot be Song Boyu's opponent, but that cannot be said, it is better to keep some strength.

Xu Heng said with a smile: "I think so, master. The spiral sword light in your hand is amazing. Since I learned it, no one can beat me in the foundation building realm. You have become a Yin god and can use the special skill of the lotus sword light. Even if It can be broken with sword energy."

Song Boyu's expression was gentle and he said with a smile: "Don't underestimate sword energy. The sword energy of a strong man can split mountains and rivers. The legendary Xu Qingshu can even use the five elements sword energy to return his opponent to the five elements, leaving no bones or souls."

Xu Heng's eyes darkened and he whispered: "Master, you just don't have a spiritual bone. If you had a spiritual bone, you would definitely be more powerful than them!"

Song Boyu didn't say much. The next day's sword fighting preliminary competition went without any surprises. Song Boyu sang loudly all the way and was almost invincible.

After ten days of sword fighting, the final battle was still uneventful. Although the opponent was a spiritual bone sword cultivator, she was a female cultivator named Shi Ningmeng, who looked quite heroic and beautiful.

She hadn't mastered sword energy, so she couldn't compete with Song Boyu.

If you want to cultivate sword energy, you must have sword energy. To cultivate sword energy, you must enter the sword mound. Those who can enter the sword mound will not participate in sword fights.

As soon as the lotus sword glow came out, Shi Ningmeng surrendered cleanly.

Master Ningmeng cupped her fists and said, "Brother Song's Lotus Sword Light is indeed superb, but similar stunts have been performed many times in thousands of years. With all due respect, even if you enter the sword hill, you may not be able to improve anymore."

After saying that, she flew away from the competition platform, very cool and unrestrained, not losing the battle and not losing in words.

Song Boyu couldn't help laughing, this girl was still unwilling to lose, he had a smirk at the corner of his mouth, and said loudly:
"Master, do you dare to make a bet with me? We will fight again in three years. If we lose, we must promise the other party one thing. No matter what it is, we must go all out to complete it!"

Shi Ningmeng looked back at Song Boyu, her voice cold and arrogant: "Brother Song is convinced that I won't be able to cultivate the Sword Element within three years. In this case, I agree!"

Song Boyu didn't take this little incident to heart, but was excited and prepared to go to Jianqiu tomorrow.

Because he was so excited, he almost didn't sleep all night. Early the next morning, Song Boyu came to the outside of Jianqiu. There was a seal barrier here. It was said that it was set up by the former Taoist ancestor. Even Song Boyu himself would have a hard time breaking through here.

But all good things come to an end. The guard of Jianqiu Temple told Song Boyu that he could not enter the barrier today.

"The Great Immortal Qingjiao sent an envoy here. King Xu will accompany the envoy to visit Jianqiu. We can only come back tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)