"Squeak......" The rotten doorshaft made a dry sound with a long tail note, and Liu Shengyan hunched his back through the narrow wooden door to the backyard, looked at the half of the stone pillar and nodded, "Sure enough, as I expected." ”

"What?" Rynon sat on the ground with his back to the fence, "what did you expect?"

"You'll make it to lunch today. Liu Shengyan staggered to the half-broken stone pillar, squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the smooth incision, and said, "It's barely qualified! The control of the force is not concentrated enough...... However, it is already possible to carry out the most difficult practice. ”

"The last practice?" Rui Nong suddenly came to his senses, "In two days, I will be able to learn ......"

"This is also called learning? Cutting wood, splitting a stone is considered to be learned, it's too superficial!" Liu Shengyan shook his head and said, "In the past two days, I just told you the method, the most difficult cultivation is the real beginning, be mentally prepared!"

"Uh......" Rinon collapsed again.

"Young man, may I ask you a personal question. ”

"Ask! Master Yanagi Rock!"

"Why do you want to practice martial arts, or why do you want to pursue strong strength and become strong?"

Ruinon turned his head to stare at the crisp green leaves in the vegetable garden, silent for a long time, the past was like a slide across his mind, clearly projected in his eyes.

"Don't you want to talk about it? Who doesn't have a secret or two in their hearts?"

"Revenge!" Ronon finally spoke.

"Revenge? But when you get to the end of the road, you will find that there is nothing, and it is extremely empty. ”

"Even so, I'm going to go on!"

"Young man, listen to me, and don't immerse yourself in the hatred of the past. Your life is just beginning, and there are more beautiful things around you that are worth pursuing. Have you noticed the three beautiful flowers? ”

Rinon lowered his head and said nothing, staring blankly at the ants crawling at his feet. He wasn't a child anymore, so how could he not understand the attitudes and feelings of Erica, Fiona, and Sylph towards him......? Am I worthy?

"Can I bring them happiness?" asked Renon with his head bowed.

"Bring happiness, what is happiness, can you get the answer?" Liu Shengyan shook his head and floated down a few strands of white silk, "Every day the mountains and seas, the splendid robes, and the drunken paper gold fan must be happiness?" he took a deep breath and continued, "For me, the happiness now is to open the window and see the gardenias in bloom on the other side of the river, smell their fragrance every day, and make a good pot of pottery in a small kiln...... Life is simple, life is peaceful. ”

As soon as Liu Shengyan's words fell, the small backyard fell silent again, and only the "ba-ta, ba-ta" dry smoke pot shone with a dark red light, sending wisps of green smoke to the distant sky.

"But everyone has the right to choose their own life......" After a long time, Liu Shengyan finally spoke, "Since you have made up your mind, then I don't have to say anything more." Come on, after lunch, we'll go into the last practice!"

The meat of the wilderness bison is thick, juicy, and delicious, whether boiled or grilled, and when eaten, it only needs to be sprinkled with a little salt to become delicious, with the exception of Fiona.

Gonzas gulped down on a cow's thigh bone and said, "I've fallen in love with the human way of eating! It's just too cumbersome to make, but I'll recommend it to my people." ”

"Haha!" everyone laughed when they heard Gonzas's words, "what a pot and barbecue grill it would be!

There was laughter in front of the cabin.

"Have you eaten enough, then let's start the most reluctant practice!" Liu Shengyan wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve and burped contentedly, "This practice will be divided into two stages, the first stage is to cut wood!"

"Holy!" said Ronon and fell to the ground.

"Why? Do you think cutting wood is really easy?" said Liu Shengyan, rubbing his white beard with his greasy fingers, "There is a lot of knowledge in chopping wood! Different methods of chopping can produce different effects, like this......" He said as he pulled out the black iron sword from behind his back, "See that log? With that, he raised his hand and waved it gently.

Suddenly, there was a thunderstorm between heaven and earth, and the ground under the black iron sword cracked a bottomless crack, twisting and twisting like a ruthless poisonous snake quickly crawling towards the log. In a grinding sound, the log was split into dozens of sections.

"It's so strong! Without the help of any fighting energy or magic, just the application of pure strength can produce such an effect......" Rinon and Erica couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"Hmph! Carving insect trick ......," Gonzas snorted disapprovingly.

Ignoring Gonzas's taunts, Yanagi stepped forward, bending down his stiff back with difficulty to pick up a broken stick and placing it upright.

"That trick was pretty good just now!

"You're going to learn, it's still early!" Liu Shengyan beckoned to Ruinon, "Come here." ”

"What are you going to do?" Rynon muttered softly.

"See? It's a non-fixed stick. Yanagi said, pointing to the upright stick.

"Damn! Everyone knows the way!"

Liu Shengyan nodded, and gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands. "Hah!" he suddenly roared, raised his foot and stomped forward, and the black iron sword slashed horizontally, cutting off the stick.

Half of the stick fell, rolling back and forth on the ground, and the remaining half trembled slightly, but did not fall, and remained upright.

"Can you do it?" asked Ryanon.

Pale blue flames wrapped around Ruinon's hands, and the crystal flame sword slowly emerged from the palm of his hand. "What's so hard about that, as long as my sword is sharp enough......"

"Who allowed you to use a sword?

"Uh......"

"This is the ultimate practice. Cross-cutting of non-fixed stakes and piles less than ...... When you can do that, I'll teach you that trick. ”

"That move...... "Ruinon stared thoughtfully at the broken log in front of him.

Liu Shengyan glanced at him and seemed to understand what he was thinking: "The trick is very simple, it's just the transmission of force, but how to control this force depends on your cultivation." After speaking, Liu Shengyan picked up a piece of wood.

Do you still cut wood, chop wood, do not use swords, do not use source power, do not use magic, rely solely on the strength of the body, and do not let the upright wood fall...... All this seems simple, but in fact, it is very different from the previous practice.

A piece of wrist-thick wood, placed on the ground without fixation, will fall with a slight touch, and will fall with a blow, let alone if you chop hard. Renon took a deep breath and took the stick Erica handed him, thinking to himself: this is the ultimate test of force control.

Gonzas chewed and swallowed the last piece of the shoulder bone, patted his belly contentedly, and said, "I will not look at the pitiful appearance of Rinon again, but go to that place to see if there are any more wilderness bison." ”

"You've got to succeed, Renong, don't sacrifice more trees. Fiona shook her head.

"Uh...... I...... I tried my best to ......"

Spring and autumn alternate, and the gardenias on the bank of the river are thanking and blooming several times. A teenager with long black hair came out of a small wooden house with a wooden stick.

"Are you ready?" a slender old man stood in the middle of the river with a black iron sword, treading water.

"Ready. ”

"Then let me see the results of your cultivation!"

"As you wish!" an invisible current of air swirled around the young man, carrying him to the surface of the river.

With a "squeak", the door of the cabin opened, and out came a beautiful blonde woman, who yawned loudly and opened her hazy eyes to stare at the two standing in the middle of the river, "Ruinon...... Master Yagyu Iwa ......"

"Erica, what are you doing, you open the doors and windows early in the morning, do you want to freeze us to death?"

"Silver, Fiona, come on, come on!"

"What for?"

Erica returned to the house and lifted the thick quilt, dragged the two lazy worms out of bed, and said, "Renon is doing his last practice! Come and see! Suddenly, the spring light in the simple cabin was infinite.

"Yih!@#¥*&......" Fiona let out a scream, and a string of elven words came out of her mouth in a panic.

"When I'm ready!" said Silver, shivering back under the covers.

The morning sun has just protruded half of its head from the mountains to the east, reflecting the clear river in a bright red. Rinon lowered his head and stared at the bottom of the rocky river, his face redder than the morning sun at the moment, "Erica, what the hell are they doing?" Apparently his telekinesis had caught the movement in the cabin.

"Why?

"Uh...... Master first, please!"

"You're welcome now, I'm here to test the results of your cultivation. ”

"So...... Rude!" Rainon also carried the stick upside down, and the pale blue flame "poofed" out of his hands and wrapped around the slender stick. He raised his hands high, the muscles of his arms bulging like hills.

"Hah!" he shouted, slamming his stick into the river.

"Oh, that's a pretty good momentum!" Liu Shengyan nodded approvingly, "However, this is water, not hard earth, can you do it?" he also roared angrily, and slammed the black iron sword towards the river.

(Earth Splitter: Swordsmen use the earth as a medium to conduct force to attack the target, and the sharp energy in the process will tear the earth apart, so it is called Earth Splitter.) Later, after an unknown swordsman, it was improved into a move that directly hits the target by transmitting any offensive energy through any medium. This energy can be pure physical strength, or it can be fighting energy, telekinesis magic, etc. The medium can be earth, water, air, or even light, and the energy can conduct each other in different mediums. ）

In an instant, two rays of light, one bright and one dark, lit up on the surface of the small river, which made the newly rising morning sun suddenly eclipsed. Bright: Liushengyan's white dazzling fighting light, and dark: Ruinon's strange pale blue energy light.

With a "bang", the river was split in half by two invisible forces, revealing the black-brown bottom of the river.

"Bang!" A deafening loud bang was followed by a long, sharp and piercing whistling sound, and the two sharp energies collided, bursting out with an indestructible and intense force, tearing apart the land on both sides of the river.

Gardenias' flower beds are wrapped in a pale green energy shield, a barrier set by Yanagi Rock to protect them from harm.

At the end of the first round, the river fell like a torrential rain, and the restored river surface made a messy "screaking" sound. Liu Shengyan and Ruinong stood unharmed in the "torrential rain", without a drop of water on their hair and clothes.

"Yes! Liu Shengyan nodded again and said, "In two years, you have actually achieved this point." Yes, yes, no wonder the Nightmare monster wants to follow you. ”

"Is it only three points? So where are the remaining seven?"

Liu Shengyan raised his sword flat and said, "Being able to use the Earth Splitting Demon on the surface of the river shows that you also understand the essence of this sword move." Solid ground, liquid river water, then naturally there is air!" As soon as Liu Shengyan's words fell, a dazzling white light erupted from the end of the black iron sword again.

Renon shifted his footsteps lightly, trying to sideways avoid Yanagi's blow.

Seeing Rui Nong's actions, Liu Shengyan shook his head, and a faint smile appeared on his face that had experienced the vicissitudes of life, "It seems that you still haven't really understood this sword move." I take back my original words, you have only learned one point!"

At the moment when Ruinon turned sideways, a strong sense of crisis surged into his heart. He tried to use magic defense, but it was too late.

With a "bang", the shirt on Ruinon's chest burst, revealing two Portuguese ...... (Reader B: I'm not "interested" in men's grapes!: Soy sauce party: We're too...... Author: Ahem!I've been playing too many popping clothes series of action games lately, so ...... ）

"Obviously avoided, why would this happen?" Feeling the hot sensation coming from his chest, Renon muttered suspiciously. I saw three clear blood marks on his chest.

"That kid's flesh has been strengthened by dragon blood! Attacking from more than twenty meters away, the attack of pure energy can leave traces on his skin. How strong and sharp is this fighting?" Nightmare said as he appeared beside Erica, "I can't be mistaken, Yanagi Iwa is the best swordsman I've ever seen. ”

"What about Kiyi Kagezuru?" said Erica, with a worried look on her face.

"The overall strength may be that Kii Kagetsuru is stronger, and if you talk about swordsmanship alone, Yanagi Rock is even better. ”

Liu Shengyan withdrew his sword and said, "Have you forgotten? ”

"The conduction of energy...... "Ruinon thought.

"As long as you are not completely cut off from this world, I can attack you. No matter where you're hiding!" Yanagi said, pointing his sword at Renon, "I can even attack any part of you, your heart, your lungs, your brain, no matter how hard your muscles are, how thick the armor your body is...... As long as you are still in this world. This is the martial arts and swordsmanship that I have mastered in half my life!" he shook his head again, "That's all I can teach you, and the rest is your own creation." ”

Ruinon put down the stick, knelt down on his knees and said, "Thank you for your advice!"