Chapter 176 (2/2)

Beigong Weiyang looked at him annoyedly and said, ”Fifth Brother, wisdom is not violence. You should not hit my head even if you don't agree with me.”

Fifth Brother gazed at him and answered, ”I am your Senior Brother. Do you mean you can't accept it if I beat you?”

Beigong Weiyang moved to the side, muttering, ”I accept, and how dare I say no. But now that Second Brother requires the little Younger Brother to learn flying sword, let's stop complaining.”

Let's just neglect those who looked dim on the cliff terrace and who, like what the Senior Brother did, regretfully thumped their chest and stamped their face, lamenting that the little Younger Brother had been misled by the Second Brother to a wrong road. Second Brother and Ning Que beside the lake were at the moment seriously talking with each other shrouded in the genial late Spring breeze.

”Although you have read Wu Shanyang's Theory on Haoran Sword, the monograph was written by Mr. Wu Da, a previous scholar of the Academy, in his late years. The book was mainly focused on the interaction and conflict between the Haoran Sword Intent and its surroundings.”

Second Brother looked at Ning Que and continued, ”This book is even more focused on the law outside the Taoism, which is beyond at scope of knowledge and ability at your state at the moment. So now that you want to learn Haoran Sword, you need to start from the basis.”

Ning Que greeted a bow with hands folded in front towards Second Brother and said, ”Please give me some advice.”

”The flying sword is the sword that can fly without the control of man.” Second Brother calmly said.

”Second Brother... is really good at talking nonsense.” Ning Que silently thought in his heart, unable to remain calm.

”The easiest way of using a flying sword is to control Qi of Heaven and Earth by Psyche Power, and then invisibly touch and control the sword to move it around your body. The power of flying sword lay in three points: The strength of Psyche Power of the Sword Master; The number of Qi of Heaven and Earth he could control, his strength of connection with the flying sword and the strength of the sword itself; The subtlety of the sword when it was flying.”

”Although you are still at No Doubts State, you can touch or even control objects by your Psyche Power, so it means your Psyche Power is powerful enough and has a good interaction with objects. But there is still another thing that is decided by your inborn condition, that is, the number of Qi of Heaven and Earth that you can control.”

Second Brother looked at him and calmly said, ”You can take the number of Qi of Heaven and Earth that a Sword Master can control as an invisible rope in his hand. The more Qi of Heaven and Earth you can control, the stronger and longer the rope will be. Only a rope strong and long enough can carry the sword to a further distance, and you needn't worry about its being out of control.”

Ning Que said, ”I understand.”

Second Brother looked at him and said, ”The so-called swordsmans.h.i.+p, is actually different ways of Psyche Power to control Qi of Heaven and Earth to operate the sword. As for Haoran Sword, it will seek through straightness rather than curve. It requires resolution and determination to unsheathe the sword. If it is powerful enough, it can break through all barriers. I will dictate the Haoran Sword tactic to you, so listen carefully.”

”Thank you, Senior Brother.”

”Do you remember?”

”Half of it.”

”Then I'll say it again.”

”Ok.”

Ning Que suddenly felt this conversation quite familiar. He thought to himself, shall I answer him I totally forget it later? And after that Second Brother might whisk his Academy uniform, saying with a big laugh, ”Little Younger Brother, you get it. Then you can go to that dark place to slaughter the thieves.”

Second Brother asked with his eyebrows knotted, ”How about now?”

Ning Que woke up from his thought. Of course he didn't to answer him like what he thought, so he honestly said, ”I can remember all of them.”

Then the knot of Second Brother's eyebrows gradually unfolded, and he then praised, ”You really have a good comprehension.”

Just when finis.h.i.+ng his words, he randomly waved his hand in the Spring breeze and a short and thin wooden sword without handle somehow appeared in his hand. He handed the sword to Ning Que and said, ”As I have said before, you need to start from the basis. Now move the sword.”

Ning Que took over the hiltless wooden sword, feeling a bit of cool from his fingers. For a moment he should feel lost. And then after a period of silence, he took a deep breath and said, ”Ok.”

Those disciples of the Second floor of the Academy looking on by the lake all stood up when finding that Ning Que was finally about to move the sword. Their faces were filled with curiosity. Although they still insisted that it was totally wrong for the little Younger Brother to learn flying sword which was an unaesthetic and a stupid way to kill others, they still wondered what level the little Younger Brother was at.

Ning Que slowly closed his eyes, holding the hiltless wooden sword aclinicly to feel the weight of it. He found the originally light sword became heavier and heavier, so he pressed the Psyche Power of the Ocean of Qi to the outside of his body and integrated it with the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the surroundings. By doing so, he faintly touched the wooden sword. So later he winded the Qi of Heaven and Earth around the sword based on the method taught by Second Brother.

”Rise.”

Ning Que opened his eyes and lowly shouted while looking at the hiltless wooden sword in his hand, along with which the Psyche Power from his Ocean of Qi spouted out, and soon after, the Qi of Heaven and Earth wound around the sword suddenly tightened and then vibrated to get up!

In the Spring breeze by the Mirror Lake, a thin wooden hitless sword tremblingly flied up.

That thin hiltless wooden sword flied very slowly and tremblingly, seeming to feel uneasy and frightened.

The wooden sword was moving slowly in the air, every inch ahead seeming to be difficult and laborious.

And the trace of the sword was not regular at all, which was sometimes on the right of Ning Que and sometimes on the left. It at one minute bounced up and then was about to fall on the surface of the lake.

The wooden sword flying in the air was like an old woman with bound feet, having no sense of direction.

And those disciples in the Back Mountain of the Academy all looked on by the lake with their mouth widely opened, which couldn't be closed in a short time.

The embroidery needle which was pinched by Seventh Sister in the pavilion at the heart of the lake had fallen into the lake without being noticed, which was then eaten by a greedy golden carp.

Beigong Weiyang, who stood on the edge of the bamboo woods, looked at the hiltless wooden sword in the air and solemnly said, ”If you use 'fly' to modify the sword, I think this sword... will be ashamed.”

Chen Pippi standing only a few paces off shamefully lowered his head, unwilling to admit that man beside the lake was his friend.

The hiltless wooden sword tremblingly flied back.

Gazing his eyes widely, Ning Que stretched out his hand in a flash to catch the sword for fear that it might fall down, feeling a lingering fear. He wiped off the sweat on his forehead and turned to Second Brother, asking with excitement, ”Senior Brother, how do you feel about me?”

The excitement on his face was his genuine feeling at the moment. He even spent more effort to suppress the complacence in his heart for he had tried his best. In addition, this is indeed his best performance in flying a sword, if taels of silver were excepted.

Second Brother stared at him at sea, and after a long time of silence he said, ”Little Younger Brother, you still can't cultivate your Natal Item, but your performance is already good... Take it easy, come on, you will succeed.”

After saying those words, Second Brother left without turning back.

Ning Que stunnedly looked at the back of Second Brother, and then he noticed that Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters looking on by the lake began to return to the woods, who shook their heads during their travel back.

He seized Sixth Brother who hadn't left because of fetching water and asked, ”Senior Brother, what does it mean?”

After a long time of pondering, Sixth Brother showed an honest smile and replied in a whisper, ”Little Younger Brother, Second Brother has always been frank and outspoken, but he was so mild and indirect to you today... it seems really not good.”

Those Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters all left the lakeside and returned to their original place under the pine tree, under the flower tree and in the dense woods, where they continued to play lyre and flute, play chess game and remain in telesthesia. n.o.body laughed at Ning Que, or came to comfort him. Because in their eyes, the performance of Ning Que to fly the sword by the lake was too absurd to be commented on.

Ning Que stood silently by the lake for a while and eventually found the most real answer from the att.i.tudes of Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters and the explanation of Sixth Brother, thus feeling disappointed. However,he finally failed to refrain himself from laughing out at the thought of the scene that Second Brother wished to speak but stopped on a seond thought. While laughing, he continued to practise the Haoran Sword.

The performance which he thought was already good was actually terrible to the extreme in the eyes of those Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters of the Second floor of the Academy. The sharp contrast could be a huge mental blow to an ordinary person. But for Ning Que, especially the current Ning Que, it was nothing at all.

Therefore, at the side of Mirror Lake in the Back Mountain of the Academy, one might find a hiltless wooden sword sometimes flied like a blind old woman with bound feet. It fluttered sometimes tremblingly, sometimes fearfully, sometimes aimlessly, or sometimes slowly. It sometimes failed onto the ground and sometimes nearly stabbed Ning Que, and one time it even flied into the lake directly, forcing him to jump into the water to fetch it.

After the repeated practice, Ning Que finally stopped with gasps when the remaining of Psyche Power in the Ocean of Qi was all pressed out. Then he flumped on a stone beside the lake and hold a handful of cool lake water to sprinkle on his face, sighing satisfactorily.

It was not noticed when Chen Pipi came to the lakeside after his today's modification of array tactical of the Cloud Gate. Looking at the pale face of Ning Que beside him, he suddenly said after a moment of silence, ”There are some things you can't deal with just by risking your life.”

Ning Que looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and said with a smile, ”In the past you said cultivation is a gift that Haotian gives to us and we should not be too demanding towards it. If you are inborn unable to pursue cultivation, you'd better give it up. Risking your life doesn't solve the problem. But now, at least I can practice cultivation.”

Chen Pipi shook his head and replied, ”But if you always risk your life, how can your body bear with it?”

”I'm not risking my life. I just like it.”

Ning Que glanced at him and picked up the hiltless mini-sword to freely wave it in the air, saying with a smile, ”Some day, I will definitely make this sword into... a d.a.m.ned flying... sword.”

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