Yuancheng has an outer city wall.

Before Nanshang was not Nanshang, Shu occupied about the territory of today's twenty-two counties.

Yuancheng is a city on the fortress of Shu Kingdom, covering a huge area, the city wall is extremely high, and there is a moat with a depth of 100 meters and a width of 10 meters.

Now that Nanshang has destroyed the Northern Qi, the defense of this fortress is not necessary, and the suspension bridge is across the moat all day long, and people from all walks of life come and go on it.

Sometimes there are too many people, and there will be extradition boats going back and forth on the moat, but it is a prosperous scene.

Luo Liangqiu and the others probably traveled in a carriage for another three days before they saw the magnificent giant city of Yuancheng from afar, which was quite spectacular.

After entering Yuancheng, Luo Liangqiu found that the previous Maple Leaf City was not even as good as a fart compared to this.

For example, just like the overcrowded streets like Maple Street before, Yuancheng must have at least four or five.

The Qinglou Goulan that impressed Luo Liangqiu was considered big in his eyes, okay, but in Yuancheng, there is not only one, and all of them are more generous and extravagant than those in Maple Leaf City, and it is not too much to say that it is the difference between pheasants and phoenixes.

With the experience of the last time, this time Luo Liangqiu had already found an inn, just like in Maple Leaf City, took out a handful of gold beads from his arms, and then handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's face turned a little ruddy, and he treated Luo Liangqiu and the four of them as masters, which attracted a lot of attention.

There are those who are surprised, those who are envious, those who are jealous, and those who have bad intentions.

This made the gray-clothed swordsman Jiujiu cry and laugh.

The tree is a big wind.

Then the four of them began a tour of Yuancheng.

In the process, they passed through many places, such as the watchtower, the city lord's mansion, the inner city wall, and some places were guarded by regular soldiers wearing armor and knives.

Although I saw that some of the guards were napping, some were chatting, and some were still drinking and gambling.

I heard Jiujiu say that most of the places guarded by soldiers were the grain roads, tunnels, and secret passages in the city when the war was fought back then, in short, they were secret places related to the military.

Jiujiu also said, don't look at those soldiers staggering one by one, but if someone leans over without knowing whether they are alive or dead, and tries to enter those forbidden places, they will definitely not hesitate to pull out their swords and cut them, and they will not say a word to you.

That's really a royal concession, first cut and then play.

Besides, the gambling houses in this Yuan City are really the most numerous cities in the forty-seven counties of Tiannan, with small streets and alleys, legal and illegal, large and small, and countless others.

There are many gambling houses, and there are naturally many gamblers.

Those gamblers who got rich overnight became rich and became rich, but after all, they were all a minority, most of the gamblers lost their families, and even lost their wives and children to others as bets, so they became vagabonds, hiding in all kinds of dark and damp alleys, barely surviving.

Sometimes, they can eat two meals a day, which they call God's blessing.

So what's the point of being alive?

But as long as people can live, who is willing to die? Or who has the courage to die? People don't want to die.

So these bad guys lived in secret, ate and waited for death.

Ordinary people are forced to do everything in a hurry, and what about those of them who struggle to survive?

When passing by the narrow and dense dark corners, Luo Liangqiu felt eyes staring at them more than once, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour.

Jiujiu felt those gazes, and said lightly: "In this world, under prosperity, they are all ruined, and the corners of the streets that are clean and tidy on the surface are actually dirty. Although everyone in this world is not all bad people, but it is inevitable that the yin qi is too strong now, so don't easily run to a place with few people at night, maybe there will be some lonely ghosts, evil demons and monsters will jump out for you to eat, after all, there are people on the official road in broad daylight who dare to block the road and rob people, and disregard people's lives. ”

He sighed as he spoke.

Luo Liangqiu looked at the gray-clothed man with his arms and a sword and smiled: "What are you afraid of?

Jiujiu laughed loudly when he heard this, and replied: "Xiaoqiu, there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, it is better to be careful in everything." ”

Luo Liangqiu looked at the sword in his arms and said, "In that case, Jiujiu, you have a martial arts mastery, it's not too much to teach us one or two moves, right?"

Jiujiu looked at Luo Liangqiu in front of him, the two of them had become familiar with each other in the past two days, and they also had some understanding of this young man in white, but he didn't expect him to fight this ghost idea, so he smiled and said, "Why not?"

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Luo Liangqiu spent a lot of money, and even the back courtyard of the inn was wrapped.

He thought about what Shen Ye said, "The rivers and lakes are the affairs of the rivers and lakes", but there is also some truth, although he is physically strong, he does not know any martial arts moves, and the fight is a straight Wang Baquan and a random hammer, which is quite unsightly.

On the road in the past few days, he watched Jiujiu's swordsmanship play a handsome one, and thought that if he could practice so many moves, wouldn't it be beautiful?

Shen Ye also had some thoughts about this.

So at this time, the two of them sat cross-legged in front of Jiujiu, waiting to be taught.

Jiujiu didn't want to fool these two teenagers casually, just teach two tricks and be done, people like Luo Liangqiu, who are so generous, like showing off their wealth, he sees it in his eyes, if this really makes the villains target, look at his powerless appearance, he can't let people chop into eight petals?

So he started to talk about the theory first, so that the two teenagers in front of him could understand what they were practicing.

Jiujiu then asked, "Do you two know what a 'sword' is?"

Luo Liangqiu didn't think about it, picked up a blunt-edged wooden sword that had been sharpened, held it horizontally in front of him, and replied, "This is the 'sword'." ”

Jiujiu smiled slightly, nodded slightly, and said, "This is indeed a 'sword'." ”

Then he asked, "Then what is 'swordsmanship'?"

Shen Ye thought for a while, a little unsure, and replied, "The move to use the sword?"

Jiujiu nodded again and said with a smile: "That's right, that's right, that's right, then...... I have one more question, what is ...... 'kendo'?"

Kendo?

Luo Liangqiu and Shen Ye frowned, they had indeed heard the word kendo, whether it was the secular realm or the cultivation realm.

Speaking closely, the people they know, such as Xiao Lingwei, who is the first in kendo talent on Rouge Peak, and the second person who is cold like water, are all outstanding.

It's far away, the sword saint Mucheng Kendo that has been in the cultivation world for hundreds of years today can be said to have reached a realm that has never been seen before or since, and it is said that he closed the death pass thirty years ago, and he wanted to cut off his fate and break through to the immortal realm, but there is no news so far, and I don't know what happened.

There is also an existence that can be compared with the Sword Saint, who was called the peerless double pride on the sword path by the cultivation world back then, that is, the sword demon Wu Zhi who went mad and fell into the evil path.

Someone once asked Sword Saint Mu Cheng what he thought of Wu Zhi's entry into the evil way, and Sword Saint Mu Cheng did not hesitate, nor was he worried about how much impact he would have on a demon path giant in such a high esteem, and said: "Although I have practiced kendo fifty years earlier than Wu Zhi, this person's kendo is far above me in terms of cultivation talent and understanding. ”

So after that, the cultivation world launched a siege that was enough to go down in history, called the "Battle of Folding the Sword", sacrificing a Pure Realm power, and at least five or more masters of the Separation Realm, and finally Wu Zhi was killed by Gu Liangzhi of Lei Fa Tang.

It was the second time in the cultivation world that the Tiannan and Tianbei cultivation sects had joined forces, hating the same enemy and thinking the same, and one could imagine how terrible Wu Zhi was back then.

Back to business.

Although Luo Liangqiu knew these past stories about kendo figures, if he really wanted to ask him what kendo was, he couldn't answer.

Jiujiu saw that the two teenagers in front of him were embarrassed, so he smiled and said, "Kendo, in layman's terms, is the path taken by the sword. ”

Luo Liangqiu was puzzled, and only listened to Jiujiu continue: "Those who practice swords pay attention to a 'unity of man and sword', and the sword is raised by people, so the path taken by the sword is the path taken by people." ”

"For example, I have a friend in Tianbei, this person is indecisive and hesitant in trouble, so his swordsmanship is mainly defensive, like a soft wind like water, the attack is insufficient, and the code is more than enough. ”

"I also have a friend who is from this Morning Tooth County, he is really enthusiastic, full of resentment, and he is also a hero, although his swordsmanship is wide open and close, but in terms of details, it is also exquisite, each sword is just right, it can be described as indomitable, thunderous. ”

After Jiujiu finished speaking, Shen Ye thought for a moment and said to him, "So, everyone's kendo is unique?"

Jiujiu nodded and continued: "That's right, the influence of kendo on swordsmanship is also great, when you really find your own swordsmanship, the so-called swordsmanship moves, such as pushing a boat down the river, naturally know how to make a sword." ”

"Do you remember the first question I asked? What is a 'sword'? What Xiao Qiu said is right, that wooden sword is also a sword, but it is a tangible sword, and the real supreme secret of the way of the sword is to cultivate the 'invisible sword'. ”

"The sword is in the heart, it is the heart of the sword, there is no sword in the hand, it is better than a sword, falling leaves and flying flowers, all are weapons. ”

"This is the invisible sword. ”

As he spoke, he straightened his arm and flicked his index finger lightly, only to see a powerful sword qi, as if it were substance, passing Luo Liangqiu's ears in an instant.

Bang.

Behind Luo Liangqiu, the hundred-year-old tree in the courtyard that was surrounded by three people exploded and was directly pierced.

When Luo Liangqiu still had a faint whistling sound in his ears, a strand of his hair had slowly fallen to the ground.

Jiujiu withdrew his hand and said with a smile:

"When you cultivate Kenshin,"

"In the snap of a finger,"

"The sword qi has spread three thousand miles away. ”