When Xue Hongbi woke up, it was already noon the next day.

If you want to wake up, it's actually not very appropriate, because although he fainted, his consciousness did not sink to the point of being unconscious, but his perception was separated from the outside world by a veil, and he was dazed and powerless to struggle like a ghost pressing a bed. The true qi of "Intercepting the Heavens" is so domineering, extremely cold to the bone, extremely hot and burning, as if throwing all his skin, flesh, muscles and bones into the furnace of the snow-capped mountains, the whole person seems to be melted, and the two true qi quickly swallowed away the original pitiful internal force whale, and then forcibly widened the meridians, like digging a small stream into a large river, just waiting for the next day to lead into water.

After a night of suffering, Xue Hongbi finally regained his weak strength, he opened his eyes, and looked at the roof for a long time, only then did he realize that he had been moved back to the bed in the guest room, his body had been taken care of, there was still a faint pain between the meridians, and his hands and feet were even heavier and softer, just the action of getting out of bed made it difficult for him to walk.

The memory before the coma gradually returned, Xue Hongbi only felt a headache, he leaned against the wall and moved himself out a little bit, and saw Fu Yuanyu sitting in the courtyard playing with the crazy woman to clap his hands, the palm that could easily break the iron and stone became vulnerable, and he was slapped by the crazy woman lightly and heavily, he leaned back exaggeratedly and said forgiveness.

When Xue Hongbi saw this scene, he was so angry that his chest was surging with anger, so he didn't want to have a seizure on the spot, so he turned around and went to the kitchen to find something to eat, ready to make plans when he was full.

However, Xue Hongbi didn't see Yu Wufang in the kitchen, but a strange girl was sitting by the stove boiling water, seeing him walk in, the girl seemed to have expected it, pointed to the covered cauldron, and said, "You wake up, I left you porridge and meat buns, eat some cushions." ”

This girl is about the same age as Li Mingke, dressed in a linen skirt, full of black hair and a big braid hanging down on her chest, her eyebrows are clear and beautiful, her complexion is beautiful, even if she is dressed plainly, she is very good-looking, she is a rare beauty embryo, when she got up and rolled up her sleeves to remove the lid of the pot, half of her forearm was exposed, which was as white as jade.

Xue Hongbi was stunned for a moment, put back the foot that had stepped over the threshold, and asked softly, "Who are you?" ”

The girl smiled and said, "My name is Yin Mei, my teacher's surname is Yu, and the room you lived in last night was mine." ”

There is a cloud in the Book of Songs: "The so-called Yiren are in the water of the Mei." ”

Xue Hongbi was the first time to see such a bright and moving girl, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words, fortunately, he had something in his heart in the first half of the night yesterday, and he was even more sleepy in the second half of the night, and his impression of that room was only the word "clean", and those tables, cabinets, and cages had never been touched, and now he was only embarrassed to learn about the situation, but he was not ashamed.

"You're the apprentice of the Jade senior?" Xue Hongbi confessed to her, "I'll move out now." ”

"No need, I've been gone for more than three years, and there's nothing left there, Master lets you stay, and you can live in peace." Yin Mei smiled and waved her hand, "I live with Aunt Bai to take care of her." ”

Xue Hongbi guessed that "Aunt Bai" should refer to the crazy woman, and couldn't help asking, "Where did Senior Yu go?" ”

"Master went out to run errands, it's not good to take Aunt Bai with me, thinking that it is inconvenient for you two masters to take care of people, so I specially called me back." Yin Mei put the porridge and buns on a wooden tray and handed it to him, "Go eat it, it's easy to get cold this weather." ”

When taking over the tray, Xue Hongbi subconsciously glanced at her hands, and found that although the hands were beautiful, the knuckles had calluses, and there were many minor injuries such as the tiger's mouth and the fingers.

Yin Mei was unaware of his transformation, and urged: "Hurry up and eat, Senior Fu will come to you later." ”

Xue Hongbi said angrily: "What are you looking for me to do?" ”

Yin Meiqi said: "Isn't he your stepfather, is he going to teach you to practice?" ”

It's good that she didn't mention it, as soon as she mentioned the word "father-in-law", Xue Hongbi remembered that she recognized the thief as her father and was forcibly bought and sold for Lao Shizi's magic skills, and she was so angry that the roots of her teeth itched, so she could only take the bun as Fu Yuanyu's head and bite it down hard.

This bun is stuffed with fish, pickled with peppercorns and a small amount of wine, it tastes full of fresh and fragrant without feeling fishy, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but take another bite, with the hot porridge in his stomach, the anger in his chest also calmed down a lot, and his brain gradually returned to calm.

He quickly finished eating, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks by himself, didn't think about how to face Fu Yuanyu, and simply sat here to help Yin Mei work, and at the same time didn't forget to talk to her: "That crazy ...... outside Senior Bai, who is it? ”

Yin Mei said: "I don't know, when I was six years old, I worshiped under the master, and Senior Bai was already here. ”

"She ......," Xue Hongbi said hesitantly, "her legs, and her brains...... Was it already bad then? ”

Yin Mei sighed: "Yes, it has been better in the past two years, when I was young, she couldn't even sit up, and she was paralyzed on the bed all day long. ”

Xue Hongbi listened pitifully, and was a little envious, they all said that "there is no filial son in front of the bed for a long time", and the closest relatives of flesh and blood are still like this, Yu Wufang and the crazy woman obviously have no blood relationship, but they have taken care of her for so many years, I think it was because of the reason back then, and they had a lot of feelings.

Thinking about it like this, he found out that something was wrong, although Yu Wufang took good care of that crazy woman, Fu Yuanyu, the big devil who was decisive outside, also took care of her, far better than Yu Wufang, who had been entangled with him for half his life, if he said that the two of them were unrelated and ruthless, Xue Hongbi would not believe it.

He said this question, Yin Mei couldn't answer it, the young girl looked at each other, only felt that the love and hatred of adults were too complicated, so he put these questions behind him and concentrated on doing things.

As Yin Mei said, when Xue Hongbi helped clean up the stove, Fu Yuanyu floated in like a ghost.

Xue Hongbi was sharpening the knife, and when he saw him, he made a move, the hand holding the knife clenched unconsciously, Yin Mei noticed his hostility towards Fu Yuanyu, and the smile on his face also narrowed, his eyes turned back and forth between the two of them a few times, got up and saluted Fu Yuanyu, and said, "Senior Fu." ”

Fu Yuanyu replied with an "um", ignoring Xue Hongbi's movements, and only said, "You come with me." ”

Xue Hongbi took two deep breaths, slowly let go of the kitchen knife in his hand, and went out behind him.

Fu Yuanyu took him to the back of the small courtyard, and through the vegetable field was a clearing with abundant water and grass, there was a rain in the middle of the night last night, and the mud on the ground was slippery, and every step was a footprint.

He walked all the way to the middle of the clearing, stood up with his hands in his hands, and said, "Take out your skills and attack them." ”

Although Xue Hongbi was bare-handed at the moment, he was not afraid at all, his left hand was bent into a claw, his right hand was rubbed into a knife, and he rushed forward with a kick under his feet.

Over the years, he has learned all foreign martial arts, with a "finger wrapping" foundation, and secretly learned Du Sanniang's knife moves, taking a strange and ruthless road, specializing in the key points of muscles and bones, especially good at borrowing strength and changing moves, close kung fu can be described as good. However, Fu Yuanyu changed his domineering and domineering style last night, his hands were always behind his back, and he didn't see how he moved, as if he was slowly and quickly dodging Xue Hongbi's attack, even if Xue Hongbi was sure that his fingers locked his throat, the skin and flesh were immediately separated, making him fall short.

After such a stick of incense, Fu Yuanyu didn't even change the smile on the corner of his mouth, Xue Hongbi was already covered with sweat, and his breathing became heavy, and he was suddenly pushed sideways by Fu Yuanyu at the moment of bullying, and the whole person was like being slammed by a car and horse, he took a few steps backwards in embarrassment, and fell into the muddy water, and then he wanted to get up but found that the place where his chest was hit suddenly had a sharp pain, and he suddenly unloaded his strength.

"You have empty moves but no internal strength, just like a castle in the air with an unstable foundation, it is enough to scare cats and dogs, and it is effortless to kill you against real martial arts practitioners." Fu Yuanyu dusted off the corners of his clothes, and said mockingly, "With your ability, don't say take my life, you won't survive for a month on the rivers and lakes." ”

Xue Hongbi was extremely angry, and was about to say something, when his eyes inadvertently fell on Fu Yuanyu's feet, and he was stunned - they worked a stick of incense, Xue Hongbi's footprints were all around Fu Yuanyu, but Fu Yuanyu never moved an inch, in other words, he just stood in place and dodged all his attacks.

"It's a false trick." Sensing the reason for his silence, Fu Yuanyu chuckled, "The duel between martial artists has always been a correspondence between virtual and real. I used the virtual shaking to lure you to the real move, not only consumed your strength, but also let me find out the details of your moves, and finally I turned the virtual into reality and defeated you in one fell swoop. ”

If it is a duel, this time Xue Hongbi is already dead.

"Of course, the trick doesn't work for anyone, if the gap between the two is very big, when you don't want to test yourself, people don't have to watch you jump, they can kill you with a finger." Fu Yuanyu stared at his pale face, "Recognizing your opponent and yourself is the first and most important step to kill the enemy and save your life. ”

Xue Hongbi finally spoke: "You want to teach me?" Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you after I learn it? ”

Fu Yuanyu said good-naturedly: "Don't worry, when you become a teacher, my grave grass should be taller than you." ”

Xue Hongbi: "......"

"Last night, I opened up the second vein of Rendu for you, and transmitted the yin and yang true qi into your meridians, you carefully perceive the changes in it, run the true qi according to the mental method I taught you, and integrate them into yourself, and in the future, you will get twice the result with half the effort by practicing the "Heaven Interception Gong". Fu Yuanyu said eloquently, ""Heaven Interception Gong" is divided into two volumes, Yin and Yang, although it can be cultivated dually, it is difficult to take care of both, I will teach you both volumes of exercises, but you can only specialize in one of them before the age of thirty, now make a choice." ”

"What's the difference?"

"Yang Book first forges the body and then refines the heart, compared to the moves, it is more important to internal force, the progress is slow but the foundation is solid, the body is strong and far better than ordinary people, the great achiever is born and created endlessly, and can break the gold and cut the stone with the flesh, the disadvantage is that it is just too easy to break, if you can't do the true qi collection and release freely, you will hurt yourself, and there is a generation of sect masters before me who died because of the burst of the heart." After a pause, Fu Yuanyu said again, "Yin Book first refines the heart and then forges the body, the internal force is from Yin to cold, and the moves are treacherous and changeable, if you are a person with good understanding of the bones, the progress is a rapid progress, and the great one can make the internal force through the bones and freeze the blood into ice, even if you are unarmed, you can easily kill people invisibly, the disadvantage is that the foundation is unstable and easy to give birth to demons, if you can't stick to your heart, you will either go crazy to death, or you will become a cold-blooded and ruthless person to slaughter." ”

In the end, Fu Yuanyu seemed to think of something, and his eyes dimmed slightly.

Xue Hongbi didn't notice his emotional changes, he only felt that these two roads were both bridges on the Lechuan River, and the left and right were dead, the difference was only in the morning and evening, he remembered the pain of the ice and fire last night, and now he still has palpitations, and asked with a glimmer of hope: "What if I don't practice?" ”

Fu Yuanyu smiled and said, "Yes, but if you don't practice, those two true qi will explode between your meridians without any channeling, and then your skin will be scorched and cold, and it will be almost like a half-baked sheep." ”

Xue Hongbi: "......"

If he wanted to cut the old devil at both ends of this rat last night, now he just wants to throw this smiling tiger who doesn't do anything into the oil pot and fry it to a rich flower, but he has more than enough heart but not enough strength, he stared at Fu Yuanyu fiercely for a while, and finally said: "I practice Yang Book." ”

Fu Yuanyu deliberately angered him: "Want to open? I still think you are mighty and unyielding, and you would rather die than fight against me. ”

Xue Hongbi endured and endured, but finally couldn't hold back, and said meanly: "Fighting with people is fighting for will, what is fighting with wolf-hearted and dog-lung gangsters?" ”

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouth, like your father." Fu Yuanyu squinted slightly, "Really, I won't kill you?" ”

Sen Ran's murderous aura suddenly appeared, like a blade pressing on the top of his head, Xue Hongbi only felt that the thorn was in his back, and fear almost swept up like a tide at this moment, and his knees almost fell softly, but he gritted his teeth, insisted on not kneeling, and said loudly: "If you want to kill, you will kill, even if you meet my father and mother in front of the king of Hades, I will also say that you are a wolf-hearted thing!" Fu Yuanyu, you have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for most of your life, and you are not majestic when you turn clouds and rain, but how many things have you done with a clear conscience? How many people who accompanied you from birth to death are still alive today, and who have you never lived up to? You should have all the hypocrisy at times, and you regret it too late when you have nothing, and you are to blame for the fall of the tiger skin so far, no wonder you betrayed your relatives! ”

Fu Yuanyu was originally angry, deliberately wanting to kill this kid's sharp spirit, but when he heard such words, he was stunned in place, and the hand hanging down his side trembled slightly, as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer, his flesh was shattered, and his soul was scattered.

Xue Hongbi was happy for a while, and vented his suppressed resentment, he looked at Fu Yuanyu stubbornly, just waiting to be killed on the spot by this old demon, but he didn't expect Fu Yuanyu to be stunned for a while, and finally smiled: "You're right." ”

After these four words, Fu Yuanyu's soul also returned to its place, he seemed to have forgotten the dispute that had just happened, and walked over to pick up Xue Hongbi and said, "Since you have chosen the Yang Book, let's start." ”

Xue Hongbi was forced to keep his feet off the ground, feeling like a chicken and duck that had been slaughtered in the kitchen, and he couldn't break free until Fu Yuanyu walked to a pond and raised his hand to throw him down.

The icy river water didn't reach the top in an instant, Xue Hongbi finally fluttered and floated up, but he didn't think that he was hit by a bamboo pole again, Fu Yuanyu stood on the bank with a rod that he didn't know where to find, and said ruthlessly: "Exercise your body first to get used to qi, when you can breathe freely in the water, even if you pass this hurdle." ”

Ordinary people hold their breath for only ten breaths, those who are proficient in water can hold their breath in the water for a stick of incense to an hour, and the master of the inner family who is good at breathing can hold it in the river for a day and a half at most, and Fu Yuanyu did not look at Xue Hongbi for the sake of learning this way, and when the teaching was over on this day, the afterglow of the sunset shone on the water, and he was merciful to scoop Xue Hongbi up, who lay on the shore for a while and did not breathe, and was already half dead.

But he never begged for mercy, and Fu Yuanyu would not show mercy to his subordinates.

Dropping the sentence "Go back to eat", Fu Yuanyu turned around and left by himself, but Xue Hongbi didn't move, he drank a stomach full of water, and his lungs seemed to explode, and he couldn't spit water at the moment, how could he eat anything?

Finally spit out the water in his abdomen, Xue Hongbi looked up at the somewhat dazzling sunset and the path covered by water and grass in front of him, and was a little stunned for a while.

Can he really practice good martial arts under this old devil?

How many years does he have to practice before he is qualified to be an enemy of behemoths like Listening to the Rain Pavilion and the Mending Heaven Sect?

He is already a "thief", no matter in the government or in the opposition, everyone shouts and shouts to kill, even if he bets on this life, can he really spell out a good result?

Xue Hongbi had been thinking about these questions for a long time, but he still didn't know the answers, and the path in front of him seemed to have a different kind of magic, bewitching him to move forward.

Maybe Du Sanniang is right, he shouldn't be a Jianghu person, leave here to go to a place where no one knows him, start from scratch incognito, even if it is difficult to escape one day, it is better than this precarious day.

However, after so many thoughts in his heart, he finally let out a long sigh and staggered in the direction of the small courtyard.

There are some roads that are never returned, and death is like home.

Some moths are like moths to the fire, and they are as happy as they are.