Chapter 13 Standing on the shoulders of giants

Chapter 13 Standing on the shoulders of giants

Liu Jijiu regretted his boasting a little bit, and even blamed his lifesaver for sending him a dandy who was ignorant and incompetent. Now there were only three days left before the final exam, and it might be too late to force him to learn.

"Of course I haven't heard of it. It's very famous. What good poems did he write? Tell me about it."

Zhao Yushu swallowed his saliva and said, "In the White Jade Palace in the sky, there are twelve towers and five cities. The immortals stroked my head and I was blessed with eternal life."

Liu Jijiu felt as if a thunderbolt from Longhu Mountain struck him hard on the head. The roof above his head began to spin. He was about to fall to the ground when he could not stand. Zhao Yushu grabbed him.

"Are you okay, Liu Jijiu?"

"Whose poem is this?"

"Li, Li Bai"

"Where is this person now?"

"Well, he was a scholar from my hometown, and he has passed away."

"Where is your hometown?"

"Xijing Lotus Spoon"

"Why? I have also studied in Xijing, but why have I never heard of this person? Why have I never seen him in any books? What other poems does he have? Read them to me, read them to me quickly!"

Liu Jiji grabbed Zhao Yushu's sleeve, looking like a madman, which frightened Zhao Yushu. He was indeed a poet. He had stunned the Jiji of the academy just by opening the poem.

"Liu Jijiu, calm down! Calm down! My clothes! Look, I've torn them for you! Ahem, Liu Jijiu, I wonder if I can enter the academy now that I know these poems?"

Liu Jijiu was helped to sit down and calmed down for a while: "Alas, if it was written by you, I can give you my position as Jijiu, but it's a pity that it was written by someone else."

"Ah? No chance?"

"No, this kind of poetry is earth-shattering. I have studied for forty years and traveled to Xijing for several years, but I have never heard of it. So, you are the only one who knows these poems?"

Zhao Yushu looked serious and said, "Master, even if I cannot enter the academy, I will never dare to claim these poems as my own. Zhao is not very talented, but I still need to save my face."

"Nonsense! Who told you to take it for yourself? How can we scholars do such a thing? I mean, I can use this as evidence to recruit you into the academy, so that the works of Li Bai, a great scholar, can be seen again."

"Liu Jijiu has a long-term vision, and I am the ignorant one."

"Okay, okay. Then, please continue with the rest of the poem."

As dusk approached, Zhao Yushu dragged his exhausted body back to the hotel. He was first frightened by the mysterious father and daughter, and then Liu Jijiu pestered him to recite several famous poems by Li Bai and Du Fu. He had to deliberately avoid those with allusions to people's names. It was more tiring than escaping from the secret passage that day.

However, it unexpectedly solved the biggest problem of the college entrance examination, although it also left a lot of hidden dangers.

Well, I'll just take it one step at a time. After all, I'm new here and I'm completely clueless. How can I make a long-term plan?

Moreover, since I escaped, the memory fragments of Jade Rat have become fewer and fewer. It has not appeared all day today, and I am afraid it will not appear again in the future.

You have to rely on yourself. Zhao Yushu

Xiao Jiling was still waiting at the inn. After confirming that Zhao Yushu was fine, he went back alone. Zhao Yushu returned to the room and took out the Cloud-Seeking Hand and Shadow-Stepping Step.

Now that you have spiritual power, you can start practicing.

The Cloud-Exploring Hands is divided into seven chapters, respectively explaining finger techniques, palm techniques, grappling, and stealing; of which finger techniques account for three chapters, palm techniques for two chapters, grappling for one chapter, and stealing for one chapter; from the previous memory fragments, Jade Rat only learned stealing and did not touch the others.

The Shadow Step is directly divided into five levels. There is only one core throughout the article: running far, running fast, and running silently. Its power and learning difficulty depend on the realm. The fourth level can only be touched by the inner realm. There is no pre-requisite for the fifth level, but you can know how outrageous it is just by thinking about it.

Zhao Yushu planned to learn the Shadow Step first, saving his life was the most important thing.

The Shadow Step is clearly a kind of footwork, but it also has a distinct sense of fantasy. It is so fast that you are walking on your own shadow. Isn't it funny? The speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second. Even if your legs are like a centrifuge, it will be useless.

But fantasy naturally has its own way of playing. Just running is not enough. But if you add some spiritual power, you can integrate yourself into the shadow. What do you think, young man? This makes sense, right?

What the hell. Let me try.

The first level of Shadow Step is mainly to lay the foundation. Even if you master it, the moving distance is only ten feet, and there is a one or two second pre-swing. What's even more outrageous is that there is a three to five second cooldown. Brother Jade Rat only practiced to the second level, so he was defeated by Black Clothes in one move.

The most fatal flaw, which could not be solved even if one reached the fifth level, was that the shadows had to be connected. In other words, if one was standing in an open space at noon, the Shadow Step was just a slightly faster way of running.

According to the secret manual, if you want to learn the Shadow Step, you must first infuse your legs with spiritual power, and then run fast, but you can't really run, you have to run on the spot.

Then, when the speed reaches a certain level, you can use the method guided by the secret book to force a gap in your shadow and let yourself enter the shadow world. The shadow world has no physical restrictions. The whole world is not a surface, but a point. There is no concept of distance at a point, thus achieving ultra-long-distance teleportation.

Why would a fantasy Kung Fu have such a scientific explanation? Isn't this unscientific in itself?

And the shadow world doesn't sound like a very safe place.

Who cares about these, just learn first, the spiritual power flows out from Madam Xu and quickly gathers in her legs

With the muscle memory of the Jade Rat, Zhao Yushu was surprised to find that his legs were running in place and almost leaving an afterimage.

"Ow!!!"

The door was forced open, and the long-lost Lao Wang and Ouyang Wen looked at Zhao Yushu rolling on the ground with an oil lamp: "Brother Zhao, what's wrong with you? Why are you wailing like that? Are you thinking of something sad?"

"My leg is broken..."

Zhao Yushu was lying on the bed, and the old doctor wrapped a wooden board and bandages around his right leg. "It's really amazing! I've been practicing medicine for decades, and this is the first time I've seen someone break his own leg on the spot. It's amazing. I admire you so much."

Lao Zhao had a blank expression on his face: "If you want to laugh, just laugh. It's so tiring to hold it in."

"Puchi, hahahaha", Wang Yuan and Ouyang Wen laughed together. After a while, Wang Yuan coughed twice: "I wanted to take care of Brother Zhao myself, but I am a grown man, I am afraid it is not convenient. Otherwise, I will go to Tianxianglou to find a gentle and considerate girl to take care of Brother Zhao day and night, okay?"

OK, OK, go find it quickly

"No need, it's just a broken leg, don't I still have a good leg? Just help me find a crutch." Humph, I am a gentleman.

"Brother Zhao is truly a gentleman. In this case, let's just leave it at that. Doctor, do you have a cane?"

Why did you give up? I'll just be humble and polite.

The next morning, the medicine boy brought a cane, and Zhao Yushu walked down the stairs slowly with the cane. This stepping shadow step was not difficult, after all, Yu Shu had practiced it before, but he was still arrogant. If he had been more serious last night, he would have entered the shadow world.

"Hey, young master, what happened to you? You were fine yesterday, weren't you?" Xiao Jingling hurried forward to help, but was pushed away by Zhao Yushu.

"Nothing, I accidentally fell last night, I will be fine in a few days"

"Then let's not go out today."

"No, you need to find me a car, or a sedan chair. Take me to any famous Buddhist temples in the area." Yesterday, Zhang's father and daughter said that the temple enshrined Maitreya, but the Dabei Temple secretly passed on the Tathagata Palm. He wanted to verify it simply.

Not long after, Xiao Jingling called a sedan chair, which was similar to the sedan chair in his previous life, with two people in front and one behind, and a reclining chair in the middle. It had no roof or walls.

"Let's go to Xiangjiang Temple." Little Smart led the way. The sedan started to set off slowly. Zhao Yushu lay on it with his eyes closed. He felt a little sleepy because of the shaking. The life of rich people is really boring.