Myriad Paths

Li Qi had been chatting with Brother Guo for half an hour, recording all the details before Bo Hai Guo reluctantly let Li Qi leave.

Before leaving, he kept repeating: "Brother Li, you will treat me as your brother from now on. I will protect you here in Taixue!"

"Come to my place to eat from now on! I won't charge you any money. If you go out and cause trouble, just call me Brother You."

"Good brother, remember to come here often! Eat more!"

With these words, he reluctantly sent Li Qi away.

Li Qi left the operation room and returned to the food world outside alone.

Outside, Liu Shenzhi, whose face was bruised and stiff, and who had barely cleaned up after vomiting into a mess, was waiting for Li Qi.

"Li...Brother Li." He was very loyal. Even though he was almost unsteady, he didn't run away.

When Li Qi saw this, he felt a little embarrassed and apologized repeatedly: "I'm sorry, sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing and make Brother Liu suffer."

Liu Shenzhi shook his head helplessly, knowing that no one could blame him, so he could only sigh: "Forget it, there is nothing we can do about this kind of thing. By the way, Brother Li, do you really think that food is delicious?"

"Yes, I think it's okay." Li Qi nodded.

"...Are you from the human race? Not the type of King Yin, right?" Liu Shen looked Li Qi up and down with a rather subtle expression.

"Probably, right?" Li Qi didn't know how to explain it, after all, he himself didn't know what was going on.

"Okay...you are a special admissions student anyway, so you should have something. Let's go, Brother Li, let's go look at other places." Liu Shenzhi shook his head and did not ask further questions.

However, Li Qi was a little surprised by his reaction: "Brother Liu, don't you ask in detail?"

"Why are you asking? You and I are classmates, not brothers. Do you know my background? You are just here to study in Taixue, and you are not here to check your household registration. I only know that your magic weapon helped me I'm busy, is there anything else I need to know?" Liu Shenzhi spread his hands with an indifferent expression.

When we came to Taixue, everyone was already at the eighth level. In the outside world, they could be regarded as respectable people, so they were not without any brains.

Why do you ask around? What, law enforcement?

Law enforcement also requires a certificate, it’s just a classmate, it’s not necessary.

"That's right, then let's go and see other places in Taixue." Li Qi nodded in relief.

"Okay, we've seen the cafeteria. Next, let's go to the classrooms. Let's go to the required courses first. I'll take a look. The first of the required courses... first aid class, let's go, let's go!"

Liu Shenzhi regained her interest and walked forward.

After taking two steps, he suddenly moved his feet and immediately bent down.

"Hey!!"

Well, the sequelae are still there.

Not to mention Liu Shenzhi's physical condition, next, Li Qi visited the entire Imperial Academy.

There are four compulsory courses in Taixue: first aid, defense, history, and general knowledge.

These four courses must be learned by everyone, and other courses vary from person to person. You can choose according to your own path, but you must choose at least eight courses, and there is no upper limit for more.

Each classroom is a separate small world, or cave, with various appropriate equipment installed, or the original flora and fauna and environment are already very suitable for teaching.

For some students with special heels and feet, there is special teaching.

The teaching is also very scientific, formal and rigorous.

There is absolutely no stupid operation like throwing students out to risk their lives and let them grow up on their own.

People can learn things they have never experienced by learning. To learn to avoid traps, you don’t need to step on them yourself. If you know that jumping off a cliff will kill you, you don’t need to actually jump to learn it.

Those who cannot learn and can only learn by suffering losses are mediocre people without brains.

Too learned to accept that kind of fool.

The practice of throwing students into virgin forests or other dangerous places and letting them fight their way out alive, or using extreme training to force students to break through themselves, is something you can't see here in Taixue.

The teachers will accurately measure your limits, and then use rigorous and regular methods to help you test it little by little. They will never let you try your best to break through with brute force.

Everything is so precise.

Even martial arts are like this. During his visit, Li Qi also saw some warriors practicing swords.

It’s not about practicing swordsmanship through some metaphysics such as understanding swords, killing people, or understanding nature, but rather learning formulas...

A bunch of muscular guys are learning formulas...

A Lidao teacher seemed to be working overtime to explain to them what is "how a rectangular geometry with a fixed length can move in the shortest way in a complex space" and "a quick mental calculation method of torque."

Regarding this, Liu Shenzhi said: "Isn't it just like having a teacher to help you learn? Practicing swordsmanship by yourself, doesn't it all have to be accumulated through experience? Now just calculate the results directly, and then use muscle memory to become familiar with it. Why? You still have to practice swordsmanship? Isn’t that a fool?”

Although Li Qi felt it was a bit counterintuitive, he thought about it carefully and had to say that it made sense.

Under the guidance of reason, this kind of thing can be done.

To control the sword, you don't need to slowly accumulate experience in actual combat. You can directly tell them the method and results in one step, and then use muscle memory to remember it.

This effect is even more useful than those experienced swordsmen.

Because the experience of the old swordsman may be wrong, but the calculation results absolutely cannot be wrong.

Past experience will lie to you, but mathematics will not.

Quite practical.

In addition, there is a set of complete and feasible methods including physical exercise, calorie calculation, fighting methods, and even more mysterious practices such as 'killing intention' and 'sword intention'.

However, Li Qi basically only visited the martial arts path and did not see other paths.

Because there are no holidays in martial arts, they also practice at school during the holidays, and they are pure horses.

Because as long as you don't practice for one day, you can directly create a perceptible gap between you and other students.

How much and how hard you work every day will be truthfully reflected in your physical parameters. The teacher can tell at a glance whether you were lazy yesterday.

People who practice martial arts must practice boxing for hundreds of years, day by day, until they are as natural as breathing.

In martial arts, the first priority is qualifications, and the second priority is perseverance.

Don’t worry about your financial resources. The school takes care of them and you can eat whatever you need.

You can only rely on yourself for perseverance. Even if it is a holiday now and everyone else has gone home to have fun, these cows and horses still have to stay here and exercise constantly.

Li Qi was a little lucky.

Fortunately, he had abolished his martial arts cultivation.

What a blessing.

However, he also became somewhat interested.

Interest in the warriors of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, after visiting the exercise, he looked at some warriors who were sparring not far away, left Liu Shenzhi's side, took the initiative to step forward, and said to one of them who was sitting: "Hello, classmate, I am a freshman. Excuse me, are you free now?"

"I'm free, but I'm free, what? New student? Are you also a practitioner? Your body is not good." The muscular man raised his eyes and glanced at Li Qi.

"No, I came here to check out the school in advance. I'm not a martial artist..." Li Qi said with a smile.

"No, I see that your energy and blood are strong, your internal organs are refined, and your breath is long. You have obviously practiced, and your foundation is pretty good. Why, you didn't persist?" The strong man raised his head, stared at Li Qi and said.

Li Qi looked a little embarrassed and nodded: "I have practiced for a while before, but I can't say that I am persistent."

The warrior nodded, indicating that he understood.

However, there was obviously a little contempt in his eyes.

Perhaps to these warriors, such quitters are probably a bit funny.

But Li Qi didn't care. He just wanted to see what this kind of real genius warrior looks like, so he immediately continued: "I dare to ask brother, martial arts practice martial arts, physical training and combat skills, do not violate Your ‘Tao’?”

This was something strange about Li Qi from the beginning.

If martial arts is about training oneself, isn’t it a bit strange to learn mathematical formulas? Is this really in line with their teachings?

Hearing this, the resting warrior knew Li Qi's purpose.

This should be a young scholar, right?

He put away his previous contempt. Before, he thought that this person could not persist before changing his path. Now it seems that he may just try martial arts and use it for research experience.

He looked down on those who gave up halfway, but he still welcomed others who just wanted to experience martial arts.

Li Qi saw a smile on the other person's expression.

Then, he said: "Classmate, if you have this doubt, let me ask you, what is martial arts?"

Li Qi thought for a while and said: "In Wu's words, Wu Cong Ge, Zhi, Zhi Ge is Wu. Ge is a weapon. The ancient meaning is Zhi Zhi Zhi, which refers to the pace, that is, the pace and rhythm of using weapons, which refers to the martial arts. "Shu" later developed into the meaning of attack, military affairs, and might."

"The name "Martial Arts" means that it is related to these meanings. If I understand correctly, it means both martial arts and mighty majesty. What martial arts pursues is ultimate skills and indomitable courage. Bar."

Li Qi expressed his guess about martial arts according to his own understanding.

The warrior laughed after hearing this, and then said: "Scholar, in your opinion, martial arts is such a superficial thing?"

When Li Qi heard this, he immediately raised his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."

If you don't understand something, you should ask others honestly and don't make guesses.

"It is right to stop at the toes of ancient times, but it does not refer to the pace of using weapons, but to the advancement." The warrior raised his head and said.

As soon as these words came out, Li Qi suddenly understood and was secretly frightened at the same time.

Refers to moving forward, that is to say...

"Ge is a weapon, and toe means advancement. In other words, the original meaning of martial arts is to advance with weapons, which is to 'conquer'! In the past barbaric era, the human race was in decline and was oppressed by various gods. There were witches who mediated with those friendly gods. In between, there are also warriors who fight against those evil gods, and martial arts is born from this!"

"The way of martial arts refers to the conquest itself! The other so-called martial arts skills, the so-called skills, the spirit, and even the artistic conception are all for this goal! They are all tools for the conquest!"

"Warriors, the purpose of training your body, practicing skills, and tempering your will is not for these things themselves, but to use these things to fight! To conquer! In the past, the warrior ancestors in the wild land went to conquer the gods, and we are now conquering them. Heavens! This is the true meaning of martial arts!"

"So, scholar, your understanding is too shallow. Exercise is not an end, but a means."

Li Qi understood: "Thank you for the explanation, but I still have a question. I dare to ask my classmates, in this case, what is the difference between you and the military strategists?"

The warrior seemed to have expected this question a long time ago and replied: "What's the gap? The gap is naturally huge. Military strategism is a humane way, but martial arts is not a humane way."

This answer was somewhat beyond Li Qi's expectations.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case.

A military strategist is a humane soldier, a branch of humanity.

Martial arts, on the other hand, is its own path. Obviously, it is a path with its own program and ideas, rather than a branch of a certain path.

"The military strategist is humane, so as a scholar, you should be able to clearly see the method of the military strategist. Gathering the power of everyone to form a military force and strength, you can tell at a glance that it is a humane method."

"But martial arts is not like this. Humanity gathers the power of everyone, but comrades cannot follow you all the time, and the collective cannot be trusted. On the journey, you can only have your own skills, your own weapons, and even more extreme, only Your own fists and body are the most trustworthy." The warrior raised his head and said, "The only one who can 'absolutely trust' is himself."

Li Qi frowned.

This does not sound like what a warrior from the Tang Dynasty would say.

Obviously, the other party's understanding of martial arts is different from the Tang people's understanding of martial arts.

It's normal. If everyone understands the same thing, how can there be any moral dispute?

Therefore, Li Qi asked tentatively: "Speaking like this, you are not from the Tang Dynasty?"

The warrior nodded: "The martial arts of the Tang Dynasty have long been integrated with the military formations. Most warriors join the army. Naturally, those who think like me cannot be from the Tang Dynasty."

Then, he said: "I am a demon, located in the southeast, and came to study in the Tang Dynasty."

Li Qi was surprised. The other party was also an international student?

Located in the southeast of the world, it is an archipelago between the mountains in the extreme south and the East China Sea.

The archipelago is located with hot weather, close to the sea and rainy weather. The primitive forests are lush and monsters are rampant in the jungles and lakes. It is the base camp of monsters. Under the leadership of the monster saints, it occupies the southeast of one of the nine places in the world.

Li Qi understood and nodded: "I see, I understand."

"Do you have anything else to do, scholar? If there's nothing else, I've almost rested and it's time to continue practicing." The warrior stood up and moved his body.

At this time, Li Qicai saw the characteristics of the monster on the other party.

There was a tiger's tail behind him, but it was blocked just now when he was sitting there.

"It's nothing, but I have a merciless request. I have never fought against a martial artist. I just heard that martial arts is the best at direct confrontation among all the paths, so... I want to give it a try." Li Qi finally said with his hand. .

The warrior raised his eyebrows and glanced at Li Qi's body.

"Want to be beaten? You should have told me earlier. It just happens to be a workout. There is an open space over there. Let's try it?" The warrior pointed to the open space not far away.

Li Qi cupped his hands and said, "Please give me some advice."

After saying that, the two of them walked towards the open space over there.

As for Liu Shenzhi, he is still hanging around.