Chapter 42 Teaching and educating!

Linghu Chong said hoarsely, "Is there really no problem with the Huashan swordsmanship?"

Xin Zhen nodded and said, "Do you remember the moves I used to break your sword technique just now?"

Linghu Chong gave a bitter smile, how could he not remember? Now those sword techniques were repeatedly attacking the Huashan sword technique in his mind.

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Come, I will use the Huashan sword technique now, and you will defeat me."

Linghu Chong was skeptical and imitated Xin Zhen's move to draw his sword.

Xin Zhen also used the move of Welcoming Guests with Green Pine Trees in the same way as him, and Linghu Chong immediately attacked with the move that Xin Zhen had used before to break the spell.

Xin Zhen smiled knowingly, turned his wrist, and naturally followed up with the move You Feng Lai Yi.

Linghu Chong exclaimed, and used the method of You Feng Lai Yi to break it.

Xin Zhen smoothly switched to the next move.

Linghu Chong was surprised and exclaimed repeatedly.

After more than a dozen moves, Linghu Chong took the initiative to stop, stood there thinking for a while and asked: "I see that your different sword moves can be connected very smoothly. How do you do it?"

Xin Zhen smiled and casually performed a move called White Rainbow Piercing the Sun. After using it, the tip of the sword was pointing upwards.

At this time, Xin Zhen took advantage of the situation and dragged him down, following up with a move called Feng Lai Yi.

Before the moves become old, he turns into a golden goose flying across the sky.

In just a moment, more than a dozen moves were used as if they were one.

More than a dozen sword moves with different artistic conceptions were as smooth as flowing water, without any trace of sluggishness.

Linghu Chong was dazzled by what he saw. In fact, not only him, but even Lin Pingzhi who was watching the swordplay nearby could not help but stare in amazement.

"Can this sword technique be used like this? The sword positions and footwork are all different between different moves, so they can't be connected together no matter what. But why are you so smooth..."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "The art of swordsmanship requires one to move like flowing clouds and running water, and to be able to move wherever one wants, with endless variations.

You see, the effect when you use Huashan Sword Technique is completely different from when I use Huashan Sword Technique.

What does this mean? It's not that the swordsmanship is bad, but that the person is different.
If you don't understand this principle, you will easily fall into the shallow cognition that Huashan swordsmanship is invincible in the world at one moment, and think that Huashan swordsmanship is worthless when you encounter setbacks.

By the same token, when you read history to understand the present, you will not be deceived by many illusions.

You will not be easily fooled by what others say or played around with by others.

Only then will you be able to understand the truth of this world."

Linghu Chong recalled what Xin Zhen said about Qu Yang when he first met him, then thought of Xin Zhen's comments on reading history books today, and then thought of Xin Zhen's unique insights into swordsmanship, and for a moment he could not help but be stunned.

Xin Zhen ignored him and let him think at the bow of the boat.

He ran to the stern of the boat and went fishing with the boatman.

However, he was not very good at it, but the boatman caught several big blue carps.

It's a treat at noon.

When it was time to drink fish soup at noon, Linghu Chong finally woke up as if from his dream. He ran over and drank a few bowls of fish soup, and became energetic again.

He bowed deeply to Xin Zhen and said, "Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading. For the past twenty years, I have been like living in a dark room without windows.

Brother Xin Zhen’s guidance today was like suddenly lifting the roof off my house.

I was at a loss for a moment, but when I came to my senses, I felt a new world embracing me.

For a moment, I felt my mind became much clearer, and my previous cognitions seemed so ridiculous.

Brother Xin Zhen, can you teach me to read?" "Huh?" Xin Zhen was a little surprised.

He thought Linghu Chong would ask to learn sword from him, but unexpectedly he proposed to study with him.

This is strange.

Linghu Chong said with emotion: "It is my wish to learn swordsmanship, but Brother Xin Zhen made me understand that if one has a clear mind, even if one's martial arts skills are low, one can still save the people.

If your mind is not clear, the higher your martial arts skills are, the greater the danger will be!"

Xin Zhen was very happy to hear this. If Linghu Chong could understand this truth, then his life would not be lived in vain.

Xin Zhen had a common problem among scholars, which was that he liked to teach others.

Seeing that Linghu Chong was willing to learn, he taught without reservation.

Naturally, he would not let Linghu Chong read the Four Books and Five Classics, but instead taught him history.

Xin Zhen does not tell history about the history of emperors and generals, but about the history of the rivers and lakes.

Starting from the Yue women in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then to Xiao Feng and Duan Yu in the Song, Xia and Jin Dynasties.

Later, it talked about the sword fight between Guo Jing and Yang Guo on Mount Huashan in the late Song Dynasty, and then talked about Zhang Wuji and Zhang Sanfeng in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

He told Linghu Chong these stories that happened in the martial arts world. Of course, Lin Zhennan and his wife, Lin Pingzhi, Yi Lin and others also loved to listen.

Xin Zhen did not just tell stories, but explained to them the rise and fall of dynasties, the suffering of the people, taxation and official system, economics and politics, moral ethics and other principles.

Anyway, the journey is long and there is plenty of time to talk slowly.

Xin Zhen was a man of profound knowledge and broad experience. He had lived two lives and had seen the world from the perspective of a prime minister.

His understanding of the world and life, both in breadth and depth, is rare in the world.

When such a person talks about the martial arts world, it is natural that he can explain it in great detail.

Xin Zhen analyzes the current Five Mountains Sword Sect and Sun Moon Divine Sect from a political and economic perspective. He analyzes the checks and balances among the Five Mountains Sword Sect politically, the struggle between them and the Sun Moon Divine Sect, the secret mischief of Shaolin and Wudang behind the scenes, and the struggle for interests involved in the turf wars between these sects.

Even the extremely innocent Yi Lin's eyes became a little deeper, not to mention Lin Pingzhi and Linghu Chong.

Xin Zhen always believed that all simplicity comes from ignorance.

In Xin Zhen's view, Lin Pingzhi, Yi Lin, and even Linghu Chong are all shallow and ignorant, and this has nothing to do with how good-looking they are.

Of course, Xin Zhen did not miss the conflict between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect, and explained all the ins and outs of it one by one.

Finally, it is concluded that knowing history is to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Although he was unwilling to enter the martial arts world, Lin Pingzhi would have to travel the world in the future, and it was inevitable that he would have some contact with the Qi Sect and the Sword Sect. He hoped that they would not argue like before. It would be a good thing for both sides to have their own merits.

Lin Pingzhi and Linghu Chong both promised that there would be no more conflicts, which made Xin Zhen very satisfied.

Afterwards, the boat suddenly entered Dongting Lake. The vastness of Dongting Lake made Xin Zhen feel very excited.

On Dongting Lake, Xin Zhen stopped lecturing and instead taught Linghu Chong the Dugu Nine Swords.

There was actually no special reason for teaching Linghu Chong, the main reason was that Linghu Chong was suitable for practicing Dugu Nine Swords.

Feng Qingyang ordered Linghu Chong to select talented people with good character to pass on his sword skills, but Xin Zhen himself had no intention of entering the martial arts world.

Linghu Chong was both talented and a member of the Huashan Sect. He also had a good character and was a grateful person. There was no need to worry about him repaying kindness with hatred in the future, so the throne was passed on.

How lonely this world would be without the Dugu Nine Swords.

(End of this chapter)