The sage has said that when Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first work hard on his mind and body.
Wei Bo would run to Luolu Mountain almost every day to bring Chen Pingan the precious medicinal materials he brought from Baofengzhai.
Although Wei Bo could not sympathize with Chen Ping'an's miserable situation during the past two decades, Chen Ping'an's resilience and the ruthlessness of that bad old man surprised Wei Bo.
How big of a responsibility does this have to be to suffer such a disaster? How can we not let this young man Chen Ping'an, when the world is undergoing great changes, receive bad news from Daoxuan Mountain, and then ask this young man to go to Yijian to become a million-dollar master?
When this idea came to mind, Wei Bo himself felt ridiculous.
The sky is so high and the earth is so vast. You must know that Aquarius Continent is the smallest of the nine continents in the world, not to mention that the continent closest to Xuanxuan Mountain is still the beautiful forest and branches. In the leafy Posu Continent, people like Cao Xi and his ilk are already land swordsmen with extremely high combat power. However, in the southern Posu Continent, they are still hardly the best. The monks who can truly become the most elite are the elders of the Chen family in Yingyin. Ancestors.
The down-and-out mountain god Song Yuzhang took the initiative to meet Wei Bo once during this period. Wei Bo just chatted with him for a few words, which was far less polite and warm than the first time they met. The reason for this is, Both sides know it. Song Yuzhang wanted to be a courteous and loyal minister, and put the interests of Da Li first in everything. At the mountain temple on the top of the mountain, regarding Chen Ping'an, Song Yuzhang spoke straight to the point even in front of Wei Bo. It's not like the Clay Bodhisattva didn't have any anger at all, so he left unhappy.
Wei Bo carried his baggage and walked leisurely and slowly up the mountain. When he came to the bamboo house, he found that Chen Pingan, who was standing near the railing before sparring in the second floor today, had just finished practicing. The sword furnace was set up, and he was still interested in greeting him. Wei Bo gently threw the baggage worth one hundred thousand taels to the girl in pink skirt, glanced at the child in green sitting cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, and trotted up the stairs lightly. Building, making a series of thumping noises, it didn't look like the Beiyue Zhengshen who was about to receive the golden decree, but more like a waiter.
Although Chen Ping'an was about to "rush to the execution ground", he still smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Master Wei Xian." You can wander around and enjoy the scenery. After all, you are a mountain god, and you have the responsibility of hunting."
Wei Bo leaned his elbow on the railing and turned to look at the young man, "I just drank half a bottle of wine, that's all. Does it work?"
Chen Pingan said with a smile, "I don't know why, but after drinking it, my mood is very different."
Wei Bo nodded and said, "Good thing. ."
The old man's rich voice came out, "Come in and enjoy the blessings!"
Chen Ping'an smiled helplessly and said goodbye to Wei Bo, who also smiled bitterly, enjoying the blessings? Fortunately, the old man could speak out.
The term "disarming" sounds interesting, but what is the reality? Chen Ping'an was asked to tear open the surface skin and lift the fingernails himself!
The term "drawing silk" requires Chen Ping'an to draw his own tendons!
The real test of this cruel method is that Chen Pingan is deliberately allowed to do it by himself. He has to keep his eyes wide open and cannot move fast, bit by bit, just giving it to himself." Cut off the cocoon."
But even though Wei Bo's scalp was numb, he was also full of expectations for Chen Ping'an's martial arts realm.
How strong is the foundation of the three realms that has been cultivated in this way? How strong will it be when fighting against enemies in the future?
Chen Pingan took off his straw sandals and walked into the empty house. After closing the door, he found the old man sitting cross-legged and reading "Shaking the Mountain", which made the old man frown.
Today, when the old man was practicing Jianlu with Chen Pingan, he suddenly had a whim and said that he wanted to see the boxing score of Jianlu Zhanzhuang. After Chen Pingan explained, it was nothing more than what he had done with Miss Ning. That's pretty much it. The boxing manual is kept by someone else, not Chen Ping'an. The boxing techniques and diagrams recorded in the boxing manual cannot be passed on to others, and so on. The old man was so annoyed that he almost had to teach the young man a lesson on the spot.
"Is this the Shanshan Boxing Book?"
The old man threw the boxing book back to the young man, laughed, and said sarcastically: "There is a saying in the beginning of the boxing method. "There is a small insect in my hometown called a worm. Throughout its life, it is different from its kind elsewhere, carrying rocks into the water." Hahaha, it turns out that it is a martial artist from the southeast of Juluzhou. Listen to these petty words, they are earthy. It’s full of flavor. You can imagine how successful the boxer who wrote this boxing manual will be in his lifetime."
"Fortunately, this guy is somewhat self-aware and knows how to write it clearly in the boxing manual? He said, 'He has never been among the best in the world's boxing spectrum.' Otherwise, I would really call him a shameless person."
"'My boxing technique is not about victory or defeat. "Fights are more important than moves," wow, this sentence really makes a toad want to vomit. Chen Ping'an, do you know why the boxing manual explains it like this? It's because it's very simple. When it comes to winning or losing, we always lose more and win less, so we talk about life and death, and the worst is to die."
Chen Ping'an said gloomily: "If the boxing score is so bad, the old man is still willing to give it up. Do you remember the boxing principles in the book so clearly?"
The old man laughed and said, "The boxing skills contained in the book are really weak, but this guy is not afraid of flashing his tongue when he talks. I am very happy to see it. Just treat it as a mess of landscape travel notes."
Chen Pingan didn't refute anything, but he was a little unhappy.
He cherishes this boxing manual very much!
Chen Ping'an's gratitude for the Mountain-Shaking Fist was not even inferior to the three wisps of sword energy from the Sword Spirit deep down in his heart.
One is a life-saving medicine and the other is a life-saving charm. There is no distinction between superior and inferior, nor should there be. In fact, Chen Ping'an has a rough idea of the pros and cons of Shanshan Boxing, because Ning Yao thinks it's very average. She can learn to practice boxing step by step, but she doesn't think it's a big achievement. Later, Zhu He also witnessed Chen Ping'an's pile-walking with his own eyes.The stakes are also not at all amazing.
But Chen Ping'an doesn't care about this.
Even if Chen Ping'an lives another ten years or a hundred years, no matter how high his martial arts achievements are at that time, his love for "Shaking Mountain Fist" will only increase, not decrease!
The old man smiled and asked: "Before you practice boxing today, I will ask you a little question. If you answer it correctly, there will be a surprise. If you answer it wrong, hey."
Chen Ping An swallowed, a little frightened.
The old man suppressed his smile and asked in a deep voice: "What do you think is your favorite sentence in the boxing book about throwing away fists and fighting with fists?"
Chen Ping'an didn't. If there is any hesitation, he said: "Those who will learn my Shanshanquan in the future, even if they are facing the enemy of the ancestors of the three religions, remember that our boxing skills can be weak, and we can lose in the fight for victory, but we only have the power of boxing! Never retreat!"
The old man stood up suddenly, "Practice boxing!"
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At the blacksmith shop in the south of the town, a girl was complaining about her father, "Cast Why don't you want my help with the sword?"
The man glanced in the direction of the brand-new sword furnace, "Do you know what dad promised the girl to build this sword for her?"
p>The girl nodded and said: "I know, she gave us such a big dragon-slaying platform, which is enough to buy a good sword."
Ruan Qiong shook his head and said: "More than that, dad is I hope that no matter who I forge it with, Ruan Qiong, the first sword of my sect, will be able to make a big splash and let the sword cultivators in the entire Aquarius Continent and even Julu Continent know how sharp this sword is!"
Speaking of this, the blacksmith who even dared to make fun of the women selling drinks in the small town exuded a strange brilliance. He was like a master talking eloquently, like a Taoist discussing Taoism or a monk preaching. The man on the chair clenched his fists and lightly beat his knees. His eyes were sharp, but he still had the usual rough and dull feeling. "Then who is the most suitable gift? Wei Jin, who was originally from Fengxue Temple, is half of his own family. It was appropriate both emotionally and rationally, but it was a pity that before Ning Yao appeared, Wei Jin had been in seclusion. Since Ning Yao took the initiative to make a sword and took out the Dragon Slaying Platform, I certainly would not refuse. It is more remarkable than the several sword cultivating holy places in Ju Luzhou, and it can win the attention of sword cultivators all over the world."
The existence of the upside down mountain is known as the largest mountain seal in the world. After the small seal fell from the sky, it became a majestic mountain. This was obviously disgusting to the Confucian saints. The second disciple of the Taoist ancestor in the Taoist court not only drove such a nail in the world, but also demanded that all Qi practitioners from all continents who go to the Great Wall of Sword Qi through Hanging Mountain must sign a "mountain alliance."
Most people don’t know the existence of Hanging Mountain and Sword Qi Great Wall. After all, they are almost at the edge of the vast world. For example, the ordinary mountain sect in Aquarius Continent is located in a corner, with a small door and a small household. It’s really I will never hear these two titles in my life. Further up, if you have heard about it and then just briefly mentioned it, it will be a topic that is difficult to talk about in depth.The breath is blocked, and after all, we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and it has nothing to do with ourselves. But even for the Aquarius Continent sect on the top of the mountain like Fengxue Temple, they still feel that the scene is covered by clouds and fog, and the flowers seen in the fog are separated by one layer, because they are separated by the upside-down mountain, and even more because of the It is the handiwork of the second disciple of Daozu, and it is like a private courtyard "built" in this world.
Really domineering to the extreme.
The entire vast world is the portal of your Confucianism, but Pindao wants to independently open up a small garden in your home.
No wonder that before Literary Sage became a saint, running to the border of the two worlds and yelling at the second disciple of the Taoist ancestor would become one of the most proud feats of Confucian disciples in the world at that time.
According to some long-circulated sayings, after you go to Daoxuan Mountain, you can look around and walk around as you like, but you are not allowed to tell others about certain things. If you tell the truth, there will naturally be disciples and grandsons of one of the Taoist masters in the world who will come to settle accounts with you. And when it comes to this matter, the Seventy-Two Academy of the Three Confucian Schools tend not to get too involved, and at most they mediate for a few words.
As for why the saints who have statues of gods in the Confucian Temple chose to turn a blind eye to this, it probably involves a huge inside story.
Three words, "God" knows.
Ruan Xiu wondered: "Dad, does it have anything to do with why you said so much and you don't want me to help you make iron swords?"
Ruan Qiong nodded and said: "That The quality of the sword is too high, and the material is too good. You are already at a good level now. I am afraid that if you use real fire, it will be too scary. Nowadays, the town is full of fish and dragons, and if there is any slight disturbance, half of Aquarius Island will know about it. ."
Ruan Xiu was even more surprised, "Why don't I just hit an iron and make a peach blossom cake?"
Ruan Qiong snorted: "What if I just hit a piece of peach blossom cake? Oh my god, it saves you trouble and effort."
Ruan Xiu said "ha" in embarrassment and stopped talking.
In the past year, I haven’t eaten much pastry. When I talk about it, I want to drool and feel a little embarrassed.
Ruan Qiong held it in for a long time, but still couldn't help it, "After that boy heard that he was going to give Ning Yao a sword, he agreed without saying a word. Even how far is Aquarius Continent from Xuanxuan Mountain? , I didn’t even ask, a toad wants to eat swan meat, I don’t know how high the world is!”
Ruan Xiu turned around and said softly: “Dad, I just like a girl, and it’s not about getting married. At that time, it was somewhat reasonable to pay attention to one's origin. Now it's just about who you like, no matter the heavens or the earth."
Ruan Qiong was stunned, "Do you know that he likes Ning Yao?"
Ruan Xiu's eyes widened, "I'm not blind, and it's not like you don't know, dad. I can see people's hearts, so I knew it earlier."
Ruan Qiong was so angry that he couldn't even say a word. I couldn't even say it, I just wished I could walk to the Luoluoshanzhulou in one step, and then punch to death that little mud-legged guy from Mud Bottle Alley.
I don’t bully my daughter like this.
Ruan Xiu suddenly laughedHe got excited and said, "Dad, do you think I like Chen Ping'an? Well, the kind of love I'm talking about is the kind of love between a man and a woman."
Ruan Qiong was a little confused. , although he felt guilty, he still pretended to be relaxed and said stiffly: "How could you like that boy? It has nothing to do with his origin. My father is also a poor boy who came from a poor family. There is no need to say more about this, but Chen Ping'an's My father really doesn’t like her appearance, talent, and temperament. She is not worthy of my Xiu Xiu.” Ruan Xiu sighed, straightened her arms and fingers, and looked into the distance. It turns out you don’t like it, dad.”
The dignified military saint almost made his daughter angry to death with such words.
Ruan Qiong bit the bullet and asked: "What about you, Xiu Xiu?"
Ruan Xiu's answer seemed a bit irrelevant, and seemed to avoid the important and take the easy, " Chen Pingan will only like one girl, I know it better than anyone else."
When she said this, the girl smiled happily.
This made Ruan Qiong a little confused. He couldn't figure out what Xiu Xiu was thinking. After all, he was not Xiu Xiu's mother. It was really not good for a man like him to deal with these love issues. Break the casserole and ask the truth.
Ruan Xiu narrowed her moist and spiritual eyes and said with a smile: "The peach blossom cake is so delicious."
Ruan Qiong stood up suddenly and said dullly: "Dad will go to the town and buy it for you."
Ruan Xiurou said softly: "Okay."
Ruan Qiong was angry as he walked, and Chen Ping'an, who was so arrogant, was so embarrassed My Xiuxiu has been greedy for more than half a year and has not eaten any snacks!
My daughter has lost weight!
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Saint Ruan Qiong opened a furnace to forge swords. Those monster wild cultivators who entered the country last year have been secretly notified, and they all rushed there regardless of whether they wanted to or not. In the mountains to the west, whether you can make money and eliminate disasters, successfully enter the mountains, and rely on the luck of the mountains and rivers to withstand the sword intent emitted by the sword furnace depends on the faces of the forces on the mountains. Therefore, most of the various monsters who come to take root here, Their expressions were not very good, and some monsters who did not take this matter seriously thought that they would be frightened by the forged sword far away by the Longxu River because of their profound knowledge, so they insisted on staying in the town and purchased the newly purchased sword. Zhaizi, local officials from two places in the county government office did not force it, and just handed over such lists to the Dali spies in the territory.
The mysterious thing about Dao Dao is that Ruan Qiong's sword-making this time is quite weird. He claims that it only has a great influence on the demon clan. It will not hinder the human Qi practitioners, even the relatively weak merchants. Mortals will also not be affected by the lingering influence of Ruan Qiong's sword.
No wonder there is an old saying circulating at the "foot of the mountain" among immortals: If you don't enter this mountain, you won't enjoy great blessings, but at the same time, you can avoid many worries. For example, when Li Zhudongtian's spells were banned, everyone from the saint Qi Jingchun to Li Huai, to the ancestor of the Li family and all ordinary Qi practitioners were actually suffering. On the other hand, the common people were not aware of it at all.
Afterwards, nearly a hundred people hid in the small town market.Ye Xiu, on the way into the mountain, had several conflicts with each other. If they disagreed, they would be beaten to death. The Dali court did not interfere in this. As long as the two sides fought and did not destroy the feng shui of the mountain, they all turned a blind eye. Close one eye. However, a Six Realm monster who was unwilling to move in a small town got into an argument with a county official who went to report it. He became so ferocious that he punched the official until he vomited blood and also killed an accompanying military official. They were injured together, and in less than a stick of incense, Feijian sent a message to Xinjian County in the north of the mountain. County Governor Wu Yuan personally ordered that the monster be killed on the spot.
From the beginning to the end, the county government did not use the ancestral monks from the big families in the town, nor did it drive other monsters who were living under the fence to absorb spiritual energy. Instead, they dispatched three higher-ranking monks. Wu Secretary Lang, together with two hundred elite Da Li soldiers, led by a military general, completely surrounded the mansion where the demon tribe was located. On the roof, there were all crossbowmen with superior physical strength, each with a strong bow. The crossbow and the crossbow arrows used were specially made by a secret yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and he was eventually strangled on the spot.
Xu Ruo, a Mohist hero who was famous in China, and his confidant Liu Yu were standing side by side on the ridge of a roof not far away, standing idly by and not overstepping their bounds.
At that time, people watching the battle from a distance were also many foreign forces who bought the mountain.
If Da Li sent a powerful monk to crush and kill the unruly monster, the impact on those watching the battle would actually be far less than the scene they saw—— Secretary Lang of Da Liwu, who was born as a military strategist, cooperated with the warriors who had fought hundreds of battles on the battlefield. Everyone advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and they were able to kill monsters with ease. They belonged to two groups of people on the mountain and down the mountain, but they could cooperate perfectly.
This is the real horror of the Great Li Dynasty.
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Today’s boxing training was just to temper his soul, but Chen Ping’an suffered even more.
When the kid in green clothes carried him out, his hands and feet were twitching and he was foaming at the mouth. Even after he was put into the big medicine bucket downstairs, he was still so miserable.
When Chen Ping'an climbed out of the medicine bucket and put on clean clothes, it was late at night again, he picked up the wine bottle, exhaled a breath of turbid air, stretched himself, and sat down with the boy in Tsing Yi and the pink Among the girls in skirts, Chen Ping'an took a sip of strong wine. It still felt choked, but it felt good, even better than the first time he drank it.
Chen Pingan sipped the wine in small sips, squinting his eyes and feeling a little tipsy.
Taking advantage of the wine, he asked: "I know there are sword gourds in the world, do you think they are sold at Baofengzhai?"
The two little guys looked at each other.
The boy in green sighed, "Master, it's not that I don't want to lend you money. Not to mention whether Baofengzhai is for sale, even if it is, firstly, you may not be able to grab it, master, and secondly, Even if I lose my fortune and sell everything, I may not be able to afford the most ordinary sword gourd."
Chen Ping'an was a little shocked, "So expensive?"
The boy in green nodded vigorously. "There is no most expensive, only more expensive! It’s so expensive that it makes all the middle and fifth realm qi practitioners feel pain!
The boy in green stood up and said in a serious tone: "Let's just say that my brother Yujiang Water God, the biggest dream in this life is to have a sword gourd in his left hand and a sword gourd in his right hand. Hey, he still has He is not a sword cultivator, and he has to piss off those high-minded sword cultivators. As a result, he has only managed to save a low-quality sword gourd. Of course, this has something to do with his lavish spending. Just that. A fairy, let him squander the wealth he has accumulated for four to five hundred years, and there are many people who admire him, and he always spends a lot of money on them. Alas, beauty is a disaster, so I think you are good, sir, and you have no luck. , don’t worry about this.”
The girl in pink skirt quickly retorted: “No! Sister Ruan just likes our master!”
That’s why Miss Ruan is so nice. , It's not that she likes me. Don't say such nonsense in the future, otherwise Sister Ruan will be really angry, and I won't help you." As he spoke, Chen Ping'an secretly smacked his tongue, so it turns out that raising a sword gourd is so valuable. Liancheng, then the first thing you do when you come back down the mountain is to go to the inn and send a letter to Li Baoping, asking her to keep the silver-white sword gourd carefully and not to touch it. He knew that the girl in Baoping was very playful. Maybe one day she would run around the mountain swinging a small gourd with a red string, and maybe she would smash the little gourd out with a swish.
The two little guys glared at each other, both holding back and saying nothing.
Chen Pingan thought carefully and added: "Miss Ruan is different from other people. I can't tell you exactly. If Miss Ruan likes me, then I also like Miss Ruan, but This kind of love is not what you think it is."
The boy in Tsing Yi was relieved.
He was a little worried before that the middle-aged man who didn't like to talk and didn't look like a saint would one day go to Luolu Mountain with such force that he would punch Chen Ping'an to death with one punch, and then punch himself to death.
The girl in the pink skirt was a little disappointed.
Of course she likes her master the most, and then she also likes Sister Ruan. Wouldn’t it be great if the two people she likes can like each other?
So who does the master like?
The girl in the pink skirt knew that the master secretly liked a certain girl.
For example, when she secretly looked at the master's side face and looked at Chen Pingan's eyes and expression, she knew that the master was beginning to miss that girl again.
Chen Pingan’s mind traveled thousands of miles away.
There was a girl with eyebrows like distant mountains.
In addition to being good-looking, she is also very nice.
Even if she was just sitting in a shabby house in Mud Bottle Alley without saying anything, she could make the boy full of hope for the future.
But Chen Pingan also knows that whether he likes her or not is his own business; whether she likes him or not is her business.
No matter what, Chen Pingan felt that he had to tell her face to face.
Just like when she had already gone far away, but suddenly felt that she wanted to say goodbye to him, she would turn around and wield her sword.Come and say goodbye to him in person.
Chen Pingan dare not say that he only likes one girl in his life, but he will never like two girls at the same time.
So he wanted to travel far for himself.
This is the first time that a young man wants to do something for himself.
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The next day when practicing boxing, Chen Ping’an casually asked if he needed to find a good sword classic before practicing boxing.
As a result, the old man was furious. The original plan of tempering the body was changed to tempering the soul. Before that, he used the name of "sparring" to test the effectiveness of boxing, using the drumming style of a god, which was enough. With twenty-five punches, Chen Pingan almost cried for his father and mother.
The dying Chen Pingan was lying on the ground, half dead.
He mistakenly believed that he was really going to die many times.
The old man was condescending and asked with a sneer: "People are so incompetent that they want to distract themselves from sword practice even before they have mastered boxing?!"
His face was covered with blood and he could not see clearly. Chen Pingan, whose face was filled with grief and anger, vomited blood and replied hoarsely: "I want to ask how to practice swordsmanship after practicing boxing..."
The old man was obviously stunned for a moment, and found that his eyes began to The angry young man, the old man smiled awkwardly and stomped the young man unconscious.
It helps to temper the body. There is not much difference between fainting and waking up.
As a result, that night, Chen Pingan got out of the medicine bucket, changed clothes, and cursed on the first floor to the second floor, his face was ashen and he gritted his teeth.
The scolding was really unambiguous. He was worthy of being a young man born in Mud Bottle Alley.
The boy in Tsing Yi and the girl in pink skirt were sitting next to them, eating melon seeds. Even the boy in Tsing started to admire his master. He has been practicing boxing for so long. If he didn’t talk about anything else, just his courage and courage, it was effective. Outstanding.
After that, Chen Ping'an sat on a bamboo chair and drank sullenly. He drank up the remaining half of the bottle of wine.