Chapter 4 Inheritance
Shangguan Yi waited for a while, and when he saw that the old man no longer cared about himself, he simply stood up and walked around the peach forest, looking for the thickest peach tree. There are some things that you see but are subconsciously ignored, for example, the thickness of these peach trees is actually about the same, and when Shangguan Yi noticed this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Shangguan Yi glanced at the old man, and secretly slandered, you can't be so embarrassed by the lack of someone to turn over this peach forest, right?
In desperation, Shangguan Yi could only walk back and forth in the peach forest to see if there were any hidden clues, after all, it was not impossible to do it brutely, but he would definitely not be able to withstand it. In the end, Shangguan Yi came to a conclusion, the most distinctive of these peach trees must be the one he was looking for, don't ask why, the bell must be tied to the bell, this puzzle is from the old man, it must be the peach tree he is facing! Asking is good-looking, this tree is a little more beautiful than other peach trees, although judging for this reason, it is a bit too hasty, and Shangguan Yi really can't say why this tree is better than other trees. However, in the case of not being able to find a clue, if he really wants to choose a tree to start digging, he chooses this one, and digs on the sunny side, this kind of groundless thing, if you really want to make a decision, then three points of speculation and seven points of blind guessing, the great thing is to dig a few more times, just help the old man's peach forest loose soil.
Shangguan Yi first took the incense burner and placed it under the peach tree, respectfully put on three incense sticks, and was right, that is, the incense that the younger generation gave to the seniors under the tree, and it was wrong, that was also the intention of the younger generation, but it was not given the right place because of the old man's pit, if you want to blame the old man, it has nothing to do with me, don't blame it.
Shangguan Yi prayed sincerely, took the shovel, and estimated the distance, emmm, it's about a meter away from the tree, right? I rolled up my sleeves and excavated! I saw the shovel move and the earth flew, and Shangguan Yi dug down about half a meter in one go, feeling that there was nothing. Shangguan Yi jumped out, ready to fill in the soil and then dig a hole in a different place, but then he jumped down again and continued to dig, only this time not downward, but to the side, digging a small ditch around the tree, trying to see if there was anything strange, and if there was, it was done, and if not, he would fill in the soil in one breath and then change the place, so that he would not be negligent, hum, I am really a little clever ghost!
Shangguan Yi was digging and digging here, and even hummed a little tune, a strange tune, and the corners of the old man's mouth twitched a little. He originally thought that this kid must not know which peach tree to dig, even if he was lucky to find the right tree, it was easy to miss the box, after all, it only contained a few books, and it was not big, so he dug a pit and buried it again if he couldn't find it, repeating this action, even he would have to dig it out with a lot of effort and feet. After all, the years are unforgiving, where it is buried, and how long it has been buried, he can't remember it clearly. According to this kid's digging method, it is laborious, but according to this situation, he can find something by digging half a circle, is he lucky or really guessed something?
The old man groaned for a while, shook his head with a smile, what do you care about with a child, I just guide him, let him cultivate and enter the door, and it will be over, and it has nothing to do with him in the future. They are all people who have most of their bodies in the ground, and they are still so uncalm, if she knows, I am afraid it will not be funny again.
Shangguan Yi, who didn't know the old man's psychological activities at all, was still digging his small ditch hard, sweating like raindrops, and he was tired enough. Shangguan Yi had just escaped, his body was weak, and he had stayed up for half a night until now, although he had eaten something, he was also a little weak. Shangguan Yi thought about it, if nothing was found after this excavation, this project would be too big, and it would definitely not be possible to do it in one day, and he would have to find a way to solve the problem of food and clothing every day, so he could only dig one or two a day, and he could find every inch of land that had accumulated over time, and he could just exercise his body.
Shangguan Yi was planning his future life, and the shovel in his hand was shoveled down, but this time it was not smoothly inserted into the soil, but there was a sound of gold and iron colliding. Shangguan Yi suddenly became excited, and carefully shoveled off some of the soil on it with a shovel, revealing a flat surface, Shangguan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, okay, looking at this plane, I knew that it was not an iron ore trapped in the ground, it must be something I was looking for, I didn't expect such good luck.
Shangguan Yi secretly rejoiced, but his hands were not idle, and he dug out the box and put it in the place where there was no pile of soil on the other side of the ditch. Then Shangguan Yi hurriedly filled the soil and put on incense again, one was to thank his predecessors for their blessings, and the other was to apologize for disturbing his sleep. The ghosts and gods said that Shangguan Yi naturally didn't believe it, but it was not strange to have many people, and it was safer to be thorough in etiquette, not to mention, for no reason, Shangguan Yi himself was a little overwhelmed in his heart.
Then Shangguan Yi walked to the side of the box and sat on the ground, and it took a lot of effort to get this thing in his hands. This hardship, those who hear it are sad, and those who see it cry, but fortunately, it is finally time to harvest. I don't know what the old man has learned all his life, but don't do anything else, Shangguan Yi opened the box a little nervously, and the four piles of books were lying quietly and neatly inside.
Shangguan Yi's eyes swept away, and the title of the book was printed in his eyes, "Strange Tricks and Tricks", "Governing the Country", "The Tricks of the Soldiers", "Miscellaneous Talks on Martial Arts". Shangguan Yi picked up the first book of the pile of "Miscellaneous Talks on Martial Arts" and flipped through it, put it down, and flipped through the first book of the other piles, and found that the first book was actually something similar to a table of contents, telling the latecomers what was in this pile of books, and what it was probably for, no wonder the name was so concise and to the point.
At this time, the old man came over and said, "Since you have found it, then get ready to practice." I don't care what you want to practice, it's just that you have no experience after all, so I'll give you a few key words. There are actually five piles of books here, and the fifth pile is in the basement, mainly talking about the secrets of the rivers and lakes, and it is not interesting after a long time. These four piles are important things, as long as you integrate the inside of a pile, the world is big, and there will be a place for you. Even if martial arts are specialized in external skills, but it is not desirable, the foundation is internal strength, there are nine kinds of internal skills, the first three kinds of upper grades, the middle three middle grades, and the last three lower grades, each grade is also divided into offensive, moderate and defensive, you choose. The external power is basically matched with the internal power, and the independent ones can be cultivated if they want to, and that's all. Come to me when you've chosen, and I'll show you the way. ”
Shangguan Yi nodded cautiously, the old man said so much is enough, according to his idea, it is to cultivate internal strength first, use it as a foundation, and then cultivate other things, it is equivalent to building something on the foundation, which is naturally stable and faster.
Shangguan Yi closed the box, returned to the house with his things, closed the door with a bang, and then went into the cellar with a familiar way. Money is not exposed, be careful. Besides, this kind of good thing, which is basically a prostitution, is of course to be watched slowly in a secluded and uninhabited place.
Then, someone who seemed to be a villain took out a pile of books on martial arts in the basement, sorted them on the ground according to the catalog, and then put the same set of martial arts into a stack and began to study them.
Shangguan Yi counted, there are nine complete sets of martial arts here, this should be called inheritance, right? After all, if it is of the same origin, it must be better to cultivate, and the power should be greater and more precious. These three doors, "Rotation", "Taoism", "Bodhi", are the upper three doors, and they are also the high-grade exercises in the mouth of the old man, which are biased towards attack, moderation and defense, let yourself choose, you must choose "Taoism", Zhongzheng is peaceful, and has many functions, although the attack and defense power are not superior, but a stable horse, it is definitely the best choice for breaking through the rivers and lakes.
Although he had already made a decision, Shangguan Yi was not in a hurry to cultivate, and continued to look at the others, the middle three doors and the lower three doors are indeed not good, and they are not bad, but even if there are some characteristics, after all, they can't go beyond the scope of the upper three doors, they can only learn from it, and it is impossible to use it as a major martial arts. Shangguan Yi looked at some independent martial arts next to him, "Xingyi Swordsmanship", "Seven Steps and Seven Injuries Fist", "Asking Dao Swordsmanship", "Passing Water Liuhua"... And, why doesn't this book have a name?
Shangguan Yi didn't say a word on the cover of this book, opened the first page, and directly taught you how to practice, and turned to the last page to tell you what useful exercises he had, feeling that he should have found a blind spot.
The old man only said that there are nine kinds of internal strength, but now he has found another one, although according to its description, in the strict sense, it cannot be used as a kind of internal strength, and it is a bit evil, there is no name yet, but everything shows that it is unusual. The old man didn't say it, either he forgot it, or he just didn't want to mention it, and he didn't want to practice this exercise himself. In contrast, Shangguan Yi prefers to believe that it is the second case.
After reading all the martial arts roughly, Shangguan Yi put away everything else, leaving only the "Dao Law" and the unnamed exercises. Although the old man was reluctant to mention this secret book, and he didn't want to cultivate it himself, the old man still put it here, and he didn't say anything about how you can't cultivate this, which means that he feels that he may use it again. So Shangguan Yi chosen, not because the old man felt that he might use it, but because he felt that if he had to do it, with this evil hand of hole cards, he might be able to escape the catastrophe, as for the price or something, it doesn't matter.
After Shangguan Yi chose the exercises, he began to memorize the exercises mantra and try to practice this "Dao Law". Human law and earth, earth law and heaven, heaven law and Tao, Tao law and nature, this internal skill pays attention to a natural nature, no desire and no desire, no quarrel with the world, but it is quite suitable for him.
Shangguan Yi carried it on his back, and suddenly stopped suddenly, he remembered that it seemed that the Shangguan family had a family tradition exercise, Shangguan Yi was very talented in it, when the Shangguan family had no accident, Shangguan Yi cultivated that exercise to the beginning, grandfather, and Zheng Bo were excited, and his father hugged his mother and praised her for giving birth to a good son. After all, Shangguan Yi was four years old at the time. If there were no later events, the Shangguan family would probably be even more prosperous, but the emperor couldn't tolerate such a powerful force under his nose.
Shangguan Yi shook his head and expelled the messy thoughts, there are some things, he will definitely do, but not now. Now the question is, will the internal strength conflict, and then go mad or something? Although he can't feel that kind of feeling of true qi flowing in his body, he is not afraid of 10,000 just in case.
Shangguan Yi was entangled for a moment, and decisively went to find the old man. It was another strenuous way up the mountain, and Shangguan Yi began to slander the old man why he had to live on the mountain, obviously at the foot of the mountain was also very good. However, slander is slander, and you still have to climb.
When it was getting dark, Shangguan Yi finally climbed to the old place, and the old man was still there, holding a chess game in one hand, muttering something. When the old man saw Shangguan Yi coming, he threw the chess pieces back and asked, "Why, can't you make up your mind?"
Shangguan Yi shook his head and said, "I have decided to major in that "Dao Law", but I have encountered a little problem. ”
The old man obviously noticed the heavy word "major" that Shangguan Yi bitten, and was stunned, and asked as if nothing happened: "What is the problem, let me hear it." ”
Shangguan Yi pondered for a moment and decided to tell the truth: "When I was four years old, I started a book of exercises, and then something changed, and my practice was average. However, after waking up, I can't feel the internal force, of course, the main question is whether there will be a conflict of internal strength, go crazy or something?"
The old man stared at him in surprise for a while, there was a little doubt in his eyes, too young children are not suitable for practicing internal strength, this is almost known to the forces with a little background, but again, the sooner the internal strength is practiced, the better, this is also well known. I saw that his body was a little weaker before, but the foundation was still good, and it didn't look like he had cultivated internal strength, so I didn't think about this problem. It's still a bit sloppy to think about it now, but fortunately, this kid is steady and didn't rush forward.
The old man thought for a while, walked to Shangguan Yi's side, grabbed his wrist and examined it, and after a while, said: "You can rest assured that you can cultivate, although you may have really cultivated an internal skill before, but the internal force or something has been dissolved, presumably it has something to do with your previous experience." After thinking about it, he added, "The internal skill of the Dao Law is relatively stable, if you can enter the third layer before the age of ten and completely lay a solid foundation, you can also cultivate other internal skills, but it is best not to be conflicting." ”
Shangguan Yi's anxious heart finally fell back, okay, okay, although the previous cultivation results are gone, but it's not me who practiced anyway, I don't feel distressed, as long as I can practice other exercises. As for what the old man said about entering the third layer before the age of ten and completely laying a solid foundation or something, Shangguan Yi didn't pay attention to it at all. Without him, greedy and chewy, and practicing other exercises, it sounds like a good thing, the road to invincibility is in front of you, but ten birds in the forest is not as good as one bird in hand, as long as I cultivate the "Taoism" to the point of perfection, the world is invincible will definitely not be able to say, walking the rivers and lakes is still possible.