return from cultivation

Chapter 693 Difficulties
"Don't worry, little friend, I just ask casually, don't worry about it." Yan Zhongli said, and walked over to hold Suhang's arm.

In his capacity, if Su Hang made such a move, it would be too embarrassing for Su Hang to struggle, so he could only let him drag him into the house.

Yan Zhongli did not go to see the twelve craftsmen outside, and said to Su Hang: "Since you have fulfilled your promise, you can rest assured that they will eat and drink here, and will not suffer any grievances. After helping so much, what do you want in return?"

Looking at Yan Zhongli's old face, Su Hang couldn't understand what he meant.If they asked for rewards at this time, then these twelve craftsmen were bought by Yan Zhongli with money, and there was no need to return them.Even if they want to leave by themselves, I am afraid that Jianxiu will not let them go easily.

So Suhang shook his head with a smile, and said: "Zhou Hongjun, City Lord Zhou, is old with me. You are his master. It's nothing for me to help this little. How can I ask for anything in return? Senior is too alienated."

Yan Zhongli chuckled, and didn't try to persuade him much, and said: "Since the little friend is interested, the old man will not say anything."

Suhang nodded, glanced around, and saw the huge clay figurine again.Two years later, the statue has not changed much, but the body has become a little clearer.Looking at the huge statue, Suhang was moved, and asked, "Senior, it seems that there is still no progress with this statue?"

Yan Zhongli looked back, sighed, and said, "It's not easy to make progress. I've been carving this statue for a hundred years, but it's still difficult to take shape. I always feel that no matter what kind of carving it is, it's not appropriate."

Hearing what he said, Su Hang remembered the story about Zen again.

Yan Zhongli is a sword cultivator in the late stage of the Heavenly Human Realm. In future wars, such a character will definitely serve as the main force of the resistance army.If he can make some progress, it will be beneficial to the practitioner and will not cause any harm.

Although Suhang and Yan Zhongli can be regarded as having grievances and grievances in some matters, but in the overall situation, they want to stand on the same angle.

So Suhang thought for a while, and said: "Senior's doubts, I have a friend who has encountered it. Although his cultivation is not as good as the senior's, I think the experience is worth learning. I wonder if the senior is interested in listening to it?"

"Oh?" Yan Zhongli nodded and said, "Please tell me, little friend."

Suhang described the incident recorded in the ancient Zen books. Of course, he would not really talk about the Zen that did not exist in this era, but replaced it with the identity of an ordinary practitioner.However, no matter what his identity is, this story still inspires Yan Zhongli a lot.His eyes lit up, and even after Suhang finished speaking, he didn't say anything for a long time.

After a long time, Yan Zhongli breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Suhang, the expression in his eyes became a little different, and said: "What my little friend said really benefited the old man a lot. Perhaps, it was because of the demonic barrier that blinded me." The eyes and even the heart are confused. This statue is the key to the old man's breakthrough, but is it not the shackles of the breakthrough?"

Suhang smiled and said: "Since seniors think it is useful, it is a good thing, but there is no need to rush this kind of understanding. Think quietly, wait for an appropriate time, and then try to break the shackles. This is the best way."

Yan Zhongli nodded, looked at Suhang with brighter eyes, and said: "What you said is true, if the old man can really make a breakthrough, this great kindness will definitely be rewarded!"

Su Hang smiled and said nothing, he didn't expect Yan Zhongli to give anything in return, as long as the most powerful sword cultivator in the world can break through smoothly and participate in the war against Fa Xiu.

After that, Suhang did not stay in the capital for long, and left soon.He wrote down the method of raising qi and blood and expanding the meridians on a piece of paper, and asked Yan Zhongli to pass it on to Zhou Hongjun.The reason for doing this is entirely to sell Zhou Hongjun a favor, and it can also save Yan Zhongli from suspecting that he has other plans.As for whether Yan Zhongli would open the paper without authorization to check the contents, Suhang didn't bother to care.

After he left, Liu Jianyi, the master swordsman, happened to come to Yan Zhongli.Although he kept his eyes closed, he could feel that Yan Zhongli's mood had changed, even his breath was not stable.

"Master, what's wrong?" Liu Jianyi asked.

Yan Zhongli laughed out loud, in an extremely happy mood, and repeated what he said after Su Hang came.He looked at Liu Jianyi and said, "The statue is like the old man's shackles, but closing your eyes is your demonic obstacle. You and I, master and apprentice, are walking on the same road, and maybe the problems we encounter are the same. Zhou Zheng said What you said, there is indeed a great way hidden in it, you might as well calm down and think about it carefully."

"Close your eyes...is it a demonic obstacle..." Liu Jianyi remained silent.

When he closed his eyes back then, he swore not to break through, never to open his eyes.Over the years, relying on practice with eyes closed, he has indeed made considerable progress in the way of swordsmanship.Especially the Consonance Sword Intent has made a breakthrough.However, Liu Jianyi always felt in his heart that the breakthrough of sword intent was not the end, and there seemed to be more things hidden.

Therefore, he never dared to open his eyes easily, because he was afraid that all previous efforts would be wasted after opening his eyes.

Ten or twenty years have passed, and now he has no room for improvement.

In the eyes of others, Senior Brother Sword Cultivator is a terrifying existence. He may keep pace with the commander of the barracks Zhang Yangyu in the future, and even become the top master of the No. 5 Heavenly Human Realm in the late stage of the capital.

But Liu Jianyi knew that it was difficult for him to reach that step.Maybe he can make a breakthrough in cultivation, but there will be no progress in sword intent or sword way.

For a true sword cultivator, if there is no progress in these two things, then no matter how high the cultivation base is, it is useless.

Today, under the inspiration of Suhang, Yan Zhongli realized something, and so did Liu Jianyi.

As Yan Zhongli said, they did encounter the same problem.The solution of Zen Buddhism is not to destroy, but to build.The reason is simple, but not many people can understand it.

And the so-called opportunity, sometimes does not necessarily come entirely from oneself, more likely to come from the outside world.Reminders from others are also one of the opportunities!

"Don't be impatient, you have closed your eyes for decades, why rush to open them. Meditate and concentrate, maybe you can gain something before opening your eyes." Yan Zhongli said.

Liu Jianyi nodded and said, "What Master said is very true, I understand."

At the same time, Suhang, who was about to leave the capital, was stopped halfway.The Commander of the Jingsi, Yan Zijin, had heard reports that Su Hang, who had left two years ago, had returned, so he hurriedly sent someone to inform Min Zhiyuan, the capital of the Jingsi, and at the same time he came in a hurry.For nothing else, I just want to try to recruit Suzhou and Hangzhou again.

In the past two years, according to the previous plan, You Tianlu, the lord of the country, divided part of the power of the barracks and handed it over to Jianxiu.Yan Zhongli has now become the support of the fourth major force in the capital.And Huo Lianggong, the No. 1 refiner, after obtaining the knowledge of Suhang, improved his refinement to a higher level, and even broke through to the middle stage of the heaven-human realm with his cultivation base.

As a result, Jing Si's status fell directly to the last place, which was very miserable.

Min Zhiyuan was even disheartened, and planned to hand over the power to the people below in a few years, find a place for himself to cultivate carefully, and wait for the arrival of the five declines of heaven and man.

In this regard, Yan Zijin was naturally very unwilling to see such an ending.He doesn't care who the seat of the capital is given to, anyway, with his cultivation base, it is impossible for him to sit in this seat.However, no matter who is changed, Jing Si's status will be difficult to improve, especially when sword repairers and weapon refiners become more important.Therefore, he didn't want Min Zhiyuan to leave like this, at the very least, he couldn't let the adults in the capital spend a hundred years of hard work and throw it away in the dust of history without any effect.

For a character like Su Hang, Yan Zijin did everything possible to win over him.Whether it's coercion, temptation, or conspiracy, he has already gone all out.

Facing such a straightforward person, Suhang didn't want to disappoint him too much.It's just that there are too many things to do now, and it is absolutely impossible to stay in Jingsi.

After thinking about it for a while, Suhang simply raised his qi and blood, and gave him a copy of the method of expanding the meridians, saying: "This thing should be able to help Jingsi. I have no other requirements, I just hope that Jingsi can popularize the method. Once popularized, there should be countless people willing to join, and the problem will naturally be solved.”

(End of this chapter)