In the side courtyard of the Lou Residence, this place had been changed into a small scale martial arts practice field three years ago. The ones who were sweating here every day were no longer the few old soldiers. Their age did not allow them to engage in this kind of overly intense fighting.
They were the healthy ones among the government soldiers who had experience in fighting. Under their recommendation, soldiers from other provinces and counties came to apply. They were not hired as guards of Lou Province. In the Kingdom of Ye, this kind of behavior was not allowed as it was suspected of being a private gathering of armed forces.
Those who were skilled in a particular field would be offered a three-month teaching position in Lou Province just to satisfy the young master of Lou Province's interest in martial arts. This had become a joke among the upper class in Pu City.
The young master of Lou Province was a scholarly and scholarly man. As long as he was willing to further his studies in the imperial examinations, he would have a bright future ahead of him. However, he chose to practice something that only the commoners of the lower class would be interested in. Moreover, he was not a famous martial artist in Jianghu. He was only found in the army.
They did not understand Lou Xiaoyi, but only real cultivators could understand his intentions. However, cultivators looked down on mortal martial arts. It was too vulgar, too direct, and lacked beauty.
However, Lou Xiaoyi knew that killing did not require beauty. He only needed to achieve his goal! Very few of these experienced soldiers would practice those complete sets of skills. Most of them only had a single unique skill, a unique skill for killing. Just this alone was worth three months of teaching and a rather generous amount of money.
Others did not know, but these soldiers would not scoff at such an experience after leaving Lou Province. In fact, every one of them had nothing to teach when they left. They were defeated by their disciples!
Therefore, they knew that the Young Master of the Lou Residence was not like the vast majority of nobles who treated learning as a hobby. He was serious about learning, fighting, and killing. The three months was actually out of consideration for their reputation. Most people who came here for a month would be at their wit's end. They would no longer have the status of an instructor, but had changed into a meat target!
What surprised them the most was Little Gongzi's abnormal physical fitness. Although he never used his body to bully mortals and mainly focused on learning skills, his abnormal reflexes were there for all to see. Many skills that were very powerful among mortals were ordinary in front of him.
On this day, the Martial Arts Practice Field was empty. None of the instructors were left. They had been beaten black and blue by Lou Xiaoyi's Martial Arts Technique, and it was becoming harder and harder to find new martial artists with true ability. This was a very natural thing. Lou Xiaoyi's abnormal body and spiritual power was at the level of a quasi-cultivator. This made the duel in the mortal world lack comparison.
The last instructor walked over with a simple bag on his back. He was the only one who had stayed in Lou Province for a full year. He was from Lou Xiaoyi's maternal uncle's family, an instructor of the Imperial Army who had been recommended by the general's residence in Ye City. He had stayed in Lou Province for a full year and had come to bid farewell today.
Lou Xiaoyi urged him to stay, "General, why are you doing this? Was it because Lou Province did not treat them well? Your future in Ye City is bleak. You were ostracized and offended someone you shouldn't have. It's only been a year. I'm afraid some things can't be over, right?
Why don't you stay in Lou Province for a long time and bring your family here too? You can take care of each other! "
This instructor's surname was Guo, and he was a person with real ability. The position of an Imperial Army instructor was earned through real ability, not through flattery and connections. However, it was also because of this that he, who did not know how to socialize, ended up offending nobles and being ostracized from the Imperial Army. That was why he accepted Lou Xiaoyi's maternal uncle's request to settle down in Pu City.
After spending a year together, Lou Xiaoyi admired this person's character and ability. He wanted to take him into the residence, but he could not bring himself to do so. This was because he was different from other people and had his own pride.
Those who wanted to stay had to leave, but those who made a living wanted to stay. This was life. Things did not go according to one's wishes.
Instructor Guo smiled. "When the leaves fall, they return to their roots. Although my hometown is poor, it's the place where I was born and raised. I can't abandon it. Besides, there are people I care about there!"
Lou Xiaoyi did not try to persuade him. This kind of person could not be persuaded. It was just like how he would never forget his family in Pu City if he left his hometown. Even the Taoyuan Wonderland could not stop a wanderer from returning to his hometown!
For the first time, a smile appeared on Instructor Guo's serious face. "Actually, you've already learned my skills. There's nothing I can teach you, so there's no need to waste everyone's time here.
I've already guessed what kind of person you are. There are many cultivators among the nobles in Zhaoye City, but you're the first one I've met who can learn martial arts from the mortal world with a steady heart like you!
To be honest, it's not difficult for me to take down those so-called cultivators as long as I get close to them! However, you're different. Your talent is unparalleled. Once you enter the army, you'll be the enemy of ten thousand people. Unfortunately, with the path of cultivation, the martial arts of mortals are a joke! "
Instructor Guo sighed. "Most of the martial arts of mortals are useless to you because your body is different!
However, there's one basic principle that both mortals and cultivators must follow, which is strength and speed!
In my opinion, at your level, there's no need to deliberately pursue those so-called skills. There's no need!
Strength, invincible strength! This belongs to the category of cultivation. I can't give you any advice.
Speed, this can be improved through a lot of repetitive training! If you swing your sword ten thousand times a day, ten years later, the sword will be your hand! "
Instructor Guo finished his words and walked away, leaving Lou Xiaoyi behind with a bitter smile. He did not want to become a Swordsman. Why would he practice sword swinging?
However, on second thought, if he only considered the ability to fight in close combat, it didn't seem to be a big deal to practice it. It wouldn't affect his future learning.
As the saying goes, a skill doesn't weigh down one's body. Anyway, he didn't have any better way to improve his fighting skills while he was still in the Qi eating stage. It didn't seem like a bad idea to become a swordsman in the mortal world.
However, there was one point that he recognized. It was already completely unrealistic to want to learn anything extraordinary from these martial artists of the mortal world. The huge difference in strength, speed, and reaction caused everyone's understanding of consummate skills to be poles apart. The feints and tricks in the eyes of mortals were laughable in Lou Xiaoyi's eyes. He gradually began to understand the significance of speed in battle.
After breakfast, he went to his mother's place to massage the two elders as usual. This was his daily homework. Because of his persistence, the two elders' bodies were much healthier than those of the same age.
This was the most realistic meaning of his cultivation.
However, today, his mother had something to say to him.
"Recently, there's been an undercurrent in the upper echelons of Pu City. Have you noticed it, Xiaoyi?"
Lou Xiaoyi disagreed. "I know! It's a change in the upper echelons, right? The officials are biting each other like dogs, it's nothing more than a bigger bone. This has nothing to do with our Lou Province, right? Mother, what do you mean? "
Lou Yaoshi sighed. "It has nothing to do with Lou Province, but it has something to do with Zhaoye City's Yao Manor!
Your second uncle and the others also want a bigger bone! "
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