Chapter 271 A Solid Foundation
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Even though he was busy touring the warship (and eating on it) and entertaining Yixiao as a guest, Zhang Da also did not give up his swordsmanship training.
During the battle with the beast army under the command of the Golden Lion, Zhang Da also cut off many beast horns, fangs, and claws. These mutated beasts specially cultivated by the Golden Lion may have teeth harder than steel, which brought him a lot of gains.
What Zhang Daye needs to do now is to recall the feeling and make himself use that kind of slashing attack anytime and anywhere.
Such a slash that can cut through steel does not seem to be easily achieved by simply controlling the strength and angle, but requires a bit of mental and willpower coordination. If Zhang Da were to describe it, it could only be said to be a very mysterious feeling.
Such practice was quite exhausting. After feeling a little tired, Zhang Da did not stop to rest. Instead, he practiced various basic moves carefully several times. Then he put away his sword and picked up a towel to wipe his sweat.
I asked with a smile, "Does Tatsuya-kun train so hard every day?"
"Not really. I used to work myself out until I could barely stand up. Now, even though I exercise longer every day, I haven't worked myself to the point of collapsing in a long time."
“That’s really hard work.”
"It's fine. By the way, Uncle Yixiao is very good at swordsmanship, right? Give me some comments?"
"As for the evaluation..." Yixiao pondered for a moment, and finally said, "The foundation is very solid."
Zhang Daye: ...
Is this a compliment or a mockery?
Yixiao sensed that Zhang Tatsuya was in a bad mood, so he asked, "How long have you been practicing swordplay, brother Tatsuya?"
Zhang Da also counted on his fingers. He came here in early May and summoned Altria in early June. Now it is the end of November. "It has been half a year. Half a year ago, I encountered robbers who blocked my way and had to rely on Tom for protection. Haha."
Zhang Da also thought of the machete Sword who gave him the first pot of gold. He didn't know what happened to them, whether they were sent to the Deep Sea Prison or imprisoned in Shampoo.
"You've reached this level in just half a year?" Yixiao was surprised. Judging from the aura he sensed with his Observation Haki , Zhang Da was already stronger than most of the naval colonels he had seen. When it came to swordsmanship, his level was something that many people could not reach even after ten years of hard training.
Although he is not very good in front of him, he couldn't even deal with the gangsters who blocked the road and robbed people half a year ago. To have the current strength can be said to be a rapid improvement!
"The little brother is really gifted."
"Not really, not really." Zhang Da also knew that he was just using a mediocre cheat, and it was far inferior to those real wall-hangers.
At this time, Tom brought in the midnight snack on a tray. When I opened the lid, the aroma filled the air.
"It's ramen, would you like a bowl, Uncle Yixiao?"
"That couldn't be better! To be honest, my favorite dish is ramen." He picked up the bowl of noodles with a smile, and was very happy.
He looks like a foodie, but it’s a pity that he can’t be tricked into getting on board with just a few bowls of ramen.
…
The next morning, the rewards promised by the Navy arrived, two manuals and two boxes of Baileys.
When handing over the manual, Kizaru instructed: "If possible, I hope Mr. Tatsuya will not spread the contents of the manual to others at will."
"Okay, I understand." Zhang Da also agreed. If it can't be spread casually, it can be spread after careful consideration, right? In middle school, he was always good at reading comprehension.
He said goodbye with a smile: "Thank you all for your hospitality. I am about to leave. See you again in the future."
"Well, goodbye uncle. You can come and gamble with us anytime when you are free." Zhang Da also said goodbye with a smile.
"Hahaha..." He laughed dryly and didn't respond. He was fine to be the guest, but he needed to think twice about gambling. He almost swore off gambling after losing last night. Now he urgently needed to go to another casino to build up some confidence. He heard that several large casinos were opened in Shampooland a while ago. He would go and take a look if he had the chance.
Zeole also followed the Qilin Lion to say goodbye: "Thanks to my benefactor for taking care of me these days. If you go to the Kingdom of Brujoa in the future, please let me entertain you well!"
"We'll go check it out if we get a chance. Be careful along the way."
"Then we'll leave now. We'll set out to escort these islands back to the Grand Line." Kizaru said goodbye. He was afraid that Zhang Da would bring more people on board to get breakfast.
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Da also called out to Kizaru, "Excuse me, do you have a chart of the East China Sea?"
Zhang Da also remembered that the navigation information he bought in Shabaodi was all about the Grand Line, and there was nothing about the Four Seas. If you drift around without a sea chart, you will starve to death, unless you are a chosen one like Luffy, who can meet people no matter how you run around.
"Well... I'm sorry, we can't give you our nautical charts." Kizaru was a little embarrassed, "How about this, Stoloberry, ask the navigator to draw the route to the nearest island for Tatsuya-kun."
Zhang Da also blinked his eyes. Are nautical charts really strategic materials?
"Yes!" Stoloberi walked into the cabin and took out a piece of paper after a while. "This is the nearest island. You can reach it in one day at your speed. Although it is not a big town, it should be no problem to find a way to get an ordinary nautical chart."
Zhang Da also took it and saw that it was a simple map drawn in pencil, with the current location and the location of the island marked, as well as elements such as longitude and latitude, and scale, so he handed it to Shark Chili.
Shark Chili nodded: "No problem, I can understand it."
"Thank you very much."
…
More than a dozen islands floated up and warships set sail.
Zhang Da also watched them leave. He got a lot of bonuses and treasures on this trip. He also got the training methods of Rokushiki and Haki, and met Kizaru and Yixiao.
If there is any regret, it is that I didn't have a good chat with Aokiji. This guy is like a dragon that is hard to find. Zhang Da also suspected that he was hiding in some corner and sleeping. He is even more lazy than Kizaru.
After seeing off the navy, Zhang Daye and his companions did not rush to set off, but instead looked at the two manuals together.
Regarding the book on Haki, it first gives a basic introduction to the three colors of Haki, mentioning that Haki is innate and very rare, and cannot be acquired through training. Then it mainly introduces Haki and Haki.
The first is Armament Haki. The best way to learn Armament Haki is to fight against people who can use Armament Haki frequently and experience it firsthand in battle.
The only alternative is to exercise hard and continuously improve your physical strength and control over your body. The stronger your body is, the easier it is to stimulate this power, and the stronger your control ability is, the easier it is to learn to control this power.
In addition, it also records the teaching experience of naval instructors and the feelings of many people when they used armed color for the first time, for reference by others.
"So the navy's method is to select the elite from a large number of soldiers, and then have the seniors who have mastered the armed color beat them up?"
Zhang Da suddenly doubted that Karp liked to beat his grandson with armed sex so much, was he teaching, well... With his personality, he should just be simple and itchy, right?
Rui Mengmeng said: "But none of us knows how to use Armament Haki, so we can only work hard to train."
Ye Yan said: "No wonder they told us to go to the Navy Headquarters to study. They are asking us to go there and get beaten."
"We can go to the Marine Headquarters if necessary." Zhang Da also said, "Look at Kizaru, he ran away so quickly, it seems he's afraid we'll eat there for free. Next time, we can go directly to the headquarters to eat and tire out all their chefs."
A fighting spirit inexplicably ignited in Altria's eyes.
"Let's just keep reading." Shark Chili brought the subject back. He felt that he shouldn't be too rude.
The next part is about seeing and hearing color. The manual attributes seeing and hearing color to the sixth sense in addition to the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. It is an intuition that can be controlled at will.
To master the ability of observation, fighting is still the best way, but the risk is too great, so there is a training method that requires blindfolding, plugging ears and relying solely on intuition to avoid attacks.
However, such training will not produce results in a short period of time. If one can master the Observation Haki in one or two years, one would be considered to have good talent.
Another way is that a few people will awaken their Observation Haki when their spirit is greatly stimulated, but this method is uncontrollable and the risk may be even greater than in combat. If you are not careful, the whole person will be ruined, so it is not feasible.
What follows are still the experiences and feelings of the instructors and other people who have mastered the ability of Observation Haki. Some say it is like having an extra eye, some say it is like overlooking the entire battlefield from the sky, and so on.
After reading the entire manual, Ye Yan said, "It seems that the navy is not able to mass-produce masters who can be domineering. It's just that there are too many people who can exchange experiences, and these experiences can be systematically recorded and passed down from generation to generation, so there will be more and more experiences for future generations to refer to."
As a descendant of a large family, Ye Yan understands this very well.
"In short, if you want to learn, just practice ." Zhang Da also took out the second manual on the six styles.
First, let’s talk about the six styles, including the functions of Shave, Iron Block, Paper Painting, Moon Step, Storm Kick, and Finger Gun.
In addition, the necessary condition for learning these moves is that the so-called "Tao Power" must reach the "superhuman" level of 500 or above to use such moves.
If it is difficult to measure the force, some indicators such as strength and speed are provided as a reference.
Zhang Daye patted Ye Yan on the shoulder and said, "Your physique is probably not up to standard. Keep working on it."
"Damn, this request is too abnormal, right?" Ye Yan wanted to curse. He had been working out very hard for more than a month after arriving here, and his appetite had doubled, but he couldn't even get through the door.
"My condolences. I can learn the shaving and moon steps first. Storm kicks seem pretty cool. Paper painting and finger guns don't seem to be very useful." Zhang Da also quickly decided on his own learning path. As for the iron block? Ugh!
Altria decided to delve into Moon Step first, using Shave as a reference.
Rui Mengmeng didn't have much of her own opinion. After hesitating for a while, she finally decided to just follow her boss.
Shark Chili looked at his hands and feet and decided not to join in the fun. He decided to practice Fishman Karate. If he mastered it, it would be no worse than these things.
Perona's physique is weaker than Ye Yan's, and she has no interest in becoming stronger. Zhang Da also asks everyone to urge her to take physical education classes and do radio gymnastics every day to do the necessary exercises. She doesn't want to learn any six or seven moves.
Brooke looked at the requirements and said, "Yohoho~ It's a little difficult for me too, but my body is so light, maybe I can learn the moon step."
Tom finally squeezed in and squeezed his head in, and looked inside. The manual was just stopping at the page that introduced shaving.
Stomping the ground more than ten times in a flash? Tom retracted his head, stomped the ground quickly, and then tripped over himself, falling flat on his face, with his teeth shattered all over the ground.
It was very Tom to crack his teeth on the wooden deck of the Amber.
But Tom was not discouraged. He leaned back to read a few more lines: "The key point of exerting force is..."
Nodding, Tom tried again, whoosh! Bang! Tom flew sideways, his stomach hitting the horizontal railing, and his entire upper body was crushed into a U shape.
Tom ran back unwillingly and read a few more lines: 'The trick to controlling the direction is...'
There was no problem this time, and Tom tried again with full confidence.
The next second, Tom hit the mast, his limbs stretched forward, and slowly slid down the mast. His eyes turned into mosquito coils, his tongue hung out and spread on the ground, and several small amber ships circled above his head.
"Sexy Tom's online tutorial will teach you the six navy styles in three steps." Zhang Da also carried Tom to the recliner, waved his hands to disperse the three small boats above his head, rolled up Tom's tongue and stuffed it back into his mouth, helping him close his mouth.
"It doesn't look that difficult." Ye Yan, whose physical fitness was also despised by Zhang Da, felt that he was ready again and tried to practice shaving according to the steps in the manual.
Dong, dong, dong... Ye Yan ran from the left side of the deck to the right side, and then ran back from the right side to the left side: "Hmm... It seems a bit difficult."
Zhang Da also asked, "Why don't you tell me how difficult it is after you've finished practicing?"
Ye Yan said: "Didn't I just try it?"
"Oh~" Zhang Da also suddenly realized, "You were just practicing shaving. I thought you were warming up by running these two times."
Rui Mengmeng reminded: "Boss, you'll easily get beaten if you talk like that."
Zhang Da said indifferently: "It's okay, Ye Yan can't beat me now."
Of course, he was talking about a direct physical contest. If a real fight were to take place, there would be a high probability that Ye Yan would outmaneuver him.
As expected, Ye Yan could only helplessly rage: "Don't bully the poor young man, you bastard!"
After a while of arguing, Shark Chili said, "Boss Tatsuya, we should leave early. It feels like the broken ice below is showing signs of refreezing."
"No way? How can sea water freeze so easily?"
Shark Chili said: "There is nothing we can do about this. Although the glaciers have been broken, the temperature is still very low. Also, the ocean currents here are very calm and it is easy for them to refreeze. To reduce trouble, I suggest leaving this area of floating ice first."
"That's right, Kizaru's outline jade doesn't have the function of raising the temperature, so let's leave here first."
They hoisted the sails and headed towards the small island marked on the simple nautical chart.
At the same time, a big news is spreading around the world:
"The legendary pirate ends, and a new era is about to begin!"
