Putting aside everything else, just talking about swinging and chopping a knife, take chopping firewood as an example. The strength of chopping firewood, the angle of holding the knife, and the posture of the arms cannot be exactly the same for everyone.
In other words, when chopping firewood with a knife, people just chop it down without careful calculation. This is common sense and instinct. It is this instinct that makes the knife chop. The process is the most natural and comfortable posture, regardless of whether the final result is splitting firewood.
Just like when people drink water, some people hold the cup and bend down. When the cup is almost brought to their mouth, they will take a sip, and then slightly raise their head to drink the water. Some people may like to sit down. The board was straightened, and the cup was passed to the mouth. After taking a sip of water, he swallowed it without raising his head;
Another example is the sleeping posture, whether it is lying on your stomach, lying on your side, or whether you like to hold a pillow, etc., but no matter which way you drink water or which way you sleep, Those are the postures a person likes and are comfortable.
Hu Mingxian's current practice is to find the most natural and comfortable feeling when wielding a sword, whether it is cutting horizontally or vertically, turning around to chop, or swinging the sword randomly, one blow at a time. It doesn't matter if you chop in a measured manner. In short, when facing the target you want to chop, just be able to attack it casually without thinking about it.
To do this is actually very simple, because there is no theory that needs to be verified. After all, this is human instinct. However, what Hu Mingxian wants to do now is to continuously deepen the imprint of this instinct on his body.
Let yourself have a deeper understanding of the sword, so that whether you use martial arts or not, you can be aware that the sword has come out, and you don't even need to realize that the sword has come out.
Of course, if you want to achieve such a state, you can't just cut it randomly. It still requires the basic knife skills of splitting, chopping, stabbing, breaking, point, and slashing, as well as further diagonal splitting and straight stabbing. Practice long-term basic sword skills extended by , flat chop, etc.
Originally, this was also in Hu Mingxian's practice plan, but today's first physical practice took too much time, so he had to postpone it, at least the time for physical practice must reach the stage he wanted.
It is difficult to see the effect of practice by doing this kind of deepening practice of instinct alone. Only when combined with basic sword skills can the results of practice be seen.
Right now, the branches, vines, and thorns on this road are all growing irregularly, which can help Hu Mingxian practice more diversified use of the knife when facing obstacles from different angles. This is destined to be a long journey. Practice.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Regardless of all the strength he possesses, Hu Mingxian is really a novice when it comes to practicing Taoism. So far, no one has given him any specific guidance in this direction of practice.
All he can do is practice step by step according to what he can think of. Only in this way can he, as the ancestors of Emperor Jiu said, come out with a true self instead of blindly practicing existing exercises and martial arts and becoming a Another other person.
In the forest, Hu Mingxian deliberately did not use his spiritual power or physical strength, and casually waved his knife to chop the branches, vines or thorns blocking the road in front of him. If he encountered a relatively hard tree branch, he would chop it down with one knife. , failed to cut it off and cut it off. When the next cut was made, either the force of the cut was increased, or the posture of the arm holding the knife was adjusted, and then the knife was slashed again.
When encountering a vine, he would cut it down with one stroke at first. After the cut continued, he would also adjust his strength, posture of holding the knife, and even his entire body to find the best way and angle to exert force.
After many times, you will find that some vines are extremely tough and tough. In the face of this, violent chopping does not have much effect. Instead, it can be broken with a light stroke of the tip of the knife. , and then cut it off...
Along the way, Hu Mingxian carefully imprinted the feeling of each swing of the knife. The biggest impression given to him was that in fact, when faced with different things, the result of the first swing of the knife will be directly fed back, and there is no need for complicated Think about it and you will know what to do next.
Just like chopping firewood, if the first slash fails to break, you instinctively know that the next slash needs to be stronger and what adjustments need to be made with the next slash. Such a process may occur for a novice.
But for people who have been chopping firewood all year round, they know how much force to use and what adjustments to use to split the firewood in one fell swoop. This adjustment includes the posture of holding the knife when chopping, how high to lift the knife, and the body. How to exert force at an angle and many other factors.
There is no fixed concept or theory to copy this. Even when facing the same thing, it is impossible to achieve the exact same chopping posture twice, because this is an imprint of experience that needs to be accumulated over many years. Due to one's own instinct and common sense.
Hu Mingxian's practice is to help him grow from a person who chops firewood for the first time to a 'woodcutter' with rich experience and skillful skills.
At midnight, Hu Mingxian finally arrived at the Rakshasa Valley of Flowers. Without using spiritual or physical strength, he chopped all the way. His left and right hands, and even the muscles all over his body, felt a little sore.
In front of the Rakshasa Flower Valley, Hu Mingxian relaxed his body before walking in.
The entire Rakshasa Flower Valley is not big, only a few miles in diameter. There are Rakshasa flowers with only one petal growing in it. However, these Rakshasa flowers at least grow together in groups of more than a dozen, forming a small of flowers.
The petals on each Rakshasa flower exude a faint silvery luster and form the shape of a Rakshasa face, hence the name Rakshasa flower. The larger the face, the greater the number of Rakshasa flowers. The more, the less.
At the rhizome of each flower cluster, the sickle-clawed Rakshasa butterflies live there. Hu Mingxian did not go deep into it, but just fired two spiritual powers near the mouth of the valley to awaken the two Rakshasa butterflies, and saw the two Rakshasa butterflies vibrating. With wings raised, he rushed in front of Hu Mingxian in just a moment, and slashed directly at Hu Mingxian's upper body with four sickle claws.
Just like the top assassins among humans, after one attack, the two Rakshasa butterflies flew directly into the sky without caring about the life or death of the intruder. After circling in a circle, the Rakshasa's face looked like eyes that were indistinguishable from human eyes. Staring at Hu Mingxian with a cold light.
With a body comparable to that of a king, Hu Mingxian could not be hurt by the attacks of two second-level monsters alone. Looking around at the two Rakshasa Butterfly Queens, Hu Mingxian took a deep breath and once again sealed his spiritual power, body and The power of the soul makes him a mortal, and then he will practice his ability to respond to crises between life and death.
Hu Mingxian actually has experience with this method. It was a similar situation when he went to Heiyun to fight to the death and forced himself to open up the sea of soul consciousness.
The difference is that now he is a mortal, and his reaction ability is definitely no different than before. Only under such circumstances can he practice his ability to respond to crises to the extreme, and then with the blessing of spiritual power and physical strength, can he Let him face the assassins of Wuying Pavilion calmly.
Standing quietly on the ground, Hu Mingxian closed his eyes and waited quietly.
"Buzz!"
"Buzz!"
However, just as he closed his eyes, two low and rapid buzzing sounds came into his mind. Just as Hu Mingxian was alert, he felt a sudden sharp pain in his chest and back.
When the two Rakshasa butterflies passed by each other again, he already had two wounds with flesh and blood on his body. However, because of Xiao Fei'er, no blood flowed out.
Without giving Hu Mingxian time to think, two Rakshasa butterflies came out of the sky again. Without any surprise, they once again added two deep wounds to Hu Mingxian's body.
He was unable to react clearly to the Rakshasa butterfly's attack. Under the severe pain, Hu Mingxian's attention was further distracted, and even the initial vigilance could not arise in his heart.
Under the moonlight, among the floating snowflakes, two Rakshasa butterflies fluttered and flew over again and again, cutting shocking wounds on Hu Mingxian's body again and again. Hu Mingxian's figure collapsed under the impact again and again. It was swaying like a blade of grass in the strong wind, staggering and struggling to stand, being knocked around and thrown to the ground again and again.
The pain had already numbed his nerves, but Hu Mingxian would stand up again and again no matter how long it took.
Maybe he had been injured too many times, or maybe he had some insights. When the two Rakshasa butterflies swooped in again, Hu Mingxian frowned slightly. At that moment, he felt the flow of air, and the hair all over his body instinctively The explosion stood up, but I couldn't feel it further, and two more wounds were added to my body.
This kind of practice is tantamount to self-mutilation, but only in this way can one's own instinctive response to the crisis be stimulated. Just like this time before, when the Rakshasa butterfly attacks, it will definitely cause the flow of air. After many injuries, , the hairs on the body surface are exploding, indicating that the body has already had a preliminary instinctive reaction to this attack.
Hu Mingxian can actually do this kind of reaction if he can use his spiritual and physical strength. However, what he wants to achieve now is to let his nerves and physical instincts remember this kind of reaction as a mortal. Feeling, therefore, in the future battle, there is no need to deliberately perceive or deal with it.
Compared with the Rakshasa Butterfly's attack that can cause air flow and allow him to sense danger, the assassination techniques of the Shadowless Pavilion assassins are even more bizarre. Only when his consciousness and body can respond instinctively can Hu Mingxian face it. An assassin of a higher level than himself.
Xiao Banyun is only in the Blood Coagulation Realm, but his assassination skills have already made him a little tired to deal with. If he is in the Bone Casting Realm, Divine Soul Realm and the assassination skills are practiced to the extreme, he may really be able to kill him with one blow.
Just like the practice of using a knife, this kind of practice also requires a lot of practice. There is no other better way. As the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. No matter how high the talent is, it still needs to be accumulated bit by bit.
