I formed the strongest swordsman group

The author, due to some force majeure in real life yesterday, shortened the writing time and failed to write 1W words (leopard headache crying.jpg)

Tomorrow, the author will try his best to make up the 40,000-character chapter owed today. (Leopard dead.jpg)

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The ward was instantly surrounded by silence.

Whether it's Arima and the others, or Okita and the others... In short, everyone in the ward is now focusing on Elodie who suddenly spoke surprisingly.

Everyone's expressions and the emotions revealed on their faces woven together into a tense atmosphere.

Under the oppression of this atmosphere, Elodie felt a different kind of pressure. She shrank her shoulders and neck, and her petite body became a little smaller because of her young age. A little timidly, the hands on the legs were unconsciously clenched.

Obviously already showing timidity, and obviously the sight of everyone gathering as one and the surrounding atmosphere made her feel quite uncomfortable, but her gaze and the emotions contained in her pupils never wavered in the slightest.

Her pair of sky blue eyes are so clear that people can't help but think of the clear summer sky, clearly reflecting Qing Deng's figure.

The will conveyed in the eyes is quite clear, and Qingdeng feels a strange kind of strength.

It wasn't a sudden thought, the words I said just now were all said after my deliberation - Elodie's eyes without the slightest confusion conveyed such a message.

"Elodie, what are you talking about for no reason? (French)"

The first to break the silence was Anthony.

Antony subconsciously used French because of his impatience.

"Grandpa, I'm serious."

Alodi tilted her head and looked at Anthony with an unflinching gaze.

"I want to worship Mr. Orange as my teacher and learn Mr. Orange's swordsmanship!"

"Learn Tachibana-kun's swordsmanship..." Kondo interjected with a strange expression at this time, "Are you... want to practice the natural flow of spiritual flow?"

"Yeah!" Elodie nodded vigorously without thinking.

Kondo, Okita, Zhou Zhu and Abi all looked at each other with strange expressions.

There was a little Western girl from France who wanted to learn their natural flow of mind, and even named Qing Deng as her teacher... This was really too sudden and unexpected...

After receiving Alodi's affirmative reply "I just want to worship Qingdeng as a teacher", Anthony's expression instantly became extremely confused.

The same goes for Qingdeng.

Qing Deng raised his eyes and looked at Anthony.

After seeing that Anthony is also at a loss now, Qingdeng knew that Alodi's decision to worship him as a teacher should have never been mentioned to Anthony.

Both he and Anthony were drawn into an unprepared "battle" because of Alodi's words.

Fortunately, Qingdeng is now a person who is used to many storms, and in just a moment, he will have cleaned up his expression and emotions.

"... Mademoiselle Angoulême."

Qingdeng's voice made Elodie's eyes turn back to Qingdeng.

Qingdeng didn't directly ask Alodi "what are you doing" like Anthony did.

Instead, he said calmly:

"Why do you suddenly want to worship me as a teacher and learn my swordsmanship?"

Alodie seemed to have expected that she would be asked this kind of question, so her expression was quite calm.

She took a deep breath, sat upright, creating a restrained atmosphere, and there was a trace of tension between her brows.

However, even though she had already put on a posture of "I want to answer seriously", Ai Luodi still didn't open her mouth.

Taking a closer look, I saw Elodie blinking her big eyes constantly, peeking at Kondo, Arima and the others with a slightly shy look.

Okita keenly noticed the sights that Alodi and his group cast towards them frequently... After a moment of contemplation, Okita raised his head and smiled brightly at the people around him.

"Let's go out for a while."

Kondo, Arima and the others nodded belatedly after Okita's suggestion.

But just as the others except Anthony and Leroy were about to turn around and leave the ward, Alodie stopped them.

"You, it's okay if you don't need to go out!"

Elodie closed her eyes and took another deep breath.

When she opened her eyes again, there was no trace of the shyness in her eyes that said "I feel very ashamed to tell the reason why I want to learn from Qingdeng in front of so many outsiders".

"I want to protect Grandpa and Miss Leroy."

Elodie's first words changed the atmosphere in the ward and the expressions of everyone including Qingdeng.

"Although the barbarian group is on the verge of extinction, no one can guarantee whether there will be a second barbarian group in this country in the future."

"Although firearms are more powerful than traditional martial arts, our family is just an ordinary merchant's family, and there is no such condition for me to learn the use of firearms."

"So I want to learn powerful martial arts."

"Learn a powerful martial art, so that those 'radical anti-barbarians' thugs can no longer hurt my family."

"If I could be as strong as you, Mr. Orange, my grandfather and I would not have been forced to almost die in flames that night 10 days ago."

"Although I have practiced sword rapping and personally like it very much, I can't find an excellent and suitable teacher in this country."

"Without the guidance of a famous teacher, no matter how hard I practice alone, my progress will be extremely limited."

"So I made up my mind, I want to give up sword stabbing temporarily! Practice other martial arts!"

"My status as a Westerner prevents me from moving freely outside the place of residence. If I want to practice other martial arts, I can only ask a tutor to come and guide me."

"And Mr. Orange, you are my most suitable... no, the most perfect candidate!"

"Mr. Orange, your character and strength are quite reliable, and you are also very good at teaching people."

"Some time ago, when I was playing with you, Mr. Orange, a simple sentence from you, Mr. Orange, made my movements significantly improved."

"If anyone is the most suitable martial arts teacher for me... I think it must be Mr. Orange!"

Delicate voice, tone resolute.

The decisive eyes seem to shoot through all the hesitation and confusion.

Looking at the stern Elodie with firm and determined eyes, the expressions of everyone in the room changed drastically due to her courage.

At such a young age, he was able to say something like "I want to learn martial arts and protect my family" so that all listeners were moved... Arima, Inotani and the others are all married and have children.

Inoya grinned directly, and muttered in a low voice that only he could hear clearly: "Why is my child not so obedient and sensible..."

If anyone had the most wonderful expression changes...then of course it must be Anthony and Leroy.

"Miss... (French)" Leroy blinked hard and quickly, the corners of his eyes were slightly wet.

Anthony was startled and then happy.

The phrase "protect the family" that Elodie just said had a very strong "lethal power" to Anthony.

Anthony pursed his trembling lips tightly, and although his eyes did not become moist like Leroy's, their eye sockets were reddish.

At this time, Elodie's voice sounded again.

"In addition to Mr. Tachibana's swordsmanship... I also want to learn how Mr. Tachibana behaves!"

"This is the main reason why I want to learn from Mr. Orange and let Mr. Orange be my martial arts tutor!"

"What kind of person am I?" Questions were written all over Qing Deng's face.

"I want... to be as strong and brave as Mr. Tachibana."

Alodie raised the corners of her mouth slightly, showing a shy smile.

An expression full of longing and longing gradually emerged on his face.

"On that night 10 days ago, after seeing the whole mansion burst into flames and dozens of thugs from the barbarian group blocking the outside of the mansion...Although it is a bit embarrassing to say this, I was indeed I was so scared that I couldn't even move..."

"It's hard for me to imagine until now, that someone can single-handedly fight more than 60 warriors without fear."

Elodie raised her gaze, and accurately conveyed the emotion of admiration to Qingdeng through her eyes.

"I want to be a strong and brave person like you, Mr. Tachibana!"

"That's why I want to study closely beside you, Mr. Orange!"

"Learn who you are, learn how you became so strong and brave!"

Elodie added strength to the clenched hands that rested on her legs.

Although the expression was relatively restrained, Alodi's emotions were conveyed to Qingdeng truthfully and thoroughly.

There is no pretense at all, whether it is words or expressions, they are full of sincere feelings unique to children of this age.

This kind of unaffected true emotion made Qingdeng feel at a loss for words.

Sensing Elodie's sincerity and sincerity, Qing Deng pursed the corners of his lips tightly, and his eyelids sank slightly because he was concentrating on thinking.

——What a mature and sensible boy...

Qingdeng let out a long sigh of admiration in his heart.

Elodie's maturity and sensibleness made Qingdeng once again feel "Is this little girl really only 12 years old?"

After Elodie expressed all her enthusiasm, the sound of everyone's breathing began to dominate the room.

There was no sound of wind blowing outside.

There was no noise from the direction of the corridor outside the room either.

At this time, in this spacious ward, Qing Deng became the object of attention of the audience.

Qingdeng's mood has completely recovered from the initial shock of "being suddenly apprenticed by Ai Luodi".

The heart is very peaceful, like the surface of a mirror lake without wind.

Under the eyes of everyone, Qing Deng calmly realized that it was time for him to give a serious response to this little girl who bravely spoke out her wish and put it into action.

Qingdeng never thought about or planned to take any apprentices.

Suddenly, a question popped up in Qingdeng's mind: Can I teach people?

Although he now often points out and teaches some new juniors in the test hall, Qingdeng doesn't think that he, who is still very young, already has the ability to formally accept people as apprentices, preach and teach others. ability.

After "I have a way to teach people", another new question was placed in front of Qingdeng: accepting Alodi as a disciple... What good will it do for me?

Qingdeng has always considered himself a rational person, and before doing anything, he likes to calculate the gains and losses in detail.

Seriously do things that are beneficial, and do not do things that are not beneficial.

So at this moment, Qingdeng subconsciously began to calculate the gains and losses of taking Ai Luodi as his apprentice.

One of the major criteria for judging whether you have thoroughly mastered a certain knowledge is whether you have a way to teach this knowledge to others.

When teaching people knowledge, you can enhance your understanding of this knowledge, and maybe you can also trigger new insights into this knowledge.

Preaching to others and resolving doubts... This in itself is an act that can make progress together with others.

Therefore, for Qingdeng, the biggest advantage of taking Ai Luodi as his apprentice is that in the process of teaching Ai Luodi's natural flow of mind, he can also improve along with him, so that his swordsmanship level can be improved in a disguised form .

But compared to the "gain", the "loss" of taking Ai Luodi as a disciple is also quite obvious.

The biggest "loss" is the cost of time.

Qingdeng is not an unemployed vagrant, nor is he a swordsman who specializes in teaching swordsmanship. He has a formal job as an errand in Beifan.

The leisure time that can be freely controlled is not too small, but it is never too much.

Although being a teacher to Ai Luodi is beneficial to my swordsmanship practice...but using the time spent teaching Ai Luodi to practice swordsmanship in the trial guard hall directly seems to be able to promote my progress in swordsmanship .

Can the "gains" I have gained make up for these "losses"?

Rationality churned in my mind...

Perhaps it was because of Qingdeng's long silence that made Alodi feel nervous...Qingdeng heard Alodi's breathing become rough.

Turning his head to look, Qingdeng saw that Elodie's body was tense now.

The neck, shoulders, arms, waist...every part from head to toe is in a "tight" state.

With wide-open eyes, he still looked directly at Qingdeng.

Even though she tried her best to control her emotions, Qingdeng's silence still made anxiety and tension creep into her eyes uncontrollably by Elodie.

The slightly shaking eyes conveyed the message of "I don't want to be rejected by Qingdeng".

Qingdeng looked at Ai Luodi quietly... At this moment, a weird scene happened.

Another emotion besides "rationality" appeared in Qingdeng's mind.

Immediately after the emergence of this new emotion, the emotion called "reason" hides itself like snow in sunlight or ice in flames.

No.

It's not hiding.

Yes it was defeated.

"Reason" was overtaken by that newly emerged emotion...by that emotion called "sensibility", and was defeated.

It seems that something similar has happened before.

Qingdeng quickly recalled—just a few months ago, when Kinoshita Mai revealed to him the true identity of "Mao Xiaoseng" and asked Qingdeng to assist her in her "Phantom Thief Operation", she had encountered this kind of situation once. "Sensibility overwhelms reason" situation.

At that time, he chose to help Kinoshita Mai out of a purely emotional standpoint, and has been silently supporting Kinoshita Mai's "Phantom Thief Career" with the hidden identity of "Fox Monk" until now.

Is it out of friendship with Alodi?

Was it moved by Alodi's determination to learn martial arts and protect her family?

Or was it because of the longing and admiration conveyed by Alodi that Qingdeng was embarrassed to respond with negative feelings?

Qingdeng also couldn't figure out what he was thinking now.

At this moment, he only knew that he could not underestimate the enthusiasm of the little girl in front of him.

He only knows: some things don't need to care about rationality, gains and losses.

At this moment, Qingdeng made up his mind.

Although the reason for not coming, in short, when he came back to his senses, there was only one answer left in Qingdeng's mind.

Afterwards, if someone came to ask Qingdeng: Why did you make this choice... Then Qingdeng should only answer: There is no reason, just wanting to do it at that moment.

"...Monsieur Angouleme."

Qingdeng raised his eyes and looked at Anthony seriously.

"how do you say?"

Qingdeng's "how do you say" is of course the meaning of "would you like me to be Elodie's fencing tutor?"

Anthony lowered his eyelids and looked at Elodie beside him.

"...If Mr. Tachibana is willing to teach Elodie... then I have no objection."

Anthony, who was moved by Alodi's heartfelt words just now, no longer showed his tough side, and nodded solemnly to Qingdeng.

Qingdeng smiled slightly, then turned his gaze to Zhou Zhu.

"...Master. Although I'm not exempted from passing it on... But can you make an exception once and let me accept an apprentice?"

Only those who have been exempted from the universal pass can open the hall to accept apprentices-this is the rule of the swordsmanship world in this era.

According to this rule, Qingdeng, who has not yet obtained the exemption from the natural flow of mind, is not eligible to accept disciples.

"Uh... well..." Zhou Zhu raised his hand, habitually mosuo's bare chin. A look of hesitation tugged back and forth between his brows.

Kondo and Okita, who were standing on the left and right sides of Zhou Zhu, both turned their faces to look at Zhou Zhu.

"Father."

Kondo softly called Zhou Zhu, then said nothing, just looked at Zhou Zhu with a smile on his face.

What Kondo wanted to say was in his eyes and his smile.

"master."

At this time, Okita also looked at Zhou Zhu with a smile on his lips. He also melted what he wanted to say into his eyes and smile.

Maybe it's because of Kondo's and Okita's eyes and smiles, or maybe it's because I figured it out myself. In short, after hesitating for less than half a minute, Zhou Zhu sighed helplessly.

"Although it's against the rules...but it doesn't hurt if you say it once or twice."

Zhou Zhu expressed his attitude tactfully.

"Master, thank you."

Qing Deng lowered his head and gratefully thanked his master.

"Mr. Orange..."

Qingdeng turned his cheeks, and looked directly at Ai Luodi who suddenly whispered his name seriously and seriously.

Anticipation and excitement...and that naive and romantic emotion that only young girls have in their expressions. Elodie's face was full of excitement, and the two small hands on her legs twisted back and forth.

When Qingdeng asked Anthony and Zhou Zhu those questions, Alodie had already realized what Qingdeng's answer would be to her.

Although she has already realized it...but before hearing Qingdeng's definite answer with her own ears, Elodie really couldn't completely settle down.

"I'm sure I can't go to your residence to teach you every day."

"I can only come here once every seven days at most, how do you personally feel?"

Elodie's eyes, which were already very big, opened a little wider at this moment.

Blinking vigorously a few times... His eyes trembled slightly due to the surging heart.

Suppressing her emotions, she looked at Qingdeng with a tense expression, but it didn't take long before she was defeated by the emotions that surged into her heart, and her expression turned into a bright smile of joy and excitement.

"sure!"

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In the first year of Wanyan (1860), June 1st.

On this day, Ju Qingdeng had his first disciple.

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If Qing Deng had to describe what it was like to be hospitalized in Renyitang... that would be as boring as it could be.

Under the half-forced request of Dr. Beiren, Qingdeng could only lie in bed and rest every day, and could not get out of bed and walk around frequently. Doing so would be detrimental to his muscle recovery.

During the waking hours when he was not sleeping, Qingdeng could only pass the time by counting the lines on the ceiling of the ward and reading some novels brought by Okita and the others.

Since the Tokugawa family founded the Edo Shogunate in 1603, Japan has spent nearly 300 years of generally peaceful time.

The social environment in which the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and there is no need for warriors to fight, has led to the rapid rise of the burgher class.

With the rise of the burgher class, many popular arts such as kabuki, joruri puppet show, and rakugo, as well as civic literature represented by novels flourished.

Today, there are a wide variety of novels on the market.

There are such witty novels as "Scattered Books" devoted to brothel life.

There are "readers" such documentary novels that mainly describe some historical stories and myths and legends.

There are historical novels such as "Records".

Of course, in the Edo period, when the sex industry was quite developed, there must be no shortage of "yellow table paper" such erotic novels that are often accompanied by erotic illustrations.

Thanks to the novels brought by Okita and the others that can be used to relieve boredom, Qingdeng will not be too boring in Renyitang.

The novels sent by others are all normal, only Harada sent Qingdeng some amazing things...

When Qingdeng first moved into Renyitang, there was such a small episode——

Harada, who came to visit Qingdeng with Yongcang, Saito, Fujido and the others, while showing a meaningful smile while no one else was paying attention, secretly stuffed Qingdeng with 10 yellow papers ...

At the same time, he whispered to Qingdeng:

"Mr. Orange, these are all for you. I have tasted them all myself, and they are all good things. Although I can't read the Chinese characters well, the illustrations inside are very good. These books are no more interesting than Lao Shizi's casual and reading books." ?”

At that time, looking at the thick stack of yellow paper, Qing Deng didn't know what expression to show...

Qingdeng's rationality told him: These books should be returned to Harada as soon as possible. If people find out that I am reading such books, my reputation will be ruined.

But some kind of inexplicable strange emotion made it difficult for Qingdeng to let go of these yellow papers.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Qingdeng finally decided: This kind of book is really too dangerous...

Then silently put away these yellow papers, so that no one, including Jiubingwei, could find these books.

I'm not interested in the content inside, I just want to see what is so good about these works praised by Harada as "good things"... Qingdeng reminded me when I put away these yellow papers Own.

Amidst the peace and ease, the time gradually came to June 5th.

In the morning of this day, after examining Qingdeng's body, Beibei Ren said to Qingdeng:

"Well...Mr. Orange, your wound recovery and recovery speed are better than I expected."

"You can now occasionally get out of bed and take a walk, but the scope of the walk is limited to my Renyitang."

Finally, there is no need to lie in bed all the time... Although I can only walk in the Renyitang, it is definitely better to be able to get out of bed and walk around than to continue to lie on the bed and get moldy.

Qingdeng, who finally got the doctor's "permission to move around", couldn't wait to leave the ward alone after breakfast this morning, and started wandering aimlessly in the Renyitang.

Renyitang has 3 floors. The first floor is the "outpatient department" where Beibei Ren and his doctors consult with visiting patients, and the second and third floors are the "inpatient department" for patients to be hospitalized

Qingdeng's ward is located on the highest floor of Renyitang, which is the third floor.

As a medical center, Renyitang naturally has no places worth visiting. It took Qingdeng less than half an hour to walk around the Renyitang.

Qingdeng had nowhere to go, so he had to turn back to the third floor where his ward was located.

Qingdeng, who didn't want to go back to the ward to lie down so soon, decided to stay and kill time in the corridor outside his ward.

He walked to the end of the corridor in one breath, and then lay down on the window sill of a window facing south, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Even though it was only morning, the sun outside the window was already too poisonous.

The sun that flows over the earth melts everything in its red-gold radiance.

The cotton-like clouds were dyed a faint red.

The sky is the clear lake blue of summer.

One after another, the cicadas chirping "I got it - I got it -" announced the arrival of summer to the world.

——It’s already summer...then this year’s fireworks display is coming soon.

——I don’t know when this year’s fireworks display will be held and how long it will last...

Admiring the beautiful scenery outside the window, Qingdeng just let his mind go blank, let his thoughts spread out and drift away into the distance.

All of a sudden, Qing Deng felt a shining breath slowly approaching from his side.

"Ah, Miss Sanako."

A head of jet-black and beautiful black hair is tied into the popular Shimada bun, and her pretty face without makeup is natural and peaceful. She is wearing a white and blue women's kimono, and her slender feet covered with white socks are wearing a pair of flat-bottomed wooden clogs with blue buttons. With her hands gracefully folded in front of her body, she walked slowly towards Qingdeng in a graceful manner.

It was Miss Sanako Chiba.

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A boy of high school age recruits a loli of elementary school age...

"Nioh's Prison Meal"... Ah, no, "Nioh's Work" is serialized!

Although the author is very good today and failed to achieve the goal of bursting 1W, but the number of words today is still quite a lot, so I still ask for a wave of monthly ticket rewards! (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

Ask for a monthly pass! Ask for a recommendation ticket!

The "Second Character Popularity Voting" is still going on in the penguin group. This voting activity will last for a long time until 0:00 am on October 2nd.

As of last night, Miss Sanako was still leading...but Mai Kinoshita's votes were not much less than Miss Sanako's, and it is still unknown who will win in the end~~

Recently, I saw some book friends asking how many words can be written in this book. Book friends who often hang out with penguins should know the approximate length of this book.

The author please give a unified reply here: This book should be able to write more than 8 million words, and 10 million words is not impossible.

This book is still at the stage where [not even the prologue has been finished. 】

[It is not until the end of the second volume that this book is considered as the end of the prologue, and the magnificent story of Qingdeng can be regarded as the official start].

This book will be an extremely long tome, everyone should be mentally prepared that "you will be a virgin when you read the book, and you will have a litter of children by the end of the book".