Tome of Troubled Times

Chapter 40: What is coming will always come

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In the village chief's house, there was good wine and meat, and a warm brazier.

Looking at Yue Hongling eating meat happily, Zhao Changhe sighed inwardly. If Xia Chichi had the conditions she has now, she would surely be very happy.

The current income is generated by a group of fools coming to challenge for free, and Zhao Changhe finds that he is getting stronger and stronger in actual combat, but compared with before, he is missing something.

Without guidance, they are like blind men groping in the dark.

Whether it's the Xia family's mental method, the lightness skill, or the Blood Evil Skill and Blood Evil Sword Skill, now you can only figure them out by yourself and follow the secret books and diagrams.

It is not certain whether there is any deviation, but there will no longer be a teacher Sun scolding, "Your knife is not precise enough" or "You twisted your waist too much."

Whether you can break through the inner and outer realms, and whether you are just lacking the necessary skills, is all a matter of your own feeling. There will never be an experienced elder who can tell you, "You have practiced enough, you can try to break through today."

Many things are only known after they are lost. There is a huge difference between having and not having. After all, he was just a person who had just practiced martial arts for two months. He was not yet experienced enough to correct his own mistakes, so he felt empty inside.

But if Yue Hongling came to the door, she could beat the leader of the Sun teachers and a group of Sun teachers. Compared with the thoughts of men and women, Zhao Changhe was more concerned about the fact that this time there was really someone to guide him, and this teacher was even more awesome than the leader.

Do you have any thoughts about men and women

I don’t know. She is so beautiful, normally any man would have some thoughts about her.

However, just like when he lived with Xia Chichi, Zhao Changhe felt that it would be more convenient and freer if those things didn't happen. She fell into this pit and it really hurt her, and she had to deal with so much trouble.

She stopped talking about those embarrassing and awkward topics and suddenly started talking about serious matters. Was it because she also realized this

So everyone felt relieved, at least on the surface.

If Xia Chichi was here, he would probably widen his eyes, then laugh and say, "What a true man of the world."

The details of that expression are as if they are right before my eyes.

She seemed to be jealous of Yue Hongling... but there was no need to do so.

Yue Hongling was full and sated, wiping her mouth comfortably, and said leisurely: "I'm not your master, but we are just friends, so you don't have to be so serious."

"You may have misunderstood something... Do you believe me when I say I'm thinking about women?" Zhao Changhe said expressionlessly, "Ever since you fell into the trap, the Yue Hongling you looked up to is long gone."

Yue Hongling almost choked to death, and after a while she said, "I don't need you to look up to me like a mountain... I don't know what kind of strange Yue Hongling is in your heart. Was I serious the day I met you? Why do I feel like I smiled at you..."

Zhao Changhe: "… I'm so touched. I actually laughed."

Yue Hongling didn't bother to pay attention to him and got down to business: "To be honest, I've watched many of your battles, more than you think."

Zhao Changhe looked up at her.

How can you be so proud of peeping at a man? Did you watch me take a shower? Never mind.

"You have a very solid foundation. Your eyes follow your sword, and your hardness and softness are determined by your heart. You also have an active mind and are not bound by routines. You just need to continue to fight. You will accumulate a lot of experience and naturally have a better understanding and application of the moves. As far as the technique is concerned, there is nothing more I can teach you. What you need is a better and more powerful swordsmanship."

Zhao Changhe was skeptical: "Is it that simple? I'm not even sure whether I should do that with that knife. It's all based on instinct. Don't I need someone to tell me if that knife would have been better? Then I can summarize the experience and do better next time."

"It's enough that you think so."

"ah?"

"That's necessary at the beginning... But now that you've made your debut, do you still expect a master to give you advice in every battle? You can only rely on yourself. Whether you can reflect on yourself, whether you can summarize and generalize, whether you can absorb more nutrients in every battle, this is also part of your talent. Otherwise, what is a latent dragon? It's just a slug following behind the master."

“I’ve only been studying for two months!”

Yue Hongling said calmly, "You are Zhao Changhe. You learned martial arts for a month, and you have reached the second level with your sword. You have ascended to the level of Qianlong, and you are so powerful that you can shock the Mangshan Mountain. How many people in this world are there like you? Do you really think that Qianlong 250 is unbearable? That is the recognition that hundreds of millions of people want but cannot get."

Zhao Changhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Thank you so much. Well, you said I need a better swordsmanship, do you have it? Show it to me."

"You're welcome." Yue Hongling rolled her eyes: "No."

"Hello!"

"I have taken on many challenges and killed many people over the years. I have obtained some secret manuals and atlases of sword techniques, but to be honest, the Blood Evil Sword Technique is really powerful. The sword techniques I have obtained may not be as good as this one. If you want, I will give them to you for reference. Just learn more about the strengths of each school. At present, I still recommend that you focus on the Blood Evil Sword." Yue Hongling said as he took out a bag from under the table, took out a few books and threw them over. "You actually brought a bag with you..."

"I told you I came to seek refuge with you. Would I lie to you?"

“… It’s hard to say.” Zhao Changhe took it and felt uncomfortable: “You have already chosen the Blood God Skill, and you said that the Blood Evil Sword Skill that comes with the lower-level Blood Evil Skill is very powerful. It sounds so perfunctory.”

Yue Hongling laughed dumbly: "What I have learned may not be better than the Blood God Skill."

Zhao Changhe understood the point.

The martial arts depends on who practices it. With the same Blood Evil Kung Fu and Blood Evil Knife, Deputy Captain Huang was defeated in three moves by Zhao Changhe.

So it's not that the Blood God Technique is rubbish, it's that Master Xue is not good enough...

Yue Hongling added: "And the Blood Evil Art is not a transitional art that is inferior to the Blood God Art. It is a shortcut to separate from the Blood God Art. The Blood God Art cultivates both the inside and the outside, while the Blood Evil Art specializes in cultivating Qi and blood. Although it is biased, it is also more convenient and is one of the best in the cultivation of external Qi and blood. It's just that it lacks the coordination of the inside and the outside, and the disadvantages are obvious, resulting in few people being able to cultivate it to a very deep level. You know this better than me."

Zhao Changhe nodded slightly: "Indeed, I also feel that the Blood Evil Skill is very strong when I practice it myself. I thought it was because I was not experienced enough and had not seen many high-end external skills. So I had this illusion. Since you said so, it seems that it is indeed very strong."

"But..." Yue Hongling said hesitantly, "The disadvantages of this skill are not just that it easily affects the mind and the training is painful."

Zhao Changhe's eyes widened. "It's good enough for a normal skill to have one negative effect. Isn't it disgusting enough that there are two of them? There's more?"

"Yes." Yue Hongling said, "Don't you realize that the more people you kill, the more powerful the feedback from your skills will be?"

Zhao Changhe was stunned. This was indeed the case, and it was clearly recorded in the secret manual. It was also noted that this item existed even when practicing the Blood God Technique. The Blood God Cult's killing was determined by its roots.

Blood evil, blood evil, is not only blood, but also evil spirit. The more people you kill, the more evil you will naturally cultivate. A weak scholar using this skill will definitely not be as good as a murderous bandit.

Should I stack this killing book or stack this invincible book... Zhao Changhe was speechless. He couldn't tell whether this was an advantage or a disadvantage. Thinking about it, it would be easy to turn into a big devil who killed people everywhere.

Moreover, if the evil spirit is too strong, will it be more likely to affect my rationality in the future? I haven't lost my rationality and become violent yet, is it simply because my cultivation is still low? Will I be able to cultivate to a higher level in the future

Zhao Changhe thought for a moment and asked cautiously, "Can the internal functions solve these problems?"

"Internal energy is not of the same nature. I don't understand your internal energy. It seems to have no characteristics. I don't know if it can help you in this situation..." Yue Hongling smiled slightly: "Do you feel that after saying so much, I can't teach you anything?"

Zhao Changhe was somewhat speechless: "You knew that, too. But at least you helped me sort out the situation, so it's good to have an idea of it."

"I can teach you at least three aspects. First, your inner strength must not have come from the right place. You only have the true energy running through your meridians, and no one has taught you the breathing method and the key points of the mental method. This may not be a problem when you are just getting started, but when you want to move forward, you will definitely feel that something is missing, as if you are missing a key."

Zhao Changhe suddenly realized that his intuition was right. No wonder he always felt that he was just a little short of breaking through the second level. Sure enough, something was missing! If Yue Hongling hadn't come here, how long would he have been stuck in the second level

"Can I use your mental method?"

"Things like mental methods are similar in every school. They are nothing more than strengthening guidance and concentrating the mind. You can use my mental method to run your meridians. What you cultivate will still be your true qi. There is no problem."

Just like using the Nine Mysterious Method taught by Fu Jun'er to practice the Changsheng Jue, in the end it is still the Changsheng Jue? Zhao Changhe suddenly felt that many Tang Dynasty fans might be missing something when they practiced the Changsheng Jue... The irrelevant thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly said happily: "Please teach me, sister."

"Before that, I'll teach you how to breathe. Sit still... You don't have to sit cross-legged, just sit normally."

Zhao Changhe sat down obediently.

Yue Hongling stood up and walked to his side. After a slight hesitation, she bent down and put her hand on his lower abdomen: "First, tighten your abdomen, take a deep breath, feel the expansion of the breath entering your body, and then combine it with your internal breath..."

The female master was so close to him, caressing him with her slender hands, the faint fragrance was at the tip of his nose, the ends of her hair brushed against his cheeks, his face and heart were itchy. Zhao Changhe suddenly realized why Yue Hongling was unwilling to accept a disciple in the first place. It was not just for the sake of freedom, but also because he could not travel the world with a burden... The more important thing was to consider this, right

It is inevitable to teach martial arts in close proximity. When Instructor Sun taught me how to use the sword, she grabbed my hand every day. She also bent my arms, pressed my waist, and slapped my butt. This time, the female teacher and the male apprentice were of similar age, and no matter how I thought about it, I felt that this teaching would not be very interesting.

"I told you to take a deep breath, why is your breathing so erratic and rapid?" Yue Hongling had no expression on her face, and her voice seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth: "Could it be that because Yue Hongling is in your room, you are thinking about how to play?"

(End of this chapter)