Chapter 141 Xia He’s night?
In the next few days, Jiang Shouzhong kept practicing his sword in the pool.
From being tossed around like a fish at the beginning, to being able to barely avoid the fishhook in the end, Jiang Shouzhong finally mastered some tricks - that is, he knows the word "restraint".
The swordsmanship taught by Yan Changqing is very powerful. After the sword is handed out, the energy in the body will become more and more abundant, as if there are layers of waves coming from the river, surging and majestic. With such excitement in his heart, he unconsciously wanted to use a new sword, a sword with stronger killing intent.
However, every time he handed out this sword, the Lingshui Sword would be entangled in the fishhook and pull him out.
Only by restraining the urge and sheathing the sword in time can the fishhook be avoided.
So Yan Changqing’s purpose of teaching him this sword skill was very clear. It was not to let Jiang Shouzhong charge and kill the enemy, but to learn to protect himself first.
After sending out a sword, you must immediately sheath it.
Even if the enemy is weak and repulsed, this sword must be withdrawn. Don't rush into it because of your eagerness to win.
Only by restraining oneself can one not get too excited, ensure one's own path forward, and leave enough buffer space to prepare for unexpected events. At the same time, he can stay calm enough to carry out the next attack.
"Whether you are competing with others or on the battlefield, staying alive is the most important thing. Don't be afraid of others saying you are a coward. The moment he falls, it doesn't matter what he says."
Yan Changqing is patient. Jiang Shouzhong warned, "Once you enter the arena, there is no fairness. A vendetta fight is not a competition in the ring, but a competition at the gate of the King of Hell's Palace. Any situation will happen.
Sometimes, don't think you are safe. , just relax your vigilance. Sometimes, don’t use your trump card unless you have to... Always remember to be cautious. Only by being cautious can you have a greater hope."
Jiang Shouzhong nodded seriously, " I took note of the master."
Yan Changqing said angrily: "Although you have brains, your martial arts talent is so poor that it took you so many talents to master a few skills. That Zhang Que'er has the best talent, followed by that girl Dong Xue, and you are the worst. Otherwise, I wouldn't be too lazy to teach you this wooden lump."
The more Yan Changqing talked, the angrier he became, and the more he talked, the more aggrieved he became.
Of course, the frustration is more because that girl Erliang is unwilling to learn the sword from him.
Fortunately, in the last two days, under Jiang Mo's persuasion, the girl started to learn a little more seriously, but she never left the spatula in her hand. Obviously, in the little girl's mind, cooking well for her master is the most important thing.
Jiang Shouzhong looked stern, and suddenly asked curiously: "Master, since Zhang Que'er is not bad in talent, why don't you accept her as your apprentice?"
Since being rejected by Yan Changqing, Zhang Que'er Que'er no longer insisted on becoming a disciple.
However, when teaching Erliang and Jiang Shouzhong swordsmanship, the girl would still hide and peek not far away.
Although Yan Changqing knew it, he did not drive him away.
However, one time, when Yan Changqing was telling Erliang some outlines of swordsmanship, maybe because the voice was too soft, Zhang Queer couldn't hear clearly, so he subconsciously took a few steps forward, but was caught by Yan Changqing. The willow branch was pulled hard through the air.
The girl's arm was instantly torn open and bleeding.
Although Zhang Queer broke out in cold sweat from the pain, he did not cry or get angry or resentful. He just silently retreated to his original position and knelt on the ground for a whole day.
Seeing that Yan Changqing did not drive her away, the girl felt relieved.
Hearing Jiang Shouzhong's inquiry, Yan Changqing sniffed the wine bottle and said lightly: "I don't like that girl because she is not afraid of death and does not hesitate to take her life. Sometimes you can not be afraid of death, but you cannot take your life. So. She is not suitable for practicing my swordsmanship, at least not for the first two moves."
Jiang Shouzhong hesitated and said, "I saw her secretly practicing swordsmanship last night, and she seemed to be more fluent than Erliang and I. It seemed quite suitable. "
Jiang Shouzhong did not tell the truth here.
Last night, while Yan Changqing was away, Zhang Queer insisted on going to the bottom of the pond to practice his sword, and asked Jiang Shouzhong to test it with a fishing rod.
Zhang Queer, like Jiang Shouzhong, failed several times at first.
However, this girl later went head-to-head and no longer chose to sheath her sword. Every time the fishhook was entangled, she used all her strength to fly away the fishhook, one sword after another, and the sword was released in a cycle.
Although he almost drowned at the bottom of the pool when he ran out of energy, Jiang Shouzhong was really shocked by his swordsmanship that more than doubled.
Yan Changqing looked at him and said with a smile: "What benefits did that girl promise? Do you want you to explain it to her? Isn't it a promise with your body? With that girl's character, she can do it. Come out."
Jiang Shouzhong said speechlessly: "I am a human being, not an animal."
Yan Changqing smiled, tapped the wine bottle with his fingers, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Let's go and let Zhang Queer and Erliang come out and let them compete. If Zhang Queer wins, I will Just accept her as a disciple."
Jiang Shouzhong frowned, "It's not fair, Zhang Queer is at the level of Grandmaster Xiaoxuan, Erliang has not even reached the level of a martial artist."
Yan Changqing smiled and said: "We don't compete with internal strength, we just compete with swordsmanship."
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On the open space in the small courtyard, the two women stood on one side.
Compared with the excited Zhang Queer, Erliang looked uneasy, almost crying, looking at Jiang Shouzhong, "Master, can you not compete with sister Queer?"
Zhang Queer He comforted: "Don't worry, Erliang. I won't hurt you, and I won't use Xuanqi. I'm just comparing swordsmanship with you. Let's stop there."
Although this is the case. After saying that, Zhang Queer still blushed a little.
Since taking the demonic energy, her physique has been tempered and strengthened a lot. Even without using the mysterious energy, her physical strength is several times stronger than Erliang.
So this is destined to be a disparate competition.
She even began to wonder if Yan Changqing regretted confiscating her apprentice after seeing her talent, so he used this method to find a way for himself to accept her as his apprentice.
Thinking of this, the corners of Zhang Queer's lips rose slightly, feeling a little proud.
“Let’s get started.”
Yan Changqing said calmly with no expression on his face.
The two women held wooden branches of the same size.
Zhang Queer originally planned to let Erliang attack first so that she could hold back her strength and save some face for the other party, but it was obvious that the girl stayed in place cowardly and did not take the initiative for a long time. Zhang Queer had no choice but to take the initiative himself.
"Erliang, be careful!"
The branch in the girl's hand drew a slight arc, carrying a bit of strong wind.
Faced with the incoming branch, Erliang was startled, and subconsciously took a step back. At the same time, he raised his arm and used the sword skills he had learned before to perform according to his habit, blocking the incoming branch without any coincidence. .
Pop!
Two branches bounced off each other.
Erliang swordsmanship was used, and he was so frightened that he quickly retreated. Zhang Queer followed the deviated trajectory of his swordsmanship and re-corrected it, and performed the second move, only to find that after the opponent retracted the branches, the branches completely protected his whole body without any flaws.
Zhang Queer frowned, turned his wrist, and forcibly stabbed out the branch.
Before the branch even touched Erliang's arm, it was pushed aside again by the latter's branch. Even this time, a sticky force seemed to come from her, almost throwing the branch out of her hand.
After several consecutive attacks with no results, Zhang Queer became a little anxious, took a strong breath and stabbed out the branch with all his strength.
The power erupted from the branches became more and more powerful, and even dozens of shadows appeared, roaring and roaring towards Erliang.
Erliang always responded calmly, from being jerky and confused at the beginning to becoming more and more skilled.
No matter how hard Zhang Queer tried to attack, he was still unable to touch her, and instead gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Click!
The sound of breaking was extremely harsh.
Zhang Queer stared blankly at the broken branch in her hand and the branch that fell on her heart, with a look of disbelief.
"Sister Que'er!"
Erliang quickly retracted the wooden branch, stepped forward and asked with concern, "Are you okay."
"Impossible...impossible... …”
Zhang Queer didn't seem to have recovered from the loss, and his mind was still confused. When he saw Erliang coming forward, his eyes were as red as blood, and he said angrily, "How could I lose!" As he said that, the girl's body was full of mysterious energy. Turning around, he lost control of his emotions and slapped Erliang with his palm.
The wind in the palm was extremely cold, as if he wanted to vent all his unwillingness and resentment with this blow.
“Zhang Queer!”
Jiang Shouzhong’s expression changed and he hurriedly stopped him.
But the next moment, Zhang Queer flew out upside down, and Erliang staggered back two steps, with a little pain on his face.
Only then did Zhang Queer wake up, and when she saw Erliang covering his shoulders, his expression suddenly changed, she quickly threw away all her emotions, hurriedly came to Erliang, and asked with anxiety and concern on her face: "Erliang, Are you okay? Are you injured? "
At this moment, the girl's eyes were full of self-blame. The previous anger and stubbornness were completely gone, replaced by deep guilt.
Erliang shook his head and smiled: "I'm fine."
Yan Changqing remained expressionless, picked up the broken branch on the ground, took a look, and said lightly: "You think you are right. , then you go on, the time will determine whether it is right or wrong."
Zhang Queer was lost and his face was pale.
Yan Changqing said to Jiang Shouzhong: "I still have something to do, so I will leave first. You continue to practice swordsmanship. When I think you have mastered it, I will teach you the second move."
"I haven't eaten it before. Are you leaving after dinner?" Jiang Shouzhong asked loudly.
Yan Changqing waved his hand, "No, the rice cooked by Erliang is not delicious at all."
Erliang pouted his mouth and waved his fist twice.
……
After Yan Changqing left, Jiang Shouzhong didn't criticize Zhang Queer too much and just asked him to go back to the room to calm down for a while.
Erliang blamed himself a little, feeling annoyed that he should have given up.
Seeing some bruises on Erliang's shoulders, Jiang Shouzhong planned to find some bruises, but when he entered the living room, he found the four Xia He girls kneeling on the ground, and Jiang Yi had a frosty look on her face.
Jiang Shou's heart thumped, and he pretended to be calm and confused and asked: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yi picked up the tea cup and gently scraped the tea foam with the tea lid. Yingying smiled and said, "It's okay. I asked Xia He to cut your stomach open, but she refused. What do you think we should do?"
The woman's eyes were cold, and her cheeks were full of mockery and murderous intent.
Yes, I still couldn’t hide it after all.
Jiang Shouzhong said helplessly: "This matter is my fault. Xia He gave me the birth bead to heal me. I didn't expect the birth bead to disappear, but if Madam is willing, I I hope to marry Xia He and let her stay with me in the future."
"Haha, you have a good plan."
Jiang Yi sneered, "I really thought you were honest. , I didn’t expect to take care of my maid behind my back, so the next step is to take care of me, my wife?”
Jiang Shouzhong said: "Then what is Madam's plan? If she wants to cut open my belly to find the natal pearl, then I will naturally not agree. At the moment, there is no other way but to let Xia He stay with me to extend his life, unless Madam doesn't want Xia He to live. .”
Jiang Yi didn’t speak, staring blankly at the tea leaves in the cup.
For a moment, she couldn't help but sigh, "Jiang Mo, I promised to return a favor to you before. Although you felt that you had repaid it when I borrowed Xia He, now it seems that you have that dream I don’t need them for my mother’s protection, so I still owe you this favor.”
After Yan Changqing arrived, Jiang Yi learned that there was a master hidden beside Jiang Shouzhong.
This made her shocked but also a little confused.
He didn't understand why this guy wanted to name Xia He to protect him before, so he used Dongxue as a breakthrough point to understand what happened.
Jiang Yi paused and said calmly: "Xia He's natal pearl is not impossible to copy..."
Jiang Shouzhong's eyes lit up and he waited patiently for the next step.
"You two can practice dual cultivation."
Jiang Yi said, "The Daomen River Map already has the method of dual cultivation. I will put the divine jade beads in Xia He's body. See if I can absorb the power of the life bead in your body and copy it to the divine jade bead.”
Seeing Jiang Shouzhong frowning, the woman was displeased, "What? Not willing?"
Jiang Shouzhong shook his head vigorously and looked at Xia He, who had his head lowered, "I said before that I would marry her, so I don't mind. It's just...I don't know Miss Xia He..."
"Xia He, are you unwilling?" Jiang Yi asked.
Xia He pursed his lips and said softly: "Xia He obeys Madam's instructions."
"Okay." Since Jiang Yi had already decided, she no longer hesitated, "That's it. , you two have a bridal chamber tonight.”
(End of this chapter)