Sword of Coming

If Chen Pingan were alone, even if he had to carry a heavy load into the mountains, it would not be difficult to walk a hundred miles in a day. You must know that during this period, he would have to cross streams and gorges and climb cliffs, so Chen Pingan brought the little girl in a red cotton coat with him this time. , walking so easily that I started practicing pile walking when I had nothing to do. Because with Li Baoping by my side, I didn’t use the kind of boxing with all my strength and energy, but it was relatively natural, even for the sake of To take care of Li Baoping, he also had to deliberately slow down his walking speed and reduce the distance between his steps. This made Chen Ping'an, who had finally found the trick, feel like he was suddenly knocked back to his original shape and became awkward again.

The two of them had walked almost twenty miles at this time. Li Baoping still had some energy left and did not appear to be suffering. The little girl just stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and asked: "Uncle Master, are you practicing boxing? "

Chen Ping'an stopped walking, nodded and said, "Yes."

Li Baoping asked again: "Then do you know the boxing technique you practice, the foundation of the boxing technique, and where is the source of the Qi Palace?"

Chen Ping'an was confused, "How do you say that? I only know that there are many acupoints on the human body. The reason why I can write hundreds of words is mainly to remember the names of those acupoints. But what do they have to do with practicing boxing? I haven't had time to ask. There was a girl named Ning who had read my boxing manual and didn't tell me. She only said that there is no shortcut in practicing boxing. You have to work hard bit by bit to get through it. Sister Ruan you know said She was a swordsman, and her family’s luck path was not easy to spread, so I didn’t have an in-depth conversation with her at the time.”

In fact, the straw sandal boy at that time felt that he was destined to end up in a small town in his life, so he had plenty of time and opportunity to ask Ruan Xiu.

Li Baoping's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face, and he said in a more serious tone: "Uncle Master! You don't even know this, yet you dare to practice boxing? Do you know that it is easy to get injured if you practice boxing carelessly, especially foreign boxing?" And the basic vitality. Martial arts training is actually similar to the Kanyu Earth Master's search for dragons and caves. The difference is that Earth Masters look for mountains and rivers, while martial artists search for and dig out the treasures in their own bodies. After finding them, you have to use the right method. This is when you have truly entered the martial arts world. No, no, no, little uncle, I have to explain this to you. Only after you understand it clearly can you learn boxing!"

Seeing her resolute look, Chen Pingan thought for a while and realized that it was not a bad thing. There happened to be an old willow tree with a crooked neck in front of him, most of it tilted towards the water surface of the stream, like an unfinished arch bridge, so he pulled Li Baoping to rest against the trunk of the tree. The little girl lost her temper and insisted on sitting down, so Chen Pingan had no choice but to carry her to the tree trunk and stand aside to prevent her from falling.

She sat carelessly on the tree, like a young master teaching at a school for the first time. She was in high spirits. She coughed and planned to have a good talk with the young master, so as not to go astray, or if she really broke her body due to training. Then she must regret it and feel heartbroken to death?

Li Baoping said seriously: "The reason why I know some general information about martial arts is because there is a maid sister named Zhu Lu in my family. She was recognized by her ancestors as a martial artist since she was a child, and I am very close to her. Zhu Lu Sister Lu is a boring person, and she only likes to talk to me about her innermost thoughts, so I know what martial arts training is about. It’s a pity that when I was six years old, I secretly followed Sister Zhu Lu and walked the place called Di Niuzhuang. Things are very fun. The tallest wooden stake is almost as high as the roof. But one time I slipped on the sole of my foot and accidentally fell down. In fact, I was fine. Sister Zhu Lu was still implicated by me, so I gave it to my ancestors. After a severe punishment, Sister Zhu Lu stopped playing with me every time she practiced martial arts in the morning and evening, and when she hid in the house soaking in potion buckets."

Chen Ping'an felt a little guilty. The so-called Sister Zhu Lu in the little girl's mouth might be the strong girl who hit him twice on the chest and head that day. At that time, he secretly broke into the Li family's mansion and smashed two birdseeds with a slingshot. Porcelain Jar, the maid who was protecting the little girl in Zhengyang Mountain, was the first to discover his traces. She quickly climbed over the wall and onto the roof, and finally jumped towards the roof where he was, which reminded Chen Pingan every time. , still think she is awesome.

Li Baoping wanted to know all the things he wanted to say about this guy who was always unwilling to admit that he was his junior uncle. "For example, the coward Shi Chunjia and his family have a shop. If they do good business, they can make money." Make money and make money, so Shi Chunjia's shop can be one of the oldest time-honored brands in our town. But if you only go out but not in, and don't know how to attract customers, you will soon be stretched thin, and the shop will definitely have to... Close the door, right?”

As soon as he heard about doing business and making money, Chen Ping'an, a financial fan, immediately "enlightened" and suddenly said: "Everyone has some wealth. If you practice boxing well, you can make money from money. If you don't practice well, you will lose money. If If you don’t practice martial arts at all, will you stick to your ancestral heritage?”

Li Baoping thought for a while and nodded: "That's pretty much what it means. Uncle Master, have you ever heard of a saying? It's called practicing boxing to attract evil spirits, especially those outsiders who claim to go out every three years to kill people. Fist, the punch is fierce, big chops and big blows, it looks majestic, and when you hit people, you shout "hum haha", but in fact it hurts your body and bones the most, because they haven't found the vein gate at all, they are entering illegally. Many people will fall ill when they reach middle age. It is hard to say whether they will have old age or not. Even if they do, they will be very miserable. Because from the first day they practice boxing, they are not nourishing their energy and health, but being a prodigal. , squandering the ancestral property.”

In the words of the ancestors of the Li family, the girl Li Baoping was born without a butt. When the little girl in the red cotton-padded jacket said that she was about to stand up from the old willow trunk, she was put back by a look from her junior uncle. , and continued angrily: "So, little uncle, you must take this as a warning, and you must find the real way to practice boxing. There are thousands of boxing techniques in the world. The reason why your achievements are high or low, and your future is big or small, is that Look at the at least two natal acupoints of each boxing technique. Can you find them? After you find them, see if you can find the best route and nourish the most acupoints along the way. Like spring breeze turning into rain, it nourishes everything. Even boxing The rank of the martial arts is not high, but as long as it is done in the right way, it can still strengthen the body and prolong life. However, if you go astray, the better the martial arts, the easier it is to do bad things."

Chen Ping'an fell into deep thought. He could feel the presence of that energy. He felt like there was a homeless little fire dragon in his body, wandering randomly around a big furnace. Before, the fire dragon was a bit like a headless fly, bumping around everywhere. , after hitting the wall, it turned around. Now its range of activities is getting wider and wider, but it will eventually return to the Qi palaces in the abdomen, wandering around, like a child who goes out to play. After being tired, it wants to go home, but not yet. Find your true doorstep.

This mysterious and mysterious air flow has never brought any discomfort or pain to Chen Pingan. Instead, it gave the boy a warm feeling like basking in the sun in winter. Chen Pingan's perception of the body's internal organs has been extremely keen since he was very young, so for She would soon realize what was wrong with her. Cai Jinjian of Yunxia Mountain said in Mud Bottle Alley that he would not live long. She might have thought that the boy in the back alley only thought she was joking. In fact, Chen Ping'an confirmed her statement on the spot. Correct.

Since he couldn't detect anything wrong, Chen Ping'an just let the air flow go unchecked, and there was still a trace of curiosity deep in his heart, wanting to see which acupoint it would choose as its residence.

Li Baoping swayed his calves and crossed his arms across his chest, "It is said that the foundation of martial arts is the word "dispersing qi", which is very domineering. It is completely different from the qi practitioners' nourishing and refining qi. The latter is that the more the better, and every penny counts. Martial arts practice is different. When you find the original Qi, it is like fighting through pass after pass, eliminating all the Qi that originally resided in the Qi acupoints, and transforming it into the earliest Qi. The breath, and finally the whole body, the mind and the body move in one breath. In an instant, the air flow travels hundreds of miles and hundreds of miles. The ninth realm can even reach thousands of miles away. All of a sudden, the potential of the whole body is mobilized. A general can command thousands of armies like an arm. Thousands of horses, one can imagine how powerful they are, no less powerful than a qi practitioner flying through the air."

Li Baoping suddenly said mysteriously: "Sister Zhu Lu said that the martial arts master, flying over the roof and walking over the wall is nothing at all. He can also travel far away in the wind like a Qi practitioner. After that, once he reaches the ultimate grand master, he will be slaughtered." Those Qi practitioners with their eyes above the top are just like twisting the neck of a chicken, killing people with just a snap of their fingers."

Chen Ping'an asked with a smile: "If martial arts training is really so good, of course it is a good thing, but why is it that whether you are good or not is measured by how easy it is to kill people?"

Li Baoping was stunned, shook his head honestly and said: "Then I never thought that it was Sister Zhu Lu who said this. When she said these words, Sister Zhu Lu yearned for it, just like I dream about being able to do it every day. It’s almost like catching a fish.”

After thinking for a while, the little girl said: "But if you think about it carefully, according to Sister Zhu Lu, it seems that martial arts practitioners and practitioners are naturally incompatible. The latter likes to look down on the former, thinking that martial arts is the same thing. The humble industry is a poor person who has no qualifications and cannot practice, so he is regarded as an inferior person and scolds the warrior as the watchdog of the secular dynasty. The former feels that those who practice have eyes higher than the top and nostrils turned to the sky. , is not a good thing, why are warriors struggling in the rivers and lakes, just chivalrous people using martial arts to break the ban? Those Qi practitioners are clearly just a small group of people, but they occupy countless famous mountains, rivers and caves and blessed places, and they are still proud of themselves, claiming to be on the mountain. Immortals cultivate immortality through magic and magical powers, and are respected and supported by mortals and warriors under the mountain. This is a matter of course."

Li Baoping suddenly laughed, "But you don't have to worry about these disputes, little uncle. They are very boring."

Li Baoping suddenly stopped talking. He seemed to have remembered something, but it was hard to say it. He felt a little guilty. Finally, he decided to be honest with her. She really didn't want to deceive her uncle. The little girl apologized with a sad face: " Sister Zhu Lu and her father, Uncle Zhu He, were originally going to go to the southern border of Sui Dynasty with us, but I was afraid that you, my uncle, would not like them, so I tricked them into waiting for us at the east gate of the town. If Zhu If Uncle He is here, he can teach the young martial uncle how to practice boxing, because Sister Zhu Lu has been practicing martial arts with her father since she was a child. My ancestors told me privately that although Zhu He has limited talent in martial arts, he can teach others how to practice martial arts. He is a good hand and can be called a 'Master'. Even if he is thrown into one of those wealthy mansions with the prefix 'Fu' in the capital of Great Li, he can still be a guest. Now Uncle Zhu He is gone, and Sister Zhu Lu is also Gone…”

Chen Pingan quickly comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay. Although I don't have any masters when I practice boxing, I only have a boxing manual. Now I don't even understand the words in the boxing manual, let alone practice blindly. I only practice one stance and one stance. It's a pile, but it has been confirmed that it can nourish the body and will not harm the body. How to practice to become famous, I guess I have to wait until I can understand the boxing manual. This is not urgent. I don't practice boxing for any realm. It’s just for survival, I don’t think much about it.”

But Li Baoping had obviously gotten too far into his own thoughts, and his thoughts were traveling thousands of miles away, so the little girl felt more and more guilty as she spoke, with the corner of her mouth lowering, and there were signs of crying, "The martial artist practices martial arts, and the master brings him in to practice. Personally speaking, but Master is very important. The threshold of the door you lead through can be high or low. Moreover, after Master led you through the first door, he had to let go because of his limited abilities, but he was still able to get there in one breath. At the backyard gate, the situation is completely different. So the master must be a master, and you cannot just look for famous masters."

The little girl sniffed and tears were about to flow out of her eyes, "Uncle Master, you are a once-in-a-century martial arts genius. What should I do if I delay your becoming a master?"

Chen Pingan no longer cared about how she came to the absurd conclusion that she was a genius. The top priority was not to let her cry. The little girl became sad. It felt really heartbreaking. It was not an ordinary child acting coquettishly and playing around. That kind of thing, Chen Pingan had an idea, suddenly raised his hand, put his palm in front of the little girl, made a fist gently, and said one word loudly, "Stop!"

Li Baoping was a smart kid with a very fast brain. He was stunned for a moment and stopped bursting into tears. "Little uncle, what are you doing?"

Chen Ping'an shook his fist and laughed: "How about it, my little uncle is so awesome, I'll make you stop crying right away."

In order to comfort the little girl, Chen Pingan went all out and officially admitted that he was her junior uncle for the first time.

The little girl immediately burst into laughter.

She felt that it was not that she was no longer sad, but that she was more happy than sad.

Chen Pingan felt relieved, put his hands on the trunk of the old willow tree, and then leaned forward and sat next to the little girl.

Under their feet were two backpacks, one large and one small.

Li Baoping said softly: "Uncle Zhu He often told Sister Zhu Lu that if you don't practice true boxing, you will get ghosts in three years. If you practice boxing to find the true, you can kill the god of death with one punch. Once a person who practices martial arts gets sick, it is more important than ordinary medical treatment. People are much more difficult. Sister Zhu Lu almost couldn't survive it twice. After the first time, she didn't recover for half a year. During that time, she was like a sick person. She couldn't even lift a bucket. The second time The second time was even worse. After I heard the noise, I moved a small bench over and secretly poked the window paper. I saw Sister Zhu Lu rolling in pain on the bed. No one else could hold her down. In the end, her fingernails were all broken. When I opened it, it was dripping with blood. It was very pitiful. Finally, the family asked the shopkeeper of Yang's shop to send medicine. It seemed that the pain stopped and it gradually stabilized. But the ancestor was standing at the door of the yard at that time and did not enter the yard. He shook his head. He shook his head and turned away, seeming a little regretful and disappointed. When I asked about it later, my ancestor only said that his life was saved by relying on medicinal materials, but the hope of the eighth realm was lost. There is no need to cultivate Sister Zhulu too much in the future, otherwise On the contrary, it will harm her. If she is lucky enough to achieve great fortune, she can enter the seventh realm. If she is unlucky, she will not be able to reach the sixth realm."

Li Baoping turned his head and said worriedly: "Little uncle, you must not be so sick. I don't understand anything and I will definitely be dumbfounded!"

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "No, and even if there is, of course I mean just in case, then don't be afraid, I can withstand pain, I am not bragging to you."

Li Baoping was doubtful and stretched out his hand to gently twist his arm, "Little uncle, does it hurt?"

Chen Pingan patted her little head, and then looked at the path they came from, "Do you know when was the most uncomfortable time for my junior uncle?"

The little girl shook her head vigorously like a rattle.

Chen Pingan rested his hands on the tree trunk, crossed his calves, and swayed gently like a little girl. The young man squinted his eyes and chuckled: "It was the second time I went into the mountains alone to collect herbs. That was when I I was more than four years old and less than five years old. When I went out, I wanted to collect the most medicinal materials to go home, so I deliberately picked the biggest basket. Then I was exhausted before I left the town. Walking out of the town can When I saw the mountain, it was a sunny day, and my shoulders were sore from being pulled by the basket rope, and my back was even more so. In fact, the pain at that time was okay, and I wasn’t particularly scared. The thing that made me feel desperate was that The mountain looked so far away, as if I could never reach it in my life. In addition, it had not been long since I entered and exited the mountain for the first time, so the blisters on the soles of my feet quickly revolted, and then my uncle, I gritted my teeth and cried while walking, and kept asking myself secretly, I haven't reached the bottom of the mountain yet, otherwise I should go home. Anyway, I am young, the basket is so big, and the mountain road is so far, it is not shameful to go home, my mother is sure I don’t blame you.”

Li Baoping listened intently and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Junior, have you given up in the end?"

The straw-shoe boy smiled and shook his head: "No, at that time I suddenly thought, no matter what, just walk to the foot of the mountain, and then look back when you get there. Then I really walked to the foot of the mountain, and when I was sitting on the ground crying, I thought again How about going up the mountain, picking a herb and then returning home? Then I started climbing the mountain again. After seeing those herbs, my whole body seemed to gain strength all of a sudden. It was a strange thing."

Li Baoping let out a wow and praised: "Uncle Master, you must have picked a basket full of herbs before going down the mountain to go home, right?!"

When the little girl said this, her face was filled with pride.

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "No, until the sun was about to go down, the herbs went down the mountain before they covered the bottom of the basket. First of all, the herbs were not that easy to find. It was very difficult. He was so small, and he was carrying a big basket on his back. Walking on the mountain road is actually more difficult than collecting medicine. Secondly, I am really tired, and then I think that if I don’t walk, I will be left alone in the mountain after dark. Of course I was afraid at that time. But I was most afraid of……"

Li Baoping waited for a long time, but did not wait for the next step. He asked curiously: "What is the junior uncle most afraid of?"

"nothing."

The straw-shoe boy shook his head and said softly: "I wasn't afraid anymore."

The little girl was understanding and didn't ask further.

Chen Ping'an came back to his senses, turned to her and smiled: "I'm not telling you this to tell you how great my junior uncle is. In fact, all the poor children in the small town came here like this, and it's not surprising at all. I'm saying this. , I think you told me about the martial arts knowledge today, and you said it very well. It's very similar to the way the uncle sneaked to the school when he was a child and saw Mr. Qi teaching. Didn't you mean that there are no female teachers? Master, I think when you go to Cliff Academy in the future, after you read enough books, you might be able to become the first gentleman to teach in the academy, Master."

After the little girl in the red cotton jacket heard what her junior uncle said, she suddenly felt high in fighting spirit and raised her fists, "Li Baoping, you can do it! You can definitely do it!"

Chen Pingan watched silently and felt that if Mr. Qi was still alive, he would be very happy.

But then the little girl said something that made the boy's head spin, "Because Li Baoping has the most amazing little uncle in the world!"

The young man had to pretend that he didn't hear anything.

In the beautiful season when the grass grows and the orioles fly, the boy and the little girl sit side by side, each holding beautiful wishes.

In a hidden place on the other side of the stream, a man and a girl were sitting cross-legged and eating dry food.

The girl with sharp eyes said angrily: "Dad, how can the young lady follow such a naive and silly guy to our border of Dali smoothly? I heard that there are frequent wars there, and there are many people who fall into the trap of falling in love. Soldiers and bandits are very uneasy."

The man joked: "Have you forgotten who taught you a lesson? It's the first fight in your life after practicing martial arts. Even if you lose, you still lose so humiliatingly."

The girl angrily said, "That's because Dad, you don't allow me to operate the qi machine without permission, because you're afraid that I won't be able to withstand the pressure. Now I can knock down that guy from Mud Bottle Alley with one hand."

The man smiled and asked: "You, a master of the second level of martial arts, are you really sure?"

The girl reminded loudly: "Dad, you are at the peak of the second level!"

The man picked up the kettle and took a sip, shook his head and said: "You can't beat him. Unless it's a point-and-shoot martial arts competition, you have a chance of winning."

The girl obviously didn't believe it. The young man had just entered the gate of martial arts after holding himself to death. The two of them had faced off on the roof of the Li family mansion before, and he only succeeded by luck because of the favorable location.

The man joked: "You are a heartless person. When someone confronted you in the house and beat you until you fell to the ground, he didn't forget to give you a hand. I wanted to change my father's position and fight against others. It would be very kind if I didn’t put a tile on your head.”

"So he is stupid."

The girl sneered and said: "A man who practices martial arts and is kind to women, such a person will not live long!" "

The man looked surprised and said: "You are just a girl. You are not good at martial arts, and you are not very good at martial arts. You have a set of principles. Who taught you this? Anyway, I never told you these words."

The girl raised her chin, "That's what our second young master said! Although the second young master is a scholar full of strategic ideas, he never talks about benevolence, justice and morality. He only talks about kindness but does not control troops. He must kill decisively."

The man frowned and was about to talk some serious truth to this heartless girl when he suddenly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Cross the river!"

The girl stood up and said, "Dad, what's going on? Didn't you just follow the lady quietly?"

The man's tone was not relaxed, "Someone is coming. Be careful!"

The father and daughter swept across the river and ran away.

Chen Pingan and Li Baoping had just left the old willow tree and started on their way again when they found a person appearing at the end of their field of vision.

Chen Pingan first put down his backpack, and then asked Li Baoping to stand behind him.

Chen Ping'an wouldn't be surprised if he met anyone in the east side of the town, even if they were gods, demons and monsters.

But on this southbound route where even the road is about to disappear, no matter who he encounters, Chen Pingan does not dare to take it lightly.

far away.

A man who was neither tall nor strong came towards Chen Ping'an and Li Baoping. He was leading a white donkey, wearing a bamboo hat on his head, a cloth bag slung across his body, and his legs were wrapped in a rope. He was holding a bamboo staff, and hanging from his waist was a green... long sword with a bamboo sheath?

The man stopped five or six steps away and did not continue to approach. He took off his bamboo hat, revealed an ordinary face, and said with a smile: "Are you Chen Ping'an? Hello, my name is A Liang, a kind-hearted Liang. .”

Finally the man added, "I am a swordsman."