Chapter 269 The key to breakthrough
"Come in." Zhao Duan collected his thoughts and said softly.
The door creaked open, and outside, the stepmother wrapped in a windproof coat held a red lantern in her hand, with curly hair hanging down from her forehead. She looked at him and said softly: "I don't dare to disturb you, but my aunt Seeing that you haven’t eaten since you came back... I ordered the cook to make chicken soup."
Zhao Duan got up and got out of bed, cut off the complicated thoughts and said with a smile:
"Where's the chicken soup? I happen to be hungry."
Russian qing.
In the dining room, Zhao Duan sat at the head of the table, held the spoon, took a sip of the soup, and then picked up the stewed chicken, which was soft and delicious, and devoured it.
Next to him, Eugene looked at him with a look of relief:
"Slow down, there's still room in the kitchen."
After Zhao Duan practiced cultivation, his food intake was as good as that of the empress. Fortunately, the Zhao family has a big business and cannot eat enough.
Eugene spent a lot of time preparing food in the kitchen for Dalang to use.
After eating three pots in one go, Zhao Duan felt his hunger subsided and asked:
"Is there anyone looking for you this afternoon?"
Eugene Flower nodded and said:
"Your subordinates from the Yamen came over and said that Ma Dugong has been responsible for handling the follow-up, and you don't need to worry about this matter from now on."
Hmm...Brother Cheap still has his responsibilities... Zhao Duan nodded:
"What else?"
Eugene Hua said again:
"There is also a young eunuch here, saying that you don't have to go to the teahouse tomorrow and will wait at home."
Wait?
What kind of training is Eunuch Hai going to do... Zhao Duan was puzzled and thought to himself that he could tell his doubts to Hai Chongfeng tomorrow.
"Da Lang, are you worried?"
Eugene, who was accustomed to watching people's emotions, would bite his lip and ask.
"It's nothing, it's just that in the realm of martial arts, I can't find the key to breakthrough." Zhao Duan said while eating.
Immediately, he felt that it was unnecessary to talk about such a topic with Eugene Flower. He stood up and wiped his mouth, saying: "It is a matter of practice after all. Auntie, don't worry about it. I'm going back to rest."
Mentally exhausted, he just wanted to have a good sleep
——Oddly enough, he didn't feel tired after meditating all night in the palace. He must have been helped by the empress.
It can only be said that the old saying "men and women work together will not be tiring" still makes sense.
Eugene Hua watched her stepson go back to the house, but hesitated to speak. She always felt that fighting and killing was too dangerous, and she could just be a stable official.
On the other side, Zhao Duan walked along the corridor to the door of his house, but suddenly stopped.
By the dim light of the lantern hanging under the corridor, I looked at the drizzle of rain outside.
He saw a tree in the courtyard suddenly falling a wet leaf.
He suddenly reached out his hand, flicked his finger, and hit a falling drop of water against the fallen leaf.
"Crack."
The raindrops shattered, and the fallen leaves rolled and fell into the water on the ground.
"It really doesn't work..."
He sighed softly, turned back to the house, and fell asleep.
…
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning.
The rain stopped today, but it was still not clear over the capital.
Only a little bit of pale sunlight came through the cracks in the clouds.
After Zhao Duan had dinner, he practiced boxing in the courtyard for a while. The concierge came to report that there was an old man looking for him outside.
"Hai Zongfeng, why are you here in person?"
Zhao Duan walked out of the door, looking flattered.
The old eunuch in python robe, still pretending to be a rich man, turned around and left with his hands behind his back:
"Don't talk nonsense, come with us. Haha, I won't watch the battle today. I will take you to the street to relax."
Relax?
I'm not in the mood to relax with the eunuch... Zhao Duan complained, with a flattering smile on his face, and kept up with him.
"How is it? What insights did you have from yesterday's practice?" Lao Hai asked casually while walking on the street.
Zhao Duan said seriously:
"I was about to ask my father-in-law, I had a vague realization yesterday, and when I entered the visualization, there was no trace of it..."
"It's normal, huh, it means you've touched the edge, but you're still a little short of crossing that threshold,"
The old eunuch was not surprised, "Martial God Tu, have you walked to Emperor Wu's City? Have you ever seen Taizu attacking the mountain?"
Zhao Duan said honestly: "I saw it."
He then briefly described his experience in the Martial God Picture, following Taizu into Qingshan Town, seeing Taizu climbing mountains again and again, and being defeated again and again.
"Yes, it's faster than we thought. Well, it's not surprising. After you used His Majesty's seeds, the energy in your body expanded and your cultivation level increased. Correspondingly, the progress in the Martial God Chart will also jump and speed up."
Eunuch Hai casually revealed important information.
So, the progress of the Martial God Diagram is not static...but it interacts with the physical body? Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment.
He was previously worried whether he was practicing the Martial God Diagram too quickly, which would arouse suspicion.
But now that I look at it, I think it’s just too much.
"I dare to ask my father-in-law, is the... recorded in the Martial God's Picture true? When Emperor Taizu was young, he really went to Qingshan and was..." Zhao Duan asked curiously.
Eunuch Hai nodded, glanced at him, and said with a smile:
"Of course it's true. Otherwise, how do you think Emperor Taizu can combine martial arts with magic?
Of course he has to deeply understand both. Emperor Taizu is not a genius who can jump out of a stone.
That heaven-reaching cultivation level is also learned and practiced solidly with one punch and one kick. Is it any wonder that he was defeated when he was young? "
He sounded like he was admonishing the juniors:
"The strength of Taizu does not lie in being undefeated, but in the heart of a king. When he was young, he measured Kyushu with his feet, crossing deserts and snowfields. Whenever he met a strong person along the way, he would seek advice. It can be said that , was defeated all the way.
It was precisely because he had been defeated by people of different inheritances and methods that he had the accumulation of creating the 'Martial God' practice method. "
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment and said doubtfully:
"Emperor Taizu was defeated all the way? But in the picture of the God of War, I never saw it..."
Eunuch Hai said with a smile: "It is true that the Martial God Picture contains the history that happened, but our family never said that it is the whole history. When you go in, you will only get a glimpse of it. You really think it is complete. Have you ever experienced this?”
In other words, what Lao Xu left in the Martial God Picture was an "edited" documentary, right...
Cut out all the scenes where he was beaten... only the scenes of winning and showing off were left...
No wonder he looked like a strong man all the way from the desert to the East China Sea...until he entered the Emperor Wu City and was suddenly beaten into a pig's head...
Zhao Duan has nothing to complain about.
Old Xu, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, is also a sultry guy!
Eunuch Hai continued: "Unlike the sorcerer who shuts himself up and sweeps away the troubles in front of others, if a warrior wants to become stronger, he cannot avoid fighting.
People who come out of Emperor Wu City will look for strong people everywhere to fight against.
At the same time, the green mountain standing on the bank of the East China Sea has also accepted challenges from warriors all over the world again and again for thousands of years. This is the tradition of warriors.
Therefore, even if Chai Keqiao comes to the door, His Majesty cannot convict him according to the law. Just like Emperor Taizu has made a great reputation in Qingshan, the strong men on the mountain will not bully the small.
Therefore, during the battle between Buddhism and Taoism, weapons were not allowed in the city and people from all over the capital were allowed to fight.
Therefore, even if Chai Keqiao was beaten by strong men in the army, as long as he did not take action in the world, it would not be considered a violation of the rules. "
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment and realized that it was the old eunuch who was trying to remind him from the side.
Is it the tradition of martial arts...
At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of yesterday's two challenges.
In his opinion, it was a somewhat pedantic and inexplicable "rule of the rivers and lakes" that had maintained the prosperity of martial arts for thousands of years.
At this time, the two came outside a wine shop.
I heard a group of foreign warriors drinking, eating and chatting inside.
Zhao Duan noticed at a glance that one of them was the third-rate swordsman who was defeated in the "challenge" outside the teahouse yesterday.
The wound on the other party's body was still bandaged, but he still held the knife and drank.
On the opposite side, an older swordsman came over, took the wine bowl with his hands, and scolded:
"So what if you're defeated? What makes you so depressed? Could it be that you don't know how to recuperate and stop drinking?"
The young swordsman looked depressed and said bitterly: "Master, I have been practicing hard for these years, but I still can't defeat him. Now that I have broken my bones, it will be difficult in the future..."
The old swordsman took off his clothes, showed the hideous scars on his chest, and cursed:
"Bullshit! I was almost cut in half when I was a teacher, so what?
I went to the snowy fields to chop and grind for ten years, while my old enemy was soaking in the gentle countryside in the south of the Yangtze River and enjoying ten years of it. Year.
If we meet again, why not kill him?
If you fail at this point, you will become depressed. Why should you learn swordsmanship?
What martial arts practice? Pooh! "
He turned around and walked away, leaving the young swordsman in a daze.
"Let's go."
Eunuch Hai said calmly, leading Zhao Duan, who was also stunned, out of the wine shop.
Next, the two walked through the sea of people.
Every time I stop, I can always witness some martial arts warriors with low strength but tenacity.
In the past, such scenes would have been hard to find.
But at the moment when Buddhism and Taoism are competing, there are too many similar scenes in the capital.
Zhao Duan saw a swordsman hiding in an alley and crying.
When the vicious dog spied on him, he immediately stopped crying and showed his fangs.
I saw a Jianghu man who was lame on one leg, punching the air again and again, with a determined look in his eyes.
Seeing a heroine in the world being teased by someone, she pulled out a dagger and chased the person, slashing them all the way. Even if she encountered an official official, she would not lose any of her ferocity.
Unconsciously, the two of them walked outside a dilapidated courtyard in an alley.
This is a small martial arts studio. A young man with a well-known martial arts knowledge is walking in the yard with a stone lock hanging on his arm.
An old man carried a bamboo pole with his hands behind his back and beat him from time to time, leaving bloody traces on the young boy's naked body.
The old man said coldly: "When learning martial arts, what is most important? Physical strength? Bones? Do you have money at home? Or secrets and techniques? It doesn't matter!
The most important thing is the heart, which belongs to a martial artist. A heart!
He is fearless and dares to throw out his fist even in the face of a tiger! Even if you lose, you will never give up and won’t hide! Don’t avoid it!
You also need to have brains. A reckless man without brains will not achieve great results!
But if you only have brains, even if you have too good brains, you won't be able to accomplish anything! If you don't have the heart to hide and avoid, you will be half useless! Did you hear that? "
The young martial arts practitioners in the courtyard kept silent and did not dare to let out a breath.
Suddenly, the old boxer from the martial arts school turned his head and looked outside the courtyard gate.
Seeing Eunuch Hai outside the door, his expression couldn't help but change, and he had to salute respectfully.
Eunuch Hai shook his head, and the old man stopped.
"Let's go."
Hai Zongfeng turned around and said calmly.
However, Zhao Duan stood there motionless, his eyes getting brighter and brighter. There was a clear understanding in his eyes, and he suddenly said:
"Father, let's stop here today."
The old eunuch in python robe smiled: "Okay."
Zhao Duan turned his head and galloped towards his home.
…
Back at Zhao's house, Zhao Duan pushed open the study door.
He knew he had captured the key inspiration.
(End of chapter)