A certain sword soul's infinite journey

Chapter 17 Bagua Step

"What are you looking at?"

A childish voice came from behind.

Lin Yi turned his head and watched the thin figure walking towards him.

He raised his head again, looked at the sky and said with emotion: "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Arya also raised her head and glanced at the red comet in the sky that illuminated most of the sky—thanks to this thing, the convoy had to travel for two hours more every day.

"When it first appeared, people in the palace called it Comet Joffrey—of course, no one dares to call it that now." Lin Yi smiled.

"Gendry called it the Red Sword, because he said it looked like a fiery red sword fresh from the forge," Arya began.

"Oh really?" Lin Yirao said with interest, "I think this metaphor has more images than the teachings of the Seven Gods."

"In the teachings of the Faith of the Seven Gods, it is the sword that kills the seasons. The citizens of King's Landing call it the Red Messenger, also known as the Dragon Tail Star. Everyone thinks it has an extraordinary meaning, but in fact, it is just Just a red comet passing by Westeros."

"What is a comet?"

"A comet is a celestial body revolving around the sun. Its body is actually not in the sky, but outside our world..."

"So far?" Arya was surprised. "But he looks huge, and my father said that the sky is infinite."

"In a sense, that statement is indeed true."

"I still believe it symbolizes something..." Arya looked at the red sword in the sky. "It disturbs me."

"You really should be uneasy." Lin Yi looked at the red comet in the sky, "When the light of a comet is as bright as our eyes, it proves that it is not far away from us."

"Will it fall?"

"I don't know, but it's not something you should worry about."

"why?"

"Because when he falls, you will die of old age!"

"..."

Arya curled her lips, she thought Lin Yi was lying, there was nothing that would take decades to fall, even the bravest eagle couldn't do it.

"Yi... can I call you that?"

Arya looked at him, looking at him seriously.

"Anything, as long as you like."

With that said, Lin Yi put his hand on Arya's shoulder, squeezed it lightly, and then squeezed it down his arms.

Arya's face was a little reddish, but she remained motionless.

After pinching Arya's muscles, Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction.

"It seems that your former teacher was an agile water dancer, and you have a good foundation."

"Of course! Syrio is the chief swordsman of Braavos!" Arya said as a matter of course.

Lin Yi remembered this chief swordsman. He defeated five soldiers with only one wooden sword, but facing Sir Marin who was fully armed, a wooden sword was useless even if it danced like a sword flower all over the sky.

It doesn't break defenses.

"Arya, you are very smart and have enough talent. To be honest, there are many Braavosi swordsmen who know the formula of the water dancer, but people like you who can truly comprehend the essence of the formula in a short time Very little."

"Of course, I can see that this is inseparable from your cherishing the opportunity to learn swordsmanship. People always cherish those hard-won things more. This is why I like you."

With that said, Lin Yi stretched his hand into his bosom.

"You're lucky, I'm about to go to the Great Wall to do what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know if I can come back from here, but those ghost things are about to wake up, there must be someone to stop them, right?"

"Are you afraid of those things too?"

Arya's eyes widened.

"There is no fearless person in this world, Arya." Lin Yi smiled, "The so-called courage is to be afraid but still be able to draw a sword."

Arya nodded, she remembered what Jon had said, the teacher's point of view was very similar to Jon's.

"So, I plan to find a smart and clever kid to pass on my swordsmanship. Congratulations, cute kid."

"But why me? Why not Gendry? He's a blacksmith's apprentice, tall and strong..."

Arya asked again.

"Hahaha……"

Hearing Arya's question, Lin Yi laughed twice, and instead of answering Arya's question, he reached out and took out a piece of paper from his pocket.

"Okay, it's rare that you woke up so early with me today, take it."

Arya looked excited, and took the paper from Lin Yi's hand.

But at the moment when she saw the paper, Arya froze.

I saw a big circle drawn on it, and there was a square on the top of the circle. The square was divided into nine grids, and a square symbol was drawn on each grid, and there were complicated and entangled lines between the symbols.

"what is this?"

She raised her head dazedly.

"This is called Jiugong Bagua..." Lin Yi said with a smile.

"Dog...zhong...baga?" Arya repeated inarticulately.

"It's gossip..." Lin Yi's face darkened, and then he smiled, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you can't learn this language, you just need to remember that this is a set of footwork for moving in a small range."

"No!" Arya's reaction was fierce and stubborn, "I must learn."

"..." Lin Yi showed a strange face, and asked her again, "Are you sure you want to learn?"

"Sure!"

"No regrets?"

"No regrets!"

"it is good!"

Lin Yi felt relieved, and then took out another piece of paper from his pocket.

"Of course, before systematically learning this language, in order not to delay the learning process, you must first learn these few words, come on, follow me, this word is pronounced 'Dui'..."

"..."

Looking at the densely packed square characters on it, Arya couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, but since she has said that she doesn't regret it, she will naturally do what she says.

"...expensive." Arya bit the bullet and muttered.

"It's Dui, you have to stick your tongue against your teeth, pronounce it with me, 'Dui'..."

"...Dui."

"That's right, you learned very well!"

……

With the light of this red sword, Arya has been learning from the moon in the middle to the rising of the sun.

Lin Yi, who was a good teacher for the first time, didn't feel tired at all, but was very satisfied with this student.

She has quick thinking, strong curiosity, and has the cultural level that a child of aristocratic family should have.

What surprised and delighted Lin Yi the most was that the child's mathematics was also very good, at least at the level of a primary school student in her previous life. She was also very talented in languages, and could speak a little of High Valyrian and Braavosi .

Although Chinese characters and English are not a system of languages, she does not need to really learn Chinese, she only needs to be able to recognize Chinese characters related to Bagua steps, and she has sufficient conditions for hexagram positions such as "Qian Kun Xun Dui Gen Zhen Li Kan" Reflection will do the trick.

Similarly, Arya finally understood why Lin Yi was laughing at this moment - this kind of thing was so hard for her to learn, if Gendry came over, she was afraid that Lin Yi would kill him with a sword in anger.

"Let's learn this first today. You are thin and agile. If you learn this set of footwork, you will be invincible in a duel."

"A duel?"

Arya looked expectant, but then thought of Syrio.

"What about group battles?"

"That depends on whether you practice hard." Lin Yi said meaningfully.

"I understand!"

Arya's face turned serious, and she bowed respectfully to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi smiled and motioned for her to put the paper in her arms.

"Keep what I just said in mind first, and remember to take it out to practice when you are on the road. I will teach you a set of breathing before going to bed at night... that is, the method of breathing, so that you can have more sufficient energy in the morning. energy."

"Yes!"

Arya put away the paper, eyes full of hope for the future.

(End of this chapter)