Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 104 0103: Sword Skills Advance; Enter the City Again! (Two in One)

Cheng Zongyang thought about his second uncle's words and said:

"As for the sisters, ask them what they want. If they can endure hardships and are willing to learn martial arts, you can give them medicinal baths. If they don't want to, forget it.

They will also be part of the family in the future, and they will always have to do something for the family. As for the shortage of medicinal materials, I will go to the county to think of a solution."

Cheng Guangshan frowned: "My daughter will get married in the future. I am worried that the importance of this medicinal bath will be leaked out."

However, Cheng Zongyang shook his head and said, "No, I don't plan to let my sisters marry out. Instead, I will find someone they are willing to marry into the family!"

"Marry into the wife's family?" Cheng Guangshan was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Cheng Zongyang looked at the sisters squatting beside Second Aunt, watching Second Aunt teaching them to read on the ground, and said calmly:
"Our Cheng family doesn't have many people to begin with, so we will definitely have more children to increase the population of our Cheng family in the future.

In my initial plan, the Cheng family's business will need to be managed by our own people in the future. Although we will find orphans to join the family and train them from a young age, they will only be thugs, guards or external affairs managers.

Outsiders who can enter the core must go through a series of selections.

The real owner of the industry can only be one of our own people. Now, our population is small, and we can't marry out. Therefore, these sisters must learn some skills. Either learn martial arts to protect the family, or learn literacy and arithmetic to help the family.

They cannot be ordinary women who only know how to take care of their husbands and children or embroider and recite poetry."

Cheng Guangshan was shocked by his nephew's idea.

In his mind, a woman should obey her husband and help him raise children. But in his nephew's case, he became the head of the family?
But he is not a stubborn person.

If a family really develops into the situation just described, it is not impossible for the children in the family to have the ability to act as the head of the family.

"Are you planning the same thing, Zong Yun?" Cheng Guangshan suddenly asked with a smile. He knew how much his nephew loved his sister.

Speaking of his sister, Cheng Zongyang smiled and finally nodded:
"Yes. Either learn martial arts, or learn to read and do math or manage industry. Of course, this is for the future. Second uncle, our inner mountain pass is not yet completely perfect, so it is useless to say too much.

I will take care of the medicinal materials. Besides, my eldest and second uncles can handle the matter of my daughter's marriage. As a junior, I will not interfere, nor will I say anything. If I say anything, it will seem disrespectful."

"Hahaha, kid. Okay, I understand what you mean. Leave it to me." Cheng Guangshan stood up with a smile on his face.

Cheng Zongyang looked at the hatchet in his hand, his mind full of thoughts. If the sisters really insisted on marrying out, it would depend on their own opinions.

It would be even better if they can find someone they are willing to marry and the other party is also willing to marry into the family. Otherwise, it will be difficult to force the relationship, and they will end up feeling resentful and inferior.

But before getting married, you must work for the family.

He never underestimated the role of women. There are many things that men can do, and women can basically do them too. But what women can do may not be possible for men!

Then he stood up and went into the house, took out the wine bag filled with tiger bone wine that he had placed there early in the morning, and walked to an open space farther back, preparing to improve his basic swordsmanship tonight.

When some elders saw Cheng Zongyang go to the back of the house, they knew that he was going to practice martial arts, so they did not disturb him.

There was an open space behind the house, with some human-high wooden stakes stuck into the ground around it.

This is not only used for practicing swordsmanship, but also for standing still.

He took off his shirt, drank about one or two ounces of tiger bone wine, and started practicing with a hatchet.

While Cheng Zongyang was practicing, Cheng Guangshan came to the place where his brothers gathered.

"Brother, Brother Song, Brother Chang, I just had a chat with Zong Yang."

Cheng Guangshan casually pulled over a small stool and sat down.

Cheng Guanghai, Zhou Hansong and Zhou Hanchang immediately put down the ceramic tea bowls in their hands, somewhat puzzled.

Cheng Guangshan then repeated the general idea of ​​what Cheng Zongyang had just said.

After the three of them heard this, they all remained silent.

Although they were all farmers and hunters, they could not read many words and did not have much vision, but from what he just said, they could hear the ambition in Cheng Zongyang's heart.

"Brother-in-law, if Yang'er really has this idea, you have to support him." The eldest brother-in-law Zhou Hansong spoke with deep emotion. "With Yang'er in the family, it's only a matter of time before we get rich. We can't hold Yang'er back."

Cheng Guanghai did not have the idea of ​​making decisions for his son just because he was stronger than him.

He had long been accustomed to his son's behavior since he was young. Even sometimes, he was the one who made the decisions about some matters at home. He naturally had no such thoughts.

But he never expected that his son's plan would be so big. So big that he never imagined that the Cheng family would have such a bright future.

After hearing what his brother-in-law said, Cheng Guanghai fell silent and tightened his grip involuntarily.

Cheng Guangshan, who was standing aside, looked at his elder brother and understood what he was thinking.

This is the feeling of helplessness as a father who cannot help his son!
Just like last night, his son asked him questions like why the county magistrate didn't care about the lives of refugees and what was the point of being an official.

He couldn't answer, which made his son feel disappointed and helpless.

"Brother, I know." At this time, Cheng Guanghai smiled and said, "Yang'er has an idea, of course I will support it."

I will work hard too!
Cheng Guanghai was determined.

"Then let Yang'er do it. Since it's all for the family, for this big family, the family should be the priority." Zhou Hansong nodded. "In the future, the Zhou family will also work with the Cheng family."

He also understood that only by following Zong Yang could the Zhou family have a future, instead of their descendants continuing to work hard like their fathers, digging for a living all their lives without any future.

"I agree too." Zhou Hanchang nodded in agreement after everyone finished speaking. Then they went to ask their children.

As the night deepens, the mountains become cooler.

The old man was sleepy early in the morning and could not stay up all night, so he went to bed early after dinner.

The adults began to call the children to rest, and then all the adults continued to process wood, bamboo, banana leaves, etc., in preparation for building the house tomorrow.

At night, birds occasionally fluttered through the forest, and leaves rustled. The chirping of insects outside the inner mountain pass came and went, but I didn't feel disturbed.

They have long been accustomed to the noises of insects and so on.

Cheng Zongyang continued to practice basic swordsmanship selflessly.

One or two ounces of wine is enough for an hour of high-efficiency practice.

One hour, two hours.

[Basic swordsmanship training, proficiency +2. ]

【Basic sword skills have been promoted.】

As the moon hung high in the sky, all the adults returned to their houses. Cheng Zongyang stopped practicing only after hearing two consecutive reminders.

At the same time, a new, deeper understanding of knife skills emerged in his brain, and the application of more knife techniques made him more proficient.

"The basic swordsmanship has finally been advanced!" Cheng Zongyang murmured, calling out the interface.

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Name: Cheng Zongyang
Age: 15 years old

Realm: Eighth Grade (Yijin)

Points: 280
Skill: Archery (11421/20000, Expertise)
Martial Arts:

Body Building Skills (10/3000, Mastery)
Basic knife skills (1/3000, entry level)
Wind Step (12/100, not yet mastered)

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"Not bad, the progress of the body-building skill has also increased by 10 points."

If the previous level is knowing how to use the basic sword techniques, it means being able to use the sword with ease.

This level of mastery allows him to understand and use the knife at will. Whether it is the technique of applying force to the blade, or the rapid coordination of the ten sword styles, he has a deeper understanding and use than the previous level!

At the same time, changes are occurring in the body.

The remaining vitality of the tiger bone wine in the body was being rapidly absorbed by the body. It seemed that due to the advancement of the swordsmanship, the body muscles were forming a kind of physical memory.

The advancement of knife skills is not only about the brain's understanding and application of knife skills, but also the body's. The advancement allows the body to form a kind of muscle memory, which can be said to be an all-round improvement, thus avoiding the situation where the body cannot keep up with the brain's reaction.

This muscle memory shaping did not last long, and as the remaining vitality in his body was consumed, it basically stopped.

Now he was holding the knife, and whenever he thought of a knife move, his body would react almost instantly. At the same time, he would attack with stronger force techniques, making the use of force more efficient.

“This change is a bit like the change in skills.”

Cheng Zongyang could feel that when he pushed past a limit in archery training, his body would also have a muscular reaction.

This allows him to draw the bow and shoot arrows without having to deliberately adjust his body posture or angle.

"This is the feedback effect brought about by a breakthrough in ability realm! It's really good."

Cheng Zongyang smiled.

Although it is not a very high level, it is still a good fighting method for him.

As long as his cultivation level does not exceed too much, no matter how the opponent attacks, he can quickly mobilize the ten sword techniques to coordinate and use them, thus making efficient offensive and defensive means.

The basic moves combined together can also form different sword techniques!
Now that the breakthrough has been made, I feel more confident.

"Let's go into the city tomorrow and see if we can use the Soul Crystal."

Murmuring, Cheng Zongyang went to the sink to wash up.

The end of midnight.

Cheng Zongyang whispered something to his parents and left Neishankou.

Although both families were wanted, he didn't know how many people were wanted? Did they have portraits hung on them?

This trip into the city, in addition to finding out about the wanted case, was also to see if he could buy medicinal herbs for free from the wealthy families' businesses.

He brought back quite a few first- and second-stage medicinal materials, but he never expected that because of the medicinal food and exotic beast meat, the progress was much faster than planned. Therefore, there were quite a few second-stage medicinal materials left.

The remaining medicinal herbs can be given to the elders and will not be wasted.

But now, he needs the third stage of medicinal materials, and there are not enough medicinal materials for his younger brothers and sisters in the family to take medicinal baths.

Of course, more importantly, we need to try out the effect of the soul crystal. If we can find a helper earlier, the territory of the wilderness world will not be always empty.

The county is now under martial law and no one is allowed to leave or enter.

He couldn't get into town in disguise, but there was another place.

Although the dog hole is a bit dirty, it’s a special case and there’s no need to be too particular about it.

In order to be efficient, Cheng Zongyang ran all the way and quickly rushed to the county town.

In less than half an hour, the outline of the county town could be vaguely seen in the night.

Cheng Zongyang took out his telescope and looked towards the county town. Although it was dark at night, he could still see a lot of things.

There were still a large number of refugees outside the county, but their numbers had been reduced by half and they were not as dense as before. In addition, there were also fewer guards on the city walls.

Obviously, this riot caused not only heavy casualties among the refugees, but also heavy losses among the soldiers.

However, when Cheng Zongyang saw more than a dozen piles of corpses outside the city, emitting black smoke and a foul odor, his face darkened and he subconsciously held his breath. Even though the location was quite far away.

Although it was dark at night and the situation could not be seen clearly, from the remaining firelight I could see that some bodies had not been burned completely and there were vague human outlines.

The black smoke produced by the burning of so many corpses almost covered the sky of the county, and the stars and the moon were invisible.

Cheng Zongyang knew it would be tragic, but he never imagined that so many people would die.

There were nearly twenty huge piles of corpses, and the number of corpses was estimated to be no less than ten thousand.

"Chang Younian, can this matter really be covered up? Or will Daliang turn a blind eye to such a thing?"

But at this moment, he thought of something, held his breath, and quietly ran to the location near the pile of corpses, and quickly buried the soul crystal underground.

He wasn't sure if putting it here would help, but he had to try.

There are two mountains of corpses within this hundred-meter area. Whether it is effective or not will be known later when we come to check it out.

Cheng Zongyang took advantage of the night and groped his way towards the small cave. At the same time, he was also thinking about how powerful the so-called clan power was!
If Chang Younian is fine after this incident, it proves that the power of the clan is indeed a huge force that can influence the entire prefecture. Protecting one person is really not a big deal.

At the same time, it also shows that Chang Younian has the value of being preserved!
Don't think any more and keep speeding up.

When he left, he simply blocked the entrance of the cave with some stones, but anyone who stopped to observe would see the location of the entrance.

He didn't know whether the refugees would enter or exit through this cave, but he didn't care.

As for the epidemic, it has almost no effect on the warriors. The warriors are full of energy and righteousness.

To put it bluntly, plague is also evil. As long as the Qi and blood are sufficient, the evil will not enter the body. Evil cannot defeat good!
Unless the power of this evil energy far exceeds the warrior's own qi and blood.

Cheng Zongyang covered his face with a black cloth.

When he arrived at the cave entrance, he saw some people squatting beside the cave, seemingly doing something.

When Cheng Zongyang saw this, he knew that the cave had been discovered and that refugees had entered the city through this cave.

He didn't care. He raised his knife and released his aura, scaring away the refugees without saying a word.

From the aura, the refugees could tell that the man in front of them was not a refugee.

Cheng Zongyang successfully entered the cave and prepared to visit his second uncle's house in the dark.

The alleys are messy and smell fishy.

He walked through the alley, and even though it was dim at night, he could still see some black spots on the ground and walls.

No need to guess what it is.

The footsteps were low and silent, and from some houses came the sounds of low crying, violent coughing, and conversation.

Even most of the houses are empty.

However, when he arrived at the clinic, he saw that the door had been sealed. There were seals and ten portraits on the door.

Seeing this number, you don’t have to think about who it is.

This means that both his two families are wanted! And their faces were known from the people who knew them well.

"It seems that Chang Younian is really furious." Cheng Zongyang sneered, walked around the gate, jumped to the back, and jumped in using the courtyard wall.

Half a minute later, Cheng Zongyang left the clinic with a gloomy look on his face.

Although he took away most of the medicinal herbs and valuables, the remaining herbs had been cleared away. The entire clinic was in a mess.

He could only go to some clinics that he remembered.

There are three in the south of the city, two in the east, four in the west, and three in the north, a total of twelve clinics.

Without exception, all were sealed and all the medicinal materials were taken away.

Cheng Zongyang knew that Chang Younian had done this on purpose in order to control all the medicinal materials in the city in order to deal with the epidemic.

He had no idea what Chang Younian's plan was, and he didn't want to think about such brain-consuming things.

Since no clinic can find the medicinal herbs, it means that all the herbs are hidden in one place.

After working for more than an hour, it was almost dawn and I had no choice but to return to my residence.

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