Riding the wind of rebirth

"I see, it turns out it can't be done," Luo Yujuan laughed.

"I used to think it was pretty cool to see Elbow and Xiaomiao practicing swordplay on the riverbank." Liang Guangping nodded, "Now that I see Ran playing, I know the difference between professionals and amateurs."

"This is called competitive routine, which is different from our health routine." Feeling that he had taught enough, Zhou Zhi asked Liang Ran to demonstrate a set of sword techniques that he was familiar with to everyone, and then returned to his team and said to Liang Guangping: "It seems that Master Liang Ran's level is enough to reach the Wuying level."

"There is no Dharma Sword in the competitive routines." Mingtai stood beside Zhou Zhi without knowing when: "If you want to apply for the Wuying level, you need to learn another routine."

"Master Zhou is very modest. In fact, your use of the hard sword to your current level has surpassed 90% of practitioners."

Zhou Zhi has been practicing with a real weapon since the beginning, a long sword that can be used in actual combat. Its weight is about twice that of the sword used for performances and practice. Combined with the principle of leverage, the effort required is several times that of the average practitioner. Now he has finally mastered the skill of lifting heavy objects with ease, and his wielding of the hard sword has reached the level of an ordinary person wielding a light sword. In fact, as Mingtai said, he is better than many ordinary people, but he does not realize it.

"If Master Liaoran wants to take the exam, I have an acquaintance in Shudu Sports College, and it will be no problem to find a teacher to tutor you." Zhou Zhi handed his sword to Mingtai: "Last time you said you wanted to see the current level of craftsmanship, so I replaced the sword with a good set and brought it to you for your review. I usually use a plain set."

"What a nice sword..." Mingtai took the sword and examined it carefully: "Is this a pre-Tang Dynasty model?"

"The shape of Han sword." Zhou Zhi said.

The sword body of the Han Dynasty is generally straight, and the blade extends from both sides in an arc. The unearthed cultural relics are generally simple, and only the burial objects unearthed from the tombs of kings, princes, generals and ministers are quite gorgeous.

Generally, a red and black lacquer sheath is used. The side of the sheath that is close to the body is relatively smooth, while the other side is lacquered with ridges and many dark patterns. Swords are often made of copper, often inlaid with gold and silver animal faces, cloud patterns, valley patterns, and inlaid with noble gems such as agate and turquoise.

Zhou Zhi's sword is decorated with jade. After receiving the award-winning jade carving of Han sword accessories from Suzhou Jade Carving Factory, he customized it in Longquan to match the carving.

The sword is decorated with a relief of a Hetian jade coiled dragon pattern. A complete jade sword is composed of four jade ornaments, namely the head, guard, pendant, and jade.

This set of jade equipment has a coiled dragon on the sword head, one on each side of the sword guard, a large coiled dragon on the sword sheath, and one on the bottom and both sides of the sword sheath, a total of seven coiled dragons, so it can also be called the "Seven Dragon" sword.

The scabbard is made of black lacquer with extremely fine red lines. The red lines are taken from the Chu lacquerware from the Warring States and Han Dynasties, and are full of mysterious beauty.

When Mingtai was young, he also stayed in several large temples in the north. He saw a lot of good things and knew that this set of sword equipment was very valuable.

When he drew the sword out of its sheath and saw the colorful patterns on it, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Pan steel!"

"Eh? Master Mingtai is really good." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be surprised: "Most people would understand it as the more familiar Yuchang Sword or Songwen Sword, but few people know the name Pangang!"

"I can't remember where I heard this name. I think it was from my master. He said there is a kind of sword that is darker than ordinary swords. When viewed from a certain angle, it is covered with winding patterns like pine bark. It is called Pangang."

"All I know is that Shen Kuo mentioned it in Mengxi Bitan." Zhou Zhi said, "He said that there was a type of ancient swords called Shenlu and Yuchang. Shenlu means the sword is shiny black, and Yuchang means the texture of the sword is like the arrangement of fish intestines after the rib muscles are removed after the fish is cooked." "He also said that the ancients used hard steel for the blade and soft iron for the sword body. If not, the sword would break easily. The sword blade forged by folding steel and iron in this way would form a sword blade like that, which was called Pangang Sword in the Song Dynasty. Shen Kuo said Pangang Sword should be the same as Songwen Sword and Yuchang Sword."

"Gongsun Sheng on Liangshan Mountain, fortunately he used the Nine-Four Pine Pattern Ancient Sword?" Liang Guangping said.

"Is the ancient ingot knife used by Sun Jian the same as the one used by Gongsun Sheng?" Liu Hongtao said.

"You two have studied Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms very deeply!" Zhou Zhi looked at them with new eyes: "Jiuxia's clothes are embroidered with spring clouds, and Liujia's wind and thunder treasures. Around the waist is a short silk belt of various colors, and on the back is a pine-patterned ancient bronze sword. Gongsun Sheng used this sword to break Gao Lian's spell to poison insects."

"In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there are two people who used the ancient ingot sword. One was Che Zhou, the governor of Xuzhou who was killed by Guan Yu, and the other was Sun Jian, who wore tattered silver armor, a red cap, held the ancient ingot sword, and rode a horse with a flowery mane when he attacked Sishui Pass. In addition, after Sun Jian died, his son Sun Quan gave the sword to Zhou Yu, so Sun Quan and Zhou Yu also owned the sword, but they did not use it in battle."

"Elbow, you're just flirting with a blind man." Luo Yujuan said with a smile, "Do you really think they are experts in classical works? I see them playing games on the computer these days, and they seem to be about ancient wars."

"Let us test you first!" Liang Guangping raised his hand: "In the Three Kingdoms, what was Cao Cao's mount?"

"Cao Cao had many mounts." Zhou Zhi said, "You want to talk about Red Hare? Cao Cao got it from Lu Bu and later gave it to Guan Yu."

"No...well, Red Hare counts as one, and there's more!"

"Another story is that Cao Cao was hunting with the emperor in Xutian. Cao Cao led a hundred thousand people and rode side by side with the emperor, competing for the head of a horse. Later, the ministers called out for congratulations, and Cao Cao rode out to receive the congratulations. When Guan Yu saw him, he wanted to kill him, but was stopped by Liu Bei." Zhou Zhi said, "The horse was called 'Yellow Claw Flying Lightning'."

"Damn..." Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao looked at each other in bewilderment. "Elbow, you're really good. You can remember all this? I've read Romance of the Three Kingdoms several times, but if it weren't for the treasure system in the game, we would never have noticed these details."

"In fact, Cao Cao had many more horses than just these two," Zhou Zhi said. "The one that is actually recorded in official history is a famous horse called 'Jueying'. According to records, after the Battle of Wancheng, Cao Cao was ambushed by the warlord Zhang Xiu. Cao Ang rushed to rescue him and gave his own horse Jueying to Cao Cao to help him escape. He himself died in the battle."

"The Shiyu says, 'Ang presented his horse to the Duke, and the Duke escaped, but Ang was killed.' The Weishu says, 'The horse the Duke rode was named Jueying, and was hit by a stray arrow, wounding his cheek and foot, and also hitting the Duke's right arm.' Jueying managed to break through the siege with Cao Cao, who was also wounded, after being hit by two arrows, and only fell after he was sent to his own army. It was really a good horse."

"This question is beyond the scope of the syllabus." Liang Guangping shook his head: "This horse game doesn't have it."

Liu Hongtao also shook his head: "Elbow is too amazing. How did he read this book to remember all these details?"

Everyone nodded, thinking that this kid was really perverted.

"Actually..." Zhou Zhi felt a little embarrassed when everyone saw him: "The above horses are all ordinary horses, and they are not the most majestic one Cao Cao has ever ridden." (End of this chapter)