Chapter 46: Practicing Sword with Demons and Monsters (Part 2)

  A pitch-black cave, a passage leading deep into the ground.

  This dark underground passage has been in existence for many years, always in a dark environment. The underground demons have long been accustomed to the lightless environment and can see objects in the darkness, so they don't need torches. However, human cultivators who enter it will need torches.

  It can be said that the dark environment and unfamiliar roads are also one of the five major immortal gates, and so far, they have not been able to eradicate the demons at the bottom of the earth.

  And this darkness that had existed for who knows how many years was suddenly broken.

  Three-handled torches set the surroundings ablaze. In fact, when cultivators enter the underground world, they usually bring Starlight Stones with them. These Starlight Stones look like precious stones at ordinary times, but as soon as they are infused with spiritual energy, they can burst forth with light. However, Starlight Stones are expensive, so ordinary cultivators still use torches first and only use Starlight Stones after the torches have been used up.

  Torches shine brightly.

  Under the light of the torches, the surroundings were illuminated quite brightly, and the figures of the three people holding the torches were also revealed. The three were all sixteen or seventeen years old. The one in the lead had a lazy look on his face, while the two beside him were thin and short but much fatter.

  The three of them had a sack on their backs, the middle boy's sack was the largest and bulging, while the two boys behind him had some empty space in theirs, looking like they were only half full.

  "Sixth Brother, you said I could suddenly grasp the sword intent and break through, but I'm still stuck at the first level of swordsmanship." Ye Yuan said somewhat dejectedly. Originally, with his sword skills, his master Ye Yangfeng wouldn't have taught him the levels of swordsmanship so early on. After all, this wasn't something to be taught now, and some things would make the disciple too proud if taught too early. Teaching a disciple should be done step by step. However, due to the emergence of Lu Yuan, that monster, and Ye Fang's good relationship with Ye Yuan, they often spent time together and asked about swordsmanship, so Ye Yangfeng simply told Ye Yuan about the levels of swordsmanship directly.

  That's right, the person in the middle is Lu Yuan, and the two people on either side are Ye Fang and Ye Yuan.

  Three people are still in the underground world.

  With Lu Yuan's strength, it wouldn't be too difficult to survive in the underground world, let alone on the Moon Demon Gate's turf. After all, the Moon Demon Gate was just a small sect and didn't have many powerful experts. As for Ye Fang and Ye Yuan, their strength made it much more difficult to survive in the underground world controlled by the Moon Demon Gate. Fortunately, they were part of Lu Yuan's team.

  As for the sacks on their backs, they were filled with the heads of the demons. Once a demon was captured and killed, whether in Huashan or in the Great Jin court, many rewards could be received. These heads were all stored in the sacks. Lu Yuan had killed the most demons, so there were the most heads in his sack. Although Ye Fang and Ye Yuan had also obtained several demon heads due to following Lu Yuan, they only got a few. However, Ye Fang and Ye Yuan did not have any dissatisfaction, after all, if it weren't for following Lu Yuan's team, when encountering the first powerful Shura, they would have to use their protective charms and withdraw from this trial.

  Of course, the demons encountered later were not as strong as the first one. Most of them were just some Qi-refining third stage, fourth stage, and fifth-stage demons.

  Even if it's the Moon Demon Gate, there aren't many demon monsters with seven layers of Qi cultivation.

  In this trial, Ye Fang and Ye Yuan saw more clearly the swordsmanship of Sixth Brother Lu Yuan. It turned out that in the Northern Peak Grand Assembly and Cloudy Mountain Valley, the battles were all quickly ended. Only now did they discover that Sixth Brother's swordsmanship was so high and so disgusting, every move aimed at the opponent's weakness, and every strike targeted the opponent's weak point.

  It requires extraordinary eyesight and extraordinary swordsmanship skills.

  As for this point, Ye Fang and Ye Yuan could only sigh in admiration.

  ——————

  As he walked through the dark corridor, Ye Yuan muttered to himself: "If only one day I could suddenly enlighten." He was having his own beautiful dream. Basically, Lu Yuan, Ye Fang and Ye Yuan's personalities were somewhat similar, all of them loved good food and wine, and were lazy and laid-back. It was just that Ye Fang had to put on a pretentious act in front of others because he was under the tutelage of Junzi Sword Sect, otherwise he would definitely be severely reprimanded by his master Fang Ru.

  Fencing!

  Swordsmanship Cultivation!

  At this time, a Shura suddenly jumped out.

  Lu Yuan's hand moved, and the Yang Wu sword had already left its scabbard, transforming into a surge of autumn water that instantly stabbed towards his opponent's right rib. He burst out from the left side, and his right rib was exposed, revealing a weak point. The Shura originally wanted to rush over, but with his right rib being pointed at by the sword, if he didn't change direction, he would likely be pierced through by a single sword strike. Helplessly, he raised his sharp claws and clashed hard with the Yang Wu sword.

  Bang!

  The other party should be a five-layered Qi Gong practitioner. Lu Yuan's judgment was instantaneous: "I'll take care of this Shura."

  A casual sword strike, and it would be a fatal blow to his opponent. But at this moment, Lu Yuan was not in a hurry to finish off the cultivator who was weaker than him. The change in the cultivator's technique was even more inferior to his own Shura. His mind had sunk into deep contemplation, as if he had grasped a thread of inspiration just now. However, what kind of inspiration was it?

  Inspiration exists in a flash of insight, and if you don't grasp it, it's gone.

  At this time, another ray of light flashed, and Lu Yuan suddenly understood.

  Now I can point my sword at the opponent's weakness with a casual swing, but can I control my opponent? Simply put, by making a move to seal off the opponent's certain actions, only allowing them to make fixed moves, every step of the opponent is within my calculations.

  This is to say that originally it was pointing at the opponent's weakness, now through the long sword to control the opponent, forcing the opponent to only go this way, which requires a higher level of swordsmanship, but I just feel that I should be able to do this, and started practicing in this direction, no mistake, still aiming at the opponent's weaknesses.

  Just start by forcing the opponent in the direction you want them to go, such as this sword seals towards the left, he can only run to the right.

  This sword is pointing upwards, and the opponent can only run downwards.

  Of course, at the beginning of practice, it will not be too handy. From pointing to the opponent's flaws to controlling the opponent's moves with one's own long sword, the difficulties in between are self-evident. This is like playing chess. Before, it was just possible to win against the opponent, but now it's not only about winning, but also about how to win, what method to use, and how many pieces to win with, all of which need to be calculated and executed.

  This was extremely difficult, and at first, there were many mistakes when practicing like this. Fortunately, the opponent was only a five-realm Shura who was weaker than himself, so even if he made some mistakes, he could immediately recover. Gradually, Lu Yuan became immersed in the changes of swordsmanship.

  This Shura, who had been practicing the Fivefold Heaven for so long, had never been defeated in such a humiliating way. His opponent could have killed him at any time, but instead continued to toy with him, often using sword moves that made him feel extremely uncomfortable. It was simply infuriating. However, as they fought on, this Shura finally lost too much blood and fell under Lu Yuan's sword.

  At this time, Lu Yuan was still deep in thought, as if he had something on his mind.

  At this time, Ye Fang finally couldn't help but say: "Sixth Brother, what are you doing? This battle seems to be completely different from the previous ones."

  "I'm practicing swordplay." Lu Yuan said, still deep in thought: "My original sword technique was to target the opponent's weaknesses, but that could only make them lose. Now, I want to control how they lose, making them follow my train of thought. This might be hard to understand, so let me put it this way: when playing chess, I used to just focus on winning against my opponent. But now, I not only want to win but also guide or force my opponent to move according to my plan. How many pieces they lose, what method I use to win - all of that will be under my control, making them like a puppet under my sword."

  Ye Fang and Ye Yuan were both tongue-tied, feeling that this realm was impossible to achieve.

  ……

  At this time, Lu Yuan actually didn't know.

  There are three thousand sword intents in the world, and each type of sword intent is still divided into initial understanding, intermediate understanding, and complete understanding. The initial understanding is like the state before the North Peak Grand Competition, which is the initial understanding of the sword intent. The intermediate understanding is when the swords point to the opponent's weakness, this is already a mastery of the sword intent, and can be done at will, pointing to the opponent's weakness with one sword. Complete understanding is what he wants to achieve now, using the sword intent to perfectly control the opponent under his long sword, whatever you want to do is not up to you, your body wants to go right, but the long sword forces you to only go left and so on.

  Of course, this kind of realization is the most difficult to fully grasp among the first type of sword intent. The latter ones are easier to fully grasp as long as the first one can be fully grasped, with the guidance of the first type of sword intent.

  Lu Yuan now needs to fully comprehend his first sword intent and second sword intent.

  Wind Sword Intention! Cloud Sword Intention!

  Some book friends have pointed out that the fighting scenes in this book are a bit simplified, I realized it and will pay attention to it later, the first few chapters were written a bit hastily.