The martial arts of the man in black are not bad, and he is still not too flustered when he is attacked by the enemy on his abdomen and back. He waved the short knife in his right hand to block Xiao Ding's dagger, and then dodged and jumped to the side, avoiding the Pu knife that Fan Sanfat slashed at in his back, and did not look embarrassed.

At this time, Zhao Hu and the others also waved the weapons in their hands and beckoned to the man in black. The man in black still resolved them one by one without hurrying. Obviously, his martial arts are higher than everyone present.

Although Xiao Ding knows some hand-to-hand combat skills, when he encounters someone with strong martial arts, it is a little insufficient. Although Fan Sanpang is a martial arts practitioner, his martial arts are very ordinary. Zhao Hu and the others were ordinary people, and they had never practiced martial arts at all.

As a result, after a fight, Zhao Hu and several people frequently fell into trouble, and they were almost injured several times. Only Xiao Ding and Fan Sanpang can barely make a few moves against the man in black.

The man in black smiled coldly, and suddenly slashed at Xiao Ding's door head-on, Xiao Ding hurriedly waved his dagger to block, but the man in black suddenly withdrew his knife halfway and stabbed at Zhao Hu in a different direction.

Zhao Hu was startled and quickly jumped to the side. The man in black took the opportunity to burst out of the gap on Zhao Hu's side and went straight to Ou Mulin outside the encirclement.

"Mu Lin be careful!" As soon as Xiao Ding shouted, the man in black had already come to Ou Mulin, and he reached out to catch Ou Mulin. Unexpectedly, Ou Mulin saw him break through the encirclement and come to catch him again, his body was short, he drilled under the armpit of the man in black, and then kicked back his leg and kicked on the back leg of the man in black.

The man in black didn't expect Ou Mulin to be able to do martial arts at a young age, so he neglected Ou Mulin's way for a while, and was kicked by Ou Mulin in the crook of the leg, and his left leg knelt down.

At this time, Fan Sanpang and Xiao Ding had already caught up, brandishing the weapons in their hands and slashing at the man in black. The man in black had no choice but to straighten up and raise his short knife to parry. Seeing that it was impossible to catch Ou Mulin again, he turned around and fled towards the depths of the mountain forest.

Xiao Ding and Fan Sanpang chased after each other, worried that it would be dangerous to leave Ou Mulin alone, so they stopped chasing and let the man in black escape.

When they returned to the vicinity of the new house with Ou Mulin, they saw Ou Muyun and Tian Xiaofu running over from the side of the hill panting with the little wolf gray ash.

"Sister, are you alright?" Ou Muyun obviously heard that something had happened to Ou Mulin just now, so he ran back from the hill.

"In the future, you brothers and sisters should be more careful, now your family's enemies have targeted the two of you." Xiao Ding admonished.

The two siblings nodded in agreement.

After this incident, Xiao Ding realized the lack of his strength. If his martial arts were higher, he wouldn't have let the man in black escape today. This man in black is like a time bomb, although he escaped today, maybe he will come back that day, maybe he will bring his accomplices with him. This poses a hidden danger to the safety of the home in the future.

Xiao Ding knew that his martial arts could not be improved in a short period of time. Although he is also practicing "Melting Heart Technique", he knows that "Melting Heart Technique" is actually not a martial arts method, and he guesses that since "Melting Heart Technique" is an ancient Taoist exercise, it may be a kind of immortal cultivation exercise, rather than an ordinary martial arts exercise. This can be inferred from the fact that what he obtained from his cultivation was the spiritual qi rather than the true qi cultivated by ordinary martial arts practitioners.

But no matter what kind of exercise it is, it is impossible to improve it in a short period of time to protect oneself. So he needed to think of something else.

Xiao Ding's first thought was to engage in a few self-defense weapons. He thought of the guns he had used in the army before the crossing. If a gun can be built in this day and age, it will be the best weapon for self-defense. No matter how high your martial arts are, you can't carry a bullet.

However, Xiao Ding immediately gave up on this idea. He knows that with the current forging technology, it is impossible to make a gun, not to mention anything else, let's talk about the seamless barrel, if the technology is not up to standard, the moment the bullet is fired, it is easy to explode, in that case, it will not hurt others, but himself.

In addition, if you are manufacturing a long-range rifle, the chamber also needs to be rifled, which requires a very professional lathe to be able to do. Even if it was possible to create a standard barrel in this era, the bullet of the gun would be a major problem. So Xiao Ding quickly gave up on this idea.

Then Xiao Ding thought of the "soul snatcher" that Tang Yunzhi had lent him last time. If there is such a hidden weapon to defend yourself, it is not bad. At first, Xiao Ding didn't understand why the "Soul Snatcher" was made of bamboo tubes instead of iron pipes?

Later, after he used it twice, he figured out that it turned out that as a hidden weapon, the "Soul Snatcher" was secretly used most of the time, and the "Soul Snatcher" was filled with quenched steel needles, and if it was made into an iron pipe, it would inevitably make the sound of the steel needle colliding with the iron pipe when it was carried on the body, which could easily attract the attention of the enemy. In this way, it cannot be used secretly.

It's a pity that Xiao Ding doesn't know the internal structure of the "Soul Snatcher" and the firing principle of the machine, so he can't imitate it.

Thinking of hidden weapons, Xiao Ding then thought of the modern crossbow arrows of later generations, which are powerful and can be fired in bursts, and the self-defense effect is not inferior to that of a pistol. For this kind of crossbow arrow, Xiao Ding is still relatively familiar, he was a special soldier before he crossed, he has been exposed to all kinds of weapons, and he has also disassembled modern crossbow arrows, and knows the principle. So he decided to go to the blacksmith tomorrow and ask the blacksmith to make a few crossbow arrows for self-defense.

Since he decided to go to the blacksmith tomorrow, he had to draw the blueprints of the crossbow bolt parts today. After the family had dinner, Xiao Ding found pen and ink and began to draw drawings of the crossbow arrow parts, and marked the size of each part.

The second girl saw that after Xiao Ding had eaten, she kept drawing in the house, and she didn't know what Xiao Ding was painting again, so she came over and asked, "Xianggong, what are you drawing?" ”

"A self-defense weapon, a crossbow arrow, which can be fired continuously, can be called a continuous crossbow." Xiao Ding decided to call this kind of crossbow arrow a beaded crossbow in the future.

"Is it because of Mu Lin's incident today that you plan to make this kind of crossbow arrow?" The second girl seemed to guess Xiao Ding's intentions.

"Yes, now the people in our family don't have the ability to protect themselves, and since someone is eyeing our family, we can't sit still." Xiao Ding explained.

"Xianggong is right, I support Xianggong you." The second girl said obediently.

"By the way, Erniu, how are you practicing the exercises? Do you feel that there is gas convergence in the dantian? Xiao Ding remembered to teach Erniu the exercises, so he asked by the way.

"In the past two days, I seem to feel that the dantian has a breath of nothingness." The second girl answered truthfully.

"That's not bad, by the way, have you taught your mother the exercises?" Xiao Ding asked.

"I have taught them, only Xiaoya Xiao'e and Xiaozhu have learned, but my mother doesn't believe my words and refuses to learn from me." Erniu said helplessly.

"It's okay, when they learn it, and when it works, their mothers will follow suit." Xiao Ding understood Li's thoughts and comforted the second girl.

"Xianggong, when will I be able to practice to the fourth layer?" Erniu asked.

"It's hard to say, I'm only practicing to the first level now." Xiao Ding replied.

"Huh? Xianggong, the practice is so slow, so when will I have a relationship with you? Hearing Xiaoding say this, the second girl began to get anxious.

"......," Xiao Ding Xin said, again.