After hanging up the phone, Li Mu took off his hood and gown, changed back into modern clothes, took another shower, and then walked out refreshed.
It was around 7:30 in the morning. People were coming and going in the community, people going to school, going to work, and exercising. It was bustling and full of fireworks.
Li Mu wore sportswear and trotted to the nearby Zhongshan Park. All he saw in the park were uncles, aunts, and a few little kids. There were almost no young or middle-aged people in sight.
In today's fast-paced era, young people have to go to school, young and middle-aged people have to work hard to support their families, and old people are facing the pressure of retirement and dismissal as well as the onset of menopause. They are all busy and spinning like clockwork.
Only retired old people have free time to come to the park to exercise and talk about everyday things.
At the current stage of this country, in most cases, parks belong to the elderly and children. Only on weekends and holidays, middle-aged, old and young people will occasionally show up in the park.
Li Mu came to an open space in the park, took a deep breath, started his movements, and started practicing boxing.
He is an ancient martial artist passed down from his family. His father, Li Haichuan, once competed in the first national martial arts competition and won a gold medal. Later, a life occurred during the martial arts competition in the ring, so it was suspended indefinitely by the government.
Haichuan sighed sadly.
Later, when teaching Li Mu Kung Fu, Li Haichuan would shake his head and grieve every time he mentioned this matter: "Since ancient times, how can anyone not die in martial arts competitions? Those who practice martial arts will show no mercy and show no mercy! If you don't even dare to
Facing life and death, this martial arts will probably turn into a dance!"
The fact is, as Li Haichuan said, many years later, there has long been no place for martial arts in major sports events.
Li Mu, who originally wanted to inherit the martial arts inherited from his family, betrayed Li Haichuan during the college entrance examination, and was admitted to Wencheng University's architecture major, and became an employee of Wencheng Architectural Design Institute.
However, working in a design institute was not very interesting. The salary and remuneration were okay, but the workload was also very heavy. He just drew, drew and drew again every day. After a long time, Li Mu felt bored.
The team leader came in because of his connections. He didn't know shit and liked to give random orders. This made Li Mu very angry. In the end, his temper got so bad that he just threw things and left.
During this time, he was unemployed, and when he was visiting an antique market, he bought a small bronze bell, and then gained the ability to travel back and forth between the two worlds.
When he first arrived in the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, he was greatly frightened, fearing that he would be treated as an alien by the local natives and killed.
Therefore, in addition to finding ways to find food on weekdays, he secretly practices family martial arts at night and sharpens his weapons before battle. He can improve his strength as much as he can. It is better than being unprepared.
His family's martial arts is divided into nine levels. It is said to be a qi training method that has been passed down from ancient times. However, Li Mu has practiced with Li Haichuan for many years. Apart from a slight sense of qi, his body is a little stronger and there is nothing.
I've had some illnesses, but other than that, I haven't seen any obvious gains.
But after starting to practice in the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, I was surprised to find that the Qi training technique that I thought was of little use in the past suddenly shed its outer disguise and became an amazing method.
In the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, he only practiced for one night, and his Dantian became full of energy, opening up the Great and Small Heavens. At the same time, he forced out a lot of poisons in his body, and his hearing and vision became sharper, and his strength increased greatly.
After practicing for ten days, the whole person walked as light as a swallow, and his feet seemed to be equipped with springs, moving with thought and pneumatic movement, and he could easily jump over a wall more than two meters high.
At that time, Li Mu just had a sudden enlightenment.
The qi training technique passed down from my family may not be of much use in modern society, but in the world of the Yin Dynasty, it should be regarded as a legendary magical secret book.
It turns out that I have been sitting on a treasure mountain without knowing it!
After realizing this, Li Mu's initial panic gradually disappeared. Although he was in a strange world, as long as he had enough strength to protect himself, he wouldn't be too worried.
Later, on a full moon night, the shadow of a small bronze bell automatically appeared in the depths of Li Mu's mind. Only then did Li Mu figure out what was going on and the key to his return from the Yin Dynasty to modern society.
After he returned to modern society, he deliberately bought tens of thousands of silver ingots from several places and returned to the Yin Dynasty.
I used these silver ingots to buy a series of things such as houses and furniture. During this period, I never stopped practicing. Although it was only a short two months, it was like a different person.
Now returning to modern society, Li Mu was ready to test some of his ideas in modern society, so after arriving at the park, he slowly began to do a set of Tai Chi.
He is addicted to martial arts. In addition to work and study, he usually practices martial arts.
Not only is Gungua familiar with family martial arts training, but he has also learned a lot of other types of boxing, the most proficient of which are Tai Chi and Xingyiquan.
He was currently practicing the old style of Chen Style Tai Chi. After performing the first two movements, he felt a shock all over his body. A stream of heat rose from the Baihui Point on the top of his head, along the center of his eyebrows, down the bridge of his nose, and passed through the twelfth floor.
In Tanzhong, the Qi sea reaches the Dantian, and then the Dantian is shaken, and the whole body is warm and feels indescribably comfortable.
"It seems that it really doesn't work!"
Li Mu finished a set of Tai Chi moves one by one. He felt that although this Tai Chi can also produce true energy traveling through the meridians, this true energy is only the true energy that has been cultivated in his body, and there is no new true energy.
Anger arises.
It's not like when I practiced Tai Chi in the Great Yin Dynasty. Every time I practice, I feel that the breath in my body has obviously increased. Although it is far less obvious than the increase in my family's Qi training, it has made some progress after all.
But in modern society, there is no sense of increasing Qi at all.
"It seems like it's not a problem with the rules of the world, it's probably a problem with the legendary aura!"
Li Mu now has a vague guess. He feels that the spiritual energy in modern society is exhausted, so many people are unable to become famous when they practice Qigong. Especially some Qigong methods, because they lack spiritual energy, they cannot achieve success. People who practice Qigong
, at most it will only make you physically better, but it will not be possible to practice at all.
However, the world of the Great Yin Dynasty was full of spiritual energy, and only then could the power passed down from his family show its power again.
After finishing this set of Tai Chi today, he became more and more sure of his guess.
"Good work!"
As soon as Li Mu withdrew his fist, he heard someone shouting from one side: "Little brother, who did you learn Tai Chi from? It looks like you have many years of skill!"
Li Mu turned around and saw an energetic old man with white hair standing not far away, applauding gently with an admiring look on his face: "Are you from Chengou?"
Chengou in Yuzhou is known as the birthplace of Tai Chi. What Li Mu just practiced was the Chen family's boxing method. The boxing frame is rigorous and the moves are extended and generous. Only those who have learned the Chen family's boxing method can't do it.
The Chen family's boxing is notoriously easy to learn and difficult to master. Most people of the Chen family can master the core essence of loose, active and elastic movements. People with other surnames rarely get the true teachings. No wonder the old man asked this question.
Li Mu glanced at the old man and saw that the old man was tall and thin, had a goatee, and was wearing a training uniform. His eyes were clear and bright, which was completely different from the dim eyesight of ordinary old people.
"This old man seems to have some real skills!"
After Li Mu practiced Qi, his ears and eyes were sharper, and his eyesight was several times better than before. Just seeing the old man standing on the same spot, walking steadily, and hearing the extremely long intervals between his breaths, he knew that this old man must be a martial arts practitioner.
The breathing of ordinary people is very different from the breathing of warriors, and the detailed movements of the legs when they touch the ground are also completely different from those of warriors.
Just like people who have been wrestling for a long time will have more or less wrestling ears. People who practice martial arts often have their toes turned in when walking to facilitate the exertion of force. This old man stood in place and seemed to be loose, but his feet were firmly grasping the ground.
Just like an old tree with its roots, it naturally feels like it has a solid foundation.
Of course, the more important thing is that this old man is wearing a training suit and holding a long sword in his hand...
Li Mu walked up to the old man, shook his head and said, "I'm not from Chen Gou. I only practice boxing for fun. Old man, what can I do for you?"
The old man opposite laughed and walked quickly to Li Mu: "Little brother, excessive modesty is pride!"
He said to Li Mu: "How can you miss an expert? My name is Gu Niangeng, and I am the president of the Wencheng Ancient Martial Arts Association. Little brother, I have practiced ancient boxing all my life, but I have never seen anyone who can defeat you.
A young man with this kind of boxing spirit."
Gu Niangeng extended his palm to Li Mu: "Little brother, what do you call me?"
Li Mu stretched out his hand to hold his palm. He felt that the man's palm was dry and soft, and at the same time it contained a force that could not be released. He raised his eyebrows and said, "My name is Li Mu, and I am not an expert."
Gu Niangeng said with a smile: "Little brother, this is a bit too modest. When you practiced boxing just now, your steps were nimble, your movements were slow, your force was crisp, your feet were powerful, and you showed all the essence of Tai Chi. If this were the case,
Without more than ten years of hard work, it would be impossible to achieve such a punch. Our association is short of young people like you..."
When he was about to say something else, a middle-aged man walked over quickly from behind: "Mr. Gu, I have your phone number."
Gu Niangeng smiled at Li Mu and said, "Sorry, little brother, I'll answer the phone first."
Li Mu smiled and said, "You are busy."
When Gu Niangeng answered the phone, he had already walked out of the park.
Li Mu now has a world waiting for him to develop and explore, and he is too lazy to deal with others. Even if Gu Niangeng is the president of the Ancient Martial Arts Association, he is not attracted at all.
He didn't want to know anyone who practiced ancient martial arts at all.
In today's society, nine out of ten people who claim to practice ancient martial arts are liars. They usually shout louder and louder than the last. In a real fight, even the old man at the construction site can't beat them.
It is not ruled out that there are experts among them, like Li Mu's father Li Haichuan, who is really good at fighting. Not only has he practiced the ancient martial arts passed down by his family to the extreme, but he has also learned wrestling. In a street conflict, three or five people are not enough.
call taxi.
But that’s where it stops. If you were to fight against an outstanding player among professional athletes, you might not be able to beat them.
Even if you are able to fight, it is meaningless. No matter how good you are in kung fu, it is not enough to eat.
In modern society, personal force has long been of little use, so Li Haichuan inherited his family's small clinic, selling some plasters made from secret recipes handed down from his ancestors, and doing massage and bone-setting part-time, which made his life very nourishing.
Even Li Haichuan, a former kung fu fan, has started to open a small clinic, not to mention those weak-willed ancient martial arts successors, who have basically changed careers to do other things.
As for today's ancient martial arts associations and how skilled their members are, Li Mu doesn't bother to know. This Gu Niangeng seems to have some real skills, but this has nothing to do with Li Mu.
"Hey, human?"
After Gu Niangeng finished the call, he turned around and found that Li Mu had disappeared. He was immediately curious and asked the secretary next to him: "Xiao Wang, why is the little brother who was boxing just now missing?"
The secretary hurriedly said: "Mr. Gu, he left when you called."
"Oh, why didn't you stop him?"
Gu Niangeng felt a great pity: "This little brother's boxing skills are very good-looking. He is a person with real heritage and good-looking. Our Wencheng Ancient Martial Arts Association lacks such talents! What a pity!"
He shook his head repeatedly: "I missed it today. I don't know when I will have another chance to meet him."
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After eating a few large steamed buns and two bowls of tofu at the bread shop outside, Li Mu was finally full. He sighed happily and slowly returned to the community.
After returning home, Li Mu took out his cell phone and looked at a large bag of jadeite stones in the room.
"We have to find a way to sell these rough jade stones."
He thought for a while and dialed a number that had always been in his contact list but had not been contacted for a long time.
"Hello? Li Mu?"
After the call was dialed, a woman's pleasant voice came, full of surprise and faint excitement: "You guy, why did you think of contacting me?"
Li Mu rubbed his face and smiled: "Jiang Mingyue, I have a few pieces of raw jadeite with open windows. The quality is very good. Will your bank accept it?"
Jiang Mingyue: "I hate it! You talk about business as soon as you open your mouth. You have no fun at all!"
Li Mu: "Are you talking about sexy underwear? I just bought several sets. Do you want to come over and try them on?"
Jiang Mingyue: "Get lost! I haven't seen you for so long, but you still can't spit out ivory! Where are you now? When will you come over?"
When she said this, her voice became lower: "I heard that you resigned. Are there any difficulties? How about you come to my place to be a supervisor first? The salary is not high, just think of it as a favor, you are an old classmate.
, I can rest assured that you are in the company."
A warm current welled up in Li Mu's heart, and he pinched his brows: "Resigning is indeed resigning. As for the difficulties, there is no such thing. However, my buddy recently awakened his talent for identifying stones and went to the market to bet on stones. He was accurate in everything and won several pieces.
Good stuff. We’re not going to take advantage of others anymore, we’ll just take care of your business directly.”
Jiang Mingyue smiled softly: "De Xing! Do I still want to thank you for thinking of me?"
"Let's stop playing tricks and just give us more money when the time comes!"
"Check, then you can see the quality of the stone. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."
"Then where shall we meet?"
Jiang Mingyue: "Well, let's meet at the old place. I hear I miss the food street near the university."
"Old place..."
After hearing Jiang Mingyue's words, Li Mu was in a trance: "Okay, I remember that the Pan Noodle restaurant is still open, let's try it together?"
Jiang Mingyue: "Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu rubbed his face, and a trace of sadness appeared in the corners of his eyes.
Jiang Mingyue was his college classmate. The two had been in love for two years and had many unforgettable memories.
It's just that it is difficult for a poor boy to become a family with Bai Fumei.
Jiang Mingyue's family is in the jewelry business. They have opened more than a dozen silver shops in Hedong Province. They also own a supermarket chain and shares in more than 30 other companies. The entire family has at least tens of billions of wealth.
Li Mu also didn't know that Jiang Mingyue's family was so rich until Jiang Mingyue's mother found him in person.
However, having money or not has little impact on Li Mu. He does not feel that money is an obstacle between him and Jiang Mingyue.
But the reality is that money does become an obstacle to love, and sometimes it becomes an insurmountable mountain.
Only the wings composed of power and money can make people climb over this invisible mountain that spans between men and women.
Jiang Mingyue's mother went to Li Mu several times and bribed several cadres of the student union to put pressure on Li Mu. Even though Jiang Mingyue argued hard, it was still difficult to stop her family's influence on Li Mu.
The intrigues in the school and the entanglements of some gangsters outside the school made Li Mu very angry.
The matter reached its peak after he injured several gangsters who were deliberately looking for trouble.
It was obviously the gangsters who made the first move, but Li Mu was defined by a dean of the school as an intentional fight, and Li Mu was given an inexplicable demerit.
Although Li Mu found a lawyer afterwards and wanted to go to court with the school to get the school to withdraw the punishment, this incident involved a lot of Li Mu's energy and almost affected Li Mu's studies.
At this point, even if Li Mu didn't want to break up with Jiang Mingyue, Jiang Mingyue could only take the initiative to break up with Li Mu.
So we broke up.
After the breakup, Li Mu took the postgraduate entrance examination, and after Jiang Mingyue graduated, she went directly to the family business and became the manager of a bank in Wencheng City.
Apart from the occasional chat in the classmate group, the two parties have no longer contacted each other.
Former lovers become strangers.
Li Mu has not found a girlfriend in the past few years, and he has something to do with Jiang Mingyue.
It was only now that he had obtained the bronze bell and had the ability to travel between the two worlds that his mentality had undergone a huge change, and he had truly let go of this relationship.
Otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to contact Jiang Mingyue.
After changing his clothes, Li Mu got off the elevator, arrived at the garage, and drove to the main campus of Wencheng University.
Several years have passed, and the food street at the school gate is still the same as before, and it seems that there has not been much change.
The milk tea shop on the street was that milk tea shop, but the little girl selling milk tea had a lot of swelling around her waist, and her whole body had swelled several times.
When Li Mu was buying milk tea, he saw that the little girl with a pointed chin and big eyes in the past had turned into a fat woman with a big face. He almost blinded his titanium alloy dog eyes and couldn't help but sigh.
Time is indeed a butcher's knife!
Only a few years later, the girl from the past has become like this.
I hope Jiang Mingzhu will never become like the milk tea girl.
Carrying two cups of milk tea, Li Mu walked along the street for a while. Looking at the young men and women walking by, he couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.
At the beginning, he was one of these young men and women. After class every day, he would either practice boxing or hang out here with Jiang Mingyue. When he was tired from shopping, he would find a small restaurant to sit down and have something to eat.
Now that I come back, I feel that things are different and people are different. The streets are still the same, but I no longer have the same mentality as before.
He stopped in front of a noodle shop.
Lao Zhang’s beef noodles.
This is the place where he and Jiang Mingyue came together, or Jiang Mingyue often accompanied him to eat together.
Li Mu opened the door curtain and walked into the smoke-filled small restaurant. He glanced around and saw a young woman in professional attire.
This woman's clothes and her temperament are totally incompatible with the environment of this noodle shop. Sitting here, she looks like a sanitary ball placed in the sewer, looking completely out of place.
She sat here, making the diners in the noodle shop unable to let go. She even lowered her voice deliberately when she spoke, for fear of disturbing the beauty.
Some people just sit there and say nothing, but their appearance and demeanor can still give people a sense of dignity that they dare not blaspheme.
