After about ten days of walking from Mayi County, Zhang Xuan's team arrived at a large river, which was dozens of zhang wide and clear, spreading like a jade belt on the vast grassland. ¤，

Li Jing was an official in the frontier and was very familiar with the situation in the grassland, so he smiled at everyone and said: "This big river should be finished, thousands of miles long, this is still the upper reaches, and Julun Lake is located in the middle reaches, seeing this big river, we are not far from Julun Lake." ”

After ten days of walking, the relationship became closer, Li Jing was obviously much more frank than Chai Shao, he directly told Zhang Xuan that they were ordered to find a batch of armor, there were hundreds of thousands of pieces, transported by Goguryeo to the Turkic tent, but they disappeared halfway, only known to be missing in the area of Kulun Lake, but no one knew the specific whereabouts.

Zhang Xuan has a good impression of Li Jing's frankness, but he has never expressed his willingness to help them, the key is that Li Jing has not told him that the true attitude of Wuchuan Mansion towards this batch of armor is to help the Turks, or does he want to transport this batch of armor back to the Central Plains?

Zhang Xuan could only be silent about Li Jing's temptation.

However, Wei Chigong told Zhang Xuan a secret, although Li Jing's own martial arts are not high, his martial arts are very profound, and Yu Chigong's martial arts are taught by Li Jing.

Wei Chigong and Zhang Xuan, like Zhang Xuan, did not practice martial arts when he was a teenager, but he was born with divine power and extremely high qualifications for martial arts.

To a certain extent, Li Jing is Wei Chigong's mentor, but Li Jing never admits that there is an apprentice of Wei Chigong, and even a friend does not admit it, which makes Wei Chigong very frustrated.

For this reason, Zhang Xuan asked Li Jing, Li Jing just replied lightly, due to interest, one or two, Wei Chi Gong's martial arts today still rely on his own talent and hard work, and it has nothing to do with him Li Jing.

In the evening of that day, everyone set up camp on the south bank of the river, and Li Shentong's guards lit a bonfire, washed and skinned two yellow sheep hunted on the road, and set up a barbecue on the fire.

"Zhang Gongzi seems to have something on his mind!" Li Jing sat down next to Zhang Xuan.

"I can't talk about it, I just feel a little confused."

The firelight reflected Zhang Xuan's face, he looked at the people who were roasting mutton, and said lightly: "I just can't figure it out, 300,000 pieces of armor should also be extremely important materials for the Turks, how could they be snatched away by someone under their noses, and they didn't send heavy guards to protect them, does Mr. think it's possible?" ”

"If I say that the Turks deliberately let them be snatched away, does Childe think it's possible?" Li Jing looked at Zhang Xuan's gaze and smiled.

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned, "You said that this is actually a trap, but what is it trapping, what is it?" ”

"That's because Gongzi doesn't understand the power structure of the steppe, the Turks only occupy the middle of the steppe, and the western and eastern parts of the steppe people are the territories of the nine tribes of Tiele, and the Turks have long wanted to expand to the east, but there is no excuse, so when I heard that the weapons were missing in the area of Kulun Lake, I guessed that this was a trap laid by the Turks."

"But they used 300,000 pieces of armor as a trap, and the price is too great!"

"Actually, it's not big at all, because the Turks know that as long as this batch of soldiers is in the steppe, sooner or later it will still fall into their hands."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Senior Brother Yao report this idea?" ”

Li Jing shook his head, "Wuchuan Mansion will never take my suggestion, I was born in the Shandong Shi clan, but I was valued by the Dou Hui Lord, but the other people in the Wuchuan Mansion rejected me very much, especially Dugu Shun, he was bent on asking the Wuchuan Mansion to have pure blood, and he was about to turn his face with the Dou Hui Lord for my business." ”

Zhang Xuan was silent, he was not too interested in the Turks using 300,000 pieces of armor as a trap, but he was deeply touched by the bloodline theory that Li Jing said.

Chai Shao also told him frankly yesterday that Lord Dou also wanted to arrange for him to join Wuchuan Mansion, but it was because of Dugu Shun's strong opposition that he gave up, it seems that the traditional forces of Wuchuan Mansion are still very strong, they only recognize the bloodline of Guanlong nobles, and they can't tolerate heretics like Li Jing and himself.

Li Jing smiled, then stopped mentioning this matter, and said to Zhang Xuan again: "I have read Zhang Gongzi's bluestone scripture, I want to talk to Gongzi." ”

Zhang Xuan has been practicing hard for eight days in a row, and he will be exhausted every night, and his strength will increase greatly after breaking through the limit, but after sleeping, his strength has returned to its original state, and it has not been fixed.

This made Zhang Xuan very distressed, seeing that there was only one purple fetal pill left in him, if he didn't break through, he would give up all his efforts, and in desperation, he could only ask Li Jing for help.

"Do you have any good advice, sir?" Zhang Xuan suddenly forgot about the trap and bloodline, and he only had the exercises of the Qingshi Sutra in his mind at this time.

Li Jing nodded and said, "I found that there was a key detail that Gongzi had not handled well, which led to the inability to achieve a breakthrough in cohesion. ”

"Sir, please!" Jao Hyun was extremely nervous.

"I carefully studied the formula of this medicine, half of it is cold medicine, half of it is hot medicine, the dosage of medicine is very fine, and the cold and heat are balanced, indicating that the external practice must also be balanced between cold and heat, and balance is the key to a breakthrough, and although Childe can cool down when practicing in water, the cold is not enough, resulting in excess of meridian heat in the body, and it is impossible to achieve balance, so it has not been able to achieve a breakthrough."

Zhang Xuan never thought that there was such a delicacy, and he actually vaguely realized in his heart that it was a bit inappropriate not to train in the cold ice, but in the cold water?

There is also a sentence on the note of the first picture, 'Sanjiu Muchun', which means that his body should feel spring-like comfort, but every time he practices martial arts, he will be extremely hot and uncomfortable, and spend two or three hours in torment, without feeling the slightest spring, maybe something is wrong here.

"So what should I do, do I have to train in the winter?"

Li Jing smiled slightly, "Qingshi Jing believes that it must be practiced in the cold ice to complete the breakthrough of cohesion, I believe that its original owner is also practicing hard in the extremely cold land in the north, but there will not be only one way to do anything, I can make a fuss about the formula, maybe I can solve this problem." ”

"Sir, you mean, a medicine to reduce heat and dryness?"

Li Jing nodded, "That's exactly what it means, the purple insect jade chrysalis in the formula is the best medicine for heat and dryness, it is really a very magical medicine, it can disrupt the meridians and blood qi that have been formed, and let the martial arts practitioners reshape, especially for people like Gongzi who practice martial arts the day after tomorrow, if you can double the dose of it, then practicing in the water will also be balanced." ”

"But the purple insect jade pupae has already fused with other medicines."

Li Jing smiled and said, "I have a way, you might as well give it a try." ”

"Sir, although he said it bluntly, Zhang Xuan will definitely do it!"

"You give me a Purple Fetal Pill."

Zhang Xuan took out the last Purple Fetal Pill and handed it to Li Jing, Li Jing stared at the pill, pondered for a moment and asked, "You must have made it in strict accordance with the recipe?" ”

"Yes! It should be exactly the same as the recipe. ”

Li Jing pulled out the sharp dagger, carefully cut the purple fetal pill in his hand into two halves, and fused half of it with the other half of the pill without the purple insect jade pupal to make a new pill, and the purple insect jade pupal content in the pill was only half.

He handed the pill to Zhang Xuan and said with a smile: "Wanshui is a very interesting river, the surface of the water is warm, but the bottom of the water is very cold, tonight Gongzi takes this pill and insists on it for an hour under the water to see if there will be any gains." ”

At night, the grassland is full of stars, the dark blue sky is extremely pure, a group of meteors are like light blue water droplets, flowing all over the sky, Li Jing sat on the bank of the Wanshui River with his knees crossed, quietly looking up at the night sky.

At this time, Wei Chigong sat beside Li Jing and asked in a low voice, "Is he at the bottom of the river?" ”

Li Jing nodded, "It's the first time I've seen such a person with perseverance, and his dedication to martial arts makes people have to respect him." ”

Wei Chigong stared at the river and asked, "Is it because Mr. doesn't recognize me as an apprentice because he doesn't want me to enter Wuchuan Mansion?" ”

Li Jing smiled faintly, "What's wrong with being a free person, you have to be bullied by multiple masters, I have already made this matter clear, don't argue with me anymore." ”

Wei Chigong bit his lip tightly and said in a low voice: "Since Master doesn't want to stay in Wuchuan Mansion, why don't you leave?" ”

Li Jing's body was shocked, he didn't speak, but fell into silence, at this time, the river rippled, surging, only to see Zhang Xuan rushed out of the river, took a deep breath, and dived into the bottom of the river.

"It's been an hour, and he still won't give up."

Li Jing sighed, "I can't bear the cold under the water for a moment, but he insisted for an hour, hoping that my judgment was not wrong." ”

"Sir, have you tried the water temperature today?"

Li Jing smiled bitterly and said: "His bluestone scripture should be the martial arts of Ziyang Zhenren, it seems simple, but in fact it is extremely difficult to practice it, in addition to the need for extremely high talent, the other key is the balance of cold and heat, I also realized it last night, if you don't understand the pharmacology, then you can only go to the extremely cold ice field training, this is not hard work can be practiced, I tried the water temperature at the bottom of the river today, and then from the dosage of precise control, if I judge well, then he should be able to break through tonight, if he can't break through, That means I'm wrong. ”

"Can I practice?" Wei Chigong asked with a smile.

Li Jing shook his head, "Your talent is still a little worse." ”

"Sir, look!" Wei Chigong suddenly pointed to the water and shouted.

Seeing the waves rolling on the river, much larger than the ventilation formation just now, Li Jing stood up and looked at the river nervously, he didn't know that it would be like this, something must have happened below.

Suddenly, a huge black shadow flew out of the river and fell heavily on the bank, and then Zhang Xuan jumped out of the river and laughed loudly, "Thank you Mr. Li, I should have succeeded!" ”

Zhang Xuan jumped ashore, he felt that every muscle and meridian in his body was full of strength, which was completely different from his usual temporary power, which was usually a kind of qi, easy to gather and disperse, and now he felt that it was the power of the body, the power of the muscles of the whole body gathered together, as if his muscles and tendons were several times stronger.

He knew that he had finally ushered in the first breakthrough, and he was ecstatic in his heart, he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to Li Jing, clenching his fists high, "Mr. Ende, Zhang Xuan remembers it in his heart." ”

Li Jing hurriedly helped him up, "Don't be polite to Gongzi Zhang, please get up!" Please! ”

Not far away, Wei Chigong shouted in surprise: "This is the Dragon's Spine Kun!" ”

Wei Chigong's shout attracted Chai Shao, Cheng Yanjin, Li Shentong and others, and everyone found a huge strange fish on the ground, this is a big fish with a very wide finned back, seven feet long, weighing hundreds of catties, with a big head like a bucket, and sharp teeth in the mouth.

Zhang Xuan came over and asked with a smile: "I found it at the bottom of the river, and it dared to attack me, but it was subdued by me, and Wei Chi has seen it?" ”

Yu Chigong nodded, "I have only met once, the Turks call it the tiger head fish, and the Han people call him the dragon's spine kun, it is said that he lives in the depths of the North Sea, the king of fish, eats meat for a living, has infinite strength, is very ferocious, and there are also in the water." ”

"Not strange!"

Li Jing walked over and said with a smile: "After the water leads to Julun Lake, and Julun Lake is connected to the Beihai Sea system, it is understandable that it appears here." ”

Cheng Biting Jin looked at this strange fish before and after, he was so hungry that he was about to drool, and asked with a smile: "Is this fish delicious after it is cooked?" ”

Li Jing smiled, "This kind of fish meat is delicate, but the taste is extremely fishy, of course, it can also be eaten after being roasted with sauce, but it has one thing that is very valuable, a tendon on the back, that is, the legendary dragon tendon, is extremely tough, it is the best material for making bowstrings, and the dragon spine bow of our Great Sui Emperor is named after its tendons made into strings." ”

Cheng Yanjin rolled up his sleeves and said: "Let me come, grill and eat after pulling out the tendons, Lao Cheng likes to eat fish the most, and he has never eaten such a big fish." ”

Li Jing hurriedly said: "Its gallbladder is also a rare medicine, and it has a miraculous effect in treating wind paralysis, be careful not to break it." ”

"I see!"

Cheng Yanjin looked around, but Zhang Xuan was gone, and asked, "Where is my son-in-law?" ”

Li Jing pointed to the distance, and faintly saw Zhang Xuan sitting cross-legged by the river in the distance, everyone understood, and they didn't bother him, and carried the fish back together.

Zhang Xuan sat quietly by the river, his thoughts flew to the stars, as if he was swimming in the starry sky, he finally got the first breakthrough in Yijin, the joy in his heart was difficult to calm for a long time, this was his accumulation again and again, and finally made a breakthrough under the guidance of Li Jing, how could he not be overjoyed?

This meditation took four hours, and by the time he finally recovered from his state of emptiness, it was almost dawn.

He stood up and slowly pulled out the war knife, the ten-pound heavy knife actually made him feel a lot lighter, obviously not very suitable, which made him slightly regretful, after all, this is his favorite war knife, if he is no longer competent, he will have to give up.

"Childe is already alright?"

Zhang Xuan heard Cheng Yanjin's voice, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Cheng Yanjin standing not far behind him, holding his Xuanhua axe, Cheng Yanjin smiled and said, "Do you want to try my axe?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin is also a family heirloom martial arts, but his father died early, coupled with his lack of qualifications, he, like Chai Shao, only broke through once, but fortunately, he has a little natural strength, so he can make the ancestral axe weighing sixty pounds, and his father left a family heirloom axe that was also torn off by him to wipe his buttocks, and finally when he wanted to use it, he found that there were only three moves left.

Zhang Xuan also wanted to try his breakthrough, so he smiled: "It's okay!" If you put your hands together, the axe will be mine. ”

Cheng Biting Jin scratched his head, he couldn't wait to give himself a mouthful, what kind of hospitality! Wouldn't it be okay for him to practice the iron rod of Wei Chi Heitan?

Cheng Biting Jin was a little worried that Zhang Xuan would take a fancy to his big axe, he laughed hypocritically, "Childe is really good at laughing, how can you use a tattered weapon of a rough man like me, a beautiful man like you who is in the wind in the jade tree, at least you need to use a horse lance or a silver gun." ”

Jang Hyun laughed, "Okay! Don't mess around, I'm not going to ask you for an axe and make a joke with you. ”

"Where! Where! I'm kidding me too! ”

Cheng Biting Jin handed over the axe with a weak heart, Zhang Xuan smiled and took the big axe handed by Cheng Biting Jin, only to feel that the big axe was light, and he held it in his hand effortlessly.

"Huh! It really fits in hand. ”