Chapter 1548 1520 Grasp [Zanshin]

Chapter 1548 1520. Mastering [Zanshin]

"[Zanshin]. This is the foundation of all martial arts."

Tsukahara Bokuden frowned and sorted out his thoughts before speaking to Lan En.

Obviously, this experience of explaining martial arts from the very bottom was unfamiliar to him.

After all, even the most mediocre samurai children would only be taught this in the enlightenment stage.

"As long as you are a martial artist, there is no reason not to know this skill. At least in the Japanese archipelago."

"Based on [Zanshin], we switch postures, recover physical strength, prepare martial arts, etc."

"Swords, double swords, Ōdachi, or naginata sickles, which are rare and unique weapons, each school has its own martial arts skills, but the foundation of weapon techniques is still [Zanshin]."

"It can be said that without [Zanshin], it would be impossible for samurai to fight against monsters and evil spirits, and this world would not be a human world."

"And [Zanshin], both with specific postures and breathing, allows the consumed physical strength to resonate through life energy, and most of it will return."

"In each school, performing [Zanshin] with different postures, in addition to recovering physical strength, there will be different additional effects. . For example, the most powerful [Great Upper] stance will increase your strength in the instant of a breath. ”

“The most flexible [Lower] stance will make your steps so light that you don’t even feel the effort when you dodge.”

“On this basis, the use of [Zanshin] can be freed from the restrictions of the stance and can be operated smoothly in a dodging posture, which is called [Flowing Water]. ”

“And if the resonance of life energy happens to purify [Changshi] through resonance, then this resonance will be more vigorous because of the removal of the power of the underworld, and then give additional feedback to the warrior with a short-term gain. ”

“Although I don’t know what skills you have practiced, Lord Lan En, if we only talk about [Zanshin] and the development of [Zanshin], our system is already very complete.”

Lan En nodded in agreement.

If we only talk about the precise control of physical strength, the martial arts system of this world is undoubtedly the peak that Lan En has ever seen.

They used their martial arts to fight against monsters and ghosts, who carried the filthy power of the underworld, and exerted their physical strength to the fullest.

Physical strength is not only the basis for performing actions and martial arts, but also resonates with vitality during the recovery process to produce more additional effects.

And these skills are what Lan En is very interested in the martial arts techniques of this world.

"So, I have almost figured out your teaching principles." Tsukahara Bokuden nodded, as if to confirm his own thoughts, "I am afraid that those precious, secret martial arts techniques of various schools on the market are not as important to you as the basic [Zanshin]."

"If you have learned these basics and have spare energy after deep cultivation, the old [Tenshin Shinden Katori Shinto Ryu] can of course teach you."

Lan En had no objection to the arrangement of this terrifyingly experienced old warrior.

"In other words, the speed of learning and the amount of content mainly depend on my own learning ability and energy, right?"

Lan En smiled harmlessly, stroking the blade of the wooden sword in his hand, making a sound of friction between the palm and the wood.

"Oh, then I feel a little relieved."

"Rest assured?" Tsukahara Bokuden showed a malicious smile, "If you are someone who really wants to learn skills, you can't feel what "reassurance" means every day under my command, Lord Lan En!"

And Lan En's smile was not affected by the malicious smile of the old samurai at all: "That's the best, Lord Tsukahara. To be honest, I may want to learn more than you planned. So I tend to catch up with the progress and make some improvements while learning."

"What?" Tsukahara Bokuden's malicious smile was vaguely frozen on his face.

"By the way." Lan En completely ignored his frozen expression and waved the wooden sword in his hand, bringing out a sharp sound of breaking through the air even though it was not sharpened.

The cat's eyes looked at the old man subtly and calmly: "If you want to teach students in accordance with their aptitude, do you really not need to spar with me to see my level?"

The stiffness on Tsukahara Bokuden's face slowly disappeared under Lan En's cat's eyes, becoming as calm and subtle as him.

"Hey~" He lowered his head and let out a long breath, "I didn't expect that the adults were still a [Sword Ghost] obsessed with sword fighting?"

But when he raised his head again, a sharp breath filled the entire dojo in an instant!

Even the hatamoto warriors who were already far away in the courtyard suddenly felt cold on the back of their necks, and subconsciously reached out to cover and touch them.

And Tsukahara Bokuden's face was also raised straight at this time, facing Lan En.

On that old face, there was a dangerous and unsatisfied smile.

"But if I fight you with this old body, neither of us will be happy, right? Why not make a promise?"

"Promise?" Lan En showed great interest in this.

"After I die." The old Sword Saint spoke of the matter of life and death without reservation, even with an implicit expectation, "Although I am not lucky enough to be blessed by the guardian spirit and keep my soul pure in the underworld."

"But if I rely solely on obsession, I may be able to stay on the edge of hell for a while without passing away. And when that time comes, why don't you go to hell with the Yin-Yang technique and the protection of the guardian spirit, and we can kill each other to our heart's content! How about it?"

Inviting people to go to hell together and fight each other.

This is a curse in any place.

But Lan En laughed out loud after hearing this "curse".

"Ha, you said someone else is a [Sword Ghost], aren't you the same old guy?"

Lan En's finger pointed at his neck carelessly, smiling and making a knife-like cut.

"Are you thinking of cutting it down here now?"

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Early in the morning of the next day, the dojo of the castle tower was immersed in the gray morning light at the hour of Mao. The small pond in the courtyard was constantly flowing, and the frightened deer filled with water tilted down, making a "dong" sound, and then reset, regular and empty.

Tsukahara Bokuden was still the same, standing on the lecturer's platform in the dojo room with his hand supporting the wooden sword, looking at the tall and majestic figure on the shiny wooden floor below the stage with a scrutinizing gaze.

But what surprised him was that no matter how picky he was, he couldn't find any faults in the man in front of him from a single technical level!

"Squeak!"

A sharp sound that made people's hair stand on end suddenly exploded!

Lan En was wearing a set of casual clothes, which were kendo clothes made by the maids in the castle tower.

He was too big, and before that, he actually wore clothes he brought with him.

Today, he happened to have to meet someone for business, so he just changed into a set of clothes with local characteristics.

Lan En was already familiar with this set of theories about where to do what to easily integrate into the social environment.

Just like when he attended Pericles' banquet in Athens in ancient Greece, he would change into a toga. This is a useful method.

The wooden sword is structurally fragile because it is too long.

And in Lan En's hands, which can easily crush rocks, it is even more fragile.

But through the control of power and the terrifyingly sophisticated skills, this wooden sword used for practice can now not only cut ordinary armor with wood, but also maintain structural integrity.

Lan En's swordsmanship almost made Tsukahara Bokuden intoxicated.

He wanted to stretch his skin and muscles under the blade to feel this "beauty".

But what made him more sober now was.

"Huff~Huff~"

A quick but rhythmic breath mixed with the sound of breaking air caused by Lan En's sword swinging before it dissipated.

Except for Tsukahara Bokuden who was specifically looking for this sound, ordinary people would definitely not be able to hear it or find it.

[Zanshin]!

A swing of the sword is nothing for Lan En's physical consumption.

But there is a difference between swinging the sword and swinging the sword.

Lan En's hand can swing out a sword to kill the materialized Moon God, and it can also swing out a sword to only remove a pig leg for barbecue, and the physical energy consumed by these two swords is obviously not at the same level.

But what surprised Lan En the most about the technique of [Zanxin] was that it proportionally restored the physical strength consumed in the previous moment!

In just a moment, a unique feeling emerged from the depths of his body.

With an extremely clear feeling, Lan En sensed the "afterimage" of the physical strength consumed in the previous knife, and then followed the technique of [Zanxin] to control the extremely vigorous vitality of this body and resonate with the "afterimage".

In just a moment, the abundant physical strength from the vitality deep in the body filled the "afterimage" just now!

This is not an illusion, nor is it even the power gained by squeezing and destroying the body.

On the contrary, this power is full of vitality! Even if it is used to suppress the filth of the underworld, there is no problem!

[Zanxin] has been mastered, which is equivalent to Lan En having mastered the underlying foundation of the prosperous martial arts development in this world!

All the remaining fruits of martial arts will be picked by him in a logical and follow-up manner!

And Tsukahara Bokuden, his scalp was tingling because of this scene!

He supported the wooden sword with one hand and fed the sparrowhawk on his shoulder with a strip of meat with the other hand.

But until the strip of meat was eaten and the well-fed sparrowhawk began to peck his fingers gently with its beak, Tsukahara Bokuden did not react.

Really, when Lan En said yesterday that he was a little confident in his "learning ability and energy", Tsukahara Bokuden did not care much.

Genius.

He has seen a lot, isn't Kamiizumi Nobutsuna also a genius?

Although Tsukahara Bokuden saw that Lan En's way was different from his, by analogy, his achievements in kendo might be higher than his own.

But the higher the achievement, the deeper the cultivation in that unfamiliar way. Instead, it will become an obstacle to absorbing and learning new technologies.

As the saying goes, one can learn by analogy, but Lan En's martial arts are not even the same as theirs, so where can he learn by analogy?

But the next morning after the teaching, he saw with his own eyes the technique he had taught him yesterday.

Today, this person got started right away!

The movements were standard and the timing was perfect!

In addition to not having experienced the changing environment of a real battlefield and the test of enemy interference, he could not raise any more questions.

This was a perfect [Zanshin]!

At this time, a chaotic sound of footsteps could be heard faintly outside the dojo.

The footsteps approaching from far away woke up Tsukahara Bokuden.