“…… Wait a minute, is this serious? ”

The next morning, under the bell and drum tower in Sanshan Town, Wang Wenshun, who came to ask for advice, listened to what the young man said, and was dumbfounded for a while.

"The way of training is, hide and seek?"

“…… Well. ”

The boy gritted his teeth and nodded.

When he got this answer, he was also surprised, knowing that such a thing as hide and seek is only done by young children under the age of ten—how could he play such a thing, and be seen by other teenagers, but he would be laughed at.

But just when he wanted to question it, he saw that the real master had an unprecedented seriousness on his face.

"It's a safe sport, it's hard to get hurt, and it's a tactical and strategic ......."

Thinking back to what he had heard, the young man tried to repeat what Du Chengfeng had said.

"You are not allowed to report to the official to find someone to help, you are not allowed to run across the backward river, and you are not allowed to open your eyes when counting, the range is set in the town, can you understand?"

The doubts in Wang Wenshun's heart became more and more obvious.

The footsteps were so heavy that he could even hear that the other party's frame was not as coordinated as he had imagined.

"The most important thing is that it makes everyone feel engaged, and it's fun."

The doubts in his mind were still churning, but at this moment, he had no time to care about such trivial matters.

At least he can run, it's a big deal to go back first.

Just when Wang Wenshun was still hesitating, the young man had already continued.

Recalling the loose and heavy footsteps unique to the young man just now, Wang Wenshun locked on to his target for the first time.

Noisy and noisy, this is the early morning in Sanshan Town, and the fireworks in the world are completely filled with Wang Wenshun's keen hearing.

"What......"

"This ......"

It's just because, he's been listening attentively, but he's lost it.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party's iron whip really had the sword intent of a master remaining, he would even think that this was really just an ordinary young man.

Wang Wen closed his eyes as a matter of course.

When you get older, you naturally have to play something more mature, such as imitating the appearance of those masters of the rivers and lakes......

"Huh?"

What else to train tactics and strategy...... Does this thing really work as a training thing?

Wang Wenshun doesn't believe it, this training method is too outrageous.

"In short, there are three requirements."

It's all said and done, why don't you just try it, anyway, there are dates and no dates to play three poles, even if you really can't learn things, then at least let him know that this so-called "old-timer" is not so reliable - in fact, he is even a little skeptical now, this "old-timer" is not the kind of master who has a good look, after all, the other party is pretending to be a young man, and he is really pretending to be too similar.

He wasn't a naughty child, so he wouldn't cheat at such a time, and with his skills, even if he followed the rules—just like now, after closing his eyes, he could hear the footsteps of the senior leaving more clearly.

In the final analysis, the biggest reason why he regarded the other party as a senior master was because the knife marks engraved on the iron whip were too shocking to him, so according to this line of thought, to be able to fight with a master of this level, this young man must also be a master, but now it seems that ......

"Found it!"

Wang Wenshun was suddenly stunned.

The warm sun shone on the town, and the people who had rested for the night returned to the streets, the noisy footsteps, the cries along the streets, the sound of pots pouring into the night, the hooves of cows and horses, the squeaking of wheels rolling on the road, and even a few birds chirping in the air.

The most critical footsteps disappeared without a trace.

Such a reckless running style is not at all like a senior master, this kind of undisciplined body operation is like a young man who can be seen everywhere.

After all, more footsteps rang out.

"Okay, are you ready?"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Wenshun still nodded.

The boy's voice rang out again.

"When you count to a hundred, come to me, and don't open your eyes."

However, after thinking about the scene of his own hands with this Storm Sword King, he still felt that it might be better to hide and seek.

Although he said this, the boy really couldn't figure out what this hide and seek could mean, maybe it was the stereotype of adults, thinking that young children should play this, but he wanted to say that anyone over the age of ten would not play such a childish thing.

Restrained from the thought of wanting to open his eyes, Wang Wenshun held his breath and listened attentively to everything around him, he didn't believe it, it was just hide and seek, how could he not find anyone - with his skills, even if he closed his eyes, he could still hear......

"Am I really mistaken?"

Wang Wenshun frowned.

"Okay."

It's not because of that moment of distraction, with his current skills, even if he is distracted, he can hear the distant sound, and following the footsteps in the distance, he can even judge the direction of the other party's departure - but now, this method does not work at all.

"I ...... Yes. ”

Wang Wenshun suddenly felt that this hide-and-seek didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.

Wang Wenshun didn't expect that before the matter began, the so-called "seniors" already wanted to run away, and he was still thinking about the problem of hide and seek - yes, he didn't know much about what was going on, although he was old now, but he also knew that only children under the age of ten would play this kind of childish game.

But immediately, Wang Wen began to sweat by the way.

Just because of such footsteps, there were eight around him.

There was even a ninth footstep in the distance, accompanied by the creak of a wooden door being pushed open - it was clear that these were the teenagers living in the area, and they were not what he was looking for.

"This ......"

Wang Wenshun's expression was grim.

This hide-and-seek seems to be far from being as simple as he imagined.

Especially now, when you close your eyes, because you can only rely on hearing to perceive relatively far away, the uneasy feeling in your heart is infinitely magnified - if someone can touch his back silently at this time, will you be able to kill him casually?

What kind of enemies will he encounter in this situation where he can't see anything?

Without his visual aids, can he really be as accurate as usual? Can something like sound also be used as bait to lure him into revealing his flaws?

"Ninety-nine...... Hundred! ”

Wang Wenshun, who had finally counted a hundred, let out a sigh of relief, and when he opened his eyes, he was already sweating profusely.

Even before the chase began, it was as if he had already experienced a terrible war.

"Strategic and Tactical ...... Is it? ”

Thinking back to the words he had just heard, this time Wang Wenshun didn't dare to be careless at all.

Indeed, the moment he closed his eyes, whether at the strategic level or at the tactical level, he had already entered an extremely passive situation - if someone attacked him at that time, even if he could resist it, he would definitely be beaten.

So, now that you open your eyes, is it better?

Not really.

It's just that in front of him, the shadow of the young senior's predecessor has long been gone.

"That is, he knows where I am, but I don't know where he is......"

Wang Wenshun turned his head to look around, and he suddenly felt that things seemed to be more troublesome.

Sanshan Town is not big when it is said to be big, after all, this town is so small that it only adds up to four streets, which is why he can naturally agree to it, after all, this kind of place is too small for him - but now, after counting a hundred and opening his eyes, facing the crowd of people coming and going on the street, he found that this Sanshan Town can be so big.

The town of Sanshan is so small that it can run from one end to the other on just two feet.

But Sanshan Town is also very large, so big that after a person breaks into the crowd, it is like water dripping into the sea.

Is there any way to tell a drop of water from the sea?

Does this method really exist?

"First...... Let's go. ”

Following the direction in his impression, Wang Wenshun walked all the way.

Then he walked to the gate of the county government and stared at the two stone lions.

"This ......"

Wang Wenshun couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This is not a pathway, and the other party is obviously not stupid enough to run to a dead end, and it is obvious that he only pays attention to the direction of the footsteps leaving, but forgets the layout of the town - perhaps this is the so-called strategic deception, using false footsteps to lead him to make wrong judgments.

As he had just thought, when sound is the only source of information, the sound itself can also be used as a means of deception.

"Strategy, ah......"

Wang Wenshun took a deep breath.

This time, he was extremely serious.

Continuing to walk on the street, Wang Wenshun looked around, while recalling the words he had just heard - at this moment, he had already devoted himself to it, and he even felt the specific idea of this training method, there was no doubt that this so-called hide and seek was indeed a training, and it could even be said that it was more rigorous than any method he could imagine.

According to his always thinking, it is to find an opponent and then make a knife, which is the style of the masters of the rivers and lakes, and it is also the most common fighting method.

But this so-called hide-and-seek revealed to him that there was another, more dangerous way of fighting.

When your enemy is lurking in an area, how do you find him?

From the beginning, he didn't have the initiative to attack, the enemy was hidden in the town, and he didn't have the slightest idea of showing up, and now, because he had been concentrating on finding it for an hour, he was even slightly out of breath - he never thought that his preoccupation with his surroundings would be so great for his physical strength and energy, especially his energy, and now he just wanted to simply find a place to sit and rest for a while.

If at this time, someone shot at him behind his back......

"Who!"

Wang Wenshun twisted the wrist of the man behind him with his backhand.

"What do you want to do!"

"Don't, don't! Uncle, I was wrong! You will spare me a lot! ”

The thief who was about to steal the money bag turned pale with pain, and it was obvious that Wang Wenshun had directly broken the thief's wrist with this twist.

Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Wang Wenshun kicked off the thief's leg again, and now it was when his mood was not very good, and the thief deserved to be unlucky.

Although he dealt with the thief, Wang Wenshun's heart was even colder, just because if the person who approached just now was not a thief, but a real master, then it was very likely that he would not even have time to do this most basic reaction.

Death was so close to him.

"Strategy and Tactics......"

Wiping the sweat on his forehead, Wang Wenshun's understanding became clearer and clearer.

Isn't it like now, to make him tired, to make him tired, something he had never considered before, part of the strategy?

Think about it, if there is a master of the rivers and lakes who duel with him, make an appointment until the morning, and then deliberately dry him for a day, and wait until the evening when he is upset because of waiting, the other party will appear in the heyday of eating and drinking and warming up, and then he will die without knowing how he died.

The most terrifying thing is that he may not even be able to see this kind of strategy, after all, he knows his own mind, if he encounters such a situation, when the opponent appears, he will definitely cut it directly.

Instead of finding a seat on the street as you are now, you can just take a break.

"Strategic ...... Right! Stratagem! ”

Taking the herbal tea handed by the tea shop guy, Wang Wenshun gulped down the tea.

When the herbal tea entered his stomach, the feeling of fatigue suddenly dissipated a lot, and it was obviously just a bowl of cheap herbal tea, Wang Wenshun even squinted his eyes pleasantly.

It's not just physical, it's more mental.

Yes, at this moment, he finally found a way to solve the problem.

"Since the other party already has a strategic arrangement, the best way to resolve this strategic arrangement is not to follow the strategy of the opposite side!"

Wang Wenshun felt that he had touched the answer to his question.

Maybe that's what the senior wanted him to understand.

If he follows the arrangement of this senior, chasing all the way, he will definitely not get anything, in the case of not finding anyone, as an outsider, he will definitely choose to look at the past one by one for the first time - the simplest method of elimination, although it is a stupid way, but it is also a good way, at least when there is no way, this thing can be regarded as a way.

But if he really followed this habitual train of thought and instinctively went on, then he would jump directly into the trap laid for him by this senior, no matter how long he looked in the town, he would find nothing, after all, his thoughts had been predicted in advance.

And now, while he is in good spirits after drinking herbal tea, he has to calculate the thoughts of that senior in reverse.

"Definitely won't go back to the station, after all, he also knows that I know that location."

Thinking like this, Wang Wenshun's eyes couldn't help but glance at the mountain in the distance.

(End of chapter)