Sword from Songshan

Chapter 73: Stab, Chop, Sweep, Cut, Wipe, Hit, Hang, Support, Block

Winter ends and spring comes, and a new year has passed.

"Master! What do you think of my straightforward approach?"

At the back of Shengguan Peak, Lin Pingzhi looked at Lu Nanxing expectantly, like a child who had scored full marks on an exam, waiting for praise from his parents.

"not bad."

Lu Nanxing nodded and uttered three words.

"Great!"

It wasn't a very high evaluation, but Lin Pingzhi felt excited.

It is really because Lu Nanxing’s requirements are too strict in normal times, and it is extremely difficult to get such an above-average evaluation.

Encouraged by this, Lin Pingzhi practiced sword skills even harder.

He secretly made up his mind that within the next year, he would master all 17 moves of Songshan Sword Technique, and at least get Lu Nanxing's "not bad" evaluation!

"It's spring."

Lu Nanxing stretched lazily, glanced at the tender green buds on the treetops, and sighed.

According to the original novel, now is the timeline when Yu Canghai wiped out the Fuwei Escort Agency.

But because of Lu Nanxing's intervention, the plot was advanced half a year.

Moreover, instead of being destroyed, the Fuwei Escort Agency was able to master the Exorcism Sword Technique, and Lin Pingzhi even became a disciple of the Songshan School.

The gentle flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado. What consequences will Lu Nanxing's drastic changes to the plot bring?
"who cares!"

The plot is off track, which is definitely not a good thing for Lu Nanxing.

But sometimes, he can only choose to change the plot.

As for the consequences, he will bear them.

This time when Lin Pingzhi wanted to become his apprentice, Zuo Lengchan intended to have him change his apprenticeship to Zuo Feiying, but Lin Pingzhi insisted on choosing Lu Nanxing instead, so Zuo Lengchan had to give up for the time being.

It is said to be temporary because Lin Pingzhi has not yet been able to worship Lu Nanxing as his master.

The reason is that Lu Nanxing has only been a disciple for a short time and is not yet qualified to be a disciple.

How could Lu Nanxing not see that this was such a blatant delaying tactic? He just wanted to stabilize Lin Pingzhi for the time being and then take his time.

Lu Nanxing didn't care about this.

In Lin Pingzhi's eyes, he was not only a lifesaver, but also a role model to follow! Not to mention Zuo Feiying, even Zuo Lengchan could not replace Lu Nanxing's position in Lin Pingzhi's heart.

Lin Pingzhi's current training is all guided by Lu Nanxing. It can be said that although the two are not master and disciple in name, they are master and disciple in reality.

It is only a matter of time before I formally become your disciple.

What really concerned Lu Nanxing was that this incident created a rift between him and Zuo Lengchan.

Having offended the two great guardians Le Hou and Fei Bin, if Lu Nanxing loses Zuo Lengchan's protection, his situation in Songshan Sect will become difficult.

But that’s a story for later. At least for now, Zuo Lengchan has not fallen out with him.

To outsiders, he is still Zuo Lengchan's most proud disciple.

"He's a good apprentice."

Don’t think about these for the moment. Looking at Lin Pingzhi who was practicing sword hard, Lu Nanxing nodded slightly.

Compared with the original novel, although he did not experience great hardships and did not have a deep blood feud, Lin Pingzhi did not slack off in his practice.

Moreover, he had good aptitude. In just one month, he had mastered the Songshan sword technique quite well.

Lu Nanxing couldn't help but suspect that in the original novel, Lin Pingzhi had been a member of the Huashan Sect for quite some time, but his kung fu had not improved much, so it must be because Yue Buqun did not teach him sincerely.

It makes sense. Yue Buqun accepted Lin Pingzhi as his apprentice just to get his family's Sword Manual of Exorcism. If Lin Pingzhi's martial arts skills were high, it would be inconvenient.

As for Lu Nanxing, he had no such thoughts at all, as the Sword Manual of Exorcism was already in his hands.

As a way of repaying his debt, Lu Nanxing taught Lin Pingzhi with extra care.

Originally, he wanted to teach him the Songshan Sword Skill with a large sword, but the large sword was heavy and Lin Pingzhi couldn't use it with his current wrist strength. Lin Pingzhi didn't have a plug-in like the small wooden tripod, so if he wanted to improve his wrist strength, he needed to practice for many years.

Lu Nanxing had no choice but to teach him the ordinary Songshan swordsmanship first, so that it would be more convenient to learn the greatsword version in the future after he had practiced it to the right level.

In terms of internal strength, I will temporarily teach you the Songyang Heart Method.

After he becomes proficient in exercising qi and moving qi, I will then teach him the Twelve Circulation Qigong!
Lin Pingzhi learned just as Lu Nanxing taught, without any suspicion that Lu Nanxing was hiding anything. So Lu Nanxing's teaching was worry-free.

"Senior brother."

Just as Lu Nanxing was thinking, Zhao Guangjin came with a short and fat middle-aged man.

After greeting Lu Nanxing, he introduced him.

"This is Junior Brother Wang. It is a set of Qingfeng Sword Technique passed down from my family. It has thirteen moves in total and is very agile. I brought it here for you to see."

"Ah."

Lu Nanxing nodded and signaled to start.

"Please give me some advice, brother."

The short and fat man clasped his fists, took a deep breath, and then drew his sword to start practicing.

Lu Nanxing sat there, watching carefully, pondering and verifying as he watched.

When the short and fat man finished demonstrating the Thirteen Moves of Qingfeng Sword Technique, Lu Nanxing closed his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.

It was not until a moment later that he opened his eyes again and raised his hand.

"Yes."

Zhao Guangjin understood and signaled the short and fat man that he could leave.

"... Junior Brother, I'm leaving."

The short and fat man looked at Lu Nanxing, hesitated slightly, and finally took his leave.

After the two men left, Lu Nanxing drew out an ordinary long sword and tried to practice the Qingfeng Thirteen Styles according to his memory.

After repeating it a few times, he stopped and shook his head slightly.

This set of swordsmanship is too ordinary, and there is very little that can be learned from it. Only the seventh move, one of the sword path changes, is interesting.

In creating Songshan Sword Technique 3.0, in addition to referring mainly to the Exorcism Sword Technique, Lu Nanxing also needed a lot of other sword techniques for reference.

How can I obtain more sword skills?

This time when Lu Nanxing came back, regardless of how the Yellow River Gang was destroyed, he had completed his mission and surpassed Le Hou in momentum!

Moreover, although Zuo Lengchan ordered to keep it secret, the news that the successor of the Exorcism Sword Technique became Lu Nanxing's apprentice still spread like wildfire.

For a time, Lu Nanxing's prestige in the Songshan Sect soared!
Direct disciples have their own factions according to their master, but peripheral disciples are different. If you want to gain a foothold in Songshan Sect, you have to find a big leg to hold on to.

For a time, a large number of peripheral disciples wanted to join Lu Nanxing.

As the only person who stayed with Lu Nanxing when the Yellow River Gang was eradicated, Zhao Guangjin has now become his spokesperson among his outer disciples.

At Lu Nanxing's instruction, Zhao Guangjin spread the news that in addition to various poisonous snakes, Lu Nanxing preferred swordsmanship.

As a result, a large number of outer disciples who used swords wanted to come to Lu Nanxing to try their luck. Since they wanted to join Lu Nanxing, they had to show off their skills and practice their swordsmanship.

In this way, in just one month, Lu Nanxing had learned dozens of sword techniques!

In addition, some people who don't know how to use swords or are not good at it, find another way and simply offer some sword manuals to please Lu Nanxing. Although they are all street goods, they are huge in number, with more than 200 volumes to date.

After reading these sword techniques, Lu Nanxing took the essence and discarded the dross, whether it was some exquisite moves or simple sword-wielding methods, and integrated them into his own sword techniques. In this way, Lu Nanxing's Songshan Sword Technique 3.0 has expanded to hundreds of moves before it is completed!
"Form 107."

Combining what he had just gained and some previous fragmentary insights, Lu Nanxing thought of another sword technique, picked up the Juque Sword and began to deduce.

In fact, if he didn't use Juque but an ordinary long sword, Lu Nanxing's swordsmanship might have expanded to more than three hundred moves!

In the following days, Lu Nanxing continued to expand his sword moves.

In the second month, the number of routes expanded to 213.

In the third month, it expanded to 421 routes.

In the fourth month, the number of routes expanded to 722!
The Exorcist Sword Technique is known for its complexity, trickery, and speed. It is difficult to wield a truly fast sword with a heavy sword, so Lu Nanxing gave up speed for complexity and trickery.

It is hard to say whether all of the more than 700 sword moves are unique and exquisite, but if we only talk about their complexity, it is estimated that they are the pinnacle of swordsmanship.

There are seventy-two moves in the Sword of Exorcism, and one hundred and eight moves in Feng Buping's Wild Wind Sword. There are dozens of moves in one sword technique. So, it doesn't seem difficult to collect a total of seven hundred and twenty-two moves.

But Lu Nanxing did not just integrate all the different sword styles into his own swordsmanship, but instead selected and refined them. In this way, when he expanded the 722 swordsmanship, there was no more swordsmanship to refer to in the Songshan School.

But it's almost enough.

In the following month, Lu Nanxing no longer expanded his recruitment madly, but simply practiced the skills he had already acquired over and over again.

At the beginning of the fifth month, there were only 511 out of the 722 sword techniques left.

By the middle of the month, there were 189 routes left.

By the end of the month, only thirteen routes remained.

Point, thrust, chop, sweep, lead, draw, cut, wipe, tease, hit, hang, support, block.

These are not sword moves at all; they are clearly just some basic sword movements.

"I see."

Looking at the final sword technique, Lu Nanxing showed joy.

With the guidance of the small wooden tripod, Lu Nanxing created a broadsword version based on the ordinary Songshan swordsmanship, which elevated a set of entry-level swordsmanship to a sophisticated level.

Having achieved what he wanted, Lu Nanxing wanted to create a higher level of swordsmanship!
But unfortunately, the guide from the small wooden tripod did not appear for a long time.

At first, Lu Nanxing thought that his greatsword proficiency was not high enough, so he could not trigger the guidance of the small wooden tripod.

Gradually, as Dajian Songshan's swordsmanship became more and more proficient and reached the level of perfection, there was still no sign of the small wooden tripod guiding him.

Lu Nanxing couldn't help but think that everything has its limits, and maybe the problem was not with him, but with the Songshan swordsmanship itself.

The potential of these seventeen sword techniques alone has reached its limit. It is impossible or very difficult to deduce them to a higher level.

Therefore, Lu Nanxing needs to learn from other sword techniques.

The Exorcism Sword Technique is a unique martial art of the time. Although Lu Nanxing cannot practice it, he gains a lot from it just by referring to it.

Combining the characteristics of the Exorcist Sword Technique, Lu Nanxing wanted to use the moves as a breakthrough point to create the Songshan Sword Technique 3.0.

But as his sword moves expanded, he felt more and more that this approach was not feasible.

Seven hundred and twenty-two sword techniques are already a lot, but as long as Lu Nanxing is willing, he can continue to expand it to eight hundred, one thousand, or even thousands or tens of thousands!
The number of sword techniques in the world is endless.

The more it expanded, the more confused Lu Nanxing became.

Just as a scholar in the previous life said, knowledge is like a circle. The more knowledge you have, the bigger the circle will be, but the more blank and unknown things you will encounter outside the circle.

This is destined to be a road that will never be completed and will never be passable!
Therefore, when Lu Nanxing expanded to 722 moves, he stopped there and instead practiced the existing sword moves repeatedly.

Who would have thought that as he practiced more and more, his sword moves became fewer and fewer, until in the end only some basic movements were left.

Looking at the final sword technique, Lu Nanxing suddenly realized.

It is not simply a principle that the moon waxes and wanes, and things will turn to the opposite extreme, but that all laws have the same origin!

There are thousands of moves, and no matter how sophisticated the sword techniques are, they are all made up of these basic movements.

Once you master these basic movements, you will be able to perform a variety of exquisite moves.

"Finally, my hard work was not in vain."

Everyone knows the basic sword moves. If you start practicing like this, wouldn't you have mastered it sooner?
But in fact, it's not.

It's like an article, which is made up of Chinese characters, but mastering all the Chinese characters does not mean you can write a gorgeous article.

Lu Nanxing absorbed all kinds of knowledge and constantly improved his understanding of kendo by reading the strengths of various schools of thought. Only when he reached a certain level was he able to trace back to the source.

Among these, the Exorcism Sword Technique is of vital importance!
If it were just some ordinary sword techniques, Lu Nanxing would have to read and practice so much to reach this level, and it would take an unknown amount of time to achieve it.

This is like eating. Ordinary sword techniques are low in nutrition, and only a little is absorbed each time. As a unique skill, the Exorcism Sword Technique is a gluttonous feast, from which a large amount of nutrition can be absorbed.

It is like learning knowledge. Ordinary swordsmanship is at the elementary school level, while the Sword Manual of Exorcism is at the university level. With the Sword Manual of Exorcism as the foundation, the level of knowledge is naturally different.

As Newton said, stand on the shoulders of giants.

Lu Nanxing created his current sword skills by standing on the shoulders of the Sword Manual of Exorcism.

"Finally, there is a superior martial art that belongs to me!"

After expressing his emotion, Lu Nanxing let out a long sigh of relief.

According to his classification of the first-rate four levels, if one wants to upgrade from the fourth level to the third level without a significant increase in internal strength, one needs a superior martial art.

Just like Ding Mian, Le Hou and others, they were able to rank among the top three because they had mastered the superior martial art, the Great Songyang Divine Palm.

Lu Nanxing originally wanted to learn the Great Songyang Divine Palm.

Although he has only been a disciple for a short time, if he eliminates the Yellow River Gang and asks for the Great Songyang Divine Palm based on this achievement, Zuo Lengchan will probably not refuse.

It was not only for self-protection, but also for this reason that Lu Nanxing took on the task of eradicating the Yellow River Gang alone.

Unexpectedly, the Yellow River Gang was suddenly destroyed. Not only did he not gain any merit, but he was almost framed for colluding with the government and embezzling money.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but because of Lin Pingzhi's matter, Lu Nanxing and Zuo Lengchan became estranged.

Judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible to obtain the Great Songyang Divine Palm.

Lu Nanxing created this superior sword technique at this time to solve an urgent problem.

"Black Iron Sword Technique?"

After some thought, Lu Nanxing picked up the Juque Sword and began to practice.

It only has simple moves, relying on the power of the heavy sword, and looks quite similar to Yang Guo's Xuantie swordsmanship.

"wrong."

But then, Lu Nanxing shook his head again.

Yang Guo's Xuantie swordsmanship, with its heavy sword having no edge, great skill but not artificiality, is fierce and vigorous. Although it is an ordinary sword move, it can exert great power and is a way of defeating ten skills with one force.

But Lu Nanxing's swordsmanship is actually different. Although it seems to be the same basic moves, and also relies on force to overwhelm the opponent, he can combine them into exquisite moves at will.

If Yang Guo's Xuantie swordsmanship is to respond to ever-changing situations with the same attitude, then Lu Nanxing's swordsmanship is to give birth to three and three to give birth to all things!
"Juque Sword Technique!"

Looking at the sword in his hand, Lu Nanxing smiled and simply named his sword technique after the sword.

In order to increase the power of his sword moves and better understand those moves, Yang Guo once practiced swordplay in a mountain torrent.

Although it is now the transition from spring to summer, it is not yet the season with heavy rain, and there are no mountain torrents in Songshan Mountain for Lu Nanxing to practice swordsmanship.

But it doesn't matter. Every time I swing the sword, the small wooden tripod guides and strengthens it. Practicing under this guidance actually makes it clearer, and the effect is far better than a mountain torrent.

(End of this chapter)