When he got home, he didn't even say hello to Catherine, and just went headlong into the bedroom, lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes.

"It's really embarrassing, you still cry, Lei Xiu, didn't you swear two years ago that you would never cry again, why can't you bear this blow, what's there to cry about, anyway, you don't plan to be a demon fighter, do you?"

After muttering a few times in his mouth, Lei Xiu covered his eyes with the back of his hand, and after a long while, he slowly revealed his eyes, took a deep breath, and practiced Roger's breathing method again.

"Okay, you shouldn't have any luck in your heart now, right? Learn to strike iron with Grandpa Roger, anyway, your bones are not bad, that is, you should be very good at manual work. ”

After laughing at himself, Lei Xiu slowly stood up and continued to walk around the room, not even wanting to go to the Demon Breath Forest.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, and Catherine pushed open the door and walked in, "Baby, I heard Emily say you went to the square?"

Looking at Catherine's gentle face, Lei Xiu had the urge to cry again, and finally suppressed it and nodded, "Well, Mom, I cried in front of so many people just now, it's really embarrassing." ”

Smiling slightly, Catherine came to Lei Xiu's side, and after hugging him with her arms outstretched, she gently stroked Lei Xiu's hair and said, "What's so embarrassing about this, child, you are still so young, it is normal to cry, it is your mother's fault, I should have been by your side at that time." ”

Pillowed on Catherine's warm and soft body, Lei Xiu's suppressed emotions finally broke out completely, hugged Catherine with both hands and sobbed, "Mom, I really don't have talent, my mental strength is weak and I can't become a demon fighter at all, I used to be just dreaming, I don't want to be a demon fighter, I don't even have talent at all." ”

With a sour heart, Catherine lifted Lei Xiu's face up, gently wiped away his tears and said, "Who said that my precious son is not talented, child, your strength and kindness are the greatest talents, ah, you don't know, your father is also a warrior." ”

"Father?" Hearing his mother mention his father, Lei Xiu stopped crying, Catherine rarely mentioned Lei Xiu's father, when he was a child, Lei Xiu had asked about his father when he was ignorant, but after seeing Catherine crying, he made up his mind that he would never mention his father casually in the future.

"Yes, your father, like you, he is also very weak in mental strength, but with his strong physical fitness and fighting skills, he can even fight with weaker demon fighters. ”

His eyes gradually lit up, and Lei Xiu hurriedly asked, "Really, Mom, Father is so powerful?"

"Of course it's true, he also formed an adventurous party with some friends, but two months before you were born, your father and his team went to a very dangerous place, and then they were never heard from again, and not long after you were born, his companions brought back the news of his death. At this, tears welled up in Catherine's eyes.

With a sigh in his heart, Lei Xiu knew that these words just now reminded Catherine of his father again, so he obediently did not speak, and accompanied his mother silently.

Until the evening, the mother and son were not in the mood, so they ate a little food and went to sleep, and the next day, after Lei Xiu got up at five o'clock in the morning, he came to the blacksmith shop as usual.

After pushing open the door, Lei Xiu was shocked because Roger was sitting silently in the room.

"Grandpa Roger, why are you here so early today?"

Raising his head to look at the surprised Lei Xiu, Roger said with a teasing face, "I heard that you went to the square to test yesterday?"

Touching his head, Lei Xiu said embarrassedly, "You also know, it's a shame, I actually cried in front of the public." ”

After taking a deep look at Lei Xiu, Roger said in a deep voice, "You are still young now, and you still have the right to cry, there is nothing to be ashamed of, but when you shoulder your responsibilities and become a real man, you can't cry anymore." ”

Nodding heavily, Lei Xiu said, "Well, I am already a real man, because I have responsibilities on me, don't worry, I won't cry again in the future." ”

Nodding his head in satisfaction, Roger continued, "Very well, how is it?

Walking in front of Roger, Lei Xiu smiled, "Yes, although I can't breathe like I can eat and sleep, but at least I can do it when I'm awake, you see, my movements are much more normal today." ”

Seeing that Lei Xiu was still able to pick up the small hammer despite his efforts, Roger's eyes lit up and said, "Well, yes, you can do this after only one day of practice, which means that you are very suitable for this breathing method, so continue to maintain it, and besides, you don't have to be too tired today, just do some light work." ”

At Roger's request, Lei Xiu helped Roger do some light work throughout the day, slowly adapting to the weight of the bracers.

Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, half a year passed, and during this time, Emily, who had become a student of the Preparatory Mage Academy, came back once and told Lei Xiu a lot about the Academy, including the Preparatory Fighter Academy, after Lei Xiu heard it, he just smiled indifferently, as if he had really forgotten the dream of the Demon Fighter.

In the past six months, after continuous failure and persistence, Lei Xiu finally reached the level of the strange breathing method that Roger said, eating and sleeping, and the four bracers on his wrists and ankles could no longer bring him any heavy feeling, so just a week ago, Roger taught him the third breathing method.

When he first used this new breathing method, Lei Xiu not only felt that his strength had increased, but also felt that the air flow that made him numb and comfortable had increased a lot again.

If the air currents used to be just slender streams, now they are rivers and are much stronger. The most obvious change is that Lei Xiu's senses are sharper, his movements are more precise, and his speed is faster.

In the blacksmith shop, Roger looked at Lei Xiu, who was sweating profusely, by the stove with a serious face, and his voice was low and serious.

"Lei Xiu, you have to remember that in addition to the upper body, the lower body must also be paid attention to when striking iron, you have been striking iron for three years, and your upper body has been well trained, but the lower body is not flexible. ”

Looking at Roger suspiciously, Lei Xiu asked, "Grandpa Roger, why is this? We blacksmiths only need strength in our arms, wrists and waist, you said that the waist is the source of strength, and the arms and wrists are the containers for using strength, but why are we more flexible in the next plate?"

Shaking his head, Roger said in a deep voice, "Feet and legs are the support points of the human body's strength, and everyone's body is supported by legs and feet. If you don't strengthen the exercise, it will have a great impact in the future, not to mention, you learn to beat iron with me, how can you be the same as other people, today I will let you see the real iron kung fu. ”

After speaking, Roger swapped places with Lei Xiu under his puzzled gaze, and then casually picked up a half-human-high hammer and held it high above the top.

"Lei Xiu, if you said that you learned the basics in the past few years, then what I taught you today is the real ability, you opened my eyes and looked carefully, heh!"

As Roger's low cry sounded like thunder, the hammer in his hand was like an electric light that broke through the sky, slamming on the side of the iron, and the sound of gold and iron made Lei Xiu's ears ring, just when the iron couldn't bear the rebound and rose violently, Roger had already changed his position, and continued to fall with a hammer in the opposite direction of the iron, pressing down the force of the iron ore's rebound.

After that, Roger kept changing his position, the hammer always hammered in the direction of the iron bounce as if by magic, and then gradually spread to the middle, and finally, in Lei Xiu's gaze, Roger seemed to have become several people, swinging the hammer at different angles.

Rubbing his eyes, Lei Xiu looked at the iron in front of him that had formed a rough mold of a hoe, and he had a feeling of unreality.

Dipping the rough mold into ice water, Roger took out the rough mold, carefully examined the side and said, "See, with the method I just struck, I can use the power of shock to better extract the impurities in the iron, making the iron more durable, and the weapon created by this method is far more sharp and tough than the weapon of the same material, this kind of body method is called separation, and the way of striking iron is called the shock method." ”

Looking at Lei Xiu's shining eyes, Roger put aside the rough mold in his hand, pulled over and sat down in a chair and said, "From today on, you will start to learn the method of splitting and oscillation, when can you practice to the point where I just looked, even if it is successful, you remember, the trick of the spectroscopy is the explosive power of the toes, and the trick of the concussion method is to continuously exert the power." ”

Nodding excitedly, Lei Xiu said happily, "Okay, look at me, Grandpa Roger, I must learn these two skills as soon as possible." After saying that, Lei Xiu picked up the hammer and prepared to practice.

But Roger shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, more than half a year has passed, and your four bracers don't feel any weight anymore, right?"

Waving his arm, Lei Xiu smiled and said, "Yes, Grandpa Roger, I seem to have completely adapted to it." ”

Smiling slightly, Roger said, "Very good, it looks like I can add some weight to you, come, you lie on the ground and expose the four bracers." ”

"Do you want to change my bracers for extra weight? But why do you want to lie down?" Lei Xiu curiously followed Roger's words and lay on the ground, pulling up the cuffs and trouser legs, revealing four bracers. Then, I saw that Roger just bent down and stood up with a few taps on the four bracers.

Looking at Lei Xiu, who was confused, Roger said with a smile, "It's okay to get up, but slow down, now they are not the same weight as before." ”

After hearing Roger's words, Lei Xiu was even more puzzled, but he still slowly prepared to get up according to the other party's words, but just when he wanted to bend his arms to support the ground, he felt a sinking at his wrist, and his face changed instantly.