Chapter 422: Reverse Practice of the Great Thousand Records, the Prison Sword Sect's Method

Suo Jian Yuan, the three words engraved in front of the cave, not only have strong fonts, but also the strokes penetrate deep into the mountain, which is extremely aggressive.

The most important thing is that these three words contain a sword intent that even Lu Chen is amazed by.

So much so that after seeing these three words, the sword intent in Lu Chen's body began to tremble slightly.

It seemed as if he wanted to compete with the sword intent contained in these three words.

Tian Kui turned his head and looked in the direction of Lu Chen, and said with a smile: "Daoyou, it seems that you also felt the arrogance of the old man Jianzu back then, right?"

Lu Chen nodded.

After all, the sword intent that has lasted for tens of thousands of years has already reached a realm above enlightenment.

As for what was above enlightenment, Lu Chen had no idea.

Even with his current knowledge and realm, he could not guess the style of that realm for the time being.

However, the sword intent contained in the three words "Sword Locking Abyss" in front of him gave Lu Chen a vague clue.

It’s just that this little bit of inspiration is too rare, and Lu Chen hasn’t figured out the key yet.

Therefore, he felt that he was unable to see it clearly and understand the real mystery.

However, even so, the sword intent contained in these three words still brought certain benefits to Lu Chen.

When the opportunity comes in the future, or when he has some new insights into the way of the sword.

The sword intent that he has memorized now may become the key to help him break through the 'Enlightenment Realm'.

Tian Kui, who was standing beside Lu Chen, seemed to be lost in some memories at this moment, and said with emotion: "Once upon a time, Jian Zu was well-known to everyone in the Nine Realms."

"His disciples are spread all over the nine realms, and his reputation is illustrious. How majestic he is."

"But times have changed. The Sword Sect disciples who once shocked the Nine Realms can only survive in the shadow of the Nine Realms now."

"Let those who deceive the world and steal reputation do evil in these nine realms."

Hearing this, Lu Chen asked: "What caused this?"

Tiankui's expression gradually turned grim, and the murderous intent in his body began to take shape.

It was obvious that just thinking about what had happened, he could no longer control the murderous intent in his heart.

It can be seen that what happened that year left such a deep impression on him that it was almost engraved into his bones.

"I don't really know what happened back then."

"After all, I was originally an ordinary peach tree in the outskirts of the Sword Sect. Fortunately, I was enlightened by the Sword Ancestor and was able to start practicing."

“By the time I cultivate my true spirit and can transform and walk, the Sword Sect will have already become a dying candle in the wind.”

"Because at that time, the Sword Ancestor had already transferred part of the Sword Sect's land to him and escaped into the void, which is this intersection."

“It was only after a period of time that I was able to completely transform.”

"Perhaps it is because of this that the old Sword Ancestor gave me a few words of advice before he locked up his soul."

"First, let me unite with the remaining Sword Sect disciples to create a new Nine Realms Sword Sect here and change its name to Prison Sword Sect."

"Second, if we want to practice swordsmanship, we must cut off the eyes among the six roots. When practicing, we must focus on our mind and not our cultivation, and control the sword with our mind."

"If not, then it is better to find another way."

"As for the third sentence, it is related to you, fellow Taoist."

"Is it about me?"

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected this to happen.

After all, he and Sword Ancestor had never met before and had no contact at all.

But looking at Tian Kui's serious look, Lu Chen was very sure that what the other party said was true.

So Lu Chen asked curiously: "What is the third sentence?"

"Those who enter the Sword Mountain can enter the Sword Abyss."

Those who enter the Sword Mountain can enter the Sword Abyss...

Lu Chen pondered over this passage and soon understood why Tian Kui said the third sentence was related to him.

The so-called entering the Sword Mountain is undoubtedly to be able to enter the depths of the Great Dao of the Sword.

But if it is in the world of immortal cultivation, or in other words, on the normal path.

Although it is difficult to enter Jianshan, there are still many people who can do it.

But in the Nine Realms, or rather, the Nine Realms after the death of the Sword Ancestor.

It would undoubtedly be very difficult to accomplish this.

Not to mention that the current Sword Mountain and the Great Sword Path are being watched by the Nine Realms of Heaven.

If you are not careful, you may be targeted by the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao.

Just wanting to enter the blocked Sword Mountain is undoubtedly not an easy task.

If Lu Chen had not broken through to the Spirit Transformation Stage, and if he had not seen the sword mountains from other worlds.

Perhaps it was not possible to summon the Nine Realms Sword Mountain some time ago.

Lu Chen even felt that his true spirit, which was not born from the Nine Realms, might have played a key role.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen felt that Sword Ancestor might have foreseen something back then, so he left these words behind on purpose.

"Have you ever entered this Sword Locking Abyss?"

He was not put down by the previous conversation.

Lu Chen asked calmly.

Although according to Lu Chen’s own speculation and the Prison Sword Sect’s attitude towards him.

The possibility of the other party harming you is very small.

But Lu Chen did not let his guard down.

Tiankui did not hide the answer to this question.

"Locking Sword Abyss is an important place of Jianmen, and it is also the place where the true spirit of the Sword Ancestor resides."

"Over the past tens of thousands of years, we have thought about entering it, but we have never been able to find the method."

“And even if we find a way to get in, we will probably be torn to pieces on the spot by the terrifying sword intent contained within.”

"Why do you say that, fellow Daoist?"

Tian Kui explained: "Fellow Daoist, you may not know that what is imprisoned in this Locking Sword Abyss is not only the true spirit of the Sword Ancestor, but also many sword slaves who have been bewitched by the Heavenly Dao."

"Among these sword slaves, the vast majority were once high-ranking sword masters, and some of them even ascended to become masters."

"If it weren't for the Sword Ancestor's personal intervention, and if some of the Sword Masters hadn't been unwilling to sink into that distorted Heavenly Dao."

“It’s not easy to suppress them here.”

"Did you notice our self-destructive behavior?"

As Lu Chen walked along the way, he naturally saw the unique situation of the Prison Sword Sect.

It can be said that the entire Prison Sword Sect, whether they are in the Nascent Soul stage or the Qi Training stage, have blinded themselves.

In the huge Prison Sword Sect, everyone except Lu Chen, an outsider, is blind.

Although it is said that when a cultivator reaches a certain level, he can use his true spirit to perceive external objects.

What it 'sees' is even more than what can be seen with the naked eye.

But that is an ability that can only be acquired at least from the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Before this, ordinary blind monks were no different from truly blind people.

It is naturally extremely difficult to practice.

Not to mention practicing sword.

The reason why the Prison Sword Sect, or the Sword Ancestor, made such a request.

Although Lu Chen had guessed some of the answers, it would not be as accurate as hearing the person involved explain it in person.

Therefore, Lu Chen signaled Tian Kui to explain something to him.

"Since the Sword Ancestor destroyed his body and sealed his true spirit, the Nine Realms Sword Dao has been temporarily preserved and is not affected by the Heavenly Dao."

“But in the same way, without the help of Heaven, it becomes extremely difficult for cultivators like me to break through.”

"If the difficulty of breaking through for ordinary people is one, the difficulty of breaking through for sword cultivators like us is ten."

“And the Dao of the day is like heaven but not heaven, like the devil but not the devil.”

"Under normal heavenly laws, if a cultivator fails to break through, the worst that can happen is death."

"But under this twisted heaven, failure to break through... means being enslaved by heaven forever and losing yourself."

“Although Sword Ancestor has temporarily preserved the Great Dao of Sword, he can only do so much. Compared with the Heavenly Dao of the Nine Realms, the power of Sword Ancestor alone is still slightly insignificant.”

"So once a sword cultivator fails to break through, his own sword intent will be absorbed by the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao."

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“Once the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao has mastered the Dao of Sword to a certain extent, the other party may use this opportunity to directly deprive Sword Ancestor of his position in the Nine Realms Sword Dao and completely reclaim the Nine Realms Sword Dao.”

"And at this point, we sword cultivators have completely lost."

"So one aspect of this is to allow us, the latecomers, to focus on the cultivation of sword intent first."

"Only people like us who possess sword intent far beyond those of our level can kill the heavenly tribulation and break the shackles in the midst of the perilous heavenly tribulation."

"If you have made a breakthrough in the Nine Realms, you must have encountered a similar situation, right?"

Lu Chen nodded, no matter it was the distorted heavenly way or the scene where that heavenly way enslaved all living beings.

He saw it clearly not long ago.

Although cutting off one's own eyesight would greatly increase the difficulty of practicing swordsmanship.

And many people who are originally talented have wasted their talents because of this.

But considering the dangerous situation of sword cultivators in the Nine Realms.

It is a good idea for the Sword Ancestor to ask later generations to do this.

However, if it were just that, there would surely still be those who would think themselves superior and think that even without destroying their eyes, they could still gain sword power that exceeds that of their peers.

And over a long period of time, there must be many such people.

Therefore, there must be some other reasons why the Prison Sword Sect cut off its roots.

Otherwise, how could there not be even one rebel among the already unruly sword cultivators? And Tian Kui's next words gave a perfect explanation to Lu Chen's speculation.

"In fact, if that were the case, among the disciples of my Prison Sword Sect who have been here for tens of thousands of years, there must be some rebellious people who are unwilling to kill themselves."

"Therefore, this involves another aspect, which is the impact of the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao on the sentient beings in the Nine Realms today."

"I don't know how you understand the Way of Heaven, but at least in our Prison Sword Sect, all the Ways of Heaven are actually a kind of existence similar to the Sword Mountain."

"The difference is that Sword Mountain is the place where all the sword intentions of the countless creatures in the Nine Realms converge."

"And the Heavenly Dao is the gathering place of all laws among the countless living beings in the Nine Realms."

"All living beings have their own roots and aptitudes, and the superiority and inferiority of these roots and aptitudes are naturally determined by the laws of nature."

"And those of us hiding in the Sword Prison Gate are, in a sense, abandoned disciples of the current Heavenly Dao, and our roots are not as good as those of the highest order."

"To put it simply, most people born in our Prison Sword Sect don't have much talent for cultivation."

"In this case, if we want to practice, we must use external things to help us make up for our deficient roots."

"And this thing... is the sword in our hands."

As he spoke, Tiankui raised the Tiankui sword in his hand.

"With the sword spirit as the bones and the law as the skin, we can rebuild the great way and embark on the journey of cultivation."

“Whether we like it or not, once we set foot on the Great Road again, we will inevitably be affected by the current Heavenly Dao of the Nine Realms.”

"In order to ensure that our original mind is not lost and our true self is not destroyed, we must cut off our sight and ignore external things, looking only at the sword in our hands, and taking it as the root of all things."

"If you don't do this, no matter what realm you are in or what your character is like, you will eventually be affected by the Way of Heaven, and through subtle changes, you will become similar to the Way of Heaven and become a distorted being."

"This is not just my idea, but the result of countless people's practical actions."

"That's why we are in this situation where we have cut off our own sight."

After hearing this, Lu Chen finally understood.

The reason why everyone in the Prison Sword Sect cut off their own eyes.

There are two reasons for this.

One is to allow oneself to focus on practicing sword skills.

Another one is to avoid being influenced by the Nine Realms Heavenly Dao.

Although the method is crude, it is very effective.

At least the cultivators from the Prison Sword Sect were among the cultivators from the Nine Realms that he had met along the way.

They are the group of people who best fit the image of orthodox monks.

It is not easy to remain true to yourself in such a distorted world.

Not only that, the mortals living around the Prison Sword Gate are also the most stable among the mortals in the Nine Realms that Lu Chen has seen.

After all, the Prison Sword Sect is different from those twisted monks outside who pretend to be practicing but actually do evil things.

They are pure sword practitioners and do not need to use other people's lives to practice any unorthodox methods.

But after understanding this, Lu Chen became a little curious.

"As for cultivation, you can practice without any technique, but you can practice without any method. I wonder what method you guys are practicing?"

Tian Kui smiled and said, "It seems that fellow Daoist still doesn't trust us and wants to judge people by their own law."

Lu Chen did not refute because he really thought so.

After all, the kind of practice that monks perform largely reflects what kind of people they are.

If I could take a look at the core method of the Prison Sword Sect.

Then he could also use this to give everyone in the Prison Sword Sect a clearer judgment.

Under Lu Chen's curious eyes, Tian Kui took out a special martial arts book called "Xiao Qianlu" and handed it to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked at this technique, and after a moment, he showed a surprised expression.

Because after looking at this technique, it turns out that it is extremely similar to the Daqianlu in Daqian Mountain.

The only difference is that Xiao Qianlu is a reverse version of Da Qianlu.

The main spirit of Daqianlu cares little about appearances.

Xiao Qianlu is just the opposite, focusing on appearance and being light and graceful.

And because the monks of the Prison Sword Sect use the "Spirit Sword" to replenish their own roots.

Therefore, their appearance is equal to the 'sword spirit', and their spirit is the 'sword'.

This is very suitable for their situation.

Use profound sword intent to control your own spiritual sword.

Only in this way can we avoid the situation where people are inferior to the sword and become slaves of the sword.

At this point, Lu Chen could almost determine the character of the people in the Prison Sword Sect.

This is a group of pure sword practitioners.

Their purity is so high that it is difficult to find a few people similar to them even in the world of immortal cultivation.

They are a bunch of weirdos, but also a bunch of...interesting people.

(End of this chapter)