in the edge

Chapter 356 Mental effort

Waiting is waiting, but Du Chengfeng is not really idle.

In terms of cooking skills, he has almost learned it. Although there is definitely some gap between him and the top celebrity chefs, that gap is only the difference between the top three and the fourth or fifth - after practicing the cooking skills to the end, there will be no difference. If you want to make progress, you actually need luck. After all, there are only those ingredients that can be eaten, and there are only a few flavor combinations that people can accept. What's more, the direction Du Chengfeng chooses is not complicated. , but to simplify the steps, such as allowing pigs to learn how to stew meat.

However, the progress was temporarily stuck. Although he had thought of sewing seasoning packets and directly using pieces of meat, he had never found any good way to let the pigs learn to boil water and watch the heat.

"At times like this, you need some inspiration."

After another failed attempt, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh and could only say that some things cannot be achieved simply by hard work.

In other words, hard work must be used in the right place, just like sewing pepper, aniseed, fragrant leaves, tangerine peel and the like into seasoning bags. This thing cannot be made by squatting in the imperial kitchen. The stuff was made by the weavers in the palace, where they used the craft of making sachets to sew these useful seasoning packets.

"Stones from other hills, can learn."

This is Du Chengfeng's evaluation of this matter.

To improve many things to a certain level, what is needed is not only the depth of the matter, but also the breadth of knowledge. It was after realizing this that he began to try to follow his interests. , to explore more areas that I have not explored.

Sewing, for example, is what interests him these days.

When it comes to sewing, it is definitely the weavers in the palace who know this best, but in Du Chengfeng's opinion, compared to these weavers, the one who is most proficient in this art is the old eunuch who is somewhat familiar with him. ——You must know that he has seen the craftsmanship of the old eunuch. He can weave silk threads into a waterproof cloth with his bare hands, and then directly dismantle the cloth and weave it into clothes to put on his body. The most outrageous thing is that all this happens in a moment. Completed.

If there are strong men in the sewing world, then this old eunuch is equivalent to Taizu Nanchen and Wu Zhao in sewing!

"Stop saying that! How dare you compare with Taizu Emperor Gao!"

Facing Du Chengfeng's praise, the old eunuch was so scared that he almost peed.

"It's just a small thing, it can't be put on the stage. I only learned this thing so that I could mend the emperor's clothes when there was any crisis... What does this small thing mean? It's not worth it for you..."

"You can't say that."

Du Chengfeng immediately shook his head.

But he still remembered how useful the old eunuch's skills were. He could even say that if the old eunuch hadn't blocked the leaky boat when they were crossing the river, even if he had martial arts at that time, he might not have been able to use it. Also go down to the river to feed the fish.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this experience that he had the bud to "learn a little bit of everything", so now that he has the opportunity to learn, he will naturally not let it go.

"There is no useless technology, only people who can't figure out how to use it... Mastering more ways to solve problems is also part of becoming stronger."

"This……"

The old eunuch's eyes began to blur.

Yes, yes, yes, but he still doesn't know how this kind of thing is connected with becoming stronger.

Not to mention being number one in the Hundred Weapons Library, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is not worthy of this ranking at all. This is not so much an acknowledgment of his strength as it is a deliberate attempt to harm him - to let a person who is not strong enough Winning the first place is basically like making this person a target. The masters behind him will definitely be unconvinced, and he, the first place, will be endlessly assassinated because of this.

In fact, he is not that strong, and the old eunuch has always known it.

"But your ability to survive is much better than those so-called masters."

Seeing that the old eunuch was still belittling himself, Du Chengfeng couldn't stand it.

"Even if those masters can fight, there will always be times when they can't handle it. They will be poisoned to death, fall into the river and drown, or even die of cold and illness because their clothes are torn... So many warriors are because of The armor-removing wind has got to the root of the disease, but can you say they are not strong?"

"This……"

The old eunuch was speechless.

It seems that this is indeed the case. Although in terms of combat power, he thinks that he is definitely not as good as those masters, let alone a top powerhouse like Du Chengfeng, but when it comes to survival, no one can compare. Beat him - after all, his skills are all trained to deal with the most extreme situations.

For example, if the imperial city was breached for some strange reason, and he needed to take the young prince - or rather the young emperor, to escape, his skills would be enough to escape without carrying any gold or silver. It can also ensure that the emperor is well fed, clothed, and even lives comfortably. Along the way, he can open roads over mountains and build bridges over water. If he needs to hide his identity for a long time, he can even make a well-off family from scratch, thereby ensuring that His Majesty the Emperor can grow up healthily.

It's just that in the past, he just thought that this was his duty as a minister, but now thinking about it... these things seem to really be considered skills?

"Look? Isn't this what it is?"

Seeing that the old eunuch's eyes finally showed some confidence, Du Chengfeng nodded repeatedly.

"Believe in yourself, you are also capable. Many times when you can't beat others, it may not be because you are incompetent, but it may also be because you are not confident... If you don't even believe in yourself, then your ability is at best If you use 10% to meet someone else's 80% starting point, how can you possibly beat them?"

"Are you capable..."

The old eunuch thought for a while, and finally lowered his head with a wry smile.

"Perhaps I am indeed capable in other aspects, but in terms of fighting... maybe everyone does have their own talents. My talents are indeed not here."

"What you said doesn't make sense."

Du Chengfeng shook his head repeatedly.

Indeed, he also admitted that there may be such unreasonable things as talent in this world, but when it comes to a specific person, how far this person can develop... In his opinion, talent can only determine which one. part, not all.

The most powerful thing about a person is never any extraordinary talent, but that rare and valuable plasticity.

This is the view that Du Chengfeng has always held.

It doesn't matter what you do, just practice. No one can do everything since they were babies. As the old saying goes, if fighting talent can really determine everything, then the world should be ruled by tigers and elephants, and the weak apes should be If you live in trees all your life, humans will never appear at all.

If you are good at it, practice more. If you don't know how to do it, learn more. As long as you keep thinking about what you want to do, the rest will be the accumulation of skills and proficiency.

When those ethereal loose sands gather into a tower, even the sky can be touched.

Just like Du Chengfeng himself, he can now fly into the sky and escape from the earth. Rounding it off, it can be regarded as Jibei touching the sky. He can be said to have realized human beings' yearning for the sky.

And now, he saw something the same in the old eunuch.

"You actually did it."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

"You actually did it, but you didn't know it... Think about it carefully, you actually felt like this, when you wanted to protect an emperor with all your heart, when you wanted to be loyal with all your heart, well, When you are young, do many difficult things no longer seem difficult to you? Or, no matter how difficult it is, you still feel that you must overcome it?"

"Ah this..."

After Du Chengfeng's reminder, the old eunuch suddenly felt a little dazed.

It seems...that is indeed the case. In the past, he had no feeling about this aspect. He just felt that since he was deeply favored by the emperor and even served three generations of emperors, he must fulfill his duties faithfully no matter what, and must protect the safety of His Majesty the Emperor.

Although this kind of thing is a bit too difficult for an eunuch who has nothing but loyalty, looking back on the past few decades, he seems to have never thought about how difficult these things are.

Maybe he did think about it, but he didn't care. Even when faced with Da Chen's precarious appearance, he never thought about retreating, living in seclusion, and spending the rest of his life as a rich man.

He just wanted to do his last thing well in the last days of his life.

"So, if you can replace loyalty with battle itself..."

Du Chengfeng made some gestures.

"With such determination, can you not beat others?"

"This……"

Like a thunderbolt lighting up the night sky, the old eunuch's mind suddenly lit up.

This is not the kind of vague talk before. The expert in front of him said it very clearly this time, and the old eunuch himself clearly understood what the other person was talking about - it seems that this is indeed the case, His attitude towards fighting has always been that it only needs to be useful, so that he can protect the emperor and run away from the chaos. As for more, he only wants it when he realizes that he needs strength recently. To become stronger.

To put it simply, his determination to become stronger has never been very high.

At least he didn't put all his energy into it like he was loyal.

Well, the problem is coming.

What if he devoted all his energy to becoming stronger as if he were devoted to his duty?

"It turns out you've been using this method all along..."

The old eunuch, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head.

"So it's this kind of power you use."

"Ah, you can say that, it seems you understand."

Du Chengfeng laughed.

That is indeed a very happy thing, especially when two people are chatting, they can understand each other's words - although this kind of thing is strictly the basis of communication, in many cases, abnormal communication is more , one was talking about the city gate building, and the other was talking about the hip axis. Both of them seemed to be chatting happily, but in fact they were still talking about their own things.

On the contrary, this kind of communication where each other can understand each other's ideas is rare.

After all, it’s actually a bit troublesome to describe this kind of thing with words.

Even Du Chengfeng himself didn't know how to describe this power.

Mental power, this is Du Chengfeng's rough summary of this power, and it is also a new summary he made of the power of the world when he was free recently - if imagination represents the emanation of will, then this Part is called the power of the mind, which represents the unity of the will.

But Du Chengfeng himself doesn't actually want to use the word "mental power" to summarize, or in other words, he feels that this power should not be defined in any words. After all, this power is fluid and can be It can be placed anywhere and can be used for anything. There is no need to point out a direction or a goal. This kind of thing has no origin.

If you have to describe it, it is easy to frame this power. For example, if you call it "mental power", you will inevitably pay too much attention to the spirit when using it. If you call it mental power, you will become too focused on the mentality. ...In short, this is a very troublesome thing, so troublesome that Du Chengfeng himself is scratching his head about it.

Fortunately, the old eunuch was wise and quickly understood what he wanted to express.

That's good, at least it saves him a lot of time talking.

"That's it. With this kind of power, it's true."

Thinking of this, the old eunuch nodded slowly again.

"Our family has fully understood it, so in return, I wonder which part you want to learn?"

"Let's learn from the basics."

Du Chengfeng didn't choose any advanced techniques. Although the old eunuch would definitely teach him, those things were of little use to him - he wasn't here to show off his skills, he was here to learn knowledge. A solid foundation would definitely be better than some fancy stuff. Much more important.

"Is there any simple way to get started? The kind that a three-year-old child can start learning."

"Easy way to get started..."

The old eunuch began to think.

Normally, everyone starts with embroidery, but even embroidery can actually only be done after you have a certain foundation of skills... After all, weaving is still a bit of a barrier, and a three-year-old child really can't learn it.

But weaving, to put it bluntly, is to connect threads. If the hooks are enough and strong enough, the cloth will come out.

Thinking of this, the old eunuch suddenly slapped his head.

"Yes! There is indeed an easier way to get started!"

"Ok?"

Du Chengfeng immediately became interested.

"what is that?"

"It may be difficult to understand if you start directly from the cloth, so we start with the connection between threads."

Saying this, the old eunuch pulled a long thread directly from his cuff, connected it head to tail, and tied it into a circle.

"Why don't you try turning the flower rope first?"

　An update has arrived. I drank half a tael of wine today for the first time in a long time. I feel better now.

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(End of this chapter)