in the edge

Chapter 454 The difference between masters and ordinary people

"...Wait a minute, is this serious?"

The next morning, under the Bell and Drum Tower of Sanshan Town, Wang Wenshun, who came to ask for advice, was dumbfounded for a moment when he heard what the young man said.

"The training method is actually hide and seek?"

"……Um."

The young man gritted his teeth and nodded.

When he got this answer, he was also surprised. You must know that only children under ten years old can do things like hide and seek. He is now fourteen, how can he play such a thing? If young people see it, they will be laughed at.

But just when he wanted to raise a question, he saw the real master with an unprecedented seriousness on his face.

"This sport is very safe, it is very unlikely that anyone will get injured, and it can also train people's awareness of tactics and strategy..."

Recalling what he had heard, the young man tried to repeat what Du Chengfeng had said.

"The reporting officer is not allowed to ask for help, is not allowed to run across the backward river, and is not allowed to open his eyes while counting. The scope is limited to the town. Do you understand?"

Wang Wenshun's doubts became more and more obvious.

The footsteps were so heavy that he could even hear that the other party's body was not as coordinated as he imagined.

“The most important thing is that it keeps everyone involved and it’s fun.”

Doubts were still swirling in his mind, but at the moment he had no time to care about such trivial matters.

At least he can run away, at worst he should go back first.

While Wang Wenshun was still hesitating, the young man continued.

Recalling the loose and heavy footsteps unique to the young man just now, Wang Wenshun immediately locked his target.

Noisy and bustling, this is the early morning in Sanshan Town, and the smoke and smoke of the world completely fills Wang Wenshun's keen hearing.

"Varied……"

"This……"

Just because he, who had been listening carefully, actually lost track of her.

If the opponent's iron whip didn't really contain the master's sword intention, he would even think that this was really just an ordinary young man.

Wang Wenshun closed his eyes as a matter of course.

As you get older, you naturally want to play more mature things, such as imitating the fighting skills of those martial arts masters...

"Ok?"

What other training tactics and strategies...can this thing really play a role in training?
Wang Wenshun didn't quite believe it. This training method was too outrageous.

"In short, there are three requirements."

Now that we have talked about it, why don’t we just give it a try? Anyway, if you have dates or not, you can play three poles. Even if you really can’t learn anything, at least it will let him know that this so-called "old senior" has nothing to do with it. So reliable - in fact, he now even has some doubts whether this "old senior" is the kind of expert who has good looks. After all, the other party pretends to be a young man, and he is really pretending to be too similar. A little bit.

He is not a naughty child, so he will not cheat at this time. With his skills, what if he follows the rules? Just like now, after closing his eyes, he can hear more clearly. The footsteps of the senior leaving.

In the final analysis, the biggest reason why he regarded the opponent as a senior expert was because the knife marks engraved on the iron whip shocked him so much. Therefore, if he followed this idea, he could fight against such a master of this level. This young man must be a master, but now it seems...

"found it!"

Wang Wenshun was suddenly stunned.

The warm sunshine shines on the town, and the people who have rested for the night also return to the streets. The noisy footsteps, the shouts along the street, the sound of chamber pots being poured, the hoofbeats of cows and horses, and the wheels rolling on the road, making a squeaking sound. There was a crunching sound, and there were even a few bird calls in the air.

The most important footsteps just disappeared without a trace.

Such a reckless running style is not like a senior expert at all. This kind of unstructured body operation is just like that of teenagers who can be seen everywhere.

After all, more footsteps sounded.

"Okay, are you ready?"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Wenshun nodded.

The boy's voice sounded again.

"Come to me when you count to a hundred, and don't open your eyes."

However, after thinking about the scene where he and the Jingtao Sword King fought, he still felt that hide and seek might be better.

Although he said this, the boy really couldn't figure out what the meaning of hide-and-seek was. Maybe it was the stereotype of adults, thinking that young children should play this, but he wanted to say that anyone over ten years old No one would play with such childish things.

Resisting the idea of ​​opening his eyes, Wang Wenshun held his breath and listened to everything around him. He didn't believe it. It was just hide and seek. How could he not find anyone? With his skills, even if he closed his eyes, he could still find the person. I can hear you……

"Did I really make a mistake?"

Wang Wenshun frowned.

"Row."

This is not because of that moment of distraction. With his current skills, even when he is distracted, he can still hear the sound of the retreating sound. Following the retreating footsteps, he can even judge the direction in which the other party is leaving. ——But now, this method is completely unworkable.

"I can."

Wang Wenshun suddenly felt that this hide and seek was not as simple as he imagined.

Wang Wenshun didn't expect that the so-called "senior" had already wanted to run away before things started. He was still thinking about the hide-and-seek problem - but he didn't quite understand what was going on. , although he is certainly old now, but he also knows that only children under ten years old will play such childish games.

But immediately, Wang Wen started to sweat.

Just because of such footsteps, there were eight of them around him.

There was even a ninth footsteps coming from a distance, accompanied by the creak of the wooden door being pushed open - it was obvious that these were teenagers living in the local area and were not the target he was looking for at all.

"This……"

Wang Wenshun looked stern.

This hide-and-seek seemed far less simple than he imagined.

Especially when I close my eyes right now, since I can only rely on hearing for relatively distant perception, the uneasy feeling in my heart is infinitely amplified - if someone can touch it quietly at this time, Can you get behind him and kill him easily?
What kind of enemy will he encounter when he can't see anything?
Without visual aid, can he really be as accurate as usual? Could something like sound be used as a bait to induce him to reveal his flaws?

"Ninety-nine...one hundred!" Wang Wenshun finally finished counting one hundred and let out a long breath. When he opened his eyes, he was already sweating profusely.

Even though the chase hadn't even started yet, it was already as if he had experienced an incredible war.

"Strategy and tactics...?"

Thinking back on what he had just heard, Wang Wenshun did not dare to be careless at all this time.

Indeed, the moment he closed his eyes, he had already entered an extremely passive situation, whether at the strategic or tactical level - if someone attacked him at that time, even if he could resist it, he would definitely You will be beaten and confused.

So, after opening your eyes now, the situation is better?
not at all.

Just because in front of him, the shadow of the young senior could no longer be seen at all.

"In other words, he knows where I am, but I don't know where he is..."

Wang Wenshun turned around and looked around. He suddenly felt that things seemed to be more troublesome.

Sanshan Town is not that big when it is said to be big. After all, the town is so small that there are only four streets in total. This is why he can agree to it as a matter of course. After all, this kind of place is too small for him - but now, in After counting a hundred and opening his eyes, facing the crowds of people walking on the street, he realized that this Sanshan Town could actually be so big.

Sanshan Town is so small that you can run from one end to the other with just your feet.

But Sanshan Town is also very big, so big that when a person breaks into the crowd, he is like water dripping into the sea.

Is there any way to tell a drop of water from the ocean?
Does this method really exist?

"First... let's take a walk."

Following the direction in his mind, Wang Wenshun walked all the way.

Then he walked to the gate of the county government office and stared at the two stone lions.

"This……"

Wang Wenshun couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This is not a passage, and the other party is obviously not stupid enough to run to a dead end. It is obvious that he only pays attention to the direction in which the footsteps are leaving, but forgets the layout of the town - perhaps this is the so-called strategic deception. , using false footsteps to lead him to make wrong judgments.

Just like what he just thought, when sound becomes the only source of information, sound itself can also be used as a method of deception.

"Strategy..."

Wang Wenshun took a deep breath.

This time, he was extremely serious.

Continuing to walk on the street, Wang Wenshun looked around and recalled the words he had just heard - at this moment, he had devoted himself wholeheartedly to it. He even felt the specific ideas of this training method. There was no doubt that , this so-called hide-and-seek is indeed a training, it can even be said to be more rigorous than any method he can think of.

According to his long-standing thinking, he has always found his opponent and then used his sword. This is the style of martial arts masters and is also the most common fighting method.

But this so-called hide-and-seek revealed to him another, more dangerous way of fighting.

When your enemy is lurking in an area, how do you find him?
From the beginning, he had no initiative to take action. The enemy was hidden in the town and had no idea of ​​showing up. But now, because he had concentrated on finding it for an hour, he was even slightly out of breath - he had never thought about it. , paying full attention to the surroundings, it consumes so much physical strength and energy, especially energy. Now he just wants to find a place to sit and rest for a while.

If someone attacks him behind his back at this time...

"who!"

Wang Wenshun twisted the wrist of the man behind him with his backhand.

"What do you want to do!"

"No, no, no! Sir, I was wrong! Please spare me a lot!"

The thief who was about to steal the money bag turned pale with pain. It was obvious that Wang Wenshun's twist had directly broken the thief's wrist.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Wang Wenshun kicked the thief's leg and broke it. It was just when he was not feeling well, and the thief deserved to be unlucky.

Although he dealt with the thief, Wang Wenshun's heart became even colder, because if the person who had just approached was not a thief, but a real master, then he might not even have time to do this most basic reaction.

Death was so close to him.

"Strategy and tactics..."

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Wang Wenshun's understanding became clearer.

Just like now, making him tired, making him tired, this kind of thing he has never considered before, isn't it also part of the strategy?

Think about it, if there is a master of martial arts who duels with him, make an appointment until the morning, and then deliberately let him go for a day. When he is distracted by waiting in the evening, the opponent will appear in his prime state after having eaten, drank, and warmed up. , when the time comes, he will die without knowing how.

The most terrifying thing is that he may not even be able to see this strategy. After all, he knows his own thoughts. If he encounters such a situation, when his opponent appears, he will definitely cut it with a knife.

Instead of finding a seat on the street like now, just take a break first.

"Strategy...yes! Strategy!"

After receiving the herbal tea from the tea shop clerk, Wang Wenshun drank the tea in a big gulp.

As soon as the herbal tea entered his stomach, the feeling of fatigue dissipated a lot. It was obviously just a bowl of cheap herbal tea, and Wang Wenshun even squinted his eyes in contentment.

This is not just physical comfort, but also mental comfort.

Yes, at this moment, he finally found a way to solve the problem.

"Since the opponent has already made a strategic arrangement, the best way to resolve this strategic arrangement is not to follow the opponent's strategy!"

Wang Wenshun felt that he had found the answer to the question.

Perhaps this was what the senior wanted him to understand.

If he follows the senior's arrangement and chases all the way, he will definitely gain nothing. If he can't find anyone, as an outsider, he will definitely choose to look at them one by one as soon as possible - the simplest elimination Although the method is a stupid method, it is also a good method. At least when there is no other method, this thing can be a way.

But if he really follows this inertia and goes on instinctively, he will jump directly into the trap set by this senior. No matter how long he searches in the town, he will find nothing. After all, his ideas have been It was predicted in advance.

And now, while he was feeling refreshed after drinking the herbal tea, he wanted to measure the senior's thoughts.

"I will definitely not go back to the inn. After all, he also knows that I know the location."

Thinking like this, Wang Wenshun couldn't help but glance at the mountains in the distance.

(End of this chapter)