Chapter 99 Seeing Yin and Knowing Yang
Chapter 99 Seeing Yin and Knowing Yang
This time the lots were drawn for the four directions: east, west, south, and north.
Cheng Xinzhan drew the South, and a man in white drew the North.
The mirror and the scene merged, and the two greeted each other.
"Cheng Xinzhan from Sanqing Mountain, I am honored to be your friend."
"Tianzhu Mountain Yu Qingsi, fellow Taoist, you are polite."
Tianzhu Mountain? When Cheng Xinzhan was searching for earth veins in Huangshan before, he heard Zhou Qingyun say that this was the most famous place for hermit cultivation in Qingzhou and even south of the Yangtze River. The immortal Zuo Ci once lived here.
Yu Qingsi has a humble and gentle temperament and looks like a friendly person. The sword in his hand is a long sword with a handle wrapped with a white rope and a blade covered with snow-white frost. The sword energy is snow-white and sharp, which is quite different from the temperament of the sword master.
"Fellow Taoist, please."
Yu Qingsi is also a swordsman of the Yangqi school, and when he attacks, he releases a crescent-shaped frost sword energy.
The sword energy swept through the void, and wherever it passed, the water vapor in the air was condensed by the cold air and turned into ice beads that fell down.
Seeing the cold air coming, thinking of the saying that earth overcomes water, Cheng Xinzhan responded with earth-based magic power and swung out a heavy yellow sword energy.
However, when the two sword energies approached, the thick earth sword energy was instantly frozen and then shattered by the frost sword energy.
The frosty sword energy was so fast that it almost brushed past Cheng Xinzhan. The cold wind blew in his face, staining his sleeves with white frost.
Cheng Xinzhan found that he was wrong. This person was not practicing water method, but was using water method to practice the way of Taiyin.
He tried it with water and wood methods respectively, but they were all broken by the frost sword energy, which further confirmed his idea. Then he used the Xin metal energy to fight the enemy and feel the difference between seeing Yin with metal and seeing Yin with water.
At this time, the two lines of gold and water are superficial manifestations, and inside is the competition of the Way of Taiyin.
Soon he understood the difference. He used gold to see yin, so that the yin energy helped to enhance the gold's immortality and increased the gold's sharpness. The focus was on gold, not on yin.
Yu Qingsi's use of water to see Yin is a step further, an extreme sublimation, a return to the origin. Using the coldness and changes of water, he speculates on the meaning of the Taiyin Dao. The essence lies in Yin, not in water.
Yu Qingsi's sword energy contained a certain Taiyin divine will. The extreme coldness almost suppressed the five elements. Cheng Xinzhan tried it with earth, water, wood and gold, but all were broken.
His sword energy follows the principle of Taiyin's changes, just like the changes of water, which can be dew, liquid, or solid ice.
His sword energy was also unpredictable. Sometimes it was as majestic as a river, making people dare not face it directly; sometimes it was as subtle as frost and dew, making it impossible to defend against it; and suddenly it was as powerful as snow, making it impossible to avoid it.
It was the first time that everyone saw Master Cheng in such an embarrassed state.
Cheng Xinzhan also just realized that yin and yang are everywhere, not only reflected in magic, but also in swordsmanship.
He hid here and there, trying his best to resist, until he could no longer feel any other Taiyin Dharma power.
He had some regrets. For example, the vitality of water, the gentleness of water, the moisture of water, and even the boiling of water, what would it be like if it were traced back to the Way of Taiyin? What would it be like if it were settled on the Way of Sword?
Doesn’t this person understand?
Cheng Xinzhan, with a frosty appearance, was sure that this man really had no hidden moves, and then he struck back with a sword.
The blazing Yang Fire sword energy was accompanied by a bright white light. The white light occupied the entire screen of the mirror, making it impossible to tell where the sword energy was hidden.
In other words, the white light is sword energy.
Since he can use water to see the Yin and practice sword magic, Cheng Xinzhan can see the Yin and know the Yang, so naturally he can also use fire to know the Yang and control the "Gao Zhen".
Yu Qingsi knew that Cheng Xinzhan was holding back, at least he hadn't used the thunder and fire technique yet, but he never expected that the fire technique Cheng Xinzhan would use would be yang fire.
His Yin Shuang sword energy melted away when it met Cheng Xinzhan's Yang Huo sword energy. His sword energy was like rain and snow, making it difficult for people to hide, while Cheng Xinzhan's sword energy turned into Yang Huo light, illuminating all directions, making it impossible to avoid.
"I lost."
He said.
Cheng Xinzhan put away his sword.
The white light in the mirror disappeared, and outsiders could see the mirror scene again. They didn't understand. Master Cheng had been being suppressed and beaten the whole time, so why did Yu Qingsi suddenly surrender?
“Brother Shanshou, did you have such a talent for swordsmanship when you were a teenager?”
In Huanzhu Tower, Qian Boya asked.
Li Shanshou shook his head. "As a teenager, I wouldn't dare say I'm better than him in terms of skill, but I'm far inferior to him in terms of breadth."
Qian Boya exclaimed, "Each generation has its own talented people, each leading the trend for hundreds of years. It seems that we can foresee what the next hundred years will be like."
Li Shanshou smiled and said, "That's right. It is because of young people that this world is so wonderful."
Finally, the two mirrors merged into one, and the thirty-six caves and heavens became one scene.
The person standing opposite Cheng Xinzhan now looked very familiar to him.
He was from the Lushan Sword Sect. He was wearing a blue robe and holding a sword in each hand.
The two of them greeted each other.
"Cheng Xinzhan from Sanqing Mountain, I am honored to be your friend."
"The blue of Mount Lu is more blue than green. Thank you for your courtesy, fellow Taoist."
Lan Yuqing smiled and said, "Your and my families live next door to each other and we often visit each other, but I don't know when a person like you appeared in Sanqing Mountain."
Cheng Xinzhan replied, "There are so many talented people in the mountain gate, how can I be heard by fellow Taoists?"
"You are too modest, fellow Daoist. Although Sanqing Mountain is a great sect in the world, if all of them are people like you, then Yuzhang is no longer a second family."
Lan Yuqing laughed.
Hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan smiled and was no longer modest.
"Fellow Daoist, please draw your sword."
Lan Yuqing said.
Cheng Xinzhan nodded and began to test with a burst of Xinjin sword energy.
"Fellow Daoist, please don't hold back on me."
Lan Yuqing said this, and stepped forward with his sword in hand. From the look of his expression, he actually wanted to engage in close combat.
Facing the oncoming Xin Jin sword energy, Lan Yuqing crossed his two swords, and the two sword energies formed the shape of the Chinese character [乂] and rushed straight towards him. When they met Cheng Xinzhan's Xin Jin sword energy, they dispersed with just a twist.
Cheng Xinzhan's eyes lit up. Is it possible? It seems that it is not as simple as one plus one.
He no longer held back, and began to attack with the Yang Fire Sword Energy that he had just realized.
The Yang Fire Sword Qi penetrated everywhere and had a wide attack range. Facing this move, Lan Yuqing seemed to have no way out. This was a sword fight, not a performance, not an encounter, so it was naturally difficult to use defensive magic weapons.
He couldn't dodge, but was unwilling to admit defeat, so he could only send out several sword energies. After weakening them a little, he took the sword forcefully, leaving many small cuts on his robe and face.
However, his [乂]-shaped sword energy also came to Cheng Xinzhan, like a pair of scissors and a tide.
He brandished his sword, and the rocks on the ground floated into the air, transforming into an earth dragon that rushed towards the menacing [乂]-shaped sword energy.
The earth dragon was cut into pieces by the sword energy, and he raised a wooden dragon. After both dragons were cut into pieces, the sword energy was completely exhausted.
At this time, Lan Yuqing, who was bearing the Yang Fire Sword Qi, also came to Cheng Xinzhan. It could not be said that they were close to each other. He kept a distance of about two or three feet from Cheng Xinzhan and continued to draw his sword.
At first Cheng Xinzhan didn't understand what it meant, but he soon understood.
At this distance, the magic sword is firmly controlled in Lan Yuqing's hand and will not be broken or taken away; at this distance, the sword energy can pose a threat soon after leaving the sword body, leaving Cheng Xinzhan with very little time to dodge; at this distance, Lan Yuqing can control very little of the sword energy he swings each time.
Cheng Xinzhan understood it and smiled. It didn’t matter. These advantages were also his advantages.
The close combat between the two did not last long, and Lan Yuqing watched Cheng Xinzhan, who had been struggling to cope, slowly become at ease.
He used exactly the same method.
Cheng Xinzhan used the Five Elements Wind and Thunder Sword Qi in turn with agility, and soon put Lan Yuqing at a disadvantage again.
Lan Yuqing's face was solemn, and he suddenly changed his tactics. He swung out his two magic swords, one vertical and one horizontal, forming a "cross" shape of sword energy.
Here we go again.
Cheng Xinzhan looked at it carefully. This move was very similar to the [乂] sword energy just now, but there were some differences in the magic. It was a bit like talismans, but talismans were not that simple. Even the simplest talismans must have a talisman head, the name of the god, and a talisman foot, as well as an imperial decree.
It seems to be a formation?
Cheng Xinzhan seemed to be thinking about something. Formations and talismans are very different, but they also have something in common. However, the threshold for the former is much lower. When his two sword energies intersected, it seemed to become a simple formation.
This is an idea, and it is much simpler and easier than drawing talismans with a sword.
Cheng Xinzhan had no idea how depressed Lan Yuqing was. When he heard that Huanzhu Louzhu was organizing a sword-fighting contest, he was so happy. His self-created technique of forming a sword array would become famous all over the world in the spotlight!
But he never expected that in the first round of the fight, the man from Sanqing Mountain would use the sword to cast talismans against the man from Longhu Mountain!
Everyone was stunned when they saw the huge thunder talisman, including Lan Yuqing. From that moment on, he knew that his formation formed by sword energy would not attract attention. Even if someone noticed it, they would probably just think he was just repeating what others had said.
The result was just as he thought. The formation formed by sword energy only aroused the interest of one person, and that was his opponent, the one who cast talismans with swords.
Just like he did with Yu Qingsi, Cheng Xinzhan had been responding with a lukewarm approach until he was sure that Lan Yuqing had nothing new to offer.
He suddenly stepped on the lightning and fire, and covered the distance of three meters in just two steps. He placed the magic sword "Gao Zhen" on Lan Yuqing's neck. The magic sword was emitting sword light. He said,
"Fellow Daoist, you are so close to me, but you forgot that I am also a body sword cultivator."
Lan Yuqing was stunned. Yes, when did he forget that he was a physical swordsman?
But, but, anyone who saw this man's performance in the five matches in the magic sword field would probably forget for a moment that he is still a physical swordsman, right?
But I am the only one who is stupid enough to come to you.
He smiled bitterly, "I lost."
He disappeared into the mirror.
There is only one person in the mirror now, attracting the attention of everyone in the city.
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Haishi Restaurant.
Xiao Shiyi Niang looked at the Moon-Reflecting Mirror, which was composed of thirty-six mirrors merged into one. Her cheeks flushed as if she had drunk wine, but her eyes were bright and blinked.
"call-"
The nervous woman who had not breathed for a long time suddenly let out a breath, like a drowning person just coming out of the water.
"Rain or shine! Rain or shine!"
She screamed loudly.
"Yes! Qingyu is here, master."
Qingyu was shocked because he was right next to her.
"Give away the most expensive wine in the hotel to celebrate for Master Cheng!"
Xiao Shiyi Niang breathed rapidly, her chest heaving. She didn't dare to think that Taoist Cheng would win first place.
But Qingyu was calmer than her master. She said,
"Master, the third match hasn't even started yet. If we give you the most expensive wine now, what if Master Cheng enters the match again and wins first place? We won't be able to congratulate him anymore!"
Xiao Shiyi's eyes widened when she heard this.
"You dare to think!"
"Pfft-"
The woman suddenly laughed again, "Yeah, what if?"
"Then tell me, what other wine can we give you?"
Qingyu was indeed a maid in charge, and she answered immediately, "Master, the three hundred and ninety taels per pot of "Chan Gong Zhe Gui" is just right and suitable for the occasion."
"Okay, give the order."
Having said so much, Xiao Shiyi Niang's eyes never left the Moon-Reflecting Mirror.
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Peacock City, another restaurant.
A separate private room, with a huge table filled with dishes stacked layer upon layer. There was no wine, no beauties, only various meats, all of which were empty.
There was only one person in the private room, a skinny man. He touched his shrunken belly, frowned, looked at the person in the mirror, and imitated the decree that the person in the mirror had read during the sword duel, especially the last word.
"fall!"
"shock!"
"rise!"
As he was reading, his eyes suddenly widened, he slammed the table and stood up.
"wrong!"
"It's him!"
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Li Shanshou waved his hand, and Cheng Xinzhan flew out of the mirror. The cave scene in the mirror also disappeared, reflecting only the moonlight.
Li Shanshou looked at the young man standing beside him again, with an unconcealed smile on his face.
"You are fine!"
The sword immortal waved towards the sky again, and the "Yangming Yuntang Gang" that had been in the void attracted everyone's attention to the top of Huanzhu Tower.
The swordsman took out a lead bottle, put the "Yangming Yuntang Gang" in it, and handed it to the young man.
The young man bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, senior."
Then he took the lead bottle.
He couldn't quite believe it. He just happened to have all the spiritual energy and true evil spirits that were so precious?
"Let me talk about your magic sword."
The sword immortal patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "I really don't have anything to teach you. As long as you keep going step by step, you will naturally reach my level, or even exceed my level."
Qian Boya glanced at his friend. He had never heard his friend praise a junior like this.
Cheng Xinzhan said he didn't dare.
"But I'll just say one thing."
The sword immortal said jokingly, "If my eyes are not blind, you should have practiced the five elements, and maybe wind and thunder, and even yin and yang. The material of your magic sword is much higher than that of your physical sword. But since you choose to practice the five elements, wind and thunder, there is no need to use only one magic sword. This will only hinder your talent. Even if there is one magic sword for each element, you can still get it with your family background in Sanqing Mountain. There is no need to be stingy with such a good seed."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled and nodded. He could also feel something. With his "high level of truth", he was naturally adept at performing thunder magic. There was indeed a little difference when performing the five elements, but it didn't matter. There was still a long way to go.
The look in the eyes of the Peacock City Lord on the side when he looked at Cheng Xinzhan suddenly changed, flashing with an inexplicable light. He handed the boy another sign and said,
"My friend, this is the sign of the City Lord's Mansion. If there is anything Peacock City can help you with in the future, you can come to the City Lord's Mansion and find me with this sign."
Cheng Xinzhan was a little surprised and didn't move.
"Just think of it as a good relationship."
The city lord handed the sign forward again.
Although he was a wandering immortal, he was still an immortal after all. With such an attitude, Cheng Xinzhan dared not refuse it. He thanked him repeatedly and took it.
"There's one more game, are you still going to participate?"
Huanzhu Louzhu asked with a smile.
The boy nodded and smiled back, "Yes."
1. To be honest, the sword fighting field is a bit difficult to write. I had a headache thinking about it these past two days. Because I have to take advantage of this opportunity of multiple rounds of sword fighting to show everyone why Yunqi is so powerful. Because he can draw inferences from other things, because he has no distractions, because he can learn at a glance, because he can do it as soon as he thinks about it, he is always learning from others' strengths to grow himself. To sum it up in one sentence, this chapter's title is "Seeing Yin to Know Yang".
This is a manifestation of his genius and also the reason for his genius.
2. It’s the end of the month, please support me by voting on monthly tickets or recommending me. Comments and messages are welcome!
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