In the center of Yinren Village, the big mansion with five entrances and five exits still stands there, and three years have not left too many traces of this mansion.

Around the mansion, there are several groups of strong men in the village patrolling. Each group consisted of ten strong men, who carried swords around their waists, hats on their heads, and robes.

Young people in the village who have reached the age of 16, both men and women, will enter every post in the village after the "apprenticeship" is over.

Among them, most of those who choose to practice martial arts enter pharmacies, schools, trading houses, or simply open shops, while those who choose to practice martial arts will mostly enter the defense system of the village.

The defense system of the village is roughly divided into strong men, guards in iron clothes, and Jedi guards.

The vast majority of those who have reached the age of sixteen will enter the Zhuang Ding Engagement, which is the so-called Zhuang Ding.

And a very small number of martial artists with excellent performance will directly enter the guard iron suit.

Zhuang Ding will continue to hone himself by completing many tasks issued by the village. Generally, within six years of becoming a strong man, he will pass the assessment and enter the guard iron suit.

The Iron Guards are the backbone of Yinren Village, and each of them is a warrior trained by Yinren Village with huge resources, and their elite iron armor specially made by blacksmiths is a proof of their identity.

The Jedi Guards are the strongest force in the Hidden Villages, and they are selected by the Three Elders from the many guards every year, and so far, there are a total of six Jedi Guards in the entire village, three of whom are subordinate to the village chief, and the remaining three are the personal guards of the Three Elders.

Each of the Jedi guards is a martial artist with high martial arts, and their duty is to break through the desperate situation when they are in a desperate situation.

These Jedi guards, always dressed in white hoods and elaborate leather armor, are hidden in some inconspicuous corners, and they have another layer of identity - Mountain Patrol.

The Jedi Guards were the first members of the Mountain Patrol Team to be formed, and Li Chengtao was the current leader of the Jedi Guards and the leader of the Mountain Patrol Team.

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Yi Xifeng still waved one sword after another in the maple forest, constantly waving, and kept repeating the three steps of drawing the sword, swinging the sword, and returning the sheath.

The wooden sword in his hand was already scarred, and the chaotic sword marks were all over the wooden sword.

The white young man's side was covered with broken leaves, these were all maple leaves that had been cut by Yi Xifeng's sword qi.

Yi Xifeng followed Li Chengtao to learn the "Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind" three years ago, and through more than half a year of special training, his physical fitness, both in terms of instantaneous speed and reaction speed, has been significantly improved.

The boy's body's ability to resist blows and recover has improved rapidly, and he finally barely meets the minimum requirements for learning "Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind".

However, when learning swordsmanship, Li Chengtao and Yi Xifeng both discovered one point: chasing the wind thirteen swords, emphasizing concise and bright moves, body techniques and moves are extremely fast, and there are no superfluous movements.

The young man relied on the method of drinking and resisting strength, constantly improving his reflexes and explosive power, but he could barely use these moves.

However, the connection between the moves could not achieve the smooth effect of Li Chengtao's use of the yin and yang double wheel technique.

Captain Cheng Tao once commented on Yi Xifeng's Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind, "If you continue to practice like this, you can only be regarded as a second-rate swordsman in the end." In fact, there is no need for the young man to say, the white and pure boy has already discovered the existing problems.

It wasn't until two years ago that Yi Xifeng successfully spurred out his sword qi from his internal strength, and he slowly discovered the direction of his kendo development.

The young man's alcohol strength is mainly to improve the recovery ability and adaptability of the body. This also makes his internal strength deep and his recovery speed far beyond ordinary people.

In other words, he can release more sword qi internal energy than an ordinary swordsman, or stack more sword qi internal energy.

The deep internal strength gave Yi Xifeng more sword qi and also gave him more room to practice.

From then on, in addition to asking Li Chengtao for swordsmanship and regular training with Li Chengqian, most of the rest of the time, he would come to this maple leaf forest to practice sword qi.

"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, and the wooden sword in Yi Xifeng's hand was broken into two, which was the second wooden sword that Yi Xifeng used this month.

Looking at the broken sword in his hand, Yi Xifeng muttered, "It's been twenty days since the last time I used the broken wood sword, and it's been two days longer than the last time. A smile appeared at the corner of Yi Xifeng's mouth.

A year ago, when Yi Xifeng first learned to control the sword qi and swing the sword, he used three wooden swords in one day!

The strong internal strength is not easy to control in his body, and it is even more difficult to control after it is released into sword qi.

It was not as easy as it sounded to evenly distribute the sharp sword qi on the surface of the wooden sword!

And this is also the direction that Yi Xifeng has been constantly exploring in the past few years of sword practice, by evenly distributing the sword qi on the blade, in order to enhance the power and sharpness of the moves.

This is also why Li Chengtao's chasing the wind and breaking the shadow slash can use a wooden sword to cut off a big tree that three people hug.

Looking at the broken wooden sword in his hand, Yi Xifeng knew that he still had a long way to go in his kendo practice.

At this time, a swarthy young man came from the village north of the maple leaf forest, this young man looked about the same age as Yi Xifeng, but he was taller and stronger than the white young man.

The boy wore an animal skin cloak around his upper body, a bearskin coat pinned to his waist, and a pair of deerskin boots creaked on the maple leaf floor.

In a blink of an eye, he walked closer, and saw Yi Xifeng sitting alone under the tree practicing his sword, he couldn't help but show a wicked smile, and took out a fine iron straight knife from behind him, and walked towards the other party with a big stab.

Yi Xifeng actually found the other party when the swarthy boy walked into his fifty-meter range. It's not that the boy's perceptual ability has covered fifty meters around him, but that the swarthy boy didn't restrain his aura at all, and he didn't even hide the sound of footsteps.

"Crazy, how boring is it to practice swords by yourself? Accompany me to practice two!" the swarthy young man screamed and slashed at the waist of the white young man.

Yi Xifeng supported the ground with one hand, and touched the other wooden sword at his waist with the other, and at the same time spun around and kicked, kicking on the handle of the opponent's knife, which could force this knife back.

The swarthy young man didn't care when he saw that this knife was easily dodged by Yi Xifeng, and scolded with a smile and slashed at it again. The two of you come and go, and they are very happy.

The two of them fought with each other as just moves, and they didn't use much internal strength, and Yi Xifeng only covered a wisp of sword qi on the wooden sword to resist the confrontation with the fine iron long knife.

The swarthy young man has a deep attainment in swordsmanship, opening and closing between tosses and turns, but he has a basis for advancing and retreating, and never rushes to attack the opponent's flaws, but a knife is faster than a knife, and a knife is stronger than a knife.

At first, the white boy could still resist the attack of the swarthy boy with his fists and feet, but after dozens of moves, both of them also showed their true skills.

Yi Xifeng's swordsmanship is even more weird, the sword moves are extremely simple, they are the most basic splits, slashes, picks, stabs, and teasing, but the grasp of the timing is extremely accurate, which makes the swarthy boy quite stressful.

It wasn't until dozens of moves were made that the swarthy boy gradually stabilized the situation. The two of them fought for nearly half an hour, and the swarthy young man had already taken off his cloak, revealing the dark red leather armor inside, and Yi Xifeng's wooden sword also had a few clear sword marks.

"Hahaha, when will the wind change to a good sword, let's have a good fight. The swarthy boy said with a smile.

"If you have fun, Kuroko, you'll lose the first fifty rounds. Yi Xifeng smiled slightly.

Looking at the little face of the dead friend in front of him, who was flushed by his own words, Yi Xifeng felt very cool inexplicably!

This swarthy boy is Yi Xifeng's first friend after coming to this world-Lin Fenghuo.

In three years, not only did Yi Xifeng grow into an excellent martial arts boy, but Lin Fenghuo's progress was no worse than Yi Xifeng.

Lin Fenghuo was quite annoyed, but in an instant, he laughed and said, "It's really difficult to win you in the first fifty rounds, but after fifty rounds, it's much easier." ”

The white young man frowned slightly, then sighed with a wry smile and said, "Well, that's true. ”

Lin Fenghuo was in the beginning of fifty rounds, and if he wanted to defeat Lin Fenghuo head-on, it was basically impossible with Yi Xifeng's strength now.

And if he wants to defeat the nimble white boy, it will be difficult to do so. It's just that at present, Yi Xifeng's weapon is a wooden sword, and the two fought for hundreds of rounds, and in the end, it should be Yi Xifeng's weapon that was destroyed and defeated.

The two have been friends since childhood, and after this fight, they have some understanding, so the two chatted while walking towards the village to the north.

"Cherish the wind, have you heard? At the beginning of the new year, our village will have a martial arts competition. Lin Fenghuo said with a gossipy face.

"What is that?" Yi Xifeng asked with a move in his heart.

"The martial arts competition is a grand event held every three years in our Yinren Village, and it is also an assessment. Lin Fenghuo said with a smile.

"Assessment?" Yi Xifeng asked as he looked at Lin Fenghuo.

"Yes, generally when we complete our art at the age of twelve, we will follow the seniors in the village for a few years, and then at the age of sixteen, we will enter the village to work as a strong man. They are assessed every three years, and those who pass the assessment can be promoted to the Iron Guard Suit. Each strong man has two chances, which means that he must complete the assessment within six years. Otherwise, they will be removed. Lin Fenghuo took out a date from the blanket around his waist and stuffed it into his mouth.

He found that Yi Xifeng was still looking at him, so he continued: "And the martial arts competition is the main way of this assessment, of course, in addition to the assessment of strong men, the village also wants to discover new talents through the martial arts competition. In the past, there were martial arts teenagers under the age of sixteen who participated in the martial arts competition, and they were admitted to the strong man in advance, and there were even those who directly entered the guard iron suit!"

Yi Xifeng heard Lin Fenghuo say that he could be admitted in advance, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he asked, "Then how to participate in the martial arts competition?"

The young man smiled and said: "I knew that you would definitely want to participate, then, this is an invitation to perform the martial arts competition, it was given to me by the head of Chengqian, he asked me to give you a copy, and asked me to bring you a message." ”

Yi Xifeng squinted his eyes and glanced at Lin Fenghuo, and said curiously: "Say." ”

Lin Fenghuo didn't pay attention to Yi Xifeng's expression, touched his head and said: "Horses are free, if you can't get used to it and can't help it, let the grass and mud horses gallop out!"

Yi Xifeng's eyes widened, stunned, and stared at the swarthy young man.

Lin Fenghuo also stared at him and muttered, "Eh, that's what I said......"

The two were silent for a few seconds......

Under Yi Xifeng's strange eyes, Lin Fenghuo couldn't help but ask: "What does the head of the sect mean?

"Get out! he's the grass and mud horse! his whole family is!" Yi Xifeng shouted nervously.

"Oh, well, I don't think you needed encouragement, you would have participated, hahaha......" The boy laughed heartlessly.

“...... Let's go, Kuroko, let's go home for dinner. Yi Xifeng shook his head with a wry smile and walked towards the village chief's house.