At night, Aoyagi once again entered the spiritual space. As is customary, he first skimmed through the bookshelves to see if there was any more information.

Originally, it was just a matter of habit, but I didn't expect that there were really more materials on the bookshelf this time.

Aoyagi picked up this new material, and there was no content on the cover. When I opened the page, I was greeted by an inexplicable sentence.

"Those who are in the shade of the year, Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai."

This refers to the twelve earthly branches, corresponding to the twelve basic mudras?

"Zi: Breeding, Yang Qi begins to sprout, and Breeding is born in Xiaye.

Ugly: New, the yang energy has not descended on the top, and the cold energy has bent from itself.

Yin: Acting, Jin, all things are born Yinran.

Mao: Mao, the sun shines in the east, all things are mao, and all things are mao......"

After reading a few words, and finding that he didn't know what he was talking about, Aoyagi quickly flipped through the information.

This information is basically related to the twelve earthly branches, all kinds of strange content, such as the corresponding organs of the twelve earthly branches, and the twelve earthly branches what two-in-three and so on are related to fortune-telling at a glance, and the mysterious content in the clouds and fog and so on.

Perhaps these materials are related to the meaning of the twelve mudras, but these ancient texts are not understood at all, and there are many and mixed related materials, so I really don't know where to start analyzing them for a while.

Besides, these materials may only be related to mudras, so it is better to seize the time to practice and have the opportunity to study it again in the future.

After being chased by a wild boar last time, Aoyagi wondered if there was any way to slow down the speed of his pursuers. Come to think of it, it may be a feasible way to use shuriken to interfere with the opponent. In other words, you have to learn how to throw shuriken with your back to the enemy.

Unfortunately, I searched through all the scrolls in the basement, and Aoyagi couldn't find a scroll that recorded this technique. After considering the pros and cons and possibilities, Aoyagi decided to try her hand at developing the technique on her own.

The first is that Aoyagi has learned the simple shuriken throwing method, and throwing the shuriken backwards only needs to modify the method of exerting force, and it is not completely impossible to develop the problem of how to aim. Secondly, there is a spiritual space that provides a lot of time to practice, otherwise Aoyagi would not want to spend too much time exploring and practicing this shuriken throwing method, which is not useful but may not necessarily come in handy.

And always following the knowledge on various scrolls and the teachings of his predecessors, and repeating his practice, Aoyagi also felt a little bored, thinking that it would be a kind of spice to try something new. This kind of practice, which is free from the shackles of predecessors and designed and explored by himself, gives Aoyagi a sense of freedom.

With his back to the target, Aoyagi picked up his shuriken and threw it tentatively behind him. In the trial again and again, the suitable method of throwing behind was slowly summed up.

Shuriken flew in space, and at first, they flew staggeringly, slowly, and landed in different places, all over the place. However, as Aoyagi continued to sum up his experience and adjust his techniques, gradually, although the shuriken had not yet been able to hit the target, the landing location was much more concentrated, and the speed gradually became faster......

The biggest fear is not how long it will take to complete something, but the time and energy that has been spent and no progress has been made. Although there is still a long way to go to the goal, the progress visible to the naked eye still greatly encourages Aoyagi. This proves that it is still possible to find new throwing methods.

………………

In the early morning, the refreshing wind blew into the bedroom through the open window, hitting Aoyagi, who was still a little dazed at the window, and made him sober up a little.

Today is Toyo Day, the day of class agreed with Mr. Araki, so you can't be late.

Aoyagi quickly cleaned up, grabbed the bread, and ran out the door with a snap.

Rushing to the agreed place, the remote woods of the ninja school, Aoyagi unexpectedly finds Araki-sensei already waiting there.

I arrived ten minutes early.

"Yes, yes, not late."

"Good morning, Mr. Araki!"

Araki waved his hand, "Feel free in the future, don't talk nonsense, and continue the previous lesson today." Last time, I taught you how to exercise the speed of your eye movements, and you have a workout when you go back, right? ”

"Yes, I have time to exercise every day."

"Okay, I'll teach you something else today."

"The last time you hid in the bushes and blocked the view of others, you actually blocked your own view, which would make you ignorant of your surroundings. When you don't know anything, it's the most dangerous. Because there is no intelligence for you to judge, you can only make decisions based on experience and intuition, which is completely leaving your life to fate. ”

Araki clenched his fists, "The fate of the ninja should be in his own hands. Then, when you are in a complex environment, you don't have white eyes, you can't see through, and obstacles will greatly reduce the role that your vision can play. What if you can't rely on your vision to get direct information? ”

"For the time being, we don't consider other investigative methods, just use your eyes, how do you get information?"

Aoyagi thought for a while, remembered some of what he had seen and heard in his previous life, and said, "You can observe the traces left by the enemy and judge and analyze the enemy's situation. ”

"You're right, when the enemy is far away from you can't see, your eyes can only get information by finding the traces left by the enemy. But it's easy to say, but it's not easy to actually do. First of all, you'll have to be able to spot the traces left by your enemies. If a person is not professionally trained, it will be difficult for him to find out the traces and analyze them and obtain information, even if the enemy does not cover them. ”

Araki paused, and continued, "Therefore, the ability to perceive is extremely important. Only by discovering it first can it be possible to analyze and obtain intelligence. Today, I'm going to teach you how to improve your discernment. ”

Aoyagi nodded in understanding.

Araki continued, "Insight, the first thing is to be accurate, to be able to find exactly what you need, footprints, extinguished fires, trampled grass, food scraps, etc., are all traces that the enemy may leave, and you need to accurately find the traces left by the enemy from the complex environment, distinguish which ones are faked by the enemy, and even find the traces that the enemy has covered. ”

"The second is to be fast, after all, many times you need to get information quickly, and there is no time for you to squat there and spend an afternoon looking for clues as if you were solving a case."

"In fact, the most important thing to exercise insight is not how to improve your eyesight, but to develop the habit of observing your surroundings at all times, or having the awareness of observing the environment at all times, only by paying attention to your surroundings at all times, you will not be easy to miss valuable clues."

"When you have the awareness to observe, the next step is to learn the specific method, take out the notes......

Aoyagi hurriedly took out a small notebook and recorded Araki's words by brush.

After explaining how to observe his surroundings, Araki paused for a moment to let Aoyagi digest it.

Seeing that Aoyagi had roughly sorted out his notes, Araki continued, "In addition to learning these methods of observing the environment, you need to learn a lot of knowledge before you can use your insight to get the information you need. ”

"Insight is not only affected by the sharpness of your eyesight, but also by your knowledge. How to identify and judge the traces left by the ninja when they traveled, and whether these traces are fake? How do I determine the extinguishing time of a campfire based on the residual temperature? How to determine the number of enemies, their gender, their physical signs, and so on from the traces will take you a long time to learn. ”

Araki took out a scroll from the ninja bag behind him, unfolded it, and spread it on the ground.

Aoyagi took a closer look, and there was a seal drawn in the middle of the scroll, and I didn't know what it was for.

After Araki sealed, he pressed his palm on the seal, "Unseal." ”

Bang~ With a burst of white mist, a large half-human-high scroll appeared at the seal of the scroll.

Araki pressed the top of the vertical scroll and said to Aoyagi, "This scroll contains the knowledge you want to learn, so take it home and read it slowly." After transcribing it, return it back. ”

"Don't think too much, the more you learn, the higher the ceiling of your insight that you can reach later. You know, if you want to improve your insight ability, you actually spend more time learning how to quickly find traces and the knowledge of trace analysis. And there is only one way to exercise, and that is practice. Exercise your eyesight in the process of actually searching for traces, and use the knowledge you have learned to integrate it all. After you've learned this, there will be hands-on sessions, and that's the point of exercising your insight. ”

"Hey!"

"That's all for today, you won't have to come here tomorrow morning. Giving you a month, that should be enough, right? This month you learn the knowledge inside the scroll first. I'll continue teaching you in a month. ”

Aoyagi was a little stunned, thinking that he was going to study all day today, but he didn't expect it to end so quickly. In addition, I didn't agree to come over to study on weekends in the future, but I didn't expect to change my mind so quickly.

However, the teacher said so, and Aoyagi had no choice but to carry a scroll taller than himself, wave goodbye to Araki, and go home.

Looking at the departing Aoyagi, Araki was embarrassed to say that this was the lesson plan he had only thought of last night.

Although he prefers practical skills, he does not deny the importance of theoretical and written knowledge.

But he won't be like Sugimoto, who will explain all the knowledge clearly. In his opinion, it is enough to learn these things by yourself, and when the time comes, combined with actual drills, and give guidance according to students' performance, so that students can better understand and learn knowledge, and can also stimulate students' motivation to learn.

Blindly explaining the knowledge to students in detail so that they can easily understand it, but just letting students eat a bunch of food quickly, will definitely cause indigestion.

It is better to let students choose when and how much to eat. As long as they are exposed to extremely energy-intensive situations (practical classes, etc.), constantly starving, forcing them to eat and digest well, they will naturally take the initiative to seek out and eat food. The teacher, on the other hand, only needs to provide food, give guidance and help in the process, and assist the students in eating. Only in this way will students have the motivation to learn, and can they get enough experience and growth.

When he got home, it was still early and he didn't need to rush to make lunch, so Aoyagi spread out the large scroll he was carrying on the dining table (because the scroll was too big for the table to fit), and began to transcribe its contents.

I casually made something for lunch, and after Aoyagi rested a little, he didn't go out to exercise. Because I had to go to the barbecue restaurant to help in the evening, and I needed to copy the scroll within a month, so I was in a hurry, so Aoyagi stayed at home in the afternoon and continued to copy the scroll.