[Comprehensive martial arts] The bright moon shines on you

A room in an old house.

Yuan Suiyun, whom the black-clothed assassin was chanting, was sitting by the desk by the windowsill, with a criss-cross chessboard in front of him.The distribution of chess pieces on the chessboard is quite strange, and it does not follow the rules of Go. A small group is piled up in the southeast, northwest and center.

The bright moon hangs high outside the window, there is not a single cloud in the night sky, not even a few stars.The clear and bright moonlight poured into the room through the window sill, and under the moonlight, the young man in white clothes Shengxue carefully looked at the chess move in front of him, playing with a shiny black chess piece between his slender fingers.

"Nanwang wants to use 'civet cat for prince' to put his son on the throne. Even if Nanwang's son really looks exactly like the emperor, there are a few people he can't get around."

"Wang An, who has been with His Majesty since the East Palace, is the person who is most familiar with His Majesty, but judging from the current situation, most of this person has been bought by Nan Wang and his son."

"Other than this person, the first person among the officials who cannot be bypassed is His Majesty's teacher, the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, Mr. Wang. He has taught His Majesty for many years. Whether the person on the dragon chair has changed or not can't be hidden from his eyes. .And Prime Minister Wang has a noble character, and he is not someone Nan Wang and his son can buy and win over. So when they plot to assassinate His Majesty tonight, they will definitely attack him." Yuan Suiyun's gaze fell on the besieged sunspot in the east, and then With a slight smile, he put another white piece on the chessboard, "Since Zijing came to Beijing, he has made friends with a wide range of people, and he has a great literary talent. He won the first place in the autumn, and the talent is so high that even this respected old man pays attention to him. He has the intention of accepting disciples. Tonight he is in the prime minister's mansion, and he will protect the king without worry."

"King Taiping is in charge of the most elite Dingyuan and Yaowu armies in the world, and the division general of the Northwest Barracks was once his old unit. His Majesty can trust the prince, but the Nanwang father and son must not. After tonight's son, there will definitely be a way The power is attacking the prince." Yuan Suiyun's eyes swept across a piece of black chess in the northwest, and landed on the two black and white chess pieces facing each other in the south. You should be surprised to see him."

"And then here is my place. If the prediction is correct, there is still a nail buried deepest that has not been dug out."

The moon is full and the sky is full, and everything is silent.Outside the courtyard gate, there was a soft sound of rolling gravel, Yuan Suiyun quickly looked up, his eyes were unpredictable, "Here we come."

The next second, a masked figure in black broke through the window with a long sword in his hand. The sword pointed directly at the person at the table, and Sen Han's sword energy almost pierced his brow.Facing the sudden sword attack from outside the sky, Yuan Suiyun didn't raise his head, and picked up another chess piece casually.In the darkness behind him, a sword light that looked like a dark blue sky suddenly lit up from the night, facing the black-clothed assassin who broke in through the window.

After forcing him back with a sword, Liu Tingfeng flashed out from behind Yuan Suiyun, and rushed towards the man in black through the window.Accompanied by his killing intent Ling Ran's sword move, a chuckle resounded in the courtyard, "Uncle Hai Lingzi, I have been chasing you here from Dali, you are easy for me to find."

The man in black who was forced to retreat from the guest room to the courtyard changed greatly when he heard this, he didn't even care about the assassination target in the guest room, turned around and ran towards the gate of the courtyard.

"It's already here, do you still want to leave?" Liu Tingfeng's long sword turned into a streamer, and he chased the stars and the moon with the sword.

A long sword chant resounded like a dragon chant resounded through the night sky in the courtyard, but the guest room returned to silence.Yuan Suiyun glanced at the window frame cut off by the sword qi, lowered his head and slowly continued to drop a piece on the south side of the chessboard.

"Surprised His Majesty."

"It's okay." Behind the curtain not far behind him, a young but majestic voice sounded.The person behind the curtain sighed slightly, "Unexpectedly, now I can't even trust the people next to me."

Yuan Suiyun remained silent, and the people behind the curtain stopped talking.

In the silence of the room, the eyes of the young man in white fell on the chaotic piece of black and white chess in the center of the chessboard.

Everything, just look here.

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng attacked almost at the same time, and the sword energy went straight into the clouds and broke through the sky.

The cold moonlight sprinkled in the air, and when it landed on the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it seemed to be infected by the murderous aura and became chilly.In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, sword qi criss-crossed, and the sword discs swirled and danced, ethereal as a fairy but hiding murderous intent, and the cold killing intent spread silently in the night.

The people around the ridge of the hall stared wide-eyed and concentrated. Today's battle at the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City is destined to be recorded in history.And they will all be witnesses to history.

Although Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng have always been called together in the world, they are considered to be destined opponents to each other.And there are many similarities in the personalities of these two peerless swordsmen, but in fact, as swordsmen, their swordsmanship is still different.Ye Gucheng's sword intent is ethereal and quiet, just like his unique skill Flying Immortal, like a crane flashing by in the clouds, or a shooting star across the sky in winter night.But Ximen Chuixue's sword intent was cold and cold, and his killing intent was even greater than the cold intent. The sword light was like stars falling on the plain and the dark clouds drifted away.

They are similar to each other, yet paradoxically quite different.Perhaps, this is the reason why people in the Jianghu have been juxtaposing them and think that they will eventually have a battle with each other.

And today, this battle finally came.

Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng fought very quickly, sometimes the sound of swords colliding could be heard endlessly, and sometimes the sword light drifted away for a long time without seeing the confrontation.

These two are worthy of being the most outstanding swordsmen in the world, overwhelming all peerless swordsmen, large and small, who are masters of swordsmanship.Just watching their fight makes people look excited and nervous at the same time, for fear of missing any details.The long swords around their waists were already attracted by the sword energy before they were drawn out, and they rang restlessly in the sheath.Although the seniors standing at the front were calmer than the youngsters behind them, watching the two fight each other, they often thought about it and seemed to have an epiphany.

At this moment, a ray of sword light, like a blue sky beyond the sky piercing the moonlight, appeared in surprise.The celestial spirit is ethereal, coming and going without a trace, it is so beautiful that it is indescribable.

Lu Xiaofeng, who was standing beside Mingyueye, shrank his pupils sharply, "Flying Immortals."

At this time, Ximen Chuuxue had already raised his sword.The sword light pierced the sky, and even the boundless night sky seemed to be split by the sword energy in an instant, revealing a light-colored scar.

Lu Xiaofeng was startled again, they had known each other for many years, almost no one in the room was more familiar with Ximen Chuuxue's swordsmanship than him.But this sword of his, he has almost never seen it before.

Fortunately, he hadn't seen it, but some of those present had.

When the astonishing sword light was reflected in his eyes, the leader of the Dugu sect of the Emei Sect sighed, "Let's not rush to the sword."

"Master Dugu, do you know the swordsmanship of Master Ximen?" Taoist Mu asked distractedly while watching the duel in the middle of the field.

"I'm ashamed." Dugu Yihe shook his head and sighed, "The old Taoist was defeated by the sword of Master Ximen at the beginning."

"Six Meridians Excalibur?" Lu Xiaofeng also stared at the field, and asked in a low voice without moving his gaze.

Of course, he asked this question to Mingyue Ye, the only one who knew the basics among the people present.The girl in white nodded slightly, confirming his guess.

"I remember you told me that the Six Meridians Excalibur is said to be a sword technique, but in fact it doesn't use a sword at all?"

Ming Yueye's eyes were still firmly fixed on the fight between the two, and without looking back, he said lightly, "Use it if you want to use it, and don't use it if you don't want to use it."

"What do you mean?" Although Lu Xiaofeng was engrossed in the duel in the arena, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

"The Six Meridians Divine Sword has been practiced in the world for hundreds of years, but no one has ever practiced it, and even now its name has been buried under the dust of history. What do you think is the reason why such a peerless sword manual has been reduced to this point?"

"Is it too difficult?"

"It's so hard you can't imagine."

"Six Meridians Excalibur, six heavy sword intents, swords made of qi. If you don't reach the realm of 'no sword', you can't even touch the threshold of the Six Meridians Excalibur, so what's the point of cultivation?" Ming Yueye followed the scene with his gaze. The flying sword light in the middle moved, and still said lightly in his mouth, "Axue has comprehended Shaochong's sword intent more than a year ago, of course he has already reached the state of 'no sword'." The generalization of a realm is not a force. Since it doesn’t matter whether you have a sword or not, what’s the point of insisting on whether to use a sword or not? Of course, you can use it if you want to use it or not.”

Lu Xiaofeng nodded suddenly, and the elder Mu Taoist who also heard their conversation on the other side couldn't help but sighed, "I didn't expect that the master of Ximen had already reached the highest level of the sword art of 'Wu Jian' a year ago. His talent is so high. The old man admires you."

Ming Yueye was silent for a while, then said softly, "The realm of 'no sword' is not the highest level of swordsmanship."

"At least as far as I know, no."

Even though he was watching the battle, Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but look back at her when he heard the words, "No?"

The night wind blew across the ridge of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, mixed with the killing intent in the air, with a kind of bone-piercing chill.The girl in white had her back straight, and her skirts were flying, as if she was going to ride the wind.The long hair on her shoulders was swept by the wind and brushed against the side of her face, and the black hair was like ink, making her face paler.Chu Liuxiang stared at her face for a while, reached out to support her shoulder, raised his eyes and smiled at Lu Xiaofeng, "Brother Lu, the cloak."

Lu Xiaofeng froze for a moment, and immediately reacted, took off the cloak on his shoulders and handed it to Ming Yueye, and then Chu Liuxiang took it and put it on the shoulders of the girl in white.Lu Xiaofeng scratched his head, but he forgot that it was cold in the middle of the night, those elders who know martial arts don't think much of it, but a little girl who doesn't know martial arts on a bright moon night will definitely be cold.Thinking of this, he couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Chu Liuxiang who had thought of this earlier than him. At this tense moment, his thoughts were a little wandering.Did something happen when he didn't know it?

And at this time, Ming Yueye had already opened his mouth softly to interrupt the random thoughts he had just emerged, and spoke in a light and elegant voice.

"When I first learned the sword, the sword in my hand was nothing more than a handle of ordinary iron, and it was no different from other weapons. Most people called this stage "the sword in the hand, but the sword in the heart". , then the Tao is at the foot, this stage is "the sword in the hand, and the sword in the heart". Most of the famous swordsmen in the world can reach this stage. Further up, it is what we call "no sword". If you have a sword in your heart, you don't care whether you hold a sword in your hand or not. You can turn flowers and branches into swords. People who can reach this stage at a young age are rare in ancient and modern times."

Lu Xiaofeng listened thoughtfully, "But you said there are other realms above?"

"Some people think that the sword is ruthless, so people should also be ruthless. Only by extinguishing emotion and desire can one achieve the ultimate kendo; and some people think that it is the man who controls the sword, not the sword. The biggest difference between a man and a sword is People have feelings, but swords are ruthless, so only by being extremely emotional can one be able to use the sword extremely. People who hold these two arguments have always been the same, and they have all cultivated a generation of giants based on their own views, leaving their names in the world. But these two viewpoints are obviously opposite to each other, in your opinion, who is right and who is wrong?"

The cold night was silent, and the sword light was still piercing and ethereal in the center of the venue.The other people in the field were still engrossed in this duel, but at the same time they unconsciously diverted part of their attention to Lu Xiaofeng and Ming Yueye.Listening to their conversation, they couldn't help thinking secretly in their hearts.At this moment, even the killing intent at the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony seemed to have dissipated a bit.

At this moment, Lu Xiaofeng was already thinking, "All right, or neither?"

Ming Yueye said softly, "In my opinion, this is just another stage beyond the 'no sword'. Whatever your opinion on the sword is, so will your people. The combination of body and sword , each doing his own way. It is the state of 'human and sword in one'."

Everyone was stunned, and verified with what they had learned and thought, and felt that it was true.Lu Xiaofeng also nodded, his eyes fixed on the duel in the arena.After solving this doubt, the two sword lights in the field seemed to be faster, and when it was about to reach a point of competition, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly said, "Going up, is there any more?"

Ming Yueye looked back at him, nodded slightly, "Yes."

"I forgot both swords."