The Sixth Piece: Nine Swords Compete for Hegemony! Chapter 23: Establishing the Dao Scripture Third Update

  "Now, I have attained enlightenment, and it is the Supreme Great Way, the highest of all wonderful doors! Tang Lin raised his head to gaze at the sky, "Nine Swords Aspiring for Hegemony... I will surely occupy one of the positions!"

  Tang Lin sat calmly on the stone table, "No need to rush into battle for now. This time, I have gained a very deep understanding of the Dao, especially during my contemplation, it seems as if I have entered a realm that is mysterious and profound. The distinction between good and evil thoughts has become clear, and all the heavenly gods and paths are presenting themselves before me."

  "Life and death path, reincarnation path..."

  "I want to write down all my insights, and when the day comes, if I have a disciple, I will pass them on to him. If not, I will pass them on to Little Nianfeng. When she grows up, with these insights, she can easily understand her own way."

  Tang Lin immediately snapped his fingers, and the wolf-hair brush that was often used to draw talismans in the storage ring appeared. At the same time, several sheets of soft, high-quality white paper floated onto the stone table like flying snow.

  Tang Lin's expression was solemn and stern, he picked up his brush and began to write, the strokes were bold and powerful like a sword carving into stone.

  "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao..."

  Tang Lin wrote as he pondered the insights he had gained when he came to understand the Tao. The first sentence means that the Tao can give rise to countless great paths, great paths give rise to lesser paths, and lesser paths give rise to subtle principles.

  The extremely way is the extremely way, the supreme great way above all living things!

  "A name is a name, but it is not an ordinary name..."

  Tang Lin concentrated his mind and picked up his pen, thinking of the original Tao that he had come to realize, all life originated from the primitive and multiplied.

  All roads start from "one".

  "Non-being is called the antecedent of heaven and earth; being is called the mother of all things..."

  "Thus the constant void enables one to observe its subtlety; the constant being enables one to observe its manifestations..."

  "These two have different names but the same origin, both are called Xuan!"

  "The mystery upon mystery, the door of all wonders!"

  Tang Lin's brush flew swiftly, quickly finishing the writing. Dozens of characters danced on the snow-white paper. Tang Lin put down his brush, carefully reviewing it once to confirm there were no mistakes. Then he immediately put away the paper and pen.

  "Everything should have a name. Since this article records the moment I gained enlightenment, let's temporarily call it 'Tao Te Ching'!"

  Tang Lin yearned in his heart and said: "I don't know if I can enter the realm of 'Mystery within Mystery' and 'Gate of Wonders' again next time."

  What is referred to as the gate of all wonders is a very rare state that one enters at the time of sudden enlightenment, where all the wonderful principles in the universe are presented before oneself.

  It is called "the gate of all wonders"!

  This "profound and mysterious" state can be encountered but cannot be sought.

  After doing all this, Tang Lin left the Tian Xiang Building and headed to the huge square in the center of Tian Yu City. From a distance, he saw that it was packed with people, and his eyes were fixed on the intense battles taking place on the eight battle stages.

  The competition has entered its final five days.

  Everyone goes crazy, desperately challenging. Desperately fighting, hoping to rise from the killing. And thus improve their ranking.

  Tang Lin showed his wooden sign and entered inside. After that, he directly came to the edge of a battlefield and said to a young man from the Tianyu tribe: "I want to challenge."

  "Please show your participant card."

  Tang Lin handed him the wooden sign.

  The young Tianyu clan member took a glance and said: "Your current ranking is 1,250th. How many ranks do you want to challenge?"

  "Tenth place!" Tang Lin said directly.

  The young man of the Feather Tribe was taken aback, looking at Tang Lin in surprise and muttering: "Don't tell me you're a hidden genius, and you were just playing around before."

  Tang Lin didn't say anything.

  Not speaking at times can be understood as "consent".

  The young man of the Tianyu tribe quickly handled it for Tang Lin and said, "Please go back and wait patiently, I have already notified you."

  Tang Lin took back the wooden sign and returned to the courtyard of Jiuxiang Building to wait.

  ……

  A elegant building with a wine house, in the top floor room.

  A girl in a light green dress sat in front of a wooden table, holding the wordless "Tianji Scroll" in her hands, gazing at it intently.

  "Sad Wind Sword Technique... Sad Wind Sword Technique..."

  She furrowed her delicate eyebrows, and with her innate talent, although she could see the profound principles of the "Sorrowful Wind Sword Technique" from this "Heavenly Mechanism Volume", to comprehend it was still somewhat beyond her grasp.

  "What is the main idea of Beifeng Jianfa? How can we combine 'Bei' and 'Feng' into one?"

  "Two different moods blended together..."

  The girl in the aqua green dress pondered, suddenly thinking of the boy who had fought with her before, wasn't he the one who combined light and darkness into one?

  "He's going, I must go too!" The girl in green clothes immediately became spirited and refreshed.

  Whoosh!

  Just then, a white bird flew in from outside the window and landed on her shoulder.

  The girl in green clothes frowned, in the last few days of the tournament, she rarely received a challenge letter, and every owner of the challenge letter was very strong.

  "I'm currently in 10th place, and my position is precarious. If I can make a breakthrough in the last few days, I might be able to enter 9th place, which would guarantee me a spot in the top 10." The girl in the water-green clothes had a serious expression as she opened her challenge book.

  As long as one person stronger than her appears, she will drop out of the top ten.

  So when she received the challenge letter, her expression was very serious.

  "Huh? Tang Lin?" The water-green clothed girl was taken aback when she saw this name, and suddenly remembered the boy who had been defeated by her half a month ago, who seemed to be called Tang Lin.

  "He's still not giving up, and he's coming to challenge me again? Last time I only used a tenth of my power, it seems that he still hasn't realized the gap..." The water-green clothed youth slightly furrowed his eyebrows, put down the challenge letter, and stored the "Tianji Volume" in his storage space.

  Then she left the room.

  ……

  Jiuxiang Building, in the courtyard.

  Tang Lin sat by the pool, savoring a cup of top-grade tea. Beside him, strings of pearl-like water flows floated on the surface of the pool, dancing in mid-air like swimming fish and changing into various shapes.

  This water sometimes condenses into ice and sometimes transforms into flying swords, as if born from self-consciousness.

  "Ever since I gained insight into the Way, my soul seems to have transformed, and I am not far from the realm of 'wandering in the void'..." A faint smile appeared on Tang Lin's lips.

  "Second sister, as long as I enter the top ten, I can help you recreate your physical body."

  Whoosh!

  A white flying bird flew over. Tang Lin withdrew his thoughts and smiled lightly: "Really fast."

  He stood up and walked out of the Tiān Xiāng Lóu, the white flying bird's letter didn't need to be looked at to know that it was a reply to the challenge book.

  Because he is one of 1,250, at the bottom, this is an existence that no one can challenge!

  Arriving at the vast square, Tang Lin's gaze swept across and landed on the sixth battle stage. He saw a girl in a light green dress standing quietly on the stage.

  Tang Lin stepped up onto the stage, one step at a time.

  "It's really you." The girl in the water-green clothes looked at him with slightly furrowed eyebrows.

  Tang Lin smiled lightly and said: "Not seeing you for half a month, you've fallen to tenth place?"

  The girl in the aqua-green dress looked at him and said, "You directly dropped to 1250th place, I thought you had given up on the competition. Why are you still thinking of challenging me today?"

  "Where one fails is where one must rise again." Tang Lin smiled and said: "Moreover, I didn't expect the tenth place to be you."

  The girl in the green dress nodded and said, "Then let's begin."

  "Please."

  The two of them chose their own weapons from the weapon rack. This time, Tang Lin chose a broadsword, while the girl in the green water dress chose a slender sword.

  "This time, I won't show mercy." The aqua-clothed girl gazed at Tang Lin and said, "You'd better be careful."

  Tang Lin nodded slightly.

  The referee beside him immediately announced the start of the battle.

  Tang Lin stood still and silent, the sword in his hand shining with a soft golden light under the sun's reflection.

  "Life and Death Road - Withered!"

  The girl in the aqua-green dress grasped the sword tightly, and a layer of gray mist appeared on the blade. The air around the mist wrinkled rapidly, as if the air itself was withering away.

  What can withstand the withering of the world?

  "The First Sword of Cold Water!"

  The girl in the aqua-green dress gazed at Tang Lin, her hand suddenly rotating the sword. The sword energy cut through the void, the move not particularly elegant, but giving off a sharp and icy aura, as if all things on earth would be extinguished under this one sword.

  "Life and death... " Tang Lin's eyes flickered, "It's just a small path, the end of life and death is reincarnation, the end of reincarnation is origin, the end of origin is nothingness, the end of nothingness... is all living things!"

  He walked slowly towards the water-green-clothed girl.

  "Your way is my way..."

  "Your swordsmanship is my swordsmanship..."

  "Everything of yours, I possess..."

  Tang Lin's body was circulating with a chaotic colored glow, and on the broadsword in his hand, a gray mist appeared, and the air at the edge of the mist twisted rapidly.

  Tang Lin's fingers pinched it away.

  The tip of the sword in the hand of the green-clothed girl fell onto his two fingers.

  "Your sword is my sword..."

  Tang Lin's wrist shook, and the sword in the hand of the aqua-green clothed girl miraculously twisted, appearing in his hand.

  "What?!" The water-green-robed girl's face changed greatly as she exclaimed in shock: "It's only been half a month since we last met, and you've actually attained enlightenment, and it's even the Dao of Life and Death!!"

  Tang Lin smiled slightly and said: "What I have come to realize is not the way of life and death, but the way of all living beings."

  "What is the way of all living things?" The girl in the green water dress was taken aback.

  "All living beings are me, and I am all living beings..." Tang Lin said softly: "I have no origin, no trace, I am everywhere."

  "What is this Tao?" The water-green-clothed girl exclaimed in surprise.

  "Unmatched Great Way!" Tang Lin's sword flashed, slashing towards the neck of the water-green-clothed girl. With her agility, she could completely avoid this not-so-fast slash.

  However, until the sword tip pointed at her neck, she couldn't dodge it, as if the air around her had completely fixed her body in place, unable to move.

  "You lost." Tang Lin said calmly.

  The girl in green clothes stared blankly at Tang Lin, she couldn't believe that the battle would end so quickly and so easily.

  She lost without even a single move, and they hadn't even really started fighting!

  Tang Lin put his sword back on the weapon rack and left the battlefield.

  All geniuses under the stage are just a flash in the pan.

  They only saw a water-green-clothed girl hand over a sword, which was pinched by Tang Lin's two fingers, and then Tang Lin stabbed the sword towards her neck, and the battle ended like this!

  ……

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