Chapter 109: Genius Theory
"What's this?"
Being good at collecting information and analyzing opponents has always been He Yin's advantage. Before leaving Yanyun Tower for Qingji Sect, he thought he was ready.
All the skills of Qingji Sect were within his knowledge and mastery, and nothing could shock him anymore.
After all, it is always like this in large sects: in order to ensure safe practice, the same set of skills are always used from beginning to end, from ten thousand years ago to ten thousand years later. He Yin investigated and found out that in the past eight hundred years, no special new skills were born in the Qingji Sect.
Therefore, he never thought that at this moment he would be dumbfounded in front of a young disciple in the early stage of foundation building.
"This is..." This was also what Lu Mengqing said.
"Zhangtai Liu? What is Zhangtai Liu?" This was the puzzled statement of an elder of the Qingji Sect.
"Wow!! So handsome!"
"Oh my god! This is the first time I've seen this!"
This was the scream that rang out in the venue.
Thousands of willow leaves swirled in the wind, the pointed, green leaves soared up beside Old Seventeen, and then floated down softly. Amid the falling leaves, a young man in white stood holding a sword, his eyes clear.
The profile of Old Seventeen was reflected by the cold light of the long sword, making it look sharper: "The successor of the Zheliu Sword Technique, Pei Shiqi, is here to visit!"
Why does this person have to introduce himself twice!
However, human beings are essentially repeaters. The best way to remember a person's name is to repeat it.
So the audience...
"Pei Shiqi! Pei Shiqi!"
"Brother Shiqi!! Sister loves you!!"
All the spectators were screaming passionately. Only He Yin, who was on the other side of the competition stage, had completely tightened his shoulders.
Anyone could see that the scattered aura just now had completely disappeared from He Yin's body. At this moment, he was extremely alert, and his eyes were closely following Pei Shiqi's every move.
...no murderous intent.
How could there be no murderous intent in those flying willow leaves!
As a genius who is good at collecting information, He Yin fears the illogicality and the unknown the most.
At this moment, Pei Shiqi's first move was completely illogical and unknown to him.
'On the competition stage, it was impossible for Pei Shiqi to make a non-aggressive move. What's more, the name and momentum of this move are so powerful! He Yin told himself, "There must be a killer trick here that I haven't discovered!" '
At that moment, He Yin actually felt a fear that he had not experienced for a long time.
The killer move...where is the killer move?
I can't see it anywhere!
It can't be that it's just for showing off, right? !
The opening pose was not interrupted, and Old Seventeen was also very surprised and unexpected at this moment. He secretly touched his forehead when the audience wasn't looking.
This set of opening pre-swing was also Ning Mingmei's request. Every disciple of Piaomiao Peak has a different and personalized pre-swing design. Before the competition started, Ning Mingmei specifically instructed: "Before the game starts, you must do the pre-game swing first."
“Even if I can’t incorporate the attack power into the pre-swing, I have to do it!”
As the disciple with the lowest cultivation level at Piaomiao Peak, Old Seventeen was very worried.
I was afraid that I would be knocked to the ground before I could finish the pre-swing.
Fortunately, he succeeded!
The cheers from all around boosted Old Seventeen’s confidence. He continued, "I don't know who cut out the fine leaves, the spring breeze in February is like a pair of scissors. This move is called the scissor blade..."
Old Seventeen:?
He hasn't even made a formal move yet... why is He Yin, the guy opposite him, looking at him as if he's looking at something scary?
The biggest difference between music cultivators and sword cultivators is that music cultivators are long-range attackers, while sword cultivators are short-range attackers. If the sword cultivator wants to use a sword to perform a combo and stun the music cultivator, the first thing he needs to do is to use his body to advance and close the distance between the two.
Therefore, the process of the competition is often like this: the bell rings, the sword cultivator rushes forward with the sword, the music cultivator leaps back, and at the same time uses a knockback, levitation control, and a ranged attack on the sword cultivator.
But at this moment, the move was completed, why didn't Le Xiu on the opposite side make any movement?
Old Seventeen was overjoyed. He gripped his sword tightly, and was about to rush forward and chop wildly... until he saw Ning Mingmei on the hillside.
The master looked at him and shook his head.
Old Seventeen: ...
Almost forgot!
"Do you know what is the most important thing in the competition?" Ning Mingmei said this to his eighteen disciples last night.
The disciples looked at each other, and the fifth one asked, "Who won?"
Ning Mingmei: "No, it's demeanor."
Demeanor, personality, and team spirit.
If you have good manners and a high character, and your falling posture is beautiful enough, and you add a few tears, some spoken memories and golden slogans, even if you lose miserably, there will be countless people crying for you and shouting "beautiful, strong and tragic".
Among them, oral recollection is the most important.
Ning Mingmei: "The three elements of nostalgia are a miserable and gloomy childhood, a love that cannot be steadfast, and a dream that never stops."
Moreover, the Qingyan Competition is a competition among the righteous. After all, people in the righteous world care about their reputation, not to mention that the people in Yanyun Tower are all music practitioners who take elegance as their mission. Therefore, after being knocked down, the disciples of Piaomiao Peak can lie on the ground/slowly get up while chanting the memory song, without worrying about the risk of being interrupted by the music practitioners. Yanyun Tower had some dignity to uphold - it was impossible for them to gag a sword cultivator who was slowly getting up and covered in wounds.
——What do you think we should do if Le Xiu from Yanyun Tower is unsympathetic and continues to beat Jian Xiu who is constantly trying to get up?
——Getting up again and again, chanting intermittently over and over again, isn’t this the best way to torture fans?
If the musicians were still playing music and attacking at this moment, it would be a great opportunity to add a touching BGM to the memories of this battle.
Everyone in Yanyun Tower is a master of music who can be compared to Zeye Zero. When the time comes, just post the battle CUT directly to Feisi Book, and you don’t even need to add the BGM in the later stage. Isn’t it wonderful to just shoot and output it directly?
Le Xiu, your music is very good, but it will soon be stolen by me and become my exclusive BGM.
It’s really a win-win situation!
In addition, the choice of the golden phrases to be chanted before getting up and firing on all cylinders must also be cautious, and the three principles of being simple and memorable, easy to sing, and slightly literary should be followed.
If you can't think of a quote that meets these three points, you can take a step back and randomly pick a fellow student off the field to create a CP.
For example, Lin Heting was knocked to the ground. Wen Siheng shouted from the sidelines: "He Ting! Come on, you can do it!"
Lin Heting: "You are such an idiot... Why do you trust me so much? You always smile at me like this..."
Wen Siheng: "Because we are friends!"
This method requires finding a fellow apprentice to cooperate with before going on stage. Alternatively, you can also do some appropriate monologues.
For example, after Gui Taoran was knocked down, he got up and smiled at Bai Bugui outside the field.
“I struggled to get up… just so you could see (vomiting blood).” Gui Taoran said, “We must go together, to a higher place.”
This kind of flag-setting declaration can even have a better effect of laying the hook and abusing fans. By then, the audience will feel crazy empathy while reading with tears in their eyes and trepidation, waiting for a slight turn in the ending.
To sum up, as long as the demeanor is good enough, even failure will add color to the contestants, and even give them a golden glow of "difficult to let go". With the halo of regret, even if the contestants cannot revive and debut, they can at least go live and sell goods.
Ning Mingmei finally concluded: "So you should know that the real victory or defeat of this kind of competition is not on the field."
Wen Siheng: "Then... where is it?"
Ning Mingmei pushed up his glasses and said wickedly, "Between coming and going."
Recalling Ning Mingmei's instructions, Old Seventeen realized that it would indeed seem very ungraceful to rush over and beat He Yin up at this moment.
He then stood up straight and asked, "Why?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't spoken directly, but his performance now made He Yin even more convinced.
This person must have a hidden killer move!
Otherwise, after finishing this dance, why would he stand here and talk nonsense instead of just going forward?
He Yin said: "... Pei Shiqi."
"He Yin, thank you for letting me have a move." Pei Shiqi smiled, "Why don't you make a move? Please."
This "please" action is very pretentious and cool. The audience started screaming again.
“They are all so graceful!”
And why?
There must be something fishy going on here!
Facing the cheers of the crowd, He Yin gritted his teeth and said slowly: "You go first."
The reason for saying this is not because he is a gentleman.
But he discovered that the people of Piaomiao Peak were too unpredictable!
Isn't it said that the disciples of Piaomiao Peak are notoriously weak and their moves are outdated?
Could it be that...
He Yin was startled and looked towards the hillside not far away.
On the hillside, a fairy in blue clothes, wearing a strange magical weapon, stood leisurely.
There was a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
He Yin remembered that this Master Ning Feng had been out of seclusion for less than a year, and then he took his disciples out to travel. Therefore, when collecting information, He Yin did not pay too much attention to Master Ning Feng.
The changes in Piaomiao Peak... were they caused by him?
That’s not right, but he has only been out for less than a year!
The distance was too far and the glasses were reflective, so I couldn't see the person's face clearly.
Suddenly, he saw the man's finger pointing downwards.
……?
"Time is limited, I'm sorry for offending you." said Lao Shiqi.
A sword light came. He Yin was immersed in his own thoughts and couldn't dodge in time, so he could only cast a defensive spell.
'That's all! He Yin thought, "There is indeed a gap between the middle stage of foundation building and the early stage of foundation building." Let me defend first and test your fighting style! '
"What exactly is the reason?" The elder of Yanyun Tower sighed, "Although I don't know why he lost consciousness just now. But this temporary protective shield is also as solid as a rock."
"When it comes to controlling spiritual energy, He Yin is first-rate." Lu Mengqing said, "When I was his age, I couldn't do it so perfectly."
After all, compared to the middle stage of foundation building, He Yin is more of a "quasi-Golden Core Monk" in their minds.
“Bang!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Sure enough, Old Seventeen stabbed several times with his sword, but failed to break the barrier set up by He Yin.
The voice of Yanyun Tower gradually became louder, while the voice of Qingji Sect gradually became lower.
“I thought it was so amazing.”
"After all this time, it's just a showpiece!"
Although everyone said this, He Yin, who was in the center of the competition arena, was not at ease at the moment.
On the contrary, the horror in his heart at this moment was greater than anyone else's.
What's going on?
This is not a power that a swordsman in the early stages of building foundation can possess!
Pei Shiqi didn't seem to lose any energy when he swung his sword. All the strength in his body was transmitted to the tip of his sword through his strange sword moves in an extremely strange way, and it was even greater than the power he himself could possess.
Ning Mingmei: "Leverage."
Now, all this power was applied to his protective shield.
Although He Yin was able to block his attack, he had no time to use other spells.
Pei Shiqi worked around him. Finally, he stopped his moves temporarily.
He Yin looked at him coldly.
It seems that we have run out of tricks?
'I admit that you are very strong during the foundation-building period. He Yin thought, "But you are nothing more than that... Now is the time for me to seize the opportunity and put an end to you!" '
Until he heard Pei Shiqi's voice.
"It turns out that your protective shield doesn't change dynamically."
"Since compressive stress doesn't work, let's try stress from another direction!"
Everyone was full of passion, but Qi Miancheng in the tent frowned.
"...Oh?" he said softly.
What happened just now, looked at Ning Mingmei.
It would be fine if he was just looking, but there was observation and consideration in his eyes.
He didn't have many friends in his previous life, so He Yin could barely be considered one of them.
However, Qi Miancheng knew his cold personality, so when he met He Yin again, he did not feel anything.
But at this moment, after noticing He Yin's eyes, he actually felt some abnormal fluctuations in his heart.
An unpleasant feeling.
Unhappy about why.
It was as if all the property in his territory was being coveted by others.
Even though Ning Mingmei is so special.
The voice belonging to the Qingji Sect in the field suddenly became louder.
“It’s cracked!”
"The protective shield...is broken!"
"Why is the defense broken?"
…
"It's hard to imagine that a disciple in the early stage of foundation building could force He Yin to this point..." The elder of Yanyun Tower sat on one side and uttered a classic line, "Is he a monster?"
"But isn't He Yin also a monster from Yanyun Tower? The kind that relies entirely on his talent."
"This Pei Shiqi...was unknown before! No one has ever said that he has any extraordinary talent."
Without any talent, yet with such a big change... Lu Mengqing looked at Ning Mingmei's figure on the hillside, and there was a hint of fanaticism in his eyes, which were always calm and competitive.
In other words…
"There must be someone with great guidance."
"Could it be the sword-wielding elder from Piao Miao Peak?"
"I've never heard that Master Ning Feng is so capable before... He has only been out of seclusion for less than a year!"
"Is one year enough for the disciples to grow to this point? In time, Piao Miao Peak will surely be a threat, so terrifying!"
As the owner of the building, Lu Mengqing thinks longer-term than these elders.
What she saw was not only Pei Shiqi's extraordinary progress, or the threat from Piaomiao Peak.
But Ning Mingmei was able to make a cultivator of average aptitude make rapid progress and possess power that surpassed that of a cultivator with natural talents.
The world of cultivating immortals has long been plagued by the theory of genius.
Laying the foundation depends on hard work, golden elixir depends on luck, and those who can reach the Nascent Soul stage are all top-notch geniuses. As for advancing to the Spirit Transformation Stage, in addition to genius, spirituality, luck and hard work, one must also have sufficient resources, enlightenment and luck.
Lu Mengqing was able to climb all the way to the Void Refinement Stage, and of course he was one of the top talents among his peers.
However, no one knew that a deep sense of fear and unworthiness always tormented the young owner of Yanyun Tower.
Because hard work is not worth mentioning, genius is illusory, and cultivation depends entirely on metaphysics.
Only geniuses have the opportunity to ascend to the great world, and only geniuses have the power to change the world.
But what is genius and what is enlightenment? Even the true genius Lu Mengqing didn't quite understand this.
This illusory spirituality will disappear.
I know that I have been given a gift, but I don’t know when this gift will be taken back. At the same time, this gift is what allows me to make a living.
The higher you climb, the more important it is. No one can bear the torture of this illusory uncertainty.
Maybe one day, the "genius" will disappear, and everything she has will vanish into thin air.
But even so, Lu Mengqing knew that she was already extremely lucky.
There are so many people in this world who don’t even have the ability to practice because they don’t have any talent.
Even if they can practice, they can only reach the Golden Core Stage at most and die early.
Therefore, people are frantically pursuing the birth of "genius". "Genius" means the guarantee of cultivation and "power". In order to get a genius, they would even specifically choose a time for intercourse - because a certain hexagram said that it is more likely to give birth to a genius if they have intercourse at this moment.
Because the world does not guarantee the right of ordinary people to be respected.
Only geniuses can feel safe.
But genius is rare. Therefore, when recruiting disciples, the major sects would fight like crazy to get people.
Because bones and spirituality are more important than anything else.
A genius can lead a sect to ascension. Losing a genius would lead to the downfall of even a thriving sect.
This is the operating law of this era.
Therefore, many large sects often have talented monks with mental abnormalities or eccentric personalities.
Because of the cultivation world's craze for geniuses, and also because the cultivators themselves actually understand that they have nothing solid to rely on.
At the same time, there are too many geniuses in the cultivation world. The result of everyone being a genius is that no one is a genius.
There will always be someone born with greater talent than you.
But the sect’s resources are limited, and the sect is under great pressure. Moreover, the sects only need "geniuses" to build them, and they are also afraid of being betrayed by "geniuses".
Therefore, people like He Yin emerge in endlessly.
That’s why…
Thinking of Gui Ruoxue, Lu Mengqing lowered his eyes, feeling a slight pain in his heart.
Over the years, the only thing that could allow ordinary people to improve their practice efficiency was one thing.
The skills of Spark Island.
Thinking of this, Lu Mengqing's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She glanced at Song Mingke. The disciple with a dot of cinnabar between his eyebrows stood there, gentle and innocent.
People often say that the "sense of morality" of the strong is weaker than that of ordinary people. Lu Mengqing admitted this.
For example, when all those involved in the Demon Concubine Rebellion were killed, Lu Mengqing did something secretly.
She took away several highly talented children from the camp where the victims were concentrated, erased their memories, and left them in Yanyun Tower.
Everyone hates Spark Island and tries to avoid it. Therefore, Lu Mengqing does not deny that he is immoral.
It's just that genius is rare.
And... maybe she still has some compassion for those children.
Fortunately, Song Mingke and Yu Niao didn’t know about what happened in the past.
In addition to them, some sects also took away some children with extremely high qualifications. After all, geniuses are also considered assets of the sect.
However, Lu Mengqing was not very clear about these.
Thoughts turned back, Lu Mengqing thought, this was why she could see Ning Mingmei's value.
The skills of Spark Island are useful. But they are really too unorthodox. Not only do they allow humans to practice, they also allow demons, monsters, and ghosts to practice. How can a person betray his own camp?
Moreover, it is a system that is completely different from the cultivation world. How many people's cakes did this involve?
But Ning Mingmei is different.
Ning Mingmei's method... is within the framework of the world of immortal cultivation.
What he corrected and changed was always the efficiency within the world of immortal cultivation. No matter what, those things can be integrated into the current system of the cultivation world, so that all of their superiors can justify it.
Lu Mengqing became excited about this.
Just as she came to her senses, a voice suddenly came to her ears.
"not good!"
The elder who had been ill-intentioned towards He Yin from the beginning shouted, "He's going to use that trick!"
The author has something to say:
Le Xiu: Attack, but the lone hero
Pei Shiqi: (slowly gets up) Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes?
Le Xiu: Infrasonic attack!
Mr. Lu is actually a very nice person. When it comes to adopting Song Mingke and others, consider it as six parts of sincerity and four parts of false feelings.
Six points is already a rare achievement.
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