The young man walked in a hurry, and Lin Ruochen seemed to be able to feel his irrepressible depression. There is no resentment, it's just that I can't figure it out in my heart, and there seems to be a little bit of panic.

At the end of the entire col, the courtyard seems to be outside the whole village. And the style of this yard is not quite the same as the houses in the village.

The Zhuangzi in the mountains is generally built with bluestone walls, there is no ridge, and one side is sloped, mainly to prevent heavy rain.

But in this small courtyard in front of me, even the low fence is made of red bricks, and the creeper and rose on the wall are bypassed, green vines, red walls, and a few clusters of pink and white flowers seem extraordinarily quiet.

The young man pushed open the wooden door and saw an old man, lying on a rattan chair in the courtyard, with a purple sand teapot in his left hand and a large pu fan in his right hand, swaying leisurely on it.

The young man walked over quickly and whispered, "Grandpa, why don't you teach me martial arts?" ”

Lin Ruochen's eyes lit up, to be honest, he thought that the young man would not be able to control his mood, and he was afraid that he would make a big noise. But whether it was the strength when he pushed the door or the voice of the voice, it showed that the young man had obviously not lost his respect for the old man, and the so-called questioning was just trying to figure out one thing!

Not to mention a child, but an adult, if you feel that you have been deceived and treated unfairly, you may still forget all your kindness in an instant and turn into anger.

But obviously, this teenager was not blinded by this so-called negative emotion.

With such a heart, if you can't reach the peak in the martial arts, the heavens won't agree!

Lin Ruochen followed into the courtyard gate, but did not speak, just hung the big fish on a wooden frame next to it and stood quietly aside.

"Atai, you're back from fishing? Did you catch a big fish today? ”

The old man didn't even lift his eyelids, and his voice was soft, as if he hadn't heard the young man's question at all.

"I caught a big fish, but I escaped when I slipped the fish, but fortunately someone helped me to catch it. Grandpa, did you hear me talk to you? Why do you always call me fishing, but you refuse to teach me martial arts? People say that I am not badly qualified. ”

The old man's voice was soft, without the slightest feeling of old age, and he said with a smile: "Oh? It turned out that I met a nobleman. Ah Tai, practicing martial arts is not such a fun thing. Grandpa thinks, you still fish here, it's better. Let the old man see first, which little son came to our poor country. ”

The old man said, looking sideways in Lin Ruochen's direction.

Lin Ruochen's heart sank. He thought his steps were light, barely making a sound.

But this old man not only knows his location clearly, but even his gender and age are clear!

He was sure that from the moment he entered the door, the old man had definitely not raised his eyes once. This is a bit intriguing.

As a martial artist with advanced martial arts, Lin Ruochen felt that if a person who was hostile to him stepped into a range of five meters around, he would be able to perceive it, but he would never be able to judge the gender and age of the other party.

Not to mention the current situation, I don't even have the slightest hostility. How the hell did he do it?

Don't dare to slack off, Lin Ruochen took two steps and solemnly saluted: "Junior, Lin Ruochen, meet the old man." ”

"The forest is full of smoke and dust. Good name, good name! Life and death return, or Thailand intersects, the person who gave you the name has a big heart! ”

The old man sat up tremblingly on the chaise longue, muttering in his mouth, and when his eyes opened, there was no imaginary light flashing, as if he was an old ordinary person.

Lin Ruochen didn't dare to despise it, and said respectfully: "The younger generation grew up with his father since he was a child, and when he was thirteen years old, he became an orphan. If you want to say this name, I really don't know who came up with it. If it weren't for the old gentleman, the younger generation really wouldn't know that there was such knowledge in this name. ”

The old man laughed: "Orphans? Heaven and earth have lost their kings, who is not an orphan? Childe is from Hua Tianguo, right? ”

The young man didn't understand the mystery, and saw Lin Ruochen talking to the old man, but he didn't ask about himself very politely, and moved a bench under the grape trellis next to him and placed it next to the old man's recliner.

The old man stretched out his finger and pointed to the bench and said with a smile: "Sit down, the old man has not seen such a person as Gongzi in a hundred years, and he is bored, but today he can see some hope." ”

"The elders are in front, and the younger ones are standing. Dare to ask the old gentleman, how long will you be this year? ”

"I can't remember, I'm one hundred or seventy or eighty years old. It's a mess every day, and it's very boring to live. Little boy, sit down, at my stage, there is no point in any etiquette. Talk to me, it's fine, you don't have to be informal. ”

Lin Ruochen did not doubt the authenticity of what the old man said at all, because what floated on the old man's body was almost the charm of the Great Dao, and only time could precipitate.

When breaking through the law of heaven and man and sharing the soul with heaven and man, Lin Ruochen vaguely felt the meaning of this avenue.

"Mr. Xie! Etiquette is only for his own peace of mind, the old gentleman can not care, but the younger generation can not abide by it. Lin Ruochen saluted and sat down respectfully.

The young man moved a square stool again, brought out a pot of tea, poured a cup for Lin Ruochen, and put it on the square stool, but he didn't move the seat, just squatted next to him, supported his chin with both hands, and looked at the two with interest.

He really doesn't know how old this grandfather is, he only knows that the oldest old village chief in the village, in front of the old man, has to call grandpa! When the old man said it just now, he was also startled.

Can people really live to be one or two hundred years old? This is not much different from immortality, right?

The old man pointed to the teacup on the square stool with the pu fan in his hand and motioned for Lin Ruochen to drink tea.

The tea is an ordinary tea with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

"Life is like tea. The lower one tastes its fragrance, the middle one tastes its bitterness, and the upper one tastes its meaning. Little boy, can you drink some flavor? ”

Lin Ruochen only felt that the old man's words implied a sharp edge, but he couldn't understand the true meaning, so he had to smile bitterly: "The younger generation doesn't understand its fragrance, doesn't understand its suffering, and doesn't understand its meaning." I guess it didn't enter the stream at all. ”

"Nope! People who really understand will not drink tea at all. A life is already difficult, so why savor it repeatedly? The old man turned his purple clay pot upside down, and a stream of clear spring poured down, colorless and tasteless, obviously a pot of white water!

Lin Ruochen was thoughtful and silent for a long time.

"Little boy, it is fate for you and me to meet. I see that your killing intent is soaring, and there will be a great war. In such a situation, it must be difficult to solve the problem of walking in this mountain and river. There are three things you can ask and I'll answer them. ”

Lin Ruochen solemnly got up and saluted, as if he had returned to Nanshan Villa. The three levels of questioning boxing that day made him embark on the road of real martial arts, and when he met this old man today, he was obviously a head higher than Yu Shuanglong's realm!

This is my own opportunity, if I can't grasp it, I may not have great development in my life.

"Sir, I want to ask, what is the strength?"

This question seems very boring.

At the beginning, Lin Ruochen, like all martial artists, believed that dark energy penetrated the whole body, and freely controlled the pores and hair and skin of the whole body, which was the transformation of energy.

Later, he felt that the three souls of heaven, earth and man were connected, and to achieve his own king was to transform his strength.

But as he learned more about martial arts, he began to be confused again.

Because the front is about practicing strength, and the back is about refining souls, no matter what kind of statement you say, it doesn't seem to be accurate. Especially after he really stepped on the evolution strength, he suddenly felt that the real transformation strength was not these two statements, let alone a simple synthesis of the two, which was the answer.

He didn't know who to ask for advice on this problem, if it was in Shengjing City, he might go back to ask Yu Shuanglong for advice, but in this ancient martial arts world, he had nowhere to start.

When he met this old gentleman, Lin Ruochen was the first to throw out this question. He always felt that as long as this problem was understood, his martial arts and fist intent would have a big breakthrough!

"Strength! Good question. You have already mastered the secret strength, and the secret method of the unity of heaven and man has also reached the realm of the same soul, and you can still ask this question, which shows that you still have great room for improvement. ”

The old man laughed, as if he was very satisfied with this question, put down the purple clay pot in his hand, dipped his hand in water, and wrote four words on the square stool, "From, than, north, Hua." ”

"The two follow each other, compare with each other, turn against each other, and turn into each other! The general trend of the world is all in these four words. Discard the old and turn it into the new. The same goes for power. Pushing the boat along the river is from the strength, the head-on intersection is the strength, the reverse tearing is the north strength, and the momentum is the strength! This is true of external forces, and so are internal forces! ”

The old man spoke very slowly, almost word by word.

After the whole paragraph was finished, the old man flicked his fingers, and a drop of water bounced off the purple clay pot and flew in the air.

"Look!"

The old man's right hand was raised in the air, and he pushed it in the direction of the water droplets, and pressed it lightly in the air. When the water droplets rise to the highest point, they gesture back and turn down. The old man's palm turned, and the water droplets deformed, turning into two drops in the air, one drop flew into the sky, and the other fell into the dust!

During the whole process, the old man's hand was always half an inch away from the water droplet, which seemed to be slow, but the four movements were completed in an instant. The connection between the period is extremely smooth and there is no jerky feeling!

Looking at the two water droplets that were going in the opposite direction, Lin Ruochen was stunned in place.

"Baichuan enters the sea in the east, transpires upward, becomes rain clouds, and returns to Baichuan, which is for transformation! The river is the sea, and the sea is also the river, and there is no order or size distinction between the two. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he seemed to expect that Lin Ruochen would have to take a while to comprehend, so he lay back and shook on the rattan chair again.

Lin Ruochen suddenly felt that his previous understanding of martial arts seemed to be wrong!

Ming Jin practiced to the end, and what he pursued was the power of muscle explosion; Dark energy is the use of body liqueur gas impact to increase the strength and destructiveness; It emphasizes the overall coordination of the body and cooperates with the strength.

All of them are increasing their power and improving their striking ability!

According to the old man, this is the flow of hundreds of rivers into the sea, and the momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and it will eventually converge into the sea!

There is nothing wrong with this road, but it is only half the way.

Lin Ruochen stood up!