Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Breaking

He suddenly remembered the scene when he held the sword for the first time. That was when he was twelve years old.Exactly forty-two years ago. On the school field that day, Master Lu Xiangkong—later titled Daoist Xiaoyu—put the sword, which was still too long and heavy for the child, into his small hand with his big warm palm. At that time, he was still young, of course, it was impossible for him to fully understand what holding this sword meant to him; what this sword would bring him in the next forty-two years... At that time, he only knew that this sword symbolized that he had become a part of a powerful group.He will never feel fear again in his life...

——This is the short memory of Liu Zongwu, the head of Huashan "Nine Existing Swords", when his swordsman career was on the verge of extinction. The "Feather Sword" in his hand was still being pulled around by Yao Lianzhou's "Tai Chi Sword".The circle goes faster and faster.Turn smaller and smaller. It's almost reached the limit. The "Four Refining Masters" of the Huashan School saw that the master brother was restrained by the "Tai Chi" miraculous technique, and without any hesitation, the four of them pulled out their swords at the same time.Huang Zongxuan shouted loudly:

"Array!" Zhang Tailang, Yang Tailan and Song Taiyou among the disciples of the "Ten Prestige Instruments" also drew their swords.The seven Huashan swords shine on the "Zi Qi Dong Lai Tang". —but still too late. Huang Zongxuan's cry was heard in Yao Lianzhou's ears, but on the contrary, it aroused killing intent in his eyes. With a sudden stride, Yao Lianzhou gained enough distance to fight Liu Zongwu. Before Liu Zongwu could react, Yao Lianzhou stretched out his left palm in lightning, plucking his right elbow holding the sword.At the same time, the "single-back sword" slid down against the blade of the "Yu Ke Jian", and used the reverse hook of the "卍" gauntlet to clasp the root of the blade of the "Yu Ke Jian".

Yao Lianzhou turned his waist and hips, mobilizing his hands to perform the "eight strength" in the "Thirteen Tai Chi Poses". Liu Zongwu only felt that his right arm was attacked by a twisting force, and multiple joints in his elbow and wrist were frustrated at the same time. Under the severe pain, his five fingers loosened—the sword that symbolized the dignity of the entire Huashan School suddenly dropped from his hand! Yao Lianzhou quickly grabbed the hilt of the "Yuke Sword" in the air with his left hand. He exhaled and shouted, and the two swords in his hands slammed left and right!

On the chest of Liu Zongwu's purple Taoist robe, two intersecting diagonal lines were split.The body falls backwards.The fountain of blood gushes to the sky. The head of Huashan Mountain, one of the few swordsmen in the world, the most proud of his unique skills, he only used three moves, the sword lost, and he died. "Nine Potentials of Flying Immortals" was broken.The biggest shame of the Huashan School in more than three hundred years. Uncle Jin Xiangren's skinny body stood up, and hit the sheath tail of the sword in his hand hard on the ground. "Kill!" The old voice hissed.

Huang Zongxuan and the other seven people rushed into the arena at the same time, stood still on the ground, they had formed a formation to surround Yao Lianzhou, and the seven swords were all ready to go. This is the "forbidden technique" of the Huashan School - "Huashan Sword Fighting Formation". Since the ancestor Yufeng Zhenren created this sword formation in the Yuan Dynasty, he has established strict rules: from Huashan "Taoist disciples" and above, this sword formation must be practiced; but it can only be used when the Huashan School is in great danger.

——And now is the time to lift the ban! The seven of them have been familiar with the "Sword Fighting Formation" for many years, once they stood in the right position, they already knew their duties in the formation. In any formation, everyone in the formation moves, attacks and defends according to the preset route.Because there is no need to rely on thinking and personal response at all, everyone can cooperate closely with each other to generate multiplied power-as long as the attack timing and orientation of the seven swords are perfectly combined, it is better than using seventy swords in a general siege.The enemies in the center of the surrounded formation were all dead in all directions, and there was no room for them to survive.

This "worship sword formation" is equivalent to combining seven people and seven swords into a large-scale killing mechanism that does not think about it-this is why the Huashan School of cultivation and self-cultivation strictly prohibits casual use. However, there is another important key to the sword array: the seven swords must be launched at the same time at the beginning.Therefore, among the seven people, one of them must be the leader and initiate the beat of the sword formation first. Surrounded by the seven Huashan swords, Yao Lianzhou looked around. For the first time since he went to Huashan, he showed his face and grinned.

For the first time he encountered real danger. He is happy.Because in the world, there are fewer and fewer battles that can make him sweat like this. The last time was three years ago: Ye Chenyuan, the deputy head, formally challenged the head. The battle took place behind closed doors and no third person saw it. After the competition, Ye Chenyuan stepped out of the "True Immortal Palace", and only said lightly: "With Yao Lianzhou in Wudang Mountain for a day, I will never challenge the head again." For three years, Yao Lianzhou hadn't tasted any really interesting competitions.For a martial artist like him, this is extremely depressing.

Therefore, the current scene finally stimulated Yao Lianzhou's body and mind to concentrate completely. There is an unimaginable talent in the world: if this kind of person is studying prose, he can immediately know the gains and losses of other people's poems and articles by just looking at them; Point out where the construction is improper and how to repair it; those who manage accounts, scan their eyes over the dense numbers in the account books, and in a short while can see which accounts are falsified and which expenses can be saved... If this kind of talent is used in ordinary folk alleys, it is not earth-shattering; but if it is used in martial arts, it is extremely terrifying: any martial arts he has never seen before, just look at it, or even just look at its preparation before it is launched. According to the situation, you can judge its strengths and loopholes.

This kind of person is not even enough to describe "genius". Yao Lianzhou could tell at a glance: among the seven people in the "sword fighting formation" in front of him, who was the "eye of the formation" who led the formation. Although Huang Zongxuan is the leader of the "Four Refining Masters", he is not the "eye of the array". Yao Lianzhou's white-clothed figure appeared, and flew out with two swords in his hands, aiming straight at Zhao Zongchen who was standing behind him on the right! Zhao Zongchen, who is the "eye of the formation", was about to launch the sword formation, but Yao Lianzhou saw through his identity and attacked with the extremely fast "Wudang Flying Dragon Sword".The twin swords shone coldly before his eyes, Zhao Zongchen's original sword move was interrupted, and he was forced to turn back to block the sword! The "Sword Fighting Formation" was not activated, but the opponent suppressed the most critical "formation eye", and the other six hurried forward to help. The one who came to the aid the soonest was Song Taiyou standing on the left side of Zhao Zongchen. He quickly swung his sword and slashed at Yao Lianzhou's right neck, trying to rescue Zhao Shishu. Yao Lianzhou stabbed Zhao Zongchen's face with his left hand "Yu Ke Jian", forcing Zhao Zongchen to block the horizontal sword; at the same moment, he did not look at it, and drew a semicircle upward with his right hand "Single Back Sword" to block Song Taiyou. The point of the sword on the side of the neck. After Zhao Zongchen blocked the fight, he wanted to shake his sword to fight back; Song Taiyou wanted to take advantage of the momentum to attack in a row.But they all realized at the same time that they couldn't control the sword in their hands. The swords of the two people were being held together by Yao Lianzhou's two swords, and they were drawn to the void along different curves. Yao Lianzhou was able to use different "Hua Jin" moves of "Tai Chi Sword" at the same time with his left and right hands to deal with two different enemies! On the other side, Cheng Zongzhi's quick sword also stabbed him! Seeing that Yao Lianzhou's left and right swords were busy "melting strength", it was no longer possible to deal with the third sword.But he saw the "Feather Sword" in his left hand directing Zhao Zongchen's long sword horizontally, and using it to block Cheng Zongzhi's stabbing attack! The fourth Huashan swordsman, Zhang Tailang, also rushed to the back of Yao Lianzhou, and raised his sword to slash straight down. Yao Lianzhou's right hand did the same thing again, and the "Tai Chi Sword" twisted Song Taiyou's long sword up to block Zhang Tailang's chopping sword! Yao Lianzhou's dual-purpose "Tai Chi dual swords" made the four superb swordsmen in Huashan fight like their own. The strength of the head of Wudang is 100% exerted. Huang Zongxuan and other three people also attacked. The "Sword Fighting Formation" has become a chaotic mess, and the formation cannot be formed. Now they only want to overwhelm this terrifying enemy purely by numbers. Yao Lianzhou did not stay where she was.Taking advantage of the gap between Song Taiyou's and Zhang Tailang's violent sword clashes, he has already withdrawn his two swords, and with the snake step of "Wudang Xingjian", he dodged behind Song Taiyou, escaped from the besieging circle, and even used Song Taeyou's body blocked the other six people. ——It is very important to hit the crowd alone, and the footwork is in position.As long as you move fast enough, not only can you escape from the besieged situation, but also make several opponents overlap on the same straight line, then you only need to deal with the enemy closest to you. Song Taiyou was rushed to the weak point behind by such a terrifying enemy, he turned around hurriedly in panic, not daring to look at it, but only danced a large round of sword flowers in front of him, wanting to retreat. But in terms of one-on-one, the gap between him and Yao Lianzhou is too far. Every set of Wudang swordsmanship can be changed into two swords, and the left and right sides can be switched to cooperate with each other, so the power is more than doubled. Yao Lianzhou used the "Wudang Shijian" to attack fiercely, and the "Single Back Sword" in his right hand opened the way first, and with a chop equivalent to a broadsword, Song Taiyou's saber was thrown out of his hand; Right chest, right cheek, Song Tae-you's body is bleeding one after another! Zhao Zongchen, who was standing closer, was able to rescue him in time, but Song Taiyou's long sword that was knocked into the air just hit his chest like a powerful arrow. Hit hard. ——Every move of Yao Lianzhou has been carefully calculated. The other five people were inexplicably sad and indignant, and they all chased after Yao Lianzhou.But Yao Lianzhou was no longer in the original position, and used the "Wudang Xingjian" footwork to move around again.This time he was facing Zhang Tailang. "Wudang Flying Dragon Sword".Yao Lianzhou jumped up, and the two swords slashed straight at the head. Zhang Tailang's horizontal sword moved upwards to block in a straight line.Unexpectedly, as soon as he touched it, he felt the tyrannical force of the opponent's two swords. He knew he couldn't resist, so he stretched out his left hand to support his own sword forward. He would rather use his arms to hold it This move hack! Under strong pressure, the blade cut into the left palm.Zhang Tailang endured the severe pain and endured desperately. The blade is bent in the center.broken. Yao Lianzhou's "Wudang Flying Dragon Twin Swords" cut open both sides of Zhang Tailang's neck.bloody. Only now can Huang Zongxuan, Cheng Zongzhi, Cheng Zongxin and Yang Tailan attack together.Huang Zongxuan took the lead in using the "auspicious crane sweeping the fog", stabbing Yao Lianzhou's chest with his long body! Yao Lianzhou pulled the two swords out of Zhang Tailang's body, shifted her footsteps to the left, and immediately got short, hiding behind Zhang Tailang's dying body. Cheng Zongzhi and Cheng Zongxin circled around and attacked from the left and right respectively.The two of them are twin brothers, they share the same mind, even though the "Sword Fighting Formation" has been broken, they still cooperate seamlessly when attacking together.While Cheng Zongzhi took Yao Lianzhou's shoulders and neck with his sword, Cheng Zongxin turned his sword back and slashed at Yao Lianzhou's knees.The stabbing angles of the two swords were extremely ingenious, covering all gaps Yao Lianzhou could dodge. Yao Lianzhou's two swords immediately drew different circles. "Tai Chi Twin Swords" activated again. The sword in the left hand uses the "eight strength" of the "thirteen postures". ", dial inward the sword that Cheng Zongxin cut down the road.His left and right hands use completely different "Tai Chi" moves, and the "Hua Jin" on both sides is the same, just like the left and right hands belong to two different people. Cheng Zongxin was drawn out of control by the "Tai Chi Sword" skill, and the sword's edge was like a wild horse. Before he could see what happened, he felt the point of the sword piercing into the object. It was his brother's underbelly. Taking advantage of Cheng Zongxin staying on the spot, Yao Lianzhou slashed down with the "Yu Ke Sword" in his left hand, and cut Cheng Zongxin's right wrist veins, spraying out a smear of red. Yang Tailan was about to take advantage of the opportunity of the Cheng brothers to attack Yao Lianzhou's back, but when he saw that the two uncles were defeated in front of the enemy in an instant, he was so frightened that he backed away, tripped himself, and kicked his ass. sit on the floor. Huang Zongxuan and Zhao Zongchen, two "refinement masters", were shocked when they saw Yao Lianzhou's extraordinary "Tai Chi Twin Swords", lost all fighting spirit, and withdrew their swords in frustration. Of course, Wang Shixin couldn't see the high-speed eight-person melee just now. He could only see a white shadow flying around in his eyes. Where he passed was a smear of blood, and his heart seemed to be jumping from his mouth. come out. At this moment, Yao Lianzhou was still holding his bloodstained swords, his white robe was also stained with blood, his long hair was loose, and his handsome white face was full of murderous intent.The image of being as unrestrained and unrestrained as a fairy before has now changed into that of the evil ghost Shura. Huashan's last secret weapon, "Bai Dou Sword Formation", three dead and one disabled in the seven swords, was completely destroyed. Uncle Jin Xiangren, who was still standing, saw Huashan's swordsmanship fail, he vomited blood with a "wow", and sat down on the chair.Li Xiangsheng, the younger brother sitting next to him, kept shaking as if he was sick. Dozens of "Taoist Disciples" in the "Ziqi Donglai Hall", everyone still holds the hilt of the sword, but each wrist holding the sword is also trembling. After a series of dramatic battles, Yao Lianzhou was panting lightly, and it seemed that he had consumed a lot of energy. Huang Zongxuan thought: If seven more people are selected now, one more "sword fighting array" will be formed; or dozens of "Taoist disciples" will besiege together; or even hundreds of Huashan disciples will take turns to attack... Build a mountain of corpses, but no matter how powerful Yao Lianzhou is, he is human after all and will get tired, so he can kill him and keep the Huashan faction's signature... ——However, what kind of sword sect is the Huashan sect that survived like this? ... He put the long sword back into the scabbard at his waist in a slump. All the disciples in the "Ziqi Donglai Hall" also lowered their heads one by one when they saw it, and let go of the hilt of their swords.Several of them rushed forward to stop the bleeding of the injured Sima Taiyuan and Cheng Zongxin, and inspected the dead head and three fellow sects. The killing intent in Yao Lianzhou's eyes also faded. He jumped in front of the wall with his disciples' nameplates, swung his swords wildly, and swept away all the dozens of wooden plaques on it, leaving an empty white wall. He then raised the "Feather Sword" in his left hand horizontally in front of him, shouted violently, and slashed down with all his strength from the "Single Back Sword" in his right hand, cutting off the treasure of Huashan's suppressing faction from it. When everyone in Huashan saw it, their hearts felt as if they had been stabbed severely by a sharp awl. Yao Lianzhou shook off the blood on the "Single Back Sword", put back the scabbard on the back, and handed the remaining half of the "Feather Sword" to his right hand, and began to carve words on the white wall with the broken blade: Yao Lianzhou of Wudang defeated the Huashan School of Swordsmanship He didn't use a pen, so the strokes of the font were naturally rough, but it also gave off a unique taste of self-seeking and disdain for the world. After engraving the words, Yao Lianzhou casually threw the broken sword away.He picked up the black cloth belt that fell on the ground, tied his long hair again, and restored his original elegant appearance. "In a few days, my disciples will come to Huashan again." He said slowly: "You have only two choices: be accepted by my Wudang faction and become the 'Wudang faction Huashan Dojo'; or disband the Huashan faction yourself. Decide." After Yao Lianzhou finished speaking, she went to the main entrance of "Ziqi Donglai Hall". The Huashan disciples crowded outside the door retreated in panic. Wang Shixin, who had been shrunk far away in the hall, dared to step out again at this time, and hurriedly followed Yao Lianzhou to leave. Before Wang Shixin left, he looked back at the "Purple Qi Donglai Hall" that he had been thinking about day and night: the pierced tile roof, the broken floor of the Eight Diagrams, the lying corpse and the broken sword.And the line carved on the wall. Like being swept by a storm. Until Huashan, Wang Shixin looked at the back of the white robe in front of him from a distance. That figure was obviously walking in front of the mountain road, lower than him. But in his eyes, what he saw was the existence standing at the pinnacle of martial arts.
After witnessing this miserable martial arts decisive battle with their own eyes, Wang Shixin and a dozen other young witnesses hurried back to their nearby hometowns.Because it was so shocking, they all hid at home for the first few days, not saying a word. Then, the astonishing news that the head of Wudang had defeated the Huashan faction by himself began to gradually spread in the Guanzhong area.
One month later, the Huashan faction demolished the "Ziqi Donglai Hall", burned the plaque of "Qijian Yiru", broke all the swords on the mountain, destroyed all martial arts classics, and announced that they would only practice Taoism from now on and abandon martial arts and swordsmanship forever . The 300-year history of Huashan Kendo came to an end.