Legend of the Knight

Chapter 142 The Way of Sword Qi
"Jianren, come here and help me take a look. I read it twice, but I missed something." Cao Dai handed the roster in his hand to a disciple and said to him.

This person is very old, and the first thing to get old is his eyes, so the old man likes to write in big characters the most, and hates to read lower case.

bother.

This disciple's name wasn't Jianren originally, it was a new name he changed to himself after he became a disciple of the Huashan School.

A hundred years ago, the biggest catastrophe facing the Huashan faction was not the struggle between the Five Sacred Mountains, nor the war between righteousness and evil, but the internal struggle within the Huashan faction: the battle of sword qi.

There were originally two factions in Huashan, one was the Sword Sect in the early stage, and the other was the Qi Sect in the later stage.

Originally, the two sects lived in peace, but later on in the distribution of interests between the two parties, a gap gradually appeared between the two sects, and later it developed to the point where they were at odds with each other.

After an internal battle between the two sects of sword qi, the Huashan faction, which originally had hundreds of people, lost more than 20 first-rate masters, and the Huashan faction fell out of the ranks of the great sects of the rivers and lakes.

The Huashan faction, which had been weakened a lot, was almost wiped out during the battle between righteousness and evil. If it weren't for the Linghu hero, the Huashan faction would have lost its reputation.

Finally, the people of the Huashan faction figured it out, let him take care of the sword sect and the Qi sect, and return to the sect, as long as he can fight.

Therefore, this disciple who directly changed his name to Jian Ren and determined to follow the path of Jian Zong was also loved by the head of Qi Zong Cao.

After Jianren turned over the thick roster quickly and checked it again, he said to Cao Dai: "Master, there really isn't one."

"Oh, why is that?" Cao Dai felt a little worried.

For this Young Heroes Meeting, not only Wuxiazi from the Xiaoyao faction did not come, but also his ideal son-in-law Gu Yuexuan did not come, and what was even worse, the disciples that the Xiaoyao faction should have sent to participate in the Young Heroes meeting also did not come.

Could it be that something major has happened within the Xiaoyao faction, making it impossible to even participate in this kind of hero meeting?
Suddenly, Jian Ren picked up another roster, and he said to Cao Dai: "Master, I found it. Look at this one."

Cao Dai took the roster and looked at it, only to see that there were only three names on the roster, and the third one was "Dongfang Weiming".

"Master, it's so strange." Jian Ren said to Cao Dai, "Why didn't Senior Brother Wei Ming report his sect?"

Cao Dai looked up and saw "Huang Xiaoshi" above Dongfang Weiming, so he probably understood what was going on.

Probably Dongfang Weiming and Huang Xiaoshi came together, because Huang Xiaoshi can only report to "Shen Nong Baicaomen", while Dongfang Weiming can report to "Xiaoyaogu". In order to take care of Huang Xiaoshi's feelings, Dongfang Weiming accompanied Huang Xiaoshi away Do not report the sect name here.

As for "Fu Jianhan" who was ranked first, Cao Dai didn't care at all.

Nobody, do not know.

……

Young people are not as sophisticated as adults. Weiming and Huang Xiaoshi went to the other side to sign up, simply because they didn't want to queue up.

It's just that Fu Jianhan really has no family and no sect.

In the small town at the foot of Mount Hua, in the only tavern in the town, three people were drinking.

"Brother Fu, your swordsmanship is so strange. It's the first time I've seen it. I don't know what kind of swordsmanship it is?" Weiming asked Fu Jianhan holding a wine bowl.

"This is a sword technique I created myself, called 'Chowder Sword Technique'." Fu Jianhan said with a smile to Weiming: "I picked up half a sword manual, practiced some moves, and then watched people compete and learned some of them. Strengths, and then practice a hodgepodge like this."

If Fu Jianhan's words were heard by other people, they would definitely not believe them, but Weiming kept nodding his head.

Weiming pulled Fu Jianhan over, pointed to Huang Xiaoshi who was mixing wine, and said to him: "Brother Xiaoshi is the same as you, his chicken claw skill was learned when he saw a group of chickens looking for food in the yard."

This Chicken Claw Kung Fu is also a wonderful skill, Fu Jianhan sighed, this trip to Huashan is really the right one.

After a while, Huang Xiaoshi came over with a jar of mixed wine, he said to Weiming and Fu Jianhan, "Come, try my mixed wine."

Weiming and Fu Jianhan each poured a bowl of wine and tasted it, and they all applauded.

It turned out that there were only two kinds of wine in this store.

One is strong and inferior wine, which burns your mouth as soon as you drink it.

One is a bland and tasteless wine, probably because it has not been processed well. After drinking it, it is not only sour and bitter, but also astringent.

However, this is the only place that sells alcohol in a radius of dozens of miles. If you want to drink something good, you have to go to Chang'an City.

……

This is the third day after the first test.

For the first preliminaries, as there were still people arriving one after another, the preliminaries dragged on for a full ten days.

When Huang Xiaoshi arrived in Huashan, the preliminaries had already started for five days, and the second round of the preliminaries would be two days later.

Now, basically everything that should be fought has been fought, and there are not many wait-and-see groups left, and they are bored on Mount Hua.

Therefore, Weiming and Fu Jianhan pushed Huang Xiaoshi down to Mount Hua to find a place to drink.

Huang Xiaoshi, who was a little afraid of drinking bad wine with two alcoholic lunatics, was fearless after discovering that [Shen Nong Liuli Gong] could actually remove the effect of [Alcohol Poisoning].

It's just that when he arrived at this restaurant, when a jar of the best wine was served, Huang Xiaoshi took the first sip and almost choked it out of his nose.

This.

Boss, did you bring up a jar of medicinal alcohol?
The last step in wine making is distillation, but distillation pays attention to pinching the head and tail.

The first wine distilled is spicy, strong, and has a very bad taste. It must be blended before drinking.

The wine distilled for the second time after fermentation is mellow and refreshing, hence the name "Erguotou".

The third wine after distillation is bland and tasteless.

I don't know how long this hotel has been open. The second course wine has been sold out long ago, and the rest are all undrinkable first course wine and third course wine. They are designed to trap passing merchants and the little drunkards who participated in this conference.

The reason why Dukang Village has been able to dominate the wine market for so many years is because they can handle the first and last wines and blend them, instead of selling the three kinds of wines separately like this stupid boss.

Huang Xiaoshi took a jug of wine, and brought the tail wine that everyone couldn't swallow just now, he turned outside the door for a walk, and picked a lot of herbs.

Afterwards, Huang Xiaoshi squeezed out the juice from the herbs and soaked it in the head wine, added some well water and tail wine, and finally borrowed a piece of gauze to filter the juice, and got a jug of green wine.

Facing Weiming and Fu Jianhan, who were unable to swallow the bad wine in the store, they poured a bowl of blended wine and tasted it, and praised the deliciousness of the wine.

"It's such a fine wine, it's too wasteful to drink too much." After picking up the wine, Weiming only took a sip, reluctant to finish it in one go.

Fu Jianhan picked up the big bowl and drank it all in one gulp. After he let out a long sigh of relief, he laughed and said, "Such fine wine must be drunk to get the true meaning."

Huang Xiaoshi smiled and said nothing.Feng Chuixue said something really good, watching people drink is much more interesting than drinking by yourself.

After the three of them drank for a while, Huang Xiaoshi took out a large ingot of silver from his pocket and put it on the table, then said sincerely to the shopkeeper: "This elder brother, like those two brothers of mine, drinks like water, and dies of thirst." Generally, there are not many people who pour their hearts into their mouths.

The bad wine here is still so expensive, be careful to meet a bad wine lunatic and smash your shop. "

Drinking today, what made Huang Xiaoshi feel the worst was that the price of wine in this hotel was several times more expensive than the best restaurants in Luoyang. He was really not afraid that some young hero would get mad and smash the hotel for him.

Well, maybe that's what they came up with. Selling wine can't make money faster than selling wine.

Opening a hotel at the foot of Huashan Mountain is probably not an ordinary person.

Forget it, I can't afford it, I can't afford it.

……

In the past few days, Huang Xiaoshi sticks with Weiming and Fu Jianhan, but he actually has a strong purpose.

It's not that Huang Xiaoshi wants to win Fu Jianhan over.

As the [true protagonist] Fu Jianhan who is more like the protagonist than Weiming, Huang Xiaoshi knows his character clearly.

Fu Jianhan's temperament seems to be free and easy, bold and unrestrained, but in fact he is not procrastinating in major events and festivals. He is very clear about love, hate, grievance and resentment, and has a good grasp of the bottom line.

Even if Huang Xiaoshi drank Fu Jianhan to the point that he called himself a master, when he heard that you were a member of the Tianlong Sect, he would just draw his sword and chop him off without hesitation.

At most, after hacking you to death, you will be sacrificed with wine every year.

Huang Xiaoshi made friends with Fu Jianhan in order to learn martial arts.

Unlike Huang Xiaoshi's [pseudo-genius], Fu Jianhan is really brilliant.

Whether it is the Wudang swordsmanship that emphasizes holding Yuanyuan and going round, or the Huashan swordsmanship that emphasizes the unity of sword and intention, or the free and easy swordsmanship that takes the light and agile route, Fu Jianhan can understand it at a glance, not only can he easily reproduce the swordsmanship Carve it out, and if someone has not practiced well, he can help you point it out and improve it for you.

Based on Huang Xiaoshi's understanding, Fu Jianhan probably followed the template of "Linghu Heroes", in terms of personality, hobbies, and talents, they are almost exactly the same.

The only difference from Hero Linghu is that Hero Linghu has no principles in making friends, he can control you whether you are good or evil, as long as you have enough friends to suit your appetite.

Fu Jianhan attaches great importance to the distinction between good and evil.

Therefore, Fu Jianhan's greatest role in Huang Xiaoshi's place is to steal a sword move.

Huang Xiaoshi has only learned three tricks since he learned [Wuxiang Liuli Kungfu], which is simply a waste.

Huang Xiaoshi has already realized that after successfully imitating a skill through [No Phase], as long as he uses it long enough, he can really comprehend the move.

Therefore, Huang Xiaoshi also understands why the head of Xiaoyao Valley can know everything, the reason is the same as Kakashi.

"The man who copied thousands of ninjutsu", but all of them are prostitutes for nothing, and they haven't paid a dime of tuition.

At present, Huang Xiaoshi also knows a sword technique [cut off] in addition to fists and kicks. With the idea of ​​not overwhelming him with too many skills, if he can learn another sword technique, it will be enough to deal with various situations .

After a few days of handover and today's drink, Huang Xiaoshi felt that the opportunity was close.

It is impossible to climb Huashan Mountain after being drunk, and the best kung fu does not mean that you will not fall off the cliff and die while climbing the mountain.

So the three of them found a flat ground at random, and regardless of the cold weather, they just lay down on the ground staggeringly while they were getting hot from the alcohol.

After the first wave of alcohol passed, the person began to wake up gradually, the cold air from the ground permeated through the vest, and he could no longer lie down.

So the three of them stood up again, staggered to find a small stream, took up the cold stream and drank it, and then they felt refreshed.

"Brother Fu." Huang Xiaoshi said to Fu Jianhan with drunken eyes: "Although I only know fist and foot, it's because I was too poor to buy a sword when I was young.

In fact, my talent in swords is excellent. I heard that your swordsmanship is also self-created. How about I guide you? "

Although Huang Xiaoshi's words are almost as high as the sky, but in the eyes of Wei Ming and Fu Jianhan, Huang Xiaoshi is straightforward.

Through the competition on the first day and the following days of contact, Fu Jianhan admired Huang Xiaoshi's martial arts to the extreme, and he admired Huang Xiaoshi's experience even more.

Fu Jianhan believed that Huang Xiaoshi was not lying when he said that he only practiced boxing and kicking because he couldn't afford a sword.

Swords are very expensive, and even the most ordinary knife costs several taels of silver.

Swords are expensive because they are all handmade, and it is extremely difficult to make a qualified sword.

Although pig iron can also be used to make knives, you can buy a pig iron kitchen knife for a few tens of pennies, but these kitchen knives can only be used for cutting vegetables and tofu, and meat needs to be cut and sharpened once.

As a weapon, pig iron knives are too inferior, and it is very worrying when fighting against people.

For example, many military generals like to use iron maces (most of the goalkeepers still hold them).The iron mace has four edges on all sides, and there are engraved grooves on it, which are specially designed to break swords.Literally broken, when an iron mace is swung round and smashed at it, the weapon in the opponent's hand is broken, and it breaks as soon as it is touched.

A sword that can really work in a fight must be made of steel.

As the name suggests, Baisteel is made by heating refined iron and hammering it repeatedly, one forging and one weighing, until it does not lose weight.

Therefore, a sword master, even with the help of apprentices, cannot make ten swords a year.

A good knife would cost ordinary people a few years of coolie money, and a good sword would be even more expensive.

Therefore, people often say "a gentleman's sword".This gentleman is not that gentleman, but it does not refer to the poor.

Not only Huang Xiaoshi, but also Weiming who was poor since he was a child, didn't learn swordsmanship, he used boxing first, and then stick.

Today, since Huang Xiaoshi offered to guide him in swordsmanship, Fu Jianhan was naturally not at all unhappy.

Fu Jianhan's personality is very free and easy, sensitive and eager to learn, as long as he can learn real skills, Fu Jianhan will be really happy.

Since you want to guide, you have to show your hand first.

Huang Xiaoshi casually walked to the bamboo grove beside the stream, raised his palm as a knife, and cut a bamboo of moderate thickness.

"Come." Huang Xiaoshi gestured casually, and he signaled his two companions to come this way.

"This move is the sword technique I learned during the bloody battle with the Japanese in Hangzhou. I call it 'cutting'." Huang Xiaoshi held the bamboo back in both hands and adjusted his internal strength.

After reaching level [-], in addition to getting a passive, Huang Xiaoshi also found that he can control the internal force to "empower" the external objects that the body touches.

This is what warriors often refer to as "releasing internal forces to the outside".

The internal force attached to the dead object will continue to dissipate. This kind of internal force empowerment consumes a lot of internal force when used, and it consumes internal force continuously, but the benefits are also obvious.

"drink!"

Huang Xiaoshi stepped forward with his left foot, and chopped down with both bamboo swords, drawing a blue arc of light in the air.

After finishing the move, Huang Xiaoshi straightened his waist and retracted his sword, only to see a piece of green bamboo with about seven or eight stalks within a zhang in front of him, and then it fell down with the wind.

Although he has never learned swordsmanship, Huang Xiaoshi's words are not lying. His current level of swordsmanship is enough to guide Fu Jianhan.

Huang Xiaoshi, who is already a first-class master, can hurt people by flying flowers and picking leaves. The bamboo sword in his hand at this time is a peerless sharp blade that can cut everything in the world.

It was also the first time for Weiming to see Huang Xiaoshi using a sword. He approached the severed bamboo stake and touched the section with his hand.

A beautiful oblique cut can be seen on the fracture of this row of green bamboos.Smooth, extremely smooth, almost as if it had been polished.

After Huang Xiaoshi turned around, he saw Fu Jianhan pulled out the dagger on his back, he held the sword in both hands, and raised it above his head, concentrating his energy.

After a few breaths, Fu Jianhan let out a loud shout, and slashed down with the same sword as Huang Xiaoshi just now.

After the sword light flashed, a thick bamboo slipped and fell down. Fu Jianhan put the dagger in his left hand, and he took a few steps forward to touch the cut surface.

"Okay, that's amazing." Huang Xiaoshi couldn't help clapping his hands.

As expected of Fu Jianhan, this martial arts talent is really full, and Huang Xiaoshi finally reproduced this move [Cut Drop], he only needs to read it once to master it.

Facing Huang Xiaoshi's praise, Fu Jianhan didn't show complacency on his face. He turned his head and looked at the bamboo forest that Huang Xiaoshi had split open with his bamboo sword, and said with some shame: "To be honest. During the martial arts competition that day, the unknown master I am judged as a loser, and I am still a little unconvinced.

At that time, I thought Brother Xiaoshi was wearing a treasure armor, so the sword in my hand couldn't hurt him.

Brother Xiaoshi's inner strength is so deep, even if he only has a bamboo sword in his hand, the power of this move is ten times stronger than mine. "

Fu Jianhan's eyes were a little dazed, and he murmured: "This sword, what's the use of it if I practice it."

Huang Xiaoshi didn't expect that with a random move, he would scare away the future sword master.

It's no wonder that Fu Jianhan may have just entered the arena. As a rookie, he came to this young hero meeting with the idea of ​​making a blockbuster show off.

At the end of the year, Fu Jianhan hoped that he could appear in Bai Xiaosheng's rookie list.

Unexpectedly, when Fu Jianhan just debuted, he met Huang Xiaoshi, a freak, and his self-confidence for more than ten years was beaten to pieces in one fell swoop.

After Huang Xiaoshi came over, he patted Fu Jianhan on the shoulder, and said to him, "I'll tell you an old story about the Huashan sect. It is said that Huashan was divided into two factions a hundred years ago, one was called Jianzong, and the other was called Qizong. .”

(End of this chapter)