I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 199 Hidden Sword Within a Zither (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

In the two jade slips, two more empty promises were made to Jiang Yi.

The title "Qin Xin Jue" is simple, but its content is not.

Xiao Tianyin (female), the ancestor of the Xiao family, was known as the Qin Emperor. She cultivated both the qin (a seven-stringed zither) and the sword, comprehending the way of "controlling the sword with the qin". She combined music and sword intent to create this technique.

This exercise has two core components.
First, the heart of the zither is the heart of the sword; heavenly music transforms into sword energy, killing without a trace.

Secondly, the seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, grief, fear, and shock can be expressed through the zither, and the sword intent can be connected with the divine. The zither music can be used to stir up the enemy's emotions and disrupt their Dao mind, while also helping one's own cultivators to concentrate and calm their mind, thereby enhancing their combat power.

Practicing the "Qin Xin Jue" within the sword-nurturing gourd allows one to use the sound of the zither to draw upon the sea of ​​sword energy, increasing the speed of sword intent condensation, and also to nurture sword intent with the sound of the zither.

At a higher level, the sound of the zither can draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to form a 'sword energy sound domain,' within which all musical notes can be transformed into sword moves.

To break the seven-string seal within the hall, one needs to learn the first level of the "Qin Xin Jue" (Heart of the Qin) technique: "Qin Yin Hua Jian" (Qin Sound Transforms into Sword) and "Tian Yin Po Mo Qu" (Heavenly Sound Breaks Demon Melody).

Jiang Yi discovered that ancient cultivators all liked to fight demons, using things like the Demon-Subduing Sword and the Demon-Slaying Melody...

"Hidden Edge Sword" is centered on "hiding the edge," and involves cultivating both the zither and the sword. When the sword is drawn, it is deadly.

The Xiao family's tradition of combining the zither and sword is based on the zither. As for the sword, it requires concealing its sharpness in its sheath. There is indeed the saying, as Xiao Wujiu said, that one must conceal the sharpness for sixty years before one can achieve mastery.

The swords of the Xiao family cultivators remain silent for ten years, but when they do, their cries shake the heavens. They do not draw their swords lightly, but when they do, it is always in a life-or-death situation, and a single sword strike can decide the fate of the world.

Their understanding of swordsmanship is to use softness to overcome hardness. They believe that swordsmanship is not just about being fierce and violent. By harmonizing with the way of the zither, the sword intent can be made long and continuous, preventing sword cultivators from going astray due to excessive killing intent.

The sound of the zither can help refine sword intent, making sword energy purer, and even giving the sword a spiritual quality.

Jiang Yi suddenly thought of the dairy cows listening to music at the farm... cough, I'm getting off-topic.

The jade slip says that the more the sword intent is hidden, the stronger it becomes. If one does not use the sword for a long time, the sword's power can accumulate to a terrifying level, even cleaving through the void with a single strike.

Compared to the Qin Xin Jue, the Cang Feng Jian is much simpler to learn, mainly because it is hidden, and it only has four moves.

Without a shadow, it returns to its sheath; thunder roars, heavenly sound echoes.

The Shadowless Sword technique makes the sword energy invisible, and the Sheath technique allows the sword to be sheathed instantly.

Thunderclap unleashes the power of a sword that has been concealed for a long time, like a sudden clap of thunder. After using it, the sword needs to be concealed and nurtured again.

The Heavenly Sound technique draws upon the Hidden Edge Sword Qi to create a combined sound and sword attack, resulting in extremely powerful area-of-effect damage.

There is a little story that follows, which tells of how Xiao Tianyin only used his sword three times in his entire life.

The first sword strike killed the enemy, making him famous throughout the land.

The second sword strike will slay the demons and save the world.

They've appeared! Fighting the demons! (Off-topic~)
The third sword strike, uniting the body with the Dao, opens the Heavenly Gate, allowing one to ascend to the Immortal Realm.

Wait, why was Xiao Tianyin able to ascend? Wasn't she cursed?

Uh, I've gone off-topic again~
Continuing on, it is said that in later generations, most of the Xiao family members could not endure the hardship of 'hiding their sharpness' for a long time, so they turned to other sword styles, which resulted in the power of hiding one's sharpness never appearing in the world again.

Because "Hidden Edge Sword" is very simple and tests patience, the entire text is given directly.

It mentions that after activating the Sword Tomb Mountain Formation, hiding a sword in the Sword Nurturing Gourd can double the speed of sword energy accumulation.

Once one comprehends the essence of the Hidden Edge Sword, a single strike can unleash the entire sea of ​​sword energy to kill the enemy.

"What's so difficult about that? Just repair two swords, use the open sword to kill the enemy, and the hidden sword to conceal its edge, isn't that enough? Were ancient sword cultivators this inflexible?"

Two swords and two sword intents are indeed difficult to cultivate, but they are not entirely insurmountable problems. Her original Phoenix Shadow Sword Intent followed the path of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix".

First, comprehend various sword intents, then learn from their strengths and make up for their weaknesses, simplify the complex, and eventually you'll succeed.

"Let me sort this out. So now we need to learn the first level of the 'Qin Xin Jue', 'Tian Yin Po Mo Qu'. This is a musical code. Once the code is correct, we can use the Hidden Edge Sword. As long as the sword's power is sufficient, the seven-string restriction can be broken."

Jiang Yi nodded, so now she needs a piano.

An ordinary zither won't do; it has to be at least a magical instrument.

Either buy one, or... build one yourself.

After much thought, Jiang Yi decided to make the zither herself, because she loved it and wanted to do it all herself from scratch.

Just like when she first learned swordsmanship, she started by honing her own sword. The books on zither making that Xiao Wujiu gave her will finally come in handy.

"This Concealed Edge Sword technique is difficult to learn for now. I only have the Broken Tribulation Sword, which I cannot conceal. However, the Concealed Edge and Shadowless technique inside is very useful. It can make the magic sword and sword energy invisible and shadowless, making it a powerful weapon for sneak attacks. I will learn it first."

Because of the time constraints, Jiang Yi didn't notice the murals behind the bamboo curtain. After putting away the jade slip, she returned to the spirit field and walked to Xiao Wujiu's courtyard.

"Luckily, I brought your little courtyard here, otherwise I would have had to build my own courtyard to live in, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Jiang Yi surveyed the entire cave world. "Now that we're refined people with both courage and a heart of music, we can't keep calling this place 'the cave world inside the sword-nurturing gourd.' We need to give it a name. Let's call it... Wandering Immortal Crossing!"

Cranes roam leisurely in Youxian Ferry, their shadows lingering; they compose zithers and nurture their swords with carefree ease.

"Come out, little snow fairies!"

Jiang Yi waved her hand, and all the little snow demons that had multiplied to nearly a hundred in the Yin-Yang Fall were thrown out by her.

In the past, whenever she saw the little snow demon, the little snow demon would immediately transform into her mother, Jiang Yurong.

But this time, the little snow demon didn't transform into anyone; it remained as snowflakes, floating in the air.

Having witnessed too much of the joys and sorrows, the resentment and hatred, the separation from loved ones and the inability to obtain what one desires, what is this little thing to her?

She has let go of the past; even if the real Jiang Yurong stood in front of her, she would no longer be afraid.

"What kind of transformation should I make you into?"

Jiang Yi rested her chin on her hand. These little snow demons, raised in the Yin-Yang Pendant, were very friendly to her Yin-Yang True Qi without needing a contract. Among them, the more intelligent ones could understand her commands.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to teach you how to transform. Just transform like me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of 'himself' appeared in front of Jiang Yi, all with blank and bewildered expressions.

"Hahaha—" Jiang Yi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Unexpectedly, those "selves" also grinned and laughed like her.

The laughter was uneven; some were high-pitched like birdsong, some were muffled like falling snow, and a few even had their mouths open but couldn't make a sound, just blankly mimicking her lip movements.

For a moment, all the 'Jiang Yi's' in the field were laughing and chuckling, creating a scene that was both bizarre and comical.

Jiang Yi's smile froze, and she wiped her face. "Um, you guys just pull out all these weeds in the field, that's all."

Jiang Yi personally demonstrated by pulling up weeds and leaving them on the ridges of the field.

"Are you ready?"

Most of the 'self' blinked, nodded as if they understood, and then scattered like a flock of ducklings that had just learned to walk, stumbling and falling towards the weeds.

Some were pulling up the weeds with great enthusiasm, while others squatted on the ground staring blankly at the weeds, seemingly still pondering the meaning of 'pulling'.

As for the rest, they remained standing still, their eyes vacant, lost in thought.

Jiang Yi wasn't in a hurry. They were slow learners with low intelligence. She would wait and see how the other little snow fairies were doing well, and they would eventually understand.

Anyway, she's not going to start farming right now; her 'farmers' haven't even arrived yet.

The incense on the fence was about to burn out. Jiang Yi left Youxian Ferry and saw that the incense outside had also just burned out.

The flow of time inside and outside is the same, and the weather inside Youxian Ferry is also the same as outside at this time. Perhaps when she arrives at Huangsha City, the weather inside Youxian Ferry will also turn into Huangsha.
Also, the tortoise shell and copper coins on the gourd look quite extraordinary. Are they used for divination using the Six Lines method, or do they serve another purpose?

She doesn't understand it either.

Jiang Yi absorbed the image-recording stone into her hand and discovered that the sword-nurturing gourd had become invisible after she entered the Immortal Crossing.

After looking at it carefully many times, she noticed that when the wind blew the leaves past the sword-nurturing gourd, there was a slight distortion in the air, which indicated that there was still some spatial fluctuation here.

"If I hang a leaf that obscures the view on a gourd to add an extra layer of effect, can I achieve complete invisibility?"

This needs to be verified by a third party. We'll try it with Xuanhui when we get back.

"It's getting dark, and there's no one around. Let's stay here for the night and continue our investigation of Youxian Ferry."

(End of this chapter)