The Desolate Era
11
Ning, listening to this, felt completely confused, as if his head was covered in mist and clouds. Father, you said I should prepare my body before I can train with the sword. I can barely understand that. But I also have to prepare my ‘mind’? What means?”
Don't be impatient.
Yichuan looked at his son. A thick book appeared in his hand out of nowhere. He threw it towards Ning. First, read carefully this boxing manual. There were sixteen horses in this fist technique. It contains the simplest yet most basic method to allow one's body to exert power. Once you master this boxing technique, your entire body will act as you please and you will be able to exert strength easily.
The sword was born from your body. If even your body is not acting the way you want, how can your sword act the way you want it to? Yichuan looked at his son, worried that his son would bite off more than he could chew. “First, you must calm your mind.”
Ning understand the logic that ‘sharp the knife does not slow down the process of cutting’.
Yeah, dad. Ning said as he lowered his head to start reading books. He began to carefully review the boxing mysteries described in the book. The book was quite thick, but it was actually because it was made of animal skin, which made each of its pages extremely thick.
After memorizing the deep secrets, he began to practice. His father constantly gave him advice and pointed out his mistakes, or even showed himself to help Ning understand.
In fact, the [Wind Shadow Step] also contained some principles in exerting force, but the [Shadow Wind Step] was mainly about using force in the legs. Because she had some previous experience now .. Ning learned relatively quickly.
Two hours later.
“Break time.” Yichuan looked at her sweating son. “In the future, you will spend two hours every day to practice your boxing, unless and until I judge that your body is ready to train with the sword.”
“Preparing your body to train with a sword is just one aspect.”
“You should also prepare ‘mind’mu to use the sword.” Two black metal swords appeared in Yichuan's hands, and he threw them at his son. Bring 'em!
Ning took out two swords.
Yichuan pointed to the empty area. Hu. A metal puppet appeared out of nowhere, holding a single sword.
“This is a doll.” said Yichuan. Practitioners of Purification Ki of the Eternal way are often good at producing these dolls. This one was just an ordinary puppet, with the strength of a master-level Houtian fighter. However, his body was extremely tough.
“Daddy, what are the red spots on his body that are?” Ning wondered.
The black metal puppet had more than ten red dots on its body. Red spots were located between his forehead, in his throat, on his chest, on his arms, hands, back, and several other areas.
Try poking a red dot on his forehead, Yichuan said. You have to be quick.
“Ya.” Ning stabbed hard with his right hand.
A hua!
The tip of his sword stabbed forward, but it hit the head, roughly an inch from the red dot.
“But ..” Ning slightly surprised. He was clearly aiming for that red dot. Inevitably he tried to stab three more times, but the result was always the same, slightly missed.
“Have you found it?” Yichuan said calmly. Even though you want to stab it in the middle of the forehead, when you actually try to do it, you cannot do it accurately. How can you stab accurately? First, you have to control your body perfectly. Second, you have to practice many times.
Each sword technique can be described as consisting of thirteen specific movements; cutting, piercing, scraping, sweeping, breaking, knocking, splitting, propping, intercepting, twisting, lifting, drawing, and sheath.
Cutting, piercing, scraping, sweeping, knocking, splitting; these are used for attacking.
Supports, breaks, intercepts, twists, lifts, draws, and coats; these are used for defending.
Yichuan pointed to the metal doll. This puppet did not move at all, and had nine red dots on its body. Perform movements ‘cut, pierce, scrape, sweep, split, and knock’ against it. I'll teach you the secrets to every move and how to move in harmony with your attacks. Every basic move should be practiced at least ten million times!
In the future, the puppet will start moving and cut you off with its own sword technique. You will then use the ‘support, intercept, twist, lift, draw, break, and sheath’ movements, the seven basic defensive moves, to defend yourself. You will train all these moves ten million times as well.
“Attacking!”
“Defending!”
“After you get used to the two, the doll will engage in battle against you, and you will use a combination of thirteen horses to fight it.” Yichuan looked at his son. When the time comes when your thirteen basic attitudes have been embedded in your mind and bones, and when you are truly accurate, that is when you will absorb the essence of the Sword into your mind. Only then will your mind be ready to practice the sword.
Ning listened with bated breath.
“Prepare your body.”
“Prepare your thoughts.”
After that, you will be able to actually begin training in sword techniques. Yichuan looked at his son. The sword technique was extremely complicated, but it was still formed from these thirteen basic moves. If you can't even memorize and absorb these thirteen basic moveshow can you possibly gain achievements in training with a sword?
Once you have truly become familiar with the sword technique that I will pass down to you, then you can be considered to have reached the first ‘basis’ level in using the sword.
“Medium also has three levels.”
“Basic level, advanced level, and ‘ levelone with dunia’!”
’Advanced level’ for footwork requires precise control over the body. But ‘advanced level’ for swords requires one to have precise control over the body and the sword, and then combine them into one! It's ten times harder!
Become ‘one with dunia’? It's even further.
Yichuan looked at his son. “Ji Ning, do you now understand the path you have to walk?”
The training technique [Crimsonbright Diagram of the Nine Heavens] would grant him a Fiendgod body and unimaginable power.
But practice in footwork and swordplay will determine how much of that power he can use!
“Dad, how long do I have to practice before I can reach the level of ‘one with sword’?” Ning couldn't help but ask.
“It's hard to say.” Yichuan shook his head. In the past, I have spent six years mastering the basics, then another six years before becoming ‘one with sword’. You can say that it took me twelve years!
“Twelve years?” Ning held his breath.
His father, despite being young, had become the number one expert of the Ji clan in Western Prefecture. A person who possessed unparalleled talent took twelve years. Many ordinary people would spend their lives training without being able to reach the level of ‘one with sword’.
Do not bite off more than you can chew. Take things step by step stably. Yichuan looked at his son. “Let's start. Let me teach you first the ‘piercing’ movement of the thirteen basic moves!
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Under her father's guidance, Ning's posture was very correct as she stabbed repeatedly! Cut repeatedly! Scraped repeatedly! Tapped repeatedly!
It's very boring.
And very exhausting.
Fortunately, Ning had amazing regeneration abilities. And given his experience of being tormented by illness in his past life he was a man who would not give up easily.
After training the attacking movement for two hours, he began to practice the defensive movement for another two hours.
The metal puppet would not tire, delivering endless hacking blows with a sword to defend Ning.
Yichuanese. Snow stood up from afar, watching his son train hard.
Yichuan also walked to his wife's side, and the two watched the metal doll fight from a distance against their son. “Salju. I wasn't expecting this. I really did not expect that our son would have such a strong determination. I had even prepared him to complain of being tired, and prepared to force him to continue training. I didn't expect that I wouldn't have to force it at all!
When he trained his footwork in the morning Snow felt sorry for his son. Even though he said he was tired, all he did was talk. He didn't stop once. Six hours in the morning, six hours in the afternoon twelve hours in a day are spent on exercise. Ning is very young
I remember when I was young. Yichuan said softly. Back then, I was forced by my father to practice. I felt too tired and almost fainted, but every time I gave up, my father would use his whip to beat me up. I cried every time I unsheathed a sword or used it to stab.it continued until I was ten years old, and my father was killed by the Diremonster of Eastlake Mountain. My mother and I've been down a thousand fathoms. Seeing how cold everyone was towards us and then my mother died of illness I finally woke up. I am no longer saying that I am tired, or that I am sick. Every day, I focus on my training.
A person who has never practiced before will never know how exhausting the practice is.
Exhausting for the body. Boring thoughts.
A person who is not mental enough or who does not have enough desire will not be able to survive.
I have doubts about our son's future achievements. Yichuan said softly. Although his talent for the Refining of the Fiendgod Body was extremely high, if he did not work hard, he would still not achieve muchbut now, he was, I believe that my son will definitely become one of the true experts in this world. He will definitely!”
Hearing her husband's words, Snow looked at her son who was still training in the distance. He gently nodded. I believe it too!
..
Watching himself grow stronger, even stronger than the ‘ super’ humans in the movies, is a truly amazing feeling!
A year later.
A hua!
Blindfish, standing far away, threw four stones into the air. Ning who was slightly taller raised his bow while grabbing four arrows, holding it tightly between his five fingers.
Shua! Shua! Shua! Shua!
Four arrows shot out simultaneously, leaving four air paths in the sky, hitting the four stones that had been thrown upwards. The four stones were all shattered into small pieces that fell to the ground.
“Good.” Blindfish walked over, laughing loudly like thunder.
“Mr Blindfish.” Ning put away the bow.
You've mastered the mental segment. You even quickly mastered my self-esteem and excitement, skill ‘Quadshot’. Blindfish praised as he nodded. I have nothing left to teach you about archery. Next, you need to keep practicing and building experience. As your power grows, you will be able to shoot stronger arrows. This training page is now too small for you. You have to go to a bigger and wider place and shoot arrows from a distance of one, two, or even three or four kilometers! The further you shoot, the more you have to consider the wind and the environment.
“Understood.” Ning nodded.
Archery needs someone very precise.
One needs to consider the strength of the pull, the trajectory of the arrow, and also the downward pull of gravity. At the same time, one had to take into account the wind speed!
Although it was complicated, as long as one could sense the direction and strength of the wind, one would be able to shoot without needing to aim. This was because the question of which angle to shoot from and how to shoot was already embedded in one's bones from countless repetitive exercises. At least, to the current Ning ... within five hundred meters, not even a fly could escape his arrow!
But this is far from enough!
As his strength grew, his arrow would also be stronger. A few Xiantian life form arrows would fly several kilometers and still possess incredible strength! The farther the distance, the more difficult it is to shoot accurately - this requires more practice and experience.
Starting tomorrow, I won't be coming here again. Young master, you are the most talented student I have ever taught. Blindfish looked at Ning. Don't waste your talent. In the future, you will definitely become the most fearsome god archer in the area of Swallow Mountain.