Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 373
Musashi's move to kill Yigen can be described as shocking.

Except for Keijiro outside the house who was unlucky and didn't see it, the other three people really saw it.

As the so-called layman watches the fun, the expert watches the doorway.

With Shuangxie's martial arts, they must be regarded as experts. Therefore, this knife directly changed their first impression of Musashi's "nothing more than that".

It is true that Musashi's physical ability and internal strength are not 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 necessarily a few can resist.

That is to say, even if the person sitting here today is not Yigen, but a Central Plains sect master, the result is likely to be the same.

This kind of explosive combat power that cannot be estimated and quantified, that is, the "nirvana" released by the combination of "martial arts" and "weapons", should be the way to become stronger explored by the strong in the Japanese martial arts .

To put it more simply, the Japanese martial arts in this universe and the Central Plains martial arts have very different technology trees...

In the Central Plains martial arts, 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 point of view is obviously justified.

First of all, internal force 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 is no sneak attack, the side with stronger internal force is the one who clearly has the upper hand. It is similar to a cross-weight duel in a fighting competition, and the difference in weight caused by internal strength is far more terrifying than weight. This is not only higher in offense and defense, but also faster in speed, reaction, and recovery. It is an all-round Suppression... When the gap in internal strength reaches a certain level, the moves may even completely lose their meaning.

Secondly, the moves, to put it bluntly, are the changing combinations of some fixed movements, which are "visible"; no matter how exquisite your moves are, if you use them a lot in front of others, they may be stolen, especially those with advanced internal skills, or People with high martial arts talents can use many moves in sevens and eighties after just one look.

However, the method of operating internal force is invisible to the naked eye, and it is difficult to learn it 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 matching internal forces to exert the greatest power."

The third, and most important point...in the Central Plains martial arts, compared with fighting and killing, it also pays attention to a person's sophistication.

What does it mean to stop?Which one is harmony?

Ninety-nine percent of the grievances and hatreds in the Jianghu are rooted in the conflict of interests. If they can settle the disputes alive, who would be willing to risk their lives at every turn?
For example, we are both well-known and decent, and now we have some conflicts, what should we do?
We are also like those awesome Japanese samurai, we just bumped each other on the shoulders on the street, we both turned our heads and stared at each other angrily, flicked our tongues at each other a few times, and then slashed with our knives, one fell down after a few seconds, The other person walks away in a chic way?

Then~ where can I go?

The chivalrous warriors of our Central Plains martial arts must first have three successes each, and test each other, so that both sides have an idea of ​​the strength of the opponent, and then report, who is your master, and where is my sect... Then Then, according to everyone's strength and the power behind them, re-discuss how to solve the conflict in front of you and how to distribute the benefits, and the party that takes advantage in the end will give the opposite party a step down—it was all a misunderstanding just now, and now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, you Give me face, I will make this friend, and we will be brothers in the future.

This is the daily life of those who can gain a foothold in the arena for a long time.

You said you don't practice...do you not practice internal skills?Without any internal strength, you are not even qualified to negotiate with people on stage.

However, Japanese martial arts is not like this.

Due to the different cultural background and social environment, the scale of pure martial arts schools here cannot develop at all, and the ultimate goal of most martial arts practitioners is actually to become an official from martial arts.

The temptation of the "samurai class" is too great for them. If you want to compare it, it is equivalent to passing the "hereditary civil servant" exam.

Seeing this, some people may say, this doesn’t sound like the pinnacle of life, does it?
Harmful, it is because the times you live in are different, your choices are more diverse, and you may have the opportunity to live better than civil servants.

However, in ancient Japan, where the economy was not developed and the current situation was unstable, becoming a "samurai class" was basically equivalent to directly solving the highest social class promotion that a person and even his descendants could achieve. There is a better way out.

Therefore, the martial arts in Japanese martial arts has gradually developed into a way of "nirvana" that focuses on deciding life and death in a short period of time. After all, you don't have the conditions to fight with an opponent for too long on the battlefield. Mobile is the way to go...

This has also led to the fact that the warriors here tend to be more "hands-on".

In many dojos, they are often killed by those who kick the gymnasium, and sometimes they can be disabled when they practice with wooden knives in the same sect; wanderers who are walking outside, or warriors who have already been trained, either do not do it, or it is easy to get out of it. Human life; the "duels" of warriors seldom come to an end, most of them involve life and death.

Here, only the number of beheaded enemies and victories can prove the value of a warrior.

And people who practice this kind of "nirvana skills" really don't need too clever and complicated internal strength. As long as the breathing method he has learned can support him to use his own martial skills, and let his physical strength be stronger on the battlefield It has a certain endurance.

The Miyamoto Musashi in front of him showed the possibilities that warriors can display under this concept of martial arts.

His performance this time also made Shuangxie secretly rejoice: fortunately, they have opened their eyes here, and realized early that they cannot use the perspective of judging the warriors of the Central Plains to speculate on the strength of the warriors here, which reduces the chance of overturning due to carelessness in the future. probability.

And Tokumaru, who was beside Shuangxie, was also stunned at the moment.

Due to his lack of strength, Tokumaru couldn't see the mystery of Musashi's "Niten First Class", but it was also because he couldn't see that, that made him feel that the other party was unfathomable, and felt afraid of his blind self-confidence just now.

"Miya... Miyamoto-san..." After a few seconds, Tokumaru said in a trembling voice, his tone became respectful, "Sure enough, the reputation is well-deserved..."

"What?" Musashi stood still, and did not turn his head, but his eyeballs moved half a point in the direction of Tokumaru, "Do you want to try too?"

"No..." Tokumaru hurriedly waved his hand, "I... I'm sorry."

"Try what?" Sun Yixie saw that Musashi's pretentiousness was a bit unstoppable, and the scene was about to be out of control, so he quickly joined the conversation and persuaded, "Isn't this already dead? The one outside is also dead." Lie down, that’s just right, let’s talk about a set of excuses, and hand them over as murderers, and it’s over? What’s the matter?”

Musashi heard the words and 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, as long as anyone with a little brain understands, the murderer either used an identity that would not be suspected, or It just sneaked in from the outside in the middle of the night to kill, and ran away after the kill. There is no record of staying in the hotel... How could someone bring a weapon or clearly show that he is a warrior to check in, and then use a weapon that is obviously only for people with high martial arts skills? To kill a person by means of a method, and then keep it and wait to be investigated?"

On the surface, he said this to Musashi, but in fact he said it to Kumagai who had been discovered by them a long time ago and was hiding on the ceiling.

This is equivalent to giving Kumagai two choices-you can either take the two dead monks as the murderer, and let the rest of us help you make up a plausible story, so that you can count as having more than one "person" "Certificate" is enough; or you can continue to investigate and spend a few days and nights to check everyone in the hotel, but it may not be able to locate the murderer, and there is a high probability that the murderer is indeed not in the hotel and has already run away up.

Xiong Gu had already calculated most of this account in his heart before, and he was clear about the possibility of the latter option, so he didn't think much about it this time, and soon decided to accept the first method of communication hinted by Sun Yixie .

To make a long story short, before noon that day, everyone unanimously blamed the two monks of the Ichiko sect for the murder of Taketa Kuranosuke.

According to their "confessions", the two monks quickly showed their feet in the conversation under "Master Kumagai's careful arrangements and the cooperation of everyone", and tried to escape through violent resistance. All the enthusiastic heroes of the rivers and lakes worked together to win.

They don't care about how Kumagai will explain it later. This is the best result that Kumagai can deliver upwards, and it may even be better than finding the real culprit.

After the case was settled, these warriors hurriedly left Chuanpengzhuang under Kumagai's instruction, in case the iron case that had already been settled would be further complicated.

Miyamoto Musashi, who left the hotel, went to Yanliu Island without stopping to meet his duel opponent; although he was late for this battle, he also disturbed the opponent's mentality because of this, and instead gained the advantage, easily defeated Won the peak duel that made him famous.

Tokumaru, because of the great impact, suddenly felt that there are mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people... So he decided to travel far away and practice again; after the document, this guy will appear in a certain martial arts competition in the Central Plains martial arts , of course that's another story.

As for Sun Huang and Keijiro, they embarked on a journey to continue eastward.

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Huang Donglai went to see what was going on with the two monks, Yigen and Xinggen, and why one of them died, and the other suddenly died of his own accord.

As a result, Huang Donglai found a row of nail-like things with a certain magnetic force on Xing Gen's back spine. These "magnetic nails" were deeply embedded in Xing Gen's spine. It can be inferred that he should have been embedded in these things when he was not so tall...

On Yigen's body, they also found similar objects, but instead of nails, they were small circular magnetic rings. There were ten of these magnetic rings, which were put on Yigen's ten toes like rings. And the surface of each magnetic ring is engraved with strange characters.

Yigen's toes are also different from ordinary people. They are particularly slender and widely spaced. It seems that he has undergone years of training to make his toes extremely flexible. Visually, he can use his toes in shoes and socks to make movements that are not inferior to fingers. precise movements.

After Huang Donglai saw those magnetic rings, he speculated: there should be similar words on the magnetic nails on Xing Gen's back. On weekdays, Yi Gen secretly moved his toes to influence or control Xing Gen, and Xing Gen might have It is a "living dead", so once it loses control, it will directly become a corpse.

Unfortunately, when they checked, Xing Gen had already been identified as a "prisoner" and his body was under surveillance, so they couldn't destroy his body and pull out the nails for inspection; at most, they took off Yi Gen's shoes and socks for inspection look...

But what is certain is that these two monks of the Ichiko sect, or the monks who "professed to be the Ichiko sect", have far more weirdness than that. Maybe they were not the real culprits who killed Takeda Kuranosuke, but they were definitely involved. among other events.

The intersection of Shuangxie and these two people in Chuanpengzhuang may have laid the groundwork for some troubles in the future.

So, having said that, who is the real culprit in this case?

Don't worry, everyone, because Shuangxie will meet him at the next stop.

(End of this chapter)