After teaching Qingden Suzhen how to draw and put away the sword, Okita did not teach Qingnob anything new today.

As for why, Okita also explained to Ayoto - at the stage of laying the foundation, if you learn too many things at once, it will be too much and the harm will be far greater than the benefit. He asked Ayoto to focus on practicing Suzhen today.

and draw the sword and put the sword away.

Don't eat one bite and become a big fat man - Qingto naturally understands this principle, so he did not have any complaints about Okita's arrangement, and practiced the practice of sowing, drawing and sheathing the sword in an alternating manner.

Qingden was doing boring, mechanical exercises back and forth, but Qingden didn't feel bored or impatient.

Rather, it was the opposite—the more he practiced, the more interested he became.

The reason is that with the blessing of "Sword Talent", the feeling of making rapid progress is really addictive.

Why are games in previous lives so addictive? Because the positive feedback from the game came so timely.

By killing monsters, you can gain experience points, and then you will see your experience bar increase. After upgrading, you can use the points gained from upgrading to strengthen yourself.

Such quick and direct positive feedback made it easier to memorize words and texts.

You memorize the words seriously, but in the end you still don't remember them - such rubbish positive feedback can make people addicted.

The strong positive feedback brought about by the "Sword Talent" made Qingdeng like a man obsessed, and he stayed in the training hall to practice swordsmanship painstakingly.

Qingdeng stayed in the trial defense hall from morning... until dusk.

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The setting sun was about to sink below the horizon, sending the dark yellow light feebly through the windows into the dojo of the Trial Guard Hall.

Okita, who had been a coach for a day, glanced at the sunset outside the window and clapped his hands vigorously:

"Okay! That's it for today's practice!"

Okita's shout caused everyone in the venue to put down the bamboo swords in their hands, and also brought Qingden, who was wholeheartedly practicing drawing and sheathing the sword, back to reality.

——Huh? Is it so late?

Qingdeng looked at the sunset outside the window with surprised eyes.

Because he had been concentrating on practicing his sword, Qingdeng didn't realize that it was already so late.

Kondo had previously introduced to Aoto: This trial museum opens at 8 o'clock in the morning and closes at 6 o'clock in the afternoon.

Qingdeng observed the sky outside the window - in about half an hour, the sun would completely sink below the horizon.

"That's it for today's practice!" Okita put his hands on his hips, "Let's clean up the dojo together and go home! The world is not peaceful these days, so don't go home too late."

As Okita finished speaking, everyone in the hall responded "Yes" in unison, then put down the bamboo swords in their hands, then took out various cleaning tools such as rags and buckets, and began to clean the dojo.

This is one of the rules of the dojo in this era - unless few apprentices have practiced swords in the dojo throughout the whole day, the apprentices who are still in the sword hall are obliged to stay when the sword hall is closed.

Come down and clean the dojo together, mainly wiping the floor.

In addition to Qingdeng, there are currently a total of 9 apprentices remaining in the trial guard hall.

Because Qingdeng is the new arrival today, all the apprentices in the Quanshiwei Hall are Qingdeng’s senior brothers.

Qingden just followed his senior brothers, picked up the rag, lay on the ground, and wiped the dojo floor that had been "moistened" by the sweat of many people all day long.

Okita also joined in cleaning the dojo.

Not only did he participate, but he was also the most agile with his hands and feet. He wiped one-fifth of the floor of the dojo by himself, and he wiped it extremely clean.

After successfully cleaning up, Okita stood at the entrance of an elementary school like a homeroom teacher supervising the students as they went home. He stood with his hands on his hips in front of the entrance of the trial defense hall, watching every disciple leave the hall.

"Okita-kun, goodbye."

"Well, goodbye. Remember to practice Su Zhen more in private after you go back. Your Su Zhen still needs to be strengthened."

"Goodbye, Okita-kun. I am going back to my hometown starting tomorrow, and it will probably take a few days before I can come to the sword hall to practice sword practice again."

"Well, good. Your Su Zhen also needs to be strengthened. You should also practice Su Zhen more on weekdays."

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At this time, Okita had returned to the cheerful look he always had with a smile on his face. He no longer had the vicious and ferocious demeanor he had when he was teaching people to practice swordsmanship.

Qingdeng was the last person to leave the building.

"Goodbye, Tachibana-kun." Okita smiled and took the initiative to say goodbye to Aoto, "You must be very tired after practicing all day today. Remember to rest early when you go back."

"If conditions permit, it is best to take some time every day to practice Su Zhen."

"Su Zhen is the basic skill among the basic skills. You must practice it more, often and hard."

"Yes." Qingden nodded vigorously, "Goodbye, Okita-kun. You should also go home and rest early."

"I don't have to go home." Chongtian smiled, then extended his right index finger to point to the ground under his feet, "I live here."

"Okita-kun, did you originally live in the Imperial Guard Hall?" Qingto was stunned.

"To be precise, I live in Brother Kondo's house." Okita explained, "Our trial gym is a very typical structure where the owner's home and the dojo are integrated."

"Well, look, the room connected to the dojo is where Brother Kondo and his family usually live."

Okita raised his hand and pointed to a simple private house behind the dojo that was connected to the dojo.

"Our Okita family and the Kondo family have a very good relationship, almost like one family."

"To make it easier to practice swordsmanship, I moved here not long after I joined the Trial Guard Hall and lived with Brother Kondo and the others."

"You can live in the sword hall directly... That is indeed very convenient." Qingdeng said sincerely.

When he was in middle school in his previous life, what Qingden envied most was the kind of people who were so close to school.

He is one of those students whose home is far away from school.

Every day when he goes to school, he has to pedal for half an hour.

Every time Qingdeng recalled this time when he had to pedal like a cyclist every day, he would feel a chill in his heart...

"I remember Kondo-kun told me that his father and mother happened not to be at home today." Qingto changed into a half-joking tone at this time, "And Kondo-kun is not here temporarily due to something else."

"Then in this case, wouldn't you be the only one living in such a big place today?"

"Yeah..." Okita smiled helplessly, "Whether it's cooking or boiling bath water tonight, I have to do it myself..."

"I'm too lazy to cook tonight, so I'll just eat something."

"Ah, speaking of Kondo-kun..." Qingto was startled as if he had remembered something, "Okita-kun, can I ask a question related to Kondo-kun?"

"Hmm? What do you want to ask?"

"I heard Suzuki-kun say today: Our master is 68 years old this year." Qingnobo said slowly, "I'm a little concerned about it... There seems to be a big age difference between the master and Kondo-kun, and Kondo-kun is the master."

His adopted son?"

Today, when listening to Suzuki-kun introducing the "Five Great King Kongs" of the Imperial Guard Hall, Aoto became very concerned about the age difference between Kondo and his son.

According to Suzuki-kun - their master Kondo Shusuke is 68 years old this year.

As for Kondo Shusuke's son, Kondo Isamu is only about 25 years old no matter how you look at it.

The age difference of more than forty years... no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a normal age difference between a father and a son.

"Oh, this..." Okita, whose expression became slightly weird, raised his hand to play with the slender high ponytail on the back of his head, "You guessed it right."

"Brother Kondo, he is the adopted son of the master."

"Brother Kondo was originally the son of a rich farmer family in Tama, and his original name was 'Katsugoro'."

"Master has never had an heir of his own. By chance, he met Brother Kondo."

"Master likes Brother Kondo's character very much, and the swordsmanship talent displayed by Brother Kondo also makes Master very happy."

"So, when Kondo-san was 16 years old, he was officially adopted by his master as the adopted son of the Kondo family."

Having said this, Okita let out a long sigh.

A bit of sadness emerged between his eyebrows.

"As a 'former farmer' and an adopted son, Brother Kondo has always been under a lot of pressure."

"In order not to disgrace the names of 'Kondo' and 'Nori Rishin-ryu', I have always worked harder than anyone else."

"But even though we have worked so hard, there are still many annoying people who cling to Brother Kondo's identity as a 'former farmer'..."

"Even Kondo-nii's mother..."

At this point, Okita suddenly stopped talking, closed his mouth tightly, and then shook his head vigorously, causing the slender ponytail on the back of his head to fly.

"Forget it, forget it! Stop talking about these unlucky things!"

Seeing that Okita didn't seem to want to discuss this topic any more, Aomori was very aware of the current situation and kept his mouth shut, not delving further into the topic just now.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this now. You should hurry up and go home."

Okita waved his hand to Qingden.

"It's almost completely dark. In this world these days, it's better to avoid walking at night."

"After that, I remember to come here often to practice swordsmanship. There is no other way to practice swordsmanship. There is only one way to do it - practice diligently."
To be continued...