Chapter 11: "Xiao Lu, do you understand what a sword is?"
At this moment, Gu Nan was in the small courtyard, brandishing a bronze sword aimlessly, while Xiao Lu, the maid who took care of Gu Nan, stood on the side, looking at Gu Nan in the courtyard with a face full of admiration.
Gu Nan had never learned swordsmanship, so the sword techniques in her hands were naturally unimpressive, with no rules to speak of.
However, she had extraordinary strength and speed, and the three-foot green sword in her hand was danced with heavy shadows, which was quite good-looking.
In the eyes of insiders, it was naturally worthless, but it was enough to fool Xiao Lu.
"Miss, what kind of swordsmanship are you practicing? It's so beautiful," Xiao Lu asked with a blush on her face as she watched Gu Nan practicing under the tree in the courtyard, thinking how amazing her own girl was, and how good she was at everything she practiced.
Hearing Xiao Lu's question, Gu Nan stopped the sword and had a mischievous idea again.
She stood in the garden with the sword collected, posing as an unfathomable figure and said,
"The Nine Swords of Solitude."
"The Nine Swords of Solitude?"
"Yes," Gu Nan nodded, paused for a moment, and looked at the sky with a "profound" gaze: "Do you know what a sword is?"
"Do you know what a sword is?"
Bai Qi and the other two, who were about to enter the small courtyard, heard such words from afar.
Wang Jian, puzzled, listened to the female voice coming from the courtyard. Could it be that the disciple of Wu'an Jun is a woman?
He then recalled that he seemed to have heard this voice somewhere before.
Bai Qi's forehead bulged with a cross, and this rascal was talking nonsense again. She hadn't learned swordsmanship and was showing off what?
He was about to go in when he was held back by the old man in white beside him: "No hurry, I want to hear what she has to say."
Xiao Lu scratched her head in distress: "Miss, how would I know?"
Gu Nan held the sword horizontally in front of her, silently stroked the sword edge, and felt the chill on her fingertips.
"In my opinion, the sword is divided into five realms."
"Sharp Sword, Soft Sword, Heavy Sword, Wooden Sword, and Swordless."
Hearing this, Bai Qi, who was standing outside the courtyard, was not in a hurry to go in. He said to the old man in white beside him with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, my girl always likes to tease her own servants."
On the other hand, the old man's eyes narrowed.
Sharp Sword, Soft Sword, Heavy Sword, Wooden Sword, and Swordless?
"Miss," Xiao Lu stuck her tongue out: "I still don't understand."
Gu Nan glanced at her and seemed to "sigh" helplessly.
In fact, she was secretly pleased and slowly thrust the sword. With her current accuracy and wrist strength, the sword tip steadily pierced a fallen leaf.
"The Sharp Sword is ruthless, sharp and fierce, invincible, using the sharpness of the sword to bring the moves to the extreme, precise sword strikes, quick moves, anticipating the enemy's opportunities, and exploiting the enemy's gaps to be invincible."
"The Soft Sword is unpredictable, the moves have been brought to the extreme, and the pursuit of change. Attacking with every move, seeking change with every style, and winning with change and speed. No moves, no traces, unpredictable, and bizarre."
"The Heavy Sword is sharpless, great skill is not exquisite. At this level, no matter how the opponent changes or how much their martial arts change, one sword can break it. One sword, breaking all the world's methods."
"The Wooden Sword is shapeless. At this step of swordsmanship, it is not stuck in things, and all plants, trees, and stones can be swords. Flowers and leaves can hurt people. What a sword is, is no longer important."
"Finally, there is no sword, no move. At this level, every action and movement are the evolution of heaven and earth, pointing directly to the source. There is no sword in the world, and there is only a sword."
"Forest."
Gu Nan held the sword and turned a crude sword flower, slowly putting the cold edge back into the scabbard, with a "melancholic" momentum, as if she had reached the peak and had no way forward: "This is the sword I see."
"Sharp Sword, Soft Sword, Heavy Sword, Wooden Sword, Swordless, five swords and five realms..." Outside the courtyard, the old man in white stared blankly ahead, not knowing what he was looking at.
Even Bai Qi looked down at the bronze sword on his waist in amazement. The five swords' realm had already explained these three-foot green swords thoroughly. The final realm of Swordless, using heaven and earth as the sword, was so bold.
Has this girl really never learned swordsmanship?
The old man's own swordsmanship was already unparalleled in the world. If only swordsmanship is considered, there should be no one in the world who is his opponent. For a long time, even he thought that his swordsmanship had reached the end.
But at this moment, he could feel that there was a deeper road ahead, but he had not been able to find it. Until he heard these words.
The theory of the five swords points directly to the great road of the sword path!
From his perspective, he should still be at the peak of the Heavy Sword stage. Although he did not use a heavy sword, he had reached the point where one sword could break all the world's methods. He thought there was no way to go, but now he has been pointed out a road, and there are two more realms to go on this road, enough to exhaust his life.
"Bang!" A surging sword intent suddenly appeared on the old man, rushing straight into the sky. With only a few days of comprehension, he could reach a new realm, which might be an unprecedented realm.
The sudden momentum startled Gu Nan, and she felt an indescribable sharpness rising from outside the door, as if to pierce the sky.
"Hahahahaha." A full laugh came from outside the courtyard, and then an old man in white strode in: "Girl, would you like to learn swordsmanship with me?"
Wait, who are you.
"I really haven't learned swordsmanship." In the inner hall, Gu Nan sat in the middle, shrinking her head, and muttered in a low voice: "What I said just now was just me talking nonsense."
She just wanted to slap herself now. She was just teasing Xiao Lu, and she said anything. Not only did she say it, but she was also overheard. Now she really couldn't defend herself.
"Talking nonsense, what a talking nonsense, do you believe that if I spread your talking nonsense about the five swords, how many swordsmen would break their heads to ask you to explain clearly."
The old man in white sat on the side and said, "Looking at you, you are only in your teens, and you have already understood the sword path so thoroughly. It's not an exaggeration to say you are a gifted talent."
"Nan'er, tell your master honestly, have you really never learned swordsmanship?" Bai Qi still couldn't rest assured and asked.
If Gu Nan had learned swordsmanship before, he would not let that old ghost teach swordsmanship now. Different swordsmanship concepts are not a big deal, but Gu Nan's swordsmanship has already formed its own school. If she had learned swordsmanship itself, as long as she practices all the way, any extra concept will only ruin her foundation and inheritance.
"If you say you have learned, master will drive this old ghost out now."
This matter concerns Gu Nan's future, and Bai Qi really dare not be careless.
She nodded weakly and said, "Master, I really haven't learned. What I said just now was showing off to Xiao Lu."
After saying that, she was glared at by Bai Qi.
"Not bad, I was afraid that the jade in front of me couldn't teach you. Now that you haven't learned, I will teach you shamelessly." The old man in white said with a ruddy face.
His sect had a rule that each generation of the leader could only take two disciples. But now, because of a few words from Gu Nan, there is a possibility of breaking through the swordsmanship.
It can be said that Gu Nan gave him a great opportunity, so why not teach swordsmanship? Besides, the most important inheritance of their sect is not swordsmanship, only teaching swordsmanship, it is not considered taking people as disciples.
But then he seemed to think of something, frowning at Bai Qi: "It's one thing, Bai old man, she is already in her teens now. It's really late to start practicing martial arts at this age, and it will be very troublesome to cultivate internal strength in the future, and there is little hope of great success."
This sentence made Gu Nan jump in fright. Internal strength? Does this era have such a thing?
Isn't that in the martial arts world?
She turned to look at Bai Qi, but saw Bai Qi nod indifferently: "I will consider the matter of internal strength, you just teach your sword, you don't need to consider these."
Really has it?!
Gu Nan's mouth could