Samsara Paradise: Shadow King

Chapter 153: The Theory of the Unsheathed Blade and the Technique

Dusk is the moment when night and day alternate, and it is also the moment when the worlds of yin and yang intersect. The dim light sets off the darkness. This is a cursed time. All ghosts, gods and evil spirits will choose to walk in the world at this moment. , therefore, it is also called - the devil's moment!

I saw the Hidden Man of Misfortune hurriedly approaching. He, Yongzhen, and another small leader of the Lone Shadows, Hisaya Jiya, were responsible for presiding over Hazel's resurrection ceremony. It was also the last line of defense to protect Hazel. But now, the ceremony Before it officially started, he brought bad news.

The wandering resentful souls that were supposed to gather towards Hao's corpse were attracted by something else and intercepted them! And if by the time the ceremony has to begin, enough spiritual power has not been gathered in Hagi's body, then this plan will fail at the initial stage, and Raikou Sennosuke will not have a second chance. Go and resurrect your lover!

Although Raihuang Gennosuke still looked normal, anyone could notice the anxiety in his eyes.

A candle burned in the woods. Instead of illuminating the darkness, it swallowed up the light. It was a candle lit on a piece of white candle. It was carefully held in the hand of an old woman with a withered face, and she walked away from the forest. walked out.

The old woman's aura was not human-like, and almost instantly, the identity of the other party appeared in Zhao Zijin's mind.

During the Edo period (equivalent to 1603 to 1867 AD), a game called "Hyakumonogatari" began to appear. The specific content is that multiple people light candles or oil lamps at night and tell ghost stories, and each one blows one. A candle or a lamp, one of the most complex classical ways of playing the "Hyakumonogatari" is recorded in detail in "Kasashiko" written by the Edo period writer Asai Ryuki.

Before playing the game "Hundred Stories", the participants, all dressed in Tsing Yi, gathered in the same dark room. In the room next to this darkroom, row lamps made of blue paper were prepared, and enough lamp oil was added, and then a hundred wicks were lit and lined up.

A small wooden table will be placed next to the portable lamp, with a mirror placed on it. After everyone takes turns telling a strange story, he must leave his seat and walk in the dark to the next room with a lighted lamp, and blow out a wick. Then, look at your own face in the mirror before returning to the original darkroom, and then change to the next person.

During the process of blowing out the wick, they continued to tell strange stories. After finishing the ninety-ninth strange story, the last wick was left and was left to continue burning. Then everyone continued to sit around and wait for the dawn. When the sun comes up, we all disperse and go home.

Many people don’t understand why the ghost story always ends after the ninety-ninth one is told. This is because people at that time were very superstitious and said that if the hundredth ghost story was mentioned, something weird would happen, so no one dared to go there. Touch this taboo. As the times changed, running lights were replaced by candles, and the new rule of the game was that the last candle had to be blown out.

Green lantern! It is the ghost that is rumored to be summoned after the 100th ghost story is told. There is also a saying that as a little ghost that often wanders at the gate of the underworld, it will transform into a mature person and lure people into participating in this game. With the help of human words, The spirit can achieve its purpose of opening the gate of hell, and no matter what its origin, its appearance will only have one result, and that is to take all game participants to hell!

As one of the more dangerous ghosts among the Hundred Ghosts at Night, if it is it, it does have the ability to drive the spirits not to gather in the direction of the haze, but to be controlled by it and attack the living. Don't think too much about all this. It must be the work of someone from the inner government.

Qing Xingdeng walked to a certain distance from the Buddha statue in the cave, stopped, raised his head, showed them a terrifying smile, and told them bluntly that if they wanted to continue the ceremony, they had to remove it first. Behead him!

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Zijin opened his mouth and said to Wei Mingyixin behind him:

"Old man, if you were asked to decapitate it, what would be the success rate?"

Ashina Yishin bowed his head slightly and spoke in a calm and powerful tone:

"The Unsheathed Blade is ready to fight for you, please allow us to fight!"

The Unsheathed Blade gathers all the shadow soldiers who practice swordsmanship under Zhao Zijin, and is a grassroots battle group-level unit commanded by the swordsman Ashina Yishin.

Zhao Zijin once speculated that the general-level shadow soldiers showed individual strengthening and sublimation, so the next level of "commander" should literally focus on the control and command of the superiors to the subordinates. At this stage, in their own In addition to their own strength, the commander-level shadow soldiers will focus more on leading other shadow soldiers to fight independently. Zhao Zijin no longer needs to be distracted as before to set the general direction of their actions.

The corresponding abilities may not be known until a shadow soldier is promoted to this level, but it does not prevent Zhao Zijin from thinking in this direction and creating a prototype. The Sheathless Blade is his attempt.

During these days of waiting for the full moon night, Zhao Zijin and Wei Mingyixin certainly did not wait here stupidly.

That day.

It was the second day after Yishin Yixin and Lao Mao and the others returned to the cave. Zhao Zijin planned to take advantage of this time to learn Yixin Yixin's sword skills from the founder, Yixin Yixin. Unexpectedly, the old man had already grabbed an open space. , gathered together a group of shadow soldiers that had been taken away before, and guided them to use breathing to better mobilize their power.

Ashina Ryu already has the breathing method, which is used to recover the damage to the trunk and deal with long and fierce battles. Combined with the two breathing methods of "Demon Slayer": Sun and Moon, the old man seems to have created a method. Remarkable skill.

After gradually deepening his understanding, Zhao Zijin no longer regarded his shadow soldiers as puppets controlled by him or even as zombies. In his view now, they just transformed after accepting the power of his shadow. To exist as another life form that is different from other living beings.

According to the setting, [Shadow King] is the upper-level profession of the Necromancer. In fact, a large number of people have misunderstandings about this profession. In film and television works, or novels and comics, those who try to replace the living with the dead and change the world The guy who got the dead silence recognized it as a stereotype of the necromancer.

Life is a part of death, and death is also a part of life. The two are a stage between the cycle of life and death, and both are states that an existence needs to go through. It is impossible to say who is righteous and who is evil. The specific situation still depends on the individual. Thinking about it, those necromancers in film and television works who try to break the boundaries between life and death and create a world dominated by death are just extreme and radical guys.

There are such people everywhere. Among the druids who advocate life and nature, there is a branch of shadow druids. Their actions can be referred to the extreme environmentalists in the world, who wish the world could return to the most primitive nature. In this state, humans or other races that have occupied the natural living space must be cleaned up.

In a large part of the magical world, druids and necromancers maintain a friendly relationship or above. As defenders and practitioners of the cycle of life and death, there are many alliances between them, and the exchanges between academics are naturally extremely important. Frequently, there is such a most representative debate topic between them. The druids used living creatures as experimental materials and successfully combined owls and bears to create owlbears. Today, a naturally reproducing population has been developed. This operation is widely recognized and defined as the creation of a life. And the undead created by the necromancers can use various means to make other dead creatures become one of them. Can it be regarded as the necromancers creating life? So how to define the difference between life and death?

The shadow soldiers have always shown high intelligence, but they are not at the level of generals. They always seem a bit dull and confused, needing the guidance of others, as if their souls are missing a fragment, and they cannot do anything simply by lacking independent thinking. This state is very aptly described, as both wisdom and thinking ability are present.

As a general-level shadow soldier, the old man can use his higher-level life form to command lower-level shadow soldiers. This can be confirmed by his actions of leading a team to rescue the three Lao Mao. Now, he is also using this method, Come to guide a group of shadow soldiers who practice sword skills, using a method similar to sword Zen to guide power with breathing.

When Zhao Zijin came, the old man was concentrating on guiding Tomioka Yiyong. By the time he came to his senses, Zhao Zijin had already been observing for a while.

"Lord? When did you come?"

"I've been here for a while! Old man, can I learn this breathing technique of yours?"

Zhao Zijin would not miss the opportunity to enhance his strength and said bluntly.

"It's self-evident. It's better to say that this set of breathing methods is intended to be presented to the lord after it is perfected! With all due respect, lord, you have used the power in your body too loosely!"

Zhao Zijin's family knows his own affairs, and his use of his shadow power is limited to using it rigidly through the established operation methods of skills to achieve a constant effect. In simple terms, he is like an ordinary spell caster. Those who only use skills according to the script will not analyze the spell model to refine, perfect and optimize the magic used. According to the introduction of the old man, this breathing method can be guided by breathing, so that you can do it in a straightforward way. Get close to the power in the body and control it more carefully, slowly transforming from a skill mage to a master.

"Empty your mind, focus on breathing, feel the power in your body, and move closer to it."

The old man’s teachings are easy to understand and deeply rooted in people’s hearts. It only took Zhao Zijin less than half a day to get started. Next, he only needs to persist in using this breathing method. In the future, even without the guidance of breathing, he can Can easily mobilize the power of shadow within the body.

Now that I have learned the breathing method, I should also ask the old man for advice on sword skills. Unexpectedly, the old man shook his head:

"My lord Wei Mingren wants to learn it, so I will teach you of course! But my lord, for you, swordsmanship is just a skill used for fighting. Or are you willing to climb the mountains even if you have seen them? You will be poor on this road." I have no regrets in my life, I just want to be successful in my pursuit and be able to go further - where is the Tao?"

Hearing what the old man said, Zhao Zijin couldn't help but fell into deep thought. The old man ignored him and continued:

"My lord has learned a lot, but he is not good at everything. He is a master of swordsmanship, but he is not very good at it. Of course, I can guide and assist my lord in his sword practice, and I can also ask other subordinates for advice on my lord's other skills! As time goes by, the lord has mastered such a large number of good means, and he will not be exhausted in any situation! But sooner or later, the lord has to figure out, do you want skills or Tao?

If it's the former, I advise the lord not to put too much effort into this. Without a clear understanding of inner needs and bold determination, the lord is destined to be unable to achieve anything on this road and can only become a powerful swordsman. people! It's better to put some effort in other places, maybe you can step up to the top and see the elegance of the higher level. "

Zhao Zijin pondered for a long time, reviewing all his experiences after entering the reincarnation paradise. Perhaps the strength shown by Su Xiao in the original work was too strong, and his judgment was unknowingly affected, and he clung to the techniques. Subconsciously, he believed that only the techniques were close to him. Only the body can be truly powerful, but other people's paths are ultimately other people's paths. Is this path really suitable for you? How far can you go on this road?

"I understand, old man! It's just about technique. I won't care about these technical issues anymore, but I won't leave any obvious shortcomings for myself!"

Finally, under Wei Ming's undivided gaze, Zhao Zijin made a decision. As the words came out of his mouth, an unprecedented sense of relaxation filled his body and mind.

The old man nodded and began to teach him Wei Mingren's moves. Starting from the most basic way of holding a sword, he led this wild man into the true practice of swordsmanship.

"By the way, old man, I want you to lead these guys and form a team, a team with sword skills as the main means of combat!"

During the break of practice, Zhao Zijin put forward his own ideas to Wei Mingyixin.

Ashina nodded and said:

"As the number of soldiers under the lord's command increases, it is indeed necessary to divide them and divide different functions into different teams. In this way, whether fighting alone or working together, they can exert stronger combat power. However, why should we first focus on sword skills to form the first team?"

Zhao Zijin sighed, hiding nothing from the old man, and expressed all his thoughts in detail:

"To be honest, old man, the main purpose of my formation of this team is to deal with an enemy. No, it is not accurate to say that it is an enemy. He doesn't even know me now. At best, this guy can only be regarded as my imaginary enemy. We may not necessarily become rivals or even enemies in the future, but if we really face him, we will be in trouble!

He is definitely the most troublesome existence among the opponents we can encounter! In order to deal with this guy, it is necessary in my opinion to build a tailor-made team or even several teams! Otherwise, I may not have the confidence to go with him in the future! "

(End of this chapter)