"You learn martial arts to protect yourself, while some people do it to glorify their family, and some people do it to avenge themselves... Different people naturally have different purposes for learning martial arts."
Liu Mang felt like he was choked. Then you still ask me?
However, he only dared to complain in his heart, with a look of listening carefully on his face.
Seeing Liu Mang's focused look, Mr. Yin stroked his beard with satisfaction and said:
"The purpose of learning martial arts is never the focus. But there is always only one means to achieve the purpose."
"That is to become stronger, stronger and stronger, so strong that no one can stop you from achieving your goals!"
"Otherwise, you may be hacked to death while walking on the road, poisoned to death while drinking in a restaurant, or your door may be broken into while sleeping at home. Life or death is never in your own hands!"
Hearing Liu Mang keep nodding his head, what Mr. Yin said still made some sense.
"So, how can you become stronger? At least stronger than most people!"
This indeed touched on his own knowledge blind spot. Liu Mang couldn't help but said: "Please ask Mr. Yin to play on demand."
Mr. Yin said: "If you have deeper internal and external skills, more exquisite sword skills, and better weapons, you will naturally be stronger than others!"
Seeing Liu Mang's half-understood look, Mr. Yin seemed to be chatting and continued to popularize science:
"Let me give you an example. A disciple from the Ba Jian Sect competes with a disciple from the Jiangcheng Martial Arts Hall. Both of them are at the third level of internal strength. But one is practicing the most powerful and powerful Bajia Tianyuan Gong, and the other is practicing ordinary
With his internal strength, a disciple of the Ba Jian Sect might be able to take care of the opponent with just a few moves."
"For another example, two disciples of the same sect practice the same internal skills. But one practices the famous Weak Water Sword Technique, while the other practices unqualified sword techniques. If the two of them fight against each other,
Victory or defeat is often determined by a few moves."
"For another example, these two disciples of the same sect practice the same internal swordsmanship. But one is holding a black iron sword, and the other is holding an ordinary sword. If they fight, the person holding the ordinary sword will most likely lose.
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"If you want to be the strongest, you must not have any shortcomings in internal and external skills, sword skills, and weapons!"
After hearing this, Liu Mang thought that he already had the top-grade Tianying Sword Technique and the Huanshou Sword made of fine steel. All he lacked was basic internal or external skills. He couldn't help but ask: "Dare I ask Mr. Yin, internal skills and external skills?"
, what are the differences, and which one should I choose?”
Mr. Yin stroked his gray beard and narrowed his eyes slightly: "As the saying goes, practice the muscles, bones and skin externally, and practice one breath internally. The internal skills are slow first and then fast, and the external skills are first fast and then slow. There is no difference between the two. When you practice to a high level,
Everywhere can defeat one against a hundred, it just depends on personal choice."
"For example, I majored in internal martial arts and Lao Zhong majored in external martial arts, but both of them have gained some fame in the world."
He looked at the eager Liu Mang and said with a smile: "If you practice the Tianying Sword Technique to the point where you understand the inner method, I will go and ask the master brother to let you get started and teach you the internal skills of the sect!"
Although Yin Laoduo had hinted before, this was the first time I heard Yin Lao's clear commitment, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed.
After that, Liu Mang practiced ghost tracking in the courtyard and did not leave until evening.
Walking at a brisk pace, Liu Mang looked at the gray adobe houses around him and the weeds up to his knees, which he found extremely pleasing to the eye.
When you find a way to collect the energy value, you can upgrade your Tianying sword skills to the level of Xiaocheng, and join Mr. Yin's sect. As for the Golden Tiger Gang, even if you join, it is just an inconspicuous stop in life.
What a clear life plan!
What people fear most is not effort, but directionless effort.
But now I don't have this problem at all.
Liu Mang was in a happy mood and couldn't help but slow down when he came to the stone bridge connecting Shenjia Village and Liujia Village.
Today, there are many more people setting up stalls in Shiqiao than in the past few days. Most of them are people selling grain, eggs, and meat, and they are all familiar faces. Liu Mang often sees them in nearby vegetable markets.
After asking about the reason, I found out that many people have moved here because of the increase in rent at the food market.
However, the prices of rice, eggs, and meat have not dropped at all, but have increased a lot. There are some discounts for paying with silver, such as giving you an extra two meters, two eggs, etc., but there is no discount for paying with copper coins.
When Liu Mang saw it, his originally happy mood gradually sank. For some reason, he thought of a sentence: Antiques in prosperous times, gold and silver in troubled times.
I don’t know when this world will be in chaos.
Thinking of this, the urgency to learn martial arts arose spontaneously.
He bought some eggs and walked to Liujiacun.
The bumpy and narrow roads in the village were much busier than usual. Many elderly people in the village were staggering back carrying sacks and bamboo baskets.
Liu Mang saw that their bamboo baskets and sacks contained some wild vegetables, wild mushrooms, unknown plant roots, small fish, etc., and there were many varieties.
He found an old man he knew well and asked, "Grandma Yu, where have you been?"
Grandma Yu's house is only a hundred steps away from Liu Mang's house. She is older than Liu's mother, with white hair and wrinkles as clear as knife carvings on her face.
She was carrying a sack, which didn't seem to contain much. Only the bottom was slightly bulging, and a large part of the top was empty.
Grandma Yu said feebly: "Where else can we go? Go to the Black Bear Forest to dig wild vegetables..."
"Black Bear Forest?" Liu Mang sounded a little surprised, "It's very dangerous there. Last year, someone was snatched away by a black bear there."
Moreover, the Black Bear Forest is more than ten miles away from Liujia Village and is already outside the outer city. It will take a while to get back and forth.
"Being carried away by a black bear is better than starving to death. Now that food prices are so high, all the money has been used to pay gang fees, so how can there be any money left to buy food?" Grandma Yu shook her head and sighed.
She refused Liu Mang's attempt to help carry the sack and walked forward resolutely. Her originally thin figure looked even more rickety.
Looking at the many elderly people in the village in front of him, Liu Mang felt that his throat was a little dry. If he had not practiced martial arts, I am afraid that Liu's mother would have become one of them soon.
At this time, a burst of footsteps came from behind. Liu Mang turned around and saw that it was Wang Sun.
There was a lot of dust on her face, but it still couldn't hide her big, bright and moist eyes, and her melon-shaped face, which was quite rare in the countryside.
She had a lot of linen tied on her arms and trouser legs to protect herself from weeds and thorns.
Seeing Liu Mang, Wang Sun was also stunned for a moment, tightened the bamboo basket on her back, lowered her head shyly, and was about to walk past Liu Mang.
The slender neck exposed was like a crisp white lotus root, which made Liu Mang couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Taking a step forward, Mrs. Wang Sun hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said softly: "Thank you for the rice. I will return it to you when I have it."
Liu Mang nodded and said, "Neighbors should help each other."
For some reason, he added an extra sentence in a strange way: "If you still have difficulties, you can come to me again."
When Wang Sun heard this, her eyes flickered a little and she said, "Thank you Brother Mang for your kindness."
After saying that, she turned around and left, but her walking pace seemed to become more hurried.
On the way back, Liu Mang couldn't help but wonder: What's wrong with me? I've never been a helpful person.
He was a little confused and simply stopped thinking about it, instead thinking about how to earn energy.
So he did not go home directly, but went to find Xiao Liushu and asked directly: "Xiaoshu, is your uncle Qi Dazui still doing chicken killing for a living?"