Cultivation: When you do things to the extreme

Late at night, the moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and it was quiet.

In the courtyard, Xu Yang stood alone, holding a bow.

On the earth wall in front, there is an arrow target drawn with charcoal, with densely packed arrows stuck in it.

The result of another night of practice.

"boom!"

Xu Yang opened the bamboo bow and shot the last arrow. The same bamboo arrow penetrated into the wall with strong force, penetrating the loess wall at the target, causing the arrow inserted on the target to be shaken off by the strong impact. One place.

Full of power!

Xu Yang was also very satisfied with this and opened the properties panel.

Xu Yang (Li Qingshan)

Cultivation: None

Longevity: 19/88

Skill:

Diet (chewing, digestion, energy, strengthening, smoothing, diet therapy)

Sleep (deep sleep, tranquility, health, fitness)

Breathing (turtle breath, strong, rise up, nourish)

Slaughter (evil energy, knife removal, preservation)

Hunting (Yamato, chasing the wind, keenness)

Craftsman (bow making, leather goods, strong, durable, fine bamboo products)

Archery (piercing the poplar with a hundred steps, three consecutive shots, running and shooting)

Walking (walking like flying, climbing over mountains and ridges)

Hide (conceal, hold your breath)

Theft (night travel, lock picking)

Reading (night reading, deciphering, photographic memory)

Sharpen the Knife (Unbreakable)

Chop (powerful and heavy)

…

Xu Yang discovered one thing, that is, the difficulty of practicing skills in this world is much lower than that in the real world. The number of skills he has developed in just three years is worth most of his twenty-seven years of hard work in the real world. , in addition, many high-quality four-character entries were published.

You know, he has been practicing hard in the real world for twenty-seven years. With so many skills and characteristics, there are only two four-character entries, namely swimming like a fish in water and dreaming like Zhuang Zhou Mengdie.

In this world, in just three years, six or seven four-character entries have been created. Although none of them can compare to Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, who has its own special effects, Yu De Shui is even better.

Why is this happening?

Xu Yang didn't know, but he wasn't too entangled.

Without a solid basis for argumentation, no matter how much you think about it, there is no point. It is better to think about something practical.

What is practical?

This is the function of the new features.

As the only skill supported by the main body, diet only adds a new feature-diet therapy.

Diet therapy, as the name suggests, is the ability to treat the body through diet. Regardless of internal injuries, external injuries, or severe diseases, as long as you eat enough and eat well enough, you can eventually recover as before. It can be called a healing tool.

Skills such as breathing and sleeping remain basically unchanged. Their characteristics are basically related to physical fitness, blood and qi. Combined with the diet skills, Xu Yang's thin young body was nourished and trained into a strong one in just three years.

In addition, the newly developed skills such as butchering, hunting, bow making and archery have also achieved good results, successfully helping Xu Yang gain a foothold in the village, and gain the attention of the Lu family, and his living standards have skyrocketed.

Now that we have established our footing, it’s time to plan for development and become bigger and stronger.

After finishing tonight's practice, Xu Yang turned back to the house, hung the bow and arrow back on the wall, and then pulled out a large box from under the bed.

Opening the box, it was full of clothes. Xu Yang turned to the bottom and took out a black night suit.

Xu Yang put on his night clothes, took out a dagger, inserted it into his waist, and was fully equipped. Then he quietly opened the door and left home.

Walking (walking like flying, climbing over mountains and ridges)

Hide (conceal, hold your breath)

Theft (night travel, lock picking)

In three years, Xu Yang developed three more skills by playing with his younger siblings and doing daily activities.

The effects of these three skills are superimposed, giving him a great advantage in night operations.

The night was as dark as water. Xu Yang, who was wearing black clothes with his head covered, was like a fish in water, completely covering up his figure, footsteps, and breath, not to mention the villagers who commonly suffer from night blindness. Even a moderately accomplished warrior with keen senses would find it difficult to detect his presence and actions.

This is the superimposed effect of hiding, breathing, and night walking.

Powerful hiding ability!

Under the cover of night, Xu Yang seemed to be running and walking vigorously, and in a blink of an eye he arrived outside the Lu family's mansion.

It was already late at night, and the door of the Lu family was closed. There were servants and dogs patrolling inside at night. Although it was not very strict, ordinary thieves could not even think of breaking in and stealing.

However, Xu Yang was not bothered at all. When he came to the corner of the wall, he jumped and climbed up the wall by stepping on the bricks.

Qinggong?

No, Xu Yang doesn't know any light kung fu, these are all the special effects of the "walking" skill.

Walking as fast as flying, climbing over mountains and ridges, the former can greatly increase the walking speed, and the latter can climb over various obstacles and terrains, not to mention the walls of a wealthy family's mansion, cliffs, and lofty mountains, Xu Yang can also walk on flat ground.

After entering the courtyard, Xu Yang went straight to the study without saying a word.

As the saying goes: It’s hard to guard against a domestic thief even if you have everything to guard against!

After being around for so many years, Xu Yang was already familiar with the topography of the Lu family and the layout of the houses.

Soon, he came to the study room. Using the unlocking characteristic of the "Theft" skill, he quietly unlocked the door and sneaked in. After a while, he walked out with a baggage on his back.

Afterwards, Xu Yang stopped staying and quickly left the Lu family with his baggage on his back.

…

After a while, Xu Yang returned home, put down his baggage, took off his night clothes, and lit candles.

Under the dim candlelight, Xu Yang opened the baggage. What was inside was not gold or silver, but books bound with thread.

Xu Yang picked up a copy of "Dream Talk" and read it skillfully. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done this.

It's certainly not the first time.

Xu Yang has been visiting the Lu family's study since gaining the ability to hide and steal more than a year ago through games such as hide-and-seek.

Books are the ladder of human progress, and they are also an important way for Xu Yang to understand the world.

But there is a problem with reading, that is, you must be literate.

Xu Yang is illiterate, or does not know the words of this world. Whether it is Zhuang Zhou who came from Mengdie, or Li Qingshan, a young boy from the countryside, they are both illiterate and cannot read big characters.

Fortunately, Xu Yang had the attribute panel and the information base of the time traveler, so he could decipher it by guessing. In the end, he directly developed the skill of "reading" and generated the three characteristics of night reading, deciphering, and photographic memory. Whether the text is difficult or the code is clever, it can be read through easily.

In this way, Xu Yang visited the Lu family's study room more than ten times, stealing the books in batches and reading them, absorbing the knowledge and information like a sponge.

Although the Lu family is a rural tycoon, their ancestors have also passed the imperial examination and been elected. The collection of books is relatively rich. In addition to the basic titles such as the Four Books and Five Classics, the Twenty-Four Histories, there are also various miscellaneous books such as Zhiweiguatantan, and even Xu Yang All the martial arts that I have been thinking about are included.

Based on this, Xu Yang finally had a general understanding of the world.

First, it is certain that this is a "normal" world.

Why do you say normal?

Because the real world where Xu Yang lives is a little abnormal.

If nothing else, just rule.

Under normal circumstances, under ancient feudal rule, the lifespan of a dynasty was at most two to three hundred years. After that, it would be turbulent and perish due to historical cycle reasons such as land annexation and official corruption.

In this way, one dynasty rises and another dynasty falls, and the world is restored to a moment of clarity. Two or three hundred years later, it will fall into such a reincarnation. This is the normal law of historical cycles, and it has been without exception from ancient times to the present.

But the real world where Xu Yang currently lives is an exception. The dynasty called Daliang has maintained its rule for more than a thousand years, and has gone through ups and downs and still has not fallen.

This is not normal, absolutely not normal. The law of historical cycles is an inevitability of human nature. When a dynasty rules for two to three hundred years, various interest groups will inevitably become too big to be eliminated and become moths that eat away at the country for their own interests, eventually destroying the country and the edifice. This It is a development process that is almost impossible to change.

There are only two possibilities for a dynasty that can still maintain its ruling framework after thousands of years of ups and downs.

First, the development of the times and the advancement of science and technology can ensure the living needs of the lower class while safeguarding the interests of the upper class. In this way, it may be possible to maintain a thousand-year rule without foreign enemies, wars, and natural disasters.

The second is simple, that is, pure force suppression, with absolute power. No matter how turbulent the bottom is and how sneaky the minds of all parties are, they can't resist this great force. Only in this way can they maintain their strength for thousands of years.

Is this Liang Dynasty number one or number two?

Of course it's two. Xu Yang has been fishing in Dongting Lake for decades. He doesn't think that the level of science and technology has improved under Daliang's rule. On the contrary, land annexation, powerful separatism and other symptoms of the late dynasty have appeared for many years. In this case, Daliang He can still maintain his rule, and even if he says there are no problems, no one will believe him.

Therefore, Xu Yang has always kept a low profile in the real world. He would rather be a fisherman on Dongting Lake that everyone can bully than use the attribute panel, skill characteristics and the advantages of a time traveler to fight hard and dominate one side.

He had a hunch, an intuition, that there was something not simple behind the beam. If his own strangeness was exposed, it would definitely cause endless troubles. It would be better to accumulate in dormancy, accumulate more and more, and reverse the situation.

This is the real world that Xu Yang lives in. There are extraordinary powers that cannot be acted upon rashly.

In comparison, this dream world of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie is much more normal. The historical process completely conforms to the law of cycles. The lifespan of the rule of the dynasties from ancient times to the present has only been two or three hundred years. There is no cross-era technological development, and there is no power beyond the ordinary. strength.

This is a normal world, or a world with a lower level of power.

There is also martial arts in this world, but according to the various martial arts secrets in the Lu family's collection and Xu Yang's knowledge and hearing in recent years, the level of martial arts in this world is very low.

Martial arts practice is basically about polishing the body and tempering Qi and blood. Although there are also talk about internal strength and even Qi, the effect is mediocre. It is impossible for one person to form an army. Seven in and seven out are the masters who have mastered Qi. It can't stop the strong bows and crossbows, and a battalion of soldiers and horses can easily surround and kill them.

There are very few masters in the world who have mastered Zhenqi. They are basically the living fossils of Mount Tai and Beidou in the martial arts world or the famous leaders of various sects.

The first-class masters in the world have only developed internal strength. The role of this internal strength is still very limited. It can basically only strengthen the body. It is a fool's dream to release the internal strength to the outside and pick leaves and flowers.

This is also the reason why Xu Yang has become more and more trustworthy in recent years.

With his ability to pierce Yang with a hundred steps and his three-star archery skills, his level of martial arts in this world is not low. As long as he has the bow and arrow in hand, the servants of the Li and Lu families who are guarding the courtyard are living targets for him, and he can kill them one by one. .

The only ones who pose a threat are the martial arts instructors, but this threat is not that great, because they only know a few boxing and kicking skills, and have not even developed their internal strength. They are just one stone at a time.

With this kind of archery skill, not to mention that Xu Yang just took a few extra bones when killing the pig, even if he openly took part of the meat to sell for money, the Lu family would not say anything. Not only would they not say anything, they would also try to win over him with benefits. .

Recently, Zhang Fu, the chief steward of the Lu family, had intended to arrange a marriage for him, and wanted to betroth a woman from the Lu family to him, so that he could be completely pulled into the Lu family's warship. However, he was Rejected.

If this development continues, it will not be a problem to become bigger and stronger in the future, or even become king and hegemon.

But this is not Xu Yang's pursuit. Zhuang Zhou Mengdie is Zhuang Zhou Mengdie after all, and his true body is his foundation. He must use the resources of this world to enhance his true body's strength and get rid of the increasingly embarrassing situation.

How to use it?

Xu Yang put down the miscellaneous books about strange stories and strange things, and turned his attention to the few martial arts secret books stolen this time.

It is said to be a martial arts secret book, but in fact it only contains a few superficial fist and kick skills and weapon techniques, such as the Black Tiger Fist, the Ground Sword, and the Bagua Stick. No.

It's understandable. After all, the Lu family is just a country tycoon, not a martial arts sect. There are no superb martial arts secrets.

Of course, Xu Yang's low level is not a problem for him. He has an attribute panel and can develop skills. Even basic skills such as archery can produce powerful characteristics such as "piercing the Yang with a hundred steps" and "three-star continuous shot". So these superficial skills His martial arts can naturally turn decay into magic.

In fact, Xu Yang is already practicing, but the time is still short and the heat is not enough. He has not yet perfected the skills and generated the entries. Once the skills are completed and the entries are generated, his strength will increase again.

By then, you can plan for advanced martial arts.

Although the advanced martial arts in this world may only be at the level of a bad street in the extraordinary real world, it is better than nothing. Xu Yang, who is extremely insecure, does not resist any means that can enhance his strength.

Of course, this is a plan for the future. The main task at the moment is to first practice martial arts skills and corresponding characteristic entries to further enhance their strength.