Chapter 149: Benming's New Magical Power and Shouzhu Pavilion

Ye Yang said: "I guess you were fighting a monster outside, and the cold air entered your body, which caused the meridians here to be blocked. Take some warming Yang medicine and it will be fine."

Zhu Mange then pulled him aside and asked him about some questions he had about cultivation.

After Zhu Mange entered the sect, he also practiced the Manggu Qi, the prerequisite technique of Zhu Chan's Swallowing the Moon Technique.

Ye Yang was naturally familiar with the process and answered all the questions one by one.

Before leaving, Zhu Mange took Ye Yang and took out a futon made of golden straw from the storage bag.

Zhu Mange said, "Brother, I have been taking care of the spiritual field during this period. I took the straw of the beast blood rice from the middle-grade spiritual field and made a futon. I hope you don't mind it."

This woman was intelligent, with a sharp mind and many clever ideas. Ye Yang originally wanted to refuse her and kept thanking her.

"You are too polite, Junior Sister. Why are you so polite?"

But Zhu Mange insisted again and again, so he had to accept it, thinking that he would return it when the right opportunity came.

This cushion is round and suitable for meditation. As soon as he touched it, he felt a warm inspiration like jade.

The spiritual energy contained in a medium-quality spiritual field is rich, and the fertility accumulated in the soil is also greater, so the spiritual plants grown there will naturally be more precious.

There are not many medium-quality spiritual fields in the sect, only three acres, two of which have been reclaimed as medicinal fields, and the remaining one acre is planted with beast blood rice.

This rice needs to be watered with the blood of monsters every month. It is red all over and round in shape. It can emit light at night, shaped like the sun. It has amazing calories and is extremely nutritious.

Therefore, this cushion is also a precious thing.

It is said that some large sects grow dragon sprout rice. A grain of this rice is more than one foot long and shaped like a dragon's sharp teeth. It is not a water or dry land spiritual field.

It grows on a tree more than three meters high.
In ancient times, it was not food for humans, but food for dragons.

It contains a huge amount of life essence, and can help those at the martial arts level to break through their cultivation, but it is extremely rare.

……

Back in the courtyard, Ye Yang soaked the picked rice leaves in clean water and wiped his eyes with them every day.

Before I knew it, several months had passed.

It was late autumn that day and white frost had formed.

Ye Yang sat cross-legged under the old persimmon tree. The whole courtyard was filled with spiritual energy. He took a breath, and the rolling spiritual energy turned into white mist and entered his mouth and nose.

In front of him was a stone monk with a dull face. He was wearing a cassock with mottled paint and had a silver knife and a golden sword on his back.

There was a scar on his face running from top to bottom.

It was the second-level fellow practitioner - the Stone Monk with Sword and Knife.

Ever since he obtained the sword and knife, Ye Yang has used it to bless the sword and knife demon ape's life.

Later, he was able to quickly comprehend the Thirteen Swords of Time and Shaoyang Sword Technique, which were both closely related to it.

At this moment, looking at the stone monk with sword and feeling the mysterious rhythm of Taoism, Ye Yang held the red maple sword in his hand, and a belief to go against the will of heaven and fight against the sky suddenly entered his mind.

He had some realization, and thrust out with the red maple sword in hand.

Although it was just a casual attack, the red maple sword in his hand suddenly turned from one into ten, and then from ten into a hundred, layer upon layer, moving forward unstoppably.

These extremely sharp sword lights instantly filled the entire courtyard.

Behind him, a giant ape's roar was heard. A young demon ape with a sword on its back slowly revealed its figure and roared to the sky with great passion.

"I don't believe in this fate. I want to break it. My fate is determined only by my own words."

"Life is short. Why can immortals travel the world while mortals like us can only be frogs in a well?"

"Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever the rivers flow, I want my sword to be there!"

There is a story behind the Red Maple Sword, which is the legend of Fan Shixian. When Ye Yang wielded the Red Maple Sword, waves of faith were transmitted into his mind.

As Ye Yang waved his sword, the sound grew louder and louder in his mind.

At this moment, the wind blew through a red persimmon leaf, and the leaf slid down from the sky and landed on his forehead.

Ye Yang suddenly woke up, retracted the sword light around him, and the vast sky toad energy went towards his eyes.

The eye orifices are the weakest part of the physical body, so this exercise is fraught with danger.

At the critical moment, the sword demon ape behind him also had some insights and attached itself tightly to his spine.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

The Heavenly Toad Qi rushed to Ye Yang's head, and he felt pain and itchiness in his eyes. Even soaking them in the water made from the spiritual rice leaves did not have much effect.

As the Sword Demon Ape crawling on his back took a breath, the pain in its eyes suddenly decreased greatly.

Afterwards, Ye Yang felt that the surging Heavenly Toad Energy in his body was all flowing towards the Sword Demon Ape behind him. Its body suddenly grew larger, like an inflated ball, and soon grew to about ten feet tall.

Then, it had kept its eyes closed, and slowly opened them at this moment.

Two mighty sword beams jumped out from his eyes and soared into the sky.

Ye Yang, who had been sitting quietly, also opened his eyes, with golden and red flashing in his eyes. He looked at a bluestone slab in the courtyard, and two huge holes were immediately poked in the bluestone slab.

"It's Jian Tong."

Ye Yang showed a look of joy when he had just awakened his Sword Demon Ape nature.

The introduction of this sword-demon ape is that it has practiced with its eyes, and it seems that it has undeveloped spiritual eye abilities.

Now, in his third year of reaching the martial artist realm, under the forced stimulation of the Red Maple Sword, he had finally developed this special magical power.

As soon as he opened his eyes, countless sword beams burst out, capable of unexpectedly injuring others and blinding others in battle.

The art of sword pupil is difficult to practice and has always been extremely rare.

Standing with the sword put away, Ye Yang couldn't help but feel emotional. He had ordinary talent, but ever since he got the fate of "Perseverance", he has been training hard in winter and summer, and never dared to slack off for even a moment.

Now, after more than 30 years of persistence, I have finally paid off.

Shaking his head, he looked at the Shaoyang Sword Technique.

Shaoyang Sword Technique
Realm: Minor Success

Progress: 88.6%
The next level: Great success

[One of the Three Yang Sword Techniques, majestic and magnificent, just like the rising sun, practice it a hundred times a day and you will master it in half a year.]
Ye Yang clearly remembered that the Shaoyang Sword Technique had just reached 80% not long ago.

Now that the Sword Demon Ape's innate sword pupil ability has been activated, the progress of the Shaoyang Sword Technique has actually been directly improved by 8.6%.

It seems that the progress of sword cultivation will also feed back to the improvement of sword tactics.

After the breakthrough, Ye Yang stood up from the ground and looked at the old persimmon tree, feeling that something was missing.

There is an old persimmon tree and a sacred well, but the only thing missing is a thatched pavilion.

He gave the order, and soon a strong man came and quickly built an antique thatched pavilion.

The thatched roofs are messy and the rosewood pillars look a bit shabby, but they add to the flavor.

He stood with a sword in his hand. The west wind blew, shaking off the red leaves all over the ground. Ye Yang thought of his own experience and was moved. He leaped up and took out the Red Maple Sword. The sword light split and a hissing sound continued to be heard.

After a while, he stood up and wrote three big characters "Shouzhu Pavilion" on the plaque of the pavilion.

To be simple is called perseverance, it is called diligence. Only the simplest in the world can defeat the most skillful in the world. (1)

The mediocre people of ancient and modern times have all failed because of laziness, while the talented people of ancient and modern times have all failed because of arrogance. (2)

……

Ye Yang gained some understanding and continued swinging his sword, thinking of a very famous couplet from his previous life.

With his iron pen and silver hook, he continued to write with his sword, carving two lines of words on the rosewood pillar.

The first line is "Perseverance is the most important thing, why sleep at three in the morning and get up at five in the morning"

The second line is "The most useless thing is to be exposed to the sun for one day and cold for ten days"

At this moment, the wooden door creaked, and Xiu Ya walked out of the room, her eyes full of spring water, and she said happily: "Sir, I seem to have broken through to the second level of ventilation."

"good."

Ye Yang praised her, saying that the early stages of cultivation in the Tongqi realm were relatively simple, but now that Xiu Ya had entered the second level of Tongqi, she could relatively practice magic.

He planned to let Xiuya practice auxiliary spells such as plant growth, and take care of spiritual herbs and materials.

"There is a book of herbal secrets in the Sutra Library that can promote the growth of spiritual herbs and can also be used to extract spiritual liquid, which is quite good."

Ye Yang thought to himself, but this matter was not urgent, he said: "I can't get away for the time being, I will write a letter, you give it to the new Han Bao couple, and tell them to come over, we have something to discuss."

Xiu Ya took the letter excitedly. She felt that she was finally no longer just a vase in front of Ye Yang, but was participating in his life.

So she took the letter from Ye Yang in a panic, twisted her hips and walked out the door.

After a while, Xiuya completed the task and came back.

She was panting with exhaustion, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said to Ye Yang with a look of surprise:
"Sir, when I came back, I found, I found..."

"Tell me what you found."

She was so anxious that her face turned red and excited. After taking a sip of water, she said, "I found a large spiritual field growing outside our yard."

"What...Spiritual Field?"

"Look, it's here."

She reached out her hand and pulled Ye Yang out the door.

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(1) (2) Both are from Zeng Guofan’s family letters

(End of this chapter)