"By the way, senior brother, can you tell me your views on a gentleman's journey? I want to reveal a gentleman's heart through his actions."
"A gentleman's journey is to cultivate one's character through tranquility and cultivate one's virtue through frugality. Without tranquility, one cannot reach far, without being indifferent, one cannot clarify one's ambitions. Junior brother, how many years do you think you can leave the sword tower?"
"About a year."
"Oh, it took me three years to understand the principles of a gentleman, it took you, Senior Sister Tiantian, five years to understand the principles of a gentleman, and the third child has been in the pagoda for six years and still hasn't fully understood the principles of a gentleman. Do you think you are better than all of us? Are they all great?"
"Yes, I believe in my own abilities."
Xu Mu Zhidao's face turned cold and he said: "A gentleman has three precepts. When he is young, his blood energy is not stable, so he should be careful about his appearance. When he is strong, his blood energy is strong, so he should be careful about fighting. When he is old and his blood energy has declined, he should be careful about fighting. It's a matter of course. Go up to the sword tower and copy this admonition a thousand times, or you won't be allowed to eat."
Sure enough, the senior brothers in every world are the same. Chi Chao was helpless.
The Sword Tower was built on the Elephant Trunk Mountain by the Sword God Kuangsan. Since its establishment, it has collected and collected books from all over the world with the help of Gui Guo. Therefore, in addition to the broken sword left behind after the Sword God's fall against the Lord, the Sword Tower also has this Most of the world's knowledge, including history, geography, humanities and nature, spiritual practice, etc. You can find answers to unknown mysteries there.
Spring goes and summer solstice comes, summer comes and autumn comes, autumn ends and winter comes, the year flies by.
Chi Chao breathed mist forward, and then swept the last puddle of snow outside the sword tower into the sweeper.
Sumu Zhidao, who was dressed in military uniform, walked out of the sword tower. He had a square sword on his waist, a quiver on his shoulder, and a strong bow in his hand. This posture was very different from his usual appearance.
"Elder brother, do you want to be dressed like this?"
"I went to Aokigahara to hunt some game. I stocked up for a month just in time to eat during the Chinese New Year. I have been living a simple diet all year, but this year I want to feast on it."
Chi Chao shook his head, "But why do you still bring a bow and arrow? Can't you kill your prey with just one sword?"
"Junior brother, you have to remember: you cherish the things you work hard for the most. Also, hunting is about the thrilling battle of wits and courage with the prey, not the harvest."
"Junior brother, please be taught. Please come back early." Chi Chaan bowed deeply.
"Well, practice well in the sword tower. Wait for me to come back." Sumu Zhidao fell from the cliff in one step and fell into the dense rain forest at the foot of Elephant Trunk Mountain.
A large number of bloodthirsty ferocious beasts lived in Aokigahara under the sword tower. Only because of the barrier of the mountains and the massacre of the sword gods in the past, they did not invade the Gui Kingdom.
After completing the tower duties, Chi Chao entered the sword tower and climbed the stone staircase as usual.
At the end of the stone staircase is an obsidian platform, on which lies the broken sword of the Sword God. If you want to view the broken sword, you have to climb the ladder. But this is no ordinary staircase. This stone staircase has only nine steps. It seems that it is easy to climb to the top, but it is not. It is already very good for an ordinary master of the upper realm to reach the fifth level. Each level of the stone steps has great pressure, and the pressure comes from the dead souls on the broken sword.
Countless people died at the hands of the Sword God. Therefore, Chi Chao seriously injured his soul when he tried to climb the stairs for the first time, and it took him seven days to recover.
Every time the injury heals, Chi Chao will climb up again.
When climbing the steps, perhaps in the eyes of others, Chi Chao stood still with his left foot on it for a long time. But in Chi Chaos soul realm, it was a battlefield of fighting.
He faced people and beasts.
Claws, fangs, sword energy, blades, spear thrusts, hammer blows, ax chops, etc. all came at him, but he only had himself and a knife.
At the beginning, Chi Chao could not survive the siege. Many attacks fell on him, directly damaging his soul and knocking him back to reality.
Climbing the steps for the second time, Chi Chao lasted two breaths. He understood that the only way to survive in the chaos was to evade, and every time he evaded, he had to take the opportunity to kill someone.
Time after time, Chi Chao lived longer and longer in the chaos. In the end, he killed all the dead souls.
Chi Chao suddenly opened his eyes and stepped on another step with his right foot.
What he encountered this time was a neat battle formation of a thousand people. The first-level tactics were still applicable here, but they had little effect against an enemy with excellent coordination.
If he wants to break through this level of the ladder, he must be faster and stronger.
It took two months for Chi Chao to reach the fifth level. It took him a month to step onto the first level, but then it took him a month to step onto the fourth level.
When he stepped onto the sixth level, four people appeared in his soul realm. They each took away knives, swords, guns and axes.
Why are there so few people? Chi Chao couldn't help but ask.
The four people rushed towards Chi Chao together, and the lineup cooperated well. They were as different from the enemies in the first five levels as clouds and mud.
"Poof!" Chi Chaan was injured by the swordsman's sword energy, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The strength of each of them is dozens of times that of the previous enemies, and avoiding them is like a child running away.
No, I have to find another way! Chi Chaan propped himself up with a knife.
If hiding is not possible, then the only option is to fight.
It took Chi Chaos three months to cross the sixth level. In the past three months, he had allowed himself to achieve a killing blow. That is where the blade of the knife points. Regardless of any obstruction, break away from it and make sure the knife lands where it should.
After reaching the sixth level, the next step is much easier. The seventh level Chi Chao took very little time to cross.
At the eighth level, Chi Chaos only had one opponent.
This person is none other than Can Jian’s sword spirit.
"Hey, someone is finally here. I haven't seen a stranger in seven years. What's your name, kid?" asked the sword spirit in white.
"Who are you?" Chi Chaandao pointed at the sword spirit.
"Boy, I am Can Jian's sword spirit."
"You said you were the Sword Spirit, so you are?" Chi Chao slowly walked towards the Sword Spirit.
"Is it true that I am a sword spirit?" The sword spirit was very angry that he was not known.
"Drink!" Chi Chaan burst out and slashed at the sword spirit with a knife. It doesn’t matter if he is a sword spirit or not, just kill him first.
The blade was stuck a foot away from the sword spirit and could not move forward.
"Vicious! Boy." The sword spirit in white drew the sword in the air.
Chi Chaan stepped back on tiptoes, but the white-clothed sword spirit did not pursue him.
"Boy, it only takes one sword. If you don't die after taking it, then you will have passed this level."
Chi Chao stopped and turned to look at Sword Spirit.
"Come on!" Chi Chaan held the handle of the knife with both hands.
"Jie Jie, soaring into the sky!" The sword spirit slashed his sword horizontally, and the sword energy came like waves.
"Haoran rushes to the sky!" Chi Chaan's whole body's energy and blood rushed to his hands, and he also imitated the sword spirit and used a move, but his move was a straight thrust.
His move is like a small boat in the wave, which may be destroyed at any time. Chi Chaan knew that he couldn't bear the sword spirit's move of flying into the sky, but he still had to fight back. There was no word "waiting for death" in his dictionary.
If waiting to die can save yourself, if you choose to wait to die, you might as well die yourself. Not everyone can risk their lives and survive. Opportunities can only be earned by oneself.
"Dogecoin Sword Spirit, let me show you my will! How different it is from when the Sword God challenged the Lord!"
"Ah! Ahhh!" Chi Chao's sword collapsed one after another.
"Kid, you win!" Chi Chaan heard a voice coming from in front of him.
Chi Chao raised his head and saw that his sword had been inserted into the sword spirit's body.
"After all these years, I finally saw the shadow of that guy." Sword Spirit put his finger on Chi Chaan's forehead, "This is a sword intention, a gift given by the Sword God to every disciple. It can kill a great master or Seriously injured a holy master."
The scene in front of him dissipated, and Chi Chaan saw the high platform close at hand.
It's just one step away from success.
As soon as Chi Chao raised his feet, Can Jian suddenly burst out with great pressure, and a sword energy passed through him.
There are eight more words on the steps.
"If you stop, you will die if you try again."
"Ha! Is it you who you have to defeat in the end?" Chi Chaan stepped forward without hesitation.
It's impossible for me to doubt myself! You’ve already reached so many levels, and you still want me to give up? Regardless of his death or immortality, all I want is that answer!
Chi Chao stepped onto the ninth level, but nothing happened.
"Ha!" Chi Chao breathed a sigh of relief as he suddenly realized.
In one year, Chi Chao allowed his gentleman's heart to take an embryonic form, leaving only the last glimmer of enlightenment, which he had to rely on observing the broken sword. He was only one step away from truly entering Haoran Qi. What he said to Sumu Zhidao before was not a joke.
Gu Quanyi has been in seclusion for three months, and today is also the day he comes out of seclusion. After Chi Chaan took a look at the broken sword, he went to wait outside Guquanyi Pass.
"Click!" Gu Quanyi pushed open the closed door.
Chi Chaan immediately came forward and said, "How are you doing, Third Senior Brother? Do you have any understanding?"
"No, if someone understands the aura of greatness, the divine light from the nine heavens will fall on the world, shine on that person, and give him the protection and blessing from the Sword God."
"Where is senior brother stuck? Junior brother may be able to help?" Chi Chaan said enthusiastically.
"I don't really understand the word 'positive' yet."
just? Chi Chaan thought for a while and said, "Junior brother, in my humble opinion, a gentleman will know that others are not upright based on his own uprightness; he will know that his body is not upright based on his own uprightness."
A word that wakes up the dreamer! Gu Quanyi's eyes suddenly flashed with bright light, and the shackles stuck in his heart were opened, and he hurriedly walked into the retreat room.
Chi Chaan laughed naturally when he saw that Gu Quanyi was enlightened. And I thought: Helping others is righteousness; benevolence and righteousness are benevolence.
Chi Chao, Chi Chao, why are you so stupid? You always knew the answer you wanted. Why didn't you think of that? Benevolence! Confucius's idea of "benevolence" is not the heart of a gentleman.
Crackling!
A sound like fried beans rang out from Chi Chao's whole body. This was the soul power between heaven and earth washing his meridians and bone veins, trying to build a unique soul power circuit in his body that only allowed Haoran Qi to run.
The last huge force went down from the big vertebrae, penetrated the entire spine of the dragon, and then came out from the tail dragon. His entire spine became a spacious "channel."
Above the nine heavens, an extremely dazzling golden light shot towards the sword tower, shot into Chi Chaos Dazhui point, flowed into the soul sea, and dyed his soul sea points into a golden ocean.
The soul sea is originally colorless, but the abnormal state at this moment symbolizes that Chi Chao is already extraordinary.
This light from the sky can be seen throughout Gui Kingdom, even Xi Kingdom and Huang Kingdom.
