The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 23 Sword Tomb
Standing in front of the stone wall, Guan Yuan couldn't help sighing.

"Woohoo, I can't find an opponent in my life, and I'm really lonely and embarrassing."What a great realm!How many people in the world can do it?

There is a saying that the happiest loneliness is being alone, and the loneliest happiness is invincibility.Dugu Qiubai, a name destined to be lonely and happy.

Guan Yuan reckoned that Qiubai's name should be the name he changed after Sword Demon Invincible in Jianghu to express his helplessness, but he didn't know what his real name was.

He looked at the simple tomb made of stones on the ground, and thought, if he hadn't come here by chance, who would know that such a strange man was buried in this deep mountain and old forest.

In the previous life in the forum, Guan Yuan saw martial arts enthusiasts discussing the era of Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai.

None of the five masters in the world in Shooting the Condor mentioned the deeds of the sword demon, which means that he and the five masters are completely out of date, or even far apart, otherwise such a master of swordsmanship would not be unknown.But the farthest is only the mid-Northern Song Dynasty. After all, the lifespan of the sculptures who have been with Dugu Qiubai is limited.Therefore, it is roughly estimated that the sword demon crossed the rivers and lakes 100 to 150 years before the first Huashan sword debate, and there is a high probability that it will be at the same time as Huang Shang, who wrote the Nine Yin Scriptures.However, the two of them should have never met each other, after all, the sword demon retired early after being invincible in the world, and Huang Chang learned the supreme martial arts from the Taoism scriptures after he was old, which happened to be staggered.

Guan Yuan looked around. There were no traces of human life in this cave. The thick dust covered the entire cave. It is estimated that in a few hundred years, with the weathering and erosion of the stone walls, the story of Dugu Qiubai will be forever silent in the cave. In the long river of history.

He stood in front of this stone wall, fascinated, and it took him a long time to calm down.

Guan Yuan thought of the sword tomb where the Condor Hero Yang used to go, so he searched the back mountain again.

After searching for less than half an hour, they came to a cliff.The cliff is like a huge screen, soaring into the sky, on which there are faintly two large characters, Jianzhong.Above the cliff here is the place where Dugu Qiubai buried his sword as mentioned in the original text.

He saw that on the cliff, there were clumps of moss growing every few feet, dozens of clumps lined up in a straight line, it should be the foothold left by the sword demon, Yang Guo used this small stone cave to climb up the cliff .

Guan Yuan thought that Jinyan Kungfu was not weak, not to mention that Yang Guo could go up with a broken arm, and his own hands were healthy, so naturally he would not be troubled.

The first time I climbed ten feet, the cave was too slippery, Guan Yuan lost his hand for a while, so he had to use his strength in the air, and slipped down gently; the second time he was prepared, and more than half of the cave in front had already been covered. After stepping on it, he rushed up to the high platform in one breath.

I saw a huge stone with a square of three or four zhang on the platform. Apart from the words "Jianzhong" on the stone, there was a row of small characters.

"The sword demon Dugu Qiubai is invincible in the world, but he buried his sword here."

Guan Yuan looked down at the ground, and there was another big grave piled up with many stones.He peeled away the stones on the mound, revealing four stone caves juxtaposed, about the size of a long sword.

In the first stone cave on the right was a four-foot-long, rusty long sword, trembling in his hand, as if it was about to break any moment.

There is a small character engraved on the ground next to it: "Severe and fierce, invincible, use it to compete with the Heshuo heroes before the weak crown."

Guan Yuan murmured, "No sharp sword can stand the erosion of time."

The second stone cave is empty, and there is an inscription next to it: "Ziwei soft sword, used before the age of 30, it is ominous to accidentally injure a righteous man, regret it, and abandon it in the deep valley."

The third stone cave was supposed to be the black iron epee in the original book of Shendiao, but it was nowhere to be found at this time, so it was naturally taken away by Yang Guo.There is only one left: "The epee has no edge, and great skill is useless. Before the age of 40, relying on it to run rampant in the world."

The stone inscription in the fourth cave says: "After the age of 40, don't stick to things. Plants, trees, bamboo and stones can all be used as swords. Since then, you have been intensively practicing and gradually progressing to the realm where no sword is better than having a sword."

It turned out that what was placed here was a wooden sword, which had long been annihilated in the years.

Guan Yuan respectfully put back the rotten first sword to its original place, and sighed grandly: "Senior's magical skills are unimaginable."

These four swords represent Dugu Qiubai's four different martial arts realms and life experiences, from the end of the world with the sword, self-doubt, to the final epee ineffectiveness, there is no trick to win.These four swords can be said to have witnessed the sword demon's path to becoming a god.

Guan Yuan squatted in front of the stone cave, gently stroking the words on the stone carvings, secretly understanding the state of mind of the senior expert at that time.

With a sudden glance, he found that the third stone cave where the epee had been placed seemed to be slightly different from the others.It stands to reason that the black iron epee that weighed several tens of catties was placed before, and the cave should have sunk slightly, but now it is slightly tilted, as if it had been opened by someone.

He stretched out his hand to grab the stone slab and lifted it up, only to see a bluestone slab buried under the stone cave.Take it out and see that there are a few lines of small characters engraved on it.

"A certain lost his father and mother when he was young. Fortunately, he was protected by his teacher. He was so frivolous when he was young, and he was so hesitant in middle age. He was so sad. I was fortunate to see the legacy of the sword demon predecessor. I was shocked and envious, but I hated it too late and missed it. Meet this old hero."

"Someone took the heavy sword from his predecessors, melted the sword and recast it, just to fight against foreign enemies. It's just destroying the relics of the sword demon, what a pity, what a pity. It leaves a sense of sadness and ecstasy, and the heroes of future generations will encourage each other."

It turned out that it was Yang Guo who took the black iron epee and walked the rivers and lakes.At the request of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, the epee was returned to the furnace, and the Yitian Sword and Dragon Tulong Dao were recast.Yang Guo felt uneasy that Dugu Qiubai's relics had been destroyed, so he returned to his hometown and left stone carvings to express his regret.

"Lovesickness is useless, only parting is the only thing; if there is a fixed date for parting, so what if there are thousands of sufferings; Mo Dao is depressed and ecstasy, where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright."

After Yang Guo said goodbye to Xiaolongnv, he felt sad that he would never see Xiaolongnv again in this life, so he created the Palm of Despondency.On the stone carvings, there is left the meaning of desolate ecstasy that I felt when practicing the Depressed Ecstasy Palm.

Guan Yuan is a pure yang of two lives, and he has never had any unforgettable love with the girl, so he really can't understand the pain of this lovesickness.However, I was familiar with the love story of Yang Guo's little dragon girl in my previous life, and I can also bring in a little bit of experience.

Guan Yuan was overjoyed when he saw that there were other engravings just now, he thought he found some martial arts sword manual, but he didn't expect that it was a senior who left a message, so he felt a little disappointed.

After looking up at the high platform for a while, I decided to go back to the cave.After jumping off the cliff, Guan Yuan looked back.It was dusk at this time, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the stone wall, shining like the sun shining on a golden mountain.In the setting sun, the word Jianzhong seems to be glowing with golden light.

When I came here, I didn't feel it, but looking back, Guan Yuan only felt that those two words were free and easy, showing their sharpness, and there seemed to be superb swordsmanship between each stroke, as if a sword was carved on the stone wall by countless fierce sword energy. The word mound is general.

(End of this chapter)