In this era dominated by the samurai class, martial arts prevailed, and if you learn a good martial art, you will have the opportunity to make a name for yourself, and then change your life.

Kendo is not only a skill, but also a means of survival for the strong.

Therefore, since the shogunate period, the legends of various kendo masters have been circulating among the people, and some have even been passed down quite bizarrely.

Like Tachibana Michiyuki of Bungo Province in Kyushu, it is rumored that he once cut thunder and lightning, and is known as the embodiment of thunder, and the long knife he used to cut off thunder and lightning was named "Chidori", so it was renamed "Rachel".

The three of Ruyoshi have naturally heard a lot of legendary stories of kendo masters, but after all, they are just rumors, no matter how powerful and exaggerated the master's skills in the story are, they have not seen them with their own eyes, and subconsciously, those rumors are more like myths.

Until this moment, they saw Long Tao cut off the sound stop waterfall with their own eyes, and the shock in their hearts was incomprehensible, could it be that those magical legends are true?

Of course, there is another more important reason for the three of them to bow down, that is, in their cognition, Ashikaga Yoshiji is just a fourteen-year-old young man!

Although Long Tao showed great strength when he fought off the robbers last night, it was not enough to make them forget the fact that he was only fourteen years old.

"Even if the rumors of those kendo masters are true, they can't be Ashikaga-sama at the age of fourteen!" The three of them had only one thought in their hearts at the moment, "This extraordinary Ashikaga-sama must be the chosen one from heaven!" ”

Long Tao fought in mid-air and fell to the edge of the waterhole, and when he turned his head, he saw the three people kneeling on the ground and bowing to him, and there were words in their mouths, but because the impact of the waterfall was too loud, they couldn't hear what the three people were saying.

"You three, what's wrong?" Long Tao stepped forward and asked.

The three of them knelt on the ground, looking up at Long Tao, their eyes revealing fanatical admiration.

Sun Bingwei shouted loudly: "Your Excellency must be the reincarnation of the gods, right?" Otherwise, how could he have such great power at such a young age! ”

"I'm not a god." Long Tao shook his head and smiled: "I just have some understanding of kendo, and I just tried it a little." ”

Because the water was so loud, I could only shout hard when I spoke.

Ruyoshi continued: "The adult has this kind of kendo achievement at a young age, which shows that the Ashikaga family is a famous family favored by the heavens, and I heard that the contemporary shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru is a famous swordsman, and the little one believes that the adult will definitely become a famous swordsman in the future!" ”

Although the Furukawa Gongkata, to which the Ashikaga Yoshiclan belonged, belonged to the same Ashikaga clan as the shogun of the Muromachi shogunate at this time, to be precise, his lineage was only a tributary of the Ashikaga family, and even in some respects, they were in hostile competition with the Ashikaga Yoshiteru line.

Both have the blood of the Ashikaga family, and both are qualified to succeed the shogun of Seiyi.

At that time, the Ashikaga Nari clan, the ancestor of the Ashikaga Yoshiclan, was welcomed as the lord of Kamakura Prefecture, but the emperor was already under the control of the Muromachi Shogunate in Kyoto, so the Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi Shogunate became the main family, and the Ashikaga Nari clan could only become a tributary.

The Muromachi shogunate also sent troops to pursue him because of the killing of the Kanto governor, forcing the Ashikaga Nari clan to take refuge in Shimoso Furukawa, which is also the origin of the Furukawa Princess.

However, this was a long time ago, and the Furukawa Shogun had fallen to the age of the Ashikaga Yoshiclan, and the Muromachi shogun in Kyoto had long since lost control over the daimyo in various places.

The position of general is slowly becoming nominal, and a few years later, the dignified general Ashikaga Yoshiteru will be assassinated by the Miyoshi family in his residence.

Injiro was a frequent businessman and well-informed, and he had heard of the delicate relationship between the Ashikaga Yoshishi clan and the Ashikaga clan of the Muromachi shogunate.

He followed Ruyoshi's words and shouted loudly: "I think that although the general is strong, he must not be as good as the Yoshi-sama at this age!" Yoshi-sama's achievements will definitely surpass Ashikaga Yoshiteru-sama in the future! ”

"Alright, all of you get up and talk!" Long Tao smiled, turned around and walked into the distance.

After the three of them followed Long Tao and moved away from the soundstop waterfall, the deafening roar finally disappeared.

Injiro hurried a few steps, came to Long Tao's side, and asked, "Yoshi-sama, do you have the will to revitalize the Ashikaga family?" ”

Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei also listened attentively, after all, this was a matter related to their future and fate.

"Revive the Ashikaga family? I'm going to do it, but that might be a few years away, and now I just want to travel around and learn. ”

Long Tao already had a plan in mind, after all, he had to wait until the real protagonist Toyotomi Hideyoshi started his legendary samurai path and promoted the development of the plot before he could take action.

If you calculate the time, it will be about seven or eight years later, and now the kid who is still named Kinoshita Tojiro should have run away from home because of a feud with his stepfather, and he doesn't know where he is wandering.

Long Tao is ready to take advantage of the past few years to learn all the skills that should be learned, and most importantly, to learn all the ninjutsu, of course, those pirates are also going to break through.

His plan is to first become the emperor of the underground dark world, and then conquer all of Japan as the blood of the Ashikaga family.

Injiro nodded and said, "That's right, adults are still very young after all." ”

Long Tao turned back to Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei and smiled, "You two can rest assured, as long as you follow me loyally, when my Ashikaga family is revived, I will definitely give you the position of samurai in the future, and ensure that you enjoy wealth and prosperity!" ”

Sun Bingwei sighed: "Your Excellency, you are really smart, our little thoughts, it turns out that your Excellency has already seen through it!" ”

Ruyoshi laughed and said, "So we must be right to follow Ashikaga-sama!" ”

Yin Jiro suddenly knelt in front of Long Tao, "Lord Yishi, although the small martial arts are not good, and he is getting older, he can't charge for the adults like Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei, but as long as the adults are useful to the small places, Yin Jiro will definitely go all out and go to the soup to fight the fire, and he will not give up!" ”

Long Tao stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "As long as you sincerely do things for me, my Ashikaga Yoshishi will never treat him badly!" Besides, don't be presumptuous, I'll ask for your help soon! ”

After all these twists and turns, the three of them became elated, and followed Long Tao excitedly, almost forgetting the purpose of this trip, as if as long as they followed him, it didn't matter what they did.

After passing the southern foot of Mt. Fuji, the four turned north and entered the jungle area on the west side of the mountain.

After another day and a night, I finally left the Fuji Mountains and came to a large river.

"After crossing this river tomorrow, we won't be far from Kofu Town." In the evening, when the four of them were lighting a fire on the riverbank and preparing to spend the night here, Injiro pointed to the other side of the river and said, "This place is actually in the Takeda family's sphere of influence, and although it is a marginal area, I think it should be very safe." ”

Long Tao looked at Liuji and Sun Bingwei, and said with a smile: "You two have a good rest tonight, there is no need to keep vigil." ”

After these two people saw Long Tao's sword skills, they wanted to worship him as a teacher, but Long Tao thought that the qualifications of the two could not be his apprentices, so they simply passed on some of their martial arts and knife methods.

With his martial arts cultivation as his knowledge, a few random tricks are enough for the two of them, but Long Tao still hopes that they will lay a good foundation and let the two of them train their physical fitness with weights along the way, which will make them tired.

"Thank you, sir!" When Liuji and Sun Bingwei heard Long Tao say this, they collapsed on the ground as if they had been pardoned.

In the early morning, the mist drifted by the river, and Long Tao, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the mountain forest in the direction of Mt. Fuji.

There, a large group of people armed with various weapons appeared in his perception, and Long Tao took a cursory look, there were no less than a hundred people, and looking at the direction of their advance, it was obvious that they were coming towards the four of them.

Long Tao woke up the three of Liuji and ordered, "Hurry up and cross the river!" ”

The place where they camped was not far from the bridge, which was also specially chosen by Long Tao, in case of accidents, if they were besieged, of course he could easily deal with it, but if the other party was too numerous, it would be difficult to take care of the lives of these three people.

After all, he is also a newcomer to this world, and many strange skills and ninjutsu have not yet been taught, who knows what tricks the other party will use.

And now this is exactly what happened.

"Lord Yi, what's wrong?" Injiro rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"There are a lot of bandits, cross the river from the bridge!"

"Huh? Where? Injiro looked around.

"It's still far enough for you to run to the other side."

"Lord Yi's orders are absolutely not wrong, don't ask you more!" Sun Bingwei pulled Injiro and ran up.

At this time, Ruyoshi had already run to the side of the bridge, and suddenly let out a shout and started to move with someone.

Long Tao noticed that the crowd on the other side of the mountain and forest also rushed towards them, it seemed that the other party had already ambushed spies in the area of the river, and immediately sent a signal after seeing that they were about to cross the river.

A few arrows rushed to the side of the bridge, and Long Tao raised his sword and killed the three men who were blocking the bridge.

When the four of them ran to the other side of the bridge, the sound of chaotic footsteps behind them also approached.

Long Tao turned around and stood by the bridge, looking at the menacing enemy on the bridge, with the momentum of a man.

This bridge is only seven or eight meters wide, Long Tao estimated that he should be able to defend it, but he was afraid that the other party would have a long-range weapon such as a firecracker, so for the sake of insurance, he still ordered the three of Liuji to retreat farther away.

Sun Bingwei suddenly pointed to a person rushing in front of him on the bridge and shouted, "My lord, he is Shantai!" ”

"Oh, he didn't mask this time, it seems that he is indeed a bandit." Long Tao looked at a tall and burly man, and saw that the figure was indeed the leader who escaped last time.

Seeing so many people on the other side, Injiro became scared and said in a trembling voice, "Is this person crazy?" Robbing a small merchant like me, do you use so many people? ”

"No, they didn't come for you, their purpose was the village rain on my body, this Shantai, I really don't know whether to live or die!"

Long Tao shook his head and grinned.

"Since you want to see the village rain so much, I'll let you have a good look!"