"Uncle, am I stupid?" Liu Lu whispered, feeling a little depressed.

The uncle was also silent for a while. A cultivation method of only more than 3,000 words, I talked about it with a dry mouth for most of the day, and I was stunned to comprehend less than one-tenth of twelve, and what is even more powerless is that I talked about it over and over again, but I still learned the back and forgot the front.

The uncle didn't say anything to comfort Liu Lu, of course, he didn't show any disdain, or any dissatisfaction, the current Liu Lu is not a sentence that can be summed up by poor qualifications, a teenager who doesn't know a word or has never read any books, if the requirements are too high, he can only ask for trouble.

The uncle said patiently: "It's okay, I'll say it a few more times if I don't understand, and if I can't remember it, take more time to write it down." What you don't understand, what you can't understand, now you just need to keep it in mind, and you just need to do the rest according to my requirements, and you will naturally understand it in the future. ”

Liu Lu saw that the uncle did not show any impatience, and immediately felt much more at ease, he naturally did not want to disappoint the uncle. In his heart, if he troubles others to the point that he has already caused trouble to the other party, then he will choose to give up, but if the other party does not give up first, then he will definitely not be the first to compromise.

It took the uncle three days to teach Liu Lu the method of introductory exhalation and qi in this cultivation method, and Liu Lu also lived up to his uncle's expectations in these three days, and reluctantly memorized the text of this cultivation method.

"The sun is refined in the day, the sun is refined in the night, the hair is grown in spring, the summer is prosperous, the autumn is abundant, and the winter is collected; The sun rises and the moon sets, the four seasons rotate, Nazhen refines the gods, and the root of all gases. ”

"Remember, this set of breathing and qi cultivation methods will not make you much capable, but as long as you practice diligently all year round, year after year, cultivate your body and cultivate your qi, and strengthen your body."

Liu Lu nodded vigorously, "I understand." ”

Maybe it took a lot of energy to teach Liu Lu the exercises in the past few days, and after the uncle finished speaking, he sat on the carriage with a tired face and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Liu Lu returned to the other carriage. He couldn't ride a horse, and with his physique, if he was to walk behind the group, he would only be holding everyone back, so he was lucky to be in the carriage all the way.

Now, as long as he is free, Liu Lu will start meditating and practicing as his uncle taught him.

There are three stages to this method of breathing and breathing. In the first stage, meditation and breathing are nothing more than calming the mind, controlling the breath according to a special method, and feeling the qi in the body. In the second stage, after feeling the qi in the body, the qi is guided to flow through the eight meridians such as meridians and meridians. After the flow of qi in the meridians matures, there is no obstacle to the flow of qi, and the stagnation is not felt, the qi in the body is connected to the qi outside the body, and the circulation of qi between the human body and heaven and earth is reached, which is the third stage.

The current Liu Lu can only be in the first stage, and it is only the introductory stage of the first stage. Of course, the uncle also warned Liu Lu that these three stages are not important, and any stage is beneficial, so Liu Lu should not particularly care which stage it is when practicing, let alone be in a hurry.

"Liu Lu, what kind of skill are you practicing?" Xiang Shang suddenly approached Liu Lu quietly.

Liu Lu didn't even open his eyes and said, "Don't disturb me." ”

Xiang Shang continued: "It looks very powerful, teach me too." "Stealing teachers and learning art is a big taboo in the rivers and lakes, so in the past few days, when the uncle taught Liu Lu this set of qi methods, Hu Wei, Xiang Liqing and others deliberately avoided it, but the uncle has always been mysterious, and what he taught Liu Lu naturally caused many people to have other reveries.

I don't know if Xiang Shang is a young man's simple curiosity, or if he has other deep meanings.

"Do you really want to learn?" Liu Lu opened his eyes.

Xiang Shang nodded, looking sincere and serious.

"Okay, I'll tell you." Then Liu Lu instructed Xiang Shang, starting from how to meditate and how to breathe, and demonstrated while talking.

Xiang Shang learned the same, but after Liu Lu taught him how to meditate and breathe, there was no movement. After waiting for a while, "Finished?" ”

Liu Lu nodded, "Well, that's it for the first stage." ”

"And what about after that?" Xiang Shang asked.

Liu Lu didn't seem to hide it, and said simply, "Meditate and breathe, and you can feel the qi ......after a long time."

Xiang Shang refused to let go of any details, "What gas?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't felt it yet. Uncle will naturally know when he gets to that point. ”

Xiang Shang was speechless for a while, "After that?"

"After that, it's time to be angry, and I was going to say just now that you interrupted me."

"Okay, you go on." But after waiting for a while, I saw that Liu Lu didn't move again, "It's over?"

"Hmm." Liu Lu nodded.

Xiang Shang resisted the urge to scold and patiently reminded Liu Lu, "You didn't say how to be angry just now." ”

Liu Lu scratched his head, "Didn't you say it?" Then he told Xiang Shang how to guide the qi in the meridians in the body that the uncle told him.

After Liu Lu finished speaking, Xiang Shang pondered for a moment, "That's it?" You've been learning this little thing in the past three days, you're not going to lie to me, are you? ”

Liu Lu didn't seem to hear the suspicion in Xiang Shang's words, and said with some embarrassment: "I can't read, my uncle mainly teaches me to know some words, and to recognize the meridians and acupoints in the body." ”

Xiang Shang was speechless for a while, no wonder he looked stammering when he observed Liu Lu at that time.

Although the uncle did not say whether this method of exhaling qi could be taught to others, in Liu Lu's heart, since it was taught to him by the uncle, he naturally would not share it with others. But there are also things that make Liu Lu worried, now he and his uncle are on someone else's territory, the two of them are few and weak, if they don't tell these people, will the two of them be in any danger, so when Xiang Shang asked, Liu Lu told Xiang Shang, and he didn't tell a lie, but what Liu Lu told Xiang Shang was just what he learned from his uncle, as for whether there is anything that has not been learned, it is none of his business.

Of course, although Liu Lu didn't tell a lie, he didn't say everything either. He didn't lack his heart, and he didn't tell Xiang Shang anything, and Liu Lu didn't mention anything about the third stage and the entire text of the exercises.

Xiang Shangyan glanced at Liu Lu meaningfully, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "What is the use of such an exercise?" ”

Liu Lu said: "Of course it works." Uncle said that I was weak and injured my vitality, and this exercise insisted on practicing to cultivate my body and strengthen my body. ”

"No wonder I always feel that this exercise is too different from the ordinary martial arts mental method, and I think this kid is a liar, who knows that it is a health regimen. It's true, if you think about it, you can know that if you really have any powerful exercises, can you become that sick seedling! Xiang Shang muttered in his heart, originally he still wondered if Liu Lu was pretending to say something unimportant to perfunctory him, but after hearing that it was just a way to nourish his vitality, Xiang Shang suddenly lost more than half of his interest.

Xiang Shang snorted, "Your uncle is really accurate, you are a little lacking in qi, and you speak softly, so you have to practice hard." ”

"Let's go, don't bother you to practice."

Watching Xiang Shang leave, Liu Lu chased after him, "Only if you have to persist will it have an effect." ”

Xiang Shang waved his hand, and said lazily without looking back, "Insist, insist!" ”

Then Liu Lu no longer paid attention to Xiang Shang, and began to meditate with his eyes closed again, practicing seriously.

A day later, we finally arrived at the border of the Zhaoming Kingdom.

"The front is Zhaomingguo." Hu Wei said to the uncle beside him.

The uncle nodded and didn't say anything more.

At this time, Xiang Liqing shouted to everyone: "Everyone be vigilant. ”

Hu Wei explained to the uncle on the side, "Because it is close to the border, there are bandits. This side is not an important border town, the government has limited power, and there is very little management in normal times, so it is relatively chaotic. ”

After that, Liu Lu obviously felt that the atmosphere in the team was a little depressing. Everyone was highly vigilant, basically no one spoke, and even Xiang Shang, who had always been free and uninhibited, began to get serious, holding the sword at his waist, his eyes were a little sharp.

Affected by the atmosphere of the team, Liu Lu also began to be a little nervous and scared. Liu Lu looked at the uncle, but saw that the uncle's face was still flat and he didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing that Liu Lu was a little uneasy, the uncle finally relieved Liu Lu, "Don't be afraid, believe Mr. Hu and them." ”

Hu Wei nodded, "The two of you are also relieved, and it's hard to say if you can get into trouble." Even if something happens in the end, we'll try to protect you. ”

Bang!!

In a border mountain forest less than 30 miles from the border of Zhaoming Kingdom, in a roar, the No. 45 people who rushed out of the mountains and forests blocked the way of Liu Lu and the others.

"Oh no, it's a robber!"

"Wait, if there is a conflict, be careful yourself, it's best to find a place to hide first." Hu Wei told Uncle and Liu Lu.

"Thank you, Mr. Hu, for the trouble." Uncle nodded.

Looking at the dozens of people shouting around everyone, although they were protected by Hu Wei and others, Liu Lu was still a little scared in his heart.

Xiang Liqing drove his horse forward a few steps, and faced the four or five horseback riders who were obviously the leaders who blocked the way in front of him, and clasped his fists to salute, "A few friends, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Among the few people on horseback, a thin man with sparse hair and some sudden eyes, said in a hoarse voice: "It's not a big deal, I just want to borrow some silver from you, brothers." ”

"Well said! When I went out to walk the rivers and lakes, I met all friends. Xiang Liqing said, took out a money bag from his arms and threw it out.

The man on the other side caught it with his hand, and didn't open it, but weighed it in his hand, "Friend, such a little silver is not enough to buy wine for my dozens of brothers." That's not how Hanako is called! ”

Xiang Liqing's face sank, the bag of silver was almost two hundred taels, but these people didn't even look at it, it seemed that the other party had a great appetite, and I was afraid that he couldn't be good. "Guys, we are all small businesses, risking life and death to run is a breadwinner, and now the world is not good, and we can't make a lot of money. I'll give you another three hundred taels, and I'll invite you brothers to drink, can you make it convenient? ”

Another middle-aged man among these leaders said: "It's not impossible, after all, it's all for money, but five hundred taels will definitely not work." In this way, you leave five thousand taels, and our brother will make way to send friends over the mountain. ”

"Five thousand taels?!" Hearing the other party's lion open his mouth, one mouth was five thousand taels, Xiang Liqing's face darkened, and the people behind him were even more angry.

Xiang Liqing pressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Xiang Liqing at the Iron Sword Gate of the Tassel City, can you heroes give face." ”

Among the leaders, one of the men with a gloomy face sneered, "Iron Sword Gate, it's so scary!" ”

"What do those people mean they can't be good?"

The leader of the leaders was quite arrogant, "Acquaintances, leave these carts of things and the silver on your bodies and get out, otherwise don't want to leave alive." ”

"Since you will seek death, let it be done for you." Knowing that there was no room for manoeuvre, he shouted violently to Liqing, "Kill!" ”

The people of the Iron Sword Gate cooperated with each other tacitly, and they had been secretly preparing for a long time under Hu Wei's instructions, and at this time, under Xiang Liqing's violent shouts, they immediately drew their swords and swords to kill the bandits around without hesitation.

Seeing that the other party made the first move, one of the leaders of this gang of robbers suddenly shouted, "Come on, kill them......"

When Liu Lu had seen this kind of battle, he was suddenly a little frightened and at a loss.

On the other hand, the uncle frowned and watched the two sides fight, but he was not flustered and quite calm.

"You duck under the carriage first." The uncle reminded Liu Lu and pointed to the carriage on the side. Because the horse had broken free from the rope and ran away from the frightened horse, it was a safe place under the carriage for the time being.

When Liu Lu heard the uncle's reminder, he couldn't care about anything anymore, so he hid with a roll.

The screams of the fighting outside, and the corpses that fell on the side of the carriage, suddenly frightened Liu Lu under the carriage and trembled, curled up and did not dare to move.

After a long time, Liu Lu came back to his senses, and then heard that there was no movement outside, Liu Lu wanted to see what was going on outside, but he was afraid that there were all robbers outside, so he hesitated and didn't dare to go out. After a long while, Liu Lu made up his mind, and then carefully climbed out of the car.

"Are you alright?" It's Xiang Shang.

"It's fine."

Seeing that it was Xiang Shang, Liu Lu suddenly calmed down, "It seems that the robbers have been beaten away." ”

Liu Lu looked around, his face turned white, and there were many corpses lying in pools of blood as far as he could see, as well as stumps and broken arms scattered everywhere.

"Wow ......"

Enduring the churning in his stomach, Liu Lu asked, "My uncle?"

Xiang Shang was silent for a while, but didn't say anything.

Seeing Xiang Shang's expression, Liu Lu was suddenly shocked, and he faintly felt a little uneasy.

"Where's Uncle?"

Under questioning, Xiang Shang pointed to the back.

When Liu Lu ran over, he saw that the uncle was hit by a stray arrow, his chest was blood-red, and he was lying motionless on the ground.

Liu Lu threw himself on the ground, helping his uncle and crying and shouting, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Wake up. ”

Although Xiang Liqing and the others from the Iron Sword Gate defeated the robbers this time, they themselves were also killed and injured, and those who were still alive were all injured large and small.

Hearing Liu Lu's cry, everyone just glanced at it and ignored it, everyone here was injured and killed their companions, what is this kind of thing, who still has the mood and time to take care of his emotions, and they are all busy cleaning up the mess.

After Liu Lu's mood calmed down a little, Hu Wei stepped forward and patted Liu Lu on the shoulder, "People can't be resurrected after death, so don't be too sad." ”

"Let's bury Mr. Yuan first, it's not safe to stay here."

Seeing that Liu Lu was confused and did not react, Hu Wei motioned for the others to carry the uncle away, and like other dead Tiejianmen people, he was hastily buried in a shallow pit dug and set up a simple wooden tablet.

After everything was packed up, everyone didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately set off on their way.

Liu Lu, who was sitting in the carriage, looked sad, although he and the uncle had not known each other for a long time, but all the way along, he had a deep dependence on the uncle in his heart, and regarded the uncle as his own relative, and this way he regarded the uncle as the backbone, and this sudden change made him sad and confused at the same time.

"We found something, it should be Mr. Yuan's."

Hu Wei took a wooden box about a foot long and handed it to Liu Lu.

After Liu Lu took it, he slowly pushed it open, and saw a lifelike wooden statue of a woman and an old wooden sign full of cracks in the wooden box.