3 Fairy (2/2)
So Shen Zhenyi shook his head after thinking, ”Swordsmanship can't be taught to you anymore. If you try to continue learning the sword, it will be difficult for you to understand. When you start again, you will inevitably be stuck. Zhu Xi who specializes in only one subject will be able to kill you easily.
When Chu Huoluo remembered the power and skill of Chu Zhu Xi's Fire Taiji; Huoluo realized that this was no longer an opponent that could be defeated by a change of styles. This made her even more depressed.
”If only I had more time,” she said feeling indignant and bitter. But Sister Zhu Xi really played unfairly. In order to win, she did not hesitate to join a group of three-legged cats in the preliminary test of the Abandoned Sword Villa. ”In fact, I am a little afraid of her.”
Chu Zhu Xi acted very differently from Chu Huoluo. She had always been the proud daughter of heaven, overbearing and had everything under her control.
The Abandoned Sword Villa issued a small number of ”Sword Sequences” during their early years. Those who found and held these sequences could have a wish granted by the Abandoned Sword Villa. Seventy-eight sequences had been recovered in the past three hundred years, and it was very likely that the Chu Huoluo would be the last person to find one. She took this opportunity to enter the Abandoned Sword Villa, but Chu Zhu Xi couldn't find another one.
Fighting for half a lifetime, it was rare for her to win in something against her sister. Chu Huoluo originally wanted to have a few days to celebrate her birthday, but Chu Zhu Xi, however, disregarded the face of the Liyang Mansion and participated in the recruitment of the Abandoned Sword Villa's disciples. Surprisingly, she passed smoothly, meaning that she had worked with other people.
Shen Zhenyi had predicted that Zhu Xi would find him, but now it actually came true.
Chu Huoluo was extremely afraid of her sister. Suddenly, she thought of something and said, ”Now that she's here, you shouldn't try to fight for me. Otherwise, I'll die without a proper burial.”
Shen Zhenyi was silent. He picked up the last piece of Pine Nut Mint Cake and ate it.
As the sun rose, he rocked in his wheelchair and descended from the top of the hill rolling down the path. Chu Huoluo followed him and suddenly thought, ”Could you teach me the Ten Thousand Sword Sutra?” If I learn this sword technique, I won't have to lose to Sister Zhu Xi, right? I don't want to fight for the next heir, as long as I can save my life...”
The Ten Thousand Sword Sutra was the most precious treasure of the Abandoned Sword Villa, but Chu Huoluo wasn't trying to offend him. It was just a casual statement from her young mind.
Shen Zhenyi murmured for a while and said, ”The Ten Thousand Sword Sutra isn't actually that great of a martial art. It's not impossible to teach it to you either. However, after all, this is the hardest to learn martial technique. You could try your best, but I don't accept apprentices. This sword technique requires one to have a lot of intelligence. The broader the experience, the more powerful the sword technique will be. You are not suitable with your simple mind.”
Hearing that it took a lot of brainpower, Chu Huoluo lost interest. She became bored and asked, ”Is it true that the Ten Thousand Sword Sutra can break through the void and allow one to fly and become immortal after being trained to the last level?”
Although this kind of thing was a rumor, it had been spread in the martial arts, and Chu Huoluo was somewhat curious.
”Cutting the moon and flying like a fairy, any of our world's top martial arts can allow this to be accomplished.”
Shen Zhenyi calculated: ”The Magic Fire Art of your Liyang Palace, the art of the Devil Religion is the second one... The sixth is the Buddhist Bodhisattva Style, and there is also the Dahua Dream of the Immortals. There are actually around seven or eight techniques that let you do this.”
Chu Huoluo couldn't believe it. ”The Magic Fire Art can also allow one to cut the moon and fly like an immortal? How come I've never heard of it? You don't want to trick me because I'myoung, right? Many ancestors of the Liyang Palace have practiced the Magic Fire Art to the ninth realm, but none of them have been able to reach the Immortal Level.”
Shen Zhenyi concentrated and corrected her: ”On the path of martial arts, all must seek to break through our limits. If we can't overcome our ancestors, how can we surpass the Mortal Level? I said that these different martial arts contain the principle of cutting the moon and flying like fairies, not that they can be achieved by anyone who cultivates to the ninth realm. But they are on the right track. One always has to go a step further than their predecessors. You have to break out of your cocoon and become a butterfly.”
Chu Huoluo said, ”That's not exactly as plain and simple as you say...”
Before she was sixteen years old, she couldn't even practice to the highest realm known by the Magic Fire Art, let alone breakthrough the top of the peak.
Chu Huoluo saw Chu Zhu Xi's cultivation realm last night but now, she became calmer. Now she only felt impatient. Where could she calm down? Only by staying beside Shen Zhenyi, could she be relieved of her worries. Then she asked, ”What even is the Immortal Realm? Everyone is so convinced it exists, but not even grandma can explain clearly. Do you know Third Prince?”
Shen Zhenyi did not hesitate to say: ”Cutting the moon and flying like an immortal is naturally breaking through the limit of the Nine Hells Realm. It means breaking through the moon with tremendous strength and entering into a higher level of Kung Fu. What's not clear about this?”
”...Breaking the moon? ” Chu Huoluo was shocked and looked up at the bright blue sky. She scratched her head and said, ”What can human beings do? Besides, the Moon is the source of true Qi. If it breaks, doesn't that mean everyone would no longer be able to practice martial arts?”
Shen Zhenyi became silent and did not reply.
This was the greatest secret of the Nine Realms. It couldn't be exposed.