Chapter 8: Practice, II
On a hot summer day, the room was like a pot boiled in boiling water, and Zor, who was reading the secret recipe of the monster given to him by the patriarch in the study, was really hot and walked out of the study.
It was exactly ten o'clock in the middle of the day, and Zor's stomach was rumbling.
Zor looked at the sun in the sky and said uncomfortably:
"It's a hot weather, there's nothing in this ghost place, just rely on the window for ventilation, I'm so hungry! I don't know where the cafeteria is, go to the clan gate first, see if you can meet other Yumen disciples, ask how to get to the cafeteria, and go back at night to study the secret spectrum of monsters." ”
Zor looked at this group of large royal gates all the way, just a study room is a modern building high, he walked and looked, and walked to the door of a closed house, which was inscribed: Yin and Yang Gate, squeaky sound, several disciples came out of the door, and the steel teeth were also inside.
Zor stepped forward and asked:
"Senior Brother Steel Tooth, how to get to the cafeteria!"
Steel Tooth looked at the stinky boy in front of him, and when he remembered that the patriarch was so important to him, he said angrily:
"It's you, why are you here, this is not a place for your beginner disciples to come, the patriarch and the elders see that the clan rules are to be enforced, and it just so happens that we are also going to eat, you can come with us!"
Zor followed them, bypassing the study and the central cultivation ground he had just come out of, and then passing the council hall and the Hall of Elders, the cafeteria was at the back of the Hall of Elders.
After entering the cafeteria, the disciples lined up there, receiving lunch one by one.
He sat next to his senior brother who had been in the Central Cultivation Ground in the morning and asked while eating:
"Senior brother, how long have you been here, have you ever gone down the mountain to hunt monsters? ”
The senior brother next to him said ashamedly:
"I've been coming to Yumen for almost a year, and I haven't hunted monsters yet, generally after cultivating perseverance, I can practice basic yin-yang arts, and an assessment will be held every six months, and only after passing the assessment can I become an onmyoji, and then the clan will receive calls for help from all sides, and the excellent onmyoji will take them for actual combat hunting, and when you have enough ability, you will be arranged to hunt monsters alone, I... It's not even close!"
Zor patted his senior brother on the shoulder and said:
"So that's the case, then what kind of place is the Yin-Yang Gate I just entered! ”
The senior brother began his habit of trumpeting bears and said:
"That's the place where our Imperial Gate specializes in cultivating for those who have selected excellent people with special qualifications and talents, it is said that that is the place where all the patriarchs of the Imperial Gate gather aura, and there are dozens of generations of Imperial Gate patriarchs guarding the souls inside, that is the place where excellent onmyoji cultivate, and everyone who cultivates in it can cultivate several times faster than ordinary people?
Zor looked at the senior brother who told him about the Yin and Yang Gate and said:
"Okay, senior brother, thank you, come on! ”
After lunch, he walked out of the cafeteria, walked around outside, looked at the big trees around him, and couldn't help but sigh: It turns out that the trees in the Warring States period are so big, and the modern society is only half the size of this, alas!
After resting for a while, he came to the central cultivation ground, only to see Master Tsukishima waiting for him there.
Zor walked over and said:
"Master Tsukishima, I'm sorry, I'm late, where are we going to cultivate?"
Tsukishima smiled and said:
"It's me early, let's go practice outside the village!"
After saying that, we walked out of the gate and came to a village called Haroku at the bottom of the mountain, and Tsukishima led Zoel to a blacksmith shop.
Tsukishima shouted loudly to the hot blacksmith:
"Master Iron Bull, are you forging the knife I want?"
I saw a burly strong man come over and throw a big long knife over.
Tie Niu saw that the samurai in front of him was the famous Tsukishima Genjuro, and said respectfully:
"Come, you try it, this is the "dark iron knife" forged according to your requirements, the material I took a lot of effort to find, this knife weighs two hundred pounds, although I don't know what you want to do with such a heavy weight, but you must have your reason. ”
Tsukishima picked up the black iron knife and swung it a few times, and the entire blacksmith shop shook.
Zor saw the waving air currents and asked curiously:
"Master Tsukishima, what did you just say, I seem to see air currents one by one, it's so powerful!"
Tsukishima put away the knife and turned back and said:
"This is sword qi, you will know later. ”
Tsukishima Genjuro took out a bag of gold from his pocket, put it on the table, and said to the iron bull:
"Hard work, this is the forging fee for this dark iron knife, I am very satisfied with this weapon!"
Tie Niu said respectfully:
"No, no, no, how can I take your money? You will not hesitate to risk for the villagers of the village, drive out the monsters and protect us ordinary people, it is my lifelong honor to be able to forge weapons for a samurai like you, you are welcome. ”
He put the bag of gold on the table, and said to Zor:
"Zor, it's not too early, let's go practice! ”
In Zor's heart, he always thought that Tsukishima Genjuro was just a lonely samurai with very good swordsmanship, but he didn't expect that he was still a very responsible, loved and respected samurai, and when he thought of this, his blood boiled, and he thought that one day he could become a great samurai like Tsukishima Genjuro.
When they came to the river, their shadows reflected in the clear water, and Tsukishima picked up the black iron knife in his hand and threw it at Zor, thud! The knife was plunged into the ground.
Zor picked it up, put it on the ground in less than a few seconds, and said to Genjuro Tsukishima breathlessly:
"Master Tsukishima, this sword can't be picked up by Ben! How did you do it when you talked about cultivating swordsmanship. ”
Tsukishima pondered for a while and replied:
"The sword in the world has no weight, as long as the wielding person can understand the principle of the unity of the human sword, as long as its weight is a part of the body, you can pick it up, I will teach you a method: close your eyes, and use the qi of the whole body to the arm without distractions to try it. ”
Zor tried several times in the same way that Tsukishima Genjuro had told, but he barely picked it up, but he was still indifferent to being able to swing freely and learn swordsmanship.
Zor said helplessly:
"Master Tsukishima, I still can't do it! I can't even hold this Xuantie Sword, so how can I talk about cultivating swordsmanship? Is there any other way? ”
Tsukishima suddenly came to his senses and said to Zor:
"I'm too anxious to achieve something about your cultivation progress, forgetting that you haven't undergone any training, the only way now is to train your physical strength and strength, a two-hundred-pound knife is indeed a bit reluctant for you now, let's stop practicing swordsmanship for the time being, and give you seven days to exercise your physical strength and strength." ”
After saying that, Genjuro Tsukishima took him to a villager's house.
Tsukishima knocked lightly on the door and said:
"Hey, anyone's there?"
The villagers opened the door and were very happy to see Tsukishima Genjuro, and took the initiative to invite him in for a cup of tea, but was politely rejected by Tsukishima Master.
Tsukishima smiled and said to the villagers:
"Thank you for your kindness, may I ask if you still have acres of land to cultivate at home?"
As soon as the villagers heard about the fields, they said sadly:
"We still have a thousand acres of uncultivated land in our family, and the old man and I are the only ones left in the family, and my son died in the war to destroy the bandits and robbers. ”
Watch the old couple flow out of hatred for war-torn monsters.
Tsukishima walked up to the villagers and said comfortingly:
"Where are your fields, take me there. ”
After a while, the villagers led us to their fields.
Zor saw the endless fields and said:
"Wow, it's so big, but it's such a mess, it's a pity that it's such a good field. ”
Tsukishima looked at the field and said to Zor:
"I will give you three days for this thousand acres of land, and you must complete it within this time, which is the best way to exercise your physical strength. ”
Zoel heard what Master Tsukishima beside him said, and said silently in his heart:
"Ah! How is it possible to do three days, even in the modern era of mechanization, it cannot be done by one person. ”
The villager next to him said:
"Tsukishima-sama, this can't be, it's too..."
Tsukishima said to the villagers:
"Don't worry, my apprentice is talented and will be able to complete it in three days. ”
Zor said secretly:
"Didn't this old man of Yuedao deliberately not give me the steps!"
Zor from today, I will come to check in three days, and I will greet him from your patriarch, after saying that, Master Tsukishima and the villagers have left one after another.
At a loss, Zor was stunned on the grass for a long time, there were only two and a half days left, time passed slowly, he didn't think of a better way, he also knew in his heart that opportunistic words would not achieve the effect of cultivation, so he took the hoe on the grass and began to cultivate.
It was getting dark, and after a few hours of farming, he was covered with dirt, and he was tired, and he sat on the field and was about to rest for a while.
I saw two familiar figures in the distance, it was the two villagers.
The villagers said after a busy day:
"Little brother, it's so late, let's eat first, let's come back tomorrow after eating and resting! I've made up a room, which my son originally lived in, so if you don't mind, stay with me."
Zor smiled and said:
"Uncle, thank you, I'm hungry after working all afternoon, I'll go to your place for dinner, and I'll come back to continue after eating, otherwise I won't be able to complete the task given to me by the master, and I won't bother you to live, thank you for your kindness." ”
The villagers looked at the determined boy and said with a smile:
"Alright then, it's rare for a few young people to be so attentive to you, come with me, and the food will be cold later." ”
Sitting on the grass, he immediately got up and walked with the villagers to their house, and came to the house, a simple house, a lonely old couple.
The villagers happily greeted the guests and said:
"Young man, let's eat! we don't have any good things in our house, these are our own vegetables, let's try them!"
He looked at the dishes on the table, although they were all greens, leaves, and the like, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart!
But in the face of these two kind old men, Zor said happily: "Okay, let's eat together, grandma, "although there is no salt in the dish, but he still eats with relish", grandma, your food is so delicious, he ate bowl after bowl, so that the two old men feel extremely gratified.
"I've eaten well, grandma, you eat slowly, I'm going to farm, I hope your acres will be full of harvest this year," Zor said with a smile.
The villagers looked at him after a tiring day and said to him:
"Young man, take a rest, it's really not possible for your master to come in two days, I will explain the situation to him, it is indeed impossible to cultivate a thousand acres in three days. ”
He patted his chest and said confidently:
"Don't worry, old man, you just wait for two days later, I will cultivate your acres beautifully. ”
Squeak! Zor pushed open the door of the villager's house, and walked back to the field, the stars in the sky are really bright, and the air around is exceptionally fresh, this is just a village, I don't know how many villages, how many like today's two villagers, this huge world, when will it calm down.
"He silently swore in his heart: I must become stronger, I must break this troubled world, so that all people do not have to live this kind of fearful life"
After resting for a while, he continued to pick up the hoe in his hand and continue to farm......