The last time Wang Xue and Ma Yanmei met, it was 20 years ago on Bozi Mountain to welcome Eudoli together, that time she heard that Ma Yanmei was married, determined to retire to the rivers and lakes, and said that she would never see this senior sister again in this life, and did not want to come to Bozi Town, the first fellow she saw was Senior Sister Ma, and she was overjoyed, and saw that although Ma Yanmei was middle-aged, her figure was a little chubby, but her appearance was still very handsome, and the gentle senior sister 20 years ago had not changed much, her heart moved, and blurted out: "Senior sister, I miss you so much." When Ma Yanmei saw Wang Xue, she was also overjoyed and smiled: "It's great that you're back." The two girls couldn't help but walk over to each other, stretched out their hands to hug each other, and told each other what had happened over the years.

Bao Fangnan cooked a few bowls of wide noodles and invited Wang Xue and others to eat. Wang Xue sat down at the table, and while eating noodles, she introduced Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long to Ma Yanmei, and by the way, Zhao Xiaocao's past and present life were also talked about, and finally said: "The Zhenwu Conference is two days later, and there is still some time. In the past few days, I miss the things I did when I was a child, and I always want to go up to Bozi Mountain to have a look, Senior Sister Ma, you can go with me. Ma Yanmei said with a smile: "You have been away for 20 years, and this time you finally came back, of course you have to go up the mountain to have a look." I'll go with you, and we'll leave after we've eaten noodles. ”

They ate noodles and chatted at the table, and did not leave the mountain until it was past noon, when it was hottest. Wang Xue kept talking to Zhao Xiaocao and other disciples along the way about his past stories in the mountains when he fought with Barda, got Liu Yue to pass on his art, and fought with butterfly spiders and worms and other Liangshan gang bandits, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, Wang Xue has been talking for nearly two hours. Wang Xue was not tired of talking non-stop, but Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long were annoyed and tired of listening, but the more Wang Xue said, the happier she was in her heart.

When I arrived at the top of the mountain, I saw that the thatched hut and courtyard where the Habamen people lived on the top of the hill had already collapsed, and only a pile of dead grass and rotten trees remained. Wang Xue stood in the courtyard, remembering the feelings of everyone learning art together, her heart was sad, her eyes couldn't help but redden, and she turned around and said: "There is nothing exquisite here, let's go back down the mountain." ”

The five people went down to the halfway up the mountain, only to hear the sound of talking from the bottom of the mountain, it seemed that there was a large group of people going up the mountain, Wang Xue was strange in his heart: "Bozi Mountain is not a place to play, that is, there are occasional people who go up the mountain, and they are also villagers who hunt and chop firewood, how can so many people go up the mountain?" Everyone under the mountain has come up from the mountain at this time, Wang Xue saw at a glance that the person who was the leader was Liu Yue, followed by Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Sun Yue, Zhang Leicheng, Kang Zhong, Xie Jie, Zhou Yuan and other disciples and a large number of re-disciples, it turned out that everyone on the mountain was the same door as Habamen. Liu Yue couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Wang Xue, Ma Yanmei and others, walked a few steps quickly to Wang Xue's side, and said: "I have gathered all the partners of Habamen this time, but you two little sisters have not arrived, and I am still thinking about where to find you, and I don't want you to be here." Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Sun Yue and other disciples have not seen Wang Xue for 20 years, and everyone is very happy to see each other, and they have surrounded them, some ask Wang Xue about his situation over the years, and some blame Wang Xue for not saying goodbye. Wang Xue was still worried that she had left for the past 20 years, and she had already lost the friendship she had had with her classmates, but when she saw that everyone was still treating her like a little sister, her heart warmed and she couldn't help but shed tears. Zhang Guanhua laughed and said, "Our heartless little sister has grown up and become sentimental!" Hu Jing held her newborn baby boy in the crook of her left arm, stretched out her right hand and patted Zhang Guanhua's arm, and scolded softly: "Don't laugh at her." He took out his handkerchief and handed it to Wang Xue to wipe her tears.

Liu Yue said: "Don't stand here and talk, if you have any old words, let's go to the mountains and talk slowly." Wang Xue wiped away her tears and said: "The thatched hut we built on the mountain back then...... Zhang Guanhua interjected and said: "What are we? The thatched hut was built by me and Wu Tian, when you cut down trees to build a thatched hut, you were lazy to hide out and play, and you didn't have a share of credit for building the thatched hut back then." Wang Xue pouted at Zhang Guanhua and continued: "Those thatched huts have long been ...... now" Liu Yue said: "Bu Ziyi, Wu Tian, Li Hao and you are all gone, and I am wandering around, leaving Zhang Guanhua alone on the mountain is not much fun, Zhang Guanhua followed me around, the thatched hut is uninhabited, it will naturally be damaged by wind and rain, which is also normal." This time, I summoned all the people to come here, just to build a house again, and the dignified Haba Gate should also have a general permanent place, and I can't let the disciples scatter in the wind on the rivers and lakes. ”

Wang Xue followed Hu Jing, Zhou Yuan and some other female disciples to boil water and cook, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long also mingled with the disciples of the same age, and helped move trees and chop firewood together. It was not a day's work to build the Habman's teachings, and at night the people fell asleep on the floor. Chang Long's family background is illustrious, and he has never slept in the wilderness, but when he saw that everyone was tired from working all day, a person fell on the grass with a disgraced face, and faintly felt in his heart that such a day was a bit of a river and lake atmosphere, so he picked a longer piece of grass next to Hu Xiaochen to sleep soundly.

The Zhenwu Conference is held once a year, and it is not a rare thing, Liu Yue, Zhang Guanhua and others have been a little interested in calling back and forth, this year's Zhenwu Conference, only Wang Xue is a female disciple in the Haba Gate, Liu Yue, Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Sun Yue, Zhang Leicheng and others went with Wang Xue and only accompanied them in the audience, for her to strengthen a strong momentum, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, Chang Long and some other disciples know that the Haba technique has not yet been practiced, and this time they are just to join in the fun, and no one dares to sign up for the competition seriously.

The reputation of the Zhenwu Conference has grown stronger and stronger in the past ten years, the three-party ring in the middle of the square has been made of marble from the mud floor, and the stone seat of the tea shed in the four sides of the ring has also been re-polished and renovated, and all kinds of martial arts masters come from all directions, and the square is crowded with thousands of people from all walks of life. On the day of the conference, Liu Yue picked a pavilion closest to the middle ring, Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Sun Yue and other people of higher seniority sat down in the pavilion, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, Chang Long and other children of lower generation played outside the door, and some went to the ring to watch the battle, Ma Yanmei did not like to compete, and knew that her martial arts were not high and did not want to come together, so she stayed on Bozi Mountain to help Hu Jing take care of the baby.

Liu Yue called Wang Xue in front of him and said to Wang Xue: "With my past experience, the martial arts of the people who have participated in the Zhenwu Conference over the years are only mediocre, and your martial arts have been practiced, few of these people can compete with you, you don't have to be nervous when you come to the stage." Wang Xue heard Liu Yue's words and praised herself, she felt a little embarrassed, and said jokingly: "Senior brother, you are the number one person in the world in martial arts, in your eyes, anyone's martial arts are mediocre, but in the eyes of me, a little junior sister who has no prospects, these people are all great masters." Liu Yue Zhengse said: "No, among these people, there are really few people who can really fight with you for a few rounds, and when you go to the ring, you should just compete with your peers." ”

Hu Jing walked over from the side and said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't pass on her martial arts anymore, this little junior sister is disobedient, maybe she won't say goodbye again." Wang Xue rolled her eyes at Sister Hu and said, "A few years ago, I reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and I also looked for you everywhere, but Haba Gate disappeared, and Weifeng County also disappeared from your martial arts hall. Hu Jing said: "A few years ago, there were bandits in Liangguang, and the senior brother gathered all of us together to hoe the thieves, and I followed the senior brother to kill the enemy, of course the martial arts hall had to be closed for a few years." ”

At this time, another group of people came from the other side of the square, this group of people was just dressed in ordinary clothes, but they walked vigorously, their bodies were fast, and they were not angry and arrogant. The people around them avoided to both sides, lest they cause trouble. Wang Xue glanced at the group of people, and his heart immediately felt as if he had been struck by lightning, that group of people was Xiao Fei, Han Chuan, Xu Chunlei and other people in the Baiping Martial Arts Hall, although Wang Xue knew that this return to Zhenwu would inevitably have to meet with Li Hao Xiaofei and others, but at first glance, the old man's heart was still shocked. Wang Xue used to be the head of the martial arts in the Baiping Martial Arts Hall, and she is still familiar with some of the disciples; Wang Xue defeated Xiao Fei in the ring last time, although she was not defeated last time because of poor martial arts, coupled with the twenty years of martial arts cultivation, martial arts have been better than Xiao Fei, but as the saying goes, once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, Wang Xue suddenly saw Xiao Fei, and her heart was not flooded with a chill.

Zhang Guanhua suddenly shouted softly: "Look at those two people, the two behind Xiao Fei, the one on the left is Li Hao, and the one on the right is who?" Everyone got up and looked, and saw that Xiao Fei was followed by two people, the two looked like light, their eyes were sharp, and they were obviously both upper-level martial arts, the person on the left was Li Hao, and the person on the right did not know each other. Li Hao is nearly forty years old, but his demeanor is the same as before, and he is the champion of Zhenwu for twenty-one consecutive years, everyone in the square knows him, and many people quietly watch Li Hao whisper in private. Among the disciples of Habamen, Liu Yue was the most optimistic about Li Hao, intentionally or unintentionally wanted to teach Li Hao to become the next head of Habamen, and did not want Li Hao to fall into a love barrier, betray Habamen, and hook up with Xiaomen to commit adultery, causing Zhang Guanhua and Wang Xue to be humiliated and seriously injured, Liu Yue thought of the past, consciously looked away, sorry Wang Xue and Zhang Guanhua, and couldn't help but sigh lightly. Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, and Sun Yue also sighed when they thought of everyone's love of learning art on Yiwei Mountain in Fujian in the past.

Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long sat on the steps outside the pavilion, and when the three of them heard Li Hao's name, they all stood on tiptoe and looked over, wanting to see what Master Wang Xue's old lover looked like twenty years ago. Chang Long saw that although Li Hao was not in his prime, he was dignified and radiant, and he looked shrewd and capable, although he knew that Li Hao was not a mediocre talent, but he was a person who had offended his master, Chang Long did not say good things about him, and whispered to Hu Xiaochen on the side: "He looks so ugly, Master Wang Xue will only look at him when he is blind." Hu Xiaochen grinned, and then said: "Master was too young at that time, I'm afraid I haven't seen a man." Chang Hu and the others said these two words in a very low voice, but Liu Yue, Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Wang Xue and others all had superb internal skills, and they could still hear it clearly, Liu Yue and Hu Jing didn't want to hurt Wang Xue's face, they just pretended not to hear it, but Zhang Guanhua couldn't help but laugh. Wang Xue shouted with a calm face: "Those two little ghosts at the door should speak carefully, I heard you." ”

Liu Yue suddenly said: "Jin Yunqi, the person next to Li Hao is Jin Yunqi!" I saw that the person who followed Xiao Fei on the right was Jin Yunqi. Although Wang Xue, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long have seen Jin Yunqi, but Jin Yunqi wore the costumes of the Baiping Martial Arts Hall this time, and wore a straw hat. It turned out that Jin Yunqi had defected to the Baiping Martial Arts Pavilion and mixed with Xiao Fei, Li Hao and others.

Jin Yunqi's reputation in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years is really loud, and everyone in the pavilion was awe-inspiring when they heard it, and they all turned their heads to look around. Zhang Guanhua said: "He's Jin Yunqi, senior brother, don't you look at the dazzling eyes?" Wang Xue said: "Senior brother didn't look at the dazzling eyes, he is Jin Yunqi." Hu Jing said: "Jin Yunqi's reputation is like thunder in the rivers and lakes, he appeared in the Zhenwu Conference, he must be in the ring, this time junior sister, you are difficult." Wang Xue turned her head, thinking that she was too unlucky, she could only beat Jin Yunqi in the whole world, and Jin Yunqi happened to come to participate in Zhenwu this year. Wang Xue was always supported by her mother when she was in trouble, and later she was taken care of by Liu Yue when she encountered difficulties, and when she faced a big enemy, she first wanted to ask Liu Yue for help, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at Liu Yue, and suddenly thought: "Although Senior Brother Liu's martial arts are better than Jin Yunqi, Zhenwu Toukui has always fought alone, no matter how high Senior Brother's martial arts are, he can't help me in the ring." Thinking about the words that Liu Yue persuaded him after his mother was taken away when he first came to Bozi Town: "People must always learn to grow up by themselves", his heart was shocked, and he said proudly: "I'm not afraid of Jin Yunqi and Yin Yunqi, and no one wants to stop me Wang Xuexia from winning the championship." ”

Liu Yue smiled and praised: "Good junior sister, you have ambition, you come here, senior brother will pass you on the way to win." Wang Xue walked in front of Liu Yue, lightly palmed and Liu Yue deduced martial arts from each other, Wang Xue said: "I have a winning strategy, which is to always be careful not to be blocked by Jin Yunqi's palm power, otherwise I can't use any moves, I can only be beaten." Liu Yue said: "That's not bad, if you are a person with extremely strong internal strength, Jin Yunqi's palm power may not be able to seal him, but your internal strength is on par with Jin Yunqi, if your moves are sealed by Jin Yunqi, it will be miserable." You have to strike first, as soon as you make a quick attack, forcing Jin Yunqi to only defend and not attack, if Jin Yunqi uses a lonely palm to attack, you will use the 'Thunder Palm' kung fu in the Haba technique to force Jin Yunqi's palm power, and then attack. Wang Xue asked: "If I accidentally miss and Jin Yunqi seals my palm power, what should I do?" Liu Yue said: "One word, escape!" If your move is blocked by Jin Yunqi, then no matter what move you use, it will not work, but the ring is so big, you can't beat it, you can escape, turn around and run away from him for a hundred and eighty steps, and then turn back and start from the beginning to fight again, if the move is blocked by Jin Yunqi's palm again, then run away and fight again. Before Liu Yue finished speaking, everyone couldn't help laughing, Chang Long said: "No wonder Liu Daxia has never been defeated by anyone, it turns out that you can't beat and run away!" Liu Yue said: "The competition was originally like this, grabbing acupuncture points, dismantling moves, not only fighting strength, but also fighting wits." Then he explained a few words to Wang Xue about how to disassemble Li Hao's Haba and Xiaoxi's Xiaoxi Kung Fu, Wang Xue was originally familiar with how to disassemble Haba and Xiaoxi Gong, and Liu Yue only woke up a little.

Since the Zhenwu Conference began ten years ago, the competition of the world's first sect was no longer held, and the participants in the grand event only competed for some silver rewards and the title of the champion of the Zhenwu Sect every year. At this time, there were people in the tripartite ring who came to the stage to compete, and Zhang Guanhua, Hu Jing, Zhang Leicheng and others walked out of the pavilion and went to different rings to watch the competition. Wang Xue's battle was imminent, and he didn't want to go over to join in the fun, and he didn't want to be seen by Li Hao, so he only drank tea and ate snacks in the pavilion and chatted with Liu Yue. Suddenly, Zhao Xiaocao, Hu Xiaochen, and Chang Long laughed outside the pavilion, and Hu Xiaochen said: "If that's the case, it's lively now." Wang Xue sat in the pavilion for a long time, feeling a little bored, and shouted: "What's so funny, come in and tell me." Zhao and Hu Chang walked into the pavilion, and Hu Xiaochen said happily: "Master, it's a great event, our two big enemies are fighting among themselves." Zhao Xiaocao followed and said: "I love to watch the enemy fight with each other. Wang Xueqi said: "What kind of big enemy is infighting, my Wang Xueren is so good, where is the enemy?" Chang Long pointed to the direction where everyone in the Baiping Martial Arts Hall was sitting on the other side of the ring and said: "Master, look, your old love, old ...... That Uncle Li Hao ......" Wang Xue said angrily: "Nonsense, Li Hao is neither your uncle nor my old lover, don't talk nonsense about you kids." Grass, you say. Zhao Xiaocao said: "Master will have to fight with Jin Yunqi later, and he will inevitably fight with Li Hao, but at this moment, Li Hao and Jin Yunqi don't get along very happily. As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the other side of the ring.

Wang Xue turned her head to look, only to see Jin Yunqi and Xiao Fei sitting together, Jin Yunqi put one arm on Xiao Fei's shoulder at will, the two talked and laughed, very intimate, Li Hao sat alone far away, gritted his teeth and stared at Jin Xiao and the two, Li Hao and Xiao Fei had been married twenty years ago, but looking at the current situation, it seems that Xiao Fei likes the new and hates the old, snubs Li Hao, and empathizes with Jin Yunqi. Wang Xue was originally a kind-hearted person, after all, she couldn't let go of the old people, but when she saw this situation, she not only felt sorry for Li Hao, but also felt sorry for Li Hao, thinking: "Twenty years ago, you scolded me for being a water-based woman, but I have always been consistent, and your wife is a water-based woman." The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he got up and said, "I'll go and see, you're waiting for me here." ”

Liu Yue stopped Wang Xue and said: "Other people's family affairs, we used to get involved, if Xiao Fei scolded you for being nosy, what do you say?" Wang Xue said: "I have been hoeing the strong and helping the weak for more than ten years, and there is no wicked and bad person who does not scold me for being nosy, where are these two sentences?" But as the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs, Wang Xue said this, and he felt that it was not very appropriate, and said: "Senior brother, don't worry, I will go over and take a look, don't get involved in their family affairs, I have a sense of proportion." Then he walked out of the pavilion.

Originally, Wang Xue was angry, and strode out of the pavilion just to stand up for Li Hao, but at this time, he calmed down, and he didn't dare to meet Li Hao, not to mention that with the temperament of Jin Yun Qi Thunderbolt, he was afraid that he would do it immediately after meeting, which was inappropriate. Wang Xue bypassed the ring, stood more than ten zhang on the right side of the pavilion where Li Haoxiao and others were sitting, thinking about how to stand out for Li Hao, and was pondering to himself, when he suddenly saw a person walking out of the pavilion, but it was Chen Wei, a disciple of the Baiping Martial Arts Hall back then, and saw Chen Wei walking towards the woods outside the square, thinking that he had drunk too much tea and wanted to find a place where no one was going to pee. Wang Xue treated Chen Wei very well when he was the head of the Baiping Martial Arts Hall, and Chen Wei was an honest man, so he would know everything if he wanted to ask him, and thought: "I don't know how to stand up for Li Hao, so it's good to go over and inquire about the situation with you Chen Wei first." Seeing that no one saw him at the Baiping Martial Arts Hall, he quietly followed Chen Wei to the woods.

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