Chapter 53 Seeking the Sword of Senior Sister
"Is a carving knife considered a weapon?" Shen Cangyu asked, puzzled. The blade was so small that it wouldn't leave any wounds if it pierced the skin; any broken skin would scab over in no time.
What kind of weapon is this?
“The ‘器’ in ‘万器归心’ is not ‘weapon’,” Chu Xun said. “Swords are ’器’, carving knives are ’器’, hoes are ’器’, cups and bowls are ’器’. The ‘器’ in ‘万器归心’ refers to all the ’器’ in the world. ‘器’ means all things. When simplicity is broken down, it becomes ‘器’①”
A vessel is something that exists in all things; it can be a weapon or a tool. So, according to this logic, the azure jade also has vessels.
The axe she brought from home, the copper coins in her hand... these all fit the definition of "all things returning to the heart".
The Daoist principle of "all things return to the heart" posits that the Dao differentiates into all things. Those who believe in this Dao use the objects they hold as a foundation, strengthening their connection with them through understanding, and then tracing back to the source to comprehend the Dao hidden behind these objects, thus seeing the profound in the subtle.
Shen Cangyu recalled that there were many secret manuals of the Myriad Layers of Mind in Kunlun's Scripture Pavilion. Myriad Layers of Mind must have a close connection with Kunlun. Could it be that she was a disciple of the Myriad Elements Return to the Heart before she became the Copper Coin Eyes Envoy?
Is the copper coin eye created by countless layers of magic?
Why did she leave Kunlun?
When Shen Cangyu wanted to come to Kunlun, Chu Wanqianzhong tried to stop her. Later, she sent Jiang Qian to infiltrate Kunlun to work for her. To be honest, Shen Cangyu still doesn't understand why Chu Wanqianzhong sent Jiang Qian to infiltrate Kunlun.
A jumble of thoughts swirled in her mind, until finally, a single line emerged.
Do the other people in Kunlun know this?
Could it be that they drove Pei Wenjing out of Kunlun back then because they knew that Pei Wenjing was Wan Qianzhong's child?
That's it, we're doomed.
Pei Wenjing's true identity as Wan Qianzhong's child has been exposed, and he will be expelled from Kunlun and hunted down by the Kunlun people.
Shen Cangyu is Wan Qianzhong's personally chosen disciple with a penny-pinching eye. If this matter is exposed, Pei Wenjing's fate will probably be the same as hers.
"What the hell..." Shen Cangyu couldn't help but mutter.
"Ghosts? Where are the ghosts?" Chu Xun looked up and around. The wind was strong, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and the sun was blazing. Could there be ghosts in broad daylight?
Chu Xun looked at Shen Cangyu's perfectly still hair and robes, then at his own hair that was flapping wildly in the wind, and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of magic did you use to block the wind?"
"Like being sealed off or closed off."
"Unheard of."
Shen Cangyu demonstrated it to him.
Chu Xun stroked his chin and asked, "Did you develop this mental technique yourself?"
Shen Cangyu: "?" This is the art of manipulation that Pei Wenjing taught her.
Shen Cangyu often used this mental technique to shield herself from wind and rain, avoid the heat and cold, and even block attacks from others. Because this mental technique was so useful, she also taught it to Lu Yuan and the others.
She thought this was a general mental technique taught in Kunlun class, but she didn't expect that her senior brother had never seen it before.
Could it be that Pei Wenjing learned this move from an extracurricular mental techniques manual?
Shen Cangyu pointed at Chu Xun and said, "I told you that if you don't study properly, you'll end up sitting on the fish cart with nothing to do but sit in the wind."
Chu Xun quickly cupped his hands in greeting: "Junior Sister is right."
Lu Qianhe, sitting in front of the fish cart enjoying the breeze: "..." She used to think Qiu Sheng was noisy, but now she realizes that Qiu Sheng's chattering is actually a traditional expression of the "all things return to the heart" tradition.
Because the two people behind her were even noisier.
Sitting beside these two people, Lu Qianhe couldn't sleep at all. She sighed inwardly and sped up the fish cart, wanting to end this torment as soon as possible.
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The fish cart descended from the sky, and the group stopped atop Ten Thousand Swords Mountain. The surrounding terrain of Ten Thousand Swords Mountain was steep and bottomless, resembling a long sword piercing the clouds.
At this moment, a gate overflowing with colorful light appeared out of thin air at the top of Wanjian Mountain. Colorful clouds and white mist continuously poured out of the gate, obscuring their vision and preventing them from seeing the scene inside.
"The secret realm of the Sword Pavilion lies within the gate. Disciples who do not yet possess a sword, go in and take a look. If you are destined, you may find a sword that belongs to you. If not, come out as soon as possible," the sect leader said, stroking his beard.
The Sword Pavilion houses almost every sword in the world, whether made of ordinary iron or spirit swords. Many swords, after the death of their masters, will fly to the Sword Pavilion on their own, making it their final resting place, awaiting their next destined owner.
Although the swords in their Hall of Ten Thousand Weapons Return to the Heart had lost their masters, their masters' souls resided in the swords, so they were not truly unclaimed swords and were therefore not included in the Sword Pavilion.
After the Immortal Lord of Kunlun ascended to immortality, he severed ties with the Kunlun Sword, leaving it ownerless. Logically, the Kunlun Sword should have returned to the Sword Pavilion.
However, the people of Kunlun forcibly left the Kunlun Sword in Kunlun, regarding it as the anchor of Kunlun and to stabilize the will of the disciples who believed that all weapons belong to the heart.
The Kunlun Sword, carrying the hopes and prayers of countless Kunlun disciples, has transformed from ordinary iron into a spiritual sword. If it were to be passed down for several more centuries, accumulating a great deal of incense offerings, it might just follow in the footsteps of the Kunlun Immortal Lord, cultivate a sword spirit, and ascend to immortality.
Unfortunately, Shen Cangyu intercepted it midway, and now it has been transformed from an offering by the Kunlun disciples into a sword in her hand.
"Didn't Shen Cangyu already have the Kunlun Sword? Why does he still need to go to the Sword Pavilion to ask for it?" A disciple of the Myriad Weapons Return to the Heart sect couldn't help but ask. He had cultivated for so many years, always wanting to seize the Kunlun Sword, but he never expected that it would be taken away by a new disciple who suddenly appeared. He had never forgotten this.
Now that the Sword Pavilion has finally opened, he has the opportunity to come to the Sword Pavilion to find his matching sword, but Shen Cangyu is going to interfere again.
He feared that she would take all the good things. If he ended up with nothing, what use would it be for him to stay here and learn a new Taoist method?
"Oh," Qiu Sheng sneered, "So eager to drive out the competition?"
Qiu Sheng's voice was loud enough for everyone to hear. The disciple who spoke first blushed instantly upon hearing Qiu Sheng's words.
Many others shared his thoughts and were about to speak up to defend themselves. However, Qiu Sheng spoke first: "If it weren't to celebrate Shen Cangyu inheriting the Kunlun Sword, I wouldn't have come to open this Sword Pavilion. Wen Jing and I went to great lengths to cross the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain, not for you."
Seeing that they were still not giving up, Qiu Sheng planted his sword on the ground and declared, "This Sword Pavilion is owned by Wen Jing and me. We can let whoever we want in, and we can prevent whoever we want from entering."
As soon as Qiu Sheng finished speaking, everyone who wanted to speak shut their mouths.
The sect leader wanted to speak, but after thinking about it, he realized that Qiu Sheng was right. He stroked his beard and felt that his daughter was more important. Those people dared to question his daughter; when he got back, he would secretly put rats in their rooms.
[Wait, what's going on? Feng Aotian has made a move?]
[Wrong book? Where's my beloved, adored protagonist? How did he become someone else? I thought the author secretly changed the protagonist!]
[Shh, what do you know? This is foreshadowing; the author must have her reasons for writing it this way.]
【knock】
Stop shipping them! Your main character's storyline is barely three lines long, what are you shipping?
[Don't worry about it, I have my own way of shipping (kswl)]
"Yanzi, we still have a chance to salvage the situation, right, Yanzi..." The system looked at the scene before it.
"It's a dungeon portal!" Shen Qingyan was so focused on studying the gleaming gate of the Sword Pavilion that he completely missed what was happening around him.
The system looked at him, sighed deeply, and lit a cigarette. It lamented, "This is all fate, I brought it on myself, I can't blame anyone else."
"If there are no objections, then go in," the sect leader said, stroking his beard.
Someone took the lead and stepped through the gate. The moment he did, the colorful clouds around him swept him in, and his figure instantly disappeared inside.
Qiu Sheng looked at Pei Wenjing beside him: "Aren't you going in this year? Sword Pavilion isn't only for disciples of Wanqi Guixin. Even though you've inherited other Daoist methods, you can still go in and take a look. Just consider it as broadening your horizons. It's all beneficial and has no drawbacks."
Pei Wenjing looked at the gate, somewhat hesitant.
“If Wenjing wants to go in, I’ll go with you,” Chu Xun said, standing to the side.
Upon hearing his words, Qiu Sheng looked at him with disdain: "You should go in now and replace that shabby little carving knife of yours as soon as possible."
Chu Xun wasn't angry at her sarcasm; he just chuckled and took out his carving knife: "This isn't an ordinary carving knife; this is my sword in hand. Speaking of which, I'm one of the first among our generation of disciples who have mastered the sword in hand."
"Yes, yes, yes, I've created a carving knife from the sword in my hand. When Master saw it, he fainted and even grew white hair." Qiu Sheng waved his hand to send Chu Xun aside.
"And what about you?" Chu Xun asked, looking at her. "Haven't you been looking for a sword that suits you? Why don't you go inside and take a look?"
After hearing his words, Qiu Sheng clicked his tongue and kicked him: "Cang Yu and Wen Jing are still waiting for you. Hurry up and take those little guys inside. What are you dawdling about for so long?"
"Ah Chou," the sect leader suddenly spoke.
“Hey Master, what is it?” Qiu Sheng pulled back his foot and turned to look at him.
"You should go and take a look too," the sect leader said.
Qiu Sheng stammered, "I still have to stay here and guard the gate, Master..."
"I'll guard this gate; you can all go in." The sect leader shifted his position and stood beside the main gate of the Sword Pavilion.
Qiu Sheng stared blankly at the gate of the Sword Pavilion, which was surrounded by colorful clouds.
She was indeed lacking a sword, and in the past she thought that sword was the Kunlun Sword. After all, throughout her years of cultivation, she had always regarded inheriting the Kunlun Sword as her goal.
Qiu Sheng was the most talented disciple of her cohort of Wanqi Guixin disciples. She was once the most promising Wanqi Guixin disciple to obtain the Kunlun Sword.
She felt that none of the swords she had ever used were comfortable to use. She thought that perhaps when she switched to the Kunlun Sword, it would be more comfortable.
Unfortunately, she didn't live to see that possibility, and now the Kunlun Sword has fallen into Shen Cangyu's hands.
Perhaps it really is time for her to find a sword that suits her and is easy to use.
I've decided to sincerely apologize.
I originally planned to send the draft to my archive at 11:00 PM today, but I probably didn't click "confirm" after selecting the time, which caused the draft to not be sent at 11:00 PM. I didn't realize my mistake until 12:08 AM.
I'm very sorry that this mistake may have disappointed readers who were waiting for the update on time. Therefore, I've decided to add an extra chapter on September 11th as compensation.
If you make a mistake, you must try to salvage it and offer a solution. I know building trust is difficult, but destroying it is easy. I don't want to prove this point through my own experience, but rather learn from it.
I have always been a person of my word. If I am unable to update, I will post a leave notice in advance.
Here, I would like to offer my sincere apologies once again.
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