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Chapter 9: 009 Looking at the plums can quench your thirst

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The air was awkwardly quiet for three breaths.

Qi Shan replied helplessly: "Martial courage concentrates energy in the body, while literary mind controls the outside world."

Although Chen Tang wanted to say that he understood, so as not to be misunderstood as having a problem with his IQ, but—

"I... don't quite understand, can you explain it in more detail, Mr. Qi?"

Qi Shan didn't expect Chen Tang to understand it in one go.

This young man might really be a wild man from some remote corner, and he spoke in a refined and tactful way that she could not understand.

So Qishan changed to a more popular way of speaking.

"Martial courage, 'Martial' is the core. A warrior starts with war and stops, conquers and demonstrates. Stopping war is martial arts, using war to stop war. Therefore, most of the words are used on oneself, tempering the body to make it incomparable, to fight against a thousand alone, and to be brave alone."

Shen Tang nodded thoughtfully.

"Most of the words are used on oneself, so a small part is not affected?"

"Yes, take the example of the Word Spirit 'One Call, Hundred Responses' - if used by princes and strategists, it can inspire a hundred soldiers, but if used by generals, it can make a hundred soldiers put on armor and mount horses, and their momentum will be condensed into one, turning them into a sharp elite. If the morale of the army is the same, the elite will become stronger and unmatched."

Qi Shan already had experience and anticipated Chen Tang's prediction, answering her questions before she asked them.

"Some words are applicable to both literature and martial arts. There is no need to be curious about this."

The same words have different effects in the hands of different people, depending on personal understanding and level of cultivation.

Chen Tang: “…”

Qi Shan continued, "Literary mind is different from martial courage. The essence of literary mind lies in the words 'strategy' and 'calculation'. Therefore, the words are more inclined to control and layout, and use the words to always control the complex, treacherous and ever-changing situation. There are twenty levels of martial courage, and the higher the level, the stronger it is. So people think that literary mind is the same, the higher the level, the stronger it is. But in my opinion, this is a very wrong perception. Literary mind, the competition is here."

He pointed to his head.

If you are not smart enough, even if you have a second-grade upper literary mind, don't easily provoke a ninth-grade lower literary mind whose details you don't know.

Shen Tang pondered for a while.

She felt like she understood and yet she didn't.

"Wu Dan fights alone, and those who are stronger will form a gang and bring their brothers to fight together. But Wen Xin will not give up easily, but will be a behind-the-scenes boss who hires other thugs to fight for him? The former shows off his muscles, while the latter shows off his brains?"

One output, one auxiliary

After listening to this, Qishan remained silent for a few moments.

Although he didn't understand what "show" meant, he could guess the general meaning based on the context.

He said expressionlessly, "You can understand it that way."

Chen Tang pondered it carefully for a while and asked: "... But, isn't this very passive?"

"passive?"

"No matter how good your brain is, it can't stand up to the enemy's fists."

Wenxin is an auxiliary command role, and his skills are mostly like this, and his output mostly relies on Wudan.

Once caught alone, wouldn't he be ready to be killed

"As an adult, can't we cultivate both literary and martial arts skills? We can only choose one or the other?"

She wants to have her cake and eat it too!

Qishan understood a little bit about her thoughts.

"Since the beginning of history, there have been examples of people who have cultivated both literary and military courage at the same time, but—"

"But what?"

Qi Shan fiddled with the bonfire and said calmly, "Either they died young, were mentally retarded, or their abilities were mediocre and no different from ordinary people."

Chen Tang: “…”

She is not worthy of the golden finger of practicing both civil and martial arts.

She held the scroll, feeling dizzy as she read it.

She knew every word on it, and could remember the notes written by Qi Shan at a glance, but she had no idea how to practice and use it. When she asked the "novice NPC", his words were mysterious and completely idealistic.

Sure enough, the requirements for free stuff can't be too many.

As time goes by, my stomach starts to feel anxious again.

Chen Tang rubbed his stomach and looked at the words "Looking at plums to quench thirst" on the scroll, and the image of green plums appeared in his mind.

"Isn't it said that Wen Xin can create something out of nothing?... Is it not too much for you to give me some green plums to quench your thirst?"

If there are a lot of green plums, you can make something else and store them for later consumption.

Qishan had excellent hearing and poured a basin of cold water on her.

"Of course it's too much. Although the 'Word Spirit' is magical, it can't give people food. If it could, there wouldn't be so many people starving to death in the world." Qi Shan sighed at the campfire, not knowing what he was thinking about. "A few months ago, when I was traveling, I saw with my own eyes that the people of a city..."

He paused here and took the initiative to end the topic.

Without him saying it explicitly, Chen Tang could already guess what he was going to say next.

It is nothing more than a tragic scene of starving people everywhere.

She said, "Why not? The Word Spirit can transform into a sharp blade to fight a horse stomach, and can make an ordinary man fight against thousands of troops, so why can't it transform into a small green plum? It is also created out of nothing, so why is it discriminatory? Even if it really can't, it can at least help farming, right?"

Working in the fields with courage and wisdom is much better than ordinary people working in the fields with their backs to the sky, even if their efficiency is not as good as mechanization.

If you could conjure food—

She thought she could earn some money by selling the plums.

It was really difficult for her, an ordinary otaku painter, to travel to another world and become penniless and a fugitive.

If this road is also blocked, she can only go back to her old job of painting for others, but she doesn't know who is willing to commission her to do something.

Qishan did not give a positive answer.

He just said, "I can't answer the first question, but the last one - you will know it after you have more experience in the future."

In this turbid and chaotic world, who is willing to turn swords into plowshares

They will definitely be attacked by everyone.

It's not like young man's idea had not been tried before. There were also people with lofty ideals who lobbied everywhere and assisted the princes in advocating reform, but they all failed for various reasons and ended up miserably.

Thinking of these unpleasant contents, he closed his eyes irritably and took a nap. From time to time, he could hear Shen Tang muttering "looking at the plums to quench thirst".

About a quarter of an hour later, she was still struggling with the idea of "quenching thirst by looking at the plums".

Qi Shan said without opening his eyes: "Learning Word Spirits requires fate. There are thousands of Word Spirits in the world. If you can't learn one, don't waste time on it. Just try something else. Of course, you can't learn everything. You can't eat too much. Quality is more important than quantity."

"Oh, I see."

This was followed by a crisp crunching sound and the sound of chewing.

Qishan: “???”

Half of the remaining dry food and water bag are with him, where is Mr. Shen going to eat

You can also faintly smell the fragrance of green plum.

Qishan: “!!!”

He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Chen Tang.

The latter was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with a dozen plums piled between his legs, each of which looked fresh and tender, crisp and delicious. Chen Tang frowned as he chewed, his face wrinkled, but he could only swallow it because he was too hungry.

"Where did you get these green plums?"

Qi Shan opened his eyes wide, spoke with difficulty, and swallowed several times before he regained the ability to speak.

Chen Tang blinked, forcing back the dizziness caused by the sore eyes.

"Green plum? Oh, I've been trying the word spirit of 'looking at plums to quench thirst' and trying hard to activate my literary mind, but it still doesn't have the effect you mentioned in the note. After that, I tried a few more times, and a plum appeared out of thin air... You see, that's it—"

"Looking at the plums quenches your thirst!"

After Chen Tang finished speaking, he demonstrated it again.

The words fell, and a green plum appeared out of thin air in Qishan's palm as she watched.