"If the stone is thrown vertically, the force will naturally go vertically from top to bottom, and it will fall directly into the water. If the force is exerted horizontally, it will be thrown away." The man smiled and said: "Under this rule, if you If you apply force directly in the vertical direction, you will not be able to hit the water. Similarly, if you apply force horizontally, the stone will not fall directly into the water with a plop... This difference between vertical and horizontal is the 'inevitability' of the law! "
The man stood in front of the stone fence and said leisurely with his back to Nishihira Kojiro. Nishihira Kojiro stood behind him, lowered his head in thought, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
After a while, he bent down to pick up a stone from the ground, and gently threw it into the water. He watched blankly as the stone drew a simple parabola in the air, and finally fell straight into the water - such a simple scene. , fell into the eyes of Nishihira Kojiro, but a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes!
The man turned around and caught Nishihira Kojiro's eyes. He smiled slightly and patted him on the shoulder: "It seems you have a good understanding."
At this moment, when Xiping Kojiro faced the man in front of him, in addition to a sense of mystery, he felt a sense of awe without any reason. He couldn't help but frown and said: "This principle sounds simple to say, but if you think about it carefully, you have to understand it. There are so many rules in the world, how easy is it?!”
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"It's easy to say..." Chen Xiao looked at the fallen leaf carefully, thought for a while, and frowned: "But there are so many changes in the rules, how can it be so easy to understand them all? I'm afraid even if it's A computer can’t calculate so many changes in an instant.”
Chen Xiao suddenly stood up, walked a few steps back and forth in the yard, turned around and asked: "Last night we tried the sword, I attacked and you defended. I used a total of nine different movements, but you were able to kill me in an instant. Calculate all the directions accurately, this is the mastery of the rules, right?"
Tang Xin nodded with a smile.
"But the nine different steps I use all have different variations. How did you master them?"
"I have achieved some success in my practice of the Heart Sword Technique, but it is not so easy to explain." Tang Xin shook his head: "You are just getting started now, and just thinking about reaching that level, I'm afraid you are too impetuous. "
Chen Xiao thought to himself, do you want me to learn from Tang Xin and lock myself in a small courtyard and sit there for a year? He knows his own temperament very well, and that's probably something he can't do.
"Let's start with the simple ones." Tang Xin Youyou sighed: "I said, how much you can comprehend depends on your talent. You can't force your talent."
She stood up and glanced at Chen Xiao: "Let's demonstrate, you attack and I defend, move slower. I'll explain it to you bit by bit."
Seeing Tang Xin standing there, Chen Xiao smiled slightly and walked towards her casually. He had only taken three steps when Tang Xin already said, "Stop."
Tang Xin looked at Chen Xiao and said slowly: "You have already taken three steps, so let me first use the simplest rules to analyze these three steps of yours."
She pointed in front of her: "First, if you walk in front of me, based on the three steps you have taken, you will need to take a total of six steps to reach me."
Chen Xiao glanced at the remaining distance between the two and nodded: "Yes, this is based on the length of the distance between you and me, and the size of my steps. It can be easily calculated. But... if I step behind Wouldn't it be different if we take a bigger step or a smaller step?"
"No." Tang Xin smiled slightly: "When you take a step, your body posture leans forward slightly, but you don't exert force, and your body is not tense, so the amplitude of your steps will not change significantly. Also When you move, you can judge the direction of your movement by shaking your shoulders slightly. Your breathing is also a regular judgment. You breathe steadily. If you want to change your movements, such as exerting force suddenly, you must take a deep breath first. Even if you are very careful to hide it, the sound you make when you step out and your footsteps hit the ground is also a criterion for judgment. Although the difference in sound is subtle, even if it is a little lighter or a little heavier, if you listen carefully , you can also hear the difference."
Chen Xiao's eyes widened: "Is it that simple?"
Tang Xin glanced at Chen Xiao: "Of course it's not that simple. These few points I mentioned are just the most basic principles for getting started. If you can't even understand these few points, then I would have turned around and left long ago. .”
Chen Xiao became more and more interested, and couldn't help but said: "Then... why could you figure it out when I used teleportation last night? When I teleported, I had no steps or body movements, so how could you do it? Judgmental?”
"Murderous aura, aura, induction..." Tang Xin smiled bitterly and said in a helpless tone: "You are not in the realm now. Even if I tell you, you won't understand."
Chen Xiao thought hard and suddenly thought of "Poseidon".
One of Poseidon's abilities is to control gravity, and he can control it accurately and freely. In this way, wouldn’t it violate the “law” in an anti-gravity environment? In that case, would the mental swordsmanship, which is based on calculation rules, have no use
With this thought in his mind, he couldn't help but ask: "What if the rules no longer exist?"
"It's impossible not to exist." Tang Xin said calmly: "Rules will always exist."
Chen Xiao touched his nose: "For example, the fallen leaf that I just looked at falls to the ground because of the force of gravity. But if gravity doesn't exist, wouldn't it mean that you can't get out?"
"It's also very simple." Tang Xin smiled slightly: "If gravity does not exist, it will go up instead of down. If gravity only decreases, then its falling speed will be slower. If gravity becomes stronger, it will The rate of descent will be faster! Whether it goes up, becomes slower, or becomes faster - these are still the rules!"
Tang Xin continued to smile and said: "I understand what you mean, but in the situation you are talking about, it is not that the rules no longer exist, but just 'changed'. It just replaces the original rules with a new one. But even if it is That way, the new rules are also rules! When gravity disappears, there will naturally be rules after gravity disappears. When gravity becomes stronger, there will naturally be rules for gravity becoming stronger."
Chen Xiao suddenly understood and nodded attentively: "I understand!"
If he understood something in his heart, he said with a smile: "Even if the water is reversed and flows from low to high, it is just a new rule. The rules have changed, but there are still rules. As long as there are rules, then You can figure it out with the Heart Sword Technique!”
Then he held his head and smiled bitterly: "But that kind of state is probably too difficult..."
"I'm afraid I haven't reached that state." Tang Xin also sighed quietly: "When the rules change instantly, you can master the new rules in an instant... This state is the 'Great Perfection' state of the Heart Sword Art! Once you reach that state, you will become an almost god-like existence."
Dzogchen
Chen Xiao felt a little funny. The Japanese always like to give names that seem to be profound.
To put it bluntly, the art of mental swordsmanship is nothing more than understanding the rules, mastering them, and utilizing them.
It's just easier said than done. Tang Xin, who can cultivate to this level, is the only one in thousands of years. It's just that her body is weak, but it's God's will.
But then Chen Xiao changed his mind and thought: Maybe it was because she was physically weak and unable to truly practice martial arts that she put all her thoughts on the practice of this kind of mental skill.
If Tang Xin is in good health, he will have to devote his energy to practicing swordsmanship. After all, people's energy and wisdom are limited. If their minds are distracted and their energy is scattered, it will be impossible to practice the mental swordsmanship to this level.
This... is also due to the "rules"!
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"Actually, I don't understand the Shangchen family's mental swordsmanship. It's just that this mental swordsmanship is just an understanding of the origin of power. It is said that everything can change without departing from its sect. The principles of the highest realm of martial arts are the same. . That’s all I can give you.” The man looked at Nishihira Kojiro.
Xiping Kojiro looked a little dazed, thinking hard about the changes in the rules of power, and then nodded suddenly: "I understand! Since the principles are the same, then he can come up with a set of 'Heart Sword Technique' based on this principle in the Shangchen family. , then as long as others understand this principle, they will naturally be able to create the 'Heart Sword Technique' and the Heart Spear Technique... No matter how the name changes, how the mental method changes, the ultimate truth is the same! The Shangchen family can figure it out, Can’t I figure it out?”
A satisfied smile appeared on the man's face: "You are good, you do have some understanding. In fact, the Shangchen family is just like this. Although I have not learned their mind sword skills, I have a little understanding of them. Their mind sword skills are a bit too complicated. , at least, people with the talent of Takeuchi Fumzan have not succeeded in learning. Naoo Jingu seems to be a little worse than Takeuchi Fumzan. If a set of martial arts is too advanced to be learned, then there must be something wrong with it. Question. So you don’t have to think too highly of the Shangchen family."
Seeing the grateful expression on Nishihira Kojiro's face, the man's expression suddenly turned cold and he said calmly: "I actually don't have much affection for you Japanese, but when I saw you today, I was attracted by the true qualities of a warrior in you. Impressed, nowadays, it’s hard to see a person who adheres to the true nature of a warrior, so I decided to give you some pointers, you don’t need to thank me.”
Nishihira Kojiro's words of gratitude were blocked by the other party, and he just looked at the other party with complicated eyes - this man was clearly a Chinese, and he had sneaked into Senryu Palace to spy today. Then I remembered that today I was in the Quanliu Palace, and the young Chinese man who defeated me used a cane...
Thinking of this, Nishihira Kojiro's expression changed drastically, and he stared at the other party with a shocked expression.
Then he knelt on the ground with a plop, and bowed to the ground respectfully: "Nishihira Kojiro, I dare you to give me your name!"
"I told you, I actually didn't teach you anything. I just saw that you looked depressed and came to wake you up a few words, but I didn't do anything to help you." The man frowned, looked at the sky again, and sighed: "As for me His name... Huh, you must have guessed it, yes, my surname is Tian."
When he heard the three words "My surname is Tian", Nishihira Kojiro felt sweat dripping from his head, and his heart was filled with joy. He paused in fear and shouted: "If you can get advice from General Tian, Nishihira Kojiro will never forget you, sir." The kindness!”
But when he raised his head, he found that there was no one in front of him. General Tian had left at some point.
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Lao Tian left the riverside and walked out of a path. He looked in the distance and saw the hill where the Senryu Palace was located in the night... He suddenly smiled strangely: "That Japanese girl from the Takeuchi family must be deceiving people again. . I hope that little fool Chen Xiao won’t be fooled by the beauty of that girl. Alas, young people are full of blood. Huh, what kind of mental swordsmanship is so mysterious, in fact, it is just dividing the original rules of power in a simple way. Just come out. It’s just that although the theory is profound, it can’t be done in practice... "
I thought again of the Nishihira Kojiro I just pointed out.
There was a hint of deep meaning on Lao Tian's face.
Giving advice to a Japanese person... If it had been many years ago, I would not have even looked at him if a Japanese person had knelt in front of me and begged.
But now... hum.
That old boy Takeuchi Fumzan worked hard. In recent years, Japan's martial arts world has gradually improved due to his prestige.
"It's not a good thing that the Shangchen family is the only one in the family. That Nishihira Kojiro has some abilities. He will always cause trouble for the Shangchen family in the future. The Japanese martial arts world is not monolithic."
After muttering a few words to himself, Lao Tian suddenly knocked on his forehead and laughed at himself: "The older you get, the more despicable you become, alas..."
Lao Tian walked a few steps towards Quanliu Palace and stood on the street in front of the gate of Quanliu Palace's official residence, looking at the gate of Quanliu Palace from a distance.
His eyes gradually became a little complicated.
When I brought that young girl here in the past, the Quanliu Palace was not as grand as it is today. This gate must have been built later. There are also the cherry blossom trees all over the hillside, and the scene of him taking the girl up the mountain road step by step...
With a cane in hand, the swordsmen of the Shangchen family along the way felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were as panicked as if they were at the end of the world.
Thinking about it now, it seems like it was a lifetime ago...
In fact, who knew that he was just doing it randomly when he swept through Japan in the past. The most fundamental reason was that in front of a kenzai, the little girl he held in his hand begged him with a cheerful voice. :
"Uncle Tian, the cherry blossoms there are so beautiful. Can you take me in and have a look?"
Lao Tian raised his head again and looked at the moon in the sky.
"Mingyue... So many years have passed in the blink of an eye... Even your descendants, the child who called me 'Uncle Tian' back then, have turned into dust... But now, I am still living in this world. Alone, Alone..."