The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 138 - 87 Exorcism

Chapter 138: Chapter 87 Exorcism

"Good." Households Commander Zuo’s laughter was like thunder.

In a competition of equal strength, Xu Qing’s Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber had already gained the approval of Households Commander Zuo.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir."

Households Commander Zuo patted Xu Qing on the shoulder, smiled broadly: "Gongming, do you think there is still room for improvement in this Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber technique?"

After a brief contemplation, Xu Qing replied, "The Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber technique passed down by you, sir, consists of fifty-seven moves. I believe there might be one or two more."

"Exactly, your ability to realize this shows the high levels of your martial arts comprehension, far beyond what ordinary people can achieve." Households Commander Zuo nodded in praise and then said, "The Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber has two more moves that I haven’t taught you. It’s not that I’m withholding them, but you need to figure them out on your own. Whether it’s saber technique, swordsmanship, or gunmanship, after the master leads you into the realm, you must create your own content. The last two moves are like the questions in your Imperial Examination; the better your answers, the higher your attainment in this saber technique."

Xu Qing seemed thoughtful.

The previous moves of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber were like model essays for eight-legged essay, and techniques such as lifting, chopping, slashing, and wiping were like the basics of the Four Books and Five Classics in the eight-legged essay.

Xu Qing suddenly had an inspiration.

Since the last two moves of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber were like answering questions based on previous content, like writing an essay.

Why be confined by the final two moves?

He took the earlier moves as a basis, and pieced together his own "essay", what harm could there be?

He started a saber move, then executed a strike; it was remarkably the opening form of the White Tiger Jumping Over the Stream from the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber.

For a moment, Households Commander Zuo didn’t understand what Xu Qing was intending.

But he also admired Xu Qing’s proficient and skillful moves.

This is a sign of solid martial arts foundation, and it also shows Xu Qing’s physical condition, which completely allowed him to comfortably perform various moves of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber with confidence and ease.

But what happened next surprised Households Commander Zuo even more.

Because Xu Qing didn’t complete the move White Tiger Jumping Over the Stream, instead, he switched to the second half of another saber move "Scissors Diving Freely."

The combination of half of each of these two moves, although not as naturally fluid as the original complete moves, would be different in actual combat.

Because the moves of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber were originally created based on martial arts norms.

By deconstructing and piecing them together, Xu Qing created a sense of wondrous freedom.

Xu Qing broke down a set of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber into pieces; while reassembling them, albeit some moves were not entirely functional or their power diminished, some moves still impressed Households Commander Zuo.

After a long while, Xu Qing stood with his saber and bowed to Households Commander Zuo, "This young man has brazenly modified your saber technique, I hope it brings amusement."

Households Commander Zuo shook his head: "In martial arts, inspiration is most important. Gongming, you are the most talented martial artist I have ever seen. What you did just now has given me many insights."

Xu Qing’s piecing together of saber moves inspired Households Commander Zuo, he was originally proficient in the Eighteen Weapons, but his master reminded him that human energy is limited, mastering one type of saber technique or swordplay was already enough to compete with the world’s heroes. Greedily biting off more than one could chew might hinder the progress of one’s martial arts.

Households Commander Zuo listened to his master and focused on saber techniques.

Now it seems, was everything his master said correct?

Since saber techniques could have various different moves, why can’t the Eighteen Weapons be seen as piecing together saber techniques?

This way, wouldn’t his breadth in martial arts tactics vastly expand?

The more he contemplated, the more he saw the potential in this area.

Plus, he was a households commander of the Inner Factory, already possessing techniques of saber, sword, gun, and hidden weapons...

Using the resources at hand, he could even create his own unique combat system.

This is just like a literary genre, swordplay, saber technique, gunmanship are like different literary themes, but why limit to one format for good masterpieces?

They belong to the Laoshan Shangqing Palace of the Taoist sect, the Daoist Scripture states: Shape relies on intention, reach intention and forget the shape.

To reach the intention and forget the form!

The intent is key, why be confined by external forms.

Whatever martial arts moves, as long as they can defeat the opponent, they are good martial arts!

He suddenly had a great realization, deeply bowed to Xu Qing, "Gongming, a single word from an ancient teacher. What you just mentioned has given me more than just a hint of inspiration."

"I’m going into seclusion."

After a bow, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud and stride away.

His laughter was filled with indescribable joy.

At that moment, Xu Qing was also baffled but watched as Households Commander Zuo walked away. Though a court official, he still retained the unbridled spirit of the worldly society, an enviable ease and freedom.

"Goodness, this is a public-funded seclusion." Xu Qing finally realized.

Living off the court’s provisions, comprehending his own Dao.

Alright, Xu Qing felt envious.

He shook his head and decided to go home to eat dumplings.

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Qixia Mountain is a massive mountain range, and Black Wind Village was just a part covering a habitable area for humans; the rest of Qixia Mountain, filled with unexplored dangerous spots, was untouched by human influence.

Ancients say, deep mountains and great marshes often harbor dragons and snakes.

Xu Qing brought not many people, including two guards Wang and Ma, Monk Fayue from Vajra Temple, plus Su Lianqing using the Divine Soul Disguise Technique, disguised as a servant mingling beside Xu Qing.

King Lin, knowing Xu Qing had acquired the Fox Attraction Incense, was overjoyed.

With this artifact, the chances of luring out the Three-tailed Black Fox were much larger.

Besides this, Xu Qing also brought a bag of Poison Smoke, a legacy from Elder Tang, more effective than lime but hard to produce. Although Xu Qing had obtained a poison manual among Elder Tang’s belongings and learned the methods to produce Poison Smoke, he couldn’t yet gather all the ingredients.

But he had handed this matter over to Xu Fu to research, as he was particularly gifted in this field.

Xu Qing was well aware that a person’s energy is limited.

Even with the bronze mirror, he couldn’t afford to be too distracted by miscellaneous studies, lest he neglects the essence.

Exactly in miscellaneous studies, Xu Fu possessed considerable talent.

It must be said that many ordinary people have unique talents, but they may not necessarily be discovered.

A thousand-li horse is common, yet a Bole is rare indeed.

If not for meeting Xu Qing, Xu Fu might have remained an ordinary civilian his entire life.

Of course, having such a subordinate put Xu Qing at ease.

The group arrived outside a valley.

King Lin said, "The snow this year is particularly heavy, the snow accumulation is deep. Once we enter the valley, we must not make too much noise to avoid triggering an avalanche."

With his martial arts, even in the event of an avalanche, he was confident he could escape, but his subordinates and the people brought by Xu Qing might not have the ability to do so.

Guard Wang, having also wandered through the south and north, couldn’t help but sigh, "Over the past ten years, it’s gotten colder each year, with natural disasters and man-made calamities constantly occurring, the world is becoming increasingly unstable."

King Lin coughed.

Guard Wang inevitably felt a bit embarrassed; speaking of the instability of the world in front of a bandit leader wasn’t it like scolding a monk in front of a bald man?

Well, Master Fayue was also beside.

The group cautiously approached the valley, not yet entering it.

Xu Qing stopped, King Lin’s ears twitched, he looked forward and said intently, "There’s an ambush."

Suddenly, a pair of green eyes appeared at the mouth of the valley.

"Wolves," King Lin gasped.

The appearance of these wolves was clearly no accident.

"Fire arrows."

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

A succession of sharp arrows pierced the air, shooting towards the wolf pack.

But these hungry wolves scattered wide, and the arrows were sparse and not dense.

Xu Qing, mounted on his Fire Cloud Horse, faced the charging hungry wolves, and the horse beneath him was not afraid. Xu Qing carried a long spear on his back, a Bull Horn Hard Bow, and a sharp knife at his waist.

Seeing a hungry wolf pouncing, he advanced instead of retreating, pushing his long spear forward.

Bull Demon Strength erupted, piercing the belly of the hungry wolf on the spot.

But soon another wolf pounced, Xu Qing drew his waist knife and immediately made a cut.

The others also joined the fray.

However, these wolves had obviously been hungry for a long time and were not afraid of death.

One after another, they charged, draining the stamina of Xu Qing and the others.

King Lin, holding a long spear, dove into the pack of wolves.

At this moment, his unparalleled strength combined with the long spear, displayed his martial valor to the fullest.

"In ancient books, a warrior capable of fighting thousands is nothing more" Xu Qing thought to himself, if King Lin had been born in Wagang Village, he surely would have been a well-known hero.

The path of martial arts greatly depends on innate talent.

With King Lin paving the way with his unparalleled martial valor, the wolves gradually couldn’t compete and started to retreat.

Just as everyone relaxed slightly, suddenly, puffs sounded in the air.

With his keen eyesight, Xu Qing saw blood-stained pebbles hitting one bandit after another from Black Wind Village.

Xu Qing’s Fire Cloud Horse was agile, dodging several pebbles.

But those bandits didn’t have such quick reactions.

Moreover, the blood qi of the Fire Cloud Horse boiled up, no less intense than Xu Qing’s own blood qi.

This large horse, weighing six to seven hundred catties, was more robust than the renowned Ferghana horses, its whole body muscular and bones strong, more powerful than most martial artists.

If not for Xu Qing’s powerful Divine Soul, he couldn’t have controlled it.

With the eruption of the Fire Cloud Horse’s blood qi, those pebbles seemed naturally afraid, not daring to come towards Xu Qing.

At this moment, however, Master Fayue’s expression drastically changed.

Su Lianqing also realized something, sticking closely to Xu Qing, not daring to stray half a step.

"Young master, this demon, must have cultivated to the Great Success of Exorcism realm."

"Great Success of Exorcism?" Xu Qing was secretly startled.

The realm following Divine Soul Day Trip is Exorcism, and Great Success of Exorcism is no small matter. For example, those who cultivate the Divine Soul, once reaching Great Success of Exorcism, a most obvious characteristic would be using the Divine Soul to control a Magic Sword, moving as swift as lightning.

The legendary Sword Immortals were mostly such people.

Once reaching this level, the Divine Soul drives external objects, moving beyond the usual scope of combat skills, making it difficult for others to defend.

Su Lianqing had once said, even within Luo Sect, those who have cultivated to this stage are extremely rare, usually only senior Elders.

Knowing that the yang nature of his Qi-Blood was restraining to Divine Soul, even though Great Success of Exorcism was formidable, it was still the Divine Soul directing external objects; thus, Xu Qing’s explosion of Qi-Blood made the adversary wary.

Luckily, he also brought his Fire Cloud Horse; a man and his horse, their explosive blood qi matched even the present King Lin’s, not inferior at all.

Immediately, he stabilized the situation!

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