At night, the moonlight is faint and quiet, like water, pouring over the earth.
Dayong Dynasty, Nan'an County in Jizhou, Xiyuan of the wealthy Meng family.
A young man in purple clothes stood quietly in an empty and quiet courtyard, surrounded by a hazy light of light red.
The young man closed his eyes slightly, placed his hands across his chest, interlaced his fingertips, and pinched the Arhat seal.
His expression is solemn and dignified, just like the solemn Buddha statue in the temple.
At the same time, concentrate entirely on the internal energy in the body, stimulating the internal energy that surges like a wave.
Between breaths, like pulling on a bellows, the huge air flow rises and falls with the boy's breath.
I vaguely seem to hear the sound of chanting sutras, and I can see the strength of his internal organs and muscles, as if a ferocious beast is hiding inside.
Through the soft moonlight, you can see that this young man's appearance is extremely outstanding.
He is about eighteen years old, with long, satin-like black hair tied behind his shoulders by a silver knot and neatly combed.
The eyebrows are slanted, as black as ink, the nose is like hanging gallbladder, the lips are thin, and the lines on the face are soft but still heroic.
Under the hazy red light, the whole person is as white as jade, and his figure is also extremely tall and overhanging, giving him a heroic and extraordinary look.
Suddenly, the young man's slightly closed eyes opened, and in the dark night, like two white electric lights suddenly appeared, sharp as a knife, making people dare not look directly.
The long white breath he exhaled was like an arrow shot out, condensing and not dissipating.
The young man recovered his energy, stood with his hands behind his hands, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and thought to himself,
“Finally, I barely managed to master the Arhat Child Skill that I received from my initiation.
Although it was not possible to directly open up Dantian like a sea, it created the strongest foundation.
But it is still above average, as vast as a tranquil lake, and there is still room for improvement.”
The martial arts of Houtian in this life are divided into three stages.
They are the three levels of absorbing breath and condensing energy, accumulating Qi to transform into sea, and accessing meridians. They can also be simply called the three stages of Beginner, Xiaocheng, and Dacheng.
Not to mention absorbing breath and condensing energy, accumulating Qi to transform into the sea requires the warrior to accumulate powerful internal energy and open up the Dantian Qi sea.
Because this stage is so important, it is also called the foundation of the avenue.
Corresponding to the Dantian developed by warriors, there are five categories: pond, stream, lake, river, and sea, with completely different foundations.
The most obvious thing is that there is a huge difference in the degree of internal strength.
It can only develop a martial artist's foundation like a pool of Dantian, which is the worst level.
The warriors who have opened up a sea of dantian are not only stronger, but also have unlimited potential.
Therefore, at this level, warriors will directly widen the gap. The strong will always be strong, and the weak will become weaker.
Many people, especially disciples of famous sects, will not easily pass this level. Instead, they will spend several years or even longer polishing the foundation of this level.
Being able to open up a Dantian like a lake is pretty good considering his age.
Besides, the boy’s origin is not a simple character.
His name is Meng Zhao, and he is the second and only son of the Meng family, a wealthy family in Nan'an County.
Although his parents are dead, his relatives are still there, and there is still a big business waiting to be inherited.
Unfortunately, although this identity is real, the person he is is fake.
To be precise, the boy is a time traveler.
In his previous life, he suffered a disaster because he was watching a fight between many people in an antique shop. One of them was knocked down without paying attention.
When you wake up, you have arrived in this strange world.
What's even more tragic is that he time-traveled into the body of a beggar who was seriously ill and had no ability to survive.
With no clothes to cover his body, he was hungry and cold, and he was suffering from serious diseases. He was about to die of starvation or illness.
Fortunately, he was noticed by a mysterious man of unknown origin and rescued. He was taken to a mysterious place like an underground palace and received training for more than a year.
There is only one training content: pretending to be a young man named Meng Zhao.
The reason is that he has an appearance and figure that is 90% similar to the real Meng Zhao, is also similar in age, and has advantages that the disguise technique does not have.
For this reason, he lived a life that was ten times more diligent than the most difficult period of study in his previous life.
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By observing the portraits, we can learn about Meng Zhao's interpersonal relationships in all kinds of detail, which can be said to be extremely detailed.
Until three days ago, under the arrangement of the mysterious man, he received the initiation and transmission of Qigong from a middle-aged monk.
Cleanse the essence and cut the marrow, reborn, and replenish the originally deficient body.
He also obtained more than 20 years of pure internal cultivation out of thin air and opened up a Dantian like a lake.
In terms of pure cultivation, he is even worse than the real Meng Zhao.
This point is actually very important.
After all, similarities in appearance are easy to draw, but differences in martial arts can easily reveal flaws.
How can a weakling who has been practicing martial arts for a year and has weak internal strength be like Meng Zhao who has been practicing for ten years and has a solid foundation?
Afterwards, this mysterious man even completed a civet cat-for-prince drama, and swapped him with the real Meng Zhao.
You should know that Zhen Meng Zhao left his hometown for ten years and has been living in the Daci'en Temple in Yujing, the imperial capital.
When he returned to the family this time, he was protected by a large number of Meng family masters.
Despite being strictly guarded, he still found a way out and allowed him to successfully replace Meng Zhao and return to the Meng family. This shows that the mysterious man has great magical powers.
Moreover, from the mysterious man's knowledge and understanding of Meng Zhao, we can also infer that the other party definitely has an extremely powerful intelligence network.
However, what gave Meng Zhao some peace of mind was that the mysterious man did not take advantage of the situation and immediately asked him to complete some thrilling mission.
It just allows him to integrate into the Meng family with peace of mind and play the role of Meng Zhao well.
It is probably equivalent to a latent spy, which may not be activated for several years.
This reduced his risk of exposure, which was a comfort.
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps coming from outside the bluestone arch on the west side of the courtyard.
From far to near, without any deliberate concealment, Meng Zhao's thoughts were brought back to reality.
He straightened his clothes, and his gloomy expression and frown quickly relaxed, becoming clear, gentle, and sunny.
When people first see him, they will think that he is a humble gentleman, and he is totally different from before.
What caught Meng Zhao's eyes was a young man wearing yellow turban and walking like a tiger.
This young man is not very old, but looks about eighteen or nineteen, with a round face, big eyes, dark skin, and an ordinary figure.
Although he is not handsome, he looks somewhat cheerful and smart.
Meng Zhao's mind instinctively reflected the young man's message:
Lu Le, who was born as an orphan, was adopted by Lu Zhong, a third-generation old servant of the Meng Zhao family and the second-in-command of the Meng family, because of his skeletal abnormalities in his early years, and became Lu Zhong's adopted son.
After Meng Zhao returned to the family, Lu Le naturally became his confidant, close friend, and follower.
Moreover, as long as Meng Zhao's identity has not been exposed, there is no doubt about his loyalty.
Lu Le hurriedly walked to Meng Zhao, knelt down, lowered his head, held his hands in his hands very respectfully, handed Meng Zhao a gold-plated invitation with black characters on a red background, and said
"Young Master, this is the invitation sent by the Second Young Master. It says that you are invited to the Yalan Pavilion to taste wine and admire the moon."
Lu Le's voice has a cool quality that is rare for young people, and it sounds very comfortable.
Meng Zhao did not accept the invitation, but walked up to Lu Le with a gentle smile, took the young man's arms with both hands, pulled him up directly, and scolded with soft eyes,
"Ale, I told you before that you don't want to kneel down in front of me.
You are Uncle Zhong’s adopted son, that is, my brother, how can a brother kneel down and worship you every now and then?”
Lu Le was not used to Meng Zhao's approachability and said with sincere fear,
"Master, you must not be like this. As the saying goes, there is an order of hierarchy and distinction between superior and inferior. You are the master and I am the slave. I am born to serve you. I don't dare to mess with the rules.
But if the young master doesn’t like it, I will not kneel down from now on, but will only bow to you, so that you can feel comfortable.”
Meng Zhao shook his head, took the invitation from Lu Le, opened it and read it.
The content was very simple. It was nothing more than the eldest brother setting up a table of good wine and food and inviting him over to enjoy it and reminisce about the long-lost family ties.
After Meng Zhao read it, he threw the invitation into Lu Le's arms and said,
"Ale, what do you think is the purpose of my second brother inviting me over? Should I go to the banquet?"
Although he is a fake, he probably knows the Meng family better than the real Meng Zhao who has been away from home for ten years and has never returned once.
Knowing that this second brother Meng Wen didn't want a good banquet, the intention of inviting him was not that simple.