Chapter 8: A sword

"White clothes, in the martial arts, refining the body as the base, martial arts as the form, attacking and defending by the potential, the heart moves at will, and the mind moves by the body. The old man Li Gang seemed to have suddenly changed a person at this time, as if he was no longer a dying old man, but more like a martial artist with strong spirits, and his whole person exuded a sharp edge.

Saying that, he paused, turned his head to look at Li Baiyi and asked, "Baiyi, people who practice martial arts will choose a weapon as their natal weapon." Which weapon do you want to choose?"

Li Baiyi glanced at the old man and frowned in contemplation, then shook his head in confusion and asked, "Grandpa, are you very particular about choosing weapons?"

The old man laughed when he heard this: "Of course, you have to pay attention to the choice of weapons. ”

Then he began a simple explanation under Li Baiyi's curious gaze.

"There are thousands of weapons in the world, but there are a few that are highly respected by most warriors. For example, swords. The sword is known as the king of a hundred soldiers, and it is also known as a gentleman. ”

Speaking of this, Li Baiyi immediately interrupted the old man Li Gang and shouted, "Grandpa, I will choose the sword." ”

After hearing this, the old man Li Gang smiled slightly and said, "Baiyi, grandpa doesn't have any swords." ”

After hearing this, Li Baiyi hesitated and asked, "Grandpa, can we carve a wooden sword?"

Hearing Li Baiyi's words, Li Gang's cloudy old eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes." ”

Immediately, he instructed Li Baiyi to find Taomu, and he himself buried Zhou Bing's body.

Half a day later

Li Baiyi walked up to Li Gang with a straight peach tree half a zhang long and asked, "Grandpa, do you think this peach tree is okay?"

Li Gang took the peach wood and checked it in his hand, then nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay." ”

As he spoke, he put down the mahogany and walked to the stove to pick up a wood knife, and at the same time he took out a carving knife and a file from the small hole on the side of the stove.

After walking to the courtyard and sitting down, Li Gang looked at Li Baiyi and asked, "Do you want to carve something on the sword?"

Li Baiyi's eyes widened with curiosity when he heard this, and he asked, "Can you still engrave something on this sword?"

"Of course I can. Li Gang smiled.

"Then, then carve a lotus flower. Li Baiyi thought for a while.

After listening to Li Baiyi's words, Li Gang looked at Li Baiyi in surprise and said with a smile: "The lotus flower is the gentleman among the flowers, and the sword is the gentleman of weapons." You're really good at choosing. ”

Li Baiyi smiled embarrassedly by the old man's exaggeration, and the old man glanced at the embarrassed Li Baiyi and smiled, and then began to carve the sword.

I saw him carefully peel the peach wood with a firewood knife and scrape off the surface. The excess wood was then carefully dug out with a carving knife and then sharpened with a file.

Half an hour later, a model of a sword was revealed!

Seeing this model of the newly revealing sword body, Li Baiyi shouted excitedly, and Li Gang couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

It's still a kid at the bottom.

"Do you want one lotus flower, or two, or a cluster of lotus flowers?" asked Li Gang, who had smoothed the sword body with a file, staring at the sword body without raising his head.

Li Baiyi frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Li Gang and said suspiciously: "Grandpa, what about those lotus flowers?"

Li Gang laughed when he heard this: "Silly boy, whether the lotus is good or not has nothing to do with how many flowers there are." The key is to see whether the carving has charm. A lotus flower with charm can be better than a thousand flowers. If the carving has no charm, even if there are too many of them, they will not look good, but they will look crowded. ”

"Then let's have one. Li Baiyi hesitated, for fear that Li Gang's carving would not be good, and advised: "Grandpa, you have to carve well." Be sure to carve it...... Yes...... Charm a little. ”

Li Gang couldn't help but smile when he heard this, then picked up the carving knife and carefully carved it on the blade close to the hilt.

Immediately sawdust flew, revealing a faintly visible pattern in the shape of a lotus flower.

Seeing the lotus gradually revealed, Li Baiyi exclaimed excitedly: "It's so beautiful! Grandpa, you're so amazing!"

Li Gang smiled, checked the sword body carved with a lotus flower again, and found that there was nothing to polish, and then picked up the peachwood sword.

After holding the peachwood sword, Li Gang's whole person's momentum suddenly shook, and he hesitated to awaken a lion!

"Grandpa, do you know how to sword?" Seeing that Li Gang's entire aura had changed, Li Baiyi asked in shock.

Li Gang nodded and smiled: "I haven't touched it for more than ten years, but I don't know if it's rusty!"

Listening to Li Gang's words, Li Baiyi jumped up excitedly, pulled Li Gang and ran out of the yard, shouting: "Grandpa, show me your dance!"

Li Gang smiled helplessly, and let Li Baiyi pull him to run while reluctantly agreeing: "Okay, good." ”

Walking to a wide road, Li Gang asked Li Baiyi to go farther, then held the straight peachwood sword in his hand, glanced at the half-human-tall withered grass on the side of the road, and said to Li Baiyi: "Baiyi, since you choose to practice swords, then grandpa will demonstrate it to you." But you'll have to look closely. ”

"Mmmm!" Li Baiyi stared straight at Li Gang with his eyes as if he was afraid that he had missed something, and his little head was like a chicken pecking rice.

At this time, Li Gang gathered his mind, and the peachwood sword held in his right hand slowly raised, and a vague momentum emanated from his body.

Immediately, Li Baiyi only saw that the usually old and even rickety figure suddenly became extremely straight, as if it was a sheathed sword.

Then Li Gang slowly waved the peachwood sword, only to see the peachwood sword being danced by it, from slow to fast, and then he couldn't see the specific appearance of the peachwood sword in Li Gang's hand.

In the end, when it was almost time, Li Baiyi saw three peachwood swords dancing in Li Gang's hands!

Just when he thought that the peachwood sword in Li Gang's hand would continue to dance, he suddenly saw that the peachwood sword in Li Gang's hand was no longer dancing like before, but turned in the direction and slashed towards the dry grass stalk like lightning.

"Brush—"

With a weak and inaudible sound, Li Baiyi was shocked to see that the few dead grasses swaying in the wind were actually cut off by a stroke of the peach wood sword, and they fell in unison.

Moreover, these few cut dead grasses still retained their swaying posture and fell downward.

"Wow, grandpa, you're so amazing!" Li Baiyi, who reacted, jumped up excitedly.

But just after he jumped up and shouted excitedly, Li Gang suddenly coughed, and his body, which was as straight as a sword, instantly bent down, wheezing violently.

Li Baiyi was stunned when he saw this, and his hands still maintained a posture of applauding.

Immediately, he immediately ran over and helped Li Gang, who was bending over and panting violently, and asked anxiously and worriedly: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"

Li Gang smiled with relief when he saw this, he touched Li Baiyi's head and comforted him with a smile: "Grandpa is fine, grandpa is just a little tired." ”