Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 249 The Reckless Man

[…Deduction completed.]

"The Nine-Nine Calamity Ashes Divine Sword".

I traversed a land of peril and death, my path winding through countless peaks and cliffs.

The journey is fraught with difficulties, and the scenery is different at every turn.

Upon reaching mastery, his spirit soared to the heavens, captivating all who saw him, like wild geese forgetting their homeland; from the embers of his sword, a single strike astonished the gods!

This optimization also includes subtle changes to the training methods for the subsequent eighty-one trials.

Today, none of the eighty-one training methods have completely repeated steps.

Liu Xueya's mansion is quite large, with most of it already converted into office space.

After Chu Tianshu arrived, he felt it was a pity that the remaining rooms were left unused.

Those of the seventy-seven patients who still have families can go home to reunite with them, while those who have no families can stay here temporarily.

But regardless of whether they have family or not, they still gather here to practice boxing during the day.

After recovering from a serious illness, I didn't practice anything else but Tai Chi.

Liu Xueya set up a shooting range for herself in the Marshal's Mansion.

First, sieve the loess, then mix it with water and spread it on the ground. Then, lay a layer of gravel on the surface, followed by a layer of lime, and then a layer of black soil, and finally compact it thoroughly.

During the construction, many able-bodied men were recruited to work, but after the project was completed, Liu Xueya was blessed with the power of the Plague God and stopped practicing shooting.

On this patch of black soil that had been compacted and then covered with limestone, wildflowers and weeds eventually sprouted in the corners and edges.

At dawn, the sun rises and the sea of ​​clouds glows with rosy light.

The vast sky, stretching from east to west, presents a gradual change in color, from red to gold, and then to blue sky and white clouds.

The sunlight was only bright; you couldn't feel much heat.

Beside the shooting range, the grass was tender green and the wildflowers were small and white.

Foxtail grass grows the best, even taller than the flowers.

Seventy-seven patients, led by the people of Chenjiagou, practiced some basic skills. Their movements were graceful and relaxed, which was very effective in stretching their muscles and bones.

Many people practiced until they were grimacing, and the moves such as "scooping the moon from the sea" and "ancient tree roots" were all based on the old Chen family style, which was more rigorous than those circulating outside. They could only barely complete them by sheer willpower.

They felt the training was difficult.

The two burly instructors from Chenjiagou were both surprised and delighted, and kept wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads.

The basic skills of the Chen family's old style are actually quite demanding. Half of them should ideally be practiced before the age of eight, taking advantage of the flexibility of young children to master them.

Another half is best practiced when one is fifteen or sixteen years old, a time when young people have plenty of blood and energy, and their muscles and bones are becoming stronger.

Even for the children from Chenjiagou who were patient from a young age, it would take them until they were sixteen to master the entire old style of martial arts, which meant they had more than eight years of training.

But many of these people still have bandages wrapped around their bodies, yet they've already managed to develop standard boxing stances?!
The world is changing too fast.

Will Tai Chi be passed down through patients in the future?

Chu Tianshu sat cross-legged on the stone brick ground beside the shooting range, facing the range, with a row of wildflowers swaying in the wind in front of him.

The two instructors would steal glances at Mr. Chu from time to time, and only when they saw that Mr. Chu had no complaints about their teaching did they feel at ease.

Chu Tianshu also came here to practice his skills.

However, just now, as the sun rose, the world was full of life, and in an instant, it turned into its most vibrant moment.

It is not suitable for him to cultivate the Nine-Nine Tribulation Ash Sword Manual.

Although it would be fine to force oneself to cultivate, Chu Tianshu is currently in a calm state of mind and naturally wants to strive for perfection.

After a quarter of an hour, the environment of the world, especially the countless plants, had adapted to the change from night to day.

The brilliance of the rising sun began to appear ordinary, and only then did Chu Tianshu begin his practice.

He pressed his left hand lightly against the ground.

From the dark earth, some small gray-black dots floated up.

These small dots of this color still have a peculiar eye-catching quality, making them instantly noticeable; let's call them "light spots."

"combine!"

Chu Tianshu's hands changed, making dozens or even hundreds of gestures that slowly lingered in the air in front of him before floating and coming together.

He pinched the gray-black light spots into flat pieces, pressed them into the air, and pieced them together into the shape of a sword.

This is the method of combined refining that he devised.

Although the Yuan Qi of Nan Hua cannot be absorbed and refined by his internal force, it can still interact and exert pressure on internal force, sword intent, and other forces. In other words, as long as this Yuan Qi is refined, it can be restrained and neutralized by his own sword intent.

Because of the inherent characteristic that these vital energies are completely incompatible with one's own sword intent.

Using this vital energy to assemble the longsword will create a more intense sharpening effect.

The frustration of not being able to succeed will be even stronger.

When Chu Tianshu was in prison, he was able to piece together the outline of the entire sword, but there were still some missing fragments that he never had time to fill in.

Now, he has only pieced together most of the sword, and he already feels a considerable burden.

The large portion of the black sword floating in the air began to tremble automatically, and the cracks between the fragments showed clear signs of widening.

Chu Tianshu took a deep breath and suddenly punched the sword, stunning the fragments.

But after he was stunned by the vibration on this side, the fragments soon showed signs of flying towards the opposite direction again.

He suddenly stood up, stepped in a semi-circle, circled around to the opposite side, and thrust a finger into the sword.

The revised sword manual is inherently more complicated to practice.

Chu Tianshu added the variable of Nan Hua Yuan Qi himself, and wanted to continue practicing while sitting, which was a bit presumptuous.

He seemed to regard the floating sword-shaped outline as an enemy.

His figure moved about, traversing all directions, sometimes turning and sometimes stopping. His movements and gestures were sometimes fast and sharp, but at other times they became very slow.

Looking at his slow hand gestures, it's as if every joint in his body is weighed down by a thousand pounds, and he has to stretch it out as much as possible to make it flow smoothly.

The points of light emerging from the ground were drawn into him with his slow movements, continuing to condense into fragments and piece together the sword.

The optimized sword manual will not intentionally emit any influence on outsiders while in a cultivation state.

However, the two instructors from Chenjiagou, being experts in boxing, also felt uncomfortable watching Chu Tianshu's slow and deliberate movements.

The feeling of having a hard object stuck in every joint, and having to slowly crush it through the movement of your limbs.

Just thinking about it makes my bones ache.

But Chu Tianshu had his own methods for practicing martial arts.

During those three hours, no matter how painful his movements sometimes looked, he never stopped practicing.

He didn't stop until three hours later, when it was time for his planned breakfast.

Breakfast was delivered by the cooks; each person received a bowl of porridge and two plates of sesame seed cakes.

Because there were many people, they used a small cart to deliver the food, and then used bowls to divide it into portions.

Chu Tianshu usually eats much earlier than this, basically around sunrise.

He's been pushing back his breakfast time lately because practicing the Nine-Nine Tribulation Ash Sword has been having a significant impact on his mood.

After exercising on an empty stomach for a while, you can eat something warm and comforting.

This makes it easier to feel better.

After he finished eating, he stopped spending time with the patients and went to the prison instead.

Yuan Li is still there.

Mei and more than ten other sorcerers from Luoyang would gather there every morning.

Their main task was to explore how to achieve the magical effects of the Five Witches Cult without worshipping the Five Witches God.

Huo Ming and his adjutant Yang were both there to help, taking notes.

If sufficient research can yield results, then the Han government can also imitate the original spell extracted from the dragon vein.

However, just as Chu Tianshu arrived at the small courtyard where medicine was brewed, he saw a clerk outside hurrying over on a bicycle.

"Mr. Chu, Team Leader Huo."

The clerk saluted and said, "We received a telegram from headquarters."

"Jiang Dong expressed his gratitude to headquarters and mentioned that Sun Feng'an himself was coming to Luoyang."

"And it might arrive today."

Huo Ming looked surprised: "Who?"

Huo Ming, of course, clearly heard who it was.

However, he had just sent a telegram to warn the eldest son of the Sun family that someone was plotting against him, so he left his base and headed straight for Luoyang.

That was a bit too...decisive.

(End of this chapter)