Chapter 6: The Essential Meaning of Mozi (1) Huaxia Book Library Network

  "This should be the thickest one..."

  In the bamboo forest behind the mountain, Liu Zhang stood in front of a large yellow bamboo, sizing it up for a long time, muttering to himself.

  Yesterday, Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu were scolded by Tong Yuan, who dared to come and help him again? In the morning, after the four masters and apprentices had finished their breakfast, two of them slipped into the training ground behind the house like rabbits.

  What a beautiful Monkey King, what a wonderful Pigsy, that poisonous bait is also a temptation to people, and the two of them didn't dare to touch it either.

  Although the two have been together for two years and have a very deep relationship between master and apprentice, what Master said yesterday about leaving the mountain may not necessarily be true. The two brothers didn't dare to test it lightly. Secondly, they felt deeply indebted to their master, and from the perspective of filial piety, they didn't want to make their master angry either.

  As for Liu Zhang, from the moment he arrived on the mountain over a month ago, whether in conversation or daily behavior, he brought an irresistible novelty and attraction to both of them.

  What is meant by "attraction" is not just Liu Zhang talking about Journey to the West stories. More often, it's the kind of equality, respect and affection that reveals itself in every word and action, consciously or unconsciously.

  That kind of friendship, there is no heart-shaking oath, nor any moving confession. There is only the warmth like spring rain, gentle, warm, and imperceptibly it seeps into the heart, melting into the marrow.

  After a month of hard work and toil, under the influence of Liu Zhang's uninhibited and unrestrained personality, the two men seemed to have forgotten all sorts of etiquette and rules.

  What solemnity, what demeanor, all abandoned in the unrestrained laughter and unbridled revelry. Being just a teenager, they suddenly broke free from their heavy shackles, and that sense of liberation and shock that pierced their soul made the brief month-long interaction no less profound than decades of accumulation.

  So they couldn't afford to offend the master, but also felt unable to face their brothers. The two could only become shrinking turtles. They were even too embarrassed to say hello and just ran away with their tails between their legs.

  As for the ideas of these two seniors, Liu Zhang couldn't guess all of them, but he could feel that they were not far off. Moreover, making bamboo spears was not like chopping bamboo to build a house, where more people would make it easier. It was meticulous work, all within a small space, and having more people wouldn't be helpful.

  So after dinner, I bid farewell to Tong Yuan and ran alone to the back mountain. After almost walking through the entire bamboo forest, I finally chose this one in front of me.

  Sheathed the hatchet, quietly operated his breath, the half-person-high hatchet brought a streak of black light, in the air drew out a short trajectory, and then brought a light hum fell to that bamboo root.

  "Koto"

  A dull thud, and this knife actually penetrated deep into the bamboo, almost a third of the way through.

  The so-called anti-cold oral formula passed down by Tong Yuan is actually a wonderful method to enhance human potential. It's not some kind of mysterious internal skill, Liu Zhang has been practicing for so long, and in fact, he already knows that it's similar to a kind of hard qigong used in modern military training.

  Although it's only a rough outline, not even enough to be considered introductory, when combined with several months of intense physical training, it doesn't hinder its ability to unleash astonishing power.

  Especially in the past month, from being unable to cut down a single root at first, to later being able to cut down one with just a few swings. In this process, after accumulating nearly ten thousand repetitions of swinging, this kind of intense and singular tempering allowed him to unknowingly grasp the method of using internal energy. Furthermore, through this method, his physical body and strength reached a point that completely surpassed that of an ordinary person.

  Now he is like a piece of jade buried under layers of stone, and once the outer shell is broken and carefully carved, it will emit dazzling colors that will make people's eyes spin.