The samurai sword is very heavy. For the Japanese, who are mostly short and malnourished due to genetic defects and unreasonable diet, it is very difficult to use a sword well.

Forcibly using a double sword will often only lead to two embarrassing endings.

Either he couldn't swing the knife at all; or after just a few swings, the rhythm of his body was lost, and his left and right hands began to fight with each other.

Therefore, the Nito-ryu has been regarded as an "evil sword" since its birth and has been long-term ostracized by the Japanese kendo community.

However, the restrictions on the use of the two-knife style are not a problem for Qingdeng at all.

Is the katana heavy?

In the face of talents such as "Nine Bulls and Two Tigers +3" and "Tiger Arm +4", even if the weight of the sword is increased 2 or 3 times, Qingden can still swing it like flying!

The rhythm of the body will be messed up, and the left and right hands will easily fight?

The "Water Body +3" that enhances body coordination and the "left and right fighting" that can do two things mean: sense of rhythm? What is this? It is easy for the left and right hands to fight? What is this?

Regarding martial arts... or in other words, regarding all knowledge in the world, Qingdeng never held a sectarian view.

The learning philosophy he adheres to has always been to embrace all rivers and learn from the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought. Use whatever skills are easy to use, and learn whatever knowledge is effective.

All along, he has secretly learned many practical skills from other schools by relying on "Ghost Heart +5" and "Sword Saint".

For example: the "monkey cry" of the show style, and the "sword drawing technique" and "beater" of the Beichen itto style.

Therefore, like Hijikata Toshizo, he has long ceased to be a purely natural Rishin-ryu swordsman.

Looking back on the past, whether it was in the decisive battle with the anti-barbarian group or when he invaded Qingshui Residence alone, Qingdeng had temporarily used his double swords in emergencies when there were too many enemies.

As far as his personal experience is concerned, if used properly, the efficiency of the two-sword style in killing enemies in group battles is indeed far better than that of the one-sword style.

There is a saying: having many skills does not overwhelm the body.

It is not a bad thing to diversify your attack methods.

What's more, if he doesn't try to develop the two-sword style fighting method, his "left and right fighting" and "water body +3" will be extremely difficult to use.

So, about a year ago, Qingteng decided to learn the two-sword style swordsmanship.

However... the two-knife style is really unpopular.

Looking all over Edo, there are very few dojos that teach Nitōryu.

The only few sword schools that teach the two-sword style are basically mediocre.

The only skilled two-sword swordsman Aomori knew was Chiba Michizaburo.

Since he didn't know any other reliable Nito-ryu swordsmen except Chiba Michizaburo, what he should do was clear - he went directly to Chiba Michizaburo and asked him to teach him the techniques of Nito-ryu.

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Ever since Sanako kissed Aoto in public and their relationship became extremely ambiguous, Aoto's status in the Chiba family has undergone quite significant changes.

Chiba Nobuyoshi always looked at Qingden with kindness in his eyes.

Chiba Michizaburo, Chiba Tamonshiro and others always showed brotherly concern to Aoshinoshi.

In this era when the social atmosphere is still very conservative, a woman takes the initiative to kiss a man in public... Faced with this situation, in addition to "they are already close lovers who are about to get married", the young and old of the Chiba family

I really can't think of any other possibilities.

Whenever Chiba Sadayoshi and others ask Sanako, "When are you going to marry Tachibana-kun?" Sanako always looks weird and doesn't respond.

Her "coy" attitude made them even more convinced that the relationship between Qingto and Sanako was stable!

Everyone, from the eldest son, Chiba Sadakichi, to the youngest brother, Chiba Tamonshiro, all regard Aoto as Sanako's fiancé by default, and regard Aoto as a member of the family.

In fact, except for Chiba Jutaro, they did not know the fundamental reason why Sanako never directly answered the question "When will she marry Aoto?", nor did they know that Sana was not the only one who had an affair with Aoto.

One person...

All in all, with his status as "brother-in-law", after Qingnobo asked Chiba Michizaburo for advice, the other party nodded in agreement without hesitation and taught him everything without any secrets.

In this way, Qingto asked Chiba Doisaburo for advice on the one hand, and on the other hand he found "The Book of Five Rings" written by Miyamoto Musashi and studied it carefully.

Miyamoto Musashi was a Nito-ryu swordsman who was active in the early Edo period more than 200 years ago.

"Book of Five Rings" is his monograph summarizing his swordsmanship and military art throughout his life.

The book records in detail the characteristics of the major Japanese sword sects at that time, and also systematically explains the stance, sword holding posture, and even the specific moves against the enemy and the tactics used when the enemy is outnumbered in the Nitō-ryu swordsmanship he created.

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Some people hailed "The Book of Five Rings" as "a grand ceremony of military strategists as famous as "Sun Tzu's Art of War""... Qingdeng felt that such an evaluation was really exaggerated.

However, he quite agrees with some of the ideas, tactics, and swordsmanship techniques advocated in the "Book of Five Rings."

In particular, the sentence written by Miyamoto Musashi in the book - true swordsmanship is the way to win when fighting the enemy, and nothing else - was deeply appreciated by him.

Chiba Doisaburo's careful teaching, his study of the Book of Five Rings, and his own past experience... Qingto integrated these three together and summed up his own set of "experiences in using the two swords style"——

Generally speaking, there are two main ways to hold the sword in Erdao style:

One is to hold the wakizashi in the left hand and the katana in the right hand. Chiba Doisaburo and the historical Miyamoto Musashi and Ogata Issei all hold the sword in this way.

The second is the reverse, that is, holding the katana in the left hand and the wakizashi in the right hand. There are far fewer Nitō-ryu swordsmen who hold the sword in this way.

However, Qingden's way of holding the sword is completely different from the above two methods.

With the support of the system, Qingdeng's physical fitness has already been outstanding.

He is clearly a "mutant", but he uses his short span as a weapon... This is like "a giant fighting with a toothpick", which is too much of a waste of this extremely powerful body.

In addition, he is also proficient in the art of drawing swords.

When casting Flowing Light, he is used to holding the knife in his backhand to put the knife back into its sheath.

In this way, after a little experimentation by Qingdeng, he gradually mastered the most comfortable way to hold the knife - holding the knife in front of him with his left hand, and holding the other knife in the back with his right hand.

Not only is he holding two katana swords, but the katana sword in his right hand is held backwards - this unprecedented way of holding the sword, Miyamoto Musashi, Ogata Issei and other famous two-sword swordsmen in history have seen it.

I was afraid that I would die suddenly on the spot.

But what the heck!

The sword is a murderous weapon, and swordsmanship is the art of killing.

The essence of swordsmanship is to kill people!

As long as you can kill people and win, it doesn't matter what form it takes!

Because he is holding two knives, both the destructive power and the attack range are stronger than "one knives and one threat".

At the same time, because his right hand is holding the blade backwards, Qingden can put the knife back into the sheath at the most comfortable angle at any time and perform the sword-drawing technique.

Although at first glance, Qingteng's own knife-holding technique seems very unconventional and seems to be nonsense, it is indeed particularly suitable for Qingteng.

As for how to kill the enemy with this weird way of holding the knife... that's too simple.

Qingdeng has no control over what other people think. Anyway, he has always believed that the essence of Erdao Ryu is that bricks fly with great force, and miracles happen with great force!

To put it crudely, it’s just sending it blindly, so cut it off!

If you are duel with someone, you will spread your arms, swing your swords, and launch an overwhelming and continuous attack, disrupting the opponent's rhythm and leaving the opponent with no chance to fight back or parry.

If there are one against many, when enemies attack from all directions, they must be driven in the same direction, and attention must be paid to distinguish which enemies attack first and which follow behind.

Defeat the first batch of enemies first. At the same time, pay attention to the overall situation of the battlefield and the enemy's position. Use your left and right hands to swing the sword alternately to kill the enemy.

When you draw the sword, kill the enemy in front of you, and when you put the sword away, kill the enemies on both sides.

It is unwise to wave your sword and wait for the enemy to attack. You must maintain an offensive posture at all times. Once the enemy appears, you must immediately attack with force, slashing until it collapses, and then slash the next enemy who is about to move.

In the process of killing the enemy, the most important thing is to drive away a school of fish. Once the enemy's formation is chaotic, you must not hesitate to attack with thunder!

There is no doubt that Aoden has created a brand new style of two swords.

He tentatively gave it the name "Tachibana's Two-Sword Style".

However, when facing a powerful enemy in a one-on-one battle, Qingto is still better at using the natural flow of emotions.

Natural Rishin-ryu is a swordsmanship that Qingto began to practice hard the day after he traveled to this era.

It is no exaggeration to say that every move and style of natural Rishin-ryu is integrated with its flesh and blood.

Tachibana's two-sword style is only suitable for group fights and brawls.

When it comes to one-on-one "single point explosion", one has to have a natural flow of emotions to bring out the maximum combat power of Qingto.

Therefore, during the previous "Edo Conquest", Ayoto never used Tachibana's Two-Sword Style.

When encountering a strong enemy, use natural rationality to fight against it.

When encountering a large number of miscellaneous soldiers, he would pull out two swords and switch to Tachibana's two-sword style to cut the grass.

At this moment, Qingteng's offensive, his ghostly and fierce posture, can be said to have profoundly implemented the essence of group combat of his Tachibana style two-sword style - attack, attack, attack again!

Attack when the enemy is well prepared.

When the enemy's flag is in disarray, it's even more important to attack!

One hit!

Another blow!
To be continued...