Buying ancient martial arts skills on the black market, because I don't know the ancient characters, even if I buy fake ones, I can't trouble the stall owner.
Not only that, because it was the first time he bought ancient martial arts skills on the street, Su Yu also had a mentality of picking up the slack, and did not realize that ancient martial arts skills might also be fraudulent.
The ancient martial arts book in his hand undoubtedly taught Su Yu a lesson.
After all, finding someone else to translate ancient martial arts is subject to limitations, and there is no way to know immediately whether the ancient martial arts is authentic.
"Now it seems that I can only avoid being deceived next time I meet someone selling ancient martial arts skills by learning ancient writing on my own."
Su Yu looked at the ancient martial arts content in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
Although Su Yu paid his tuition on the black market, he didn't have much trouble.
After all, even if he bought real ancient martial arts this time, sooner or later he would still encounter this kind of thing.
As the saying goes, every time you learn something, you will gain wisdom. With today’s lesson, you will not fall into the same trap again next time.
Learning ancient characters has become one of Su Yu's next goals.
Then Su Yu took out a pair of tonics again, briefly washed the medicinal materials, and then boiled them.
After drinking the tonic and resting for half an hour, Su Yu silently muttered: "Open the system panel."
Just as he said he expected, a second attribute appeared in the attribute column.
Su Yu couldn't help but feel a little happy.
If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining three sets of medicinal materials in his hand should also provide him with two attributes, enough to allow him to improve his cultivation to the late stage of body refining.
Su Yu immersed his mind in the cultivation column and muttered silently: "Add more points!"
As the initial stage of body refining in the cultivation column is transformed into the middle stage of body refining, a surge of abundant vitality rises from the belly, and then explodes, sweeping along the eight extraordinary meridians, and then all of it merges into the Dantian.
In the Dantian, a vortex of vitality floating in the air was spinning rapidly.
But as abundant vitality continued to flow into the Dantian, there were ripples oscillating next to the vortex of vitality, and then a prototype of the vortex appeared, until it expanded rapidly and transformed into a complete vortex of vitality again.
The whole process has not yet come to an end. The vitality is still pouring into the Dantian continuously, until the third vortex of vitality is fully formed in the Dantian.
The middle stage of body training!
The realm distinction between body refining realm warriors is very simple.
Condensing the first vortex of vitality means entering the early stage of body refining.
Three vitality vortexes are the middle stage, six vitality vortexes are the late stage, and nine vitality vortexes are perfection.
Until you have condensed the nine vortexes of vitality and reached the perfection of body refining, you can try to condense your own copper skin and hit the eighth-grade copper skin realm!
"Huh, we have finally entered the middle stage of body refining."
Su Yu opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air. In his deep, ink-like eyes, there were three vortexes of vitality slowly disappearing.
The next day.
Su Yu got up early, washed up, dressed neatly, had breakfast on the street, and then headed in the direction of Zhenwusi.
Before reaching the Zhenwu Division, Su Yu bumped into Ji Longcheng and Chen Beijiang on the road. The gentleman was holding two meat buns and chewing them.
Seeing Su Yu, their eyes lit up and they quickened their pace to meet him.
"Brother Su, good morning."
Ji Longcheng ate the steaming meat buns in his hand in one bite and said in a hurry.
Two rich second generation people, just eat this stuff for breakfast?
Su Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled and said hello: "Good morning."
The three of them chatted and walked towards Zhenwusi.
Go to Zhenwu Division to order some fish, and then start fishing.
The three of them had lunch at the Grand Hyatt Inn. Su Yu declined Ji Longcheng's proposal to listen to music in the afternoon and walked straight to Kong Yangming's house.
Kong Yangming was a famous Confucian scholar in Tai'an City and was proficient in the writings of ancient times.
Perhaps because of his literati character and dissatisfaction with the darkness and intrigues in the officialdom, he resigned and settled in Tai'an City.
Although he has a lot of knowledge, he is not doing well in life. He can only earn a living by writing couplets for others all year round.
But in Tai'an City, prices were high, so Kong Yangming would also take on some translation work.
Su Yu had been recommended by someone before, and he was one of the translators he looked for to translate ancient martial arts.
Kong Yangming's family lived in a poor area of Tai'an City. In addition to him, he also had a grandson. His son was engaged in business in his early years and died at the hands of robbers. His daughter-in-law took care of the housework until she died of illness.
"Huh, ha, Wan Lun, you have died under my sword, now you have to fall to the ground and act like a corpse."
Before Su Yu reached Kong Yangming's house, he heard Kong Yangming's grandson Kong Jingming carrying a long wooden knife in a side alley, entering and exiting three times amid the siege of seven or eight playmates.
Well, he is now playing the role of a Zhenwu guard who kills everyone.
The influence of Zhenwu Division undoubtedly penetrated into the homes of all the people in Jiuzhou during the Wei Dynasty.
Although the Zhenwu Guards often raided wealthy businessmen, ordinary people were undoubtedly extremely grateful to the Zhenwu Guards compared to the stability maintained under the rule of the Zhenwu Guards.
Just like the last time the whole city searched for Gu Yuanjie's whereabouts, wealthy businessmen were the most affected, while ordinary people like Kong Yangming were not affected at all.
Zhenwuwei also knows very well that it is difficult to find money for a family like this, and generally they will not think of making a fortune from these poor people.
In addition, when educating their children, many ordinary people also dream that their children can become military guards and change their own destiny.
Affected by family education, many children will unconsciously assume the identity of a Zhenwu Guard as soon as they are sensible. The only requirement for playing the role of a Zhenwu Guard is to have a wooden Zhenwu Knife.
Obviously, Kong Jingming, who owns a wooden sword for suppressing martial arts, is the child king among this group of playmates.
When he saw Su Yu, who was wearing a flying fish suit, Kong Jingming, who was having a heated fight with his playmates, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly came up to meet him.
Kong Jingming asked: "Brother Su, why are you here?"
Although he was speaking to Su Yu, his eyes were looking straight at the martial arts sword hanging on Su Yu's waist, his eyes full of envy.
"Look what I brought you?"
Su Yu turned his wrist and found a bunch of candied haws in his hand.
"Wow, thank you, Brother Su!"
Kong Jingming took the candied haws from Su Yu and said with surprise.
A bunch of candied haws worth one copper coin is a rare snack for him.
When several playmates in the distance saw this scene, their little faces were full of envy.
For children from poor families like them, a bunch of candied haws is worth one copper. They can't even fill their stomachs, so how can they have the money to buy such snacks?
"Here, Jing Ming, there are six copper coins here. You take five of them to the street and each buy a bunch of candied haws. The remaining one copper coin is yours."
Su Yu put the six copper coins in Kong Jingming's hand and said with a smile.
Looking at the six copper coins in his hand, Kong exclaimed: "Thank you, Brother Su!"
"Brother Su said to buy a bunch of candied haws for everyone."
Kong Jingming waved the copper coins in his hand in front of the other five friends and said, "Thank you, Brother Su."
"Thank you, Brother Su!"
The other five teenagers said loudly.
Su Yu patted Kong Jingming's head and said with a smile: "Go ahead and pay attention to safety on the street."
Looking at the retreating figures of Kong Jingming and the other five friends, Su Yu couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his eyes.
In his previous life, he had encountered such a situation once, but the role he played at that time was that of one of the five people.
It's a pity that at that time, he could only watch his friends eating a fruit called mango.
When he grew up and earned enough money to buy many mangoes, he was no longer the boy he once was, and he was already past the age of gluttony.
Su Yu walked straight into Kong Yangming's home. Compared to the area where wealthy people were stationed in Tai'an City, Kong Yangming's home undoubtedly looked very shabby.
There were only simple wooden furniture, pots and pans in the house. The kitchen functioned as a living room and dining room, and there were piles of firewood. There was not a single thing of value as far as the eye could see.
"Mr. Kong, I'm here to bother you again."
Su Yu walked into the study and said with a smile.
What caught his eye was an old man with a thin face and white hair. This man was Kong Yangming. He was seventy-three years old today. Although he was poor and the linen robe on his body had been washed and turned white, he was extremely neat.
At this moment, he was lying on an old rocking chair, sipping cheap tea leisurely.
Su Yu had a drink when he first came here.
The tea gave him a feeling like tea made from roasting any kind of leaves. It was not only bitter, but also had a muddy smell. It didn't look like it could be drunk by others.
"oh?"
Seeing Su Yu, Kong Yangming couldn't help but be startled.
Not many people asked him to translate ancient texts, which also led to him being very impressed with Su Yu.
I just earned ten taels of silver from Su Yu yesterday. I was still thinking about when the other party would come to visit me again. I didn't expect that the other party would come to visit me again so soon.
"Xiao Su, do you need to translate ancient texts?"
Kong Yangming straightened up and couldn't help but ask.
"No." Su Yu shook his head.
When Kong Yangming heard this, he looked puzzled. He took a sip of hot tea and said, "Then why did you come here to see me?"
Su Yu smiled and said: "I want to learn the writing of ancient times."
"Pfft!"
The tea that Kong Yangming just drank in his mouth spit out directly.
He widened his eyes, looked at Su Yu blankly, and said in a voiceless voice: "You want to learn the writing of ancient times?"
What Su Yu said made him puzzled.
Today, few people are willing to learn the writing from ancient times.
At first, he studied ancient writing just because he had nothing to do in his spare time, and then he studied systematically under the guidance of his husband.
Now that decades have passed, the number of people in Tai'an City who still know all the ancient writings can be counted on two hands.
As a Zhenwu Guard, Su Yu was busy with his affairs and had to spend a lot of time on cultivation every day. How could he still have time to study ancient texts?
"As a warrior and a military guard, there is no need to waste your time learning ancient texts."
Kong Yangming frowned slightly and said calmly: "The time you waste on practicing ancient writing is better spent on practicing. After all, there are not many places where you need to identify ancient writing. Instead of learning, you might as well spend some money to hire someone to do it."
translate."
Kong Yangming still had a good impression of Su Yu, and he was generous with his money, so he didn't mind giving a few more words of advice.
Even he didn't think there was any point in learning ancient texts.
"For me, ancient writing is something that must be learned."
Su Yu cursed in his heart.
If he encounters someone selling ancient martial arts skills on the black market next time, and he doesn’t know the ancient writing, should he buy it or not?
Instead of falling into passivity, it is better to learn the ancient characters as soon as possible, so that you will not face such a dilemma next time.
"Mr. Kong, you don't have to persuade me."
Su Yu smiled and said: "Mr. Kong, why don't you tell me how much tuition you need to pay to teach the boy to learn ancient writing."
"tuition fee?"
Kong Yangming couldn't help but be startled and fell into deep thought.
He doesn't take money very seriously. If he had become an official just for money, he wouldn't have resigned in anger and gone into seclusion.
For ordinary people in this era, his current age is considered an advanced age.
And my grandson is only nine years old now and still has a long way to go.
This is also a problem in his heart.
If he loses himself one day, who should take care of Kong Jingming?
His dream is to become a Zhenwu Guard.
But how can a person from such a poor family support Kong Jingming to realize his dream?
Just the level of improving blood energy has already shut out Kong Jingming.
Kong Jingming is still young and may not realize this yet. Isn't he still clear?
Even if the imperial court makes the warriors' training techniques public, the possibility of ordinary people becoming warriors is still very slim.
Whether it is blood-raising monster meat or blood-energy powder, ordinary people cannot afford it.
"Since you really want to learn, I can teach you without reservation."
Kong Yangming paused and said: "As for the tuition, I want a pound of blood and energy!"
A pound of blood and Qi is scattered?
When Su Yu heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
This request was beyond his expectation, but it was also reasonable.
If it was for money, Kong Yangming would not have resigned and gone into seclusion.
His only weakness now is his grandson Kong Jingming.
If Kong Jingming wants to become a warrior, he naturally cannot do without using blood energy powder to increase his blood energy.
Based on the lowest price of one penny of blood energy powder, which is ten taels of silver, one tael is one hundred taels, and one catty is one thousand taels.
And this is still the lowest price. When the supply of Xue Qi Powder exceeds demand, a pound of Xue Qi Powder can even be sold for a high price of one thousand three thousand and fourteen.
However, Su Yu once learned to refine the blood energy powder, and he only needed to pay the cost of purchasing the blood energy powder to obtain the cheap blood energy powder.
But with his current energy, he can only refine four furnaces of blood energy powder in a month.
If you refine the Blood Qi Powder, you won't be able to make money by refining the Vitality Pill.
If you really want to do the math, it would naturally be more profitable to refine the Vitality Pill, and then spend money to buy the real Blood Qi powder.
If you refine four furnaces of blood energy powder in a month, you can earn 400 taels of silver.
Refining two furnaces of Vitality Pills in a month can earn one thousand two hundred taels of silver.
The profits from refining two Vitality Pills were enough to pay for his tuition to learn ancient writing.
Although the price was a bit high, he could still accept it if it only cost fifty yuan crystals. Learning ancient writing would be of great use to him, so he couldn't save this little money.
"According to what Mr. Kong said, I can give you a pound of blood energy powder as tuition."
Su Yudao: "But I don't have so much money on hand, so I can only pay the tuition in installments. However, I can guarantee that I can pay the tuition in full before I learn all the ancient characters. What do you think, Mr. Kong?"
Kong Yangming couldn't help but be startled when he heard Su Yu agreed.
One pound of blood energy powder is worth at least one thousand taels of silver, which is a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, Su Yu only thought about it for a moment and then directly agreed to his request.
"Okay, I'm always free. You can come over and learn when you are free."
Kong Yangming said: "If you have more time, you can fully learn it in about a month or two."
Su Yu smiled and said: "When I am not on a mission, I am usually free in the afternoon, so I can start today!"
"Okay, then we can start now."
"There are a total of 2,137 characters in ancient characters, and the strokes are complicated and obscure. In order to make writing easier and faster, later generations of characters simplified the characters of ancient times."
"This is why today's writing is similar to writing in ancient times."
"In addition, the ancient times have been tens of thousands of years ago. Many ancient texts in ancient books have been translated. Only some ancient martial arts will be unearthed in some tombs that have not been excavated in ancient times. In different eras, the ancient texts have been translated.
There will be certain discrepancies in the ancient writings."
"However, because ancient martial arts are difficult to practice, almost no one cares about ancient martial arts in this era."
Speaking of this, Kong Yangming couldn't help but glance at Su Yu.
The other party came twice and spent a lot of money to ask him to translate ancient texts. There was no need to guess the contents, he knew they were ancient martial arts.
It's just that Su Yu was very smart and re-copied and scrambled the above text, leaving part of his translation incomplete. He must not have given him the entire book of ancient martial arts to translate.
In this way, except for Su Yu himself, no one else can pry into the entire content of this ancient martial arts book.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart.
When Su Yu translated ancient martial arts, did he want to practice ancient martial arts?
Isn’t this a bit worth the loss?
It takes several years or even more than ten years to learn an ancient martial art from practice to introduction.
Just like ancient writing, it seems complicated and complicated, and it is far less easy to write than the writing simplified by later generations.
It is precisely because of the difficulty in practicing that ancient martial arts gradually withdrew from the trend of history.
Later generations of warriors tend to practice basic martial arts in a few months, and then spend most of their time improving their cultivation and obtaining training resources.
Of course, curiosity is curiosity. Kong Yangming is just an ordinary person. After living for most of his life, he also deeply understands that knowing too much is not a good thing.
Facing Kong Yangming's sweeping gaze, Su Yu's face was a little embarrassed.
Kong Yangming said this, and he must have known that the ancient text he once translated was actually a book of ancient martial arts.
Several hours passed, and after Kong Yangming's in-depth and simple teaching, Su Yu also had a certain understanding of ancient characters.
In a few hours, Su Yu also learned more than a hundred ancient characters.
This greatly encouraged him, and he felt that he could learn all the ancient characters in less than a month.
Seeing Su Yu's excited expression, Kong Yangming poured a basin of cold water on him.
"The more than one hundred ancient characters I taught you today are just like the 'one, two, three, four, sun, moon, heaven and earth' in later generations. They are just the most basic ancient characters. The subsequent ancient characters will become more and more difficult. You have to do
Be prepared."
Su Yu: "."
"Okay, that's it for today's lecture."
Kong Yangming glanced out the window, and before he knew it, it was already sunset.
"Okay, that guy will come back tomorrow." Su Yu cupped his fists and bowed, performing the disciple ceremony.
At this moment, the door to the courtyard opened, and Kong Jingming walked in holding a box of exquisite pastries.
"Grandpa, Sister Ya is here again and brought us osmanthus cake."
Kong Jingming walked into the house and saw that Su Yu was also there. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Brother Su, you are here too. Try it quickly. This is a cake from Xue Guifang. It is very expensive."