I formed the strongest swordsman group

House of Thousand Things, Courtyard——

Qingdeng and Mucun, who had finished their sparring, sat side by side with Boss Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai on the veranda of the courtyard, chatting with each other over wine.

"It's really a hearty competition! Wahahaha!"

Mu Cun boldly grabbed the wine bottle and drank with his back to the sky.

Everyone faces the courtyard and sits on the edge porch; chatting while drinking... It would be nice if there was a little snow now. If there is fine snow now, then this will be an excellent and elegant picture of "a group of talents come together to enjoy the snow scene together".

"It's been a long time since I exercised so intensely! Tachibana, thank you for your hospitality today!"

"Where?" Qing Deng, who was sitting next to Mucun, quickly said, "I want to thank you. I have benefited a lot from the discussion with you. Thanks to you, I can return home with a full reward today."

"Hahaha, you're flattering me too much!"

While laughing, Mucun patted his thigh vigorously.

Qingdeng smiled and said nothing, without further explanation.

He knew in his heart: his words were not flattering Mucun. He really thought that the fierce contest just now had benefited him a lot.

Mucun is the most powerful swordsman wielding a big dagger that Qingdeng has ever met, not one of them.

In terms of versatility, the Odachi is undoubtedly a strange weapon.

Affected by various factors such as culture and historical inertia, the samurai of the Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333) and Muromachi Shogunate (1336-1573) love to pretend.

In order to show one's own heroism and bravery, and then can boast of a mighty weapon-the Odachi stepped onto the stage of history in this way.

With such a huge blade, anyone who is not strong in Kongwu will definitely not be able to control the Odachi.

In this way, a question arises: If you have the arm strength to use a big sword, why not use a spear that is more powerful and practical, whether it is on the battlefield or in personal fights?

The conditions of use are too harsh, but the power and practicality are not as good as that of the spear - such an embarrassing status has made the Datachi regarded as an extremely unpopular weapon since its birth.

In the history of Japanese martial arts, there are very few warriors who are proficient in Odachi.

Therefore, the wonderful sword technique shown by Mucun just now made Qingdeng amazed and eye-opening.

Qingdeng successfully accumulated a lot of experience in fighting the Odachi swordsman.

With these valuable combat experiences in hand, Qingdeng can guarantee that if he is allowed to fight Mucun again immediately, he will definitely win again, and the win will be even more beautiful!

Of course, compared to the experience of fighting the Great Swordsman, Qingdeng was overjoyed by another gain.

Qing Deng silently called the system in his heart.

Some talent lists that I hadn't checked for a while turned into a semi-transparent virtual screen that only Qingdeng himself could see with Qingdeng's soft call.

【Name: Juqingdeng】(?)

[Current talent:]

[Night Vision, Saint of Sword, Sleeping God, Lonely Danger, Eagle Eye +1, Left Hand, Fitness +1, Skillful Hand +1, Strong Tongue, Iron Waist +1, Steel Bones, Strong Muscle +1, Cat Turn around +1, photographic memory, ghost heart, milk, take the lead, see through, beautiful hair, trickster +1, wind perceiver, hachiman of invincibility, concentration of mind, plump breasts, bow master, bear's waist +1, Strong Essence +1, Golden Voice, Strong Stomach, Bright Eyes, Piercing Clouds and Cracking Stones, Mathematical Achievers, Iron Lung +1, Fighting Left and Right, Body of Water, Arm of Tiger +1, Art of the Emperor, Multi Zi Duo Fu, Master of Forbearance, Ying Ti, Berserker, Sharp Teeth, Little Achiever in White Fighting, Little Achiever in Music, Little Achiever in Painting, Yuan Yang, Old and Strong, Gluttony, Speed ​​+4, Snake Body, Delicate body, soft body, elephant's core +1, Optimus Prime, Jiu Hao, dry palm, reverse dragon]

...

The Dragon of Reversal... This talent entry that has just been obtained and is being fresh is quietly lying at the end of the talent list.

It's been a long time...Eternal talent!

Not counting Qingdeng, the talent that only one person can have in this world, the unique talent, the unparalleled talent in the world!

The last person who obtained the eternal talent from him was Boss Kiryu.

This matter dates back to last spring when he and Kinoshita Mai had a fight with Kiryu's boss due to a misunderstanding.

After the battle, he acquired his first eternal talent: Hachiman of Invincibility.

After more than half a year, the term "eternal talent" finally broke into his life again.

Should it be said that "birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups", "the friends of big bosses are all big bosses, and the friends of good people are all good people"?

Just use statistics... No, you don't need to involve any professional knowledge, just use common sense to infer, and you can know how small the probability of encountering a "person with eternal talent" is.

Qingdeng is not familiar with the history of the world in the 19th century, and he is not familiar with the total population of the world in the era he is currently living in.

But according to his calculations, the total population of the world today should be more than one billion, if not two billion.

Kiryu is the only person in this world among the billions of people who has the "Hachiman of Infinity".

Mucun is the same. He is the only one among more than a billion people who has the "Dragon of Reversal".

These two people, who are rarer than any other creature in the world, are actually close friends, and Qingdeng even met them.

Such a probability... just using the word "low" to describe it is slightly inappropriate because the degree is not enough.

Thinking that he would be lucky enough to meet one after another and get to know these two big men who are as rare as Yuan Jiang Jiuzhu...Qingdeng didn't know what expression to put on.

Should I secretly lament my good luck? Or should we sincerely sigh "Fate is beyond words"?

This kind of ultra-low probability event, which is comparable to winning a billion-dollar lottery jackpot, can be encountered by myself... and it happens continuously!

When you go home today, do you want to stop by and buy some lottery tickets? Qingdeng couldn't help thinking.

Japan in the Edo period had a lottery.

The popularity of the lottery made many samurai and ordinary people become idlers, obsessed with the dream of getting rich overnight, so that the shogunate once ordered the ban on lottery.

In the past, Qingdeng always believed that among all the girls he knew, Miss Sanako was the one with the best family background.

Looking at it now, this common concept is no longer the case.

The person with the best family background...Maybe Kinoshita Mai!

The family behind Kinoshita Mai is too mysterious.

Kiryu had mentioned to Qingdeng only briefly before: Mai Kinoshita's grandma was a businessman who was mainly active in Osaka and ran a business group called "Gourd House".

Because she didn't want to see the world being messed up and destroyed by the lunatics of the "False Party", Kinoshita Mai's grandmother led the gourd house to secretly fight against the "False Party".

What kind of business does Hulu House rely on to make money? have no idea.

How many people are there in the gourd house? How much? How powerful? Still don't know.

Regarding all kinds of issues related to the gourd house, the boss of Kiryu has always kept secret.

As for Kinoshita Mai, she was completely ignorant and didn't know what to ask.

The members of Kinoshita Mai's family should have deliberately prevented Kinoshita Mai from knowing too much about the family's business and power.

What is the reason, Qing Deng does not know.

In short, the extended result of this approach is that Kinoshita Wu is obviously the young master of the gourd house, but she doesn't know much more about the gourd house than outsiders like Qingdeng.

——A Wu, she...couldn't she really be "the top daughter of the underground world", right?

Suddenly this thought came to Qing Deng's mind, he couldn't help squinting at the beautiful woman in red who was sitting side by side with him at this time.

Thinking back to when he first learned of Kinoshita Mai's life experience from the boss of Kiryu, Qingdeng half-jokingly wondered to himself: Could Kinoshita Mai be some super socialite whose family is so powerful that his hands and eyes can reach the sky?

This is just a delusion that Qing Deng vacated for fun.

For this delusion, he himself felt unrealistic.

However, at this moment, Qingdeng had to doubt—this couldn't be true...?

Qingdeng didn't know how many people, how much money, and how powerful the Calabash House was, but he now knew that there were two outstanding talents with eternal talents working for the Calabash House!

Being able to recruit such precious talents... from the small to the big, this alone is enough to see the background of the gourd house, as well as the ability of the woman called the protagonist by the boss of Kiryu and Mucun, that is, Mai Kinoshita's grandmother.

Qingdeng's interest in Kinoshita Mai's grandmother and Calabash House grows.

I want to see the real picture of Hulu House with my own eyes.

I want to meet Kinoshita Mai's grandma in person.

Just as Qingdeng's thoughts were wandering, Kinoshita Mai finally noticed Qingdeng's gaze towards her.

"Qingdeng, what's the matter? Why are you staring at me? Is there something strange on my face?"

Kinoshita Mai raised her hand and touched her cheek.

"Ah, nothing..."

In order to get rid of the confused expression, Qing Deng brought the wine bottle to his mouth, and then refocused on the virtual light screen in front of him.

There seems to be quite a lot of commonalities between eternal talents.

The entry names are very imposing, and the format is "XX of XX", and at the same time it comes with dazzling special effects.

The other talent entries in the system list are all ordinary strings of words, but there is a purple box with a faint light around the entry of eternal talent.

The biggest similarity between them... is that their innate abilities are all quite riddlers!

Take "Hachiman of the Unconcerned" as an example-when the mind and mind are united and there is no confusion in the heart, you will be able to make a powerful blow like the possession of Hachiman Daimyo.

The content is compelling at first glance, but... what is "unity of mind and mind, no confusion of mind"?

In Qingdeng's impression, he has entered the state of extreme concentration where "only the enemy in front of his eyes and the knife in his hand are left in his eyes", without any distracting thoughts in his heart, no less than 10 times.

As a result, "Hachiman of Infinity" has never been successfully activated... After copying this talent for so long, Qingdeng has never seen what it will be like if this talent is activated.

It is completely unclear what the system defines as "unity of mind and mind, no confusion in mind".

In comparison, "Dragon of Reversal" is much easier to understand.

It's just that "it will have a life force as tenacious as a dragon"... Qingdeng is a little confused about this part of the sentence.

What is "life force as tenacious as a dragon"?

Let’s take it a step further—what is life force?

Is it because of the sudden increase in physical fitness?

Or is it becoming like a cockroach, which won't die no matter how you beat it?

If you want to understand the answer to this question... I am afraid that you can only figure out the mystery when this talent is activated.

All in all, it is always a good thing to have one more powerful talent.

As for when and how to activate this new talent...Let's leave it for later consideration.

"Hi...! Speaking of which... Tachibana, you are indeed Kiryu's disciple!"

Mucun's loud belch brings Qingdeng's consciousness back to reality.

Qingdeng closed the system interface, turned to look at Mucun.

"When you picked up Vairocana and put on Liuguang's stance, for a moment, I had the illusion that I was fighting the young Kiryu."

While grinning, Mucun shifted his gaze to the side, scanning Qingdeng and Boss Kiryu.

"Vairocana still doesn't change the wind of the demon sword in the past..."

Mucun's gaze was fixed on the ancient purple sheath knife that was being placed by Kiryu's right leg.

"Of course." Kiryu put down his wine glass and smiled slightly, "After all, I take good care of it every day."

After speaking, Kiryu stroked the sheath with his left hand, opened the mouth of the sheath, grabbed the knife with his right hand, and pulled the knife out of the sheath inch by inch.

After the blade was completely out of the sheath, he held the handle tightly with both hands, raised his arms, and stood facing the sky.

In an instant, the bright purple light filled the eyes of everyone present.

The moment Kiryu drew the sword, the purple-glowing blade firmly attracted Qingdeng's eyes like a magnet.

It is close to 75cm, much longer than the blade of ordinary knives; the blade is narrow and has a large arc;

Kiryu once introduced to Qingdeng that the reason why the knife light emitted by Vairocana is a cool purple is because of the use of some special materials.

At this time, Kiryu noticed Qingdeng's gaze.

"Tachibana-kun." Kiryu smiled, "Do you like Vairocana very much?"

Hearing Kiryu's question, Qingdeng froze for a moment, then pursed his lips and began to think.

"...Well." After a while, Qingdeng let out a long breath of determination, then nodded his head firmly, "Yes, I like Vairocana very much... No, no, it seems a bit wrong to say 'like' Too accurate. It should be said... I think Vairocana and I have a tacit understanding."

In the social values ​​of the Edo period, the sword, regarded as the "soul of the samurai", was more important than family and friends.

There are many warriors who would rather sell their wives and children than their possessions.

In front of a samurai, claiming to like the other party's saber... Although such remarks will not be offensive, it is the same as directly threatening "Your wife is so beautiful, I really want to be friends with your wife", It will make the surrounding atmosphere suddenly become subtle...

However, after thinking about it for a while, Qingdeng still decided to tell his innermost thoughts truthfully.

"Oh?" Kiryu raised his eyebrows and asked with great interest, "Tacit understanding?"

Qingdeng nodded: "Specifically... I can't say it, but to put it simply: at the moment when I held Vairocana, I had a feeling... that I and this knife merged into one."

Merge into one...yes, that's right, merge into one!

Although this description is a bit exaggerated, for a while, Qingdeng couldn't think of better words to replace it.

Just now, the moment he caught the Vairocana that Kiryu threw over, Qingdeng truly felt an illusion as if this knife was born as a part of his body.

The length of the knife, the radian of the knife, and the weight of the knife are all so perfect and fit my body so well.

It's as if this knife is tailor-made for yourself...

It's as if this knife has been for its own use since it was made...

The high degree of compatibility between man and sword has directly turned into considerable combat power.

Because of the "tacit understanding" with the knife, Qingdeng felt that his wrist became much lighter, and he swung the knife faster and more powerfully.

Relying on this momentum, Qingdeng successfully knocked off Mucun's Odachi in one go.

It can be said that Vairocana played a big role in Qingdeng's victory over Mucun in the previous battle.

Kiryu quietly listened to Qingdeng's answer.

"A tacit understanding..." After a murmur, Kiryu suddenly changed the subject and asked Qingdeng, "Mr. Tachibana, do you think that for a swordsman, the person chooses the sword, or the sword chooses the person?"

"Um?"

Qingdeng let out a "hmm", and before he could say anything, he saw the corners of Tongsheng's mouth slightly curled up, and asked himself an answer:

"I think... It is not only that people choose the sword, but also the sword chooses people."

"Since you feel that you and Vairocana have a tacit understanding, it means that my judgment is not wrong, and you and Vairocana really get along very well."

While speaking, Kiryu put Vairocana back into the sheath.

"Mr. Ju, if you like Vairocana very much, then work hard."

"Whenever I think you are qualified, I will pass this knife to you."

Ding——When Kiryu finished speaking the last word, Vairocana's blade just returned to its sheath. The clanging of the sword and the sheath hitting each other echoed in the ears of everyone who was stunned at this moment.

Qingdeng, Mucun and Kinoshita Mai, one counts as the other, and now they all cast shocked glances at Tongyu.

"Kiryu..." Mucun was speechless, "Are you going to pass Vairocana to Tachibana?"

"Why are you looking at me with such unbelievable eyes?"

Kiryu helped his eyes on the bridge of his nose, and smiled.

"I am Tachibana-kun's master. The master passes on his mantle to the disciple—is there any problem with that?"

"Uh...that's right...but Vairocana is not yours..."

Speaking of this, Mu Cun seemed to recall something, and suddenly closed his mouth, not continuing the conversation.

Kiryu smiled at Mucun, and then turned his gaze to Qingdeng.

"Mr. Ju, if I remember correctly, I told you before: Vairocana is a family heirloom sword of a certain family who killed a lot of people. Lucana is the 'demon sword'."

Qingdeng nodded:

"Well, yes, you did."

"It's good that I have said it. Now, let me tell you a little more about this knife...and some of my own history."

Kiryu looked into the distance, with a look of nostalgia on his face.

"I think you should have guessed it more or less—I am a member of that murderous family."

Qingdeng remained calm. Although his heart has been filled with emotions of "surprise" and "really so".

Realizing that the story that Boss Kiryu was going to tell next was no small matter, Qingdeng held his breath reflexively, and leaned forward towards Kiryu.

The same is true for Kinoshita Mai, she stared at Kiryu's old face with curiosity.

Still the same sentence: Kinoshita Wu's understanding of Calabash House is not much more than outsiders like Qingdeng.

Under the expectant eyes of Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai, Boss Kiryu spoke slowly and eloquently in a long tone like telling a bedtime story:

"Vairocana is the great treasured sword that my grandfather spent countless hours and painstaking efforts regardless of the cost and price."

"According to the rules set by my grandfather, Vairocana must not be passed on to outsiders. It is a family treasure and can only be passed down from generation to generation within the family. Only those with the most outstanding swordsmanship in the family are eligible to own this sword."

"It stands to reason that it is absolutely impossible for Vairocana to be passed on to me."

"Because when I was just a child, I left the family due to certain relationships."

"It's just that, maybe this is the so-called good luck tricking people. After a series of accidents, this knife finally fell into my hands."

"Originally, I planned to return Vairocana to the family when a new sword master appeared in the family."

"But... after seeing and experiencing some things, I changed my mind."

"The family lives up to its name. Everyone in the family is a master of swordsmanship."

"However, without exception, the clansmen are all capable but lacking in character."

"Looking at the whole family, there is no one with lofty aspirations."

"It's either a coward who just wants to make a living by killing people, or a lunatic who takes pleasure in killing people."

"Giving Vairocana to these insects will only dust the precious sword."

"Although I got this knife purely by accident, it has been my good companion for decades."

"In terms of emotion and reason, I don't want to see it fall into the hands of mediocre and evil people."

"So, I made up my mind - to break the sect view! Only pass on Vairocana to those who are qualified to hold it."

Before he finished speaking, Kiryu turned his eyes away from a distance, and looked straight into Qingdeng's eyes.

"So, Mr. Ju, you have to work harder."

"You are hardworking and talented."

"Now you have achieved extraordinary achievements in martial arts. For this, I, a master, am very pleased."

"But, that's not enough."

"You are still at the level of 'can only chop what mortals can chop'."

"When you reach the state of 'cutting things that ordinary people can't', I can safely pass on Vairocana to you."

Qing Deng blinked his eyes a few times in a daze.

"'You can cut things that ordinary people can't cut'... Boss Kiryu, what do you mean by that?"

"Um... for example: cutting off the mainmast of a steel or battleship."

Kiryu replied calmly.

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In the Edo period, there was a family that was so murderous that even the most powerful monks had to detour when they saw it.