Chapter 2: Continental Patterns
Zhang Yifeng delayed a lot of time on the beach and the thick soil, and it was already dark when he went back, the oil lamp in the small room was dim, and Zhang Jianyi's figure was looming.
Zhang Yifeng pushed open the door, the dinner on the table was rare and unusually rich, and Zhang Jianyi sat quietly without speaking.
"Master, I'm back, I forgot to practice swords on the beach and in the thick soil today. Zhang Yifeng sat next to Zhang Jianyi, thinking that something was wrong and he was going to be punished.
"Yi'er, you will be almost twelve in a few days, and you will be considered a weak crown in the Spirit Sword Country. How about drinking two cups with the teacher today?" Zhang Jianyi took out a wine glass from his arms and threw it to Zhang Yifeng, showing a rare yellow tooth smile.
"Good. Zhang Yifeng picked up the wine jar, removed the mud seal, and a rich but pungent aroma came to his face, and the yellow liquor was poured into the glass. Two people, one hugging the altar, one raising a glass, drank the wine. The first taste of wine Zhang Yifeng felt a burning sensation in his throat and internal organs, but there was still fragrance between his lips and teeth.
A glass of wine fell suddenly, and Zhang Yifeng was still very uncomfortable. His face was swollen and red, and he couldn't help but cough lightly. When Zhang Jian saw this, he laughed violently: "Yi'er is still too young, I think I was so proud of drinking with your father back then, and I never even drank three hundred jars of "Burning World Spirits". When he's older, it's fine, the boy doesn't drink, and his temperament is not strong and bloody. to keep drinking. ”
In the process of pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Zhang Yifeng drank more and more, but Zhang Jianyi was worried. After drinking another jar of wine, he sighed and said, "You have been a teacher for almost twelve years, right? Have you practiced those three books diligently?"
Zhang Yifeng was excited, slightly sober from drinking, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what are you going to do?" I practice the three books every day, and I practice the other two books at night at your command. ”
Zhang Jian leaned together and patted Zhang Yifeng on the shoulder: "Don't ask about this, if you cultivate well, maybe you can help me in the future." Also, remember, those three books can't be read to anyone, except for swordsmanship, you can't use the exercises in the book until life and death!" After speaking, he continued to drink, waved his hand and sent Zhang Yifeng back to his room to practice.
It is also strange to say that if an ordinary teenager drank a few jars of wine, he would have fallen asleep a long time ago, while Zhang Yifeng woke up after a while and sat cross-legged on the stone bed. Looking at the three books, Zhang Yifeng fell into the perception of the world in the past 12 years.
On the Four Spirits Continent, all countries respect the royal family, but the highest status is the Sect of the Gods of Middle-earth, and the status of Pope Falta is even more respectful, and the emperors of all countries have to salute when they meet him. Because the Divine Spirit Sect maintains peace on the mainland all year round, even its followers are highly respected. Therefore, the conditions for the Divine Spirit Sect to accept people are extremely harsh, first, the children of the members of the sect, and second, the best young people on the mainland, and they must also have a compassionate heart to save the world. Although the four countries hated each other, Shinto was the common state religion of the four countries. So all over this continent are branches of the Cult of the Gods. The branch of the Cult of the Gods is more of a belief for the common people, as the gods bring peace to them and give them relief, so all children will go to the Cult of the Gods at birth to seek blessings and protection.
On this continent, because of the endless fighting of the four countries, the four countries are very martial and prosperous, so that the sword energy, magic, soul beasts, and fighting power on the continent are all contended, and all kinds of means want to choose people to eat, and they all want to exterminate the dissident family. Under the baptism of war and death, the fighting techniques of various countries are constantly evolving, constantly strengthened, and forming their own systems.
Take the Sword Spirit Kingdom as an example, its main thing is to cultivate qi, which they call sword qi. By covering the power of the sword qi on the sword to kill and injure the enemy, and when you practice to a high level, you can directly kill people with qi, use qi as a wall, and walk with qi. Therefore, the strength of the sword qi determines the realm of a person's cultivation, from weak to strong: sword apprentice, sword master, sword master, sword envoy, sword tyrant, sword maniac, sword emperor, sword emperor, sword zun, sword immortal, each realm is divided into three stages: low, medium and high, the higher and more profound, the more difficult it is to cultivate. Many ordinary people have cultivated swords in their entire lives to reach the highest level of sword master, and if they want to cultivate to a higher level, they need to accumulate more sword qi in their bodies, which means that they must expand their body's qi storage, which is very difficult. There are also many people who have been stuck in a realm for many years, and they take risks and forcibly break through the realm, resulting in an explosion and death. Therefore, it is rare to be able to cultivate to the Sword Emperor or above, and this combat power is also quite terrifying, but it can split mountains and seas and slaughter cities and destroy people, so it must not be used until the country is in danger.
Of course, regarding the level of combat effectiveness, it is not only limited to the realm of sword qi. In the long history books of the Four Spirit Continent, many amazing and brilliant people in the Sword Spirit Kingdom can challenge their opponents and even easily win them by using their sword qi. And the skill used by this sword qi is called sword skill, and the power of sword qi supplemented by sword skill can be greatly improved. The power of different sword skills is also different, so the Sword Spirit Kingdom divides it into four levels: star, moon, yang, and universe, and each level is divided into cold, blazing, and dome three. Each sword skill consumes different sword qi and has different powers, but with the same sword qi and level, the Yuqiong-level sword skill is far much stronger than other sword skills, just like the difference between the light of a grain of rice and the bright moon. Therefore, the higher the level of sword skills, the more difficult it is to obtain, and the cultivation conditions are more and more demanding. The star-level to moon-blazing level exercises can also be measured by coins, and they can be learned in ordinary colleges or sects on the mainland, but those above this only exist in the big sects or big families and royal families, and become their respective hole cards.
In addition to the realm and sword skills, there are also some special reasons that affect combat power. One is the power of the bloodline, and the other is with the help of the power of various swords. The power of the bloodline generally only exists in a very small number of families and royal families, and this power is born with various abilities and is only passed on in the form of bloodline. Such as the top family standing in the Sword Spirit Country: the Rotten Clan. The Rotten Clan is born with the power of corrosion and aging, once hit by their sword qi, the body will age for a short time, and the action becomes extremely slow and tricky. And all kinds of swords, of course, also come with a variety of abilities that affect the victory or defeat of combat power.
Although each country is an enemy, it is a coincidence that the division and setting of various combat skills are surprisingly the same. The difference is that the Fa Ling Kingdom cultivates soul power, and the technique is called magic, and there are different staffs; the Spirit Control Country cultivates the magic technique, and the technique is called the trick, and the trend controls different magical beasts; the Dou Ling Kingdom cultivates the fighting power, and the technique is called Fighting Technique, and there are all kinds of fighting weapons. Of course, all countries also have bloodline families, but the effect of various bloodlines is different.
This is the troubled era when Zhang Yifeng lived and died, the strength of royal power is the truth, and there are all kinds of injustices. Although fate is mysterious and mysterious, it is the most unfair. Zhang Yifeng has no injustice from his father and mother since he was a child. It is necessary to urgently need the strength to understand the world and understand the life experience, but he is in this small mountain village that is partial to the couple, and it is okay among the children in the village, but looking at the entire sword spirit country and the entire continent, Zhang Yifeng is at most a weed, compared to those teenagers with blood inheritance, who are more than light years, which is even more unfair.
The three books in front of him are all made of coarse cloth, red, green, and blue, which were left to him by his parents and Zhang Jianyi. It's a pity that there is no record of the Xinghan-level skills of the stalls on it, just some ordinary common sense and cultivation methods. But this thing of qi must be cultivated step by step, unless it is the power of the bloodline or a precious object that can be quickly improved, and the cultivation method is almost useless. Zhang Yifeng became a swordsman at the age of eight, and it has been almost three years, and he still hasn't broken through to the swordsman. If you want to say that the benefits of cultivation in these three books are that the cultivation methods are wonderful, and the sensitivity to the surroundings is stronger than that of ordinary people, and the sensitivity is not as strong as ordinary people, and the last one is that the hangover ability that has just been discovered seems to be different from ordinary people.
Zhang Yifeng opened the blue and green books and prepared to cultivate, but he was always uneasy because Zhang Jianyi was leaving. Zhang Jianyi is not only a master for him, but also plays the role of a father. What he has learned, as well as food, clothing, housing and transportation, are all given by Zhang Jianyi. Although he lived a poor life, Zhang Jianyi seemed to be raunchy, but he was still very good and very attentive to him. Therefore, although Zhang Yifeng has a cold temperament, he is full of fear about Zhang Jianyi's departure, he doesn't know where he should go, and he is even more afraid that Zhang Jianyi will not return one by one and lose this only emotional sustenance.
The silver moon was like a hook, the moonlight was like mercury slowly overflowing the window, and the night was deeper, and Zhang Yifeng retracted his thoughts. He clearly understands that he can't be willing to fall, he can't be indecisive, for the whereabouts of his parents, even if the conditions are worse, he can only keep moving forward, and he must not waste a trace of time.
Zhang Yifeng sank his mind according to what the book said, and constantly felt everything around him with his heart and brain. He clearly felt the branches outside the room that had just drawn green leaves, and the cicadas on the branches with closed eyes. His heart is constantly feeling the various elements in nature, and he is the most sensitive to the red element, as if he can command, and his brain is constantly receiving information from various creatures. Zhang Yifeng started to practice like this every night when he got the books four years ago, and he didn't feel tired during the day, and he was even more comfortable and refreshed than sleeping. At the beginning of the practice, he could feel the room at most, but now he could cover the entire courtyard, and the various creatures were communicating to him more and more clearly. If Zhang Jian saw this scene, he would definitely be dumbfounded, because Zhang Yifeng actually practiced the two books together. It's a pity that Zhang Jianyi will never know, because he hasn't read these two books from beginning to end, and Zhang Yifeng himself has groped and cultivated according to what the books say.
In the dark night, the red light kept beating and converging to the heart, and the white light burrowed into the head of the thin snakes, and the room was strange, but it was dark from the outside, because the stone room was completely sealed, and it seemed to hide some secrets. Zhang Jianyi, still drinking wine from altar to jar, occasionally skimming the room, his eyes flickering with fluctuations. is relieved or worried, mixed tastes, even Zhang Jianyi himself can't say the taste, and even his favorite liquor has become tasteless.
"On the Four Spirits Continent, the strongest martial art is emotion, and the weakest martial art is also emotion. "Zhang Jian laughed strangely, and before he could see him raise his hand, the sword light flashed, and the sword qi held several jars of wine, hanging vertically in the air, like a string of sugar gourds, each jar of wine was low and a hole was broken. The wine was like a wine spring, flying down, Zhang Jian raised his head and drank wildly, letting the uncaught wine scatter his clothes.
The night sinks like water, and people don't sleep. The master and apprentice have their own hearts, one drinks alone, and the other cultivates in silence, and the future is still unknown.