Lord of the Desert

Chapter 346 The world is like iron
The mountains and fields are sparse.

The human voice was swallowed up in an instant.

Hong Fan's mouth felt dry and he swallowed.

He watched the wind blow across the lake, blowing up the red silk around Duan Tiannan's waist.

Then he was pulled back by the rough hands and tied up.

As a result, both the words and the person quickly cooled down in the evening breeze.

"Many people have different opinions from me regarding the disclosure of Iron Hand Kung Fu."

Duan Tiannan's voice became quiet.

"Yuntao is a veteran general on the battlefield. He handles troops with severity rather than kindness."

"He said that the army must have a strict hierarchy, otherwise there will be no discipline, and martial arts as a reward is one of the most important distinctions."

"If everyone can easily acquire the skills, many people will be reluctant to join the army, and it will become more difficult to control the soldiers."

"This is not good for the Yum Army."

Duan Tiannan paused.

Even today, he still couldn't completely refute these words.

"As for Lao Qiu, he probably has other ideas."

Duan Tiannan said with a sneer.

"This matter will encounter resistance. In fact, I originally expected it."

"Because that's how it is in Kyushu."

"Whether it is the inheritance system that was once completely dominated by aristocratic families and sects, or the monopoly system that is gradually established by Zhangwuyuan..."

"Gongfa is the core resource, and the most important thing is to have a clean origin."

Duan Tiannan glanced at Hong Fan and Gu Yixin.

The former could understand it, but the latter still seemed to understand.

So he explained further.

"In this world, the origin of martial arts is clearer than a person's lineage."

"The so-called 'family status' spoken by powerful people from aristocratic families is based on the bloodline of officials and nobles, while 'family status' represents the level of martial arts one can practice."

"Those who possess the Ten Classics are the first-class families, those who inherit the martial arts canon are the second-class families, and the third- and fourth-class families are the powerful landlords."

"If you practice martial arts with unknown origins and become known before it becomes popular, people will come to 'rectify the origins'."

From the word "Su Zheng", Hong Fan could smell a lot of blood.

"The Zhangwuyuan is disliked by so many noble families because it goes against the system to a certain extent."

Duan Tiannan looked at Gu Yixin and said.

"Brother Gu has experience with this."

The latter nodded.

"I have never had many friends. After I picked up "The Step-Throwing Diamond Code", I just pondered it by myself."

Gu Yixin said.

"It wasn't until I subdued a crazy cattle with my bare hands in front of others when I penetrated the realm, that it didn't take long for the local martial arts academy to come to my door."

"I thought that the things were just picked up, and I knew them by heart anyway. Seeing that they were from the government, I readily handed over the martial arts canon."

"In this way, I have been protected and funded by Zhangwu Yuan, and I am regarded as a legitimate successor of martial arts."

Hong Fan didn't hear any regret or unwillingness in his ancient and new words.

Perhaps he was naturally different from other people, and he never felt that the "Stepping Vajra Classic" was unique to him.

"Brother Gu is lucky."

Duan Tiannan smiled.

"After all, the "Stepping Diamond Code" has been lost for a long time, and no one can jump out and make irresponsible remarks."

"Change to the martial arts that has been branded with the surname of the famous family - assuming that someone in Hejian has practiced "Qiansi Nian", masters from the Duanli Tang family will definitely arrive in less than a month."

"It couldn't have turned out well."

When Hong Fan heard this, he immediately thought of Li Heming.

At the age of 27, he has exhausted all the martial arts passed down from his family and is determined to innovate.

By the time his head was bruised and bleeding, he was probably in his late thirties.

At that time, he was already the head of the Li family, had a wife and children, and was famous throughout Liangzhou.

Being held up so high, it is impossible to give up everything and become a Tiqi in the Zhangwuyuan, spending ten years in exchange for a new method.

Thinking about it now, Li Heming may have told himself day after day not to worry, there must be a chance.

It's a pity that the world is like iron and didn't give him any chance.

"In short, it's the same old saying I told you - the fist is the biggest in the world, and the reason is the second biggest."

Duan Tiannan concluded.

"If you have the ability to become a Yuanci Heavenly Being, then you will have a bargaining chip."

"The same goes for Tiqi."

He looked at Hong Fan.

"As far as I know, if you obtain martial arts from Zhangwuyuan without a special license, you can only practice it yourself and cannot pass it on."

"But if you become a heavenly being, you can spread the word and pass it on again and again - it's just a few more trips to Zhangwuyuan to pay back a few favors."

Hong Fan nodded.

"Don't talk about these digressions."

Duan Tiannan took back his words.

"No matter what, Zhangwuyuan has done a lot of solid things."

"In most places in Kyushu, including the Juzhou border areas, life is pretty good."

"But Huaiyang country is different."

"So I was very persistent at that time."

"In the end, Lao Qiu and Yuntao also took a step back and allowed the "Iron Hand Kung Fu" to disclose the methods of inner vision and penetration."

"As for Hun Ran and beyond, they still have to be approved by Bai Shengjun and then taught by me personally."

"It's hard to describe to you how excited I was back then."

Duan Tiannan put his hands on his hips and couldn't help but laugh.

"I personally went to the top of the highest mountain within a hundred miles and cut off a two-meter-square stone. I carried it step by step to the east gate of Yongnian City and carved the exercises with my fingers."

He gestured with his hands in the air to let people know the size of the rock.

"For three whole months, the east gate of Yongnian City was so crowded that it was difficult to move!"

Duan Tiannan kicked a stone towards the center of the lake, and then stared at the scattered ripples.

"Two brothers, the eldest brother, I came from a bad background and started practicing martial arts late, but as soon as I came into contact with martial arts, I became smooth and powerful."

"So I've always had something on my mind."

"I think many ordinary people are not incapable, but they are carnivores who are despicable and do not give the world a chance..."

He spoke softer and softer, and finally fell silent.

"and after?"

Hong Fan couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked anxiously.

He understood that the peasant-born warrior in front of him had actually conducted a large-scale social experiment. "It was certainly good at first."

Duan Tiannan was in a daze for a while before continuing to speak.

"Everyone in Anmin County said at that time that you could practice martial arts as long as you went to Bai Shengjun's territory, which was very attractive."

"Yuntao recruited a lot of people at once. Relying on their morale, he captured two big cities in a short period of time, and his territory expanded rapidly."

"It turned out to be so lively that the royal court sent people three times to deal with this matter - the last time was when Feng Mubai came in person and chased me for hundreds of miles!"

He was so excited that he took off and tied the red silk around his waist.

"That was more than three years ago."

"At that time, wherever I went, I would personally select the best stones, cut and polish them with my own hands, carve them with rituals, and move them to the most conspicuous place in the city."

"In just the first six months, at least tens of thousands of people have learned the basics of Iron Hand Kung Fu."

"This is because most people are illiterate."

"Up to now, it is estimated that at least a few hundred thousand people have heard of my martial arts - damn, I am so worthy of the title of Grandmaster!"

Duan Tiannan smiled again.

"Then, guess what?"

This time it was a wry smile.

"Until now, there are less than [-] people who have reached the Penetrating Realm with the "Iron Hand Skill", and only five people have reached the Huran Realm."

"The vast majority of these 200 people are from within the army - they are off work, well fed, and can find people to give guidance and learn from each other."

"Excluding them, there are only about 5000 people among the common people who have mastered cultivation, and one person out of [-] people."

"This is just one thing."

"Over the past three years or so, every one of the rocks I originally erected to transmit the Dharma have been smashed one after another."

"It's all done with iron hand skills."

Having said this, Duan Tiannan had to stop and take a breath.

Beside him, Gu Yixin opened his mouth slightly, still trying to understand the logic of the last incident.

Hong Fan is doing mental arithmetic.

Looking at the numerical values ​​alone, it would be pretty good to have 200 people succeed in practicing martial arts in three or four years - after all, the time is still short, and many people start too late.

But taking the Hong family as an example, there are about [-] people in the family. Counting the sons of families like Jiang Youde and descendants of family soldiers like Shen Hong, the entire population will not exceed [-].

As for the warriors with penetration level and above, even if we only count two years ago, there are about a hundred people.

Fifteen to one and five thousand to one, the gap is huge.

What's more, "Iron Hand Kung Fu" is designed to be easy to learn.

The reason is easy to understand.

Hong Fan is a person with good talents in the Hong family clan.

After five years of martial arts training, without the full supply of Tui Gong Pills and Marrow Cleansing Pills, without the Dragon Soul Tree and Life Star, and purely relying on personal efforts and family education benefits, now I can at most have penetrated the four serious scriptures, and I will not be outstanding in Zhu Yiqi. .

But this is already based on conditions that many others do not deserve.

Since childhood, he has participated in the family's private school to learn Chinese characters and sentences;

With Hong Li’s conscientious teaching, you don’t have to worry about making mistakes;

There is no need to earn a living if you are supported by others until you reach adulthood;

Ethnology has a free elixir benefit...

After counting down the details, Hong Fan gained another understanding of the difficulty of practicing martial arts.

Duan Tiannan finally regained his composure and sighed.

"That's when I realized that practicing martial arts is such a difficult thing."

There was still a hint of confusion on his face.

“Only then did I realize that for a 30-year-old illiterate farmer, it was more difficult for a [-]-year-old illiterate farmer to memorize and understand the secrets of only [-] words from the internal vision to comprehension level than it was for me to manage fifty acres of land by myself.”

"Only then did I realize that aristocratic families and sects are a combination of a series of resource conditions with the inheritance of martial arts as the core."

"Only now do I realize that the martial arts classics are not the only things that make nobles from high families superior to ordinary people..."

"I think many people have long understood this truth."

"But I gave up after giving it a try."

The sunset is like a still fire.

Duan Tiannan lowered his eyes and looked at the reflections of the three people in the lake.

"My old brother learned to read and write by only attending odd lessons in private schools while working long hours. Later, he picked up the obscure "Buddha Vajra Canon" and became a self-taught person without any teacher or medicine."

"Brother Hong has been constantly innovating and innovating since he received the Fate Star. He is famous all over the world for his many original killing methods, as if he had been taught by the ancestral dragon himself."

"And I, too late to practice martial arts, and too fast to practice."

"So after I mastered it, I naturally felt that since there is one Duan Tiannan in the small Wenshi Village, there should be countless Duan Tiannan in the world, and it was not worth it for them to stay in the fields."

"Guess what?"

Duan Tiannan asked and answered himself.

"I didn't expect that there is only one Duan Tiannan in the world!"

he laughed.

Both proud and lonely.

The laughter lasts forever.

The water of the lake licked the shore one after another.

Duan Tiannan stood motionless, his back embedded in the golden sunset.

"Who would have thought that ordinary people are ordinary because of nothing else..."

"It's just mediocrity, really."

After a long time, he turned around, reached out and pressed Hong Fan's shoulders heavily.

"Brother Hong, it's no one's fault that the world is like this."

"Don't blame me."

"I don't blame you!"

"If you want to blame it, blame Zulong for lowering his martial arts skills."

"I blame God for being unfair and favoring private talents!"

At this point, Hong Fan already had mixed emotions.

He immediately understood why Duan Tiannan wanted to talk to him about these past events today.

It was like he immediately understood why Duan Tiannan went to get wine and meat, smashed the wine jar, and scolded the guests in the wind when he saw that he was hypothermic in the storm that day under the wind and clouds...

Even as a human being, he rarely felt this kind of warmth from the inside out.

"It's fine with me."

Hong Fan whispered, raising his eyes to face the bearded man.

The setting sun was fierce at this time, shining brightly and brightly on the top of the left mountain, making him unable to see the other person's eyes.

But he clearly felt that he saw it.

"Brother Duan, it's okay for me."

This time Hong Fan called "big brother" sincerely as never before.

PS: It’s more than 400 words, so why doesn’t it count as two chapters in one?
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