It is said that time has entered the great heat with the footsteps, the sun hangs high in the air like a brazier, the whole world is like an upside-down steamer, and in the mountains and rivers, unknown insects sing annoying and monotonous songs with cicadas.

Among the trees, the three figures were shuttling forward, and finally stopped themselves under a tall and straight tree, as soon as Li Shuiqing stopped, he put Xuan Yifan on his back, and he also sat down and lay on the ground, letting out a tired sigh.

The little demon kept arching Xuan Yifan's sweaty head, and made a "hum" sound from time to time.

Wang Xuantong looked at Xuan Yifan's face covered with sweat beads, as well as his limbs that twitched from time to time, and sighed: "Alas, I really didn't expect that this guy had just entered the heat stroke." As he spoke, he took out a kettle and a towel from his savings bag.

He first took a sip of water from the bottle, then soaked the water and wine on a towel and put it on Xuan Yifan's forehead. After doing this, he turned his head to Li Shuiqing and said, "Hey, it's your turn."

Li Shuiqing answered, got up from the ground, and also took out the kettle from the savings bag, broke Xuan Yifan's mouth with one hand, and poured the water from the kettle into it with the other hand.

After pouring most of the water, Li Shuiqing lay down in the shade of the tree again, poured a sip of water into himself, watched the sunlight shine in through the gap between the leaves, was very dazzling, and sighed: "It's so hot."

The little demon who was drinking water screamed, and it agreed with Li Shuiqing's words.

Wang Xuantong looked at Xuan Yifan's sweaty face and said, "When will we get to the next village?" I'm afraid this guy won't be able to stand it. ”

"Just over this mountain." Li Shuiqing got up again, poured a sip of water on himself, looked at Xuan Yifan, who was in a bad situation, poured another sip, and said, "Let's go."

He picked up Xuan Yifan on his back, and just after walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and said, "What did you just say?"

Wang Xuantong asked him puzzled: "I didn't speak just now."

"It's not. I heard Xuan Yifan speak just now. Li Shuiqing replied.

Wang Xuantong nodded to show that he understood, and suddenly his face was full of surprise, and he asked with doubts, "Isn't his surname Qin?"

Li Shuiqing knew that he had revealed his mouth, so he had to say, "I'll talk to you when the village comes."

Wang Xuantong nodded and asked again, "Qin ...... Oh, what did Xuan Yifan just say? ”

Li Shuiqing thought for a while and said with some hesitation: "It seems to be ...... It's ......"

Wang Xuantong urged him to say, "Oh, what is it?"

Li Shuiqing said: "Yes, fire, fire."

Fire, fire, flames mercilessly devoured everything around them, growing themselves into a sea of fire.

She stood in front of this raging fire, dressed in red, holding a child in her left hand, holding a sword in her right hand, standing in front of her, many people in black clothes, black pants and even masked with black scarves, a pair of black eyes flashing with murderous intent, and the people in black clenched the knives in their hands.

The firelight reflected the sword light, and the sword light was like blood.

She didn't look at them, but just looked at the child in her arms, who was a little confused, humming a little song in her mouth.

No one spoke, only the "crackling" of the flames and the little song she hummed.

Finally, one of the men in black raised the knife in his hand and shouted, "Kill her, double the promise!" After saying that, he rushed forward.

Seeing this, the other men in black also pounced with a loud roar.

The child was frightened into tears by the roar, and at the same time her man and sword had moved, a very slow, very graceful, very natural movement, like the wind—light, ethereal, elusive, and unstoppable.

The wind blew through the people in black, and her people had stopped moving, and the people in black had stopped moving.

There was only one cut of their sword left, and their men had fallen, in pools of blood.

The whole world was quiet again, except for the cries of children, the singing, and the crackling of fire.

When the child finally finished and was a little confused, I don't know where, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and when she heard the sound of horses' hooves, she finally raised her head, and she was riding on a black horse, the armor on her body was badly damaged, and she was stained with blood everywhere, and her face was full of murderous energy.

But when the man saw her, the fierce look on his face immediately disappeared, and he became respectful and obedient. The man wanted to get off the horse, but she stopped him.

She loved to see the child fall asleep, kissed a few bites, and reluctantly handed it to the person on the horse, who hurriedly took it, and was stunned as soon as he spoke.

The fire was extinguished at some point, and in its place was frost.

In the frost, a person walked out, dressed in a blue cloth robe, with a cold face, and a blue long sword in his hand, exuding a cold atmosphere.

The person on the horse came back to her senses and immediately took a breath of cool air, but then she whispered: "Let's go, bring him back in sixteen years."

With that, he took his sword and walked towards the man in the frost......

Xuan Yifan opened his eyes and looked at the roof above, his gaze was empty, confused, and painful.

Who is that woman?

Is it my sister?

What does her face look like?

He wanted to remember everything in his mind, but he only remembered a sea of fire, that sword, and he couldn't help but close his eyes again, tears running through the corners of his eyes.

"Yikes! Why are you crying? ”

A crisp voice sounded in his ears, Xuan Yifan suddenly opened his eyes, and saw a small face like an apple, a pair of big eyes on the small face, the girl was looking at him, her eyes were full of doubts, and she was holding a bowl in her hand.

Xuan Yifan immediately wanted to sit up, but he immediately fell down, and the muscles in his face immediately twitched, it hurt so much that it was like his abdomen had been burned by fire.

He couldn't hold back his tears.

"Yikes! Don't get up so hard. The little girl's voice rang out again, and then she felt that the little girl was wiping away his tears with something.

When he opened his eyes, he saw the little girl gently wiping away his tears with a red handkerchief.

A strange emotion, flowing through the body in an instant, Xuan Yifan quietly let the little girl wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and after wiping it, he asked softly: "What's your name?"

"My name is Yang Huanxi, my grandfather's name is Yang Yu, my grandfather is now out of the mountains to collect medicine, here is the medical center opened by my grandfather, and the medical center opened by my grandfather is opened in Huyang Village." The little girl smiled and said, "What about you?" What is your name? ”

"My name is Tai...... No, Xuan Yifan. Xuan Yifan looked at Yang Huanxi's apple-like face and that happy smile, and didn't want to lie to her.

"Xuan...... Yifan, well, it's a tongue-twister. Yang Huanxi said with some distress.

"You've always lived with your grandfather? Where's your mom and dad? Xuan Yifan said casually.

"My father and mother are outside, far away, and every three months I receive letters from my father and mother, but my grandfather just won't tell me where my father and mother are." Speaking of this, Yang Huanxi's face was a little sad.

The root of Xuan Yifan's nose was sore, his eyes were moist, and he coughed a few times before saying, "Where are my two friends and my pet now?"

Yang Huanxi's eyes rolled, he picked up a bowl of hot medicine, handed it to Xuan Yifan and said, "As long as you drink the medicine, I will take you to your friend's place."

Xuan Yifan took the bowl of medicine, the expression on his face was like facing the enemy, he let out a long breath, and poured the bowl of medicine into his mouth.

Yang Huanxi took Xuan Yifan through the small courtyard planted with medicinal herbs and walked out of the back door.

Huyang Village, more than 100 households, most of them surnamed Hu or Yang, is bounded by a Xilang River, the Yang family in the east, the Hu family in the west, two stone bridges were built in the early years to connect the past, or from a dense jujube forest on both sides of the Xilang River.

Huyang Village is a village in the downstream, Yanjia Village in the upstream, and Hejia Village in the middle.

The Xilang River meanders around the obstruction of several peaks and continues its flow, Li Shuiqing and Wang Xuantong live on the easternmost mountain, and the southernmost hill is the sacrificial temple.

Yang Huanxi took Xuan Yifan to walk on the village road in the shadow of the eaves, the sun was already a pole high, the sun was basking on the village road where there were only two people, and several black dogs were lying in the corners of the shadows, spitting out crimson tongues, like a few paralyzed mud, a gust of wind came, and it was even hotter.

They walked through a piece of green felt-like farmland, from time to time there were croppers to put down their hoes to talk, they finally came to the green jujube forest, the green leaves of the jujube trees are luxuriant, the jujube is hidden in the green leaf branches, Yang Huanxi jumped up the tree a few times, grabbed a handful of two small hands on the branches, jumped down, came to Xuan Yifan and spread out his palms, and said with a smile: "I invite you to eat dates."

Seven or eight verdant and attractive green dates, one bite, the crisp and sweet of the dates, people can't help but show an expression of enjoyment.

Yang Huanxi saw the expression of enjoyment on Xuan Yifan's face, and said with a smile: "Hehe, let's eat while walking."

They continued to move forward, and they didn't go far before they heard the gurgling sound of the Xilang River, and when they heard the sound of the murmuring water, Yang Huanxi's face changed greatly, and he clapped his hands and shouted: "Ah! I forgot. ”

Before Xuan Yifan could react, he ran over, and Xuan Yifan hurried up.

In a clearing, a section of the Xilang River is flowing babblingly, a person, green shirts, cloth shoes.

"Grandpa!" Yang Huanxi trotted over to the man and shouted.

Xuan Yifan couldn't move his legs all of a sudden, and his head buzzed non-stop.

Yang Yu turned around, looked at his granddaughter with loving and stern eyes, and said in a soft and slow tone, "Let's start." After speaking, his eyes were fixed on Xuan Yifan.

His eyes were bright, his face was ruddy, there was no frown, his head was full of black hair, and only his temples were white.

When his gaze met Xuan Yifan, Xuan Yifan felt that his gaze was like a brush, brushing around on him, and it was very uncomfortable.

Xuan Yifan showed a slightly embarrassed smile and said crampedly, "Grandpa Yang, hello."

Yang Yu said, "Come here, let me take the pulse."

"Huh? Oh, okay. ”

Xuan Yifan walked over and stretched out his arm, Yang Yu's fingers were dry and warm, Xuan Yifan's cramped and restless heart immediately calmed down, and he couldn't help but glance at Yang Huanxi.

Yang Huanxi is now on a wooden pier, legs side by side, feet parallel, knees bent and half-squatting, hands into fists at the waist, head straight, neck straight, chest, abdomen, levator anus, waist, hips, shoulders, buttocks, eyes ahead.

The body fell with the breath, as if riding a horse.

Xuan Yifan was very confused, he didn't understand what kind of practice method this was?

"It's a horse step." Yang Yu saw the doubts in Xuan Yifan's eyes and explained his doubts.

Xuan Yifan hurriedly withdrew his gaze, his head hung down, one hand scratched his scalp, he felt that his cheeks were very burning, after all, this was someone else's way of practicing, and he looked at it without consent, which was somewhat embarrassing.

"After drinking for three days, it's basically all right, remember not to practice the Yang Gong method desperately on such a hot day, although the fire element is active and frequent on this hot day, it is easy to let yourself refine the way." Yang Yu reminded.

Xuan Yifan nodded admiringly.

Yang Yu suddenly asked, "Your name is Qin Yifan?"

"No, that's my pseudonym, my name is Xuan Yifan." Xuan Yifan replied.

Yang Yu raised his eyebrows, his face changed, his eyes were as sharp as a blade, his voice became heavy and cold, and he said, "Your surname is Xuan?" So why aren't you in Xuanjia Village? ”

"Because I've been out there since I was a kid." Xuan Yifan replied.

Yang Yu asked, "Since your surname is Xuan, what about your sword?" As far as I know, the sword of the Xuan family has always been worn on the body, what about your sword? ”

"I don't use a sword, I use a gun." Xuan Yifan replied.

Yang Yu's eyes were like knives, forcing him to look at Xuan Yifan, and asked, "Why are you saying this?"

Xuan Yifan and Yang Yu looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "Because you saved my life...... And then there's ...... I don't want to cheat on her. Speaking of the last few words, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Yang Huanxi, who was no longer practicing horse steps and was looking at them.

Yang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned red with anger, his eyes were also red, and the sideburns on both sides stood upside down, he suddenly rushed over, before Xuan Yifan could react, Yang Yu's hands grabbed his clothes and scolded loudly: "Livestock! She's only fourteen years old, and you want to ...... Think, livestock! ”

"What?! I just think she's a sister, what do you think I'm trying to do?! Xuan Yifan retorted loudly, his two hands tried hard to pull open the placket of the placket, but he couldn't, this pair of hands was too powerful.

"You can guarantee it!?" Yang Yu forced his eyes on Xuan Yifan.

"Of course I promise!" Xuan Yifan fearlessly looked at Yang Yu.

"Grandpa." Yang Huanxi said in a trill, dazed and scared.

Yang Yu finally let go of his hand and said coldly: "You said you use a gun?"

Xuan Yifan nodded.

Yang Yudao: "Wait for me here." As soon as the words fell, a dodging person had entered the jujube forest.

Xuan Yifan couldn't help but say, "It's so light."

Yang Huanxi couldn't help but ask: "Just now, my grandfather ...... him"

Xuan Yifan immediately interrupted her and said, "It's okay"

There was silence for a while, only the rustling sound when the wind blew the jujube forest, and the gurgling sound of running water, Xuan Yifan coughed lightly twice, and said with a smile: "Your grandfather wants me to wait for him here, he doesn't want to test marksmanship with me."

When Yang Huanxi heard this, his face changed, his face was full of sympathy, and he said, "My grandfather used to use a gun, and I heard my grandfather say that he used to learn from Ling Tianzong."

"Ling Tianzong?" Xuan Yifan asked.

"Ling Tianzong is in the extreme south, and the spear was destroyed forty years ago, and I am only an outer disciple of Ling Tianzong." Yang Yu walked out of the jujube forest, the two spears in his hand, he waved his hand, and a spear flew away, and the wind was strong.

Xuan Yifan dodged sideways, and grabbed the gun with both hands.

The body of the gun is black and shiny, light and elastic, the tip of the gun is duck-shaped, a wisp of red tassels flutters, and there is a small pointed cone at the tail of the gun.

Xuan Yifan's eyes were hot, and he blurted out: "Good gun!"

Yang Yudao: "As long as you can defeat me, this shot will be given to you."

"Really!?"

"You don't joke."

"Come on then."

"Rejoice and stay away."

The surroundings were suddenly filled with a sense of depression, everything around them could not be seen or heard, and all the spirits of Xuan Yifan were condensed together.

Xuan Yifan's spear had already been shot out, and a shot swept his waist, but he turned the sweep into a pick in mid-air, pointing directly at Yang Yu's left shoulder, only listening to the sound of "ding", Yang Yu actually blocked the shot with a small sharp cone at the end of the gun.

Yang Yu's gun shook, and Xuan Yifan only felt a powerful shock from the tip of the gun to his arm, and Xuan Yifan immediately felt that his arm was numb and weak.

And at this moment, Yang Yu's spear crawled up like a snake and showed his teeth.

Now, Xuan Yifan has only two ways to get out of the predicament, one is to let go, and the other is to retreat, of course Xuan Yifan will not let go, so he can only retreat, but there is not much room to retreat, and there is a jujube forest behind him.

Fortunately, he had another way, his other hand, a fist, a punch, a punch, straight to the face.

Yang Yu immediately stopped the pursuit, and dodged with a somersault, but as soon as his feet landed, more than two dozen cold lights broke through the air in front of his eyes.

Xuan Yifan has used the first style of meteor marksmanship: the stars fall like rain

The corners of Yang Yu's mouth rose, his body turned, and the spear swung out, a strong gun qi swept through all the cold light, and a shot hit Xuan Yifan's Adam's apple.

Xuan Yifan only felt that his mouth was dry and his throat was sore, and after a while, he said, "I'm defeated."

"You haven't touched any of the three words fast, accurate, and ruthless, and your strength is messy, not cohesive, not to mention that your shoulders, elbows, and hands are not coordinated in the same way, the only thing that can be praised is to leave three points of spare strength and make changes." Yang Yu copied the spear on his back and taught Xuan Yifan.

Xuan Yifan, as a loser, can only listen, not to mention that Yang Yu is talking about his own shortcomings.

Yang was still saying: "But when you deliver the most fatal blow, don't spare any strength, you must know that when you and the other party deliver the fatal blow at the same time, there is still strength left at that time to die!"

It's important to remember that no change is sometimes the best change. ”

Xuan Yifan's eyes were full of gratitude, and he choked up and said, "I must keep these words in mind."

"Tomorrow you and Huanxi come here, Huanxi will teach you horse steps, I will teach you marksmanship, at least half a month, otherwise when the time comes, I'm afraid that even if you really want to do something, you won't be able to do it." After speaking, Yang Yu walked leisurely into the jujube forest.

"Thanks for the pointers." Xuan Yifan sincerely submerged Yang Yuyi in the jujube forest.

Yang Huanxi took Xuan Yifan out of the jujube forest, and there was still about a mile away from the destination, and a person came face to face, this person had sparse hair, a pinch of white beard, and a gray short robe.

"This is the village chief's grandfather!" Yang greeted him with a smile.

"Yo! It's joy! Slow down! The village chief touched Huanxi's head affectionately with his old hand, and then groped for a few candies in his pocket with his hand and handed them to Huanxi.

Huanxi was not polite, and only then did he put it in his mouth and asked, "Chunchang yes, ...... you What are you doing here? ”

"Look at what you said, can't I come to ask people if they need any help?" The village chief turned to Xuan Yifan and said, "You are?"

"Hello village chief, my name is Xuan Yifan." Xuan Yifan said respectfully.

The village chief blurted out: "Oh~ I practiced my qi three days ago."

Yang Huanxi grinned, Xuan Yifan looked at the village chief in embarrassment, and the village chief also coughed embarrassedly and said, "Huanxi, come with me."

……

When Xuan Yifan came to the courtyard, the little demon had already pounced and circled around him, he had just picked up the little demon, Wang Xuantong came over, and said with a smile: "Should I call you Qin Yifan, or Xuan Yifan."

Xuan Yifan swallowed his saliva and said, "You know."

Wang Xuantong snorted.

Xuan Yifan lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hidden it from you, but ......"

Wang Xuantong waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Li Shuiqing has already said it, my anger has long disappeared, and my heart is quite broad-minded."

Xuan Yifan raised his head and smiled.

Wang Xuantong glared at him and said, "Let's leave tomorrow?"

Xuan Yifan said: "My strength is too weak, I want to precipitate, there are still people here who are willing to teach me, but it will only be half a month at most."

Wang Xuantong sighed and said: "You are indeed too weak, you need to settle down, then we will set off in half a month."

Xuan Yifan asked, "Alas, what about Li Shuiqing?"

Wang Xuantong's face changed, he shouted, turned around and ran back.

Xuan Yifan "chuckled" in his heart, and rushed up with the little demon in his arms.

"Ahh My shrimp fried melon! Sweet and sour tenderloin! ”

"Bastard! Shut up! ”

"Shut up for me, I haven't eaten yet!"