A clearing in the town was filled with rough logs cut down from the mountains, and on one side was a row of firewood that had been chopped more than a man high.

There is a half-human-high stone pier in the center of the clearing, Qu Tao stands beside the stone pier, his eyes are bright, his arms are bare, and the muscles and flesh on his body are like steel, which does not look prominent, but is full of a sense of strength.

In late autumn, it was cold, but he was sweating and steaming.

I saw that he was holding a swarthy firewood knife in his hand, two feet long, one finger thick, and one palm wide at the front end, but it was shrunk to three finger widths at the handle, without any bright spots, and it looked full of weight.

Qu Tao just held it with one hand, and his feet stood firmly on the ground as if they were rooted, and his body was tense. On the stone pier in front of him, a thick log half a man long slung horizontally, the thickness of a man's waist.

"Drink!"

Seeing a flash of black light, the wood knife in his hand slashed straight down, as if the air had been split, and in the subtle click, the thick wood that was swinging horizontally was neatly split into two sections.

The movements are smooth, and you can't see the slightest effort.

Most people chop firewood vertically, because the vertical cutting of the tree texture is the most labor-saving, but he is cutting horizontally, not along the tree texture.

But the waist-thick firewood was neatly cut into two sections, and the fracture was smooth without any stubble.

"Whew!"

Two more black lights flashed, Qu Tao's waist was twisted, and one arm shook, as if a big dragon was swinging its tail, and the firewood knife was chopped down in response.

The coarse firewood is divided into four sections, and the movement is extremely fast, which makes people see a flower.

The action is extremely concise, it seems to have been tempered thousands of times, there is no fancy, but whether it is the force or the knife, it is smooth, and there is no half of condensation.

"The strength of the three muscle groups is twisted together, and under the joint force, there are now a thousand catties to say the least, and now they can be cut into two with a single knife when they are replaced by a pig. It's a pity that it can't last, and I can't bear it anymore when I cut out a stick of incense like this. ”

"The muscle groups on the two arms are almost condensed, maybe you can start to condense the shoulders after tomorrow, and when all the muscle groups are condensed, you can try to train the muscles at that time. ”

He just threw the chopped firewood behind him with just three or two clicks, and landed firmly on the neat pile of firewood.

The chopping wood is different.

With a light breath, he straightened up, took the sweat towel on the side and wiped his body, and the heat on his body slowly dissipated.

When the town was locked down, he was chopping firewood here, and he was chopping firewood for almost a month.

"It's time to go back. ”

Pinning the wood knife to his waist, grabbing the coarse cloth shirt and putting it directly on his body, he strode alone.

"Brother Qu. ”

Before he walked out of the clearing, Qu Tao was stopped, a middle-aged man who was blind in one eye, wearing a torn leather jacket and missing three fingers on one hand.

He threw a money bag to Qu Tao and said, "Brother Qu, take the monthly money." ”

Qu Tao nodded, thanked him and left, and in the money bag was his salary for chopping firewood in the past month.

Because at the full moon last month, a village hundreds of miles away from the town was shrouded by a moon barrier, and more than 100 people in the village were dead. So the head of the town ordered the whole town to be sealed off.

The moonlight is ominous, and after sunset and moonrise, there will be strange and strange monsters, day after day. People can only hide in the towns, guarded by pillars made of sunstone.

"Tomorrow I will go into the mountains again, get some prey and come back, my little sister wants a rabbit and has begged me several times, this time I will catch her a male and a female. In this way, when you are free, you can come here to chop firewood, just enough to exercise the control of your own strength. ”

Qu Tao showed a slight smile on his face, pinned the money bag to his waist, and couldn't help but speed up his steps.

After passing through a laneway, he didn't go far to see a shop facing the street, which was his home, and he lived with his uncle and aunt and his little sister Qu Chan, who had lived here for more than a year.

The small courtyard is green tiles and red walls, branches and vines climb the wall, and in the shop facing the street, a woman is inside.

"Auntie. ”

Qu Tao greeted, handed over the money bag and said, "This is the salary for chopping wood, pull a few feet of cloth for my little sister to make a dress, and I'll go and clean up the pig." ”

Shen is a gentle woman, she looks like she is in her early thirties, she looks very pretty, although she is wearing a coarse cloth dress, but the richness of the mature woman is not half hidden.

"I'm sorry for you, the Tiger Gang in the town is coming to collect debts again, three hundred big money, and I don't know when I can pay it back, today they came and said, if you can't pay it back, you have to use your uncle's cultivation method to resist, alas!"

Shen was weak, and when he thought of his bedridden husband, he was full of shame.

The husband was injured by the mountain demon a few years ago, and has been bedridden until now, and the family's food and clothing have always been supported by his nephew, if there is no him, this family is really over.

"Where is the aunt, my uncle went into the mountains to find medicine for me, and then I was hurt by the mountain demon, before I was stupid every day, and my aunt also took care of me as her own child, and she didn't slack off. Now my uncle is paralyzed in bed, and I have to pick up the burden of the family. ”

"As for borrowing money from the Tiger Gang, I will find a way, if the Tiger Gang says that I will use my uncle's cultivation method to resist, I will go to them, and my aunt doesn't have to worry. ”

"Alas......"

Shen could only sigh.

"The Tigers are used to running rampant in the city, and they have something to do with the Wang family, so you don't have to quarrel with them. Shen Shi was not at ease and advised again.

"Don't worry, auntie, I'm measured. ”

When the uncle was injured, the aunt found the Tiger Gang without a master and borrowed 300 yuan, so he bought precious medicine from the Wang family and renewed the uncle's life.

Qu Tao was at the beginning of the crossing at that time, and he was confused every day, and his sensitivity to the outside world was very low, so he couldn't help much.

So now that he thinks about it, he thinks that in addition to the uncle's injury, the aunt borrowed money from the Tiger Gang and found the Wang family to buy medicine, and it was all the two that put them under the trap together.

For the sake of uncle's practice.

This thing is too precious, if anyone can break through the solid six realms and reach the Yuan Root Realm, then in this poor and remote place, they can directly give birth to a big clan like the Wang family.

The two closed the shop and entered the house, and the little girl who was playing in the small courtyard heard the noise and ran in, her little face was flushed, she was wearing a double flat bun and a flower skirt, and she pounced when she saw him coming back.

"Brother, when will you catch a rabbit for me?"

The little girl Qu Chan is in her early sevens, which is the age when she loves to play.

"Brother, remember, I'll catch it for you tomorrow. ”

"Can we eat meat at night?" The little girl was a little greedy, the town was locked down for more than half a month, and every household was affected, and it was just some coarse tea and light rice on weekdays.

"Well, eat wild pork at night. ”

The little sister is just the age of growth, and she can't be dragged down.

In the past half a year, Qu Tao went into the mountains to hunt during the day, and when the town was blocked, he went to chop wood, and at the age of fourteen or fifteen years old, he picked up the burden without complaining.

Kindness must be repaid, revenge must be avenged, this has always been his code of conduct.

The pigs are in the small courtyard, fortunately it is late autumn, the weather is cooler, and it will not rot for half a day, but the beast is fishy.

He let his aunt and little sister into the house, and he cut off the hind legs of the pigs in the yard, and when it was not dark, he carried the pigs and sold them to the butcher on the next street.

Such a big pig, it's just two big bucks.

It's night.

The moon is hazy and the stars are scarce, and the cold in the moonlight is blocked by the towering stone pillars in the city, and only silver ash is sprinkled. Outside the city, the sound of rustling sounded from time to time, accompanied by a strange fluttering sound, which filled the night with unease.

Shen and Qu Chan had already slept, and in the small courtyard, Qu Tao was holding a knife in both hands, slashing at the void.

Silver-gray flickered, and the sword shone brightly.

This is his daily lesson, day after day, and he practices diligently.

I saw that the muscles of his arms bulged slightly, although they were not knotted arms, but they were as layered as a knife.

His eyes stared ahead, swinging the knife again and again, and the two arms had become heavy unconsciously, and even the firewood knife was in his hand at this time, as if it weighed a thousand pounds.

Every time he swung the wood knife ten times, he would twist his body and stride forward and slash violently, but this time the slash twisted the strength of the three muscle groups into a rope, using most of the strength in his body.

There was a shrill whistling every time.

And so it had lasted for two hours, almost as hard as he could.

"Hoo ......"

He stood with his knife closed, his naked upper body sweating and steaming.

However, there is a hot current in the body, flowing slowly in the body, and everywhere it goes, it seems to be a breeze, and it is comfortable.

This is the essence of inner qi, the essence of solid people refining themselves.

Suddenly, I saw the muscles on his shoulders tremble, as if he was cramping, and when he looked closely, there seemed to be a living thing in his skin, which looked a little terrifying.

But Qu Tao looked happy, let his arms tremble at this time, and quietly observed the changes in it.

The internal qi gathers in the large muscle groups on the arms, which seems to be soothing and exciting, but the muscles become more active and vibrate more and more intensely under the stimulation of the internal qi.

"The muscles on the two arms have finally been condensed, and the internal qi has also increased a little, which is a good thing. Uncle Uncle's solid method is really good. ”

It is necessary to know that ordinary people are solid, at the level of condensing muscles, it is not easy to condense three or four muscle groups, this is not the exercise of the previous life, the muscles are strengthened.

This is to devour the flesh and blood of the beast and refine the essence, so as to condense one's own muscles and make them produce internal qi.

A martial artist at this stage, with a punch, it is not difficult to have a strength of six or seven hundred catties. As for people like Qu Tao who condense the strength of the three muscle groups and punch out a thousand catties of huge strength, it cannot be said that there are none, but they are definitely rare.

It must be known that he has only condensed four large muscle groups at this time, and if he continues to train hard in the future, the four muscle groups will exert force together, and his strength will be increased at that time.

Qu Tao waited for the muscles on his arm to stop, and directly carried a bucket of cold water and poured it on his head.

"After day after day, I finally made a breakthrough. ”

"If you go into the mountains early tomorrow and come back after dark, you may have a bigger harvest. ”

(The contract has been sent, ask for some collection and recommendation, the book on Huangshan was sealed, very sad, ask for more support from new and old friends for the new book.) ）