Chapter 345 Wherever there is a connection, there is a place to return to.

'Buzz! ...'

A crisp sound of a knife was heard, and then a dazzling knife light burst out instantly.

In an instant, the knife energy was crisscrossed, cutting the flying snow all over the sky, and even the roaring waterfall suddenly stagnated the moment the knife light passed.

It felt as if someone pressed the pause button for this world. The waterfall that was originally roaring was suspended in the air, causing a fracture!

"This..." Hu Zi widened his eyes with a look of shock on his face.

Even Pao Zhen, who was not far away, suddenly stood up and looked at me in surprise.

But I still maintained the posture of drawing the sword out of the sheath and chopping it out with one knife.

But then, I gritted my teeth and shouted loudly, then held the knife in both hands and chopped at the waterfall again.

At this moment, I didn't use any fancy knife styles, nor did I perform any magic. I just held the Zanling Knife and kept chopping and swinging the knife.

For a while, I heard the sound of "boom boom boom" continuously, but the waterfall was splashed by the water I chopped, and the flying snow in the sky was wrapped by the fierce knife energy and kept swirling in the air.

After chopping dozens of times in a row, I suddenly put the knife back into the sheath.

Almost at the moment when the Soul-Slaying Blade was sheathed, there was a "boom" and the waterfall water that had accumulated in the air suddenly fell down. Even the wind and snow that were wrapped in the fierce sword energy and swirling in the air suddenly dispersed and turned into snowflakes, swaying and falling continuously.

"Oh my god!" Hu Zi cried out in surprise, but the broken waterfall suddenly fell down and hit him directly into the pool.

As for me, I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and sank all the restless blood and qi in my body into my dantian.

"You are worthy of being Zhang Du'e's apprentice!" Pao Zhen's voice suddenly came to my ears: "You have comprehended the essence of my sword in such a short time, you are very good."

I grinned when I heard it: "Uncle Pao, you are commended, you taught me well."

Pao Zhen shook his head when he heard it, and said: "I have never taught you anything. I just demonstrated to you once how to draw the sword and how to chop people."

Pao Zhen paused here, and then continued: "You have infused all the depression and willpower accumulated in your heart into this sword. It can be said that it is the peak sword that you can wield with your current strength. The subsequent swords will be a little worse. After all, the breath of meaning surging in your chest has been almost consumed by the first sword."

The so-called willpower refers to the breath in a person's heart.

As the saying goes, a man lives by his breath, and a tree lives by its skin. What

it means is that a person must have a breath to hold on to, which can be the spirit, pride, backbone, ambition, or even anger.

And all of these can be called will.

"Don't draw your sword lightly when you are fighting against an enemy in the future." Pao Zhen looked at me and said in a deep voice, "Your strongest sword is the one you draw after the Zhanling Sword is unsheathed. However, you need to accumulate that breath in advance, such as anger and murderous spirit! When your will is full, you must kill with one blow and seal the throat with blood. If you fail, then your next few swords will not achieve anything."

I nodded when I heard it.

Pao Zhen was right. The first blow I drew was indeed my strongest blow. After that, no matter how I swung the sword, it would not be as strong as that one.

If even the strongest blow could not kill the opponent, then the next few blows would be even less effective.

Unless, the first blow I swung had already seriously injured the opponent.

"Thank you for your teachings, Uncle Pao." I turned around and bowed to Pao Zhen with my fists clasped.

Pao Zhen accepted my greeting calmly and said with a smile, "You can go now."

I did not move, but turned to look at Hu Zi, who had just climbed out of the pond. After hearing what Pao Zhen said, he was startled, and then his expression darkened. He whispered, "Qian Yu, I may not be able to accompany you in the martial arts world for the time being, but when I have mastered my sword skills, I will definitely come to find you. You should go to the martial arts world first to see how deep and turbulent the water is."

I smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go first, and then we will leave countless legends in the martial arts world."

"Sure!" Hu Zi grinned, then looked at Pao Zhen and said, "Master, Qian Yu is leaving. Should we... give Qian Yu a good farewell tonight? I saw you brought a lot of good wine."

Pao Zhen's eyes condensed when he heard this, and a murderous aura suddenly burst out. Hu Zi was shocked and trembled all over, and almost fell into the pool again.

"Do you need to say it?" Pao Zhen glared at Hu Zi, then looked at me and said, "You go back first, let Ling'er prepare the food, and we will go back in a while."

"Okay." I smiled and nodded, then put on my clothes and walked towards the thatched house.

"Hu Zi, you just wish you good luck, hahaha!" I said this to Hu Zi before leaving.

Hu Zi's words just now may cause Pao Zhen to lose several bottles of good wine. With Pao Zhen's temper, he will definitely give Hu Zi a beating after I leave.

"It's okay, at most I'll just get a beating!" Hu Zi winked at me.

After returning to the thatched cottage, I helped Ling'er to work.

Knowing that I was about to leave, Ling'er was still a little reluctant. She looked at me with some resentment and said, "Brother Qianyu, will you come back in the future?"

"I will definitely come back." I added firewood to the stove and said with a smile, "When you get married, I will definitely come back to drink at the wedding."

Ling'er blushed when I said that, and she said "Pooh" embarrassedly, then lowered her head and kept silent.

"This little girl, she must be worried." I smiled and didn't expose her. I just said, "Ling'er, what do you think of Hu Zi?"

"Brother Hu Zi? He's very good, honest and reliable, but sometimes he's a bit mean, but it's fun."

Maybe Ling'er didn't notice that when she talked about Hu Zi, a smile appeared on her face unconsciously, and her eyes were flashing with spring.

After the meal was ready, Pao Zhen and Hu Zi also came back.

For this meal, Ling'er cooked almost all the delicious food, and the dishes on the table were extremely rich.

However, after the table was served, no one started to eat first, but poured wine in silence.

Huzi took the wine bottle, poured a glass for Pao Zhen first, then filled my glass, and even gave Ling'er a small glass.

After pouring the wine, I took a deep breath, picked up the wine glass first, looked at Pao Zhen and said, "Uncle Pao, thank you for taking care of me during this time. I toast you a glass."

I drank it all in one gulp. Pao Zhen nodded and

drank it all in one gulp as well. After that, I was addicted to wine.

Two bottles of Feitian Moutai were finished in just half an hour.

Pao Zhen knew that he couldn't let go of Hu Zi, so he didn't continue to drink more. He got up and went back to the house.

For a while, there were only me, Hu Zi and Ling'er left at the table.

"Qian Yu, what on earth is this Jianghu? Why is it so desirable?" Hu Zi said vaguely.

Hearing this, I shook my head and said, "I don't know. Maybe, each of us has a dream of being a knight in our hearts."

"The dream of a knight." Hu Zi suddenly laughed: "Qian Yu, I, Zhao Hu, may not achieve much in this life, but I still fantasize that one day I can make a name for myself in the world of martial arts. Even if I can't leave my name in history, at least I want everyone in the world to fear and respect me. I just don't know if this dream can come true."

Ling'er had been sitting aside and hadn't said a word, but when Hu Zi said that he wanted to go out into the world of martial arts, Ling'er's expression obviously dimmed.

Seeing this, I took a deep breath and said, "Although the world of martial arts makes people yearn for it, but... if you have a place to go, it's your home. If you can have a stable home, who would be willing to go to the world of martial arts and live a life where you can lose your head at any time?"

After I finished speaking, I turned to look at Hu Zi, and then I found that Hu Zi had fallen asleep on the table.