In the early morning, the martial arts training ground in the West Courtyard was bustling with activity. The male disciples who had not passed the fifth rank were training enthusiastically, each of them busy and focused.
At this moment, a young girl suddenly walked in through the door. She was wearing a lake green robe. She was graceful and graceful, with a pretty face and a faint smile on her face. She was Xu Xiaorou.
When she entered the courtyard, her bright eyes glanced around and landed on Li Muchan's house. She walked over and stood under the plum tree in front of the window.
As soon as she got closer, she could tell whether there was anyone in the room, and she shook her head in disappointment.
Meng Shichao walked over shirtless, his shoulders were shiny and his muscles were taut. He smiled and said: "Senior Sister Xu, are you looking for Junior Brother Li?"
Xu Xiaoju said: "He hasn't come back yet?"
Meng Shichao shook his head: "No, do you want to go inside and take a rest?"
"No." Xu Xiaorou shook her head in disappointment, turned around and left.
Meng Shichao watched her graceful figure disappear at the door and sighed. A young man in blue shirt looked over and waved his hand with a smile: "Hey, the soul is back! Senior Brother Meng, everyone is gone!"
Master Meng came back to his senses and glared at the young man in blue: "You brat, a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth!"
"Senior Brother Meng, since you like Senior Sister Xu, you should tell me quickly and don't let anyone get ahead of you!" said the young man in blue shirt with a playful smile.
Meng Shichao shook his head and sighed.
"Is it because of Junior Brother Li?" the young man in blue shirt asked.
Meng Shichao sighed: "Forget it, I understand, Senior Sister Xu has a higher eye than anyone else, and no one can look down on her, not even Junior Brother Li!"
"I see that Senior Sister Xu cares about Junior Brother Li very much!" The young man in blue shirt widened his eyes with disbelief on his face.
Meng Shichao smiled: "For someone like Senior Sister Li, if she cannot admire and respect her, it will be difficult for her to win her eyes. Junior Brother Li is not even close, he is more like a brother and sister."
"So that's it, Senior Brother Meng, you are so awesome!" The young man in blue suddenly realized, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "It's so awesome to know a woman's mind so well!"
Meng Shichao glared at him angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm just thinking about it. Who knows if it's true or false, right or wrong?!"
"Hey, even if I think about it, I can't think of this!" The young man in blue shirt sighed with emotion.
Meng Shichao glanced at him sideways, shook his head and left.
The young man in blue shirt scratched his head and left, each going to practice his own martial arts. If he wanted to move out of this compound and build his own waterside pavilion on the lake, he would have to work hard.
Xu Xiaorou left the compound listlessly. Two people were standing on the path leading down the mountain. Zhang Qiaoyi and He Ruoshui were dressed in white, with fluttering sleeves.
Seeing her like this, Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said, "He hasn't come out of seclusion yet?"
Xu Xiaorou replied with a slumped head: "Well, he is still hiding in seclusion even though he knows we are coming back. Is he hiding from us?"
"What are you thinking about? Let's go and take a stroll in the lake." Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head and smiled.
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The three girls lazily walked down the path, reached the trestle at the foot of the mountain, jumped onto a small boat, Xu Xiaorou paddled the boat, and slowly entered the lake.
Xu Xiaorou was too lazy to cheer up. She was originally excited to see Junior Brother Li when she came back, but she didn't expect that he was in seclusion and couldn't see her.
It's been five or six days since I came back. I went to the compound every day to check, but there was no sign of Junior Brother Li. I asked the lake owner, and she didn't know when Junior Brother Li would be able to leave seclusion.
The time to come back for the New Year is not long, and he has not left the quarantine for a long time. It is really annoying. It would be better if he waits until they leave again before he comes out!
Thinking of this, she swung the oar with all her might, and the boat whizzed forward like an arrow from the string, shooting out more than ten feet away in the blink of an eye.
"Rou'er, what's wrong?" Zhang Qiaoyi turned around and asked.
She stood on the bow of the boat with her hands folded, her light yellow clothes fluttering, and a few strands of hair floating in the air. She looked at Xu Xiaorou with a smile and said with a smile: "Who are you angry with?"
He Ruoshui was wearing a black shirt, calm and leisurely, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Who else can it be, my junior brother?"
"Sister He, who said I was angry with him?" Xu Xiaorou rolled her eyes at her.
He Ruoshui pursed her lips and smiled: "Other than my junior brother, who can make you so angry, Rou'er?!"
Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile: "Junior brother Li is in retreat. This is a good thing. He is anxious to get out of the lake. You don't know. When he gets out of the lake, how about asking him to go to Baiyun City with us?"
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "What do you think?"
"Okay, okay, let the junior brother go to our place!" Xu Xiaorou nodded hurriedly.
Zhang Qiaoyi turned to look at He Ruoshui, who pursed his lips and smiled: "You just make the decision, I don't care."
"If you don't like it, we won't do anything." Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile.
"Well, if he likes to go, he can go." He Ruoshui said.
Xu Xiaorou hurriedly said: "It's settled, I'll go tell the lake owner!"
"You have to pay attention to methods, otherwise the lake owner will not agree." Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile.
Xu Xiaorou was puzzled: "Will the lake owner agree?"
Zhang Qiaoyi nodded: "He is the treasure of the Lake Master. It is said that the ancient qi training technique can make him immortal!"
"Hehe, immortality!" Xu Xiaorou curled her lips and sneered twice.
Zhang Qiaoyi said with a smile: "If you haven't seen it, don't think that it doesn't exist. Maybe you can live forever. Even if you can't live forever, you can live a few more years."
"I don't believe it!" Xu Xiaorou shook her head.
He Ruoshui said: "The owner of the lake is extremely intelligent, how can he hide the truth from her?"
While the three of them were talking, Xu Xiaorou turned around with her paddle and slowly headed towards the water pavilion in the middle. When they arrived at Luo Xing Pavilion, the three of them jumped up and headed to the hall to find Leng Wushuang.
Leng Wushuang suddenly appeared and walked out of the hall. After seeing the three people, he said lightly: "Let's go to the mountain to find Li Zhu."
The three of them were startled, and Xu Xiaorou was overjoyed: "Lake Master, has my junior brother come out of seclusion?"
"Yeah." Leng Wushuang nodded, floated down to the lake, and walked on the lake as if walking on flat ground. In a blink of an eye, he reached the trestle, instead of going on the trail, he went straight into the woods.
The three girls followed closely behind, and they followed into the forest together, walking on the forest tops. After a while, they reached the top of the mountain, climbed over the top of the mountain, and arrived at the cave facing the south.
This cave is located on a cliff, under a large rock. It is difficult to find due to the green vines, and it cannot be entered without extraordinary dexterity.
Leng Wushuang floated down directly, folded in the air, and slipped into the hole lightly. The three women also got in later and saw Li Muchan with a smile on his face.
This cave is a bit dark, but the air is fresh and you can hear the faint sound of running water, which makes you feel refreshed and peaceful.
When Li Muchan saw the three girls, his smile became even brighter: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, Senior Sister Xu, you are back!"
Xu Xiaorou hummed: "You still recognize us!"
Li Muchan said with a smile: "I really don't know what time it is now...will the New Year be celebrated so soon?"
"You have been in seclusion for nearly a year, which is rare." Leng Wushuang said.
Li Muchan took a long breath: "One year? Time flies so fast!"
"How far has it come?" Leng Wushuang asked.
"Fortunately, we have reached the third floor." Li Muchan smiled.
Leng Wushuang also showed a smile: "Not bad!"
Among the four girls, she understands best how difficult it is to practice Qi in ancient times. Every step is like bearing a heavy weight, and there is no opportunity for trickery. Only when the perineum point is full can you enter the Dantian. You need to work hard and accumulate Qi bit by bit.
, there is no other way.
He was able to accumulate enough energy in his perineum in one year and advance rapidly. He must have worked several times as hard as others, which is really rare.
Xu Xiaoju said: "Junior Brother Li, what level are you at now?"
Li Muchan shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not even level six."
"Oh..." Xu Xiaorou was a little disappointed, and then smiled to herself. She was really in a hurry to reach the sixth level in one year. How could such a thing happen?
"Okay, let's go up and talk." Leng Wushuang said.
She floated up and floated onto the cliff. Zhang Qiaoyi and the three girls turned to look at Li Muchan. Xu Xiaoju said: "Junior brother Li, do you want me to take you?"
Li Muchan smiled and shook his head, and he and the three girls got out of the cave and floated up the cliff.
His Qinggong was elegant and calm, and his Flying Immortal Step was full of charm. The three girls looked at him with admiration. After not seeing each other for a year, the junior brother was indeed reborn and had made great progress.
Several people came to the cliff, Leng Wushuang said: "Go back first and have a good rest."
After saying that, she floated down the cliff and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Li Muchan turned to look at the three girls and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, and Senior Sister Xu, let's go play on the lake. I want to get some air most."
"Okay!" Xu Xiaorou said happily.
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said, "Don't you go and lie down for a while?"
Li Muchan shook his head: "I've almost rested in the cave, I just want to relax."
"Okay." Zhang Qiaoyi agreed, and Xu Xiaorou said excitedly: "Come on, let's go to the lake to play and talk."
The four of them floated down the cliff, first falling straight down, then suddenly slowing down in the air, falling leisurely, and finally landed in a lush forest. Then they exited the forest and arrived at the lake.
After getting on the boat, Xu Xiaorou took the initiative to row the boat and soon drifted into the distance.
"Senior Sister Zhang, is Baiyun City okay?" Li Muchan sat on one side, while Zhang Qiaoyi and He Ruoshui sat on the other side.
Zhang Qiaoyi smiled and said: "It's okay."
"The man named Lin didn't cause any trouble?" Li Muchan asked.
Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head: "He doesn't dare to blatantly ask for trouble, and our Xiaozhu is not someone to be trifled with."
He Ruoshui said: "It's actually safe in Baiyun City."
Li Muchan sighed: "Master Lin can bear it, but Junior Brother Lin can't bear it..."
Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Master Lin also went into solitary confinement once. After he came out of seclusion, his internal strength improved greatly, and he seemed like a different person."
Li Muchan suddenly frowned: "Significant improvement in internal strength?"
Xu Xiaorou pouted and shook the oars hatefully. The boat suddenly accelerated and rushed out. She hummed: "I don't know what he ate. It's really annoying!"