A long bell rang in the academy, and after the bell was over, the originally quiet academy woke up in an instant, and the apprentices who had finished their morning of study walked out of the lecture hall in twos and threes. Several junior apprentices saw Zhao Ping, who was sitting outside the lecture hall at this time, and they couldn't help but turn their eyes to him with curiosity.

The middle-aged man who was lecturing in the lecture hall looked out the window, and then continued to say in a gentle tone: "I'll say two more words, and everyone will leave the class." I just talked about the classification of martial arts, right? ”

The students sitting below all nodded.

"Before explaining the classification of martial arts methods, I need you to distinguish between martial arts and inner strength in your hearts, because these are two completely different aspects, the internal strength and heart method is a thaumaturgy for cultivating true qi, while the martial arts method is a means of using true qi. If the former is compared to a lake that stores water, then the latter is a canal that diverts water. ”

"Alright, let's get down to business. The methods of martial arts, from shallow to deep, can be divided into three types: martial arts, exercises and supernatural powers. For martial artists who only have qi and no dantian, the only martial arts methods they can use are martial arts. This is because martial arts only rely on the strength of the body, which is very suitable for martial artists who are just getting a glimpse of the way. ”

Speaking of which, the middle-aged man gave an example: "For example, the Taizu Palm Technique and the Tiger Roar Fist that you are practicing now are very good martial arts. ”

"When you become a cultivator in the future and open up a dantian that can store a large amount of true qi, you can practice the exercises. If you want to practice supernatural powers, then you have to wait for you to step into the realm of a half-step grandmaster. ”

"Master, is it because the consumption of true qi by divine power is too great for ordinary cultivators to bear?" A tall, thin boy asked.

"Not really." The middle-aged man shook his head, "The exertion of supernatural powers must be assisted by the Dao will, after all, the supernatural powers were handed down by the gods back then, even the supernatural powers that appeared after the battle of the gods were created by the powerful ones after reading the ancient books left by the ancestors, do you think this kind of method may only be driven by true qi?" ”

"That's amazing!" Most of the apprentices in the lecture hall knew the origin of supernatural powers for the first time, and a look of yearning appeared on everyone's faces.

Seeing the expressions of his disciples, the middle-aged man thought that he still had to pour a basin of cold water on them, lest some of them be too ambitious.

"However, I also have to remind you that since ancient times, there is not one in a thousand cultivators who can become a half-step grandmaster. The vast majority of you will most likely not be able to reach the realm of a half-step grandmaster in your lifetime, and there will even be many people who will only stay on the steps of a martial artist for the rest of your life. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire lecture hall immediately cooled down.

But don't be discouraged. The path of cultivation is inherently difficult, and if you want to climb that peak, you have to practice diligently every day. How much the half-step grandmasters in those big sects in the Eastern and Western Continents have paid, you have to strive for more than them. If any of you really step into the realm of a half-step grandmaster in the future, it is time for you to leave the small world of the Southern Wilderness. Divine powers in the world are too scarce, and you must travel around the Great Gate Sect of the Eastern Continent to have a chance to obtain magical powers. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the courtyard outside that had quieted down again, and said, "Okay, that's all for today's class." Don't slack off after you go back, and I'm going to watch you practice the third form of Tiger Roar one by one in the morning class five days later. ”

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Zhao Ping waited for a while, and finally waited for the apprentices in the lecture hall to come out. After the apprentices had left, he stood up and greeted the middle-aged man who was walking out of the lecture hall not far away.

The middle-aged man smiled at Zhao Ping and said, "Senior brother, you're here." ”

Zhao Ping nodded, respectfully saluted the junior in the martial arts, and said, "I've seen senior brother." ”

"How did you get so out-of-the-box?" The middle-aged man laughed and said, "I'm no longer in the Black Knife Guard, and I'm not your boss, not to mention that there are no outsiders around. ”

Zhao Ping shook his head and said, "Senior brother is senior brother, when the junior brother first entered the Black Sword Guard, he had to go to the Wangcheng Martial Academy for a period of time to study according to the requirements. The younger brother was born with dull qualifications, if there was no senior brother to approve, Zhao Ping would definitely not have today's achievements. ”

"Okay, okay, anyway, don't be so serious in front of me." Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's expression suddenly became serious, "I have already read the letter you wrote to me before, and I know that you probably have a lot to say to me this time." ”

Zhao Ping nodded, and the middle-aged man said, "Come with me, this is not the place to talk about this." ”

The two walked to a nearby hill, and after a while, they came to the outside of the cottage where the middle-aged man lived, and after entering the house, the middle-aged man poured a glass of water for himself and Zhao Ping, and the two sat down opposite each other at the coffee table.

Zhao Ping and the middle-aged man didn't speak first, and after the two were silent for a while, the middle-aged man sighed and said, "I really didn't expect that such a thing would happen to Lord Sun." ”

"Senior brother, you don't seem surprised by your expression?" Zhao Ping asked suspiciously.

The middle-aged man took a sip of water, and then sighed: "The time you have been with Master Sun is not too short, do you know what the biggest knot in his heart is?" ”

"Heart knot?!" Zhao Ping's brows were furrowed very much, Sun Jinyong has always appeared in front of his subordinates with a serious and focused image, Zhao Ping rarely sees him exposing his vulnerable side in front of him, so he didn't react for a while.

He pondered for a while before he suddenly asked, "Could it be his brother?" ”

"That's right." The middle-aged man's eyes looked out of the window not far away, recalling the past, "You should also know that Sun Jinyong, me, Hou Yu and Lu Qian all served in the Third Chaser Regiment of the Forbidden Army before entering the Criminal Procuratorate. Before we called him Sun Dutong, we all called him Sun Guanchang. ”

Zhao Ping nodded, he knew that many of the military officials of the Criminal Procuratorate had been transferred from the army.

"Lord Sun's family has practiced martial arts for generations, and both brothers have entered the army when they become adults, but his younger brother Sun Jinwu does not have the luck of his brother, and only serves in a box army. Seven years ago, the bandit leader Cao Yi and Li Saner rebelled in Anqing County, and the momentum was huge, and the government mobilized a lot of troops to exterminate them, and Jinwu died in that bandit. ”

Zhao Ping's face showed a puzzled look, and asked, "But I heard that his younger brother was beheaded by the prison army because of battlefield disobedience?" ”

"Battlefield disobedience?" The middle-aged man sneered, "If it's really just like this, I'd be surprised by what Sun Jinyong did." ”

"Senior brother, what the hell is going on?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhao Ping and said, "After all, you are not from the army, it seems that some things still can't be understood in front of you." ”

The middle-aged man drank all the water in the cup in front of him in one gulp, and his face showed some bitterness, as if the cup was not filled with water, but with a glass of wine.

"I don't want to talk about the past, I'll just say these two points. First, the officers and soldiers actually suffered several defeats at the beginning of the bandits. Second, later, it was actually Jinwu who withstood the pressure of the prison army and led a strange army to go around behind the main force of the bandits, which stopped the decline. ”

"The ability to enter the martial arts, in my opinion, is a bit too condescending to let him stay in the Xiang army for so long."

Zhao Ping asked with some surprise: "Senior brother, is this true?" I have also heard of the chaos in the four southern counties, didn't the official army defeat the main force of the bandit army at the beginning? Later, Yu Yuan, the supervisor of the counterinsurgency, returned triumphantly and reported to the king that it was because there were too many stragglers scurrying around after the collapse of the main force of the thief army, and it took some more time for the official army to eliminate them one by one. ”

The middle-aged man didn't speak, he just kept looking at Zhao Ping.

Under the middle-aged man's gaze, Zhao Ping suddenly understood something, and after a long while, he said angrily and slightly gloomily: "So that's the case, but he never said this in front of me." ”

"After Sun Jinyong's parents died, the closest relative to him was only this younger brother who had taken him as his role model since he was a child." The middle-aged man said calmly, "That's it, these are all in the past." The reason why I asked you to come here today is to find out another matter as soon as possible, what you said in your letter, is it true that the reappearance of the Lu clan is true, could you have been deceived by the evil way demon who practiced corpse control magic? ”

Zhao Ping looked at the suspicious face on the other side of the table, and said firmly: "What the junior brother said is absolutely true, and this is also what Sun Jinyong admitted before he died. ”

"What about corpses? There are no corpses of members of the Lu Clan. ”

"When the officers and soldiers who came to help returned to Shashan to investigate, the scene had already been processed, and the corpses of those corpse demons were all gone, but replaced by some dead demon beasts, and it was difficult for them to find anything valuable at the scene now." Speaking of this, Zhao Ping hammered down the table hatefully and said, "I really want to participate in the rice buckets in Yunqiu City, but I didn't send people to search for Zhisha Mountain until the afternoon, but I was preempted by the remnants of the hidden pile buried in the city by the Lu clan, and in the end there were no clues." ”

"Ah Ping, I don't disbelieve you, I have been in the Black Knife Guard for a lot longer than you, and my official position back then was higher than your current one. You also know what we people do, even if we don't have the eyes and ears of the internal guards, but we people can't be unaware of the domestic turmoil. So I really find it hard to believe that a force that has disappeared from the world for more than 20 years could have emerged from the ground overnight and made such a big move. Sun Jinyong's power was not big enough to block the eyes of all the military attaches of the Black Sword Guard, why had we never received any news about the Lu clan before this Zhisha Mountain incident? ”

Seeing that Zhao Ping didn't speak, the middle-aged man sighed: "Ah Ping, you can't even convince me completely, do you think your recital can convince the king and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty?" As you can see, after your recital was handed in, the king and several important ministers had already blocked the news, and the court was extremely quiet, if it weren't for you telling me in the letter, I still don't know what was written in your recital. This is a very obvious sign that you are going to be cold, and it can be seen that the king may not be able to trust your recitals at all. We don't like the Chita who prefer to act quietly when doing big things, and it's hard for us to keep the news out before we do big things. ”