Chapter 81: Divine Skills and Wonderful Techniques
After going up to the third level, I already had a plan to choose the sword technique, so there was no hesitation.
There have been many ways to divide swords since ancient times. For example, the more advanced ones are sword courage, sword intention, sword heart, sword power, and sword soul!
There is also a more straightforward classification. For example, to describe a swordsman's swordsmanship, you can praise him for being both active and quiet, unpredictable, light and heavy, fast and slow, and hard and soft.
Speed and slowness, hardness and softness, weight, virtuality and reality, movement and stillness... When a swordsman can master the essence of these contradictory fencing states and integrate them into one, then he is an out-and-out master.
The swordsmanship that Hou Zi learned before was all straight forward and fierce, with the characteristics of being fast, strong, heavy, solid and dynamic!
Now if he wants to improve himself, he must start from the other side of the sword, which is slowness, softness, lightness, emptiness, and tranquility!
The first level of fierceness is straightforward and easy to learn. If you have the courage to hold the sword, you can move forward indomitably; but these aspects of the second level are difficult and require a long time to polish and learn how to embody the opposite sides of these swords in battle.
How to control the field and the rhythm? Disrupt the opponent's shots through changes in rhythm, instead of being slow and gentle and being beaten into a pig head by the opponent.
He picked up about ten sword books on this subject and put them into his pocket. It was not because he was greedy, but because he might not be able to come back for some time in the future.
Carrying these jade slips back to the old man on the first floor, registering and burning them, and signing a legal deed that will not be passed on to others. This is a necessary procedure.
The old man trembled slightly, but his speed was not slow, but he was old after all. He accidentally dropped a jade slip on the ground. Seeing that he was clumsy, he had to bend down to pick it up. How could Hou Zi, who always loves to help others, look at this?
Let it go.
"I'll come, I'll come..."
He bent down to pick up the jade slips under the table legs, but when he leaned down, his eyes happened to see that one of the wooden legs of the Eight Immortals Table was a few inches shorter. The reason why it remained stable was because the short leg had a dark bamboo slip cushion.
Trust.
Use slips to pad the legs of the table? This is a big deal.
"Senior, your table leg is lame. How about my disciple help you find a carpenter to repair it?"
The old man shook his head indifferently, "That's all, let's just leave it like this. Anyway, it's been there for hundreds of years. It's been passed down from generation to generation. The ancestors didn't repair it, so why should I? There's no reason to pay for it to be repaired by the public."
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Hou Tzu was speechless and said, "How about I find you a piece of wood of the same kind to use as a stepping stone? It's like using slips. It seems a bit..."
The old man glanced at him with turbid eyes, "What's wrong with the slip? Anyway, no one has read it for hundreds of years, and you can't practice it after reading it... It's better to use it as waste."
Hou Zi's heart moved, "What kind of skill? No one has mastered it for hundreds of years?"
The old man ignored him and continued to burn jade slips of swordsmanship. But at this time, Tsuta's inner fire had been aroused, and his curiosity was aroused. Isn't this how the so-called magical skills in the legend came about?
He bowed deeply and said, "Old man, I wonder if this disciple can read this booklet? Well, I don't want to practice seriously, I just want to gain knowledge..."
The old man liked to ignore answers. After being pestered for a long time, he spoke impatiently.
"Don't do this to me! Don't you just want to practice hard in secret, hoping that one day you will be a blockbuster and be a saint in front of others?
Let me tell you, this booklet explains things that most people won’t read because they are afraid of wasting the time of those of you who are so ambitious. In the end, after all the hard work, nothing was accomplished..."
After a pause, he softened his tone and said, "But, seeing as you've always been polite and considerate, and understand things, it's not impossible to negotiate.
This slip is old and cannot be reproduced. If you want it, you can take it away, but it will cost you ten spiritual stones. I am not an old man, but I want to make money from you. In fact, the slips in the building have their own number, and I still have to find materials.
These words are carved one by one by hand. If you calculate it this way, are ten spiritual stones very expensive?"
Hou Ting secretly rejoiced in his heart, "It's not expensive, it's not expensive. Your predecessors are upright and upright, and they are just a role model for our generation."
Every monk has a surging heart, pursuing the goal of reaching the sky in one step, but some people are very outgoing, and some are introverts; Hou Zi falls into the category of introverts. This is why he spent ten spiritual stones in Liuyang City
The reason why I bought five rubbish books.
For a monk like him who has limited time to practice, such a temptation is difficult to refuse.
In terms of the essence of his motivation, he was very satisfied with his swordsmanship direction, but he was not greedy enough and wanted to get such opportunities in other directions.
"Don't tell people when you go out. If you practice it, your natural reputation will be spread all over the world. If you don't practice it, it will be another joke..."
"No need to worry, the juniors are not superficial people."
Hou Tizhi walked out of the Hidden Sword Tower with great satisfaction. Overall, the trip went smoothly, with clear goals and unexpected surprises.
A servant came up to him with a smile on his face. Hou Zi recognized him as Jiang Nanying's follower. This kind of pomp was indispensable in a wealthy family, and not only him, but also Yu Xinglie and Ma Rujun were always served, and only Zong Qian was there.
Wang Mian, like him, was alone.
"Uncle, Mr. Jiang is waiting for a banquet at Lianhenglou to welcome the uncle. He has sent me to wait for him here."
Hou Zi burst out laughing. These guys had really good noses. He was caught as soon as he came out, but he couldn't help but disturb everyone's interest.
"Lead the way! Also, who are the other junior brothers at this banquet?"
The servant said respectfully, "In addition to the Second Master Jiang, there are also the Third Master Yu, the Fourth Master Ma, the Fifth Master Zong... It seems that only the Sixth Master Wang is not here. I guess he is still in retreat?"
Lianhenglou is not the most luxurious restaurant in Jincheng, but it is unique in Jincheng's catering industry; because most of the people who come here are monks, many of the ingredients are real magical things, and the payment is made with spiritual stones, which is not something ordinary mortals can consume.
Affordable.
The distance was not far, and we arrived in a moment. We went to the private room on the second floor. It was spacious and bright. In addition to the few junior disciples mentioned by the servant, there were actually three women. It seemed that they were also cultivators. One was to cultivate Yuan and the two were to induce Qi.
Everyone held hands and introduced each other. The two attractive women were Jiang Nanying's sister Nanzhi, Yu Xinglie's niece Baozhu, and Ma Rujun's cousin Peiyuan monk Ma Erjie.
When they first met, Ma Rujun even joked about introducing her cousin to him, which was of course a joke; a mortal woman's marriage depends on her parents' matchmaking, but once she enters spiritual practice, she has much greater autonomy.
Everyone sat down one after another, and Jiang Nanying explained: "Our brothers have successfully crossed over to the border one after another. I originally thought that we would wait for everyone to gather together before we could have a good time together, but Junior Brother Yu and I have already decided on a place to be sent abroad and will be leaving soon.
I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait for good news from Junior Brother Wang, so..."
It's very polite, but full of information.
It also took Hou Zi half a month to make the breakthrough. Jiang Laoer and Yu Laosan were able to decide where to go. Apparently the breakthrough was very smooth and had been completed long ago. Now only Wang Laoliu is left, and I don’t know what is stuck.
