"I want to hear about it."

Chen Hui is indeed very unfamiliar with these. In the past, his master Chen Sha taught him swordsmanship and sword intent outside Lian Qingshan, Chen Hui only knew that the master was a master among the masters, the kind that was invincible in the world, but he didn't know how high it was. It's just that after walking among the rivers and lakes over the years, Chen Hui found that it always seemed that he could defeat his opponent easily.

Ding Qiliang was also happy to talk about martial arts.

"There are four realms of martial arts, but in fact, it can also be said that there are only three, extreme intention, true martial arts, and vastness. The fourth type is not actually a realm, but rather a state. ”

"What is the best meaning?"

"Shopkeeper, you don't even know this, but you should always know the origin of our martial arts, right?" Ding Qiliang found that Chen Hui didn't know as much as an ordinary person.

Chen Hui smiled and shook his head.

"Since the fall of the Chu State and the rise of the Great Qin, the relationship between the empire and the forces of the rivers and lakes has been very stiff, and everyone is still martial in order to protect themselves in the turbulence, although the Qin State seems to be peaceful now, but in fact the court and the martial arts factions have been fighting. After the battle of Liankong City, the martial arts were depressed for decades due to the tricks of the empire, and they were even more incompatible with the imperial court, but you didn't even understand the common sense of martial arts? ”

"That's a pity, my master, really didn't teach me this." Chen Hui was not embarrassed at all.

"It's an internal force. Ye is still in the martial arts record, you should really take a look, the strength is related to the realm but not limited to this, after all, martial arts also rely on exquisite moves to retreat from the enemy. Judging a person's strength or weakness should be based on many aspects such as reaction speed, physical strength, five senses acuity, light skill speed, skill grade, exercise cultivation level, depth of internal strength, and even the strength of the weapons and armor used.

But to measure the realm, we only look at the internal force. The same martial arts, such as the Xuanji Sword School's Tianxuan Sword Technique, the Sword Sect's Sword Technique, etc., maybe you can use the Sword Technique or the subtle moves in the Tianxuan Sword Technique to defeat people who also know this martial arts or even have deeper internal strength, but if the two of them move against each other, it will ultimately depend on whose internal force is more powerful and powerful. ”

"Internal forces determine the power of your moves. The realm above the nine leaves is the extreme meaning. ”

Without waiting for Chen Hui to ask, Ding Qiliang knew what Chen Hui was going to say.

"As for what Jiuye is, this has to tell a story. Many years ago, Taoism and Buddhism discussed martial arts, a line of Shaolin monks went to Tiangong Mountain Taoism, in Tiangong Mountain, Jiuhua Pond on martial arts, but although different schools, Buddhism and Taoism are extremely friendly, the same is the martial arts in Taishan Beidou, martial arts are complicated, so the two proposed only than internal force. ”

Chen Hui felt strange, and couldn't help asking: "How can a comparison not hurt the harmony?" ”

"The shape of the meridians in our Qi Sea Inner Field is extremely peculiar, just like a tree, the stump of the tree rises from the Qi Sea Inner Field, and the branches and meridians extend to all parts of the body. And people with abundant internal force will have an inner diameter like a leaf-shaped pattern on their branches, so as to store internal force. Cultivating internal strength is to make more and more such inner diameters. However, it is difficult for a single leaf to bloom on this tree, which is called Qikai Uchida. This is also a gap that is extremely difficult for people who practice martial arts to cross, and peeking at the leaves is the first realm, that is, the realm of leaves. ”

While speaking, Ding Qi raised his hands and flipped his palms, and the tea in the teacup in front of him began to change, the water in the teacup rose into the air, and then those water droplets gradually condensed into the shape of a leaf, and Chen Hui could even see the veins on the leaves.

"I didn't expect your internal strength, cook, to be so powerful." Chen Hui really didn't have any concept of these, so he didn't know that he could actually do more exaggerated.

Ding Qiliang shook his head, the internal force dissipated, and those water droplets differentiated and fell back into the tea bowl.

"My internal strength can really only be regarded as average, and the cultivation of internal strength cannot be tricked. This bowl of tea is right in front of me, so it's naturally easy to control. But the power of one leaf is not so simple. The method of that competition is to operate the internal force according to the most primitive method of breathing in the air sea Uchida, and then perceive the number of leaf veins gathered by the inner diameter of the body, and one leaf will condense a water leaf in front of the Jiuhua Pond ten zhang away, and the one with more water leaves wins. ”

That competition made many people admire the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism and be in awe. And no one will question the fairness of the competition, although the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism are more than internal forces, but the two families are extremely friendly, and they don't care about fame and fortune, just a simple competition, naturally no one will cheat in such a competition, falsely reporting the number of leaf veins. ”

In the end, it was the Buddhist, the Shaolin monk Wunian Master's internal force was the strongest, and it was ten zhang away, condensed into nine water leaves in the air, and the veins in the leaves were complex and exquisite. Damn, there was a painter who observed the painting at that time, and this painting has been copied and printed to this day, my father showed it to me when I was a child, it was too complicated, I was ashamed of myself, it was not as good. And after that Taoist Buddha discussed martial arts, Master Wunian was called the Nine-Leaf Buddha by the people in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Powerful exercises allow you to exert great power with very little internal force. And if you don't use the exercises, and let the internal forces squander and run in the most primitive way, you will soon be exhausted. But at that time, Buddhism and Taoism all agreed to only compare internal strength, not two kung fu. Therefore, even if a leaf can be condensed ten zhang away, it already requires a lot of internal force, which is already considered a good internal skill. And each more leaf means that the more internal force in the inner field of the Qi Sea, after reaching the realm of six leaves, each additional leaf will require nearly twice the number of internal force true elements. ”

Ding Qiliang's eyes were full of fascination.

Chen Hui said: "So, later the method of measuring the internal force also came from this, based on the number of inner diameter leaf veins on the inner field of the air sea? ”

Ding Qiliang nodded and said, "That's right, but there are very few masters in the rivers and lakes who can reach the power of the Nine Leaves." After all, the Taoist Tiangong Mountain Taoism and the Buddhist Shaolin are all great schools for hundreds of years, with deep precipitation and countless masters. Therefore, there are some people with deep internal strength in the Nine Leaves Realm, and the rest of the sects, even if they are martial arts giants like the Nine Great Sects, are only three or five. Or even less. ”

Chen Hui probably understood, and said in surprise: "I can imagine how strong the people of the power of the Nine Leaves are, but the extreme intention is even stronger than this?" ”

Ding Qiliang said: "At present, the people in the Extreme Artistic Realm are the strongest martial artists in the entire martial arts and even the empire, as for the Extreme Intention, the first one to show this realm is the martial artist Ye Yi himself, who formulated this realm. ”

"Although the people in the realm of nine leaves in the rivers and lakes are already very rare, but it can't be said that this is the peak, Ye still visited the Tiangong Mountain Taoism, in front of the master Zhang Tianshi, dozens of zhang away from Jiuhua Pond, exuding internal force, guess what happened."

To Ding Qiliang's surprise, Chen Hui thought about it carefully and said gently: "Ten thousand leaves flying flowers." ”

Ding Qiliang was startled and pouted: "I didn't expect you to know." ”

"That's right, that picture can indeed be used with Wanye Feihua, many top masters in the martial arts were there at that time, and my father was also there at that time. My father said that Ye Yi's internal force is really unfathomable, and countless water leaves are flying in the air, just like Ye Yi's bold temperament, which makes people extremely happy. As if there is a steady stream of internal force, he is not confined to the number of water leaves at all, as long as his internal force is swayed, there will be countless flowers and leaves condensed by water stirring. It is said that after reaching the realm of extreme intention, the inner diameter is like a spring breeze and thousands of flowers blooming overnight. ”

Zhang Tianshi said that Ye still knows the martial arts in the world, and with such internal strength, he can really win the first place in the world. This kind of internal force, among the knights of the past and present, can be regarded as the pinnacle. Therefore, it is called Jiyi. The internal force several times that of the Nine Leaves Realm has also become a threshold that many martial arts heroes cannot reach. ”

Chen Hui was not so shocked this time. He pondered something, but in the end he just smiled intriguingly and continued to ask, "What about the True Martial Realm?" ”

"There have never been people from the True Martial Realm in the rivers and lakes. Although the True Martial Realm is still said by Ye Yi, it is only in legends. ”

Chen Hui was obsessed with these legends and asked, "What kind of legends?" ”

Ding Qiliang didn't care about the change in Chenhui's expression, and continued:

"Even if it's a legend, there's only one such legend."

"It is related to the imperial family, and according to legend, Emperor Qin Xianhuang once signed some kind of contract with a peerless master, asking that person to protect the empire's eternal inheritance. The master refused, saying that the hegemony of the empire was a matter of fortune and could not be changed by man, but he accepted the responsibility of protecting the safety of the emperor of Qin. In other words, even if the Qin State dies, the Qin Emperor will not die. Although this person is a protector of the emperor, he is treated the same as the emperor. No one in the rivers and lakes knows if this person really exists, and the person who is called, the Dragon Vein Warrior, has never known him, but he has always lived in the legend. ”

Chen Hui said: "This dragon vein martial artist is the true martial realm? Have you ever shown your skills? ”

"The last time Qin and Chu fought was thirty years ago, although the Qin State destroyed the Chu State, it was actually a narrow victory. Legend has it that the site of that battle was on a beach somewhere in the Dark Sea, and the support of the Qin army did not arrive in time, and the Qin Emperor, who was personally on the expedition, fell into the encirclement of the elite of the Chu army. ”

"The eight generals of Eastern Chu are the eight strongest generals of the Chu Empire, five generals died in the battle with the Qin State, and the last three generals are all top masters of the Nine Leaves Realm, leading the most elite three thousand thunder horses of the Chu State to kill the besieged King of Qin together with the King of Chu."

"It was also that battle that the Chu army, which was supposed to turn defeat into victory, met the powerhouse of the True Martial Realm, the Dragon Vein Warrior."

Ding Qiliang took a sip of tea, his eyes full of doubts and yearning: "My father said that the limit of martial arts may be far deeper than the limit of people. If anyone can get to that point, they should not be called human. Legend has it that the three thousand Chu army, under the leadership of the remaining eight generals of Eastern Chu, fought extremely bravely, and the army of the King of Qin was completely unmatched. Except for the generals, even the soldiers themselves are all first-class masters in the rivers and lakes. Such an army, fighting in a desperate situation, no warrior in the rivers and lakes can resist. ”

"But on the contrary, that person is like a god, with a realm far higher than our understanding, a majestic internal force like a sea tide, and a sword technique that is so fast that it is impossible to see, to level the last combat power of the Chu State. One man, one sword. I heard that there are still sword marks left by him on the rock wall of that place. ”

"The Qin army finally arrived. According to the eyewitnesses of the Qin army back then, when the rescue came, there were only dozens of people in the Chu army, but except for the unknown dragon vein warrior around the king of Qin, there was no one around, and there were dead corpses all around, but the king of Qin's battle armor was not even stained with blood.

The mighty Qin army was on the shallows of the dark sea, surrounded the king of Chu who was only a few dozen remnants of the defeated general, when the king of Chu had a baby in his arms, behind him was the extremely dangerous dark sea, there was no way out, the king of Chu and dozens of soldiers all sang the most tragic Chu national ballad, ready to die in the death fight with the Qin army. ”

At this moment, the baby in the arms of the king of Chu began to cry, surrounded by the mighty army, in the mournful cry of the Chu army, but the baby's cry seemed to be heard by everyone. At the same time, somewhere in the dark sea, a flat boat floated up. The people on the boat were wearing clothes that definitely did not belong to Qin and Chu, and they would not be people from the Southern Barbarian Secret Realm and the Tieli Kingdom of the Wanzang Tribe. ”

Chen Hui heard the high surprise and ups and downs in Ding Qiliang's words, and asked, "Maybe it's someone from the country on the other side of the dark sea?" ”

Ding Qiliang's expression was complicated: "Shopkeeper, you really don't know a lot." There is a continent on the other side of the dark sea, which began to circulate thousands of years ago, but in the past thousands of years, no one has ever been able to cross the dark sea, for thousands of years, the dark sea is like a wall, tightly isolating the two continents, and even, now there are scholars who believe that the dark sea has no end, this world, in fact, there is only one continent. ”

Chen Hui knew the origin of Ding Qiliang's surprise: "So, that boat ferryman conquered the dark sea?" ”

Ding Qiliang nodded and said: "This person is the same legend as the dragon vein warrior, it is rumored that he conquered the dark sea that hides countless dangers by himself and a wooden boat, and became the first person to come from another continent, no one knows why he came, and it is also said that it is because he heard the cry of the baby." Everyone saw his wooden boat traveling a hundred feet in the blink of an eye, and soon, he came to the side of the king of Chu and naturally took the baby in the arms of the king of Chu. Flutter away. ”

Chen Hui said: "Wait, didn't he save the King of Chu?" ”

"The king of Chu and his soldiers are all dead. Only the baby was taken away. This is a legend, and the credibility is not high in the first place. It's just that Ye still once said that there were indeed two strongest martial artists in history on the shallows of the dark sea back then. That's why this legend has been brought up all the time. ”

"Those two warriors haven't competed?"

Ding Qiliang smiled bitterly: "The interesting thing is here, the mysterious person on the other side of the dark sea seems to be just trying to take over that child." And the dragon vein warrior was just to protect King Qin, and when the two met, they didn't look at each other. Neither seems to be interested in each other. ”

Chen Hui said: "So how strong is the true martial arts realm, in fact, the martial arts people are also very vague. But it seems that people who have reached this realm may be able to exert overwhelming power with every move. However, such a realm is indeed difficult to define by people. ”

Ding Qiliang said: "If the realm of leaves is to give birth to new leaves on the inner fields of the Qi Sea, then the Extreme Intention Realm is to make the fields within the Qi Sea flourish, but the span of the True Martial Realm is very large. If there really is that realm, I'm afraid that the Qi Sea Uchida is no longer leafy, but a forest. ”

Chen Hui frowned and said, "Such a realm should be a legend, but there is an even stronger vast realm?" ”

Ding Qiliang shook his head and said: "The vastness is just a concept proposed by Ye Yi on the premise of being a strong person in the True Martial Realm, it is said that it was not Ye Yi who first thought of it, Ye Yi was also inspired by someone, and the vast realm is actually not much different from the True Martial Realm." However, there is also a time when the realm of true martial arts is exhausted, and the vast realm is not exhausted by internal force, and it is said that the internal force no longer needs to be condensed from the sea of qi in the body, but can become one with heaven and earth. This realm is too ethereal, and it is the same as the true martial realm, and it may not exist at all. ”

Subsequently, Ding Qiliang told Chen Hui a lot of common sense in martial arts. When the two finished talking, it was dusk.

Ding Qiliang went to the kitchen, and Chen Hui took a slow walk, the suburbs of Qinzhou have always been sparsely populated. Chen walked back to the lake. Looking at the mirror-like lake, Chen recalled what Ding Qiliang said today.

He now finally understood how powerful the master really was, why he couldn't match Chensha all the time. Now he finally understood.

Chen Hui raised his hand gently.

More than ten zhang away, there were sudden waves on the surface of the lake, and one by one the water leaves with clear and vivid lines rose into the air.

A...... Two pieces of ...... Three or four pieces......

There were more and more water leaves, and then they stayed at the ninth piece, and Chen Hui frowned slightly. Although the master didn't teach him anything about philosophy back then, Chen Hui's talent was very high. Soon you can sense the number of inner diameter veins in your body.

At the moment, he was feeling this tree called Qi Hai Uchida with all his heart. It's as if you've lost track of time.

It's been a long time.

It was slightly dark. Chen Hui heard a bird's cry, and only then did he come back to his senses from the state of condensing the water leaves, and looked at the dense water leaves in the low sky.

Chen waved his sleeve back. The unknown number of water leaves turned into droplets and fell back into the lake, like a torrential rain. Chen Hui smiled and walked slowly back to the inn.

Only a low sigh remained:

"The master is really the best in the world."