Daqi, Kaiyuan Prefecture, Quanzhou, a remote fishing village.
Outside a dilapidated wooden house, there was a gorgeously decorated horse-drawn carriage parked, and there were several knights in black standing with swords in their hands. Many male and female villagers were crowding nearby, all of them looked excited and whispered in small numbers.
What are they discussing?
"Is it really the Jin family, the Jin family in Fengcheng?"
"You can't be wrong. Looking at the golden logos embroidered on these people, apart from the Jin family in Fengcheng, there is no other family in the entire Kaiyuan Mansion."
"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect it! Shi Ting left his wife and his wife, and there was no news for ten years. He originally thought that he had died in another place, but he didn't expect that he actually climbed into the Jin family and sent someone back to pick up Shi Mu. It's a pity that Shi Ting
Mother Mu has died of illness many years ago, otherwise the mother and son would have enjoyed endless prosperity and wealth in the future."
"Prosperity and wealth! Isn't this certain? Didn't you hear what someone from the Jin family just said, saying that Shi Ting was already the uncle of the Jin family? If Shi Mu's mother had not passed away, Shi Ting would not have dared to send anyone to pick up Shi Mu.
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"Anyway, Shi Mu has managed to survive. Yesterday he was an orphan, and today he is a young master."
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"My father is seriously ill in bed, and I still have a sister?" Shi Mu stared at the old man in green shirt in front of him and asked slowly.
He is only fourteen years old. His skin is slightly dark and red due to the sea breeze all year round. However, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is half a head taller than the average person of his age. Under his shabby shirt, there are faintly bulging muscles, giving him an impression of a man.
A wild and unruly feeling.
"Yes, the master is very ill this time and may not be able to survive. That's why the lady sent an old slave to pick up Master Shi so that he can see the master one last time." The old man in green shirt replied with a smile.
"Madam? Since he has abandoned his mother for so many years, why should he come to recognize me as his son now? Go back, I will not go to the Jin family with you." The young man said with a gloomy face and without hesitation.
"Ahem! I'm afraid Young Master Shi has misunderstood the master. In fact, the reason why the master has not returned to the village in these years is because of difficulties. As long as the young master and the master meet face to face, all misunderstandings can be cleared up." The old man said lightly.
He coughed and said again.
"Humph, even if you talk nonsense, you can't change that man's abandonment of his wife. No need to say more." The young man snorted coldly.
When the old man in green shirt heard this, he finally frowned and looked at the young man carefully before he made up his mind and said:
"In the past few years, the young master has bought medicinal herbs in the town that are unexpectedly cheap? In addition, when Coach Li of the county martial arts school teaches the young master boxing, does he charge much lower than other disciples? Also, young master Shi
The fish and shrimps caught at sea are all snatched away as soon as they arrive in the town, and few people negotiate for the price."
"You mean, that person arranged all these things?" The young man's expression changed and he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know if it was arranged by the master himself, but these were indeed ordered by the madam." The old man in green shirt replied with a smile.
When the young man heard this, his expression became uncertain and he hesitated.
"By the way, hasn't Master Shi been practicing the art of body tempering? It seems that he must want to become a real warrior. Madam also gave instructions before the old slave came over. As long as the young master is willing to agree to see him, she will find a way to give him
Master Shi is trying to get a chance to enter the Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy, but whether he can actually be admitted then depends on Master Shi's own abilities." The old man in green shirt finally revealed his biggest reliance for this trip.
"Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy?" The young man was a little moved.
"Since the young master is a martial arts practitioner, he should be very clear when he thinks about it. The four major martial arts academies in the country only recruit students once every five years. The two major conditions for being able to participate in the admission test are that he must be under the age of fifteen to complete the body tempering master, and at the same time understand the Qi
After all, only those who understand the sense of energy can cultivate the true energy, open up the meridians, and become a true warrior. However, if you want to understand the sense of energy, you must take the spirit pill to guide it. The price is so high that even if the Jin family every time
We can only collect about ten. If Master Shi only relies on himself, he may not be able to achieve his goal in this life." The old man in green shirt continued calmly.
The young man fell silent, and after a while he said coldly:
"Come back in three days and I'll give you an answer then."
"Okay, I will wait for good news for three days." Seeing this, the old man in green shirt knew that the young man had made up his mind, so he did not continue to persuade him, and immediately bowed slightly to leave.
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"Steward Cheng, we really are going back like this. Why don't we just take the person away by force? Why waste more time." Not far from the small fishing village, a group of people gathered around the carriage, and a burly knight, reluctantly
He kept asking.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Although Young Master Shi is not a direct young master of the Jin family, he is his own flesh and blood. When we come here this time, we just need to bring him back safely, and we must not show any neglect or contempt. Otherwise, as Madam and
The relationship between masters, after knowing this, we will never be able to explain the past." After hearing this, the old man in green shirt's face suddenly darkened, and he scolded.
"Yes, my little mind is confused." The burly knight became a little frightened.
At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed beside the road, and another knight in black clothes with the same appearance flashed out, bowed to the old man, and said hurriedly:
"Manager Cheng, the brothers discovered the Fifth Master's Biao brothers nearby. What do you think we should do with them?"
"Hmph, it seems that the Fifth Master has not given up on the original plan. The Biao brothers are all in the early stages of acquired life, and only I can deal with them. You guys are waiting here, you lead the way, I will go there personally and deal with them
." The old man in green shirt frowned and said decisively.
"yes"
The knight moved and immediately turned around and ran towards the road he came from.
However, the old man in green shirt made a "whoosh" sound, fell directly from the horse, and rushed away after the knight. His figure was so light that he seemed to have no weight at all. After a while, he disappeared into the woods not far away.
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The burly knight and the remaining few people still surrounded the carriage and stayed where they were.
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In the evening, on an unnamed mound a mile away from the fishing village, under the faint moonlight, Shi Mu knelt alone in front of a slightly raised tomb. On a light yellow stone tablet in front of the tomb, it clearly read "Shimen Wang's Curtain"
"Wait for a few big black characters.
"Mother, you never expected that my father did not die. Instead, he married a wife outside the family. But don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised. When my father left you, he became a
Using the excuse of pursuing the dream of being a warrior, Mu'er will definitely become a true warrior and the most powerful warrior in the world, so that you can rest in peace under the Nine Springs!"
The young man murmured a few words in front of the grave, then stood up, moved his hands and feet, and started to punch in front of the grave.
With the sound of "crackling" bones, the boy's movements gradually changed from slow to fast, and his body was like a tiger. After a cup of tea, only the shadows of fists were seen rolling, and a layer of yellow dust was blown up from the nearby soil, sweeping the boy away.
The figure was completely submerged in it.
"Whoosh"
A figure rushed out of the morning mist and punched a nearby tree as thick as a bowl.
There was a loud "boom", the big tree shook, countless branches and leaves fell down, and there was a half-inch deep fist mark on the trunk.
Shi Mu stared at the fist marks on the tree trunk and raised his eyebrows.
This boxing technique was the only boxing technique he learned from the martial arts school in the town, and it is also the most widely circulated body-tempering martial arts in Daqi.
According to the instructor of the martial arts school, if he could leave such deep marks on the tree trunk, he should have reached the seventh level of body tempering by now. He is only short of the last two levels before he can truly achieve the goal of body tempering and realize the rumored energy sense.
And this took him a full four years!
You must know that the saying that the poor in literature and the rich in military are definitely not unreasonable.
Ever since he decided to start practicing martial arts, he had been saving for five or six months just for the thirty taels of silver entrance fee to the martial arts gym. And the fee was much lower than that of other disciples because of his repeated requests.
And the cost of many medicinal baths after starting to temper his body made him invest all his fishing harvest in the past few years, leaving him often without a penny and his family was even more impoverished.
Even so, Shi Mu's ability to cultivate to such a high level of body tempering has already surprised everyone in the martial arts hall. Several instructors were even more amazed, thinking that his bones were excellent and that he was born to practice martial arts.
After all, during this period, although he had asked the martial arts pharmacist to prepare medicinal soup to cleanse his body, he couldn't really buy any spiritual herbs in the town with this little money. Most of them were ordinary herbs, and their body-tempering effects were minimal.
Shi Mu thought of this and sighed inwardly.
He knew very well that his bones were very ordinary, and the reason why he could reach the current body tempering level in just a few years was due to another chance two years ago.
This was also the reason why he did not immediately agree to the old man in blue shirt to go to Jin's house.
The young man thought of this, looked up at the moonlight in the sky, turned around and ran down the mountain.
A quarter of an hour later, Shi Mu appeared on a rocky beach somewhere. With a "pop" sound, he jumped directly into the sea water. He moved his arms, twisted his body, and dived down quickly and silently like a big fish.
After a while, people arrived at a depth of more than thirty or forty feet in the sea.
A shocking scene occurred.
Under the originally dark sea water, faint white lights began to appear, and they became more and more numerous and brighter, illuminating the nearby sea water brightly.
Shi Mu was not surprised by this, and still held his breath. After quickly paddling his hands and feet down a few meters, his body suddenly turned upside down, and his feet suddenly stepped on the sand, reaching a seabed covered with white sand.
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Only then could we see clearly that the things emitting a faint white light around the bottom of the sea were actually more than a dozen palm-sized shells, surrounding a huge reef seven or eight feet high, flickering in and out.
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