The leisurely and peaceful pace of life in the mountains makes it easy for people to forget the passage of time.

Ye Jingtang had been out fighting for nearly a year, and suddenly he became free and returned to the days of sleeping and practicing kungfu. After staying there for a few days, he gradually fell in love with this monotonous and pure life.

Every morning at dawn, I get up and go to the bamboo forest at the back of Yuxu Temple to practice martial arts with Huayang's little nephew. When he gets tired from dancing on the plum blossom pile, he comes down to practice boxing and kicking. Occasionally, he and Huayang will spar with wooden sticks.

Seeing Huayang squealing and jumping around, I felt the pleasure that my adoptive father had when he abused vegetables.

The Queen Mother lived in the mountains and forgot about the troubles outside. She just wandered around with Shui'er every day. When it was time to eat, she would cook herself and walk over ten miles of mountain roads to deliver food to him; but in order not to let him

When someone gets suspicious, the reason is to come over to burn incense and take a look.

At night, it was a little more monotonous. Shui'er's combat effectiveness was too low. He didn't dare to burn even after being tortured for several days at a time. He was also afraid of disturbing his martial arts training during the day. Therefore, every day when he came back, he would already hide in the Queen Mother's room.

Fortunately, the hand-warmer cares about people and pushes water into his room every day. Calculating, he can still relax once every two or three days.

At other times, Ye Jingtang meditates all night long, pondering over the martial arts insights gained at the end of the day. Although the test questions on the Nine Plum Blossom Pillars are very difficult, if you calm down and practice hard day after day, coupled with your extraordinary understanding, your progress can be seen with the naked eye, almost.

You can experience progress every day.

Ye Jingtang can't describe that state. When the energy, muscles, instincts, etc. are adjusted to a certain level, you will feel a sense of familiarity. The dragon qi sword of the past nerve knife is no longer nerve-wracking. Just think about it.

Opportunities can be captured and used under the most reasonable conditions.

Being able to adapt to local conditions and find the most suitable method in any situation, no longer following a fixed line of luck, is already the Mahayana atmosphere of returning to nature.

But he is still far away from becoming a saint, and Ye Jingtang feels that whether he is compared with King Zuo Xian or Bing Tuo Tuo, the power of his burst of energy is a bit weaker.

Ye Jingtang understands that this is related to 'skill'. Internal strength is the source of strength, and external strength is the force. He has the strength of a dragon and an elephant. Naturally, there is no need to practice external strength. However, internal strength can only rely on accumulation over time, or Tianlang beads, essence.

The three pictures of Qi and Shen and other divine objects that protect the meridians and expand the meridians can be used to improve the condition.

After all, he is too young. He has been practicing three maps in his family for a long time and still lacks one. He only relies on the skill of two Tianlang beads to reach this point. His talent is unprecedented. He wants to compete with those old people in the mountains who are often in their fifties and sixties.

Strange arm wrestling is indeed a bit difficult.

After all, those who can reach the Martial Saint level are all geniuses of the generation. Who doesn’t have a great opportunity?

The martial sages of the Northern and Southern Dynasties were either Taoist and Buddhist masters, or hegemons of the Northern Wilderness who were descendants of the Mohist family. Even King Zuo Xian, who was at the bottom, had the best resources in the West Sea and regarded Xuehu Forest as his own backyard.

Bingtuotuo had such an outrageous talent, but because he was just a small leader from Tiannan and didn't have many resources, he was suppressed for many years and couldn't advance.

He has more resources at his disposal than Bing Tuo Tuo. It is not an exaggeration to say that Da Wei has gathered the strength of a country to support him, but the time is too short. If he wants to crush these old monsters, he still has to continue training.

After realizing this, Ye Jingtang no longer expected to pass the plum blossom pile quickly, and began to allocate time to meditate and practice, so that his internal energy could catch up, so as to avoid being seriously biased in the end, and his martial arts attainments were enough, but his foundation could not hold up.

, a situation where the ambition is high and the end is low.

If you spend half of the day practicing and studying plum blossom piles for the other half, the speed of passing the test will definitely be much slower.

The Night Terror Hall was originally estimated to take ten days and a half, but I discovered halfway through that it was actually not that difficult. If I didn't get distracted and used my brain more, I could basically pass it in six or seven days. But in the end, I still practiced for half a month before I started to see results.

Time flies and it is late in the twelfth lunar month. The sky is overcast and it looks like it is going to snow on the mountains.

In the mountain bamboo forest behind Yuxu Temple, Hua Yang was holding a bowl of rice, squatting next to a large bird's nest half as tall as a man, and looking intently at the pool.

The fluffy bird poked its head out of the round hole of the bird's nest and looked at the bamboo leaves hanging on the bamboo frame. It seemed that it was ready to laugh at Tangtang.

At the edge of the pool, Ye Jingtang was dressed in black clothes. He looked at the one hundred and eight bamboo leaves hanging in front of him. His eyes were as calm as dead water. After brewing for a while, he lifted his spirits slightly, tapped his toes, and his body became windless.

rise.

Although the movement of jumping onto the wooden stake seems huge, between starting and stopping, the body shape is like flowing clouds, and it seems that even the fluttering of the clothes and hair are following the rhythm of the movement.

Hua Yang was holding his rice bowl, his eyes lit up slightly when he saw this, and he carefully watched Ye Jingtang jumping back and forth on the plum blossom pile.

Although it is said to be a jump, all the muscles and even the breath are under control, and the control is just right. In the eyes of others, it seems like gliding at a constant speed.

Ye Jingtang jumped over the plum blossom piles continuously. Whether in the air or with his feet on the wooden piles, his speed did not fluctuate at all, and he did not make any noise. At best, it sounded like flowing clouds, but at worst, he looked like a ghost. From the dense bamboo

It floated through the leaves.

Hua Yang still didn't know how much effort was put into it, but just looking at the outside, he could feel the light and airy mood, and knew that this time it would definitely pass.

After all, the current state of Ye Jingtang's gas looks just like when he first met the master when he poured the water from the teapot into the cup - the water column was even and steady, as if it was still, without making any noise. At that time, he thought it was ordinary.

, no difficulty.

But when he tried to learn how to pour water, he realized that there were so many things hidden in this ordinary thing. Not to mention ordinary people, even the most virtuous and respected master uncle on the mountain, who might have practiced hard all his life, would never be able to touch such a great thing.

The state of not working.

This is the so-called "returning to nature". Although it is ordinary and has no edge, it seems to be just a little "just right" than ordinary warriors, but the difference behind it is a whole world!

Phew~

Ye Jingtang floated to the ground and stood at the other end of the pool. He looked back at the still bamboo leaves and water surface. There was a little bit of pride in his eyes. He turned to look at Junior Nephew Huayang, who was staring intently, and said:

"Look, I just said it's easy to jump over."

"puff--"

Huayang was still in shock at first, but when he heard the sound, he spit out a mouthful of rice and looked at the Night Terror Hall in disbelief:

"Ye Da Xia, you danced day and night for half a month before you got there. It's simple?"

Ye Jingtang also felt that half a month was a bit long, but for ordinary people it should be very fast. He returned to the other side of the pool and said with a smile:

"It's been half a month and I haven't been slow. When you jump over in the future, you will understand what I mean by simplicity. This practice is not about dancing on plum blossom piles, but a state of mind."

Hua Yang knew that he was practicing something that was difficult for ordinary people to touch in their lifetime, but he didn’t know what it was exactly, so he asked out of curiosity:

"What realm?"

Ye Jingtang pulled out the Chilong Knife and hung it on his waist. After thinking about it for a moment, he said nothing and held the handle of the knife with his left hand.

Choking——

A cold light flashed in the gloomy bamboo forest.

Huayang didn't feel any energy hitting his face. The beautiful ring-shou sword was returned to the scabbard. It felt like he just pulled it out casually and flashed it.

?

He was about to ask questions when he suddenly heard the sound of branches and leaves breaking.

Looking at it in a blink of an eye, I discovered that a green bamboo three feet away from the Night Terror Hall had a diagonal cut at shoulder level. The bamboo fell sideways, bending countless bamboo crowns, and fell in the middle of the wild forest.

.

Bang~

?!

Huayang has a big mouth and his eyes are full of surprise:

"Oh..."

Ye Jingtang slowly sheathed his sword and explained:

"Practice makes perfect. It's not difficult to gather energy at one point. What's difficult is to learn and use it at your fingertips. When you know what countermeasures to use when and how to display them perfectly according to your heart, you naturally don't have to worry about it anymore.

Moves are organized; if you don’t have fixed moves, your opponent will not be able to break them, and with all the secrets in the world, you can always find a way to deal with them, and you will naturally be invincible..."

Huayang was still laying the groundwork. How could he understand this? He thought for a while and said:

"What if two people who are good at practice come together?"

"Normally speaking, it is a matter of defeating ten groups with one force, and comparing who has the deeper skills. But this situation is rare. Even if they are all familiar with all schools of thought, there will always be one who has higher understanding, deeper experience, and faster reaction. There are no two in the world.

They are exactly the same people, so they are no better in martial arts."

After half a month of hard training in Ye Jingtang, he really gained a lot of insights. He sat down next to the bird's nest and told Hua Yang some martial arts concepts that he could not use for the time being, but would definitely be used for a lifetime in the future. This was considered as reciprocating a favor and thanking Lu Taiqing.

The kindness given to him.

Hua Yang probably thought that Ye Jingtang was more handsome than his master, had better martial arts skills, and had bigger birds. He regarded Ye Jingtang as a role model and listened very seriously.

After the first one and the second child talked like this for a while, there was a sudden movement outside the bamboo forest.

The bird was very hungry for a long time. As a bird of prey, it couldn't follow the monks to eat fast, so it ran out of the nest when it heard the sound:

"Chi chi chi..."

Outside the bamboo forest, the Queen Mother came with Hongyu, and Hongyu was holding a lunch box in her hand. As for Shui'er, she didn't dare to run here these days because she had no face to meet the elders of Yuxu Mountain.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang stood up and came outside the bamboo forest:

"I'll be going back later. Why don't you bring me food this afternoon? The road is difficult."

"It's not too far, it's okay anyway."

The Queen Mother took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Ye Jingtang:

"Just now a letter came from the capital, please read it."

Because it was a confidential document of the Yamen, the Queen Mother did not stand nearby to examine it. After handing it to Ye Jingtang, she turned around and teased the birds.

Ye Jingtang was a little confused and looked at the yellow envelope. It could be seen that there was paint and the seal of the black government on it. He opened the envelope and found the letter paper and a smaller letter inside, which read 'Ye Jingtang personally expresses'.

When Ye Jingtang saw the clumsy handwriting, the corners of his mouth naturally curled up, as if he had received a letter from his wife. He first looked left and right, then leaned against a bamboo and read the contents of the letter.

The documents written in the Hei Yamen are all business matters, mainly the speculations of Eunuch Cao and the news reported by spies outside the pass. Except for the routine military exercises at the Xihai Protectorate and the absence of King Zuo Xian, there is no definite news.

The Night Terror Hall currently uses Tianlang Beads, and the improvement is not huge, but it is obviously there, and the son, daughter, and apprentice will definitely use them in the future, so they must be concerned about a group of magical items like Snow Lake Flowers.
To be continued...