The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

The eighth key to swordsmanship is that the sword in your heart does not float or sink.

Heart Sword is a unique and profound martial arts concept, the core of which lies in the deep cultivation and cultivation of the inner world.

It does not focus solely on the sharpness of external moves or the mighty internal strength, but rather on cultivating the practitioner's inner qualities and concentration.

The sword of the heart and the state of mind must be as solid as an extremely solid rock. No matter how complex and ever-changing the external environment is, or how violent the storm or raging waves one encounters, there must not be the slightest wavering.

From the moment you embark on this path of cultivation until the end, you must always keep your heart as peaceful as still water, and always maintain a mind as cool as ice.

In this way, we can clearly and accurately understand the subtle situation and make the wisest and most appropriate decision as quickly as possible.

When facing a powerful enemy, if the practitioner is restless and uneasy, it will be easy to expose his own weaknesses and flaws, thus giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

Conversely, if one can truly achieve the state where the mind and sword are one, one can use inner calmness and tranquility to restrain the opponent, wait for the opponent to make his move, and then suddenly exert force when the time is right to strike back.

This powerful force that comes from the depths of the soul is undoubtedly more decisive than simply relying on force to charge forward, and it can be regarded as the only way to defeat the enemy.

For example, the great swordsman Gai Nie.

Gai Nie, this legendary figure born in the turbulent and war-torn late Warring States period, was a famous swordsman of that era.

His superb swordsmanship is like the brightest star in the night sky, shining brightly and attracting attention. It has not only been passed down through the ages in China, but has also spread overseas and shocked the world.

Gai Nie was born in Wei State, a country full of mystery and ancient cultural heritage.

At that time, another hero, Jing Ke, a native of Wei, had been obsessed with books since childhood. Everyone knew that Jing Ke "loved reading and fencing."

After the fall of the Wei State, Jing Ke traveled to Yuci, Handan and other places in the Zhao State like a lone goose. He had no country and no home, like a rootless duckweed drifting with the current, floating like dust on the road, insignificant and with nowhere to turn to...

After arriving in Yan State, he spent the whole day singing and drinking in the streets under the moonlight.

One day, when Gao Jianli was drunk, he played the zither and Jing Ke sang along with the music. The more they sang, the more devoted they became. Their voices became more and more passionate, and their hearts became more and more sad...

The loud singing attracted many onlookers, and more and more people gathered.

Jing Ke and Gao Jianli turned a blind eye to people's pointing and watching, and didn't care at all.

A horse is far from the frontier, a boat is far from the river. Snow is waiting for the empty mountain, no one is returning on the wild road. The quiet window hears the subtle music, loneliness covers the empty room. Where is the lone wild goose going, the morning wind leaves traces of dew.

When they sang the sad and generous part, Jing Ke and Gao Jianli cried bitterly facing each other, tears streaming down their cheeks, as if no one was around, as if the world was empty and they were the only ones walking forward alone...

No matter how sad your heart is, no matter how many tears you shed, life still has to go on. Some people and some things are destined to carry different missions.

When Jing Ke heard that Gai Nie was famous for his extraordinary swordsmanship, he couldn't help but feel a strong admiration for him like a surging wave.

So, Jing Ke embarked on a long journey without hesitation, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, rushing from that distant land to Yuci, just to witness the style of this legendary swordsmanship master with his own eyes.

Finally, the gears of fate began to turn, and Jing Ke and Gai Nie met.

They were frank with each other, sharing their stories, ideals and aspirations without reservation, as friendly and natural as old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

Soon, they formed a deep friendship.

Gai Nie knew very well that Jing Ke had great ambitions and was definitely not an ordinary person.

However, in terms of swordsmanship, although Jing Ke has achieved considerable accomplishments, there is still room for improvement.

Therefore, Gai Nie decided without hesitation to devote all his efforts to teaching Jing Ke everything he had learned throughout his life.

During this period, the two often exchanged ideas and discussed swordsmanship together. Every competition was a wonderful visual feast, with the two sides going back and forth, and the sword shadows interlaced, dazzling the eyes.

There is no banquet in the world.

Because Qin continued to expand and threatened the security of neighboring countries, Yan State was threatened by the powerful Qin State, and Prince Dan decided to stop the expansion of Qin State by assassinating the King of Qin.

Prince Dan revealed his true feelings to Jing Ke, "If we can kidnap the King of Qin and make all the princes return the invaded territories, like Cao Mo did with Duke Huan of Qi, then it will be a great success; if not, then I will assassinate him."

At first, Jing Ke firmly declined the extremely dangerous and difficult task that Prince Dan asked him to assassinate King Ying Zheng of Qin.

However, Prince Dan persevered and showed extraordinary determination and sincerity. He not only regarded Jing Ke as an extremely honorable prime minister, but also granted him a series of astonishing preferential treatments.

A gentleman dies for his friend!

Faced with such deep affection, Jing Ke's chivalrous heart was gradually touched, and he finally agreed to Prince Dan's request.

On a dark, windy, and silent night, Jing Ke and Prince Dan quietly met in a secret room deep in the palace, surrounded by strict guards to ensure that no one could spy on the earth-shaking event they were planning.

The two of them sat around a rustic wooden table with a dim oil lamp on the table. The faint light illuminated their solemn and serious faces.

Jing Ke and Prince Dan sat face to face, looking at each other sincerely, and saw the firmness and determination in each other's eyes.

Open the bow without turning back the arrow.

They lowered their voices and began to discuss every detail of the assassination in detail and thoroughly.

After a long period of careful consideration, they finally found a seemingly feasible entry point - that is, the strong interest shown by King Ying Zheng of Qin in the vast land of Yan State.

Based on this key factor, they carefully designed a clever strategy. They decided that Jing Ke would personally carry the map of the fertile and rich Du Kang area of ​​Yan State to Qin State and ask to see the King of Qin in the name of presenting the map.

At the same time, they also had to bring the head of Qin's rebel general Fan Yuqi as another extremely tempting "gift".

With these two precious "baits", it must be enough to attract the attention of King Qin and successfully obtain the rare opportunity to get close to him.

Fan Yuqi was originally a general of the Qin State. Later, he offended the King of Qin and fled to another country. After many years of exile, he finally fled to the Yan State.

King Ying Zheng of Qin slaughtered Fan Yuqi's family and offered a reward for his head with "a thousand pounds of gold and ten thousand households".

Jing Ke requested to present Fan Yuqi's head and the map of Du Kang to the King of Qin so that he could assassinate him, but Prince Dan could not bear to do so.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, Jing Ke personally visited Fan Yuqi in private.

On that quiet night, with candlelight flickering, Jing Ke frankly explained the entire assassination plan to Fan Yuqi.

Fan Yuqi committed suicide immediately to help Jing Ke assassinate Qin. Later generations praised him in poems: The four heroes are as heroic as the wind, and their sincerity surpasses the white rainbow.

Not only Jing Ke and Prince Dan were moved by Fan Yuqi's sacrifice of his life to complete this great action by committing suicide, but everyone who knew about this action admired Fan Yuqi's loyalty and courage.

The arrow is on the string and must be fired.

In order to increase the success rate of the assassination, Prince Dan ran around, searching hard for a weapon that could deliver a fatal blow.

After all, you only get one chance.

Hard work pays off, and we finally find out that the dagger forged by a Zhao woman named Mrs. Xu is extremely sharp and is the best in the world.

Prince Dan purchased it as if it were a treasure, and then ordered people to carefully refine the dagger with extremely toxic poison, and finally carefully hid it in the carefully drawn Du Kang map.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

After some screening, Prince Dan chose the young and brave Qin Wuyang as Jing Ke's partner to help him complete this difficult task.

On the day of departure, Prince Dan led a few trusted guests, dressed in snow-white clothes and white hats, and came to the bank of the Yishui River with heavy hearts to see Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang off.

Gao Jianli sat on the bank holding a zither. As his fingers plucked the strings, passionate and sad music sounded.

Jing Ke and Gao Jianli had a tacit understanding and sang in unison: "The wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold. The warrior will never come back once he leaves!"

The song resounded through the sky and echoed on both sides of the Yishui River. It was full of Jing Ke's heroic spirit of facing death with indifference and never looking back, which was very moving.

At the reception ceremony of the King of Qin, Jing Ke successfully attracted the King of Qin's attention, but was discovered and counterattacked by the King of Qin when he was about to assassinate him.

After Jing Ke's left leg was cut off by the King of Qin's extremely sharp sword, he threw the dagger at the King of Qin with all his might like a trapped beast, but he missed and eventually died tragically at the hands of the King of Qin's guards.

After Jing Ke's assassination attempt on Qin failed, Gao Jianli had to hide his identity and work as a servant in Songzi County.

Later, the King of Qin learned that Gao Jianli had superb skills in playing the zither, and like a horse trainer discovering a thousand-mile horse, he summoned him to the palace to play.

Unfortunately, Gao Jianli's identity as Jing Ke's friend was eventually exposed. However, Gao Jianli was an excellent zither player, so Qin Shihuang cruelly sent someone to blind Gao Jianli just in case, and then kept him by his side.

Gao Jianli, filled with grief and hatred, was determined to avenge his best friend Jing Ke.

He knew that assassinating the King of Qin was a life-or-death struggle. But a gentleman should do what he should do and not what he should not do. Even though he knew that the assassination would lead to his death regardless of success or failure, Gao Jianli resolutely embarked on this road of no return.

Just like before, on the banks of the Yishui River, Jing Ke stood with determination.

Gao Jianli carefully prepared his plan. He slowly poured heavy lead water into the zither that had accompanied him for many years. Every drop of lead water seemed to carry his endless killing intention towards the King of Qin. When the last drop of lead water was integrated into the zither, this instrument was no longer just a carrier of music, but became a deadly weapon.

However, fate always seems to play tricks on people.

Although Gao Jianli had an extremely firm will and determination, his blindness was an unchangeable weakness. But even so, he still did not give up his mission.

Finally, the moment of assassination arrived. Relying on the directions in his memory and his familiarity with the layout of the Qin Palace, Gao Jianli walked step by step towards the man feared by the whole world.

When he got close to the King of Qin, he held the sword tightly with both hands and struck the King of Qin with all his strength.

Unfortunately, due to his blindness, his attack deviated and failed to hit the target accurately.

The King of Qin was horrified and furious. He never expected that a blind man would dare to assassinate him. So, Qin Shihuang ordered the execution of Gao Jianli without hesitation.

In this way, Gao Jianli, a man of great righteousness and ambition, ended his tragic and regrettable life, just like his close friend Jing Ke.

Although these thrilling assassination attempts on Qin Shi Huang ended in failure, Jing Ke and Gao Jianli's noble qualities of valuing righteousness over their own lives, their brave and calm style of doing things, as well as their fortitude and heroic spirit, were like the dazzling stars in the night sky, deeply imprinted in everyone's heart, inspiring generation after generation to forge ahead bravely and not fear any difficulties or obstacles.

The land of Yuci has added countless mysteries and heaviness because it gave birth to such an outstanding swordsman.

Jing Ke died.

Fan Yuqi died.

Prince Dan fell.

Even Gao Jianli fell.

But, the sword is still there! The sword's heart is still there!

Su Xiaoya finally gained a deeper understanding of the concept of "heart sword".

The so-called sword of the heart, the key is that there must be a sword deep in the heart.

When a person's heart is as solid as a rock, no matter he faces the complex and ever-changing situation in the outside world, or encounters violent impacts like storms and huge challenges like raging waves, his beliefs will never waver in the slightest.

Thousands of hammers and chisels have been used to carve out a mountain, and the raging fire has burned it with ease. I am not afraid of being crushed to pieces, I just want to leave my innocence in the world.

This kind of perseverance and persistence is not limited by the environment, time or space, but simply comes from the deep-seated persistence in ideals and beliefs.

Although what everyone desires to protect is different, as long as one can keep his thoughts unobstructed and his mind firm, he will naturally be able to achieve outstanding results in swordsmanship.

For example, Gai Nie.

A full house of flowers drunk three thousand guests, a sword of frost and cold fourteen states.

Gai Nie is a pure swordsman, his whole body and mind are only the sword. The sword spirit he possesses can be called the purest and most flawless essence of sword.

It can be said that he was born into the world because of the sword, and he will also die for the sword calmly.

Gai Nie, has devoted his entire life to the unswerving pursuit of the supreme peak of the sword path.

The famous sword Yuanhong in Gai Nie's hand is like a bright light in his life, endowing him with endless strength and courage.

The Yuanhong Sword is not only extremely sharp and can cut through iron like mud, but it is also awe-inspiring because of the mysterious power it contains.

With Yuan Hong in his hand, Gai Nie was like a tiger with wings, and his swordsmanship reached the pinnacle of perfection.

Every time when Gai Nie wielded the sword, the sword energy would rush out like a surging torrent, crisscrossing between heaven and earth.

The sharp sword energy whizzed past, bringing with it a series of piercing sounds of breaking through the air, as if it could tear the void into countless pieces.

Such power is truly shocking and jaw-dropping.