The outer arena of Kasha Swordsmanship Hall.
The area was spacious enough and suitable for practicing archery and horse riding. Based on the principle of not wasting money, Ivan still came here to register.
"Ivan, do you want to compete with me?"
Three days had passed since Ivan learned the rushing breathing method. Faced with Donny's invitation, Ivan agreed after a little thought.
He had competed with Donny before, and his overall strength was slightly inferior.
He hasn't really competed with anyone yet.
"I'm going to do it."
Donnie cried out, slashing forward diagonally with his sword in both hands.
Ding!
The two swords collided with each other, making a clear metallic sound.
The basic sword techniques were similar, and the two had only recently learned the breathing technique, so their blood and energy were running wild. This fight was purely a fight between rookies.
"Hah!" After two or three rounds of testing, Donny stomped the ground hard and chopped towards Ivan.
Seeing this, Ivan did not dodge or give way. He took a big step forward and blocked Donny's attack with his sword horizontally, causing the sword to vibrate slightly.
Ivan made a judgment in his mind. Donny looked strong, but his strength was only slightly stronger than his own, which was really not much.
"Ivan, is all you can do is block?" With another sword strike, Donny's attack power decreased a lot.
"You're losing your energy quickly," Ivan said, blocking the sword attack with ease.
The two are equally strong, which means Ivan has made greater progress than before. Donny is a little unwilling to admit defeat, but after several rounds of competition, he realizes that he can't win like before.
Donnie couldn't help but ask, "Ivan, have you really never learned the family breathing method before?" As a poor student in the fencing hall, his classmates made faster progress and he was under a lot of pressure.
Ivan responded casually while taking regular sword steps: "What do you think? Who would leave the breathing method passed down from their family and come to the swordplay hall? What can I do if my family doesn't teach me?"
The Knight's Breathing Method is not that difficult to get started with. There is no reason why you cannot learn it even if someone teaches you, especially when it is a family breathing method that suits your physique.
"No more fighting, no more fighting."
Duny shouted, pulling his iron sword back from the fight.
Seeing this, Ivan gave up.
Donnie panted slightly and said, "That's right. The Giant Frog Breathing Technique in your house is of medium quality, much more advanced. It's not like the basic blood energy cultivated by the Running Breathing Technique, which is not outstanding in any way and has low efficiency."
The Knight's Breathing Method extracts the vital energy in the body. The vital energy is usually stored in the blood vessels and can flow with the blood. Therefore, people also call this vital energy "blood energy".
Similarly, the circulation of blood and qi will drive blood flow. Due to the two factors of blood and blood vessels, the circulation speed of blood and qi is destined not to be too fast, as it will affect physical health.
The Knight Breathing Method has long taken this problem into consideration and also provided a solution.
When practicing elementary breathing techniques, most of the blood and energy will settle in the blood vessels of a certain part of the body, such as the feet, so that they can be immediately mobilized when needed to increase the strength of the feet, or dexterity, or other things.
If the blood and qi settle in the chest and abdomen, they can strengthen the defense of the internal organs.
The medium breathing method has all the characteristics of the elementary method, and can connect the stomach and improve the ability to digest food.
The same is true for the superior breathing method, which can also deposit blood and energy in special parts, such as the eyes and ears, forming "eagle eyes" and "wind ears".
Compared to other levels, the basic breathing method is not only inefficient in refining vital energy, but also causes blood and energy to be dispersed throughout the body. In other words, it is difficult to highlight the ability of any part of the body during combat.
Taking all the above factors into consideration, the basic breathing method is far inferior to the average one.
Donnie had heard him complain about the family breathing method before, and felt a little sorry for him.
Ivan's eyes flickered a few times: "Maybe my family has a compelling reason, what about your family, what's the situation?"
For the lowest-class common people, 30 gold coins could be half a lifetime or even a lifetime savings. This was obviously not the case with Donny's family. Ivan had seen aristocratic items on him many times.
The Donnies should be richer than the Marichatons.
"There is no breathing method passed down in my family."
Donny took two steps away and gave a vague answer as he did before, which made it seem like he was trying to cover up something.
Ivan knew this was the case, but he didn't care. He focused his attention on his own field of vision.
[Pharmacy: lv0(9/10)]
[Knight's Respiratory Science: lv0(3/10)]
[Linguistics: lv0(1/10)]
When you first start using it, the experience points of Knight's Respiratory Science will increase quickly.
What concerned him more was pharmacy. He was almost due for an upgrade, which made him look forward to it very much. It was worth it for him to read medicine books every night and report to Old Orr on time every afternoon.
"You two, do you want to compete with me and let my elder brother teach you something?" Not long after Donny walked away, another disciple from the sword hall, Hengzhi, suggested to him with a faint smile on his face.
Donnie hurriedly greeted, "Brother Hengzhi."
Hengzhi is a second-class knight squire and ranks third in strength among all the students in the fencing hall.
Knight's squire is a level division before formal knights, divided into first-class squire, second-class squire and associate knight.
People like Donnie and Ivan, who have just developed their blood and can lift a 150-jin iron block in the martial arts training ground, are called "first-class knight squires."
The stage where pure strength exceeds that of two normal adults is generally defined as a 'second-class knight squire'.
A quasi-knight is someone who has reached the top of the squire level, and is just one step away from breaking through to the knight level.
Hengzhi was able to maintain the third place in the fencing hall only because his strength was at the front of the second class, only slightly weaker than his senior sister Mei Li and second senior brother Yafken.
Donnie didn't dare to compete with Hengzhi, and quickly refused: "Brother, you are too powerful, how can I compete with you."
Hengzhi glanced at him, then looked at Ivan who seemed to be distracted: "You can come together, let me teach you how to use the sword."
"I don't dare." Before Ivan could say anything, Donnie refused again and again, "I don't dare, I don't dare."
He thought of something, took out a small bag of silver coins and stuffed it into the other party's pocket cryptically: "Brother, you must be tired from practicing, you need to have a good meal and have a good rest."
Donnie keeps saying good things.
"Brother, let me kindly remind you that the Running Breathing Technique has extraordinary potential. Don't talk nonsense in the future." Seeing that he was so sensible, Hengzhi scolded him and turned away with satisfaction.
It turned out that it was the fault of talking too quickly.
Donnie looked regretful, wondering why he didn't pay attention to his surroundings and let this nosy and domineering person hear it.
"Don't worry about it, he's just like this normally." Donnie comforted Ivan in return, not wanting him to get himself into trouble.
"Donnie, you're really rich."
Ivan is not the kind of person who acts on impulse. He is not as strong as his opponent, so he has to admit defeat. There is no need to get beaten up again.
Donnie waved his hands generously and whispered, "That's right, come on, I'll treat you to a meal to get rid of the bad luck."
At Donny's invitation, the two had a barbecue meal at a restaurant on Panya Street, which tasted delicious.
In the following time, Ivan's life was orderly. He was at the Kasha Swordsmanship Hall in the morning and at the Bat's Eye Medical Clinic in the afternoon. Time passed one after another.
Finally, Ivan had the moment he had been waiting for.
[Pharmacy: lv1 (1/100)]
(End of this chapter)