Liver into a martial arts legend: starting with Embroidered Spring Blade

Chapter 35: The swordsmanship is perfect and first-rate!
into the night.

Xinwangfu.

The fire in the room was burning brightly, making a crackling sound from time to time.

Zhu Youjian sat next to the stove, his slightly immature face full of fear and anxiety.

In the past half month, the Jinyiwei had been searching for the remnants of the rebellion. Every day, someone was arrested and imprisoned, and was executed the next day. This made him unable to sleep or eat, for he was afraid that as soon as he fell asleep, the people from the East Factory would rush into the palace to arrest people.

As soon as Lu Wenzhao and Guo Zhen's plot to assassinate the emperor was exposed, he knew that the eunuch party would sooner or later track him down.

Maybe Wei Zhongxian was already planning how to deal with him.

Although he has secretly developed a lot of helpers over the years, they are no match for the eunuch party.

The eunuch party acted ruthlessly, and Wei Zhongxian deceived the emperor, held great power, and was extremely bold.

If he goes crazy, that old eunuch might even dare to kill him.

But what is strange is that in the past half month, the East Factory has not made any moves at all. It is so quiet that it is strange.

But the more this happened, the more uneasy he felt.

"I don't know what conspiracy that old dog is planning..."

After a long time, Zhu Youjian sighed, his eyes uncertain.

Next to him stood a middle-aged man in a red robe. Hearing this, he whispered comfortingly, "Your Highness, don't worry too much. Perhaps they didn't even think of you. After all, there's no evidence to prove that Guo Zhen and the others were ordered by you."

"Furthermore, given the prince's status, no matter how bold Wei Zhongxian was, he would never dare to harm the prince. Otherwise, why would they be so calm during this period, leaving everything to the Jinyiwei to handle, and deliberately concealing the fact that Guo Zhen and his men were plotting to murder the emperor?"

"If they do this, it means the matter is settled. The rewards given to Pei Lun and the others today are also the best proof of this."

At this time, the middle-aged butler in eunuch uniform on the other side also spoke up: "Your Highness, Master Xu is right. As long as the Emperor is still here, they dare not do anything to you, Your Highness."

Zhu Youjian sighed and nodded: "I hope so."

"It's all the fault of that idiot Lu Wenzhao. I should have told him to be more restrained long ago and ended this matter here. He even hid it from me and went on a quest for revenge. In the end, he failed to ambush and kill me, and even got himself killed. All my years of hard work went to waste!"

Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he said, "I shouldn't have let you, Master Xu, speak for him and promote him to this position."

The red-robed man sighed, "Now that things have come to this, there's no point in saying more. This matter is also your fault for not paying attention, allowing him to make such a huge mistake."

"Such a useless person should just die!"

Zhu Youjian's tone was icy, but he changed the subject and said, "It was Pei Lun who was able to investigate this matter based on just a few clues. He is indeed very capable. It's a pity that such a talent cannot be used by me..."

Zhu Youjian looked at the red-robed man and asked, "Lord Xu, do you think it's possible to bring this man into our camp and use him for our benefit?"

The red-robed man was stunned for a moment, then looked embarrassed. "Your Highness, he has now been granted the title of Qian Hu, and is considered a core member of the eunuch party. Wei Zhongxian obviously values ​​his ability, which is why he has given him such an important position."

"The eunuch faction is so powerful right now that it would be difficult to win him over. If he were to inform Wei Zhongxian, it would backfire and make Wei Zhongxian wary, leading him to turn against you, Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian's face darkened and he sighed, "What a shame! If there were more talented people like this to help me, why would I be afraid of the eunuchs?"

The eunuch steward beside him raised his eyebrows and suggested, "Your Highness, what Lord Xu said makes sense. This man is too high-ranking and has become a member of the eunuch party. It is difficult to win him over."

"However, if the prince truly values ​​talent, he could settle for the next best thing and win over the centurion named Jiang Xuan."

"This man has been in the Imperial Guard for less than a year, and he's already been promoted to the rank of centurion. This shows that he's a capable talent. Moreover, since he's been in the service for a short time, he probably hasn't been corrupted by the eunuch party and still has a heart of justice."

"The most important thing is that the eunuch party probably wouldn't care much about a sixth-rank centurion."

"Let's find him, tell him who you are, show him your status as prince, use both kindness and force, and promise to use him in important positions after you inherit the throne. He will definitely submit to you."

Zhu Youjian's eyes flickered, and he turned to look at the red-robed man and asked, "Master Xu, do you think what Wang Chengen said is feasible?"

"This……"

The red-robed man frowned, pondered for a moment, then nodded helplessly and said, "Well, since His Majesty appreciates talent, I will try to find a way to contact him and see if there is any chance to win him over."

"Thank you, Master Xu."

Zhu Youxiao was delighted and said, "You can promise him that if he is willing to serve me, the day I inherit the throne will be the day he will rise to prominence."

"Yes, I will do my best." The red-robed man nodded.

……

at the same time.

In the south of the city, in the small courtyard of Yin Cheng’s house.

The house at home has not been repaired yet, so Jiang Xuan is still staying here.

At this moment, he was shirtless, sweating profusely, holding a steel knife in his hand, rolling it up and down, practicing the Embroidered Spring Sword Technique over and over again.

I practiced like this for an unknown amount of time.

When the moonlight gradually rose and reached the center of the sky, Jiang Xuan suddenly stopped, and a huge sense of power gradually filled his body.

It was as if some shackles had been broken, and there seemed to be an extra energy in the body, flowing throughout the body.

At the same time, a large number of swordsmanship insights and combat experiences emerged in his mind, like a sudden enlightenment. The experiences that ordinary people would take dozens of years or even decades to comprehend were all summarized and mastered in this moment.

Jiang Xuan closed his eyes and felt carefully, he could even hear the sound of blood rushing in his body, like the sound of a rushing river, endless.

The energy within his body wasn't illusory, but real, surging endlessly along with his blood and qi. Energy was the hallmark of a top-notch expert!

"It's finally complete!"

Feeling the powerful force in his body, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

After more than two months, he finally mastered the Embroidered Spring Sword Technique to perfection and successfully entered the ranks of first-class masters.

For an ordinary person to learn a basic sword technique, even with guidance, it will take at least a year and a half. It will take at least two or three years to achieve a small degree of success, and five to ten years to achieve a great degree of success. As for perfection, it will take at least ten years or even decades of hard work.

Some people with poor aptitude may not be able to reach perfection in their entire life, and most of them remain at the great success stage.

Because the swordsmanship at the perfect level has reached the pinnacle, all the moves are mastered by heart, and one can even apply what one has learned to other situations, control them freely, and deal with various complex situations flexibly.

No matter whether your opponent is using a knife, a gun or a sword, no matter whether it is a one-on-one fight or a group fight, you can quickly make a response plan according to different situations.

The strength has increased by more than several times!
Moreover, after the moves are perfected, the muscles, bones and flesh are basically honed to an extremely strong level during the practice process, and a strong energy can be generated in the body.

As long as this energy is strong enough, it can break through the Ren and Du meridians, transform the energy into internal force, and achieve the innate realm!

According to the martial arts divisions in this world, warriors are divided into acquired and innate.

Among them, first to third rate warriors are all in the acquired realm.

Opening up the Ren and Du meridians and cultivating internal strength are the signs of becoming a congenital master.

Of course, this does not mean that innate masters are necessarily stronger than acquired masters. It depends on different situations.

If you just want to continue to develop to a higher level, you must first reach the innate level.

There are two ways to achieve innateness.

One is to directly practice internal skills. After understanding the method of breathing to develop internal strength, you can directly use the internal strength to open the Ren and Du meridians and achieve innateness.

But it is useless for a congenital master to have internal strength without knowing the moves. Just like an adult who does not know how to use his own strength may not be able to beat a child.

Therefore, after practicing internal skills to open the Ren and Du meridians and achieve innateness, one must practice one or two external skills in conjunction with the internal force to be considered a true innate master.

Those who have only internal strength but do not know external skills can only be called pseudo-innate, and their strength is not as good as that of ordinary acquired warriors.

However, there are also some martial arts that cultivate both internal and external skills. You can practice internal skills while practicing external skills with internal strength, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

However, this kind of martial arts is extremely precious and rare, like the legendary Nine Yin Scriptures, Nine Yang Magical Art, etc., which are simply not something that ordinary people can covet.

Therefore, if ordinary people want to achieve innateness, most of them can only do so through the second method, which is to practice external skills.

Even if it is just basic external skills, once you practice it to a certain level, you will be able to open up the Ren and Du meridians by yourself through the internal energy, and achieve the innate state by yourself.

However, it is extremely difficult to practice external skills without cultivating internal skills, and it is even more difficult to reach the state of "self-generation of internal energy".

Those who can reach this level are all people with great perseverance or extremely high talent for cultivation.

Once such a person achieves innateness, he will generally be much more powerful than those who achieve it directly through practicing internal skills.

At this time, Jiang Xuan had already reached the level of generating vital energy.

Next, you just need to continue to polish your body and continuously strengthen this energy. When this energy is strong enough, you can try to break through the Ren and Du meridians and become a congenital master.

Of course, if you don’t have internal martial arts and don’t know how to control your luck, it’s better to lock up your energy and wait until you find a suitable internal martial art before making a breakthrough.

In addition, Jiang Xuan also heard that there is another realm between first-class masters and innate masters.

This realm is called the 'ultimate master'.

Although the top masters have not reached the innate level, they have practiced a basic external skill to the extreme and developed "momentum".

Although warriors at this level have not yet broken through the innate realm, they can defeat hundreds of people with just the power of sword and knife, and can even kill ordinary innate masters without any problem.

However, this level is extremely difficult to reach.

Because if you want to develop "power", you must practice the basic external skills to perfection.

If you practice advanced external skills, your body may not be able to bear it when you reach perfection.

After all, the human body's endurance is limited, and being able to reach the level of a top-notch master through different force-generating techniques is already the limit.

At this time, you need to open up the Ren and Du meridians, and cooperate with internal force to nourish the muscles and bones and polish the body. The two complement each other, and you can continue to practice and improve your strength.

But by that time, internal force has already been generated in your body, and even if you have developed the "momentum", you cannot be called a top master.

Therefore, top masters in the world are extremely rare.

Not everyone has the patience and perseverance to practice a basic external skill to the extreme in the acquired realm.

Now, Jiang Xuan is faced with two choices:

Should I try to find a method of internal martial arts, and when my energy is strong enough, break through the Ren and Du meridians to achieve innateness, or should I continue to practice swordsmanship and become a top master?
Because the Embroidered Spring Sword Technique is also a basic external martial art.

Acquired and innate, it may sound a bit complicated, but this is the setting of this book. Innate can only be used to nourish and polish the body through internal force, and it is the foundation for the continued improvement of martial arts in the future.

In terms of combat power, the competition is mainly based on external skills. In addition, those with internal strength will have an advantage in protracted battles. There is no absolute suppression of innate over acquired. There will be an introduction in Chapter 79, which will explain in detail the difference between innate and acquired.

In addition, this book will not deliberately suppress the realm, but will gradually break through according to the direction of the plot and the progress of the system panel, and try to make every martial art play some role. Otherwise, if several martial arts are practiced at the same time, it will feel too confusing and people will not be able to remember what the protagonist has practiced.

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