In the center of Yinren Village, the large house with five entrances and five exits still stands there. Three years have not left many traces on this house.
Around the big house, several groups of strong men from the village were patrolling. There are ten strong men in each group, carrying simple knives at their waists, wearing bamboo hats and raincoats.
Young people in the village who are over 16 years old, regardless of gender, will enter every position in the village after completing their "art training".
Among them, most of those who choose to practice literature will enter pharmacies, schools, merchants, or simply open shops, while those who choose to practice martial arts will mostly enter the village's defense system.
The village's defense system is roughly divided into strong men, armored guards, and Jedi guards.
The vast majority of martial arts practitioners who reach the age of sixteen will join the ranks of young men, also known as young men.
And a very small number of warriors with outstanding performance will directly enter the guard armor.
The young men engaged in the meeting continue to hone themselves by completing many tasks issued by the village. Generally, within six years of becoming a strong man, one can pass the examination and enter the guard armor.
The Guard Tieyi are the backbone of Yinren Village. Each Guard Tieyi is a warrior trained by Yinren Village with huge resources, and their fine iron protective inner armor specially made by a blacksmith is proof of their identity.
The Jedi Guards are the most powerful force in Yinren Village. They are selected by the Three Elders from among the numerous bodyguards every year. As of now, there are a total of six Jedi Guards in the entire village, three of whom are subordinate to the village chief and the rest. The three are the personal bodyguards of the three elders.
Each of the Jedi Guards is a chivalrous warrior with high martial arts skills. Their duty is to break through the desperate situation when they are in desperate situations.
These Jedi guards always wear white hoods and exquisite leather armor, hiding in some inconspicuous corners. They also have another identity-mountain patrol team.
The Jedi Guards were the first members to form a mountain patrol team, and Li Chengtao is the current leader of the Jedi Guards and captain of the mountain patrol team.
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Yi Xifeng was still swinging one sword after another in the maple leaf forest, constantly repeating the three steps of drawing the sword, swinging the sword, and sheathing it.
The wooden sword in his hand was already scarred, with messy sword marks all over the wooden sword.
Broken leaves fell around the fair boy. These were all maple leaves cut into pieces by Yi Xifeng's sword energy.
Yi Xifeng learned the "Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind" from Li Chengtao three years ago. After more than half a year of special training, his physical fitness, both in terms of instantaneous speed and reaction speed, has been significantly improved.
The young man's body's ability to resist blows and recover has improved rapidly, and he has finally barely reached the minimum requirements for learning the "Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind".
However, when learning swordsmanship, both Li Chengtao and Yi Xifeng discovered one thing: The Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind emphasizes simple and clear moves, with extremely fast movements and movements, and no unnecessary movements.
The young man relies on the method of controlling alcohol and energy to continuously improve his reaction ability and explosive power, but he can barely use these moves.
However, the connection between moves cannot achieve the smooth effect that Li Chengtao used with the Yin and Yang Double Wheel Technique.
Captain Cheng Tao once commented on Yi Xifeng's Thirteen Wind-Chasing Swords, "If you continue to practice like this, you will only be considered a second-rate swordsman in the end." In fact, it doesn't need to be said by the young man, the fair boy has already discovered the existing problems.
It wasn't until two years ago that Yi Xifeng succeeded in stimulating sword energy from his inner strength that he slowly discovered the development direction of his swordsmanship.
The young man's wine-control technique mainly improves physical recovery ability and adaptability. This also makes his inner strength and recovery speed far beyond ordinary people.
In other words, he can release more sword energy, or superimpose more sword energy, than an average swordsman.
The deep inner strength gave Yi Xifeng more sword energy and gave him more space to practice.
From then on, in addition to asking Li Chengtao for sword skills and regular sparring with Li Chengqian, he spent most of the rest of his time in this maple leaf forest practicing his sword skills.
"Bang!" With a crisp sound, the wooden sword in Yi Xifeng's hand broke into two pieces. This was the second wooden sword that Yi Xifeng had broken this month.
Looking at the broken sword in his hand, Yi Xifeng murmured: "It has been twenty days since the last time I used the Broken Wood Sword, and I lasted two days longer than the last time." A smile appeared on Yi Xifeng's lips.
A year ago, when Yi Xifeng first learned to control his sword energy and swing his sword, he broke three wooden swords in one day!
The tyrannical inner energy was difficult to control within his body, and it became even more difficult to control after it was released into sword energy.
Distributing the sharp sword energy evenly on the surface of a wooden sword is not as easy as it sounds!
This is also the direction that Yi Xifeng has been exploring in his sword training in the past few years. By evenly distributing the sword energy on the blade, he can enhance the power and sharpness of the moves.
This is why Li Chengtao's Chasing Wind and Shattering Slash can cut off a large tree with three people hugging it with a wooden sword.
Looking at the broken wooden sword in his hand, Yi Xifeng knew that he still had a long way to go in his sword practice.
At this time, a dark-skinned young man came from the village north of Maple Leaf Forest. This young man looked about the same age as Yi Xifeng, but he was taller and stronger than the fair boy.
This young man wore an animal skin cloak around his upper body, a bearskin turban around his waist, and a pair of buckskin boots that squeaked on the maple leaf ground.
In a blink of an eye, he walked closer and saw Yi Xifeng sitting alone under a tree practicing swordplay. He couldn't help but smile a bit, took out a fine iron straight knife from behind, and walked towards the opponent with a sharp stab.
Yi Xifeng actually discovered the swarthy boy when he walked within fifty meters of him. It's not that the young man's perception ability has covered fifty meters around him, but that the dark boy has not restrained his aura at all, and he has not even concealed the sound of his footsteps.
"Madman! How boring is it to practice swordsmanship by yourself? Practice two swords with me!" The swarthy boy screamed strangely and slashed at the fair boy's waist.
Yi Xifeng put one hand on the ground and reached for another wooden sword on his waist with the other hand. At the same time, he turned around and kicked the opponent's sword with one foot, forcing the sword back.
The swarthy young man didn't care when he saw that Yi Xifeng easily dodged the knife. He laughed and cursed and struck with another diagonal knife. The two of them were going back and forth, and they were having a great time fighting.
The two of them were only fighting with moves, not using much internal energy. Yi Xifeng only covered the wooden sword with a wisp of sword energy to resist the fight with the fine iron sword.
The dark-skinned young man had a profound knowledge of sword skills. He opened and closed in a wide range of ways, but he also advanced and retreated well. He never tried to attack the opponent's weaknesses, but only one sword was faster than the other, and each sword was stronger than the other.
At first, the fair boy could resist the tan boy's attack with his fists and feet, but after dozens of blows, both of them showed their true skills.
Yi Xifeng's swordsmanship was even more weird. The sword moves were extremely simple, including the most basic chopping, cutting, picking, stabbing, and teasing. However, his timing was extremely precise, which put a lot of pressure on the swarthy young man.
It wasn't until dozens of moves were struck that the dark-skinned boy gradually stabilized the situation. The two of them had been fighting for nearly half an hour. The swarthy boy had taken off his cloak, revealing the dark red leather armor underneath. Yi Xifeng's wooden sword also had several clear sword marks.
"Hahaha, when will Xifeng get a better sword? Let's have a good fight." The swarthy boy said with a smile.
"If you fight with all your heart, Heizi, you will lose in the first fifty rounds." Yi Xifeng said with a slight smile.
Looking at the little friend in front of him, who was so angry at his words that his little face turned red, Yi Xifeng felt inexplicably happy!
This swarthy young man was Yi Xifeng's first friend after coming to this world - Lin Fenghuo.
In three years, not only did Yi Xifeng grow into an outstanding martial arts young man, Lin Fenghuo's progress was no worse than that of Yi Xifeng.
Lin Fenghuo was quite angry, but then he laughed and said, "It's really difficult to beat you in the first fifty rounds, but after fifty rounds it becomes much easier."
The fair boy frowned slightly, then sighed with a wry smile and said, "Well, that's true."
After fifty rounds, Lin Fenghuo's sword had begun to take shape. If he wanted to defeat Lin Fenghuo head-on, it was basically impossible with Yi Xifeng's current strength.
And it would be equally difficult for him to defeat the fair-skinned boy with nimble movements. However, Yi Xifeng's weapon is currently a wooden sword. After hundreds of rounds of fighting between the two, Yi Xifeng's weapon should be destroyed and defeated.
The two have been friends since childhood. After this competition, they gained some insights, so the two of them chatted and walked towards the village in the north.
"Xifeng, have you heard? At the beginning of the new year and spring, our village is going to hold a martial arts competition." Lin Fenghuo said with a gossipy face.
"Martial arts competition? What is that?" Yi Xifeng asked with a thought.
"The martial arts competition is a grand event held every three years in Yinren Village, and it is also an assessment." Lin Fenghuo chuckled.
"Assessment?" Yi Xifeng looked at Lin Fenghuo and asked.
"Yes, generally when we complete our training at the age of twelve, we will practice with the elders in the village for a few years, and then at the age of sixteen, we will join the strong men of the village. They take assessments every three years, and those who pass the assessment can be promoted To protect the iron clothes. Every strong man has two chances, which means he must complete the assessment within six years. Otherwise, he will be removed." Lin Fenghuo took out a date from his belt and stuffed it into his mouth.
He found that Yi Xifeng was still looking at him, so he continued: "The martial arts competition is the main method of assessment this time. Of course, in addition to assessing strong men, the village also wants to discover new talents through the martial arts competition. In the past, there were people under ten years old. The six-year-old martial arts boy participated in the martial arts competition and was admitted in advance to become a strong man, and some even directly entered the armored bodyguard!"
When Yi Xifeng heard Lin Fenghuo say that he could be admitted in advance, his eyes lit up and he asked, "How do I participate in the martial arts competition?"
The young man smiled and said: "I knew you would also want to participate. Well, this is an invitation to the martial arts competition. It was given to me by Coach Cheng Qian. He asked me to send you a copy and a message for you. "
Yi Xifeng squinted at Lin Fenghuo and said curiously, "Tell me."
Lin Fenghuo didn't pay attention to Yi Xifeng's expression. He touched his head and said, "Horses are free. If you don't like it and can't help it, just let the grass-mud horse gallop out!"
Yi Xifeng's eyes widened and he stared at the dark boy for a moment.
Lin Fenghuo also stared at him and muttered: "Well, that's what I said..."
The two stared in silence for a few seconds...
Under Yi Xifeng's strange eyes, Lin Fenghuo couldn't help but ask: "What does the coach mean? He alluded to you and encouraged you to compete?"
"Get lost! He is a fool! His whole family is like that!" Yi Xifeng shouted nervously.
"Oh? Well, I don't think you need to encourage me. You will already participate, hahaha..." The boy laughed heartlessly.
"...Let's go, Heizi, let's go home for dinner." Yi Xifeng smiled bitterly, shook his head, and walked towards the village chief's house.
