Chapter 173 Really, just a little bit!
Xu Chunlin took the chess piece from the restaurant nearby and looked at the snow-white and lustrous stone.

He chuckled and said, "I set up a trap here, but no one joined. When did the masters in Tai'an City become cowards?"

Xu Chunlin looked at the people he had mentored. Although some of them had praiseworthy qualities, very few of them were truly valued by Xu Chunlin.

At this moment, he couldn't help but laugh at himself: "Tai'an City is a densely populated city. What I have done these days may be seen by others as just a show of force."

"Whatever, I earned this face after all!"

Xu Chunlin destroyed the ring with a wave of his sleeve, nodded towards the restaurant, and then began to walk slowly.

"I wonder where Master Lu is going?" Some people who had been instructed by Xu Chunlin stepped forward and asked.

"Prepare the battle post!"

"Pick one person first to greet you!"

.........

First stop, Lu Mansion.

Tangxi Sword Master Lu Baijie had not yet entered officialdom at that time, but his elder brother Lu Daolin had joined the Imperial College.

It so happened that Lu Baijie came to Tai'an City for a visit, and Xu Chunlin also invited masters from Tai'an City to join the game. He was excited to see the prey, so he stayed for a few more days.

But he didn't know that Xu Chunlin had already set his first target on him. It was said that the Lu family had some relationship with Beiliang. His eldest sister Xu Zhihu married into the Lu family in Jiangnan.

Xu Chunlin did not have much resentment towards Lu Baijie. His character was upright and he had the reputation of being the Tangxi Sword Immortal.

Lu Baijie is the youngest son of the Linlang Lu family, one of the four major families in Yangzhou, and also the most outstanding talent. He was given the ancient sword Baxiu at the age of eleven and has practiced sword for thirty-three years. This sword was the last sword forged in the Tangxi Sword Furnace, and its origin is not small.

Before the death of the previous head of the Lu family, he intended to pass the throne to Lu Baijie, but he refused because he was devoted to swordsmanship. Later, he entered the officialdom and started as an assistant minister of the Ministry of War. He then rose rapidly to become the minister of the Ministry of War and became an important official in the court.

His martial arts realm is extremely high and his combat power is first-class. He had the hope of becoming a god on earth, and his sword of kingly way was able to catch the eye of Wang Xianzhi.

Wuping once made a special list of sword reviews, and Lu Baijie from Huting County, Yangzhou, was prominently listed. He commented that Lu Tangxi's sword intent was upright and majestic, and although the name of the sword contained the word "Ba", it was a well-deserved kingly sword!
Although Lu Baijie and Li Chungang have similar reputations in the martial arts world, their influence on the entire sword art is very different. Although Lu Baijie is known as the Sword Immortal, his strength is far inferior to Li Chungang, and he cannot be considered a top master.

Xu Chunlin broke open the gate of Lu Mansion with a sword energy and waited outside.

Accompanying him were a group of onlookers, some of whom were warriors who had received more or less instruction from Xu Chunlin, and they served as witnesses.

In a short while, Lu Baijie appeared outside the door. He was dressed as a scholar and holding the Baxiu sword. When he saw Xu Chunlin, he suddenly asked, "Excuse me, is this Little Lu Zu in person?"

Xu Chunlin waved his hands and said, "I am not the Little Lu Zu. It is just a title given by others. I believe you already know the purpose of my visit."

Lu Baijie smiled casually, stretched out two fingers, and gently touched the scabbard. The famous sword was half unsheathed, and he looked at Xu Chunlin and said:

"I have some self-awareness. I am only at the Profound Realm now, so I am not your opponent. That is why I did not challenge you."

"You just didn't expect me to come to your door, right?" Xu Chunlin said with a playful look.

"That's right. Since a guest has come to our door, how can we not return the courtesy? Although I am not talented, I also want to see the skills of the young Master Lu." There was a hint of fighting spirit in Lu Baijie's voice.

"Please forgive my rudeness!"

After saying that, Lu Baijie held the sword in one hand and flew towards Xu Chunlin.

Xu Chunlin nodded slightly. He admired Lu Baijie's courage. This was the attitude a warrior should have. He waved his hand casually and a sword energy shot out from his fingertips.

The sword light was like falling stars, although it was a sword technique, the idea behind it was derived from the spear idea. At Xu Chunlin's stage, the spear idea and the sword idea were indistinguishable from each other as his mind went.

The sword light went straight for Lu Baijie's throat.

Lu Baijie's eyes narrowed. He felt the sharpness of the sword energy and did not dare to be careless. The Baxiu sword in his hand was wrapped with true energy and held horizontally in front of him for defense.

"Keng!"

The sound of metal clashing was heard, and the sword energy collided with the Ba Xiu Sword. The Ba Xiu Sword trembled countless times in an instant. Lu Baijie only felt a huge force coming, and his body involuntarily retreated, leaving two plow marks.

"So weak?"

Xu Chunlin raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Baijie and said, "You want to save some strength before fighting with me?"

"Cough cough!"

Lu Baijie covered his chest, feeling a dull pain inside. He exhaled a little, regrouped and said, "I took it for granted!"

"Then please be careful next time!"

I saw the Baxiu sword in Lu Baijie's hand spinning, and his true energy was continuously injected into it, stirring up the strong wind and turning it into a wind force.

Because there are many bamboos in the Lu Mansion, which symbolize the integrity of scholars, all the surrounding bamboo leaves are drawn into it, and with one move of sword-making, the fallen leaves and flying flowers are turned into swords.

The wind turns it into a dragon, and the dragon uses bamboo leaves as scales, transforming into a blue dragon, with its scales and claws flying, carrying the wind and sword energy. A Baxiu sword is in it, serving as the finishing touch.

Finally, the sword is in a defensive position, ready to strike!

"Zheng!"

"hold head high!"

With one sword strike, thousands of swords move at the same time. Bamboo leaves turn into swords, mixed with wind blades, sharp and piercing, giving people a feeling of mind being torn apart, as if thousands of swords were being struck at the same time.

The blue dragon circled and turned into a storm of sword blades, with wind and swords rolling, as if it wanted to strangle the person in front of it.

Although it was loud and powerful, it was caused by the involvement of countless energies, and it fully demonstrated the wonders of the Zhixuan Realm. Although Lu Baijie was in the Zhixuan Realm, he had already possessed some of the charm of the Tianxiang Realm by using this sword-forging method and the use of external objects.

"Cang Long? No, it can also be called Qing Long!"

Xu Chunlin grinned and said, "Is this imitating Li Chungang's two-sleeved green snake?"

The original two sleeves of green snakes were two hundred-foot-long sword snakes. The two groups of sword energy complemented each other, killing the enemy invisibly. They were extremely powerful and took the illusory sword intent. There were as many as sixty-six sword styles alone, and each one would have corresponding changes. It was truly unpredictable and was Li Chungang's specialty.

But now the sword Qinglong was wielded by the Baxiu Sword, which actually added a sense of grandeur.

This Ba Xiu Sword was once Yang Yuzhang's sword. He was limited by his own aptitude and his attainments in swordsmanship were mediocre, but his vision was not bad. Whenever Li Chungang fought against others, he would have a headache every time he saw this guy watching the fight.

Lu Baijie's childhood name was Tangxi, and Yang Yuzhang was his mentor. When he met him by chance, he was given the Baxiu Sword and half of the sword manual. In the past 33 years, he dared not slack off for a single day, and Yang Yuzhang highly praised Li Chungang, saying that the two sleeves of green snakes were enough to dominate the sword world for 50 years.

This also made Lu Baijie fascinated by Li Chungang for a long time, which led to the creation of the Azure Dragon Sword.

It’s just a pity!
The reason why the Two-sleeved Green Snake is not called the Two-sleeved Green Dragon is that once the snake turns into a dragon, although it looks noble and majestic on the surface, it becomes a mount for immortals and loses the ability to keep moving forward and break free from constraints.

In traditional culture, the image of the snake symbolizes agility, indomitable spirit and wildness, while the dragon represents nobility, majesty and immortality.

Although this sword of the Azure Dragon is full of magnificence when it comes to sight, it has actually lost its true meaning. Moreover, even if it is imitating the Blue Dragon, it does not have the sense of transcendence and holiness.

Lu Baijie followed the path of kingly sword, delusionally hoping to recreate the might of the two-sleeved green snake by following the path of kingly sword, and even intended to surpass it, but he ended up falling behind.

Xu Chunlin looked at the magnificent sword force but did not take it to heart at all. He did not rush to attack, but quietly observed Lu Baijie's attack, thinking about what could be improved.

Although this sword seems to be powerful, it actually has many flaws.

If Lu Baijie knew that Xu Chunlin had the leisure to ponder his swordsmanship, he would probably vomit blood!
"The power of the Profound Finger Realm is still a little lacking after all." Xu Chunlin commented secretly in his heart.

However, he did not mean to look down on Lu Baijie. On the contrary, he admired Lu Baijie's courage and perseverance.

Kendo is actually something that requires a lot of talent and ability. That’s why Li Chungang dared to say: If I, Li Chungang, had not been born, Kendo would have been in darkness forever.

It was because of his amazing talent in swordsmanship that he could be called a swordsmanship genius that only appears once in five hundred years. He was the only one in the past thousand years whose swordsmanship could be compared with Lu Zu.

Counting Li Chungang's past, when he first entered the martial arts world, he flew across the Yangtze River on a sword in Guangling; he went to the Dongyue Sword Pool and defeated Wu Wei of the Plum Blossom Sword Sect; he entered the Wu Family Sword Tomb and defeated the Wu Family Sword Master, and took away the famous sword Wooden Horse and Ox.

He forced a sword-like woman who roamed the South China Sea barefoot back to the sect with just one finger; he defeated the spear-immortal Wang Xiu and gave him guidance; he defeated Xuanyuan Dapan; he declared that there were no swordsmen in Western Shu, and entered Shu alone, killing sixteen sword masters who blocked his way.

He went west to Mount Nalanda, asked Buddha questions with a sword, and killed twenty-three Arhats; he fought against Wang Xianzhi, won six out of seven battles, and in the last challenge, he valued Wang Xianzhi's talent and was unwilling to use his sword to open the Heavenly Gate, even at the cost of destroying his own reputation. He let Wang Xianzhi break the wooden horse and ox, and then went down the mountain in a free and easy manner.

It has to be said that this man was indeed a very romantic person and lived a free and easy life. It was a pity that he was trapped by love in the second half of his life and imprisoned himself with Lord Tingchao.

With the comparison, we can understand how difficult it was for Lu Baijie. He devoted himself to sword training for more than 30 years to obtain such a sword, the Azure Dragon. It has to be said that he was determined and persevering.

Just relying on the four words "simple and honest" is rare!

Just as Xu Chunlin's mind was racing, in the moment he was thinking, the blue dragon sword arrived in an instant.

Faced with the mighty blue-scaled dragon, Xu Chunlin had no choice but to suppress his thoughts and deal with the crisis in front of him, which was actually not a big crisis at all.

In Xu Chunlin's eyes, countless sword moves flashed by, and he had already figured out how to break them.

Xu Chunlin made a sword-like finger with his hand, pointing at seven stars, dividing out seven meteor sword lights, breaking the surface with points, and each sword light pointed to the place where the Azure Dragon's flaws were connected.

It was like seven nails of heavenly punishment, fixing the blue sword dragon in place.

The blue dragon is composed of dragon horns, dragon head, dragon body, dragon heart and dragon tail, just like the seven stars of the Azure Dragon in the East.

Jiao is the dragon's head, Kang is the neck, Di is the chest, Fang is the dragon's belly, Xin is the dragon's body, and Wei and Ji together represent the dragon's tail.

The seven sword lights broke the connection and cut off the energy. The sword dissipated on its own, leaving only broken bamboo leaves and scattered wind.

Although the Azure Dragon was majestic, it had lost its agility. If it were Li Chungang's two sleeves of green snakes, even if they were controlled by the sword light, they could still split into countless sword energy green snakes and continue to bite and cling.

So, it has lost the meaning of agility and change!
This sword of Qinglong is just the sword intent of the kingly way. Although the kingly way is strong, it is constrained everywhere and cannot exert its power. It can only be like a dragon entering a prison, which will fall without any attack.

Seeing this, Lu Baijie's face was filled with dullness: "It's broken just like that? It took me decades to comprehend this sword, and the sword that I am so proud of is broken just like that?"

The moment the Azure Dragon was shattered, I'm afraid this person's Taoism heart would also be shattered!

Xu Chunlin touched his nose bridge, feeling a little embarrassed. To be honest, he didn't want to break Lu Baijie's swordsmanship so easily, but seeing that he was already right in front of him, he naturally had to use the most energy-saving method.

So Xu Chunlin just broke it.

My thirty years of hard work cannot even compare to someone else's sudden enlightenment. It can only be said that comparing yourself with others will make you feel thief!

Lu Baijie stood there in a daze, feeling an indescribable sense of frustration in his heart. Although he knew in his heart that he was no match for the person in front of him, he did not expect to be defeated like this.

He originally thought that his Qinglong sword skills could cause some trouble to Xu Chunlin, or at least demonstrate what he had thought and learned over the years.

However, the reality was so cruel that his swordsmanship was so vulnerable in front of Xu Chunlin.

Seeing this, Xu Chunlin couldn't help but sigh and consoled him: "The road ahead is long and arduous, I will continue to explore, the way of the sword is so vast, success or failure at the moment doesn't matter, I have only gone a little further than you."

"Really? Just a little bit!"

As Xu Chunlin spoke, he made a gesture.

Lu Baijie then took a deep breath and tried to calm down his disappointment. He was not someone who could not afford to lose, he just didn't expect that he would be defeated so easily.

"Well, according to the old rules, I'll give you a sword!"

Xu Chunlin said something, and in a flash he appeared in front of Lu Baijie.

He stretched out a hand, grasped the Ba Xiu sword in Lu Baijie's hand, and twisted it gently. Lu Baijie felt his hand lighten, and the Ba Xiu sword was unexpectedly taken away by Xu Chunlin.

He was startled and wanted to snatch back the Ba Xiu Sword, but Xu Chunlin had already swung the sword far away.

I saw that the sword of the green dragon was actually performed by Xu Chunlin at this time, but the sword of the green dragon performed by Xu Chunlin was more complete than the one performed by Lu Baijie. It was like a green bamboo node, and the whole green dragon was integrated without any flaws.

In addition, there is also a different meaning in it. The sword is in the shape of a blue dragon, with two horns on its head and scales on its body. The whole body is blue in color, and every scale is visible.

The east is wood, its emperor is Tai Hao, its assistant is Jumang, who enforces the rules and governs spring, its god is the year star, its beast is the blue dragon, its sound horn is, and its sun is armor and armor.

In an instant, a very sunny and warm breath spread out, and as the spring breeze blew, tender buds actually sprouted from the surrounding bamboo branches.

Soon, the surrounding area was covered with green trees and blooming flowers.

"Thank you, Little Master Lu, for your guidance!" Lu Baijie clasped his fists and bowed, his voice revealing a bit of sincerity.

Xu Chunlin said with a double meaning: "Hold on to the green mountain and never let go. The roots are in the broken rocks. After thousands of blows, it remains strong, no matter which direction the wind blows."

"A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Similarly, according to the principle of life and nature, the spring breeze can also create a forest!"

(End of this chapter)