I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Ah?

Didn't that boy Arima say he would teach for free?

Damn! I've fallen into a trap!

Dongye Yu glanced at Arima Norimune and saw that he was also a little surprised. After thinking for two seconds, he felt that it didn't seem like a trap. Considering that he had just told this Arima swordsman about this matter, it was probably not discussed in advance.

Thinking of this, he asked politely: "I wonder what kind of tuition is required to learn swordsmanship in your era? In our era, tuition is basically money."

"Money?"

Arima Tadayasu didn't seem to have thought about what kind of tuition he wanted. He just felt that the boy in front of him was quite outstanding. Although he looked humble and polite, he was young and successful, so he was inevitably arrogant.

If I teach him my swordsmanship inheritance so easily, I'm afraid he won't cherish it.

As for tuition, it can't be too much, nor too little.

He sat cross-legged and rubbed his chin. He glanced at Arima Norimune and waved his hand. The two of them huddled together and whispered for a while. The Japanese-style room was very quiet and the space was not large, so Higashino Yu and Imagawa Kashiwagi actually heard the content roughly.

Arima Norimune was introducing Higashino Yu's current situation to Arima Tadayasu.

"Higashino came to Tokyo from Kyoto to study. It is said that he grew up in an orphanage, which is similar to the orphanage in ancient Shenzhou. You should have heard of it at that time? He saved a lot of money by working, but because the orphanage was not well managed, he recently sent a large sum of money back to the orphanage. There are not many spells left on him. It seems that he learned it in a priest's house, and the sword was also given by the priest's family."

Is it such a humble background? No wonder the movements are not concise and direct when fighting, and there are not many signs of learning martial arts.

It turns out that all his swordsmanship is wild

Arima Tadayoshi listened thoughtfully, his eyes fell on Higashino Yu, and he nodded slightly. He was born in a humble family, and went thousands of miles away from home to study. After receiving help from noble people, he still remembered the orphanage that raised him. At least it can prove that he is a young man with affection and righteousness.

However, do you like money?

He thought for a moment, grinned, and asked Higashino Yu: "How much money do you have on you now?"

Damn, he was arrested.

Higashino Yu thought of the Fukuzawa Yukichis with a strong scent of ink in his wallet, and felt uneasy. However, he stared at Arima Tadayoshi in silence for a second, and seriously considered whether to choose to save money or learn swordsmanship.

The swordsman in front of him defeated him in three moves-although it was because he tied his hands and feet, banned mana spells, and the strength of his hands was limited to the level of normal people.

But it was originally a duel of swordsmanship.

This swordsman is really extraordinary in terms of swordsmanship, and swordsmen are basically masters of weapons, especially those who lead the army, and they must have a good gun technique in battle formations - the ancient swordsmen of the island country generally do not use samurai swords in battle formations, but use guns, and the length of the guns is longer than that of the other.

The famous swordsman of the island country, Ueizumi Nobunaga, has the resounding title of Ueno Kuni Ippon - the so-called Ippon means that he can defeat the opponent in one round.

The Arima swordsman probably has a similar title, and I can learn it by the way. In the future, when I fight against people and monsters, it will be much more refreshing to take out a big gun and poke than to chop with a knife.

Swords and knives are okay when fighting against humans or small monsters, but they are really a bit out of shape when fighting against some large monsters.

Dongye Yu still remembers the time when he killed Jiasha Xuan before, because this guy had thick skin and flesh, and a fat layer comparable to a city wall, and he chopped for a long time with a knife.

If he had a gun technique, he could give him a chill at the beginning by killing monsters.

Thinking of this, Dongye Yu chose to tell the truth: "There are about 700,000 yen left."

"Then give me 350,000 yen as tuition."

Arima Tadayasu said that there was no point in him bringing the money, he just wanted to make this kid feel a little pain, so that he would know that the swordsmanship he learned was not easy to come by.

Duo, Duo Shao?

Dongye Yu's eyebrows trembled when he heard this number. From the tone, why did he say that he killed with a percentage? He just killed 50%, right?

For a moment, Dongye Yu was actually a little glad that he only had 700,000. If he had 2 million, wouldn't he have been killed for 1 million?

Of course, to be honest, if you spend 350,000 yen to learn from a sword master, and if he teaches you everything he knows, this tuition is too cheap.

After all, 350,000 yen is just a month's salary for an average working class.

Higashino Yu reached into his backpack and took out a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi with a very skillful technique, put it on the floor, and pushed it to Arima Tadayasu with both hands - the area after the move was not under the jurisdiction of Chunyuan, and Xiuji's cultivation was not enough to guard the house, so he basically carried the money with him.

Arima Tadayasu glanced at Arima Zemune, who looked at Higashino Yu apologetically, crouched down and walked forward to pick up the money and handed it to the old man respectfully.

"From now on, I will be your swordsmanship master."

Arima Tadayasu did not count the money, but just put it in the drawer of the cabinet under the shrine, and then saw Higashino Yu's puzzled expression, and explained with a smile.

"I know the rules of your demon hunters. You can have many teachers, but you can only have one master. The teacher who taught you the way of cultivation has given you a new life, so you must not let him down."

"I will teach you everything I have learned, and you don't have to worship me as your master. If you meet someone with talent and character that you can trust in the future, please accept him as a disciple of Tianlan Ittoryu on my behalf, and I will be satisfied."

Is there such a rule?

That's fine. Dong Yeyu was grateful in his heart and bowed sincerely: "Dong Yeyu greets the master."

Arima Takayasu nodded with satisfaction, and then stood up: "I don't have much time in the dream, but I have a lot to teach you. Without further ado, let's start practicing swordsmanship now. Since the Zong family doesn't have a big room, let's start in this Japanese room. Let’s practice some basic swordsmanship of Azure Isshin-ryu.”

At this point, his voice dropped to a whisper.

"The old man made up a dream. Most of the things are quite real, but there is something wrong here. Maybe he is deliberately disgusting me. How could my Youma family be reduced to not even having a dojo, living in a small courtyard, and The same situation as ordinary people?"

Imagawa Kashiwagi had to go home to help look after the store, so he left early and went home, while Higashino Yu stayed at Arima's house to practice sword practice with Arima Norimune.

On the first day of entry, Arima Shihan did not teach any secret skills, but asked Higashino Yu to demonstrate the basic attack methods of swordsmanship he knew - such as cassock slash (right slash), reverse cassock (left slash), headwind ( From bottom to top), Tangzhu (cut straight from the head) and other techniques.

In order to avoid danger, Higashino Yu used a bamboo sword instead. The bamboo sword made steady and rapid attacks, but Arima Tadayasu became more and more angry.

"stop!"

He grabbed the bamboo sword with his hand and showed it to himself.

"Look, I don't know where you learned the swordsmanship from. You are misleading people with your fancy fists and embroidered legs! You lose your power for the sake of appearance. Isn't this buying a coffin for a pearl? You are the only one who has good physical talent, brute strength, and fast speed. Otherwise, If someone else used this kind of swordsmanship to slay demons, they would have been eaten by them. "

As he spoke, he slashed Tang Zhu with a clean cut. The blade cut off, and the wind blew up on the ground. It was so stable that no deviation or tremor could be seen at all. The speed and angle of the cut were both faster and more accurate than Higashi Yeyu's slash. .

Arima Tadayasu then demonstrated other attack methods one by one.

Some of the basic attack methods of Azure Isshin-ryu look very similar to these movements, but they have their own unique changes in some details, and some are completely different.

For example, there is a move called Yan Hui. It is said that Arima Takayasu learned it when he traveled around Kyoto when he was young and invited a wandering swordsman to drink and visit prostitutes.

Later, he fought countless battles and made improvements.

Different from the turning back and sneak attack of the Iaijutsu Nagai, this move requires extreme speed and no unnecessary movements. One slash uses most of the body's strength, but it must ensure that the lower body is as stable as a mountain. It is impossible to slash in person. The sword in response was even difficult for Feiyan to dodge.

However, this is an advanced swordsmanship. Arima Tadayasu just mentioned it and then continued to explain and demonstrate basic sword moves.

After the demonstration, ask Higashino Yu to learn the movements, and after observation, point out the subtle errors in the movements one by one.

Relying on complete control of the body and a high level of understanding, Arima Tadayasu only needs to show and explain each movement once, and Higashino Yu can basically reproduce it with the same accuracy. The subtle immaturity in movements can also be solved through muscle memory. Finish.

"You can teach me." Seeing this, Arima Tadaksu felt relieved and nodded with a smile.

The feeling of teaching a genius is different from teaching Kuchiki. Ayu can do it in one try, but that boy Zizong is so stupid that he can't fully master a move after being taught it ten times. Arima Tadaksu often feels that if he teaches him for a while, he can do it himself. If you don't do it well, you will be angry to death, or at least your life will be shortened.

Higashino Yu learned it at the end and experienced the effect. He slashed the Tang bamboo twice in succession from top to bottom. The speed, smoothness and accuracy were far superior to before, so he simply abandoned the mixed swordsmanship he had learned in the past.

Not all martial arts are more powerful the older they are. For example, many modern fighting techniques have been improved by science and a lot of practical combat experience, and are actually stronger than their ancient versions. However, the opposite is true for swordsmanship.

Kendo has become a sport in modern times. Although it is still aggressive, its lethality is far inferior to that of ancient swordsmanship.

In order to attract students, some schools have even improved many techniques to be more beautiful, with wide openings and closings, and handsome postures - anyway, there is no need to go into battle to kill the enemy, just look good.

I have suffered greatly from it.

Wait, it seems like they can be connected.

Dong Yeyu swung a few times, but he always felt that the meaning of the Tangzhu chop taught by Ma Zhongkang was still unfinished, so he tried to connect the basic techniques of headwind, cassock chop, left cut and so on.

It seems like a random combination, but in fact Higashino Yu subconsciously made adaptive fine-tuning of these movements when making slashing movements.

Although the connection between a set of attacks is still a bit sluggish, if the movements can be slightly improved, it can be used as a fast, continuous and powerful pursuit and slashing technique.

Dong Yeyu looked at the sword in his hand and pondered.

There is a hint of floating boat ferry charm, this guy

Arima Tadayasu watched Higashinoyu teach more and more, and he had a strange intuition. He could learn all of the sky-blue itto-ryu condensed with his life's hard work in a month, no, half a month.

The old man felt a little disappointed but also quite happy and happy.

That's fine too.

Arima Tadayasu has been feeling physically exhausted recently. He feels that he may not have much time to stay in this dream. Hearing Norizonmu say that they will have a kendo competition in the future, which is similar to gathering young swordsmen from all the island countries for a martial arts competition. .

It would be a sweet dream to see him carry forward the Sky Blue One-Sword Style.

After Dong Yeyu's basics were almost corrected, he yawned and sat down a little tiredly, "Ayu, you learn very quickly and it's perfect, but haste makes waste. Let's stop here today. I Let me tell you the origin of our Tianlan Yidao style.”

He leaned against the cabinet where the shrine was placed and began to briefly describe the origin of the Sky Blue Itto Style.

"I didn't learn this swordsmanship from anyone, or rather, I didn't learn it from just one person."

After listening to this, Dong Yeyu was thoughtful.

According to Arima Shihan, Sky Blue Itto-ryu is not the original swordsmanship passed down from the Arima family, but Arima Tadayasu's own self-understanding of the Itto-ryu swordsmanship after studying all major swordsmanship schools and his experience on the battlefield.

Like other schools of Ittou-ryu, Sky Blue Ittou-ryu also has its own advanced combat techniques such as Mystic Sword, Absolute Sword, Divine Sword, and even Dream Sword, Wuxiang Sword, which is a technique that is close to the legendary swordsmanship of Taoism.

This kind of swordsmanship is not a specific sword move, but a state.

Probably similar to sitting and forgetting? Dong Yeyu pondered in his heart.

"After I teach you for a while, Ayu, you will probably become a Jie Chuan of my Tianlan Ittōryu. Let's duel in the future."

Arima Tadayasu spoke, with his head resting on his hands little by little, his soul began to become transparent, and eventually turned into a point of light and returned to the broken sword on the holder.

At this time, the outside room was completely dark, and the lights in the room were turned on. The two of them silently lit incense in front of the shrine and clasped their hands together.

The smoldering green mist of the incense turned into two vertical gray lines, and the smell of mothballs and sandalwood mixed together at the tip of the nose. The pungent smell became softer, as if everything just now was just an illusion.

Arima Zezong looked at the sword rest and asked Higashinoyu with some worry: "Ayu, do you know what's going on? Ancestor Zhongkang didn't do this at first, but in the past two weeks, he often returned to the scabbard in the middle of a conversation. Go inside.”

Even though it resides in the sword, the years have passed so long that the soul is unstable and is about to completely dissipate. Dong Yeyu was silent for a moment and said, "Shifan is tired."

After being stranded in the human world for hundreds of years, his soul has become so weak that it cannot even be transcended. In his current situation, he may not be able to walk even halfway through the road to hell. There is nothing he can do. If there is the legendary three-light divine water, it may be possible to save him. Save it.

"Is he just tired? I'll let him rest more in the future."

Arima Norimune clasped his hands and bowed again, walked out of the Japanese room with Higashino Yu, and bowed to Higashino Yu somewhat apologetically: "Higashino, I will find a way to return the money to you."

"Since you are already a cultivator, there is no reason to take it back."

Higashino Yu smiled: "It's only 350,000 yen. It's worth every penny to learn from a sword master."