I formed the strongest swordsman group

Why is everyone’s maliciousness so great? I found that many book friends thought that I was deliberately making excuses to be lazy yesterday... (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

The author is also a normal human being who eats whole grains... The body is not made of iron, and the author himself belongs to the kind of person who is not particularly healthy and strong. Occasionally, the physical condition is not good, which is normal.

So everyone, don't always speculate about the author so maliciously... Some of your words like "Hahaha, the author is lazy again in making up reasons" are really sad to see.

Yesterday, I saw so many book friends saying that I was deliberately making excuses to be lazy. To be honest, I am a little sad QAQ (true Leopard headache crying.jpg)

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After saying hello to Qingdeng, Zhou Zhu stepped into the dojo at a leisurely pace.

As he walked, he continued ramblingly:

"Today's dinner, I'm really too full."

"Ma'am, it's true...you actually cooked so many greasy meals tonight."

"It's okay to burn it greasy, but it turned out to be so delicious that I couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice."

"Even though it's 4:00pm (8pm) now, I still feel bloated."

"So, I just wanted to find something to do to digest food."

"It just so happens that I haven't exercised my old bones for a long time."

"This person, if you don't exercise your muscles and bones regularly, your body will age very quickly."

"That's why I decided to come to the dojo. While watching your practice, I also swung my sword to exercise my muscles and digest my food."

"Mr. Ju, your Su Zhen action just now was really good, and you can't find any faults at all."

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Looking at Zhou Zhu, who was beeping and chattering endlessly, the corners of Qingdeng's mouth could not help twitching in a subtle and imperceptible arc, and a sense of helplessness floated deep in the pupils of his eyes.

Even though he has been temporarily living in the test guard hall for nearly three months, Qingdeng still hasn't fully gotten used to Zhou Zhu's long-winded personality.

Although it's a bit impolite to say so... But since Qingdeng joined the testing hall, he often couldn't help treating Zhou Zhu as a comedian in their testing hall...

Zhou Zhu is the current owner of their test guard hall and the third-generation head of the Tianran Lixin Liuzong family, but he doesn't have the aura of a big man or a high-ranking person at all.

On weekdays, he always had a gentle smile on his face.

Zhou Zhu's always smiling appearance, coupled with his squinting eyes, made his face look very friendly.

So far, Qingdeng has never seen Zhou Zhu lose his temper with anyone, and no matter who he talks to, he always has a pleasant face.

The main reason why President Qingdeng regards Zhou Zhu as a comedian is his funny "family position".

Zhou Zhu profoundly showed Qingdeng what it means to be "afraid of his wife" and what it means to be "strictly controlled by his wife".

Zhou Zhu basically listened to A Bi in everything. If he accidentally aroused A Bi's anger, Zhou Zhu would always kneel down at the speed of light, and immediately confessed and apologized. style.

Whenever he sees Zhou Zhu showing aggrieved expression after being reprimanded by A Bi, Qingdeng feels inexplicably wanting to laugh.

However, although Zhou Zhu is often regarded as a comedian in his heart, Qingdeng still likes this gentle and kind old man very much in general - if he can get rid of his long-winded speech, that would be even better.

After chattering about a lot of what is and what is not, this kind old man finally said something meaningful to Qing Deng:

"Mr. Ju, don't you take a break today?"

Zhou Zhu used his squinted eyes so thin that no one knew whether he had opened his eyes, and scanned Qing Deng's clothes that had already been wet with sweat.

"Tomorrow is the Marquis Aizu's swordsmanship competition."

"If you accidentally hurt your body during training, then you will be in trouble."

"He's done stupid things like this before."

"On the day before a certain fencing competition, I practiced too hard and accidentally sprained my arm, so I had to retire with regret."

Qingdeng raised his hand to wipe off the sweat that was about to drip down his chin, and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry. I know it well, I won't practice too much."

"And..." Qing Deng paused, "I'm also preparing for tomorrow's competition."

"Exercising a little bit will help to calm down my agitated emotions."

"Hoho?" Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows, and then he grinned as if he had heard something interesting, and slightly opened his narrowed eyes slightly, "Mr. Ju, are you excited now?"

"To be honest——" Qingdeng admitted with a smile, "I have been looking forward to this competition since I learned that the Marquis of Aizu is going to hold a swordsmanship competition in Asakusa."

"It's such a rare opportunity to compete with the masters of the sword gyms in Edo."

As soon as the words fell, Qingdeng silently added in his heart:

——I don't know how much talent I can get in this competition.

Having the opportunity to copy talent from the masters of other sword gyms - this is the main reason why Qingdeng is looking forward to tomorrow's competition.

One of the few lords and daimyos: the swordsmanship competition held by the Marquis of Aizu... In the face of such a level of competition, in order not to lose the reputation and prestige of the sword hall, most of the sword halls will definitely send them the most talented swordsmen in the hall. Alright, the most powerful rookies go to the competition.

That is to say: In the 2-day swordsmanship competition tomorrow, you will definitely see the fierce confrontation of outstanding newcomers from various sword gyms in Edo!

Such a grand gathering of masters... the chances of being copied to talent must be very great!

Just thinking about it, Qing Deng felt anticipation.

Zhou Zhu really doesn't know these small things in Qingdeng's heart.

He simply thought that Qingdeng was so excited because he could compete with the masters.

"Hahaha." Zhou Zhu laughed a few times, "Not bad! People who practice martial arts must have the courage to dare and be willing to compete with masters from all walks of life!"

"Mr. Ju, I was a little worried that you would feel nervous because it was your first time participating in this kind of swordsmanship competition."

"Now it seems that I was worrying too much."

"I used to like to compete with those powerful masters the most."

"Every time I have a hearty fight with those masters, I will feel a lot."

"When I was the craziest, I challenged nine famous swordsmen consecutively in just half a month."

"Although I only won 4 of these 9 challenges, whether I win or lose, these battles have turned into my precious 'food'."

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Alas, here it comes again...Qingdeng couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh in his heart again.

Qingdeng now understands more and more why his wife, Bi, often yells at Zhou Zhu: Can you stop being so annoying?

Fortunately, Zhou Zhu didn't talk too long this time.

After only about half a minute of chant, Zhou Zhu put his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards the wooden barrel containing the bamboo sword not far away.

"Okay, don't talk, it's almost time for me to start digesting and moving my body."

"Mr. Ju, you continue to practice."

"It just so happens that I'm here tonight. If you encounter any problems in swordsmanship, you can come to me for advice at any time now, huh huh huh."

After walking slowly to the wooden barrel where the bamboo sword was placed, Zhou Zhu randomly picked out a bamboo sword from it, then walked to the corner of the dojo not far from Qingdeng, spread his feet, and held the sword in the middle of the stance, Start to do the most basic swordsmanship training action: cut back.

The so-called "cut back" is to swing the knife from the front to attack, then the left and right sides, and repeat the cycle.

Although Zhou Zhu's movement of swinging the knife was very standard, but the speed was extremely slow - it seemed that he really just wanted to swing the knife casually to digest food.

Let's continue to practice... Qingdeng smiled wryly, while stretching out his hand to pick out his ears that were a little numb from Zhou Zhu's nonsense just now, and then put the bamboo sword in his hand back in front of his body.

Take a deep breath, and continue to practice the most basic and most important swordsmanship action: Su Zhen.

Since he was apprenticed to a teacher in the Weiguan and formally practiced the natural Lixin flow, Suzhen has become one of the swordsmanship exercises that Qingdeng must do every day.

After several months of relentless practice, Qingdeng can now easily swing hundreds of standard Suzhen, and the sound of breaking the wind made by the blade of the sword is also incomparable to that when he first came into contact with swordsmanship. .

Qingdeng was meticulous and repeated the actions of raising the knife, chopping out, raising the knife, chopping out like a robot.

The body that had just cooled down began to sweat again.

Suddenly——just as Qingdeng swung the high-raised bamboo knife forward again, Qingdeng stopped suddenly.

"Hmm..." Qingdeng moaned dully, then lowered his head and stared at the bamboo knife in his hand with complicated eyes, with a thoughtful look on his face.

At this time, suddenly, Zhou Zhu's old voice came to Qingdeng's ears again.

"Huh? Mr. Ju, what's the matter? Why are you looking at the sword in your hand with a serious face?"

Zhou Zhu stopped the practice of switching back, stood up straight, and cast a curious look at Qingdeng.

"Is the bamboo sword broken?"

Qingdeng shook his head lightly: "No, my bamboo sword is not broken."

"Then..." Zhou Zhu laughed a few times, then raised his hand to touch his bare chin without a beard, "Did you encounter any difficulties in the practice of swordsmanship?"

"..." Qingdeng pursed his lips. After a moment of contemplation, he raised his gaze to meet Zhou Zhu's, and said seriously, "Master, I feel...my cultivation seems to have hit a bottleneck."

"Oh?" Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows, "The bottleneck...? Do you feel that your recent progress has slowed down?"

Qingdeng nodded: "It probably started a few days ago. I found that no matter how much I practiced, I couldn't feel that my strength had improved significantly, and I kept standing still."

Qingdeng explained his current practice to Zhou Zhu in detail.

And Zhou Zhu listened carefully, nodding slightly from time to time.

After Qingdeng finished speaking, Zhou Zhu smiled and raised his hand to touch his bare chin again.

"Hey, Mr. Ju, according to your description...you are indeed entering the bottleneck period."

"No need to feel anxious or worried! It's normal to experience bottlenecks."

"Whether it's studying knowledge or practicing martial arts, there will be such a phenomenon: when you first start out, you make rapid progress. After gradually improving your level, you start to encounter bottlenecks one after another, and the speed of progress begins to slow down."

"So just calm down and continue to practice step by step."

"The bottleneck period..." Qingdeng laughed a few times, and then murmured in a half-joking tone, "Haha... I don't know when I will be able to break through the bottleneck I am encountering now."

"Mr. Ju, don't be greedy, don't rush into it." Zhou Zhu put on a more serious expression and tone, "In martial arts training, the most taboo is impatience."

What Qingdeng said just now was just a joke. Seeing Zhou Zhu's attitude of making a long speech, he was afraid that Zhou Zhu would start rambling again, so he quickly stood up straight and respectfully said to Zhou Zhu, "Yes, the students are taught." .

However, Qingdeng's timely confession didn't work...Zhou Zhu still explained to Qingdeng the harm of not being able to maintain a normal mind when practicing martial arts, until Qingdeng couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart.

Just when Qingdeng was thinking about whether to try to say or do something to interrupt Zhou Zhu's nagging, Zhou Zhu suddenly stopped talking.

Immediately afterwards... he changed his tone of emotion, and looked at Qingdeng with intriguing eyes.

"...Looking back now, think about it carefully... Tachibana-kun, your progress speed is really incredible."

"I actually ran into my own bottleneck so quickly."

"Well, based on your current level of strength, it's normal to encounter a bottleneck period."

"Counting from the time you entered my guard hall, the time you have formally practiced swordsmanship is less than four months."

"In less than four months, I have changed from an ordinary person who doesn't know much about swordsmanship to a swordsman who has achieved some success in swordsmanship... Hehehe, at this speed, even the chief Not enough."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Zhu paused again.

"...I originally wanted to pass on 'this' to you later... Anyway, with your current strength, Mr. Ju, you are qualified to get in touch with the content of the 'next stage' in advance."

Zhou Zhu smiled slightly, then slowly lifted the bamboo knife in his hand and carried it on his shoulder.

"Mr. Orange, do you still have the strength?"

"If you still have the strength, come with me."

"It's rare for you and me to gather in the dojo tonight... I'll teach you the advanced content of our natural flow of mind after the basic skills cultivation—the secret meaning of the natural flow of mind!"

"Huh?" Qing Deng blinked his eyes a few times in a daze.

Since just now, Zhou Zhu has been talking about things that he can't understand at all.

The secret meaning of the natural mental flow... Although I don't know what it is, but just hearing the name, I feel that it seems amazing!

Almost without thinking——Qingdeng nodded vigorously to Zhou Zhu: "Please enlighten me!"

"Hey, hey, come with me."

Zhou Zhu led Qingdeng and swaggered to... the very center of the dojo.

"About the secret meaning of this natural flow of mind, it is difficult to explain it to you with your mouth dryly."

"so--"

Zhou Zhu turned around with a smile, faced Qingdeng, and lowered the bamboo sword in his hand in the following manner:

"Let me use a simpler and rougher method to pass on this secret to you."

Seeing Zhou Zhu's actions, Qing Deng couldn't help being stunned.

Before he could say anything or do anything, he saw the tip of a bamboo sword rapidly zooming in within his field of vision!

Qingdeng's pupils shrank slightly, and he reacted reflexively—with a "snap", he raised his sword to parry Zhou Zhu's stabbing attack, and then stepped back three steps in a row, widening the distance between him and Zhou Zhu.

Zhou Zhu followed like a shadow, dragging his sword forward two steps in a row, exposing Qingdeng's figure to the edge of his sword again!

Needless to say, let's start the fight... Quickly glanced at Zhou Zhu who was attacking him involuntarily and the bamboo sword in his hand, Qing Deng took a deep breath, held the knife with both hands, and firmly planted his feet on the ground!

One wave, another wave! Zhou Zhu slashed at Qing Deng twice from the top left and the top right respectively.

Flash, flash again! Qingdeng's body flashed nimbly and got rid of Zhou Zhu's combo.

Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!

The heart beats hard and fast.

"Lonely" is activated!

Qingdeng took a half step back with his right foot, pointed at Zhou Zhu obliquely with his left shoulder, dragged the bamboo sword in his hand to his right side, raised the sword upwards, and swept it towards Zhou Zhu's chest.

With a bang, Zhou Zhu tilted his body and raised his sword to deflect Qingdeng's attack to the side. Then, imitating Qingdeng's action just now, he moved his right shoulder forward and swung his sword upwards in the posture of the lower left section.

Qingdeng launched a new round of attack at the same time, the tip of the saber floated upwards suddenly, changed to the upper section of the sword, and slashed towards Zhou Zhu's raised saber!

Snapped!

The huge impact was transmitted along the blade to Qingdeng's palms, which only made Qingdeng's palms go numb.

The twin swords that collided in mid-air were tightly twisted together.

He had only seen Zhou Zhu's speed before, but this was the first time that Qingdeng felt Zhou Zhu's power intuitively.

Although Zhou Zhu is old, his strength is not weak at all! Fight and wrestle with Qingdeng head-on, without losing the slightest bit!

Relying on the advantage of height, Qingdeng closely looked down at Zhou Zhu through the pair of knives that were crossed together.

And Zhou Zhu, who looked at Qingdeng, grinned.

Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng felt the force in his hand that was pressing up from the front suddenly released horizontally.

Qingdeng gritted his teeth, took advantage of the situation and followed Zhou Zhu to unload the saber horizontally in the same direction, so the two kept the sabers together, ran in the dojo, ran straight towards the edge of the dojo, and ran until they were about to collide. When they reached the wall, the two of them stopped.

The two returned to the stalemate with their feet firmly on the ground, and their waists wrestled with each other. When the other party exerted a force, they themselves also supported it.

Qingdeng saw the muscles in Zhou Zhu's arms swelled up, supporting his clothes and old skin, blue veins were clearly visible on Zhou Zhu's neck and his arms.

In terms of stamina, the old Zhou Zhu was finally at a disadvantage.

Qingdeng gradually felt that the force from the frontal pressure was gradually weakening.

Zhou Zhu glanced at the hand that was constantly depressed gradually, took a deep breath, and then slammed his body to the left! He dodged to Qingdeng's left side with a knife, and got out of this wrestling!

Zhou Zhu's sudden withdrawal made Qing Deng's body fall forward by inertia.

Huh—Zhou Zhu swung the bamboo sword over his head for half a moon, brought up a strong wind pressure, and slashed down towards Qingdeng's back!

At this moment of lightning and flint, Qingdeng relied on the "cat turn" to quickly stabilize the center of gravity of his body and position his body, using his body to forcefully attack Zhou Zhu in the upper section.

Snapped!

The two bamboo swords slammed into each other again, and the blades of the two of them swung backward at the same time due to the reaction force.

Once again, relying on the prestige of the "cat turn" to stabilize his figure, Qingdeng stepped on the ground with his right foot, his body was compressed like a spring and then suddenly released, and the blade that popped out came from the upper right to bully Zhou Zhu!

As if deliberately confronting Qingdeng, Zhou Zhu opened his narrowed eyes, glanced behind him, and then made the same movement as Qingdeng, stepping back with his left foot! The left foot kicked on the ground violently, and the force was transmitted along the calf to the waist, and then from the waist to the arms. With the force, the tip of the sword was pushed straight into Qingdeng's arms!

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped! Snapped! Pa... The knives of the old and the young collided again and again in mid-air. If the two were using real knives, sparks should have started flying by now.

After another round of fierce confrontation, Zhou Zhu suddenly retreated on his own initiative, widening the distance between him and Qingdeng.

Qingdeng didn't launch a chase. After the series of fierce attacks and defenses just now, Qingdeng already felt that his breathing rhythm had become extremely disordered. Taking advantage of Zhou Zhu's initiative to jump back, Qingdeng took advantage of the situation and hurriedly adjusted his breathing.

The opposite Zhou Zhu, his breathing is also very short now.

After panting for a few breaths, Zhou Zhu smiled faintly at Qing Dengzhan.

"Mr. Ju, your speed of progress is really appalling... Back then, it was very difficult for you to even parry my attacks. But now, you have been able to use several attacks against me that can make me feel a huge threat gone."

Qingdeng smiled: "Thank you for the compliment."

This is the second time he has competed with his master Zhou Zhu since he started his apprenticeship at the Weiguan.

When he fought Zhou Zhu for the first time, facing Zhou Zhu's onslaught, he couldn't even fight back, let alone fight back.

Now, he has been able to start a confrontation with Zhou Zhu in a decent manner... This huge progress made Qingdeng himself feel a lot of emotion.

At this moment... the smiling Zhou Zhu suddenly put away the smile on his face.

"It's been a long time since I've had such a fierce battle with someone... Hehe, my body is starting to feel hot."

Zhou Zhu drew half a moon, and slowly raised the bamboo sword in his hand above his head, lifting the upper part.

As the blade was raised inch by inch, Zhou Zhu slowly opened his normally squinted eyes bit by bit.

What leaked out along the opened eyelids was a dazzling and captivating sight like a sharp knife drawn out of its sheath.

In the next moment, an incredible scene happened in the dojo. After Zhou Zhu opened his eyes, his aura suddenly changed dramatically!

Zhou Zhu's body exuded a fierce and oppressive aura! This menacing momentum pressed towards Qingdeng from the front!

The sudden change in his aura brought about a change in the atmosphere of the entire dojo!

Qingdeng's pupils shrank uncontrollably, looking in amazement at the suddenly changed Zhou Zhu.

The terrified henpeck and the comedian in the health test hall are gone.

At this moment, Qingdeng saw only a tiger-like swordsman in front of him!

Zhou Zhu let out a long mouthful of turbid air: "Here we come."

The voice has not yet fallen, but the people have arrived!

Zhou Zhu took a sharp step forward, pointing the tip of his sword at Qingdeng's chest.

The strength and speed of his sword hadn't changed significantly compared to just now, but Qingdeng just felt that Zhou Zhu's blow was full of power! Every move that Zhou Zhu used just now can't be compared with the sword he is slashing now!

Qingdeng raised his sword to block, narrowly avoided Zhou Zhu's slash, and took advantage of the momentum to dodge half a step to the left.

It was too late to say it, and at the same moment when Qingdeng dodged to the left, Zhou Zhu stepped forward and slammed Qingdeng's shoulder again.

Qingdeng gritted his teeth, and flew away again to jump further away. While jumping away, he threw the tip of the sword in his hand towards Zhou Zhu's side shoulder like a whip.

With one side of Zhou Zhu's body, he easily dodged Qingdeng's counterattack, and then sent a step in Qingdeng's direction again, pressing Qingdeng step by step.

This time, Zhou Zhu wielded his sword with great momentum and hacked at him from a tricky angle. The mighty power wrapped in the sword was astonishing, making people dare not feel paralyzed in the slightest. In the blink of an eye, his sword was in front of Qingdeng again. , Qingdeng reluctantly raised his sword and blocked the opponent's sword, but this time he blocked it quite reluctantly, and the center of gravity of his body was almost destroyed.

As soon as Zhou Zhu's knife was released, Zhou Zhu had already returned to the original position and was ready to attack again.

Qingdeng clearly sensed that Zhou Zhu's offensive had become far more fearless and courageous than before.

Clinging to him tightly, he continued to pour attacks like a storm towards him!

It was only at this time that Qingdeng realized that his palms had been filled with cold sweat at some point, and the hilt of his bamboo sword was wet.

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