This is a mysterious and mysterious feeling.
It is very difficult to describe it in specific words.
Just like when you touch fire, you will naturally feel hot, and when you touch ice, you will naturally feel cold. When Qingdeng saw the man in black at this moment, he naturally felt that the wooden sword in his hand merged with the surrounding space, the sky above his head and the earth beneath his feet.
It was obvious that up until just now, the man in black was exuding a terrifying aura that was about to crush Qingdeng's body, like a huge wave swallowing up the sky and the earth.
But now, this momentum has disappeared.
No, to be more precise, it has changed.
Friendly?
Peaceful?
Qingdeng felt that even though he had racked his brains and exhausted all his lifelong learning, he could not think of any words that could accurately summarize the changes in the man in black's temperament at this time.
I don't feel any fierce murderous aura, and there is a strange sense of tranquility, like facing a broad lake as quiet as a mirror, lush and dense woods, and the vast expanse of stars, but I can also experience a huge energy from it—— This was the feeling that the man in black and the wooden sword in his hand gave Qingdeng at this moment.
The sword merges with heaven and earth?
For a moment, Qingden felt that his eyes were broken or his head was broken.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Qingdeng would never believe such a mysterious thing.
This moment.
At the moment when he witnessed this incredible sight, a classic word from classical Chinese philosophy popped up in Qingdeng's mind for no reason - the unity of man and nature!
And something even stranger happened in the next moment.
——So...familiar...
The man in black's state of "harmony between man and nature" gave Qingdeng an extremely strong and inexplicable sense of familiarity.
When did you see it with your own eyes?
Or...have you ever experienced this before?
Forced by the shock in front of him, Qingdeng's sense of time became abnormal.
It felt like a long time passed to him. But in fact, less than 3 seconds have passed since the man in black closed his mouth to now.
…
"I'm on it."
A calm voice without sadness or joy.
The sword was swung down.
…
Blurred consciousness.
The memory in the brain seems to have been cleared.
Qingden couldn't remember exactly when the man in black approached him and when he brandished the sword.
Qingdeng only knew that when he came to his senses, the tip of the wooden knife had stopped steadily 1 inch away from his nose.
Although he couldn't remember anything, there was one place that Qingzhen remembered very clearly and profoundly, and he might never forget it forever - the scene of the man in black waving a wooden sword.
The moment the wooden knife held high above his head fell, Qingden saw an...indescribable scene.
The thing held by the man in black and manipulated by him seemed to be no longer a knife... Qingden knew that his statement might be strange, but it was true.
Qingdeng could no longer see the knife in his eyes.
He only saw one kind of... "container" that happened to have the shape of a wooden knife.
This "container" contains the wind in the distance, the clouds above our heads, the trees next to us, the water in the middle of the road, the sky, the earth, the man in black, and Qingdeng himself...
Everything within sight is condensed into this wooden knife-shaped "container"!
This attack from the man in black...has gone beyond the category of "cutting"!
It's not about relying on the hardness of the wooden sword to attack.
Nor does it rely on superb skills to attack.
Instead, it will crush you with the overwhelming power of Mount Tai!
To put it simply, it is a feeling that the whole sky, the whole earth, and the whole world are attacking you!
Completely defenseless...no, unable to think of any defense.
Is it possible to stop the plummeting mountain peaks and the incoming tsunami with human power alone?
Qingden's whole body and mind entered a state where he forgot to breathe or blink, and stared blankly at the wooden knife in front of his nose.
At this moment, the aura of "attacking with the power of all things" disappeared.
The "container" is also missing.
The wooden sword turned back into an ordinary sword.
The man in black has also transformed back into the weirdo who has nothing strange about him except his weird clothes.
He faced such a terrifying blow, but the amazing thing was that Qingden didn't feel scared at all.
At this moment, this space in front of him made Qingden feel a strange sense of comfort, and...a stronger sense of familiarity.
It’s as if I was born to belong to this space.
I want time to stop like this.
I want my brain to stop thinking.
Just enjoy this comfort and familiarity silently and quietly.
It's a pity... At this moment, the voice of the man in black brought Qingdeng's consciousness back to reality.
"How's it going? Did you all see the knife I just made?"
The voice of the man in black was full of exhaustion.
As he spoke, he stepped back... his originally extremely steady steps staggered.
"Haha... I haven't used this trick for a long time..."
"If I didn't have Lao Hutu... then this would be the first time I've used this trick on someone since Tianwang Mountain."
"My body...is a little bit overwhelmed..."
Having said that, the man in black's back, which had always been very straight, bent down, and his broad shoulders drooped a little - just looking at it with his eyes was enough to tell that the man in black was very tired now.
"That knife just now... should be regarded as a gift to you..."
"You must cherish this gift of mine...such a gift...in this world...except for me...no one else should be able to give it away..."
"As I said just now...whether you can learn anything from the knife I just made...and understand anything...it all depends on your luck..."
Before he finished speaking, the man in black suddenly raised his head and looked at the intersection behind him.
"It seems like someone is coming."
The man in black seemed to have recovered from fatigue at this time, and the strength of his voice became refined again.
"It's really a bad time to come... I want to chat with you a little more."
"Forget it, forget it. Anyway, I have successfully discussed with you and successfully handed over the 'gift' to you."
"Ju Qingden, I'll leave first."
"Good luck."
"I hope you can bring me a new surprise when we meet again next time."
"I believe you have the ability to do this."
After saying that, the man in black raised his hand to lower the bamboo hat on his head, shook his sleeves very coolly, and turned his back.
"wait……"
Seeing that the man in black was about to leave, Qingdeng quickly spoke out to stop him.
But just as he had time to shout out a syllable, the rest of the words were stuck in Qingdeng's throat, unable to speak.
"Well……!"
A strong sense of dizziness suddenly hit Qingdeng's brain.
Affected by this sudden dizziness, Qingdeng felt that his headache was severe, and he screamed in pain involuntarily, as if his whole head was about to explode.
My limbs are weak and I can't stand firmly.
Although Qingdeng tried hard to fight, willpower could not overcome human physiological reactions.
After shaking his body vigorously in various directions, including the southeast, northwest, and so on, like a tumbler, he collapsed heavily to the ground face down.
"Mothers need to panic."
The man in black stopped and turned to Qingden.
"You're just 'tired'."
"The eyes see too many things at once, and the brain will be overwhelmed."
"Just a short break to recover."
"Just lie there quietly for a while."
The man in black turned his gaze back to the front and moved his feet again.
"Wait a moment……"
Qingden gritted his teeth and struggled to raise his face while pouring all the remaining strength in his body into his lips and tongue.
Taking advantage of the movement of the man in black and the moment he paused because of his "wait a moment", Qingdeng hurriedly asked:
"Excuse me, are you... the Eternal Sword Master... Ogata Issei?"
When he saw the man in black raising his wooden sword and making a slash that was "one with heaven and earth", a bold guess popped into Qingdeng's mind.
The old voice...
Abnormally strong strength...
Coupled with the anecdotes that the once all-powerful Eternal Sword Master is still alive...
This piece of information turned Qingdeng's guess into a solid conclusion.
Apart from this legendary swordsman, Qingdeng really couldn't think of anyone else who could possess such a heaven-defying martial arts realm!
"..."
Qingdeng's eyes met with the man in black who turned around again.
"I told you right? It doesn't matter who I am."
There was a faint smile in the voice of the man in black.
"Just think of me as a challenger who wants to compete with you because you heard about Niou's name and deeds."
After saying that, the man in black ignored Qingdeng.
He left Qingdeng with a free and easy figure that was not too thick, and walked slowly down a nearby path.
The western sun shines on him, casting long shadows...
Qingdeng, whose face was full of shock and deep thought, looked straight in the direction in which the man in black left.
Until this dark figure disappeared from his sight, he did not look back for a long time.
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Edo, Chishiya——
Card bar, card bar, card bar, card bar...
The crisp sound of the abacus and the tip of the brush sliding on the page became the only two sounds in the living room of Qianshiwu.
Kiryu was lying prone at the front desk, with Chishiya's account books spread out in front of him. With the abacus in his left hand and the writing brush in his right hand, he carefully checked the recent income and expenditure of Qianshiwu.
Suddenly, a gust of cool wind blew from Kiryu's back.
The brush in Kiryu's hand suddenly stopped. It took a while before he started moving again.
"Ogata-kun." Kiryu smiled bitterly, "My employment agency doesn't have a gate, so can't you just walk in through the gate in a good manner?"
"If you come in through the main gate, you have to go around in a circle, so I tried to save trouble."
At this moment, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the open window sill behind Kiryu's left side.
This man was dressed in black and had a bamboo hat on his head.
If Qingdeng were here at this time, he would definitely be surprised to see this guy - it was the man in black who just showed his crushing strength and beat him up!
However, the difference from before was that the voice of the man in black was no longer a hoarse old man's voice like two pieces of sandpaper rubbing against each other, but a deep, magnetic, middle-aged male voice.
Kiryu closed the account book in front of him and put the brush in his hand back on the pen mountain. While adjusting the glasses on the bridge of his nose, he turned around and smiled at the man in black:
"Ogata-kun, how are you? Did you have a good fight with Tachibana-kun?"
"Mamiya-kun..."
The man in black raised his hand to open his hat and pulled down his hood, revealing the face of a middle-aged man who had had a chat with Aoto at yesterday's wedding banquet of Kondo Isamu and Matsui Tsune.
Komaki Goro...or Ogata Issei, smiled and said:
"You really have a good apprentice."
"I finally understand why you want to take that Tachibana Qingden as your disciple."
"Hehehe, I have been waiting for so long at the place where Juqing must pass before going back to the trial defense hall today, and finally the wait was not in vain."
After hearing Ogata's words, Kiryu looked calm and unchanging...as if he was not surprised at all by Ogata's words.
"Ogata-kun, can you tell me the whole process of your contest with Tachibana-kun?" Kiryu asked with a smile.
"Of course." Ogata shrugged, and then sat cross-legged next to Kiryu in a very casual posture.
The process of sparring with Qingdeng - this is actually not something to go into detail.
It was nothing more than Ogata holding down Aonto and beating him violently throughout.
In the last round, Aomori barely managed to avoid Ogata's branches and launched a counterattack, but he was kicked away by Ogata before he lasted more than 3 seconds.
After hearing that his apprentice was beaten so badly, Kiryu, the master, not only did not get angry, but also cast a resentful look at Ogata.
Instead, he laughed happily "Hahaha".
He kept laughing until some tears were secreted from the corners of his eyes, and then he stopped laughing.
"Ogata-kun, please allow me to ask one more question."
Kiryu asked with a smile while stroking his hands.
"You beat Mr. Tachibana so hard... you must have some personal feelings in it, right?"
"..." Ogata showed an intriguing smile, "I didn't intend to bring any personal feelings into my discussion with Ayoto."
Ogata's tone increased when he said "I didn't intend to".
"But - whenever I lift the branch and prepare to pull it away from Mr. Tachibana, my whole hand suddenly loses control and increases the force uncontrollably."
"Oh, Mamiya-kun, you also know."
Ogata spread his hands, showing helplessness.
"I treat Ah Wu as my own."
"Besides, I can also be regarded as A Wu's ninjutsu master."
"I have watched my granddaughter and apprentice since I was a child, and suddenly her heart was taken away by a man... This makes it difficult for me not to look at Tachibana Aoden with strange eyes and attitudes."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Kiryu nodded gently with a serious look on his face.
"I see."
"I also treat the young master as my own son."
"When I first discovered that the young master had a strong impression of Mr. Orange, it was difficult for me to treat Mr. Orange with a normal heart."
"But now, I look away."
Kiryu smiled happily.
"One side is the young master who is no different from his own granddaughter."
"The other side is the disciple who I have been looking for for a long time and just finally found, who is expected to inherit my mantle."
"No matter which side he is on, he is a very important person to me."
"Ji Jun is very good. Since he and the young master are in love, then the young master can be entrusted to him with confidence."
Ogata grinned
"Mamiya-kun, your opinion of Tachibana Aoden is really high."
"of course."
Kiryu waved his hand confidently.
"After all, he is my favorite disciple who I have been searching for for decades and finally found!"
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The author's sister has become a child... The author's mood was affected yesterday, so the number of words today is slightly less...
Although the author has done his best to protect himself, it is completely unknown whether he can completely avoid infection when there is an extra baby in the house. So... everyone, please be mentally prepared... This book may not be updated for several days in a row because the author is ill.
It may be tomorrow, or there may never be such a day... I hope it will be the latter... (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)
