The coast of the South China Sea, Zhuhai and Hong Kong.

This coastal city, known as the "Pearl of the Orient", was colonized by Western countries for more than half a century, and only returned to the embrace of China more than 20 years ago.

Sai Kung, known as the backyard of Zhuhai and Hong Kong, is one of the few undeveloped areas in Zhuhai and Hong Kong. On the beautiful peninsula, only a small street runs through it, winding along the coast, most of which remain as original as they were hundreds of years ago.

The West came to pay tribute, hence the name Saigon. Hundreds of years ago, the Ming Empire of China sent Zheng He to the Western Ocean seven times, and since then, many Western countries have come to China to pay tribute and trade, and this is the port where the tributary ships from the West docked.

Near Big Wave Bay, Saigon, there is a group of villas nestled by the mountains and the sea. In the coconut grove outside the villa, there are two figures, one black and one white, facing the sea and standing in the wind.

The white tunic is Ji Muye, who left Yudu and went south.

The black Iaido uniform is the Fuso kendo master who came from the east, Yokoyama Xiu.

Yokoyama Xiu's long knife was held in his right hand, his thumb clasped the blade, he bowed to Himekino forty-five degrees, performed a standard Fuso samurai salute, and said in proficient Chinese: "Makino-kun, I want to fight with you, please don't hesitate to teach!" ”

"Mr. Yokoyama, I remember that Koji Ito of Fuso said that a person's strengths and weaknesses are not obtained by comparing themselves with others, but by themselves." Ji Muye clasped his hands into fists and replied, "Why is Mr. Yokoyama obsessed with victory or defeat? ”

"Makino-kun, please don't misunderstand. In the eyes of a true samurai, challenges can not care about victory or defeat, but losing the courage to challenge is the most humiliating failure! ”

A salty and wet sea breeze blew, and the clothes on Yokoyama Xiu's body were hunting, but the blazing flames flashed in his eyes.

"Losing the courage to challenge is the most humiliating failure?!"

Ji Muye stared at the vast sea and muttered a sentence, looking a little distracted.

As a master of Taiyi Sect, he can predict the development and outcome of most things, and under the wild and uninhibited appearance, what is hidden is an indifferent and indisputable personality - such a personality, which is good to say is the Taoist inaction, and to say that it is unpleasant, it is helpless to escape.

's career is like this, and so is his relationship, which is the root of his downfall.

I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain - the master of mathematics counts the world, but he can't count himself. If Yunkai or Yan Xiaoyi knew about his past, eighty percent would laugh at him, who was a big brother, and he was a sad Loser......

On the clear blue sea, waves continued to surge, churning white spray, and from a distance it appeared as a clear white line, crashing against the rocks on both sides of the bay, making a rumbling roar and spraying snow-white foam.

For tens of millions of years, the waves have never stopped challenging the coast, even once.

Naturally, why is this not the case with human beings?

Ji Muye took a deep breath and asked without looking back: "Mr. Yokoyama, you know that you can't win me, but you must insist?" ”

Yokoyama Shu bowed again and stubbornly replied, "Please Makino-kun to fulfill!" ”

Ji Muye seemed to have figured out something, and suddenly burst out laughing, and even tears were about to burst into tears.

Yokoyama Shu didn't know what to do, and said with a red face: "Makino-kun! As a fellow martial arts practitioner, I respect your swordsmanship and wisdom, and please respect me instead of laughing at me! Even if I lost to you ten years ago, lost to you again five years ago, and may still lose to you today, I believe that one day, I can defeat you with dignity! ”

Ji Muye finally stopped laughing, and solemnly clenched his fists and saluted, "Mr. Yokoyama, you misunderstood. I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at myself.

"We have a saying in Huaxia that if you are a threesome, you must have my teacher. I admit to being a little repulsive to you Fuso people, but you are the only exception, and today you taught me a lesson, thank you! Mr. Yokoyama, I am honored to accept your challenge! ”

Ji Muye picked up a Longquan sword from under the coconut tree. This sword is not Himemakino's, but a weapon that Yokoyama Shu prepared for him in advance in order to challenge him.

Yokoyama Shu took a few steps back, stood barefoot on the beach, and leaned slightly on his upper body and said, "Makino-kun, please!" ”

Ji Muye sheathed the sword, held the long sword horizontally in front of his chest, nodded and said, "Mr. Yokoyama, please!" ”

Yokoyama Shu held the handle in his right hand and the sheath in his left hand, and slowly moved sideways on the beach with his bare feet, and a resolute murderous aura suddenly appeared.

Ji Muye's thick eyebrows raised imperceptibly. Ten years ago, Yokoyama Xiu couldn't even pull out a sword in front of him, and five years ago he could only draw seven inches of the sword, but the other party's momentum today is not the same as the previous two times.

It is obvious that Yokoyama Shu, who regards swordsmanship as his life, has made remarkable progress over the years.

On the coast of the beautiful South China Sea, on the deserted Saigon Beach, two figures, one black and one white, move slowly on the beach, their hands are like iron, their eyes are like knives, ready to attack, like two cheetahs about to pounce.

A wave slowly moved from a distance, turning into an eight-foot wave as it landed, crashing onto the beach with a thud. At the same time, Yokoyama Xiu turned into a rapid phantom, and instantly flashed in front of Ji Muye!

In the middle of a while, Yokoyama Shu pulled the sheath with his left hand, drew the knife with his right hand, and the long knife slashed through a cold light, striking Ji Muye's temple sharply!

Ji Muye's long sword didn't have time to get out of its sheath, so he immediately staggered sideways, holding the sheath with both hands and raising it to block the sweeping long knife.

Choke!

Choke!

The long knife hit the scabbard, and Yokoyama Shu didn't pause, passing by Ji Muye's left side, and the three-foot long knife was finally completely pulled out of the scabbard!

In an instant, the two had completed the first round of the battle and exchanged positions at the same time.

Yokoyama Shu inserted the knife into the sheath, and said with a long laugh: "Hahahaha...... Makino-kun, I finally pulled out my long knife! ”

Juhe Dao, even in Fuso, where there are many schools of swordsmanship, is one of the most alternative and weird swordsmanship.

The Juhe swordsmanship originated from the art of drawing the sword, and pursued a one-hit kill. During the Fuso Nara period, samurai used to draw their swords or short knives to deal with the enemy at the moment when their long weapons were broken, and developed a unique sword technique.

Knife drawing is also an alternative type of knifeless technique. Yanagi Shin Yinliu's swordless technique is similar to the empty-handed white blade in Chinese martial arts, but Iaido does the opposite, knocking down the opponent in an instant before the opponent draws the sword, so that the opponent falls into a situation where there is no knife to use, which is the alternative "no knife technique" of Iaido - the white blade into the empty hand.

Out of respect for his opponent, Ji Muye followed the rules of Fuso kendo, and the long sword was not unsheathed in advance. Therefore, Yokoyama Shu's sword draw and blow basically achieved the purpose of Iai's swordsmanship - Ji Muye has not been able to pull out the long sword.

Ji Muye held the sword in his chest, smiled and said, "Mr. Yokoyama, congratulations!" ”

Yokoyama Shu bowed and saluted: "If it weren't for Mr. Ten years of day and night spurring, I wouldn't have made this progress, thank you!" ”

"Good. Let's fight again in five years! Ji Muye said, and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Makino-kun, please wait," Yokoyama said in a loud voice, "I still have a sword I want to ask!" ”

"Oh?!"

Himekino stopped.

Yokoyama Shu bowed his head and said: "Juhe ten styles, all of which are based on drawing the knife, slashing obliquely and closing the knife. Just now for the pull of the knife blow, there is still a 'robe chop', I want to ask Makino-kun for advice, but also want to ask Mr. to go all out, please! ”

The "robe chop" in Juhe swordsmanship, that is, from the left and right shoulders obliquely cut down, the movement trajectory of the long knife is exactly the same as the front placket of the robe, so it is called "robe chop".

Ji Muye didn't say anything more, holding the sheath in his left hand and clenching his fists with both hands, signaling the other party to make a move.

Yokoyama Shu continued to move on the beach, his eyes fixed on Ji Muye's hands, his sharp eyes like a falcon, trying to find Fang Po's flaw, ready to make a thunderous blow.

Ji Muye no longer passively counterattacked, but also moved sideways, waiting for the best opportunity to shoot.

The two of them rotated around the field on the beach, and Yokoyama Shu couldn't find a chance for a while, and the momentum had reached its peak, and when he went around to the side facing the sun, the long knife was pulled out of the scabbard three inches, and with a twist against the sun, a dazzling daylight hit Himemakino's eyes!

Ji Muye's eyes narrowed, Yokoyama Xiu stepped up, the scabbard in his left hand turned outward, his right foot stepped forward, and the long knife slashed up from Ji Muye's lower right and against the robe!

Ji Muye's long sword "choked" out of the sheath, and the tip of the sword struck out like lightning, and at the root of Yokoyama Xiu's long knife, swinging away the opponent's long knife. Yokoyama Shu left the sheath with his left hand, held the handle with both hands, and used the power of his arms to swing the long knife back into its original position, and from the back of Himemakino's left shoulder, a standard "robe slash" slashed diagonally!

A trace of caution finally appeared on Ji Muye's face, and his body fell back like a pendulum.

Yokoyama Shu's long knife, due to the influence of the oscillation time, struck a little slower and struck in the air. His eyes were fixed on the other party's gestures, and the long knife was led up to his right shoulder in an eight-phase structure, maintaining the remnants of Juhe's swordsmanship.

The so-called "broken heart" is the heart of always waiting for an opportunity to counterattack after the attack.

He saw Ji Muye fall down with his head up, and when the long knife was about to be cut down again, Ji Muye's long sword was backhanded on the beach, his body bounced up like a spring, rolling in the air for half a circle, the long sword was crossed from back to front, and the tip of the sword crossed an arc, stabbing straight into Hengshanxiu's neck, which could stop half an inch behind his ear!

Yokoyama Shu held the knife high in both hands, but stiffened in mid-air.

"Take!" Ji Muye withdrew his long sword and inserted his backhand into the scabbard.

Yokoyama Xiu's expression was not much lost, and he bowed deeply and said, "Thank you Makino-kun for your advice!" ”

"You're welcome." Ji Muye nodded and said seriously, "I have something I want to ask Mr. Yokoyama. Three years ago, there was a flight of Morais Airlines that lost contact over the western Pacific. Mr. Yokoyama knows someone from the Yamaguchi-gumi, so please investigate this matter on his behalf, and Himekino is grateful! ”

"Do the best I can!"

Yokoyama Shu nodded in agreement, but said unadmittedly: "Makino-kun, I will challenge again in five years." If I can win one and a half moves, I will stay in Huaxia and fight against the Chinese masters one by one. ”

"Mr. Yokoyama's spirit is respectable, and Ji admires him." Ji Muye said pointedly: "The sect I belong to is not good at martial arts. There is a person in Huaxia who is named after Tangxi, known as the Sword Immortal, and his swordsmanship is far better than mine......"

"Sword Immortal Li Tangxi?" Yokoyama Shu was taken aback.

Li Tangxi once traveled around Fuso and won dozens of kendo masters in a row, including the predecessors of Juhedo. Yokoyama Xiu had not yet debuted at that time, and he only heard the name of Tangxi, but he did not see the sword immortal, so he immediately leaned over and asked, "Can Makino-kun introduce him on his behalf?" ”

"It's a coincidence, the sword fairy and the dragon god will have a wonderful showdown. Now when I go to Yudu, I should be able to catch up. ”

Yokoyama Shu was overjoyed and excitedly shouted: "The peak showdown, how can you miss it?!" ”