Chapter 5: Grandpa's Personal Teachings
In the early autumn season, the morning is still slightly cold, and the tribal air is filled with the unique aroma of ripe crops, which is refreshing.
"Aoki, get up!" As soon as the sky was bright, Gu Aoki was called up by his grandfather, rubbing his sleepy eyes, Gu Aoki got dressed in a daze, and found that breakfast was already on the table.
"Grandpa, it's so early, I haven't woken up yet," Gu Aoki muttered with a pout.
"From now on, I will get up at this point every day, and I am not allowed to lie in bed!" Patriarch Gude sat down at the dining table and ate by himself.
"Ah, it's a lot earlier than going to the academy to practice, grandpa, didn't you always ask me to prepare breakfast before?" As soon as he heard this, he got up at this hour, and Gu Aoki suddenly deflated.
"The plan of the day, it is better than the morning, hurry up and eat, and go out with me after eating. Patriarch Gude said lightly.
Gu Aoki had no choice but to wash and eat, and under the urging of the patriarch of Gude, he soon followed the patriarch to the central square of the tribe.
"Aoki, today is the first day of your practice with me, in the next three months, every morning, exercise, every afternoon, I will arrange specific practice content according to your cultivation situation, do you hear clearly?" asked the patriarch Gude with his hands behind his back, now he is already an instructor, where is he still like Gu Aoki's grandfather.
"Yes, I promise to obey Grandpa's arrangement!" Although Gu Aoki is young, he is active and loves to cultivate, and he is of course happy to learn more from his grandfather.
"Okay, let's warm up first, you run around the square ten times first, remember, you can't use spiritual power, ten minutes!" said the Gude patriarch.
"Four circles, twice as much as the Academy," Gu Aoki raised his eyebrows and said in his heart: "Grandpa is really stricter than the Academy's requirements." ”
"Ten laps, not four. "How many? Ten laps?" Gu Aoki looked stunned, one lap is eight hundred meters, ten laps is eight thousand meters, ten minutes to run, I don't know if I still have a breath in the end, it seems that last night's ominous premonition is really reasonable......
However, since he agreed to practice with his grandfather, and it was the first day, Gu Aoki didn't want to be looked down upon by his grandfather, so he breathed a deep sigh of relief, and Gu Aoki began to run around the central square.
The cool morning breeze of early autumn blew on Gu Aoki's somewhat immature face, blowing away his black hair scattered over his shoulders, making him feel particularly comfortable.
In the first two laps, I didn't feel much, because during the physical training of the Academy, Gu Aoki was always the fastest and easiest runner in his class. After four laps, Gu Aoki already felt the exhaustion of his body, his calves swelled slightly, and his breathing increased, as if to tell him that his body had entered a period of fatigue.
Patriarch Gude didn't pay attention to Gu Aoki, who was running, but he didn't know where to get a spear and danced in the open space of the square, at first his movements were slow and light, as if he was warming up. Gradually, the patriarch of Gude began to exert strength, and his body became erratic, as if it was a display of some kind of body technique, and the entire body of the spear in his hand began to become illusory, and the speed was extremely fast, causing the spear to dance with a strong wind whistling, and at a glance, he knew that the power of this spear was extraordinary.
Ten minutes have passed, ten laps have been completed, and under the condition that the patriarch of Gude is not allowed to use spiritual power, Gu Aoki's tired little face is red, his breathing is heavy, and his legs seem to be filled with lead.
"Papapapa" With heavy steps, Gu Aoki walked in front of Patriarch Gude, and at this time, Patriarch Gude had stopped practicing his gun, "Ten minutes have just passed, you can take a break," Patriarch Gude asked Gu Aoki to sit directly on the ground like him.
"Grandpa, when I was running just now, I saw your set of marksmanship, it's so powerful, are you going to teach me?" asked Gu Aoki with a look of hope.
"That's right, Aoki. What I danced just now was the supreme martial art of the tribe - the God of War Policy, the first of which was a single blow with a spear. Since you were a child, you have practiced the internal strength of the Azure Treasure Record that I taught you, and I have never taught you a single move, and today, it is the beginning of my official teaching of your martial arts. ”
"Great, haha" Furuaki laughed out loud with joy.
But Grandpa Goode stopped him, "Aoki, don't go crazy. ”
"Uh, grandpa, I don't have ......"
"You have to listen clearly, the God of War is divided into body law chapter and marksmanship chapter, the current body method retained by the tribe is complete, but the marksmanship chapter only leaves the first three styles, and there are six styles behind, but the descendants are not filial piety, and they have been lost in a certain era," the Gude patriarch said this, his face full of self-blame, "You don't underestimate the only remaining three marksmanship articles, if you can learn it, you will definitely benefit for life, ranking among the powerhouses of the God and Demon Continent." ”
"Yes, grandpa, I must learn this marksmanship three times!"
"Well, okay," Patriarch Gude nodded, and then said: "But don't worry about it first, if you want to learn the three marksmanship chapters, you must first learn the body method of the God of War - the first layer of the Qi Imperial Divine Technique: the Imperial Body Technique." Worthy of its name, it is a divine art, which is divided into three layers of magic: a layer of body control, a second layer of heart control, and a third layer of magic magic. So, I'll teach you the body technique first. ”
Patriarch Gude stood up, and actually took out two sandbags from under his buttocks, and visually measured that one sandbag was at least ten kilograms or more, he threw it in front of Gu Aoki, and ordered: "Tie it to your legs, run ten more laps, and this time you can use spiritual power." ”
Looking at these two large sandbags, Gu Aoki was quite speechless, but this time grandpa allowed himself to use spiritual power, it would be much easier, and tightly helped the sandbags to his calves, and Gu Aoki started a new round of running circles.
This morning, Gu Aoki spent time in constant running circles, either unloading the sandbag and running without spiritual power, or tying the sandbag and running with spiritual power, and finally running with a sore and weak body, ****.
In the afternoon, Gu Aoki was called to the central square of the tribe by his grandfather early, and he didn't know when, in the northeast corner of the square, dozens of wooden piles with a height of two meters had been erected. ”
Gu Aoki knew that this was a standing pile, but was it necessary for Grandpa to get so many wooden stakes? He knew that this was the first step for his grandfather to teach him the art of body control, so he didn't hesitate and quickly climbed up.
At noon in early autumn, the sun was still very hot, Gu Qingmu squatted on a wooden stake more than two meters high, roasted by the big sun, he squinted, swayed, and his expression was painful.
After a while, the students of the Tribal Academy were led by the instructor to the physical training area of the central square, which was also near the northeast corner of the square. This is a group of children who are about the same grade as Gu Aoki, there are big and small, there are men and women, a total of more than thirty, the oldest of them will not be more than sixteen years old, because of tribal customs, when they reach the age of sixteen, they will have to carry out formal cultivation, if they really have no cultivation talent, they will choose other jobs such as farming or raising livestock, sixteen years old, is a watershed in their lives.
The children were still very active, chattering with each other like birds, and when they saw the ancient Aoki standing on the wooden stake trembling, they ran to the ancient Aoki stake very unanimously and began to discuss it more enthusiastically.
"Wood, what are you doing standing on here?" At this time, Gu Doudou, who usually had a good relationship with Gu Aoki, stepped forward and asked. Gu Doudou is the son of Gu Dazhuang, the same age as Gu Aoki, but he has a relatively complete figure, relatively tall and fat, with narrow eyes, but a big face, and looks more mature than children of the same age.
Distracted by his classmates, Gu Aoki, who had been struggling to hold on, couldn't control it anymore, his strands trembled, he fell off the pile, and smashed into Gu Doudou's face below, "Oh, I'll go!" Gu Doudou hurriedly reached out and hugged him.
"Alright, you all stand here, don't disturb Aoki's cultivation," the Gucci instructor bowed to the Gude patriarch in respect and called the group of children over. Before leaving, Gu Doudou squeezed his eyes at Gu Aoki and expressed deep sympathy.
"Aoki, now follow my instructions and start moving on the pile," As soon as he rested for a while, Patriarch Gude asked Aoki again to continue training, stepping on the stake, or bowing, or jumping, several times because of unsteady standing, fell off the pile, but Patriarch Gude did not help him.
At this moment, the strength in Gu Aoki's character played a role, and he tried his best to complete the requirements according to the instructions of the Gu De patriarch, although it was sometimes painful, but he knew that this was the process that the road to the strong must go through.
A day's training can be said to be very fulfilling for Gu Aoki, and when he went home in the evening, he was almost dragged back by his grandfather. What he felt now was that his legs were gone, and the soreness of the muscles in various parts of his body had made his habitual smile disappear, and he seemed to grin and hum, so that the pain could be vented and he could feel better.
Patriarch Gude did not let Gu Aoki eat, but led him into the side room. At this time, in the big stone tripod that is usually vacated in the side room, I don't know when more than half a jar of water has been filled, and the patriarch Gude constantly took out various medicinal materials from the medicine box of the medicine shelf in the side room and put them in the tripod.
Put Gu Aoki into the ding, and the patriarch of Gude began to make a fire under the ding, which scared Gu Aoki, but after thinking about it, it was impossible for grandpa to stew himself alive!
At this time, the patriarch of Gude seemed to see what Gu Aoki was thinking, and said: "Aoki, this is a medicinal bath, which can restore your tired body, and the medicinal materials in it are the accumulation of grandpa for many years, and they are all treasures, which grandpa has been saving since you were a child." Originally, I was going to wait for you to use it when you officially cultivated at the age of sixteen, but you are extremely talented, you can cultivate at the age of eight, and you can reach the realm of two spirits and thousands of jun at the age of twelve, so it is just right for you to use it now. ”
Hearing his grandfather's explanation, Gu Aoki was happy and moved, grandpa really loved himself, but he also had something to puzzle, "Grandpa, why do you want to light a fire under the ding?"
Looking at Gu Aoki's worried look, Patriarch Gude smiled slightly and said, "Since these medicinal materials are all treasures and are of high vintage, we have to borrow firepower to dissolve the medicinal power. But don't worry, it's only good for you, it's not harmful. ”
In this way, Gu Qingmu soaked in the stone tripod for an hour. Sure enough, as grandpa said, he did not feel the scorching heat of the boiling water, but felt that as the medicinal power of the medicinal herbs spread, it constantly moisturized his tired body, making him feel indescribable comfort.
"Okay, it's okay, Aoki, come out and have dinner," Patriarch Gude saw that the effect of the medicinal bath was almost there, and summoned Gu Aoki out.