The sword was the most common weapon in the Eastern Continent, as well as the weapon with the highest status. In countless sects and schools, the strongest daoist techniques were all sword techniques. The Longevity Sect had countless sects under its control. The true reason why this important southern sect could contend against the Li Palace was still because of the Mount Li Sword Sect, or perhaps it was because of this reason.
The blade was usually used in the army. On the battlefield, it was used to form a formation and kill the enemy. It had never been elegant, until a thousand years ago, when Zhou Dufu appeared out of nowhere and defeated all the experts in the world with a blade. Only then did this situation change. However, after Zhou Dufu, there were still very few famous blade users.
Why was it like this? It was because Zhou Dufu's blade was too sharp, and it was even more so because he had created a world-shocking blade technique.
That blade technique was the same as his blade. They were both called Halving.
This was the legendary Halving Blade Technique.
Looking at the words and pictures on the walls of the Black Serpent Sarcophagus, Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong were shocked speechless. There had always been a rumor that Zhou Dufu's legacy was in the Garden of Zhou. Only when they saw it with their own eyes did they confirm that the rumor was true.
Compared to these blade techniques, the martial arts manuals, rare pills, gold, jade, and jewels in the nine stone rooms were not even worth mentioning. Time was indeed very powerful. It could cause pills to lose their effectiveness and make jewels lose their luster, but it could not devalue wisdom and knowledge. Without a doubt, the Halving Blade Technique on the walls of the Black Serpent Sarcophagus was the highest level of wisdom and knowledge in the cultivation world.
The monster tide was currently approaching the mausoleum. The huge shadow in the sky that represented death was about to envelop their heads. Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong completely forgot about these matters. They began to look at the words and pictures on the walls of the sarcophagus, hoping that they could learn even more in the last moments of their lives.
Their gazes fell on the beginning of the words. It was the general outline of the Halving Blade Technique. The words were very simple and easy to understand, but the principles it explained were extremely profound. A simple blade, a sharp edge, in the words, presented a picture. The angle from which it was connected to the world was so unexpected. It was truly a great and original essay.
The Halving Blade Technique had a total of one hundred and eight blade techniques, divided into three parts. In the general outline, they were called sections, and each section had thirty-six blade techniques.
The first part was called Rise. It was about how to raise the saber, how to raise the blade, how to raise the wind, and how to raise the momentum. It was the most basic part of this saber technique, and also the part with the most momentum. The second part was called Bear, and it mainly focused on defense. When trained to the extreme, one could bear the changes of heaven and earth. However, these thirty-six blades were not purely for defense. The hidden edge was hidden within, like a dragon in the clouds, ready to pounce at anyone at any time. It was the most stable and dangerous. The third paragraph was called "Fall". The word "fall" could be understood simply as the falling of the blade, but in fact, it was taken from the original meaning of the word "blue sky". Wherever the blade pointed, there would be an image of the vast blue sky, encompassing everything in the world and capable of cutting everything in front of it.
Having finished looking at the general outline of the Halving Blade Technique, Chen Chang Sheng and Xu You Rong didn't pause at all, immediately moving onto the next scene and text; that was the first blade in the 'Start' section.
This was also the first move of the Halving Blade Technique. It had a very simple name: Origin.
There wasn't a blade in the picture, nor was there a person using the blade. There were only a few simple lines.
Chen Chang Sheng had the experience of viewing the monoliths in the Mausoleum of Books, and Xu You Rong had studied the Heavenly Tomes day and night on Holy Maiden Peak. She had her own view, and understood that those lines were the routes of True Essence movement, and at the same time, blade intent. However, it was precisely because it was simple that it was hard to understand. The few lines on the picture on the wall of the coffin caused them to be immersed in it, and actually gradually forget the passage of time. Until a certain moment, when the two of them finally understood this blade technique, they seemed to wake up at the same time. They subconsciously looked at each other, and saw the shock in each other's hearts.
The metal blade being unsheathed and rising into the sky, no matter how they looked at it, this should be a very simple action, how could there be such a complex transformation? How could such a complex transformation be remembered, and then used in battle? This blade technique was just like Zhou Du Fu's, extremely overbearing, yet profound and difficult to understand. Even with their knowledge, they still felt it was unimaginable.
Other than the fact that Zhou Du Fu was a genius that possessed intelligence that far surpassed that of normal people, there was no other reasonable explanation.
This seemingly simple first blade of the Duan Duan actually caused them to exhaust countless amounts of mental energy before finally grasping it. Of course, once they understood this blade technique, the feeling of a silver bottle breaking and water splashing, the cavalry charging out, and the cries of swords and spears was so intense that it made them feel carefree, as if they wanted to shout and shout a few times in order to release the wonderful feelings they had at that moment.
Chen Chang Sheng and Xu You Rong only silently looked at each other, the shock in their eyes gradually turning into unease. Just the first blade technique had taken them such a long time, if they wanted to understand all one hundred and eight blade techniques to the point of mastering them, how much time would that take? Their biggest problem right now was that they didn't have time.
If it was just that they didn't have enough time, they could actually try to memorize as many blade techniques as they could, but just like what was said before, this Halving Blade Technique was a very large and wonderful article. The most strange and special part was that although the one hundred and eight blade techniques seemed to be separated, they were in reality a whole. You had to completely understand the entire blade technique in order to understand the meaning of this article.
Previously, they seemed to have grasped the first blade, but that kind of grasp was far from enough, or perhaps it could be said that they didn't really grasp it.
"First memorize." Chen Chang Sheng looked at her and said, "Try to memorize all these words and pictures as much as possible."
Even if they didn't seek to understand it, just wanting to completely memorize this blade technique in their sea of consciousness was still an extremely difficult task.
Xu You Rong mentally calculated the time of the arrival of the monster tide and how long she would need to memorize this blade technique. After confirming that it wasn't enough, she said, "Let's memorize separately."
"Okay." Chen Chang Sheng looked at her slightly pale face, paused for a moment and said, "I'll look from the back to the front, you look from the back."
If this blade technique was said to be an article, looking from the front to the back was a sequence of reading, it was naturally easier, even more so than memorizing it backwards.
Xu You Rong knew that he intentionally did this because she hadn't recovered from her heavy injuries, so she didn't refuse. She walked to the picture and description of the second blade technique and began to record it in her sea of consciousness.
Chen Chang Sheng glanced at her, confirming that she could now stand for a while, then walked to the left side of the Black Bone Sarcophagus, in front of the last picture.
This was the last blade of the Falling section, it had a particularly domineering name: World Burning.
His gaze fell upon the lines of the picture, at the same time, those words of explanation entered his eyes.
In an instant, the picture and words disappeared, and in front of his eyes appeared a dark sky. Falling stars were everywhere, dragging long fiery tails, as if the world was about to be destroyed …..
In the next moment, he found that the paths of those falling stars were actually somewhat familiar. He remembered, those paths were the starting momentum of the first blade of the Halving Blade Technique, named Memory of Fate. So the final and the beginning were indeed connected, he finally confirmed the contents of the general outline, this blade technique indeed needed to be completely mastered in order to be mastered.
This blade technique was an inseparable whole. In other words, the one hundred and eight blades in the Halving Blade Technique were, in reality, one blade.
It should be so.
One blade could only split it in half.
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(Today is only this chapter, there will be very few updates in the next few days, if I don't have time to write, I will ask everyone for leave in advance. I wish everyone a safe and joyful 2015. May all your wishes come true.)
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