Chapter 163 Seven Star Grass Appears in Fang City, Kent
"Father..." The young man lowered his head and couldn't bear to look at his father.
"It's okay, Kaka, you're not an adult yet. If you continue to polish your body, you still have a chance. Ahem..." The old father's body is very weak and he has to cough from time to time. However, looking at his hard work day by day, he still has a chance.
The son who couldn't let the fighting spirit enter his body couldn't bear to blame him.
If the fighting spirit cannot enter the body, no matter how hard you practice, you will not be able to become a swordsman. Your general ability will be similar to that of a strong man. In the army, you can only be a squad leader at most.
Old Joseph is actually not old, he is only in his fifties. However, he has been plagued by internal injuries all year round, and his physical condition is getting worse every year. Now, he is as old as an old man in his seventies or eighties.
Although not all warriors who practice fighting qi use swords, in Canglang Continent, the cultivation levels of fighting qi warriors are all determined according to the rules of 'sword'.
When the fighting spirit enters the body, one becomes a swordsman, which is the first stage of a warrior; after the swordsman advances, he becomes a swordsman; from the swordsman level up, he becomes a great swordsman, then up to a sword master, and further up, he becomes an intermediate swordsman.
Old Joseph, the teacher, has never heard of it.
At the age of twelve, Joseph's fighting energy entered his body and became a junior swordsman. At the age of eighteen, he advanced to a senior swordsman and began to join the army;
Although he saved his life, his left arm was gone (disabled), his strength was greatly damaged, and he was forced to retire.
Fortunately, Joseph served in the army for many years and made many meritorious deeds. After retiring, Joseph returned to his hometown of Huo Village, became a knight lord here, married a wife and had children.
His son Kaka was already eleven years old. After training for more than a year, he still couldn't get the sword energy into his body. Joseph was anxious but had no choice.
In the Canglang Continent, not just anyone can become a warrior. This requires Dou Qi qualifications. Without the qualifications to become a warrior, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain. Of course, if you are lucky, there are also people who persist until they are twenty years old before Dou Qi enters their bodies. Only
However, the fighting spirit has only entered the body at that grade, so there is basically no future for cultivation.
Canglang Continent has four major empires, nine kingdoms, and a scattered bunch of small and medium-sized principalities. There are some chaotic places, and wars break out from time to time. Without a certain amount of force, it is extremely difficult to survive in this world.
Don't think that because you can't become a warrior, you don't have to fight as a soldier. In the army, the soldiers at the bottom are not fighting warriors. If the superiors recruit you to serve as a soldier according to the ratio of your head, you have to go. These soldiers are the ones who die the most.
Although Joseph is the lord of the smallest village, the so-called nobles at the lowest level are still considered lords. Even if Huo Village recruits soldiers according to the proportion of strong men, Lord Joseph's son Kaka does not have to worry about being drafted as a soldier as long as Joseph is alive.
Become cannon fodder.
However, old Joseph, who not only broke his left arm, but also suffered serious internal injuries, did not know how many years he could live. Once Joseph dies, the son of a low-level lord like him, who is not a fighting spirit warrior, will have no chance to inherit.
The territory of Huocun.
In Canglang Continent, the strong are respected. Even the son of a baron or viscount cannot inherit the title and territory without sufficient force value. It is simply unrealistic for you to be a dandy and still want to inherit the title.
Of course, almost all noble lords come from large families, have many children and nephews, have good genetics, and have the family's inherited fighting qi skills, so they generally don't worry about the issue of heirs.
However, Joseph himself was born a country bumpkin. For more than three generations of his ancestors that he could remember, there was no Dou Qi warrior. How could he have any family heritage? After retiring from the army, he married a wife and had a son, and at least he had this only son.
Don't underestimate the genetics of this world. Most of the warriors who can practice fighting qi are from noble families. The qualifications for fighting qi are completely determined innately.
Joseph was sold to a baron in the city as a waiter (semi-slave) at a very young age. With good luck, the young master discovered Joseph's fighting spirit and was lucky enough to become a swordsman... Of course, the price Joseph paid was
Be loyal to the Baron for the rest of your life.
If Kaka can inherit Joseph's fighting spirit qualifications and learn the fighting spirit inheritance secrets passed down by the Baron's family, then Kaka must continue to be loyal to the baron in the city. Otherwise, without the fighting spirit secrets and techniques, you are still practicing.
Fighting.
Although Joseph is a small lord of Huo Village, 80% of the taxes in the territory must be paid to the baron in the city. This is the continuation of loyalty.
Therefore, even though Joseph was a lord, he was not much richer than the common people.
Many warriors in the Canglang Continent were born in this way. If civilians do not have the secrets and techniques of fighting qi, they must rely on the noble masters to have the opportunity to continue to practice fighting qi. Without the permission of the noble masters, you cannot learn the secrets and techniques of fighting qi privately.
taught to others.
Of course, this is not absolute. Canglang Continent is in chaos, and there is no order at all in many places. Many Dou Qi secrets and techniques have also flowed into the people in the chaos.
Many nobles would also be destroyed by chaos. For example... half a year later, the city of Kaifeng was captured, and the baron Joseph was loyal to was destroyed. As a result, Joseph's loyal partner was gone.
Although Kaifeng City is located at the northernmost tip of the Principality of Asia, it is relatively barren and not worthy of the prying eyes of powerful forces. There has been no war for hundreds of years...
Where did the army come from to capture the city of Keifon? Joseph was confused.
Kaifeng City fell in just one day, and Joseph only received the news on the third day. It can be seen that Huo Village is quite remote, and the news is also very limited.
Although Joseph lost his allegiance, he did not panic. After serving in the army for more than 20 years, he had been beaten back and forth, and Joseph had seen a lot of family destruction and death.
The war above is for territory, population, and taxes, and it will not massacre the countryside below. It is just a change of ruler in the city.
Sure enough, a few days later, the new ruler of the city sent an envoy to find Joseph... The tax was actually reduced by 30%. Huo Cun used to pay 80% of the tax to Kaifeng City, but now it only pays 50%.
The new ruler will generally win over a wave of people at the bottom in order to stabilize the overall situation.
Kaifeng City was not rich to begin with, and the countryside below was even more impoverished.
"Crystal Flower Mercenary Group?"
"Yes, our Crystal Flower Mercenary Group was recruited by the Principality of Caesar to join the war. Other targets cannot be taken. Kaifeng City, our Crystal Flower Mercenary Group won't be a problem..." Maybe it's because Joseph used to be a mid-level
As a swordsman, this messenger and Joseph are still willing to communicate more.
The melee in Canglang Continent is not without the use of mercenary groups. There are also large mercenary groups with thousands of members. Joseph heard that there are some powerful mercenary groups, and it is not surprising that the leader is a great swordsman.
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Many of such powerful mercenary groups were originally formed by declining nobles. When the nobles' territories were captured, the nobles' children were not necessarily wiped out.
Now that the territory is gone, forming a mercenary group is also a good way for the declining nobles to rise again.
It is impossible to have a deep conversation when meeting for the first time.
After the messenger left, Joseph had nothing to worry about. Even if he completely wanted to be loyal to the new city lord, he wouldn't necessarily rest assured, right? Just continue to pay taxes honestly.
What's more, Joseph suffered serious internal injuries and his left arm is disabled. He can barely maintain the fighting ability of a junior swordsman. It's not certain how many years he can survive. He doesn't pose a threat to the current mercenary group's city lord.
As for whether the Principality of Asia will be swallowed up by the Principality of Caesar, to be honest, it doesn't make any sense to Joseph. Although Joseph was able to practice because of the fighting spirit secret book given by the Baron. However, after more than 20 years of fighting abroad,
Joseph, regarding the face of the nobles...
The so-called loyalty is just that in this chaotic Canglang Continent.
Strength determines everything. If you are strong enough, others will be interested in being loyal to you, right? I dare not not be loyal to you. If you are finished, why are you still loyal to you? Besides, you are already dead, and you still expect me to give it to you.
What about revenge?
"From today on, anyone who has the qualifications for fighting qi, I will teach you the secrets and techniques of fighting qi..." So, in Huo Village, Joseph made a very awesome announcement. Anyway, the noble masters he was loyal to were all dead.
, there’s no need to keep your family’s fighting spirit secrets secret anymore.
My son cannot have the fighting spirit in his body, so I need to teach a few warrior disciples in the village. Perhaps, which disciple has a conscience, can he take care of his son even if he is dead in the future?
The eleven-year-old Kaka looked at the village square with envy. Among the newly recruited apprentices by his father, there were already thirteen Dou Qi disciples (this number was already very unexpected). There were dozens more who were working hard.
Exercise, and in the future, you may have the opportunity to incorporate fighting energy into your body and become a warrior.
As long as you are physically strong and have good Dou Qi aptitude and talent, it is not difficult to introduce Qi into your body.
No, in less than half a year, these thirteen disciples all had fighting energy in their bodies and became low-level swordsmen.
Of course, there are also some who are not very good in fighting spirit, but after long and arduous training, they can break through the ranks of swordsmen and become warriors.
"I'm paralyzed! I finally traveled to this extraordinary world. I have the opportunity to fly to the sky and escape from the earth, and may even live forever. However, I don't have the qualifications to practice fighting spirit. Do you think it's depressing or not?" He is about to be thirteen years old.
Kaka, there is a soul in his heart who is more than forty years old and has traveled from the earth.
It has been three years since Kaka traveled back in time. For the first time, he saw his father, a swordsman with serious internal injuries, smashing a rock weighing several tons with one punch... This is the swordsman. It is said that he has practiced to the point of becoming a bronze swordsman. His longevity
There can be as many as two hundred years.
Sword Masters are also divided into levels: Bronze Sword Master, Silver Sword Master, and Gold Sword Master. The most powerful Golden Sword Master can live as long as four hundred years.
Unfortunately, Kaka, who worked extremely hard, still couldn't get the fighting spirit into his body... Without the qualifications for fighting spirit, no matter how hard he worked, it would be in vain.
However, in a village of 3,000 people, there are 13 warriors who can already cultivate fighting qi. This ratio is already extremely large. How come I am so unlucky that I cannot practice fighting qi?
Kaka is confused and doesn't know where his future lies.
Isn't it said that there are benefits for time travellers? I can't even cultivate fighting spirit, so I still get the benefits of time travel?
Where's the golden finger? Kaka couldn't find any golden finger all over his body. There were neither divine objects brought to this world by his previous life, nor any treasures inherited from his family in this world...
System? It’s probably impossible. It’s been three years since I came to this world. If there was a system, it would have been activated long ago.