Chapter 180: Stone Sword
Time passed slowly, the red sun gradually rose, and the middle grandson Xuanhua and Shanrou outside the thatched house, thinking about the success or failure of the landing Yunzhou, also had distracting thoughts, and from time to time aimed in the direction of the thatched house, it was difficult to devote himself to sword practice.
Finally, Lu Yunzhou slowly exhaled a breath, opened his eyes, and showed a happy smile.
Not only was his internal strength completely restored, but there was even a trace of obvious growth!
This "Body Forging Technique" is simply amazing, not only can it temper the body and make the body stronger, but it can also help the internal force to improve!
"Xiaoyu, you...... Succeeded?"
Cao Qiudao's voice in surprise came from the side, and Lu Yunzhou glanced at his master, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Master, I succeeded, and I feel that the muscles in my legs seem to have become stronger!"
"Hmm. Cao Qiudao responded, noncommittal, got up from the couch, and his majestic body cast a large shadow in the room, enveloping Lu Yunzhou who was sitting on the ground.
Lu Yunzhou hurriedly sat up from the ground and looked at Cao Qiudao.
saw Cao Qiudao take out a large wooden box from the corner of the room and put it on the table.
"Xiaoyu, open it and take a look!"
"Yes, Master!"
Lu Yunzhou walked over and opened the wooden box, only to see a two-handed sword lying quietly inside--- which was actually carved from stone!
For the same volume, iron has nearly four times the mass of stone, so this stone sword must be made very large in order to be weighty.
"The casting of the heavy sword will take a few days to complete, these days, you will practice with this stone sword, and you will weigh the weight first!"
"Yes, Master!"
Lu Yunzhou was a little excited in his heart, and a little moved, this stone sword looked like it was made of nature, the stones on the hilt of the sword were integrated, and the surface was polished very smooth, which was easy to hold, Cao Qiudao must have put a lot of effort into helping him build this stone sword!
Lu Yunzhou put his hand into the wooden box, held the hilt of the sword, and lifted the stone sword up with a slight force.
The stone sword was heavy in his hand, and Lu Yunzhou exerted his strength with one hand, although he could pick it up, but he tried to swing it slowly twice, but his hand immediately became a little sore, so he changed it to holding it with both hands, which was barely able to swing it freely, but it was very difficult.
"The weight of this stone sword is ten catties, since you want to practice heavy sword swordsmanship, then start with ten catties!"
Lu Yunzhou knew it, no wonder this stone sword was so heavy, it turned out to be ten catties.
The average sword in this era is only three or four catties, and in fact, the real cold weapons in history are generally only two to four catties. The longest Germanic two-handed sword (or flame-shaped sword) in the West is two meters long, and the heaviest unearthed is just over six kilograms. The two-handed war hammer is only about ten pounds. The ancient Chinese hammer (Guduo) weighed only five to ten catties. The iron hammer of the Song army in the Fujian Museum is no more than 3.6 kilograms.
For example, Guan Yu's eighty-two-pound Qinglong Yanyue knife in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was made up of novels, in fact, the Qinglong Yanyue knife was only invented in the Song Dynasty.
Ancient Chinese documents (even the official history) often exaggerated the weapons of a certain military general as tens of catties, or even nearly a hundred catties, mainly because these people who compiled history were civil officials and did not understand war at all. Of course, exaggerating the weight of the weapons used by military generals also has the intention of beautifying the characters, but in real history, these are not actually true.
In other words, the stone sword in Lu Yunzhou's hand now is equivalent to the weight of the heaviest war hammer in the cold weapon.
Of course, martial arts masters are still different from ordinary generals, at least Lu Yunzhou believes that this stone sword is placed in Cao Qiudao's hand, and it can make a circle turn freely with one hand!
Lu Yunzhou felt struggling, and it had something to do with the fact that he was still underage, and his fifteen-year-old body had not fully grown up after all!
"Xiaoyu, you hold the stone sword, try the second picture!" Cao Qiudao watched Lu Yunzhou pick up the stone sword, and his eyes began to become eager.
"Yes, Master!"
Lu Yunzhou nodded in response, the second picture of "Forging the Body Technique" is a posture of holding an object.
At that moment, he took another step to stabilize the plate, and then raised the stone sword, holding his hands flat in front of his chest.
This posture was very difficult, Lu Yunzhou's hands suddenly felt very sore, but he still struggled to support it, and began to run the internal force in the meridians of his arms according to the description of the second picture, and then started from the palms of his hands and the acupoints of the palace, and hid the internal force in the acupoints of his hands and arms little by little.
In this process, Lu Yunzhou's hands and arms also emitted a soaring white gas, and Lu Yunzhou, who was concentrating on his exercises, couldn't see it, but Cao Qiudao could see it.
As he advanced one by one, Lu Yunzhou felt that his palms were more powerful, and his arms seemed to be a little easier, but this time the internal force was pushed under his shoulders and then exhausted.
Lu Yunzhou put the stone sword on the ground, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate to recover, sure enough, when he meditated this time, when the internal force ran to the meridians of the arm, it began to grow significantly and became smoother. After Zhou Tian's operation was completed, Lu Yunzhou felt that the internal force in his body had increased again.
Lu Yunzhou opened his eyes suddenly, couldn't wait to bounce up from the ground, picked up the stone sword, held it with both hands, and began to swing it, sure enough, after the strength in his hand increased slightly, he swung a little less sluggishly, and became more comfortable!
"Master, I feel the strength in my hands getting stronger!"
Lu Yunzhou looked at Cao Qiudao excitedly.
Cao Qiudao smiled and nodded, but the look of doubt in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
After a long time, looking at Lu Yunzhou, who was still excited, constantly holding the stone sword and gesturing in place, Cao Qiudao spoke: "Xiaoyu, do you know that I and your senior brother Bian are very different from you when we are cultivating the Body Forging Technique. ”
"Huh?" Lu Yunzhou stopped in surprise, and when he saw Cao Qiudao's solemn expression, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Could it be that the practice is wrong?
Cao Qiudao frowned and said: "When we practice this exercise, the growth of strength is very difficult, often after practicing for several months, the body will be slightly strengthened, originally Dongshan and I thought that it was because the threshold of this exercise was too high, it would be very difficult to cultivate, but seeing that you can achieve it so easily, as a teacher, I now feel that it may be our previous cultivation, and we can't do it!"
"What?" Lu Yunzhou's eyes widened, and he said strangely, "So, how do Master and Senior Brother Bian cultivate?"
Cao Qiudao nodded, and began to demonstrate as he spoke.
"Take the first picture, for example. ”
Cao Qiudao took a standard horse step and said, "When we are cultivating, we will use our minds to strengthen acupuncture points one by one, until the acupuncture points of the whole body have been strengthened. This process is very slow, and often an acupuncture point needs to be infused with the mind for several months before it feels a little numb. And when you were cultivating, your body quickly changed, and white qi began to emerge from your body, and these situations had never appeared when you were cultivating for your teacher and Dongshan!"