Chapter 4

Of course, some things are so good that some people can't even dream of them, but for others, they are the kind of misfortune that only happens after eight lifetimes of bad luck.

Suning looked at the extremely angry Li Jing and thought he had already had eight lifetimes of bad luck.

Li Jing looked at Suning with great anger, his face full of frustration, and pointed at Suning, stammering, "You, you, your master doesn't know martial arts?"

Suning said shamefully, "My master's martial arts are very strong. I once saw my master fight with Senior Zhang San, and it was very impressive."

The old man's martial arts were indeed very strong. He claimed he could have sexual intercourse with ten women in one night and still stand firm. Who knew if that skinny old man could really do it? Every household's chef is usually fat and well-fed, right? Haven't you heard the saying, "Big head, thick neck, either a boss or a cook"? But the old man was as thin as a stick. However, based on the things and practical experience he taught me, what the old man said was indeed true.

Li Jing was shocked. The martial arts of the Bearded Guest were rare in the world. If this boy's master could fight with him and it was very impressive, then his master's martial arts must be very high! "Then your master doesn't want to teach you martial arts?" Li Jing thought of a possibility.

Suning blinked, "No, Master and Senior Zhang San both wanted to teach me martial arts, but I refused."

Li Jing's eyes widened when he heard this. If these two people taught together, they could certainly shape a world-class expert! "Why did you refuse?" Li Jing was filled with regret! If his brother's martial arts could be added to the Tang Dynasty, it would certainly be on par with Qin Qiong, a top general! Even if he taught, he could still cultivate a strong seedling. This boy, actually...

Suning said indifferently, "Tired."

Learning the Thirty-Six Scattered Hands of the Cave Mystic and the Classic of the Virgin was indeed not easy, especially the practical part, which was really tiring...

Li Jing suddenly felt unsteady, almost falling over. The guards behind him quickly supported Li Jing. Li Jing looked at Suning's blank face and felt extremely speechless. Heaven! Such a good thing, and he actually refused it! How many people would dream of such a good thing! Heaven! He actually refused it because he was tired! Heaven!

After a long time, Li Jing calmed down and shouted, "All troops dismount! Set up camp! Rest for a day! Have a full meal, feed the horses! Depart tomorrow!"

A deafening response came, "Yes!"

Suning couldn't help but be shocked. Such an army was truly elite and powerful! It was no wonder Li Jing could defeat the Turks with just three thousand iron cavalry. Such elite and brave soldiers would find it hard to lose a battle! But before Suning could praise the Tang army's elite and powerful nature, a voice rang out, making Suning feel dizzy...

"Today you will learn to ride with me! If you don't learn, I will have you tied to a horse and sent into battle with the army!"

The naked threat in Li Jing's words made Suning feel a chill. No one cares! No justice! No freedom! The three mountains of feudalism are truly deadly! Suning didn't know that Li Jing had already considered him his disciple, especially after learning that Suning had refused the Bearded Guest's offer to teach him martial arts, which made him even more frustrated. He must train this boy well! Otherwise, a good piece of steel will be wasted! Li Jing thought.

But for Suning, who had been cooped up in a dormitory for three years, he had a very keen premonition that this was definitely not a good thing...

Facts proved that Suning's premonition was right...

He was almost done for, really, really couldn't take it anymore. Wasn't it just a matter of learning to ride a horse in a short time? Was it really necessary? Was it really necessary? But Li Jing accused Suning of deliberately slacking off and deceiving the old man's feelings, which hurt the old man's fragile heart. So he forced Suning to show all his martial arts skills, without any omissions, or he would show no mercy! With a wooden spear, he beat him hard! So many tears!

Suning himself didn't know why, after getting on the horse, the fear of heights and the feeling of being unable to accept leaving the ground were all gone. It was as if he was a skilled cavalryman, riding the horse as if he had been riding it for a long time, with no sense of unfamiliarity, but rather an unusual excitement, immediately galloping, which surprised all the cavalry under Li Jing. Such superb riding skills were clearly possessed only by those who had ridden for years!

So when Suning returned from galloping and was about to give a speech, what awaited him was a long, fast-flying wooden stick, followed by Li Jing standing with the stick and saying coldly, "At your young age, you deceive the old man. Who said you can't ride a horse? Can someone who can't ride a horse gallop like that? It seems you just want to slack off! Hmph! Under the old man, you still want to slack off? Take the stick and show all your martial arts skills! Otherwise, the old man will show no mercy! Here comes the stick!"

Without any explanation, Li Jing swung the stick at Suning. Suning was about to explain that he didn't know why he learned to ride so quickly and so well, but Li Jing's stick was already in front of his eyes. Suning found that he couldn't speak with his mouth. At this moment, the most powerful words were the stick, but facing Li Jing's increasingly proficient stick techniques after decades of martial arts practice, Suning's "dog-beating stick" technique really had no defense...

"Ah! Old General! Ah! Lighter! Ah! It hurts! Ah! It hurts, don't hit there! Old General, show mercy! Ah! It hurts! Save me!"

Seeing Suning's initial lack of dignity in swinging the stick wildly and his completely unfeigned cowardice when facing his attacks, Li Jing began to doubt that Suning was telling the truth. He really didn't know martial arts, but how did he know how to ride a horse? If he was lying, why say half-truths and half-lies? And his initial cowardly appearance when he first got on the horse didn't seem like an act, but rather real. And the sudden change in Suning's momentum at that moment made Li Jing secretly admit that Suning wasn't lying! He really didn't know martial arts!

Then, how did he know how to ride a horse?

Could it be that he learned it on the spot??

Shaking his head, Li Jing tried to drive this crazy and unrealistic thought out of his mind, but he couldn't. In his heart, he actually thought this guess was possible. He hoped it was true! If this matter was true, then the Tang Dynasty would gain a genius! He really learned it on the spot! A genius!

So Li Jing decided to test him. The riding skills he just used were clearly the ones he had demonstrated, and he had even made some changes, even playing with techniques. So, good! Let the old man test him, to see if he is a genius with a photographic memory or a liar, deceiving the old man! At such a young age, to be able to deceive people, with such deep scheming, he cannot be kept for long! Thinking of this, Li Jing had the intention to kill.

Li Jing began to change his attack method, performing the techniques he knew one by one at a relatively slow speed so that Suning could see clearly. Suning was also puzzled! What was going on? Why could he learn to ride a horse in such a short time and even play with so many techniques? On one hand, he felt happy to lose his fear of heights, but on the other hand, he had only ridden a horse once in his previous life and this was the first time in this life. What was going on? A photographic memory isn't that amazing!

Wait! Photographic memory? Hmm? Why were Li Jing's movements so slow and clear? Why was his brain constantly replaying Li Jing's movements? When he got on the horse, he had the same feeling. Why? Could it really be a photographic memory? And an advanced skill that could be directly applied in practice? This is too crazy! Just being transported to the Tang Dynasty? Nokia became a time-traveling phone, the calendar became the lunar calendar, and could he have become a time-traveling genius?

Suning also decided to try. Calming down, he began to think about each of Li Jing's techniques, and then his body slowly moved, imitating the way. To the surprise of both Suning and Li Jing, that move was a killing move, and Li Jing was unprepared. Suning suddenly used this killing move, breaking through Li Jing's defense and aiming directly at Li Jing's body. Suning, Li Jing, and the surrounding soldiers watching the show were all shocked. Suning quickly moved his spear to the left, and Li Jing noticed this. Realizing that if this happened, the killing move would have no target and would hurt the user, he quickly struck Suning's stick with his own.

"Ouch!" Suning's long stick was knocked out of his hand, and with his unstable stance, he fell to the ground, landing on his face...

Spitting out the dry grass and dirt in his mouth, Suning got up and bowed to Li Jing, "Old General, forgive me. Just now, I don't know what happened. Why did I suddenly... Old General, forgive me!" Suning thought Li Jing would be furious, pick up the stick, and beat him while shouting, "Little brat!" But what he got was Li Jing's calm question, "How many of the moves I just used did you remember?"

Suning was stunned, looked up, and saw Li Jing's eyes, which were full of expectation. Suning didn't understand but still carefully recalled. From Li Jing's first move to the twenty-third killing move, a total of, yes, twenty-three moves! Suning nodded inwardly and said, "Old General, I remember twenty-three moves."

Li Jing was greatly shocked. The stick techniques he just used were twenty-four essential moves he had derived from the spear techniques taught by his master. Each move was a core technique, very practical. Although they looked easy, it was extremely difficult to use them with real power. Especially the last killing move, which was even more powerful. It looked simple, but if you couldn't practice it hundreds or even thousands of times, you couldn't use its essence. Even he had practiced it many times and practiced for a long time to master its essence!

But Suning used that move in a flash, and it was already about eighty percent of the way there, just lacking the strength, seriously lacking! If that move was used by someone like Cheng Zhijie, he would really be dead. But when Suning used it, although nothing happened, it was really embarrassing for him, a veteran general who had fought for decades, to be hit by a beginner. But despite this, Li Jing was still amazed by Suning's astonishing talent!

Recalling what he said, Li Jing no longer doubted, not at all. Although everything happened very coincidentally, wasn't his meeting with the Bearded Guest and Hong Fu also a coincidence? This boy's master and the Bearded Guest both wanted to teach him martial arts, which seemed to be because they saw his astonishing talent. But this boy refused, meaning he was lazy and didn't want to learn martial arts, so he didn't learn. Li Jing couldn't help but feel dissatisfied. His master and the Bearded Guest were too indulgent with this boy! A good genius was wasted!

Fortunately, his talent was truly astonishing. If it were an ordinary person, at this age, it would be too late to learn martial arts, and even if they did, they couldn't become a top expert. But his talent could make up for the lack of innate ability. Although he would be helpless against a world-class expert, as long as he learned his martial arts to a certain extent, it would be enough. The old man would recommend him as his successor!

His son, sigh! Actually likes Buddhism! His grandson, with good talent, but ultimately can't match this boy! He was already old, his son was unreliable, and his grandson was too young. He had to leave some hope for the future and the family! Otherwise, his situation would be very awkward, and his future would be hard!

Suning was also reflecting in a depressed mood. Could it be that the gods and Buddhas thought his previous life was too hard, so they gave him a chance, giving him so many advantages, to give him a chance to be awesome? So a strong light sent him to over a thousand years ago, with so many superior conditions? Then wouldn't his luck be exploding?

Suning didn't know that Li Jing had already started preparing to train him. Considering Suning's lack of strength, he decided to train him hard, turning him into a devilish muscle man!

Suning's hard days were just beginning...

"Martial arts cannot be learned in a day. It seems you didn't lie to the old man. Today you can rest, and tomorrow you will set out with the army. After you achieve merit, the old man will report to the emperor and request a reward for you. You few, arrange a tent for him, and get him a set of military uniform. This outfit, how can it be so colorful? How can it look like a man? It looks like a rich young man!" Li Jing turned and left, and then two soldiers came forward, leading Suning to a tent and then left.

Suning entered the tent in a daze, looking at the fire burning inside, feeling very conflicted. The emperor? Is it the Tang Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, the emperor who pushed the Tang Dynasty to its peak, the emperor known as the "Emperor of a Thousand Ages," the emperor who made all Han people proud, the Heavenly Khan? He would face him? Face this extremely awesome figure? Heaven! This is too crazy! A twenty-first-century nobody, actually going to meet a seventh-century super emperor?

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