Musashi's move to kill Yoshitsune was truly astounding.
Except for Keijiro who was unlucky enough not to see it outside the house, the other three people all saw it really well.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.
With their double harmonious martial arts skills, they must be considered experts. Therefore, this sword directly changed their first impression of Musashi as "nothing more than that".
It is true that Musashi's physical ability and internal strength are not that amazing. At least in these two hard indicators, he is not as good as many first-class masters in the Central Plains martial arts.
But not many can resist it.
In other words, even if the person sitting here today is not Yi Gen, but a top master from the Central Plains, the result will probably be the same.
This kind of explosive combat power that cannot be predicted and quantified, that is, the "nirvana" released by the combination of "martial arts" and "weapons", should be the way to become stronger that these strong men in the Japanese martial arts world have explored.
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To put it simply, the technology trees in the Japanese martial arts world and the martial arts world in the Central Plains are very different...
In the Central Plains martial arts world, the emphasis is on the cultivation of internal strength. In the eyes of the vast majority of Central Plains warriors, superior internal strength is far more valuable than superior moves. This can be said to be their consensus and even common sense.
This view obviously has its merits.
First of all, internal strength has a bonus to various basic abilities of the body and various moves; in a one-on-one situation where no one is injured and there are no sneak attacks, the party with stronger internal strength is the one with the obvious advantage.
It is similar to cross-weight class duels in fighting games, and the weight difference caused by internal strength is far more terrifying than weight. This is not only higher offense and defense, but also faster speed, reaction, and recovery. It is an all-round way.
Suppression... When the difference in internal strength reaches a certain level, the moves may even lose their meaning completely.
Secondly, moves are, to put it bluntly, variations and combinations of fixed movements, which are "visible"; no matter how exquisite your moves are, if you use them too many times in front of others, they may be stolen, especially those with advanced internal skills, or
People who are highly talented in martial arts can master many moves after just one look at them.
However, the method of operating internal force is invisible to the naked eye and is difficult to learn secretly.
It is because of the development in such an environment that many Central Plains martial arts, even the moves, are designed to "must operate under a set of supporting internal forces to exert the greatest power."
The third and most important point...the martial arts in the Central Plains, rather than fighting and killing, pays more attention to one's human nature and sophistication.
What does it mean to stop at a certain point? Which one means to value harmony?
Ninety-nine percent of the grievances and hatreds in the world are rooted in conflicts of interest. If the disputes can be resolved alive, who would be willing to risk their lives?
For example, we are both from well-known and decent families, and now we have some conflicts, what should we do?
We were just like those awesome Japanese samurai who bumped into each other on the street, turned around and glared at each other angrily, called each other bastards a few times, then slashed with their swords, and one of us fell down after a few seconds.
The other person walked away gracefully?
So~ where can I go?
We chivalrous warriors in the Central Plains martial arts must first use three successes each to test each other, so that both sides have an idea of the opponent's strength, and then report, who is your master, where is my sect... and then
Then based on everyone's strength and the forces behind it, we will renegotiate how to resolve the current conflict and how to distribute the benefits. In the end, the party that took advantage will give the other side a step down - it was all a misunderstanding just now, and now the misunderstanding is solved, you
Give me some face, I will make you my friend, and we will be brothers from now on.
This is the daily life of people who can establish themselves in the world for a long time.
You said you don't practice physiognomy... can you do it if you don't practice internal strength? Without some internal strength, you are not even qualified to negotiate with people on the table.
However, this is not the case in Japanese martial arts.
Due to the differences in cultural background and social environment, the scale of pure martial arts sects here cannot develop at all, and the ultimate goal of most people who practice martial arts is to enter officialdom from martial arts.
The temptation of the "samurai class" was too great for them. To put it metaphorically, it was equivalent to passing the exam for "hereditary civil servants".
When you see this, some people may say, this doesn’t sound like the pinnacle of life, right?
It's harmful, because you live in a different era, you have more choices, and you may have the opportunity to live a better life than a civil servant.
But in ancient Japan, where the economy was underdeveloped and the current situation was unstable, becoming a "samurai class" was basically equivalent to directly solving the highest social class improvement that a person and even his descendants could achieve. Their warriors who were born in the civilian class did not
There is a better way out.
Therefore, the martial arts in Japanese martial arts gradually developed into a path that focuses on "nirvana" that can determine life and death in a short period of time. After all, on the battlefield, you do not have the conditions to fight with an opponent for too long, kill the enemy quickly, and then
Moving is the best option...
This also leads to the fact that the warriors here tend to have a strong tendency to "do it by hand".
In many dojos, people who are kicked out of the gym are easily killed. Fellow sects sometimes use wooden swords to fight and can be injured or disabled. Ronins who are walking outside, or warriors who have already become masters, either don't take action or are easily killed if they do.
Human life; warriors' "duels" are rarely final, most of them involve life and death.
Here, only the number of enemies killed and wins can prove the value of a warrior.
And those who follow this "nirvana" style do not need to have too clever or complicated internal strength. The breathing method he has learned only needs to be able to support him in using his own martial arts and make his physical strength stronger on the battlefield.
As long as it has a certain battery life.
The Miyamoto Musashi in front of him demonstrates the possibilities that warriors can exert under this martial arts concept.
His performance this time also made Shuangxi secretly rejoice: Fortunately, they opened their eyes here and understood early that they cannot use the perspective of judging the warriors from the Central Plains to speculate on the strength of the warriors here, which reduces the risk of overturning due to carelessness in the future.
Probability.
And Tokumaru, who was beside Shuangxie, was also stunned at this moment.
Due to his lack of strength, Tokumaru could not see the mystery of Musashi's "two-day first-class" performance. However, precisely because he could not see it, he felt that the opponent was unfathomable and felt afraid of his blind confidence just now.
"Miya...Mr. Miyamoto..." A few seconds later, Tokumaru said with a trembling voice, and his tone became respectful, "Sure enough, his reputation is well-deserved..."
"What?" Musashi stood still and didn't turn his head, but his eyes moved half a minute in the direction of Tokumaru, "You want to try it too?"
"No..." Tokumaru quickly waved his hand, "I... feel sorry for myself."
"What are you trying?" Sun Yixie saw that Musashi couldn't stop pretending, and the situation was about to get out of control, so he quickly joined the conversation and advised, "Isn't there already one person dead? The one outside is also the one.
Lie down, that's just right. Let's just say something and turn them over as murderers. Shouldn't it be over? How about a slap in the face?"
After hearing this, Musashi looked at Sun Yixie: "Don't you care who is the real murderer?"
"Nonsense, do you care?" Sun Yixie asked back, paused, and continued, "Besides, anyone with any brains will understand that the murderer either used an identity that would not be suspected, or
They just sneaked in from outside in the middle of the night to kill people, and then ran away after killing them. There is no record of staying in the hotel at all... How could someone check in with weapons or clearly indicate that they are warriors, and then use weapons that can only be used by people with strong martial arts skills?
How do you kill someone and then leave him behind after killing him, waiting to be investigated?"
His words were ostensibly meant for Musashi, but in fact they were meant for Kumagai, who had been discovered by them a long time ago and was hiding on the ceiling.
This is equivalent to giving Xiong Gu two choices - you can either use these two dead monks as the murderers, and let the rest of us help you make up a story that makes sense, so that you can count as having multiple "people"
"Certificate", the submission is enough; or you can continue the investigation and spend a few days and nights to check everyone in the hotel, but you may not be able to identify the murderer, and there is a high probability that the murderer is not in the hotel and has already escaped.
Already.
Xiong Gu had already calculated most of this account in his mind before, and he was clear about the possibility of the latter option, so he didn't think much about it this time and quickly decided to accept the first method of settlement suggested by Sun Yixie.
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To make a long story short, before noon that day, everyone unanimously blamed the murder of Takeda Kuranosuke on the two monks of the Ichigo sect.
According to their "confession," the two monks soon revealed their flaws in the conversation under "Kumagai-sama's careful arrangements and everyone's cooperation," and attempted to escape through violent resistance. As a result, they were led by the wise and powerful Kumagai-sama.
All the enthusiastic heroes worked together to win.
They don't care how Xiong Gu explains it later. This is also the best result Xiong Gu can give to his superiors. It may even be better than finding the real culprit.
After the incident was over, these warriors hurriedly left Sichuan Pengzhuang under Xiong Gu's instruction, in order to prevent the already settled iron eucalyptus from causing any further problems.
After leaving the hotel, Miyamoto Musashi went to Ganliu Island without stopping to meet his duel opponent. Although he was late for this battle, he disrupted his opponent's mentality and gained an advantage, easily defeating him.
Winning this peak showdown that made him famous.
Tokumaru, on the other hand, was greatly shocked and suddenly felt that there were mountains beyond the mountains, and there were people outside the people... so he decided to travel to distant places and practice again. Afterwards, this guy will appear in a certain martial arts competition in the Central Plains martial arts.
, of course that is a story for later.
As for Sun Huang and Keijiro, they embarked on their journey to the east.
It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Huang Donglai went to see what was going on with the two monks Yi Gen and Xing Gen, and why if one of them died, the other would suddenly die on his own.
As a result, Huang Donglai found a row of nail-like objects with a certain degree of magnetism on Xinggen's back vertebrae. These "magnetic nails" were deeply embedded in Xinggen's vertebrae. Look at the surrounding skin and flesh.
According to his condition, it can be inferred that these things should have been embedded in him when he was a boy who was not that tall...
And on Yi Gen's body, they also found similar items, but instead of nails, they were small round magnetic rings. There were ten of these magnetic rings, which were put on Yi Gen's ten toes like rings.
And the surface of each magnetic ring is engraved with strange words.
Yi Gen's toes are also different from those of ordinary people. They appear to be particularly slender and widely spaced. It seems that he has been trained for many years to make his toes extremely flexible. Visual inspection shows that he can secretly use his toes in shoes and socks to make shapes that are no worse than his fingers.
precise movements.
After seeing those magnetic rings, Huang Donglai speculated: There should be similar words on the magnetic nails on Xing Gen's back. On weekdays, Yi Gen affects or controls Xing Gen by secretly moving his toes, and this Xing Gen may have already
It is a "living dead", so once it loses control, it will directly turn into a corpse.
Unfortunately, when they checked, Xing Gen had already been classified as a "prisoner" and his body was already under custody, so they could not destroy his body and pull out the nails for inspection; the most they could do was take off Xing Gen's shoes and socks for inspection.
Looks like...
But what is certain is that these two monks from the Yixiang sect, or monks who "claim to be from the Yixiang sect", are far more weird than that. Maybe they are not the real murderers of Takeda Kuranosuke, but they are definitely involved.
among other events.
Shuangxie's encounter with these two people in Chuanpengzhuang may have foreshadowed some troubles in the future.
So, having said that, who is the real culprit in this case?
Don't worry, everyone, because you will meet Shuangxie at the next stop.