Zhao Si's red eyes and the ruby-like luster emanating from his skin gradually faded away, and mental exhaustion suddenly surged into his heart. But when he opened his mouth to respond, there was no unwillingness in his voice, instead it was full of sympathy.
The yearning for a higher realm of martial arts.
"Temporary defeat is very normal. The key is to see your own shortcomings and have the confidence to win back through hard work in the future..." Zhao Si looked at Zhao Yi beside him, his eyes filled with contentment.
It is encouragement and expectation.
"When have we, the people of Sword Furnace, ever been afraid of challenges?" Zhao Yi nodded silently, with a solemn but determined expression. The worn-out big umbrella in his hand hung gently, and the oil paper on the umbrella seemed to have a faint luster in the morning light, as if
It is also responding to the master's determination.
He knew that although today's competition was a failure, it allowed their brothers and sisters to see another brand-new martial arts realm, the subtle mystery of the combination of water and fire. Isn't this a rare gain?
Zhao Qing smiled slightly and said in a gentle and sincere tone: "You two don't have to worry too much. The key to martial arts is to improve. The so-called victory or defeat does not depend on the strength of the moment, but on who can understand the world more deeply and master it more skillfully.
Harness the power of nature.”
"Tonight, we just had a friendly exchange, allowing each other to have a deeper understanding of kendo. This is enough." Her words were like a spring breeze blowing on their faces, making Zhao Yi and Zhao Si feel depressed for a moment.
dissipate:
"Besides, today's competition focuses on the confrontation between artistic conception and qi, rather than a life-and-death fight. Jianlu is known as an indomitable sword of death, and is good at creating miracles in adversity. If it were a real confrontation, the outcome would still be unknown.
.”
As soon as Zhao Qing finished speaking, a cool autumn wind blew through the alley, picking up a few fallen sycamore leaves, as if it was also bringing an end to this smoke-free competition. The atmosphere between the three of them turned from tense to harmonious, just like a
After the invisible storm, all that is left is tranquility and clarity.
Although Zhao Jianlu and Zhao Jianlu still suspected that she might come from the Minshan Sword Sect or the Lingxu Sword Sect of the Qin Dynasty, because the Jianlu disciples who died in the battle should have swords that were included in the collections of these two sects, but after this friendly discussion
The experience completely eliminated any hostility.
"Girl, your martial arts realm is admirable. We, the people of Sword Furnace, have always respected the truly strong." So Zhao Si returned his hand again, his tone full of sincerity: "Tonight's comparison will benefit us.
It’s very informative. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely ask for advice again.”
Zhao Qing also bowed slightly in return: "Mr. Zhao Si is too complimentary. The way of spiritual practice is broad and profound, and we still need to work hard to get a glimpse of it."
At this time, a gust of wind blew through the alley, bringing with it the aroma of the noodle shop in the distance. She smiled slightly and suggested: "Have you two had breakfast? Changling's pasta is quite famous, you might as well go and try it together."
Zhao Yi and Zhao Si heard the words, looked at each other, smiled, and nodded. So, the three of them walked to the noodle shop at the entrance of the alley and found a few seats near the door to sit down. Although the shop was not big, it was clean and tidy, and the atmosphere was clear.
A warm atmosphere.
When the noodle shop owner saw the three guests, he greeted them warmly: "Guys, please come inside! What do you want to eat?"
Zhao Qing smiled and ordered: "Boss, bring a bowl of hot and sour cabbage and pork noodles in red soup, two bowls of shredded eel fried noodles, add some bean sprouts, an egg on top, and more noodles." She laid out more than fifty noodles.
He picked up a copper plate and then looked at Zhao Yi and Zhao Si: "Do you two have any taboos?"
The two shook their heads and said it didn't matter.
When the noodle shop owner heard this, he immediately accepted the money and started to work. He skillfully grabbed a handful of noodles, put them into boiling water and cooked them, then picked them up and put them into three large bowls, and also washed the bean sprouts.
Clean, beat the eggs and set aside.
The boss spread the marinated shredded eel evenly on two bowls of hot noodles, added onion, ginger, and garlic and sauteed until fragrant. Then he put the shredded eel and noodles into the pot and stir-fried. The heat was controlled just right, which preserved the eel.
The fish is fresh and tender, and the noodles fully absorb the flavor of the eel.
On the other side, thin slices of meat were stir-fried with red oil chili peppers in the oil pan, making a "sizzling" sound. Then, he added the pickled cabbage, stir-fried a few times, and then the delicious meat was cooked.
The toppings cover the noodles that look like white snow sprouts.
Although cabbage, meat slices and noodles are intertwined, and there is no complicated presentation, there is a simple and deep aroma that makes people salivate. The noodle soup is rich, with a light sheen of oil on the surface, clear and attractive, as if it is telling
Its extraordinary taste.
Not long after, all the noodles were served, steaming hot and fragrant. Zhao Yi, Zhao Si and Zhao Qing sat around and began to taste this simple market delicacy.
The hot and sour cabbage pork noodles in red soup are extremely delicious, with moderate sourness and hotness, which makes people have endless aftertaste; while the fried eel noodles are rich in taste, the freshness of the eel and the crispness of the bean sprouts complement each other, plus the eggs lying on it, it is even more delicious.
It adds a bit of nutrition and deliciousness to this dish.
As the sun got higher, other people came here one after another to make noodles. The boss couldn't handle it alone, so he woke up a few clerks who were dozing in the shop. These clerks walked out of the back room sleepily, rubbing their eyes and talking.
Skillfully take over the work from the boss.
Some of them were responsible for entertaining guests, while others were busy cooking and frying noodles. The whole noodle shop suddenly became lively.
Even in Wutong Lane, a place where Changling was settled, almost everyone could eat food that was no less than that of many modern people. The price was also affordable, and life was quite good. This shows the strength of the Qin Dynasty.
Several early-rising guests noticed Zhao Qing and others. Their temperaments were completely different from those of the residents in this back alley. Especially Zhao Qing. Although he was dressed simply, his calmness and indifference showed in his gestures, which made people instantly recognize him.
It turns out that she is no ordinary person.
The guests looked at them curiously and talked in low voices, but did not dare to disturb them too much.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Qing just smiled slightly and didn't care. She knew that in this world, everyone has their own place, and they should maintain their position no matter where they are.
With a normal heart, she continued to chat with Zhao Yi and Zhao Si while eating, exchanging martial arts experiences.
"Miss Zhao Qing, I have some insights into what you just mentioned, 'human beings follow the earth, earth follows the sky, heaven follows the Tao, and Tao follows nature'."
While eating noodles, Zhao Si said thoughtfully: "It's just that I haven't fully understood the profound meaning of this sentence, 'Heaven and earth set their positions, and it is easy to travel within them.'"
Hearing this, Zhao Qing put down his chopsticks and explained softly: "The positioning of heaven and earth means that between heaven and earth, everything has its own place and order. And it means that we should follow the way of heaven and earth, and it will happen naturally.
Do not force things to do what the earth does, nor do it against heaven.”
"When we practice martial arts and swordsmanship, we want to explore the laws of the birth and death of all things, harmonize the yin and yang, the five elements and the six qi, and integrate ourselves with the vast universe, so as to achieve the supreme state. Only by deeply understanding this can we make breakthroughs in the way of swordsmanship...
…”
"Therefore, I think that although the sword of the 'Heaven and Earth Hong Furnace' built by Zhao Jianlu has reached the peak of the 'Hong Lu' fire intention, I am not as good as me, but the profound understanding of the word "Heaven and Earth" is still limited.
"
She slowly elaborated: "The vastness of heaven and earth is not limited to the blending of fire and furnace... Natural phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and changes in the four seasons are the smelting and tempering of all things. The fireworks in the world and the various forms of the world are also the nature of heaven and earth.
Part of it, therefore, can also be integrated into Honglu Sword Intent."
When it comes to understanding the way of nature, no one in this world can be better than Zhao Qing. He is also proficient in various cultivation systems and philosophical concepts, and he has integrated them thoroughly. Zhao Yi and Zhao Si were soon entranced.
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On the other side of the parasol tree, as usual, Ding Ning got up at sunrise watching the back of his eldest son, Qianxue, who was dressing up.
Then he quickly finished washing up and helped his eldest son, Sun Qianxue, to start cooking millet porridge. When the heat was about the same, he simmered it slowly over low heat, and took his own special coarse porcelain bowl to the shop where he often went to buy noodles.
The reason for this is that the eldest grandson Qianxue has mysophobia and does not like to eat outside food. Moreover, during her long-term practice, she has become accustomed to such a light and simple diet.
In addition to making wine, Ding Ning takes care of all the chores in the wine shop, including food and daily life.
However, Ding Ning did it very meticulously and willingly. Even when he was helping his eldest son Qianxue to cook porridge, watching the flames simmering, and watching his figure walking around not far away from him, he would
I feel very warm and happy.
Because some things are best not to be thought of again, but some people must be cherished.
Just when he was about to open the door of the wine shop and step out, there was a cold voice, and Changsun Qianxue appeared not far behind Ding Ning with a slight frown, reminding:
"One is a low-grade Seventh Realm, one is a middle-grade Seventh Realm, and I can't tell the difference for the moment. It seems that he is also a middle-grade Seventh Realm, but his aura seems to be the result of the fusion and superposition of six peak-level people in the Sixth Realm. Such a weird technique,
Never seen before.”
With the blessing of the Nine Netherworld King's Sword, her perception was amplified several times, and even those who had just entered the Eighth Realm might not be able to match it: "In the noodle shop you often go to, three people gathered together, and the front
The two are Zhao Jianlu's people, but they seem to be in bad condition...it's better to avoid them."
"You can eat something else first, wait for the carriage that picks people up from Baiyangdong, and then set off directly."
"If it is not an accident that these three people came to Wutongluo, then trouble will be inevitable."
Ding Ning smiled a little bitterly, hesitated for a moment, and then opened the door: "Instead of passively dealing with it, it is better to face it proactively and find out more information. The disciples of Zhao Jianlu are not our enemies at all."
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After going out, Ding Ning quickly walked to the noodle shop at the entrance of the alley, which was filled with hot air and the aroma of oil. Then, he was very surprised to see Zhao Qing in the shop. He was surprised: What happened to the new elder of Baiyangdong?
Are you here? Still with Zhao Yi and Zhao Si?
A gray-shirted swordsman turned into the alley respectfully. He was also one of the people Ding Ning knew. He was Wang Taixu's loyal subordinate from the two-story Jing Mo Sect. He also walked into the noodle shop, but he was not just a shop owner.
Instead, he quietly handed a small package to Zhao Qing, who had already finished eating the noodles.
Glancing at the ordinary people around him, Zhao Qing cut off their related memories and part of their vision and hearing, and called Ding Ning.
He opened the package and took out a secret letter hidden in a wax ball and a few pieces of jade that looked like gelatin.
She opened the secret letter and read it quickly. She frowned slightly and then relaxed it. She seemed to have considered the content of the letter, so a cluster of crystal flames ignited in her palm and burned it to ashes.
Then he picked up the different pieces of jade and started burning them fiercely.
As her thoughts flowed, the jade began to melt rapidly in the flames. First, it became a liquid and mixed into a ball, removing impurities, and then divided into four equal parts in a specific ratio, slowly converging into four regular-shaped stones.
, tokens of the same size.
Zhao Qing's fingers rotated gently, and the flames danced along with it. Little bits of starlight penetrated into the depths of the token, and the silky true essence wandered inside it, accurately recording complicated, obscure and ancient lines.
The runes are integrated with the jade itself.
When the last ray of flame dissipated, the four tokens lay quietly in her hands, with a delicate luster on their surface.
"Everyone, this is my newly developed communication token, called the 'Lingxi Jade Talisman'."
Zhao Qing briefly introduced: "This jade talisman is not trivial. It can be activated by infusing true energy and letting it flow through a specific rune circuit. It can edit and send the information you want to input, and receive signals from others through frequency modulation.
Achieve mutual communication within a range of thousands of miles.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Normally, as long as there are no large obstructions nearby and no interference from powerful practitioners causing vitality riots, with this token, you can use the high-altitude wind layer to
Reflection mechanism to transmit information remotely and keep in touch at any time.”
This is actually a short-wave radio station that Zhao Qing developed by referring to the methods of refining magic arrays and talismans and modern scientific and technological achievements, which can modulate vitality fluctuations into encrypted signals and use spiritual energy and true essence as energy.
Relying on the principle of "pulling vitality threads", she successfully integrated into a small token the transceiver properties equivalent to a giant antenna of more than ten meters. Due to the high transmitting power and low electromagnetic noise in the environment, the communication distance can be easily
It can reach thousands of kilometers and even cover the whole world.
However, events such as solar flares, vitality riots caused by aura collisions between the surrounding masters of the Seventh Realm, and the use of thunder and lightning techniques in the Five Realms and Sixth Realms will also cause interference in communications, just like the elemental turbulence in the dragon world.
At the same time, with the help of Wang Taixu's channels, Zhao Qing has collected thousands of fruits, vegetables, medicinal materials, and ores from the Sword Dynasty world. The secret letter just now listed the list of procurement results and prepared to analyze and explore them one by one.
Confirm its value.
Afterwards, she will not only use various local specialties to refine elixirs, ointments and other products, but also bring some of them to the modern laboratory of the dragon world to further test their properties to see if they are produced in a spiritual environment.
What is the cultivation value of mutant varieties?
As for the actions at the fish market, in addition to planning the top skills passed down by the witch ancestors in this world, they also had the same purpose of collecting spiritual minerals for testing. By the way, they could also spend money to recruit a group of criminals from the fish market.
The gangsters serve as cannon fodder and are used to carry out certain high-risk missions.
As for so much copper and silver, they naturally have to be imported from the Dragon World. Judging from their current exchange rate with the gold of the Qin Dynasty, even if it is much lower than the market price, a simple back and forth can make Zhao Qing great.
Make huge profits and collect hundreds of billions.
In today's world, with the blessing of extraordinary cultivation and rune magic tools, the steel output of each major dynasty reaches millions of tons, and the level of metallurgical industry is quite good. However, compared with the modern society of the 21st century, mining and producing metal are
The efficiency is still quite poor.
"Remote communicator? It sounds like the amount of information it can transmit is quite large, and it's not a disposable item?"
Seeing Zhao Qing casually handing out four jade talismans to himself, Jing Mo Sect, Zhao Yi, and Zhao Si, Ding Ning was secretly surprised. He had been dragged into modern society and beaten some people. Although he didn't see much, he didn't
How can I recognize modern Chinese characters, but I also noticed the magic of computers and telephones.
In this era where major dynasties are confronting each other and wars and conflicts often break out, when many forces are fighting, smooth and timely information is undoubtedly crucial.
In addition to the traditional fast horse messengers and beacon tower mechanisms, it mainly relies on specially domesticated eagles, falcons and birds with certain cultivation levels, as well as spiritual beasts ridden by powerful practitioners.
The military also has some unique tools for transmitting messages, such as two-hearted worms, machine horns, etc. There are induction beads in Jiaodong County and overseas. These beads are naturally generated on the seabed. Two in a pair, if one bead is
If it is damaged, the other bead will also have its vitality dissipated and crack.
This kind of magical weapon is generally used in the military to convey the simplest military orders, such as attacking and retreating. However, if you want to convey any specific instructions, it is difficult to do so.
Therefore, the revolutionary nature of the "Lingxi Jade Talisman" that Zhao Qing has now taken out is self-evident. It not only breaks the limitations of traditional communication methods, but also provides its holders with unprecedented information advantages at a strategic level.
"Senior Zhao Qing, this 'Lingxi Jade Talisman' is really ingenious and breathtaking." Ding Ning took the jade talisman and looked at it carefully. He was filled with indescribable shock. Mingxiao, a communication tool like this, will be used in future battles.