The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 803 Opening Up Sea Routes

In ancient times, there was Wuqinxi, which imitated the gestures of five kinds of birds and beasts.

Of the five birds, one is called the tiger, the second is called the deer, the third is called the bear, the fourth is called the ape, and the fifth is called the bird.Practicing this technique often can eliminate grains and food, benefit energy, eliminate all diseases, and those who can survive will surely prolong their lives.

Translated into the vernacular, regular practice of Wu Qin Xi can help promote digestion, increase strength and stamina, and improve body immunity; if you can persist for a long time, it can even prolong your life.

This is the benefit that humans can gain by imitating the virtues of animals in a mundane world without supernatural powers.If it is in a world with extraordinary powers, such as Faerun, trying to imitate ferocious birds and beasts is not just as simple as strengthening the body and prolonging life.

There is a kind of humanoid creature in this world, or a variant of intelligent humanoid creature - lycanthropy.Lycanthrope is not a specific species, but a group of several creatures with similar abilities.

Specifically, lycanthropes refer to humanoid creatures that transform into animals, such as werewolves, and of course ratmen, tigermen, leopardmen, owlbearmen, etc. The ranks of lycanthropes.

Legend has it that when a lycanthropy attacks an ordinary person, if the victim survives the transformation from the lycanthropy toxin, he will become a new lycanthropy.

In fact, most of the time, this is just a misunderstanding. Currently, only the transformation of the Ratman has a relatively mature toxin conversion agent, and this toxin is not produced by the Ratman itself, but from the handwriting of an alchemy pharmacist.

It's just that ratmen like to smear this toxin on their paws, so many people mistakenly think that ratmen are born with assimilative toxin.

From this, a question arises, that is, what is special about the origin and spread of most lycanthropes.Some people say that lycanthropes are the product of ancient mage magic experiments, and some people say that they are dependents created by some evil gods or demon lords. In fact, these are just misinformation, or too one-sided.

The true origin of lycanthropy began with the imitation or even worship of animals by humans or other humanoid creatures.

When this kind of imitation and worship is reflected in the supernatural realm and even transformed into a totem (animal spirit) of some kind of belief, there will be a certain change from will to body, and even this change can be passed on to future generations through blood.

In many barbarian tribes that worship animal spirits in the north, there will always be some corresponding lycanthropes. People cannot understand the reasons for the appearance of these lycanthropes, because the parents and grandparents of those lycanthropes have never appeared lycanthropes , So people attribute these to the fact that they were injured by corresponding animals in the past hunting process, and those animals must have become lycanthropes.

When William was practicing Xingyiquan, he had encountered similar troubles. He found that when practicing these pictographic fists, it was easy to produce some interference similar to the true meaning of animals.

If it was placed in William's previous life, this is undoubtedly a good omen, because it means that the practice of boxing has penetrated into reality, the meaning of boxing has penetrated into the bone, and it means that boxing has entered the room.

But it is more troublesome in Faerun, because these can only be regarded as false boxing intentions. They may make your boxing skills stronger, but they cannot really increase your martial arts cultivation. It transforms into the form of the corresponding animal.

For example, if William practices Tiger Claw Kung Fu without restraint, his palms and upper limbs will gradually change to the shape of tiger claws. Even if he thinks he is a tiger in his heart, then his whole body may really be deformed to the shape of a tiger. .

And that's how some shapeshifting druids grow.

The training methods of monks are actually somewhat similar, except that what they imitate and worship are not animals, but some powerful humanoid extraordinary creatures, such as Kong Randa, who is born with quasi-demigod blood.

Even Kong Randa is not the only one, any humanoid creature with a strong enough body may become a monk's practice template. There is a premise in this, the abilities of these humanoid creatures must be naturally grown or cultivated, and cannot It is the infusion or transformation of power from a more powerful being.

There is no doubt that for the monk, William is a perfect template, even more suitable for being imitated by the human monk than Kong Randa, the source of the monk.

After all, Kong Randa is a celestial creature, and there are still certain differences between him and humans, while William, as a human being, has a closer affinity with those monks who are humans or even other humanoid creatures.

Of course, the premise of all this is that those monks really recognized and believed in William without reservation, and most of the monks in the monk war group did exactly this, especially the most fanatical monks who died forever. His strength also improved the fastest.

And Elena Frostheart Candur is undoubtedly the one who suffers the most from all of them. She knew the truth about William's identity, but because of this, she missed William, the most perfect monk template.

Sure enough, "ignorance is bliss" has its own unique truth.

It's a pity that Elena didn't approve of William's in-depth analysis of the extraordinary profession of monk.The female monk can barely be regarded as a half-literate person, because she can write some common languages; she is also good at punching people with her fists, but if you want her to analyze and demonstrate her own professional growth characteristics, it is completely embarrassing fat tiger.

If Elena trusted William, maybe she would be able to listen to it, but William's credibility in Elena's mind was negative, so how could she have no doubts about William's "sight and insight"?

If I trust you again I'm a brainless bitch!This is the truest thought in Elena Frostheart Candur's heart.

After all, William's painstaking efforts were paid in the wrong way. After all, he really liked Elena. She was strong, calm, hated evil, sympathized with the weak, and had a strong sense of justice.It was also under Elena's control that the inspection team with the monks as the core did not lose control in the conflict with the elves, but kept the rhythm stable.

After a "quarrel" with William, Ms. Elena finally left contentedly, leaving only William with a wry smile on his face.

Helen put on a light veil and said to William with a smile: "William, after all, you have thoroughly figured out the details of monks, but you can't use this to inspire those monks, don't you feel sorry?"

William cast a glance at Hellen, and said, "Whether I say it or not is my problem. As for whether to listen or not, it's their freedom to believe it or not. As long as I have a clear conscience, everything is up to them!"

Hellen sneered, with a bit of flattery on his flushed face, but he asked: "I still don't quite understand, you are obviously not the real god of monks, why those monks can recognize you and get such obvious recognition strength feedback."

William said proudly: "Because I am more suitable as a template for monks than those so-called gods of monks. Of course, I can also be called a living cheat."

"Really? This is really unexpected good news." Hillen held William's hand with his own, and said with a smile: "I will make good use of this advantage and make those monks the best in the valley." Strong support. But William, are you really determined to leave at this time? The sea is not very calm now."

While hugging the limp Helen and walking towards his residence, William said: "Connecting the Tessa River and the Asaba River will give our future Valley Kingdom an absolute strategic advantage. But this is not what we are talking about now. It's time, Ms. Hellen, are you ready to provide a high-quality heir for this soon-to-be-established kingdom?"

At this time, Helen laughed very presumptuously.

　Another short chapter today.

　　It's New Year's Eve, I wish all book lovers a happy holiday, and wish everyone a family reunion, good luck and good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)