Chapter 144 "Essentials of the Sword Sutra"!
Seeing Feng Qingyang being so serious, Xin Zhen had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, then I'll follow your wishes, Master."

Feng Qingyang saw that Xin Zhen still didn't care, so he had to say a few more words: "I know you don't have a deep sense of sectarianism, and you don't particularly value these sword techniques and internal strength.

You have always believed that the prosperity of a sect has little to do with secret techniques and manuals, and what is more important is the so-called operation, which is what you call human resources, sect income, resource control and the like.

You have a better brain than any of us, and what you said is of course true, but..."

Feng Qingyang's expression became very solemn: "...In fact, according to what you said, the secret manual of martial arts is also a resource, and an extremely scarce resource.

In this martial arts world, whoever masters the most and most advanced martial arts secrets determines how high that sect can ultimately reach.

There are examples of this, such as the Yellow River Gang, which controls the water transportation of the Yellow River. Whether it is manpower, wealth or other resources, who in the martial arts world today can compare with it? But is the Yellow River Gang the top sect in the martial arts world?"

Xin Zhen heard this and nodded, "Master, I understand."

Feng Qingyang smiled and said, "You are a very smart person, but sometimes you are too smart and overlook some things. Although I, your master, am dull, I am old and wise, and I understand some truths."

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Disciple will pay attention to this in the future."

Feng Qingyang nodded and said, "You need to change the name of your book. Don't call it "Sword Practice Tips". I will give you a name called "Sword Sutra Essentials".

"The Essentials of the Sword Scripture?"

Xin Zhen was surprised and asked, "Isn't this name a bit too big?"

Feng Qingyang glared and said, "It seems that all I have said is in vain, right?"

Xin Zhen nodded repeatedly: "Chengcheng, let's call him this. Yes, Master, isn't it a bit too much to accept so many outer disciples as inner disciples? Some of the disciples may have slightly worse talents."

Feng Qingyang smiled and said, "In the past, we Huashan disciples judged a person's talent by whether he could practice this move of boundless falling trees. It didn't matter how well he practiced, as long as he could practice it.

If one can master this move of falling leaves, then he is a natural talent; if not, then he is mediocre.

In fact, there are quite a few Huashan disciples who are not familiar with the endless falling leaves. "

At this point, Xin Zhen finally understood and said with a smile: "Now all 400 disciples have mastered the basic swordsmanship. According to your era, they are all talented."

Feng Qingyang smiled and said, "Yes, so why not accept them all as inner disciples?
Of course, their qualifications may not necessarily be good, but with the essentials of the sword manual, their future achievements will not be too bad.

But no matter what, we must not let them wander around in the martial arts world, and the sword manual must be leaked out, this is the most important thing. "

Xin Zhen had no objection.

The reason why outer disciples, inner disciples and true disciples were set up in the beginning was to encourage disciples to practice martial arts hard. Now that they have met the requirements, there is no reason to stop them. For the Sword Sect, the more talents the better.

It happened that during this period of time, Feng Buping and his men took a fancy to some inner disciples and wanted to accept them as true disciples, so Xin Zhen simply held another apprenticeship meeting. This time, forty people were accepted as true disciples, and Feng Buping and his three companions each accepted about eight people, and sixteen people were pushed to Xin Zhen's side.

The number of Xin Zhen's true disciples suddenly expanded to twenty-seven. Fortunately, Ren Yingying and Lin Pingzhi helped, otherwise it would have been difficult to discipline them.

After the apprenticeship ceremony, Xin Zhen invited Feng Qingyang and called together several fellow apprentices to discuss matters.

"Master, several brothers and sisters, I asked you all to come here today because I have something to discuss with you."

Xin Zhen got straight to the point and said, "I plan to establish a rule that as long as you become a true disciple of Huashan, you can practice Zixia Gong. No other conditions are required."

Feng Qingyang frowned and said, "Huashan Sect has always taught Zixia Gong to the head disciple himself, and has never passed Zixia Gong to other disciples. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Xin Zhen smiled and said, “I know there is such a rule in the martial arts world, but I don’t think it is necessary.

I hope that the reason why the leader of the Sword Sect can become the leader is because of his wisdom and virtue, and not because he has a monopoly on some unique skills.

Just like in secular dynasties, was the emperor able to become emperor because of his own superior martial arts skills?

Of course not. It is because he has the support of the most people. As long as he is supported by the most people, he can maintain his rule over the world, not because of his military strength. "

Feng Ping and others looked at each other.

Feng Buping said, "I heard that Zixia Gong requires one to have strong internal strength, and one must be brave and diligent when practicing it. Otherwise, it will not only be useless, but harmful."

Xin Zhen shook his head and smiled, "It's just some excuses. Otherwise, how can I convince other disciples?" I practiced Zixia Gong myself, and there is no such restriction.

The Zixia Gong has endless uses. Its only drawback is that it takes a little longer to accumulate internal strength. However, this slowness is only relative to other top internal skills. Compared with the Hunyuan Gong, it is actually not slow.

The speed of practice is similar, but Zixia Gong has many functions. When using it, it is vague at first, as soft as clouds, and it accumulates strength that is extremely tenacious, overwhelming and unstoppable.

If Huashan disciples can practice Zixia Gong, then even if their internal strength is slightly inferior when fighting the enemy, they can still make the most of their swordsmanship advantages with the help of Zixia Gong. Why not do it? "

Feng Qingyang said: "Jian'er, you must think carefully about this matter. It is easy to pass on this supreme internal skill, but if you want to take it back later, there is no way.

The rule that Zixia Gong is only passed down to Zhang's disciples has been passed down from generation to generation, and no one has any objections to it.

But if you break this rule, then those who can't learn from you in the future will feel resentful. If you don't handle it well, the entire sect will fall apart."

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "I have thought about this countless times. Passing on the Purple Clouds Skill to true disciples will bring a hundred benefits without any harm. If it is passed on, our Sword Sect will only become more and more prosperous. If it is not passed on, this magical skill may be lost one day.

Think about it, if I am the only one who has learned this magical skill, or if there is another disciple whom I think highly of, then there would be two of us at most. But if one day I suddenly encounter misfortune and I, the disciple, is also murdered, then wouldn't the Zixia Skill be lost?
I think everyone knows that many of the Five Mountains Sword Schools' sword techniques have been lost. Isn't it because there are too few people practicing them, and because they adhere to the tradition of passing them down by word of mouth, and deliberately don't leave any secret manuals?"

(End of this chapter)