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In this way, since Xiao Yuting had made up his mind to follow Commander Sun to practice martial arts, he became serious, and really came to the martial arts field almost every morning, except for the two days when he went home to visit his parents. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

More than a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and at this time, Xiao Yuting is also more than thirteen years old, and he has grown a lot taller. During this period, Commander Sun taught him several more complex sets of boxing techniques, and not surprisingly, he still learned them as soon as he learned them. At the same time, he also began to teach some practical experience, and often learned from him, which soon made him able to deal with a lot of enemies. Now Young Master Xiao Zhao no longer dares to compete with Xiao Yuting, because although he still has the upper hand, this kid is not afraid of fighting at all, but Xiao Yuting can already attack him while defending. Yes, if Young Master Zhao can hit him five times, this kid can only hit him once. But don't underestimate this time, he's not as afraid of fighting as this kid, and he can't stand it after being hit a few more times. What's more, as he gets older and his corresponding abilities improve, this kid's shots are getting heavier and heavier. Forget it, this kid is a freak anyway, don't care about him in general, as long as he can accompany me every day.

During this period, Commander Sun also began to let Xiao Yuting come into contact with weapons, he himself was good at making knives, and a "Qingming Knife" in his hand was famous in the town, and he rarely failed in the competition. However, Xiao Yuting is more interested in swords, which is also related to the books he reads. Many books put the sword in a high position, and various martial arts schools have descriptions of swordsmanship. The most important reason for him to choose the sword is that it is mentioned in the book that the inner swordsmanship is very closely related to the meridians, so learning swordsmanship is naturally the best choice. Commander Sun didn't have too high an opinion on swordsmanship, but it wasn't difficult to find him two sets of simple swordsmanship to practice. In this way, holding a small sword without opening his mouth, the current Xiao Yuting has practiced these two sets of swordsmanship in a good way, which makes Young Master Zhao even more dispel the idea of competing with him again.

Young Master Zhao did not break his promise, and every once in a while he brought a book from Master Zhao's private study for Xiao Yuting to read. After Xiao Yuting finished reading, he told him the general idea and some key points in the book, so that he could deal with one or two when he went to reply to Master Zhao, so that Master Zhao never saw any problems. Xiao Yuting was naturally very happy, because he found that these books in Master Zhao's private collection were indeed unusual, and many of them were unheard of by him, which opened his eyes a lot. For example, there is a book about the current situation of the country, which makes him know that the country of Wuchu where he is now is actually just a small country, and it is also located in a remote location on the mainland, and there are many large and small countries around, including several powerful countries. Wars often break out between countries, and it is not uncommon for people to suffer misery. And the other book is about the inner family martial arts, although it is still a preliminary introduction, but it also let him know a lot about the inner family martial arts, especially the knowledge of the meridians he cares about, but unfortunately it does not mention any connection with severe stomach pain. There are also many books that introduce strange arts, which opened his eyes again, especially those props and instruments with special functions, which made him even more interested, and the blacksmith tools he learned from his third uncle compared with these, it was simply a difference between heaven and earth.

Another time, Young Master Xiao Zhao actually brought him a strange book called "Miscellaneous Talks on Cultivating Truth". "Is there still an immortal in the world who can call the wind and rain?" Xiao Yuting muttered to himself. In the book, it is simply said that there is a cultivation in this world, these people can soar through the clouds and mist, and they can also cast various spells, such as fireball technique, lightning strike book, escape technique, etc., it seems that they can live for a long time. Xiao Yuting shook his head, he didn't believe in these things, I guess this book was compiled by a storyteller. But he also thought that it would be good if he could have these magical powers, at least let his parents live longer. "I haven't been home to see my parents for many days, I miss them so much!" Thinking of his parents, Xiao Yuting was distracted. "You must study and practice martial arts well, not only to make your parents live a good life, but also to protect them. Well, I'll talk to Young Master Mu tomorrow and let me go home. Xiao Yuting said secretly in his heart.

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That night, as usual, Xiao Yuting came to the study just after dinner. Recently, the Zhao family has bought a batch of new books, which makes him very happy, those old books have been read a few times, and now they can try them. Thinking to himself, he went to light the lamp, and then picked up one of the new books, sat down on the edge of the desk, and read it with great interest.

"Yuting, Yuting, you are really here. Suddenly, like a gust of wind, Young Master Xiao Zhao rushed in and shouted at Xiao Yuting: "Don't read the book yet, come and follow me!" Without waiting for Xiao Yuting to answer, Young Master Xiao Zhao pulled him out.

"What's the matter, Young Master Mu?" Xiao Yuting was confused for a while, and looked at Young Master Zhao strangely and asked.

"There's an old immortal in the house, let's go and take a look!" Young Master Xiao Zhao thought of the reason why he wanted to pull Xiao Yuting to go, and hurriedly explained.

"Oh, I'm not interested, I'll talk about it when I'm done with this new arrival. Hearing this reason, Xiao Yuting was also a little interested, but now that he had just picked up the new book and was about to read it well, he didn't want to be interrupted. What's more, he didn't believe that any living immortals would come to their ordinary people's mansion.

"I'll leave it there for now, and I'll read it another day. Young Master Xiao Zhao was obviously very excited, and said anxiously: "You don't know his ability if you don't see him, when the old man invited him at noon, he showed his hand and changed the master's wine glass out of thin air, and after a while, it changed back." ”

"And," Young Master Xiao Zhao continued, "He said that he was looking for a disciple with an immortal root, and asked all the young people in the mansion to go to the hall tonight and let him test it to see which ones had an immortal root." At the same time, the young children outside were also asked to come to the test, and now many people were in the hall, and Commander Sun was also guarding there. ”

"Oh? Xiao Yuting was also shocked when he heard it, could it be that he was the person who cultivated the truth as mentioned in the book?

"Absolutely, I saw it with my own eyes. "Young Master Xiao Zhao can't wait to swear.

"Okay, then go and take a look, maybe Young Master Mu is the one with immortal roots. Xiao Yuting finally put down the book in his hand and said with interest.

"How can there be such a good thing, the old Tao said, it is difficult to have a person with immortal roots among 10,000 people. Although Young Master Xiao Zhao said this, there was still some expectation in his eyes. But immediately said to Xiao Yuting: "I think you have a fairy root, and I always feel that you are a freak." ”

"I don't have any fairy roots, I only believe that diligence can make up for my clumsiness. Xiao Yuting shook his head and said. But even though I say this, I also have a lot of fire in my heart, will I have the so-called fairy root? In that case, will I be able to practice very powerful supernatural powers to fulfill my wish to let my parents live a good life, and to cure the abdominal pain that is always disturbing and I don't know when it will occur?

"Let's go. Seeing Xiao Yuting in a daze, Young Master Xiao Zhao pulled him again and urged.

"Oh good, let's go!" Xiao Yuting was stunned at this time, and followed Young Master Zhao to the hall of the Zhao Mansion quickly.

At this time, the hall of the Zhao Mansion was already brightly lit and overcrowded, but it was very quiet. When the two ran into the hall, Young Master Xiao Zhao directly led Xiao Yuting to the center of the front of the hall, and saluted an old man sitting in the middle and said, "Father, I'm here to give you a salute." "This old man is obviously Old Man Zhao, although he is already over the age of old, he still has an extraordinary expression, and he can't tell that he is very old.

"Okay, shepherd, don't be polite. As soon as Master Zhao saw this precious son coming, he said with a smile on his face: "Come and sit next to me, Immortal Master Qi will cast a spell for testing in a while, you can also try it." ”

"Meet Master Zhao. Xiao Yuting also came up to give a salute.

"Yu Ting, you are also here, and you will accompany the young master to test it in a while. When Master Zhao saw Xiao Yuting, he also nodded with satisfaction. His baby son has a good relationship with him, and of course he is very satisfied with him.

Xiao Yuting agreed, and then after saluting Zhao Meng, the head of the Zhao family, he walked behind Young Master Xiao Zhao and stood there motionless. Since the old man Zhao had a son in his later years, he gave up the position of the head of the family to his eldest son Zhao Meng, and no longer cares much about the big and small affairs in the family, and he takes his younger son to enjoy the joy of family.

Although Xiao Yuting didn't move, his eyes swept the hall. I saw that in addition to the head of the Zhao family and the young master Zhao on the left of Master Zhao, there was also a curtain on the edge of the hall, and some ladies and maids of the Zhao Mansion were sitting and standing in the back, which seemed to be eye-opening. To the right of Master Zhao sat an old man with gray hair and a long beard, wearing a navy blue robe, holding a handful of dust in his hand, meditating there with his eyes closed. Although his face is not very good, and there are a few spots distributed on his face, it does have some extraordinary charm to make people look at it. "He's that Qi Immortal Master, is he really a cultivator?" Xiao Yuting muttered in his heart.

By this time, the hall was already crowded with hundreds of people, mostly children from a few years old to teenagers, mostly boys. Some parents of neighborhood children waited outside the hall, but kept tiptoeing their heads out to look into the hall. Commander Sun stood near the door, looking at the situation in the hall with some family members, and looked at the old Taoist with interest from time to time.

"Meng'er, I think it's time to start. At this time, Master Zhao turned to his son Zhao Meng and said.

"Yes, Father. Zhao Meng responded.

He then got up, coughed, and said loudly: "Everyone, today I am fortunate to be driven by Immortal Master Qi in my Zhao Mansion and look for a disciple with immortal roots in Songyang Town. This is a great opportunity, so I called everyone's children to the immortal master to test it. If any child is really detected by the immortal master to have immortal roots, it will be his great creation, and maybe he will be able to become an immortal master in the future. ”

Hearing what the head of the Zhao family said, there was a commotion in the hall, and many people began to whisper underneath, all showing excitement.

Seeing everyone's impatient expressions, Zhao Meng nodded, and then said, "I don't need to say more, let's let Immortal Master Qi introduce it to you." After speaking, he turned to the old Taoist who was still closing his eyes and recuperating, and said politely: "Immortal Master Qi, look... ”

"Okay, sooner rather than later, let's get started. Hearing the words of the Zhao family master, Qi Daoren slowly opened his eyes, and then slowly stood up, and said in a slightly shrill voice: "This immortal master has been enlightened for many years, and now he is traveling the world, ready to find disciples with immortal roots, teach his own immortal methods, and help him achieve immortal fate." In a moment I will examine you with my treasures, hoping to find a child of fairy roots. ”

After a pause, Qi Daoren continued: "I know that you still don't believe that I am a member of the Immortal Family, and I can cast a spell or two for you before testing, so as to show that it is true." Then he turned to the Zhao family master and said, "Zhao family master, please ask someone to move a wooden chair and place it in the middle of the hall." ”

Zhao Meng was puzzled, but he still ordered his subordinates to move a wooden chair and put it in front of Qi Daoren. The hall suddenly fell silent again, everyone didn't know what this Qi Immortal Master was going to do, only Xiao Yuting faintly felt that something would happen.

I saw that this Qi Dao man glanced at the wooden chair, shook the dust with one hand, and began to make a few strange tricks with the other hand, and kept muttering something in his mouth, and lasted for several breaths. Everyone was curiously watching Qi Daoren's movements, only to see that his hand suddenly flipped over, slowly raised, and then formed a round shape, and after a while, a surprising phenomenon occurred, only to see a ball of fire gradually lit up in his hand, until it was the size of an egg. "Go!", Qi Daoren shouted, pushed his hand, and saw that the fire ball immediately flew to the wooden chair in front of him. When the fire met the wooden chair, it suddenly became much larger, and at once it covered the entire chair. While everyone's eyes widened and they didn't know what was happening, the wooden chair was quickly burned to the ground. If it weren't for the slightest smell of burning, I wouldn't have known that there was a chair there.

The hall was silent for a moment, and immediately burst into exclamations: "Sure enough, it's an immortal law!", "I really met a living immortal!", "If only my child could be tested to have immortal roots!". At this time, all the people looked at this Qi Dao man differently, and they actually felt a little worshipful.

Xiao Yuting was also stunned by what was happening in front of him, was he really an immortal master, or was he the kind of person who cultivated the truth? Suddenly he had a kind of expectation that he wanted to be chosen.

"It's just a small skill of carving insects, you don't have to care. Seeing everyone's reaction, Qi Daoren nodded with great satisfaction, which was also what he expected, and then said: "If I show my hand again, you will be more convinced." ”

After saying that, he began to pinch the words again as before, but this time it was obvious that it took a lot longer. After half a cup of tea, if you look closely, you can see that there are already beads of sweat on his forehead. Suddenly, I saw him wave one hand, open his palm to the ground, and drink: "Out!", I saw a glimmer of light emanating from the center of his palm, hitting the ground, and after a while, the glimmer slowly turned into a puppy, looming on the ground. The dog just didn't bark, wagged its tail, ran a few laps on the ground, and then ran to the side of the Qidao man and lay down. After a while, Qi Dao took it away, and the dog slowly disappeared.

Seeing this scene, the people inside and outside the hall were already convinced, this person was an immortal, and he must not be neglected.

The people of the Zhao family were also dumbfounded, and the old man Zhao kept praising it: "It's really an immortal spell, which opens the old man's eyes!"

Of course, Xiao Yuting didn't have any doubts at this time, and he was full of hope that this immortal master would choose him.

"You don't have to be noisy," Qi Daoren's somewhat shrill voice sounded again, and the hall quickly fell silent again. Seeing this, Qi Daoren nodded with satisfaction again, and continued: "Now I'll start testing these children." I discussed with the head of the Zhao family before, first test the children in the neighborhood, and then the Zhao family. Line them up now and let me test them one by one. ”

After listening to Qi Daoren's words, the following immediately became lively again. Zhao Meng, the head of the Zhao family, immediately asked Commander Sun to arrange manpower, lined up these hundreds of children in a long line, and led the first little boy to the Qi Dao people.

"Come, come to me. Qi Daoren beckoned the panicked little boy in front of him and asked him to stand in front of him, and he had already sat down again. "Put your hands on your sides, close your eyes, and relax. Yes, that's all. He taught the boy to do what he said. After seeing that the little boy was already standing there nervously with his eyes closed, he nodded with satisfaction, turned his right hand again, and a palm-sized round mirror appeared in his hand, of course, everyone was not so surprised by his performance at this time. The mirror was made of something like jade, smooth on the front, slightly rough on the back, and inlaid with rune-like bumps around it.

I saw Qi Daoren pick up the mirror, put it near the little boy's belly, and let the rough side face the child's lower abdomen, and began to mumble something in his mouth again. After a while, everyone felt some light on the smooth side of the mirror. After Qi Daoren glanced at it, he said with a look of disappointment: "There is no immortal root, okay, you go down first." Bring the next one up!" The little boy opened his eyes when he heard this, looked around in a daze, and then was led out of the hall by a Zhao family member. Outside the hall, the little boy's parents came over to pick them up, also with a look of great regret.

In this way, one by one, the children were led to the Qi Dao people, and it only took him a short time, a little spell, and a look at the mirror, to complete the detection of a child. Soon the children in the hall were all tested, and they still didn't hear Qi Dao say who had immortal roots, and the atmosphere in the hall began to cool down a little.

"The immortal master has finished the measurement, and no immortal root has been found, so let's go back. When Zhao Meng saw this, he said to everyone inside and outside the hall. Hearing the head of the family's order, including the ladies of the Zhao Mansion, they all left the hall one by one.

At this time, only the Qi Dao person was left in the hall, Commander Sun in the far side of the hall, the old man Zhao present, Zhao Meng, the head of the Zhao family, and the little young master Zhao Mu, as well as the little Yuting standing beside him.