Chapter 117: A Moment of Beauty

Picking up the bamboo knife, Su Chen started practicing again.

Su Chen really didn't expect that the bamboo knife would break.

Mainly because Su Chen fell into a misunderstanding.

That’s because the material of this bamboo knife is very special.

Although it is made of bamboo, it is extremely hard.

In addition, to pass the trial, you must use a weapon made of bamboo, so Su Chen subconsciously believed that the bamboo sword would not break.

But this idea is so naive.

How can there be endless swords in the world?

If so, it's just that the knife has not reached its limit.

There is no so-called absolute in this world.

If there were absolutes, then the world would definitely not be like this.

All things interact with each other to make this world beautiful.

Click!

The bamboo knife broke again.

Using three consecutive chops to chop hard objects many times was a big test for Su Chen's physical strength, and it was also a big test for the bamboo sword.

Su Chen shook his head, threw away the broken knife in his hand, and then took out a bamboo knife to practice.

Click!

The bamboo knife breaks again.

Su Chen changed again.

Break again.

Break it and change it, change it and break it!

At dusk, Su Chen had cut off countless bamboo knives.

The ground nearby was littered with scrapped bamboo knives.

Click!

The bamboo knife in Su Chen's hand broke again after releasing three consecutive slashes many times.

Su Chen finally lost his patience and threw the broken knife on the ground.

"The bamboo sword is too fragile. How could I pass the test?"

Su Chen roared.

Old Man Ku Ming had been standing nearby for a long time. He had been observing Su Chen. Unfortunately, he didn't give him a surprise. He shook his head helplessly.

"The knife is just an auxiliary tool, an extension of your arm. In the end, the key to defeating the enemy is not the knife, but yourself, you."

Old Man Ku Ming pointed at Su Chen himself.

"Myself!"

Su Chen looked at his hands.

"Of course I know that I have to rely on myself, otherwise I wouldn't have made such great progress and could resist the bamboo guardian's attack for such a long time. But the bamboo sword is too fragile and I can't bring out my own strength at all."

Su Chen said.

"Oh! Really? The bamboo sword is too fragile? Can I understand that you have become stronger?" Old Man Ku Ming asked with a smile.

"I've become stronger!"

Su Chen opened his eyes wide, with a look of thinking in his eyes.

"Yes, you have become stronger. Let me ask you, when you first came here, were you able to break this bamboo sword?"

Old Man Ku Ming's eyes were sharp.

"cannot!"

Su Chen shook his head dully.

"Then why now you can?"

Old Man Ku Ming asked again.

"Because I..." Su Chen looked at his hands, recalling his hard work in the past nearly a year. Practice "Steel Cutting" and "Shunpo" hard.

From the initial incomprehension to the current three-stage slash and agile and elegant movements.

"Because I've become stronger!"

Su Chen's eyes became firm.

"Yes, you have become stronger." Old Man Ku Ming nodded.

"The bamboo sword is a benchmark. It can measure your strength and your efforts."

"Others can't see your hard work, but the bamboo knife can. Others can't see your sweat, but the bamboo knife can."

"The same goes for strength."

"From the beginning, you were a three-legged cat who could break even bamboo knives. Now you can easily destroy bamboo knives when you enter a room. This is the progress of your strength, and the broken bamboo knife is the best witness."

"Then how will the bamboo knife witness your progress in the next stage?"

Old Man Ku Ming asked.

"Next stage? I don't know."

Su Chen couldn't answer.

"The next stage is to use your strength to protect this knife."

"The knife can't be broken!"

Old Man Ku Ming had a brand new bamboo knife in his hand. He looked into Su Chen's eyes and spoke word by word.

Su Chen's mind felt like it was struck by lightning.

"The knife cannot be broken!"

Su Chen chewed on this sentence repeatedly, and at the same time solemnly took the bamboo knife from the hand of old man Ku Ming.

Su Chen held the handle of the knife in his left hand and gently stroked the blade of the bamboo knife with his right hand.

"Is this the next stage of my martial arts?"

"Don't worry, I will protect you!"

Su Chen said solemnly.

Old Man Ku Ming nodded with satisfaction.

Children can be taught!

After that, Su Chen entered seclusion again and read through the two martial arts books "Steel Cutting" and "Shunpo".

Before, I just wrote down the core contents of the two martial arts books.

It doesn't take much talent to imitate cats and tigers.

But if you want to understand everything and find your own way, just memorizing it is useless.

Su Chen needs to read through two books on martial arts, then integrate them into his own body and introduce new ones.

The knife is just an extension of itself.

Whether you are strong or not is not decided by the sword, but by you as a person.

As spring passes and autumn comes, flowers bloom and fall.

Time flies, and time flies by.

Time slipped through the fingers so unconsciously.

Su Chen has been in seclusion for a full year. During this year, Su Chen read the entire "Zhan Gang" and "Shunpo".

There is a lot more inspiration and understanding in my mind.

In the courtyard, there were many shadows of knives, and the energy of knives flew everywhere.

Su Chen's swordsmanship was superb. Dense sword energy flowed out from the blade, wrapped around his whole body, and formed a sword energy wind that wrapped around his whole body.

After a long time, Su Chen stopped swinging and put away the sword.

The dense sword energy wind also dissipated in the world in an instant.

Su Chen closed his eyes, as if he was carefully comprehending the experience just now.

It was also as if he was quietly comprehending the world.

A breeze blew, bringing pieces of fallen leaves and blowing towards Su Chen.

At this moment, Su Chen opened his eyes.

There seemed to be a flash of sword in his eyes.

The bamboo sword was unsheathed.

Sword lights were flying all over the sky.

It seemed like a long time had passed, and it seemed like a moment.

Su Chen still stood quietly in the same place, as if he had never moved.

This is really as still as a mountain, and as moving as thunder.

The leaves are still dancing in the air.

The wind stopped, and the leaves in the sky gradually fell to the ground.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

A slight cracking sound was heard.

The leaves that were floating in the air before were all broken into two pieces the moment they fell to the ground.

Snap-Snap-Snap!

Applause sounded.

"What a fast sword technique, young man, I was right about you, you have made another breakthrough."

Old man Ku Ming clapped his hands, his face full of admiration.

"Old man Ku Ming is too kind, I just felt something in my heart, and it was just a small breakthrough."

Su Chen said modestly.

"A small breakthrough, not necessarily! Not necessarily! Your breakthrough is not small. What was the move just now, and do you have a name?"

Old man Ku Ming asked.

"Nameless!"

Su Chen shook his head.

"In that case, how about I give it a name?" Old man Ku Ming asked.

"Of course." Su Chen nodded.

"Stand still like a mountain, move like thunder. Swift wind and shadow, lightning and star collapse. The sky is full of sword light, pieces of fragrance. Why not call it Moment of Beauty!"

Old man Ku Ming said.

"Moment of Beauty? Good name."

Su Chen nodded.