After hanging up the phone, Ding Ning saw more than a dozen missed calls from Luoxue. He hurriedly called her back and apologized to her.
Luoxue was worried about Ding Ning's physical condition. Knowing that he was just exhausted, she was relieved and said that she would come to accompany him immediately.
Ding Ning thought for a while and asked her not to come for the time being. He was fine except that he was a little weak now. When he got the jade carving, he would leave the hospital immediately.
Luoxue immediately said that she would go to buy vegetables immediately to nourish Ding Ning. After whispering to each other for a while, she reluctantly hung up the phone.
Xia Hou came very quickly. After getting the Glass Type, Ding Ning was about to leave the hospital immediately after eating the breakfast his sister specially sent for him. Xia Hou was in a dilemma and had to call Ding Qianlie to ask for instructions, but Ding Qianlie firmly disapproved.
In desperation, Ding Ning answered the phone and began to argue with her. In the end, he used the slogan of saving all human beings and was reluctantly approved, but the condition was that Xia Hou must protect him at all times. The reason was that he was very weak now and did not have the ability to protect himself.
This made Ding Ning smile bitterly. When he had no relatives, he always longed for someone to care for him. Now that he had his sister to care for him, he felt it was troublesome again. It was true that people were born to be cheap.
However, on second thought, his body was indeed weak now. If he encountered the black-robed masked man who could make himself invisible and those Ancient Warriors who still wanted the "treasure", he really did not have the ability to protect himself. With Xiahou's personal protection, although he might not be able to rest easy, at least he could make these guys fear him.
In fact, Ding Ning had always been curious about what realm Xia Hou's martial arts had reached. On the way back to Ninghai University, they began to discuss martial arts.
Xia Hou, who had always been silent, suddenly changed into another person when he talked about martial arts realms. His eyes lit up and he talked eloquently, as if he had endless things to say.
Although Xia Hou was not an Ancient Warrior, he had a clear understanding of the modern martial arts system and the Ancient Warrior system. From his words, Ding Ning also solved many puzzles that puzzled him.
For example, Ding Ning still did not know which realm of the Ancient Warrior corresponding to the Guru in the modern martial arts system.
Last time, Second Master said that only a Grand Master could comprehend the Momentum. He comprehended the Momentum when he stepped into the early stage of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. Logically speaking, the Earth Martial Arts Realm should correspond to the Grand Master Realm.
But from Xia Hou's True Qi flow and Qi and blood, he felt that Xia Hou, a grandmaster, was ridiculously strong. He was even stronger than Ju Zhu and the others, who were at the peak of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. This made him very confused.
Xia Hou's explanation made him understand that the Momentum varied from person to person. Some Ancient Warriors could comprehend the Momentum when they just entered the Earth Martial Arts Realm, and some could only comprehend the Momentum when they reached the peak of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. It could not be used as a measure for entering the Earth Martial Arts Realm.
However, for modern martial arts practitioners, comprehending power was the standard to enter the Grandmaster Realm. After all, ancient martial arts practitioners had the cultivation legacies of their ancestors, so they had a unique advantage in comprehending power.
The Ancient Martial Arts Practitioners' Cultivation Methods were endless, and their Martial Arts Techniques were even more varied. There was a world of difference in the combat level between those of the same level. It was completely different from the single Cultivation Method of the Modern Martial Arts System.
If the Ancient Martial Arts Realm and the Grandmaster Realm had to be equated, Xia Hou thought that only the Sky Martial Arts Realm could be regarded as entering the Grandmaster Realm.
He also had his reasons for saying so. When an Ancient Martial Arts Practitioner entered the Sky Martial Arts Realm from the Earth Martial Arts Realm, it was a process of transforming the True Qi in the body into the Spiritual Power. It was known as reaching the sky in one step, and it was the sign of an acquired Warrior entering the Congenital Warrior.
When a modern martial arts practitioner entered the Grandmaster Realm from a Turning Energy Warrior, it was a process of transforming the True Qi in the body into the Gang Qi, and it was also the sign of an acquired Warrior entering the Congenital Warrior. It was known as a rebirth.
In Xia Hou's view, the Great Way was the simplest. When an Ancient Martial Artist was an acquired Warrior, he had a great advantage over a modern martial arts practitioner. However, after both of them became the Congenital Warrior, they would stand on the same starting line, and the advantages of an Ancient Martial Artist in the early stage would also disappear.
To put it simply, Ancient Martial Artists and modern martial arts practitioners were equivalent to two completely different cultivation systems. They had essential differences, but they had their own advantages.
The advantage of an Ancient Martial Artist was that he had the inheritance of predecessors. As long as he had good qualifications and talents, plus enough cultivation resources, he could practice step by step and reach a very high realm.
The disadvantage was that he was very dependent on the environment. In the Age of Dharma Ending, where the Spiritual Aura was thin, if there were no powerful forces to provide enough cultivation resources, it was very difficult for him to practice to a high realm. Therefore, in the ancient martial arts world, the powerful ones were generally the children of powerful forces.
If the individual practitioners did not have great opportunities, their strength was generally difficult to compare with the children of powerful forces. Therefore, once there was a cultivation resource, the Ancient Martial Artists would not recognize their relatives and would fight for it with their lives. As a result, there was no order at all in the ancient martial arts world, and it was completely the law of the jungle, where the weak were prey to the strong.
The advantage of the modern martial artist system was that it did not rely too much on the environment and cultivation resources. As long as one was willing to put in the effort, study hard, and have a good comprehension, it was basically a matter of fact that one would be successful in cultivation.
The disadvantage was that there was no predecessor's experience to learn from. He was completely a blind man feeling an elephant, and he had to fumble forward by himself. The requirement for cultivation talent was not too high, but more important was perseverance and understanding.
To put it simply, the biggest difference between the two was that the Ancient Martial Artists were based on heaven and earth, and their practice was to absorb the power of heaven and earth to form the Circulatory Cycle to refine themselves, which was called the External Circulation System. However, the modern martial artists were based on people, and they constantly strengthened the Inborn Genuine Qi from the mother's womb to form the Circulatory Cycle, which was called the Internal Circulation System. As the saying went, "Practice a breath of Qi internally, and practice the muscles, bones, and skin externally."
Xia Hou's remarks made Ding feel enlightened and benefited a lot. A lot of questions that he could not understand before were answered, and he also had a clear understanding of the cultivation realm of a martial artist.
The only regret was that Xia Hou had never been in contact with a spiritual master, and he did not know much about it. He only knew that the spiritual master was a relatively mysterious cultivation system in the ancient martial arts world, and their attacking methods were even more incredible, making people unable to defend against them and fearful of them.
But according to Xia Hou's speculation and analysis, the Ancient Martial Artists and the spiritual masters should be equivalent to the warriors and sorcerers in the game. The Ancient Martial Artists were suitable for close combat, while the spiritual masters were more suitable for long-range attacks.
The weakness of the spiritual masters might be their physical strength. He suggested that if Ding Ning was unlucky to encounter an enemy of a spiritual master, it would be better for him to close the distance with the spiritual master and engage in close combat with him, which might give him an advantage.
Hearing his suggestion, Ding Ning secretly smiled bitterly. He did not know whether he was a spiritual master or not, but with his super strong spiritual strength, even if he was not a spiritual master, he would not be much worse. If he did not know the strength of a spiritual master, he would naturally think that he could easily close the distance with them.
But Ding Ning was very clear that even if Xia Hou's guess was right that physical strength was a spiritual master's weakness, once they really fought, with the spiritual masters' strong spiritual strength and perception, they would not give any enemy a chance to get close to them, unless they launched a sneak attack when the enemy was unprepared.
He had a strong spiritual strength, but he did not know how to use it. He could only use it when exploring and scouting, and his only attacking method was the flowing light. However, this attacking method could not be easily exposed, which was a waste of God's gift.
"It would be good if I could learn the spiritual strength attacking method of the spiritual masters." Ding Ning thought with some longing. If he could become a spiritual master, with the strength of his body as a weapon, even his only shortcoming would be gone.
"Young master, in the martial arts world, in addition to the Ancient Martial Artists, modern warriors, and spiritual masters, there are also many strange skills. Once you encounter them, you must be careful."
Xia Hou's careful exhortation made Ding Ning curious. "What kind of strange skills are there?"
"Warlocks!"
Xia Hou showed a look of fear. "These strange skills are collectively called warlocks because their means are extremely strange and unpredictable. For example, the Tame Head Master of Nanyang, the Corpse-driven Sect of Xiangxi, the Grass Gu Woman of Miaojiang, the Mahamudra of Tibetan Buddhism, the Ghost Handprint of Northern Ganbei, the Onmyoji of Fusang, the Venerable Venerable of ancient Thailand, the Blood Curse Master of Myan, the Sacred Fire Sect of Tianzhu, the mummies of ancient Egypt, the Golden Family of Atlantis, the witches of English, the Holy Vatican of Vatican City, the Dark Parliament of Europe, and so on. Many people in these places have supernatural abilities that cannot be explained by science, and their strength cannot be measured by ordinary cultivation."
Hearing this, Ding Ning became spirited. This world seemed to be not as simple as he thought, especially the Ghost Soldier of Lingnan and the Ghost Handprint of Ganbei. He did not know if there were little ghosts there.
Immediately, he said with great interest, "Brother Xiahou, tell me about it in detail."
When I was a mercenary, I carried out missions all over the world. I once met mummies, witches, and Sacred Fire Sect disciples in the Middle East. I also saw the Ghost Handprint of Northern Ganbei, the Blood Curse Master of Myan, the Grass Gu Woman of Miaojiang, and the zombies of Xiangxi. They all had horrible power beyond human imagination. They killed people invisibly. Many of my mercenary comrades died in their hands. If I was not lucky and escaped from death every time, I'm afraid I can't sit here and talk to you now. "
The car had arrived at the campus of Ninghai University, but Ding Ning was addicted to listening to him and did not hurry to get off. He pestered Xia Hou to tell him some strange anecdotes when he was a mercenary.
It was rare for an audience to be willing to listen to his experience when he was a mercenary. Xia Hou talked to him about those supernatural events, which made Ding Ning listen with great interest.
The Grass Gu Woman of Miaojiang killed people with Gu, the Tame Head Master of Nanyang killed people with curses, the Ghost Soldier of Lingnan borrowed the way, the Sacred Fire Sect disciples had the ability to control fire, the mysterious shroud of mummies, the magical witchcraft of witches, the magical no man's land in northern Tibet …
As Xia Hou talked, a world that Ding Ning had never been in contact with slowly opened in front of him, which filled his heart with infinite yearning.
It was true that reading thousands of books was not as good as traveling thousands of miles. The human geography and local customs that he saw in books were, after all, armchair strategists, which made Ding Ning feel that the world was so big and he wanted to see it.
It was not until Xia Hou finished smoking two packs of cigarettes and their stomachs were growling that they realized it was already the middle of the afternoon.
"Let's fill our stomachs first." They looked at each other and smiled. Then they ended the conversation reluctantly, but imperceptibly, they became closer to each other.
The lunch that Luoxue specially prepared for Ding Ning had long been cold, but when she saw Ding Ning come back, she immediately checked his body up and down nervously. After confirming that he was only a little listless, she went to heat up the food for him with relief.
Ding Ning asked Xia Hou to eat with him. Xia Hou's stomach was already rumbling with hunger. Hearing Ding Ning's words, he did not stand on ceremony. After Luoxue served the dishes, he held the bowl and ate them generously.
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