Chapter 905 Sword Heart
After announcing the start of the second phase, the Sword Tower Master continued, "Sword cultivators don't just refer to cultivators who use swords as weapons. If that were the case, then who in the world isn't a sword cultivator?"
Lu Yang nodded secretly. The owner of the Sword Tower was right. Every cultivator had a dream of becoming a sword immortal. It was just that after trying to use the sword as a weapon, they found that it was not suitable for them and gave up.
"Does a sword cultivator refer to someone who is gifted in the way of the sword? That's not entirely true."
"A true sword cultivator not only possesses a talent for swordsmanship that is beyond the reach of ordinary people, but also has a sword heart, which is your attitude towards your sword!"
"There is such a thing as Kenshin?" Lu Yang wondered. He had never heard his master and senior sister mention it.
Lu Yang felt that he really needed to attend more sword-cultivating gatherings. He might not see his master once a year, and his senior sister had not taught him swordsmanship after the foundation-building stage. Not to mention the Immortal Fairy, who knew nothing about the way of the sword.
"Asking the sword is divided into two parts: asking the sword from the heart and asking the sword from the mind."
"This question of the sword's heart tests the sword's heart."
After listening to the words of the Sword Tower Master, Lu Yang felt a little uneasy. If it was a competition of sword intent, he would not be afraid of anyone, but he had only heard of the sword heart. What should he do? A formation appeared under the feet of all the sword cultivators, and the formation shot a light curtain upwards, covering the sword cultivators.
"This is a self-examination array. You cannot lie about any question regarding the sword in the array."
This is one of the foundations of the Sword Tower. It is a formation that the Sword Tower Supreme accidentally comprehended when he was comprehending the way of the sword. It is of great help to the sword heart.
Lu Yang felt that this formation was similar to his own "Art of Enlightenment" in some aspects, but this formation was more mysterious.
The Conscience Array can distinguish between truth and falsehood, but it cannot ask questions proactively. There are a total of twelve elders in the Sword Tower and one tower master, a total of thirteen people who personally go out to test the sword practitioners of the world.
The one who attracted the most attention among them was the owner of the Sword Tower. The sword cultivators selected by the owner of the Sword Tower, to some extent, represented that he was very optimistic about these sword cultivators.
The Sword Tower Master first came to the Green Bamboo Spirit Duan Changqing and asked, "Duan Changqing, are you practicing the Way of the Sentimental Sword or the Way of the Ruthless Sword?"
"Ruthless swordsmanship."
"If your sword breaks, will you be sad?"
Duan Changqing said coldly: "The sword is broken, I can just refine it again, why are you sad?"
"So do you like kendo?"
"Of course I like it."
The formation under Duan Changqing's feet emitted a dazzling red light, which meant that he was lying.
The Sword Tower Master said seriously, his eyes like swords, as if he wanted to pierce Duan Changqing: "You have to tell the truth."
Duan Changqing couldn't bear the pressure from the Sword Tower Master, so he had to honestly say, "I became a sword cultivator only because sword cultivators have strong offensive power."
The Sword Tower Master sighed: "Your sword is made from a part of your body. This can certainly help you wield the sword with ease, but you have no feelings for the way of the sword, which will block your future path."
The master of the Sword Tower came to Yue Chuan, a disciple of Guanzuo Sect, again. Yue Chuan took out the Lanyan Sword, and the sword spirit A Lan nestled in Yue Chuan's arms.
Yue Chuan understood, so there was no need to ask whether it was the way of the sword with compassion or the way of the sword with no compassion.
"Yue Chuan, can you live and die with your sword?"
Yue Chuan looked at A Lan in his arms and said firmly: "Yes!"
"So what's your relationship with your sword?"
Yue Chuan answered without hesitation: "I want to marry A Lan!"
The poster held his forehead and asked Yue Chuan, it was just a formality, how could he not know what his eldest disciple was like?
If the laws of Daxia had not recognized sword spirits as marriage subjects, they would have been married long ago.
"Mingtai, can you live and die with your sword?" The owner of the tower said in a friendly manner. If we talk about seniority, unless the Supreme of the Sword Tower is resurrected, even if all the owners of the Sword Tower were dug out, their seniority would be lower than Mingtai.
"able!"
Mingtai holds the Hanguang Sword in his hand, which is the sword of the Supreme of the Sword Tower and also Mingtai's true body. If anything happens to the Hanguang Sword, he will not survive.
"What is your relationship with your sword?"
“We are one.”
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar. The formation did not react, which meant that Mingtai was not lying. Countless sword practitioners heard Mingtai's answer and felt inferior to him.
Although their feelings for the sword are very sincere, they are still far inferior to Mingtai.
"Hello, Master Guan." Seeing the master coming, Lu Yang hurriedly saluted.
The owner of the Sword Tower is named Guan Yi.
"Are you Lu Yang? This is the first time we meet." The owner of the Sword Tower smiled when he saw Lu Yang.
Even though he had conflicts with Buyu Dao Ren, those were conflicts between elders and had nothing to do with the younger generation.
As the master of the Sword Tower, what he likes to see most is the growth of talented young sword masters.
As Lu Yang was in the limelight, the Sword Tower Master attracted everyone's attention as soon as he spoke: "He is indeed Lu Yang."
"I don't know what Lu Yang's swordsmanship is like."
"With Mingtai in front of him, even if his swordsmanship is excellent, he can't compare to Mingtai, right?"
The owner of the building asked: "Your master practices the ruthless sword art, what about you, Lu Yang, are you practicing the affectionate sword art or the ruthless sword art?"
Lu Yang hesitated for a moment. It was the first time he heard that kendo could be divided into compassionate and cruel.
"Can I first ask what is the ruthless swordsmanship and what is the compassionate swordsmanship?"
"Didn't your master even tell you this?" Owner Guan was a little dissatisfied with Buyu Taoist, who was too irresponsible.
"Sword cultivators certainly love their swords, but there are different types of love."
"The so-called affectionate swordsmanship means treating the sword as a person and loving the sword as one loves a person. All the people in my sword tower practice the affectionate swordsmanship. The ruthless swordsmanship means treating the sword as an object and simply loving the sword. The most famous representative is your master."
Lu Yang thought about it. Although the Qing Feng Sword was given by his senior sister and he liked it very much, he ultimately regarded the Qing Feng Sword as an artifact and did not have any special feelings for it.
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"Then I should be practicing the ruthless sword art."
After hearing this, the owner of the building was slightly displeased. It was just as he expected. Such a good talent like Lu Yang was taught the ruthless swordsmanship by the old villain Buyu.
But immediately, a red light emerged from the formation under Lu Yang's feet.
"Huh? You lied just now?" Owner Guan showed joy on his face. Doesn't this mean that Lu Yang is practicing the way of the sword with affection?
"Did I lie?" Lu Yang was also surprised. According to the definition given by Guan, he was the ruthless swordsman.
The host of the Guanlou asked gently, "Do you like your sword?"
Lu Yang nodded. He did like the Qingfeng Sword.
"Do you regard the sword as a person?"
Lu Yang was about to shake his head when he suddenly realized what the problem was. There was a person inside the Qingfeng Sword! Lu Yang had no choice but to continue nodding.
The owner of the Guan building clapped his hands and made a conclusion for Lu Yang: "That's right, you like your sword, and you treat the sword as a person, this is the way of the sword with affection!"
"Suppose, for example, that your sword broke and disappeared, would you be sad, heartbroken, and cry bitterly?"
Lu Yang thought about the scenario described by the OP. If the Immortal Fairy disappeared, he would be really sad and would probably cry. He could only continue to nod.
"Look, this is not just the way of the sword with emotions, you have also cultivated to the advanced level of placing emotions in the sword!"
The Immortal Fairy giggled foolishly in the Qingfeng Sword. Although she didn't know why she was laughing, she just felt that Xiao Yangzi's answer made her very happy.
"Then are you willing to live and die with your sword?"
In the way of swordsmanship with emotions, there is a small group of sword practitioners who have extreme feelings for swords. They believe that as long as the sword is alive, the person is alive, and when the sword dies, the person dies. For example, Yue Chuan and Ming Tai mentioned above. Sword practitioners have always pursued this extreme feeling.
Hearing this question, Lu Yang looked strange, not knowing how to answer: "This is not a question of living and dying together, but even if I die, my sword will not die."
Given the heaven-defying power of the Immortal Dao Fruit, it would be difficult for the Immortal Fairy to die.
The host praised Lu Yang's answer: "Okay, protect your sword with your life. I would rather you die first than harm your sword!"
Everyone looked at Lu Yang with respect. Only sword cultivators could understand what Lu Yang's answer meant. This was a higher level of emotion than "the sword is alive as long as the person is alive, and the sword dies as long as the person is alive."
"As expected of Lu Yang, who among the current sword cultivators can compare to him in terms of this sentiment alone?"
"Before, he thought he was just talented in kendo and had no feelings for swords. I was wrong!"
“No wonder one can transform one sword into ten thousand swords and one person into ten thousand people in the Nascent Soul stage. It’s not just his talent for swordsmanship, but his feelings for swords must also play a crucial role!”
Guan asked the last question: "What is your relationship with your sword?"
Lu Yang felt that it was a bit embarrassing to tell the truth, but if he didn't tell the truth, the formation would detect it, so he could only say the truth: "The sword is the master, and I am the minister."
Everyone was in an uproar again, their voices even louder than Mingtai's last time, and they looked at Lu Yang in disbelief.
"Take the sword as your master. This is the legendary state of achieving the unity of man and sword, where the body moves with the sword!"
"No one in history has ever been able to achieve this!"
Sword cultivators are all arrogant. No matter how good they are to their swords, they only put the swords on the same level as themselves, and never put them above themselves.
For the sake of the sword, he put aside the arrogance of a swordsman. What a swordsman's heart this is!
The more Master Guan looked at Lu Yang, the more he thought this boy was really pleasing to the eye. Sword was his main skill, and cultivation was his secondary skill. Even the former Supreme of the Sword Tower had not cultivated the way of the compassionate sword to this level!
(End of this chapter)