The wooden sword struck Yu Shiqi's right wrist and right elbow twice like lightning, and the edgeless sword Qiu Ye fell to the ground again.

Since Liu Yike picked up the wooden sword, he has been defeated by her in this way three times in a row within a few rounds of fighting. Although the frustration in his heart is getting heavier and heavier, his stubborn thoughts of not admitting defeat have gradually eroded his reason.

"Come again!" Yu Shiqi reached out to pick up his fallen sword.

"Let's take a rest."

"I'm not tired!"

Liu Yike blinked at each other, dropped the wooden sword and said innocently: "Then I'm tired."

Yu Shiqi's expression was startled, the aura in his eyes suddenly declined, and he lowered his head in shame: "I'm sorry, senior, I... I only thought about myself."

"You're kidding, how can you be tired after such a short time?" Liu Yike shrugged and walked towards the wooden table with tea, "I just saw that your eyes are red. If you continue to fight, you will lose the original purpose of the competition."

Yu Shiqi was in a daze, pondering the meaning of her words.

"When sparring, you should master your strength and not hide your moves. This is the so-called saving your strength but not your hands." Liu Yike said, bringing a cup of tea back to Yu Shiqi, "When a person loses his calmness,

It’s impossible to control the force accurately.”

The implication was that she saw that Yu Shiqi was getting angry due to his continuous failures.

"Thank you for your advice, senior." Yu Shiqi took the tea from her hand and lowered his head to apologize.

"I haven't started to give instructions yet. The next step is." Liu Yike couldn't help laughing, "You can't tell the sword master just by looking at the sword manual, but you can't do it just by taking action. You lost exactly the same thing three times in a row. If you don't stop and think about why,

If you lose, then trying again a hundred times will probably be in vain."

This is indeed the truth, but Yu Shiqi subconsciously believed that he was far inferior to Liu Yike, and then thought that losing to her was a matter of course, and he could no longer patiently think about why he lost.

"You seem to be good at cutting swordsmanship. Except for the first time when I used the Vajra Bodhisattva's foot to stop the sword, you used the swordsmanship several times later." Liu Yike's tone was calm and patient, "

Do you know the difference between cutting and stabbing?"

"Stab one point to attack, and cut to attack one side. The former is more about accuracy, and the latter is more about strength."

"These are the strengths of each, what about the weaknesses?"

Yu Shiqi thought for a while and replied: "It's easy to hide when stabbing. Cut... cut..."

"The cutting action determines it. The sword cannot protect yourself before you strike." Liu Yike said, "Stabbing is different. Before the sword is struck, the sword can keep wandering in the middle to protect your body."

Yu Shiqi thought carefully about what she said. Every time he used Thunder Flash, his sword would indeed come away from the front, causing the door to open wide. Therefore, he needed other moves to prepare the ground before using Thunder Flash, or a certain move.

When he came up, he used this move to get the first impression.

"The stabbing technique converts the length of the sword body into a certain safe distance, while the chopping technique converts the length of the sword body into a threat to the enemy. Just now you attacked with chopping and I used stabbing to break it. My sword can touch you.

Your sword was still far away from me, didn't you notice this?"

"Is the art of cutting inherently inferior to the art of stabbing?"

"That's not the case." Liu Yike shook his head, "You also said that it is easy to avoid a stab, and even if the stab hits, if it is not a vital point, the winner cannot be determined quickly. It often only takes one kill to determine life or death."

Yu Shiqi smiled bitterly and said: "But my slash can't even get close to the senior's body."

"That's because your intention is too obvious." Liu Yike smiled, "Do you only have your own moves in mind when fighting? You have to think about your opponent's moves, his next move, and his next move.

The further away the better.”

"If I can see through the opponent's next move or even the next ten moves, then I should be far better than him..."

"See through? Why do you think that predicting the opponent's moves must mean seeing through the opponent? Martial arts is about adaptability. You choose your own actions based on the opponent's actions. The converse application of this principle is to deliberately use your own actions to induce the opponent to do something.

The action I hope to see." Liu Yike said as he raised his left index finger and drew a small circle.

"Deliberately using your own actions to induce the other party to take the actions you want to see...could this be deception?"

"Yes, it's just a trick." Liu Yike nodded, "You may have done this kind of thing unknowingly when you were fighting with others in the past. Now I want to help you develop this way of thinking proactively.

Habit."

After Yu Shiqi heard her explanation, he suddenly felt like he was enlightened by a bright mirror, and the depression and unhappiness in his chest also disappeared.

"That's it for now, I'll go see the disciples." Today's test ended here, Liu Yike did not ask Yu Qi to spar with him anymore.

After getting permission to walk around the dojo, Yu Shiqi followed Liu Yike to the backyard with a little curiosity. Before he reached the door of the backyard, he heard Xia Sheng shouting at the top of his lungs.

Liu Yike smiled at Yu Shiqi behind him and said, "I don't usually set any rules for them. I'm just kidding."

"Very good." Yu Shiqi replied.

This was not a perfunctory remark, but he truly felt so. Whether it was Liu Yike's way of dealing with others or the atmosphere of the Tenri Taichangryu Dojo, he felt very comfortable.

"Master." The girl who was chasing Xia Sheng with a willow branch in her hand saw Liu Yike and Yu Shiqi coming to the backyard. She quickly put her hands behind her back and hid the willow branch behind her, with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Are you bullying your junior brother again?" Liu Yike shook his head helplessly and shouted to Xia Sheng, who climbed to the roof of the thatched house where debris was piled, "Come down, be careful."

Qing Wan flattened her mouth and muttered: "Xia Sheng insisted on provoking me first... It's really hateful. I'll see if I don't beat him to death next time I try."

Liu Yike smiled, not intending to expose the youthful love-hate relationship between boys and girls. She pretended to be nonchalant and told them to be careful when playing around, and then walked to the kitchen.

Qing Yu'an and Shang Juncheng were working in the kitchen preparing dinner at this time. They were older than Qing Wan and Xia Sheng. Although they still looked like teenagers, they already had the mature demeanor of young adults in their behavior. Qing

Yu An is reserved and easy-going, while Shang Juncheng is arrogant and arrogant. Although these two people are completely opposite in character, they can do nothing wrong with each other when doing things together.

When the two of them saw Liu Yike appearing outside the door, they each nodded to her and called "Master".

"Is the rice cooked?"

"Not yet." Qing Yu'an held the bamboo basket for washing rice in his hand and showed it to her, "The rice I cooked before was too stiff...so I want to soak it in water for a while today."

"Cook more, Mr. Yu will stay with us." Liu Yike nodded slightly.

"Yes, Master."

Shang Juncheng, who was sitting by the stove chopping firewood, raised his head and glanced at Yu Shiqi behind Liu Yike, and asked, "Has master accepted him as a new disciple?"

"That's not true." Liu Yike smiled and shrugged, "He was trained by Tongfeng Sect and Huangwu Sect."

"Has Master sparred with him?"

Liu Yike just smiled and didn't answer.

"Oh, that's right." Shang Juncheng curled his lips, "Tongfeng Sect and Huangwu Sect have great reputations, but the people they teach are not that good either."

Yu Shiqi scratched his cheek in embarrassment. If someone else had said this about his apprenticeship, he would have been angry, but the other person was a disciple of the Liu family and seemed to look down on his qualifications.

"Don't talk to guests like that."

"I know, I know." Shang Juncheng waved his hand, "Master, go out with the guests. You can't help with the cooking anyway."

Liu Yike folded his hands in front of his chest and snorted unconvinced: "Master's cooking skills are not good, but it's okay to help you guys. By the way, Yu Yanzhi, can you cook?"
Chapter completed!