Chapter 70: Introduction to Sword Skills
At night, the moon was high in the sky.
Qi Xiuliang returned to the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.
Chu Liang went to the black market, bought enough monster meat and other necessities, and then returned to the Autumn Sword Martial Arts Hall.
The martial arts hall was not quiet at night. Some apprentices did not want to rest too early and took the time to practice martial arts.
Chu Liang was one of them.
He stood in the yard, his eyes calm, holding a horizontal sword.
"Swish!"
The blade flashed.
The cold blade cut through the void, leaving a silver-white afterimage.
Chu Liang moved his feet lightly, his expression focused, and swung the second sword, silently feeling the transfer of power between his arm and the blade.
"No."
Chu Liang frowned slightly, stopped where he was, and did not swing the third sword.
The feeling of swinging the sword was not as neat and smooth as imagined.
It was very awkward.
If he held the sword against the enemy, this sword would not be a help to Chu Liang at all, but would hinder Chu Liang from exerting his own strength.
"It's better to fight the enemy directly with both fists."
Chu Liang silently put down the long sword.
He remembered what Wang Guanshi said, that the weapon should become a part of the body.
"Take it slow..."
Chu Liang took a deep breath, not in a hurry.
It is normal to feel awkward or uncomfortable when practicing for the first time.
"Autumn Blade" is a difficult martial art to practice, requiring the martial artist to have a solid foundation in the way of swordsmanship.
Chu Liang did not have such a foundation.
He had only used a hunting knife before, and had killed wild boars, wild wolves, foxes and other wild animals in the mountains.
Now he could only practice slowly according to the martial arts booklet.
In the booklet that Wang Guanshi gave Chu Liang, there were a total of seventeen sword techniques, and each sword technique was broken down into many steps.
There were twenty-one pages of explanations attached to the sword techniques, and at the end there were even more than ten pages of annotations by predecessors.
The martial arts school has been established for many years, and there are many apprentices who practice "Autumn Blade".
Most of them failed, and only a few succeeded.
The more than ten pages of annotations were left by those successful apprentices, most of which were some experiences and some explanations of some moves.
Chu Liang copied a copy of the book, and evolved the copy of "Autumn Blade" into "Autumn Blade Three Knives".
He placed "Autumn Blade" and "Autumn Blade Three Knives" on the stone table.
Comparing the two, he found the difference.
"This Autumn Blade Three Knives divides the original 17 sword techniques of "Autumn Blade" into three categories: 'fierce', 'fast', and 'strange'."
Chu Liang's mind moved slightly, as if he had realized something, and continued to read.
According to the description of "Autumn Blade Three Knives", the so-called moves are all fixed, "dead" moves, not flexible, and there will be no fundamental breakthrough even if you learn them.
In the end, you are just imitating the creator of this martial art.
If you want to break through, you must give the moves a soul and make the moves "come alive".
It cannot be limited to rigid fixed patterns.
Moves such as "Forced to Split Huashan" and "Forced to Fight a Thousand Jun" in the original 17 sword moves are classified as "fierce moves".
Moves such as "Chasing the Wind and the Sun" and "Lightning Flowing Shadow" are classified as "Fast Moves".
The last moves such as "Smiling with a Dagger" and "Making a Fool of the Real" are classified as "Strange Moves".
One knife is fierce, one knife is fast, and one knife is strange!
At the end of the practice, only these three knives are left.
But these three knives can be transformed into countless knives, and the knife momentum is continuous and endless.
In this way, it can transcend the shackles of the original creator and make this knife method a new knife method that is completely controlled by oneself.
"It makes sense."
Chu Liang was fascinated and continued to read.
This evolved "Three Knives of Autumn Slashing" is much thicker than the original "Autumn Slashing", and it explains each move much more, basically down to the most basic movements.
Each move has many corresponding pictures and text explanations.
Chu Liang read it carefully, as if he could see a knife master walk out of this book and demonstrate each move to him in detail.
Unknowingly, he read it until late at night.
After turning the last page, he slowly closed his eyes and repeated the contents of the booklet in his mind, carefully experiencing and understanding it.
After about a quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes.
"I seem to understand?"
Chu Liang was in a trance.
He picked up the booklet, turned to the first page, and started reading from the beginning.
Moves, actions, details...
Turned page by page.
Countless pictures and words rose and fell in his mind, connected with each other, and gradually intertwined a complete set of sword techniques.
In the second half of the night, Chu Liang finally finished reading it for the second time.
This time, he did not close his eyes to think, but got up directly, picked up the horizontal sword, and began to practice sword in the yard.
"Swish——!"
The blade broke through the air, and the cold light overflowed.
Chu Liang's eyes were cold, and his body moved with the sword. The sword light flashed wherever he passed, and the whole person had a sharp temperament, like a cold sword out of the sheath.
The moonlight was cold, reflecting the sword light.
For a moment, the small yard seemed to be full of cold sword shadows.
Chu Liang seemed tireless.
One cut...
Another cut...
He seemed to blend in with the human figures in the booklet. His movements seemed standard, but they were a little different. Each cut had his own style.
He practiced until dawn!
He didn't sleep all night, but he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he felt full of energy.
"Hu..."
Chu Liang put away his knife, his eyes bright, and he let out a long breath.
It was a bit cold in the morning after the beginning of autumn, but he was burning hot all over, with white smoke coming out of his head and blood surging all over his body, like a blazing furnace.
After practicing the sword all night, he finally found that feeling!
The horizontal sword was like an extension of his arm, swinging it like an arm, without any awkwardness or stagnation.
One sword and one style, like a rushing river, continuous!
"One sword is fierce, one sword is fast, one sword is strange, and three swords can change countless swords. It is worthy of being a third-rate martial art!"
Chu Liang was delighted.
In just one night, he had already entered the door.
The next step is to grind hard. As long as he spends more time, he can master this martial art thoroughly and make it a part of himself.
"If the third-rate martial art is so powerful, what about the second-rate and first-rate martial arts?"
Chu Liang couldn't help but look forward to it.
According to the hint of the Evolution Treasure Book, this "Three Swords of Autumn Slashing" can continue to evolve.
[Three Autumn Knives (third-rate martial arts): Evolvable]
[Offer 17 pounds of low-level monster flesh and blood to evolve "Three Autumn Knives (third-rate martial arts)" into "One Autumn Knives (second-rate martial arts)\