Chapter 274 Gong Jianqiu Teaches Swordsmanship and Obtains the "Autumn Water Sword"

After walking a few steps, a narrow stone stairway appeared in front of us. Next to the mountain road stood a stone tablet with two large characters written as if with the tip of a sword: Emei.

Going up the stone stairway to the top of the peak, an ancient building appeared with a plaque reading: Welcoming Hall.

There were two middle-aged men with swords waiting at the gate. Gong Jianqiu introduced them as the outer sect elders of Emei.

Because of the closure of the mountain, Emei Sect still follows the traditional elite route. There are not many people in the sect. They specially sent Gong Jianqiu and two outer sect elders to receive Jiang You, which shows that they value the young master Yan Luo very much.

Everyone greeted each other and went into the hall to drink tea. As soon as the tea soup entered his mouth, Jiang You felt the fragrance overflowing in his mouth, and his lower abdomen also felt warm. This should be the spiritual tea planted by Emei Sect in the mountains.

Although the sects stationed in the mountains are far away from the city, which is not conducive to their development and growth, they are close to the water and the tower in obtaining the spiritual objects in the mountains. For example, Yan Luo cannot produce this precious spiritual tea. Yan Luo has been trying to plant spiritual objects artificially, but has never succeeded. It was not until Jiang You brought back a few pieces of spiritual soil that the planting personnel opened up their ideas. The planting of spiritual objects is exactly the project that the logistics department focuses on developing this year.

"It seems that I can communicate with the Emei Sect in a while and ask them about their experience in planting spiritual objects."

Jiang You thought in his heart.

At the tea table, the two outer sect elders were very silent. If Jiang You did not ask questions, they would silently add tea for him.

Jiang You was mainly talking with Gong Jianqiu.

Gong Jianqiu told Jiang You about the arrangements made by the Emei Sect for him. Because the two knew each other, she would be responsible for teaching Jiang You's swordsmanship. At the same time, Gong Jianqiu also made it clear that the core swordsmanship of the Emei Sect could not be taught. It could only teach some introductory swordsmanship and the understanding and practice methods of the swordsmanship.

Jiang You had no objection to this. It should be so. If Emei came up enthusiastically and took out its core swordsmanship to teach Jiang You, he would have doubted whether Emei had any ideas about Yan Luo.

After drinking a pot of tea, the two elders took their leave, and Jiang You and Gong Jianqiu stood up and continued to move forward.

As the host, Gong Jianqiu introduced Emei Sect to him on the way. Emei Sect has a total of five peaks. The first one is the Yingke Peak here, which is used to receive visiting guests. Only after walking through Yingke Peak can you officially enter Emei Sect.

The second peak is Xundao Peak, which is the location of Emei's outer gate. After Jiang You walked to Xundao Peak, he saw that the top of the mountain seemed to be flattened by a sword. The top of the mountain was extremely flat, with palaces standing on it. There were very few disciples inside. The disciples he met along the way were busy with their own things. Two people were practicing swordsmanship in an open space. Their body movements were erratic and the swords were shining. They perfectly reflected the characteristics of the light and agile swordsmanship. They each saw the moves and countered them, and the weapons almost did not collide.

Some people sat cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, breathing in and out, and three or four people were sitting around a sword monument with an axe, a knife, and a chisel, staring cross-legged, as if they were comprehending the sword techniques recorded in the sword monument.

Gong Jianqiu said: "There are no teachers in Xundao Peak. Everyone is seeking the way. Only when you find your own sword way can you enter the inner gate! Those who cannot enter the inner gate within three months will be expelled!"

Jiang You couldn't help but smack his lips. It can be seen that the threshold of Emei is very high. It attaches great importance to the understanding of disciples. These disciples who can enter the outer gate are probably already extraordinary talents, but even so, there should be many disciples who will waste time in the outer gate, stay in Emei for three months, and regretfully go down the mountain.

After passing Xundao Peak, there is a large valley with a large number of spiritual plants planted in the valley. There are also tea trees on the hillsides on both sides. The spiritual tea that Jiang You drinks comes from here.

Jiang You took a look and found that the number of tea trees was very rare. Moreover, it was extremely difficult for Emei to grow spiritual tea. This tea should be very precious and could not be measured by money.

There were many people wearing bamboo hats in the valley tending to the spiritual trees.

"These people are disciples who practice miscellaneous ways in the inner sect and have accepted related tasks."

Emei classified all cultivation paths other than swordsmanship as miscellaneous ways.

After walking out of the valley, he saw a towering mountain suddenly appearing in front of him, and the white clouds only floated to the position of the mountainside.

There were sword lights of various colors flashing in the mountain from time to time. It seemed that flying with a sword was not a rare thing in the inner sect. Poor Chi Yun could not reach the realm of flying swords, but in front of Emei, the master of Qi Sect, the realm of flying swords could be achieved by excellent inner disciples.

This is the horror of the Dharma lineage!

Gong Jianqiu took Jiang You to visit all the way. In addition to the courtesy of hospitality, he also wanted to show off his muscles and the sect's heritage to Yan Luo through Jiang You's eyes. It seems that Emei has the intention to cooperate with Yan Luo.

Jiang You thought in his heart.

"This is where the inner gate is, Jianfeng."

Gong Jianqiu changed direction at this time and did not lead Jiang You into the inner gate. This place seemed to be the core of Emei and it was not convenient for guests to visit. He took Jiang You all the way to the mountain called Cangjianfeng.

On the edge of the cliff at the top of the mountain, there is a villa built in modern style. One-third of the building is directly suspended in the air of the cliff. It is hard to imagine that there is such a building in the deep mountains.

This is the residence where Emei entertains Jiang You. An old man in black clothes stands at the door. He is responsible for Jiang You's daily life. All living needs can be told to this old man.

It was already late at this time. Gong Jianqiu and Jiang You agreed to officially start learning kendo at six o'clock tomorrow.

Then he said goodbye to Jiang You, jumped directly from the cliff, and flew into the sea of ​​clouds with a sword light, disappearing without a trace.

The old man took the reins from Jiang You, tied the donkey to the tree outside the door, and then went into the room with Jiang You.

Although the exterior of the building is modern, the interior decoration is ancient and extremely luxurious. It was built by Emei specifically to receive guests of high status.

As soon as Jiang You entered the door, he was attracted by the huge French window in the living room. When he walked to the window, there was a sea of ​​clouds outside the window. The soft sunset sprinkled into the room. A red sunset sank above the sea of ​​clouds, and a rosy sea of ​​clouds rolled in the mountain breeze.

Seeing Jiang You admiring the beautiful scenery in front of the French window, the old man moved a wooden table and placed it in front of the French window. First, he placed a white porcelain vase on the upper left corner of the wooden table. The plum blossom on the mouth of the vase was particularly beautiful under the orange-red sunset.

Then the old man served Jiang You dinner. The dinner was not very rich. They were all exquisite dishes with beautiful presentation. Although the quantity was not large, they were all cooked with monster meat and spiritual plants.

Jiang You sat cross-legged on the futon in front of the wooden table, smelling the fragrance of flowers, watching the sun sink into the sea of ​​clouds bit by bit as time passed, and tasting the food.

It must be said that although Emei’s reception of Jiang You was not very grand, the arrangement was still very appropriate.

After all, Jiang You not only represents himself, but also represents Yama. Neglecting Jiang You is the same as neglecting Yama, and Emei’s top leaders cannot ignore it.

Jiang You ate very slowly. When he finished eating and drank the last sip of plum wine to clear his mouth, there was already a dark curtain in front of him.

The old man walked up to Jiang You and told him that he would not disturb Jiang You and would go back to the servant’s room first. When Jiang You had something to tell him, he could just press the shouting button on the coffee table in the living room.

The best service staff will minimize their presence, but when you need him, he will always appear by your side in time.

Jiang You first went out to check on the donkey. The donkey was happily eating the food in the trough, and did not look up when Jiang You came.

This beast is very serious when eating, and will never stop eating unless something serious happens.

Jiang You laughed and kicked the donkey, "This beast only knows how to eat!"

Then Jiang You returned to the bedroom, took a bath to wash off the dust on the road in the past few days, and then entered the daily practice.

After Jiang You refined the Dongwang Stele, he had to suspend the practice of Gangjin because of the lack of other refining objects. At this time, he mainly practiced the longevity qi and mental power. These two are the fundamentals of the fundamentals. The longevity qi repairs the deficiencies in his body. After Jiang You practiced these days and recovered, he will be fully recovered after tonight. When refining spiritual objects in the future, mental power directly determines the speed of his progress. The deeper he is, the more comfortable he will be in the future.

On the second day, after Jiang You collected the purple qi, the old man knew that Jiang You got up early today. At more than five o'clock in the morning, when Jiang You just came out of the bedroom, he had already arranged breakfast.

After breakfast, Jiang You did some boxing on the cliff to stretch his muscles. Jiang You's boxing was no longer limited to Baji. He could practice Hongquan, Taiji and other moves he had seen when fighting against his enemies.

He also added his understanding of the Yin and Yang. As he swung his arms, the air around him began to flow around him. The air began to become sticky. The mountain mist in the early morning also wrapped around his arms, pulling out long white lines in the swing.

When Jiang You was boxing, Gong Jianqiu had already arrived. When he saw Jiang You practicing boxing, he did not disturb him and stood quietly beside him to watch.

Although Gong Jianqiu specialized in swordsmanship, Emei was a big sect, and the disciples' vision in martial arts was also very broad.

It was immediately clear that Jiang You's attainments in boxing were already above the master. In his hands, there was no difference between high and low boxing. There was only the consideration of whether it was appropriate or not.

This is how to turn decay into magic.

After Jiang You finished practicing a set of boxing, he raised his palm and pressed it, pushing the clouds around him into the sea of ​​clouds, "Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, Fellow Daoist Gong!"

"It's worth waiting for such a wonderful boxing."

"Haha, my swordsmanship is far from good enough, and I'll need your patience later, Fellow Daoist Gong!"

Gong Jianqiu had also experienced Jiang You's swordsmanship before. A good sword, in his hand, was just slashing rudely, and he was still on the road of overpowering others with force. The weapon in his hand was like a sword and a fire stick, and it didn't bring out the characteristics of a sword at all.

However, Jiang You is no longer the same as before. To teach Jiang You, you need to know Jiang You's current level of swordsmanship before you can teach him according to his aptitude. Let's take a test first.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, let's practice sword moves, so that I can know the level of teaching."

"Okay, then I'll show you how to do it!"

Jiang You pulled the Shengxie Sword from his back. The Shengxie Sword had not yet been restored, but it was not damaged by just a simple swing of the sword.

Gong Jianqiu also turned her wrist, a blue light flashed, and a blue long sword emitting icy cold appeared in her hand.

After the two of them finished fighting, Gong Jianqiu stood for a long time, not speaking for a long time, thinking. Jiang You touched his nose, did not speak, and waited quietly.

I really didn't work hard on the sword, which was also my weakness. Everyone has their own strengths, and there is nothing shameful about it. Isn't the reason why I came to Emei to make up for this shortcoming?

Gong Jianqiu finally spoke, "In fact, you shouldn't be like this after practicing martial arts to this extent. The way of swordsmanship is, after all, the way of killing. Many principles are the same as boxing. The way of swordsmanship is the heart, hand, eye, step, spirit, rhythm, force, skill, speed, change, virtual, real, soft, hard, light, heavy, slow. You can do it easily. The reason why your swordsmanship has not improved is that I think the problem lies in your concept!"

Gong Jianqiu is worthy of being a disciple of the Emei sect. After fighting with Jiang You, he can find the most fundamental problem of Jiang You. Unlike Chi Yun, he only knows that he is wrong but doesn't know why he is wrong.

Jiang You was happy when he heard it, thinking that he really came to the right place, so he continued to listen to Gong Jianqiu.

"I think you have a distorted understanding of the sword. You want to use the sword to be a tyrant. This idea is actually very common in the past society. Some novels, movies and TV shows often create some heavy swords, which are heavier than spears and halberds. It's simply ridiculous.

The reason why a sword is a sword is because of its lightness. If you make the sword bigger and heavier, and lose the characteristics of the sword, can it still be a sword?"

"But for my strength, the weight of the sword will not have any effect on me at all!"

Jiang You had a question in his mind, and he spoke it out directly.

"This is the crux of your problem, because you didn't practice kendo from the beginning, you have a certain strength, when facing the enemy, you will always find a most efficient method, use force to move the sword, naturally you can easily win, you can win with the sword, after throwing the sword away, you can already win, even more convenient, the sword in your hand is not a help, but a constraint on your strength, replacing the sword in your hand with anything, it makes no difference to you.

But since you want to practice kendo, you must give full play to the characteristics of the sword that other weapons do not have, and practice from the most basic place. You want to plant peach blossoms, but the seeds are apricot seeds, there will never be a day when peach blossoms bloom, because you use force to move the sword, ignoring the characteristics of the sword's lightness, fundamentally taking the wrong path, and always wandering at the door of the hall."

"That's the principle!"

Jiang You's comprehension is not weak at all. After Gong Jianqiu's slight reminder, he immediately realized his shortcomings.

I changed my training path late in life, and the reason I practiced swordsmanship was entirely because I had the Shengxie Sword and awakened the sword energy of the demon-slaying sword, which happened to be an obstacle to my sword practice.

When I used the sword, the purpose was to stimulate the sword energy of the demon-slaying sword. Later, when the Shengxie Sword became spiritual, Jiang You still used the old method, simply and crudely using it as a carrier to stimulate the sword energy of the demon-slaying sword and fly with the sword, and it did not exert its due power at all.

Gong Jianqiu continued, "This can be clearly seen from your attacks. Most of your attacks are intended to force me to collide head-on with you, and then use your strength to cut off or knock the sword in my hand away, thereby winning. This should be influenced by your domineering Bajiquan, but there is no such thing as domineering swords. That is the way of spears, halberds, and copper hammers. Swords emphasize lightness and swiftness. You have also seen the fight between the two outer disciples on Xundao Peak. Their swords rarely collide. When the spiritual energy has not revived, the blades are thin and light. No matter what kind of magic weapon, after the collision, the blade will be damaged, and the sword body is not suitable for collision.

I think the sword in your hand should not be an ordinary one. This is also the reason why you can swing it recklessly. Anyway, it will not be damaged. The most taboo in sword practice is to use magic weapons right away, just to avoid problems like yours."

Gong Jianqiu's incisive analysis for Jiang You, Jiang You also humbly accepted it.

After finding Jiang You's problem, Gong Jianqiu directly gave Jiang You an ordinary Qingfeng sword, asked him to put Shengxie sword back into the scabbard, and only use Qingfeng sword to fight her.

Jiang You had deliberately avoided his mistakes this time, but when Gong Jianqiu pressed him with the sword, his long-term fighting habits still made him want to use the sword to shake him away.

Jiang You blocked it, and the long sword in his hand broke into two pieces.

The two did not use strength in the fight, and there was no blessing of yin and yang strength, which was the result.

Gong Jianqiu also turned around and withdrew his hand, giving Jiang You a look, as if to say, you see, without Shengxie sword, your fighting style will be difficult to move forward.

Jiang You also discovered a very serious problem, that is, his fighting instincts are a set of extremely mature and efficient fighting methods formed through thousands of trials.

But fighting with the correct way of using the sword conflicts with his original fighting style.

If you force yourself to integrate, you will hesitate in future battles, and this hesitation will slow you down too much!

Isn't this like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?

Jiang You told Gong Jianqiu the problems he found truthfully.

Gong Jianqiu was much older than Jiang You and had been immersed in cultivation for many years. He gave Jiang You the view that there is no way to build without breaking. His fighting instinct is indeed powerful, but conflict is a good thing, which is the power to continue to improve. Is Jiang You's current fighting instinct the most powerful, perfect and best one?

After hearing this, Jiang You no longer had any worries in his heart and immersed himself in the practice of kendo.

Gong Jianqiu directly trained Jiang You on basic sword moves, correcting his mistakes step by step from the root.

Being able to have Gong Jianqiu, one of Emei's best disciples, teach him this most basic sword move step by step, which shows the weight of Jiang You's letter of recommendation.

Similarly, after Gong Jianqiu had practiced swordsmanship to such an extent, he still had a very thorough understanding of basic sword moves, and he held Jiang You's teachings to the highest standards.

But Jiang You has the strength of martial arts, and his mastery of his own muscles and strength is at the master level. Basically, what Gong Jianqiu said once, he can do it perfectly the second time.

By dusk, Jiang You was able to use the Emei basic swordsmanship taught to him by Gong Jianqiu to the point where she was blameless.

After that, Gong Jianqiu no longer taught moves, but taught Jiang You his understanding of kendo.

This is what Jiang You values ​​most during this visit.

He listened attentively and asked questions directly when he had any doubts. Gong Jianqiu also patiently explained in detail.

Under this condition, Jiang You's swordsmanship improved by leaps and bounds in an extremely rapid manner.

"After all, you are already very accomplished in boxing. These things are not difficult for you. So there is no need to deliberately come to Emei to learn swordsmanship. What is the fundamental purpose of this time?"

Under a day's complementary teachings from famous teachers and apprentices, Jiang You has already mastered the art of swordsmanship, and has reached the point where he can enter the palace. Gong Jianqiu also knows that with Jiang You's status as the young master of Yama, the acquisition of this kind of teaching means a lot to him. It’s not difficult. There should be other purposes for this visit.

"I want to know how to practice sword energy!"

"Sure enough!" Gong Jianqiu smiled inwardly. Jiang You then asked about the core of Emei's Dharma lineage. Originally, this could not be spread to the outside world, but Emei could agree to Jiang You's visit and was well prepared for it. Yes, you still have to show some real skills.

"Sword Qi is actually developed by oneself. It is a special energy emitted by the sword. Apart from its characteristics, there is no difference in essence from other Qi you cultivate. The sword Qi cultivated by each person is different according to the method of cultivation. The ones that come out are also different, and they are divided into higher and lower levels according to the degree of difficulty. Our Emei Sect has a total of five techniques that can produce sword energy, but the ones we can teach you are only the most common techniques. This is already This is the limit of what Emei can do, I hope you don’t mind!”

Jiang You's purpose in wanting to practice sword energy was to try to see if he could use it to awaken his magical power: the demon-slaying sword energy. He didn't care about the quality of the sword energy he could develop.

Gong Jianqiu immediately described the exercises orally, and after Jiang Youji was remembered in his heart, Gong Jianqiu left under the sunset.

In this way, Emei's teaching to Jiang You can be considered complete. After all, Gong Jianqiu's time is extremely precious, and it is not easy to spare a day. In fact, Emei's request for her is only half a day, but because of the conflict between the two, After a few favors, Gong Jianqiu still taught him for a whole day.

The technique Gong Jianqiu taught Jiang You is called "Qiu Shui Sword". This technique has seven levels in total. Once you reach the seventh level, you can develop the Qiu Shui Sword Qi.

After Jiang You obtained the technique, logically speaking, his purpose in Emei had been achieved and he could leave. However, he felt that the scenery in Emei was good, and he was a master of swordsmanship and air sect, and his spiritual energy was rich, so he planned to use the sword here. After practicing the Qi, leave.

Emei didn't care about Jiang You's behavior for a long time. After all, he was a big sect, so he would be petty, and his various benefits were not reduced at all.

In fact, Jiang You also had another intention to wait for Emei to find Yama to cooperate. When he went into the mountain before, he noticed this intention, but Gong Jianqiu did not speak. If it had been in the past, Jiang You would have felt that he would Wrong meaning, Emei didn't mean this at all, but after being influenced by old foxes like Fifth Master and the Righteous Alliance, he would no longer think so.

After all, if Emei spoke first, he would be in a passive situation, and future cooperation would be difficult to discuss. They just hinted that they wanted Jiang You to speak, so as to gain a certain right to speak.

Jiang You smiled. Anyway, he was practicing swordsmanship here. After practicing the sword spirit, Emei still didn't speak. It seemed that the necessity of such cooperation was not great. He could just leave by himself.

After thinking about it clearly, Jiang You began to have a pleasant time practicing "Autumn Water Sword".