Chapter Twenty-Five Strong Reading True Explanation

  A bright moon rises into a clear night sky, and its gentle light shines through the window into the room.

  After drinking two cups of green rice wine, Qin Mingzhu's face floated with a faint red glow, and her autumn eyes sparkled with dewy light. Her pure and moving beauty fell into the eyes of Qin Yun opposite her, making the young man who didn't understand romance suddenly feel his heart skip a beat.

  Under his piercing gaze, the girl blushed and lowered her head, and a subtle atmosphere seemed to circulate quietly in the boudoir.

  Qin Yun was still very young after all, and he was completely ignorant about the things between men and women. Added to his strong will, he didn't get infatuated and came back to himself quickly after a moment of distraction.

  He single-mindedly pursued martial arts, and for now, he couldn't accommodate romantic feelings in his heart.

  "Mingzhu, sister, this time when I went out, I inadvertently got a few books." Qin Yun took out the books he obtained from the Taoist temple: "I don't have much use for them, so I'll give them all to you!"

  These dozen or so books were all flipped through by Qin Yun on his way back, which recorded the methods and experiences of refining dan medicine, including many handwritten records of the black-robed old man's own experience.

  There is definitely value, but Qin Yun cultivates the martial way of swordsmanship and cannot afford to waste time learning about alchemy, so apart from that book on taming golden needle bees, giving the rest to Qin Mingzhu would also be a good use for them.

  Qin Mingzhu curiously took over the books, opened a few of them and carefully flipped through, her expression suddenly becoming solemn: "Big Brother Qin, where did you get these books from?"

  She studied in Dan Yao Tang for more than a month, although she didn't make any progress in alchemy, but her eyesight was still good.

  The contents recorded in these books are quite profound, and there are many secrets of alchemy and elixir cultivation that are secretly stored in the Dan Medicine Hall. Ordinary children who do not have enough family merits will never be able to see them.

  "Th-this..." Qin Yun was suddenly at a loss for words.

  The origin of the book is troublesome to explain and cannot be spread everywhere, although it is said that the old man in black is a loose cultivator, who knows if he has any relatives or friends.

  The fewer people who know about this matter, the better.

  Qin Mingzhu was clever and immediately understood that her question was improper, so she hurriedly said: "Brother Qin, your book is very precious and useful to me."

  "May I borrow some time from you to copy it down?"

  "Give it to you is give it to you, if you think it's useful then keep it, if not then throw it away, no need to bother copying back and forth."

  "Thank you, Big Brother Qin!" Qin Mingzhu bit her lip and put away all the books.

  These books were really useful for her.

  The girl thought that she had already taken great advantage of Qin Yun, and a little more wouldn't matter, but how to repay Qin Yun in the future was the most important thing.

  She didn't know what she was thinking of, but her pretty face suddenly flushed like rouge.

  Qin Yun did not notice her expression and stood up saying: "It's getting late, Ming Zhu sister, I'll send you back first!"

  After sending Qin Mingzhu back to Dan Yao Tang, Qin Yun returned to the manor.

  He took a refreshing cold shower, washing away the dirt and dust from his body. He changed into clean clothes and sat down at his desk.

  The silk lanterns shone brightly with a warm orange glow, and on the table, twelve black gold merit badges were neatly arranged, standing out particularly.

  Others may not know how envious they are, but Qin Yun is very clear that these achievements can be said to have been exchanged for his life.

  Family merits are very important for his future cultivation. With them, Qin Yun can rent more advanced martial arts and learn from the masters in the General Hall. However, twelve merits are still a pitifully small number compared to what he needs.

  So Qin Yun must be meticulous and absolutely cannot squander these hard-won merits.

  What's next, Qin Yun had it all figured out.

  Currently, his cultivation of the Blazing Sword Technique and the Blazing Heart Technique are both guided by instructors from the Tongtang Sect's lower ranks, so he doesn't need to use up precious merit points.

  As for more advanced techniques, he didn't need to think about them, laying a good foundation was key, but there was one skill that Qin Yun had to master.

  Once the meridians of both legs are opened and the second true Qi small cycle is formed inside the body, one can learn the skill of Light Body and Suspended Rope.

  Qing Shen Ti Zhong technique can greatly enhance a warrior's speed, traversing mountains and rivers as if on flat ground. With high-level practice, traveling a thousand miles in one day is not a dream. Most importantly, at the moment of life and death, Qing Shen Ti Zhong technique is the last resort for escaping and evading enemies.

  But if you want to learn the Light Body Lifting Technique, you must go to the Zhai Xing Lou Bookstore to buy it, and also need a mentor to guide you through the breathing techniques, all of which require family merits.

  Thinking of the bookcase, Qin Yun thought of another thing.

  He opened the drawer of his desk and took out a book from it.

  The True Meaning of the Way of the Sword!

  This book had been lying in the drawer for a long time. When Qin Yun was selecting his skills at Zhai Xing Lou, he chose it simply because of its title.

  The result was that he took it back and flipped through a few pages, but was extremely disappointed.

  The way of the sword, preserve heavenly reason, destroy human nature!

  The first page of this book has only nine words that are quite frightening, but when you turn to the back pages to look, all the content and text inside are completely incomprehensible.

  Every single word in the book he recognized, but when put together, he couldn't understand the meaning at all. It was as if the author had made it up randomly and intentionally to tease people.

  Moreover, staring at the above text for a long time will make people feel disgusted and annoyed, as if those strokes of the pen have turned into sharp blades that keep cutting back and forth in the mind, causing great pain.

  So Qin Yun glanced at it a couple of times before throwing it into his drawer.

  However, he couldn't really abandon the book either, because when he took it away, Sun Niangniang, who was in charge of the Zhai Xing Lou library, asked him to copy it and then return the original.

  After picking and choosing, he picked a completely useless book, Qin Yun couldn't help but feel somewhat depressed.

  He felt that the person who could write the four powerful and majestic words "The True Meaning of Swordsmanship" was not someone to be trifled with.

  Qin Yun spread the book on his desk and tried to take another careful look, maybe there was some subtle profundity in it that wasn't easily noticeable.

  It was almost the same as last time, he had only read two pages and his head started hurting.

  Eyes full of chaotic black brushstrokes, mind dazed, true energy in the dan Tian and qi Hai violently churning, accompanied by chest tightness, with a desire to vomit.

  It's like this again! Qin Yun was somewhat unconvinced, he didn't understand how reading a few pages of words could make himself uncomfortable.

  He took a few deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down and continue reading.

  The chaotic brushstrokes in his eyes became increasingly eerie, the black strokes gradually turning into sharp and unmatched sword edges, starkly reflected in Qin Yun's sea of consciousness.

  Sword blades intersected and crisscrossed, cutting through the vast expanse of knowledge space with abandon. In Qin Yun's eardrums, it seemed as if he could hear the whistling sound of sharp blades tearing through the air.

  The pain of being pierced is spreading in his skull!

  This time is more serious than last time! Qin Yun immediately realized something was wrong.

  The essence, energy and spirit of a warrior represent the body, dantian and sea of consciousness, with the sea of recognition being tied to the soul.

  If the dantian is broken, at most it will only lose its true energy and become a useless person. If the recognition sea is destroyed, even if one doesn't die, they'll still become an idiot!

  He never thought that forcing this true meaning of swordsmanship would have such severe consequences, but when Qin Yun wanted to stop and move his gaze away...

  He found himself unable to do it!

  The words on the page seemed to have an irresistible and enormous magical power, making Qin Yun widen his eyes and stare at it without blinking, his right hand involuntarily turning over page after page.

  More and more sword lights shot out in the sea of consciousness, constantly pressing towards the core area from the periphery, finally colliding with the five-colored divine stone that had been lurking within.

  At this moment, the golden runes above the Five-Colored Divine Stone suddenly exploded, transforming into countless golden lights that shot out in all directions!

  All the sword hilts were shrouded in it.

  Qin Yun only felt that his skull was like being smashed by a large hammer, and he fainted with a thud.

  ………

  It wasn't until much later that Qin Yun gradually regained consciousness.

  The endless darkness slowly receded, and he was shocked to find himself in a completely chaotic space, with no sky above, no land underfoot, and only a grayish mist all around.

  Such a situation Qin Yun had never encountered before, he didn't understand what happened to himself, and his heart added a thread of inexplicable unease.

  In an instant, a dazzling light burst through the void and hacked towards Qin Yun!

  Qin Yun was greatly shocked and didn't even have time to dodge before being struck by the light.

  The scene before his eyes suddenly changed, and countless images flashed through his pupils.

  Heaven and earth were mixed up, yin and yang were first separated, the sun, moon, stars, and rivers turned upside down. The natural world of all things was born, grew old and died, unfolding slowly scene by scene.

  In the blink of an eye, many figures emerged, including swordsmen with heroic spirits, brave and invincible generals, as well as kings who held power in their hands.

  They fought, slaughtered, bled, died, and were reborn... Time flew by, years passed in the blink of an eye, a thousand years was just a fleeting moment!

  And in all the scenes, a five-colored gemstone appears and disappears, it comes from chaos, but dominates the fate of those powerful strongmen!

  In the end, this five-colored gem was picked up by a wandering swordsman, but before he could understand its secrets, he was pursued and killed by his enemies, and finally drowned himself in a deep pool.

  The corpse withered, and the gemstone was hidden in the silt. Until a young man dived to the bottom of the cold pond and retrieved the gemstone from among the bones!

  That's me!

  Qin Yun's divine soul was shocked, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

  He found himself still sitting in front of his desk, the lamp on it still shining brightly, and outside the window was pitch black.

  Time hasn't passed much, and that "Swordsmanship True Explanation" is still quietly placed in front of me, only flipped to the last page.

  It seemed as if everything just now was just Qin Yun's illusion, a strange dream.

  He involuntarily touched his face, and what he felt was a handful of icy sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

  Soaked to the bone!

  This is not a dream, nor an illusion!

  At this moment, Qin Yun was more awake than ever, and the memories that emerged from the depths of his soul made him completely understand what had happened to him!