The master and apprentice got up in the morning, cleaned up briefly, ate some dry food and started to hurry. There are more and more pedestrians and vehicles on the road near Yangzhou City. On a trip on the small sea, the master took him a long way, but he passed through a small place like Wuyou Town, and he had never been so cary. The kid hasn't been anywhere else since. On the road near Yangzhou City, there are often official convoys and convoys of wealthy families, which are very eye-catching. Every time he passed by Xiao Hai's side, Xiao Hai opened his mouth wide and exclaimed, which provoked the people in the convoy to laugh. Xiao Hai and Master didn't mind, and carefully gave way to avoid being injured by cars and horses.

In the distance, I have seen the high city walls and towers of Yangzhou City, the archway of the town entrance of this competition by the town is most, Xiaohai stands under the city tower and feels that he is small and the small grass under the archway of the town entrance is almost the same. Where there was a whoa, the officers and soldiers defending the city signaled them to hurry up and not affect the pedestrians and vehicles passing by. This doll, who has never seen the world, will run to see the clay figure for a while, and then see the hot food that can't be named in the store, and his saliva will flow. The master didn't stop him, but just let him run and be curious, and the master kept a smile on his side, not far or close.

The further you go into the city, the more prosperous it becomes.

Xiao Hai felt that his eyes were no longer enough to see, there were antique calligraphy and paintings, and some old men dragging birdcages with their palms were pondering carefully. There are even things like rattles and paper kites in the miscellaneous ones, and there are children pestering the adults next to them to buy them, Xiaohai has different interests from other children, and he doesn't like this kind of thing.

Seeing that there were swords, guns and halberds sold, Xiao Hai excitedly ran over to pick them up and compare, this time the master actually paid for two swords, the two swords bought in the Wu family last time had already been broken by Xiao Hai, which made Xiao Hai suspect that there was a problem with the quality of the products of the Sheng family's iron shop. The master explained that it was because the iron ore produced in the town was not good, and the good iron ore was monopolized by the government, and it was difficult for ordinary people to get it, and the swords sold by the Sheng family themselves were used by the people to practice martial arts and defend themselves, and there would be no good swords at a low price, not because of the Sheng family's craftsmanship. The weapons made for the government are much better than those of ordinary people. Rich people generally provide iron ore to forge swords by themselves, and this time when they go to the shore of the Bohai Sea, they may find a good extraterrestrial meteorite, and if they find it, they will forge a good sword for Xiaohai. Xiao Hai strongly asked Wu Yi to build it, and both of them had face with the sword made by his brother, and the master smiled and nodded.

While talking, the two walked to another alley, the alley was full of people buying calligraphy, paintings and portraits, some sons and brothers dressed up and some scholars dressed up to talk about calligraphy and paintings, and talked about it, Xiaohai naturally didn't understand and was not interested. But Xiaohai found that there were not only sons, but also many young women, some dressed charmingly, some dressed in satin, and some rich and noble ladies who led their mothers-in-law and maids. Xiao Hai was a little surprised, in Wuyou Town, young women in addition to the school and some rouge gouache shops can rarely see so many young and beautiful girls on the street, Wuyou Town is relatively traditional, girls are generally in-depth detection when they reach the age. Big cities are really different, open up.

The master was still taking Xiaohai to find an inn to stay in, and suddenly when he passed through an alley, he was full of women, scantily dressed and smiling, pulling passers-by to ask them to enter the store, and some men dressed in expensive clothes walked into the store, and some women came out to greet them with smiling faces.

Xiao Hai's face was slightly embarrassed, "Master, there are really many tigers in Yangzhou," Master glared at him. Of course Xiaohai knows what kind of place this is, and this kind of Rouge Lane Wuyou Town also has it, where there is a music shop, where do men with a little money like to run. Once Zhao Gang proposed to go and see it, but their family would definitely not agree and forbade it. Zhao Gang said that he would secretly go and pretend to pass by, and the three of them hit it off. After arriving, I have seen such a scene, but the quality of this is not comparable to Yangzhou, the little brother walked on the road and there was a young woman teasing the little brother to let the little brother go in to play, listen to the little song, scared the little brother turned his head and ran, leaving behind the laughter, since then Xiaohai has never been there. Xiaohai was counted down by Zhao Gang this time, Yan Xiaohai, who was not afraid of the sky and the earth before, ran without any grace at all, Xiaohai always thought that this was his black history.

Coincidentally, once the little brother was playing at Xiaohai's house, Zhao Gang leaked out of his mouth and talked about it, but not long after he finished speaking, Aunt Jin came in with a broom, and Zhao Gang and Wu Yi ran away directly. Aunt Jin hit Xiao Hai on the ass with a broom, and Xiao Hai ran all over the yard and shouted pain when she repeated her old skills. It just so happened that the master came home, and Aunt Jin pointed at the master's nose and scolded the master, and scolded the master depressedly Xiaohai, what can you do when you are so young to go to that kind of fireworks alley, you can only go when you grow up. As a result, the two didn't eat for two days, and in the end, the master pushed Xiaohai to Aunt Jin'er's house to let Xiaohai intercede, Xiaohai succeeded, and the master didn't eat for another day.

There are many inns in Yangzhou City, but the master insisted on finding an inn with less family and quieter, but somehow the inns were full, and after walking for a long time, he finally found an inn called Yuelai. The master asked for a room for two years and asked Xiao Er to prepare bath water. There is nothing to say in the middle, after getting ready Xiao Hai couldn't wait to take off his clothes and remove the guard, and jumped into the bathtub, he was too tired lately, and he fell asleep again after soaking. Xiao Hai woke up again, the sun was already shining, and he lay on his bed. Xiao Hai got up and moved his body, and the master heard the sound and told Xiao Hai to eat in the hall. The hall was already full of people, all sorts of people.

The master and apprentice ordered some food casually, and then they heard someone say: "I heard that Zhenjiang held the Lantern Festival this year, and famous young talents from all over the country will go there, and even the little prince in the capital has heard that he is going to go." Another person said: "That's right, the Lantern Festival itself is organized by the government, and you have to find a prince and nobleman to shake the scene, and I heard that not to mention the ladies of the aristocratic family and the famous talented girls will participate, and Qiao Qing, the eldest daughter of Xiao Changqing, the secretary of the Beijing Ministry of Rites, will also go." ”

After saying this, I heard a movement in the lobby, "That's the first talented girl in the capital, she is both talented and beautiful, even His Majesty the Emperor has personally summoned her, and I heard that Lord Xiao's second daughter Qiao Xiao is also a beautiful woman with a natural fragrance." "Someone in the lobby suddenly came out. The master and apprentice are completely inappropriate, they should eat and drink. Master said, "Take a good medicinal bath tonight, I've been exercising a little too hard this month. Your Gang Qi has just broken through, and you need to stabilize the breath of the Inner Mansion. ”

In the evening, after Xiao Hai entered the basin full of medicinal herbs, a more violent smell of medicine entered his nose than usual, and Xiao Hai's tears flowed, Xiao Hai looked at his arms blackened by the waist smoke, no wonder Zhao Gang and they said that they were ugly, and they were darker than Wu Yi.

Xiao Hai raised his arm and sniffed it, the smell was too big, this was still the medicine given by Aunt Jin to remove the taste, otherwise a person would have to retreat when he saw Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai bit his arm on a whim, well, this medicine is not so difficult to enter, turned his head and asked the master, "Master, you see that you have pickled me to the taste, you won't be pickled and want to eat me, right?" The master was not angry, "Get out, what nonsense, human flesh is not delicious!" Xiao Hai looked at the master in surprise, what the master said was too serious to see any flaws.

Xiao Hai said, "Master, when is this brewing medicine a head?" Master said, "When you practice the fourth level, the medicine will not have much effect on you, but you don't need to soak it anymore."

In this way, Xiaohai and Master stayed in Yangzhou City for four days, taking a bath at night to practice qi, these Xiaohai are accustomed to it, and during the day, Master will occasionally take Xiaohai to eat local famous food, and will also watch the canal to watch the boats coming and going. There is only one river in Wuyou Town, and there are occasional fishing boats, but there is never such a cargo boat, Xiaohai also feels fresh, these days the master has taken Xiaohai everywhere and has an inexplicable sense of happiness, it would be better if Aunt Jin was there.

On the fifth day, the master and apprentice packed their bags early, Xiao Hai carried two swords on his back, and he still had a sense of déjà vu of a little knight. The master and apprentice were about to go out of the city, and when they were about to go out of the city, suddenly a team of horses roared on the road, and the leader scolded while urging the horses, "Get out of the way of Lao Tzu, what dogs are blocking the road, all get out of the way!" For a while, the whole street was restless, and even some traders did not give way in time on the road, and the goods were directly knocked over by the horses, but the riders did not pay attention to the roaring past, and even scolded the traders for being blind. Xiao Haiqi just took a step forward and wanted to theorize, but was stopped by the master to signal not to cause trouble, and then an old man with gray hair and beard next to him suddenly said, "Strangers should not be reckless, this team of people is a member of the Iron Law Gang, and they can't be provoked." The master and apprentice gave puzzled expressions, and the old man said, "The two of you don't even know about the Iron Law Gang? Sure enough, it's a country man who doesn't know anything. This iron law gang is the largest gang in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou has a rudder, control the entire canal Caoyun Casino Qinglou, officials collude with the usual rampant and domineering, the government has to give some face, you can hide far away in the future, they do all kinds of evil in private. ”

After saying that the old man left, Xiao Hai looked at the master differently: "Master, you don't know how old you are?" The master said angrily: "Do you think Lao Tzu is Bai Xiaosheng, who knows everything, and who knows such a small gang." Xiao Hai lost another uncut look. In fact, it is normal for Master Hong not to know, the Iron Law Gang has only risen in the past ten years, Master Hong has been in Wuyou Town for more than ten years, and Wuyou Town itself is closed, even some people in the state capital of Jiangnan do not know the existence of Wuyou Town, the mountains are high and the water is far away, and few people enter and exit without knowing that things in the rivers and lakes are normal.

The master and apprentice left the city and continued north. After walking for another ten days, the front felt like a hundred thousand mountains, stretching on both sides and there was no end in sight. Xiao Hai thought to himself, how could it take ten days and half a month to cross this mountain. After the master and apprentice entered the mountain, they were ready to find a place to rest when the sun set on the mountain, and found that there was a ruined temple on the mountain in front of them. Fortunately, it arrived in time. The dilapidated temple is not large, only a front hall and a backyard, and the courtyard and walls are dilapidated. The front hall is dedicated to the statue of Nyolai, and the two novices and Buddha statues standing next to them do not even have their heads, leaking out pieces of loess. The roof also partially collapsed, but fortunately it did not collapse completely, and there was a place to evacuate.

After the two of them finished eating the dry food, the master got up, looked at the road and other places where he came, as if he was listening to something, and after a while, he picked up a sword and said: "Xiao Hai, the Imperial Spirit Sword Technique is based on the second evolution of the innate Gang Qi, I will teach you now, and when you get to Bohai, you can concentrate on consolidating it." Xiao Hai glanced at it and said, "Master, don't call it the Imperial Spirit Sword Technique in the future, I don't even know any tricks related to the Sword Technique, isn't it just a random stab!" Master laughed and said, "Xiao Hai, you have already comprehended the true meaning of the Imperial Spirit Sword Technique!" Xiao Hai's face was black. Master said, "The name is the Twin Qi Lock Long Dragon, as the name suggests, it needs to cooperate with the two Gang Qi in your body to complete the sword technique. There is nothing fancy about the Spirit Sword Technique itself, it is very simple. You also realized that the sword is to be as imposing as a rainbow, and a sword to kill without dragging mud and water.

I think the punches you usually use in fights are what you realized," Xiao Hai nodded without denial.

Master continued, "Actually, the Imperial Spirit Sword Technique seems very simple to ordinary people, it is nothing more than four moves, stabbing, blocking, slashing, and sweeping. You have learned to stab, tell me about your experience" Master made a simple gesture in the air, but Xiao Hai felt that Master saw that the strokes were slow, but in fact, the air next to him kept surging every time he swung his sword!

Xiao Hai listened to the master's question and replied, "The sword is a little more focused on one's own profundity, no matter what kind of posture the body is in, it must be able to produce a sword that can kill the enemy, so there are many different ways to move mountains and rivers in one air, and even you can study and multi, and in the end, the nine styles are just one sword, if you can't make a sword, it will be meaningless." ”

The master nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'll teach you to block the sword now." The so-called sword blocking is to be quick to see how the enemy is attacking, and how to defend in extreme situations, and then stab a sword to kill the enemy at the same time! If four people tell you that the sword master will use his limbs and skills to dodge, but what if it is five people or even more? Xiao Hailuo thought that he was fighting in the county government square at that time, he knocked down three Zhou Shichen's dog legs with one move, but at that time, his speed was better than those three people, it was simply the difference between heaven and earth, if there were seven or eight people together, Xiao Hai believed that he could fight but he could never defeat the enemy with one move, then it might take a while, Xiao Hai finally felt the difference in the spirit sword technique at this time.

Xiao Hai looked at the master, and the master continued, "There are ways to resist the enemy against ordinary swordsmen, but the second artistic conception of the spirit sword technique is to consider how to protect yourself and then kill the enemy in extreme situations. Xiao Hai, how do you feel about your second qi now? can you let your qi wander freely in your body?"

Xiao Hai replied, "Master, after the breakthrough, I slowly run the breath in Yangzhou City, not only to stabilize the breath, but also to control the breath with my internal force and move freely in various air pockets. Master smiled and said, "Now gather your qi in the palm of your hand, and then slowly release it to see what it feels." ”

Xiao Hai sat cross-legged, carried his hands over the dantian, and then sensed the qi in his body, and slowly drove it to the palm of his hand. For a moment, Xiao Hai felt that the swollen breath of his palm erupted from his palm, and the moment it came out, Xiao Hai was startled. Master smiled and said, "It's okay, just to show you that your Gang Qi can be released from any of your pores." But qi is qi after all, and it is the same root as the source qi of heaven and earth, and it cannot exist for too long, otherwise it is good for the master to practice qi and be able to fight cattle across the mountains. Although the breath cannot be released too far outside the body, it can be controlled around the body, Xiao Hai tries to use your qi to float the stone next to him in the palm of his hand. ”

Xiao Hai concentrated, tried to gather the qi in the palm of his hand, and then wanted to use the qi to drag up the stone in his hand, but the moment he tried to breathe out twice, the stone bullet flew out. Xiaohai was depressed, and tried several times in a row but did not see results. Xiao Hai thought to himself, the ancestor in his body, he was like a wild horse that had taken off the reins, and he couldn't stop it at all.

Xiao Hai practiced for another half an hour and still had no effect, and the master advised him to hurry up and practice tomorrow. Xiao Hai came to the master and fell asleep.