Volume 17: The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword (Part 2) Chapter 391: Sitting and Forgetting
"Use one Buddha and one demon to fight against Shangguan Jinhong's one dragon and one phoenix, two swords to attack two rings, why don't you give it a try?"
Old Man Tianji's eyes lit up, and he looked closely at Su Weiyun, speaking with some anticipation.
Su Weiyun's expression changed for a while, but he sighed and said, "I can't do it."
Old Man Tianji was shocked and asked, "You can't do it?"
Su Weiyun said, "Yes. I knew it when I came out of the Bodhidharma Cave. If I use both swords at the same time, the left one is the Buddha sword and the right one is the devil sword, one Buddha and one devil, not only can they not blend together, but they will also affect and restrict each other. At that time, I won't be able to use any sword."
He discovered this early on. After he learned sword skills in the Bodhidharma Cave, he used his sword skills on the little monk who delivered food to him. However, his left-hand sword blocked the right-hand sword. As soon as the right sword came out, the left sword immediately protected it, making it impossible to hurt him.
It is very rare for the left hand to fight with the right hand, but it did happen to Su Weiyun.
The "Dharma Sword Technique" and the "Fifteenth Deadly Sword" are both unparalleled and irreplaceable martial arts. Su Weiyun wants to break them down and refine them again to practice a compatible sword technique. The difficulty is almost higher than creating another martial art of the same level!
Su Weiyun originally practiced left-hand swordsmanship by fighting with both hands, intending to use the Bodhidharma swordsmanship to restrain the Thirteen Deadly Swords, but he did not expect that the two would be so irreconcilable.
Elder Tianji suddenly asked, "Have you ever tried to forget them all?"
forget.
How can one forget martial arts? If one forgets them, what can one use to fight the enemy?
This statement is not just incomprehensible, it is treasonous and against the most basic .
But Su Weiyun seemed to understand, and replied with a smile: "How can I forget? Even Elder Tianji can't forget it, so how can I forget it?"
Old Man Tianji sighed, "That's right. It's easy to know but hard to practice. I know that there is a higher and deeper realm above 'no sword in the heart, the man is the sword', which is 'no sword, no self, no trace to be found'. I searched through ancient books and finally found a word to describe it, called sitting and forgetting."
Zhuangzi: The Great Master says: "To abandon the body, to abandon intelligence, to leave form and knowledge, to be one with the great unity, this is called sitting and forgetting."
Those who practice sitting and forgetting gain through imagination and forget through imagination. They walk the path without being seen walking.
If anyone can truly reach the state of sitting and forgetting, then he will be a true god.
But how do you forget while sitting and forgetting?
How easy is it to forget bit by bit all the martial arts skills that you have worked hard and risked your life to practice for decades?
If these words had not come from the mouth of old man Tianji, ordinary warriors would probably hit that man on the head with a stick!
However, if you truly understand the meaning of "Zuowang", then it is not difficult to understand why Crazy Hu is crazy and sometimes strong and sometimes weak.
It is also understandable why Old Man Tianji would be so restrained and afraid to take any action.
Old Man Tianji has forgotten about martial arts for ten years. Who knows how much of his martial arts skills are left? Has he made progress or is he worse than before?
Maybe even he himself doesn't know.
Su Weiyun sighed: "Martial arts is difficult!"
Elder Tianji said: "The martial arts are inherently difficult."
"Let's go."
"Let's go..."
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Li Xunhuan and Sun Xiaohong returned to the tavern, but Old Man Tianji was nowhere to be found, and Su Weiyun returned to the courtyard he had rented.
The courtyard was built next to Xingyun Manor and was usually very quiet.
When Su Weiyun returned to the yard in the early morning, he found that his third apprentice Tang Du had just returned quietly from outside.
There was a horse tied outside, panting, obviously having just run for some distance.
Su Weiyun frowned and said, "It's so late, are you still busy refining poison?"
Tang Du didn't expect Su Weiyun to come back suddenly at this time, so he said angrily: "I have made great progress in preparing the poison. Maybe I can prepare it in a few days."
Su Weiyun said: "That's good. But you must know that poison is an external way after all, and your own martial arts are the foundation. You should go to bed early, because you still have to practice sword tomorrow."
Tang Du nodded and said, "Okay, okay, Master, I will keep your teachings in mind."
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Not long after, it was about seven days since Su Weiyun and Shangguan Jinhong met.
That day, after practicing sword, Tang Du seemed a little absent-minded. He stared blankly in one direction, and his face turned slightly red from time to time.
Su Weiyun asked, "Aren't you going to prepare the poison today?"
Tang Du waved his hand lazily and said, "I have almost prepared the poison. All that's left is to temper it on the mantis blade. There's no need to rush."
Su Weiyun was a little surprised.
In the past few days, Tang Du not only had no interest in preparing poison, but was also very well behaved and not even a bit disobedient.
Every day after practicing sword skills honestly, he would chat with Su Weiyun casually, and then sit in his room or stare blankly on the steps outside.
——What exactly did Tang Du do that night?
Su Weiyun knew that something must have happened to Tang Du on the night he was away that caused this change.
So Su Weiyun, who was standing in the middle of the yard, suddenly smiled, put away the wooden sword he used for practicing martial arts, and said, "Disciple, I will go to see Xiao Li Feidao tonight to see how his disciple is doing. I will probably be back the day after tomorrow. You should practice sword skills well, and I will teach you new moves when I come back."
When Tang Du heard this, his eyes lit up and he became anxious. He quickly stood up and asked, "Master, are you really leaving?"
"real."
Tang Du bowed his head, his hands hanging to the ground, and said, "Master, please come back soon. I will practice martial arts well and will not let you down."
Su Weiyun smiled and said, "I am very happy that you have this intention."
That night, it was past the hour of Xu.
Tang Du rode on his fast horse again and galloped out of the city.
He didn't know that Su Weiyun was hanging behind him, also riding a horse, following him from a distance.
After walking for more than fifty miles, Tang Du arrived at the foot of a mountain.
At the foot of the mountain is a maple forest. Outside the forest is a tavern with a green cloth wine flag flying high.
The name of the wine shop is very elegant, it is seven characters: "Stop the car and get drunk in the maple forest at night."
Tang Du hurried into the hotel, ordered a pot of wine in a hurry, and then sat down impatiently.
——Did he ride his horse late at night just to come here for a drink?
——Is the wine here so delicious?
There were no lights on in the hotel, and Su Weiyun was very far away, so she could not see clearly what Tang Du was doing.
But after a long time, when a small light was lit in the hotel, another sedan chair suddenly arrived outside the door.
A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in red clothes walked out of the sedan chair. She glanced at Tang Du and said coquettishly, "It's Mr. Tang. Why are you here so late?"
Tang Du was actually a little embarrassed, and pleaded in a gentle voice: "Good girl, please tell me, can I see your young lady tonight?"
The girl in red snorted and said, "Come with me, the lady will see you."
The girl in red took Tang Du and walked slowly into the maple forest and into the mountains.
I saw a small building built in the mountains.
The small building is cleverly designed, with a wooden frame built on the mountainside. There is a narrow staircase next to it, which looks delicate and novel.
The light upstairs was even softer, turning the window paper pink.
When Tang Du saw the pink light in the window, he became very nervous and his whole body began to tremble with excitement.
