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 a set of exquisite and clever bamboo stick moves 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 talent.
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 with your eyes.
The brain doesn’t understand, or the brain “understands” but the hands “don’t understand”.
However, relying on such a concept alone, it only took him half a year to initially reach the state of no-movement, and 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 inner 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 was able to gain experience from fighting just like her, and its strength continued to grow.
The two had a relationship of both teachers and friends. Later, Zhao Qing called him "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 will not be arrogant enough to think that she is the only one in the world who knows kung fu with the apes.
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 lifespans of the Zhou emperors and princes of various dynasties have also confirmed this. 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, over such a long period of time, it is not surprising that the way of martial arts has developed to the point where it can split mountains and split seas.
Zhao Qing privately speculated that it was because of the suppression of extremely powerful people that all the countries in the world could continue their rule for thousands of years, making their life span far longer than any dynasty in the previous life.
When she has free time, she will also visit surrounding villages and towns to learn 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. They are practiced both internally and externally. They have the effect of increasing energy and improving 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 consulting 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.
The two have Yin Jin as their outer appearance and Yang Jin as their inner being, so Yang is higher than Yin. To the extent that Yin and Yang Jin 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 twenty years, which meant that his yin strength was almost full but his yang strength was not yet complete.
In terms 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 higher realms beyond Huajin, but no one in the countryside knew the specific situation, and it was hard for her to travel to other places to find out. After all, she still needed to take care of her mother at home, so she couldn't just do it for one person.
The news makes bedridden relatives suffer.
The mountains in Kuaiji cover an area of 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 roads are winding and rugged and not easy to walk. Even with Zhao Qing’s skills, he can
It takes 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, with his martial arts skills, Zhao Qing also hunted many wild animals while herding sheep, earning a lot of money.
A lot of gold 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, Jicheng, the capital of the Yue Kingdom,
The old capitals of Gou Sheng, Pingyang, and more than 20 major cities around them all have real masters stationed there. It is said that the realm is far above that of Hua Jin...
While she was looking for someone to inquire about the news, she was also considering whether to move her family to the nearest city, "Chong Quan", where the living conditions and martial arts training conditions should 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, he can gradually get rid of his 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 casually hummed folk songs and drove his sheep home along the creek in the valley.
Another day passed, and today I was pretty lucky. I met a deer, and she hit it on the head with a bamboo stick, killing it 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 they were uninhabited many years ago, which seems to have been 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 is wrong! Where did the smoke come from? For many years, my mother has had difficulty standing up and has no ability to cook. She has 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. Was the house occupied?
Zhao Qing frowned deeply. He hadn't heard of any of his relatives alive in so many years. Suddenly someone was cooking at home. It was probably bandits and thieves.
Are you interested in the money saved at home, or do you want to bully the orphans and widowers?
She quietly drove the goats into 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.