Chapter 18 The Secret of the Sword Immortal

The wind blows thousands of miles, and the sword hangs in the north.

More blowing down, the stars are like rain.

No one in Beicang City dared to speak out.

Emperor Wu Xu Su looked embarrassed.

Fortunately, Li Qiubai did not push forward, but stopped at the right time.

The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is gone.

The big ship gradually moved away and disappeared from everyone's sight.

But this scene, this person, is lingering in their hearts.

In the next ten years, I will not forget it, and in the next hundred years, I will not forget it.

 …

The big ship sails freely through the waves.

Li Qiubai seemed to be in a heavy mood at first, but was about to speak, but found something.

He looked back.

On the bow of the ship, Lu Qingshan kept silent, closed his eyes slightly, and wandered into the sky.

Around him, there was an invisible air mechanism wandering.

"Sit on the sword." The sword fairy saw Lu Qingshan's state at this time.

He thought for a while, and finally took away the first and fifteenth day of the junior high school who saw that Lu Qingshan was not in the right state, but did not dare to disturb easily, and left the bow without being disturbed.

Lu Qingshan's heart fluttered.

After witnessing Chang'an Sword Immortal returning the sword to Beicang, a mysterious sense of beauty mixed with the sword principles he had previously comprehended began to emerge, touching his mind.

In the original divine script in his primordial spirit, which represented Mangcang's warfare, another symbol began to light up, blooming with golden light.

In his mind, there are stars wandering all over the sky, their trajectories are like flying swords looking at each other, captivating, and one of the blood moons is in the sky, which is extremely dazzling.

This is the tactic on the Blood Moon tactic tablet.

Lu Qingshan faintly sensed a vague meaning of the word.

He meditated without saying a word, and "sat" until late at night, when the bright moon was in the sky, he slowly opened his eyes.

The red moon in the field of vision turned into a round of clear moon, Lu Qingshan was stunned for a moment.

A mellow voice sounded.

"Good boy, I want a carp to jump over the dragon's gate, when will I be able to transform into a dragon?" Chang'an Sword Immortal asked with great interest to Lu Qingshan who came back from his deep meditation.

Lu Qingshan looked back and saw that Li Qiubai was standing by the curtain of the cabin, he didn't know if he had just come out, or he had been standing here waiting for a long time, holding a moon lamp in his hand that entrusted the feelings of a certain woman "How many people have fought back in ancient times".

"I don't dare to be a carp jumping through the dragon's gate, but it's really fast." He said happily.

Although he was not in a hurry, he was always happy to be able to make further progress so soon, no matter what.

Compared with the quick return of the spring breeze, although the sword style he has comprehended this time has not yet fully formed, Lu Qingshan knows it well, this time the sword style will be a sword style that focuses on killing power.

As long as this dragon gate is leaped over and the sword form is formed, then the realm of transforming gods is at your fingertips.

Li Qiubai glanced at Lu Qingshan meaningfully.

He has seen too many kendo juniors in his life.

But like Lu Qingshan, every time he strikes a sword, he can gain something from it, Li Qiubai also thinks it is rare.

I just don't know how many times this kid can jump the dragon gate in the future.

as well as,

Can you jump over the biggest dragon gate?

"Boy, I'm leaving." Li Qiubai finally said.

He only walked with Lu Qingshan for half a month because of Xia Zhao, and because of Lu Qingshan's status as a sword cultivator's junior, and supported him several times.

But the two are not relatives after all.

Besides, the way of swordsmanship can be supported, but it is absolutely impossible to teach a child hand in hand like a parent teaches a child to write. This is absolutely useless. It is possible to become a "calligraphy master" in the future.

Li Qiubai is in such a state, so he naturally understands the reason.

He has already taught Lu Qingshan several times, the rest is for Lu Qingshan to comprehend and integrate, so it is time to part.

Lu Qingshan has long been prepared for this moment, and he can only be grateful in his heart.

For a swordsman who has reached the pinnacle of the Sword Dao, being supported from a high position is of great significance to him.

"Above Bei Cang Qingming, senior won?" Lu Qingshan asked cautiously.

Although I was roughly sure that it should be Li Qiu's victory, the guess was just a guess after all.

"Ten thousand years ago, he was my defeated general, how could he defeat me now?" Li Qiubai said directly, his tone was quite flat, as if it was not worth mentioning.

For a genius like him who is hard to come by in ten thousand years of swordsmanship, he can only be defeated now, and there is no such thing as being able to fight now and not being able to fight later.

Because the speed of progress of others is absolutely impossible to be faster than him.

"Then senior is still a sword fairy now?" Lu Qingshan hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Earlier in Beicang City, Emperor Xu Wu said that senior, your ears have been broken, is it empty talk?"

"A Emperor Wu wouldn't lose his reputation by talking nonsense." Li Qiubai sneered.

"Then?" Lu Qingshan was startled.

"However, my situation is quite special. It is not false to say that I have fallen into the sword fairyland, but it is not wrong to say that I am still a sword fairy." Li Qiubai nodded, not paying attention, just smiling.

"Boy, I don't understand, is it convenient for me to explain my doubts, senior?" Lu Qingshan felt confused.

"Do you know the division of realms after refining?" Li Qiubai glanced at Lu Qingshan sideways and asked.

"Six realms transform into gods, seven realms merge into one, eight realms transcend tribulations, and nine realms unite the Dao." Lu Qingshan said.

He couldn't possibly be unaware of these things.

"What is harmony?" Li Qiubai asked rhetorically.

Lu Qingshan was stunned, stunned in place.

The unity of the nine realms is still too far away for him. He has never considered this issue, let alone know the mystery.

He shook his head and said sincerely: "Please teach me, senior."

Li Qiubai was expressionless, "The so-called harmony is to find one's own way from the way of heaven, and to achieve the power of the way of heaven, which is the nine realms."

"There are three thousand roads, each person chooses a different road, with varying degrees of difficulty and intensity."

"Although it is easy to join the small way, it is basically difficult for this kind of Nine Realm monks to make progress in their life. They give up the small way to take the great way, and every step is difficult, but they have the opportunity to make great achievements, make half a step forward, and cultivate to the honorable title."

Among the nine realms, there are also strong and weak realms.

When entering the Nine Realms for the first time, he is the most common Taoist monk, known as a one-step monk.

There are four steps in the way.

When the four steps are completed, and then take half a step forward, it will be the honorary title.

The Dao Master of Dharma Cultivation, Emperor Wu of Physical Cultivation, and the Sword Immortal of Sword Cultivation are all in this state.

"You should be able to understand these things." Li Qiubai squinted at Lu Qingshan, paused, and said again: "However, do you know that sword cultivation does not have the so-called Composite Dao Realm in the Ninth Realm?"

Lu Qingshan was taken aback for a moment, then his pupils suddenly dilated, "What do you mean by senior?!"

"Yes," Li Qiubai nodded, "As long as a sword cultivator enters the Ninth Realm, he will directly cross the four-step path and reach the Sword Immortal, which is the Zunhao Realm."

There is no distinction between sword cultivators and noble titles!

"Why is the sword cultivator so special?" Lu Qingshan couldn't believe it.

"Actually, it's not difficult to understand," Li Qiubai said with a chuckle, "The way of heaven is actually the innate way. It is the avenue that has existed in a world since its birth."

"The Dao of Thunder and the Dao of Five Elements, regardless of one another, are all the same. The most distinctive feature of this kind of heaven is that there are traces to follow, and the monks only need to realize the pursuit and integrate them. This is also the ninth state. The reason why it is called Hedao."

"It's just that you have to understand," Li Qiubai elongated his tone and said meaningfully: "These avenues existed before monks appeared. Even if there were no monks in the world, these avenues would not exist." disappear."

"The avenue cultivated by the sword cultivator is the way of the sword."

"However, before the appearance of sword cultivators, how could there be any theory of swordsmanship in the world?" Li Qiubai asked with a smile.

Lu Qingshan suddenly understood as if struck by lightning.

Sword repair repair sword.

But in fact, the sword weapon is an acquired creation, a magic weapon made by the human race itself.

At the beginning of the world, there were wind, thunder, five elements, and various creations, but there was absolutely no sword.

Among the three thousand ways of the world, there has never been a so-called theory of swordsmanship.

"The way of swordsmanship is the only acquired way, not an innate way. It has no trace to be found, and there is no way to follow it. Only our sword cultivators can develop it with their own strength and wisdom."

"Therefore, there has never been a saying that sword cultivators are right." Li Qiubai said flatly.

"How can something that doesn't exist at all be combined?" Lu Qingshan continued.

"That's right, the ninth level of five cultivators is called joining the way, but the ninth level of sword repairing should be called opening the way." Li Qiubai revealed the secret of sword immortality to Lu Qingshan, "Therefore, sword cultivators have always been It is the most difficult to break through to the ninth realm among the six cultivators."

Clearing the way is always much more difficult than joining the way, there is no doubt about it.

"It corresponds to the difficulty of breaking the realm, once the sword cultivator breaks through the realm, he will be extremely powerful, directly reaching the Sword Immortal." Lu Qingshan murmured.

No matter how strong the way is, it is just borrowing other people's strength to be the spokesperson of the way of heaven and picking up the wisdom of the way of heaven.

But to open the way is to be yourself.

Li Qiubai nodded, "Creating a way of swordsmanship is about the same difficulty as other monks taking four steps to advance to a noble title.

But other monks can progress step by step, starting from Hedao and slowly climbing up step by step until they reach the advanced title.

However, sword cultivators can only reach the sky from the Eighth Realm to the Sword Immortal in one step. Therefore, among the six major sects of monks, the number of Sword Immortals has always been the least. "

No wonder sword cultivators are the most romantic and have the most geniuses. In the 20,000 years of Chang'an, there have only been three sword celestial beings.

I see.

"Then?" Lu Qingshan was puzzled.

What does this have to do with Li Qiubai's current state of being a Sword Immortal and not a Sword Immortal?

"My self-cultivation of swords has been smooth and smooth, and I have never encountered a bottleneck. Even at the level of opening the way, I didn't stay too long. I just opened the sky with one sword and climbed to the sword fairyland." Li Qiubai smiled and said softly.

Lu Qingshan pursed his lips, not knowing what to do.

"It's just that it's so smooth. I found out after a thousand years in the Sword Fairyland that the way of the sword I developed is great, but it has flaws. It's too rough and lacks a kind of soul, so it's hard to pass through the Ancestral Realm."

Li Qiubai opened the way, relying more on his unprecedented talent.

But talent always has a limit. If the road is flawed, it is not perfect. No matter how talented you are, you will not be able to reach the end.

"There is no turning back on the road, and it is impossible for me to turn back and build the road." Li Qiubai explained.

"Unless it's self-destructing the way of the sword, open the way again."

Lu Qingshan had mixed feelings for a moment and was speechless.

Until now, how could he still not understand the meaning of Li Qiubai's words.

This is similar to his behavior of beheading himself.

But the problem is, what he killed was only the Dao Foundation of the Nascent Soul Stage, while what Li Qiubai killed was the way of the sword.

It's like the difference between a middle-class man who gives up everything and starts from scratch, and a billionaire who gives away his entire fortune and starts from nothing again.

The perseverance and courage needed in it are definitely not comparable to Lu Qingshan's self-defeating Nascent Soul Daoji.

At that time, Li Qiubai was already a well-deserved leader in swordsmanship, yet he still had the courage to make such a decision, and he was so understated.

How could Lu Qingshan not admire him?

"After self-destroying the way of the sword, the realm has been released for thousands of miles. I have indeed fallen into the sword fairyland, and my ears have been dusted because of it."

Regardless of the shock in Lu Qingshan's heart, Jianxian looked at the water moon in the river again, and said softly.

"But it doesn't mean I'm wrong. On the contrary, this is the only way to go, because if I don't take this step, how can I know the real way of swordsmanship?"

"Then senior has returned to the Sword Wonderland now?" Lu Qingshan asked tentatively.

It is clearly the method of the Sword Immortal, and even the real emperor Wudi is not Li Qiubai's opponent. This should be the real Sword Immortal, right?

"It's almost," Li Qiubai sighed, "Boy, let me tell you one last thing. What sword cultivators do to open the way is to prove the way with strength, and to forcibly open a new way in the way of heaven."

"It's like going to someone else's house as a guest. There are three thousand roads to reach. If you insist on shoveling out a road yourself, would you be happy if it was you?"

"Not happy." Lu Qingshan said decisively.

"Yeah, if you don't like it, Tiandao naturally doesn't like it either. Sword cultivators will be blocked by Tiandao with all their strength," Li Qiubai said calmly, "Of course, it's not non-negotiable. If your relationship with Tiandao is good enough , even if you have a little disrespectful behavior, Tiandao will turn a blind eye."

Very simple reason.

You will definitely be upset if a stranger eats your food, but if your girlfriend eats your food, not only will you not be angry, you will even ask her if she wants to eat more.

"So sword cultivators need to have their own heaven and earth energy to protect the way."

"Xie Qingyun used the luck of the Eastern Region and the luck of the Sword Sect to protect the way, and thus became a sword fairy. Chu Mushen used one-third of the luck of the human race to break through the realm, and I used the luck of the Great Xia to ascend to the sword fairyland."

Borrowing Daxia's luck to protect the way?

Lu Qingshan glanced at Li Qiubai meaningfully.

There is no doubt who the person who borrowed his Great Xia luck is.

only.......

Chang'an Sword Immortal is not a member of Great Xia, so it is worth pondering how to use this luck.

Li Qiubai turned a deaf ear to Lu Qingshan's cautious thoughts, and continued: "While I destroyed my sword, I also dissipated my Great Xia luck."

"Now that my swordsmanship has been accomplished again, it is even four or five floors higher than the previous Sword Fairyland, but only I lack the luck that can protect me, so I have not been able to open the way again."

This is why Li Qiubai said that he is a sword fairy, but not a sword fairy.

——Cultivation is at the eighth realm, but the realm of swordsmanship is far beyond the sword fairyland.

"Thank you, senior, for teaching me." Lu Qingshan clasped his hands and clasped his fists knowingly.

Li Qiubai nodded slightly.

The reason why he told Lu Qingshan in such detail was to give advice.

He saw his own shadow in Lu Qingshan - full of talent and extraordinary talent.

In order to prevent Lu Qingshan from repeating his mistakes in the future, he said so much to Lu Qingshan.

Luck.

Lu Qingshan repeated the word again in his heart, only felt that it was so mysterious.

This kind of thing is invisible and intangible, it is indeed metaphysics.

He shook his head, thinking about it no more.

——He is only in the fifth realm now, and the matter of sword immortality is too far away from him, so there is no need to worry about salty carrots, it is better to care more about how to break through the Ten Flowers God Gate.

"Has the senior asked about the black armor?" Lu Qingshan changed the subject, this is what he cares most about right now.

"Xu Su is not my opponent, and he misses Beicang, so of course he dare not hide it in front of me," Li Qiubai sneered and said, "A barefoot person is not afraid of a person wearing shoes, let alone a person wearing shoes can't beat me." Barefoot."

"Then?" Lu Qingshan frowned slightly.

"His black armor was wanted by King Qing's lineage, and it is said that the refiners of King Qing's lineage wanted to use the finished product to reverse the refining method of the divine armor." Li Qiubai said expressionlessly.

"As for the matter of the three cities, he also doesn't know anything about it."

"Will Emperor Xu Wu hide something?" Lu Qingshan hesitated for a moment, then asked again.

"No," Li Qiubai shook his head and said firmly, "He dare not."

"Hehe... It's really pushing one after the other." Lu Qingshan frowned, smelling the smell of conspiracy.

The clue to the black armor was found by the empty three cities, which is the first link.

Shuiyuntai was found again through Heijia. As a result, the information given by Shuiyuntai pointed to Emperor Wu of the Xu family in Beicang, which was the second ring.

As a result, it's not over yet.

And there is a third ring.

The third ring turned out to be the lineage of King Qing, one of the three collateral lines of the Great Xia.

The energy of the people behind this is simply terrifying, and they can use so much manpower and material resources.

If it wasn't for Chang'an Sword Immortal to discover this matter, then if he conducts the investigation alone, even if the sky is pierced, nothing can be found out.

"Is it King Qing?" Lu Qingshan guessed.

The clue finally pointed to King Qing's lineage, and he immediately thought of King Qing.

He does have this strength and energy.

Li Qiubai stepped forward, stood leaning on the railing, looked at the moon in the water, stretched out a finger to lightly tap the boat railing, held the moon lamp flat with one hand, took over the moonlight, and said to himself: "Just ask at the door and you will know."

When a person has enough strength, he doesn't need too many tricks to investigate what he wants to investigate, which can be summed up in one word.

Just ask and that's it.

Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment, then said: "Senior, there is one more thing I want you to tell you..."

He deliberated over his words, and briefly told Chang'an Sword Immortal what he had seen and heard in the abyss, that is, the existence of human races in the abyss.

"Trafficking people..."

Li Qiubai slowly retracted the moon cup, staring at the liquid in the moon cup, frowning.

He shook his head, and poured the "wine" onto the Lancang River without mercy.

The wine was still in the air, but after a gust of river wind blew gently, it turned into little moonlight and dispersed.

He looked at the moonlight transformed by the "wine liquid", and saw a faint red light in it.

"Dirty."

Chang'an Sword Immortal sighed leisurely.

The next moment, his figure was like a dream bubble, like dew and like electricity, flashing away from the big ship.

"I know about this matter, you kid, relax and repair your sword, I will take care of this matter."

Above the great river, only the voice of the sword fairy is heard, but the sword fairy is not seen.