Chapter359:FoundationsofSwordsmanship

"AllofyouaredisciplesoftheDivineSwordSchool.Today,Iwilltalktoyouallaboutswords.AlthoughtheDivineSwordSchoolisnotjustknownforitsswordskills,itisfamousforitsswordskills.ThefounderoftheDivineSwordSchoolwieldedaswordaloneandsweptacrosssixlands,threecontinents,andanocean.Hesuppressedmanyheroesandprominentfiguresofthatera,andhisprestigewasknownthroughouttheworld.Intheend,hefoundedtheDivineSwordSchool,whichstandsstrongtothisday,withagloriousreputation!"

SpeakingofthefounderoftheDivineSwordSchool,theelderalsoshowedsomefluctuationsinhiseyes,withasenseofpride,andhisgazebecameabitbrighterunconsciously.

ThedisciplesoftheDivineSwordSchoolwereallpassionateandproudtobeapartoftheschoolatthismoment.

Pausingforamoment,theelderwithfairy-likefeaturesseemedverysatisfiedwiththedisciples’reactionsandcontinuedtospeak,"Thesword,asthekingofallweapons,iselegant,free-spirited,versatile,nimble,graceful,andcanalsobeunrestrained,wild,andunconventional."

"Swordsmanshiprequiresthemindandbodytobeinharmony,combininginternalandexternalaspectssothatboththephysicalandmentalaspectsarebeingcultivated.Themovementsareslowandeven,likeflowingcloudsandwater,continuousanduninterrupted..."

Theelderspokeeloquently,andthediscipleswerefascinatedandlistenedcarefully,afraidtomissanything.

SuYihadlowexpectations,astheelderwasonlysharingsomebasicknowledgeatthemoment.

However,ironically,itgraduallymadeSuYilistenseriouslyaswell.

Fromthebeguiningofcultivationtillnow,SuYihasbeencultivatingalone.

AlthoughhehadconsultedwiththeonlythreeremainingeldersoftheDivineDemonicSect,SuYionlylearnedsomeinsightsoncultivationintheYuanSpiritRealmfromthemandhadneverreceivedsuchbasicguidance.

Thesebasicknowledge,onthecontrary,arethemostlackingforSuYi.

AlthoughhehasalreadyreachedthecultivationlevelofThirdGradeoftheYuanSpiritRealm,withhistricksandremarkabletalent,SuYi’struestrengthhaslongsurpassedthatofordinarycultivatorsatthesamelevel.

Butatthismoment,SuYilistenstothisbasiccultivationknowledge,comprehendingandfusingthemtogether.Inmanyplaces,hecan’thelpbutfeelasenseofenlightenment.

Justlikeariverflowingtowardsthesea,thewaterflowssoftlyandnoonenoticesthemudatthebottomoftheriver.

Atthismoment,whatSuYihasobtainedislikethoroughlycleaningthesedimentatthebottomoftheriver,andtherushingriverwaterisunstoppableasitflowstowardthesea.

"Sword,heldlooselyandagile,capableofswiftchanges.Wriststrengthisdecisive,usingflexibilitytoovercomerigidity,strikingabalancebetweenhardnessandsoftness,withsoftnessovercominghardness.Quickfootworkandsharpeyesight,usingbodymovementstosupportswordtechnique...That’sallfortoday’slesson."

Afteralmosttwohours,theelderslowlyswepthisgazeoverthegroupofdisciplesbeforehim.Hisvoicethunderedwithgreaterforceashespokeslowly,"Ascultivators,inadditiontocultivatingourselves,wemustalsocultivateourheartsandminds,respectourteachersandupholdtheteachings.Allmartialartsstudentsmustchoosevirtuousmentors,remainhumbletolearn,honorandrespecttheirelders,upholdtheethicsofmartialarts,anddemonstrateetiquettebeforelearningtheartistry.Itisonlybycultivatingtherightpath,supportingtheweak,andsuppressingevil,thatwecantrulyenterthehallandgainadeepunderstandingoftheessenceofmartialarts!"

TheloudvoiceechoedintheSwordHallandfellintotheearsofalldisciples,likeaclapofthunder,shakingpeople’snerves!

"Thanksforyourteaching!"

Allthedisciplesbowtheirheadsinreverencewithaweintheireyes.

SuYiwasalsoshakeninhisheart.

ThisclasswasbeyondSuYi’sexpectationsandcompletelydifferentfromwhathehadimagined.

"Toknowetiquettebeforelearningaskill,tounderstandmoralitybeforecultivatingmartialarts.Upholdtherighteouspathandsupporttheweakwhilerepressingevil."

SuYimutteredtohimself,lookingatthecharismaticelderattheheadofthegroup,andhefeltacloseraffinitytowardstheDivineSwordSchool.

"Today’sclasswillbeendedhere,andIwouldliketogiveeveryonealittletimetoaskifthereisanythingyouneedtoknow."

Theeldersmiledslightlyandlookedatthedisciplesinfrontofhim,askingaquestion.

Thedisciplesallloweredtheirheads,somelookedateachother,andinfrontoftheelder,theydarednotlifttheirheadstotakeaglance.Theywereinexplicablysuppressedandfewdaredtospeakcasually.

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"Elder,Iwanttoknowthemostbasicknowledgeofswordsmanship!"

Inthecrowd,therewasasound.

Suchasoundimmediatelymadeallthedisciplesintheroomprivatelydoubt.

Themostbasicknowledgeofswordsmanship?Whydoyouasksuchaquestiontoaseniorelder?Isn’tthismakingoneselfappearmediocre?

Nottomentioninsuchanoccasion,finallyencounteringaneldercomingtogivealecture,withgreatcourage,onlytoasksuchanordinaryquestion.

Oneafteranother,curiousgazesfollowedthesoundtowardsitssource.

Finally,alltheeyesturnedtowardsthebackcorneroftheSwordHall,whereayoungmandressedinouterdisciple’sattirestoodupwithabrokenswordonhisback,catchingtheattentionofmany.

Theboywasyoung,around15or16yearsold,withaslimfigureandlongblackhairreachinghisshoulder.Hestoodtherequietly,butgaveoffanunshakeablefeeling.

Behindtheelder,thegazeofthoseseniordisciplesalsofellonSuYi,andtheysecretlyfeltastir.

Theeldersatcross-legged,steadyandmotionless.HelookedatSuYiforawhile,andforsomereason,hiseyesflashedahiddenglimmerbeforedisappearing.

"Swordsmanshipcanbebrokendownintothrusting,chopping,flicking,hanging,hacking,poking,collapsing,cutting,stirring,andcleaning.Althoughthesearebasic,theyarethefoundation.Youshouldstudythemcarefully.Ifyoudon’thavemasteredthem,youcanobtainthematSword-hidingPeak,whereyouwillsurelyfindthe’FoundationsofSwordsmanship’."

Theeldersaidthisandansweredtheyoungman.

AndthisyoungmanisnaturallySuYi.HerememberedthathewasabouttocultivatetheThirteenSwordsoftheRoaringGale,whichisanEmperorGradeSwordTechniqueandrequiresbasicknowledgeofswordtechniques.

Atthismoment,SuYinaturallydoesn’twanttomisssuchanopportunity.

"Elder,IhavenewlyjoinedtheDivineSwordSchoolandhavenotyetearnedanypoints,canyoupleasegiftmethebook’FoundationsofSwordsmanship’?"

Then,justaseveryonewasplanningtoshifttheirgaze,SuYispokethesewordstotheelderonceagain.

SuYithoughtthatfortheeldersoftheDivineSwordSchool,thebook"FoundationsofSwordsmanship"wouldnotbeconsideredatreasure.

"ShuaShua..."

Suddenly,everygazewasfixedonSuYiandeveryonewasdumbfounded.

Hedoesn’thaveanypoints,yethedarestoasktheelderforthe"FoundationsofSwordsmanship".

Thislefteveryonestunned,thisguyreallydarestospeak.

NexttoSuYi,ZhangQinghadbeenstunnedalongtimeago.

Anoutsider,pretendingtobeanouterdiscipleoftheDivineSwordSchool,wascurrentlyattendingaclassintheSwordHall.ZhangQingwasalreadyscaredenough.Butnowheevendaredtosaysuchwords!

ZhangQingfeltnervousandanxious.

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