Li Yao slowly drew out the Embroidered Spring Blade, revealing many patterns on its blade.
This texture is created by 'folding and forging'.
Folding and forging not only improves the performance of the knife, but also gives it a variety of beautiful patterns, which are called 'jihazu' (地肌).
This Embroidered Spring Blade should be no less powerful than Shen Lian's ancestral Embroidered Spring Blade, Thunder Cutter.
The Embroidered Spring Blade: Thunder Cutter is very powerful.
In the second part of "Brotherhood of Blades", Shen Lian was defeated by Ding Baiying, and he lost because of his sword.
At that time, Shen Lian was using an ordinary knife.
Later, after he switched to the ancestral Thunder Cutter, his combat prowess skyrocketed. Even when facing a large number of enemies, Ding Baiying's knife was chipped, while Shen Lian's Embroidered Spring Blade remained intact.
Clearly, the Raikiri is a rare and excellent knife.
Li Yao picked up the Embroidered Spring Blade and began to practice the Qi Family Blade Technique.
whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The blade flashed, and the wind howled.
After finishing a set of Qi Family Knife Techniques, Li Yao felt incredibly refreshed.
Clang!
As he sheathed the sword, Li Yao couldn't help but exclaim: "It is indeed a fine sword, much more convenient to use than Jin Yichuan's Double Swallows."
He then issued a command to the system: "System, retrieve the Embroidered Spring Blade."
A flash of light appeared, and the Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand vanished into thin air.
It's amazing!
Very convenient!
Li Yao returned to the main hall and found Ding Xiuzheng snoring.
He found a random place to sleep.
The next day, Li Yao woke up at dawn.
After a good night's sleep, I feel much more refreshed.
He glanced at Ding Xiu, who was still fast asleep.
He took out twenty taels of silver that he had borrowed from Shen Lian and threw it at Ding Xiu.
Ding Xiu immediately opened his greedy eyes, steadily caught the silver, looked up at Li Yao, and asked in surprise and delight, "Is this for me?"
Li Yaozhen suspected that this guy was a greedy dog, able to smell even the scent of silver.
Li Yao said bluntly, "No matter what method you use, get me a fast horse right now, the faster the better. If you do it well, I'll give you another ten taels of gold as... compensation for your ancestral sword sheath!"
Ding Xiu immediately sprang to his feet, grinning, "Uncle-Master is indeed a straightforward person. I'll go find a horse for you right away."
At this point, Ding Xiu suddenly looked puzzled, "But why does Uncle-Master need a horse so early?"
Li Yao said with a half-smile, "Do you know that curious people don't live long?"
Ding Xiu shrank back and gave an awkward smile, "Just pretend I didn't ask."
Afterwards, Ding Xiu led Li Yao to a carriage shop.
Ding Xiu was very familiar with the owner of the carriage and horse rental shop, and he spent five taels of silver to help Li Yao rent a fine horse.
The remaining fifteen taels of silver naturally ended up in Ding Xiu's pocket.
However, Li Yao did not choose the wrong person. Ding Xiu was indeed very efficient, and he was very satisfied with the horse that Ding Xiu helped him rent.
However, Li Yao did not know how to ride a horse.
It's alright, he's already figured out a solution.
Li Yao, holding the reins, asked Ding Xiu, "Ding Xiu, can you ride a horse?"
Ding Xiu nodded and said, "Yes."
Li Yao handed the reins to Ding Xiu, saying, "Let me see you ride around."
Ding Xiu looked puzzled. "Why?"
Li Yao smiled and said, "I can't ride a horse. Let me see how you ride one."
Ding Xiu was taken aback. "Uncle-Master, you can't ride a horse?"
Li Yao nodded seriously, "Yes."
Ding Xiu looked puzzled. "Then what do you need a horse for?"
Li Yao said, "I'm going to ride today."
Ding Xiu was astonished. "Uncle-Master, you're not going to tell me you plan to learn to ride a horse in a single day?"
Li Yao shook his head. "No, I plan to learn it in a little while."
Ding Xiu screamed, "Impossible!"
Li Yao said impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense and show me how to ride a horse."
Ding Xiu was still puzzled. "Uncle-Master, you don't think you can learn to ride a horse just by watching me ride a lap?"
Li Yao's face darkened. "If you keep talking nonsense, believe me or not I'll slap you. Now get on your horse."
Ding Xiu begged for mercy, "Okay, okay, I'll ride it now."
After saying that, he mounted the horse, lashed the horse's rump with the whip, and the horse neighed and galloped away.
Immediately afterwards, a gray orb of attribute light fell down.
Hehe, it really works!
Li Yao glanced around and picked up the gray orb of light.
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Riding Skill' attribute, Riding Skill +5!"
Two more gray orbs of light fell.
Li Yao picked it up with his eyes.
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Riding Skill' attribute, Riding Skill +6!"
"Ding! Successfully acquired the 'Riding Skill' attribute, Riding Skill +4!"
...
Riding skill is a hidden attribute.
All hidden attributes have a gray orb, and hidden attributes do not have a standard value.
Previously, when Li Yao was learning Japanese in the "Ip Man" world, the 'language' attribute orb he picked up was also gray.
Soon, Ding Xiu returned after riding around.
Li Yao obtained a total of 52 points of riding skill attribute from Ding Xiu.
With so many riding attributes, he quickly grasped the techniques of riding a horse.
Ding Xiu handed the reins back to Li Yao and said with a teasing tone, "Uncle-Master, you must have learned to ride a horse by now. Why don't you take a ride around and see?"
Without saying much, Li Yao took the reins and mounted the horse.
Although his mounting movements were somewhat stiff, they were extremely standard and precise.
Li Yao flicked his whip, and the horse neighed and galloped off.
At first, Li Yao was a little unaccustomed to it.
However, he gradually got the hang of riding a horse.
Soon, he was able to skillfully ride the horse.
Ding Xiu, standing to the side, was dumbfounded, muttering to himself, "Impossible, impossible, he must have known how to ride a horse long ago, he must be a big liar."
At this moment, Li Yao rode over, reined in his horse, smiled at Ding Xiu, and said, "Thank you, my dear nephew. See you later."
After saying that, he whipped his horse and galloped away.
Li Yao's goal for this trip was to abduct Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch, before the three Shen brothers could.
Although Wei Zhongxian's role in the film is small, it is extremely important.
The entire plot revolves around Wei Zhongxian.
The film opens with Emperor Chongzhen purging Wei Zhongxian's eunuch faction, and the three Shen brothers are ordered to arrest Xu Xianchun, a member of the eunuch faction.
Then, Zhao Jingzhong, the newly appointed director of the Eastern Depot, falsely conveyed the decree of Emperor Chongzhen and ordered the three Shen brothers to hunt down and kill Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian's presence is frequently seen in the subsequent plot.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian was a key figure.
Therefore, Li Yao set his sights on Wei Zhongxian.
Chapter 23 One Man, One Horse, One Blade Slaying a Multitude of Heroes
As evening fell, dark clouds gathered.
Thirty li north of Fucheng County, on an official road leading to the county seat.
A man and a horse galloped towards them.
This person is Li Yao.
Li Yao knew that Wei Zhongxian had been exiled by Emperor Chongzhen to Fengyang to guard the imperial tombs.
Wei Zhongxian's entourage was large in number and had a significant objective.
Therefore, Li Yao quickly learned Wei Zhongxian's route south.
He didn't stop, chasing southwards at breakneck speed.
He chased them all the way to Fucheng County, but before he even entered the county seat, he could vaguely see a group of people in the distance.