Takefu's claim that once a martial arts master awakens his spiritual energy, he is a special starter, this concept is not based on his pride as a martial artist, but has a real theoretical basis.

The real difference between a super-psionic and an ordinary psyker is not that the soul of a super-psionic is stronger. Because the soul is the same as the body in a sense, although there will be individual differences, but the gap will not be so huge that it is fundamentally two species. The truth about the power of super-psionic beings lies in the purity of their imagination.

When a psyker drives psionic energy, the purer the imagination, the more efficient the psionic energy is. Ordinary psionics are full of distractions, and psionic energy is naturally extremely inefficient. And even if you want to kill distracting thoughts and purify spiritual energy, the idea of "killing distracting thoughts" is itself a distracting thought. At the end of the day, one cannot control one's consciousness with one's true consciousness, any more than one cannot hold oneself up with one's hands on one's hair. Only by trying to break through this contradiction can a psyker possess a super-grade psyker.

And the martial artists who can be called "martial arts masters" by characters like Wufu will not be more than twenty people all over the world, and these people's mental attainments can be called superb, even if they can't reach the realm of the unity of heaven and man where Wufu and I are, it is enough to meet the necessary conditions for super-level spiritual energy.

The successor of the Rock Flow Dojo is one of them.

"He has now become a blade of the Church of the Earth, calling himself a 'swordsman' and doing the work of a killer." Takeo said.

I looked at his expression and couldn't help but wonder, "In the past, he was much weaker than you, but he suddenly awakened his spiritual energy, and just because of this, he became a character far stronger than you, able to look at you from above, but you didn't seem to care?" ”

"I'm only interested in martial arts." He said this like a martial arts powerhouse who "wants nothing but martial arts", but when I think of his mental model at the moment, it is likely that it is not much different from those game nerds who say "I'm only interested in games", and I feel that the atmosphere has completely evaporated.

"In other words, you're indifferent to psionic powers and their users, so why would you want to challenge a super-psionic?" I asked.

"Other people always say that no matter how good the martial arts are, they are no match for psionics, and I have heard too much about it, and I can't help but worry. Besides, I haven't been able to find an opponent for a long time, and you haven't heard from me, so I'm going to find the psionics to gnaw on this bone. He said half-self-deprecatingly, and then changed his words, "Compared to this, you don't seem to be surprised by the news of the 'swordsman'?" ”

"You're late." I said to him.

He was stunned, "What? ”

In fact, as early as a week ago, the news that the swordsman was going to do something to me reached my ears one step ahead of the martial arts.

The person who told me the news, to tell the truth, is another drone.

He knew that I had used the identity of MONOCULUS, and therefore knew about my feud with the swordsman, and when he learned of the news, he immediately forwarded it to me. In fact, there has never been a shortage of intelligence workers in Beaver City who are trying to dig into the true identity of the Facelings, and they have naturally set their sights on the "Masked Warrior Magic Eye", which was once a flash in the pan in the martial arts world, but the drone is the only one who has checked with me. I'm not going to lie about this from the beginning, for me, as long as Xu Fu's identity is preserved, even if it is known that the MONOCULUS is a Faceling, it is nothing more than adding a little ink to the legend of the Faceling, which I am quite ashamed of.

I told him about the recent events, and after listening to it, he sighed, "It seems that I ran for nothing." ”

"No, just knowing that the Faceling is you isn't for nothing." Immediately afterwards, he revised his statement and said, "It's not too late, why don't we exchange some martial arts experience?" I've also had some groundbreaking moves lately, so if you don't mind, you might as well try a thing or two. ”

Even he said that it was a breakthrough, which must be extraordinary, so I naturally agreed.

The exchange lasted until late in the night, and Takeo breathed a sigh of satisfaction, then got up, nodded goodbye to me, and turned to walk towards the exit.

*

If someone talks to me about their past, I'm sure I'm upset. However, since the "swordsman" has already been mentioned, it is necessary to talk about the grievances between me and him, so as to understand more intuitively why he insisted on biting me.

In this past, I myself have some immaturity and need to reflect on it.

As I said before, I was a bit annoying at that time. Specifically, it may be affected by the age of the body...... No, it's just an excuse, and I'll admit it: I've always been a naïve person who likes darkness and violence, and even when people call me "monsters", I don't feel ashamed at all, but secretly rejoices in it. At that time, I was even more naïve than I am now.

As for the swordsman, the Iwayu Dojo where he is located is the premier swordsmanship dojo in the Sakura region, and he himself is the son of the previous dojo owner. He learned swordsmanship since he was a child, and because of his amazing talent, he even had the nickname of the Iwaliu Kenhao when he was a teenager, and after he inherited the dojo when he was young, he swept all the dojos in the Sakura area. Originally, some of his peers were jealous of him, but later they couldn't get jealous anymore, but instead worshipped him, thinking that he was the reincarnation of the great swordsman who created the rock flow dojo stunt "Yan Hui" in the past.

Once people see a high wall that they can't climb over, they are prone to deify or demonize it without authorization.

In this atmosphere of public opinion, he also became more and more proud, and even when someone instigated him to challenge Takefu, he also threatened that if it weren't for Takefu's advanced age, he would not be able to win even if he won, and he would be able to fight and win now.

It sounded like an excuse to shirk, but I thought about it later that maybe he really thought so.

However, despite his talent, his personality has a violent side. They resort to force at every turn and secretly manipulate black trades. It is rumored that he once killed a disciple who was studying in his own dojo, and later settled it with money and connections. If it were me now, I might have used the shell of the challenge to do my real thing, but although I was "naïve" at that time, I was not as murderous as I am now, and more importantly, I lacked the way to confirm it and the experience of investigation. If it was a misunderstanding, wouldn't I have killed the wrong person?

All in all, I heard the name of the god of the stunt "Yan Hui", so I went to the Iwayu Dojo to challenge him.

At that time, he was training a group of disciples in the ashram, and when he saw me suddenly enter the ashram, he stopped and looked at me with a frown.

"I heard that the first generation of Iwaliu Kenhao was a strange man who used a wild sword of more than three feet, and he once told people that swallows can dodge according to the wind, and no matter what blade, they can't swing without the wind, so in order to cut down the swallows in the air, he created the stunt 'Swallow Return'. Although most of this trick has been lost, after the latecomers have worked hard to complete it, they have already gained some true meaning. And you're the heir of this generation, right? I asked.

He seemed to want to reprimand me as an uninvited guest, but he suddenly stopped, and seemed to taste something from my body and the way I walked. Two seconds later, he sneered and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're the rumored Magic Eye." ”

I nodded. At that time, I was already quite famous and had fought against many martial artists. Some martial artists can be convinced, while some martial artists are not convinced, and even do not believe in evil, swearing that I have a pair of eyes with special functions, so my own martial arts will be stolen, and I will be defeated in my hands. This is where the nickname "MONOCULAR" comes from.

"I didn't expect the magic eye to climb over the wall and enter, and the shape is so obscene."

"I walked in from the front door." I say.

"What happened to the janitor?" He asked.

"He's good. It's just that they didn't notice me. ”

"Do you mean, you're already 'one with man'? I don't know how thick the sky is. He said, "The losers have made you famous, but I'm different from them." Don't think I can't see it, you're just an ordinary person, what a magic eye, smiling and generous. ”

"I've heard about you, too." I said, "If you want to prove that you're superior to other martial artists, why do you have to compete with martial artists instead of psionics?" ”

Before I could finish speaking, he clenched his fists violently, and the back of his hand was bruised.

Seeing this, I deliberately used my own speculation to attack his psychology, "You challenged, but failed miserably, right?" ”

"You should know that our Yanliu Dojo is a swordsmanship dojo, and we only accept swordsmanship duels. And in order to avoid some lucky waste picking quarrels and provoking trouble, it has always been a real sword to decide the winner. He turned a deaf ear, but his voice was colder, and he motioned for his disciple to come over with the real sword, "Since you dare to challenge, it means that you have the consciousness of dying in a duel." ”

The disciple quickly brought over the two real swords. Although it is a real sword, there is no distinction between swords in the Sakura area, so it should be said that it is two real swords. The swordsman threw one of them at me, then told his disciples to stay away, and took a swordsmanship posture at me.

I'm not used to real knives, so I make two strokes and try to put on a stance.

The swordsman looked at it and said with a smile: "Haven't you learned swordsmanship?" ”

"I haven't learned."

"Then let's retreat quickly. Or do you want me to have mercy on you and fight you with my fists? ”

"Not necessarily." I took a close look at his posture to see where his muscles were tense, and from the shape of his skin and muscles, I imagined what kind of training he might have gone through before.

No matter what kind of martial artist they are, the fruits of their practice will eventually be honestly manifested in the physical body. It's just that not everyone can interpret it, and some masters even seem to be no different from ordinary people. Others may think that the swordsman is just an ordinary strong, but I can parse a lot of information from it. Regardless of his character, just looking at this body, you can know that he is indeed single-minded about kendo.

As I watched carefully, I slowly adjusted my posture and center of gravity, and after a second, I said, "Now I have learned." ”

He said coldly, "Are you kidding me? It's too late to apologize. ”

"Why don't you attack it?" I asked, "Then I'm going to attack it." ”

"Nonsense!" He shouted so loudly that he burst into front of me with a single arrow and slashed down.

It's okay that he didn't move, and when he moved, more information fell into my eyes, allowing me to see his long practice journey so far.

After a few cuts, I successfully parried them all and figured out all the details of him. Even the "Yan Hui", which he has not yet made a move, is completely exposed in my heart.

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"How could it be......" He took a step back, not knowing what he had tasted from me, and he was very shaken, and immediately bit his lip, as if he had regained his confidence, and attacked again with great speed.

I blocked the blow with my knife again, but, surprisingly, the moment the two knives collided with each other, my knife broke at the waist.

I am very sure that the quality of both knives is the same, and that he did not cheat on the knives. The reason why this result came was because he used a very special trick. If I'm not mistaken, it's because he has a better understanding of the materials and structure of swords and weapons than I do, and that's why I'm able to do this, and this kind of knowledge I can't get from his body. Of course, this cannot be said to be despicable, because the grasp of the sword weapon itself is also one of the necessary qualities of a sword user.

"Got it!" He shouted violently, and the sword path changed suddenly, and it was a stunt "Yan Hui".

At this moment, I seemed to hallucinate, and his sword path split into countless lines, all of which swept towards me. This is the stunt "Yan Hui", which seems to be just a sword, but in fact, it hides infinite tricks, and no matter how you dodge, you will be slashed into the killer sword.

It was at this moment that I broke down all of his sword paths, and even reversed the process of this stunt before it became like this. Scenes flashed back in my mind, and I seemed to see the original Iwaliu swordsman create this sword art in its proper form.

I see, the first generation of Yan Hui is like this.

I've learned it completely.

However, it is ironic. This dojo takes the restoration of the first generation of Yan Hui as the highest mission, and the closer to the swordsman of the first generation of Yan Hui, the more lofty the status.

But in fact, their Yanhui and the original Yanhui are fundamentally two diametrically opposed things. Moreover, they have long surpassed the first generation of Yan Hui, but they have no consciousness.

In that case, let me finish with this trick. Although it is not a very clever skill, as long as you take the right time, this trick alone is enough to end this duel.

I simply threw away the real knife that was only half of the hand, and then used my hand as a knife, not retreating, but advancing, and greeted the swordsman's Yanhui.

I staggered with him.

Hearing the crack of steel, the knife in his hand broke in two, and the first half of the knife spun at high speed and flew into the air, and then fell, piercing deep into the ground.

I looked back, but he didn't look back, but turned his back to me. I couldn't see his expression at the moment. Then, he let go of his hand, and the broken knife fell to the ground. There was a dead silence in the dojo, and the sound of the broken knife falling to the ground was terrifyingly clear.

The winner is decided.

"Just now, that's ......," he said, dumbfounded.

"It's Yan Hui." I say.

"Yan Hui." He repeated my voice.

"The first generation of Yan Hui." I added.

He was silent for a moment, then said in a voice that could not suppress his anger, "You are ...... Insult me. It's just an ordinary wave! ”

"You are obviously the inheritor of Yan Hui, but you can't see it? But that's right. In the records, the first generation of Iwaliu swordsmen used a wild sword that was more than three feet long. And if it weren't for such a long knife, this move would not be magical. You don't understand this, so you don't even know where the fault is, which is contrary to the original Yan Hui. ”

He was furious and said, "Don't say it as if it's very clear! ”

"The purpose of my trip has been accomplished." I said, "Well, goodbye." ”

I never looked at the defeated swordsman again, and without looking back, I left the dojo and headed for the next opponent.

As I walked out of the majestic main entrance of the Iwaliu Dojo, I faintly heard a roar of great grief and anger coming from the dojo, and the movement of something being broken. It is rumored that since then, the owner of the Iwaliu Dojo has never publicly competed with anyone.