"Calm down, return to your thoughts, and keep Dan Yuan" Lao Wang shouted loudly, and at the same time pinched a magic trick in his hand, and a stronger warm current was input into Ma Xiao's body, Ma Xiaoqiang endured the severe pain, and focused all his thoughts on Dan Yuan, and soon, the restless Dan Yuan returned to quiet.

Lao Wang continued to mobilize Dan Yuan to run slowly in the dantian, and after a while, a thin line was condensed again and continued to surge towards the meridians, Ma Xiao could clearly feel the existence of Dan Yuan and this thin line at this time, but the sharp pain just now made him start to be afraid of this thin line, he felt very soft in the dantian, and once he entered the meridians, it was like a steel needle, with the lesson just now, Ma Xiao was mentally prepared, and Lao Wang also deliberately slowed down the speed of the vitality running, the pain was not as strong as just now, and Ma Xiao could always keep his mind.

In this way, the thin line of condensation of the vitality wanders between the five acupuncture points around the navel of Ma Xiao, every time it reaches an acupuncture point, the vitality will slowly rotate a few times inside, and continue to run after the acupuncture point is supported a little bit, as if groping for a route, the thin line stings Ma Xiao from time to time, and after about two hours, the vitality finally wanders around the five acupuncture points in the abdomen, and returns to the dantian again.

At this moment, Ma Xiao has been soaked with sweat, he has been gritting his teeth for these two hours, and after the end of this little Zhou Tian patrol, there was an extremely happy feeling in his body, with the assistance of Lao Wang, all the vitality that was divided returned to Danyuan, and Danyuan quietly rotated for a while and then stopped quietly.

After Ma Xiao finished his work, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw that Lao Wang had returned to the opposite side, looking at himself gloomily, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, senior brother, for your help."

With a "snap", a loud mouth slapped Ma Xiao's face, and Ma Xiao's eyes were angry, and Lao Wang grabbed Ma Xiao's collar and asked, "Why don't you take the pill I gave you?"

"I accidentally lost it," Ma Xiao gritted his teeth and replied hatefully,

"Slap" Another loud mouth hit Ma Xiao's other side of the face, the corners of the mouth were bleeding, Lao Wang grabbed Ma Xiao's collar again, "Do you know that pill can help you resist the damage of the meridians, if you take it, you don't have to spend so much effort just now, play smart, hum, if I had been heavier when I poured the body, you would have been ruined by now" After speaking, Lao Wang's hand grabbed the collar and pushed forward, and Ma Xiao rolled to the wall like a ball before stopping.

"After all, this Dan Yuan is not obtained by your own cultivation, you can't control it yet, you must ensure continuous cultivation and operation, otherwise it is easy to lose control of Dan Yuan, just continue to cultivate according to the method of tuna taught to you by the boss in the future, I will check your cultivation progress regularly", after speaking, Lao Wang flicked his sleeves and left the attic.

Ma Xiao, who was leaning on the corner of the wall, looked at the figure of Lao Wang leaving, his eyes gradually became cold, wiped the blood left at the corner of his mouth, sat up again, and felt the form of Dan Yuan in the body, this Dan Yuan became warm when it was running, and it became cool when it was quiet, and it was very comfortable in the abdomen, and after feeling it for a while, Ma Xiao cleaned up his mind and practiced according to the method of breathing given to him by the boss, this time it was unusually smooth, the moment the qi was inhaled into the body, he grabbed the feeling of the vitality in it, and then slowly mobilized and sank into the dantian with his mind, and the vitality entered the dantian and was wrapped on the surface of the Dan Yuan, and the Dan Yuan seemed to sense the idea and drove the surrounding vitality to operate。

After the vitality became even, Ma Xiao followed the way that Lao Wang demonstrated to himself, and used his mind to twist the vitality into silk and urge it into the meridians, this time the vitality ran in the meridians only slightly swelling and sluggishness, but there was no stinging, and two hours passed, and Ma Xiao completed the operation of Xiao Zhou Tian for the first time.

After the work, Ma Xiao's body was indescribably happy, his spirit was a little tired, but his body was very relaxed, at this moment he was like a child who got his favorite toy, very happy.

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A month later, in the east of the city of Taizhou, there was a light snow in the sky, and Wei Chao, dressed in an earthy yellow cotton military uniform, stood in a corner of the school field, holding his shoulders with his hands, and was watching Ma Xiao who practiced dagger assassination in the corner.

I saw the horse walking slowly, sometimes as fast as the wind, wandering back and forth among more than forty messy dolls, holding an iron dagger in one of his two hands. A wooden spike holding it, where it passed, hit the red paint of the puppet accurately and quickly, compared to a month ago, his posture and movements revealed a fierce ruthlessness, Wei Chao couldn't help nodding, and then remembered the horse just now, the grass ring thirty steps away, ten times can be seven or eight shots, this is already the same as the standard of an adult soldier in the army, he also likes to dance with a gun and stick at this age, but he never has such a perception and patience.

What Wei Chao didn't know was that although he was only a ten-year-old doll, Ma Xiaozao, who had gone through several lives and deaths, had already retreated from immaturity and innocence, and he couldn't wait to make rapid progress every day, because the stronger his strength, the safer the head on his shoulders would be.

In less than a stick of incense, Ma Xiao finished practicing, put away the dagger, and ran to Wei Chao's side and hugged his fist, "Brother Wei!"

"En" The doll in front of him has been in the barracks for more than half a year, he has grown a lot taller than when he was just caught, his body is no longer thin, he is wearing a red forehead scarf on his head, and his khaki coat is still surrounded by a cuirass, just like a decent soldier "Yes, the progress is very fast, you can go into battle to kill the enemy"

"Hehe, it's all taught by Brother Wei" Ma Xiao smiled, his little hands and face were red from the cold.

"I remember that you handed over a Yanling knife from the Chu Army, why don't you bring it," Wei Chao asked.

"Yes, it's hidden in the place where I live, and now I practice javelins and daggers every day, so I didn't bring it, what's the matter? Brother Wei, you won't be worried about my knife, right" Ma Xiaoxiao smiled evilly.

"Hmph, I also have a lot of weapons in my collection, and each one of them is better than your knife" Wei Chao returned angrily, how is this baby monkey spirit monkey spirit "I told you to take it out and sharpen it quickly, don't get rusty"

"Don't worry, Brother Wei, it's shiny, eh, why do you want me to sharpen my knife?"

"Hey, there's going to be a war soon," Wei Chao sighed. The army in the line reported, the Chu army has taken all the surrounding small cities, the entire Peijiang north of the only Taizhou City is left, to cross the Peijiang River, can only pass Taizhou City, as long as Taizhou City is captured, the Chu army in the north and south can be connected together, I heard that the siege army is full of 40,000 people, on the road, it will be to Taizhou City in a few days, it seems that they are bound to win this time, we only have 20,000 soldiers in the entire Taizhou City, and more than 20,000 people, the next must be a vicious battle, I am asking you to sharpen your knife and prepare to kill the enemy"

"I see, no wonder the atmosphere in the military has been a little solemn in the past few days, the war is about to begin, and the peaceful days of a few months are coming to an end" Ma Xiao also lamented, when will the world be calm "Brother Wei, it's time, I'm going back to prepare lunch, take care"

"Okay, you go" The two hugged each other and separated, and Ma Xiao skillfully put on a mask and went back to the room after packing up the props.

In the past month, he has been wearing a mask to go out, for fear that someone in the city will recognize him, but the news that the Chuguo Uncle's Mansion has offered a reward of 5,000 taels to take his head has also spread among the army.

After a month of cultivation, he has been able to grasp the sense of qi clearly enough, and the vitality can also run smoothly in the body Xiao Zhoutian, Lao Wang checked his cultivation a few times, just yesterday, Lao Wang told him that his technique of breathing has been cultivated to the first layer - feeling qi, which can normally breathe in the vitality of heaven and earth, and then he has to practice the second layer, practicing qi, which is to try to hide the vitality of heaven and earth in the body.

Lao Wang taught the second layer of cultivation to Ma Xiao, Ma Xiao also began to participate in the practice, the second layer of the exercise is to put it bluntly through the practice of qi, so that the heaven and earth vitality into the body gathered in the dantian does not dissipate, and can listen to the dispatch of the mind at any time, after a night of attempts, although it was not successful, but a little gain, compared to the original search for qi is much easier, only need to practice diligently.

In the early morning of the next day, Ma Xiao, who was still asleep, was woken up, and the Huotou battalion received the task to prepare breakfast in advance.

Thousands of soldiers after breakfast took advantage of the morning light to go out of the city, half an hour to return back, the city suddenly appeared a short carnival, but it turned out to be the vanguard of the Chu army arrived last night, set up camp twenty-five miles away from Taizhou City, Pei Jun received the news, overnight three thousand cavalry pillow to wait for the day, before dawn out of the city surprise attack, all the way to the Chu army forward troops although there are more than 5,000 people, but the soldiers are tired and tired, in a hurry even the heating firewood was not prepared to be attacked camp, defeated, thousands of people abandoned the armor and dragged the soldiers were chased and killed more than ten miles, this battle Pei army captured a lot of horses, grain and grass and weapons, the rest can not be taken away all burned, a frustration of the Chu army's spirit。 When the next day, the Chu army arrived and chose to camp forty miles outside the city, not daring to rush forward.

After the first wave of the army arrived at Taizhou City, the Chu army behind was assembled one after another, and finally after half a month, the 40,000 troops were assembled, and the soldiers surrounded Taizhou City on three sides, this Taizhou City is the city on the west side with the Peijiang River on the back, so there are only three city gates in the north, south and east, Ma Xiao's Tongzi camp is stationed near the east gate, this half a month has not been idle, all the soldiers and people in the city have been mobilized to assist in the city defense, the young and strong are all issued weapons and armor to fill the army, and the old and young women and children are strengthened under the leadership of the city guard, Arrows and munitions were prepared; blacksmiths in the city worked day and night to make weapons; there were not many medical officers in the army, so Lang Zhong and pharmacists were recruited from among the people, even those who had only worked as veterinarians; all the houses near the city walls were taken back, and a curfew was imposed on the entire city of Taizhou at night with a temporary infirmary during the war, and all those who moved in the city without permission were dealt with in detail, and dozens of people were arrested in a few days.

Ma Xiao had to go to the warehouse camp every day after he was busy with the affairs of the gang, carrying rolling stones, sassal wood and grease and forage to the city tower, doing miscellaneous labor and coolies, and sometimes being arranged to patrol the city tower, there was no time to practice anymore, standing on the city tower every day and looking at the dense military tents and Chu soldiers surrounding the city, Ma Xiao finally experienced the atmosphere of war.

The clouds before the war shrouded the entire Taizhou City, and the people who had just passed a few months of stable life fell into panic and uneasiness again, and there were few people on the streets, all of them were in a hurry, and there was no fireworks of the past, but there was more of a desolate atmosphere against the backdrop of midwinter.