Chapter 18: I Look at the Hang
Jiang Yi woke up slowly, only to feel hot all over, the whole body was comfortable, take a closer look, he was in a huge bath bucket, a strong smell of Chinese medicine came to his nose, he raised his arm slightly, there was no expected soreness and tiredness, slightly surprised reached out to pick up the black juice in the bucket, tsk.
He had heard that the famous Fan Jingfei's method of maintaining her body and connecting her body was to take a Chinese medicine bath, add high-quality Chinese medicine to the water, and after soaking her body, her skin was moisturized and her body was full of slenderness, but he didn't expect that this emollient beauty method could make people eliminate malaise and refresh their spirits, which was really eye-opening.
The beautiful maid heard the sound of water and walked in from behind the screen, turned a blind eye to the man's bare shoulders, and said angrily: "Come out quickly when you wake up, are you addicted to taking a bath?"
Jiang Yi smiled evilly, hooked his fingers, and said temptingly: "Sister Dai, this Chinese medicine bath water is really wonderful, why don't you come in and try it?"
Xie Jundaimei glared slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Hooligans, you can't get out?"
The man stood up from the tub with a bang, crossed his hands on his hips and said, "Is it possible to go out like this?"
Qingxiu Ya's face was slightly red, and she didn't cover her eyes or turn away as Jiang Yi expected, she snorted lightly, and said expressionlessly: "I said can you have some new tricks? β
Jiang Yi was a little stunned, and said angrily: "You... You... Hooligans!" The man had a hurt expression on his face, this was not like what Xie Jundai said, it must have been taught to her by Mrs. Fan.
The corner of the beautiful woman's mouth hooked slightly, and urged: "Come out quickly, there is water in the pool over there, you wash it, it's clothes, I'll wait for you outside." β
The man lost his temper, and the old god sat back on the bath tub and said comfortably: "How comfortable this Chinese medicine bath is, I am refreshed when I soak it, why should I go out." β
The beautiful woman sighed, turned to the side and said, "I'll help you go and call your eleven beautiful swordsman sisters, they have been clamoring to see you without clothes for the past two days, you wait." β
Just kidding, it's not bad to have two beauties bathing together, and a large group of women surround him to watch him take a bath, which is a little scary to think about. The man was a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "Sister Dai, I'll come out immediately, don't call them." β
The beautiful woman didn't stop, waved her hand and said, "Then you'd better hurry up, I don't have much patience." β
Jiang Yi hurriedly turned over and jumped out of the bathtub, jumped into the clear water pool on the side, rubbed and rinsed off the black juice on his body, and hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out of the room.
Xie Jundai heard the door knock and looked back, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, only to see the man's wet hair tied up indiscriminately, and there was a bit of unruly meaning under the delicate face, the woman subconsciously looked at the man's black eyes like a deep pool, like clear and confused and flashing complex, faintly saw the helplessness of the man hidden under the mask.
Out of the door, Jiang Yi looked around cautiously, and did not see the group of terrible women, the beautiful maid was standing under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard waiting for him, he patted his chest with palpitations, walked to the side of the beautiful woman and said with relief: "I know that Sister Dai is reluctant to hand me over to them, and to be honest, I am also reluctant to act as my sister." β
The delicate woman's footsteps moved slightly, dodging the oil-rubbing arm that the man stretched out to hook up with her, and said calmly: "Jiang Yi, being another person, are you tired?"
Jiang Yi shrank his hand in embarrassment, and said with a hippie smile: "I'm not tired, I have a generation of sisters to accompany me, so I don't get tired of doing anything." β
"Oh. The handsome woman's cold Lisuo turned around, and after walking a few steps, a man's heavy voice came from behind her: "I'm not tired now, I'm afraid that I will get more and more tired in the future, but for the sake of some people and some things, I will insist." β
The beautiful woman's footsteps paused, and her voice no longer seemed to be so cold, "Senior Wang is still waiting for you, come with me." β
In a secluded courtyard in Minghua Mansion, Wang Chongjiu sat on a Taishi chair with his eyes closed, holding a pu fan in his left hand and a kettle in his right hand, like an ordinary old man next door.
The beautiful woman took Jiang Yi to the arch outside the courtyard and stopped, signaling the man to go in by himself, Jiang Yi took a light breath and walked quickly into the courtyard.
Old man Wang opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and said softly: "Jiang Yi, your qualifications are good, barely half of the old man's youth, but the sword practice time is a little late, it is difficult to enter the hall on the way to the martial arts, you need to endure a lot of hardship, can you bear it?"
A hint of joy flashed on Jiang Yi's face, and he said: "Thank you seniors for accepting me as an apprentice, the disciples don't say some bold words that they will stick to death even if they die, they can only say do their best, please wait and see." β
The old man grinned at the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of relief in his eyes, "Still called senior?"
"Master!"
The old man nodded, and said with a straight face: "Before teaching you to practice the sword, I will say the next condition, these days must be undisturbed, can you do it?"
"Okay. Jiang Yi was slightly stunned and nodded without hesitation.
"Pick up the knife. The old man pursed his lips into the clearing beside him.
Jiang Yi picked up the long black iron knife that was not unfamiliar, and was slightly puzzled.
"Before you practice swords, learn swords. The old man stood up, stretched his waist, and said casually: "Four movements, straight stab, oblique teasing, vertical splitting, and four thousand strokes each." β
Jiang Yi nodded and began to repeat four boring movements, cleanly.
The sun was scorching, and the man's clothes were soon soaked with hot sweat, he thought about it, and simply took off his upper clothes, practiced the knife bare-chested, and looked focused.
The old man was secretly depressed, this boy who was used to living a carefree life was simply neat, and he didn't ask why he was allowed to practice these boring movements, and he didn't even ask the reason for not messing around?
Mrs. Fan and Mama Wu were quietly observing, and Mrs. Fan asked, "Mama Wu, do you think he can practice any tricks?"
Mother Wu pondered for a while, shook her head and said: "The old slave doesn't know, this kid looks like a fool, but he seems to have quite a solid foundation in holding knives, Xichu Zhao Wuji is not a general, and he has secretly trained this kid, but the martial arts are all the way, the distance is far and tortuous, there is no shortcut to the south, there are countless people who practice martial arts, and there are only a few real masters?"
In the final analysis, what he achieves in the end depends on whether he can persevere, as long as he can stand Old Man Wang's sword teaching method, it will not be a problem to learn for a few years to protect himself. β
Mrs. Fan sighed and muttered, "Then how long can you hold on?"
In the following days, every day at dawn, Jiang Yi would go to the secluded courtyard to start practicing knives, and he staggered away late at night every day, sleeping in the bathroom full of medicinal smells, Xie Jundai, who was responsible for taking care of his food, clothing, and daily life, saw the man's desperate knife practice posture in his eyes, less-for-tat, and more wordless gentleness.
The Xuantie knife became Jiang Yi's weapon, and it didn't leave his body for a moment.
At first, the old man would come to the small courtyard to watch for a while, and then he would no longer show up, and it was all up to Jiang Yi to practice the knife.
The summer solstice is a knife practice, and the small summer is followed by the big heat.
Four thousand times became six thousand times, Jiang Yi's time to practice knives was getting longer and longer, and the time to go back was getting later and later, Xie Jundai clearly felt the change in the man, and became calm and resolute, as if he was a little different from the frivolous family in the past, and only in the occasional prodigal and ridiculous joke of the man could he vaguely see the unscrupulous appearance.
Of course, the knife technique is far from being in the stream, and the biggest change is the skin color, because Jiang Yi practiced the knife naked, the fair and bright skin raised by the brocade clothes and jade food in the Western Chu Palace became bronzed, and it was more refined.
Under the sun, a young man looked resolute and slashed, the skin on his body shone in the sun, this should be a harmonious, natural and inspiring man practice knife, but whenever someone sees the man's face, there will be a kind of stunned look in the bottom of the heart, the person who looks soft and beautiful like a woman is sweating like rain practicing the knife, this scene is really a little weird.
After the daily knife practice, Jiang Yi's arms seemed to be poured with molten iron, and the unknown black medicinal juice in the bath bucket would make him recover overnight and welcome the new day full of energy.
During this period of time, Mrs. Fan rarely showed up, as if she was busy with something, except for Wang Chongjiu, the master who shook her hands, only Xie Jundai, who was a maid on the surface but was actually a mysterious identity, sometimes Jiang Yi would lie in the bathtub with her eyes closed, and Xie Jundai would tell him some strange things or turbulent situations that happened outside.
"Sister Dai, what new things are happening outside these days?" Jiang Yi was lying in the water and was weak, and today he quietly increased the number of times he swept back and split vertically, and he was a little unbearable for a while.
Xie Jundai saw the man's pretending to be relaxed and relaxed, and a trace of complicated feelings flashed in his eyes, and he really couldn't see through him more and more.
"The new world martial arts review has been released, the position of the top ten masters has not changed much, the old and strong Chen Baixiong is still firmly in the first place, the new sword god Gongsun gradually leaves the second, Ji Weishan with a four-foot red sandalwood sword box is ranked third, Ye Sheng, who is good at using a long knife, is ranked fourth, and the remaining six people are Yu Manshu, who likes a purple robe, Zhou Wanli, who is a little bald, Qin Kun, who is invincible in boxing, Xue Rentie, who is known as the gun fairy, and Luo Sangqi, Du Weisheng, these six people, although they are a big difference from the top four, but each of them is a martial arts master who is really talented and learned, and they are all famous in the martial artsγ β
Jiang Yi looked surprised and wondered: "Buddhist martial arts has a long history, but there is not a single monk on the list? There are also the two great Taoist ancestral courts of Zhongnan Mountain, Longhu Mountain, and those true people with advanced Taoism are not qualified to enter the top ten?"
Xie Jundai shook his head and explained: "The martial artists in the world use their strength to preach the Tao, step on the realm and ascend, and the combat power is naturally strong, Buddhism and Taoism are somewhat special, and neither religion is long in terms of combat power, among them, Buddhist monks are good at defense, and they are accustomed to casting the realm of Donkey Kong, and there may be a temple where a golden-bodied Arhat sits;
What's more, there is an unwritten rule in the martial arts review of the world, and no outsiders in Shaolin Temple, Longhu Mountain and other places will be considered to be on the list, and there is respect and fear. β
"Then with the strength of my master, Wang Lao, the sword god, he didn't make the list? I think the person who wrote the martial arts review is pure nonsense. Jiang Yi was a little angry, and he was upset for Wang Chongjiu.
The beautiful woman glared at the man slightly, and said regretfully: "The master who can comment and has the courage to comment on the top ten in the world, that is a fairy-like old-timer, although I don't know the origin of his martial arts evaluation, but there is not much water in it, Wang Lao Sword God was indeed no one who could beat it thirty years ago, and now the realm has plummeted, and he is indeed not qualified to be on the list." β
Jiang Yi grinned, "I heard that Chen Baixiong broke my master's matching sword with one hand and defeated him in one move?" Hey, this is too insulting, not authentic, when my swordsmanship is complete, I will help my master find the field and teach him what the rules are." β
The beautiful woman was noncommittal and slowly stood up, "If one day you can really defeat Chen Baixiong, just like those dirty dreams you had, what if I Xie Jundai was sleeping with you?"
It's a pity that I look hanging. β