"Senior, if you chase me again, I will curse you."
Yu Zhi tried hard to calm down his mood and soften his tone. However... the man in black pursued him relentlessly.
Several times, the man in black's hand had touched his shoulder, and it was dangerously close. Yu Zhi had been avoiding it cautiously, and the backyard was easy to hide. Except for the cold lake, almost every part of it had been visited by Yu Zhi.
The clothes on his body have been torn one after another, and there are some very fine and deep blood marks on his body, which are difficult to detect if you are not careful. It looked fine, but Yu knew that every time he dodged, his wound would be affected, and he would grin in pain.
Yu Zhi still didn't see clearly what weapon the other party was using. I had no idea how long it would take to estimate an hour in my mind.
The man in black did not answer, and his figure kept approaching Yu Zhi. Every movement he made was extremely concise, without any unnecessary waste. This was the reason why he kept getting close to Yu Zhi, and Yu Zhi was not a fool. From time to time, small stones or trampled tiles would appear in his hands, and he would throw them at the man in black every time he wanted to get close. This somewhat delayed the opponent's pursuit.
Yu Zhi was sweating profusely. Being able to sweat in such a winter day was painful to enjoy in time. When the cold wind blew, his whole body and mind became extremely cold.
Suddenly, snowflakes started flying in the sky, and then there was a scene of heavy snow. Snow in winter, like thunderstorms in summer, comes suddenly, leaving everyone unprepared.
Uh-huh.
Yu Zhi stepped on the smooth tiles and his soles slipped, and then he heard a splashing sound.
With a splash, Yu Zhi fell into the lake together with many tiles, causing a huge splash. Yu Zhi sank to the bottom of the water, with only the sound of gurgling in his ears, and the water wrapped around his entire body. The lake water that ordinary people find biting is not intolerable to Yu Zhi.
"Oops." Yu Zhi thought to himself. He jumped up and down all over the yard but never entered the lake. Because there is no point of leverage in the lake, if he is seized the opportunity in an instant, the man in black can leave a scar on his neck.
Gulu gulu!
There are bubbles of water constantly emerging from the lake. Yu Zhi didn't dare to show his head and lurked under the water. When he looked up, he could see the blurry figure of the man in black. Being able to discover Yu Zhi behind the rockery, the man in black can naturally also discover Yu Zhi under the water.
Yu Zhi moved quickly under the water, but still felt that his aura had been locked, and a dangerous intuition suddenly appeared in his heart. Because of this tension, Yu Zhi took another sip of water, and more bubbles appeared in the water.
The man in black was hiding under his bamboo hat and his sinister gaze fell on the place where the bubbles were most concentrated. Just as he was about to send out a thunderous blow to kill Yu Zhi, a person suddenly appeared next to him. His breath was also locked.
There was a figure on the eaves. Li Haomiao was biting a piece of dead grass in his mouth and holding his hands in front of his chest, as if he had done nothing, but the man in black could not move.
"I said catch him, but I didn't say you can kill people like this. This is an agreement between us." Li Haomiao said. He doesn't like to keep his word, but he likes to be trusted with his word. "And this hour... seems to have passed."
indeed. An hour and a half had passed since the chase between the two began. Yu Zhi had forgotten the time. The man in black deliberately pretended not to know, and Li Haomiao naturally pretended not to know.
At this time, the man in black finally spoke his first words today. "It has nothing to do with time. Even if I catch him within the prescribed hour, you will not allow me to kill him."
Li Haomiao smiled slightly and retorted: "I am not such an untrustworthy person. How could a great master lie to others?"
The man in black looked contemptuous, thinking that Li Haomiao was the only one who talked about the grandmaster's son every day, for fear that others would not know the same. Which family's master is as shameless as Li Haomiao?
Li Haomiao looked at the figure of the man in black leaving, with doubts in his heart. The man in black was right, he would not let Yu Zhi die in front of him, and he also knew that he could not kill Yu Zhi in front of him, but why did he come and waste all his efforts?
"Come up."
Hearing Li Haomiao's voice, Yu Zhi dared to emerge from the lake.
...
When Yu Zhi and Ye Qinghuan returned to Qiu Mansion, Qiu Ruoruo was already waiting for them.
Qiu Ruoruo was very angry, sitting in Yu Zhi's room with a whip she didn't know where she got it from, waiting for the two of them to open the door.
In the early morning, Yu Zhi and Ye Qinghuan had already slipped out. After eating some soy milk and fried dough sticks from a stall on the street, we headed towards the yard Li Haomiao was talking about. Li Haomiao's appearance in Kyoto was a secret. If he didn't want Li Haomiao to teach Ye Qinghuan something, Yu Zhi would still have kept Ye Qinghuan a secret.
At this moment, the two of them were kneeling on the bed facing Qiu Ruoruo's "torture".
"Say." Qiu Ruoruo said, waving her whip and making a whirring sound in the air.
Yu Zhi and Ye Qinghuan looked at each other and found that this matter was a bit difficult to explain, but they felt that they could not convince Qiu Ruoruo by making random excuses.
"Don't lie to me. You two definitely haven't left Kyoto. I asked all the soldiers at the city gate and told me clearly. What is it that you are hiding from even me?" Qiu Ruoruo's voice was stern, as if she was being tortured to extract a confession. appearance.
Seeing this, Yu Zhi comforted: "Qiuqiu, this thing is actually all Qing Huan's fault. This guy fell in love with a certain girl and insisted on dragging me to check it for him. You also know that I don't know how to say no. , Qing Huan is a brother, so I... reluctantly do it."
Seeing that the disaster was diverted to the east, Qiu Ruoruo stared at Ye Qinghuan, and Yu Zhi also stared at Ye Qinghuan and winked.
Unexpectedly, Qiu Ruoruo suddenly shed two lines of tears, "Brother Xiaoyu refused to tell me even if he lied. I think it must be something important. Even so, Qiuqiu just asked. I only blame Qiuqiu. He’s not Brother Xiaoyu’s best friend yet…wuwuwu.”
Qiu Ruoruo threw the whip, curled up and hugged her legs with her hands, buried her head between her legs, and only cried.
I am afraid of gods and ghosts and most afraid of my daughter’s tears.
Yu Zhi hurriedly stood up, came to Qiu Ruoruo's side, knelt down to persuade her, and finally said helplessly: "Li Haomiao is in Kyoto, let's go see him."
Qiu Ruoruo's crying stopped suddenly. When she raised her head, she saw only two lines of clear tears, only the first two lines of clear tears.
Yu Zhi knew that he had been deceived, but he was not angry at all. He continued, "You can't tell others about this."
Qiu Ruoruo smiled through her tears, nodded hard, and then asked, "When can I see him?"
Yu Zhi fainted, feeling that this was also Li Haomiao's little crush. My uncle is really popular among thousands of girls.
After coaxing Qiu Ruoruo away, Yu Zhi and Ye Qinghuan each began to review the morning's practice. I have to say that both of them gained a lot, especially Yu Zhi.
Ye Qinghuan has passed the stage of seeing each other's moves, and sooner or later he will be able to understand the changes in the rhythm of the sword moves. What Li Haomiao did was to save Ye Qinghuan from taking some detours.
If Ye Qinghuan made progress from one life to the next, Yu Zhi made progress from zero to one. The two are completely different.
One is a quantitative change and the other is a qualitative change.
At the end, Li Haomiao said to Yu Zhi: "Remember the feeling of using Qi."
Yu Zhi didn't understand it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he stared at his hands blankly, and then began to feel the flow of Qi in his body. Originally, only when practicing the Little Man Figure could he control the flow of true energy and let it flow to the limbs and bones. When facing the pursuit of the man in black, Yu Zhi naturally used his true energy.
The use of Qi is the basis of all sword and boxing techniques. Only by using your true energy to the extreme can you become proficient in the moves.
Li Haomiao also told Yu Zhi that his current cultivation level is only the sixth-grade martial arts energy and the third-grade martial arts. Although Zhenqi is more difficult to practice, it is not easy to reach the point where it is worthy of the name.
In the next few days, Yu Zhi continued to go to that yard. These few times, he went alone without Ye Qinghuan and Qiu Ruoruo. There are many people, and the Crown Prince of Chu Palace is coming back soon. If Qiu Ruo wants to make more preparations, he will have the delegation affairs done on New Year's Eve.
Even if the mission is not in a hurry, it will only get colder in the north after the New Year, and the soldiers of the Northern Army cannot afford to wait.
The man in black did not continue to play the chase game with Yu Zhi. Therefore, the content of spiritual practice has become more colorful.
On the first day, Li Haomiao brought baskets of small stones, some large and some small. He threw them one by one at Yu Zhi. At first, Yu Zhi could barely catch them, until Li Haomiao's speed became faster and faster, and Yu Zhi became a living target. Li Haomiao was also very measured. Throwing small stones would not cause serious injuries to Yu Zhi. They were just flesh wounds, but they really hurt.
On the first day, Yu Zhi returned home "seriously injured".
The next day, Yu Zhi put on a new suit of clothes, no longer the thin linen clothes, but three layers of cotton clothes inside and three layers outside, and also put on a piece of armor from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, which made him look like a soldier. It is a mobile humanoid fortress. Li Hao laughed angrily.
Yu Zhi's strategy is very simple. Since he can't catch or dodge, increasing his defense is the best choice.
Unexpectedly, Li Haomiao's attack was even more ruthless. Every small stone penetrated the armor and hit Yu Zhi hard.
"You can ignore the armor's protection if you reach the armor-breaking realm. Do you think I got the title of Grandmaster for nothing?" Li Haomiao smiled and Yu Zhi thought he was smart.
Hearing this, Yu Zhi immediately thought of taking off those miscellaneous protective gears.
Bang bang bang!
The next day, Yu Zhi returned "seriously injured".
Li Haomiao was also very clever in his approach, never saying hello to Yu Zhi's face, so as not to prevent Yu Zhi from going out or seeing anyone.
On the third day, Yu Zhi returned home "seriously injured".
...
This practice lasted for five days, and Yu Zhi was finally able to catch Li Haomiao's small stone. Just when Yu Zhi was complacent, he heard Li Haomiao say: "After the new year, I will guide you with the cultivation level of Kaishan Seventh Grade."
