Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 305 Entering the subtle realm
Huang Sixi held the sword horizontally, pointed at the sword mark, and explained to Chuchu: "This sword mark can absorb external forces, but it can only absorb and cannot release. It must be stimulated by my true energy before I can beat the external force back."

This sword power is similar to Huang Sixi's "Six Dragons Spinning".

However, the "Six Dragons Spinning" can only be used at close range. If it cannot hit the opponent firmly, the palm force will not be of much use.

This is also the only shortcoming of "Six Dragons Spin", and Huang Sixi is often restricted in actual combat.

Now that he had forged the Dragon Subduing Sword, the sword marks had the power of absorption, and could also release sword force by splitting the air, which made up for the shortcomings of the 'Six Dragons' in one fell swoop. This was definitely an unexpected surprise.

However, the Dragon Subduing Sword is a dead object after all. It cannot perform miraculous functions as flexibly as Huang Sixi's body.

When Huang Sixi performs the 'Six Dragons Spin', he can continuously absorb external forces according to the battle situation, and superimpose them within his body, eventually transforming them into a palm to strike back.

The Dragon Subduing Sword can only absorb one attack.

When the second attack comes, although the force will still be absorbed by the sword mark of the Dragon Subduing Sword, the previous attack will be automatically expelled from the sword body by the Dragon Subduing Sword.

This is also the rigid characteristic of inanimate objects. The Dragon Subduing Sword is made by combining the nine divine weapons. The material used is unique in the world. In terms of sharpness alone, it is absolutely indestructible.

Even if the Fire Kirin's scales were hit head-on by the Dragon Subduing Sword, there would be a danger of the armor being broken. However, no matter how good the material of the Dragon Subduing Sword was, it lacked spirituality and it could not be wielded as freely as humans.

Huang Sixi verified it dozens of times and found that the Dragon Subduing Sword could not absorb any external force in a superimposed manner. It could only absorb one move and counterattack with one move.

Does this mean that the Dragon Sword's absorption power is definitely weaker than the Six Dragons' Spin? Not necessarily.

'Six Dragons Spinning' was created by Huang Sixi based on his physical potential. The greater his potential is, the stronger his palm power will be. When the external attack exceeds his body's endurance limit, his body will be destroyed in one blow.

In other words, although "Six Dragons Spinning" can be stacked and absorbed, there is an upper limit to the absorption.

Although the Dragon Subduing Sword can only absorb once, due to the extremely solid material of the sword body, no matter how powerful the killing move is when it hits the sword body, as long as the force is not enough to shatter the sword body, it will be absorbed by the sword mark and used by Huang Sixi.

In order to verify the absorption limit of the Dragon Sword.

Huang Sixi waved his hand towards Chu Chu: "Continue to use your Sky Frost Fist, let's break it down!"

Huang Sixi fought with Chu Chu using the Dragon Subduing Palm.

After he fully charged the 'Six Dragons', he handed the Dragon Subduing Sword to Chu Chu and struck the sword with his palm himself.

As expected.

The 'Six Dragons' Spin' that he activated with all his strength was like a drop in the ocean, and was easily blocked by the Dragon Subduing Sword. The attack was absorbed into the sword mark, ready to be unleashed.

As the swordsman, Chu Chu was unharmed by the impact of the palm force.

After she received the fierce blow from the Dragon Subduing Palm, she seemed to understand the value of the Dragon Subduing Sword: "Brother, if I hold this magic sword, can I fight you on equal terms?"

Huang Sixi laughed and said, "Not only can you fight me on equal terms, even if you meet a stronger master than me, you can escape unscathed. Even if you can't win, you can definitely save your life with the Dragon Sword!"

Chuchu sighed softly: "No wonder brother spent so much effort to forge the sword. Not to mention three to five years, even if it took ten to eight years, it would be worth it! Although this sword is not a fairy sword, it is better than a fairy sword!"

Huang Sixi thought, I forged the sword just for the purpose of practicing the 'Sword Heart Enlightenment' method, but who knew that by accident I would endow the sword with the power of absorption. This was not my intention.

Chu Chu handed the sword back, pointed at the mark on the sword and asked, "How did this sword mark form?"

Huang Sixi pondered for a while, then slowly expressed his inner judgment: "The nine magic weapons I collected are mutually exclusive, except for the Sword of Defeat and the Peerless Sword. These two swords were cast from the same piece of cold iron, so instead of repelling each other, after I refined the two swords into sword hearts, they actually melted into each other when they touched each other!
Because their sword cores were too large, I spent more effort on forging and polishing them than on other sword cores, which caused them to shrink severely, and finally caused dents during quenching!"

Huang Sixi could be sure that the sword marks were formed by the materials of the Sword of Defeat and the Peerless Sword.

The cold iron used to make the Sword of Defeat and the Peerless Sword naturally has the ability to absorb external forces, which is why the Dragon Subduing Sword can absorb external forces.

Next, Huang Sixi began to study the 'Sword Heart Clear' technique on the Dragon Subduing Sword.

After his magic sword was forged, there was no sword pattern on the blade.

When he poured his true energy into the sword just now, the sword body was wrapped in a layer of sword light. Under the reflection of the sword light, the sword text quietly appeared.

However, after he finished reading the Sword Sutra, he felt very strange, because the sword technique was not like a martial arts book, and it did not improve his internal and external skills at all.

The only thing that happened was an unprecedented change in his spirit.

After he used the 'Sword Heart Clear', he felt as if his spirit left his body and turned into an invisible but substantial aura. As his senses wandered, his spiritual aura also moved instantly.

When he transferred his spiritual aura to Chu Chu, his eyes lit up, as if he had discovered some new world.

He could clearly feel that his spirit seemed to penetrate Chu Chu's body, locking up all the inner energy inside and outside Chu Chu like spider silk.

Now, as long as Chuchu starts to use her true Qi, no matter what martial arts she performs, Huang Sixi can use his spiritual aura to clearly see the flaws and weaknesses of these martial arts. Even every step of change of these martial arts can be easily mastered by Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi's heart was pounding. He found himself entering into a new and subtle realm of martial arts.

Chuchu saw Huang Sixi suddenly calm down, his eyes were clear and bright, his expression was calm, although he was staring at her, his eyes were empty, she blurted out: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Huang Sixi smiled softly: "Nothing, I just suddenly realized a new martial art."

"Martial arts?"

Chu Chu saw the sword light flashing, pointed at the Dragon Sword and asked: "Have you realized any sword skills?"

"Well, that's it!"

Huang Sixi turned around and looked towards Jian Chi's door.

He had his back to Chu Chu at the moment and didn't need to look back. His spiritual aura was still firmly locked onto Chu Chu. As long as there was any trace of true energy coming out of Chu Chu, he could sense it instantly.

His spiritual aura can even extend outside the door.

Huang Sixi understood everything from the mountains, the wind in the bamboo forest, the ants climbing on the grass stems, the earthworms turning in the soil, and even the various lives ready to emerge in the eggs. At this moment, Huang Sixi's spirit and true energy seemed to have become one with nature, which made him feel clear-headed and relaxed, and gave rise to a sense of control over everything.

If Master Buxu appeared on the mountain now, no matter how strong his Buddhist meditation skills were, or how profound his breath-holding and spirit-collecting skills were, even if he was buried several feet under the mountain soil, he would be locked up by Huang Sixi's spiritual aura.

After Huang Sixi experienced the mystery of the spiritual aura, he also had some understanding in his heart: "It turns out that 'Sword Heart Clear' means to let the body's spirit and true energy sublimate comprehensively, and perceive the world more subtly!"

This kind of subtle state is so mysterious and indescribable, but it truly makes Huang Sixi feel the obstruction of his previous martial arts path and the vastness of the martial arts in the future.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi thought that he had achieved enlightenment.

He stopped practicing and allowed his Qi to flow back.

As a result, as soon as the sword light disappeared from the Dragon Subduing Sword, he could no longer use his spiritual aura. No matter how he used the 'Sword Heart Clear' mental method, his spirit did not change at all.

Unless he channels his luck into the sword and uses the Dragon Subduing Sword to perform 'Sword Heart Clear', he can continue to release his spiritual aura.

His expression froze, and he thought: "Since I started practicing martial arts, I have only practiced internal energy and never touched the spiritual aspect of martial arts. Even though my energy is deep enough, my spiritual power is blank. It is difficult for me to reach the state of 'Sword Heart Clear' relying on my own body! I must rely on the Dragon Subduing Sword to temporarily strengthen my spiritual power and reach the ultimate state of 'Sword Heart Clear'. If the Dragon Subduing Sword leaves my hand, my spiritual power will decline, and the 'Sword Heart Clear' will naturally disappear!"

'Sword Heart Clear' is a peak in martial arts, and can also be called the 'subtle realm' of controlling spiritual changes.

This peak can only be climbed by attacking both the true energy and spiritual levels.

True Qi is an internal martial art. Any martial artist can develop True Qi as long as he obtains a suitable internal skill.

The spirit is the mind, and cultivating the spirit is to refine the heart. However, the heart is vague and uncertain, and it depends entirely on one's own qualifications for perception. Even if a warrior has obtained some method of refining the heart, it is the perception of the predecessors themselves, and it may not be suitable for later generations.

Huang Sixi's Qi cultivation was already deep enough, but he had never gone through the process of refining his mind. Facing the peak of 'Sword Heart Clear', he could only climb halfway up the mountain.

However, the Dragon Sword gave him a chance to see the scenery on the top of the mountain and gave him the ability to stand on the top of the mountain.

Although he is still a warrior halfway up the mountain, with the help of the Dragon Subduing Sword, he can actually compete with the strong men on the top of the mountain.

He thought again: "I don't know what martial arts there are in the martial arts world that can be trained to the state of 'Sword Heart Enlightenment', but in the Cihang Jingzhai of the Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, the treasured book of the Cihang Sword Canon must have a complete record of the method of training the heart."

The Cihang Sword Canon's mental method clearly states that if practiced to the highest level, one can reach the ultimate state of 'sword heart enlightenment'.

Now that Huang Sixi has combined the nine magical weapons to forge the Dragon Subduing Sword, it is time to look for the next treasure that can break through the barriers of the martial arts world.

In fact, in the world of The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, there have been four great martial arts books passed down since ancient times. "Cihang Sword Canon" is considered the weakest one, not as good as "War God Atlas", "Heavenly Demon Strategy" and "Eternal Life Secret".

As long as Huang Sixi can travel through the timeline of this martial arts world and collect one of the four great books, he will be able to fill the gap in his mental power and make a qualitative leap in his martial arts skills.

When Huang Sixi understood the true meaning of the "Sword Heart Clear" on the Dragon Sword, he turned his gaze and asked Chu Chu: "Is Xiao Min at home?"

Chuchu shook her head: "Her yard was just completed not long ago, and the furniture is not yet complete, so she went to Grandpa Bao's house and asked Grandpa Bao to help make furniture."

A few months ago, Xiao Min stayed at Jianglong Villa. When she saw that there were only Huang Sixi and Chuchu in the villa, she felt it would be inconvenient for her to live there permanently. Then, she saw that the nearby mountains and forests were full of birdsong and flowers, and the environment was quiet and safe, so she had the idea of settling down there.

After she told Chuchu her idea, Chuchu took her to investigate the terrain. She chose a valley and asked people to build several houses in the valley so that when the clay Buddha came back in the future, they could live next to each other.

After Huang Sixi heard this, he said to Chu Chu: "The clay Buddha has not returned yet. When Xiao Min finishes making the furniture, I will accompany her to the Northern Territory."

Chuchu already knew about this: "Brother, how long will you be gone?"

Huang Sixi said: "The Fire Kirin is very fast and can reach the destination in a few days. Even if it encounters an accident on the way, it can return in a month at most."

Upon hearing this, Chuchu went to prepare for his long journey.

Three days later, he and Xiao Min left Jianglong Villa.

On the way north, Huang Sixi passed by Miyin Temple. He originally planned to visit Master Buxu, but was told by the disciples in the temple that Master Buxu and Abbot Dukong were both traveling far away and had been away from the temple for half a month.

Huang Sixi asked again about the reason for leaving the temple. The disciples in the temple replied that Master Buxu and Abbot Dukong had mentioned before they left that there was some progress in catching the murderer. As for who the murderer was and where he was, the disciples had no idea.

Huang Sixi knew that Abbot Dukong had not let go of the massacre at the Xia Wang Mansion and was still persevering in tracking down Bu Jingyun's whereabouts, and his return date was uncertain.

He led Xiao Min and continued on their journey until they arrived at Shanhaiguan.

The entire pass has been completely closed and no travelers are allowed to enter or exit.

Xiao Min was very surprised when she saw this: "When I came back a few months ago, this place was very lively, with caravans lining up in long queues. Now that the season is warm, it is the peak season for trading with merchants outside the border. Why is the border suddenly closed?"

Huang Sixi pointed at the wall and said, "Those soldiers are all preparing for battle. It must be that some bandits are invading the border."

Xiao Min was even more puzzled: "The area north of Shanhaiguan is a thousand miles away and is under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains. The big bandits have been wiped out long ago. How can the small bandits dare to attack Shanhaiguan? There is no point in taking it down!"

Huang Sixi looked towards the east, and saw the vast ocean a few miles away. "The bandits may have come from the sea. I'll go find some soldiers to ask them."

Xiao Min smiled and said, "I know someone in the Fortress! Three years ago, when I followed my grandfather through the Fortress, the general who was guarding the Fortress treated me as a distinguished guest. My grandfather read the divination for the general, and afterward the general gave him two thousand-mile horses. When I came back, the general even invited me to dinner and gave me several hundred taels of travel expenses!"

Huang Sixi couldn't help but smile: "When you built the house, Chuchu wanted to help you, but you didn't want any gold or silver. She even wondered where you earned the money from. It turns out that you got it from fortune-telling!"

Xiao Min said modestly: "Actually, it's the money my grandfather earned from fortune-telling, and then he gave it to me to spend. I don't have the ability to tell fortunes for others! Brother Huang, shall we enter the customs now?"

Huang Sixi waved his hand and said, "You go in by yourself. I'll go through the customs first. After you find out the situation from the general, we'll meet outside the customs!"

He left Xiao Min at the gate, rode the Fire Kirin alone onto the wall, crossed it, and finally climbed up a hill outside the gate to wait.

After a while, Xiao Min came out and chased after him: "Brother Huang, I have already found out clearly that a group of mysterious warriors wearing masks came from the north, looting money and food everywhere. They are very skilled in martial arts, and the army can't stop them. Recently, their numbers have been increasing, and there are already thousands of them. It seems that they are about to attack the city, so we have to close the city."

Huang Sixi asked, "What are the identities of these warriors?"

Xiao Min replied, "Just as you guessed, Brother Huang, they are all Japanese who came across the sea. However, after they landed, they wandered around and fled after robbing money and food. Their whereabouts are unknown. Whether they are pirates or some other force from Japan, we have no information yet."

(End of this chapter)