Chapter 122: Sword and Face

"It's a bit more complicated..."

"You have to think too much..."

The powerful [Return] came head-on, and Ji You's extremely complex sword intent gave rise to an extremely complex sword energy, which met it fiercely.

With that powerful blow, the iron sword was chopped into sparks and the man holding the sword was chopped away.

But just after landing, Ji You picked up the sword again and faced the next [Return].

"It's not complicated enough. It needs to be more complicated."

"Dead brain, think fast."

As he muttered, the second plan, [Return], was even sharper and faster. The whistling sword was like lightning cutting through the sky, leaving no time for people to react.

This is the characteristic of Shou Lin’s third sword. It is extremely fast and is the fastest sword in Elder Qi’s swordsmanship.

Ji You had already flown into the air, holding the most complicated sword, and chopped it down fiercely at the [Return]. At this moment, his sword heart seemed to be overgrown with weeds, violent and chaotic.

But as expected, he was chopped down fiercely by [Return] again, fell into the forest with a bang, and then stood up again with the sword in hand.

"It's complicated enough..."

"Now we need to be simpler, our minds need to be clear, and we need to understand what should not exist and what should stay."

"You have to see what you can see, and only what you can see."

"If I only use one sword, it would be this straightest sword..."

With a bang, the sword wave surged, and the sword energy whistled through the forest. The arrogant air waves continued to gush out, causing the forest to be like a tsunami.

Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi's faces changed at this moment. Looking at the figure whose sword power was weakening but whose sword moves were becoming more and more fierce, their hearts were trembling constantly, and Gongshu Chou could no longer help but retreat.

The only one left at the front was Yan Shujing, who had already passed the third level of the sword forest, but at this moment he was watching very seriously.

Her sword was also a famous sword in Lingzhou. It was stable in the scabbard at the moment, but it couldn't help but tremble slightly when the sword was swung.

With a hum, sword lights flashed in all directions, like waves. The sword intent in front of everyone suddenly became simpler.

It was like being stripped of many things, and now it began to become transparent.

Yan Ye frowned: "It's Xiao Chongshan..."

Yan Qingchi couldn't help but shook his head slightly: "It's not Xiao Chongshan, but... it's a bit similar, almost four points similar."

"A small mountain of four points?"

"Yes, Senior Brother Qi's sword, I won't be wrong."

Yan Ye couldn't help but open his mouth, and his eyes changed again and again when he looked at Ji You in an instant.

The way of the sword is like the way of immortality, vast, boundless, profound and extensive. Lingjianshan has studied the way of the sword for a hundred years and has only touched the tip of the iceberg.

However, those who can understand the way of swordsmanship through sword fighting are rare even in Lingjian Mountain.

Therefore, even though they had only learned less than half of the four-point Xiao Chongshan, it was enough to shock Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi.

The phrase "the sword heart is clear" that the disciples on the mountain often say has been regarded as a compliment to others for thousands of years. However, as elders, they know that this is not just a compliment, but there are really people in this world who are born with a sword heart that is clear.

Their appraiser was one of them, and Yan Shujing who was present at the moment was also one of them.

At this moment, Yan Ye suddenly understood why Ji You used as many as sixteen swords to defeat [Xiao Chongshan].

Because others took over [Xiao Chongshan], but he used the sixteen swords to learn four-tenths of [Xiao Chongshan].

This... What a clear swordsmanship and talent this is, he can almost catch up with Yan Shujing who is ahead of them.

At this time, Gongshu Chou couldn't help but turn his head and look at Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi behind him, with confusion and puzzlement on his face.

With his level of Rong Dao realm, he could actually understand what they meant by "four-part small mountains", but he felt that something seemed to be wrong because he did not see the "small mountains".

"It's not [Xiao Chongshan]."

"?"

"It's not a "Xiao Chong Shan" at all."

Yan Shujing suddenly took a step back, then walked out of the woods with a frown. When passing by Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi, he couldn't help but mutter something silently.

The two were slightly stunned. Before they could fully understand the words of this disciple from Xuanjian Peak, another doubt arose in their hearts.

They knew that Yan Shujing was a sword fanatic and came to the sword forest to sharpen her sword, but they didn't know why she didn't go to the fourth level and instead retreated from the forest.

Yan Shujing naturally did not explain to them, and walked into the second forest with an expressionless face.

However, she did not stay in the second forest, but continued to return to the first forest, and finally stopped here. Then her mind moved slightly and triggered the [Small Mountain] again.

Ding Yao and Huang Hui were waiting outside the first forest at this time, along with Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi.

Wen Zhengxin and Pei Ruyi came to find Ji You. In order not to attract attention, they took a detour through the covered bridge and were much slower than Ding Yao.

They were still hesitating whether to break through the first level of the sword forest to find their junior brother, when they saw Yan Shujing facing the [Small Mountain].

At this moment, the four of them were all confused.

They didn't know why this disciple from Xuanjian Peak suddenly turned around and came to take over the [Xiao Chongshan] that she had already taken over.

"It's not [Xiao Chongshan]."

"Neither is [Liusexin]."

Just now, Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi were not the only ones talking in the forest. In fact, Gongshu Chou couldn't help but murmur as well.

The two elders were talking about [Xiao Chongshan], while Gongshu Chou was talking about [Liusexin].

Different swordsmanship leads to different sword paths.

Yan Shujing had heard that some people have different eyes and would have different feelings about the same color.

When you put random blocks of color together, different eyes will see different patterns.

Yan Ye and Gongshu Chou saw different swords, but she suddenly understood when she looked at the sword at that moment.

It’s not [Xiaochongshan], [New Willows], [Returning Home], or [Innocent Thoughts].

The willows on the Xiaochong Mountain are green, and I am filled with innocent thoughts when I return home.

The man was indeed constantly learning kendo, but he was also throwing while learning.

He cut off a willow branch and gained half a bit of return; he gave up a small mountain and gained another half bit of new willow branch.

This time, the sword skills he used in the third level sword forest were no longer entirely the ones he learned from Elder Qi, but also mixed with his own sword skills.

It is also because of this that his sword is seen as different swords by different swordsmen.

Yan Shujing passed the first three levels with his cultivation and superb swordsmanship, but was trapped in the fourth level for a full sixteen days, and even nearly had an arm cut off once.

Now that I think about it, the reason for this is that Elder Qi reduced the strength of the first three swords.

Many disciples could get through it as long as they had enough skills, but by the fourth sword, just being brute force was no longer a solution.

If you continue to fight back like this, you will be killed by the last sword.

So Yan Shujing broke through the first level of the sword forest again and fought his way back to the third level of the sword forest.

At this time, Ji You had already swung his sword toward the seventeenth [Return], his whole body filled with boiling sword intent.

When Lao Cao was in Tianshuyuan, he often repeated a sentence: The great truth is endless and can only be understood by the heart.

This means that the Tao is invisible, everyone’s feelings are different, and it is difficult to convey it accurately to each other.

But he could see it.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

From Yuyang County to Tianshu Academy, and then to Lingjian Mountain, he could see it every time.

Elder Qi's swordsmanship has always been extremely clear in his eyes.

At the same time, Yan Ye, Yan Qingchi and Gongshu Chou were already standing there in a daze.

The three of them couldn't help but fall into deep thought as they watched the complicated sword art becoming increasingly simple and clean, yet still extremely mysterious.

Kendo is about simplifying the complex, then from the simple to the complex, and finally becoming clean again.

They recalled the words Yan Shujing had just said in their minds, and had now figured out the true meaning.

That was originally Elder Qi's sword, but now it is his sword.

"A natural born disciple of Lingjian Mountain..."

"Why was I born in Fengzhou and accepted by the academy that day?"

Yan Ye murmured, and then he heard a strong sword chant rising into the sky. Ji You was suddenly chopped away by [Return] and fell heavily to the ground.

After the seventeenth sword, the young man did not raise his sword again, but sat down on the ground, his blood boiling and sweat steaming.

Seeing this scene, Yan Ye and Yan Qingchi both breathed a sigh of relief, and their expressions became much more relaxed.

Just like what Yan Shujing said, even if the sword heart is not clear enough, the disciples of Lingjian Mountain can still force their way through here by relying on their realm, but they can't get out of the last level after all.

But the same is true in reverse. Without sufficient realm and strength to support you, you won't go far if you only rely on talent.

Ji You is a monstrous person enough. The fact that he took on the [Return] which gave even those at the Rongdao realm a headache with his Tongxuan realm capability is enough to explain everything.

But that was as far as he could go.

It's not his fault. The only thing to blame is that he was born at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

If he had been born a few years earlier, in Lingzhou, he would have entered Taoism earlier...

Yan Ye murmured to himself, but he didn't know that someone in Tianshu Academy had said the same thing to him. It was Instructor Wang. When he bet on Chu He to enter the inner courtyard, he also sighed like this and said that Ji Yousheng was born in the wrong era.

"What a pity, there is no time."

“That’s all I can see…”

Ji You murmured, then frowned, and then he realized that there were four people standing around, just looking a little dazed: "Elder Yan, long time no see."

Yan Ye looked at him and said with a complicated expression: "Leave."

"?"

"You can only go so far, right? And your senior brother is about to lose. Your Tianshu Academy has been flaunting the name of the Great Xia Holy Sect for so many years. It's time to learn a lesson."

Ji You raised his eyes and said, "I can understand that Ling Jianshan is unwilling to apologize, but it doesn't make sense."

Yan Ye sneered when he heard this: "Why doesn't it make sense? We entered the ruins for the chance to become immortals. Do you think we should hold back when you're fighting for it?"

"But my sister didn't go there to snatch the immortal fate. You Lingjian Mountain and Wendao Sect attacked them together not for the immortal fate, but for the spiritual stone on my sister's body."

"It doesn't matter anymore. Your Tianshu Academy has lost all its face."

Ji You sat cross-legged and then closed his eyes: "Not yet..."

Yan Ye couldn't help but sneer: "Do you think You Buyu has a chance of winning?"

"No, I knew from the beginning that You Buyu would lose, so I calculated the time last night. I can really only observe the sword to this extent, but I haven't tried to force my way in. The remaining few swords may be able to buy back a little face."

"?"

Several people in the field were startled when they heard the sound. Before they could understand what it meant, they suddenly felt the spiritual energy in the forest begin to surge towards this place.

The vast spiritual energy began to flow into Ji You's whole body, and along with the shattered spiritual essence, it spread into his limbs and bones.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound was heard among the bamboo forest.

The spiritual energy in Ji You's body was ignited, and the people standing around him instantly felt a powerful aura surging from his body, and at the same time they heard a series of thudding sounds.

At this time, Ji You opened his eyes. His body had reached its peak, and the hot aura around him hit him directly in the face, which was like an explosion.

Then he took out a pile of medicine bottles from the black jade gourd, opened them one by one and poured the medicine into his mouth.

And when these pills were taken into the mouth, the spiritual energy surrounding Ji You instantly condensed into a milky layer, and then continued to thicken.

These medicines were originally bought to treat leg pain, but now they are of greater use.

That’s right, in the Sword Forest you can not only use your sword skills to pass through it, but you can also just barge in.

At this moment, the four people standing around were all stunned where they were. Even Yan Shujing opened her pink lips slightly and opened her eyes wide at his sudden overwhelming aura.

Buzz——

Amidst a mysterious light, Ji You stood up, and slowly stretched out his strong and powerful arms in front of him. Seven sharp swords emerged from them, whistling and clashing, and hung in front of him, emitting a surging spiritual light.

Seeing this scene, Gongshu Chou said inwardly, As expected!

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