Chapter 2214: Searching for Deer

Next, Hong Asan taught everyone how to practice the secret technique of "Sword Finger".

During this process, he also specially took time to explain the basics of swordsmanship to Liang Yan and Zhang Song, so that they could get started as soon as possible.

In this way, he practiced at the top of Frost Sword Peak for a day and a night. It was not until the early morning of the next day, close to the time of morning class, that Hong Asan announced that the class was over.

"Thanks for the advice!" Liang Yan thanked him sincerely.

He could feel that Hong Asan was quite down-to-earth, at least he didn't teach them wrong things just because they were outsiders.

"You don't need to thank me. The Jianzhi lineage has been deserted for many years. If this continues, I'm afraid no one will practice it in thousands of years... I hope you can learn one and a half moves. Even if you leave the academy in the future, you can still practice it." Let outside monks know how powerful my sword is," Hong Asan said calmly.

Liang Yan said with a smile: "The Jianzhi lineage will never decline. As you said, great wisdom is as simple as foolishness, and great ingenuity is not as good as workmanship. There will always be people who come after you and the inheritance will continue."

After hearing this, Hong Asan gave a rare smile and said: "I hope it is as you said... By the way, I will be practicing in seclusion for a period of time. If you are still interested, you can come again in three months to listen to the lecture. As for Frost Sword Peak, this is my dojo, suitable for training the physical body. You can come here to practice at any time."

"Haha, I will definitely come on time in three months!" Liang Yan said with a smile.

Everyone was having a good time chatting with each other, and they were quite speculative. After bowing to each other, they said goodbye and left.

"How is it? How is this 'Sword Finger' lineage?" Zhang Song asked with a smile on the way down the mountain.

Liang Yan pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's indeed good. Although it is different from the sword cultivation in my mind, it is also a new approach that is worth learning from."

"Then will you choose 'Sword Finger' as your major course in this decade?"

"I plan to observe and observe... Brother Zhang, where are you?" Liang Yan asked.

"Well... Hehe, to be honest, after today's course, I confirmed that my physical strength cannot meet the training requirements of 'Sword Finger'. So I plan to give up this course and go to see 'Sword Dance' how."

When Zhang Song said this, he smiled mysteriously: "It is said that the strongest person in sword dance is a peerless beauty. If you can enter her class, you can not only learn excellent sword skills, but also enjoy the sight and cultivate your sentiments... tsk tsk!"

Seeing the intoxicated look on his face, Liang Yan couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, we are here to learn. Ten years will pass with a snap of the fingers. Don't spend your thoughts on other places, otherwise you will draw water from a bamboo basket." It’s all in vain.”

"Well, of course I understand the truth, but practicing hard, sometimes you need a little adjustment." Zhang Song didn't seem to care.

Seeing this scene, Liang Yan stopped talking and said with a smile, "Morning classes have started. Yan Yizhou doesn't like people being late. Let's rush there quickly."

"Um."

The two of them said nothing more and drifted away in the wind and snow...

In the next few days, Liang Yan's life in the academy went according to plan.

In the morning, he went to Jixia Academy to attend morning classes. From "Nine Palaces", "Yi Li", "Xin Xue"... to "Sha Yuan Zhang", "Refutation of Spring and Autumn" and other Confucian classics, there was a master in each academic field. Having an accomplished teacher come to teach was an eye-opener for him.

After morning classes, Liang Yan would occasionally travel around the mountains and rivers to make acquaintances, or return directly to the cave to study the secret technique of "Sword Finger".

Hong Asan's first lesson has taught him the practice method of "Dragon Elephant Finger Sword". Although it is not perfect yet, it is enough to lay a solid foundation for him.

Speaking of Hong Asan, Liang Yan concluded that he had achieved Sword Heart!

Although this person only has the cultivation level to overcome eight difficulties, judging from the strength he displayed on the top of the snow mountain, ordinary Yasheng is no match for him.

"The sword points to a lineage, a late bloomer. If this person can break through the sub-sage, I wonder how many people below the saint in the academy are his opponents?"

Liang Yan thought of this and suddenly chuckled, pointing like swords in the cave.

A majestic sword intent emanated from his body, forming an illusory dragon-elephant shape behind him...

It actually looks a bit similar to Hong Asan!

It turns out that Liang Yan's understanding is extremely high. It is difficult for others to understand this "dragon-elephant fingering sword", but he can draw inferences from one instance.

In this short period of more than ten days, he had roughly deduced the rest of the secrets of swordsmanship from only the part taught by Hong Asan.

Although it is not perfect yet, it is a good imitation. At least outsiders can recognize it as a dragon-elephant finger sword at a glance!

"The secret technique of 'Sword Finger' is more suitable for the cultivation of this clone. After all, the sword spirit body does not need to polish the physical body, and I am not a sword person, which just caters to the step of 'controlling people with a sword'..."

Liang Yan thought of this, narrowed his eyes slightly, and thought to himself: "Looking at it this way, I can join the Sword Finger lineage as a guise to cover up the characteristics of my sword spirit body, and then wait for an opportunity to learn the other five moves, so as to spy on Hui. The whole sword!"

In just a short moment, Liang Yan had already laid down the basic strategy for his academy career for the next ten years.

It was already late at night, the moon and stars were sparse outside the house, and everything was silent.

Before he knew it, it had been more than half a month since he came to Hidden Sword Academy, and he had basically grasped the situation here.

During this period of time, he worked hard to make friends with monks from all walks of life. While he was trying every means to explore the subtleties of Confucian swordsmanship, he was also preparing for the discussion of Taoism in the virtual realm ten years later.

Now that the secret technique of Jianzhi has been found, the next step should be Jianyin...

Suddenly, Liang Yan's brows raised, as if he sensed something.

"Haha, after so many days, I finally got what I wanted!"

In the darkness, Liang Yan smiled slightly, stood up and pushed the door open.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, silently sensed for a moment, and his figure turned into a wisp of green smoke, gradually dissipating in the dark night...

About half an hour later, the wisp of green smoke appeared outside a forest.

The green smoke gradually condensed into shape, revealing the appearance of the person, it was Liang Yan!

He looked up at the forest in front of him, frowned slightly, and said to himself: "I didn't expect to be in Wudao Forest...Now is not the opening time, fortunately I listened to Zhu Ling."

After a moment of silence, Liang Yan quickly came to the entrance of Wudao Forest.

The disciples on duty were a man and a woman, both of whom were in the middle stage of Tongxuan. When they saw Liang Yan coming from afar, they couldn't help but look surprised.

"Senior, now is not the opening time of Wudao Forest. If you want to meditate and comprehend, you can wait until tomorrow afternoon." The man reminded in a kind tone.

"I have listened to the bamboo order." Liang Yan smiled slightly and took out the token given by Fang Xi from his sleeve.

"I see..."

The man nodded and gently scratched the token with a special brush, and the original five chances of use became four.

He raised his hand and cast a spell to open the seal at the entrance of Wudao Forest.

"Senior, the ban has been opened... But I still want to remind you that Wudao Bamboo is not effective at night, so few people choose to enter Wudao Forest at night."

Facing this person's kind reminder, Liang Yan smiled and nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, I didn't want to come at this time, but I encountered a little trouble when I was practicing just now, and I couldn't figure out a key point, so I came to Wudao Forest to try my luck."

"Oh, that's not surprising, senior, please, we won't disturb you." The man said politely.

Liang Yan nodded, said no more, and walked into Wudao Forest.

This forest is very vast, with a radius of more than a thousand miles, but the outer periphery is the ordinary "Chixiao Cangwu". Only when you walk to the middle is the place where the Enlightenment Bamboo is.

Liang Yan guessed that this design should be in line with some kind of formation to lock the spirituality of the Enlightenment Bamboo, so it has not lost its effect after being passed down for so many years.

However, at this moment, he did not walk to the center of the forest.

Standing in the shadow of the forest, closing his eyes and sensing for a moment, Liang Yan quickly determined a direction and turned to the southeast and walked quickly.

After walking about three hundred miles, Liang Yan saw a towering hillside in the distance, and there was a dark cave under the hillside.

He came to the outside of the cave and stopped to ponder for a moment.

It is now midnight, and most of the disciples of the academy are practicing in their own caves. Only a few people go out, but they will not come to the Enlightenment Forest because the effect is not good at night.

What's more, this is not in the middle of the forest, not within the range of the Enlightenment Bamboo, so there is not even a shadow.

But Liang Yan sensed a violent breath from the cave.

Huh!

Huh!

…

It seemed as if there was a peerless beast staring at him with red eyes.

Faced with such a strange scene, Liang Yan didn't seem surprised at all, but sighed softly.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to be your enemy..."

After saying that, he flashed into the cave.

The corridor was dark and narrow, with dense sword marks on the walls. It was obvious that this cave was not formed naturally, but was forcibly opened up by someone with sword energy.

Liang Yan walked for a while and soon came to the end.

In the depths of the darkness, a pair of blood-red eyes were staring at him.

The owner of these eyes turned out to be the spirit deer Mengli!

However, it seemed different from before...

At this time, Mengli's eyes were red, and she exuded a tyrannical aura. The two antlers on her head also glowed red, like two bloodthirsty magic swords!

Not far from Mengli, a smart and beautiful girl was leaning against the wall, breathing slightly.

It was Su Xiaodie!

She was pale and weak at this time. She could only sit up with the support of the wall. She had rolled up her right sleeve, revealing a white arm.

The bright red blood was slowly dripping from this snow-white arm, forming a sharp contrast!

Seeing Liang Yan coming, the woman's face changed drastically.

"You, why are you here?!"

She supported herself and tried to stand up, but she failed after struggling several times. She looked very weak...

"It's not the time for Wudao Forest to be open. What's your intention to break in here!" Su Xiaodie tried her best to shout in a serious tone.

Liang Yan glanced at her and suddenly laughed: "Are you still bluffing? I have listened to the bamboo order and can enter Wudao Forest at any time. It has not violated the rules of the academy. But you..."

"Stop, shut up! Don't say anymore..."

Su Xiaodie was excited and couldn't help but feel sweet in her throat. She actually spit out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Liang Yan shook his head and said, "You'd better not be so stubborn. If you force yourself to practice the power, you may suffer the backlash and damage your foundation."

"So... so you're just taking advantage of the situation, right?" Su Xiaodie asked in a weak tone.

"Hehe, if I were that kind of person, I'd start fighting as soon as I came in. Why would I waste so much time talking to you?"

Liang Yan smiled and then looked at Meng Li opposite him.

"If I'm not mistaken, your spirit beast will go crazy every once in a while, and every time you need to feed it with your own blood essence to barely calm its frenzy. But even if you appease the spirit deer, you will suffer extremely serious backlash..."

"Don't worry about it!"

Su Xiaodie seemed to be guessed by him, and immediately shouted: "My backlash is only temporary, I will recover by tomorrow morning, if you are not taking advantage of the fire, then leave here quickly, I, Su Xiaodie, will not hold it against you!"

"Humph!"

Liang Yan snorted coldly, and said lightly: "Maybe you have some special physique, and the blood essence in your body can appease the restlessness of this spirit deer, but don't forget that you are a sword cultivator, and swordsmen are also weapons! Feeding it with your blood essence is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, its madness will become more and more, even if you calm down this riot, what about the next time? What about the next time?"

Su Xiaodie was stunned by his question, and a painful expression appeared in her eyes.

"It was me who harmed her..." the woman muttered to herself.

Liang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly said something shocking:

"If I'm not mistaken, this spiritual deer should have been contaminated by Tianxu?"

As soon as these words came out, Su Xiaodie immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at him with an unbelievable look.

"You, you...how did you know?"

"Me?"

Liang Yan smiled slightly: "I am a master of calculations, and there is nothing in the world that I don't know!"

"No, it's impossible! The old men in the academy didn't notice it, but you, a cultivator who just passed the second disaster, could notice it? I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Su Xiaodie looked very collapsed.

She was hoarse and her face was sad. She even triggered her injuries and coughed violently a few times.

After a moment, she looked at Liang Yan with a resolute look.

"Lu Xuanji, are you going to the academy to report me?"

Liang Yan heard the murderous intent behind this voice, but his expression did not change at all, and he smiled: "Su Xiaodie, I see that you are so injured that even your brain is not working! The so-called arrest of people and stolen goods, if I want to report you, now I am not here alone, but I am here with fellow Taoists from the academy."

"This..."

Su Xiaodie was stunned by what he said.

After thinking about it carefully, it made sense, so the murderous intent in his eyes dissipated a little, but he remained vigilant and asked: "Then what are you doing here?"

"What? Of course I'm here to help you!" Liang Yan laughed.

"Help me?"

Su Xiaodie looked suspicious: "Are you so kind? Besides, what ability do you have to help me?"

Liang Yan did not answer, but slowly walked towards Meng Li...