Facing the slashing sword light, Zhou Shu showed no fear at all, but showed a bit of excitement, as if he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

He sheathed his sword and the rainstorm suddenly stopped.

"The sky will be blue after the rain!"

The last move of the Rapid Rain Sword Technique is also the only defensive move.

The sword light swept up and made countless crosses, instantly forming a large net, like a tight cyan barrier, blocking Zhou Shu behind him.

Li Aojian's slash came as expected.

It struck the cyan barrier like thunder and lightning, splitting most of the barrier in an instant, but the barrier rolled up layer by layer and rolled towards the sword light.

With a series of bang-bang-bang sounds, the sword light and the barrier were entangled together, reaching their peak and suddenly exploding.

The white light suddenly appeared, and a whirlwind suddenly appeared on the ground. Dust and fallen leaves were blown everywhere. In the smoke and dust, Zhou Shu slowly walked out with a bit of a smile, "Old Li, your chop is not easy.

."

This battle was evenly divided and seemed thrilling, but in fact it was not very dangerous.

Both of them used wooden swords and did not use magic weapons at all. Even though the momentum was high, in the end it was just a competition of simple moves, and a competition of each other's understanding of sword techniques.

Li Aojian walked over with some apology on his face, "I'm sorry, Xiao Zhou. As soon as the sword power came out, I only cared about the sword and didn't care about anything else."

He had a kind of enthusiasm for swords that was almost worshipful. When he used the sword technique with all his strength, he basically threw away everything else.

"It's okay, you are supposed to be like this, I understand. Besides, you and I are both wooden swords, what does it matter?"

Zhou Shu waved his hand and didn't care too much. Zhou Shu could understand Li Aojian's temperament.

Seeing Zhou Shu's understanding, Li Aojian became much more relaxed, "Xiao Zhou, you don't look like a person who has only practiced sword techniques for a few months. You understand the Urgent Rain Sword Technique thoroughly and are almost ready to catch up."

It’s me.”

Zhou Shu smiled and said, "I'm still far behind. Speaking of which, you are really powerful. You stand there with the aura of a swordsman. The one-cut sword technique just now was not able to be used by many inner disciples. If you changed to Fei

As for the sword, I probably wouldn't be able to block the last blow, and I'm not very good at practicing."

"Can not be done."

Li Aojian shook his head, "I feel like there's always something missing. The real Yi Zhan Sword Technique is not like this."

"What's that like?" Zhou Shu was a little curious.

"Uncle Fang said that the ultimate sword-cutting technique is to catch the opponent by surprise, but when the opponent feels the sword, the sword has already fallen on him. Only one sword is enough, and no matter how many opponents he faces,

Dozens, hundreds, all the same."

Li Aojian sighed softly, "The key is to catch people by surprise, but I seem to be far from it. And it is simply impossible to catch dozens or hundreds of people by surprise."

Zhou Shu nodded thoughtfully, "It feels very mysterious. No wonder you come to see the fallen leaves. If you think about it carefully, the fallen leaves are similar. They are also unexpected. They are floating down here piece by piece, and you don't even notice their existence.

It's normal, but after a while it's all over the ground, and you're still wondering, hey, why did so many leaves fall in such a short time?"

"Ah! What did you say?"

Li Aojian was suddenly startled, staring straight at Zhou Shu, his expression becoming very excited.

Zhou Shu repeated, "Falling leaves, although they are floating everywhere, few people pay attention to them. By the time they want to pay attention, they are already all over the floor, and they cannot be swept away no matter how hard they sweep."

Li Aojian slapped Zhou Shu hard, with an extremely excited expression on his face, and suddenly said loudly, "I understand, I understand!"

"Understand what?"

Li Aojian held the sword tightly, "This cut is not about highlighting speed! Surprise does not necessarily require speed. Like falling leaves or drizzle, it moistens things silently, which is the essence of surprise!"

"Is that so?"

Li Aojian nodded seriously, and then saluted Zhou Shu, "Well, I woke up the dreamer with one word. I thought wrong before and wanted to win with speed, but my current state is simply unattainable. Thank you, Xiao Zhou."

Zhou Shu was still a little confused and had no choice but to respond.

When he looked again, Li Aojian had already gone far away, and he couldn't even see his back.

"I'm just talking casually... It's unexpected. Every time I see the fallen leaves on the ground, I have this feeling. How come so many of them are falling..."

Zhou Shu muttered a few words and walked towards the pavilion.

In the dilapidated attic, Xu Lie was busy. There was a huge wooden barrel in front of him. He was so focused on his work that he didn't even notice Zhou Shu coming in.

"Senior brother, what are you busy with?"

Xu Lie was startled for a moment, then turned around and saw Zhou Shu, and said hesitantly, "I didn't do anything."

Zhou Shu raised his eyes and saw that the medicinal liquid in the wooden barrel was similar to the one he used, but it was much stronger. He immediately understood, "Senior brother, are you also planning to refine your body to achieve a breakthrough like this?"

It seems that Xu Lie no longer intends to refine his mind, but wants to soak his body directly with the medicinal solution like Zhou Shu, without using his spiritual power to block the medicinal solution, and fight to the death, so that he may be able to break through the foundation building realm.

After his worries were revealed, Xu Lie looked a little embarrassed. He scratched his newly grown beard a few times and said loudly, "I'm just trying it to see if this liquid is harmful."

"Oh, junior brother understands."

Zhou Shu smiled and didn't say much, just looked at Xu Lie with a strange look.

Xu Lie glared at Zhou Shu, "Why did you come to me? Go practice as soon as possible if you have nothing to do, don't get in the way!"

"Something happens."

Zhou Shu took out a jade slip and handed it to Xu Lie, "Senior brother, I went out to do a mission a few days ago and found a spirit stone mine near the monster hunting area. The address and other information are recorded here, and I will leave them to my senior brother for disposal."

"What, spirit stone mine?"

Xu Lie grabbed his beard with his hand, feeling a little surprised.

"Yes, it should be the third level. I've seen it. There are a lot of medium-grade spiritual stones that can be mined." Zhou Shu nodded.

Seeing Zhou Shu's solemn words, Xu Lie also believed it, but he did not accept the jade slip and asked doubtfully, "Why do you deal with it for me?"

Zhou Shu spread his hands and pretended to be helpless and said, "Junior brother, I can only use brute force and cannot mine such precious minerals. Senior brother is very capable and knows many people, so I'll just find someone to mine it."

He stuffed the jade slip into Xu Lie's body again.

Xu Lie stretched out his hand to block it, "The third-level spirit stone mine can produce at least 50,000 to 80,000 medium-grade spirit stones. Although it takes several years to mine, a new batch of spirit stones will be produced every ten years, and there will be a steady stream of them.

, you don’t want such a good thing yourself, but you want to give it to me?”

Zhou Shu showed a bit of displeasure, "When did senior brother become like this? Just take it as you go. When I took your elixir, I wasn't as verbose as you."

Xu Lie shook his head, "It's different, it's to save lives."

"In my opinion, there is no difference. This spirit stone mine is more useful to my senior brother than to me. Just take it away. Regardless of whether you want it or not, I will leave it here!"

Zhou Shu didn't say much, just slapped the jade slip on the table, turned around and left.

"return!"

Xu Lie shouted, "Okay, I'll take it."

Seeing that such threats had an effect, Zhou Shu turned around with a smile on his face, "That's good, I have other things to talk to senior brother about."
Chapter completed!