Zhou Ding was puzzled; Because of today's gathering with the same door, there is no arrangement to meet the disciples and grandchildren. Looking back at the master and the brothers, everyone smiled silently.

Turning his head to look at the teachers and nephews, everyone also looked like they had nothing to do with themselves and hung high, Zhou Ding smiled bitterly, and said to these bear children: "Good boy, hurry up and excuse yourself!" ”

After the little girl finished the salute, she showed a look of expectation and asked, "Little Uncle Ancestor, where is our gift?" ”

The number of swords in the box, Zhou Ding took it according to the number of his nephew, and now it is empty.

Zhou Ding counted it, there were a total of fifteen bear children of these apprentices' grandchildren, plus the junior brother Wang Qianzhai, a total of sixteen people. He gave the butler a look, made a gesture of sixteen, and motioned for the butler to come over with sixteen more swords.

The housekeeper willingly left, and Zhou Ding said to the bear children: "The gift will arrive soon, don't worry, wait a while!" ”

"Is it a sharp sword, too?"

The little girl took the lead in asking, and the bears and children in the back echoed together.

Zhou Ding nodded and said, "That's right, it's exactly the same as your master, uncle's sword, do you like it?" ”

The bears and children expressed their love.

Zhou Ding asked, "Whose apprentices are you?" Give us your names and let's get to know each other. ”

The little girl took the lead and said, "My name is Li Yue, and my grandfather is your senior brother!" ”

A little fat man continued: "My name is Li Hu, and my grandfather is your second senior brother!" ”

"My name is ......"

Every time the little guys reported, Zhou Ding glanced back, but saw that the senior brother and nephew were all pampered and not shocked, Zhou Ding couldn't help but slander: "The face is so thick!" ”

After the children introduced themselves, the housekeeper happened to come with a sword, and Zhou Ding from the oldest to the smallest, each of them was given a handful.

Li Yue directly pulled out the sword and gave Li Hu a look, the little fat man Li Hu nodded to show that he understood, pulled out the short sword he was wearing from his waist, and slashed each other with Li Yue.

Either because Li Yue's strength was insufficient, or because the quality of the little fat man's short sword was excellent, this time against the slash, Li Yue did not cut off the little fat man's short sword, but there was also a gap in the short sword.

The martial arts people who watched the excitement around said: "Wow! I didn't expect that the sword given to these bear children turned out to be a sharp weapon for sharpening iron like clay! ”

"yes, I thought it was just a child?"

"Master Guo, this closed disciple is really extraordinary!"

"yes, yes, I don't know where it came from?"

"I quietly asked the descendants of the Guo Mansion, and I heard that this Mr. Zhou, whose ancestors were relics of the former Song Dynasty, later fled overseas to escape the war!"

Among the teachers and nephews, some people also muttered: "Alas, why didn't I bring my son? What a great opportunity, if you miss today, I'm afraid you will never have the chance to get this magic weapon again! ”

A person next to him said: "Your son is only three years old, are you embarrassed?" ”

"What's wrong with being three years old, three years old is also my son, as long as it's my son, that's the junior of Uncle Xiaoshi! It's a loss! ”

"If you say so, my daughter is five years old, is it also a loss?"

"Loss, big loss!"

The bear children left happily, the little senior brother Wang Qinzhai kept staring at the sword in Zhou Ding's hand, seeing that Zhou Ding didn't mean anything to him, he turned to Zhou Ding, pretended to cough dryly, and silently stretched out his right hand.

Zhou Ding pretended not to know and said, "Little senior brother, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Qianzhai was anxious: "You still have a sword left in your hand, can you give it to me?" ”

Zhou Ding really didn't want a bear child to be his senior brother, so he embarrassed Wang Qianzhai, and saw that he reached out to ask for it, so he shook his head in embarrassment and said:

"No, these gifts are for juniors, if they are given to the junior brother, it is not suitable!"

"Why isn't it appropriate?"

"I only have one sword left in my hand, if I give it to you, what will happen to the other senior brothers? Wouldn't that favor one over the other! ”

"Can't you really give it?"

"Unless ......"

Wang Qianzhai said anxiously: "Unless what? ”

Zhou Ding smiled: "Unless I am a senior brother, you are a junior brother, and the senior brother gives it to the junior brother, and the other senior brothers have nothing to say!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Qianzhai's face was full of embarrassment. No matter how famous Wang Qianzhai is in the future, he is now just an eleven or twelve-year-old bear child, how can he be Zhou Ding's opponent.

Zhou Ding turned around and wanted to leave, shook his head and sighed: "If you don't want to, forget it!" ”

Wang Qianzhai hurriedly grabbed Zhou Ding, and said with a smile: "Senior brother! ”

Zhou Ding was very happy, laughed, and handed the sword in his hand to Wang Qianzhai: "Senior brother, go on!" In the future, you will know that there are many benefits to being my junior brother! ”

After the entrance ceremony, Zhou Ding sent off all the senior brothers and nephews, calmed down, ignored the things outside the window, and just practiced his skills.

Zhou Ding is the closed disciple of Old Man Guo, the so-called closed disciple, in a certain way, except for the top disciple, is the master's favorite disciple!

Therefore, in addition to the Xingyi Five Elements Fist, Old Man Guo passed all the Baji Fist and the Pear Flower Gun to Zhou Ding.

Three months later, Zhou Ding returned to reality and taught Bajiquan to Long Zhuang, Long Zhuang and Zhou Ding's prestige has reached worship, and he is the only one who has reached worship with Zhou Ding's prestige.

Xingyi Quan has 12 forms: dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, snake, chicken, swallow, harrier, dragon, mackerel, eagle, and bear.

Zhou Ding has the help of the merit cultivation system, and it is natural to learn it, but it will be learned. The tiger shape, the eagle shape and the bear shape, which he worked on the most, played very poorly. Mr. Guo said: Zhou Ding's character: Tiger, eagle, and black bear are very unattached.

Master Guo recommended him to specialize in dragon form. The requirements of the dragon form for cultivators are quite close to Zhou Ding's character, and choosing a suitable cultivation can get twice the result with half the effort.

Nine months later, Zhou Ding broke through from bright energy to dark energy, and fifteen months later, Zhou Ding's cultivation reached the peak of dark energy, and he was only one step away from turning energy.

"Huo Yuanjia" World In May 1898, Old Man Guo called Zhou Ding to his side, and said with a kind attitude: "Chongde, you worship under the teacher, it has been more than two years, and the teacher never thought that you would be able to achieve such cultivation in two years."

As far as the teacher knows, for more than 100 years, even for martial artists with outstanding qualifications, it takes at least ten years of water grinding kung fu from contact with martial arts to the peak of dark energy, and many martial artists with good qualifications need more than ten or twenty years, and even most martial artists cannot step into dark energy for a lifetime.

When the teacher is about to grow old, it is worth this life to have a closed disciple with such qualifications as you! ”

Zhou Ding's family knew about his own affairs, if he didn't have the assistance of the prestige cultivation function, how could he reach the current level? On the surface, he has been cultivating for more than two years, but if he adds the bonus of the cultivation function, it is equivalent to more than twenty years of cultivation, and this kind of qualification can barely be regarded as an ordinary martial artist.

modestly said to Old Man Guo: "The master praised it falsely, it was all taught by the master!" ”

Old Man Guo smiled kindly: "Being too modest is pride, kung fu has reached your cultivation, closed-door cultivation has no effect, now, what you need is 'enlightenment', once you have an understanding, you will have the opportunity to step into the transformation of energy." ”

Zhou Ding asked, "Master, how should I understand?" ”

Old Man Guo shook his head and said: "This point, the master can't teach you, go outside to experience it, there is a non-governmental organization called the Boxer Rebellion recently, which is quite popular, and your second senior brother Li Cunyi is very close to this organization, and he is very worried about the teacher." What do you think of the Boxer Rebellion? ”

Zhou Ding replied; "At the end of last year, Germany sent troops to occupy Jiaozhou Bay under the pretext that the expatriates were killed, and at the beginning of this year, the Russian army was stationed in Lushun in the northeast, and Britain and France sent troops to occupy Weihai and Guangzhou Bay respectively, and the people were very disappointed with the Qing Dynasty government.

The apprentice had a certain understanding of this organization, and the composition of this organization was very complex, with members of the Great Sword Society, members of local militia groups, and most importantly, members of the White Lotus Sect. ”

Old Man Guo sighed and said: "It stands to reason that your senior brother intends to serve the country, and the teacher should not be stopped, what's the matter, the teacher is not optimistic about the Boxers, you go on a trip for the teacher, try to persuade your second senior brother to leave the Boxers." ”

Zhou Ding knew that the master's worries were not unreasonable, although there were many heroes in the Boxers, but there was no sober leader, let alone a clear doctrine, it was established under the banner of helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreigners, once the Qing government denied this group, this group would inevitably perish.

Senior brother is willing to destroy the foreigners, or is willing to oppose the Qing Dynasty, he can join his command, why should he die for others?

It's a pity that I don't have the power or wings now, so I can't say that I can move my brother to work, so it's better to go to the Boxers first, and by the way, I can win over some heroes, and after the Boxers fail, they will just be used by me.