Li Ye, who had understood many things, no longer struggled with how to go to the cold pool to conquer the waterfall above his head in the following days.
I go to practice every day just to be able to hold on for a few more hours and not to hurt myself by the gravel and branches in the turbulent flow.
From the beginning, he could only insist on cutting a few hundred swords, and later he could use a thousand, two thousand, and three thousand swords. The stone sword in his hand became more and more skillful and faster in the turbulent flow.
He thought that if he went to practice his sword in the river above the waterfall now, he might be able to stab the fast-swimming fish.
If you practice cultivation and don’t know what’s going on outside yourself, the summer rainstorms in the Tianshan Mountains come and go, and the mountain torrents come and go.
Li Ye's flesh and bones were already as strong as fine steel, and he could stay in the water for two hours without being washed away by the turbulent current.
The gravel caught in the turbulence can no longer hurt him. With all his strength, he can stand on the stone in the pool and slash out five thousand swords continuously.
Every sword strike in the water requires several times the effort on flat ground.
The result of the hard training is that every sword he strikes now is the same as when he practiced footwork in Fengyun City. The strength and speed of each sword are just like every step he takes. The distance is the same, not fast or not. slow.
Just like he practiced the "Phaseless Dharmakaya", the swordsmanship he practiced in the cold pool unexpectedly reached the state of leakage-free. Just like if he stood in the wind and rain at this time, and swung the heavy sword, it would be It doesn’t stick even if it rains.
Most of the summer in Tianshan has passed. On this day before autumn, Li Ye, alone and a wolf, came to the pool under the waterfall again.
I took off my clothes, shoes, and even my armor and placed them on the shore. With my upper body naked, I slowly walked onto the rocks in the rapids again, with the glacial water flying down above my head... .
This time he released his spiritual consciousness again. He wanted to practice the swordsmanship against Mu Mu that he had not practiced for a long time. He practiced Mr. Falling Leaf Sword in the water.
He took out a black cloth and covered his eyes. His consciousness was shrouded in the five-foot-wide water pool, and he carefully felt every drop of water rushing towards him, every gravel caught in the turbulence, every strand that might kill him. The branch of your own life.
A short-haired boy held a huge stone sword and waved it at the cold river water.
His figure is very thin, which is in sharp contrast to the heavy stone sword.
Rolling glacial snow and water swept in, hitting his head and shoulders hard again and again. Li Ye swung his giant sword and struck hard at the falling river water again and again.
The sword blade collided with the river water, making a low-pitched roar. This was an attack launched by a young man against the power of the vast world with his tenacious perseverance.
"In this way, I will cut through the void and let it face thousands of dangers." Li Yemo thought about the sword intention he had comprehended, and let his consciousness fly.
If you open your eyes and face the rapids flowing down, your arms will constantly tremble due to the cold river water and the heavy stone sword.
He had cut more than five thousand swords, but he still persisted in swinging the heavy stone sword to hit the glacier, with determination on his face that he wanted to split the glacier in two.
For him, practicing swordsmanship in the water is a kind of tranquility that only belongs to him. Only in this fight with the glaciers in the sky, his spiritual consciousness is slowly growing.
Suddenly, he saw a tree above the waterfall that was bigger than the cedar he cut down to build his shed. Under the impact of the turbulent glacier, it rushed towards him with lightning speed.
He had no time to dodge, so he subconsciously used all the power of the alchemy in his body to strike out with a sword...an inconspicuous sword.
With a "boom", he felt pain in his arm. The tree rushing towards him was cut into two pieces, and the stone heavy sword in his hand was instantly extinguished and turned into dust.
Li Ye, who was in pain, was startled, his consciousness flew away, and he exerted force on his feet. In an instant, he flew out of the pool and jumped onto the pebbles on the shore. Just as he was thinking about how to explain to the old ape that the stone sword was gone, he looked at the hilt of the sword tightly held in his hand.
I saw an iron sword that was completely black and shone with cold light appeared in my hand. It turned out that this was an iron sword hidden in the stone, a sword in the stone.
Infuriating energy gathers in the arms. He slashed his sword towards the cedars on the cliff above the waterfall.
I saw a white sword energy cutting through the air, silently slashing at the cedar on the stone cliff, cutting through the air like wind and gentle like water.
...
Li Ye stared blankly at the black sword in his hand, feeling a little dazed.
With a loud bang, the cedar on the rocky cliff broke from the middle and fell down. The break was smooth and flat.
Xiaobai on the shore was startled when he heard the crashing sound on the stone cliff. He roared a few times and looked at Li Ye with a puzzled look.
All the apes on the cliff jumped around in fright and screamed in surprise.
There was a loud "boom", and the old ape on the cliff jumped down and landed on the pile of stones by the pool, making a huge noise. Li Ye and Xiaobai were stunned.
The empty mountain stream seems a bit quiet, except for the turbulent pool.
The rays of the space sun passed through the clouds and illuminated the stones beside the pool, illuminating Li Ye's thin body and the face of the old ape as tall as a mountain. Only Xiaobai whined twice unwillingly.
Li Ye looked at the old ape blankly.
The old ape looked at Li Ye blankly.
After a while, Li Ye handed the black iron in his hand to the old ape and said softly: "The stone sword is broken. This is the stone sword."
The old ape took the black sword in confusion and said puzzledly: "What does a broken sword mean? Is this a stone sword?"
"The stone heavy sword cut me into dust in the pond, leaving the sword hidden inside." Li Ye murmured.
Looking at the broken tree on the ground, the old ape said blankly: "Is this the sword?"
"This is that sword, gentle as water, indestructible." Li Ye suddenly smiled happily.
He had been thinking about how to practice swordsmanship from the day he went up the mountain. He practiced swordsmanship by himself, practiced swordsmanship with Mu Mu, practiced swordsmanship in wind and rain, practiced swordsmanship in cold and biting rivers, and practiced in extremely dangerous pools. sword.
In order to be able to strike out with this sword, this gentle as water, this wolf as tiger, this sword that splits the sky and the earth.
The old ape grinned and smiled as brightly as Li Ye's smile.
"I dare to conclude that before you are five years old, you will be able to complete the exercises you want to practice in this life, just as you will be able to finish reading the scriptures before you are ten years old. After fifteen years old, you only need to be like the Po Xu monk , hone my state of mind over the long years.”
The old ape gently stroked the black sword in his hand with his heavy palm, as if stroking his grandson's hair.
"I used it to practice in this pool of water for who knows how many years, and I cut off countless gravel and trees that washed down from the pool, but it was not damaged at all. Unexpectedly, it only practiced for a short time in your hands. After dozens of days, it broke out of its cocoon and turned into a butterfly, revealing the black sword inside. This could not be God's will."
Li Ye was startled and quickly replied: "Senior, please don't worry. When I leave here, I will definitely return this iron sword to you. My husband will recast an epee for me. You cannot rob senior's treasures."
The old ape weighed the black sword in his hand and said softly: "Even if the outer stone layer is broken, the sword still weighs more than twenty kilograms. In the eyes of practitioners, it is still a heavy sword."
"Since God's will is like this, it belongs to you. I don't practice swordsmanship, and none of my descendants practice swordsmanship. You keep it for self-defense. This is a sword that is hard to find in the world. The sword is perfect for Mr. Xiao. but."
"I looked carefully. There is no writing on the sword. Give it a name so that people can remember it when traveling in the world." After saying that, he handed the black sword in his hand to Li Ye.
Li Ye took the black sword with both hands, stroked the blade of the sword that shone with cold light, thought for a while and said, "It came from the water, and it broke from the stone in the water, so let's call it 'Ruoshui Sword'. "
"The best thing is like water. Water is good for all things and does not fight. It is what everyone hates, so it is close to the Tao. ... Good things can be done when they are good. They do not fight, so they have no worries."
Li Ye murmured.
"The highest character is like water, benefiting all things and not striving for fame and wealth. Don't compete with the world for the same knowledge or shortcomings, and be gentle but able to tolerate the world's mind and tolerance."
"Okay, this sword is like a young gentleman's character. It benefits all living beings without fighting, and destroys all things without damaging it. Good name, good sword!" The old ape touched the long beard on his chin and nodded.
It was almost midnight, and the sunlight in the sky was about to go west, and the golden light reflected on the pool shimmered like hundreds of gold coins floating. The mountain breeze blowing from the top of the mountain still carries a hint of snow, making you feel comfortable and warm on your body.
Li Ye put on his clothes and shoes silently, and followed the old ape to clasp his fists in salute. "If you don't mind, then go to the shed on the mountain with me and cook some meat and rice."
He has been training himself hard these days and eating clear soup and rice every day. His body is indeed a little weak and he needs to make up for it.
As soon as Xiaobai had meat and rice, he shot out like an arrow and rushed to the cliff above the pool.
...
I took the pot and went to the river to wash out rice, washed the meat, and threw a few mushrooms into the rice.
I went back to the shed and lit a fire, and started cooking the pilaf rice I hadn’t eaten for a long time.
The old ape sat on the bamboo chair and watched Li Ye, while Xiaobai lay on the bamboo chair waiting for the aroma of the rice.
Stirring the hot smoke gradually rising from the pot, Li Ye looked at the old ape and said: "These days, what I've been talking about these days is the food stock prepared by my husband before, and it's almost gone now. In addition to going to the pond to practice for a while tomorrow, I'll just I’m going to take Xiaobai to find something to eat.”
"Seeing that autumn is approaching, I have to prepare some wild vegetables and meat to dry in the sun. Otherwise, I will starve to death in the mountains before winter. Xiaobai is a foodie and cannot bear to be wronged."
"Tonight, I have to ask Senior Old Wolf for advice on where to find hunting places, grassy slopes and woods with many mushrooms around the mountain stream. Autumn harvest, that's what it means." Li Ye murmured.
He missed the pile of Chinese toons he had dried in the wooden house on the mountain in spring.
My husband said that Kung Fu is the only thing besides poetry, but just practicing Kung Fu and writing poetry will starve people to death, especially in this Tianshan Jedi place where there is money but no place to spend it.
The old ape nodded and said that this was the truth, but in his mind he was thinking about where he could find something to eat for Li Ye around the mountain.
Xiaobai lowered his head and whimpered. He was too young and could not independently catch a beast larger than a pheasant for Li Ye to dry the meat.
The steaming aroma of the meat rice in the pot was tempting Xiao Bai and Lao Yuan's appetites.
And Li Ye's thoughts had already flown out of the Tianshan Mountains outside the wooden shed.
