Tao and Heaven

Chapter 100: Sword Maniac, Sword Madman (Two chapters in one)
After ten years of reducing the Heavenly Marrow, it turns out that the three will affect each other.

Gu Wen estimated that if he could reduce the Heavenly Marrow by five years for each level he mastered in the Three Swords of Buddha, Dao and Demon, the difficulty would be reduced by 10%, and practicing the three swords simultaneously could accumulate to 30%.

The amount of Tiansui is reduced according to one's actual situation. Practicing the Three Swords of Buddha, Dao and Demon step by step should also have a similar effect. The three top swordsmanship in the world that can be cultivated to the Mahayana stage or even above the Mahayana stage are both a trinity and can be practiced together to reduce the time required.

You should know that the means of attack are just like the weapons held by ordinary people. Everyone has two-handed weapons, which are all one-time power bonuses. The weapon held in one hand will not become stronger just because you hold another in your other hand, and the higher the level of the method, the more so.

But when everyone restricted the attack grid, suddenly three skills could be put together, and the six-god set became eight-god set.

It is no wonder that Xiao Yunyi is so obsessed with it. No sword cultivator should be able to resist its temptation.

The true meaning of swordsmanship, the best sword in the world, the most extreme means of attack beyond common sense.

So what is the price?
The time cost is extremely long. Any one of the three swords of Buddhism, Taoism and Demon is enough to reach the sky, but countless people have spent their entire lives without even reaching the halfway point. The requirement for the true solution of the sword is to comprehend the three top swordsmanship thoroughly, which is no less than requiring a person to cultivate to the Mahayana stage three times.

But what Tiansui is least afraid of is comprehension, and what he has the least of is time.

In front of fate, time is like a clock that can be turned. As long as he has enough natural marrow, Gu Wen can master the true meaning of swordsmanship in a very short time.

Moreover, practicing the three together can save a lot of Heavenly Marrow. Perhaps when one reaches the stage of Dharmadhatu, one can use the one hundred and sixty years of Heavenly Marrow to upgrade the Buddha and Demon Swords respectively, and then go back to practice the discounted Jade Sword Dharmadhatu.

The time-consuming and laborious skills such as the true solution of the sword are simply a natural match for Tiansui.

Whether it is short-term benefits or long-term planning, Kendo is undoubtedly the most suitable.

It then took Gu Wen five days to refine the medicinal power, five days to consolidate his cultivation, and a total of twenty days to come out of meditation.

He opened his eyes, and a flash of Jade Purity Sword God flashed across his gaze, and his Taoist aura increased a little more.

[The sixth level of Jade Purity Sword Art: Sword God, the sword will becomes the spirit, the heart does not move but the sword moves]

The Heart Sword is more tenacious, and its power reaches 80% of Zhaolie Dharma, and the real effect is the sword will into spirit. The second level of Yuqing Sword Art is to control the sword. The specific use is to let the Heart Sword grab objects, and then cooperate with the subsequent condensed jade sword, which is equivalent to a flying sword.

However, since it is too time-consuming to use in practice, it is better to concentrate on using Zhaolie Spear and Dharma Image. The role of Sword God is the same as that of Spirit Image, which allows the sword to move by itself and achieve the effect of automatic attack.

Thoughts, intentions, spiritual appearances, Dharma appearances, etc., everything is to make the Tao more powerful and easier to use.

Gu Wen opened his eyes. It was still the early morning in Luodu, and the sounds of fighting were still heard everywhere.

Although there has been no large-scale death of mortals due to monks fighting, I definitely don't like being a mortal in this environment. There are gods fighting above, heavy taxes in the middle, and ruffians and tigers and wolves below.

With a thought, a jade sword flew up from his fingertips, tumbling up and down in the air.

"At least it's more like cultivation than a gun."

Gu Wen really wanted to experience the thrill of taking someone's head with a flying sword, but he couldn't kill someone like He Huan, who was weaker than him, with one shot.

Fighting between people of the same level is more about pressure, victory or defeat can be decided in an instant, but life or death cannot.

Others can choose to run and use various back-up plans. The advantage of getting close is that there is room for pursuit, otherwise there is no room for escape.

With another thought, the jade sword flew into the next room. Yu Hua was stunned for a moment when he saw the jade sword, then reached out and gently pinched it.

Gu Wen only felt as if his ear was being pulled, and a slight pain came, but he couldn't retract the jade sword no matter what.

He had no choice but to go to the next room. Yu Hua held the small jade sword and looked at him with a smile, saying, "Have you become the Jade Purity Sword God?"

Gu Wen said modestly: "It was a lucky breakthrough."

Yu Hua had long been accustomed to this, so she did not delve into it and said, "All divine intentions are extensions of the cultivator's soul. They usually reside in a certain object and cannot be extended directly out. Otherwise, it would become like this."

As he spoke, Gu Wen felt his skin tingling as his fingertips gently rubbed the jade sword.

"In this case, you can only cut off this strand of divine consciousness to prevent the other party from using some secret method to harm your soul."

"Been taught a lesson."

Gu Wen took back the jade sword, and Yu Hua said as if sharing something from day to day, "I see you seem to really like flying the sword, you were so happy that your mouth almost cracked."

"The sword is the king of monks, and I am no exception."

Gu Wen scratched his head. Since they were all cultivating immortals, then of course they would want to "deep in the night, cranes fly through the blue autumn sky, and the west wind blows a cold sword for thousands of miles."

However, in reality, most cultivators prefer to use Dharma images, and the one with the highest Dharma image is the most respected. When they fight, it is like two giant gods fighting each other. Flying swords are a bit like minor skills, with high consumption, easy to get hurt, and useless at the same level.

He asked, "Is there a way in the world to take a person's head with a flying sword thousands of miles away?"

Yu Hua thought for a moment and replied, "There is a sect in Taoism called the Sword Control Sect. They focus on controlling swords and have created sword boxes to store countless spiritual swords. Although they practice swords, the key is to control the spirit."

"We can go there later and ask them to make a sword box for you. I remember that the Sword Master could also fly his sword to fight the enemy. Perhaps the sword spirit after the three swords are combined into one is more suitable for flying the sword."
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Noon.

Gu Wen walked downstairs from the inn to get some spiritual wine to replenish his celestial marrow. As soon as he got downstairs, he heard a commotion downstairs. A young girl, who was carrying a sword case that was one size larger than herself and had a pretty face, kept banging on the table.

"What do you mean they are all sold out? You know I walked such a long way just for a sip of the wine from Master Zhenjun. I will die without the top-grade Tongmai wine!"

Jiu Zhenjun looked helpless, but just kept shaking his head.

This move undoubtedly made more people start to pay attention to the sword box girl. Jiu Zhenjun was a Zhenjun after all, and his strength was not low. For most geniuses, they might not be able to reach Jiu Zhenjun's level in the future, and it was even more impossible to surpass him now.

On the contrary, this person is at least in the top ten of the three lists.

Gu Wen was watching from the side. When Jiu Zhenjun saw him coming down, he transmitted his voice, "Mr. Gu, this is Chi Yuzi, the third on the Earth Ranking, from the Yu Jian Sect. He is addicted to alcohol. If he knew that you bought all the spirit wine, he would definitely cause trouble for you."

He couldn't afford to offend the third on the Earth List, and he didn't want to ruin their relationship with Gu Wen.

'Speak of the devil and he will appear.'

Gu Wen looked at the girl with the sword box. Suddenly, she seemed to feel his gaze. The two looked at each other, and a gleam of sword light flashed in each of their eyes.

The sword dharma form, the sixth and fifth levels of the foundation of the Tao are complete.

The sword box girl tilted her head and asked in confusion: "I don't think I have seen you before, the Jade Purity Sword God practitioner."

"My name is Gu Wen."

"Oh! I know you. Are you the genius who killed the True Lord at the fourth level of the Dao Foundation?"

The sword box girl suddenly realized something, and then walked around Gu Wen, her eyes full of curiosity, and said: "I also heard that you and Xiao Yunyi fought to a draw, but I don't think your sword will is particularly strong. Could it be that Xiao Yunyi has become so weak that he is not even as good as you?"

Hearing this, Jiu Zhenjun felt something was wrong and worried that the two would fight.

The number one prodigy of the Yu Jian Sect was really as arrogant and unruly as the rumors said. She was a woman who loved drinking and killing people, and she had killed countless people. Gu Wen was also a complete lunatic, and a fight was inevitable when the two met.

However, Gu Wen showed no sign of shame or anger on his face. Instead, he bowed slightly and said, "My swordsmanship is too clumsy to be worthy of your appreciative opinion. I just wonder if I can teach you a thing or two."

"You want to ask me for advice?"

Akabane was a little surprised and pointed at himself. This was the first time that a genius of the same generation asked him for advice on swordsmanship.

"Of course." Gu Wen nodded calmly, not caring about the looks of the people around him.

"You are such a weirdo."

Akabane scratched her short hair, then asked, "Do you have any wine? If you do, I'll teach you."

"Of course."

Gu Wen asked Jiu Zhenjun for two jars of top-grade Tongmai wine. The sword-case girl's eyes lit up at once, and she started drinking one jar at a time. Then the two found a place on the first floor and drank one jar after another. The jars of wine began to pile up around them.

As more and more wine was consumed, Gu Wen's conversation with the girl in the sword box became more and more enthusiastic.

The Sword Box Girl hadn't met such an easy-going person for a long time. He knew about wine and swords, and he spoke nicely.

Her pretty face flushed, and she showed a rather lovely smile. She patted her chest and said, "Hehehe, fellow Daoist Hongchen and I really hit it off right away. It's a pity that we met too late!"

This was of course intentional on Gu Wen's part. As a former businessman, he had never been weak in social skills. These geniuses were human beings after all, and they were easily confronted with each other because of their pride.

As a 'close friend', if I agree with the other person on everything and agree with him/her, wouldn't it be like we've known each other for a long time?

Seeing this, the other unknown geniuses on the first floor of the inn were eager to step forward and make friends.

They all recognized the sword-box girl, the Taoist sword-controlling saint, the third on the Earth Ranking, Chiyuzi, who once controlled thousands of spirit swords by herself. If Yu Hua hadn't existed, she would be the number one Kun Daoist in the Taoist sect.

"You two, I also like wine, I wonder if I can join in?"

A handsome young man with a high ponytail and smart clothes approached.

Gu Wen put down the wine in his hand and smiled without saying anything. Geniuses always attract each other. The genius is like a black hole that attracts everyone and is surrounded by geniuses.

However, all the geniuses are very proud and arrogant. Although it was only a brief conversation, he could feel that the Saint of the Yu Jian Sect was very proud.

She was easy to talk to because of her status, and also because he was at the sixth level of Jade Purity Sword Art, only one level behind her. He looked at Chi Yuzi and heard a wisp of sword sound.

Akabane was half drunk. She drank a large bowl of wine, then glanced at him and said, "You want to drink with me?"

"Of course, I'm number 20 on the list."

Before he could finish his words, Akabane interrupted him and said, "Take my sword, or get out of here. You are not even at the level of a sword god, so how can you drink with me?"

The genius who claimed to be the 20th on the Earth Ranking suddenly turned pale and red. How could he have been insulted like this? He gritted his teeth and said, "Please teach me, fellow Taoist."

Zheng!
A magic sword flew out of the box and went straight for the head. The man's face changed drastically and he flew back out of the inn, but at this moment the magic sword was already against his Adam's apple.

In just a breath, the victory or defeat was decided, but life or death was not decided.

The young genius' face was frozen and he dared not move at all, his eyes full of disbelief. After the spirit sword stabbed forward slightly and a drop of blood came out, he said bitterly: "I give up."

call out!
The magic sword flew back to the sword box, and Gu Wen saw a world inside, with thousands of magic swords.

Akabane smiled and said, "How?"

"Your swordsmanship is superior to mine."

Gu Wen answered sincerely, and this was also his main purpose.

Asking for advice from these geniuses who are more powerful than yourself can sometimes gain more than searching for the Heavenly Marrow on your own.

Then, whether she was drunk or just her nature, the sword-box girl said honestly, "Your sword is indeed not very good. Although the level is not bad, it is still inferior."

"How do you calculate the lower multiplication?"

"The lower class is the lower class, there is no reason why."

Akabane showed a drunken and naive smile, then flicked his fingertips and another spirit sword flew out, hovering around Gu Wen.

The fusion of the spirit sword and the sword god was difficult to detect during a battle, but this was not a battle. The sword box girl deliberately slowed down the flying sword to allow Gu Wen to see the mystery.

The sword god is as strong as iron and wields the spiritual sword.

This is a rare opportunity. It is not only a reward for Gu Wen's humility in asking for advice, but also a sign that Chiyuzi thinks highly of him.

There are so many mediocre people who want to make friends with me, even if they are ranked 20th on the Earth Ranking, they can't compare to Chi Yuzi's flying sword. But for a genius like Gu Wen, he is the first one to ask for advice from me.

With each breath, Gu Wenyuqing's sword technique advanced further. He bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist."

"You are able to comprehend it because of your ability, and this is also a reward for drinking your spiritual wine." Akabane waved his hand and changed the subject: "But this is not as good as Tianquan Mountain, your sword is still not strong enough."

"How do I become strong enough?"

"He who beats me is strong, but is it possible? I've had a great time drinking today, and I should get down to business."

The girl in the sword box picked up a jar of wine and left. Gu Wen walked her out the door for a hundred meters.

Back at the inn, Jiu Zhenjun advised: "You'd better not get in touch with these geniuses too much. Each of them is arrogant to the core. You haven't grown up yet, and too much contact will only hurt your spirit."

In his opinion, there was no need for Gu Wen to do this. Perhaps he could gain something from asking others for advice, but his own spirit was more important. Even if he wanted to learn, he could just wait for them to fight and watch. Why bother to do something that was not worth it?

Gu Wen said calmly, "She is right. I am indeed not as good as her."

It’s just that the last sentence is not quite right. It’s inevitable that he is stronger than her, and it shouldn’t be far away.

[The Jade Sword Dharmakaya requires 160 years of Heavenly Marrow to form]

[It takes 140 years of Tiansui to master the true meaning of sword control. ]

Just one instruction reduced twenty years of Celestial Marrow, and he was very close to the Dharmakāya. Moreover, more Celestial Marrow would be left to refine the two swords of Buddha and Demon.

Liuliu Daoji, Buddha Sword Dharma Image, the first among his generation, Jade Sword Buddha.

The seventh and sixth Taoist priest, the heir of the Demon Sect, with an ever-changing body, Jun Yan.

Sixty-five Dao bases, sword dharma, thousands of spiritual swords, Akabako.

I will definitely surpass these people; they are merely stepping stones on my path of practice.

Gu Wen was so sure and never doubted it.

His ambition has never changed, and his determination has never weakened due to asking for advice. On the contrary, the more geniuses he has, the higher and further he can go.

Boom!

There was a loud noise outside. Gu Wen turned around and saw Chi Yuzi standing in the air, with a wine jug in one hand and a sword in the other.

The sword box opened, and magical swords flew all over the sky.

"Xiao Yunyi, come out and get beaten!"

A slightly drunken voice was heard, and then Xiao Yunyi in white clothes rose into the air. The two said something to each other, and they started fighting in an instant.

Thousands of spiritual swords fell like rain, the willow tree image disappeared in an instant, and Xiao Yunyi fell from mid-air.
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By the Luo River, Xiao Yunyi fell into the mud, with half of his body soiled.

The girl in the sword box was standing ten feet above him, with thousands of spiritual swords on her feet. She looked slightly smoky and burped as she looked down at the man who was once the world's number one prodigy.

"You are very weak, so weak that I can't even imagine that you can't even take my Hundred Swords. If I used a Thousand Swords, wouldn't your head have fallen off?"

"If you want to fight to the death, I can accompany you."

Xiao Yunyi got up from the ground, with a Taoist sword in his hand, named Lingxiao.

The sword body is like a long rainbow, and the hilt is like a cloud. A little bit of magic power is injected into it, and the sound of the sword shakes the nine heavens, and thousands of white clouds fall like curtains.

"Hahahaha! You don't think you can defeat me with a Broken Dao Weapon?"

The girl in the sword box did not show any fear, but laughed out loud. When the laughter stopped, three red, yellow and blue sword lights flew out.

The Taoist soldiers are Chiyu, the Taoist soldiers are Huangtian, and the Taoist soldiers are Zhanyuan.

Three Taoist weapons slowly opened behind Chiyuzi, and thousands of spiritual swords formed a sword that could tilt the sky.

"Xiao Yunyi, I am here today at your invitation to Zhejian Mountain to crush your sword heart."

Xiao Yunyi stood there sternly and asked, "Why?"

"Because you are not worthy. You are not worthy of practicing the true meaning of the sword."

Akabane seemed to be both contemptuous and admonishing, then he waved his hand and pressed down suddenly, and the Sky-Tilting Sword fell down.

Xiao Yunyi swung a hundred-foot-long sword light toward the sky. The sword light had the peace of Taoism, the vastness of Buddhism, and the power of the devil.

The three religions become one, the three swords merge into one, that is the true interpretation of Kendo.

Bang!
When the two collided, the Tianqing Sword was better than the true sword art, and the boundless sword seemed to fall down, and finally stopped three inches above Xiao Yunyi's crown.

"You lose. Now put down the three swords of Buddha, Taoism and Demon and return to the way of Zhejian Mountain."

"Please kill me."

Xiao Yunyi knelt on the ground and presented the Dao sword with both hands. The mud and humiliation drenched this sword cultivator who was once hailed as the best among the younger generation.

The Taoist goddess was special and was not considered in the ranking of the young generation. However, Xiao Yunyi was recognized as the best by most people, and even the Three Pure Ones had defeated him by half a move.

Akabane's eyes were filled with confusion and anger. He raised his hand and slapped him in the face, angrily saying, "You are really possessed. Do you think you are the reincarnation of the Sword Master? Has anyone mastered the true meaning of the sword in the past eight thousand years? Do you think you are special?"

"Stand up now. I will fight you with only a Taoist sword. I will let you see how miserable you are now!"

Xiao Yunyi still kept his head down. He was afraid of losing his last obsession. If he lost in swordsmanship, he would be completely hopeless.

Akabane was furious and rushed forward to punch and kick him. After a long time, he waved his sleeves and left, leaving behind some extremely harsh words.

"Your master is really misleading his disciples. He actually asked for the three swords of Buddhism, Taoism and Demon for you. This old man didn't master them himself, and now he turns around to harm you. If you still cling to the true knowledge of swordsmanship, you will be a mediocre person in this life."

Only a sword fanatic was left, still holding on to unrealistic fantasies and the ultimate aspiration for the sword.

There are many Zhejian Mountain geniuses who are known as the strongest of the younger generation, but only Jian Zun has mastered the true meaning of the sword.

Xiao Yunyi is not the first one to be crazy about him, and he will definitely not be the last.

The true meaning of the sword art will not be left in Zhejian Mountain, nor in the hands of any sword practitioner. This is the rule established by the Sword Master.

(End of this chapter)