Chapter 2: Former Lovers

Hanging up the phone, Li Mu took off his hood, took off his long shirt, changed back into modern clothes, took a shower, and then walked out refreshed.

At this time, it was about half past seven in the morning, and the community was full of people coming and going, going to school, going to work, exercising, and full of fireworks.

Li Mu wore sportswear and trotted to the nearby Zhongshan Park, only to see that the park was full of uncles and aunts and a few little children, and there were almost no young and middle-aged people.

In today's fast-paced era, young people have to go to school, young and middle-aged people have to work hard to support their families, and old and young people are facing the pressure of retirement and dismissal and menopause.

Only retired elderly people have free time to come to the park to exercise and talk about homely things.

At this stage of the country, in most cases, parks belong to the elderly and children, and only on weekends and holidays, middle-aged and young people will occasionally appear in the park.

Li Mu came to a clearing in the park, took a deep breath, made a move, and began to practice boxing.

He is a family heirloom of ancient martial arts, his father Li Haichuan once played in the first national martial arts conference, won the gold medal, and later the martial arts conference in the martial arts competition ring, caused a fatality, so it was suspended by the government indefinitely, which made Li Haichuan sigh.

Later, when teaching Li Mu kung fu, every time he talked about it, Li Haichuan shook his head and felt sad: "Since ancient times, how can there be immortals?" Those who practice martial arts, show mercy and do not raise their hands, and raise their hands without mercy! If you don't dare to face life and death, this martial art is probably going to become a dance! ”

In fact, as Li Haichuan said, many years later, there is no place for martial arts in large-scale sports events.

Li Mu, who originally wanted to inherit the family martial arts, also betrayed Li Haichuan during the college entrance examination, was admitted to Wencheng University, majored in architecture, and became an employee of Wencheng Architectural Design Institute.

However, working in the design institute is not very interesting, the salary is okay, but the workload is also very large, every day is to draw, draw and draw, after a long time, Li Mu is tired.

The leader of the group is stuffed in by the relationship, he doesn't understand bullshit, but he likes to command blindly, and Li Mu is angry, and finally his temper comes up, so he simply throws things and leaves.

During this time, he was unemployed, and then when he visited the antique market, he bought a small bronze bell, and then, he gained the ability to travel back and forth between the two worlds.

When he first arrived in the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, he was terrified, fearing that he would be killed by the local natives as an alien.

Therefore, in addition to finding ways to find food on weekdays, he secretly practices the martial arts of his family at night, sharpening his guns in battle, and improving as much strength as he can, which is better than not being prepared.

His family passed on martial arts, which is divided into nine layers, and it is said that it is a method of practicing qi that has been handed down from ancient times, but Li Mu has followed Li Haichuan to practice for many years, except for a little faint sense of qi, that is, the body is a little stronger, and there has been no illness, and in addition, there is no obvious gain.

But after starting to practice in the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, he was surprised to find that the Qi Cultivation Technique, which he had thought was useless in the past, suddenly stripped off the disguise on the outside and became a great method.

In the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, he only cultivated for one night, and his dantian was full of qi, opening up the big and small Zhou Tian, and at the same time forcing out a lot of poison in his body, his ears and eyes were clear, and his strength increased greatly.

After ten days of cultivation, the whole person walked as light as a swallow, as if a spring was installed under his feet, and he could easily jump over a wall more than two meters high.

At that time, Li Mufang gave birth to a sense of enlightenment.

The qi practice technique passed down by his own family may not be of much use in modern society, but in the world of this Great Yin Dynasty, it should be regarded as a legendary magic secret.

It turns out that he has been sitting on Baoshan without knowing it!

After realizing this, Li Mu's initial panic gradually disappeared, although he was in a strange world, as long as he had enough strength to protect himself, he would not worry too much.

Later, on the night of the full moon, the phantom of the bronze bell automatically appeared in the depths of Li Mu's mind, and Li Mu figured out what was going on, and also knew the key to his return to modern society from the Great Yin Dynasty.

After he returned to modern society, he deliberately bought tens of thousands of silver ingots in several places and returned to the Great Yin Dynasty.

With these silver ingots, he bought a series of things such as house furniture, and during this period, he never stopped cultivating, although it was only a short period of two months, it was as if he was a different person.

Now returning to the modern society, Li Mu is ready to test some of his ideas in the modern society, so after coming to the park, he began to slowly play a set of Tai Chi.

He is a martial arts addict, and in addition to work and study, he usually practices martial arts.

Not only is the face of the family martial arts practice familiar, but even other types of boxing have also learned a lot, the most proficient of which are Taijiquan and Xingyiquan.

After the first two movements were made, he felt a shock all over his body, and a stream of heat rose from the Baihui acupoint above his head, along the center of the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose under the twelve-story building, through the middle of the body, until he reached the dantian qi sea, and then the dantian was shocked, and the whole body was warm and indescribably comfortable.

"It doesn't look like it's working!"

Li Mu finished beating a set of Tai Chi in one move, only to feel that although this Tai Chi Boxing can also give birth to true qi traveling through the meridians, this kind of true qi is only the true qi that has been cultivated in his body, and there is no new true qi generated.

It's not like when I practiced Tai Chi in the world of the Great Yin Dynasty, every time I practiced, I felt that the breath in my body had obviously increased, although it was far less obvious than the increase in my own family practice of qi, but after all, it was also beneficial.

But in modern society, there is no sense of any increase in true qi at all.

"It seems that it's not a problem with the rules of the world, it should be a problem with the legendary aura!"

Li Mu now has a faint guess, feeling that it should be the exhaustion of aura in modern society, so many people can't practice fame, especially some methods of practicing qi, because of the lack of aura, so they can't cultivate, and people who practice qigong are just a little better at most, and they can't practice at all.

The world of the Great Yin Dynasty is full of aura, and his family heirloom exercises will show their power again.

After playing this set of Tai Chi today, he became more and more sure of his guess.

"Good kung fu!"

As soon as Li Mu put away his fist, he heard someone on the side applauding: "Little brother, who did you learn this Taijiquan from?" It looks like there are a lot of years of skill! ”

Li Mu turned his head to look, and saw a white-haired old man in good spirits standing not far away, applauding lightly, with a look of admiration: "Are you from Chen Gou?" ”

Yuzhou Chen Gou is known as the birthplace of Taijiquan, Li Mu just practiced the Chen family boxing method, the boxing is rigorous, the moves are stretched and generous, and the true generation of the Chen family boxing method can not be beaten.

And the Chen family boxing method is famous for being easy to learn and difficult to master, most of the Chen clan can master the core essence of loose and lively trembling, and people with foreign surnames can rarely get the true inheritance, no wonder this old man asks so.

Li Mu glanced at the old man, and saw that the old man was tall and thin, with a goatee, wearing a practice uniform, and his eyes were clear and bright, which was completely different from the old eyes of ordinary old people.

"This old man seems to have some real kung fu!"

After Li Mu practiced qi, his ears and eyes were clear, and his eyesight increased several times compared to before, just looking at the old man standing in place, his pace was steady, and listening to his breathing interval was extremely long, he knew that this old man must be a person who practiced martial arts.

The breathing of ordinary people is very different from that of a warrior, and the detailed movements of the legs when they step on the ground are also completely different from those of a warrior.

Just like a long-term wrestler will have more or less wrestling ears, people who practice martial arts walk, many of them are toe buckled, easy to exert force, the old man stands in place and seems to be loose and saggy, but his feet grasp the ground, and the lower plate is like an old tree rooted, and naturally there is a feeling of solid foundation.

Of course, the most important thing is that the old man was wearing a practice uniform and holding a long sword in his hand......

Li Mu walked up to the old man, shook his head and said, "I'm not from Chen Gou, and I just practice boxing, old man, do you have anything?" ”

The old man on the other side laughed and walked quickly to Li Mu: "Little brother, excessive modesty is pride!" ”

He said to Li Mu: "How can you see a master and lose it?" My name is Gu Niangeng, and I am the president of the Wencheng Ancient Martial Arts Association. Little brother, I have practiced ancient boxing all my life, but I have never seen a young man who can fight with such a punch as you. ”

Gu Niangeng stretched out his palm to Li Mu: "Little brother, what do you call it?" ”

Li Mu stretched out his hand to shake his palm, only to feel that this person's palm was dry and soft, and at the same time implied a force that did not trigger, and he raised his eyebrows at the moment: "My name is Li Mu, but I am not a master." ”

Gu Niangeng said with a smile: "Little brother, this is a little too modest, just now when you practiced boxing, your steps were light, your movements were soothing, your strength was crisp, and your feet were powerful, showing the essence of Taijiquan, if you didn't have more than ten years of hard work, you wouldn't be able to fight such a boxing fight, and our association is lacking young people like you......"

When he was about to say something, a middle-aged man from behind him walked over quickly: "Old Gu, there is your phone." ”

Gu Niangeng smiled at Li Mu and signaled, "I'm sorry, little brother, I'll answer the phone first." ”

Li Mu smiled: "You are busy. ”

When Gu Niangeng answered the phone, he had already walked out of the park.

Li Mu now has a world waiting for him to develop and explore, and he is too lazy to deal with others, even if Gu Niangeng is the president of the Ancient Martial Arts Association, he is not attracted at all.

He didn't want to know anyone who cultivated ancient martial arts at all.

In today's society, nine out of ten people who claim to cultivate ancient martial arts are liars, and one of them is more powerful than the other, and they really fight, and even the old man on the construction site can't beat them.

It is not excluded that there are masters in it, just like Li Mu's father Li Haichuan, who can really fight, not only practiced the family ancient martial arts to the extreme, but also learned wrestling, in street conflicts, three or five people are not enough to fight.

But it stops there, if you really play against the best players among the professional athletes, you may not be able to beat the other party.

Even if you can fight, it's not interesting, no matter how good your kung fu practice is, you can't eat it.

In modern society, personal force has long been useless, so Li Haichuan will inherit the small clinic of his family, sell some plasters made from ancestral secret recipes, and work part-time massage to correct bones, but he also lives a very nourishing life.

Even Li Haichuan, a former kung fu fan, has started a small clinic, not to mention those ancient martial arts heirs who are not strong-willed, they have basically changed careers and done something else.

As for today's ancient martial arts association, how much skill the members in it have, Li Mu doesn't bother to understand it at all, this Gu Niangeng seems to have some real kung fu, but this has nothing to do with Li Mu.

"Huh, man?"

After Gu Niangeng finished the call, he turned his head and found that Li Mu was gone, so he was immediately very curious and asked the secretary beside him: "Xiao Wang, why is the little brother who was boxing just now gone?" ”

The secretary hurriedly said, "Old Gu, he left when you called." ”

"Oh, why didn't you stop him?"

Gu Niangeng felt a pity: "This little brother's boxing is very good-looking, this is a real person with a heritage, and he is also good-looking, our Wencheng Ancient Martial Arts Association lacks this kind of talent!" It's a pity! ”

He shook his head again and again: "I missed it today, I don't know when I will have the opportunity to meet him again." ”

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After eating a few big buns and two bowls of tofu brains in the bread shop outside, Li Mu was considered full, sighed very comfortably, and then slowly returned to the community.

After returning home, looking at a large bag of jade rough stones in the room, Li Mu took out his mobile phone.

"These jadeite rough stones have to find a way to sell them."

He thought about it, and dialed a phone number that had been in his contact list but hadn't been contacted for a long time.

"Hello? Li Mu? ”

After the phone was dialed, a woman's pleasant voice came, full of surprise and faint excitement: "You guy, why did you remember to contact me?" ”

Li Mu rubbed his face and smiled: "Jiang Mingyue, I have a few pieces of jade rough stones with open windows, the texture is very good, can you accept it in the silver building?" ”

Jiang Mingyue: "I hate it! As soon as you open your mouth, you talk about business, you have no interest at all! ”

Li Mu: "Are you talking about the love of Nene?" I've just bought a few sets, would you like to try them on? ”

Jiang Mingyue: "Get out!" I haven't seen you for so long, and you still can't spit out ivory! Where are you now? When are you coming? ”

When she said this, her voice deepened: "I heard that you resigned. What are the difficulties? Why don't you come to me as a supervisor first? The salary is not high, just take it as a favor for me, old classmate, you are in the company, I can rest assured. ”

A warm current welled up in Li Mu's heart, and he pinched his eyebrows: "Resigning is indeed a resignation, as for the difficulties, there is no one." However, my buddy recently awakened his talent for stone appreciation, went to the market to gamble on stones, and everything was accurate, and he got several good materials. We're not going to cheap others, just take care of your business directly. ”

Jiang Mingyue smiled softly: "Virtue! Do I want to thank you for thinking of me? ”

"Let's not play false, just give more money when the time comes!"

"Cut, that can get the color of the stone, don't worry, I can't treat you badly."

"And where are we going to meet?"

Jiang Mingyue: "Well, see you in the old place, I miss the food street near the university." ”

"Old place, ......"

After Li Mu heard Jiang Mingyue's words, his spirit was in a trance: "Okay, I remember that the noodle restaurant is still open, let's try it together?" ”

Jiang Mingyue: "Okay! ”

After hanging up the phone, Li Mu rubbed his face, and a trace of amazement appeared in the corners of his eyes.

Jiang Mingyue is his college classmate, and the two have been in love for two years, and they have many unforgettable memories.

It's just that it is difficult for a poor boy to become a family with Bai Fumei after all.

Jiang Mingyue's family is in the jewelry business, and has opened more than 10 silver buildings in Hedong Province, and at the same time has shares in a supermarket chain and more than 30 other companies, and the entire family has at least billions of wealth.

Li Mu also knew that Jiang Mingyue's family was so rich when he found Jiang Mingyue's mother in person.

However, having money or not has little impact on Li Mu, and he doesn't feel that money is an obstacle between him and Jiang Mingyue.

But the reality is that money can be an obstacle to love, and at times, it can become an insurmountable mountain.

Only the wings of power and money can make people climb this invisible mountain that straddles men and women.

Jiang Mingyue's mother looked for Li Mu several times, and at the same time bought off several cadres of the student union to put pressure on Li Mu, even if Jiang Mingyue argued with reason, it was still difficult to stop the influence of her family on Li Mu.

The intrigue in the school, as well as the entanglement of some gangsters outside the school, made Li Mu very annoyed.

The matter came to a head after he wounded a few thugs who were deliberately looking for trouble.

It was obviously the gangsters who made the first move, but Li Mu was defined by a teaching director of the school as deliberately fighting and brawling, and Li Mu was given an inexplicable demerit.

Although Li Mu found a lawyer afterwards and wanted to go to court with the school and ask the school to remove the punishment, this incident involved Li Mu's great energy and almost affected Li Mu's studies.

At this point, even if Li Mu didn't want to break up with Jiang Mingyue, Jiang Mingyue could only take the initiative to break up with Li Mu.

So they broke up.

After the breakup, Li Mu was admitted to graduate school, and after Jiang Mingyue graduated, he went directly to the family business and became the manager of a silver building in Wencheng.

Except for the occasional bubbling in the group of classmates, the two sides have stopped contacting.

Former lovers are like strangers.

Li Mu has not been looking for a girlfriend in the past few years, and it is not unrelated to Jiang Mingyue.

It wasn't until now that he got the bronze bell and had the ability to shuttle between the two worlds, that his mentality changed dramatically, and he really let go of this relationship.

Otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to contact Jiang Mingyue.

After changing his clothes, Li Mu got off the elevator, went to the garage, and drove to the main campus of Wencheng University.

A few years have passed, and the food street at the school gate is still the same, and it seems that there is not much change.

The street milk tea shop is the milk tea shop, but the little girl who sells milk tea has a swollen waist a lot, and the whole person has swelled several times.

When Li Mu bought milk tea, he looked at the little girl with a sharp chin and big eyes in the past, who had become a fat woman with a big face, and almost blinded her titanium alloy dog eyes, and couldn't help but sigh.

The years are really a pig-killing knife!

It's only been a few years, and the former girl has become like this.

I hope Jiang Mingzhu will not become like a milk tea girl.

Carrying two cups of milk tea, Li Mu walked along the street for a while, looking at the young men and women walking past him, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

At the beginning, he was also one of these young men and women, every day after class, he either practiced boxing or accompanied Jiang Mingyue to hang out here, and when he was tired of shopping, he would find a small restaurant to sit down and eat something casually.

Now again, there is a sense that things are wrong, the street is still the same street, but I no longer have the original mentality.

He stopped in front of a noodle shop.

Lao Zhang's beef plate noodles.

This is the place where he came with Jiang Mingyue, or Jiang Mingyue often accompanied him to eat.

Lifting the door curtain, Li Mu walked into this small restaurant filled with smoke, and after scanning his eyes, he saw a young woman in professional clothes.

This woman's clothes and her own temperament are completely incompatible with the environment of this noodle restaurant, and she sits here like a sanitary ball placed in the sewer, revealing a sense of incompatibility.

She sat here, so that the diners in the noodle restaurant couldn't let go, and even deliberately lowered her voice when she spoke, for fear of disturbing the beauty.

Some people just sit there without saying a word, but their appearance, costumes, and bearing can still make people feel a sense of dignity that they dare not blaspheme.

Jiang Mingyue is this kind of person.