Chapter 312 Drawing a Sword to Cut the Water (Three chapters in one)

At this moment, the dark old forest was completely silent, with only the cold wind blowing out along the cracks, making a "howling" sound echoing in the air.

The sound was like a ghost howling, and after hearing it, one could not help but feel cold all over. The wind was also chilly, as if it was blowing from hell, hitting me, and giving me goose bumps all over my body.

"Where exactly does this crack connect to?"

I poked my head into the crack, and although the old forest was pitch black, I could still see a trace of the outline in the crack.

This crack is slanting downwards, and most importantly, it is interconnected, with countless cracks underneath, as if there is a huge underground space underneath.

"Do you want to go down and take a look?" I hesitated.

I knew that now was not the best time to go down and check, because Pao Zhen was not by my side, and if I went down and encountered danger, I would be in trouble.

But if I didn't go down, I would most likely lose the trace of the pearly meat Ganoderma lucidum, after all, the mucus it left behind could dry up at any time, and once the mucus dried up, it would be difficult to find the real entrance in these dense, spider-web-like cracks, and I might even get lost in the huge underground space.

The most important thing is that the meat Ganoderma lucidum is intelligent, and once the meat Ganoderma lucidum is wary of me, it may clean up the mucus traces it left behind.

Once that happens, it will be very difficult to follow the slime trail it leaves behind and enter the crack next time.

"Hey, I feel... there is a very evil breath down there!"

Xiao Qi stood on my shoulder, grabbed my hair and suddenly said, "Let's, let's go back, I'm a little scared."

"Evil breath?" I frowned and asked, "What else can you feel?"

"It's a bit far away, I can't feel it clearly, I just feel... there seems to be something there, it's scary."

Xiao Qi's words completely extinguished the curiosity in my heart, I took a deep breath, and then turned and left.

I know one thing very well, that is, if you don't do anything, you won't die. Since even Xiao Qi said it was very dangerous down there, if I go in anyway, it would be like lighting a lantern in the toilet and looking for death!

After returning to the thatched cottage, I found Pao Zhen smoking at the door. When he saw me coming back, he said, "Did it escape?"

I nodded and said, "Uncle Pao, I know what that monster is. It's a Ganoderma lucidum, and it's a spirit."

"Ganoderma lucidum?" Pao Zhen was also stunned when he heard this, and whispered, "Legend has it that Ganoderma lucidum is afraid of people and likes the shade. Even if it is a spirit, it is very timid and very wary of people. It moves incredibly fast on the ground. No wonder I didn't catch it the last few times."

"Uncle Pao, that pearl-flesh Ganoderma lucidum is full of death energy. I suspect that there is another world under this space."

Afterwards, I told it in detail what had just happened. In particular, when I said that the pearl-flesh Ganoderma lucidum actually asked me to help absorb the death energy from it, Pao Zhen was even more surprised.

"This little thing is so smart that it even knows to ask for help from humans?" After saying this, Pao Zhen looked at me with some doubt and asked, "However, judging from my previous experiences of hunting it down, that little guy doesn't seem to be able to speak human language. How do you communicate with it?"

"Uh..."

I was stunned by Pao Zhen's question, then my eyes rolled and I grinned, "That little guy can communicate with people's consciousness, but my Taoism is too low and my consciousness is too weak, so it's very difficult to communicate."

After I finished speaking, I kept laughing dryly and my eyes were always stealing glances at Pao Zhen.

It's not that I deliberately concealed the existence of Xiao Qi. In fact, I didn't even know what Xiao Qi was. Should I tell him that Xiao Qi is Luo Shu?

Or tell him that I don't know what Xiao Qi is?

Besides, Xiao Qi didn't want anyone to know her existence, so I didn't tell the truth.

Fortunately, Pao Zhen didn't continue to dwell on this topic, but just said: "I'll go with you tomorrow night. If there is a chance, we'll follow that kid down to have a look."

After that, Pao Zhen put out his cigarette butt, waved to me, and said: "Go back and rest, and start practicing early tomorrow morning."

I nodded and went into the thatched house. As

soon as I entered the room, Hu Zi's thunderous snoring came into my ears. I couldn't help but curse him secretly, and then lay down on the bed with a helpless look on my face.

"This strange space is covered by countless formations, which are extremely sophisticated, but the most sophisticated ones are the vines."

These vines seemed to be controlled by some kind of power, and they were entangled together very accurately, forming a huge sphere with an open top.

When we entered this space, the vines squirmed and opened an entrance for us. At that time, I heard the "click" sound of the mechanism in a trance. At this moment, thinking of the deathly aura on the pearl meat Ganoderma lucidum, I couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the place we are in is actually a tomb?

And this strange space was built to hide this tomb?

"But if it was just to hide the big tomb underground, why did they cultivate here like a fairyland? Even the waterfall was dug out? But if it's not a big tomb, then what is it? Is it really... a fairy cave left by the ancient immortals?"

Just as I was lying on the bed and thinking about it, Xiao Qi suddenly got out of the quilt, gnashing her little tiger teeth with an angry face, and said, "Oh, it's so noisy."

"Hey, can you take care of him." Xiao Qi pointed at Hu Zi with her finger. I didn't say anything when I heard it, but closed my eyes and went to sleep directly.

"You..."

Xiao Qi was so angry that she stomped her feet hard, and then I saw her eyes roll, and a bright look flashed in her eyes.

The next moment, she suddenly flew up, pulled down a handful of straw from the roof, and then floated in front of Hu Zi, holding the straw in her hand, and began to tickle Hu Zi's nose...

Hu Zi was tickled and raised his hand to slap himself several times. Seeing this, Xiao Qi covered her mouth and laughed, but before she finished laughing, Hu Zi suddenly opened her mouth and blew a breath!

"Oh." Xiao Qi was blown away by Hu Zi's breath. If she hadn't been able to fly, she would have been blown out of the house.

"Oh, it stinks." Xiao Qi flew back with a look of disgust, and "whoosh" got into the quilt, then stuck her head out, grabbed a handful of my hair and covered her ears...

The next morning, Ling'er woke me and Huzi up at dawn. I was fine, after all, I was a martial artist. Although I slept late, I was still refreshed.

But Huzi was not so good. He was a little tired these days. After getting up, he immediately grumbled: "Damn it, if I had known it would be so tiring, I would never bring it with me.".7

I shook my head helplessly, thinking that Huzi was complaining about being tired before we even started practicing swords. If we started practicing swords, Huzi would be tortured to death.

After breakfast, Pao Zhen first told Ling'er to prepare a medicinal bath, and then took Huzi and me to the direction of the waterfall.

"Master, can I practice swordplay today?"

Although Hu Zi complained a little when he just got up, he was very excited at this moment. After all, every boy has a dream of being a knight in his heart, and now Hu Zi is very close to this dream. It won't be long before it comes true. It would be a lie to say that he is not excited.

But who would have thought that Pao Zhen's words would instantly extinguish Hu Zi's enthusiasm.

"You have no foundation. You must start with the most basic training. You are not allowed to touch a sword without a year or two of experience."

Hu Zi was startled when he heard this, and then he shrugged his head and became completely depressed.

Half an hour later, the three of them finally arrived in front of the waterfall.

Pao Zhen pointed at the waterfall and said to Hu Zi, "Go stand in horse stance under the waterfall. When you can hold on for five hours, I will teach you to practice swordplay."

Stand in horse stance under the waterfall for five hours?

Oh my god!

Not to mention Hu Zi, even I felt my legs trembling when I heard it. This training method is really too abnormal.

Although the waterfall is only seven or eight meters high, the water flow is not small. After falling from a height of seven or eight meters, the huge impact force is not something that ordinary people can withstand.

And Hu Zi, you actually have to stand in horse stance under the waterfall for five hours?

Are you trying to train Hu Zi to death?

"Master, you, you are not kidding, are you?" Hu Zi's eyes widened and said, "Five hours, I..."

"What do you mean, do you still want to practice swordplay?" Pao Zhen scolded with a cold face.

At this, Hu Zi immediately became dispirited and did not dare to confront him again. He just muttered something with his head trembling, then took off his shirt and walked into the waterfall with his upper body naked.

The pool under the waterfall was very deep. Hu Zi was a good swimmer, so he just dived in. After a long while, he poked his head out, shook his head, and shouted, "Awesome!"

"Hurry up." Pao Zhen stood not far away, flicked his finger, and a stone flew out directly. With a "whoosh" sound, the stone drew a perfect parabola in the air and hit Hu Zi's head accurately.

"Ouch!" Hu Zi covered his head with his hands, and said a little aggrievedly: "Master, I didn't say I didn't want to practice. I just... got familiar with the water temperature first."

After that, he slowly climbed out of the pool, and then took a horse stance that looked like a horse but not a horse stance, and squatted under the waterfall.

"The posture is

wrong." Pao Zhen threw a few stones again, and these stones hit Hu Zi's legs and waist respectively. Then he heard the sound of "Ouch, ouch" coming out of Hu Zi's mouth continuously, but his posture was gradually corrected.

The horse stance seems simple, but in fact it requires great effort and perseverance.

If an ordinary person has practiced horse stance, they may be able to hold on for half an hour, but if they have not practiced, they will feel backache and even leg cramps after a few minutes, let alone half an hour. Hu

Zi had never practiced horse

stance before, and now he was standing under the huge water flow of the waterfall, so his fate can be imagined. Within five minutes, Hu Zi began to tremble all over, and after about two minutes, Hu Zi screamed "Ah", and then the whole person was washed into the pool by the huge water flow.

Hu Zi struggled in the pool for a while, and after a long time he climbed up panting, lying on the shore, gasping for breath.

"Go on." Pao Zhen said with a cold face, and when he saw Hu Zi didn't move, he snapped his fingers again.

"Ouch, Master, I, I can't do it anymore, I need to rest for a while!" Hu Zi covered his buttocks and grimaced in pain.

Pao Zhen said nothing and flicked a few pebbles again.

The force of these pebbles was not light, and Hu Zi staggered and jumped out of the pool directly, then gritted his teeth and stood up again.

After seeing this scene, I couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking, what the hell, aren't you, General Hu, fearless? How come you have to suffer this day?

Ever since we came to Guo Village, Hu Zi has been very afraid of Pao Zhen. Sometimes, even if Pao Zhen coughed lightly, Hu Zi would be scared.

I didn't understand before, why is Hu Zi, who is fearless, only afraid of Pao Zhen?

Pao Zhen didn't do anything to him?

Now I understand.

Maybe, this is the one thing conquers another!

Moreover, the master-disciple relationship between the two may be destined, so Hu Zi is born with a fear of Pao Zhen.

"What are you laughing at, you go over there too."

Just as I was looking at Hu Zi and laughing secretly, Pao Zhen suddenly turned around and said this to me.

I was stunned at once, and then said in astonishment: "Uncle Pao, I... don't need it anymore?"

I have been learning martial arts with my master since I was a child, and I think my foundation is still good. If I start practicing from the horse stance, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

"You don't need to do the horse stance. I have a special training method for you. Come on over."

"Oh."

I responded, and then took out the Soul-Slaying Knife and the many talismans in my pocket, put them on the shore, and then walked towards the pond.

"Take the knife." Unexpectedly, Pao Zhen suddenly spoke, pointed at the Soul-Slaying Knife and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you can't control this knife as you wish now. During this period of time, my training for you is not just training with the knife, you also need to establish a connection with this knife. The knife is a weapon that breaks the courage, and it is also the third arm of the knife practitioner. If a knife cannot be used as you wish, then no matter how powerful it is, it will be meaningless to you."

Pao Zhen was right.

This sword is so magical that it simply ignored my commands during several battles with enemies. However, when I was in danger, it would automatically unsheathe and protect its master.

But if it could be used as I wished from the beginning, and I could control it as if it were my own arm, I might not have been in danger in the end.

I turned around and picked up the Soul-Slaying Knife, then plunged into the pool and swam towards the waterfall.

"Qian Yu, I can't hold on any longer. Damn it, am I not talented enough?"

Hu Zi saw me coming and gritted his teeth and said with a trembling voice.

I smiled and said, "It's not my decision whether you are talented enough or not. You have to ask Uncle Cook."

"I asked, but he didn't say anything." Hu Zi was a little frustrated: "Am I really not suitable for practicing with a knife?"

"Don't think too much. Uncle Cook told me that you are the most suitable successor to the Pao family's knife skills." I encouraged Hu Zi a few words.

At this time, Pao Zhen leaped up, his toes lightly touched the water, and he landed beside me.

He was naked from the waist up, holding a pig-killing knife, looking at the waterfall in front of him and said, "Every sect has its own sword and knife skills. What I want to teach you is not my Pao family's knife skills, but how to draw the knife and how to chop people."

I was stunned when I heard it.

How to draw the knife and how to chop people?

Oh my!

So direct, so domineering, but I like it!

"Take the Maoshan Sect as an example. The swordsmanship of the Maoshan Sect is called Maoshan Fast Sword. You can understand from the name that this swordsmanship is based on speed. It emphasizes speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. Killing someone with one sword is their specialty."

Pao Zhen looked at me and said in a calm voice, "However, Maoshan Fast Sword is not without sword moves. It's just that each move and each style requires an extremely fast speed to perform, so it looks , every move seems to be similar, that's because it's too fast, so fast that you can't tell what his moves are. And my Pao family's knife skills, although they also emphasize speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, but more importantly, they emphasize domineering, a knife out, to make ghosts and gods startled, to make the gods in the sky kneel down and kowtow. "

I stood aside, listening to Pao Zhen's words in silence, I just felt a surge of blood in my heart.

A knife out, to make ghosts and gods startled, to make the gods in the sky kneel down and kowtow!

This kind of spirit, just listening to it, I felt as if the blood in my body was ignited, and my heart couldn't help but get agitated.

"The Haoran swordsmanship of the Tianshi Mansion in Longhu Mountain is also the best swordsmanship in the world. It is different from the Maoshan fast sword. The Haoran sword of Longhu Mountain emphasizes the breath of Haoran Qi in the chest. As the saying goes, a breath of Haoran Qi is like the wind that blows thousands of miles away. This is the scene of the flying swords of the disciples who have mastered the sword art of Longhu Mountain."

When he said this, Pao Zhen's eyes suddenly condensed, and then he said in a deep voice: "I will show you a knife."

As the voice fell, all the muscles in his body began to tremble, and the pig-killing knife in his hand also made a mournful sound.

Then, he raised his hand and swung the knife!

With a "swish", a dazzling knife was cut out and rushed straight down the waterfall.

The next moment, there was a "hum" sound, and the roaring waterfall was actually cut into a fracture by the sword.

The waterfall water, which weighed several tons, or even dozens of tons, was actually cut off by the sword, and then the water flow stopped in the void and stopped flowing.

After a few seconds, there was a "boom" sound, and the spring water gushed down again and smashed into the pool.

This was a tough time for Hu Zi, who was immediately hit into the pool by the accumulated water.

But I, with my eyes wide open, looked shocked.

"When you can draw the sword and cut the water, you can leave."

Pao Zhen left this sentence and then turned and left.

I was left standing alone under the water, watching the roaring waterfall in chaos!

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