Chapter 12: Three Years of Learning Arts (I)
The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains.
Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.
The spring in Saibei is different from that in the south of the Yangtze River, when the south of the Yangtze River is already breezy and full of flowers, the long-lost spring seems to remember that there are still places in the far northwest that have not been visited.
When the sun in the sky finally radiated its own heat, Li Xuanqing and they finally spent the whole winter in the valley of Matoufeng. However, for Helan Mountain, which is located in Lingzhou, spring is already in April.
This winter, Li Xuanqing finally finished pondering the complete snowflake sword technique. All my thoughts have been spent on this during this time. However, for himself who has already performed all his sword moves, this winter has been worth it.
So when he saw that the long-lasting ice and snow began to melt little by little, Li Xuanqing stopped his figure and began to walk towards Chen Yu's shed.
However, when he arrived at the place, he clearly felt that the temperature of the three large cauldrons that had been emitting heat waves in the past was slowly dropping, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Chen Yu, who is usually too busy, actually sat there with Erlang's legs shaking stupidly, and when he saw Li Xuanqing's stunned eyes, he suddenly laughed and said, "Third child, what's wrong, stupid." We completed the mission ahead of schedule, and all the weapons were built. And-" stood up and pulled Li Xuanqing as if offering a treasure: "I still figured out a treasure, and I was about to tell you, but you came by yourself." ”
"What baby? Look at you one by one, like eating honey? Made gold? Li Xuanqing didn't react for a while, and when he saw that several of them were all around, he immediately smiled.
Chen Yu ignored him, but walked straight to a shed next to him, took out a silver-white spear, threw it to Li Xuanqing, and said, "Third brother, you try this gun, feel it." ”
Li Xuanqing took the spear and immediately felt that something was wrong. Looks like the weight of this spear is a bit wrong. According to the length of the spear designed by Li Xuanqing before, the eight-foot-long spear has reached 2.4 meters in later generations, but it looks like it weighs only 20 catties at most, how was this made? It doesn't seem that there are so many unique materials used to build the Frost Sword before, right? Otherwise, Chen Yu wouldn't have used it to build the Horizontal Frost Sword. But the spear in his hand seems to be mass-produced, what's going on?
Li Xuanqing was about to ask, but found that the weight of the spear seemed to be unbalanced, and the weight of the head and tail was obviously much heavier than the barrel of the gun. Could it be ---- Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing's eyes were wrong, staring at Chen Yu and asking, "Chen Yu, you won't really build a steel pipe, right?" It can't be, right? How do you do it? At this point, the usually flat tone rose and fell for the first time.
"That's, haha, I've been thinking about it since you last mentioned it. After so long, I finally figured out how to solve it. First I poured an outer mold, and then I made an inner mold......" Chen Yuxu was about to explain, but Li Xuanqing didn't have the heart to continue listening. On the contrary, after carefully looking at this spear, after being sure that Chen Yu's steel pipe could indeed be called a seamless steel pipe, he asked, "After these meteorites are used up, how many weapons have we built in total?" ”
Xu Tianxiang saw that Chen Yu was still talking about his exploits there, and even forgot to answer what Li Xuanqing said, and suddenly turned out to be stubborn, and said with a smile: "Third brother, I have counted it, we have built a total of thirty spears, one hundred and eight Tang knives, and one iron thorn stick." Speaking of this, he listened for a moment, "In addition to the Hengshuang Sword, we used the rest of the material to fight another long sword." Oh, by the way, the eldest brother also made a spear for you, using the materials of the Hengshuang Sword. ”
Rao is Li Xuanqing is mentally prepared, and he also gasped. It's only been a few months, and they've actually created so many weapons? It's all in time for a small armory.
Li Xuanqing looked at his brothers one by one in a blink of an eye, and everyone in front of him looked tired, obviously working day and night to open the furnace and make steel. Especially Chen Yu, a guy who is in his teens, his beard is about to catch up with the middle-aged people.
"Okay, third, although we are a little tired, we think it is worth it. We watch you practice martial arts every day, and we are so envious that we want to finish building weapons as soon as possible, and then learn martial arts with you. Xu Tianxiang saw the look on Li Xuanqing's face, he didn't know what he was thinking, and hurriedly explained.
But as soon as he finished speaking, everyone else looked at Li Xuanqing with the same expression, and the expression on their faces was exactly the same, so they just said Hurry up and teach me kung fu.
Li Xuanqing nodded, but he sighed secretly in his heart, this is not the era of knowledge and information explosion in later generations, whether it is learning literature and martial arts in these years, if there is no master, how can ordinary people do it? Without technology in hand, it is really more difficult to change your fate than to ascend to the sky.
But now is not the time to think about this, and besides, I already have the capital to change my fate. Li Xuanqing suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and said with a smile: "Chen Yu, you take the big guy out to hunt more prey, let's have a good meal, and then we will practice martial arts together." Three years is still early, and when we go out of the mountain three years later, we must be the masters of the masters. After a pause, he continued: "Tianxiang, you stay and follow me to see the weapon." ”
Chen Yu nodded, and led the others towards the depths of Matou Peak. A few of them already have some foundation in internal skills now, and they have also learned a little bit of light skills. When you go out hunting, you only have to know how much you can catch, and you don't have to worry about becoming prey.
"Third brother, let's go, take you to see the spear that the eldest brother specially built for you." Xu Tianxiang watched them leave and pulled Li Xuanqing into the grass shed.
As soon as Li Xuanqing entered the grass shed, he found two piles of weapons neatly placed on the ground, one pile was a spear and the other was a Tang knife. Only in the middle of the grass hut, stands a silver-white spear of about eight feet, the tip of the gun is broad, about a foot long, the blade is about two inches wide, the whole is diamond-shaped, the barrel is thick, the ear between the tip of the gun and the barrel is ring-shaped, and the pattern is engraved. Obviously, Chen Yu was built in strict accordance with Li Xuanqing's previous instructions.
Li Xuanqing walked over and flicked the barrel of the gun lightly, only to hear a deep and heavy "buzzing" sound. But the body of the spear did not move, and he couldn't help nodding, pulled out the spear vigorously, and checked it, such a spear actually weighed about the same as a spear made of steel pipes, and the attributes of this unknown metal were really powerful and speechless.
"Third child, look at this sword, how does it compare to the Hengshuang Sword?" Just as Li Xuanqing was looking at the spear in his hand, Xu Tianxiang picked up the two long swords next to him and handed them over, with a smile on his face.
Li Xuanqing had already seen the Hengshuang Sword, and when he heard this, he put down the spear and took it, and immediately laughed, this other long sword is just a Hengshuang Sword with a reduced proportion, but it looks more beautiful than the Scarlet Sword, and it is a relatively normal long sword, unlike the Swords of Scar, because Li Xuanqing deliberately enlarged the size and weight, it is about to catch up with the machete.
Li Xuanqing thought about it, and suddenly pulled out the Hengshuang Sword, running the pure Yang True Qi, and the long sword suddenly let out a long roar, as if there was a spirit. I saw that he was holding the Horizontal Frost Sword, brushing the sword grid of the other long sword a few times, and the sparks sputtered to complete the action.
"Chengying, good name. Why do I think the name is a bit impressive? Xu Tianxiang saw Li Xuanqing stop moving, and hurriedly came over to read, but then scratched his head, a little puzzled.
Li Xuanqing smiled, among his brothers, in addition to Xu Tianxiang, he also knew Braille. This Chengying Sword was originally an ancient famous sword, and it also has the meaning of elegance and refinement, but it also matches this sword very well.
"Okay, let's go and see the weapons that Chen Yu has built for himself, and I see how the scabbards of these Tang knives are the same as my Hengshuang and Chengying, not like they are wooden, but like they are specially made. What's going on? Could it be that you are still bored after crossing the Tianxing Iron for the spear and Tang Dao, and you actually have time to make the scabbard? Li Xuanqing casually glanced at the neat Tang knife on the ground, and then pointed to all the silver-white spears next to him and smiled.
"Well, the third child, this, if you don't wait for the eldest brother to come back, you can ask him. We said he didn't listen, he had to do his best, and we couldn't help it! Xu Tianxiang smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and walked straight to a corner, and walked back with a strange long-handled weapon.
Li Xuanqing originally just said it casually, but he didn't expect Xu Tianxiang to answer like this, but he was stunned, Chen Yu is a big guy and three thick, how can he still be a perfectionist? That's weird. However, after seeing the weapon in Xu Tianxiang's hand, he almost screamed.
What kind of thorn is this? This is simply a mace, okay? However, the best and most widely used weapon in history seems to be in the Song and Jin dynasties. But it's nothing, looking at the decent mace in front of him, Li Xuanqing felt that this kind of heavy strike weapon was very suitable for Chen Yu. This guy is a traditional Northwest man, with a lot of strength, if he uses his mace with all his strength on the battlefield, he will really be an invincible general.
After Li Xuanqing turned this thought in his mind, he reached out and took the mace, but his arm sank slightly, this guy, this mace is estimated to be forty or fifty catties, and it is almost enough to catch up with two spears, and this is still made of meteorite, replaced by ordinary steel, this should be more than a hundred catties.
However, Li Xuanqing didn't say anything, looked at the weapon in front of him, and finally smiled with satisfaction, "Tianxiang, tomorrow we will officially start learning martial arts." Let's go and make a fire, and I'll be back later. ”
The two of them walked out, began to look for dead branches or something, and started to make a fire. However, these jobs were basically done by Xu Tianxiang, Li Xuanqing stood aside, holding a spear in one hand and two swords in the other, looking at the towering Matoufeng in the distance.
At this time, the preparations had been completed, and Li Xuanqing had already sorted out the martial arts moves to teach everyone. Marksmanship sorted out fifteen moves, the first nine moves are the real battlefield marksmanship, wide open and close, the moves are mainly to increase lethality, the last six moves are the real five tiger soul breaking gun in the killer weapon, belongs to the master when fighting the superior martial arts.
In terms of knife techniques, the twelve sealing knife styles that have been sorted out are sufficient. The probability of melee combat happening on the battlefield is too great, so this knife technique is much finer than the marksmanship in terms of subtle changes, in short, the knife technique is much higher than the subtlety of marksmanship, which can be regarded as a life-saving trick for everyone.
Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing suddenly pulled out the Hengshuang Sword and engraved two dragons flying and phoenix dancing on the ears of his spear - Broken Soul.
"From now on, let's call it the Soul Breaker." After Li Xuanqing did all this, he smiled slightly and muttered to himself.
When Chen Yu and the others came back, everyone had a beautiful barbecue, and after resting for a day, the next day began, and everyone really began to practice martial arts.
Li Xuanqing's course was very full, learning marksmanship in the morning, knife skills in the afternoon, and teaching everyone literacy in the evening, and by the way, he also practiced Sun Tzu's Art of War. This Sun Tzu had already learned the Art of War in his previous life. However, at that time, it was regarded as classical Chinese. In this life, I have to study the principles of using soldiers, which is also a big problem for myself.
However, as the saying goes, the sword and the moon stick practice the gun for a long time, which is not false at all. Although there is Li Xuanqing beside him for hand-in-hand guidance, and he also put out the picture on the score of the Five Tiger Soul Breaking Gun to explain to everyone, but three days have passed, and the first move is to stab with a gun, and several people still haven't fully mastered it.
"Wu Huan, your spear is too high, press down one foot."
"Tianyi, what's the matter with you, you haven't eaten? Do you understand the spike? Power is born from the heart, and the gun must be steady and ruthless. Come again......"
"Tianxiang, what does your horse look like? The force rises from the ground. If you don't stand on your feet, where does your strength come from? ”
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Li Xuanqing had a dry mouth next to him, correcting the mistakes of these guys over and over again, feeling a little slow. But there's no good way, these guys can't read the words on the gun score yet, and they can only teach it slowly over and over again.
"Third child, when are you going to teach me my mace method?" Seeing that it was hard to get everyone on the track, the first trick was a little bit learned. Chen Yu slipped to Li Xuanqing's side with his mace and asked nervously.
Hearing this, Li Xuanqing put down the Soul Breaking Gun in his hand, glanced at Chen Yu, and said with a smile: "You really don't plan to learn marksmanship?" Your mace is extremely heavy, and with your strength, it is also a good choice. It's just that the tricks of this heavy weapon don't have subtle marksmanship changes, are you sure you don't want to learn it? ”
Chen Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "Seeing that they are so tired of learning, I still forget it." I'm interested in my big stick. Teach me. ”
Li Xuanqing smiled, and didn't say much, there is no mace method in the martial arts classics, but there is a set of mixed yuan stick method, eighteen styles, using a mace, it is also very suitable. However, Li Xuanqing has only seen this set of stick methods, and has not studied it. At this moment, I see Chen Yu to learn. At the moment, the two of them were slowly pondering on the side.
Due to heavy weapons, the general moves are relatively easy to learn, but difficult to master. But at this moment, for Chen Yu, learning is the first step, and there is nothing else. Therefore, after a little half a day's effort, the eighteen-style mace method modified by Li Xuanqing was formed.
"Chen Yu, this set of mace method pays attention to opening and closing, and oppresses people with potential. So the focus of your practice is not only the moves, but also the transformation. If I can do it with a stick in hand, I have the momentum I have in the world. Moves are not the most important. ”
Having said that, Chen Yu's face was still very solemn, at least the unparalleled whistling sound brought by the mace when Li Xuanqing gave him a gesture just now gave him a lot of pressure, so his face was very solemn at the moment.
Li Xuanqing knew this guy's mind when he saw his face. No longer hesitating, he handed him the mace and stepped aside.
I saw Chen Yu walking to the open space with a mace, taking a deep breath, and suddenly holding the mace in one hand, he waved it, and the whistling sound brought by the spikes of the mace also sounded at this moment.
"Sticking and beating double dogs, overwhelming, splitting Huashan, sweeping thousands of troops, sweeping the old monk sweeping the floor, and reversing the ......" Li Xuanqing was just watching slowly from the side, but his face became wonderful when he looked at it. I thought that this guy would start from the most basic moves like Xu Tianxiang and them, but I didn't expect Chen Yu to use all the moves as soon as he got started. He couldn't help but be surprised.
And his movement, the movement immediately attracted other eyes. Everyone didn't expect Chen Yu's movements to be so big.
"What do you see? If you know the gap, don't hurry up and practice. Li Xuanqing saw that everyone was looking at Chen Yu, his eyes widened, and Chen Fan and Li Tianyi were so frightened that Chen Fan and Li Tianyi hurriedly took everyone back to continue practicing spear stabbing.
However, with Chen Yu's performance pressing on the side, everyone's results this time are obviously much better than before. The action is also a lot more standardized. Li Xuanqing also raised the Soul Breaker Gun from time to time to demonstrate little by little. The effect is really much better.
However, Chen Yu's performance also reminded Li Xuanqing that his teaching methods seemed to be a bit problematic. In the next few days, Li Xuanqing himself unleashed a complete set of fifteen-style marksmanship. Begin to explain where the specifications, strength, and direction of each move are, what the main points are, how the true qi in the body should work, and where the power should be channeled, etc.
Looking at the Soul Breaking Spear in Li Xuanqing's hand, the body of the gun flashing with an unparalleled cold light and a strong energy brought up by one move, everyone was a little ashamed of their performance in the past few days. Without saying a word, start practicing.
I have to say that this method actually has a different advantage over breaking down the marksmanship and practicing it little by little. At least for half a month, this group of people has a good move.
Compared to marksmanship, the progress of knife art is much faster. Originally, short weapons were much easier to practice than long weapons. Li Xuanqing summed up the twelve styles of sealing knives and basically learned them all in just one month, but for now, he has only learned them.