When Gu Xifeng and Hou Hou returned to their residence, it was still difficult to recover.
"Xifeng, it's hard to accept that we are suddenly separated. In the past few years, we have been almost inseparable. I am definitely not used to being left alone." Monkey said sadly.
"You have to adapt even if you are not used to it. Huang Xin is not only our commander and master now, but also a big creditor. No matter what he says, you must listen to him." Gu Xifeng said helplessly.
Golden Retriever and Ye didn't understand their master's sadness. An eagle and a monkey played happily on Gu Xifeng's bed.
At this point, there was nothing that could be done. After sighing for a while, the two of them adjusted their emotions, and there was no longer an atmosphere of separation.
"Monkey, how come you can kill with Baihua without accumulating energy?" Gu Xifeng asked curiously, remembering the competition with Xingxiu Wei just now.
"Hey, I'm pretty good. The charging movement of Baihuasha has too many flaws, and it's easy to be broken in battle. I found that what is needed to activate Baihuasha is momentum. The momentum of moving forward can be accumulated while moving. After I kept trying, and I finally succeeded, but if I don't do the charging action, the power will still be smaller." Monkey said with a proud smile.
"It's better to have less power than not being able to activate it. I've been defeated several times. Please teach me." Gu Xifeng's eyes lit up and he immediately pulled the monkey to learn.
The monkey didn't hide his secrets and told Gu Xifeng all the essentials.
Gu Xifeng's talent for understanding Baihuasha was not as high as that of a monkey, so he was unable to learn it for a while. However, he was not discouraged. If he practiced more in the future, it would be a matter of time before he mastered it.
"Monkey, what do you think of the Canglong Formation formed by Xingxiu Guard just now?" Gu Xifeng stopped worrying about the instant Hundred Flowers Kill and asked Monkey.
"It's very strong. The momentum of the seven people is unified, both offensive and defensive. It can almost exert a higher level of power." Monkey thought for a while and said.
"That's right, after we formed the formation, I felt a trace of the master's aura in them. Monkey, think about it, the Twenty-Eight Constellations are the collective name of the Four Symbols. If there is a Canglong, there will naturally be others. I even doubt that the Four Symbols can be integrated. With just one formation, it would be easy to kill the master at that time." Gu Xifeng said seriously.
"Doesn't that mean that if every twenty-eight disciples of the Xinghe Sect perform the formation, they can sweep the world. No one can stop them unless the saint comes out." Monkey said excitedly.
"It's probably not that simple. If it's like you said, the Four Symbols Formation of the Xinghe Sect has long been famous all over the world. I think the conditions for this formation may be very harsh. The Xingxiu Wei is the only one in the entire Xinghe Sect." Gu Xifeng shook his head slightly and analyzed.
"Then it's meaningless. It seems that I still overestimated the strength of Xinghe Sect." Monkey said with some regret.
"No, the Xinghe Sect's strength is unfathomable. These Four Symbol Formations are just the tip of the iceberg. The name of the No. 1 sect in the world is well-deserved." Gu Xifeng said with emotion.
"Hey, stop bragging about your sect. You are saying this as if you are not a member of the sect." Monkey laughed.
"How could it be? Xinghe Sect is a very important place to me." Gu Xifeng's expression was a little complicated.
"Speaking of important places, I haven't been back to my home down the mountain for a long time. I will definitely go back and take a look when I have the chance. I wonder what happened to Uncle Sun and Er Zhuang." Gu Xifeng felt a little melancholy.
I miss home, the home at the foot of the mountain, and the home I once had.
"It's nice to have a home to go back to. Look at me. I'm at home wherever I am." Monkey's already bad mood also infected Gu Xifeng.
Gu Xifeng patted his shoulder gently, and even the two little guys who were playing on the bed stopped and looked at them with wide eyes, as if they could sense their mood at this time.
In the early morning of the next day, Huang Xin gave each of them a piece of paper with the contents of their respective tasks on it. He also ordered someone to lead two good horses for them and then let them leave without any hesitation at all. This made the monkey He was full of slander.
Gu Xifeng and the other two carried a small bamboo basket on their backs. The main basket was filled with soft material and became a temporary nest for little Golden Retriever and Ye.
When they came to a fork in the road at the foot of Zidou Mountain, the two of them had already learned about their mission. Gu Xifeng went to the north and Monkey went to the west. This was where they were going to separate.
"Take care of yourself!"
"Take care of yourself!"
The two of them each stretched out a hand, and the two fists collided lightly. Without too many parting words, they turned around and mounted their horses, and the two teenagers galloped away in different directions.
Gu Xifeng's mission location was not far from Gyro Mountain where he met Wu Beiwang before. It was also on the border between Beichu and Taichu. It happened that he could take a short detour to the small mountain village where he once lived. Gu Xifeng decided to go home first.
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In an ordinary small mountain village under Zidou Mountain, a dark-skinned, tall young man was chopping firewood in the courtyard. The young man looked ordinary, but his face was very determined. If you look carefully, the thing he is chopping wood with is not an axe, but a long, strange-shaped knife that looks more like a kitchen knife.
The young man holding this strange knife was very skillful. When he raised the knife and put it down, the firewood was neatly divided into two. After a while, there was a pile of chopped firewood behind him. At this time, a middle-aged woman brought the wood from the kitchen. He walked out with a large bowl of food and shouted to the young man: "Er Zhuang, that's about it. Go and ask your father and your brother to eat."
"Okay, mother, I'll go right away." Erzhuang put down the firewood in his hand, wiped the strange knife in his hand with a clean cloth, wiped it clean, inserted the scabbard and put it in the house. In the village, Erzhuang usually wouldn't Carrying the knife on his body was a bit too eye-catching.
Er Zhuang quickly ran to his own field. Two men who looked very similar to Er Zhuang were busy in the field. One was a middle-aged man who was Er Zhuang's father, and a young man who was slightly older than Er Zhuang was Er Zhuang's brother. , nicknamed Dazhuang.
Seeing Er Zhuang's arrival, the two immediately smiled at each other and started packing their things to go home. Er Zhuang grinned at the edge of the field: "Dad, brother, you are quite nimble."
"You kid spends all day chopping things with your broken knife and doesn't come to work in the fields. What's the point of coming here? It's just asking us to eat." Erzhuang's father smiled, without a reproachful tone, and even a little bit. Pamper.
Originally, our farmland was not big, so we didn’t need Er Zhuang’s help. Er Zhuang had also shown his skills to them. Er Zhuang’s father raised his thumb and thought that if Er Zhuang went to the city to find a job as a government servant, that would be really great. Guangzong Yaozu.
Erzhuang repeatedly asked his family to keep the matter of Erzhuang's martial arts practice a secret. No one in the village knew about it, especially his teacher. They stopped teaching him. For the sake of their son's future, their family kept secret.
Er Zhuang and the other three returned home soon, and the family happily ate. Da Zhuang had also reached the age of getting married, and his family made a marriage promise to him. He was a girl from the old Sun family in the next village. The girl looked like Watery, gentle and virtuous, Da Zhuang is very happy.
At the dinner table, the family was discussing the wedding in a few months, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Mom, I'm going to Master in a moment." Erzhuang said as he finished the fourth bowl of rice as he ate an astonishing amount of food.
"Let's go to that Mr. Sun again." Er Zhuang didn't allow them to mention his teacher's name, and Er Zhuang's mother almost let it slip.
"If you go, get some food for your husband. I think his cough has become more and more serious in the past two years." Erzhuang Niang said as she went to get the food box.
"Mom, dad, brother, I'm out." Er Zhuang picked up the food box that his mother had filled with food and said.
"Slow down on the road." Er Zhuangniang warned.
Er Zhuang left home and ran straight towards a house in the corner of the village.
The door of the house was only ajar, and Er Zhuang pushed the door open and entered. When he walked into the yard, a violent man's cough came from the house.
"Er Zhuang, you're here." Before Er Zhuang entered the house, the man heard footsteps and said.
"Teacher, my mother asked me to bring you some food. You can eat it while it's hot." Er Zhuang walked into the room and put the food box on the table respectfully.
"I'm not hungry. Please memorize the art of war that I taught you yesterday." The man said seriously.
Er Zhuang stood upright in the middle of the hall and began to recite.
"Soldiers... are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. We must pay attention to them."
"Therefore, the scriptures are based on... five things, and they are corrected... for planning, and... to explore their emotions: the first is... Dao, the second is Heaven, the third... is Earth, the fourth is... General, and the fifth is Dharma."
"The Taoist obeys...the destiny of heaven, is of one mind with the people, lives and dies together, and our soldiers...are invincible. Heaven refers to the weather, day and night...cold and heat, and the four seasons...all can be used by me. The earth refers to the terrain, and it can be chosen by me. If you use troops to control the ground, you will never go to any disadvantage."
Er Zhuang's back was not smooth and he stuttered a bit. The man sitting on the chair frowned and coughed again. Er Zhuang didn't know that the teacher was a little angry, and cold sweat flowed down his face.
"A general is a commander-in-chief. A general is brave and his troops are brave. A general is wise and his troops are not easy to die." Just as Erzhuang continued to recite, a figure rushed into the house from the courtyard at an extremely fast speed.
The person who came was not a good person, and he aimed a palm at Er Zhuang. Er Zhuang was reciting the art of war a moment ago. He was a little surprised when he saw the person coming, but his reaction was not slow. He ducked sideways. Er Zhuang activated his own skills and used both fists. There is a faint inner force emerging.
The strength of Erzhuang has reached the peak of the entry level, and is only a little short of the advanced level.
Er Zhuang punched the incoming enemy with both fists. At this time, he could see clearly that the opponent was covered with black cloth and seemed to be prepared. However, the opponent was a bit short, shorter than the tall Er Zhuang. On a lot.
Although the opponent was short, he was not weak in strength. He took the initiative almost instantly and knocked Er Zhuang to the ground with one palm. Er Zhuang only felt a pain in his chest, but it was unacceptable and he was not injured. This made Er Zhuang feel a pain in his chest. He was very confused.
Seeing Er Zhuang being knocked down by someone, the man on the seat looked puzzled. With a move of his hand, the sword leaning against the wall flew over. The long sword was unsheathed, and wisps of sword intent filled the whole room. The long sword contained a hidden meaning. With a strong sword energy and a serious expression on his face, the man was about to attack the uninvited guest who had knocked down the two strong men.
"Uncle Sun, wait a minute, I'm Gu Xifeng!" Upon seeing this, the assassin quickly pulled down the black cloth and said hurriedly.
The only one who could be called Uncle Sun by Gu Xifeng was Sun Zheping.
When Sun Zheping heard Gu Xifeng's shout, he quickly stopped his hand, sheathed his sword, and coughed violently again.
