Chapter 174: Huashan Sword Formation
Chapter 174: Huashan Sword Formation
Lin Yi planned to start training sword formation with true students, then move on to the upper court, and finally the lower court, so that all students leaving Huashan could share the discipline with the rest.
In addition, the ability to work in combat formation will be an additional test when promoted to the upper court.
At this thought, he immediately ordered a letter to be sent to the Hangzhou courtyard so that Han Bai, Yu Hai, and Jiang Xiaoyu would return back. He planned to use these three as the main instructors of the sword formation. Unfortunately, true disciples will not listen to them, so they will have to be dealt with personally.
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Ten days went by pretty quickly.
Three comrades returned to Huashan from Hangzhou.
Lin Yi at this time understood the three platinum techniques and the effect was noticeable. Previously, he couldn't handle the dodging and dashing techniques of Linbo's Move Set, so his speed was out of control. But now he managed to get used to how slowly time passed.
The Violet Mist gradually submitted to his control and Lin Yi found ways to use it most effectively. Although it will still take a lot of time before such changes in the properties of internal strength can be completely curbed.
The same applied to the Nine Lonely Swords. So far, he had only discovered one of the eight styles, but the thought of finding and exploiting flaws in his opponents' techniques penetrated deeper and deeper into him. He couldn't get her out of his head, but he needed practice.
In general, from the outside it seemed that Lin Yi was free during these ten days, but his brain worked non-stop, and he could not find a moment to rest. However, it was still a fairly calm time, considering that in less than a year a full-scale war with demons would begin.The shadow of Huashan's destruction loomed over him. He couldn't rest at a time like this.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
When the maid said that Bai, Hai, and Xiaoyu were waiting for him in the guest room, he did not change clothes and came out to them in training clothes.
“Big brother!” all three exclaimed joyfully.
Xiaoyu was simply beaming with happiness.
“Haha, Senior Brother Lin, I knew that you would become the top disciple!” Xiaoyu laughed. “You have matured so much this month!”
Lin Yi knew that this cunning little fox was flattering for a reason. This was his way of showing that he had a stronger connection than others..
Bai and Hai clasped their hands in greeting, their faces filled with respect and admiration. They saw the whole journey of their older brother, a legend was born before their eyes. But at the same time, they weren't even surprised when he took the place of the head student. Who else if not this monster??
Lin Yi nodded, slightly surprised by their progress. Han Bai discovered three meridians, and Hai and Xiaoyu opened two.
Of course, there was an insurmountable gap between them, but in comparison with the absolute majority of people, these three are real geniuses.
“I see you have achieved a lot. I am not disappointed in you,” Lin Yi nodded..
The guys stuck out their chests proudly. Praise from their older brother was their greatest honor.
“Okay, don't get too excited. Don't let pride cloud your eyes.”
Xiaoyu said in a dissatisfied tone:
“Well, yes, well, yes, big brother, you will make me very proud.”
Lin Yi couldn't help but smile and hurried to change the subject.:
“I suspect you're wondering why I called you to Huashan, right? Well, I want you to teach all the disciples on Mount Hua to work in formation. Start from the top courtyard, then move to the bottom, and send the most outstanding ones to the branches. In six months, all Huashan disciples should know our formation.”
“The reason for this is simple. By the beginning of the war, we should have as much power in our hands as possible. Don’t argue or object, the war against vicious cults will definitely begin. And it will be the most difficult in the lifetime of our ancestors. However, don’t try to convince others either. Let them believe what they want, time will put everyone in their place. Our task: to make sure that as many people as possible take the side of the survivors.”
Lin Yi spoke in complete seriousness, causing all three of them to flinch. Even if they didn't really believe in it, they didn't dare argue with him. Having spent so much time with him, all three knew that everything said by the elder brother would come true, which means that the war between the vicious cults and the righteous sects would definitely begin.
Immediately, without even resting from the journey, they went down to the upper courtyard with the signed decree of the chief disciple.
Everyone knew that he wanted to teach his sword formation from the meeting, so no one was surprised. People were only a little scared that now there would be another requirement for promotion to the upper court and into the ranks of true disciples.
But this only caused even more admiration for the ambitions of his older brother..
In addition, there were more than forty-five thousand disciples in Huashan. Three people could not teach discipline to everyone, so they chose fifty high court disciples to train them first. Then the best of them will be sent to train their teams, and so on, gradually increasing the snow globe rolling down the hill.
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Three days later, fifty students were selected and lined up. They stood under the hot sun and did not move. From time to time simple commands were heard, such as “at attention” and “at ease.”».
As in Hangzhou once upon a time, there were those who laughed at the formation that turns people into plants bathed in the sun.
Han Bai, hearing one of these, barked:
“Hey you. Tell me what you think sword formation is?”
“Sword formation?..” the student asked and thought about it. “Well, this is something exquisite, and as beautiful as it is deadly. This is what sword formation is!”
“What you are talking about is called sword art,” Han Bai roared with contempt. — How do you imagine “sophistication” when ten thousand people work in one team??
“Em...”
The student was at a loss for words. Ten thousand? He could imagine a ten-man formation, but at least a hundred? It already sounded like madness. After all, in every company there will be those who want fame and cowards who fear for their lives. The more people, the more chaos. How can so many people participate in the formation??
The other students also looked puzzled. They had never heard of formations of at least a hundred people, let alone thousands?
Han Bai snorted and waved his hand.:
“Discipline! Only discipline can do this! With her, hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of people obey orders as one! Now, languishing under the sun, they are adapting to discipline. This training will only end when they begin to follow orders as one.”
“Less than a month ago, five hundred Hangzhou soldiers fought against three thousand eagle guards and destroyed them without losing anyone! Because unlike them, soldiers act as a single mechanism, a huge fist, smashing everything in its path! There were many guards and they were all strong individually, but they could not do anything against a united group!”
People looked at each other in puzzlement and imagined such a scene in battle. Five hundred people, similar to each other like twins, clad in armor and with swords at their advantage. What could they do to them? How to stand alone against hundreds?
Any martial arts expert would immediately move to dodge, but where to dodge when there is a wall of hundreds of swords in front of you? And if you step back, the team will fall apart!
Everyone began to understand what result this ridiculous bathing in the sun could bring..
Han Bai said in a decisive tone:
“In a battle against demons, you will have only one chance to survive: know discipline! Only people who have gone through such hard training can unite together in one moment and turn from weak fingers into a fist! This is precisely the most important thing in the ranks: only trained fighters can gather in formation at one moment, both to protect themselves and to destroy opponents! So practice if you don't want to become cannon fodder in the coming war with demons!”
People looked at each other. In war? A war was approaching in which they would all have to participate.?
These words wiped the smiles off everyone's faces. Suddenly, everyone began to understand what drove Big Brother Lin's ambitions.