If an ordinary person kicks down a big tree as big as a bowl, the force of the counter-shock alone will make the soles of his feet numb and swollen, but Yang Ji doesn't feel anything, and his whole body is full of energy and blood. This is the result of training.
"The density of my bones now should be about the same as those of these big trees. Even compared to those of tigers and leopards, it should be about the same. I just don't know if I can be as fast as a fox."
Yang Ji secretly thought that he had only reached the state of "catching rabbits with bare hands" with the help of martial arts.
But the requirement of the ninth stage of breathing is to reach a level comparable to that of a fox and rabbit without using any martial arts.
"Go out and try."
Yang Ji raised his head and walked slowly outside.
With the arrival of spring, all animals revive. In such deep mountains, the most indispensable thing is birds and animals.
After walking out of the woods, but before getting close, a leopard was hiding behind a rock in the grass, hunting an elk. Suddenly, it smelled something, and it frightened and ran away.
Yang Ji knew very well that the leopard was not afraid of him, it had smelled the breath of "Xiao Ji", the poisonous snake emperor.
Although the leopard is a hunter among all beasts, when it comes to a poisonous emperor like Xiao Ji, it will stay away and run away as far as possible.
"This is it!"
Yang Ji was originally going to use a few rabbits or foxes as test subjects, but he suddenly changed his mind when he saw this leopard.
Whoosh!
The strong wind suddenly rose, and Yang Ji's body suddenly fell down, incredibly fast. This time, Yang Ji did not use any martial arts, it was just an explosion of physical strength.
"Ouch!"
The leopard smelled Xiao Ji's breath on Yang Ji's body and ran away faster, leaping like flying in the mountain forest, leaving an afterimage behind him.
Yang Ji was already some distance away from the leopard, but with this acceleration, he immediately moved further away.
"Good guy, I don't believe I can't catch you!"
Yang Ji saw that the leopard was working hard, and his desire to win was aroused.
boom!
Yang Ji also exerted his whole body strength to the extreme, and his speed suddenly surged. One man and one leopard chased each other back and forth, and the distance slowly narrowed, getting closer and closer.
"Roar!--"
Feeling the slowly approaching breath from behind, the leopard knew that it could not escape, and aroused the ferocity in its bones. It roared suddenly, turned around, opened its big mouth, and pointed its white teeth towards Yang Ji's neck.
Pounced over.
"Well done!"
Yang Ji was not surprised but overjoyed. After reaching the ninth level of breathing, more than just speed increased. At the moment when the leopard pounced, Yang Ji stepped forward instead of retreating, shaking his hands.
Snapped!
Being shaken by Yang Ji so lightly, the leopard howled as if it had been hit hard, and flew away, flying more than three feet away, and fell to the ground with a splat.
boom!
Yang Ji's strides were like flying. Before the leopard could stand up, he hit the leopard's back with a powerful punch. There was a continuous cracking sound, dust filled the air, and the leopard became motionless.
Yang Ji finished it in one breath, as fast as lightning. At this time, he killed the leopard. He only felt a sense of fatigue rising from his body. After suppressing it for a long time, his chest rose and fell sharply, he gasped for air, and his forehead was sweating.
"Although my strength has been greatly increased, my physical strength still cannot keep up. If this leopard persists for a while longer, I may not be able to catch up."
Yang Ji knew clearly in his heart that although his current speed could catch up with the fleeing leopard on foot, which could be said to be "as fast as a galloping horse" to a certain extent, it was based on a lot of physical exertion and could not last for long, let alone
Let alone a galloping horse that "travels a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles a night".
However, fortunately, the leopard's physical strength is also not good, and it will still decline after a sprint of 100 meters. Even if Yang Ji's speed cannot be sustained, he can still catch up with it.
After skinning the leopard, Yang Ji cooked a meal of roasted leopard meat and enjoyed it.
There was no sun or moon in the mountains, so Yang Ji only focused on practicing and entering the country every day. Before he knew it, Qingming Festival was approaching.
"It's time to pay homage to my parents."
Yang Ji thought to himself, packed his bags and left.
The moon and stars were sparse, and it was midnight before I knew it.
People who had worked hard all day were already drowsy and left one after another, leaving only an empty and silent wilderness.
The night was quiet, and the strange calls of night owls could be heard in the air. Under the starlight, only two afterimages, one large and one small, were seen running quickly.
"Xiao Ji, hurry up."
Yang Ji smiled behind him.
"His!"
The little monster screamed, its body turned into a black line, and it chased after it. Wherever it passed, the grass blades fell backward one after another, and its body did not touch the ground, as if it was flying.
Yang Ji is not much different. At first glance, the flexion and contraction of his body is exactly the same as that of Xiao Ji. If you didn't look carefully, you might have thought it was a giant python in the dark.
One person and one snake chase each other back and forth, integrating martial arts training into ordinary play.
laugh!
Just when he reached the mountainside, a blue phosphorus fire suddenly flashed in the darkness. The light of the fire was fleeting and disappeared on the top of the mountain in just a blink of an eye. However, in the moment before the light disappeared, Yang Ji could vaguely see the mountain in his pupils.
A blurry figure flashed across the top.
"Huh? Someone!"
Yang Ji was suddenly startled and looked back at Xiao Ji beside him, only to see Xiao Ji also nodded. Obviously this was not Yang Ji's hallucination alone.
"It's midnight, and it's so lonely. Who is this person?"
Yang Ji was shocked and doubtful, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Most people have gone back to sleep at this time. Except for people like Yang Ji who are practicing in the mountains and forests, no serious people will show up at this time.
"Go over and have a look."
With a thought in his mind, Yang Ji took Xiao Ji away and at the same time lowered his breathing. He dwarfed his body and used the movement technique he learned from Xiao Ji. His body swung like an agile python, flying quickly through the woods close to the ground.
The graves of Yang Ji's parents were on the mountain, and he had to check them out no matter what.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
An afterimage snaked towards the top of the mountain. When it reached the top of the mountain, Yang Ji took a breath and his pupils suddenly shrank——
"court death!"
Yang Ji's eyes burst out with murderous intent, and his whole body was shaking with anger.
Under the moonlit night, I saw a body half-kneeling at the grave of Yang Ji's parents. Next to him, two bags, one large and one small, were placed. The small bag revealed shovels, pickaxes and other tools, while the large bag revealed
In one corner, there were densely packed withered bones.
The phosphorus fire that Yang Ji saw was emanating from these dead bones.
The man was kneeling on the ground, waving the shovel in his hand, and had already dug a small piece of earth.
"It is harmful to nature and digs up people's ancestral graves." There is no greater hatred than this. However, when he saw the withered bones exposed in the big bag, Yang Ji suddenly knew the identity of this figure.
"Cultist!"
Yang Ji stared at the figure coldly.
In the border areas, there was only one kind of person who would secretly dig graves and steal bones. That was the "cult believers" suppressed by the imperial court. These people collected bones, built altars, and gained evil power, and they gained a great reputation.
Now that the Qingming Festival has just passed, no one would have thought that someone would come to steal the bones. This person chose to act in the middle of the night and acted lightly. Obviously, he did not want to alarm the court and did it without anyone noticing.
"who?!"
Suddenly, there was a loud shout and the air flow shook. The mysterious figure who was squatting on the ground and quietly digging a grave suddenly felt something in his heart and looked in the direction of Yang Ji. His eyes were like a pair of falcons, cold and vicious.
Come into view.
When their eyes met, the figure trembled and stood up suddenly. Without any panic at being caught, he patted his clothes and looked at Yang Ji calmly.
"Kid, it's midnight, you're not sleeping at home, why are you here?"
That man was a full head and a half taller than Yang Ji, with prominent cheekbones and a cold aura all over his body.
"Today is the Qingming Festival. I am here to offer some incense to my ancestors."
Yang Ji said calmly, with a strong murderous intention passing through his heart.
In the past, "cult believers" were too far away from Yang Ji. The imperial court suppressed them openly, so there was basically no need for him, a scholar, to worry about them.
But this time it was different. If I had not come here to worship in the middle of the night to avoid being chased by the eldest lady, I would have been afraid that the remains of my parents would have been dug up by these people to summon those evil things.
"Killing people is just a matter of bowing their heads." But digging up people's ancestral graves and humiliating their ancestors is really unacceptable. No matter what, Yang Ji will not let him go.
"Um?"
Cao Ge, the Bone Maker, was obviously startled. He had been very careful when he was ordered to collect the corpses this time. Especially after the annual Qingming Festival, he took advantage of the carelessness of ordinary people to avoid being discovered.
"Digging people's graves and stealing people's corpses" is extremely taboo, and it is difficult not to discover traces of the excavation. Once it attracts the attention of the court, it will be a huge shock.
He chose a tomb deep in the mountains, and after worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival, most people would never notice that he was so bold. And no one would come here in the middle of the night.
However, "man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation". He obviously chose a tomb at random, but he did not expect to meet the real owner in the middle of the night.
"Hey, kid, there is a way to heaven if you don't take it, but there is no door to hell if you don't want to come."
After the initial shock, the Skeleton Master quickly reacted. While grinning, he moved a few steps forward without leaving a trace, invisibly closing the distance between him and Yang Ji to prevent Yang Ji from suddenly escaping:
"Now that you've come, don't leave."
There was silence in the dark night, and the strange screams of night owls from deep in the forest were even more eerie and terrifying.
"Humph! I never said I was leaving."
Yang Ji sneered and took two steps forward under the surprised look of the Bone Master.
In the past, he would never be willing to have any interaction with these "cult believers". But it is different now. Once these people are let go, they may come again next time, and it is impossible to guard against them. At that time, Yang Ji will
I regret it so much.
"If you dare to dig up the remains of my parents, I will kill you without a burial place!"