What Chen Changsheng said was not accurate. At the final moment of the Grand Examination, he had only prepared to use the final move of the Mount Li Sword Style, but had not truly used it. However, the key to the final move of the Mount Li Sword Style was the intent. Gou Hanshi had seen through his intent and left the stage, so it was not wrong to say that he had used that move.
Su Li was very clear on what the final move of the Mount Li Sword Style meant, so he felt that he could not understand this youth more and more. However, since Chen Changsheng understood this move and had used it, the final difficulty of learning the Blazing Sword no longer existed.
The Blazing Sword was a sword move, and also a method of circulating true essence. It was a method that Su Li had created for Chen Changsheng through his observations of him in the past few days.
The amount or efficiency of a cultivator's output of true essence depended on the speed at which star radiance was burned and the width of the meridian channels. There was a certain upper limit. The higher the talent, the better the aptitude, the faster the speed at which star radiance was burned and the speed at which true essence could be transmitted. For people with innate bloodlines like Xu Yourong and Qiushan Jun, there was no need to consider the limitations of meridian channels. As long as there was enough star radiance in their bodies, they could even endlessly output true essence.
The amount of star radiance in Chen Changsheng's body was not small, and there was no problem with Meditative Introspection. The greatest problem was that the true essence channels were too narrow, and there were even many meridians that were broken, so the efficiency of true essence output was naturally extremely low.
As a grandmaster of the path of the sword, Su Li's most extraordinary aspect was that his understanding of the world far surpassed the scope of ordinary people. His methods of solving problems were very unexpected, but in reality, they were the most reasonable.
He did not put his finger on the amount of true essence Chen Changsheng had, nor did he attempt to solve the problem of his meridians. Instead, he used a fearless method to directly place his hopes of solving the problem on the method of burning star radiance.
Of course, the one who needed to take the risk was Chen Changsheng, and the one who needed to be fearless was still Chen Changsheng.
"There are many methods or forms of burning. Normally, it pays attention to being neutral and gentle, melting the star radiance into clear water, dripping with your thoughts. Only like this can the thin water flow for a long time. However, this move requires you to use an even more violent method to burn your true essence."
Su Li looked at him and said, "It's like countless wood shavings, sealed in a space. Suddenly, a source of fire appears, and those wood shavings will almost simultaneously ignite, releasing an extremely great heat and might, just like an explosion."
Chen Chang Sheng listened to his words and imagined the scene in his sea of consciousness. He nodded.
Su Li said, "The method of explosive combustion can help your true essence instantly rise to a certain level, breaking through those messy meridians of yours. From there, the lethality of this strike can be barely seen."
"I understand." Chen Changsheng said, "But what does this have to do with the last move of the Law Sword?"
Su Li looked into his eyes and said, "Countless amounts of true essence are burning in your body at the same time, like an explosion. It's possible to illuminate the plains through the sword energy and dazzle your opponent's eyes, but it's even more likely to directly burn you into an idiot, or explode you into pieces. If you don't have the determination to die, it's impossible to complete that final step."
Chen Chang Sheng could feel that the Black Dragon's Spiritual Soul within the dagger was faintly reacting, remembering the scene of him performing Meditative Introspection in the underground cavern of New North Bridge, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, thinking to himself that everything that had happened before had a meaning.
Thinking of Su Li's reaction when he said that he knew the last move of the Mount Li Sword Style, he resisted the urge to tell Su Li that he had many similar experiences. Although he was young, his attitude towards life and death was already very experienced.
Su Li carefully explained the moves and sword intent of the Blazing Sword, then said no more, letting Chen Changsheng comprehend it on his own. Afterwards, he gazed at the mountains in the twilight, at the green grass on the other side of the stream, and said nothing.
That assassin was very likely in that patch of grass.
Chen Changsheng was not in a hurry to comprehend the sword. He smeared coarse salt on the fish he had cut up, then hung it over the fire and began to roast it. Since he had confirmed that the enemy had always been there, the bonfire was no longer a problem worth paying attention to. Accompanied by a slight burning smell, he followed Su Li's gaze to the green grass on the other side of the stream. After a while, he shook his head, thinking to himself that the assassin was truly extremely patient. He had actually followed them for so many days without making a move. Perhaps Zhexiu could do it, but he definitely could not.
To him and Su Li, that assassin that had always been hiding in the mountains was an extremely great pressure. The two of them were very clear that at some point, that assassin would definitely appear, it was just that they did not know when.
"Just like Senior said, if you keep waiting like this, even if you wait until you die, you won't get any chance."
Chen Changsheng said in his heart to that famous assassin that he had never met, "Because Senior is teaching me how to use the sword. I will become stronger and stronger, and when that time comes, you won't be able to kill us."
After a very simple but delicious dinner of fat and tender white fish and sorghum rice, Su Li leaned against the furry deer and closed his eyes to rest. Chen Changsheng finished tidying up, then walked to the stream and sat down, formally beginning to comprehend the sword.
He gazed at the green grass on the other side of the stream and thought about the ten thousand li of snowy plains in his body. That snow was the star radiance that he had gathered day and night. It was the initial form of true essence, and it was the source of all battle energy.
Right now, he only needed to use his spiritual sense to completely ignite the snowy plains, and even the lake water that enveloped the spiritual mountain above the snowy plains, transforming it into an endless stream of energy and spirit. But this sword demanded that he not do this, because that method of combustion was still too gentle, not fierce enough. The speed at which star radiance was transformed into true essence was too slow.
The Blazing Sword was based on the word 'burn'.
It had to be violent, decisive, and burn the body with fire.
Chen Changsheng sat by the stream in silence. He watched the twilight gradually recede, watched the numerous stars cover his eyes, all the way until the morning light once more arrived.
He used an entire night's time to finally learn how to use his spiritual sense to descend on the snowy plains, but not to ignite the snowflakes. Instead, he used that incorporeal energy to make the snowy plains even more fluffy, until the snowflakes left the ground and once more danced in the sky.
The morning sun came out. The red glow covered the mountains and fields, and the stream water was completely red.
Looking at the green grass on the other side of the stream that seemed to be burning, Chen Changsheng's hand slowly left the hilt of his sword.
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On the third day of learning the Blazing Sword, Chen Changsheng and Su Li encountered the third assassin on their way back south in a tea house on the side of the official road. This assassin was called Li Pingyuan, a tyrant of the north. He had countless deathsworn under his command, and it was said that this person had some unclear connections with the bear man tribes that had secretly defected to the demon race. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he was able to more accurately determine Su Li's route to the south than anyone else and waited here for their arrival.
Because this matter was too important and at the same time too urgent, the tyrant of the north, Li Pingyuan, had only brought a dozen or so of his most loyal subordinates. However, in this small tea house, it was already rather crowded.
There were no customers in the tea house, and the faint smell of blood wafted through the air. The stove used to boil tea was already cold, and it seemed like it had not been lit for many days. The owner had probably died long ago, but it was unknown where his corpse had been buried.
Chen Changsheng sat by the tea table, gazing at the tea in his bowl that had a strange smell. He said nothing, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
"Congratulations." Su Li looked at him and said, "Killing this person, I trust that you won't have too much of a psychological burden."
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(The next chapter will be very, very late, so late that it's hard to imagine, but it will definitely happen.)
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