Two years have passed, and Zhao Qing has benefited a lot from sparring with the white ape. Not only has his strength increased several times, but he has also developed an exquisite and ingenious bamboo stick move and the matching luck and body skills.
As she fought and practiced on her own day after day, she deeply realized her outrageous sword-playing aptitude.
Modern people who have watched Swordsman all know the principle of "there is no trick to win without a trick", but let alone truly understand it, even if you really put the "Dugu Nine Swords" secret book in front of you and let others learn it, in the end you will not see it. The brain doesn’t understand, or the brain “understands” but the hands “don’t understand”.
However, it took only half a year for him to initially reach the state of no-movement by relying on such a concept. His talent was more than a thousand times that of his previous life.
At first, she had doubted whether her time-traveled soul would lower Ah Qing's talent, but now it seems that it shouldn't have much impact.
Sure enough, genius is such an unreasonable existence. Fortunately, the genius is herself.
But unfortunately, her talent only lies in martial arts. Apart from her good memory, she is not outstanding in other aspects, such as literature and magic.
But this was enough for Zhao Qing to develop a vigorous spirit and the confidence to overcome the difficulties and obstacles on the path of spiritual practice.
In addition to the improvement in swordsmanship, the warmth stimulated by the white ape's blows in her body is called internal energy, which can continue to grow through exercise and provide powerful physical strength.
At first, she needed the help of the white ape to develop new internal strength, but soon she understood the secret of practicing strength. She could practice the strength by herself and improved faster than the white ape.
In the process, she clearly sensed that the white ape had spirituality beyond ordinary people, and that like her, he could gain experience from fighting, and his strength continued to grow.
The two had a relationship of both teachers and friends. Later, Zhao Qing called it "Ape Gong", and Ape Gong also recognized this title.
As of today, she has been able to withstand more than five hundred moves under the ape master's stick. Maybe next year, maybe the year after that, she will be able to draw a tie, or even turn defeat into victory.
In addition, as a time-traveler with modern thinking, she would not be arrogant enough to think that she and the apes were the only ones in the world who knew kung fu.
In such a world whose total area and population far exceed those of the Earth in its previous life, Zhao Qing can be sure that with human wisdom, since kung fu exists, it must have been created and developed long ago.
In fact, the life spans of the emperors of Zhou Dynasty and the kings of various vassal states also confirmed this point. According to the records of this world, it has been eight thousand years since Dayu divided the world into nine states and Xia Qi created the "family world".
In this world where cultivation is possible, it is not surprising that the way of martial arts has developed to the point where it can split mountains and seas over such a long period of time.
Zhao Qing privately speculated that it was with the suppression of extremely powerful people that all the countries in the world could continue their rule for thousands of years, making their lifespan far longer than that of any dynasty in the previous life.
When she has free time, she will also go to surrounding villages to inquire about the brief situation of contemporary martial arts.
The so-called martial arts are called Gongjin and Jinfa by martial arts practitioners. They use strength to move the whole body and are practiced both internally and externally. It has the effect of increasing energy, health and longevity.
At present, Zhao Qing has only found out that there are three realms: Yin Jin, Yang Jin, and Hua Jin. By observing and asking the only martial artist in the village, he can roughly judge that he is close to the level of Hua Jin.
Yin Jin refers to the strength contained in the skin and flesh in small sections, which is relatively soft and focuses on the fine control of strength; Yang Jin refers to large strands of strength lingering around the muscles and bones, which is fierce and powerful. Focus on the accumulation and explosion of strength.
Both of them use yin energy as the outer surface and yang energy as the inner aspect, so yang is higher than yin. To the extent that Yin and Yang can work together and transform into each other anywhere in the body, that is Hua Jin.
The martial arts master in the village only had martial arts passed down from his ancestors and was not proficient in writing. He had practiced for more than 20 years, which meant that his yin strength was almost full but his yang strength was not yet complete.
Regardless of strength and talent, he is far inferior to Zhao Qing. Despite this, he can be regarded as a well-known warrior within a hundred miles.
There should be a higher realm beyond transforming energy, but no one in the countryside knew the specific situation, and it was hard for her to travel far away to find out. After all, I still need to take care of my mother at home, and I can't let my bedridden relatives suffer just for a piece of news.
The Kuaiji mountains cover tens of thousands of miles. Although Zhao Qing's home is on the northern edge of the mountains, it is still eight or nine hundred miles away from the nearest city. Moreover, the mountain road is winding and rugged and not easy to walk. Even with Zhao Qing's skills, it would take four or five days to make the round trip.
Fortunately, you don’t have to do it yourself to inquire about information. As long as you have enough money, you can let others do it. In the past two years, Zhao Qing relied on his martial arts skills to hunt and kill many wild animals while herding sheep, earning a lot of Ge coins.
Ge coin is a bronze currency issued by Vietnam. It mainly comes in three types: large, medium and small. 1 large Ge coin = 2 medium Ge coins = 10 small Ge coins, and one small Ge coin can be exchanged for about a pound of corn.
Unknowingly, Zhao Qing had accumulated more than 700 large coins and learned a lot about the world:
There are seven sects, thirty-two large-scale forts, and dozens of small villages in the Kuaiji Mountains. There are thousands of warriors, many of whom are at the Huajin level. Outside the Kuaiji Mountains, the capital of the Yue Kingdom, Jicheng, The old capitals of Goosheng and Pingyang, as well as more than 20 major cities in the surrounding areas, are all staffed by real masters. It is said that the realm is far above that of Huajin...
While she was looking for someone to inquire about the news, she was also considering whether to move her family to the nearest city, Chung Quan, where the living conditions and martial arts training conditions would be better.
The cultural heritage of Yue is not as deep as that of Song, Lu and other countries. Only the cities have official schools that mainly cater to nobles and teach literature and etiquette. After moving, I can gradually get rid of my current semi-illiteracy.
There are many people here in the countryside who often talk about some old historical news, which were passed down from the official school, allowing Zhao Qing to have a preliminary understanding of this era.
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It was getting late, accompanied by the constant noise of cicadas in the forest, Zhao Qing hummed folk songs casually, and drove his sheep home along the creek in the valley.
Another day passed, and today I was lucky. I met a deer, which she hit on the head with a bamboo stick. It was shocked to death on the spot. She estimated that it could be sold for seven or eight big coins.
The Zhao family is located by the stream at the foot of the mountain. It is a four-bay wooden house with a small courtyard surrounded by a bamboo fence. It is quite simple and has a few jujube trees.
There are many abandoned wooden houses and thatched houses nearby, forming a small village, but it has been uninhabited many years ago. It seems to be caused by a previous plague.
Now only Zhao Qing and Zhao's mother live in this area, which is quite deserted. On weekdays, the only entertainment activity is mother and daughter chatting, which is relatively boring. This is one of the reasons why Zhao Qing wants to move.
Leading the sheep, Zhao Qing turned around the last mountain col, and saw the village not far away. From a distance, he saw a wisp of gray-white smoke curling into the sky.
Something's wrong! Where does the smoke come from? For many years, my mother had difficulty standing up and had no ability to cook, so she always cooked her own meals. So, is there an outsider here?
But when she looked intently, she saw that the smoke was indeed rising from her house. Is your house occupied?
Zhao Qing frowned deeply. He had never heard of any living relatives in his family for so many years. Suddenly someone was cooking at home. It was probably a bandit or the like.
Are you interested in the money saved at home, or do you want to bully the orphans and widowed mothers?
She quietly drove the goats to the sheepfold at the entrance of the village and hid the dead deer. She took out the bamboo stick from her waist and held it tightly in her hands. She moved closer like a cat silently, using the cover of the jujube tree to peek out. Xiang Zhao's front yard.
