Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

Wang Zhaohui and others each picked up the scroll and opened it. What came into view was the Purple Cloud Peak, and the Immortal-Slaying Sword stood at the highest point of the peak.

On the right side of the Killing Immortal Sword are several large characters written in a flamboyant style: The sword is a spiritual object!

At first glance, there was nothing strange about it, but after a while they saw the knife in the painting move, as if it had left the scroll and was wandering freely between heaven and earth.

Either leading a group of swords to dance, or committing acts of killing, although no one is holding them, they are still extremely sharp.

The solid defense is vulnerable to a single blow, and the opposing swords are either as fragile as paper or beyond the control of their owners.

After a long while, everyone came back to their senses and looked at the scrolls again. Just as they had when they first saw them, they were shocked and asked, "Alliance leader, can these scrolls cause hallucinations?"

Jiang Weichen nodded. If you want people to truly recognize you, then you have to have something unique.

Wuyazi was able to pay attention in the jade statue and create illusions on the chessboard, so he can naturally do it easily now.

“When I paint, I incorporate a touch of divine inspiration, which can create an illusion in the viewer. Although it is an illusion, it is also real.”

Everyone was puzzled, and Jiang Weichen pointed at the knives that they had put down.

When Wang Zhaohui and Wang Qian saw it, they saw that the knives were all pointing towards the scroll.

Jiang Weichen said, "Weapons become spiritual when held, moved by the heart, and alive with blood. Weapons have spirits from the moment they are forged. The longer they exist and the longer they are used, the stronger their spirit becomes.

You can't sense it because your mindset hasn't changed, and you still treat it as a dead object."

Wang Zhaohui, Wang Qian and others looked at the knives in their hands. Because the leader of the Supreme Alliance uses a knife, and it is a divine knife, most men use knives, and only women choose to use swords.

"I thought only the leader's sword had spirits, but it turns out our swords have spirits too."

“My sword has spirit because I gave it a soul when I forged it, which is equivalent to strengthening its spirit.

Your swords also have spirits, but their spirits are too weak and need a long time to be nurtured and become strong.

In the illusion, you saw the Immortal-Slaying Sword leading the group of swords, like the king of swords. In reality, your swords spontaneously changed direction, proving that the weapons have spirits.

"Alliance leader, how do you sense the spirit of a weapon?" Wang Zhaohui asked.

"I've said it before. Change your mindset and treat your weapon as a living being, as a companion, as a limb. Once you achieve a state of unity between you and the weapon, nurturing it with your mind will strengthen its spirit, and nurturing it with your true qi will refine its body. Once its spirit reaches a certain level of strength, you'll naturally be able to sense it.

In addition, viewing this scroll more often will also help you change your mindset."

Forging a sword soul is not suitable for everyone, because this method begins with the separation of the soul and body, and to achieve unity it requires the absorption of a large amount of human luck.

It's easy for one or two people, but when there are too many people, there won't be enough luck to go around, so he doesn't plan to pass on the Sword Soul Forging Technique.

The method that suits them should be to achieve the unity of man and instrument, and then slowly nurture and strengthen it with the mind. Although it takes a long time, there is no barrier to integration.

After Jiang Weichen finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, you can go back now. Distribute this scroll to all the branches as soon as possible. Except for those who take care of the spiritual medicine, no one is allowed to enter Kunlun Peach Valley to practice."

Everyone bowed and left, and Jiang Weichen suddenly called out, "Chunhua, stay a moment."

After everyone left, Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "You haven't said a word since entering the valley. How come I've become unfamiliar with you after sleeping for more than ten years?"

"The leader's biological sister has been found. I guess there's no need for an imposter like me to exist anymore."

Chunhua has not forgotten that Jiang Weichen brought her back because he couldn't find his biological sister and was afraid that his enemies would find her, so he asked her to take his place.

"Xiao He...A Bi..." Jiang Weichen murmured inwardly, "It's time to go meet her."

Jiang Weichen collected his thoughts and said with a smile, "So eight years ago, after Xiao He came to Qingyun Mountain to pay homage, you came down the mountain to prove that you were more useful than Xiao He?"

Chunhua was speechless. Her only family affection was gone, and she had no support in her heart. She could only vent her anger and take revenge on those who were once her eldest brother's enemies.

"Alright, even if Xiao He is found, we've been together for decades, and I already treat you like my own sister. Why bother yourself with trouble?"

"Really?" Chunhua said in surprise.

Jiang Weichen nodded, and Chunhua finally felt relieved and called out, "Brother."

"Hmm." Jiang Weichen replied, "Any doubts about cultivation?"

"Brother, I've been training outside for the past few years and have reached a state of unity between man and sword. Every move is as powerful as my arm, and my power has greatly increased. I can perfectly exert my full power with the sword, and I can also emit condensed sword energy. How should I practice next?"

Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "You have no support in your heart, so you regard the sword as your partner? It seems that it is not entirely a bad thing. Cold-Faced Sword Saint, you are barely worthy of this title."

"Just barely? Enough?" Chunhua was dissatisfied. "Brother, do you really look down on me?"

Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "Sword Saint isn't a common title. It's not that I look down on you, but the Sword Saint in my heart must at least comprehend the sword's meaning and reach the level of using the sword to enter the Dao. You're still a long way off."

"Brother, how do we comprehend the sword's will?"

Jiang Weichen shook his head and replied, "The Great Dao is ethereal and difficult to touch, but all things originate from the mind. The essence of cultivation is to cultivate the mind. To comprehend the artistic conception, one must rely on enlightenment and the other on the heart. Only by using the ultimate and profound understanding to trigger inner feelings can one comprehend the artistic conception."

"Brother, you said it but it seems like you didn't say it. I still don't know how to understand it." Chunhua was a little confused.

Jiang Weichen sighed, "In short, if you want to enter the Dao through sword, you must first be sincere to the sword, regard the Dao of Sword as your own pursuit, and be unwavering.

Once this condition is met, it depends on comprehension. If you have good comprehension, you may be able to comprehend it quickly. If you don't, it depends on experience. The more experience you have, the more insights you will naturally gain. Although they may be scattered, they will accumulate slowly, and if they add up to a lot, you may be able to comprehend it."

Chunhua seemed to be thinking about something, then asked, "Brother, what do you think of my understanding?"

"Your comprehension?" Jiang Weichen shook his head. "Your comprehension is probably not that good."

Chunhua's face turned bitter, and Jiang Weichen said, "If your goal is just to become a Grandmaster, then it doesn't matter, as long as you continue to refine your skills.

But if your goal is to become a celestial being or even higher, then don't rush to break through to the Grandmaster level.

Because the moment the Niwan Palace is opened up, your understanding will greatly increase, similar to an epiphany, and inspiration will burst out.

The more experiences and insights you have, the easier it will be to grasp the artistic conception when you break through.

If you fail to seize the opportunity to comprehend the artistic conception during the breakthrough, then after the breakthrough you will follow in the footsteps of the Taoist master Qingyun, and will not be able to comprehend it even after decades of practice. Even if your comprehension is not good enough, you may never comprehend it in your entire life.

If you can’t comprehend it, you will never be able to enter the realm of heaven and man in your lifetime.”

"Brother, I feel like the spiritual energy in the outside world has decreased again. Will I be able to break through to the celestial being in the future?"

Jiang Weichen looked up at the sky and replied, "If you can comprehend the artistic conception, I can help you break through to the realm of heaven and man. What you need to do now is to gain more experience. If you want to follow the path of swordsmanship, then fight more.

While nurturing a powerful sword spirit, you can also appreciate the sword techniques of hundreds of schools.

The technique you are practicing now was created by me, and the sword technique I taught you. If you want to follow the path of the sword, then creating your own top-level sword technique is the minimum requirement."

Chunhua seemed to be lost in thought. Jiang Weichen smiled and said, "There's an empty room next door. Go and digest what I just said first. If you have any questions, come and ask me."

"Okay, big brother, the spiritual energy in this valley is rich, it's just right for me to practice."

Chapter 493: Attacking Qingyun

After Chunhua left, Jiang Weichen fell into deep thought. When he had transformed before, he had absorbed the Qi of the Five Elements, which made him accidentally discover that the convergence of the Five Elements could transform into spiritual energy. He also figured out the principle of how the earth veins transformed into spiritual energy.

Having mastered the artistic conception of the five elements, he is now a natural spirit gathering array, which can also accelerate the generation of spiritual energy. However, extracting the energy of the five elements will cause too much damage to the surroundings.

The law of conservation of energy, the five elements are transformed into spiritual energy, and people become stronger, but if mountains and rivers lose too much of the five elements, the plants will lose their vitality, and the mountains and rivers will become fragile.

He wanted to research a large spirit gathering array, preferably one that covered the entire world.

A small portion of the five elements' energy is drawn from all over the world and gathered in one place, and then a secret realm is created for only a few people to practice.

This way, the impact can be minimized and some close people can be allowed to cultivate and improve. He doesn't want there to be no one he knows in this world after a few years.

If he has no acquaintances, he will feel lonely even if he is mentally strong.

But ideas are just ideas after all. How to realize them is the big problem, and he has no idea yet.

In the next few days, he received a number of people one after another, including those from the Supreme Alliance and other acquaintances, such as Yang Wenshan and his grandson.

He sent all the people from the Supreme Alliance away with just a few words of encouragement, and left Yang Wenshan and his grandson to practice in the valley.

Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and he finally finished reading all the Taoist scriptures collected in Changchun Palace.

Jiang Weichen put down the last scroll of the sutra, looked at Taoist Qingyun, and asked, "Taoist Qingyun, do you want to leave or stay?"

Qingyun put down his teacup, puffed his beard and glared, "You've turned my old Taoist Qingyun Mountain into a desert, and now you're trying to drive me away. Do you still have a conscience?"

Jiang Weichen asked in reply, "Aren't you the one who keeps talking about wanting to go back to Qingyun Mountain? I'm confused. Why don't you stay in the blessed land of Changchun Valley and keep thinking about that shabby mountain of yours?"

"You, a wanderer with no home anywhere, don't know shit." The Taoist priest Qingyun started swearing, and then said, "You are still young, you can understand even if you don't understand. When you reach my age, you will understand."

Jiang Weichen said unhappily, "Why, you've cultivated the [Nine Transformations of Qi and Blood], taken the Spirit Peach, and still have a hundred years of life left, and you're already thinking about returning to your roots?"

Qingyun sighed, "Although life is long, the heart is old. That is my home, where I grew up, and it carries nearly a hundred years of my memories. No matter how good Changchun Valley is, it is not as comfortable as staying in Qingyun Mountain."

"Now my skill has reached the peak of the early stage of Grandmaster, but my spiritual awareness is still a little behind and has hit a bottleneck. It will probably take two or three years to break through to the middle stage. Staying in Changchun Valley is useless. It may even take longer because of my poor mental state."

"Home?" Jiang Weichen sighed softly, then smiled and said, "Master, I suddenly remembered a sentence that is particularly suitable for your current situation."

"What?" Qingyun asked.

Jiang Weichen thought of a sentence from his previous life and blurted out: "My hometown cannot accommodate my body, and a foreign land cannot accommodate my soul."

"My hometown can't accommodate my body, and a foreign land can't accommodate my soul?" Taoist Qingyun savored it carefully and exclaimed in admiration, "I thought you didn't understand, but it turns out you have such a deep understanding."

The spiritual energy in Qingyun Mountain is not very strong. If he had not been taught the way of the mind, it would not be suitable for his cultivation because it is not suitable for his physical body.

Changchun Valley is nice, but it is only okay in the short term. However, it is not comfortable to stay there in the long term. It is no place for the soul.

Looking at Taoist Qingyun, the person with whom he had the best relationship, Jiang Weichen felt it necessary to provoke him, otherwise he would become a passerby in a hundred years.

"Master, I finally understand why you're such a loser. We've known each other for thirty years. Thirty years ago, you were at the early stages of a Grandmaster, and thirty years later, you're still at that stage. Zhang Ziyang was limited by the heavens and earth, but you weren't. You've become somewhat complacent."

In the past, perhaps because he saw that the world was declining and no celestial beings appeared in the world, he was unable to break through anyway, so he adopted a mentality of muddling through and even had the mind to visit brothels.

Now that he has the spiritual teachings he has imparted, there is hope for a breakthrough, but his mentality seems to have not changed yet.

Duan Siping is now practicing in the valley, racing against time. Qingyun, on the other hand, is leaving the blessed land and is actually missing home.

If it were an ordinary person, it would be understandable, but Qingyun is already a grandmaster, and his state of mind should not be like this. He has no parents and no descendants in Qingyun Mountain. His only disciple Qing Yi came to the valley with grandfather and grandson Yang Wenshan before. He actually still misses home. There is something wrong with his mentality.

After years of getting along, Qingyun naturally knew what "Cai" meant. Qingyun's face flushed red and he said angrily, "You are so good, Jiang boy. Now that your strength has improved, you start to teach me a lesson."

Jiang Weichen shook his head and said, "Master, this is not a lesson, it's a warning. For cultivators like us, we can grow old physically, but our hearts must never grow old. We must always look forward. Otherwise, once we lose our courageous and diligent heart, our path to the Tao will be hopeless.

Now is not the time when there is no more progress. Everything should still focus on cultivation and not be immersed in memories of the past.

You were able to break through to the Grandmaster level, becoming one of the few in this world who can do so. This shows that your understanding is not bad, and your determination to seek the truth in your early years was also very firm. But now you have become lazy, and you have been lazy for thirty or forty years."

“Everyone before you has been forging ahead courageously, trying every possible way to break through. Even the weakening of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth could not restrain them.

People of your generation, such as Wuyazi, Wu Xingyun, etc., broke through later, but they are also catching up.

The people who came after you, such as Ku Rong, Xiao Feng, and Xu Zhu, all achieved breakthroughs, and some have even far surpassed you. Only you are trapped in your own mind and are content with it."

Qingyun was stunned. If Jiang Weichen hadn't told him, he wouldn't have noticed that there were quite a few people who had broken through to the Grandmaster level in recent years.

Moreover, Xiao Feng, Ku Rong, and Wu Xingyun have all comprehended the artistic conception, and their upper limits have exceeded his.