I survive in the weird Liaozhai

Early the next morning, Gu Nian'an came to the top of Xiaoqing Peak with a long sword.

It is now mid-winter (November in modern times) and the weather is a bit cold.

However, his martial arts foundation from many years of training was still there, so he could still withstand this cold.

Gu Nian'an stood on the top of the mountain and looked around. The entire Xiaoqingfeng was lush and green.

Although it is winter now, there are many pines and cypresses on Xiaoqingfeng Peak, so it does not look bleak even in this season.

Looking at the lush green scenery at the foot of the mountain, he was a little troubled for a moment.

The forests of this era have not yet experienced the ravages of industrialization, so the entire forest is full of ancient trees that are dozens or even hundreds of years old. If the site for setting up the formation is not chosen well, the workload would be terrifying.

Finally, he found a good place to the north of Xiaoqingfeng.

This place is only a dozen meters away from the top of the mountain, and the mountain is flat. With a little treatment, it should be able to form a platform of about 100 meters.

And because this place is located on the north slope of the mountain, there is not enough sunlight, so the trees as a whole do not look too thick, which makes it much easier to handle.

Arriving at the chosen venue, Gu Nian'an picked up the long knife in his hand and observed carefully.

There were two purposes for going up the mountain to cut down trees this time. One was to clear out a suitable area to set up the fake "Heavenly Questions" formation.

Secondly, he wanted to study swordsmanship. In this age of cold weapons, whether in terms of deterrence or lethality, having weapons and not having weapons are two completely different concepts.

Although his fists were powerful, it was completely impossible to fight against cold weapons at this stage.

Therefore, if he could learn a suitable weapon technique, his lethality in a head-on confrontation would be greatly increased.

Looking at the long sword with sheath in front of him, Gu Nian'an fell into deep thought.

The sword is the courage of all weapons. If you don't have the spirit of fearless and brutal killing, it will be difficult to achieve any success with the sword.

In his previous life, he had watched many martial arts TV dramas, but only two people left the deepest impression on him as masters of swordsmanship.

"Fu Hongxue" and "Ding Peng"

Fu Hongxue's swordsmanship is very simple, just the most common sword-drawing technique, but his swordsmanship is very fast, like thunder and lightning, and the enemy's body is separated before he can even notice it.

But Ding Peng is different. His sword is based on the understanding of all the changes in the world's swordsmanship, and then he integrates all the changes into one unchanging sword.

So every strike of his is a special move, every strike is a killing move.

Two different people, both top masters, but taking completely different paths.

But at this moment he didn't have many choices.

He had never met many knife-wielding masters, nor did he have any secret manuals of top knife techniques to refer to, so it was impossible for him to reach Ding Peng's level of integrating all changes into one knife.

Therefore, "Fu Hongxue" is his best choice at this time.

However, there are many sword masters in the world, and there are also many who learn the art of sword drawing.

But there is only one "Fu Hongxue", and he is the only one who can master the simple sword-drawing technique to the level of a sword god.

The reason for this is probably due to personal efforts, experience, and talent.

Fu Hongxue has no life, no ideals, and his only goal in life is revenge.

Therefore, his swordsmanship is full of a tragic and heroic will. If you don't have a similar state of mind, it would be a pipe dream to want to master his swordsmanship.

It is somewhat unrealistic to copy Fu Hongxue's swordsmanship, but it's not a big problem to just learn from it a little.

Besides, Gu Nian'an had a very interesting idea and he also wanted to conduct laboratory experiments.

Since coming to this world, he found that his memory and concentration have greatly improved. As long as he is willing, he can almost devote himself to one thing and completely ignore all distractions. This is also the reason why he can learn many skills in just six years.

Since it is impossible to have the state of mind of "Fu Hongxue", then simulating another state of mind may bring good results.

Gu Nian'an slowly lowered his hands, closed his eyes, and relaxed his whole body.

After a moment, the chirping of insects and birds in the mountains and the rustling of leaves in the wind all disappeared from his ears. Only a little bright light remained in his heart, nothing else.

The state of unity of man and nature pursued by Taoists, without thoughts, without ideas, can be achieved if one is prepared.

Without any unnecessary movements, the long sword at his waist was already unsheathed, shining with a cold, silvery light, and in an instant, the tree trunk as thick as a bowl was broken.

He let out a long breath, then squatted down and carefully examined the broken tree trunk.

I just reached out and touched the cut on the trunk, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

The cut on the trunk is not smooth, obviously caused by uneven force.

Moreover, the state of unity between man and nature, without thoughts, without ideas, is too difficult to maintain. The moment his body instinctively drew his sword, it retreated, and it did not achieve the expected effect at all.

It seems that it will be a long and arduous journey to utilize the state of mind of unity between man and nature to perform sword-drawing techniques.

But it’s not entirely without gain.

Although he lost his state of mind of unity between man and nature as soon as he made the move, the smoothness of his subsequent sword-drawing could not be wrong.

Therefore, it is still possible to utilize the unity of nature and man to perform the sword-drawing technique.

The main problem that needs to be solved now is how to maintain that state of mind during strenuous exercise.

No thought means purity.

Do it when you should do it, there is no difference between thought and action, and between appearance and essence.

No thoughts, that is perfection.

Do not have any false thoughts, do not desire things that you should not get and cannot get, and do not obtain things that do not belong to you.

To have no thoughts is to be independent.

Everything external has nothing to do with me. The changes of reality and illusion are controlled by the heart. If my heart is not moved, then all things in the world and I are illusions.

These three states of mind require people to give up their senses, not be attached to external objects, and remain calm and motionless. In this situation, let alone taking action, one must withdraw as soon as there is the slightest distracting thought. For a moment, he didn't know where to start.

Forget it, forget it, let me think about it slowly.

Martial arts are not something that can be learned overnight. The main task now is to clear the site and think about it while chopping trees. Maybe a good idea will suddenly come to me someday.

He had specially selected this hundred-meter area, and there was nothing particularly difficult to clean up, but it still caused him a lot of trouble.

Clearing the site is not just about cutting down trees, but also about making the ground as flat as possible, otherwise the formation cannot take shape at all.

It took him seven or eight days to finish this area of ​​about a hundred meters.

Next he had to ask Taoist Qi Yuan for help.

As the main priest, the Taoist priest always has to memorize the sacrificial words in advance. It would be funny if he got stuck in the middle of the ceremony.

Also, the dance of my junior sister needs to be arranged in advance, so that the little girl can have some sense of participation.