Chapter 77: The Master Only Teaches the Way, Not the Dharma (Please Submit)

There was only a booklet and two spirit crystals in the bag, nothing else.

Li Xuan looked disappointed.

Xue Wuxin is a poor guy.

He couldn't help but curse in his heart: "You are a demon cultivator, killing people for treasures, isn't it normal? You are going to flee to the borderland, don't you plan to loot some treasures to use in the borderland? "You are such a waste, it's not unfair at all to throw you away!"

I took a look at the bag and it was just an ordinary bag, not a storage bag or anything like that.

Just threw it aside.

"I don't know if there are any treasures like storage bags in the inner realm."

He sighed inwardly, wondering if he should find an apprentice with a talent for refining equipment, compile a set of refining methods for him, let him comprehend them, and refine things like storage bags?

"I don't know how to refine weapons, so it's a bit difficult to edit. I still need to go to the inner domain and find the inner domain's weapon refining methods and refer to them before I can compile it perfectly.

"Only in the inner realm could there be such a weapon-refining monster, right?"

Li Xuan pondered in his mind.

However, refining equipment is not about strengthening yourself, so there is no urgency for now. Let's wait and see if we can find such a monster in the future.

Put the spirit crystal away.

Look at the blood-red booklet.

When I opened it, four words came into view.

"Blood Demon Sutra!"

At first glance, it is obviously a magic technique.

However, Li Xuan didn't care. He didn't want to practice these skills, but just take them as a reference to understand the inner realm martial arts.

“This is actually a fragment?”

Li Xuan was surprised for a moment.

The Blood Demon Sutra is incomplete, part of it is missing, and it is just a fragment.

Even though it was just a fragment, it allowed Xue Wuxin to cultivate to the Grandmaster level, and even to the Grandmaster level.

So, the complete Blood Demon Sutra can be cultivated to a level above the Grandmaster level? Li Xuan flipped through the Blood Demon Sutra and found that it was indeed a magic technique that was based on devouring essence and blood, refining essence and blood, and strengthening oneself.

The purer and more vigorous the essence and blood, the greater the improvement obtained.

This is also the reason why Xue Wuxin targeted Meng Chong.

It also records the special secret technique of the Blood Demon Sutra, the Blood-sucking Ghost Silk, which is used to devour essence and blood.

“There are some tricks.”

Li Xuan was amazed, and the Blood Demon Sutra gave him some inspiration.

For example, the technique of devouring essence and blood, and the blood-sucking ghost silk.

Naturally, he would not create a technique to devour essence and blood, but he could use this as a reference to create some more sophisticated and upright techniques.

"The new martial arts system is almost taking shape."

After reading the Blood Demon Sutra, Li Xuan had some ideas in his mind.

In addition to physical martial arts, there is a new martial arts training system, but it is not perfect yet and is just an idea.

Moreover, you also need to find the right person to understand.

"The Blood Demonic Scripture is a very powerful magic technique in the inner realm, and Xue Wuxin is not a weakling among the masters... However, the Blood Demonic Scripture is a Yin-evil technique, and it can be restrained by Qi and blood."

The Qi and Blood state is as blazing as fire, which can just restrain the evil energy of the Blood Demon Meridian.

If fighting against opponents of the same level, the warrior who practices the Blood Demon Sutra will be restrained everywhere.

"However, Qi and blood are also a great temptation to them."

Why does Xue Wuxin desire Meng Chong's blood?

This is exactly why I long for Xu Yan’s blood.

The blood and essence of warriors in the Qi and Blood Realm are more abundant and purer than those warriors in the inner realm. For the magic practitioners of the Blood Demonic Sutra, it is a precious medicine!

After reading the Blood Demon Sutra, Li Xuan memorized all of its contents word for word.

As he thought about it, the Blood Demon Sutra turned into powder and disappeared.

This magic technique book naturally cannot be left behind. What if one day I am careless or forget it, and after leaving here, it is found and picked up by someone, wouldn't it be a demon cultivator? Although the Borderland cannot produce warriors, if you use the Blood Demonic Sutra to devour the essence and blood, you can still improve your strength.

Although he cannot break through the upper limit in the wilderness because of the disappearance of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, his strength can probably be improved to that of a fifth or sixth rank warrior in the inner realm.

This is definitely not a good thing for the borderland.

I have already memorized this technique, and of course I will feel relieved only after destroying it.

…

Outside Yunshan County, in the mountains and forests.

Li Xuan put one hand behind his back and looked at the sky in the distance.

Xu Yan stood behind him respectfully, holding a sword.

"My disciple, you must remember that I only teach you the Way, not the Method. So what I teach you is the Way of the Sword, not the Method of the Sword..."

Li Xuan raised his hand and broke off a branch, saying in a deep voice: "As the master has repeatedly emphasized, cultivation is about enlightenment, about understanding the true meaning, and the same is true for the way of the sword. You just watch carefully."

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan was excited.

Li Xuan pointed the branch in his hand, and with a hissing sound, a stream of true energy burst out, directly shooting a hole in a big tree.

Xu Yan's eyes widened, and he was shocked: "Master's swordsmanship... no, it's the sword art, it's so powerful. Just holding a branch in his hand and pointing it casually is much more powerful than Xue Wuxin's sword energy."

After Li Xuan tried the feel of the branch, he began to wave it in his hand. The innate true energy was added to the branch, making it look extremely sharp, but in fact he was just waving it around.

It is only thanks to his extremely powerful innate true qi that he can display such a strong and fierce momentum.

Of course, it cannot be said that the movements were completely random, some sword moves such as slashing, stabbing, picking, horizontal, and wiping were also performed in a very professional manner.

After a few crackling gestures, Li Xuan put away the branch and asked in a deep voice: "Disciple, do you remember it?"

Xu Yan nodded excitedly and said, "Master, I remember everything!"

Remember all?

How can this be possible! Li Xuan raised the branch again and said in a deep voice: "Disciple, take another look and remember, what I teach you is the way of the sword, not the sword technique. You must understand its true meaning!"

As he spoke, he started to gesture with the branch in his hand, but this time he did it slowly. The gestures he made were based on the appearance of Tai Chi sword in his previous life.

The difference is that he is blessed with innate true qi.

It looked like he was dancing slowly, but it seemed as if a stream of sword energy had formed, circling around him, and as he was spinning, the sound was quite terrifying.

Xu Yan stared at it intently, but he was a little confused. Why was it so slow? How could he attack the enemy if it was so slow?

Li Xuan finished his gesture and asked again: "Disciple, do you remember it?"

"Master, I remember everything!"

"What about the front?"

“I remember that, too.”

This apprentice has a really good memory. He remembered everything after just one reading.

"Disciple, look again!"

Li Xuan waved the branch again.

This time, the branches danced very quickly, waving with a crackling sound, and then stopped.

"Did you remember it?"

Xu Yan was a little confused at this moment.

Why are the sword moves different every time? "Remember... remember."

Xu Yan nodded.

"What about the front?"

"Remember... remember 90%!"

Xu Yan was suddenly stunned.

He still remembered all the slow sword moves that were performed before.

But he only remembered 90% of the sword moves he performed for the first time, and he actually forgot a few of them! "Why did I forget them?"

Xu Yan was very upset.

Li Xuan was overjoyed and said, "Okay, disciple, take another look!"

As he spoke, he gestured again!

Xu Yan was already confused: "I forgot, I didn't remember everything, and Master actually said it was okay?"

"Disciple, do you remember it?"

Li Xuan put away the branches and asked.

"I, I didn't remember everything!"

Xu Yan looked ashamed. He was distracted just now and didn't remember the sword moves his master had just made.

"Good, good, disciple, you have made another step towards understanding the way of the sword!"

Li Xuan said with relief.

What? Xu Yan was confused. He failed to memorize the sword moves, so how could he be one step closer to understanding the way of the sword?

"No!" I definitely didn't understand the deep meaning of Master's words.

Xu Yan fell into deep thought, his powerful imagination ability coming into play.

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"Master repeatedly emphasized that he only teaches the Dao, not the Dharma. He taught me the Dao of the Sword, not the Dharma of the Sword...

“I am required to understand the true meaning and the truth behind it, not the sword techniques, so what I need to do is not to memorize the sword moves.

“But forget the sword moves!

"Don't be bound by sword moves, don't be bound by the situation, integrate them, and do what you want..."

At this moment, Xu Yan felt that he understood the profound meaning of his master.

In my mind, I began to recall the sword moves that my master had just performed, fast, slow, swift, tricky...

Gradually, the previous and subsequent sword moves overlapped and merged in his mind, and slowly a new set of sword techniques appeared in his mind.

“I have to learn to forget!”

Xu Yan warned himself in his heart.

"Master, I have already forgotten half of it!"

Xu Yan spoke.

"well!"

Li Xuan was overjoyed. This disciple had entered a state of enlightenment. This was a good thing.

This means that he has taken a solid step towards comprehending the way of the sword.

Xu Yan was indeed gifted in swordsmanship, and a very extraordinary one at that.

"Disciple, please look again!"

Li Xuan started gesturing again.

It is naturally different from the previous gestures.

In fact, he had thought it through every time he demonstrated it. The first time he performed sword techniques and sword moves that seemed very realistic, and the second time he performed Tai Chi sword, slowly but in line with Tai Chi.

The third time was swift, the fourth was tricky, and this fifth time was completely chaotic.

Since there are fast and slow, swift and fierce, tricky and disorderly methods, it is natural for Xu Yan to figure them out on his own.

"Master, I forgot half of it!"

Xu Yan spoke after reading it.

"Very good, look again!"

Li Xuan continued to gesture.

Next, he gestured several times in succession, and Xu Yan was sometimes confused, sometimes in deep thought, and sometimes suddenly realized...

In his mind, all the sword moves were reshuffled, overlapping, merging, or reinserting, over and over again.

A set of sword techniques seemed to emerge in his mind.

Li Xuan stood aside, watching his apprentice gain insights.

The time is almost right.

The compiled realm of kendo should also be told to the apprentice so that he can better understand the kendo from it.

If successful, this will be another huge gain.

Xu Yan opened his eyes, with a slightly confused look in his eyes.

He felt confused.

A mess of sword moves were waving in my mind, and I couldn't find the direction at all.

The seemingly correct sword technique could never be formed.

He felt that he might have gone in the wrong direction.

At this moment, he had forgotten the sword skills taught by his master. He could not remember at all how he had performed the sword skills in the past.

"Master, I forgot everything!"

Li Xuan said with relief: "It's good to forget, it's good to forget, disciple, you are not far from understanding the way of the sword!"

Give the apprentice a shot of chicken blood.

Sure enough, when Xu Yan heard this, he immediately perked up and his eyes lit up.

"My disciple, what I am teaching you is the way of the sword. There are tens of thousands of warriors in the world, but only a few can enter the way of the sword. If you want to enter the way of the sword, you must first get out of the realm of swordsmanship.

"Don't let sword techniques and sword moves restrict you."

Li Xuan turned sideways and raised his head, with a mysterious aura bless him, and his image as a master was instantly elevated.

Xu Yan's body was shocked, and he said respectfully: "Master, please give me some advice!"

"You can forget the sword technique and sword moves that your master just performed. This shows that you have the aptitude for swordsmanship and will not be constrained by sword techniques and sword moves.

"But this is far from enough! "If you want to understand the way of the sword, if you want to enter the way of the sword, only those who have a clear sword heart can step into the way of the sword."

Li Xuan said in a deep voice.

"Sword heart is clear?"

Xu Yan was shocked and asked respectfully, "Master, what does it mean to have a clear sword heart?"

"The sword heart is clear, which is the basic realm of the sword. Those who have a clear sword heart are not bound by sword techniques and sword moves. The heart of the sword is clear.

"The sword heart is the clear heart of the sword, and clarity means that any sword moves and sword techniques can be seen through at a glance, and the flaws, strengths and weaknesses of sword techniques can be seen at a glance.

"With just one glance, you can pick it up from the sword techniques and sword moves, use it freely, and make it your own sword move, your own sword technique."

Li Xuan explained to Xu Yan the basics of sword practice, Sword Heart Clearness.

Xu Yan was deeply shocked. "The sword heart is clear, which means the heart of swordsmanship is clear. Clear means that one can see the flaws, strengths and weaknesses of swordsmanship at a glance, and use them at will."

The scene of his master performing swordsmanship emerged in his mind.

Gradually, a set of sword techniques emerged, which he had picked out from among them, overlapping, integrating, and interweaving, but had not yet taken shape.

If one could overlap and integrate them completely to form a set of sword techniques of his own, he could use the sword moves as he pleased.

Is that the sword heart is clear? He understood a little and said, "Master, the sword heart is clear, that is, although I don't have sword skills or sword moves, other people's sword skills are my sword skills, and other people's sword moves are my sword moves.

"The enemy's swordsmanship, in my eyes, seems to be unobstructed, as if transparent. I can easily see through his flaws and predict how his sword will strike..."

Li Xuan was overjoyed. Xu Yan was not far from realizing the enlightenment of the sword. The sword realm he had compiled was finally about to emerge.

"To put it simply, this is the case. If you can achieve this, it means that you have mastered the swordsmanship."

Li Xuan nodded with a relieved tone.

"Master, I understand a little bit, but I still don't quite understand..."

Xu Yan fell into deep thought.

"My disciple, the sword heart is clear, and you have to realize it by yourself. If you realize it, you have entered the door. If you don't realize it, then you can't realize it."

Li Xuan said in a deep voice.

He doesn't even have a clear understanding of swordsmanship, he just made it up, how would he know how to get started and what methods are there?

It all depended on the disciple's monstrous imagination and understanding to figure it out on his own.

"My disciple, first of all, you need to have a clear sword heart. Only when your sword heart is clear can you be enlightened. And when your sword heart is clear, you will not be constrained by sword techniques or sword moves.

"You should think carefully. I believe you can figure it out."

After Li Xuan finished speaking, he left the forest, leaving Xu Yan alone to slowly comprehend.

(End of this chapter)