Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

"Let those who seek profit become impoverished."

"For those who seek martial arts, sever all their meridians."

This is a concrete manifestation of Ji Li's "killing intent" action pattern: whatever a person pursues or wants to obtain, he will destroy.

"This is really..."

"Really..."

Because he hadn't read many books, Ying Qin Guan hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, unable to think of a suitable word.

Fortunately, at this moment, Shenxin raised the small blackboard, ending the awkward moment at Ying Qin Pass.

"This is... Ji Li, or rather, Zhao Yunxian's murderous intent."

"To kill a person's heart is to destroy their dreams; to kill a person's soul is to leave them an empty shell..."

"However, even disregarding the villains, this behavior, even from my own perspective, is simply too..."

"Too much trouble." Ying Qin Guan shrugged and said, "If it were me, I would just use a basic attack to send these villains to meet the goddess... But speaking of which, my behavior is actually gentler for these villains. The thought of killing is more cruel than death itself."

"Indeed...to have a person's life's pursuit completely and utterly denied, and to have their path cut off, is...too cruel."

"Thankfully, this is just a novel, and Ji Li only targets those truly unforgivable villains..."

"If there were people like that in real life..."

"Ha." Ying Qin Guan laughed: "How could that be? Zhao Yunxian, who writes novels, what does he know about martial arts masters? He's just imagining things. How could there be such a person in reality?"

"That stupid author who lacks common sense is just imagining things; there's no such person!"

Chapter Thirty-Four: The power of this sword grows stronger with each strike.

kill?

From the bottom of her heart, Himura Tanzakura felt that this behavior was utterly despicable.

Born into this world with such talent, everything he does is twice as effective, and he can progress faster than anyone else... Even so, why does he still have to 'kill'?

It's almost like... being 'afraid' of others growing up and defeating you.

They clearly possessed talent far surpassing theirs, yet they still chose to kill them, denying them any chance to grow. Such behavior is utterly despicable.

Therefore, Himura Danzakura... never kills anyone.

He never killed anyone, yet this principle caused him countless troubles over three years. So he wondered... was there no way to get rid of that swarm of annoying flies except by killing?

He soon got the answer.

It's better to kill the spirit than to kill the body.

If you kill someone, they may have a husband, wife, children, friends, parents, elders... countless people will come to seek revenge, and hatred will continue to spread.

But what if...it's not the person who's killed, but the "heart"?

"Whatever a person pursues, I will destroy."

This is... "the intent to kill".

Over the past three years, Himura Tan's heart has been extinguished many hearts, but he never expected that one day... he would have to kill the heart of the Sword Saint.

He used to harbor murderous intent as a substitute for killing.

But now he has the intention to kill, in order to save people.

Himura Dan's eyes were open to Kai... He considered himself to be only 30/70 against Kai in their life-or-death battle. He was 30%, Kai 70%, and a slight rounding up meant a near certain death. And the Sword Saint... even at his peak, wasn't necessarily stronger than Himura Dan's current strength. Moreover, now that he was old and frail, if he were to fight Kai in this state... certain death was inevitable.

Himura Tan's life or death didn't matter. Although the Sword Saint could be considered his mentor, Himura Tan's life was a given. He understood that he was destined to reach this point sooner or later, and it had nothing to do with how strong his mentor was. What he cared about was the man's dying wish.

The man's last words were probably a joke, perhaps because he saw Himura Tanzakura crying so pitifully. So he just said it casually, hoping to cheer him up... The speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.

Himura Tanzaku wanted the Sword Saint to live, and wanted him and Naruto to live to a ripe old age.

The day before yesterday, I killed with murderous intent to kill; today, I kill with murderous intent to save lives.

The best way would be to defeat Kui... but that's just wishful thinking. He simply can't do it. It would be more likely if it were Ying Qin Guan.

So, as a second-best option... the will to kill.

Naruto thought that murderous intent was one of Hisumura Tan's methods, but she was wrong; it was Hisumura Tan's only method.

Shen Jiu can see things that ordinary people cannot. She glanced at the Sword Saint and concluded that the Sword Saint could not withstand a bloody battle.

If he, as Mingyin thought, severely injures the Sword Saint to the point where he is unable to participate in that battle, then there is a 90% chance that the Sword Saint will be killed directly, and the remaining 10% chance that he will not live for more than three months.

Therefore, the desire to kill is not a choice, but the only path.

Himura Tansaku has the heart to kill the Sword Saint.

You have devoted yourself to swordsmanship for decades, abstaining from women, antiques, prostitutes, calligraphy, painting, music, chess, and music theory. You do not participate in politics, seek high positions, wealth, or gourmet food, nor do you care about health. All you seek is battle and strength.

What a coincidence...

I am twenty-one years old this year. I am fond of antiques, calligraphy and painting, music and chess, lanterns, music, food, fine clothes, storybooks, opera, swords, beautiful women, poetry, Peking Opera, and fine horses. I have been practicing martial arts for twelve years.

If I defeat you today, how can your heart not die?

The Sword Saint is now challenging the King with this very spirit. Today, Hishimura Tanzaku has killed his heart, and that spirit will never return.

Kill one Sword Saint, and live another Mingjue.

Everyone except the Sword Saint was happy to see this deal go through.

But a person's destiny is always in their own hands.

The Sword Saint unleashed another slash!

He's still making moves!

In this situation, a normal person should have stopped attacking... It's like a level 11 cat being surrounded by five big men; it's practically impossible for it to escape, let alone fight back. Stopping and typing on the keyboard is the only sensible thing to do. But the Sword Saint... is still attacking?!

The surrounding disciples hesitated to speak. In their view, it was unnecessary. Even if this exchange continued, it wouldn't make the Sword Saint appear stronger; instead, it would only expose his old age and declining health.

But the Sword Saint never stopped.

Is it a death throes, a platypus's stubbornness before its demise, or something else...?

He knew he wasn't a level 11 Yuumi, but a level 18 Vayne, whose ultimate was just one second away from being available.

Believe that you will always be able to shout out in the face of adversity: "What's done is done."

Let the cloak tumble in darkness and despair until dawn arrives.

The long sword continued to slash, the wind whistling through the air. Hishimura Tanzaku's expression gradually became serious, and her movements became more exaggerated.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and pink cherry blossom petals fell. The swordsman's longsword sliced ​​through the petals, severing them, and then struck his enemy.

The sword's power grows stronger with each strike!

Zheng—

The sound of swords clashing suddenly rang out!

Whose knife, whose sword?

It's the swordsman's blade... it's the sword of Himura Dan's sword.

Just now, Hishimura Danzai's sword... was drawn.

Because of that last strike, he had no choice but to draw his sword.

The blades of the knife and sword clashed, producing a metallic clang.

Normally, such encounters are swift and decisive—not referring to people, but weapons; they essentially separate upon contact. And because it involves swords, they usually don't remain locked in a stalemate for long... But this time, both the Sword Saint and Himura Dan's sword remained in their drawn and undrawn stances, neither of them moving.

It seemed that the Sword Saint's series of fierce attacks came to an end with Himura Dan's drawing of her sword.

"You drew your knife very quickly."

Himura Tanzaku lowered her gaze and said softly, "I cannot bear to be displeased... Teacher, so you really want to win."

Of all those present, only Yu Xietian truly understood the meaning of that strike.

The Sword Saint had been deliberately slowing down his sword strikes to let Himura Tanzaku 'remember' and 'get used to' his speed. Then, in that last strike, he unleashed his full power, a strike far exceeding all his previous exchanges. He fought like this because he wanted to win.

This is a very unsportsmanlike fighting style. Firstly, the Sword Saint is an elder, and Hishimura Dan's disciple is his. Secondly, aside from subjective thoughts like murderous intent, objectively speaking, Hishimura Dan has never retaliated or attacked the Sword Saint. Even so, the Sword Saint still resorts to such underhanded tactics...

There's only one explanation then...

Just as Hisumura Tanzaku is saying now.

"Teacher, do you... really want to win that much?"

Chapter Thirty-Five: Killing Intent, But No Killing

That strike was truly despicable, comparable to suddenly pulling out a gun halfway through a fight. And if it had landed, it would have nearly killed Himura Dan's life. If it weren't for Himura Dan's incredibly fast sword-drawing technique... she might have actually been hit.

Such underhanded tactics might be acceptable in a life-or-death battle, regardless of whether anyone is watching, but in the current situation, Himura Dan's Sakura clearly doesn't intend to take the Sword Saint's life, especially with her own apprentices and retainers watching.

Using this tactic in this situation can only be interpreted as... an extreme desire to win, an intense thirst for victory.

Or rather...

“Every battle is a life-or-death struggle for me.” The Sword Saint raised his eyes and met the gaze of Himura Tanzaku. “Don’t you understand this yet?”

Yes... another explanation is to treat every battle as a life-or-death struggle.

There's a way of living that's to treat every day as if it were your last, and there's a way of playing that's to treat every game as if it were your last.

Those who live each day as if it were their last will be fearless and dare to do anything, while those who treat every battle as their last, as a life-or-death struggle...

Himura Tanzaku fell silent. The smile on his face had vanished at some point, and his narrowed eyes were now wide open, revealing his scarlet pupils.

His inner energy surged, his killing intent gathered, and his eyes and body gave subtle hints.

If Ying Qin were here, he would recognize it at a glance—it was his own consciousness slash!

Compared to Ying Qin Guan, Hishimura Tan Ying's use of the Consciousness Slash was quite clumsy. If it wasn't because he rarely used it before, then the only explanation is that he only learned the move a few days ago.

The Mind Slash was a move that Ying Qin Guan developed himself while in prison. Although many people knew the principle behind it, no one except him had ever successfully executed the Mind Slash—Nephalem even pondered it every day, wishing he could master it and suddenly unleash it on Ying Qin Guan while he was using the toilet, but he had never succeeded either.

How could Himura Tanzaku learn it after only two encounters with Ying Qin Guan?

Yes, he learned it, though it was clumsy and not as natural as Ying Qin Guan's, but he still learned it and used it.