Chapter 462 Broken Jade
Just one day before Chen Chuan set off to return to the central city, that is, on the 25th, Gao Tianjiao, under pressure from the Ferris Wheel Company, obediently handed over the Gao Tian Jade, which was said to be the only remaining one containing a jade core, and delivered the item to Jian Chengsheng.
"Gao Tianyu."
Makoto Masaaki stared at the object.
This is a piece of jade with a pure white base, about the size of a pigeon egg. It is now placed there upright, with a blue halo on its outer edge. When you stare at it, it is like gazing at the endless clear sky in the distance.
When he said that he needed something that could not be cut, he was just following his instinct to ask for it. He didn't know what the Ferris Wheel Company would bring back.
But the moment he saw this thing, he knew that this was exactly what he needed.
All of this is exactly the essence of the swordsmanship that Feng Heshou taught him: "Wherever my heart points, God knows, but I do not know." With one slash of the sword, he can find what he wants and where the enemy is weak, without having to look for it deliberately or observe it deliberately.
This is not a matter of taking a chance at will. It requires long and arduous training, meditation day and night, continuous use of special medicines to nourish the alienated tissues, and repeated life and death battles, so that the self and the alienated tissues in the body can achieve a spiritual harmony and resonance.
But this kind of resonance needs to be found in the midst of life and death, and it is not always available to him, unless he reaches the next stage of "knowing as if it were God". At that time, if all external conditions are met, he can begin to try to break the boundaries.
He looked at Gao Tianyu, reached out and touched him, and felt a hard and cold touch between his fingers.
When it was heard that the first owner of Langtao Pavilion, Zen Dao, came from the east and said that anything in the world could be cut, Gaotian Sect sent a piece of hard jade, hoping that he would give up. However, Zen Dao was good at martial arts, so he drew his sword and cut the jade in half. As a result, he was granted land by the Gong family and established Langtao Pavilion on Erwen Island.
And now he also has to face this piece of solid jade.
Isn't this some kind of metaphor?
After concentrating on the object for a moment, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed forward, but when he was only a finger's distance away from the object, he suddenly stopped.
Just like facing that phantom, even if the blade didn't actually cut through, he knew he couldn't cut it, because his heart had already told him the result.
The more the heart cannot let go, the more the knife cannot let go.
Undeterred, he took a few steps back, sat down on the floor of the gym, and began to meditate deeply.
While he was meditating, news from outside was being transmitted back and forth and quickly converged on the ship.
"According to the intelligence analysis we sent back, the two targets we need to eliminate are likely to return to Central City together."
Everyone present who participated in the planning frowned when they heard the news.
It seems that it would be more convenient for them to set out on two goals at the same time, but they actually don't want that.
This is because both goals are difficult to deal with, which together increases the complexity of the matter, especially when certain government forces get involved, which adds a lot of variables.
The person in charge asked, “When will they leave?”
The person who passed on the information said, "It will most likely be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and no later than the day after tomorrow."
The person in charge asked the manager nearby, "How are the preparations going with Makoto Mama?"
The manager immediately replied, "He just got the Gaotian Jade and is now alone in the training hall, probably preparing something."
The analyst on the other side looked at the person in charge and reminded him, "Team Leader, we only have one to two days left. If he doesn't come out by then, then the original plan will have to be changed. Should we..."
The person in charge said, “Wait.”
He looked at everyone and said, "We need a sharp, usable knife, not a blunt one handed out hastily. It would be useless and waste our previous arrangements."
A day passed quickly and there was no response in the practice room.
And the new information was passed to the conference room.
"Reporting to the team leader, according to the intelligence transmitted by the radio, the two targets left the peripheral city half an hour ago and are now returning to the central city."
The analyst took the report, reviewed it, and handed it to the team leader, saying, "It will take them about six to seven hours to reach the central city. Even if we set out now, land, and then intercept them, even omitting the necessary arrangements, it will still take at least four hours.
So we only have about two hours left. If we miss them, they'll enter the central city." He looked up and said, "Team Leader, there hasn't been any movement from Mr. Jiancheng all day. Should we go ask him?"
Everyone in the conference room looked at the person in charge, waiting for him to make a decision.
The person in charge raised his hand, looked at everyone, and said firmly: "Wait."
In the training room, after every meditation, Jian Chengsheng would stand up and try to cut the Gaotian Jade with a knife, but every time, the blade would stop in front of the jade.
He was not impatient. If he failed, he would sit back and meditate again, and then prepare for the next time.
This was not a useless attempt, but a way to sharpen his spirit and become more compatible with the alienated organization. Therefore, after each swing of the knife, his condition would be improved.
But the previous attempts were in vain. Later on, he found that he was still a little short of the mark. Not only could he not boost it up again, but there were even signs of a decline.
He knew that this was like rowing against the current, if he didn't move forward, he would move backward.
If I fail this time, it is very likely that a shadow will fall on my heart, and I will never be able to achieve what I want.
Thinking of this, he held the blade horizontally, placed it on his tiger's mouth and slowly lifted it in front of him. After staring for a moment, he sprayed a mouthful of stored blood onto the blade.
The long sword slowly absorbed the essence and blood, and after ten breaths or so, it became as smooth as new again, but there was a faint throbbing coming from it.
Jian Chengsheng let out a long breath. He did not wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. Instead, he suddenly stood up, grasped the hilt of the knife, and slashed forward.
This time the knife moved smoothly, drawing a half arc in the air. He maintained the posture of drawing the knife. After a while, the upper part of the jade stone fell to one side and landed on the table with a click.
Hearing this sound, he couldn't help but relax all over and felt mentally tired.
But his eyes were very bright because he had grasped the essence of this knife.
From a material perspective, it is impossible to cut through this so-called hardest thing, but Gao Tianyu is something with the existence of "God". He does not need to cut through the shape of the jade, but to cut through that wisp of God.
When the spirit is broken, the form cannot survive.
This is what the first master, Zen Dao, said: "Cut the mind, not the form."
However, he didn't think he had reached the level of the first master, as he only wielded his sword after a long period of accumulation. Perhaps only those who had achieved the state of "knowing as if they were gods" could achieve such a powerful strike.
At this moment, he found a flash of light where the jade was broken.
That was not light, but what appeared inside after the jade body was broken.
He stood up and walked towards the desk. As he got closer, his exhausted spirit seemed to be slowly recovering as if it had been nourished by something.
He knew that this was the jade core of Gao Tianyu, where the "God" was. If this thing was broken, the entire Gao Tianyu would be broken.
This thing itself has the effect of uplifting the spirit, especially after being worn out, using this to make up for it can help him stabilize his state of mind.
After feeling it quietly for a moment, he put a few tiny pieces of jade core gravel into his palm, turned the blade over, removed the pin on the handle, put the tiny gravel in, and then held it up again.
After slightly turning the blade, he adapted to the subtle change in the weight of the blade. Then he turned around and faced the back, and the shadow that looked like Chen Chuan appeared there again.
He stared for a moment, let out a "Hey!", stepped forward, swung his sword quickly, and rushed past the shadow a few steps, then paused.
After a while, the shadow behind him shook and then disappeared.
He shook the knife, then turned it back inwards and slowly put it back into the sheath.
At this moment, he felt that his condition had reached the best at the moment, and the jade core fragments stored in the sword could enable him to maintain this condition.
He walked with his knife in hand, came to the edge of the training hall and pushed open the door.
You can see that there are raindrops falling outside at this moment. Under the gloomy sky, the waves in the distance are rising and falling, which seems to foreshadow that a rainstorm is coming.
There were several people waiting at the door, including the manager. Seeing him come out, the manager hurried over and bowed to him, "Mr. Jiancheng, you're out." He looked up again and said, "Mr. Jiancheng, we don't have much time."
Makoto Masaaki asked, "How much time do we have left?"
"Five hours at most." The manager said in a deep voice, "We only have five hours left."
Ma Chengsheng bowed to him and said, "Sorry for the wait. I'm ready."
The manager's expression brightened with joy, and he immediately contacted the person in charge through his boundary credentials. Then, with a serious expression, he said, "Mr. Jian Cheng, time is running out. If it's convenient for you, we can set off now."
On the other side, at almost the same time, Chen Chuan's car had just driven out of Yangzhi City, and in the sky behind him, Chao Ming was flying in the sky, following his car.
His car stopped at the last checkpoint and he looked at his watch.
After waiting for less than ten minutes, a chirping sound was heard in the sky. After a while, I saw through the rearview mirror that there was a convoy coming towards this side from behind.
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(End of this chapter)
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