Lihen Heaven.
Lu Bai Chuan had already woken up. After learning that Yan Li had suffered the Yellow Springs Curse because of him, for some reason, Lu Bai Chuan felt extremely ashamed. When he answered Yan Li's questions, Lu Bai Chuan became absent-minded. Yan Li told Lu Bai Chuan to rest and recuperate, and asked Tiger Lei to take care of him.
"Dragon Head!"
Li Kuofu had woken up and walked over.
Yan Li saw her and thought for a while before asking, "How are your injuries?"
"I have the Divine Fire Shield to protect me. I'm fine." Li Kuofu's voice was full of energy. It was as she said.
Yan Li nodded and said, "I already know what happened. There's no time to go into details. There's an old man named Tang nearby. Go with him to the Wizard Trail of Oz and bring Eleven and Fu 'er here."
"Yes!" Li Kuofu answered.
Yan Li described Tang's location in detail and drew a map from memory before asking Jin Xiangyin to let her out.
After taking care of these trivial matters, Jin Xiangyin invited Yan Li and Li Xiang Jun to his room. He asked Li Xiang Jun to brew tea and said, "You want to understand the Green Lotus Sword Song. I will only tell you what I know."
"I'm all ears." Yan Li helped brew tea.
Li Xiang Jun smiled sweetly.
Jin Xiangyin coughed and pretended he didn't hear anything. He said, "When the Green Lotus Sword Deity was around, the human world was in the Warring States Period. As you can see, the eight states were divided into hundreds of countries. The countries were at war and there were countless examples of countries being established today and falling tomorrow. The Sword Deity's original name was Ye Cheng. He was born in a family of scholars in the State of Zhao. He studied at a young age and stood out in the court examination at the age of eighteen. For the next ten years, he was an official in various places but his achievements were mediocre. He was once a genius and was gradually forgotten. Until one day, a neighboring country invaded and the court could not send a good general. Someone suggested the Sword Deity. The emperor panicked and randomly picked a general to lead the army to repel the enemy. Because his son lost in the court examination, the Prime Minister purposely gave him old provisions and old and weak soldiers. The Sword Deity knew about it and did not mind. He took the army but was laughed at along the way, saying that he would definitely lose. "
"And then?" After Li Xiang Jun finished distributing the brewed tea, she gently leaned on Yan Li's body. Hearing this, she was extremely curious and asked.
Jin Xiangyin used the lid of the teacup to wipe away the foam and slowly took a sip before continuing, "The neighboring country had tens of thousands of soldiers and strong horses. The Sword Immortal thought that he would definitely lose if he fought them head-on, so he came to Mount Myoboku alone with his sword and cut the waterfall in front of the enemy. Since then, the waterfall never recovered and scared the enemy so much that they peed their pants."
"He didn't recover?" Yan Li was surprised.
Jin Xiangyin said, "In the beginning, people, including the current emperor, believed that the sword immortal had used a smokescreen and praised him for his wit. The Sword Immortal did not defend himself. He resigned from his official position and said to the Emperor, 'I am not in the court, but I can still protect the country.' The Prime Minister immediately suggested to bestow Mount Wonderwood to the Sword Immortal. The Sword Immortal gladly accepted and built the Green Lotus Sword Abode on Mount Wonderwood. "
"Then the Prime Minister must have bad intentions." Li Xiang Jun said.
"Indeed." Jin Xiangyin said, "The neighboring country reacted quickly, thinking that the Sword Immortal was up to no good. They were even more furious and heard that the Sword Immortal had built a hut on the path they had to take to invade Zhao. So, they invited a genius swordsman who was already famous in the three realms back then, determined to expose the Sword Immortal."
At this point, he smiled mysteriously. "I'm sure you've heard of her name before. Her name is Bai Kongxue."
Li Xiang Jun repeated the name, finding it familiar.
"The most powerful Sword Immortal!" Yan Li's pupils dilated slightly. He could not be more familiar with this name. What he hadn't expected was that the Green Lotus Sword Song and the Venus Sword Scripture would meet in the same era and coincidentally fall into his hands.
Unsurprised, Jin Xiangyin said, "Bai Kongxue went to experience the Sword Immortal's skills. But when she went to the waterfall and saw the fault, she went back and told those people that the fault was real. Since she had defeated countless famous swordsmen before, no one dared to doubt her words. Hence, the Sword Immortal's fame soared and the neighboring countries no longer dared to invade. Countless people came to take him as their master out of admiration. The Sword Immortal adhered to the principle of boundless teaching and accepted no one, taking in tens of thousands of disciples. "
"Tens of thousands?" Li Xiang Jun cried out, "How did he teach all of them?"
Indeed, it was a huge problem for tens of thousands of disciples to eat, drink, and defecate.
Jin Xiangyin said, "He didn't teach, only passing down the true meaning of the Green Lotus Sword Song for his disciples to comprehend. However, what he thought was simple was as difficult as ascending to the heavens for his disciples. None of them could comprehend it. They couldn't even unleash the most basic of sword forms, let alone break the waterfall. "
He drank half a cup of tea in one go and sighed before continuing, "Gradually, more people began to question him. The tens of thousands of disciples of the Sword Abode dispersed in less than two years. The neighboring country's enemy forces grew restless again, thinking that Bai Kongxue had been bribed by the Sword Immortal and was speaking up for him. This time, they invaded Zhao and easily crossed Mount Wonderwood. The Sword Immortal's reputation plummeted and he was accused of deceiving the world. The first thing the Zhao monarch did was not resist the invasion, but to expel the Sword Immortal. "
"Then, what happened next?" Li Xiang Jun asked.
Jin Xiangyin said, "Later on, Zhao was destroyed. Many years after the Sword Immortal was expelled, someone found traces of him in the Asura realm. The Great Wizard Pushu had yet to come into being and the Golden Crow True Flames were still burning. The entire world's environment changed due to grief and hatred. Demons who hated humans appeared and invaded the human world en masse. When he was discovered, the Sword Immortal fought these demons and defended the human world alone with his sword. Only then did people realize that the Sword Immortal's strength was extraordinary and almost at the apex of the world. "
Li Xiang Jun was puzzled. "Then why didn't he expel the enemy?"
Jin Xiangyin shrugged. "He said he overslept that day and only found out that the Zhao Palace had been breached when he woke up. I didn't know.
I thought that the answer was mostly perfunctory. Up until now, no one could verify what had happened back then. Later on, he contributed to saving the human world and was made the Green Lotus Ambassador of Mount Wonderwood by the monarch who replaced Zhao at the time. He then returned to Mount Wonderwood. After that, he learned his lesson. From the crowd of apprentices, he chose a few that he thought were suitable, but he didn't impart the sword song. Instead, he integrated the understanding that he had gained during the years of guarding the human world into the prototype of the supreme art. He then imparted them to his seven disciples, who later became the Seven Friends of Guangwei. "
"The Seven Friends of Guangwei?" Yan Li had heard of this title many times.
Jin Xiangyin said faintly, "The Seven Friends of Guangwei inherited the will of Sword Immortals and stopped fights everywhere, earning quite a reputation. Later on, they all died in the battle against Bai Kongxue."
"Bai Kongxue?" Yan Li was shocked. "What's going on?"
Jin Xiangyin said, "Bai Kongxue slaughtered millions of the eight heavenly dragons, causing the western immortal world to be filled with mourning. Moreover, the eight heavenly dragons' vengeful spirits lingered there, turning the western immortal world into a dead zone. Led by the founder of the Dao Court, they gathered countless experts and launched an unprecedented battle with Bai Kongxue in the Guangwei Forest. That was when the Taibai branch fell. "
"What happened after that?" It was Yan Li's turn to ask. The information was simply too shocking.
Jin Xiangyin said, "Bai Kongxue died in Guangwei Forest. The Seven Friends of Guangwei and most of the experts were not spared. The Dao Court Patriarch's whereabouts were also unknown."
Yan Li didn't care about the Dao Court Patriarch at all. He asked again, "What about the Taibai Sword Scripture? Did the first of the Five Great Masters disappear? "
"I haven't heard of it for thousands of years," Jin Xiangyin said.
Yan Li believed that it was no coincidence that an ultimate art that had been missing for thousands of years had appeared in his possession.
"We've said so much." Jin Xiangyin finished his tea and stopped Li Xiangjun from refilling his cup. "Let's talk about sword songs. For thousands of years, there were people who specially established the 'Sword Song Society' to study sword songs. Although the waterfall on Mount Wonderwood returned to normal after the sword immortal's death, people still found some clues. Sword songs are closer to dao than any other ultimate art. "
"What is dao?" Yan Li asked.
Jin Xiangyin said, "You can understand it as an accurate description of realm. The sect master said he once visited the sword immortal's ruins and gained some enlightenment. I'll tell you the original text. Sword songs are different from ultimate arts. They are one and all things, and it all depends on the user. "
"Alright." He stood up. "About the sword immortal, I heard it from others and guessed it myself. I don't know if it's correct, but you can use it as a reference."
He had already made it clear that he wanted to send them off. The two did not want to stay any longer, so they went outside and strolled around Lihen Heaven.
Li Xiangjun hugged Yan Li's hand as they strolled along the ancient path. She smiled happily, wishing that time could stop here.
Yan Li was still thinking about what he heard. If that was the case, his guess was right. There was only one form in the sword song, or maybe that form was comprehended by someone else. He did not grasp the true core meaning.
Su Yu relied on that incomplete form to stand out in the academy. It also proved that "it all depends on the user".
When the meaning of the sword song spread out, the Curse of the Underworld was destroyed. If he continued to improve, he would have a high chance of getting rid of the Curse of the Black Blood.
Li Xiang Jun whispered in his ear, it was all some trivial matters. Originally, he only answered perfunctorily, but now that his mood had changed, he replied seriously, displaying his humorous side, making her extremely happy.
Li Xiangjun knew that good times were always short. She treasured this hard-earned time alone with Yan Li.
They came to a pavilion. Yan Li carried her to sit on a bench and let her snuggle against him. He suddenly said, "Baby, do you have any wishes?"
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