Desert yellow sand.
A deserted land.
There is a ruin standing on top of it.
A man sits cross-legged with a sword across his knees.
A strong wind blew by, rolling up countless yellow sand...
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Chu Qingxiao was silently thinking about the content of "Loulan Listening to the Wind" in his mind, and such a scene could not help but appear in his mind.
The method of sword intention is different from the method of martial arts.
It is not only necessary to condense the strength in the body according to the methods left by the predecessors, but also to figure out the state of mind of the person involved in comprehending the sword's intention. Only in this way can the true meaning of the sword's intention be truly understood.
This "Loulan Listening to the Wind" is about the swordsman named Thirteen. He sat quietly for three months in the ruins of Loulan and listened to the wind. For Chu Qingxiao, the best way is to be immersed in the scene and experience it carefully. Only by letting go can we fully understand the artistic conception at that time.
But Loulan is thousands of miles away, so Chu Qingxiao naturally has no such opportunity at this moment.
He could only imagine it secretly in his mind, trying to understand the artistic conception.
He works very hard.
It has been five days since I decided to start condensing this method.
But he was still unable to condense the sword intention described in the technique.
Loulan's sword spirit emphasizes variety.
The offensive can be as continuous as a strong wind and a sudden rain, or it can be as heavy as the overturning of yellow sand and as heavy as a giant stone.
But on the defensive, it is extremely weak.
Unlike the "Lingsha Dragon Breath Technique", it generally focuses on offense and almost completely abandons defense.
This method, which is almost eccentric with swordsmanship, is extremely unreasonable for ordinary swordsmen, but for Chu Qingxiao, who has the Shura realm, it is the best choice.
Of course, the premise is that you don't meet an opponent like Lu Qi who also knows the Shura world.
The operation of "Loulan Listening to the Wind" is not complicated, and it is even simpler than most methods on the market for condensing sword intent.
However, Chu Qingxiao tried for five days, but never made any progress.
He also specifically asked Lu Sandao about this.
According to Lu Sandao, the story of "Loulan Listening to the Wind" was quite legendary in the early years in Tianxuan Mountain, especially in Shenhe Peak. Many disciples knew about it, and of course they knew about it. The founder of swordsmanship, Swordsman Thirteen used this method to kill four eighth-level masters with his seventh-level cultivation.
For a long time, many disciples of Tianxuan Mountain, many of whom were extremely talented, tried to condense this sword intent, but in the end they all ended in failure.
Some people even went to the Loulan ruins specifically for this purpose, where they imitated the Thirteen Swordsmen and listened to the rumors outside the Great Wall for several months, but they still couldn't get it right.
Later, some people suspected that the swordsman Thirteen was already on his deathbed when he wrote the book "Loulan Listening to the Wind". There were some mistakes in this technique that made it impossible for later generations to practice it. Law.
And these were all Chu Qingxiao heard from Lu Sandao after five days of failed attempts.
If he had known about it earlier, Chu Qingxiao probably would not have chosen such a difficult bone as his way to condense his sword intent.
The sixth day.
Chu Qingxiao tried for another full day, but still failed.
The successive failures made Chu Qingxiao feel a little depressed, even if he had the "Jade God's Qi Nai Jue" to stabilize his mind.
He opened his eyes, dispersed the energy running in his body, put aside the rubbing of "Loulan Listens to the Wind", took another deep breath, and simply walked out of the door.
He has locked himself in this room for six full days, just to condense the sword intention recorded in the technique.
But six days passed, and he made no progress at all.
Of course he understands that spiritual practice should not be rushed.
But the battle with Lu Qi that day made Chu Qingxiao nervous.
Although he had encountered many opponents that were difficult for him to deal with before, he could at least deal with them because of the existence of the Shura Realm.
But after facing Lu Qi, Chu Qingxiao truly understood for the first time the truth that there is a world outside the world and there are people outside the world.
Before, he relied on the Shura world for everything, but the world is so big and there are so many capable people and strangers.
Today, Lu Qi, a little-known disciple in Tianxuan Mountain, possesses the method of the Shura realm.
Then will there be another Lu Ba and Lu Jiu tomorrow who can learn to hide Qi, or other methods that Chu Qingxiao can't imagine and that he can't deal with?
His current identity is a target of public criticism, and there are countless people who want to take his life.
It was again a situation where I was in the open and the enemy was in the dark. Chu Qingxiao was actually a little anxious deep down in his heart.
He wanted to become stronger quickly, not only for himself, but also for those who were willing to believe and risk their lives to follow him.
During his twelve years in Wuling City, he had already experienced the despair of watching someone he cared about die and being unable to protect him once.
And no one would want to experience this kind of feeling again, and Chu Qingxiao was no exception.
Therefore, after completing the transformation of the spiritual energy into the evil spirit dragon's breath, Chu Qingxiao started condensing the sword intent non-stop. According to the plan, after condensing the sword intent, he had to start the inscription of the martial spirit. He set a time for each step. He wanted to achieve the greatest improvement in the shortest possible time.
But this plan was only halfway through when it reached a deadlock because Loulan's sword power could not be condensed.
When we arrived outside the door, it was already evening.
Because everyone was concentrating on practicing these days, there was no hustle and bustle in front of the inner courtyard, but it was so quiet that Chu Qingxiao was a little uncomfortable with it.
As he walked into the small courtyard, a gust of night wind suddenly hit him, rustling the leaves of the pear trees planted in the courtyard, and making Chu Qingxiao's clothes flutter slightly.
Chu Qingxiao felt irritable because the night wind had dissipated a lot.
He took a deep breath and thought secretly in his heart: Sister Sanniang and Qingqing also wrote down some methods for condensing sword power in the library. One or two of them are quite suitable for him. Since this "Loulan Listens to the Wind" 》No matter how much you practice, it doesn’t work, so there’s no need to force it...
Chu Qingxiao can take it and put it down.
He knows that his talent is not very good, and the most important thing is that no matter how powerful the technique is, it suits him.
In this way of cultivation, the most taboo thing is to get into trouble.
Chu Qingxiao figured this out and felt much better.
He stayed in the courtyard for another half an hour, as a reward for his almost sleepless practice in the past few days.
Then he turned around and walked back to his room, thinking that he would just have a good sleep today and go find Sister Sanniang and the others tomorrow to see which technique in their hands was more suitable for him.
Thinking about this, he tidied up the room, which was a little messy because it had not been cleaned for several days. When he came to the desk, he saw the rubbing of "Loulan Listens to the Wind" out of the corner of his eye.
He stretched out his hand to put away the rubbings, but stopped thinking about it.
But just as his hand touched the page of the book, there was suddenly another gust of night wind outside the house.
He turned the pages of the book and returned to the part that recorded the life stories of the thirteen swordsmen.
Chu Qingxiao looked at the writing on it, and suddenly his face condensed.
He remembered that he had chosen the book "Loulan Listening to the Wind" among the many methods of condensing swordsmanship in the library, not because of how powerful he was, but because the story of the protagonist in the book made Chu Qingxiao feel empathetic.
The same old friends are all gone, the same old place is gone, the same powerlessness, the same heartache.
Some similar experiences made Chu Qingxiao feel that he might have some connection with this technique, so he chose this method just now.
"Unfortunately, it seems that senior and I are not destined to be together." Chu Qingxiao said with a wry smile, reaching out to close the pages of the book that were blown by the night wind.
But he couldn't help but recall that story in his mind, and he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "Senior, I don't know what kind of rumors you heard when you were sitting on the ruins of Loulan for three months before you could realize this method..."
Chu Qingxiao sighed casually, but in the middle of his words, he suddenly stopped, his expression gradually became weird, and he murmured something.
"Senior, there was a disaster in his hometown. He sought revenge but failed and returned home wounded. He must have been extremely depressed in his heart."
"It's just like if I failed to redress the injustice for Wuling City and returned to my old place, I would be completely disappointed. I would not have the face to meet my old friends, and I would not be interested in listening to the wind..."
"So... Loulan listens to the wind..."
"What you are listening to is not Loulan's wind..."
"But people!"
