The afterglow of the setting sun spilled into the courtyard, reflecting the faces of the people red. There were two people in the courtyard, and at this moment, an old man who looked quite kind was sitting on a stool with a stick in his hand, and in front of him, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy was holding a cyan sword and kept making a straight stabbing motion.

"Stop!"

The old man suddenly smiled and said, "Okay Fan'er, let's stop here today." ”

The young man handed the sword in his left hand, then walked over to the old man with his right hand, picked up the pot and bowl at the old man's feet, poured a full bowl of water and began to drink.

The old man said: "Fan'er, how is it? For three months, the teacher has only asked you to do these basic movements, and not to teach the rest of the things, do you have any complaints?"

It turned out that this young man was Ma Fan, and the old man who supervised him was Tong Yuan, and it had been three months since Ma Fan began to learn swordsmanship that day.

Ma Fan has read countless novels in his previous life, and there is a lot of information on the Internet, his knowledge is naturally extraordinary, and he knows the importance of the foundation, of course, he will not have any complaints, and countless examples in novels prove that there are very few masters like Duan Yu who do not work hard after all, and Duan Yu is not also unable to control his own skills? And most of the masters are often like Zhang Sanfeng, Qiao Feng, Fu Hongxue and the like, step by step from the simplest foundation to learn, solid hard practice, the accumulated strength, only in this way is the most stable strength. So Ma Fan heard Tong Yuan's words and said: "The disciple has no complaints, if these basic movements are not practiced well, and learning swordsmanship is also in vain, these truths are clear to the disciple." And didn't the teacher say that my senior brothers had to practice the basic movements for three years when they started? Moreover, in addition to the basic movements, the senior brothers also had to squat on the horse, and it was already a lot easier for me not to have to squat on the horse, and the teacher did not have to worry about the disciples being dissatisfied. ”

Tong Yuan said with a smile: "This kid, it's really a director, I think that when I taught your senior brothers, I couldn't make them understand the importance of the foundation, and I had to keep an eye on it every time, and I would be lazy if I wasn't careful, so it was a lot easier to teach you."

When the three of them entered my door, they didn't know anything, so I want them to squat to exercise their bodies, if they don't exercise, some difficult movements can't be done, and squatting horse steps can make the next plate more stable, so I need them to squat for three years horse steps, but when you study with me, you have already passed the foundation building period, the body has been transformed, and there is a true qi assistance, there is no action that can not be done, you are a good material for cultivation, you will definitely take the path of the sword in the future, and it is not much use to be too stable, so naturally there is no need to squat and step on the horse。

Three months ago, I originally wanted you to choose a sword posture to learn, so that you only need to practice a few movements in that kind of sword posture, but I didn't expect you to want to practice several sword styles together, so split, stab, point, teasing, collapsing, intercepting, wiping, piercing, picking, lifting, twisting, sweeping and other actions you need to practice, I see you are hard, I want you to focus on practicing stabbing, interception, picking, Twist four movements, these four movements are practiced a thousand times a day, and the rest of the movements are practiced a hundred times a day, but you insist on practicing each of these movements a thousand times a day, but you have to use this sword weighing more than ten pounds to practice, saying that you can adapt to this sword as soon as possible, and use it more to be able to achieve the unity of human and sword, I understand these truths, and I also know the benefits of your doing this, I am happy to see you practice like this, and I am relieved and worried that your body will not be able to bear it! But seeing that you have persevered for three months now, and you have basically mastered the essentials of these movements, you can rest well tonight, and I will officially teach you swordsmanship from tomorrow. ”

After Ma Fan heard Tong Yuan's words, he was overjoyed, and said happily: "Thank you, teacher!"

After eating some wild fruits casually, Ma Fan went back to his bedroom and sat down, and began to meditate and practice, after all, swordsmanship is just a means to exert his strength, and his true qi cultivation is fundamental, that is the key to how high he can go, whether he can live forever, this primary and secondary Ma Fan is still clear, so no matter how tired he has been every day for the past three months, Ma Fan will spend the night in meditation.

Ma Fan ran the true qi for a few weeks, filled it with the consumption of the day, and after expelling the fatigue in the body, he controlled the bright moon in his brain, and the bright moon fell all the way under Ma Fan's control, but it landed below the chest, and when he was about to enter the dantian, he suddenly rose violently again, and returned to Ma Fan's brain. Although he failed again this time, Ma Fan did not have a trace of loss in his heart, but was secretly happy, because tonight's bright moon was a little lower than yesterday, and it had already rubbed to the edge of the dantian, and he should be able to successfully move this bright moon to the dantian after a few more days. ,

This is the harvest of Ma Fan after three months of perseverance. Ma Fan found that every time he did those basic actions, after reaching the limit, he still gritted his teeth and insisted on the bright moon in his head would tremble, I am afraid that it was because of perseverance and mental power, and then at night Ma Fan was able to shake the bright moon more easily, for three months, Ma Fan already felt that he would soon be able to lower the bright moon into his dantian, and then Ma Fan was in the late stage of the rotation, although he had forgotten to ask what his birthday was, I don't know if he would be fourteen or fifteen years old by then, but Ma Fan thought that even if he was fifteen years old, the cultivation speed should not be too slow for others, Ma Fan is still relatively satisfied with this cultivation speed.

failed to land that bright moon into the dantian, and the true qi in the dantian was already full, and if it was not consumed, it could no longer absorb the spiritual energy in the body, so Ma Fan's cultivation today was over. Look at the darkness outside, the sky is not yet dawn, so Ma Fan lay down, he hasn't slept for a long time, although it doesn't matter whether he sleeps or not during the rotation period, but Ma Fan still likes the feeling of sleeping, as soon as he lay down, Ma Fan felt an indescribable comfortable feeling invaded, maybe this feeling came from the sleeping posture, from the depths of his heart, unconsciously, his eyes gradually narrowed, and he slowly fell asleep.

When Ma Fan opened his eyes again, he found that the sky was already hazy, Ma Fan thought that he would be able to learn advanced swordsmanship today, and soon he was full of expectations for life, as if his whole body was full of energy, he got up, picked up his sword and rushed outside.