The old village chief handed Ogata two small kits that were only wider than an adult's thumb.

"This is it?" Ogata took the little bag and kneaded it a little, but it was empty.

Just a very ordinary little red kit with nothing in it.

"This is our homemade amulet."

The old village head said.

"We really appreciate your help."

"Without you, we really don't know what we would do."

"Since you and Ling Zheng don't want to stay for lunch, at least please accept our thank you gift."

"Our village is poor and white. Can't send anything worth mentioning."

"I can only give you and Ling Zheng one of our self-made amulets, please understand."

"You guys really have a heart." Ogata smiled, playing with the two little kits in his hand.

"Okay, we will accept your thank you and your kindness." Ogata handed one of the small kits in his hand to Atachi beside him, "Thank you for your amulets."

Someone specially came to give a thank you gift, anyway, it's not an extremely valuable thing, if you don't accept it, it will be rude.

For Ogata's gratitude, the old village head quickly said "I dare not take it".

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ogata, the old village head led the villagers who supported him and left.

After watching the old village head and others leave, Mizuno murmured:

“The villagers are very happy”

"Of course." Ogata said, "After all, the bandits who were thinking about their money and food are gone."

Hearing Ogata's words, Mizuno suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Master Mashima, do you think our act of extending a helping hand to them is meaningful?"

"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Mizuno pursed his lips.

After being silent for a while, he opened his lips and said slowly:

"Mashima-sama, I don't think I've ever told you about my past."

"I come from a low-ranking samurai family in Edo."

Mizuno picked up the memories in his mind bit by bit.

"Like many people, I hope to become famous through swordsmanship, so I resolutely decided to leave Edo two years ago to practice martial arts."

"Now that I think about it carefully, I really don't know whether I should evaluate my behavior as bold and fearless, or as young and ignorant."

"Not long after I left Edo, I met Master Hosaka."

"Because I admire the master's swordsmanship and his heroic character. I worship him as my teacher and start to practice with him everywhere."

"Not long after my master and I walked together, something happened that still haunts me to this day."

Speaking of this, a faint look of loneliness appeared on Mizuno's face.

"Not long after we walked together with the master, the master and I passed by a village by chance."

"That village and this village encountered exactly the same thing, and they were remembered by a group of bandits."

"But things are a little different."

"The villagers in that village didn't realize in time that they had been taken care of by the bandits, so they let the bandits enter the village almost unprepared."

"Money, food, and young women were all taken away by bandits."

"The villagers in that village wanted to get their money, food, and women back. So they chose to report to the officials."

"The government in that place is still able to do things. As soon as the villagers became officials, the government immediately organized a manpower, ready to encircle and suppress the bandits."

"And my master and I happened to pass by that village on the eve when the officials were preparing to march to encircle and suppress the bandits."

"Master is a very warm-hearted person. Seeing that the villagers in this village were in trouble, he decided to help the officials and the officials to wipe out the bandits together."

"The government is also happy to see rogues drawing their swords to help, so they agreed to let my master and I join in the encirclement and suppression of bandits."

"The encirclement and suppression of the bandits went smoothly."

"With the superiority in numbers and weapons, the bandits were wiped out. The money, food, and women that were robbed from the villagers were all taken back."

"That was the first time I participated in a real battle with real swords and guns."

"It's also the first time I've killed a bandit who had lost his weapon even though I was chasing a bandit who had no fighting intentions."

"The bandits are gone, and the villagers have all their money, food and women taken back, and then the villagers can live and work in peace and contentment. This should have been a happy ending."

"After assisting the government to wipe out the gang of bandits, my master and I left the village and continued to roam around and practice martial arts."

"A year later, my master and I re-passed that village because of some things."

"But I found that the village is gone."

"I asked someone to find out that the villagers in that village had been killed by another group of bandits a few months ago."

"That group of bandits was not as gentle as the previous bandits. While robbing money, food, and women, they killed all the men and women who looked down on them in the village."

“Even the children are not spared”

From just now, Mizuno's head was buried lower and lower.

At this moment, Mizuno's head was so low that his chin was almost touching his chest.

"It took a lot of effort to save those villagers, but in the end, those villagers died at the hands of other bandits."

"Since this incident happened, I have been thinking: Is it meaningful for my master and me to help these poor people?"

"The behavior of my master and I extending a helping hand to others feels like it's just a temporary solution, not the root cause. It seems like we're just repeating a very meaningless thing."

"The people who helped this village today, in a few months, this village might be targeted by another group of bandits."

Ogata had been listening silently beside him.

Hearing this, Ogata understood what Mizuno was worrying about.

After Mizuno's voice fell, Ookai asked Mizuno in a calm tone:

"Mizuno, you just said that you admire my swordsmanship, right?"

"Ah? Well, yes." Although he didn't know why Ogata asked this question suddenly, Mizuno nodded quickly in response.

"How strong do you think my sword skills are?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Ah?" Mizuno, who was stumped by this question, showed hesitation, hesitated for a long time, and finally said softly, "My sword skills are mediocre, so I don't know how to describe your sword skills."

"In that case, let me show you how strong my swordsmanship is."

Ogata showed a meaningful smile, stood up slowly, and then pulled out the big Shitian at his waist from the sheath.

"Mizuno, do you think people can split the sky in half?"

"Ah?" Mizuno stared round his eyes, his face full of astonishment.

A-machi on the side also showed an expression similar to Mizuno's, with a pair of beautiful eyes wide open, and looked at Ogata in surprise.

"Master Mashima, how can a human split the sky?"

"Then you can see."

After saying that, Ogata walked out of the room quickly.

After walking outside, Ogata raised his upper body and looked at the clear sky above his head. At the same time, he clasped the Da Shitian tightly with both hands, and slowly raised the Da Shitian above his head.

This posture seems to really want to cut the sky in half.

Ogata's solemn and serious appearance made both Mizuno and A-Machi think the same way:

Cleave the sky?how could it be possible?

They clearly thought it was impossible, but the two of them still stared at Ogata uncontrollably, and even their breathing slowed unconsciously.

Ogata didn't confront the sky above his head for too long.

After accumulating enough strength, Xu conveniently aimed at the sky above his head, and slammed down the Da Shitian in his hand!

The wind pressure generated by the swing of the blade stabs straight at the clear sky!

then

Nothing happened.

The sky has not been split, and the few white clouds within the field of vision are still floating lazily there.

"Mizuno, did you see that?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Ogata put Da Shitian back into the scabbard.

"You were right just now, how could a man split the sky."

"The sky is thousands of miles wide, and the sword is only three feet long. Even sword masters and sword masters who have cultivated their swordsmanship to the pinnacle can only cut things within three feet, let alone split the sky."

"We are just ordinary people who know how to use swordsmanship, not gods."

Ogata returned to the house and sat back where he had been sitting before.

"We can't predict everything, and we can't do everything. All we can do is kill some villains who happen to appear in front of us."

"For things like helping people, just do what an ordinary person who knows how to use swordsmanship can do. Why do you think about so many messy things?"

"Give some light if you can. Even if the light is like a firefly, it can bring some light to the darkness. There is no need to wait for a torch to illuminate the darkness."

Ogata recited the words he had used to enlighten Guasheng.

Although this sentence is also "reformed" by Ogata from a great writer he admired in his previous life.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the astonishment and surprise on Mizuno's face appeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Show as much light as you can," Mizuno chewed on Ogata's words just now.

Showing a thoughtful expression, it should be thinking and reminiscing about what Ogata said just now.

At this moment, Kasaka's loud voice suddenly sounded outside the house:

"Mizuno! Mizuno! Where did you go?!"

Hearing Kasaka's shouts one after another, Mizuno was stunned.

"Sorry, Mashima-sama." Mizuno smiled wryly, "My master seems to be looking for me, excuse me."

"Let me take the liberty to ask Mashima-sama, when will you and Reisha leave here?"

Ogata turned his head and cast a questioning look at Atachi.

"I'll just rest for another 2 sticks of incense." Ah-Ming stretched out 2 fingers.

"Then we will leave after two sticks of incense." Ogata turned to Mizuno and replied.

"Two sticks of incense? It seems that it's too late to ask you for advice." The bitterness on Mizuno's face became a little heavier.

After sorting out the expression on his face, Mizuno stood at attention, and then bowed respectfully to Ogata.

"Master Mashima, thank you very much for your guidance."

"Whether it's the suggestion you just said to learn swordsmanship, or your enlightenment to me just now, I have benefited a lot."

"I'm just talking nonsense." Ogata said modestly. ,

After thanking Ogata respectfully, Mizuno quickly left from the sight of Ogata and Atachi.

After Mizuno left, Ah-machi couldn't wait to say to Ogata:

"As expected of someone who can take the first place in the imperial examination."

"It's cultured."

"The sky is thousands of miles wide, and the sword is only three feet long. It's great."

Ogata just wanted to explain this sentence to A-Ming aloud, and his behavior of chopping the sky with a sword just now was not original to him.

He just copied what Yuan did and said to him a few months ago

But after seeing A-Machi looking at him adoringly, with countless little stars shining in his eyes, Ogata silently suppressed the words of explanation.

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