The Lone Walker

"Brother Chen, if you really want to practice these two sword techniques, I once met Gui Hai Bai Lian when I was young. His Xiong Ba Tian Xia is indeed unparalleled in the world, and is many times more powerful than Ba ​​Dao."

"It's a pity that this sword technique can control one's soul. If not, with my personality back then, I would definitely learn a thing or two. You should think about it." Gu Santong frowned and advised Chen Fan earnestly...

"Senior Gu, is there no way to suppress this evil nature?" Although Chen Fan was eager to learn these two sword techniques, he was also afraid of becoming a demon who killed people without blinking an eye, so he asked immediately.

"The Shaolin Calming Mantra and the Wudang Purifying Heart Mantra, although these two mental methods can suppress some, but the devil is always one step ahead of the good. If it's just about dominating the world, then it's easy to deal with. But as for the unpredictable three swords of the Avici Road... It may be difficult to be completely unaffected," Gu Santong said after thinking for a moment.

…At this moment, Chen Fan, who was thinking hard, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then he wrote down a paragraph:

If your heart is as pure as ice, you won’t be startled even if the sky falls.

No matter how things change, you will still be calm and at peace;

Forget yourself and keep oneness, and the six senses will be at peace;

Abstinence nourishes the spirit, selflessness and inaction;

They looked at each other from top to bottom, their expressions were dependent on each other;

Intentional entrance, subduing thoughts;

There is nothing inside or outside, it is as clear as turbid ice;

Not stained by dust or worldly things;

The void is Ning Mi, nothing at all;

Nothingness gives rise to each other, difficulty and ease complement each other;

Forgetting one's own identity and things, becoming one with the whole world;

The universe is limitless, and all things are one;

Flying flowers and falling leaves, open-minded;

Thousands of worries finally left my mind;

When the brows are relaxed, the mind becomes peaceful and tranquil;

The mind is free from worries and the thoughts are free from attachments;

To release the mind and spirit, there is no soul;

The spirit is pure and unified, the qi is harmonious and the soul disappears;

The water flows without alarming me, and the clouds are slow in my mind;

A heart that does not add to anything, free from all things in the past and present!

"Gu Santong watched Chen Fan write down such a strange spell inexplicably, and immediately read it out loud. The more he read, the more frightened he became. He was a martial arts genius, and when he saw this strange spell, he immediately practiced it in his mind. Suddenly, he felt calm in his heart, his mind was clear, and his thoughts became active..."

"Senior, you are a senior in the martial arts world and a master of martial arts. I wonder if this method, combined with the meditation mantra and the heart-clearing mantra, can create an internal energy method that is strong enough to suppress the evil nature that dominates the world." Chen Fan couldn't help but ask as he saw Gu Santong getting deeper and deeper into trouble.

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"This... I'm afraid it will take some time. With these three mental methods in hand, it should be completed in three to five days at the least, or a year and a half at the most. Inside your magic weapon, it will only take one or two days. But having said that, does your mental method have a name and who created it? It's really amazing." Gu Santong said.

"This is a mantra that a swordsman in my hometown uses to practice the magic sword and suppress his evil nature. It's called (Ice Heart Sutra). I wonder what you think of it, senior." Chen Fan said half-truthfully.

"Alas, after all, our predecessors have set great examples, and we, the later generations, have benefited from them. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to create a new martial art. After all, you have to know that any new martial art is the result of the ancients' painstaking efforts and a lifetime of hard work to complete, and some even take several generations to complete." Gu Santong said.

"Then I'll trouble you, Senior. Please perfect the technique as soon as possible. I will set out now to get these two sword techniques..."

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Deep in a dense forest, two men appeared out of nowhere. Fortunately, there was no one nearby, otherwise it would definitely cause a sensation. They were Chen Fan and Cheng Shifei. Gu Santong insisted that Chen Fan take Cheng Shifei with him.

At this time, although Cheng Shifei's Vajra Indestructible Art had not yet reached the level of transformation, he was still a master, at least not weaker than the other three secret agents.

“Brother Chen, then, where are we going? There’s no one around here. Aren’t you looking for some sword skills? This…” After all, Cheng Shifei has returned to his roots. The talkative and gangster temperament he developed in the underworld has not completely changed, but no matter how you look at him, he seems to have inherited it from Gu Santong, and is exactly the same as his father when he was young.

Chen Fan immediately grabbed Cheng Shifei's shoulders, activated his telekinesis, and soared into the sky. In the time it took them to finish a cup of tea, they arrived at the city closest to the capital. They randomly found a restaurant, and after eating and drinking, Chen Fan took Cheng Shifei into the guest room and said seriously: "Little Feifei, I have a task that I need you to complete. You go to the capital..."

Cheng Shifei immediately felt disgusted by this new title, but remembering his father's instructions to him, he patted his chest and promised that he could go through thick and thin and any task would not be difficult for him...

After seeing Cheng Shifei off, Chen Fan rode as fast as he could, and flew for an hour before asking for directions and finding Shuiyue Temple. Using telekinesis to investigate, he discovered that there was only one person in the house.

This person was none other than Gui Hai Bai Lian's first wife, Lu Huanong. In order not to alert the enemy, Chen Fan quietly took away Gui Hai Bai Lian's belongings. With a scan using his telekinesis, nothing could escape his detection, making it easy for him to steal.

After a short rest, they set off for Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain. The purpose of this trip was to collect the coffin of Gu Santong's wife Suxin (a living dead). Although placing the coffin in an extremely cold place could ensure that the body would not decay, it was not as safe as storing it inside the Xuantian Tower.

Moreover, this move could make Zhu Wusi panic. A tyrant could only kill him completely by grasping his vital point of strength. At the same time, he could also do Gu Santong a favor and let him do his best to improve his martial arts.

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