A train was speeding through the wilderness. Luo Kai sat quietly in the corner of the carriage. The Elegance Blade on his back was vibrating slightly, emitting a unique frequency to him. However, Luo Kai did not respond to it.
Today was the day to head to Jinlan Province. Liu Hou brought a group of students who were participating in the martial arts competition and booked several carriages. The students were all seventeen or eighteen years old. Most of them had not left Longyang City yet. They were laughing and making noise in the carriages, which made people feel very irritated.
Luo Kai had only attended a single class in the sports school, so he did not know anyone. Moreover, his mental age was not enough to blend in with these youthful students. Therefore, he could only sit in the corner and silently think about his worries. After staying at Lady Hua's house for a few days, he felt like he was at home. He was very reluctant to leave. He originally wanted to leave for Higashimogami Province after the martial arts competition ended. However, there was something in his heart that he was worried about.
"Ah, look! What a huge lake!"
The students in the carriage were excited. Luo Kai turned his head and looked out of the window. There was a huge lake outside the window. He could not see the end of it. Many fishing boats were cruising in the lake. There were also many birds playing in the lake. The train Luo Kai took last time was a special military train. It was different from the route of the civilian train this time. Therefore, he could see this huge lake.
"It's so beautiful!"
"Yeah, I really want to play in the lake!"
"Yao Qing, I'll bring you guys here to play after the competition ends."
There were continuous conversations coming from the front. It was the students from the sports school. A few youths were surrounding a few girls and talking. Among them, there was a petite girl with a sweet voice that Luo Kai felt familiar. It seemed to be the girl who sat in the front row during his classes in the sports school.
Luo Kai felt that they were too noisy. He got up and walked to the junction of the carriages. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and started smoking.
A man in his thirties walked over. He frowned in disgust and said, "Which class are you from? Don't you know that students are not allowed to smoke?"
Luo Kai put out the cigarette and walked to a carriage in front of him. This carriage was specially set up with private rooms. Liu Hou occupied a private room by himself. He was holding a bottle of wine and drinking in big mouthfuls. When he saw Luo Kai, he smiled and said, "Xiao Kai, sit."
Luo Kai didn't know why, but he felt that Liu Hou seemed to have aged a little. The magnetic field unique to his body was also very weak. He walked to the opposite side of Liu Hou and sat down. He couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart and asked, "Teacher, are you sick?"
Liu Hou drank the wine in the bottle in one gulp and said with a bitter smile, "Haha, you can see it too. I once told you that I have two hearts. When one of them was damaged, the other heart couldn't support the operation of the body. I can't cope with too fierce a battle. That's why I retired from the army and came to the sports school to be a teacher. Originally, I had no problem enjoying my old age. Unfortunately, a month ago, I met a strong opponent and got injured, which triggered my hidden disease."
Luo Kai frowned slightly. Liu Hou should be a high level physical warrior. Only a high level physical warrior could hurt him. He asked, "Is there any way to cure it?"
Liu Hou shook his head and said, "There's no way to save the situation. This hidden disease is called Myocardial Weakness. It's actually a heart disease. After the old injury recurs, the heart will find it harder and harder to support the operation of the body. At most, I can only live for two to three years."
Luo Kai felt a little sad. He didn't have much contact with Liu Hou, so there wasn't any friendship between them. However, this fatty's character was still quite good. It was a pity that he died.
"Xiao Kai, although we are teacher and disciple in name, I have never taught you anything powerful. I'm a little ashamed to say this."
Luo Kai hurriedly said, "Teacher, actually, I learned a lot in the sports school. Moreover, with you as my backer, there was a lot less trouble in Longyang City. I should be thanking you."
"With your ability, why would you be afraid of any trouble?"
Liu Hou waved his hand. Suddenly, he said solemnly, "Xiao Kai, I want to officially accept you as my fourth disciple. Are you willing?"
Luo Kai smiled and said, "Sure, of course I'm willing. However, we don't have to go through the ceremony anymore."
Liu Hou's expression became excited. He laughed and said, "Of course not. However, I still have to give you a greeting gift." He took out a long box from under the bed and handed it over.
Luo Kai already felt the coldness coming from the box. It was Liu Hou's straight blade. This box was only one meter long. Although it was already very long, how could it contain a two-meter long straight blade?
Could it be that the straight blade could be folded?
He didn't take it. Instead, he said, "Teacher, this gift is too valuable. Moreover, I already have a weapon."
As he said this, he pulled out the Severing Blade from his back. The curved long blade trembled slightly in the air. It let out a clear sound. It was clearly a top-notch weapon.
All physical arts students were very fond of weapons. Liu Hou was no exception. He looked at the long blade in front of him with dazzled eyes and said, "It is indeed a good blade. This blade should be called Severing Blade. Xiao Kai, it seems like the matter of the Dragon Shark Camp was really done by you."
Luo Kai paused for a moment. Only now did he remember that this blade came from Pang Kun of the Dragon Shark Camp. He couldn't figure out Liu Hou's attitude, so he stopped talking.
He didn't expect that Liu Hou would actually stand up in excitement. He said, "You have done a good deed that I have always wanted to do but didn't dare to do. The Southern Sea pirates burned, killed, and looted in Seongma Province in the early years. Their crimes were monstrous. Those old guys from the Association for Physical Arts actually ordered their members not to interfere with the internal strife of humans. They really made me angry!"
Luo Kai let out a sigh of relief. He said, "The situation was special at that time. Actually, I didn't want to kill too many people …"
Liu Hou suddenly interrupted him. "You killed them well. Before the Catastrophe, physical arts were called martial arts. It was always meant to stop wars with martial arts. If you don't kill some people, you will harm more people!"
…
Liu Hou desperately wanted to give the straight blade to Luo Kai. In the end, Luo Kai could only accept it. Now he had three weapons, but he didn't know how to use any of them. Relatively speaking, he had practiced the straight blade for a period of time. It didn't require much skill. It was a bit like the Mighty Dragon Fist. The power of the blade depended on the individual's quality.
"Little Kai, there's something I need to tell you. The person you're helping this time is called Luo Yuan. He's the grandson of my former teacher and the son of my Junior Sister. This kid has been mischievous since he was a child. He's ignorant and incompetent, and he's bent on going to Beijing University. Beijing University's annual enrollment quota is very small, and the requirements are very high. He has no choice but to take the route of an exchange student. After he succeeds, my Junior Sister will definitely give him a generous gift."
Luo Kai said indifferently, "Okay. Teacher, you can take a rest."
"Wait."
When he was about to leave, Liu Hou stopped him. He first closed the door of the private room, and then said, "Xiao Kai, last time you said you wanted to learn my method of controlling the heartbeat. In fact, this method came from a concert I attended in Shang Jing in my early years …"
"Ah, a concert?" Luo Kai was surprised. He could hear such a powerful ability just by listening to music!
"Yes."
Liu Hou's face showed a look of nostalgia. He said softly, "It was a large-scale concert. It is said that it is only held once every ten years. I went to see it out of curiosity. As a result, after listening to the concert, I could hear some strange frequencies.
Later, I gradually found that these frequencies should come from the deepest cells of life, or from the origin of life. Everyone's spiritual consciousness and body are not completely integrated. Is it the consciousness that controls the body or the body that controls the consciousness?
No one can say for sure. "
Luo Kai nodded deeply. He had read some books about genes in the library of the Boulder Sports School. Every life had two kinds of memories. One was their own spiritual consciousness, and the other could be called genetic memory. Was it the genes that determined the direction of life, or was it the consciousness that determined the direction of life? Most people might think that it was the consciousness, but in fact, all of your actions and even your thoughts were engraved with the mark of the genes.
Luo Kai stood in place and fell into deep thought. Since he peeped into the secret of the small universe, he had a deeper understanding of his own body. He could understand the spiritual consciousness as the sky, then the genetic cells as the earth. The two together formed his own small universe …
Liu Hou's voice interrupted his thoughts. "Later, I figured out this method of interfering with the operation of the body. The specific method can only be understood and not explained in words. Xiao Kai, if you are interested, you can go and listen to the concert. As far as I know, it will be held again next year."
Luo Kai came back to his senses. In his heart, he yearned for Higashimogami Province even more. It was not only the birthplace of physical techniques that broke through the limits of life, but also the place where humans had the most in-depth research on themselves and the world.