The moonlight is bright, the night breeze is long, and the leaves are swirling and falling, and it is already autumn.

A shirtless boy on the bluestone on the river dam in Cangshan Town sat on a three-zhang square bluestone on the river dam, looking about eleven or twelve years old.

The young man's name is Qi Tian, a little beggar in Cangshan Town, there are too many such little beggars in this world.

The young beggar named Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief, untied a piece of white animal skin that was originally tied around his waist, and then Qi Tian read softly: "Refining the source of qi cultivation, the source hides the truth, the source of qi is combined, and the creation is self-contained." Then he spread out the animal skin to meet the moonlight, only to see the animal skin suddenly stretched out in the moonlight and turned into a book.

Eight humanoid patterns were drawn on the unfolded animal skin book, and their scribbling seemed to be the careless graffiti of the person who painted it, but Qi Tian looked at it seriously, and from time to time he was still muttering something.

There was also a burly boy sleeping on the bluestone, naked and full of tattoos, if it weren't for the childishness of the same face, with his figure, others would think that he was a man in the prime of life. He is Qi Tian's sworn brother Erhu from childhood to adulthood.

The second tiger snored and slept heartlessly, Qi Tian listened to the snoring and didn't feel it, but he felt warm.

Since adopting him and Erhu five years ago, the old name Hanako has disappeared, leaving only a picture book with no title, but he is instructed to act according to the pictures in the book every day, and nothing else is left except for others to know. Seven-year-old him and nine-year-old Erhu had to support each other and try to survive. Now, five years have passed, in order to survive, the two of them have done whatever they wanted.

Thinking of these, Qi Tian was a little distracted, and looked at the town below the embankment, the scale of the town was not very large, but the planning was as staggered as the chess pieces on the chessboard. There is only one official road in Cangshan Town, and when Qi Tian was begging for a living in the town, he heard from the merchants in the town that this official road went straight to the cloud city, and there were wind and clouds outside the city, and there were thousands of strange things about foreign races. Even Fengyun City is just a remote part of the country. The other Qi Tian didn't know anything, but they also had a strong curiosity and yearning for the distance.

The most lively place in the town is the West Street, the West Street is the gathering place of the restaurant and the kiln village, the Cangshan resources are extremely rich, so although the Cangshan Town is a small town, there are a lot of merchants who come and go, even if it is late at night, the West Street is also brightly lit, especially the Red Dream Building operated by the Yao family in Cangshan, this five-storey small building is quite gorgeous, and you can vaguely see the shadow of the people inside. Qi Tian was only a twelve-year-old child, and he couldn't help but be envious in his heart. With good wine, good meat and beautiful women, it must be a heavenly day, Qi Tian secretly swore that one day he would go in and enjoy it, and he would also be an uncle, and he also wanted the little beauty with fine skin and tender meat to shout and wait for him.

Erhu didn't know when he woke up, stared at Qi Tian with big eyes and said: "You kid is dreaming again, you and I haven't eaten the last meal now, or how can Ming'er go to the town to get some food and drink, the beauty with fine skin and tender meat, and the choppy chest should think about it, go to sleep!" After speaking, he smashed his mouth and seemed to have something aftertaste, and he didn't wait for Qi Tian to open his mouth, and fell asleep again.

Qi Tian shook his head and lay down, put on the tattered clothes that he put on his side, and said to himself with Erhu: "Hey, I don't know why, if you don't follow the picture book given by the old man, the wind blows and the body is cold!"

With a smile on the corner of the second tiger's mouth, he naturally knew that they had been practicing their luck according to this nameless picture book for more than five years, although they were still young at the beginning, but the old man who adopted them had urged them to practice their luck every morning and evening, and he had never told them anything. But the two of them have been mixed for so long, and they know that this picture book is probably what kind of exercises to strengthen the body, but they have been used to calling it a picture book for a long time. Although they did not see other benefits, they already had a lot of resistance to the weather and temperature outside, and their endurance and strength were several times stronger than ordinary people. Since childhood, the two of them have known the truth that wealth is not exposed, so they moved to this embankment to practice every day.

The autumn wind is blowing violently, and the insects are chirping. A kind of warmth permeates this bleak autumn night.

The red glow burst out of the sky, the purple gas was thick, the sun had just come out, and Qi Tian and Erhu were already sitting cross-legged on the bluestone and meditating. The muscles of the two of them bulged out between the breath, and the air flow around them seemed to be like a swimming dragon.

By the time the sun had fully risen, the two of them were already steaming and sweating. Immediately, the two of them shouted, and the bluestone under them was shocked, and the stone body cracked, and Qi Tian and Erhu couldn't help but be startled.

Erhu scratched his head and said, "Why didn't there be such a thing before, this stone has been with you and me for three years, how can it be broken today? Could it be that it was crushed by me?"

Qi Tian lowered his head and thought for a while and replied: "Of course not, since you and I have cultivated that nameless album, not to mention that you are getting more and more burly, our physical strength, strength, and aura are much stronger than others. I remember a few days ago you said that every time you practice, the breath in your body seems to rush out, so you only practice once in the past few days, right?"

"Not bad. The second tiger responded

"That's it, in fact, I also feel this way, I'm afraid that the qi in our bodies has been accumulated for a long time, so it burst out today, right?"

"I see, it's a fart!"

Qi Tian smiled bitterly and replied helplessly: "Second Tiger, you are really "smart", you are worthy of being my 'second' tiger brother." Let's hurry to the school in the town, and Mr. Gao graciously allowed us to listen outside the window, and not to be late. ”

Erhu didn't care about Qi Tian's damage to him, but said smugly: "Hey, my good brother, the old rules, let's go to the academy to see who arrives first." ”

The sky is already bright, the shops in the town are open, the vendors along the street are already selling, the porters are also busy looking for business, and the pedestrians come and go are a good scene and it is not lively, Cangshan Town is full of vitality at this moment.

Cangshan School is located at the foot of the east of Cangshan Town, and there is a road leading directly to the school in the town.

At this moment, on the road in front of Cangshan School, a brocade car is galloping, driving a person in a red robe, looking at his neat and flat clothes, dressed not an ordinary groom, looking at the outfit is a housekeeper's appearance, although the driving is fast, but smooth and brisk, the technique is skillful, obviously a practitioner. In the car, there was a young man in brocade with sword eyebrows, starry eyes, red lips and white teeth, sitting quietly in the car, with a tall figure and a bunch of long silver hair tied with a golden headband at will, looking chic and wanton, but the aura around him was cold and abnormal. After a while, there was still half a mile away from the school, and then he turned into a small bamboo forest in the corner next to him.

The red-robed butler shook his hands and stepped on his feet. The galloping horse seemed to be stopped by infinite force, and the body came to a steady stop.

The red-robed housekeeper got out of the car and bowed his head and replied, "Fourth master, it's here." The voice was soft and hoarse, extremely harsh.

After a pause, a gentle and elegant voice that was very different from his breath came out: "I know, wait for that Dou martial artist to come out, it's an appointment." ”

The red-robed butler answered, and then stopped speaking, and then inserted his hands into the cuffs and seemed to close his eyes to recuperate, but there was a cold breath in his eyes that opened and closed from time to time.

The two figures flew fast, almost comparable, and the dust under their feet didn't take long to reach the door of the school. It was Qi Tian and Erhu who came, and the two ran from the embankment to the academy for thirty miles, but the two of them were not tired but were full of energy. It doesn't seem to matter if you do it again.

Erhu sighed and said, "Hey! It's you who are a little faster, and you blame me for being too strong and dragging me down." ”

Qi Tian said with a smile: "It's been three years, from the initial embankment to the academy, you and I are tired to today's relaxation, which is enough to see our progress." ”

"Haha, that's good! You and I can both stop stealing, we can be porters and go back and forth dozens of times a day, and in the long run, not only do we have to eat and wear, but we can also marry a daughter-in-law......" The second tiger smashed it, smashed it, and replied with an unfinished mouth.

"Hey, look at your little bit of interest!"

"Yes, if you are right, I think you will have dreams. ”

Qi Tian shook his head and said, "The bird's ambition is ......!"

The two of them were arguing, completely unaware that the two pairs of eyes in the small forest in the corner not far away looked at the two little beggars in surprise.

"Haha, you two little ghosts, are still arguing, don't you want to clean the school house today?" I saw a man dressed in a Confucian robe, with white hair and a kind face. The old man with the image of an old master looked at the two with a smile. There was also a hardcover man in a black martial artist uniform standing beside him.

Qi Tian and Erhu bowed down in unison when they saw the comer: "Mr. Gao is early, Martial Master Dou is early." ”

"Well... They are all good boys, the martial arts boys have already gone to the martial arts training ground, you should go and clean it up quickly. Mr. Gao smiled and responded, but the hardcover man Dou Wushi snorted disdainfully, his eyes looked towards the sky, and his face was cold.

Seeing this, Mr. Gao laughed again, as if everything in the world was so funny. Qi Tian and Erhu stuck out their tongues, shrunk their necks and ran towards the academy.

"Mr. Gao, it's just two little beggars, why take care of it so much, let him study here for three years in vain, if you want me to say that this kind of goods are killed, no one will ask. ”

Mr. Gao turned around and walked towards the school hall and returned indifferently: "God has the virtue of a good life, and besides, they come to clean the school every day, and they have never secretly learned martial arts, but they just came to learn to read and write, why should Dou Wushi be angry with the child, Yao Chenxi is already waiting, you go quickly, it's not good to delay the hour." ”

Martial Master Dou touched a soft nail and had to clench his fists in hatred and replied: "Hmph! When Mr. Gao's figure was gone, Martial Master Dou immediately raised his breath and ran towards the bamboo forest.

At this time, in the middle of the bamboo forest

The brocade-clothed boy had already walked out of the carriage, but the red-robed butler was nowhere to be seen.

The brocade-clothed boy stared at the bamboo in front of him, and seemed to have an extremely strong interest in this bamboo, carving something on the bamboo with his fingers, nodding and smiling from time to time and seemed quite satisfied.

Suddenly, a "whew" sound broke through the air, and it was Dou Wushi who came from the academy, and when he saw the boy in brocade, he hurriedly bowed down and said with a flattering look: "Dou Kaifu greets the fourth master and says hello to the fourth master." ”

The brocade-clothed boy known as the fourth master turned his head and said lightly: "Martial Master Dou, you have improved again, what I asked you to check has eyebrows?"

"Fourth master, don't worry, I've already found out where the map of the Hu family is... It's just that. ”

"Don't worry, I have already told the president that you have done all the work on this matter, and I will definitely give you what I promised you. ”

When Martial Master Dou heard this, the flattery on his face became even worse, and he immediately whispered something to the boy in brocade, showing a lewd smile from time to time.

After hearing this, the young man in brocade frowned, then nodded and said: "That's fine, please also ask Martial Master Dou to go back and tell Mr., I will let Su Ruan give you things after the matter is completed." ”

Martial Master Dou bowed down with a different face and said, "Then thank you so much to the fourth master, the little one wishes the fourth master success." Then he didn't say much, turned his head and ran to the school.

Seeing Dou Wushi's figure leaving, the red-robed butler who was originally missing came to the brocade boy at some point and said, "Fourth master, is his words credible?

The young man in brocade raised his hand and chuckled: "I think this is in line with the behavior of the eldest young master of the Hu family, don't talk too much about this matter when you go back, the deacon will arrange everything." ”

After the tea, a carriage drove out of the bamboo forest, the horse's hooves were in a hurry, and soon disappeared on the avenue in front of the school with smoke and dust.

...........................

The two entered the school, and they were also familiar with each other, and they had their own division of labor after staying for three years. Cangshan Academy occupies a large area, three-quarters of which belongs to the Martial Soul Academy, where the martial arts children are located, and the two of them are only responsible for the Lingwen Residence where Mr. Gao is located.

The whole layout of Lingwenju is very simple, consisting of three rooms, a seven-storey tower and a large courtyard in front of the house.

It is said that this Cangshan town is located at the border of Dongzhou, and is named because it is located at the foot of a large green mountain. Because of the abundant resources of Daqingshan, in addition to cultivating the fields, the people in the town rely on the herbs and game on the Daqingshan to supplement their families, and some merchants come to buy them regularly, so the life of the townspeople is also tranquil. One of the few major events in the hearts of the townspeople is the admission of children to the church.

Therefore, this Cangshan School is an extremely important place in this Cangshan Town, and even the heads of the Yao and Hu families in the town have to get off the horse and enter the school when they reach the Cangshan School.

And the owner of the school, Mr. Gao, is the most respected elder in the town, and the residents of this town have to call Mr. Gao a good person when they see Mr. Gao, from the children to the elderly.

Because in this Hengtian Dongzhou, it is stipulated that all children who have reached the age of six must enter the hall to learn literature and martial arts to prepare for the future road.

However, it is not the case for little beggars like Qi Tian and Erhu, even if it is a quiet and peaceful town, there are sad people, they are one of them, although it is said that children over six years old can be used, but for little beggars, it is a happy thing to be alive, and it is a coincidence that they can enter the school.

In the hot summer three years ago, the two of them were hungry and thirsty to see the watermelon field in the academy growing just right, where did the hungry and dizzy two take care of anything, rushed over to be a tornado, and they were found by the students of the academy before they had eaten it, and they were immediately inevitably beaten fat, if it wasn't for the master of the school, Mr. Gao, to stop it, the two would have been killed, because they had no status.

After Qi Tian and Erhu were rescued by Mr. Gao, Mr. Gao saw that the two children had nowhere to go, so he felt compassion and let the two stay in the school to take care of his Lingwen Residence. Although the Dou martial arts master and other teachers in the school were unwilling to let the two little beggars stay in the school, Mr. Gao opened his mouth, and no one dared to object, so the martial arts boys in the school inevitably sneered at the two, and even more martial arts boys exchanged feelings with the two, but the two were grateful for Mr. Gao's kindness, and they did not dare to conflict with him, but they did their best to clean up every day and did not dare to slack off.

Mr. Gao saw it in his eyes, and understood in his heart that he often scolded the martial arts children for this reason, but it made those martial arts children even more difficult to find trouble with the two people, plus Dou Wushi protected them more and it was always them who suffered in the end, so in order to make up for the two, Mr. Gao asked the two to take them literate and tell some gonzo after cleaning, but the two were not allowed to go to the Wuling Academy, which was already under the jurisdiction of the Dou Wushi, so the two of them were also happy to do so.

After the two finished cleaning, they were about to go to Mr. Gao's class, when they saw Dou Wushi and Mr. Gao talking about something under the tower, and when they saw Qi Tian and the two of them coming, Dou Wushi arched his hand to Mr. Gao and turned to leave, Qi Tian and Erhu knew that Dou Wushi had always disliked the two and did not care much.

Mr. Gao looked at the two of them stroking their white beards and said with a smile: "Haha, the two boys have finished their work?

"Yes, sir, you know that I can't read or read, so I just look at it flying around in front of me, not to mention knowing it, even if I think about it, I'm dizzy. When Erhu heard Mr. Gao say that, his dark face turned black and red, and he muttered.

Mr. Gao and Qi Tian both laughed when they saw Erhu like this, "Then today I will not talk about literacy from you, how about I tell you a little about this school?"

Without waiting for the two to answer, Mr. Gao glanced at the two of them and said: "Do you know that the school is established, for the affairs of the people of the world, between the world and the world, when you know that the four times are invisible, the cold and summer are invisible, and all things are born in the heaven and the earth, and you need to be in awe of the heaven and the earth." Entering the hall knows etiquette and righteousness, and learns literature and martial arts. Refining qi to seek the source, only then can the true spirit be revealed. The domain of the horizontal sky is respected for refining qi, the qi is stored between the heaven and the earth, and the breath is between the Qiankun, the body is tempered first, the body is clear and bright, and the party feels the qi spirit, so it can see the greatness of the world, and feel the wonder of all things in the world, in the world of the Hengtian domain, becoming a qi master is the pursuit of everyone on this continent, do you know the qi master?"

Qi Tian's eyes lit up and he hurriedly responded: "I know, I know, the storyteller in the tea house at the west entrance of the town says every day, he is a person who can move mountains and seas and go to heaven and earth." ”

Mr. Gao took a sip of tea and nodded, and continued: "Haha, the powerhouse of the Qi Monarch Realm is okay, you must know that it is not easy to become a Qi Master, you need not only a strong physique, but also talent. A large part of the Qi Master's cultivation comes from his own comprehension, and each person's comprehension of the Qi Spirit attributes is different, but after a long period of development, the predecessors have gradually formed a complete cultivation system through exploration and supplementation. Of course, becoming a qi master depends on one's own ability, the most important thing is one's own strength, according to the experience of predecessors, the higher the physical fitness, the greater the chance of sensing the qi spirit, so forging the body has become the top priority. The second is talent, some people inherit the family qi spirit bloodline, even if the physical fitness is not strong, it is easier to obtain the qi spirit by virtue of the bloodline connection, but even if there is a talent bloodline, it is not 100% sure that you can awaken the qi spirit. ”

"That'....... That sir, what is the Horizontal Heaven Domain? What does that mean that the martial arts boys in the courtyard now are strengthening their bodies just to become a Qi Master?" Qi Tian stared at his eyes with a shocked expression, Mr. Gao's remarks shocked Qi Tian's heart, because he had never heard of it.

Mr. Gao nodded with satisfaction: "Hey, Mr. Qi, you think well, it's true, the Horizontal Heaven Domain is naturally the big world of you and me, as for becoming a Qi Master, it is not so easy, as mentioned above, even if you sense the existence of Qi Spirit, you can't say that you are a Qi Master, you must take the exam and certification of the Qi Master Association to be recognized, and claim that you are a Qi Master." And the qi master has also become a profession, for which a special qi master management organization has been established since ancient times. In Dongzhou is the Supreme Qi Master Association- Star Palace, because of the vast territory of Dongzhou, in order to more effectively manage the Star Palace under the establishment of Qi Division sub-associations in each city, the main task of each branch association is to train and supervise Qi masters, with a clear organization, there is also a complete system for the cultivation and replenishment of Qi masters, the most basic is the school, so even if there is a remote place, there will be a school, so for most people, the starting point is fair, they must enter the school and the school will select talents by the school, which is the meaning of the existence of the school. The expression on Mr. Gao's face was extremely serious, and he said this.

Qi Tian's heart surged when he heard these words, although he didn't understand why Mr. Gao told them this today, but they were full of curiosity about what the world was like.

Mr. Gao stroked his beard and looked at the two of them with a shocked and dazed look and smiled: "Okay, okay... I will teach you these things today, and you two will go back, and tomorrow you will come two hours in advance. Ignoring the two of them, he walked straight towards the seven-story building in the courtyard.

Not long after, a paper crane flew out on the top of the small building, spun around, and continued to turn into a streamer of light towards Cangshan Town.