Tibetan Army Cave

"Okay, all of our people have retreated into the Tibetan army cave, there is only one small road at the entrance here, no matter how strong the military army is, it can't attack it, no matter how many masters there are, you can only stare at it, Sado, look at how many brothers we have injured this time to lure the enemy. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"King Yi, there are not many casualties this time, most of the brothers have retreated, but Lin Batu sent people to block the entrance to the Tibetan army's cave, and it seems that he intends to consume it with us. ”

"Hehe, I have a month's worth of food in this cave, and if we consume it, then it will be consumed until he dies. ”

Armed army battalion

"Master Lin, what have you arranged, let us have a bottom in our hearts, there are still ten days of food left in the army, and the valley mouth is blocked, you don't storm the Tibetan army cave, but fortify it at the entrance of the cave, as if you are afraid that they will fight out. ”

"It's been three days, and it's almost time to calculate, they should also find out that something is wrong at this time, and the order goes down, the Tibetan army's cave entrance guards must not be relaxed, don't let them rush out, and the Gukou defenders are ready to deal with the strong attack of the Yi army. ”

"Master Lin, Uncle Lin, I have passed on the military orders, you can open the lid, according to what you said, you will start fighting immediately, you are not afraid of leaking at this time, right?"

"Hehe, come, let's enter the military tent. Lin Batu took a few steps out and turned around and said with a smile: "Qiu Yuqing, take off your whole body armor, what do you look like, I really think I am a general, and I am not tired and panicked these days." ”

"Qiu Yuqing" smiled and took off his armor, revealing a completely different face, which was Captain Wang in the Armament Division.

Lin Batu propped his hands on the case and explained the tactical arrangement to everyone.

At that time, when he heard that King Yi was stationed in the Valley, Lin Batu knew that it must be a bait, the Valley was easy to enter and difficult to get out, and it was clearly a trapped place, but this bait was too fat, and he was reluctant to eat it.

Since King Yi is in the valley, there must be a place in the valley that can be held, since you know, it will be easy to do, and it is naturally impossible for a large team of people to investigate, but Lin Batu can enter the valley at night alone, but he can be unaware.

After several investigations, the secret of the Tibetan Army Cave was discovered, how could Lin Batu, who had space in hand, be polite, and took away seventy percent of the reserves in one go, except for the top layer or the real thing, the bottom was all empty.

Just in case, Lin Batu sent Qiu Yuqing Ji Rumeng to take people out on patrol every day, 500 people went out, 400 people returned, and within five days, Qiu Yuqing hid a detachment of 1,000 people outside. Even if the desperate plan fails, King Yi has another follow-up, and thousands of people are outside the valley, and the two sides can fight in the same way, and they can also meet the military army in the valley.

And Captain Wang was arranged by Lin Batu to replace Qiu Yuqing, so as not to be seen as flawed, his body shape and voice are similar to Qiu Yuqing, and he has a set of armor all over his body.

And once the king of Yi runs out of food, either he will attack outward, this road has been blocked by Lin Batu, he can't attack it, or he will summon the Yi army outside the valley to come to the rescue, Lin Batu is divided into two roads at this time, and the people and horses are waiting at the mouth of the valley, once the Yi army outside the valley leaves the defense area and enters the valley, Qiu Yuqing's detachment can take over the valley, and the two phases are sandwiched, and it is difficult for the Yi army to enter the valley to be undefeated.

Of course, Lin Batu still concealed the matter of space, and only said that he destroyed part of the grain and grass after sneaking in.

The process of things is as Lin Batu designed, at this time, the people of King Yi have already discovered that the grain storage in the cave of the Tibetan army has been stolen, and they also understand why the battle of Gukou has more injuries and fewer deaths, and people just don't want to reduce their mouths to eat.

King Yi was exhausted and vomited blood, so he had to order someone to send a signal to tell Gu Wai that he couldn't hold on.

"It's only been three or four days, how can Gu Nei not be able to hold on?"

But things are already like this, and they can only take one step at a time, the Yi army at the mouth of the Yunwuling Valley is tentatively attacking the valley, but as soon as Lin Batu enters the valley, he arranges people to build fortifications, and the Armament Division is not only well-equipped, the quality of the personnel is high, and now it also occupies the geographical advantage, and is not in a hurry to fight, what is anxious is the Yi army outside the valley, it can be said that the time and place are favorable, and the people are all occupied, how can the Yi army break through the blockage.

The signal for help from the king of Yi in the valley was not destined to be sent, and the military division who was firmly guarding outside the valley had no choice but to abandon the camp and rush into the valley with all the staff, trying to contact the compatriots in the cave of the Tibetan army, and attacking the enemy before and after.

"Damn, these guys are so well fortified that they can't even do it, come in, and smoke poison. ”

The military captain on the defensive, looking through a booklet in his hand, muttered to find "Poisonous Smoke", and looked through it for a while, "There is fog in the enemy formation, it is likely to be poisonous smoke, all of them have it, put on the mask assigned by General Lin, crush the small porcelain bottle under his hair, put the pill into the kettle, stir, okay, wet the mask." ”

Seeing the armed army coming and going freely in the smoke, the Yi army was at a loss, "Damn, the poisonous smoke is actually ineffective, put rockets, release rockets, they are just a kettle, there is not so much water to extinguish the fire, fast, fast, fast." ”

"The enemy has released rockets, hehe, open the piece of heart iron behind the armor, stupid, isn't there a crack on it, open it, assemble it, yes, use it, shovel soil to extinguish the fire." ”

"Damn, you still brought shovels with you during the battle? "A group of big men who practiced the outer door exercises put ropes on the stones and waved them. Catapults, just kidding, how could such a bulky and high-end siege equipment appear in the hands of the Yiren. The Guizhou region is full of cottages, there are no fortified cities, the Yi people are at war with each other, and there has never been a real battle.

"Stone throwing??unscrew the shelf, pick it up, wrap the rope up, fix, yes, this is a net, the big stone of the catapult can't be blocked during the war, but these barbarians artificially threw the stones, hehe, enough, I said where did the head of Lin come from so many ghost doorways, when I was preparing for the armament, I was still laughing at him, there was everything, and now it seems that it can really be used. The captain flipped through the manual in his hand, and he didn't know what was in his head about this Lin Batu, these barbarian and strange methods could find a solution in the manual, and he only used twelve out of tenth.

Taniguchi's Yi army attacked for two hours, but there was no progress at all, and no matter what method came up with, the Wu army seemed to have expected it and could come up with a corresponding response.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, these Yiren troops under his command said that they were armies, but after all, they were not battle-hardened soldiers, and their personal martial arts were okay, but the battlefield response was insufficient.

"After a day of fighting, I didn't get in, and these thieves who came this time are really difficult to deal with. ”

"Anyway, we survived, and now the king is trapped inside, and if he is killed, we will have to go back to be villagers, alas. ”

"It's good to be able to go back, I think of the hot potato soup, my stomach is getting hungrier and hungrier, Arrow, I don't know what food is prepared in the barracks today. ”

"It's almost there, just smell the smell and know, this taste, I'm afraid it's barbecue, and I'm blessed today." Hey. ”

A Luo's nose is indeed very smart, Yizhai in Taniguchi is holding a super-large barbecue bonfire party, the organizer, Liuzhou Wubei Division, the host, Qiu Yuqing, and the food on the grill is the personnel left behind in Yizhai.

When the front line was in full swing, Qiu Yuqing led a thousand ambush soldiers to attack here, with a heart of calculation or unintentional, soon, the remaining soldiers of the village were not able to resist, all were destroyed, the camp was also burned by a fire, burned thoroughly, all the materials and equipment, all were burned to the ground, and even the corpses all over the ground became the fuel of the fire.

"I didn't expect that I, Fu Jianzhi, have always been good at calculation, and this time I would lose in the hands of a fledgling little guy, and lose so badly. "The masked master of the Yiren army saw that the camp was burned from afar, and an army was in the way, and he didn't understand that all his actions were in the calculation of the opponent.

Although the Yiren were brave, but after a day of vicious fighting, tired and hungry, walked here, their legs were already like lead, the camp in front of them was burned down again, and the enemy army was waiting for them, and suddenly there was a riot, Fu Jianzhi reluctantly borrowed his personal prestige to suppress the chaos, who knew that Lin Batu with people and horses in the back had been falling not far away, and when he saw that the road ahead was blocked, he accelerated to follow.

"It's over, this time the vitality of the Yiren forces in Guizhou has been greatly damaged, and I am afraid that I will not be able to recover in three or five years, and my hard work in the past few years will be ruined. Since there is nothing to do, he can only find a way out, Fu Jianzhi's body moved, and he rushed forward, extremely fast, and no one could stop the martial army in front of him.

"Da Fengyun Flying Method, this is the master of the Demon Sect, Qiu Shaoxia be careful, don't fight hard. The martial artist in the back shouted, he didn't expect that this time there was a shadow of the Demon Sect in it.

Qiu Yuqing shook the Liuhe gun, and he had already caught up, Fu Jianzhi turned his hand and punched out "Slashing the Long Whale" and "Driving a Thousand Flags", "Thunderbolt Boxing? A lieutenant beside Qiu Yuqing exclaimed.

"This man is not small, these two punches are indeed extremely powerful, I am not his opponent, but to block him, I can still do it. Qiu Yuqing gritted his teeth, but still unfolded his marksmanship to block it.

"Pangolin", "Windward Hook", "Phoenix Nodding", the strong enemy is current, Qiu Yuqing once used the three tricks in the Liuhe gun, the three types of the chain were completed in one go, and Lin Batu, who caught up behind, couldn't help but shout Okay, these three styles are used well, even if you use this set of marksmanship, it's nothing more than that.

"Boy, your marksmanship is good and promising, provided you survive. But the difference between the skills of the two is too far, although Qiu Yuqing blocked these two punches, he has been shocked to the ground of unsteady steps, this is still the consequence of Qiu Yuqing's hard practice of vomiting techniques day and night, and the internal force has been a small success, Fu Jianzhi saw that the opponent was not supported, and accelerated forward, punching left and right, which made Qiu Yuqing miserable.

"I can, I can hold on, you can't beat me. As long as the opponent slows down a little, the medicine in his mouth will help Qiu Yuqing to get back to something, so that he can better catch the next move, although Qiu Yuqing is embarrassed, he still supports it.

"It's evil, how many years have I not been out of the rivers and lakes, the world is in chaos, I can't even clean up such a kid? Fu Jianzhi couldn't believe it, this kid in front of him, with all his skills, was obviously just entering the rank, not even the Xuan level, and he was a dignified master, but he couldn't take it for a while, there was such a strange thing?

Qiu Yuqing couldn't support it anymore, and was knocked away by a punch of the Liuhe gun, but the will to fight still did not collapse, he rolled on the spot, rolled with the most humiliating move lazy donkey, avoided Fu Jianzhi's most powerful blow, and when he fell to the ground, he was still looking at the Quartet, and he rolled to the side of the Liuhe gun, picked up the gun and put on a defensive stand.

"I don't believe it, this little ghost is so difficult, it's not good, there are reinforcements. Fu Jianzhi struggled to attack a few more moves, and suddenly there was one more person in front of him, and he was startled and retreated.

After receiving a few moves from the other party, he suddenly saw Fu Jianzhi leaping backwards, and at the same time felt a hand on his shoulder, and was about to hit with a backhand, when a familiar voice came: "Qiu Yuqing, well done, I am proud of you." I'll leave the rest to Master. ”

Qiu Yuqing and Fu Jianzhi fought each other, life and death several times, but finally got time, Lin Batu took the first step, had already arrived, and took a few moves that Fu Jianzhi pursued, and after the two of them attacked randomly, they both jumped away, and each was amazed by the other's martial arts.

"Lin Batu, the leader of this battle, I can't imagine that you are so young, your internal skills are so profound, and the power of your palm and claw skills is not weak, you are very strong, and you can be regarded as a master. ”

"Fu Jianzhi, a master of the Demon Sect, one of the five elders, the instigator of the chaos, his fists are powerful, his moves are sharp, and he is really powerful, but compared to the black whirlwind, it is far behind. ”

The two of them exchanged for a moment, and Wu Sheng and the others had already arrived: "Master Lin don't underestimate the enemy, Fu Jianzhi is also one of the five elders of the Demon Sect, and his martial arts are extremely high, let's use the Fish and Dragon Dance to deal with him." ”

"The Shengdan of the Liyuan Club is ugly, hehe, okay, I've always wanted to learn your formation, this time, I can give it a try. ”

"I advise you not to try, even the boxing bully Black Whirlwind was repelled by Master Lin with a fish and dragon formation, your five elders of the Demon Sect are powerful, but dare to compare with the Seven Uniques?"

Fu Jianzhi said: "I knew that there were masters in the Yi people who helped kill the people of the Wu Bei Division, the boxing tyrant Black Whirlwind, there is indeed such a number one person among the Seven Uniques, I heard that it is indeed the Yi people, and the possibility of him helping the Yi people is indeed the greatest, with his force, he can indeed kill all the masters of the Wu Bei Division, but this time Lin Batu and they were not injured, and Tsing Yi said such a personal name, I'm afraid it's not fake, by the way, just after Lin Batu and I fought against me, it did say that it was far worse than the Black Whirlwind, can they really repel the Seven Uniques?"

Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out, Fu Jianzhi thought carefully, before and after pushing, the details were right, and he knew that this thing was true, and the seven were all in vain, I was just a demon sect five elders, what was there to be ashamed of if I lost, I was not afraid last time, but if I took a risk, I would throw myself down if I didn't do it, and I couldn't draw it, I couldn't draw it.

Seeing Fu Jianzhiren stiffened, a few ups and downs disappeared into the night, Lin Batu and the others also breathed a sigh of relief, their numbers fought hard, they were already tired, although they were not necessarily afraid of Fu Jianzhi, but, this is a national war, not just a martial arts battle, leaving Fu Jianzhi will increase a lot of variables, at least, it will be much more difficult to clear these Yiren, a prefecture-level martial arts master, if you want to disrupt your own formation, it is difficult to stop, forget it, even if he is a member of the Demon Sect, he will run, this time the task is to calm the chaos of the Wubei Division, not the Wulin League to clean up the Holy Fire Sect。

"Master Lin, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, and the apprentice can be regarded as a great achievement this time, if Fu Jianzhi scatters the front line, I don't know if I can escape a lot of people, and the effect of our two-sided attack will be much worse. "Wu Sheng admires Qiu Yuqing very much, in such a disadvantageous situation, he can still fight to the death and not retreat.

"Hehe, it's over, this time the rebellion, I'm afraid it's going to end, their main force is wiped out here, and the king of Yi is hiding in the cave of the Tibetan army, it's only a matter of time before he catches it, we will be busy for a while, and after collecting this hand, we can go back to the errand." ”

King Yi was trapped, Fu Jianzhi fled, and thousands of people were caught in the valley to be killed.

Lin Batu thought of the martial arts of the black whirlwind, but his heart couldn't help but be hot, the martial arts in this world can be practiced to this point, and he who has the space of Batu, wouldn't he be able to go to the next level.

At this time, in the Batu space, there was a strange fluctuation in the retreat cultivation room, and a new power was slowly forming, not because the little golden man was performing a new martial art, but ...... A new feature has emerged.

As the commander of the first army, Lin Batu began to do his job again, hiding in the camp every day, not knowing what he was doing, fortunately, at this time, the overall situation has been decided, and the rest of the affairs are not important, the Liyuan Society and the Armed Forces Division can deal with it alone, and Lin Batu's behavior has long been accustomed to in Ji Rumeng's eyes, the senior brother will have such a convulsion every once in a while, and every time he smokes, he will become stronger.

"Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi absorption has reached the standard, the space function has been restored, and the retreat cultivation room has increased the learning system? It is a good thing that the retreat cultivation room has an additional function, but what can you learn from this empty area? Qing'er, can you come out and explain first?" In the Batu space, Lin Batu looked at the changes in the cultivation room in confusion.

"The learning system, as the name suggests, is a place for the master to learn his skills, and the characters who appear in this cultivation room can teach you everything they have learned, as for the master, when you are in the small world task or in the real world, you meet a character who is willing to accept you as an apprentice or has a lot of favorability, after the task is over, you will appear in this space. ”

"That's too restrictive, isn't it? First of all, there must be a small world mission, and now I seem to have only one chance to enter. And then he has the heart to take me as an apprentice, damn, he has the heart to take me as an apprentice, I can learn his things in the small world, and I still need to get him into the space? ”

"Not necessarily, a trip to a small world, there is always an opportunity, you always have a chance to enter, and some things can not be learned in a day or two, advanced martial arts are very slow to practice, but in the cultivation room, the progress of learning is very fast. Moreover,This function itself is because you overstep the level to repel the black whirlwind,Caused by spatial mutations,Under normal circumstances, this function will not appear.,Only when the space feels threatened,There will be a desire to accelerate the improvement of the master's ability.,This time the black whirlwind,The difference between the skill and the master is too big.,There is already the ability to wipe out the master.,So,The space is shocked.。 ”

"No wonder, as soon as I die, the repair of this artifact will be terminated, and when I meet a master like the Black Whirlwind, I do have to die under normal circumstances, and it's no wonder that the space will be shocked, since it's a gift anyway, it's right to earn one if you can learn one, right? Forget it, since it's given away for free, I don't have anything to be picky about, although the restriction is a bit big, but it's better than nothing, it's just, now there is no one, you also sent an experience task when you first entered the space, don't you send an experience master for the new function?" Lin Batu also complained casually, but Qing'er seemed to be seriously thinking about this suggestion.

"Well, judging from the current energy stored in the space, this requirement is not unattainable, but it will slightly delay the repair progress of the space, and it is not a big problem. According to calculations, among the people in the small world who have the highest compatibility with the master, there are two choices now, one is the master of Peach Blossom Island, known as the East Evil, who is in line with the master's elegant characteristics, and the other is Wang Chongyang, the master of the Quanzhen Sect, who is compatible with the master's Daozang characteristics, choose one of the two. ”

"To be honest, although Wang Chongyang is more powerful, but my heart is still biased towards Huang Yaoshi, there are finger snaps in the distance, there are Qimen five turns in close combat, there is a Shenying Sword in the palm and Yuxiao, the leg method has a whirlwind sweeping leaf legs, the refining medicine has the Nine Flowers Jade Dew Pill and the Impermanence Pill, and the sound wave Gong Bihai Chaosheng, and even the Qimen Dunjia, all kinds of large and small formations, these things are very comprehensive and useful, especially if you think about it, use the Qimen Great Array to protect the portal, and blow the sound wave Gong inside, you can't hit me, I can beat you, that taste, it's really cool. ”

"So, the host is a choice or ......"

"Well, Wang Chongyang. ”

"Ugh. "Qing'er is completely confused.

"Qing'er, you treat me as stupid, since you found out that Huang Yaoshi and I have such a high degree of compatibility, then I can go into the small world sooner or later to find him, how difficult it will be to learn his things, and Wang Chongyang is different, he was a dead man when he appeared, only living in the memories of others, of course I chose him, Tiangang Beidou Array is also a good thing. ”

After seeing the ugly fish and dragon dance of Shengdan, Lin Batu has always been very envious of this combination formation, and the Tiangang Beidou Formation, which is also a very famous seven-person battle formation, has already joined Lin Batu's list of merits, not to mention that Wang Chongyang's innate skills are not ordinary, although the Quanzhen True Heart Method is useless, but it is not bad to match the combination ********of the Jade Girl Suxin Sword.

Although Huang Yaoshi's various skills are drooling, but there will be a chance to take it in the future, Wang Chongyang's miss will be difficult, think about Wang Chongyang is the person who founded the Quanzhen Sect, his whole set of things is enough to support a sect, although the descendants of the Quanzhen Sect are not very competitive, but at least it is also one of the few great sects in the world, get his martial arts, and the future development of the righteous gate can be said to have laid a good foundation, and you only need to find better martial arts from everywhere to replace it, and you can develop to the peak.

“...... Well, since the master has been chosen, then, it is Wang Chongyang. Qing'er stretched out his hand and flicked, and a ray of brilliance flew out from the task list above the Yue Nu Sword Monument, and went straight into the cultivation room, after a roar, there was a figure in the cultivation room, dressed in a Taoist suit, very tall, with a long sword hanging from his waist, with a sassy demeanor, heroic, and elegant.

The appearance of this Chongyang real person is still quite handsome, but Lin Batu is still a man who pays attention to connotation, so let's take a look at the skills that can be learned first.

Tiangang Beidou Array, Innate Gong, Quanxin Heart Method, Jin Guan Yu Lock Method, Light Gong on the Heavenly Ladder, Jin Yan Gong, Quanzhen Sword Technique, Nine Yin True Scripture, One Yang Finger?

The first generation of sect leaders really lives up to their reputation, they have a complete set of martial arts that are enough to support the sect, and they actually have the complete book of the Nine Yin True Scripture that they won when Huashan discussed the sword, and their current main attack skills are the same as the Nine Yin Heart Destroying Palm and the Nine Yin Divine Claw.

However, there is still such a weird martial arts as Yiyang Finger, isn't this the mastery of the Dali Duan family, when will you also join the Quanzhen Sect luxury package?

Lin Batu turned his head and thought about it, he fell into a misunderstanding, Wang Chongyang founded the Quanzhen Sect, but Wang Chongyang's martial arts is not equal to the martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect, he still has two things on hand that have not been introduced into the Quanzhen Sect, one is the Jiuyin True Scripture, after Huashan won the first place in the world, he had the Jiuyin True Scripture, and even dived into the ancient tomb to carve it again, but the Taoist priests of the Quanzhen Sect did not pass it on.

The other thing is a Yang Finger, the Quanzhen Sect does not have this inheritance, but Wang Chongyang and Duan Zhixing exchanged martial arts, and when they pretended to be dead, they also used a Yang Finger to break Ouyang Feng's toad skill, but this plot has already appeared in the memory, and I didn't care much about it, and I forgot for a while that this Chongyang real person still has this hand.

"I'm really glad, fortunately, my brain turned fast, I chose Wang Chongyang, Tiangang Beidou Array and Quanzhen Martial Arts are not as useful as Huang Yaoshi's set for me who has infinite possibilities, after all, Tiangang Formation does not have to be learned from Wang Chongyang, but these two gifts, the Nine Yin True Scripture and the One Yang Finger are incredible. The Nine Yin True Scripture doesn't talk about him, but it says that it is the general outline of Taoist martial arts, and he has the Dao Collection, and he can slowly deduce it, which is a waste of time. ”

"This yang finger, but it's terrible, the most critical thing about the Dali Duan family's mastery is that it is not the pinnacle of a martial arts, but above the one yang finger, there is also a six-vein divine sword, for ordinary people, getting a yang finger is not the same as getting the six-vein divine sword, but, for me, I can use the cultivation room to deduce, deduce and evolve from a yang finger, and get the cultivation method of the six-vein divine sword, it is only a matter of time. ”

Hahaha, the six-vein divine sword, although the cultivation of the six-vein divine sword requires extremely high internal force cultivation, but what is the best of you, internal force, now there are three peerless learnings in the body, not to mention anything else, the Yijin Sutra is practiced to the depths, and it is not weak, although the Yijin Sutra that I got is from the Xiaoao world, it seems that it is not very complete. Now there is still Wang Chongyang's innate skills to lay the foundation, and it is only a matter of time before his cultivation progresses.

"Little Sister Ji, the situation of Master Lin has been a bit strange recently, do you want to take care of him more, don't you have everything done, but there is a problem when you go back to receive the reward. I feel that he has been a little untrustworthy in the past few days, and he has been talking to himself. Tsing Yi was a little worried and found Ji Rumeng, Lin Batu has gained everyone's respect after this battle, and no one wants such a rising Huixing to have such a problem.

"Sister Tsing Yi doesn't have to worry too much, my senior brother's state is normal, it's been several times, I think his situation is similar to the Taoist fugue and Zen epiphany, but the form of expression is a little strange, it should be in enlightenment, or what kind of truth has been understood. ”

"If you think so, it's actually not bad, with the age of Lin Zhangmen, to be able to practice such martial arts, it really has to be a little different from ordinary people, people say that if you don't go crazy, you can't become a Buddha, and it's really interesting for him to be like this. ”

In fact, in the past two days, the breath on Lin Batu's body is indeed changing, originally the edge is very strong, at a glance, you know that the internal strength is strong, looking at people, the eyes are full of light, just like a sword, these days the whole person's bearing has become mellow and peaceful, and the essence of the eyes is slowly not visible, but if you look at the past carefully, the spirit is more vigorous, but it is a lot more restrained.

"Innate skill, it is really an unexpected gain to be able to fuse the purple qi from the east absorbed by my Yue Nu Peak at the top of the peak. Lin Batu was lucky for twelve weeks, opened his eyes, and whispered to himself. "My martial arts path has taken another step."