Chapter 56: The First Chapter

“Squeak—”

In the dead of winter, even with Han Jing and the other two making a fuss, the crisp sound of the old wooden door opening was still very obvious and reached everyone's ears at once.

As if the pause button had been pressed, the voices suddenly disappeared. They all looked back and saw that the cabin had opened and a short old man in an old cotton-padded jacket walked out.

At first glance, he looks quite ordinary, of medium height, with ordinary looks and dark skin. There are a lot of him in the village.

But if you compare carefully, you will find that his hair is still mostly black and thick, and there are many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his eyes are clear and bright, and he looks like an energetic old man.

He spoke with full energy: "What are you arguing about? You've driven all the ants in the yard away."

Ye Yu glanced at Grandpa Wang with an indescribable look. She could understand that although he looked like a master, he actually had a bit of social anxiety due to being away from people for too long. The excuse he came up with was too lame, even if it could fool a sleepyhead.

Well, it all sucks.

Old Master Wang glared back at Ye Yu and said, "Don't think he doesn't know she's watching the show from the side. This girl has sharp ears and must have heard everything he did in the room."

Ye Yu:

...pacing back and forth?

Got it, social phobia.

The eye contact between the old man and the young man was not noticed by Han Jing and the other two. These three educated youth were much more polite than Ye Yu. They apologized and introduced themselves politely. Their main purpose of coming to Nanshan was sincerity.

Compared with Ye Yu's rebelliousness when he threw the snake into the yard, I wonder how obedient he is.

But Master Wang, who also played the role of a rebellious person, replied impatiently: "Don't you have more powerful masters? Why are you going to such great lengths to find this old man?"

Han Jing answered honestly, "Ye Yu said that through daily exercise, we might be as strong and healthy as Uncle Wang." He touched the back of his head and smiled foolishly, "Ye Yu rarely praises people, and we also want to see how great Uncle Wang is after she praises him."

Xu Fei nodded, and Hua Feifei echoed: "Yes, yes, we hope to learn a lot from Uncle Wang."

When the old man heard Ye Yu praising him, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, but not obviously. He said reservedly: "Now that you have seen it, it's time to go back!"

He was clearly moved by the three educated youths, but he refused to admit it.

Han Jing, Xu Fei, Hua Feifei: "..."

Finally, it was Ye Yu who jumped down from the tree and broke the suffocating silence: "They are all good young people with great potential. You can test them out. Isn't it a pity that you can't pass on your skills?"

After careful inquiry, we learned that the forest ranger had looked for disciples in the village, and the team leader was one of them. However, practicing martial arts requires both talent and diligence. He is the only one who has achieved something in Wangjiagou over the years. This is also the reason why many cultures of Ye Country are difficult to pass on.

"It's too late."

Old Master Wang shook his head, his eyes full of pity. He could see that these were all children with good character, hardworking, and full of fighting spirit.

But he is already seventeen or eighteen years old, and his body is almost fully grown. No matter how much he trains, he can only reach the level of a team leader at most, and it will be very hard.

The old man was also very curious. Why did Ye Yu say that they might be the same as him?

Could it be that the inheritance is different?

Ye Yu's skills are extraordinary. Could it be that he has inherited some higher martial arts?

Old Master Wang was itching to try it. He had practiced martial arts alone for so many years, and it was a rare opportunity to be able to communicate with another inheritor. How could he not be tempted?

Ye Yu replied as expected: "It's not too late. It's almost grown up. Isn't it not grown up yet?"

The difficulty of learning martial arts has always been recognized by cultural inheritors engaged in the martial arts industry.

Firstly, not everyone can endure this hardship, especially in the era of lying down, when few people can check whether they run in the morning and at night several times a week; secondly, learning martial arts depends on talent, and one has to learn from a young age. Even if a child has talent, he or she is not mature enough mentally and lacks comprehension. Besides, which parent would be willing to let their child do this?

Moreover, if one is not careful and does not exercise correctly, not only will it not strengthen the body, it may also damage the body and even shorten the life span. This is what people who practice martial arts often call "being possessed by the devil", and it is even labeled as "going astray and becoming possessed by the devil" in martial arts novels.

Because of this, the inheritance of martial arts was almost completely lost in the next two to three hundred years.

Nothing changes until the end of the world. The changes brought about by the end of the world are not only martial arts, but also many traditional skills and life techniques that are a return to the farming era.

We're only talking about martial arts here.

The changes in the sun have improved the physical fitness of both those with special abilities and ordinary people. Martial artists have relied on this as a foundation and have finally evolved several sets of martial arts methods that can be learned by the entire population.

Han Jing and the others' epiphyseal lines have not yet closed, so of course they can learn. Even for adults, it is not completely impossible with some special medicinal baths and acupuncture. Ye Yu himself learned martial arts after he became an adult.

Mr. Wang said again: "You know what's going on, why are you looking for me again?"

"I've never taught students before, and I'm afraid I might not be careful enough and end up ruining their bodies. Also, regarding external skills, I'd like to ask for some guidance, old man."

Ye Yu's words were absolutely sincere. Scholars teaching in the apocalypse were simple and rough. Some would throw their disciples into a pile of strange beasts and would not take action until they were dead or disabled. In such a cruel environment of the apocalypse, it would be useless if they died. For this reason, if one really wanted to teach people martial arts, one needed a pillar of support from behind.

The teaching gifts are ready.

The few prey were temporary and had been piled up in his yard; considering that the old man was not short of prey, and her mother Wang Lai Di happened to send her a few feet of new cloth, she could make a new set of clothes, but she had not had time to find a craftsman.

Isn’t this a little anxious for Hua Feifei and the others?

Ye Yu would definitely not have been willing to go through such a plan when he first came to the countryside, but when you are surrounded by a group of idealists, you will always be influenced.

Ye Yu is no exception.

She seemed to be able to do something for this era and even for the tragic future of mankind, so that her life would not be in vain. Ye Weiguo's sports training just gave her inspiration.

Of course, there is another reason. These operations are not difficult. They are just a matter of convenience for her. They can also add a little fun to the leisurely life in the countryside.

Since his wife passed away, Mr. Wang has been a widower for more than ten years. There were people in the village who advised him to remarry, but he didn't want to. He was satisfied with having brothers and descendants to carry on the family line. However, he was obsessed with martial arts and was very proud of his skills, but it was a pity that he hadn't found a successor.

After hearing Ye Yu's words, the old man sighed and opened the gate: "Come in!"

Han Jingsan smiled instantly, looked at Ye Yu gratefully, and lined up to enter the house.

As soon as I entered the house, I found that this cabin was not big in horizontal direction, but it was deeper in vertical direction than ordinary houses. Both windows were on the east side, allowing sunlight from the top of the mountain to penetrate.

There was no kang in the house, but there was a stove, so the convection windows were always open.

There are not many furnishings but they are neat and clean.

There is a square table, a chair, and several wooden stools, all made of old mahogany. There is a bookshelf against the south wall. The bookshelf is not big, with only dozens of books. But in the countryside, there are a lot of illiterate people, let alone a collection of books. This bookshelf is inevitably surprising.

The books on this bookshelf are also very rich in content.

The red book is of good origin; "The Book of Eradicating Illiteracy", "The Story of Spreading Fire", "The Battle of the River Crossing", "Heroic Stories" and so on are also okay; "Tao Te Ching" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" are not reported in the city, but if they are reported, there will definitely be big problems; "How the Steel Was Tempered" is a foreign language book, and many of them were destroyed in the city.

Everyone present had basically read these books, and even if they hadn't, they knew their contents. Xu Fei pushed his glasses up and said, "It's a chaotic situation out there right now, so it's better to hide anything related to foreign languages and metaphysics to avoid being caught by mistake."

"Caught the wrong person? Then we'll see after they can climb up this Nanshan Mountain." Old Master Wang spoke and acted with the bloodiness of a war veteran. What he said made sense. Most of the Gs were making trouble in the city. Even if they went to the countryside for inspection, they would not climb this Nanshan Mountain.

Han Jing had heard many such aggressive words from his grandfather before, but the situation has been tense in recent years, especially this year, and even his grandfather has to restrain himself because of his family's plans.

The old man also talked about his master, who was a traveling Taoist priest named Wuchuan.

During the war years, Taoist priests and monks were not immune to the consequences. Many heroes also sacrificed their lives for justice. Some Taoist temples were even requisitioned as base headquarters.

In the end times, those who can use martial arts to save countless lives are also heroes.

Ye Yu said the name of her base instructor: "Gan Lin." As for the adjective,

"A big girl from Northeast China with a bold personality."

"Female?"

The ranger was a little surprised.

Not only because in the feudal patriarchal society, many skills are passed down to men and not women, but also because women are much less physically fit than men, so there are fewer people practicing martial arts and it is more difficult for them to learn.

"Yes," Ye Yu paused and replied, "If you practice well, you can continuously narrow the physiological gap between men and women in basic qualities such as strength and speed."

Women hold up half the sky.

This is a beautiful dream that has not been realized in any country in the world before the end of the world.

The reason is not entirely the fault of the social system. To be honest, the new society has made much more progress than the past.

Ye Yu feels that there is a saying that makes a lot of sense: "Truth is only within the range of cannons, and dignity is only on the edge of swords." It can be applied between countries, and also between men and women. That is, the fundamental reason is the gap in fists between men and women.

In the end times, when women’s fists are harder than men’s, then nothing will be a problem anymore.

Of course, there are also psychological and environmental factors. The invention of technological weapons can also reduce the danger between men and women. No, no, no, the gap in strength.

"Really?" As a girl, Hua Feifei was naturally very interested. She had also dreamed of becoming a strongman when she was a child, and the thought of it was exciting. "I can't wait."

Seeing that Mr. Wang was also very interested, Ye Yu agreed to give it a try first, but she said something ugly upfront: "I hope you can still laugh later."