Zhang Hao woke up very early. The sky had just brightened. In a daze, his hands groped around the pillow. Eh, where was the sword? After a while, he woke up. This was no longer Earth. He couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. This was the 63rd time that he couldn't touch the sword beside his pillow. His heart always felt empty. Habits were really scary. Zhang Hao got up, put on his clothes, and floated down the second-floor corridor like a ghost without making a sound.
He casually picked up a long branch from the ground, put his feet together, took a deep breath, and went straight to his lower dantian. With a shake of his wrist, the branch drew a circle and drew a sword flower. He returned it to his chest and gently exhaled. Genuine Qi flowed through his limbs and bones, and his clothes moved without wind. This was the starting stance of the Taiji Two Forms Sword.
Zhang Hao slowly waved his sword. There were 32 moves in the Tai Chi Two Forms Sword, which emphasized sticking, releasing, sticking, bouncing, and softness. However, without the help of Tai Chi Zhen Qi, it was just an ordinary health sword technique. There were countless people in the world who knew the Taiji Two Forms Sword, and only a portion of the orthodox Wudang disciples could use it for self-defense.
Zhang Hao was not a disciple of Wudang. His swordsmanship was passed down from his ancestors. It turned out that in the later period of the Manchu Dynasty, an ancestor was once a disciple of the Wudang Sect. He was talented and intelligent, and was deeply loved by his master. He taught him Taiji Genuine Qi, Cloud Ladder, and Taiji Duality Sword Art. When his ancestor learned the 30th move of the Taiji Sword Art, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded. Because of his passion, he ignored his master's advice and went down the mountain to join the Boxer Rebellion. After the failure of the Boxer Uprising, his ancestors returned to Wudang to rejoin the sect, but they were rejected. His ancestor knelt on Mount Wudang for four days and four nights before leaving. He married and had children, passing down the three ultimate techniques.
Zhang Hao stopped when he reached the thirtieth move. Although he knew what the last two moves looked like, he did not know the direction of his zhenqi. It was easy to make mistakes if he practiced them carelessly. The Taiji Two Forms Sword had a special characteristic. Ordinary people would practice a set of sword techniques ten times a day, or even more. However, the Taiji Two Forms Sword only needed to use one set a day. Any more was useless.
When Zhang Hao was young, he had asked his grandfather the reason. His grandfather smiled and said,"The Taiji Two Forms Sword is a set of profound sword techniques. The sword intent lies in the middle and focuses on the balance of Yin and Yang. Therefore, when practicing, you have to be neither fast nor slow, neither anxious nor dry. Only by complementing with the Taiji True Qi can the sword technique progress.
The sky brightened a little after he was done with the sword technique. Zhang Hao put the branch aside, closed his eyes, and got into a horse stance. It didn't matter if you practiced fist techniques, sword techniques, or leg techniques. Horse Stance was one of the basics of martial arts, but it was also the most difficult. Horse Stance could make the lower body more stable, which was quite beneficial to practicing lightness skills. It was difficult to persist in the Horse Stance. Most people would only persist for three to four years before they stopped practicing the Horse Stance. They thought it was useless. Only a very small number of martial arts experts could persist in the Horse Stance. Zhang Hao had been practicing the horse stance for an hour every day for 11 years, while his grandfather had been practicing the horse stance for two hours every day for nearly 60 years.
The girl came out of the house and saw Zhang Hao standing. She smiled and said,"Alex, you're practicing that strange posture again. What's the use? It's very simple. I can do it too!" Two months later, Zhang Hao had learned the language here and even gave himself a local name.
When he opened his eyes, the young girl in front of him did not wear a light green one-piece robe. She did not tie her hair up like she usually did. Instead, she let it spread out naturally, making her look more feminine. "Is it simple?" Zhang Hao smiled faintly. Christine, if you can hold on for 5cal (about ten minutes), that would be very impressive.”
Christine didn't believe him. She made a face and scoffed at Zhang Hao's words. She mimicked Zhang Hao and stood in a horse stance opposite him, raising her little face as if she was demonstrating her power. Zhang Hao laughed softly in his heart. She had suffered a lot.
Just as Zhang Hao said, by the seventh minute, Christine's fair face was covered in sweat, and her feet were trembling. In the eighth minute, Christine finally couldn't stand it anymore and stood up straight. She bent down and rubbed her knees with both hands. The front of her shirt was torn open, and her white cleavage was reflected in Zhang Hao's eyes.
Zhang Hao shifted his gaze, turned his body, and resumed his horse stance. After rubbing for a while, Christine looked up at Zhang Hao and said,""Alex, why can you stand for so long?”
Zhang Hao closed his eyes and said lightly,"Because this is something our family must practice. It's a rule passed down from our ancestors." I've been practicing this posture since I was eight.”
Christine felt that her feet were much more comfortable. She walked around Zhang Hao and stared at him thoughtfully."What's the use of this posture? It should be related to this posture that you can cut off the branch of the barrier tree.”
"Yes." Zhang Hao nodded. Lower body, lightness skill, these martial arts terms could not be found in this world. After thinking for a while, he said,"This position allows me to run faster, jump higher, and not fall easily.”
"Are the people in your family still children?”The young girl found it funny,"You can even fall while walking."”
Zhang Hao couldn't help but roll his eyes, but there was nothing he could do. There was indeed something wrong with his explanation. The girl laughed for a while, then suddenly exclaimed,""It's getting late. It's time to go back and make breakfast. Alex, hurry up too." With that, he walked into the house. Zhang Hao responded and continued to close his eyes and maintain his horse stance.
After a long time, Zhang Hao estimated that it had been an hour. He folded his legs, stood up, and entered the house. Christine had just placed breakfast on the table. It was a very simple meal. Zhang Hao smelled it and praised,"It smells so good."”A smug expression appeared on Kristen's face. She walked to the stairs and shouted to the second floor," Grandpa, come down for breakfast."
"Alright, you guys eat first. I'll be down in a while.”The old man's voice came from upstairs.
"Grandpa is praying to the goddess again. I also hope that brother can come home soon.”Christine sighed and stared at Zhang Hao, her eyes revealing an inexplicable resentment. Zhang Hao was surprised. What relationship did he have with her brother? He also knew that the old man had a grandson who was apparently undergoing some kind of training. Zhang Hao had never liked to pry into other people's private matters, or else it would seem impolite.
The two of them waited for a while. The old man finished praying and came down from upstairs. The old man's name was Nanas. He didn't have a surname, and neither did the young girl. This world was very strange. Only nobles had surnames, and they were conferred by the emperor. The birth of nobles was even stranger. Most people on the continent had the same color of eyes and hair. Like young girls and old people, they had green hair and green eyes, or purple hair and purple eyes. As long as their hair and eyes were of different colors, they were qualified to be nobles. It was said that people with different hair and eye colors all had special talents. As long as they passed the training of the Royal Academy and successfully graduated, the emperor would personally confer them the title of nobility and give them a surname.
However, there were too few people with different hair and eye colors. The total number of students in the Royal Academies of the three countries did not exceed 100.
Nanas's son and daughter-in-law seemed to have passed away. Because there was not enough manpower, the old man and the little girl could not do heavy agricultural labor. Therefore, Nanas would go to pick firewood every day and distribute it to every family. In turn, every family would give Nanas some food when the crops were ripe. As for Christine, she often found wild vegetables and fruits outside the village.
As usual, the old man pushed the cart to pick up the branches, and Zhang Hao acted as the bodyguard. Zhang Hao now knew that trees with white leaves on the outskirts of the forest were called Barrier Trees. These trees could produce a barrier that could not be seen or touched by the naked eye. The larger the crown, the larger the range of the barrier. The enchantment could withstand the cold wind and snow. The plains where the village was located would have three months of blizzards every winter. In the past, there would always be people freezing to death every winter. This was why when Zhang Hao cut down the branch, the whole village was so excited that they went crazy.
The branches of the Barrier Tree had the ability to take root. However, although this kind of tree grew very fast, it would only naturally break a branch when it was a hundred years old to become its own descendant. Usually, only dead branches would fall. These dead branches were very useful as firewood. The dead branches that were as long as an arm could burn for an hour, enough to make lunch.
Many people wanted to cut down the enchantment tree and plant it at home. The villagers tried to cut it with axes and saw it with saws, but there was no mark on the enchantment tree at all. Someone thought of another way. They dug the tree out of the soil and carried it away. It was a good idea, but unfortunately, the barrier tree had always grown in a forest. Its roots were intertwined with its roots, and its whiskers were intertwined with its whiskers. Unless you could dig out all the trees in the outer area of the forest, you wouldn't be able to take a single one away.
It was rumored that powerful mages and warriors who knew battle energy could cut down the barrier tree, but there were no high-level mages and high-level warriors in this remote village. Zhang Hao cut down the branch of the Barrier Tree and gained the respect of the entire village.
There were quite a lot of dead branches that day. As usual, Nanas filled the cart and the two of them began to return home. The fire spider that he encountered for the first time never appeared again. Zhang Hao gradually felt relieved. Nanas had told Zhang Hao that the fire spider was a very powerful magic beast. It usually moved in the forest and rarely came out. The green ore on the tip of the spear was a very hard crystal called Dorari ore. The fire spiders hated this kind of crystal. As long as they had Dolari ore in their hands, they would not attack them. He didn't know why he ran out of the forest that day and attacked Nanas, who owned the Dolari mine.
For some reason, the old man did not mention the matter of Zhang Hao killing the fire spider with a kick to the other villagers. He did not even tell Christine, let alone Zhang Hao himself.
When the two of them returned to the village entrance, the young man on sentry duty rushed over and shook Nanasi's hand vigorously. He stammered,"Take... Grandpa Nas, your, your grandson is back.”
When the old man heard this, he was stunned for a while. He shook the young man's hands in surprise and asked loudly,"Really? Really?" Before the young man could answer, he suddenly abandoned the car and rushed home.
"Grandson? Where did Grandpa Nanas 'grandson go?”Zhang Hao curiously pulled the young man who was about to leave.
"Didn't Grandpa Nanas tell you?”Although the young man found it strange, he continued to answer Zhang Hao's question," Nanas 'grandfather's son has purple hair and green eyes. He was taken away by the Royal Academy when he was 12 years old. Now, he has graduated and returned as a noble.”After the young man finished speaking, his face was filled with envy.
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