Xiao Zicong came to Meng Li's side and said condescendingly: "Do you understand the cruelty of reality? If not, I can accompany you to compete again." ”

"Xiao Zicong, what kind of ability is bullying children, there is a kind of competition with me. ”

Just when Meng Li felt powerless, a person suddenly walked outside the door.

Xiao Zicong looked at the visitor, and his face instantly became ugly.

"Fan Guoqiang, what are you doing here?"

The man who walked into the martial arts hall was tall, who could it be if it wasn't Fan Guoqiang?

I only heard him snort coldly and said, "What is Fan doing, it seems that you don't need to ask!"

Xiao Zicong didn't quarrel with Fan Guoqiang, looked at Meng Li and said, "Since there are guests coming to the door, I won't bother." I'll give you a little more time next, and you can come to me anytime when you figure it out. ”

In Meng Li's silence, Xiao Zicong gradually walked out of the door, and before going out, he suddenly turned his head and said, "By the way, don't forget to put away that painting." ”

After Xiao Zicong left, Meng Li got up from the ground with a blue face.

The feeling of being dispersed was not pleasant, and this was the second time Meng Li had experienced it.

The first time was when he came to Boundary Water City, when he was broken by Hu Bugui's sword.

Compared with the beginning, his current performance is many times better.

Meng Li glanced at Fan Guoqiang, laughed at himself and said, "Brother Fan, let you see the joke." ”

Fan Guoqiang shook his head and said, "Being able to do this, Brother Meng is already very remarkable, to be honest, I was almost scared by your performance just now." ”

The process of Meng Li and Xiao Zicong's fight, Fan Guoqiang saw almost all of them. Although Xiao Zicong simply performed some moves, these moves were all true qi of the peak of the Seven Forgings. A normal five-forging martial artist will be defeated with one move.

But what about Meng Li, how many moves did he insist on?

He just counted it, and it was a full twenty-one moves, which was really an impressive number.

"Brother Fan suddenly came to the door, what are you doing?" Meng Li asked.

Fan Guoqiang is an important figure in the Tianhua Martial Arts Hall, and he has almost no friendship with Meng Li, and when he suddenly came to the door, Meng Li was a little curious.

Fan Guoqiang clasped his hands into fists and said solemnly: "Brother Meng, thank you." If it weren't for you, my sister's life would be in danger!"

"Your sister?" Meng Li was a little confused, did he know Fan Guoqiang's sister?

The tall man explained: "Fan Xianlin is my sister. ”

"My sister?"

Meng Li was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Fan Guoqiang with suspicion.

These two people are tall and mighty, and the other is petite and lovely, and they really can't tell that they are brothers and sisters.

Fan Guoqiang smiled bitterly: "It's like a fake." ”

He paused and said: "My sister has a deep affection for Xue Baiqi, if something happens to Xue Baiqi, my sister can't guarantee that there will be no accidents." ”

"I see. Meng Li suddenly realized and said with a smile, "Brother Fan doesn't have to be polite, in fact, I have always had a sense of déjà vu with you." ”

"Really? What a coincidence. Don't hide it from Brother Meng, I also have this feeling of déjà vu. ”

Fan Guoqiang paused and asked, "Where is Brother Meng from?"

Meng Li replied: "I'm from Shuizhen?"

Fan Guoqiang nodded and said, "I went to Shui Town once two years ago. Maybe I saw it back then!"

"Two years ago, Jieshui Town?" Meng Li's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly remembered an incident that happened in the Water Martial Arts Pavilion two years ago.

Two years ago, the imperial court collected taxes and silver, but the town of water did not take action, in order to understand the situation, the imperial court sent Wang Xian to investigate, and the horseman who accompanied Wang Dang to protect at that time was Fan Guoqiang.

However, at that time, Fan Guoqiang was only refining the body for six forgings, and now he is at the peak of seven forgings.

In the past two years, Fan Guoqiang has not changed much except for the increase in cultivation. In contrast, Meng Li's changes are not small.

In the past two years, it has been the two years of Meng Li's physical development, his size has increased a lot, his appearance has matured a lot, and he often goes out to fish, and he is exposed to the wind and sun, if he is not very familiar, he will not recognize him at all.

Meng Li thought of the tax and silver case two years ago, and recognized Fan Guoqiang, but he had no intention of telling the matter.

Instead, he pretended to be ignorant and made a slightly dazed look.

The original incident, after all, was related to his master, and it may be the best situation not to be remembered.

"Maybe it's our fate!"

Fan Guoqiang is bold by nature, and when he heard Meng Li say this, he couldn't help laughing.

"That's right, fate!"

The sisters of the Luo family were ordered to prepare tea, and Meng Li led Fan Guoqiang into the living room.

In the living room, the fairy portrait is still there.

Meng Li remembered that before Xiao Zicong left, he sighed and took off the portrait.

Xue Baiqi is Fan Guoqiang's quasi-brother-in-law, and he has naturally heard of this heirloom of the Xue family, and he can't help but laugh dumbly when he sees this scene.

"This painting is Xue Baiqi's treasure, even if my sister wants to see it, it's not so easy, I didn't expect it to be hung up casually by you. ”

Tyrannical creatures!

Meng Li smiled bitterly, and secretly made up his mind in his heart: I won't tell Xue Baiqi about this matter.

The two sat down and tea was served.

Fan Guoqiang took a sip and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, no matter how many times I drink tea, I can't get used to it." Compared to this tea, I still like wine. ”

Jianghu people are good wine, and good spirits.

This also coincides with the fiery temperament of most warriors.

Although Meng Li had drunk wine a few times, for some reason, he didn't like the taste of wine very much.

I always feel like something is missing.

"It's a pity I don't have any alcohol here. Meng Li smiled and said, "Brother Fan, do you know about the new temporary mission issued by the Jianjing Mansion in the past two days?"

Fan Guoqiang said: "Are you talking about the beast eradication task of the Unbounded Stone Forest?"

Meng Li nodded: "That's it, I want to learn something from Brother Fan." ”

"That's easy to say. Fan Guoqiang smiled and said: "Actually, there is one thing you said wrong, this beast removal task is not a task that was released in the past two days. As early as a month ago, Bai Fujing Envoy had already been arranging this task, but it had been delayed until now because of the martial arts assessment. ”

"I see. ”

Meng Li breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing about this task, he was really a little afraid that this was Feng Yu's mission specially used to trap him.

But think about it, he's a little minion, and he can't do it to the point of making the town tower make a big move.

Alas!

Isn't that a bit self-righteous when you think like that?

Fan Guoqiang continued: "The task of removing beasts is carried out about once a year, and the ultimate goal is to get rid of the fierce beasts that have transformed into the stone forest. So every year, there will be martial arts halls fighting for mission places. ”

Meng Li was speechless: "Is there a limit to the number of places for this task?"

Fan Guoqiang smiled and said, "That's right, not everyone can participate in the beast removal mission, and there are only two places in each urban district. ”

There are two places in each city, and there are eight places in the four districts, and there are dozens of martial arts halls in Jieshui City.

No wonder you get your head struck!

"Which martial arts gym in our Beicheng District participates?"

"At present, we are the only ones in Tianhua Martial Arts Hall"

Meng Li looked at Fan Guoqiang with a strange expression.

"Didn't you say that you were going to break your head, when did our martial arts hall in Beicheng become so harmonious?"

Fan Guoqiang smiled bitterly: "It's not because of your appearance." ”

"What's wrong with me?" Meng Li was stunned.

Fan Guoqiang explained: "Our martial arts hall in Beicheng has been in a situation of struggling in the four major urban areas, and during this time, because of the appearance of the wooden sword martial arts hall, this stalemate has finally been alleviated, and you also recommend the tasks that you can't take on to other martial arts halls, everyone is grateful, and after discussion, we decided to give you this place." ”

Of the two places in Beicheng District, except for the Tianhua Martial Arts Hall, which occupies one all year round, the rest are determined by martial arts competitions.

Meng Li seemed to understand something, looked at Fan Guoqiang and said speechlessly: "So, you came this time just to tell me about this." ”

Fan Guoqiang said with a smile: "That's right, I came this time to be entrusted by the major martial arts halls in Beicheng, and I invite you to participate in the task of eliminating beasts." ”

The word "please" was used well, so that Meng Li had no way to refuse.

"When does the Beast Eradication mission start?"

Meng Li still has a question.

It was the same with Ming Xuan before, although Ming Xuan told him about the beast removal task, he didn't tell him when the task started.

"Half a month later. ”

Seeing Fan Guoqiang away, Meng Li fell into deep thought.

Of course, what he was thinking about was not the task of eliminating beasts in half a month, but Xiao Zicong's so-called big change.

What kind of forces is Xiao Zicong talking about, and what kind of situation will he face in the future?

As long as he thought of this, Meng Li felt uneasy in his heart.

It is foreseeable that the next situation in Jieshui City must be very complicated, and in the face of this situation, he must have enough power to protect himself.

"It seems that we must improve our strength as soon as possible!"

Meng Li sighed, walked out of the living room, and came to a room not far away.

This is a closed room, with only doors and no windows, and it is a secret room specially set aside by Meng Li when the martial arts hall was built.

The outer wall of the secret room is a thick layer of special wooden boards, as thick as the palm of a hand, which plays an excellent sound insulation effect for the secret room.

This secret room cost a lot of money, and this circle of soundproof wood alone cost him nearly two hundred taels of silver, which made the supplier who provided the wood almost smile crookedly.

It has been a long time since the renovation of the martial arts hall, but this secret room has been locked down.

This time, it was the first time Meng Li opened it.

The chamber was dimly lit, with only a ray of light shining through the crack in the door, barely illuminating the layout of the chamber.

A straw mat, an elevated oil lamp sitting on the ground. That's all there is to the room.

The so-called retreat is about paying full attention, like something that is easy to distract, and naturally the less the better.

Meng Li's practice of simple laziness is a very special exercise.

In short, it's nothing more than the word "lazy".

This exercise will be lazy, not only in the exercise itself, but also for the practitioners.

Meng Li has been lazy in cultivation for more than two years, and he has long been aware of the cultivation limit of this exercise.

This exercise only needs to run two cycles a day, beyond which the effect of cultivation will be greatly reduced and become minimal.

Of course, this is only a specific state.

With the help of external forces, the cultivation limit of Lazy Gong will be greatly increased, and it is not impossible to cultivate quickly.

For example, spiritual food, such as Xingqi Pill.

Meng Li is now at the peak of the five forgings, and the distance from the six forgings is only a kick in the door, and in addition, his physique has already surpassed the boundaries of cultivation, and the process of breakthrough is almost a matter of course.

Originally, Meng Li didn't want to break through forcibly, but Xiao Zicong's arrival made him feel great pressure.

Coupled with the beast eradication task half a month later, this made him change his mind.

Picking up a Qi Pill and putting it in his mouth, Meng Li began to enter a boring and long cultivation state.