The Flame of All Things Chapter 43 – Practice
One early morning in February, the dragon raised its head on the solar term and it had passed.
In the quiet courtyard, a young man who was becoming numb and numb swept the floor with an old-fashioned wooden broom, with fallen leaves being the first layer, as had been the practice for months. Spray with clean water and clean up the dust again, that's the second layer. The floor of the dojo is made of marble with a floral texture, and after being cleaned up, it has returned to its dark luster, and it looks brand new.
After cleaning the ground, the young man patted the dust off his body, ran to the side room and took out the long black stick that looked like a burning stick. Without any warm-up movements, he walked straight to the largest stake man in the middle of the dojo and raised his head to split it.
The black flint slammed into the stakeman's shoulder, then bounced. The huge force of the shock was transmitted in the direction, and the young man drew a large circle with his wrist as the fulcrum, and the burning stick that turned to the bottom was picked up from below to the ribs of the staker. The action was done in one go, and it only took two seconds.
The seemingly coherent movements are not at all easy to operate. Gu Xiaobei has been practicing this move for almost two months, and Lu Youqi has taught him many moves, but the only one that can be used is this one.
This genre of secondary attack has no name, and it is important to hit multiple times, but to ensure that the force of each blow is sufficient and accurate, so the user's breathing should be steady, and the physical strength should be abundant, and the calloused tiger's mouth needs to bear the continuous shock force.
It's winter, but he's still wearing the thin feather weave, his hands are a little red from the cold, but his body is not cold, because he's been practicing and it's still steaming.
Lu Youqi stood under the eaves and stretched his waist, and the waiter Yin Xue took out a pure wool coat from the back room and draped it over his shoulders.
On the third day of the start of the elective course, Gu Xiaobei moved from the dormitory of the college to the house, because the college is in the south area, and the house square is in the inaccessible north area, and the span in the middle is too large. Lu Youqi was afraid that he would be in trouble, so he asked him to move over.
Anyway, in the end, this elective course only needs to be filled out by him, the teacher, on a completion sheet. So Gu Xiaobei lived in the house. Under the same roof, in addition to the teacher Lu Youqi, there is also his attendant Yin Xue. Otoyuki is a Japanese woman who speaks Chinese. On weekdays, there is nothing else to do except take care of Lu Youqi's daily life.
"Yo, boy, it's so early. He yawned.
"Doesn't I wake up like this every day?"
"Don't let you get up so early, if you don't listen, how can you have the strength to practice the knife if you don't sleep well?"
Gu Xiaobei ignored him, raised the black burning stick again, and slashed down. The stake man had changed many times, and the wood on his shoulder had been smashed into a five-centimeter-deep gap. From the beginning when my arms were tired and I could barely move to the present I was able to adapt, and my strong resilience played a big role.
Gusuri has a lot of strange lessons, some of which can cause damage to the human body, but the Wu Clan has given them a far superior physique and resilience that allows them to keep it up.
"Hey, that's it, this kid is disobedient. Lu Youqi sighed and walked towards the inner room, it was too cold outside, but the stove in the house was comfortable.
Although the house is the class location of the course "Knife Technique and Knife Skill Refinement", no one has signed up for this course in the past few years, the dojo is empty, Gu Xiaobei can use all the props, all the scarecrows are his targets, and the burning sticks in the warehouse are his weapons.
Gu Xiaobei learned in the anime "Rogue Kenshin" that most Japanese samurai will have their own genres, such as what Flying Sword, I Flow, etc., and also learned from the famous sword saint Miyamoto Musashi in Japanese history about the rock flow of Nitian first-class and Sasaki Kojiro.
He also asked if there was a school of his own for this kind of continuous hitting knife posture, Lu Youqi shook his head and said with a smile, what year is this, and he still talks about the genre. And he is not a believer in Japanese samurai, he is just a teacher in the academy, and he can teach students swordsmanship.
is different from the way of holding the knife in film and television works, Gu Xiaobei's posture of holding the burning stick is not fixed with his forehand. In addition to the positive grip method, there is also the full handle of the knife held in both hands, and the standing knife method with the blade facing upwards.
The sword technique used for each move is not fixed, and it needs to be flexible. As a result, it will have the effect of a secondary attack.
Lu Youqi once said to him that after integrating all the moves, he could turn them into one. And when that formula was used, all the stakes in the dojo were targets.
That's why he didn't let Gu Xiaobei tear down those useless wooden stakes.
Gu Xiaobei remembered that when he was a child, he went to the other side of the river to watch the scene of the children in the square holding wooden knives and chopping in the Youth Palace, and he was very envious of those children at that time, thinking that this must be a very fun game.
But after all these years, he didn't know it was fun until he stood with a knife and practiced in most of China away from home.
Aside from the boring repetitive exercises, there was little to keep him interested. The initial novelty has long since passed, and all that remains is bitter and boring training. The palm of your hand grinds on the ground without an inch of finished skin, and then the strong recovery will be restored in one night.
Repeatedly, his palms were almost calloused.
Of course, the school cafeteria in the house was too far away, so he ate with his master Lu Youqi. Otoyuki makes all Japanese-style food, and it looks exquisite. That's the only good thing here.
Although Yin Xue didn't talk much, she was very good to Gu Xiaobei, and every time Gu Xiaobei practiced until she was tired and collapsed on the ground, she would always hand over a hot towel.
Gu Xiaobei said thank you gratefully, she nodded her head, and left.
After dinner, he was going to take another elective course, "The Theory of Mechanical Life", which was only scheduled by the academy until the holidays. The language class is scheduled for the next semester, so it's a fairly free time.
Some time ago, Gu Xiaobei finally met his companions on that mission, and he hasn't seen their shadows since the end of "Nightcrawler". Bika looks much more mature than before, and Chen Mingming said that his psychological condition has been unstable.
Ji Jie still looks heartless, and he maintains the habit of arriving late and leaving early in class. The warning of punishment hung over his head, and if he didn't get enough credits, maybe he would be here for a few more years than the others.
Xia Linyu joined the club Bangfeng Club, and the three of them hardly met for dinner outside the school.
Because of the absence of Nigel, the president of the Blazing Heaven Society, the clubs of the academy are more powerful than the Bangfeng Society, and of course, the most powerful is the student union.
After the division was over, everyone was separated.
Some time ago, the council of the academy issued a painful announcement, which was a shameful page in the history of the academy, the deputy head of the combat section, Selin, was killed in battle in the S-class mission "The Worst of the East ???", and the academy's giant elephant was sunk in the East China Sea. This S-Class Raid was judged a failure.
The only thing the traveling members did was not to let the ghost-faced sculptures in the underwater palace escape, otherwise the whole world would be in chaos.
The Ocean Team died in that area, and only two people survived in the entire enforcement team, A-class executive Tersen and B-class executive Nigel. The whereabouts of the shepherd professor at the college are unknown.
The Rector held another mourning service in the empty gymnasium to tell all the people of Gusuri to remember that sad day.
The students had a rare meeting with the top management of the Round Table Council, and they unanimously expressed their deep sorrow. Even Minister Red, who had been taunting Selin for many years in Parliament, frowned.
The records of the mission were revealed, and the other party was a vicious A-class ghost, and eleven dragons appeared on the East China Sea at the same time without warning, and they took the initiative to attack the academy for the first time.
This incident is linked to the S-class mission system restored by the academy a few days ago, giving everyone a sense of foreboding.
It's no secret that the S-class beast Qiqi may be resurrected, and the reason why the academy released this information is to warn everyone that the beast side has given birth to an unprecedented powerful combat power.
A-level executives are being recalled one after another.
Is the big war coming? This is a question for most of the freshmen, who have just adapted to life here and are feeling unprecedented pressure.
Especially the members of the Operations Section.