OBS Chapter 172 Two Strange People
Chapter 172 Two Strange People
After Li Zhi patiently taught Erniu a few moves, he waved his hand, signaling Erniu to practice repeatedly by himself.
Li Zhi continued to work on his unfinished sculpture.
In this way, Li Zhi was carving things and Erniu was practicing with a knife, while they were leisurely traveling to Dongzhou.
As the two walked, before they knew it, their team of two had grown into three, then four, and later expanded to five.
These people were all people Li Zhi met along the way who were on their way to the Dongzhou front line. Li Zhi felt that it would be easier to fish in troubled waters and less likely to expose their identities if there were more people, so he invited these people to go together.
Li Zhi had carefully observed the three extra people. Although they did not look like normal people, they did not behave strangely towards Li Zhi. Li Zhi even tested them and found out that they did not know about the bounty offered by Xiaoyao Mountain.
So Li Zhicai took the initiative to invite them to go to Dongzhou together.
And among these three people.
One of them was a disciple of Shushan. Li Zhi was shocked when he heard him introduce himself for the first time. It was not because he was worried that his identity would be exposed, but because he thought the man was an imposter.
This man's name was Wang Yang, and although he was a disciple of Shushan and even had the title of a direct disciple, he did not know how to wield a sword.
That’s right. As a disciple of Shushan and a direct disciple of Shushan, he actually doesn’t know how to wield a sword.
Who would dare to believe this? After all, the sword-controlling technique can be said to be the identity symbol of Shushan disciples.
This is also the reason why Li Zhi doubted his identity.
If Wang Yang hadn't really taken out the token passed down from Shushan to confirm it, Li Zhi wouldn't have dared to imagine that there were people in Shushan who didn't know how to wield a sword.
However, although this person does not know how to wield a sword, his swordsmanship is truly amazing.
Li Zhi once had a sparring match with him amidst the encouragement of the people around him, without using any special means, relying solely on swordsmanship.
After just three moves, Li Zhi was defeated.
There was another person who looked to be in his twenties and his name was Xu Zhen.
This Xu Zhen held a knife tightly in his arms all day long, as if the knife was his most precious treasure.
When Li Zhi first met him, he thought he was a great swordsman, so he shamelessly asked him for advice on swordsmanship.
But unexpectedly, Xu Zhen did not have the arrogance of a master, and was very honest. He honestly told Li Zhi that he only knew one sword technique and nothing else.
If Li Zhi is willing to learn, he can teach him everything he knows.
Li Zhi had the honor of seeing this sword technique of his many times, because Xu Zhen practiced it every morning.
To be honest, Li Zhi felt that the few moves he had casually taught Erniu were much more sophisticated than Xu Zhen's swordsmanship.
Xu Zhen’s swordsmanship is very simple, it is just a one-step sword-drawing and slashing move.
In Li Zhi's opinion, apart from the fact that the speed was a little faster when drawing the sword, there was no other highlight to speak of.
However, Xu Zhen swore that his sword technique, called the Heaven-Cutting Sword Technique, was powerful enough to kill a big monster.
Although Li Zhi felt familiar with the name of the Sword Drawing Technique, why was it called the Sword Drawing Technique when Xu Zhen was clearly using a knife?
Li Zhi asked Xu Zhen, but Xu Zhen couldn't answer. Li Zhi then guessed that he might have heard the name from somewhere and just used it.
After hearing Xu Zhen say that he could kill a big monster, Li Zhi found it even more incredible. He couldn't help but feel puzzled and asked him if he had ever seen a big monster.
When Xu Zhen heard this, his eyes began to avoid and he did not dare to answer Li Zhi's question directly.
The last person to travel with us was a scholar.
The scholar's name was Pei Xing. He looked thin and had a faint bookish air about him.
Pei Xing said that he wanted to give up writing and join the army, and he often said heroic words like "Why don't men take Wu Gou and take over the fifty states across the mountains and rivers?", looking like a man with great ambitions to give up writing and join the army.
But after Li Zhi's probing, he found that he had not chosen to give up writing and join the army for any noble ideals. It turned out that he had made this decision only because he had failed the imperial examinations many times.
that's all...
A master-killer who is not in the limelight...
A boy who was kicked out of the house by his brother and sister-in-law...
A disciple of Shushan who doesn't know how to wield a sword...
A man who only knows one sword technique and yet he claims to kill a monster...
There was also a scholar who failed the imperial examinations many times and was forced to give up writing and join the army...
Five strange people got together and went to Dongzhou together...
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"Zha!"
An angry shout was heard, and Xu Zhen pulled out his knife swiftly, with only a "swish" sound being heard.
The blade flashed and turned into a residual image in the air.
Erniu on the side frowned and looked at Xu Zhen helplessly.
Xu Zhen practiced his so-called Heaven-Cutting Sword Technique every morning without fail, and he would practice it as many as a hundred times a day.
When Erniu first saw Xu Zhen's sword-drawing technique, he did find it interesting. The momentum and speed of that moment were really eye-catching. But Xu Zhen only knew this one move, and he repeated it over and over again, so even the most beautiful move became boring.
Erniu couldn't help but say, "Brother Xu, you only use this one move over and over again. How about I teach you the moves that Brother Zhou taught me?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhen shook his head firmly and said proudly, "The few moves Zhou Fan taught you were just to fool you. They are not top-notch martial arts at all. My move of Slashing the Sky and Drawing the Sword is a real top-notch martial art. I can kill even a big monster with one blow!"
Erniu shook his head helplessly, feeling that Xu Zhen was beyond help.
At this time, the scholar Pei Xing also walked out of the room slowly.
When he saw Erniu and Xu Zhen, he said, "You two are here really early. As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm. It seems that you two are quite self-aware."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhen rolled his eyes and retorted bluntly: "Mr. Pei, you are neither good at literature nor martial arts. If you go to the battlefield, you will be regarded as a military merit."
Pei Xing was not angry. He looked at Xu Zhen with disdain and said slowly, "You are really stupid. There are positions of staff officers in the army. With my level, I am more than qualified to be a staff clerk or something like that."
Xu Zhen was stunned. He really didn't know there was such a thing. But then he spat on the ground and said with disdain, "You?"
Pei Xing was so angry at Xu Zhen's disdain that he laughed. He pointed at Xu Zhen and cursed, "You ignorant bastard!"
Erniu watched them quarreling with great interest.
The two of them always liked to bicker with each other, but they had never really gotten angry. So Erniu did not try to stop the fight, but just watched the show happily from the side.
"What's wrong? Did Xu Laosan quarrel with our Pei Xiucai again?"
A hearty voice sounded, and I could hear it before I saw the person.
Wang Yang strode out of the room.
Xu Zhen is the third child in the family, so he is called Xu Laosan.
Although Pei Xing had no official title and could not even pass the examination to become a scholar, everyone was used to calling him Pei Xiucai.
Pei Xiucai looked at Xu Zhen, snorted coldly, and said to Erniu, "Where's Zhou Fan? Hasn't he gotten up yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhi walked in slowly from outside.
"Of course I got up early." Li Zhi said softly, and then he took out a few steaming buns from his hand and handed them to them.
Several people took the buns handed over by Li Zhi and nodded to Li Zhi gratefully. Li Zhi just waved his hand to indicate that this was not necessary.
Wang Yang couldn't wait to take a bite of the bun, and asked vaguely while chewing: "How is it? Can we go now?"
Others also looked at Li Zhi, waiting for his answer.