Cultivation of "the gods and Buddhas under my eyes" in one go...
Xiao Kongtong listened happily and knew that this was Mr. Jin's joke.
How difficult is it to practice the "Heart Sword Technique"?
Among the schools that his teacher Bazun is familiar with, "Heart Sword Technique" is almost placed at the bottom of the list. He needs to wait until he has matured in ancient swordsmanship before he can start practicing it.
There is no other reason.
Human imagination is limited by "vision" and "cognition".
If you want a child to practice swordplay since childhood, and the first thing he learns is the "Sword Art of the Heart", what kind of thing can he imagine? I'm afraid it's just some illusory and large toys.
But if after becoming a swordsman, you can then visualize your own "gods and Buddhas", then there will be too many "selfs" to choose from and modify!
However, there are no absolutes in the world, such as Mr. Siren.
Even in the last era of swordsmanship, 99% of swordsmen put "Heart Sword Art" in the last order of practice. There is still a person like Mr. Mito who first learned "Heart Sword Art". There is such a person
Saying: "The most powerful ones can visualize the most powerful 'gods and Buddhas', but the most ignorant people have a chance of visualizing the most powerful 'gods and Buddhas' and 'demons', and they don't even stick to these two."
form".
Because the latter's imagination is not limited by "cognition" and "vision", he can completely let himself go.
It's just that the probability is very small.
Probably among the small group of people who are not following the normal path of sword cultivation, which is 99% normal, there is a probability of one in a billion that what they visualize is not a "toy". Mr. Ji Ren is an example!
It's just that it's the only example...
Xiao Kongtong did not object to Mr. Siren's teaching because he knew that Mr. Siren's school was different from his own. Once the visualization was completed, it could not be changed, and any breakthroughs could only be made by God.
The old swordsman's "God and Buddha" is divided into multiple stages. At the beginning, you can only visualize "chaos". Later, when the sword is advanced, you can then perfect it, and finally refine it to great success and perfection.
This is the reason why Mei Jiren first learned the "Heart Sword Technique", even though he didn't know the other eight of the nine major sword techniques, but in the end he was still able to condense the "Sword Elephant", a terrifying monster that encompasses all the swordsmanship.
His "Sword Elephant" was gradually perfected as he practiced and later came into contact with the rest of the Nine Swordsmanships. Only today can he be integrated into the Nine Swordsmanships and reach perfection!
in short……
Xiao Kongtong's own "Heart Sword Art" school belongs to the "mutant awakening type"; Mr. Si Ren's belongs to the "self-evolution type".
There is no distinction between the two, neither superior nor inferior. It all depends on the meaning of "self" presented by the level of one's personal realm.
"Now the gods and Buddhas..."
On the other side, Xu Xiaoshou was also excited after hearing this. He originally thought that Mr. Ren should proceed step by step and start with the Three Thousand Swordsmanship.
But Xu Xiaoshou felt that the increase in his combat power was negligible.
The Nine Great Swordsmanship and the Eighteen Swordsmanship are different. This is a super powerful ability that once you reach the first level, you can immediately cross the level and fight.
However, although there is "sword mastery" as the basis, Xu Xiaoshou knows that his own understanding is really not very good.
What if everyone's expectations of me are too high, and mine is too high, and in the end their expectations are dashed?
Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoshou asked somewhat sarcastically: "Mr. Siren, how should we do this specific method of 'visualization'?"
"There is no specific method."
Mei Jiren held a paper fan in his hand, walked forward, and said conclusively: "The first lesson is the 'Heart Sword Art'. It aims to restrain your original intention without fixed cognitive limits, so that you can let your imagination run wild."
, imagine the most impossible and unrealistic ‘gods and Buddhas’.”
"Even if the artistic conception in your visualization is too strong, in the end you can only visualize a 'chaotic form'..."
"But it doesn't matter. Our school has plenty of time and can be improved in the future."
Mei Si stopped and looked over, then smiled and said: "So, don't be bound by reality, don't be limited by your cognition, just try your best to visualize how strong your heart is and how talented you are in swordsmanship. From then on,
The old man will be able to catch a glimpse of your 'objects of visualization'."
What you say is totally false.
Xu Xiaoshou felt very guilty and thought to himself, Mr. Jiren, have you forgotten that I am really a beginner in ancient sword cultivation? In the past, I was just copying a cat and imitating a tiger. You have to give something more realistic.
Come on, otherwise you won't understand at all.
"What about the steps of cultivation?" Xu Xiaoshou hesitated and asked again.
Practice steps?
Mei Siren was stunned for a moment, took a breath, thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "How do you practice in daily life? Is it possible to follow that method? Are you still using Lao Chan to teach you?"
The problem is that I don't practice on weekdays. I practice by myself by sleeping and breathing... Xu Xiaoshou felt a toothache and shook his head seriously: "It definitely won't work."
"Why not?"
"There's no reason why, but it definitely won't work."
Mei Jixin said, "I am a serious ancient sword cultivator, but I still want to teach you, a half spiritual master and half ancient sword cultivator...the method of spiritual refining and cultivation?"
But looking at the serious look on Xu Xiaoshou's face, Mei Siren could only regard it as the other party's desire to complete the ancient sword cultivation method of his sect.
There is no such thing as old age... Mei Si felt a pain in her heart. She paused, her eyes became a little wandering, and then she tried her best to describe it with words: "Close your eyes, meditate, let go of everything, start imagining... Finish imagining, open your eyes?"
"puff!"
The laughing Kongtong on the side couldn't help but laugh out loud.
If you want to say that the art of swordsmanship is superior, it is indeed! Because the things you play with are all ethereal and mysterious.
But if you want to say it is very ordinary, you are right! Because the method of practicing the Heart Sword Art is as simple and unpretentious as Mr. Jiren described.
After completing this process, if you can realize the "visualization", it is considered a success; if not, it is equivalent to "daydreaming" or the kind of dream that is very shameful to say and will make people laugh out loud!
Xu Xiaoshou is too difficult to teach... Xiao Kongtong couldn't help but shake his head.
How can something as abstract as "Sword Art of the Heart" be described in concrete language?
How could he ask Mr. Ji to explain these things that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words?
Even I feel embarrassed for Mr. Mizuto...
Just as he was thinking this, he saw the Mei Si people glaring at him angrily, and the sword elephant behind him also turned his head.
"Harmful!" Xiao Kongtong was so frightened that he immediately calmed down his emotions and returned to his calm expression, looking like a good student in class.
"That's it?" Xu Xiaoshou waited for a long time, but there was no follow-up. "That's it!" Mei Siren couldn't help but his tone became more serious. What else is there?
I just cut you with a sword, giving you the greatest life-and-death experience, so that you can take advantage of this "upper limit" and go higher.
Now adding these "descriptions" is not enough? What else do you want!
At a certain moment, Mei Siren even wondered if Xu Xiaoshou was teasing him...
"Being defamed, passive value, +2."
"Condemned, passive value, +2."
"That's too simple!" Who would have thought that Xu Xiaoshou didn't think these descriptions were fantasy, shame, and indescribable. He just didn't know how to start.
Now with Mr. Jiren's simple explanations, he immediately knew what to do.
The normal process of closing your eyes and practicing... is nothing more than that!
The practice of "Heart Sword Art" can be said to be very simple, but it is also very difficult. Xu Xiaoshou is certainly not stupid enough to regard the above simple "cultivation process" as the entirety of "Heart Sword Art". He knows that the important thing is "intention"
The embodiment of it, rather than the few actions of closing and opening eyes.
And when it comes to "meaning"...
Although Xu Xiaoshou has never really tried this level of practice before, it is not that he has never been exposed to it.
The practice of "Ten Stages of Sword Finger" is the combination of body, mind and mind; the countless times of "Qi Swallowing Mountains and Rivers" are also the condensation of "momentum" and "intention".
It can be said that this kind of training foundation has been engraved in Xu Xiaoshou's bones with the emergence of the passive skill "Qi Swallowing Mountains and Rivers".
Not to mention, he is also "proficient in swordsmanship" and has mastered the knowledge of "Swordsmanship of the Heart", but he just doesn't know how to use and release this knowledge.
"I'm starting."
Under Mr. Siren's gaze, under the pressure of the sword elephant, and under the expectation of Xiao Kongtong, Xu Xiaoshou sat down cross-legged and slowly closed his eyes.
"Get rid of distracting thoughts and enter meditation."
Meisi people said they didn't care, but at first Xu Xiaoshou's voice seemed to be the sound of the great road, helping Xu Xiaoshou quickly enter concentration and eliminate distracting thoughts in a very gentle way.
To be continued...