"Hahaha, God has opened my eyes. I, Li Hongtu, also have a disciple. I also have a disciple. I sleep in a thatched cottage, and a good disciple comes to my door and inherits my unique skills. Hahaha..."
Yan Liqiang had just called him "Master" when the old man started dancing and laughing wildly, jumping and shouting beside Yan Liqiang like a madman. Seeing that he was so excited and happy just because he called him "Master", like a little kid, Yan Liqiang could not help but feel touched.
The old man jumped for a long time before he slowly calmed down. He then looked at Yan Liqiang with a smile on his face, just like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law. "Call me master again, I like it when you call me that. No one has ever called me master before!"
"master!"
"Ah! Scream again..."
"As long as you like it, I can call you a hundred times!" Yan Liqiang also laughed, thinking that this old man was like an old naughty boy, and even a little cute, "Master, Master, Master, Master..."
"Ah, ah, ah, hahahaha..." Li Hongtu laughed heartily. Suddenly, in the middle of this laughter, he stopped, as if he had thought of something. He looked at Yan Liqiang nervously and said, "By the way, apprentice, besides the bronze medal you just gave me, did the eunuch surnamed Liu give you any other bronze medals for you to learn from?"
"I also have a bronze medal, which is for learning archery. There is a word 'Ji' engraved on the medal..." Yan Liqiang replied seriously.
“Ah, you must not go…” Li Hongtu suddenly became nervous and hurriedly tried to stop him.
"Master, why don't you go?" Yan Liqiang looked at him strangely.
"That Ji guy is a bastard and a coward, two eggs in one, he is definitely not a good person..." Li Hongtu said gritting his teeth.
"Really?" Yan Liqiang was a little helpless, "I'm just learning archery..."
"Anyway, you must not go looking for that Ji guy before you learn my skills!"
Yan Liqiang thought about it and decided that he would not be able to digest too much after all. He had already advanced to the fourth level of the archery realm, so he did not need to learn any more archery skills urgently. He nodded and said, "Okay, Master, I promise you that I will not go to that person to learn archery until I learn your skills!"
"If you want to go there in the future, I'll be the only one who can take you there, or you'll be cheated by that Ji guy!"
"Okay, if I want to go there in the future, I will let Master go with me!" Yan Liqiang nodded.
"Well, that's right!" Li Hongtu smiled again.
"By the way, Master, what kind of gun skills do you know? What do you want me to learn?" Yan Liqiang quietly changed the subject.
Hearing Yang Liqiang's question, Li Hongtu's face really flushed and he was very proud of himself. "Hahaha, I know a lot of spear techniques, pear blossom spear, Yang family spear, Yue family spear, You family spear, horse-turning spear, star-breaking spear, prairie fire spear, Overlord spear, Nine Heavens and Ten Earths spear, Rakshasa spear, large array spear, small array spear, duel spear, hook-and-sickle spear, ten rifles, dragon-tiger spear, mother-and-child spear, six-in-one spear, I know all these spear techniques. The large array spear, small array spear, duel spear, hook-and-sickle spear, ten rifles are the spears of the infantry battle array, the You family spear, horse-turning spear, Overlord spear are the spears used on horseback, the pear blossom spear is a spear technique used by women, the dragon-tiger spear is a spear technique specially practiced by left-handed people, the six-in-one spear and the six-in-one fist are from the same school, the spear and the fist have the same origin, the mother-and-child spear is a spear of the strange gate, and the other various spear techniques also have their own exquisite features..."
Yan Liqiang was dumbfounded just by hearing the names of those spear techniques. "Master, are you going to teach me these spear techniques?"
"Of course..." Li Hongtu's smile suddenly faded and he shook his head, "No!"
"Ah, no..." Yan Liqiang was choked, "Then what are you going to teach me?"
"Of course it's the real skill of shooting!"
"Real Kung Fu?" Yan Liqiang looked puzzled. "Could it be that the spear techniques that Master mentioned earlier were not real Kung Fu?"
"Of course!" Li Hongtu said proudly, "There are thousands of gun techniques, and the various gun techniques are ever-changing. After all, there are only two techniques, one is attack, the other is defense, or attack with defense, or defense with attack. Regardless of attack or defense, there is only one purpose in the end, which is to kill people, that is, to stab the front of your gun into the body of others. The gun techniques I mentioned before are just like this. In the eyes of others, those gun techniques may be regarded as real kung fu, with many realms, but in my eyes, these gun techniques, those complicated moves, those realms, are useless and are not real gun techniques!"
"Then in your eyes, Master, what is true marksmanship?"
"Real gun skills, even if you count a defensive move, never kill someone with more than two moves. If there is no defense, one shot, one move, takes the life. There is no need for you to dance like a monkey for a long time, using all kinds of dazzling moves before you can kill someone. That kind of gun skills are practiced by fools. The so-called true transmission is a sentence, false transmission is ten thousand books, and those gun skills are ten thousand books. What I want to teach you is just one sentence, there is only one skill, and it is enough to master one point. That point is mysterious, but it breeds the opportunity of yin and yang changes. Yin and yang are life and death, victory and defeat. Once you master it, as long as you have a gun in your hand, even in the midst of thousands of troops, killing people and taking lives is just a matter of raising your hand, and you can snatch a foe that is difficult to beat in three rounds. As for fighting in the martial arts world, that is even more of a piece of cake. After learning this, you will look at those other gun skills and you will know them after just one look. You can easily subdue dragons and tigers. Do you want to learn such a true transmission?"
Damn, Li Hongtu’s words made Yan Liqiang’s blood boil. He simply couldn’t believe that there was such a magical gun skill in the world.
"I have to learn, of course I have to learn, even if I have to die!" Yan Liqiang rubbed his hands, "Master, you tell me what to do!"
"Ahem..." Li Hongtu coughed twice and suddenly pointed at the pool under the waterfall. "There is a spear under the pool. Go down into the water and fish it out first..."
"Master, how come the spear is in the water?"
"A few years ago, I saw some plump mandarin fish in the pond, so I shot a few with my gun to make soup and drink wine. Later, I drank too much and threw the gun into the pond..."
"The spear has been in the pond for such a long time, I'm afraid it's no longer useful. Otherwise, Master, please tell me the style of the spear and I'll have someone make a new one for me..."
"The spear is made of a special material. It is made from a whole piece of natural dragon spine steel. It is hard to find in the world. You may not find it anywhere else..." Li Hongtu shook his head.
"Dragon Spine Steel, what kind of material is that..."
"Dragon Spine Steel is one of the treasures of the earth. It cannot be forged by human power. It is the best material for gun barrels in the world. It is priceless. There was only one piece of Dragon Spine Steel in the imperial palace treasury. The spear under the pond was given by His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Okay, I'll go and fish it out right away..." Upon hearing that there was such a precious spear in the pool, Yan Liqiang stopped talking and went straight to the pool under the waterfall with Li Hongtu. He quickly took off all his clothes and was left wearing only a pair of shorts.
"The spear is probably right there..." Li Hongtu pointed to a spot in the middle of the pool, "You should be able to find it if you feel around underwater!"
"Okay, Master, don't worry!" Yan Liqiang said, and dived into the pool.
The water in the pool was emerald green and clear, with some rocks and water plants underneath. Under the sunlight, it looked like a dragon palace, a bit like Jiuzhaigou in his previous life. Yan Liqiang was a good swimmer in his previous life, and he was even better in this life. He dived into the water, moved his hands and feet slightly, and swam to the center of the pool like a fish.
There was no soil under the pool, only a layer of fine sand and gravel. Yan Liqiang stepped into the fine sand and gravel, exploring step by step. Sure enough, before he had taken a few steps, he felt something hard under his feet, which should be a metal gun barrel.
Yan Liqiang used the instep of his foot to hook the spear out of the sand and gravel. When he did so, he realized that the weight of the spear was at least 400 kilograms, and the length of the spear was almost three meters, more than ten feet. If it weren't for his supernatural power, someone else would probably not be able to salvage such a heavy object from the water even if they found it.
Of course there was no way to float up while holding such a heavy object, so Yan Liqiang simply held the object in the water, identified a direction, and walked towards the shore step by step.
With a "whoosh..." sound, Yan Liqiang emerged from the edge of the pool. He was still holding the spear in one hand, and walked towards Li Hongtu step by step. "Master, is this the spear?"
Perhaps because the spear had been soaked in the pond for too long, a layer of gray-brown substance had already formed on the entire shaft of the spear. It looked very inconspicuous. Apart from feeling heavier than ordinary steel, Yan Liqiang did not feel the preciousness of this so-called dragon-spine steel spear at all.
"That's right, put on your clothes first!" Li Hongtu said, and with just one hand, he easily took the spear weighing more than 400 kilograms. He placed it in his hand with some emotion, and read it from beginning to end, stroking it gently, full of emotion.
Yan Liqiang put on all his clothes as quickly as possible.
"Master, this dragon spine steel spear looks... "
Li Hongtu smiled slightly, and thrust the spear in his hand fiercely at a bluestone as big as a millstone beside the pond. The tip of the spear sank into the bluestone like tofu. Then he shook his hand, and the huge bluestone exploded instantly and flew in all directions. The spear in his hand changed from straight to curved, and then from curved to straight with a flick of his fingers, making a buzzing sound. The layer of dirt covering the spear disappeared instantly and flew away.
A long spear with a cold glow and powerful force appeared in front of Yan Liqiang...
(End of this chapter)