Advance the future and become a martial saint on earth!

Chapter 12: After three thousand swords are unsheathed, the "sword power" is finally seen. The hardships and difficulties are insignificant. After entering the power gate, you will finally become a warrior!
late at night.

He pushed open the wooden fence and stepped into his own house with broken tiles and leaky air.

Ji Xiu, carrying an oil-paper bag, tiptoed into his home.

The cold wind howled outside the house, making the wooden door creak slightly.

For Ji Xiu, it was like returning from a 'dream' to 'reality'.

But at this moment, he still couldn't hide his surging emotions.

"Today, I finally saw the real world."

Qin Biao set up the table with him and boasted about how arrogant and extravagant those warriors were. He was envious and only regretted that he could not replace them.

But he only saw the surface and had no idea how much others had paid to achieve this level of success.

Ke Duan Chen Zhou
But it made him truly see the pursuit and the vastness of the sky!
It really is true that: 'True transmission can be conveyed in one sentence, false transmission requires ten thousand books', the two cannot be compared.

"Strengthen the three realms, temper the tendons, quench the bones, and refine the skin!"

Clenching his fists, Ji Xiu whispered to himself.

"Let's not talk about bone tempering and skin refining for now."

"According to Master Duan, this stage of tempering the tendons, also known as 'golden muscles and jade meridians' in the pretentious way of the city, is the beginning of the body training."

"If you want to achieve great success in this level of cultivation, you must first 'enter the energy', 'nourish the blood', and 'strengthen the tendons'."

"Only in this way can one strengthen the blood and flesh, and achieve the balance between dragon and tiger, so that one can break monuments and split rocks, and tear jackals and leopards apart with the flesh alone, without the aid of weapons. Only in this way can one continue to improve and achieve 'invulnerability to swords and spears'."

"Otherwise, if the flesh and blood are insufficient, the tendons and bones are not strong, and after forcibly tempering the bones, you will end up with a 'bones of gold and silver'."

"By then, I won't even be able to walk. My spine will be broken by this skeleton, and I will become a burden!"

"To nourish the blood and strengthen the tendons, one needs to eat meat and ginseng every day, supplemented by 'leopard fetus pills' and 'tiger bone powder', and then practice for many years to achieve success."

"I am a slave, I don't have the money or the ability, it's difficult, difficult, difficult to lay the foundation for these two levels!"

"Can,"

“The entry is different.”

"Master Duan said that the so-called 'jin' is the strength that is obtained from the tendons, bones, blood and flesh when the basic martial arts such as fists, palms, knives and swords are practiced to a high level."

"Using this energy, you can control your skills freely, whether it's splitting stones or blasting them into dust, it's all up to you, wow."

"It's the same weight when it hits bricks and stones."

"If it hits a human body, wouldn't there be nothing left but bones?"

"If you can master the Tianhe swordsmanship to a certain extent, can you 'enter the realm of strength'?"

He licked the cracked corners of his lips that were scratched by the whistling wind.

Ji Xiu was full of energy and felt that his life was getting better and better.

He had already thought about the next steps when he returned from Duan Chenzhou's house.

"Carve a wooden sword, and practice 300 swords a day in my spare time!"

"By the time."

"As long as the advance progress is reached and a small amount of sword skills are achieved."

"For them, after years of hard practice and perseverance, it is possible for them to have a flash of inspiration and reach the 'entry' level naturally."

"For me,"

“It’s not that difficult.”

"When the time comes, as long as you work hard and become a warrior, you can get rid of your 'slavery'. With this foundation, no matter what job you find, you can easily earn a few silver coins a month!"

"Life will be better."

The room was dim and the oil lamp could not be lit. With the help of the soft moonlight shining through the cracks in the wall, Ji Xiu tiptoed inside the room, but he still startled a noise:
"elder brother?"

Ji Wei poked her head out from under the quilt. She was wearing ragged clothes, revealing a section of her shivering calves. She looked at him with surprise:
"You came back an hour later today than in the past few days. If you don't come back, I will go look for you."

She pulled aside the quilt, rubbed her face with her small hands, and trotted to the stove on the side. She opened the lid, took out two still warm pancakes, and carefully picked up a bowl of porridge:
"There's not much food left at home. You worked hard during the day, so I kneaded some dough and made two pancakes, and a bowl of porridge. Come eat."

She licked her tongue and swallowed her saliva, but said nothing. She just put the food on the wooden table and added a small dish of black pickles.

Then he calmed down and went to the wooden barrel to fetch water and heat it up, wanting to help Ji Xiu wash his face and feet and warm his body.

Ji Wei knew that since Ji Xiu worked as a groom in the Lin family's residence, he didn't have to come back at night.

But for her, I still bring some food and take care of myself every day.

Therefore, ever since Ji started practicing swordsmanship, he has been hungry every day and returns home after a busy day.

She also tried her best to be sensible and quiet, and never caused any trouble for Ji Xiu.

Life at home was already difficult, and my brother had given everything to make a living.

If I don't eat less, do more work and serve him more, I really won't be able to hold on under such hardship.

Looking at Ji Wei's series of actions, they are so clever and worry-free.

Ji Xiu was suddenly silent, feeling sympathetic.

During this half month.

In order to seek a future, he has spent all his money and has nothing left.

Even if he fell into such a desperate situation, he could still steal the best food from the horses in the Lin family stables to fill his stomach.

But my unfortunate sister can only rely on the food bought with that little money all day long and has to be very frugal.

Most of it went into his stomach when he came back in the evening after practicing sword skills and Duan Chenzhou didn't let him sit at the table.

Plus,
There were many people in the Lin residence and there were many eyes. Even if the groom had some money, he couldn't bring it out and he would run the risk of being reported. Therefore, he couldn't bring much food for Ji Wei.

At most, I could just carry two cold eggs.

Now look around again.

It is early autumn now.

Not only was the house drafty, but there was only one thin quilt. Ji Wei was almost frozen to death and her nose was full of snot.

But she still had no complaints.

Ji Xiu's originally ignited ambitions were like being poured with cold water, and his heart became a little depressed. He touched Ji Wei's head, unwrapped the oil paper bag he brought, put the "Zheluocai" collected from Duan Chenzhou on the table, and said softly:
"I ate at the sword training master's place today."

"Eat more and grow taller. In a few days, when I become a martial artist and have mastered the sword skills, we will move to another courtyard and I will hire a teacher for you to teach you how to read and write."

"Life wouldn't have to be so hard."

Originally, Ji Wei was about to decline.

But when she heard Ji Xiu finish speaking, her eyes suddenly lit up, like the first blooming of stars:

"Brother, has Master Duan accepted you as his disciple?"

During these days, Ji Xiu practiced swordplay, and she also listened to him talk about some of the deeds of the one-armed captain.

"Ah."

Ji Xiu smiled and didn't say much. He told her to eat well, then took out a rusty axe and a piece of wood that he had prepared earlier.

"Have a nice meal, I'll go carve something."

In the long silent night, the stars fell.

Ji Xiu was holding a stool and sharpening a wooden sword seriously in the freezing cold.

With his status, if he wanted to practice the "Tianhe Sword Technique", he had no sword to use.

Therefore, he could only make a wooden sword and practice all day long, without stopping.

This knife doesn't have to be very good or finely crafted.

as long as
It can carry his determination to never retreat and burn his boats.

便.
It's enough.

Click, click, and swipe!

Unpleasant and harsh scratching sounds could be heard from time to time, accompanied by the occasional grumbling and cursing from neighbors, which gradually became smaller and smaller.

Ji Xiu's thin figure was infinitely elongated by the moonlight.

They continued to chop and chisel until late at night.

He held in his palm a rough, bladeless wooden sword that was about two feet long.

then,

Practice sword!

No sleep for one night.

time flies.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these days, Ji Xiu fed the horses as usual and went to Duan Chenzhou's house to ask for martial arts advice as usual. At the same time, his relationship with his senior brother "Lu Yu" gradually became closer.

But the strange thing is that he never mentioned that day when he had "successfully practiced sword skills".

I don’t know if it’s because Duan Chenzhou had reminded me of this.

But, so many things
Ji Xiu, who was concentrating on practicing sword skills, had no time to think about anything else.

This day.

At the stable, after finishing the work.

He continued to swing the wooden sword all day long, only knowing how to unsheathe it.

Even in the past few days,

He had already been seen as a ridiculous madman by 'Master and Apprentice Yao', 'Qin Biao', and the servants passing by the mansion, but Ji Xiu's calm state of mind remained calm.

A bird in a cage never raises its head to look at the sky in its entire life.

how is it
Can you know his ambition?!

When the wooden sword is swung, there is no blade, only the whistling sound that penetrates the 'air'.

The past was without edge or sharpness, leaving no marks on stone and no traces on wood, it only adds to your laughter.

However.
This day.

When the wooden sword in Ji Xiu's hand cut through the leafless willow branches on one side,
moment,

Click, click, click! !
One after another!

The sound of explosion and flying wood chips suddenly sounded incredible!

When that wooden sword, which used to be blunt and without a blade, passed by.

A tough willow that has been chopped down several times but remains unscathed.

It was like exploding powder, blown away by the wind!

As a result, a large willow tree with thick arms next to the stable lost a whole section of its branches.
How many branches will bloom when spring comes? !
This day.

Ji Xiu has made great progress in swordsmanship.

[The wooden knife has no edge, but the strength is used as the edge, cutting through the weeping branches, and turning them into powder! 】

[Unsheathe 1 times a day, serve the sword devoutly, progress +! ]

[Tianhe Sword Skill: (3000/10000)]

【After three thousand swords are drawn, something will be accomplished. 】

[Current: Tianhe Sword Technique (Minor Success)]

【Comprehension: Sword power! 】

When Ji Xiu opened his eyes again.

Hands full of calluses.

No longer was it the shame of his past hardships.

But he had come this far with all the ups and downs, climbing up against the harsh wind and frost, and he had never stopped along the old path he had come from!
This day.

I enter the warrior's 'force gate'————

The first step to strengthen the tendons!
(End of this chapter)