Tang Zhao was caught off guard. He had never seen so many words before, and the original annotation for "Tung Blossoms to Attract the Phoenix" had not come out with so many words all at once.
Taking a closer look, his heart skipped a beat:
That night when I watched Tonghua Yinfeng Jue, I felt that heavenly book coming back again.
This time, the text is not only profound, but also mixed with true heavenly scriptures.
The line of characters was dismantled one by one, into seven symbols, each of which was extremely complicated.
In the annotations, each symbol is divided into one paragraph, with separate explanations and analysis of its strokes, shapes, and usages in great detail. Finally, there is a large section of annotations and discussions on the combination of symbols.
Compared with Tonghua Yinfengjue, which at first glance does not understand a sentence, this annotation is in vernacular, and every sentence seems to be understandable. However, upon closer inspection, it has no beginning or end, no root and no reason, and it seems that there are more words missing than the annotation. A hundred times more basic knowledge.
The corner of Tang Zhao's mouth twitched. If we use Mr. Chen's metaphor, it's like asking primary school students to read medical monographs.
Si Liyu had already noticed that he was fiddling with the magic weapon over and over and remained calm.
The young military officer was not surprised. Looking at Tang Zhao, he knew that he had discovered the talisman in the magic weapon.
Since he has the qualifications, it is normal for him to be able to see the symbols, and it is normal for him to be interested when he sees them for the first time. Just wanting to know the mystery is wishful thinking, and it is something from another door entirely.
Even Si Liyu and even Xing Ji don't understand that the Talisman Sword Master is an independent system from the Swordsman.
Now Tang Zhao has a first glimpse into the world of swords. He is allowed to be curious, but he has to concentrate on practicing martial arts when the time comes.
Here, Tang Zhao crossed all the annotations, and sure enough he saw the symbol of a well at the end.
Well, you can also put water into this to exchange for gold and silver sticks.
But this is not worth it. With the only chance left, Tang Zhao still plans to leave something more precious, preferably a skill. If not, then it must be other valuable treasures.
For example, the sword Xing Ji asked him to take for the first time.
It's a pity that it doesn't belong to him, so he probably can't throw it into the water.
Huh?
Tang Zhao was surprised to find that there was another symbol next to the water well symbol, which was in the shape of a water drop.
When you first see this symbol, what does it do?
Tang Zhao thought and couldn't help but focus on...
A force starts from the fingers that grasp the instrument, flows up the arm, flows all the way up the head, and leaks out from the ears...
wait wait wait!
Tang Zhao was startled and quickly took off his glasses, and the discharge stopped.
Although it only lasted a few seconds, Tang Zhao actually broke into a cold sweat - it was just a matter of seeing something strange through his glasses, but experiencing it personally was another matter - what happened just now?
He looked down at his glasses and his eyes suddenly widened.
The crack across the lens is actually...a little shorter?
He quickly raised it and looked at the moonlight. Sure enough, it was not an illusion. The cracks had really been repaired!
so……
He looked at the talisman again and found that one of the characters was blurry.
really!
These glasses actually absorb the power of the magic weapon to replenish themselves!
Although he had been looking forward to repairing his glasses, now he was more frightened than surprised.
This is not his thing, it was given to him by Master Xing, and——
Ten thousand taels!
If someone sucks it out, how can he compensate for it?
For a moment, he felt anxious and could not help but weigh the surgical instrument in his hand. He felt that the power coming from it had not weakened, and there was no flaw in it from the outside.
He put on his glasses again without looking at the talisman. As expected, the suction did not appear. Then he looked at the annotation on the instrument itself:
"Yuanli: One yuan (99.7%). Technique: None. Base material: ten-year mahogany core."
Sure enough... he just spent thirty taels of silver.
Tang Zhao felt guilty and his cheeks gradually turned red. He was a student who only knew how to study and had never done anything to benefit himself at the expense of others. If he just took something without telling him, wouldn't it be stealing?
What should I do?
He was struggling in his heart. This involved his biggest secret, so naturally he couldn't tell it. Moreover, he was indeed not that brave. He thought to himself: When I get the chance, I will pay the penalty to the Lord for thirty taels of silver.
"Master Si..."
Si Liyu raised an eyelid, and Tang Zhao inquired: "This talisman has such power, so it's a pity that it only exists in a wooden stick? If it can be absorbed and used by others, wouldn't it make great progress?"
Si Liyu gave a rare smile and said: "You are not the only one who thinks this way. It's a pity that it can't be done because heaven and man cannot communicate with each other. Even a swordsman can only communicate with his own sword. The power of a magic weapon only belongs to the weapon, and it can definitely lead to
If it doesn’t come out, it will only slowly dissipate as the symbol decays.”
Tang Zhao was moved in his heart and asked: "Will the power of the magic weapon dissipate?"
Si Liyu said: "It's just a magical weapon, how can it last forever? Yuan magical weapons are the most difficult to preserve and will dissipate in a few days. And such crude magical weapons will lose their power day by day, even if they are not used at all.
It will be used up in two or three months. If it is used in battle to destroy evil spirits, it will be consumed even faster. Maybe one or two will be scrapped in one battle."
Tang Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and reassured himself. He was even more surprised by the power of the glasses - they could absorb power that could never be channeled out!
Moreover, the glasses cannot be seen by others, so they are really mysterious and unpredictable. He has to be more cautious, as it would be a big disaster if someone discovers that he is guilty of the crime!
Don’t do things like flipping your glasses upside down in front of Si Liyu again!
Just listen to Si Liyu say: "If power is so easy to obtain, and everyone in the world is powerful, will there be any chance for people like you and me from humble backgrounds to rise to the top? Now that you have the chance to work hard, work hard. Get up and practice swordsmanship!"
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By the time I finished exercising, it was already the second update.
Tang Zhao gets up before five o'clock every day to exercise, and goes back so late at night. If things continue like this, he will definitely not be able to endure it.
Si Liyu taught him a method of lying down and resting, which can help him enter sleep better and replenish his spirit. It is a kind of quiet power, similar to internal power, but different from internal power. It does not have the effect of gathering Qi and nourishing the breath. It is used to regulate the body and mind with calmness and calmness.
Lord, it can be regarded as a supplement to external training. Tang Zhao learned static skills very quickly, especially in parallel with the state he was in before entering visualization, and it was even more effective with half the effort.
So Tang Zhao modified his plan. He would first meditate on the Bathing in Fire technique at night, and when his mental energy was exhausted, he would turn to practice meditation and go into deep sleep. His energy would be restored to its peak the next morning.
This is a perfect cycle. Of course, the plan will not be perfect, but it is not difficult to avoid problems within a month.
When he got up on the second day, Tang Zhao felt refreshed and energetic. The fatigue from yesterday's practice was gone. It seems that in addition to the static exercises, the tonics he took yesterday and the medicated bath he took were all very effective.
Even if it is for the plan one month later, Tang Zhao's practice can be considered "luxury". If you include the method of observing the gods, it is difficult for ordinary high-ranking disciples and nobles from aristocratic families to compare.
The homework in the morning is still stretching and then pushing stones.
Tang Zhao felt a lot more relaxed. Although the stone was still motionless, he could feel that the strength in his hands was stronger than yesterday. He didn't think much about it. Of course, there must be progress in cultivation, otherwise what is the point of cultivation?
Guan Lei also noticed Tang Zhao's progress and couldn't help but marveled. However, he knew that Tang Zhao was being taught by someone at night, so it wasn't particularly strange. He thought to himself: What kind of magic pill did Jiadi give him? No, I'll prescribe it.
The food and medicine list has already been planned, and his body can only accept this kind of progress. Any more will be more harmful than helpful.
Could it be that his eyesight is poor, and Tang Zhao's qualifications are better than he thought, and the effect of absorbing medicinal power is extremely high, and his improvement is extremely fast?
If this is the case... you might as well increase your practice intensity.
So that night, Tang Zhao practiced until he was exhausted again and took a medicinal bath for a long time before he recovered.
Si Liyu came again in the evening and continued to let him practice his sword. In addition to the straight slash yesterday, he also added the practice of stabbing.
For several days, Tang Zhao practiced hard every day. During the day, he mainly pushed and jumped stones. At night, he practiced basic movements with a sword, which were nothing more than splitting, stabbing, chopping, cutting, hanging, lifting, blocking, collapsing, etc., along with basic footwork.
, he has mastered the body skills one by one. With the blessing of talismans, he can easily complete a large number of exercises, and with Si Liyu's constant guidance, his progress is not slow.
On this night of sword practice, Tang Zhao suddenly noticed that the power of the talisman in his hand was declining while he was doing the movements. He checked with his glasses and found that the power of the talisman had weakened to "95%" on its own. He thought to himself: Sure enough, the talisman is consumed naturally.
Yes, you will feel it if the attenuation is 5%. I think it will be more obvious if it is 10%. You can record this so that you can better grasp it.
What to grasp?
No need to go into details, it was just his secret thoughts:
Since the power will eventually dissipate in vain, why don't I also take a dip?
This can't be called stealing, can it?
It's called picking up.
While he was resting, he began to absorb the power of the magic weapon again.
Inhale slowly and observe as you inhale.
Breathing in and out, he probably had an idea in his mind.
The absorption efficiency of these glasses cannot be adjusted. It is about one thousandth of a second. A thousand seconds or half a quarter of an hour (calculated in hours) can completely absorb a magic weapon.
However, one surgical instrument cannot meet the needs of repairing glasses. As a rough estimate, one surgical instrument can repair one tenth of the glasses.
To repair this lens, at least one hundred thousand taels of silver are needed.
The problem is, let alone ten sticks, even one stick cannot be used up. According to natural consumption, this stick can last for three months, and only one third is consumed in a month. Tang Zhao consumes some himself, and has to leave some for others.
Only in the second half can we get through it. That is to say, at most one-twentieth can be repaired. In any case, we will not be able to catch up with the deadline.
In this way, Tang Zhao felt that there was nothing to steal... What he picked up was of little significance to him, and he felt guilty.
Thinking of this, Tang Zhao took off his glasses. The heat naturally stopped.
Suddenly, Tang Zhao was inspired. The power came from the instrument to the glasses, using his body as a channel. As soon as he took off his glasses, although there was no heat coming from the instrument, the energy that had been lost in the channel was
He reached his destination, but instead of retracting the weapon, it was directly sealed into his body.
Then, without waiting for him to explore further, it naturally dissipated among the limbs and bones.
This process only lasted a moment, and the blocked heat was also very weak. Tang Zhao could only capture it for a moment and then no longer notice it. When he felt his body again, there was no obvious change.
Is there really no change?
Tang Zhao suddenly remembered that after the first day of exercise, his strength increased significantly on the second day, but there was no such obvious improvement after that. At that time, he thought it would be more obvious when starting from scratch for the first time, but now that he thinks about it, it is because of the absorption of external force.
The power absorbed from the surgical instrument was only a drop in the bucket for repairing his glasses, but it had a great effect on himself. If Yan Guo plucked out a hair, it would be thicker than his thigh.
This is obviously because, compared to the mysterious glasses, Tang Zhao himself is not of high quality.
In other words, the wool should still be harvested?
"Teacher Si -" As he became more and more familiar with it, Tang Zhao also changed his name to something more familiar, "What I practice now are all external skills, right? Can I learn to sense the breath and transfer Zhou Tian's internal skills?"
Si Liyu said with a stupefied face: "You can learn it, but you shouldn't learn it. The progress of internal skills is slow, and the first step of induction is extremely difficult. You only have one month. You have gone through so much hard work to get started, but you can't use it in the forbidden area. It's far away."
It’s not as useful as if you struck a few hundred times with your sword.”
Tang Zhao sighed. He didn't have any objections to learning external skills. He just felt that the heat was very similar to internal energy. He guessed that using internal skills might be able to absorb the energy more effectively. It would be a waste to just let it dissipate, so he wanted to learn it.
.But Si Liyu said exactly what he said, and it seems that he will not teach it. Although Guan Lei is easier to talk to, he clearly stated in Lei Sheng Lun Wu that he is not good at internal skills, and practices external training, cultivating the internal strength from the outside to the inside.
Later, when the ant's strength has been cultivated to a deep level, the water will overflow when it is full, and it will naturally produce internal strength. This is not a year or two's work.
Do you want to borrow some methods of transporting aura from Xuan Gong?
After thinking about it, Tang Zhao still felt that he should not seek death.
Now he has not even crossed the threshold to learn martial arts. He is seeking death by playing tricks on the skills, even with the help of glasses.
"From today on, you will carry the magic weapon."
Tang Zhao was a little surprised: "Is it safe to leave such a valuable thing here with me?"
"It's not that it's not safe or unsafe, it's that it must be like this." Si Liyu said solemnly, "You also know whether you can hold a sword or not is a different matter. If you are allowed to hold a sword for a long time, you will learn it, but if there is an emergency, if there is an accident, call me
You immediately take action with your sword. Can you adapt to the sudden change of state? From today on, I will attack you at any time. You must immediately take out your sword from your side and fight back at me."
Tang Zhaodao: "At any time? Even when eating and sleeping..."
Si Liyu said: "Of course. Will the enemy let you go when they see you sleeping? They will only think this is a good opportunity." He also warned, "You can't hold the talisman in your hand all the time, because you
It can't be like this forever. What you practice is to switch states. This practice will last a lifetime."
Tang Zhao agreed solemnly and took another look at the surgical instrument in his hand. He couldn't help but feel itchy - how could throwing a mouse into a rice vat be such a test for a scholar?
Sure enough, Si Liyu did what he said. In the next few days, he appeared and disappeared, coming out from any corner to attack.
Don't worry about Tang Zhao eating, sleeping, practicing meditation, or even going to the toilet, he might be attacked.
Tang Zhao originally thought, no matter what, it is always safe during the day when pushing rocks? After all, that is Guan Lei's territory. Unexpectedly, he pushed for a while and was about to take a rest when Si Liyu came out from behind the rocks and gave him
one time.
When Guan Lei saw this scene, he let out a "huh" sound and watched while holding his shoulders.
Of course, Tang Zhao couldn't hold the magic weapon when pushing the stone. Fortunately, he carefully placed the magic weapon not far away, rolled around and picked up the stick, and Si Liyu walked away early.
Si Liyu's attacks were extremely ruthless, and although he did not injure his muscles or bones, they still caused him great suffering. Sometimes he would escape with one blow, and sometimes he would chase him and hit him, which was also meant to test his swordsmanship.
Over time, although Tang Zhao has made great progress, his vigilance has been greatly improved, and his coordination ability has become better and better, but he also has a lot of scars on his body, which are all treated by medicinal baths at night.
Although he knew that this was the teacher's good intention, he was still annoyed and secretly thought about counterattacking.
After thinking for a day, Tang Zhao actually came up with a trick, thinking: The time when I am most sensitive is when I do meditation at night. At that time, my five senses are much more sensitive than usual. I will definitely be able to detect any disturbance. It just so happens that he also makes a sneak attack at night.
During the peak period, I would pretend to be asleep and stay awake. If he showed any trace of me, I would rush out. I would just poke him with a stick and win without seeking victory.
That night, he simply stopped meditating, unlocked the window, and lay down quietly with his clothes on.
It was nearly three o'clock, and there was indeed a soft sound outside the window, lighter than a cat walking.
Normally, Tang Zhao wouldn't be able to hear it at all, but at this moment, he was at the peak of his spiritual will, and he was well prepared. He held the talisman tightly with his fingers, kicked off the edge of the bed, and shot through the window like a sharp arrow!
There is indeed someone outside the window!
Borrowing the strength of the magic weapon and the strength of his feet, Tang Zhao went straight into the palace at a very fast speed. However, at the critical moment, he suddenly noticed that there was something strange about the figure, and it was too late to stop him.
In the midst of his busy schedule, he shouted loudly: "Get away -"
He was in the air and had difficulty controlling it. He deflected it several times with great effort, flattened the sword and brushed the man's shoulder.
"ah--"
Someone screamed in pain in the dark night, clutched his shoulder and fell down.
Tang Zhao rushed over, tried his best to slow down, paused on the ground and staggered a few steps before barely stopping.
When he turned around, he saw a woman whose face was pale and there was blood between the fingers holding her shoulder.