Chapter 91 The mysterious old sheepherder! (Big guys, please read it!
)
"Young man, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
The old sheepherder grinned sheepishly, showing his chipped front teeth.
His tone is simple and honest, with a strong local colloquialism, which makes people feel very simple and down-to-earth.
There was no breath or trace of a cultivator on his body. Li Yu even smelled a strong smell of sheep on the old man. He looked like an ordinary old man herding sheep.
But even if Li Yu thought with his toes, he knew that this old man was anything but simple.
After all, whose old sheepherder could remain calm and composed despite Mu Shaobai's violent momentum just now?
Whose old sheepherder could witness the fierce battle just now and not care about it?
"It's okay, it doesn't matter."
Li Yuhun waved his hand indifferently and said curiously:
"Old man, you look like this and you are from China, right?"
"yes."
The old sheepherder nodded.
Li Yu asked strangely: "Then how come you, a Central Plains person, got together with this martial artist from the Yuantu Kingdom?"
The old sheepherder stretched out his hand and scratched his dry gray hair and said with a smile:
"My family used to be poor, so I went to herd sheep for a big family in the village. But that day I was unlucky enough to encounter a pack of wolves, which killed all the sheep and dragged them away. Even I was almost bitten to death."
"Once this sheep was lost, if the big family in the village found out, they would definitely beat me to death, so I didn't go back. I hid alone on the grassland for more than ten days and almost starved to death. Later, I was a passing Yuantu Kingdom
The girl was so kind that she saved me and gave me half a flatbread and a piece of dried meat."
"So, I went to herd her sheep as a way of repaying her kindness."
"I see, then you have quite a lot of experience as an old man."
Li Yu nodded, feeling that the old man was quite straightforward and didn't want to say anything. He glanced at the tattered short knife on his waist and couldn't help but wonder:
"Old man, do you also practice swordsmanship?"
The old sheepherder waved his hands repeatedly:
"No, how can I, an old man who herds sheep, know anything about knife skills?"
"Oh, then why is there still a knife hanging on your waist?"
Li Yu nodded and took out a handful of melon seeds from somewhere and handed it to him. The two squatted down and chatted while eating the melon seeds.
"This knife is used to kill sheep, and sometimes you will encounter wolves while tending sheep. Only with a knife can you defend yourself."
The old man was not polite, took the melon seeds casually, and said while eating:
"You may not know, youngster, that the prairie is actually vast. There are not only wolves, but also lions, bears, jackals, foxes, and all kinds of things like monsters and monsters. I am a timid person, and I don't carry a knife.
I feel uneasy."
"That's it."
Li Yu was thoughtful.
"Hangsheng, what about you? What do you do?"
The old sheepherder spat out the melon seed skins in his mouth and asked casually.
"Ask me, I grew up in Yizhuang since I was a child, and later became the keeper of corpses in Yizhuang. I specialize in collecting and burying corpses on weekdays."
"The corpse keeper, that's right. Although it's a bit dirty and tiring, at least you won't starve to death."
The old sheepherder seemed to be feeling quite emotional: "These days, it would be nice if I could have a mouthful of food to keep from starving to death."
"yes."
Li Yu nodded in agreement.
The old man glanced at him and said, "Young man, you should also know martial arts, right?"
"You have really vicious eyesight. Yes, I have practiced several sword skills."
Li Yu said with a smile and did not deny it.
"Well, I can see it."
The old sheepherd man dropped the melon seed peel from his mouth and said casually: "You are a young man with good knife skills. Although it is still a bit complicated and messy, you already have something of your own in it. Keep practicing and you will have a bright future."
"
Li Yu was stunned when he heard this.
These few sentences may not seem like much, but in fact they have clearly summarized his swordsmanship level and current situation, and they are accurate!
He first practiced "Zanpakutō Technique", and later incorporated "Zanpakutō Technique". Later, after killing Chao Yuanzi, he obtained many sword technique secrets, such as "Five Tigers Broken Gate Sword"
”, “The Returning Wind Blows the Willow Knife”, “Yuanyang Knife”, “Drawing the Sword and Cutting”, etc.
Some of these sword techniques are simple and grand, some are feminine and subtle, some are smart and ruthless, and some are pure and unique.
Li Yu accepts everyone who comes and plans to master all these sword techniques, digest them and absorb them, and finally form his own style and make it his own.
This approach undoubtedly requires a lot of time and energy, but Li Yu is very knowledgeable and talented in swordsmanship, and now he has achieved quite a lot.
No one knows this except himself.
Who would have thought, but the old man in front of me would see right through it.
"You have seen all my details, and you just said that you don't know how to use a sword?" Li Yu took a deep look at the old man.
"Harm~~ I'm just talking nonsense, don't take it too seriously."
The old sheepherder waved his hand indifferently and said:
"Besides, I don't know how to use a knife, so it has nothing to do with me being able to tell you. It's just like a chef cooking. If the customer doesn't know how to cook, can't he still taste whether the food is delicious?
."
"There is some truth in what you say."
Li Yu laughed dumbly, knowing that the old man didn't want to say more and had no intention of continuing to ask questions. Instead, he said: "Then what do you think I should do next?"
"How can I, a bad old man, be qualified to give you advice? You know your own path, so why do you need other people's advice? Just keep walking steadily!"
The old sheepherder patted the melon seed peels on his body and wiped his mouth:
"But you have to remember that whether it's a knife or a sword, it all needs someone to use it. Don't wait until the end, and the swordsman is stunned. It won't be good if you put the root and the bottom."
After saying that, the old sheepherder stood up and walked towards Mu Shaobai.
"That's what senior said."
Li Yu was thoughtful and bowed to the old sheepherd man as a way of thanking him for his advice.
The old man kept saying that he was not qualified to give him guidance, but the last sentence revealed the essence of martial arts. No matter what weapon is practiced, it is controlled by the person, not the person who controls the weapon.
In the final analysis, talent is the foundation of martial arts. Weapons or offensive martial arts are at best tools to achieve the goal, or they are part of a warrior, not all of them.
Mu Shaobai had already agreed with Zheng Can and others on the next meeting time, and planned to settle the grudges by then. Seeing the old sheepherder approaching, he glanced at Li Yu in the distance and said curiously: "Pan
What did you do just now?"
"It's nothing. I met a good young man, so I had a casual chat with him."
The old sheepherder chuckled.
"Oh? A good young man?" Mu Shaobai turned his eyes and landed on Li Yu, his eyes seemed to have a golden light flashing through him.
There was also a trace of curiosity in his heart.
Naturally, he knew very well how high the old man's vision was. There were not many people who could catch the old man's eyes all the way from the Yuantu Kingdom, and there were even fewer people who could make him have such an evaluation. Even Zheng just now
Can and even Mu Shaobai himself, an old man, didn't say much.