I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 231 Dream Sword, No-Thought Sword

what?
Didn’t that boy Arima say he could learn for free?

Oh no! We fell into a trap!
Higashino Yu glanced at Arima Norimune and saw that he was also a little surprised. After thinking for two seconds, he felt that it was not a trap. Considering that he had just told the Arima swordsman about this matter, it was estimated that they had not discussed it in advance.

Thinking of this, he asked politely, "I wonder what kind of tuition was required to learn swordsmanship in your time? In our time, tuition is basically money."

"money?"

Arima Tadayasu didn't seem to have decided what kind of gift he wanted. He just felt that the young man in front of him was quite outstanding. Although he looked humble and polite, he was successful at a young age and inevitably became arrogant.

If I teach him my inherited sword skills so easily, I'm afraid he won't cherish them.

As for the tuition fee, it should not be too much or too little.

He sat cross-legged and rubbed his chin, glanced at Arima Norimune and waved his hand, and the two of them huddled together and whispered for a while. The Japanese-style room was very quiet and the space was not large, so Higashino Yu and Imagawa Kashiwagi actually heard roughly what was said.

Arima Norimune is introducing Tono Yu's current situation to Arima Tadayasu.

"Higashino came to Tokyo from Kyoto to study. He was said to have grown up in an orphanage, which is similar to the orphanage in ancient Shenzhou. You should have heard of it at that time, right? He saved a lot of money by working, but because the orphanage was not doing well, he recently sent a large sum of money back to the orphanage. He doesn't have much magic left. It seems that he learned magic from a priest's house, and the sword was also given to him by the priest."

Is this a humble background? No wonder his fighting moves are not concise and direct, and there is not much evidence of martial arts training.

It turns out that all his sword skills are wild
Arima Tadayoshi listened thoughtfully, his eyes fell on Higashino Yu and he nodded slightly. He came from a humble background and went thousands of miles away from home to study. After receiving help from a noble person, he still remembered the orphanage that raised him. This at least proved that he was a sentimental and righteous young man.

But, do you like money?
He thought for a moment, grinned, and asked Dong Yeyu: "How much money do you have on you now?"

Shit, I’m under arrest.

Higashino Yu felt uneasy when he thought of the Fukuzawa Yukichis with a strong scent of ink in his wallet, but he looked at Arima Tadayasu in silence for a second and seriously considered whether to choose to save money or learn swordsmanship.

The sword master in front of him defeated him with just three moves - although it was because he had tied his own hands and feet and prohibited the use of mana and spells, and the strength of his hands was limited to the level of a normal person.

But it was originally a duel of swordsmanship.

This sword master's swordsmanship is indeed extraordinary, and sword masters are basically all masters of weapons, especially those who lead a general, they must be good at spear skills in battle - the ancient sword masters of the island country generally did not use samurai swords in battle, but spears, and the length of each spear was longer than the last.

The famous island swordsman Ueizumi Nobunaga has the resounding title of Ueno Kuniichi-Ippon - the so-called Ippon means that he can defeat the opponent in one round.

Arima Sword Master probably has a similar title, and you can learn it by the way. When you fight against humans or monsters in the future, it will be much more refreshing to take out a big gun and stab than to chop with a knife.

Swords are fine against humans or small monsters, but they are not very effective against large monsters.

Dong Ye Yu still remembers the time when he killed Jiashaxuan. Because this fellow had thick skin and a layer of fat that was as thick as a city wall, he had to chop at him with his knife for a long time.

If he had some skills with a gun, he could kill the demon and give him a cold shoulder at the beginning.

Thinking of this, Higashino Yu chose to tell the truth: "There are about 700,000 yen left."

"Then give me 350,000 yen as a gift."

Arima Tadayasu said that there was no point in him bringing the money, he just wanted to make this kid feel the pain so that he would know that the sword skills he learned were not easy to come by.

Seize, seize less?

When Dong Ye Yu heard this number, his eyebrows trembled. From the tone of voice, why is it a percentage kill? Just kill 50%, right?

For a moment, Dong Ye Yu was actually somewhat fortunate that he only had 700,000. If he had 2 million, wouldn't he have been cut off by one million?

Of course, to be honest, spending 350,000 yen to learn from a sword master is a bargain if he teaches you everything he knows.

After all, 350,000 yen is only a month's salary for an average working-class person.

Higashino Yu reached into his backpack and took out a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi's money with a very skillful technique. He placed it on the floor and pushed it towards Arima Tadayasu with both hands - the area after the move was no longer under the jurisdiction of Chunyuan, and Xiuji's cultivation was not enough to guard the house, so he basically carried the money with him.

Arima Tadayoshi glanced at Arima Norimune, and the boy looked at Higashino Yu apologetically, then walked forward with a hunched back, picked up the money and handed it to the old man respectfully.

"From now on, I will be your swordsmanship instructor."

Arima Tadayasu did not count the money carefully, but just put it in the drawer of the cabinet under the shrine. Then, seeing Higashino Yu's puzzled expression, he explained with a smile.

"I know the rules of your demon hunters. You can have many mentors, but you can only have one master. The master who taught you the method of cultivation has given you a new life. You must not let him down."

"I will teach you everything I know, and you don't have to accept me as your master. If you meet someone with talent and character that you can trust in the future, please accept him as a disciple of the Sky Blue Ittoryu on my behalf, and I will be satisfied."

Is there such a rule?

This is good. Dong Yeyu was grateful and bowed sincerely: "Dong Yeyu greets the teacher."

Arima Tadayasu nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and said, "I don't have much time in my dream, but I have a lot to teach you. Let's start practicing swordsmanship now. The main family doesn't have many large rooms, so you can first practice some basic swordsmanship of the Sky Blue Isshin Ryu in this Japanese-style room."

At this point, his voice trailed off and he mumbled.

"That old man made up a dream. Most of the things are quite real, but there is a problem here. Maybe he is deliberately trying to disgust me. How could my Ma family fall to the point where we don't even have a temple, live in a small courtyard, and are no different from ordinary people?"

Imagawa Kashiwagi said goodbye early and went home because he had to go home to help run the store, while Higashino Yu stayed at the Arima family and practiced sword with Arima Norimune for a while.

On the first day of training, Arima Normal University did not teach any secret techniques, but instead asked Higashino Yu to demonstrate the basic sword-fighting attack methods he knew, such as the kasaya slash (right oblique cut), the reverse kasaya slash (left oblique cut), the reverse wind (from bottom to top), the karatake (straight chop on the head), and other techniques.

In order to avoid danger, Higashino Yu used a bamboo sword instead, and the bamboo sword launched a steady and swift attack, but Arima Tadayasu became more and more angry as he watched.

"stop!"

He snatched the bamboo sword and demonstrated it himself. "Watch out, I don't know where you learned this swordsmanship, it's just fancy moves, misleading young people! You sacrificed its power just to look good, isn't this buying the box and returning the pearl? It's only because you have good physical talent, brute force, and fast speed, otherwise if someone else used this swordsmanship to kill demons, they would have been eaten by the monsters long ago."

As he spoke, he slashed down Tang Zhu neatly. The sword blade cut down like the wind out of nowhere, so steady that there was no visible deviation or tremor at all. The speed and angle of the cut were faster and more accurate than Dong Ye Yu's.

Then Arima Tadayoshi demonstrated other attack methods one by one.

Some of the basic attack methods of Sky Blue Isshin-ryu look similar to these moves, but have their own unique changes in some details, while some are completely different.

For example, there is a move called Yan Fan, which is said to be learned by Ma Zhongkang when he was young while traveling around Kyoto and inviting a wandering swordsman to drink and visit prostitutes.

Later, he fought in countless battles and made further improvements.

Different from the sneak attack of the Iaijutsu's Wave Return, this move requires extreme speed, without any unnecessary movements. One slash uses most of the body's strength, but it must ensure that the lower body is as stable as a mountain. It is a sword that slashes in front of the person and makes it impossible for the person to react. Even Feiyan finds it difficult to dodge.

However, this belongs to advanced swordsmanship, so Arima Tadayoshi only mentioned it briefly and then continued to explain and demonstrate the basic sword moves.

After the demonstration, let Dong Ye Yu learn to perform the movements, and after observation, point out the minor mistakes in the movements one by one.

Relying on his complete control over his body and high level of comprehension, Arima Tadayoshi only needs to demonstrate and explain each movement once, and Higashino Yu can basically replicate it almost exactly. Even the slight immaturity in the movements can be accomplished through muscle memory.

"This child is teachable." Seeing this, Arima Zhongkang felt relieved and nodded with a smile.

The feeling of teaching a genius is different from that of teaching a sluggish person. A-Yu can do it after just one try, but Zezong is incredibly stupid. He cannot fully master an action even after explaining it ten times. Arima Tadayoshi often feels that if he teaches him for a longer period of time, he might get mad to death, or at least shorten his life.

Dongye Yu learned to the end and experienced the effect. He chopped the Tang bamboo twice from top to bottom. The speed, smoothness and accuracy were far beyond what he had learned before. So he simply abandoned the mixed swordsmanship he had learned before.

Not all martial arts are more powerful the older they are. For example, many modern fighting techniques have been improved through science and a lot of practical experience, and are actually stronger than their ancient versions. However, the opposite is true for kendo.

Kendo has become a sport in modern times. Although it still has its offensive nature, it is far less lethal than the ancient swordsmanship.

In order to attract students, some schools even improved many techniques to make them more beautiful, with grand opening and closing movements and handsome postures - after all, they don't have to go into battle to kill the enemy, so just looking good is enough.

I have suffered greatly from it.

Wait, it seems that they can be connected.

After several swings, Dongye Yu always felt that the Tangzhu Chop taught by Ma Zhongkang was not enough, so he tried to connect with basic techniques such as the headwind, the cassock slash, and the left cut.

It looks like just a random combination, but in fact, when making the slashing movements, Higashino Yu subconsciously makes adaptive fine-tuning of these movements.

Although the connection between the attacks is still a bit sluggish after a set of attacks, if the movements can be slightly improved, it can be used as a fast, continuous and powerful pursuit and slashing technique.

Dong Ye Yu looked at the sword in his hand and fell into deep thought.

There is a hint of the charm of floating boat crossing, this kid
As Arima Tadayoshi watched Higashino Yu teach, he had a strange intuition that the Sky Blue Ittouri, which was the result of his life's hard work, might be fully learned by him in a month, no, in half a month.
The old man felt a little disappointed but also quite relieved and fortunate.

fair enough.

Arima Tadayasu has been feeling physically weak lately, and he feels that he won't be able to stay in this dream much longer. He hears Zemune say that they will have a kendo competition in the future, which is similar to a martial arts tournament that gathers young swordsmen from all over the island country.

It would be a beautiful dream to see him develop the Sky Blue Ittoryu.

When Dong Yeyu's basics were almost corrected, he yawned and sat down tiredly, "Ayu, you learn very quickly and can be called perfect, but haste makes waste. Let's stop here today. I will tell you the origin of our Tianlan Ittoryu."

He leaned against the cabinet where the shrine was placed and began to briefly describe the origin of the Sky Blue Ittoryu.

"I didn't learn this sword technique from anyone, or rather, I didn't learn it from just one person."

After listening to this, Dong Yeyu was thoughtful.

According to Arima Shihan, Sky Blue Ittoryu is not the original sword technique handed down from the Arima family, but the Ittoryu sword technique that Arima Tadayuchi himself comprehended after reading various major sword techniques and adding his experience on the battlefield.

Like other schools of Ittoryu, Sky Blue Ittoryu also has its own advanced combat techniques such as Wonderful Sword, Absolute Sword, Divine Sword, and even Dream Sword and No-Thought Sword, which are legendary sword techniques that are close to entering the Tao.

This kind of swordsmanship is not a specific sword move, but a state.

Perhaps it is similar to the state of meditation? Dong Yeyu pondered in his heart.

"I'll teach you for a while longer. Ayu, you'll probably be able to master my Sky Blue One-Sword Style. Let's fight in the future."

As Arima Tadayoshi was talking, his head resting on his hands, his soul began to become transparent little by little, and finally turned into a point of light and returned to the broken sword on the rack.

At this time, it was completely dark outside, but the lights were on in the room. The two of them silently lit incense sticks in front of the shrine and put their hands together.

The smoldering green mist of the incense sticks turned into two vertical gray lines. The smell of mothballs and sandalwood mixed together at the tip of the nose, and the pungent smell became softer, as if everything just now was just an illusion.

Arima Norimune looked at the sword rack and asked Higashino Yu with some concern: "Ayu, do you know what's going on? Ancestor Zhongkang didn't act like this at first, but in the past two weeks he often puts his sword back into the scabbard in the middle of a sentence."

Even though it lives in the sword, the years are too long, so the soul is unstable and is about to completely dissipate. Dong Yeyu was silent for a moment and said, "Master is tired."

After being stranded in the world of the living for hundreds of years, his soul and body are so weak that he cannot even be liberated. In his current condition, he may not be able to walk even halfway through the Yellow Springs Road. There is nothing he can do. If there is the legendary Three Lights Divine Water, perhaps it can save him.

"Just tired huh? Then I'll let him rest more from now on."

Arima Norimune clasped his hands together and bowed again, then walked out of the Japanese-style room with Higashino Yu, and bowed to Higashino Yu apologetically, "Higashino, I will find a way to return the money to you."

"Since it's already a gift, there's no point in taking it back."

Dong Yeyu smiled and said, "It's only 350,000 yen. It's worth it to be able to learn from a sword master."

(End of this chapter)