Chapter 42: Sharp Edge (Part 3)



The overwhelming victory in the first event laid the foundation for the next few competitions. As Yan Changge expected, the team that could finally form a team with him was him and Qu Lian. The other stars were blindfolded and sent to the designated location to start alone, and their teammates had to find them. Yan Changge took Qu Lian, who was dressed like a big white bear, and the two of them walked leisurely to the designated starting point under the guidance of the staff.

Of course, they were both blindfolded, but blindfolding was useless to Yan Changge. He had no eyes before he turned into a human form, so he relied on the sword spirit's consciousness to sense the things around him. Even with his eyes blindfolded, he could still clearly see where the others were.

The stars screamed as they were taken away alone, partly because the program crew wanted to create an atmosphere of helplessness waiting for a hero to save them, and partly because they screamed from the bottom of their hearts. After a day of activities, it was already night when they were grabbing brand-name items. It was snowing and night, and if there hadn't been a photographer following them, the stars would have cried out of fear.

Compared to them, Qu Lian was much better. He held Yan Changge's hand obediently. Although his beautiful eyes were blindfolded, he looked particularly calm, as if as long as he held this man's hand, he would be holding the whole world.

After sending them to the location, before the event officially started, before their blindfolds were removed, Qu Lian asked, "Do you know where the remaining fourteen people are?"

Yan Changge said confidently, "Of course I know."

Although Qu Lian asked this question to impress Yan Changge, he didn't expect that he actually knew it. After all, the program crew set up a wide range for the martial arts masters to show their lightness skills. Qu Lian was surprised and asked, "Such a large range, you know everything?"

Of course he knew everything. He could even "see" the expressions of other people and "hear" the timid actress sobbing softly. But it was too shocking to say it so bluntly, so Yan Changge said modestly: "I don't know the exact location, but I know where everyone is."

At this time, the activity started, the blindfolds of the two were removed, Yan Changge stretched out his hand and pointed out several directions to Qu Lian, telling him which person he would meet after walking in these directions, without missing a single one. The program staff who were always paying attention to the guests were shocked to hear Yan Changge's words, the positions of these people were predicted by Yan Changge exactly!

"How do you know how many miles it is?" Qu Lian asked, "Weren't we all brought here by snowmobiles?"

"It's calculated based on the speed of the car." Yan Changge remained expressionless and continued to explain seriously.

"But... you don't know how long each car took to travel?"

"Snowmobiles are very noisy, and I can hear the sound of each vehicle passing by me on its way back. I have been calculating the time and the distance I have walked, and drawing a quadratic function graph with our starting point as the axis, I can easily list the quadratic function formulas for everyone's movement. Based on the formula, I draw fourteen quadratic function graphs in my mind, and then estimate how long the sound takes to travel by the size of the snowmobiles on their return trip. Based on the speed of sound propagation in the air, I calculate the distance of other snowmobiles from us. This distance is used to verify the quadratic function graph I drew before. After verification, I can determine the exact location of others." Yan Changge explained.

Qu Lian: #¥%@#&%%……

Photographer: #¥%@#&%%……

Behind the scenes staff: #¥%@#&%%……

Seeing Qu Lian's bewildered look, Yan Changge smiled and pinched his silly cheek and said, "It's actually not as complicated as you think. Everything is very simple. Just learn high school math, physics and chemistry well. They are all practical applications of high school physics. I have told you a long time ago that martial artists must learn science courses well, especially math. Mathematics is the mother of all sciences. If you are not good at math and physics, how can you know how much internal force you need to consume for each move? If you don't know how much internal force you consume for each move, you can't calculate the most tricky angles and the most labor-saving moves based on the enemy's moves, and you can't allocate moves in the most reasonable and labor-saving way.

For example, when I used my cell phone to block the "snowflakes", the wind from the blower hit my face first. I calculated the wind speed and direction based on the force on my face, and thus predicted the speed and possible direction of the upcoming "snowflakes". In this way, I could calculate what moves I needed to use to block the snowflakes, the speed of these moves, and how much internal force I needed to use in total. In this way, when the snowflakes came, I could use the least internal force to achieve the best effect.

Did you see that? As long as we learn the cultural subjects well, we can even be prophetic. Even if we only know the future by a few tenths of a second, it is very valuable. "

Qu Lian: “Hehe…”

Qu Lian, who was watching Yan Changge learn, had long understood his theory that science was above everything else, so it was fine for him to hear these words. However, the photographer behind him was in a bad mood. He had been with the "Martial Arts Master" program crew for so many years, and for the first time he felt inferior. He suddenly thought, if he had learned math, physics, and chemistry well, and could instantly calculate what focal length and clarity would be needed to shoot the most beautiful scene, would he be a top international photographer now?

Fortunately, Yan Changge did not continue to teach everyone math lessons, otherwise Qu Lian, the photographer, and even the staff behind the scenes might have their brains crashed because of the too profound knowledge and would not be able to work normally.

Qu Lian calmed down for a while, and as usual, he put all these XYZ speed force energy things behind his mind. After regaining his composure, he asked, "Who should we look for first? Qiu Yiyi?"

Qiu Yiyi is the smallest, weakest and most coquettish female star among all the guests. If you go to her, you will easily get the first brand name.

"No," Yan Changge shook his head, "It is not the behavior of our generation of heroes to bully a single woman. The first person we should go to is Liu Tianyun."

Qu Lian: "...Why do we go find the one with the best martial arts skills first? And the brand names are all on the celebrities. Why would we go find a lone guest and fight to the death?"

"It's like this," Yan Changge picked up a branch and drew a picture on the snow. "We are the closest to Liu Tianyun now. If we can use the light ability, we can find him within five minutes. After defeating him, we will go in this direction to find Li Chenyi. After fighting with Li Chenyi, we will go to find Xu Zhizhen who is the closest. In this way, we can defeat the three strongest people before the guests and partners meet up."

"What you mean is, we don't go looking for the stars first, but instead we defeat all the guests first, so that we can easily get the brand names on the stars, right?" Qu Lian understood a little and looked at Yan Changge with admiration.

"That's right," Yan Changge said righteously with a face like a demon cult leader, "No matter who their partners are, they are all unarmed and have no martial arts skills. They are the ones that we martial artists should protect. I can't attack them. So I can only defeat all the guests first, and then find the stars who are left alone and escort them back to the warm base."

Qu Lian already knew that Yan Changge was a gentleman of extreme kindness, but now he was still impressed by his nobleness. This was just a harmless event, and everyone was aiming to win the championship, but Yan Changge did the opposite. He was more concerned about whether he could protect all the stars who came to participate in the event rather than whether he could win the championship.

"Although this may make us lose, you look so handsome like this!" Qu Lian hugged Yan Changge and said, "I really love you to death! Let's go and save those poor, lonely beauties!"

After saying that, he took Yan Changge's hand and walked towards Liu Tianyun with a heroic and high-spirited look.

Program crew members: "..."

As Yan Changge expected, the first person they met was Liu Tianyun in white. Liu Tianyun in white was not easy to find in the snow, but Yan Changge's red clothes were so eye-catching that Liu Tianyun saw Yan Changge from a distance and identified the big white bear beside him as Qu Lian. Liu Tianyun immediately drew the long sword at his waist, and thinking that no one had noticed him, he jumped onto a tree and waited for Qu Lian and Yan Changge to arrive.

"Liu Tianyun is on the big tree in front," Yan Changge said, "He has a long sword in his hand ready to strike. I'm afraid that the moment we walk under the tree, he will immediately jump down and take the name tag on your chest with the long sword, and then use his extremely high lightness skills to escape with the name tag, and he will be the first to score before we can react."

Qu Lian inexplicably felt that the heir of China's number one martial arts family was so pitiful. Before he could even make a move, Yan Changge had guessed his plan clearly. He suddenly felt that letting Yan Changge participate in this kind of show was a bit of an insult, and it was simply a crushing victory.

He did not ask Yan Changge how he planned to deal with it. Anyway, he would definitely do it openly and honestly, but in a way that was not right in his heart.

Sure enough, when Yan Changge walked to the big tree, he bowed to the person on the tree and said, "Brother Liu, I am honored to meet you."

Liu Tianyun was slightly stunned. Before he could react, Yan Changge jumped onto the tree with the photographer and said to the photographer, "This gentleman can shoot on this branch. Don't worry, I have tested the bearing capacity of this branch. You will be fine."

Miraculously, the photographer did not feel scared. Instead, he shook the camera at Yan Changge and said, "No problem, I completely believe in your calculation ability."

After arranging the photographer, Yan Changge turned to Liu Tianyun and said, "Very good, let's find a place that is more suitable for filming and duel."

Liu Tianyun: “…”

He has participated in "Kung Fu Master" for three seasons. All the guests are free to do whatever they want, fighting wherever they want, and never consider how hard it is for the cameraman who doesn't know martial arts to follow. Liu Tianyun really doesn't understand the practice of Yan Changge to arrange the cameraman before fighting.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll attack you while you're setting up the photographer?" Liu Tianyun suddenly asked.

Yan Changge was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course I believe in Brother Liu's character. The Liu family is the oldest martial arts family in China, and their family motto is 'help the weak and help the strong'. How could the children of the Liu family do such a despicable thing as sneaking up on me from behind? Moreover, I was just looking for a safe filming location for the photographer. If Brother Liu sneaked up on me, it would be very likely to hurt the photographer. I believe that people who practice martial arts want to protect these dedicated ordinary workers in their hearts. The heroes taught by a family with a strict family tradition like the Liu family will never risk hurting such a dedicated person by sneaking up on me."

The truth is that Liu Tianyun would never sneak in front of the camera, because if it was broadcasted, it would be too embarrassing, so Yan Changge was fearless. But the art of language is so magical. After Yan Changge finished explaining, Liu Tianyun's expression eased slightly, and Yan Changge's expression also softened.

"You are very good," Liu Tianyun said, holding up his sword, "I will fight you, even if I lose, I will have no regrets."

He had long known that Yan Changge's martial arts skills were unfathomable and the best among the guests in this group. He had originally wanted to use a surprise attack to seize the brand name, but was discovered. In this case, he would fight openly and even if he lost, it would be fair and square.

Yan Changge saw that Liu Tianyun was different from the likes of Lin Hengyan he had met before. He was indeed a swordsman trained by a large family, and had good character and upbringing. For such a person, Yan Changge naturally would not scare him to death like he did with Lin Hengyan. Instead, he very politely had a coaching battle with Liu Tianyun.

This fight was extremely beautiful, and the two photographers worked hard to capture the entire fight. The two people in the camera, one white and one red, were as light and beautiful as fairies flying in the night. The Liu family's swordplay is based on the four words of lightness, dexterity, speed, and accuracy, and the fight was particularly beautiful. Yan Changge was willing to guide this young swordsman in his twenties, and the swordplay he performed, intentionally or unintentionally, guided Liu Tianyun to perform his moves more vividly.

Yan Changge originally planned to deal with Liu Tianyun within five minutes and then go find Li Chenyi, but Liu Tianyun's good character made him admire his talent, so he spent some time teaching Liu Tianyun some moves so that he could have a deeper understanding of his swordsmanship.

About a quarter of an hour later, Yan Changge felt that it was almost time, so he swung a branch (yes, Yan Changge had no weapon, he just picked up a dead branch in the forest to help Liu Tianyun fight) and hit Liu Tianyun on the wrist. This blow contained deep internal strength, and Liu Tianyun's wrist was powerless, and the sword fell into the snow.

"I lost." Liu Tianyun admitted defeat, but his face did not show any reluctance, but a feeling of exhilaration. He started to wield a sword when he was five years old, and only today did he feel that using a sword was such a pleasure. In the fight with Yan Changge, he felt that he had never used swordsmanship so smoothly before. The moves that he did not understand and were a little sluggish in the past were now very smooth. Liu Tianyun was not a fool. He naturally knew that Yan Changge not only held back in this battle, but was also teaching him. He should have admitted defeat long ago, but he was reluctant to do so. This battle solved the troubles he had encountered in years of sword training. After this battle, his martial arts would definitely reach a higher level. Such an opportunity was too rare, so Liu Tianyun dragged out the time before admitting defeat.

Seeing that Liu Tianyun knew that he was holding back but still looked like he was learning from his teacher, Yan Changge nodded secretly and said in a friendly manner: "Brother Liu is very skilled in martial arts. I narrowly defeated you by one move."

Liu Tianyun knew that Yan Changge was trying to save face for him in front of the audience, so he said politely, "Mr. Yan is letting me go."

Yan Changge smiled and said nothing. He turned around with Qu Lian and headed towards Li Chenyi. At this time, he heard Liu Tianyun say behind him: "If Mr. Yan comes to the imperial capital in the future, he must visit the Liu family."

He spoke sincerely, and it was obvious that he was looking forward to Yan Changge's visit. Yan Changge turned around and smiled at him, then put his arm around Qu Lian's waist, carried the photographer, and after a few jumps, he disappeared into the quiet night.

Liu Tianyun quickly said to his photographer: "Quickly take a picture of his Qinggong. Such high-level Qinggong is really rare to see in a century!"

The photographer quickly took a few shots. After Yan Changge disappeared from their sight, Liu Tianyun walked to where he had just stood, sighed, and said to the photographer: "Look, there are only my footprints on the ground."

The photographer was shocked when he heard this. He carried his camera and filmed the ground. After filming all the way, he only saw the footprints of Liu Tianyun and the two photographers. As for Yan Changge, from the time he arrived under the tree to the time he left with the photographer and Qu Lian, there was no trace left.

The author has something to say:

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Yan Changge: Learn math, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid to travel around the world

Qu Lian: I am a poor student. I don’t study.

Yan Changge: You are wrong to think so. In fact, mathematics, physics and chemistry can be used in many daily lives.

Qu Lian: Tell me something that will convince me

Yan Changge: For example, when you and I are driving, you always can't help but start first, because you didn't calculate my size and endurance when you started the car. If you calculate it in advance, you can save your strength from the foreplay, roughly estimate how long I can last, and then use the forces generated by our interaction to allocate the internal energy consumed by moaning, groaning, swaying, leg support, etc. through various data, so that you can save your strength and extend the endurance, so that you don't have to surrender every time I want to stop.

Qu Lian: ...I learn...


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