Looking at the endless sea, Owen said to Dumb: "We will live here in the future, do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

Dumb shook his head and said, "I don't know." He had been silent for a long time, and when Owen rode with him, he sat on the back of the horse in a daze, and at the end of the day, he never complained about the pain all over his body, and he rarely took the initiative to speak unless Owen asked him. Owen also found Dumb to be much more dull than when he first met, and of course he understood why. But he never asked Dumb, he believed that after a while, Dumb would definitely adapt to life here.

Shitang Town is one of the dozens of small towns of the Xibo people located on the seashore, and many of the Xibo people here are immigrants from the Huasheng Empire, so people with black hair and black eyes like Dumb abound, and when they come here, Dumb is no longer as conspicuous as in the Tianjin Empire, which is also the only place that can make Dumb feel better.

Along the way, Owen can be said to take care of Dumb, in order to let Dumb be able to hold on to the journey for a long time on the horse, he specially bought a thick soft cushion, although Dumb's answer is always shaking his head, but almost every day Owen will ask him a few words with concern, is he tired? Hungry or not? Wait a minute. Although Dumb is no longer as silent as when he first left the Psychedelic Forest, there is still a deep gap between him and Owen.

Owen and Dumb entered Shitang Town, because it was broad daylight, the strong laborers in the village either went to sea to fish, or went to work in the shipyard of the Xibo tribe, there were only some old and young women and children left in the village, and on the small roads of the town, a few women could occasionally be seen sitting together washing clothes, and children in simple clothes were playing with each other.

In order not to scare the villagers into attracting hostility, Owen hid his broadsword in a group of rocks by the sea before entering the village, changed into the ordinary clothes of a civilian, and sold his horse. But even so, these two faces were questioned by the locals. A man in his fifties, who looked like a local protector, walked up to them and asked suspiciously, "You're not a local, are you, what are you doing here?" "The language of the Suoyu Federation is different from that of Tianjin, and even within the Suoyu Federation, the accents of the six major races have their own characteristics, and if they are not very familiar, it is difficult to distinguish. On the way, every day Owen would teach Dumb some strange-sounding language, and took the trouble to explain it to him, because of his slow brain, Dumb only learned some simple words. Only now did Dumb understand that what Owen taught him was the local dialect here. He barely understood the other party's words.

With a smile on his face, Owen said in the purest Sibo Saurus Federation: "Hello, I was originally born here, but I have been away from home for a long time and have not returned. ”

Hearing the same language as himself, the other party's expression relaxed a little, and said, "Are you from the town?" How I am not impressed. ”

Owen looked each other up and down a few times, and suddenly said in surprise: "Ah! Are you a Schill brother? ”

Schill was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you know my name is Schill?" You, who the hell are you! How I am not impressed. ”

Owen said excitedly: "Schill, it's really you, I'm Owen!" I don't know, I've been away for almost fifty years, have you forgotten, we peed and mud together when we were kids? At that time, we were beaten. ”

Schill looked at Owen dumbfounded, and then said, "You, you are really Big Brother Owen, but, but, how can you be so young?" ”

Owen rolled up his right sleeve, revealing his fair-skinned arm, and there was a dark purple crescent-shaped scar on his arm, and said, "You see, this was scraped by the anchor on the ship in order to save you." Don't remember? ”

Dumb looked at Owen and Schill from the sidelines, and because they spoke quickly, Dumb could barely understand a few words.

Schill grabbed Owen's arm, took a closer look, and said, "Ah! You really are Big Brother Owen, if it weren't for you, I would have died in the sea a long time ago. But big brother, why are you still so young! I think you're two years older than me. I am fifty-six years old, and you were born in February of the ninth year of the Sacred Calendar, which means that you should be fifty-eight years old. I can't see it, I really can't see it at all! ”

Owen smiled: "Actually, it's nothing, maybe it's because I've been living in the mountains and forests and absorbing the aura of nature, so it will look smaller." Schill, is our ancestral house still there? ”

Schill nodded, "Where are you?" Let's go, I'll take you to see, I've now taken over my father's position, and I've been mayor of the town for more than ten years. With our original relationship, no one dares to touch your ancestral house. However, it is now a little dilapidated, and if you want to live, you have to renovate and renovate. Big brother, will you leave after you come back this time? ”

Owen shook his head and sighed: "Hey, if you don't leave, you've been out for most of your life, and it's time for the leaves to return to your roots." Yes! By the way, brother, this is a distant cousin of mine, and now my only relative. We'll settle here, perhaps, until we die. ”

Schill laughed heartily and said, "Big brother, I'm worried that no one usually accompanies me, so we can be companions in the future." Let's go, I'll take you to see the ancestral house, and when my boys come back, let them help you renovate it, and we can be neighbors again." ”

Led by Schill's enthusiasm, Dumb and Owen came to a small courtyard on the east side of Shitang Town, near the sea, which was some distance away from the residences of the other residents of Shitang Town. Seeing the small courtyard in front of him, Owen's eyes turned red, here, after all, was when he experienced his childhood life.

Schill patted Owen on the shoulder and said, "What, do you miss your uncle and aunt again?" Hey, that tsunami really killed a lot of people! ”

Owen glanced at Schill and said, "It's been so many years, what's the use of thinking about it." He took out a few gold coins from his bosom and stuffed them into Scheer's hand, and said, "Brother, I haven't been back for so many years, and I'm not familiar with anything, so I want to trouble you to help me find someone to repair this dilapidated house!" ”

Schill hurriedly pushed back and said, "Big brother, what are you doing here?" Isn't this an out-of-sight? You're finally back, and I'll help you. Don't worry, I'm still the number one person in the town, and when my sons who went out to work come back, let them get you some linoleum and wood, and fix it, and one day should be enough. Don't give me money, or I'm going to get angry. ”

Owen said: "Then what's the matter, it's already very difficult for you to help, how can I let you advance money into it." Take it, take it, or I won't come back." The two argued for a long time, but in the end, Hill couldn't resist Owen and accepted the money.

Sil said: "Big brother, you go back to the yard first, I'll give you Zhang Luo, at noon today, come to my house for dinner, let's have a few drinks, I have old wine there, haha." As he spoke, Schill turned around and walked back into town.

Looking at Schill's disappearing back, Owen said to Dumb: "When you see him in the future, you will call him Uncle Schill, call me uncle, you know?" This is where we live. ”

Dumb nodded and asked, "Uncle, when will you start teaching me kung fu." ”

Owen smiled slightly and said, "Are you in a hurry?" I know you want to go back to see your teacher sooner, but learning kung fu isn't a matter of a day or two, and we have to lay everything in place before we can start, right? Let's go, I'll take you in and have a look, I haven't been back for more than forty years. ”

Dumb understood what Hill and Owen said about their age just now, and asked suspiciously, "Uncle, are you really fifty-eight years old?" ”

Owen glanced at him and said gently, "Yes! Fifty-eight years old. The reason why I look so young is mainly because the exercises I practice have the effect of slowing down aging, so I look only about forty years old, and when we settle down, my uncle will teach you this work. ”

Pushing open the unlocked door, a musty smell came to his face, Owen frowned, pulled Dumb and walked in, a courtyard of about thirty square meters came into view, there was nothing around, and the door of the tiled house was closed. There are a lot of cobwebs in the corners of the surrounding walls, and because it is close to the sea, it is all saline, so there is no moss, otherwise it would be more difficult to clean.

Two days later, with Sill's enthusiastic help, Owen's ancestral house was renovated and some new furniture was purchased.

Dumb's mood is much more relaxed, and it is more like a home than the wooden house in the psychedelic forest, and everyone treats him well. He got to know Schill's three sons, the eldest of whom looked about the same age as Owen. When Schill told them that Owen was older than himself, his family looked incredulous. Schill's three sons are all married, with the eldest granddaughter being two years younger than Dumb and two grandchildren, aged seven and three.

In the evening, Owen saw off the Hill family, stood in the courtyard, took a deep breath of the slightly salty sea breeze, and said, "Dumb, come here." ”

Dumb had just finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and when he heard Owen call him, he dried his hands and walked over, "Uncle." ”

Owen turned around, looked at Dumb, and said, "I know, you hate me very much, hate me for forcing you to leave your teacher, but, from tonight, I will start teaching you what I have learned all my life." I hope you can study hard, and if you want to meet your teacher again, you can only leave if you learn all my skills, do you understand? ”

Dumb nodded and said in a low voice, "I understand." He promised on his lips, but his heart had already flown to the Psychedelic Forest, and he didn't know if Teacher Goris had gone back now.

Owen said, "From today onwards, you don't want to practice the magic that Goris's used to teach you, that would distract you." Magic is very rare in this town, and you are not allowed to use your fire-based magic in front of people, understand? ”

Dumb raised his head, glared at Owen, and said resolutely: "No, I must still practice magic, the magic that the teacher taught me, I can't forget." ”

Owen was stunned, this was the first time Dumb dared to refute his words, he was not angry because of this, and said in a harmonious voice: "Child, you must understand that magic and martial arts cannot be learned at the same time. The experience of a person's life is limited, and it is not easy to practice these two professions to the top, let alone both, your teacher Goriss will not blame you. ”

Dumb shook his head stubbornly and said, "No, that's not okay, I must practice magic." I can use it without being in front of people, but I have to practice it every day. ”

Owen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, since you insist, then you are allowed to practice for an hour every night, but at other times, you are not allowed to affect the cultivation of martial arts because of magic, can you do it?" If you can't, you'll have to give up magic. ”

Dumb nodded and said, "I, I can definitely do it." ”

Owen Zhengse said: "Okay, today I will first teach you the most basic method of doing martial arts, the fighting qi I cultivate, called the life and death decision, take the meaning of endless life, the main thing is to improve the strength of your own vitality, and transform it into a fighting spirit with a divine breath." It can be said that it is the most authentic and superior Dou Qi cultivation method on the mainland, and it is also the best way to maintain health, which is why I look so young. When the life and death are running in the body, it is what your teacher Goris calls the true qi, and when the energy is released and used to attack, it is the so-called fighting qi. Since you eat the fruits of the past, you will be able to get twice the result with half the effort when you cultivate, let's go, let's go back to the house, and I will teach you the formula. ”

Back in the room, Owen said: "There are only four words in the general outline of life and death, that is, the endless life and life I told you, and only the endless true qi can make you always have the ability to emit fighting spirit." "At the beginning, it was precisely because of the endless true qi of life and death that Owen supported him to scare away the first and others." The first mantra you have to remember, that is, qi moves with the mind, qi is born from the heart, practice and refine qi, and life is endless. The cultivation of the first layer is also the foundation of life and death, and it is the foundation building stage. Okay, let's get started. ”

Owen asked Dumb to sit cross-legged on the bed, while he himself sat behind Dumb, pressed his right palm on Dumb's vest, and said, "Close your eyes, recite the mantra silently, the mantra is to understand, use your mind to sense the direction of the warm air current, and remember this direction." Okay, let's get started. ”