Chapter 28: Practicing with the Sword

  A study in Xue Shan Villa.

  In this study, there are a large number of books, all kinds of them, some about the situation of the Great Qi Empire, some about education, such as how to help new disciples lay a solid foundation in martial arts.

  The only elder of Xue Shan Villa, Nan Gong Yuan, had eyes that shone extremely brightly at this moment.

  In his hand, he was gently playing with two silver gallbladders, the silver gallbladders were rotating back and forth in his hand like a silver dragon. Nan Gong Yuan looked at the intelligence report: "Oh, another person has achieved small success in practicing the 72 Routes of Knife Technique? Gu Chao, originally ranked 59th, actually practiced the 72 Routes of Knife Technique to small success. This means that now there are two people in Xue Shan Mountain Villa who have practiced the 72 Routes of Knife Technique to small success. Unfortunately, they have not yet reached great success. Reaching great success is the key to condensing knife momentum. Logically speaking, it should be Mu Rong Ying who first reaches great success in practicing the 72 Routes of Knife Technique, but I don't know if it will take a year or half a year."

  Knife intent!

  This is no ordinary thing.

  For a swordsman, momentum is crucial.

  A swordsman who has mastered the momentum of his sword can increase the killing power of his moves exponentially.

  Normally, against an opponent of equal strength, a person who has mastered the sword's momentum can easily defeat them.

  In the Great Qi Empire, there has always been a saying: "The momentum of the knife is what makes a knife guest become a master of the knife path." Just like the momentum of the sword is what makes a swordsman become a master of the sword path.

  It seems that the knife's momentum is related to the mastery of a set of martial skills.

  After sighing, Elder Nan Gongyuan went to look at the next piece of information. The next piece of information was about the Bronze-level sect, Yashan Sect: "This Yashan Sect is indeed ambitious, wanting to rush up to the Silver-level sect." Elder Nan Gongyuan sighed again, but didn't delve deeper into it, as this was the responsibility of those above him. His current responsibility was to properly educate the next generation of disciples at Xue Shan Manor, for they were the future hope of Tai Shan Sect, and the burden on his shoulders was heavy.

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  Gǔ Chāo didn't know all this, Gǔ Chāo just intuitively felt that once he practiced the 72 roads of knife method to the state of no move, his combat power would be enhanced. Moreover, after merging with the mysterious small knife, Gǔ Chāo found that he had an instinctive love for knives.

  Think about how to practice the 72 roads of knife method to achieve the state of no move first.

  Gu Chao lay on the grass in front of the seventh dormitory, biting a blade of grass and staring at the sky.

  Next to it stood a pine tree, about two zhang tall, with branches that grew in a remarkably regular manner, as if someone was waving their arms to welcome guests. Gu Chao couldn't help but think of the "Cang Song Ying Ke" move from the 72 basic knife techniques of Mount Tai.

  "Hmm, the second move of the 72 Road Knife Method, Cang Song Welcoming Guests, really resembles this cypress tree. Gu Chao suddenly remembered a rumor that said in the past, the founder of the Tai Shan school, Dong Ling Dao Ren, had traveled to many places on Mount Tai and created the foundation of the Tai Shan 72 Road Knife Method based on the scenery of each place."

  Gǔ chāo yì yǒu suǒ dòng, chōu dāo chū qiào.

  Translation:

  The ancient super-intention has moved, the sword is drawn out of its scabbard.

  Drawing a sword from its scabbard is for practicing with it; a flash of the blade and it's a move of "Cypress Welcoming Guests".

  In the past, in the 72 roads of knife method's knife spectrum, it was recorded that Cang Song welcomed guests, but always kept a distance. Now, learning from the natural Cang Song to welcome guests directly points to the original way.

  Dark pine welcomes guests, the knife light is not fierce, the upper and lower two knives are struck out flat and slightly wrapped back, as if welcoming the enemy, but once the enemy is careless, the most violent killing move is used.

  Gu Chao first used cypress to welcome guests.

  The second time.

  The third time.

  The fourth time.

  Time and time again, Gu Chao used the Cypress Welcoming Guests move, and he faintly felt that the knife in his hand seemed to be just like the cypress, no, it was as if his entire person had become like the cypress. The more he used this move, the more natural and harmonious it became. His understanding of the Cypress Welcoming Guests move grew deeper and deeper.

  Cang Song welcomes guests, Cang Song welcomes guests, Gu Chao has been practicing this move non-stop. Now he can perform it with ease, whether it's a small half-move or a big half-move, whether it's the front half-move, back half-move, or middle half-move, all can be performed harmoniously. Now, this Cang Song welcomes guests move has reached perfection through his own practice.

  Wow! Gu Chao slapped his own head, and suddenly a bright idea flashed through his mind. He finally figured out how to practice the 72 Routes of Knife Techniques to the state of Great Completion. Just now, by taking Heaven and Earth as his teacher, he had practiced the "Welcoming Guests with Cypress" move to the state of Great Completion. If he could take Heaven and Earth as his teacher and practice the remaining 71 moves to the state of Great Completion, then naturally, the 72 Routes of Knife Techniques he learned would reach the state of Great Completion. It is said that the basic 72 Routes of Knife Techniques were created based on the 72 scenic spots of Mount Tai. As long as he could find the corresponding 72 scenic spots, it would be done.

  After understanding this point, Gu Chao immediately went to find the next scenic spot.

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  Ancient super self-waiting to go find the next scenic spot, but found that the sky had changed.

  The weather was just fine, but suddenly countless dark clouds blew in. The thick clouds made the sky seem lower, and people could feel the immense pressure between heaven and earth. In such weather, it's best to hide in the dormitory, after all, getting rained on isn't a pleasant thing.

  But Gu Chao suddenly had an epiphany today, and instead of going to the dormitory, he quickly ran to a small hill outside the dormitory, watching the scenery of the sky and earth, with mountains wanting rain and wind filling the building.

  Pea-sized rain suddenly struck, and there was also lightning in the midst of the torrential rain.

  The thunder boomed and the rain poured down, all pouring down on Mount Tai.

  Mount Tai stands tall and unchanged, no matter how big the rain is, no matter how strong the wind is, no matter what thunder and lightning come, Mount Tai sits steadily on the ground.

  Gu Chao was drenched in the heavy rain, and instantly became a drowned rat. But at this moment, Gu Chao's heroic spirit surged forth, his hand grasping the hilt of the crimson copper long knife. With a "brush" sound, the long knife left its scabbard, and it was precisely one move of "Crazy Rain Taishan". Gu Chao had originally practiced Crazy Rain Taishan, but always felt that something wasn't quite right. Now he finally knew where he went wrong. The violent rain invaded, the lightning danced wildly, and Taishan stood firm - this was truly Crazy Rain Taishan.

  Chaos!

  The essence of this move lies in these chaotic characters.

  Gǔ Chāo's brush began in this storm, comprehending the Crazy Rain Taishan move. For a time, only the knife light was seen, half-crazy and half-mad, colliding with the storm. At first, Gǔ Chāo's knife method was also somewhat conventional, standard moves, but gradually, as the knife method danced, Gǔ Chāo's Crazy Rain Taishan style also gradually lost its standard, only crazily dancing, Gǔ Chāo's knife method was like this stormy rain attacking the mountain, both crazy and chaotic.

  Haha, Gu Chao drew his sword in the torrential rain and practiced with it in the torrential rain. For a time, he was almost mad, as if crazy.

  The torrential rain continues to fall.

  Gu Chao's knife technique has reached the point where he can freely pluck the first half, middle half, or last half of Kuang Yu Tai Shan, using it however he wants, without any fixed moves, everything is as he desires.

  Gu Chao suddenly realized that he had already practiced this knife technique to the point of perfection. Now, out of the 72 routes of knife techniques, he had mastered two routes and still needed to master 70 more. Looking at the time, he was confident that before the end-of-year exam, he would be able to master all 72 routes of knife techniques and achieve outstanding results in the exam.

  It's really great to have found a way to master the 72 roads of knife skills on your own. In fact, this method can only be used by Gu Chao, and it's indeed very useful. However, taking heaven and earth as teachers is a very difficult task. Only those with extremely high innate talent in the way of the knife can do so, and 99% of people are fundamentally unable to do so.

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