After Fang Jie returned to his room, he didn't go out again. He closed the window and practiced Yishidao a few times in the room. He still practiced his right hand first and then his left hand. Although this kind of preparation was not used in the Yanwu Academy exams, due to Fang Jie's cautious character, he always felt that the left hand was well concealed, and that sooner or later it would save his life. This feeling may just be caused by worry about your own future, but it is by no means a bad thing to be more prepared.
The fierce style of Yishi knife that the old cripple was famous for when he was young is obviously no longer suitable for him at his current age. But in fact, there is something cowardly in Fang Jie's character. He has been practicing this type of knife for a long time, and he himself has not noticed that the hidden cowardice is gradually disappearing.
People are always changing. Fang Jie insisted not to kill anyone when he was in Fan Gu.
But after leaving Fan Gucheng, he had to start killing people.
His thinking also began to change from a pure past modern person, and this adaptation to the environment can be said to be progress. No matter who, from a peaceful and stable world ruled by law suddenly to another world where people sometimes have to kill and there is no guilt after killing, it is not easy for anyone to change. If there is such a person, then he must have been a vicious person in his previous life.
It took Fang Jie a long time to change, but even so, he still resisted killing people.
The broken knife that the old cripple gave him was too short, to be exact, it was a knife that had been cut off by someone. Only a small half of the original blade remains, and the port is so flat that it must have been cut off by some sharp weapon. Fang Jie has tried it, and this broken knife is very hard and sharp. The standard horizontal knife made by Sui Jinggong is already very good, but this broken knife can be easily cut off.
So Fang Jie was very curious, what kind of magic weapon cut off the old cripple's weapon
Although the Candao is very short, it just happens to be able to use Yishidao's close-to-body and fierce moves better. And Fang Jie's physique determined that he must fight in close quarters when confronting people. Only those who can practice, or even those with very high cultivation, can wield the sword. For example, the old man in the royal blue robe, his sword is both tangible and invisible.
Fang unleashes the knife and only asks for a quick word. Slyness is the essence of Yishidao. Quick, this is the method of Yishidao. Only when the two words of cunning and fast are achieved, the power of Yishidao will be revealed.
After practicing the saber, Fang Jie, who was sweating all over, sat cross-legged on the head of the bed. Close your eyes and start feeling your muscles. He is clearly dissatisfied with the passive defense potential of the muscles he now knows, and he has not been a passive person from the beginning to the end. Fang Xie didn't have the strength to attack the enemy later.
If the muscles can be controlled at will, then it will be regarded as a part of the potential of this powerful body. Cross your legs and close your eyes to solve the problem, and try to use meditation to control your muscles. But it's easy to say, how easy is it to concentrate all your energy without any distracting thoughts
The more cautious Fang Xie is, the harder it is for him to be peaceful.
He tried to make himself do it, the muscles can respond when there is no external force. The idea is simple, but the implementation is astonishingly difficult.
At first, he thought that he could control his muscles through meditation. For example, when water drops fall on a certain part of his body, the muscles in the corresponding place will harden to block the external force. This is passive, but what Fang Jie wants to be active is to change the muscles without external force.
But he failed.
After meditating for an entire hour, he felt that he had concentrated enough and wholeheartedly, but he still couldn't control a certain part of the muscle to change. The body doesn't move, the muscles don't work.
After thinking about it, Fang Jie changed his method and gave up trying to control a certain part of the muscle. Instead, turn to meditation and let the muscles of your whole body change. It sounds like controlling the whole body is more difficult than controlling a little bit, but it is actually much easier. The overall change is actually less difficult than the general unchanged local change.
It is difficult to harden one part of the body and keep the rest of the body intact. But for the body to change completely, the requirements for the control of the mind are much lower.
But Fang Jie failed again.
After it was completely dark, Fang Jie still couldn't change his physical state at will. While he was still, the muscles were loose. No matter how hard he tried in his mind to change his muscles, he never succeeded. Pure meditation did not allow Fang Xie to find a way to control his muscles.
Muscles only change when you exercise.
For example, clenching a fist activates the muscles in the arm. But if it doesn't move, how can the muscles change
Fang Jie got into a dead end, unable to extricate himself.
Qilin stood guard at the door, looking back at Fang Jie who was thinking hard from time to time. He frowned slightly but couldn't guess what Fang Jie was doing, but he knew that Fang Jie must have encountered a problem. And this simple and honest man had no way to help Fang Jie, so he could only stand by his side with all his heart.
No one would want to walk past him and approach Fang Jie.
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When the sun rose the next day, Zhang Kuang was waiting at Fang Jie's door early. Yesterday, Professor Mo Wanwu made a bet with that student named Liu Shuang, Fang Jie and Zhang Kuang were very interested. After all, this is a competition involving scouts, and both of them are the best scouts in the frontier army.
"How do you say today's competition will be played?"
Zhang Kuang asked as he walked.
Fang Jie smiled and said, "It's nothing more than letting Liu Shuang lead most of the students into a team, and then the professor leads a small number of students into a team. However, the side with a large number of students cannot arrange scouts. So speaking of it, the professor takes the lead." It’s a huge bargain. This kind of competition is actually meaningless. I can’t even understand how a dignified professor of the Martial Arts Institute can fight against an ignorant student.”
"I really like this character."
Zhang Kuang smiled and said, "It's very similar to our frontier army."
"right!"
Fang Jie nodded and said: "They are all people with true temperament, not as artificial as others."
Zhang Kuang hummed, and after being silent for a long time, he didn't speak. He seemed hesitant to speak, obviously he had something to say.
Fang Jie patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said: "You seem to be in trouble like this. Tell me, do you have a crush on a female student and want me to help you match?"
"no… "
"what is that?"
Fang asked.
Zhang Kuang's face flushed slightly, he opened his mouth and finally shook his head and said, "It's okay."
"You consider me a friend?"
"nature!"
"Then say it!"
"Fang Jie... I'm too embarrassed to speak."
"Fuck!"
Seeing his twitchy look, Fang Jie couldn't help being a little startled and said, "You don't think you've taken a fancy to me, do you?!"
"Get out!"
Zhang Kuang cursed, hesitated for a while and said: "I chatted with Brother Mo last night, we both had a headache... You know, we are both from the frontier army, and the salary is already low, and this Martial Arts Academy requires money everywhere. Meals are not free... both of us, both..."
"I see!"
Fang Jie nodded, said to wait for me, then turned around and ran back to his room, snatched some bank notes from Qilin's hand, trotted back and said with a smile: "Look at my friend, he's too stingy. All the money is in his hands, I have to ask him. When I was in Fan Gu, I also did some small business in my spare time, so I still have some spare money. You and Brother Mo will use these first. return."
If there were no last four words, Zhang Kuang might not have accepted the bank note that Fang handed over.
"Not much, a few hundred taels."
Fang Jie scratched his hair and said, "After I arrived in the imperial capital, I looked around for a long time, and found that there is no business that others can't do well. It is difficult to get rich."
"You are a soldier, how can you still do business?"
Zhang Kuang said in surprise, "Wouldn't it be ridiculed if it spread? Soldiers are in business, that's... not good."
"Do you want to go hungry or be ridiculed?"
"I… "
Zhang Kuang was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "A penny can't beat a hero. If Brother Mo and I hadn't been extravagant after arriving in the imperial capital, the subsidy money issued by the court would be enough. But you know, Brother Mo's personality is Naturally, others are not allowed to pay when I go out with others. After going back and forth, I ran out of money.”
"I see!"
Fang Jie nodded and said: "Our brothers are not outsiders, so why be embarrassed to say so."
Zhang Kuang lowered his head, as if trying to hide what was in his eyes. But Fang Jie still keenly noticed that there seemed to be a kind of resentment and madness in Zhang Kuang's eyes, although it was fleeting, it was so strong. But Fang Jie didn't pay much attention to it, he just thought it was embarrassing to be arrogant.
"Silver..."
Zhang Kuang sighed and muttered: "I have lived and died in Northern Xinjiang for so many years, and the money I got in exchange is not enough to eat."
Fang Jie patted him on the shoulder, not knowing how to comfort him.
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In the jungle.
Zhuo Buyi's face suddenly changed, and he whispered to the others: "There are people coming from behind, very fast."
After he finished speaking, the other three reacted immediately. The proprietress Du Hongxian stretched out her figure, and lightly jumped onto a big tree, using the dense branches and leaves to hide her figure. Li Nan grabbed the young master, and the two of them hid behind a big rock.
But Zhuo Buyi didn't move, he stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at the direction they came from. It seems that they are just hiding randomly, but if someone peeps from a high place, they will be able to find that the other hidden people and Zhuo Buyi's place are very subtle. If someone gets close to Zhuo Buyi, they will immediately fall into the trap of the four of them. surrounded.
The person who came was not an enemy. When the blood-red Taoist robe appeared in Zhuo Buyi's eyes, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and his expression relaxed accordingly.
It is Taoist Crane.
"Daozhang, why are you here?"
The young man who leaned out from behind the stone asked curiously.
"I have seen His Highness."
Taoist Heju first bowed slightly to salute, and then replied: "I chased all the way to the west, but I didn't find any trace. Later, I received a letter from Feige, knowing that you had already chased into the mountain, so I hurried away come over."
"We have enough people."
The young man smiled.
"I came here at His Majesty's will. Please return to Chang'an immediately."
Taoist Heju said.
"Ah? How did the royal father know?"
The young man was stunned, then shook his head and said, "I'm not going back. If I didn't catch that bald donkey who dared to act presumptuously in Chang'an, I would definitely not go back. Why, do you think I will hold you back? That's why you brought out my father to suppress me?"
"Of course not. Although His Majesty is young, he is amazingly talented. There is no young man in the Sui Dynasty who can compare with His Majesty. But this matter is extremely dangerous after all. How can His Majesty let you take risks?"
"I won't go back!"
The young master stomped his feet and said, "Do you still dare to capture me?"
"Don't dare... But His Highness has to return."
Taoist Heju looked back and said, "Because they came to invite you."
The young man glanced into the distance, and then he was shocked: "Give me a job?! Father actually sent these perverts to catch me!"
A few tens of meters away, more than 20 soldiers in black armor stood there quietly. They stood like that, but it seemed that the surrounding air became cold. Everyone is like a long lance raised slightly. Even Zhuo Buyi and his rank-9 masters were slightly shocked when they saw these two dozen soldiers.
Yanwuyuan.
Professor Mo Wanwu looked at the assembled students and said with a smile: "Since we are going to fight, we must fight more realistically. Let's start now, and the target is the mountain on the north side of Chang'an. Liu Shuang, take your 30 people and go." All the way. The three of us, Fang Jie and Zhang Kuang, will end up at the Crescent Lake in Dashan."
"ah?"
Liu Shuang was startled: "Sir, only two people?"
"right."
Mo Wanwu raised his chin slightly and said: "The two of them are my scouts, and I am their army!"