Chapter 138: Breaking the Stone
Since yesterday's exchange between Seongkuni and Okisuke ended, Mifune knew the news in less than ten minutes. His first reaction was that someone was teasing him, waiting to see his jokes. But when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt that it was wrong, no matter who was joking with him for what purpose, Lu Zhen and Okisuke would not be involved. The former is his first master in the actual sense, and he has taught him many things, including some mysteries, which were all given to him by Lu Zhen.
Although Okisuke and him are not related much, he has always regarded Okisuke as a role between his younger brother and son, such as a father and a brother who take care of Okisuke. Even the dojo he didn't give it to others, but to Okisuke. This is no longer something that trust can explain, it is a more complex feeling and emotion that governs him.
Therefore, anyone can play a good or malicious joke with him for one purpose or another, but only Lu Zhen and Okisuke will not.
After confirming this matter again and again, his first thought was impossible. He knew that Lu Zhen would no longer serve as a teacher in the dojo after the age of sixty, and devoted himself to the study of ancient warriors, so he also opened the door to Lu Zhen so that he could read some books collected by the great masters. It's just that the research speed of the ancient samurai is very slow, and Mifune thinks that even if Lu Zhen can really restore the cultivation methods of the ancient samurai, it is not worth promoting.
There is no more suitable power system than the chakra system for the promotion and popularization of the whole people, simple, direct, and crude, and in some ways such affixes may have a certain derogatory connotation, but in the pursuit of power, these are instead positive words.
Whenever Lu Zhen researches something, he will use various ways to attract his attention, just like a child who has risen up, as if he has to prove something. There are often pranks that make people speechless, such as "I've been able to slash out the sword qi", "You don't dare to slash me if I stand still because I have something behind my back", or "Do you feel dizzy or dizzy with a fast heartbeat, it's because I have done my work".
But when Mifune calmed down, he felt that it might not be impossible. The world is so big, no one would have thought that there would be other continents and other species of human beings on the other side of the sea, maybe there are really some families or hermits in this world who abide by the ancient samurai system and practice?
If Mifune was just a powerful samurai in the Land of Iron, he would probably be happy about it, and then go to the kid to get a feel for the difference between the new samurai and the old samurai. But he is now a political figure, and the first thought that comes to his mind is that since the ancient samurai is so powerful, he can make a seven-year-old child seriously injure a very powerful new samurai, so can the special existence of the ancient samurai be promoted like the new samurai in today's ever-changing world?
If the samurai of the Iron Country become extraordinarily powerful, I am afraid that the Iron Country will play a more important role in diplomacy and have a more important position.
This is what he, a political person, should think about and care about. So Mifune let Lu Zhen be notified as soon as possible, and arranged for him to meet the swordsmanship genius of the Ren Wuyue family as soon as possible, and it was best to be in a quiet place, so that he could not be disturbed.
And so the group appeared here, under a waterfall in the mountains.
The reason why I chose this place is that it is remote enough not to be disturbed by pedestrians, and secondly, even if someone is eavesdropping around, the sound of the waterfall hitting the water is thundering, which is enough to disturb the sound and not hear anything.
Five people, large and small, in addition to Lu Zhen and Mifune, there were also Shengguo and two of Mifune's subordinates, and they were standing on the edge of a stone about one meter high, five meters long, and more than three meters wide. The perennial humidity of the water makes the area around the area in a humid state, and there are many mosses growing on the stones, and some snails. The climate in the mountains is much warmer than the climate outside the mountains, with a bit of a late winter and early spring, and the temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius.
The Holy Kingdom casually plucked two dead branches from some kind of low bush beside him, these dead branches are not completely dead, if you peel back the skin, you can still see a faint touch of green, dormant waiting for the midsummer to bloom. He gave one of them to Mifune and made a snapping motion.
Mifune was a little inexplicable, and with a random break, he broke off a dead branch of about 20 centimeters in this section. He looked at the Holy Kingdom with a slight frown, not quite understanding what he meant.
On the other hand, Lu Zhen suddenly became excited again, he held the dead branch on the stone that was covered by Mifune in his hand, looked at it carefully, and even stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, making Mifune on the side a little dazed.
"That's right, it's a real dead branch!" , Lu Zhen spat out a mouthful of pale green spittle, and put the broken branch back on the stone. He said in a tone full of admiration, anticipation, excitement and a hint of timidity: "I have read in some ancient books that it is said that even if a wise swordsman has only a branch or a blade of grass in his hand, he can cut gold and jade like he holds a famous sword!" ”
Mifune didn't believe it in his heart, but he respected Lu Zhen very much, so he didn't open his mouth to refute it. Everything that cannot be verified is false in his eyes, unless you prove it to me on the spot. His gaze shifted to the Holy Kingdom again, and he saw the Holy Kingdom smile as if it was nothing, and he pinched the other branch with his thumb and forefinger, staring at the stone motionlessly. Gradually, Mifune took a deep breath, he felt as if something was pressing on his chest, making his breathing shallow and weak, and only by taking a deep breath to fill his lungs could he dispel some of this discomfort a little.
After about four or five seconds, the branch in his hand slid down from top to bottom, like a slash...... And then, no more.
For about two seconds, when Mifune was just about to ask this little guy what the point of doing this was the point, his scalp was numb, and while stepping on the stone and kicking hard, he grabbed Lu Zhen in his hand and withdrew from a distance of about nine or ten meters. I heard a sharp hissing in the air, and then with a brush, a stream of white powder rose from the stone, and the stone split in two from the place where the branch of the Holy Nation slid away.
[Intermediate Sword Technique [Perfection]: Any slash can autonomously apply momentum attacks]
This is the system news that the Holy Kingdom suddenly received after yesterday's competition, and a competition made his intermediate sword skills directly complete, which is indeed a bit surprising. But this is always a good thing, and it can be regarded as a face-saving situation for him today. What he thought of was not as simple as taking another step forward in his sword skills, but it seemed that through this kind of battle using real swords, he could face life and death, so that his strength could be improved and enhanced faster.
Although this was only a speculation on his part, it confirmed his idea that he would fight all over the Iron Nation and compete with all the famous samurai.
Regardless of what the Holy Saint's heart was thinking at this moment, Lu Zhen broke free of Mifune's arm, rushed to the stone, looked at the cracked fracture and came to him, looked at it carefully, and pouted from time to time, "Why did you only cut it half?" ”
Mifune also came over despite the embarrassment, his brows furrowed slightly, he had the same confusion as Lu Zhen, why he only cut half of it.
There will never be a flat ground on the tidal flats, and the stone seems to have compacted the ground, but in fact there are still some unbalanced forces. When the Holy Kingdom cut off the upper half of the stone, the second half naturally fractured, revealing a potholed section. In fact, it's not that the Holy Kingdom doesn't want to completely cut it off all at once, but his strength ends here, after all, it's not a real knife, it's just a branch, and even he himself is a little surprised to be able to cut out such power.
"The rumors are really true?!" , Lu Zhen glanced at the three boats and snorted twice. In the past, Mifune didn't stop his yearning and research on ancient samurai because of these so-called rumors, but now he can finally prove that this is true, right? Stinky boy!
Mifune touched the smooth facet of the mirror, sighed convincingly, and he looked up and asked, "Can I do it?" ”
Shengguo nodded, "Yes, it can be, but it will take time." Grandpa Lu Zhen divided the samurai into new samurai and ancient samurai, and I think it is not indispensable, although in my opinion, none of you except Grandpa Lu Zhen are qualified to be called samurai. In fact, the practice of samurai has never been broken, but many people are blinded by the chakra, which is more likely to produce results, which gradually makes the real samurai out of the public's sight. ”
"To become a true samurai, you need to have a very strong and resolute determination, great courage, perseverance, and the courage to put everything into it."
"You can't be a true samurai without any of them!"
Mifune nodded noncommittally, and then looked at Lu Zhen.
Although he didn't say anything, Lu Zhen understood what he meant, after all, the other party was his most proud disciple.
He turned his head to look at the Holy Kingdom, very seriously, with a light in his eyes, "May I ask the Holy Kingdom, when will I be able to do what you do?" I mean, with a knife, you don't have to chop a stone, you can chop a piece of wood, or even a piece of paper! ”
The Holy Kingdom thought for a moment, "If Grandpa Lu Zhen can condense the 'potential', it will take no more than a month at most, and it will be enough to cut out the first ...... Sword Qi. He believed that if Lu Zhen found the trick, maybe a few days would be enough.
Lu Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't care about his seniority and age, and bowed ninety degrees, "In the next month, I will ask the Holy Monarch!" ”