There is a saying that goes well: People are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong.
Since Qingteng was no longer the unknown "idiot", Qingteng has inevitably encountered something that almost every famous martial artist will encounter nowadays: being harassed by challengers who come to his door.
Traveling around the world and increasing one's strength and reputation by challenging masters from all over the world - this kind of custom was most popular during the Warring States Period three hundred years ago.
But with the establishment of the Edo Shogunate, Japan ushered in a long-lost and rare world of peace.
Although the Tokugawa family's governance philosophy of "Don't let the people below live too badly, but don't let them live too well either" makes the lives of most samurai very embarrassing, but they are not so poor that they can't even eat a bowl of water. He couldn't even drink porridge, but he was not so desperate that he had to tie his head to his waistband and fight for fame and fortune by fighting life and death.
In addition, social atmosphere has changed.
With the emergence of capitalism and other various reasons, more and more people, whether samurai or civilians, do not respect the so-called noble moral character and samurai spirit.
Everyone turns to the pursuit of money and enjoyment.
Compared with the generally poor samurai, the well-dressed businessmen are increasingly favored by the public.
A long time ago, many people criticized "the money worship trend that corroded the spirit and fighting spirit of the samurai." There were also people who tried to reverse this unhealthy trend, but they all failed.
All in all, under the influence of these various reasons, the trend of "traveling around and fighting everywhere" has disappeared.
However - times have changed.
Land annexation, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the surge in the number of samurai made it increasingly difficult for the Edo shogunate and local vassals to support such a large number of samurai... These social problems continued to intensify as the years went by.
In the end - seven years ago, the "black ship incident" in which American warships visited Edo Bay became the straw that broke the camel's back.
The "small peasant economy" on which the samurai class relied for survival was severely impacted.
The number of ronin is increasing day by day.
In order to earn a living, more and more samurai who were somewhat confident in their own skills chose to seek wealth and wealth through risks.
If I can defeat someone who is currently famous and make my fame explode in one breath...then in the future, whether I want to rely on martial arts to get an official position in the shogunate or a vassal government of some vassal country, or I want to start a business A martial arts gym that teaches people the truth and solves their doubts can get twice the result with half the effort!
As a result, in recent years, the "ancient style of the Warring States Period" has revived.
More and more people have the dream of "defeating a well-known warrior and gaining fame and fortune overnight."
Whenever a martial artist from somewhere makes a name for himself by relying on his martial arts, there will immediately be a large number of people who are either overestimating their abilities, or who are really capable, like cats that smell fishy smells, or people who see... The flying insects that reached the light source swarmed towards the warrior.
Logically speaking, there should not be many people who have the guts to touch Qingdeng, a "god of murder" who has never suffered a defeat in the confrontation with the barbarian group and has killed countless powerful enemies. .
However, there are always some people who have a "what if?" mentality.
What if?
What if I can defeat "Nioh"?
If I can defeat "Nioh"... then I will become famous!
Of course, there are also some people who truly believe that they can defeat Qingdeng.
Compared with Tachibana Aoden, I just lack a little luck and an opportunity to rise to the top!
In terms of skill and martial arts strength, I am definitely no worse than Tachibana Aoden!
If Tachibana Aoden and I were to switch identities, my record would definitely be more brilliant than Tachibana Aotomo!
Of course, there is also a small group of martial arts idiots. The reason why they decided to come to challenge Qingden was not for fame or profit, but just to see the skills of the "Nioh", broaden their horizons, and improve their own martial arts level.
Since September, people with different ideas and desires have come to the trial gym to compete with Qing Deng.
Many people don't even meet these challengers because they cherish their feathers or simply don't want to let these guys who want to step on other people's heads get the upper hand, let alone accept the challenge.
But obviously - Qingden is not such a person.
Why would you avoid such a great opportunity to copy your talent?
Although there is a risk of losing in the competition with challengers and the title of "Nioh" will be dusted, but compared with obtaining real talents and skills, the illusory fame is not so important.
Therefore, Qingdeng would not reject any challenger who came to his door.
In the past two months, a total of six people came to challenge Qingdeng because they heard about the name and deeds of the "Nioh".
The swordsmanship level of these six challengers... to put it mildly, is a bit uneven.
Five of them were vulnerable, and Qingdeng knocked them down with one strike of his sword. Qingdeng copied the new talent "Ying Cry" from a young man among these five who looked and behaved like an effeminate one.
Qingdeng was both happy and sad about the new talent he had acquired.
Previously, Qingdeng's voice was a very ordinary baritone.
Although it's not unpleasant to listen to, it still lacks the characteristics to catch people's ears.
But with this "Ying Cry", Qingdeng's voice suddenly became much clearer.
When getting along with others, a nice voice is often a good plus.
For Qingto, who is currently aiming to "marry Zonako and Kinoshita Mai" in the future, he is of course happy to see his charm value get a new improvement.
However... joy is accompanied by sorrow.
Qingdeng can no longer remember how many people asked him: "Huh? Has your voice become better?"
In response to this, Qingteng always responded with "Huh? Did you hear it correctly?" or "No, I have always made this sound."
Fortunately, although Qingdeng's current voice is much better than before, the difference is not too huge, so Qingdeng's deception is quite effective.
Among the six challengers, only one of them was a strong man, which caused Qingdeng to suffer a lot.
He is a tall and powerful man with a strong body and who knows what he has grown up with. He has learned from others. He wields the sword very fast and powerfully. He takes the path of defeating ten masters with one force.
Qingden barely defeated him with the buffs such as "Gu Gu" and "Gathering God" fully activated.
After the battle, Qingden copied the "Bear's Waist" from the strong man's body, which enhanced the explosive power of his waist.
In this way, "Bear's Waist" became Qingdeng's fourth talent to be integrated and enhanced.
In addition to "Bear's Waist", Qingdeng has two other talents that have been integrated recently: "Eagle Eye" and "Physical Body". Their origins are relatively simple.
Qingdeng's high reputation and the various contributions he made after becoming a disciple of the Shiweiguan have made the reputation of the Shiweiguan soar and its development is booming.
As the reputation of the sword hall continued to increase, some good talents finally began to appear in the hall.
These new apprentices are all excellent candidates for copying their talents.
Therefore, every newcomer in the Trial Guard Hall has a similar experience - on the day he officially joined the Trial Guard Hall, Qingdeng pulled him over to compete and discuss with him in various ways...
Qingden copied "Eagle Eye" and "Physical Body" from two juniors who had joined the Trial Guard Hall for less than a month, so that these two talents were integrated.
The innate ability of "Physical Fitness" is to "accelerate wound recovery", so its improvement effect cannot be intuitively felt.
The "Bear's Waist" and "Eagle Eye" are different.
After adding a "+1" suffix to both entries, Qingdeng clearly felt that his dynamic vision and waist strength had been significantly improved!
When an insect flew past his eyes, Qingden could see more clearly how its wings vibrated.
When he slashed the knife held high above his head with the force of his waist, the power of the slash went up to a big level.
Just "+1", the natural ability has been greatly improved...
Qingdeng boldly guessed——
When "Eagle Eye" is upgraded to "+5" or "+6", you may be able to see the trajectory of the bullet clearly.
When the "Bear's Waist" is upgraded to "+5" or "+6", he might be able to easily cut a person in half with a normal slash using his waist strength.
There are only the top "+8" and "+9"... Qingdeng can't imagine how powerful it will be after the talent is upgraded to this level.
After more than two months of talent collection and hard training... Qingdeng himself was a little unsure of how far his current combat power had improved.
Closer to home - after Aomori gave a brief self-introduction without being humble or overbearing, the captain of the Second Division, Tadatsuki Kanazawa, who was loved by the people for his approachable personality, took the lead to step forward and showed a warm smile.
"Hahaha! Orange-kun, I have admired your name for a long time! Hehe, Xiaoqin is right! You do have a handsome face!"
"Xiaoqin?"
Kanazawa...Qin...
After this surname is combined with this name, the talent of "photographic memory" is quietly activated.
"Ah... you are Miss Kanazawa Qin's brother?"
"Hehe, exactly!"
Kanazawa Chusuke grinned, put his hands on his hips and laughed.
"What a surprise! Mr. Ju, you actually remember my sister! According to what my sister said, you and her seem to be just acquaintances who had a sparring session! We are not very familiar with each other!"
Qingdeng smiled slightly: "It is difficult to forget an outstanding woman like your sister."
Kanazawa Qin——Besides Zonazi, the only Hime warrior who practices swordsmanship in the Little Chiba Sword Hall.
In early August of this year, when Aoto had to challenge the heroes of the Kochiba Kenkan due to the fact that someone who admired Zuo Nako came to cause trouble, he had a fight with Kanazawa Qin.
Although she was born as a girl, she had excellent swordsmanship and the courage to fight that most male swordsmen could not match. Therefore, this girl left a very deep impression on Qingden.
At this moment, Qingden recalled with hindsight: He seemed to have heard that Kanazawa Qin's brother was a high-ranking official within the Huofu Thieves Kaifa.
"Orange."
At this time, a lukewarm bass, neither salty nor bland, intervened in the conversation between Qingnobo and Kanazawa Chusuke.
"Ah, Mizushima-kun."
The captain of the fourth division, Mizushima Rensaburo, nodded to Aoden expressionlessly.
"Well, long time no see."
"Mizushima-kun, thank you so much for your vigorous and resolute rescue that night."
What Aoto means is naturally that when Aoto launched a desperate battle with the anti-barbarian group in the Western settlement, Mizushima and his fourth division were the first to arrive on the battlefield and provided timely and powerful support to Aoto. This thing.
"I just fulfilled my duties and did what I should do. No need to say thank you." Mizushima said calmly.
The only people who actively responded to and greeted Aoto were Kanazawa and Mizushima.
The rest of the people were as motionless as a mountain.
Kimura Suma, the captain of the 5th Division who firmly believed in the "bloodline theory", gave Qingtou a contemptuous look and then withdrew his gaze, not even looking at Qingtou again.
Captain of the Sixth Squadron, Hosaka Genzo... This jealous "red-eyed monster" was also attracted by Qingnou's pleasant voice and glanced at Qingnou, then hurriedly withdrew his gaze, and then used jealous eyes to steal. Glancing at Qingdeng.
After seeing Seito's skin that was exceptionally smooth and wrinkle-free due to his young age, wisps of explicit jealousy emerged from the depths of Kasaka's eyes.
As Kimura's lackey, Captain Tsuchida Masaichi of the 7th Division, hurriedly expressed his loyalty to Kimura - he glared at Qingnobo with evil intentions.
Although Nobuyoshi Kazama, the captain of the Eighth Division, did not show such explicit hostility towards Aotobu like the three people mentioned above, he did not treat Aotobu warmly either.
After the conflict between Mizushima and Kimura subsided due to Kanazawa's persuasion, he silently sat back in his seat, watching his nose and heart.
Qingdeng silently scanned the expressions of everyone in the hall, and then said to himself:
——The situation is really clear...it's clear at a glance which people don't want to see me and which people are friendly to me.
Only my grandson, Kanazawa, and Mizushima are friendly to Aonto.
The other 4...hehe.
Since Kimura and others treat him indifferently, Qingto has no interest in putting his hot face against his cold ass.
If time permits, Aomori would like to talk more with my grandson, Kanazawa, and Mizushima. After all, they are colleagues who will work together in the future.
But unfortunately, at this moment, the door of the conference hall was opened with a "crash" again.
Two middle-aged men walked through the opened hall door one after another and walked into the hall.
Even without anyone's introduction, Aonto could tell at a glance - they must be the current commanders of the Huoshu Thieves: Kurosawa Atsushi and Okubo Tadashi.
It's funny, the two of them have exactly the same body shape - a potbelly that looks like they are seven months pregnant, and a chin with three folds that can be clearly seen even without looking down.
"Oh? It seems that everyone is here." Kurosawa glanced at the scene in the hall and smiled, "No one is late, that's good!"
As soon as Kurosawa finished speaking, Okubo beside him added:
"The meeting is about to begin, so don't sit around here and get back to everyone!"
Wow…
For a moment, Kanazawa and Mizushima who gathered around Aoto immediately dispersed.
"Tachibana-kun. Come with me~ Your seat is next to mine."
My grandson hooked his fingers at Qingdeng and thoughtfully pointed out his seat for Qingdeng.
The seats in the meeting hall are all specified and no random seating is allowed.
Those with odd-numbered squad numbers sit on the east side of the hall.
Those with even-numbered squad numbers sit on the west side of the hall.
The unit Qingdeng belongs to is the third division, and his seat is sandwiched between "one" and "five".
In other words, Aoden had to sit between my grandson and Kimura Suma.
As soon as Qingteng's bent legs landed on the soft mat, from the corner of his left eye, he saw Kimura Suma sitting on his left side, moving his butt away from him.
A faint look of disgust could be seen on Kimura Suma's face.
When Qingdeng saw this, he sneered silently without caring.
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There was nothing worth elaborating on in this simple "welcome meeting" held temporarily to welcome Qingdeng's arrival.
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There was no greeting gift, no flowers, no passionate congratulations.
At the request of Kurosawa and Okubo, Aomori introduced himself again in public.
Immediately afterwards, Kurosawa pointed out to Qingteng one by one some of the key points that needed to be paid more attention to during the Huofu Thieves Reform.
Finally, Kurosawa and Okubo jointly announced to everyone: Although the anti-barbarian group has been destroyed, there are still many remaining remnants running around. Although the unhealthy trend of "brainless and irrational resistance to foreigners" has been effectively curbed, it is not yet time to relax... all this.
In short, it is a warning to everyone to work harder in the future and not to slack off.
After completing the above series of links, this simple "welcome meeting" came to an end.
Kurosawa Atsushi and Okubo Tadashi were the first to leave - they both spoke softly and had no annoying airs, so Aomori's first impression of these two officers was acceptable.
However, Seito has not forgotten the advice my grandson gave him just now: Tadashi Okubo owes a great favor to Kimura Suma's father.
Therefore, Seito did not relax his vigilance against Tadashi Okubo just because his "initial impression" was good.
"Ah~ 'It's not time to relax yet', 'Everyone must be dedicated to serving the public'... These words come and go, and I can almost hear the cocoon~~"
After Kurosawa and Okubo's footsteps left the meeting hall, my grandson stretched his waist vigorously and stood up lazily.
"Jijun, do you have any plans later?"
"What other arrangements can be made?"
Qingden shrugged.
"I'm going to go to the base of my third division to meet with my subordinates... huh? What? Are you okay?"
Qingden suddenly felt the light at his hand dim, and looked up - Kimura Suma looked down at him expressionlessly.
And his henchman: Tsuchida Masagi stood behind him with his hands on his hips and an air of dignity.
"Nothing."
Kimura Shuma said without sadness or joy.
"I just want to tell you, the newcomer, some of the rules that you must abide by when serving as official here."
"rule?"
Qingden raised his eyebrows and chuckled lightly.
"Thank you for your kindness. However, Master Kurosawa has just introduced me to you all the rules that must be followed by the fire bandits, so I won't bother you any more."
"Kurosawa-sama didn't tell you everything just now."
Kimura Shuma said without thinking.
"Actually, there is an invisible rule in the Huo Fu Thief Reform, that is, the younger generation must know how to respect their elders."
"Oh?" Qingden's eyelids sank slightly.
"Although in name, the Huo Fu Thieves Gai is a special security department responsible for dealing with various large-scale crimes and important criminals that are difficult for the execution offices and eight states to deal with."
"But in reality, it's the mother's army!"
"The military is an organization, and organizations require order and discipline."
"If there is no basic respect for elders and younger ones, how can we talk about order and discipline?"
Kimura Suma said this, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, with a hint of disgust on his face.
"As a newcomer who just came to take office today, you always use the tone of an ordinary person when talking to me, without using any honorifics or honorifics."
"Honorary title...such as 'Heavenly King, Grand Commander'?" Qingden interrupted Kimura Shuma's words with a smile.
Qingdeng's "honorific title" caused my grandson next to him to burst into happy laughter.
"I haven't spoken yet! Don't interrupt!"
Qingteng interrupted his words for no reason and continued to make jokes. Kimura Shuma was obviously angry.
He took a deep breath, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and continued:
"Everyone here is your elder and has served in this great army for a long time."
"I hope you will use appropriate honorifics and honorifics when talking to us in the future."
"You can't interrupt your seniors for no reason like you did just now!"
Kimura Suma's tone was stiff and cold, full of commands, and it didn't seem like he was giving "suggestions" to Qingto.
At this time, a fly flew in from the window and hovered "buzzingly" above the heads of Qingto and Kimura Shuma.
Qingden rolled his eyes upward without any expression, staring directly at the fly.
Kanazawa on the side could smell the disharmonious atmosphere spreading between Ayoto and Kimura Suma. He coughed lightly and walked over quickly.
"Okay, Kimura-kun. When you speak, speak politely and don't be so angry."
My grandson doesn’t stand idly by anymore.
"Okay, okay~ Kimura, I have never used honorifics or honorifics to you. Why don't you come and persuade me to treat you with more respect? Oh~ Is it because of my family's family background? It’s not much worse than yours, so don’t you dare to mess with me? I’m sorry, sorry~ I almost forgot that you are the one who cooks the dishes~~”
However, it doesn’t look like my grandson is here to persuade peace, more like he is here to make peace...
Just when Kimura glared at my grandson who suddenly jumped out to taunt him——
"Senior...?" Qingden sighed softly.
What happened next really happened in an instant.
Kimura's haori tether that was tied tightly to his chest was suddenly disconnected.
A bright silver blade filled the field of vision of everyone present in an instant, and then disappeared in the next instant.
Kimura's pupil has shrunk to the size of a needle's eye, and his dark eyes have shrunk toward the center, turning into a pair of cross-eyes - he is using his cross-eyes to stare at some sharp object placed in front of the tip of his nose.
The tip of the knife shone with a dazzling cold light.
"Ahhhhh!"
Kimura, who came to his senses slowly, let out a series of screams, and subconsciously stepped back with his feet, trying to stay away from the blade of Dingguishen.
However, because he retreated too quickly, he accidentally bumped into Tsuchida Masaichi who was standing behind him.
The two screamed and fell to the ground.
"Actually, since just now, I have always been annoyed by this buzzing fly."
Qingden smiled. When he mentioned the word "fly", he emphasized his tone as if on purpose.
At this moment, everyone discovered that the Dingguishen lying flat in Qingdeng's hand had two dots of "black ink" on the blade. After a closer look, it was the corpse of a fly.
To be more precise, it was a fly corpse that was divided into two parts vertically.
"I wanted to wait silently for it to fly away, but I didn't know what was wrong with it. It just refused to go away."
"There is no other way but to use some rougher methods to make it stop barking."
After saying that, Qingdeng flicked his wrist and used a skillful blow to throw the fly corpse on the blade to his feet.
"Um?"
Qingteng looked "surprised" at Kimura Suma, who was still slumped on the tatami with his legs in the air.
"Is it a little too impolite and disrespectful to pose in such an indecent posture in front of juniors? What do you think? Senior?"
Qingdeng recited the last "senior" very clearly and loudly with extremely clear articulation.
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I think "flies don't stare at seamless eggs" and "a slap can't make a sound" are the two most stupid sentences in the world. Who agrees and who disagrees?
My leopard is growing again!
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