Chapter 15 The Sword Test in the Bamboo Forest
The earth is springing, the weather is getting warmer, and Luo Qian has been stuffing himself in the room for three months.
A stack of paper sprinkled with a thousand strange penmanship words, this is the work that he just wrote the thousand-word sword dictionary silently, Luo Qian carefully checked each word of the thousand-word sword dictionary, from the beginning to the end of the thousand words can not find a difference for half a day, this is satisfied. showed the first smile since Xiao Ling was robbed, this smile was a little relieved, and a little self-deprecating, only flashing between the corners of his mouth.
Luo Qian slowly closed the thousand-character sword dictionary, his hands trembling a little, as if he wanted to seal a piece of the past.
After writing silently for a long time, the work also turned into ashes in the candlelight, blowing lightly, the ashes flew out, and the sky was bright.
In the library building, Steward Zhao was closing his eyes on the recliner to recuperate, and the bamboo pole did not know how many years and months he had followed him, and he rubbed it in his hand for an unknown number of times.
When Steward Zhao slept, the bamboo pole still did not leave his hand, and the other end was slowly beating on his leg.
Luo Qian pushed open the door of the library building, stretched out his steps and stepped in, his heart had been dusted, the view was still a thing, and the thousand-character sword dictionary was meaningless to remain in his hand, Luo Qian was ready to return the thousand-character sword dictionary and choose another martial arts cheatbook.
In the past few months, the mad demon has to practice calligraphy, which has greatly tempered Luo Qian's mind, and if he is determined, he has a strong desire to survive, Luo Qian wants to become stronger than ever, and wants to control his own destiny, and practicing martial arts in the Shura Gate is of course the only way to become stronger.
Luo Qian knew that he was thrown into the air by the flower-faced man that day and almost fell to his death, but it was Steward Zhao who saved him, and it was Steward Zhao who was caught by the guards and interceded for him, so the guards did not embarrass him, so he stepped forward and said: "Lord Steward, thank you for saving your life that day." ”
Steward Zhao slowly opened his eyes but did not answer, but stared at the thousand-character sword dictionary in his hand and said slowly: "This cheats have you finished learning?" Luo Qian presented the thousand-character sword dictionary with both hands: "After learning, I will return it!" The experience of the past few months has made Luo Qian's heart much calmer, and he also speaks with a calm atmosphere, which is not as good as before.
Steward Zhao said again: "How did you learn?" "It's like a test.
Luo Qian frowned, this secret book is clearly a copybook, but Steward Zhao wants to use it as a martial arts test, and he wants to deal with two sentences casually. So he replied: "The kid is stupid, and he can only paint the tiger according to the cat." ”
Steward Zhao bowed his head slightly: "It's rare to paint a cat and a tiger." After that, he waved the bamboo pole in his hand and knocked it on Luo Qian's head, Luo Qian knew that this Zhao steward liked to hit people's heads with bamboo poles the most, but he didn't think that this old man had a strange temper and said that he would beat him. had to retreat in a hurry, but the bamboo pole seemed to have eyes, as if Luo Qian was still knocking on the top of his head with a stick, Luo Qian was heartbroken and said that this old man was really not easy to provoke, so he had to flee.
But Steward Zhao didn't seem to have enjoyed a stroke, and stood up again, his body took a posture, and the bamboo pole in his hand stabbed out of Luo Qian's shoulder like a long sword. Luo Qian continued to retreat, and Steward Zhao pressed his waist step by step, and in a turn, he had reached Luo Qian's left side, and a bamboo pole was pierced in Luo Qian's waist. Luo Qian's waist hurt as if he had been hit hard, and Steward Zhao's footsteps moved to Luo Qian's right side, and the bamboo pole walked with him, and the head of the pole shook and slapped on Luo Qian's chest.
Luo Qianxin said that this Steward Zhao deliberately embarrassed himself, turned around and ran out of the door, Steward Zhao did not spare the bamboo pole in his hand like a spirit snake flying, and then hit the calf on his waist. Luo Qianxiao retreated and suddenly became numb, and his feet were soft and he walked out of the door.
Luo Qianzhi fell on the ground and gnawed on the mud, extremely embarrassed, Steward Zhao finally stopped chasing and shouted: "Stupid! The door of the library closed with a bang.
Luo Qian sat on the ground with a blank expression, he was beaten out of the library twice, and secretly scolded this Zhao steward in his heart for what kind of wind he smoked, and he was determined to cut off his own martial arts path, and he was angry in his heart.
The trial disciples on the side laughed when they saw Luo Qian's embarrassed appearance, Luo Qian was used to being ridiculed as a beggar, and he didn't care at all. But that Zhao steward is strong in martial arts, and if he breaks in again, it is nothing more than another beating, and after thinking about it for a long time, he can only go back to his residence first to try another day.
Late at night, Luo Qian lay on the bed and couldn't sleep, Luo Qian had been practicing calligraphy for several months, and his mind had already become inertia, as long as he had free time, the words in the thousand-character sword dictionary would involuntarily float through his mind. Now that the words have been practiced, they suddenly stopped, but the words in my mind were still flying non-stop, and the mood around me could not be calm.
Luo Qian shook his head, and thought about the lesson taught by Steward Zhao in the library building today, Steward Zhao's "stupid" scolded inexplicably, and after thinking about it, he didn't know what he had done wrong, and where he was stupid. However, there is a difference between Steward Zhao beating him today and beating him in the front, when he beat him in the front, Luo Qian was beaten out before he saw Steward Zhao's figure, but when he beat him today, he seemed to use some kind of swordsmanship, and he seemed to have an eye for every move, as if he intended to show off his martial arts.
Luo Qian's mind has always been meticulous, and he secretly felt that Steward Zhao's approach must have deep meaning, and carefully pondered Steward Zhao's moves. In an instant, Steward Zhao's figure coincided with the words in the thousand-character sword dictionary in his mind, and after a little association, he found that when Steward Zhao beat him, he put on a posture before each move, and the posture and figure were consistent with the four words "seeking ancient theories" in the thousand-character sword dictionary.
The four-character script in the Thousand Words Sword Dictionary is written in cursive, and the strokes are simple and bright. Steward Zhao struck him on the shoulder, his legs were staggered back and forth, the sword finger of his left hand was horizontally at his side, and he held the sword between the twists of his waist and stabbed straight at the edge. The word "ask" in the sword dictionary is written arrogantly, and the middle is raised high, which corresponds to the sword in the hand.
Luo Qian couldn't help but be ecstatic when he thought of this, and confirmed the remaining three moves with the words "ancient", "finding", and "on" one by one, and found that the three swordsmanship was the same as the three characters.
Luo Qian was excited when he thought of this, if these four words correspond to the swordsmanship, then the thousand words in the thousand-word sword dictionary correspond to the thousand-move swordsmanship. In this way, Steward Zhao should have deliberately mentioned himself, but this matter is all his own speculation, and he still needs to find Steward Zhao to confirm it.
Luo Qian thought about it and made up his mind, since Steward Zhao used the moves in the thousand-character sword dictionary to hit himself, then he would also use the moves in the sword dictionary to beat Steward Zhao tomorrow to see how the other party responded. If Steward Zhao still responded with the moves in the Sword Dictionary, then his guess could be confirmed.
I made up my mind, dressed and went out of the dormitory to the bamboo forest, and found a bamboo pole to split it into a three-foot length, which was used as a sword.
Steward Zhao beat him today with the four swordsmanship of "seeking the ancient and seeking the theory", and he couldn't practice all the swordsmanship of a thousand moves for a while, so he could only practice a few moves first, and then find Steward Zhao to confirm it.
Luo Qian carefully pondered the four words of "seeking the ancient theory", Xiao Ling explained the whole thousand-character text to Luo Qian, and during the period, he said all the allusions to the classics, which is to explore the meaning of the ancients to read the classics. Steward Zhao used these four words to order Luo Qian, Steward Zhao The old ancients of course referred to Steward Zhao himself, and the classics are nothing more than a thousand-character sword dictionary, in which the sword language is self-evident, which means to let Luo Qian find Steward Zhao to confirm the thousand-character sword dictionary.
After thinking about it, Luo Qian felt that it was most appropriate to respond with the words "external training" to express his sincere teaching. Luo Qian has never learned martial arts, which can be said to have no foundation, and he knows nothing about swordsmanship and sword moves, so he can only rely on the shape of these four characters in the thousand-character sword dictionary in his mind to correspond to the movements of his body and limbs. Although the four characters are already familiar in my heart, how to correspond to the limbs of the body and the swordsmanship still need to be tried over and over again.
Luo Qian's heart was extremely firm after experiencing the twists and turns, and he finally found a little way after trying again and again, the original stroke order and trend of each word in the thousand-character sword dictionary also corresponded to the changes in the moves of the body's limbs, and the sharp frustration also corresponded to the momentum of the sword's recruitment, so that every word turned into a move.
Luo Qian practiced all night before he rudely comprehended the four swordsmanship of "Outside Fu Xun", although he didn't understand the method of using it, but he was able to try it out like a cat painting a tiger. After a night of hard training, he was exhausted, but his first glimpse of martial arts made Luo Qian full of interest.
The library building had not yet opened early in the morning, and many trial disciples were already waiting outside the door, and the Shura trial was a race against time, and no one wanted to become someone else's sword in the trial.
Luo Qian did not go to manage Zhao when there were many people, and since ancient times, it has been a secret to preach and accept disciples, which Xiao Ling has already popularized to him.
On the three poles of the day, the trial disciples all went upstairs to study martial arts, Steward Zhao closed his eyes on the recliner again, and Luo Qian pushed the door into the library building with a bamboo pole in his hand. Steward Zhao still had the same demeanor that could not be shaken, and the bamboo pole wrapped in pulp was held in his hand casually as usual.
"Lord Steward, the boy was instructed yesterday, and today he has come to listen to the teachings." Luo Qian waved his hand and saluted Steward Zhao with a smile on his face. Steward Zhao slowly opened his eyes and yawned, and said lazily: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I teach you." ”
Luo Qian's heart tightened, he sincerely asked for advice, but he didn't expect Steward Zhao to pretend not to know, and secretly wondered in his heart that he was not careful about his etiquette, remembering that the folk craftsmen had to prepare generous gifts when they apprenticed, and the master came out to meet after three door-to-door salutes, In addition, he had to test the character qualifications of the disciples many times, etc., and these processes could only be apprenticed without mistakes.
Where did I go to prepare a generous gift in this Shura Gate, so I had to bow again and Wen Yan said: "The disciple is honest and asks for advice, but there are many restrictions in this Shura Gate, and it is really impossible to prepare gifts, and I hope that the steward will forgive me." ”
Steward Zhao frowned and said slightly angrily: "What are you talking nonsense here early in the morning, this kid?" Don't bother the old man! Luo Qian was speechless for a while, this Zhao Steward was moody and really didn't know how to deal with it. Luo Qian was bent on seeking advice, and secretly wondered if I was not talented enough, but I had comprehended the true meaning of the thousand-character sword dictionary, but at this time I couldn't say that I could turn myself away.
So he saluted again: "Please forgive the disciple for being rude!" Take out the bamboo pole from behind him as a long sword and use the word "outside" sword to attack Zhao Steward, Zhao Steward's eyes flashed, and suddenly got up and the bamboo pole in his hand also moved with Luo Qian to dismantle a move, Luo Qian saw Zhao Steward and him dismantle the move, his heart was happy, knowing that he finally guessed Zhao Steward's mind, and immediately used the four swords of "Outer Fu Xun" one by one, Zhao Steward's body shape changed, and the bamboo pole in his hand pointed and flew with Luo Qian to dismantle four moves.
Luo Qian's four moves were used up and there were no more tricks available, and he was about to talk to Steward Zhao, but he saw that the bamboo pole in Steward Zhao's hand changed left and right into a sword and stabbed in front of Luo Qian, Luo Qian had no experience in the enemy after all, and the swordsmanship was only barely taught by himself, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. The bamboo pole in Steward Zhao's hand was merciless, and another bamboo pole knocked Luo Qian out of the door.
The door of the library building "clanged" and closed, and Luo Qian's face fell forward like yesterday, and he was extremely embarrassed.