Chapter 127 Strength (Two in One)

The next morning.

On the balcony of the bedroom on the third floor, Lu He finished his meditation and looked up at the horizon. The sun had just risen. It was still early and he hadn't heard the morning bell at seven o'clock.

He decided to walk around the entire castle first to get familiar with the environment.

Along the lawn path, he began to walk slowly between the buildings and structures, combining the remaining memories for comparison.

The buildings were large and small, with different functions. Some were guest rooms, some were storage rooms, and some were collections, receptions, and other purposes.

Lu He spent twenty minutes, from slow to fast, and quickly walked around the entire castle.

The servants of the manor had gotten up long ago, cleaning, feeding horses, washing clothes...

The guards began their morning exercises.

He met many along the way, and they all saluted respectfully after seeing Lu He.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Three melodious morning bells rang.

Lu He looked up at the tallest bell tower, and there was a person faintly ringing the bell on it.

He turned and strode towards the main building in the middle.

It was time for breakfast.

There were only him and three beautiful ladies sitting opposite each other at a rectangular wooden dining table.

They were the three wives of Solon's father, wearing red and black-edged noble clothes, looking about 30 or 40 years old, all very beautiful, each with their own merits.

These were the current core members of the Soros family in this manor.

There were only him and his married sister in Solon's generation, and only one person in his father's generation.

There were two people in his grandfather's generation, but they had left the Soros family for some reasons.

Looking at the sumptuous food neatly arranged in front of him, Lu He could only sigh that the nobles' lives were really luxurious.

Butler Jose and several servants stood aside. Lu He looked at the stubborn old man and invited him to eat together, but the old man smiled and refused.

He did not force it. Many times, rules have their meaning of existence. If you don't have the strength to override the rules, it is better not to break them, which may hurt yourself.

Lu He didn't like to talk while eating, so there was no other sound on the whole table except the collision of silverware and plates.

Just as breakfast was about to end, the eldest lady Hannah put down the tableware in her hand and looked at Lu He across from her nervously.

"Master Sauron, I want to live with Holly for a while in a few days, is that okay?"

The third lady, Joan Di, on Hannah's left, also stopped when she saw this, and looked at Lu He expectantly with her beautiful eyes.

Lu He did not answer immediately, but cut off a small piece of cooked beef and looked at the butler Jose on the side.

The old man had a blank expression on his face, as if he was letting him make the decision.

After thinking for a while, Lu He shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Holly is Sauron's half-sister, married to an earl in the southern coastal province of the Crescent Empire.

After hearing Lu He's answer, Hannah's face flashed with disappointment, stopped talking, lowered her head and ate silently.

The tradition of the Soros family is that the direct male has all the right to speak, and women, even the mistress, do not have much power and status.

Lu He knew what they were thinking, and wanted to leave the Soros family because their only support in this family was gone.

The social atmosphere in the Crescent Empire is very open. If the husband is gone, the wife can choose to remarry or stay at home, but the prerequisite is that the new head of the family must agree.

But Lu He refused. He has not sorted out the family affairs yet. It is not too late to let them go after waiting.

He still has some doubts about the death of the original owner.

He carefully studied this curse. It can only be said that it is relatively low-end. It requires some special media on the cursed object to be cast, such as blood, hair and other things.

The original owner is an extremely self-disciplined person. Except for school, he is at home and basically does not go out to fool around. The people who can get these things are probably family members or classmates.

So, wait a while.

…

After breakfast, Lu He returned to the bedroom and changed into a looser training suit.

He opened the box in the corner and took out a long sword in a black sheath. The sword mouth was inlaid with a crescent moon, and the scabbard was engraved with exquisite and mysterious curves, indicating that this sword came from the Byzantine Kingdom on the other side of the Crescent Empire.

Came to the training ground.

Mark had been waiting for a long time. In fact, he was quite hard-working. He had three jobs: guard, driver, and sparring partner.

Mainly, everything he had now was given by the Soros family. No matter how hard or tired he was, he had to endure it.

Of course, the Soros family did not treat him unfairly. Not only did they give him strength, but they also gave him wealth and status far beyond that of ordinary people.

"Master Sauron, if you are ready, then we can start." Mark stood with his sword on the empty training ground.

This training ground was used exclusively by the master family, so there were only two of them in the two basketball court-sized training grounds.

Hearing Mark's question, Lu He nodded, indicating that he was ready.

"Master Zoro, let's practice the swordsmanship of the Ancient Court Style that we learned last time, and see what you haven't mastered, and then we can practice actual combat."

Although Mark is only a high-level knight squire, only one level higher than Lu He, he has been at this stage for nearly ten years, and has been through hundreds of battles. He has practiced swordsmanship of various schools to perfection and integrated them into one. In terms of swordsmanship alone, he is no worse than some extraordinary knights.

The reason why there has been no breakthrough is that the transition from a knight squire to a knight is too difficult.

Lu He recalled the memories in his mind, then pulled the long sword out of the sheath, swung it casually, and a cold light flashed in the air.

He took a half step forward with his right foot, bowed his feet and pressed his steps, and the sword in his hand was also held flat in front of his chest.

Seeing Lu He's standard movements, Mark was not surprised. The ancient court swordsmanship was not a very advanced swordsmanship, and the movements were not complicated. For those who have strong control over their bodies, as long as they practice diligently, they can copy the original moves.

Lu He's mind was highly concentrated, and the muscles of his whole body trembled slightly with an undetectable amplitude.

Suddenly, the tip of the sword pierced out like a black line, and a fighting atmosphere rose up.

The figure rushed forward with the flashing steps, and the long sword suddenly tore through the air and pierced into a space in front of him.

The cold light flashed on the tip of the sword, and flowed backward along the sharp blade. When the offensive was not over, the long sword pressed down!

As the sword tip approached the ground at a rapid speed, he rushed forward again, changing the sword pressing to dragging, and raised it with his backhand, sweeping up a stunning arc of light.

Mark nodded with satisfaction. These moves already have the essence of the ancient court swordsmanship.

Lu He could clearly feel his body movements, the hot currents in his stomach flowing to all parts of his body, the blood flowing out of his heartbeat was surging, every inch of muscle stretched and contracted, and all organs were running in an orderly manner.

He constantly adjusted his movements when he drew his sword, and found the most suitable way to exercise himself.

As an anatomist who is proficient in the subtle structure of the human body.

As a fighting master who is proficient in all kinds of fighting skills.

As a weapon master who is proficient in all kinds of long and short weapons.

As an innovative expert who combines national martial arts with knights.

This way of exercising the body is like Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts for him.

Sweat soon wet his clothes, and a lot of invisible heat was steaming from his pores.

The blatant sword moves appeared in Lu He's hands one by one, and a complete set of ancient court swordsmanship was performed over and over again.

There is no swordsman's elegance and grace, no swordsman's agility and grace, but some movements are ugly, sometimes just like a clown waving a stick in the air.

Mark did not call for a stop, but looked solemn, and was secretly shocked.

He could see that Master Zoro's ancient court swordsmanship had gradually deviated from the original normal routine.

The angle and strength of some moves were greatly adjusted, and the whole set of swordsmanship was changed beyond recognition. If he was not familiar with it and could vaguely see the shadow of it, he might think it was another set of swordsmanship.

But Master Zoro gave him an unusually harmonious, smooth and natural feeling, as if this set of swordsmanship was tailor-made for the young master.

In just over ten minutes, he keenly noticed that Master Zoro's strength and speed of swordplay had increased a lot.

This is the strengthening of the body under this kind of exercise!

Mark opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time. According to this speed of strengthening, Master Zoro may reach the level of a high-level knight attendant in a month, or even two or three weeks!

While he was shocked, he was also confused. What happened to Master Sauron? Compared with the past, the whole person seemed to have undergone a radical transformation.

In the past, although the young master was also very talented in cultivation, he learned swordsmanship very quickly and practiced in a methodical manner.

But it was not like now, he had comprehended the inner essence, was not bound by external moves, and made moves at will. He had a moderate control over his body and exercised it just right.

Even he couldn't do this level of smoothness, no, it should be said that it was far from enough.

Was it the death of the head of the family that stimulated him, or was the boy different every day, and then suddenly opened his mind?

Mark thought for a long time, shook his head, and stopped investigating. Such a change is a good thing after all.

Lu He frowned and stood with a sword. He was not very satisfied with the speed of physical enhancement now.

Roughly calculated, he had just practiced for more than ten times, and his physical enhancement was less than half a level. He was used to the speed of the high-speed rail before, and suddenly changed to a bicycle, which was a bit awkward.

Alas, I have to find a way to quickly enhance my physical fitness and break through the knight level after reaching the limit.

The body wants to reach the limit by absorbing energy, and then exercise to strengthen various organs.

At present, he feels that the main factor affecting this process is the absorption of energy. The strengthening speed is okay, but the speed of absorbing energy from food through the stomach is too slow.

When he was on Earth before, he directly absorbed the energy of plants and animals, but now there is an extra step in the middle.

After thinking for a while, Lu He shook his head, looked at Mark on the side, and said, "Mark, let's start sparring."

"Master, don't you need to rest for a while?" Mark was stunned and said with his mouth closed.

He felt that the master's physical energy consumption just now should be very large, and he wanted him to rest for a while.

But he didn't know that this state was the best state that Lu He thought, the whole body has been active, and all kinds of senses on the body have become more acute than usual.

So for Mark's kindness, Lu He just shook his head gently and said, "Let's start."

Seeing that the master insisted on starting, Mark no longer insisted, and the hand holding the sword pulled it out, and the long sword rose with the sheath.

"You first."

Lu He wanted to see how strong Mark was.

Mark didn't hesitate, and with a swish of his long sword, he attacked first, moving his feet and sprinting...

He used several basic steps, and his fast movements could make the opponent's prediction inaccurate.

But it also depends on who the opponent is.

If it were any other servant, Mark's series of fast and complex movements would have caught people off guard.

But Lu He is different. He is a man who has mastered all kinds of top fighting techniques on Earth.

Although Mark's speed is extremely fast, and the long sword in his hand is full of afterimages, it is simply dazzling to normal people, but in Lu He's eyes, it is still clearly visible.

He blocked the long sword on the left side, and a sound of metal and stone clashing sounded. Before the aftereffects completely disappeared, he swept the long sword in front of his legs with extremely fast hand speed.

There was another crisp sound... The confrontation was too fast, and the two swords collided five or six times in an instant.

In one round, the direction of the long sword in Mark's hand suddenly changed, and it accelerated instantly.

He caught a glimpse of a black shadow from the corner of his eye. Although he couldn't see it clearly, Lu He vaguely noticed it and jumped back directly. The attack point was indeed his lower body. The long sword hit horizontally. If he hadn't reacted quickly, there might be another purple bruise on his leg.

"The physical fitness of high-level knight attendants is stronger than that of mid-level ones in all aspects, and Mark is an old hand, so I will fight with all my strength."

In this moment, Lu He had an intuitive experience of Mark's strength and decided to let go and see how big the gap between him and the high-level knight attendants was.

Lu He took advantage of a collision and took advantage of the force to move back a few steps.

Then, he slightly arched his back, his whole body tensed up, and the muscles under his clothes bulged like iron blocks. He slowly raised the long sword and pointed it directly at Mark in front of him.

Mark knew that the young master was going to attack, but he only paid a little attention and took a defensive posture.

Although he was shocked by the great progress of the young master's swordsmanship, the most important thing in actual combat is the strength, speed and reaction of the body. He is far better than the young master in these three aspects.

Swish!

Lu He didn't accumulate much strength and launched an attack directly. He just swung a sword casually, but the friction between the sword body and the air produced a sharp explosion, and the tip of the sword pierced Mark's chest.

In a flash, the distance of a few steps was shortened in an instant, so fast that there was no time to blink.

Mark's face changed. He didn't expect the sword to be so fast. He could only hold the sword across his chest to block it in a hurry.

However, how could Lu He's attack be blocked so easily? With a slight twist of his wrist, the tip of the sword instantly moved to the right, avoiding Mark's sword.

Mark's face changed again, with a low roar, his veins bursting, his body twisted forcefully, the sword blade slid past his clothes, and his belly felt a chill.

Just when he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, the long sword seemed to have no inertia, biting towards his heart like a tarsal snake, accurate and deadly.

Ding!

A crisp metal collision sounded, and Mark blocked the attack with his backhand with his rich experience.

But before he had time to catch his breath, a flash of sword light flashed in his eyes, and the sword blade wiped his neck again.

"Fuck!"

Mark cursed, and there was no time to resist. He exerted force on his right foot and his body retreated rapidly.

But in front of him, a little cold light followed closely.

Ten minutes later.

Mark staggered back, dropped the long sword in his hand, and sat on the ground, his always strong hands trembling constantly.

Beads of sweat flowed from his forehead to his cheeks, his chest was constantly rising and falling, and he breathed in big mouthfuls of air to replenish the body's lack of oxygen caused by short-term intense exercise.

Raising his head, looking at the back of Master Sauron leaving, Mark felt bad.

He felt that the master's sparring partner would have to be replaced in the future.

Facing the master's attack just now, his performance was relatively poor, and he had no power to fight back and could only desperately block and block, not daring to be distracted at all.

He felt that he was not facing a young boy of only sixteen years old, but a long-established swordsmanship master.

…………

Nicole opened the curtains, and the sunlight shone into the house through the window, dispelling the darkness in the bedroom.

There were curved stripes on the tan wooden tub, and there were several plates next to it, filled with tempting pastries, and a cup of warm milk tea, steaming with a lingering aroma.

Nicole came to the tub, half leaned over, and gently wiped the sweat off the panting Lu He inside with a soft towel.

There was a hot breath in the air, which made her cheeks slightly hot. She turned around quickly while scrubbing the towel.

She tucked the hair around her ears, and her surging emotions slowly calmed down.

Lu He closed his eyes and slowly adjusted the minor hidden injuries that appeared after the intense exercise.

After fighting with Mark, he had a bottom line on his current strength.

It was equivalent to a high-level knight attendant, and he should be at his peak at this stage. Unless he met someone who was as proficient in fighting techniques as him, no one could beat him.

If he reached a high-level knight attendant, under the condition that his physical fitness was at the same level, then he should have no opponents below the knight level.

He estimated that this time should be about ten days.

…

Under the respectful greetings of many servants, the old butler Jose hurried to the hall.

When his black leather boots were about to step onto the stairs, he seemed to remember something, retracted his right foot, and raised his hand to call a maid who was wiping things nearby.

"Master butler, what do you want?" The maid asked respectfully with her hands clasped in front of her.

"Go to the warehouse to find Das to get a recovery potion and a strengthening potion, and send them to the young master."

"Yes, Master butler."

Jose stood quietly for a moment, then turned and left the hall.