At this time, in the Marshal's Mansion in Qingshan Pass City, Marshal Hong was sitting alone in Nuo Da's living room on the wide wooden chair at the top of the living room, leaning on the back of the chair, looking up at the ceiling, his eyes moving constantly. He was stroking his chin with one hand, lost in thought.
"The guard over there reported that Li Yan was called into the room by Ji Wenhe this morning. He must have officially become a disciple, and the next step should be to start practicing." A voice came from the corner of the hall, which was where four people hugged each other. At one of the pillars of the hall, if you look carefully, you will see an unusually stocky man standing there. His body overlaps with the shadow of the pillar. He is not tall. He is wearing a soap robe and is piled on top of the base of the thick hall pillar. There.
"I was surprised that he didn't ask this boy to become a disciple immediately last night. Considering that his health seems to be getting worse and worse, he can still be so unhurried and unhurried." Marshal Hong didn't look over there, still staring. Looking at the ceiling, he said this.
"Then senior brother may have seen that he really can't suppress the poison in his body, or is he just pretending to be so?" said the big man in soap robe.
"Nine times out of ten, it's true. Whether it's the usual news about the guard over there or judging from his constant search for disciples in the past few years, it doesn't seem to be false. But even so, we have little chance of winning with force. His The martial arts of both of us combined, even if he is in his current state, he is still no match for him." Marshal Hong continued.
"Senior brother, don't exaggerate. Although his martial arts has reached the realm of transformation, first of all, the poison in his body requires a lot of internal energy to suppress. Secondly, my two senior brothers have also stayed in the realm of top masters for more than ten years. Since then, Transformation is only one step away, and with the combined strength of the two of us, we may not be able to capture him." The tall man in soap robe said in an angry voice.
"Junior brother, that is the last option. Now I am thinking about how to start with that boy. His disciple last time has never come out since he entered the Military Advisor's Mansion. It is difficult to have the opportunity to contact him. It was only more than a month ago. He died an untimely death. What senior brother is thinking now is, did he really practice improperly? Or is his technique really as he said, and people without special physiques cannot practice it. If it is the latter, what will happen in the end if we put so much effort and effort into it? It's not all in vain." Marshal Hong was still looking at the ceiling, frowning.
"Senior Brother, there is no skill in the world that cannot be practiced. Even poisonous and evil skills can be practiced by those who possess them. It is only about whether they are suitable or not, not whether they can be practiced. I have never heard that internal skills are very important. What are the requirements for human body constitution? Take the mental methods of our sect ranging from low to high. If they were given to the disciples, which one would not be able to practice? It would only promote different speeds of progress." The tall man in soap robe also frowned and said.
"What you said is exactly the reason why I don't want to give up. Even if it is martial arts from the evil sects of Jianghu, if we want to practice, there is nothing impossible. It's just a question of whether it's worth it or not. His excuses like this , it should be the reason why they don’t want to spread the word, but what is so special about Li Yan and that disciple last time? I used my internal force to measure this kid’s meridians yesterday at the school military field. They were very ordinary, and even There are many young men in the army, but he has been selected from hundreds of thousands of people for several years. This is what I can't understand." The hall fell into silence again.
After a moment, he turned to the tall man in soap robe and said, "Junior brother, no matter what basis he accepts disciples now, and no matter what he does for accepting disciples, he must teach some skills to the people he accepts. What we want What we have to do is to try our best to get in touch with Li Yan, and then obtain these methods from him. From the perspective of you and me, we can still see some clues from these methods, and then we can make further plans. ”
After a period of silence in the corner of the hall, the sound of footsteps gradually began and slowly faded away. Marshal Hong was still sitting silently in the large chair. The hall was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.
In the evening, in Daqingshan, Lijiacun Changbo and his son Li Wei returned from the fields as usual. Although the harvest in the fields was a foregone conclusion after the locust plague, some were still retained. The farmers' feelings for food were like a loving mother and a wanderer. Every grain of grass is hard work, which is not something that those big men can understand. Every family in the village still has to go to their own fields every day to cultivate and maintain the few remaining fruits.
Chang Bo would always come back early before dusk when it was still very bright. After arriving home, his wife and fourth daughter would prepare a simple dinner early in the morning. They had to finish their dinner before dark to avoid getting dark. I still have to light the oil lamp for a long time. Life has been difficult these past few years, so I have to save money on lamp oil.
Since Li Yan left yesterday, the atmosphere at home has been depressing. "His father, the village chief should be back today, right?" Li Yanniang watched the other people eating the potatoes in the bowl one bite at a time, but she herself didn't move her chopsticks. At this time, she looked at her husband with a miserable look on her face. asked.
"I asked you, why are you such a nagging mother-in-law? Since yesterday noon, you have been asking this question from time to time. How many times have I told you this? It takes at least two days to go back and forth. This is why things are going smoothly. You You can eat your food with peace of mind." Li Yan's father raised his head, his face was impatient and annoyed, and he tapped the edge of the bowl with his chopsticks, making a "ding" sound.
"You went to the fields early this morning, and you only came back after a day to say these words. Why do you keep asking where you are?" Mother Li Yan murmured in a low voice.
Li Wei looked at Li Xiaozhu, and Li Xiaozhu happened to be looking at him as well. At first, the two of them wanted to ask a few questions, but seeing this, they did not dare to say any more. In fact, they both knew that even if they asked, Dad still didn't know. He just felt that it was just such fruitless words. If everyone talked about it more, they would feel better.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a loud voice came in, "Uncle Chang, I'm back, I'm back, haha." Upon hearing this voice, everyone in the room perked up. It was Li Guoxin's voice. Suddenly the tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks were all in chaos, and several people rushed out of the room.
Looking at the overturned stools, chairs, chopsticks scattered on the table, and the potato that was still in the bowl after eating a few bites, Li Yanniang looked at the three nervous figures and spat, "You damn thing, you're not Aren't you in a hurry? It's time for reincarnation." Then he stood up and walked out of the house in a hurry.
Outside the house, Li Guoxin was walking towards Li Yan's house, followed by a group of children and several villagers in the village. Before he could reach the door, he saw three figures running out of the house like flying. When he looked closely, it was Chang Bo and His two children were followed by Mother Li Yan who was also in a hurry. When Chang Bo saw Li Guoxin, he quickly stood up. Li Wei and Li Xiaozhu also came forward. Chang Bo took a breath, and then said with a smile, "Guoxin, you are back! Come, go into the house and drink water, slowly explain."
Li Guoxin looked at Uncle Chang's calm face, but his eyes were full of anxiety. He couldn't help but laughed again and said, "Haha, Uncle Chang, I won't go in. The carriage that just entered the village is still tied up." Up front, Li Yu and Li Shan's houses haven't been gone yet, so they came to your place first. After talking to you, I have to go to their houses to report the news."
When Chang Bo heard this, he nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes." Then the three of them, Li Wei, looked at Li Guoxin expectantly.
At this time, Li Guoxin was patting a few village children who were circling and playing around him. "Go, go, go back quickly and let the adults at home go to my house later and take back the things they want." A group of children listened and said, "Oh. , oh..." they left happily, some ran to their homes, and a few ran to the villagers who came with them. The few villagers I met at the head of the village were standing by with their arms folded or patting their children's heads with interest, listening to the news the village chief had brought back from the city.
Li Guoxin waited for these children to leave, and then turned to look at Li Yan's family, who were already smiling forcefully and unable to urge them. Li Guoxin's face straightened and he said, "Uncle Chang, I didn't even go to their two houses first. I came to you first, but I have great good news to tell you."
"Oh, Uncle Guoxin, what's the good news?" Li Wei interjected from the side, and the other three people also looked at Li Guoxin nervously and expectantly. Several surrounding villagers also asked their children to stop playing and came closer to form a small circle.
Seeing this scene, Li Guoxin stopped showing off and said, "Uncle Chang, the feng shui of your ancestral tombs seems to be very good. Li Yan entered the city this time to recruit the Guards, but who knew..." Li Guoxin So he told what happened in the city one by one, and also added some introductions about the deeds and background of Master Ji, so that they would not know the origin of the person Li Yan worshiped.
As he was talking, many villagers came around. When everyone heard this, they were stunned at first and didn't know what to say, and then the pot exploded with a bang. Various voices kept talking, and Chang Bo's family was already I stood stunned on the spot, in disbelief. Li Yan actually became a disciple of a man whose reputation was more famous than Marshal Hong. Is this military advisor really so capable? But seeing Li Guoxin's confident expression, everyone still chose to believe it. People in the mountains have little knowledge, and the village chief is already the biggest official. Occasionally, a small official comes from the town, and he feels like an emperor. Similarly, the people in the mountains are also simple, and they always believe in the words of the village chief.
"Oh my God, my God, my God..." Mrs. Li Yan stood in the crowd and murmured to herself, as if she was in a dream. After Chang Bo stood dumbfounded, tears welled up in his eyes.
In the Military Advisor's Mansion, Li Yan's door had been closed since lunch, and a small black wooden sign was hung on the handle outside the door.
After Li Yan finished lunch, he did not choose the empty room next to him as his training room. He thought it would be good to be in his own room. He hung up the black wooden sign and closed the door. He pulled out his chair, sat at the table, and picked up the The little wooden man carefully thought about the "Breathe Guidance Technique" exercise route in his mind, and then carefully confirmed the direction of these routes at the little wooden man, while recalling the mental formula again in his mind. He didn't want to become like that Brother, the same result.
Just like that, after about one stick of incense time passed. He put down the wooden figure, sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, and began to practice according to the formula. However, he decided in his heart that if he found something wrong, he would stop practicing immediately.
What he didn't know was that the practice he started today would change the trajectory of his life, and he would embark on a long road of exploration.
