"What a surprise, what a surprise." Buta Ito wiped the blood from his neck with his hand. It seemed that being injured was not something to be afraid of, but a happy event.
"Aiko, come down, you made a mistake this time." Taketa Ito said loudly.
The sword in Yuan Ye's hand shattered with a sound, and the broken blade and the bullet made a free fall motion, falling straight down and hitting the ground, making a pleasant sound.
Yuan Ye held an empty knife handle awkwardly, not knowing what to do.
He glanced at the label on Buta Ito's head, and it still read "Like an ant", which made Yuanye once again wonder if there was something wrong with his golden finger.
"You are still very confused." Buta Ito looked at Yuanye's somewhat distorted face and laughed, "I have told you everything, your experience has not lied to you."
"Let me introduce, this is my wife's beloved son." Ito Buta pointed at the beauty in kimono who came behind him and introduced.
Yuanye was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether he should say hello or not. Finally, out of habit, he said politely: "Hello, Miss Aiko."
Ito Buta looked at Genya's performance and laughed again: "You are so polite. You are so interesting. Among so many people who accepted this task, you are the only one who said hello back."
"Just now, Aiko was using Qi to help me defend against your attack. It's not that you misunderstood." Buta Ito sat down on his own and pointed to the sofa in front of him, "Sit down."
Yuan Ye had no choice but to sit down. Now he understood that there was a person who exceeded the carbon-based limit. From the beginning, he had no chance of winning, so he had to sit down and listen to the other party's actions.
"Although my body has weakened, my eyesight is still there. You just used Qi to strengthen your body, right?" Buta Ito looked at Yuanye with a treasured look, "Although it may be an emergency. It's a subconscious action, but it's also very remarkable. If I weren't like what I am now, I would definitely want to accept you as my disciple."
"That's ridiculous." Yuan Ye replied.
"Okay, I'm not a person who likes nonsense. Let's reveal the answer to the previous story, but before that, we have to tell the end of the story." Taketa Ito turned around and turned to his previous story. The story left Yuan Ye a little confused.
"After Jiro lost the duel, he was depressed and died soon after. This made Taro very sad." Sato Buta said, "Actually, Taro and Jiro were close friends who traveled around the world together. They were the so-called best swordsmen in the world. However, It’s just a battle of spirits.”
"Is that Taro deliberately sensual and wanting to lose to Jiro?" Genya asked.
"There are so many things that are not there. Taro has such a careless temper. At most, he does not value reputation, but he will not do such behavior that is tantamount to insulting the other party. He just has a hard-to-change nature." Ito Taketa He said with a smile, "After Jiro passed away, in order to commemorate him, Taro bought Jiro's mansion and lived in it himself."
"You know what the result was? Taro forgot to stop the money from those who were bragging. As a result, those storytellers were bragging, and Taro found that his skills were getting better and better."
"This is too... shameless." Yuan Ye was a little dumbfounded. Doesn't it mean that as long as he listens to others' praise, his skill will gradually increase?
"That's why I said that qi is an energy that goes against common sense." Taketa Ito sighed, "But after a year, no matter how much the storyteller boasted, Taro's skill has never improved. Even after Taro spent another The money didn’t continue to grow even after hiring new and more storytellers?”
"Is it because you're tired of hearing it?" Yuan Ye guessed from the changes in his mind.
"Of course not, it's just because the jade mine containing naturally occurring gas under Jiro's residence was sucked dry by him." Buta Ito said this answer with a smile, watching Genya's reaction.
Yuan Ye frowned as expected. This result was too difficult to accept.
"That's why I say that qi is energy that moves with changes in the mind, but it actually abides by rules." Taketa Ito explained, "As long as you want to become stronger, the energy contained in nature, and even other people's Qi will come to strengthen your body; if you think you are weak, the Qi in your body will naturally flow out; if you think others are strong, your Qi will automatically help them strengthen, and you will even mobilize your own Qi to collect natural Qi. , to strengthen others.”
"But the premise of all this is that you have to have Qi." Buta Ito held out a finger, "As long as there is no Qi, you cannot become stronger out of thin air, no matter how powerful your mind is. There have been times in history There are examples of people who have dried up and become angry again, but no matter how many times it occurs, it is finally confirmed that the potential of the body has not been fully tapped, rather than anger arising out of thin air.”
"Isn't this too strange?" Yuan Ye didn't know what to say. The energy of Qi seems to be quite idealistic, but it still adheres to some materialistic principles. It's really hard to summarize, "What is the answer to the story? What is it?"
"It's Feng Shui, or in modern language, it's the influence of visual elements on the spirit." Taketa Ito explained, "When you break the lamp, doesn't it mean that you are aware of the influence of the environment on you? This room is the corresponding technology The application just adopts a more aggressive mode."
"The feng shui of Jiro's residence helps to calm down and concentrate. In other words, the architecture of the residence can easily attract attention and make people concentrate. And this concentration does not include external sounds. , on the contrary, the function of helping to concentrate makes those words more deeply engraved in your heart."
"But didn't you say that Jiro withstood the pressure?" Yuanye asked.
"This involves the next step after stepping into the extraordinary realm." Buta Ito deliberately put it off and waited for a while until Genya finally understood, let go of control of his expression, and pretended After a worried expression, he slowly said, "Because people cannot completely control their own hearts."
"What do you mean?" Yuanye collapsed a little. He could see that the old man Taketa Ito just wanted to see his expression change in order to gain a sense of superiority. Although this made him feel that the old man was quite interesting and made people feel very close. , but he is not a person with great mood swings to begin with, so he can only put on various expressions to satisfy this old man's "childlike innocence".
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Buta Ito seemed to notice that Genya was a little irritable, so he stopped in time and said, "Let's drink some tea first and eat some snacks before we talk."
Aiko, who had been waiting for a while with a tray behind them, heard this and then came over and served them tea and refreshments.
