Because of the deliberate propaganda of the Fan family, the competition between Chen Ji and Yamamoto Hongichi made a lot of movement. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info not only the Ming martial arts community is paying attention, but also the Japanese martial arts community.

Japan and Daming are separated by the sea, and it is difficult to transmit information. It wasn't until five days before the decisive battle between Chen Ji and Hiroichi Yamamoto that the news reached Japan.

Kuroki Jiro is a personal disciple of Miyamoto Musashi, and his martial arts and swordsmanship have reached the pinnacle of first-class. He got the news that Yamamoto Hiroichi was going to compete with Chen Ji, and immediately reported it to Miyamoto Musashi.

"Master, master, news from Daming. Kuroki Jiro found Miyamoto Musashi, who was working in the field, waved the letter in his hand, and said excitedly.

Miyamoto Musashi is almost fifty-nine years old, but his appearance looks like an old man of seventy or eighty years old.

Miyamoto Musashi calmly took the letter in Kuroki Jiro's hand, and after reading it, he sighed and did not speak.

Kuroki Jiro was a little puzzled and asked, "Master, Yamamoto-kun is going to have a decisive battle with the White Lotus Sect Master of the Ming Dynasty, and with Yamamoto-kun's kendo cultivation, he will definitely be able to kill the White Lotus Sect Master." When the time comes, our Japanese kendo will be famous throughout the Ming Dynasty. That's a great thing. ”

Jiro Kuroki and Koichi Yamamoto have several relationships.

At that time, Kuroki Jiro had just entered Miyamoto Musashi to learn kendo, while Yamamoto Hongichi was a master of art. Miyamoto Musashi saw that Yamamoto Hiroichi was highly talented in martial arts and sincere in kendo, so he instructed him for ten days.

Strictly speaking, Jiro Kuroki and Koichi Yamamoto are still brothers. Ever since Hiroichi Yamamoto went to the Tokai to work as a Japanese koko, Jiro Kuroki has never seen him again.

What I didn't expect was that Yamamoto Hongichi suddenly made such a big name in Daming. Getting the news, Jiro Kuroki was very excited. I can't wait to go to Daming immediately to watch this competition.

Miyamoto Musashi carried a hoe and slowly returned to the kendo hall like an ordinary old farmer.

Kendokan is the dojo of Miyamoto Musashi.

A few years ago, Miyamoto Musashi gave up his life of wealth and wealth to create a dojo in this elegant environment, and lived a simple life of practicing martial arts and farming.

Miyamoto Musashi is known as the Sword Master by the Japanese martial arts community, and kendo has reached an unfathomable realm. In the whole of Japan, I don't know how many people want to learn swords under Miyamoto Musashi. However, not everyone is qualified to enter the Miyamoto Musashi sect to practice.

There are not many disciples in the dojo, only about two dozen. Most of these people who practiced in the kendo hall were the children of eunuchs and wealthy families, and only a few were extremely talented people who were personally accepted by Miyamoto Musashi. Among them, Kuroki Jiro is one of the few highly gifted disciples.

"Master......"

Seeing that Miyamoto Musashi didn't speak, Kuroki Jiro was a little apprehensive in his heart, he couldn't guess the master's thoughts.

Hiroichi Yamamoto challenged the White Lotus Sect Master and made a name for himself in Japanese kendo and the samurai in Japan, which is a good thing. Why didn't the master look happy?

Miyamoto Musashi put down his hoe, sat down, and then said slowly, "Kuroki, don't be too happy. Hiroichi Yamamoto challenged White Lotus Sect Leader Chen Ji, and I was not optimistic about him. ”

"The Ming martial arts world is not as simple as you think, the water inside is too deep. There are several thousand-year-old sects that I know. The White Lotus sect originated from the Pure Land sect of Buddhism, and later incorporated various ideas such as Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism as its teachings. Although the White Lotus Sect is only a few hundred years old, their martial arts background is no worse than those thousand-year-old sects. ”

"The essence of martial arts in the Ming martial arts world has been continuously improved and developed through thousands of years of Chinese civilization. The most essential part is not the sword technique, not the fist and foot fighting, but the secret method of the inner family. It's a pity that our Japanese martial arts, which focus too much on attack and killing, have lost our balance. ”

It can't be long enough, and no matter how fierce the attack is, there are times when it is weak. Miyamoto Musashi could even guess that if Yamamoto Hiroichi couldn't kill Chen Ji quickly, then he would definitely die.

Chen Ji took over the challenge of Yamamoto Hongichi, and his martial arts were naturally not low. To say that Chen Ji can't stop the first phase of Yamamoto Hongichi's attack, Miyamoto Musashi definitely doesn't believe it.

Kuroki Jiro was not convinced: "Master, Yamamoto-kun was already a grandmaster ten years ago, and his sword was as fast as lightning, how could he lose to Chen Ji? Chen Ji is just a teenager." ”

Miyamoto Musashi shook his head and said, "Kuroki, you don't understand. It is precisely because Chen Ji is still a teenager that I feel that Yamamoto Hongichi has no hope of winning. Hehe, young grandmaster, it's terrifying to think about. ”

If Chen Ji was a middle-aged man, Miyamoto Musashi might still have hope for Yamamoto Hongichi.

Kuroki Jiro listened to Miyamoto Musashi's words, and finally reacted, his face changed slightly: "Young Grandmaster......"

Young Grandmaster, what these four words represent, Kuroki Jiro will not understand.

Kuroki Jiro said: "Master, so to speak, White Lotus Sect Master Chen Ji, like you, is also at the age of a weak crown, and can compete with the grandmaster?"

Miyamoto Musashi said: "Chen Ji and I are definitely different. When I was young, I didn't have the secret method of the inner family, so I consumed too much life potential and left too many secret wounds. Chen Ji is a disciple of the peerless master of the Ming Dynasty, the White Crane Daoist, he has a profound inner secret method, which can be described as unlimited potential, and the road to martial arts is bright. In the future, Chen Ji is likely to become a terrifying existence like Dharma, Wang Chongyang, and Zhang Sanfeng. ”

"Back then, I fought Sasaki Kojiro and became famous in one fell swoop, and I was called the Sword Master by the Japanese martial arts community. But I know that my martial arts path has come to an end. In the last few years, my health has been getting worse and worse, and if it weren't for the Indian yoga technique, I might have died. ”

Kuroki Jiro said sadly: "Master, you are a Japanese sword master, and you are a master of swordsmanship, you will definitely be able to live a long life." ”

A long life of 100 years is nothing to a clever inner martial artist. Except for those who were killed, which one of them did not live to be 100 years old? A great master like Zhang Sanfeng lived to be 150 or 60 years old.

But Miyamoto Musashi is different, he wants to live to be eighty years old, which is an extravagant hope.

"Hiroichi Yamamoto is a samurai with a great talent for swordsmanship. It's a pity that he, like me, made a fatal mistake, that is, he pursued the lethality of kendo too much and neglected the tempering of internal strength and blood. ”

Miyamoto Musashi glanced at Kuroki Jiro: "Kuroki, you are the most talented in martial arts among the young people I have ever met. I can only teach you kendo, but I can't give you really advanced inner exercises. I want you to read more Buddhist scriptures, which is to calm your mind, and I hope you can understand the subtlety of the unity of Zen and martial arts. ”

"If you have the opportunity, go to India, go to Daming, there are very advanced and subtle breathing secret methods and inner exercises, as long as you can learn one, you will be of infinite use. Maybe you have a chance to step into the pinnacle of martial arts. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance. ”

Kuroki Jiro looked serious and said firmly: "Master rest assured, I will definitely go to India, go to Daming, and bring back to Japan all the profound breathing secret methods and internal strength secret methods there." ”