Back at the entrance of the village, it was almost dusk. Some farmers are driving their cattle and sheep into the village. There are several teenagers sitting on the high wall at the entrance of the village, among which Zhao Er sits on the edge with Erlang's legs, shaking his feet, while pointing at the cattle, sheep, and people entering and leaving the village, and every once in a while the crowd bursts into laughter. This Zhao Er is the second son of the head of Ping'an Village, Zhao Er, who usually likes to make fun of children and the elderly, stealing chickens and dogs in the middle of the night, but he also has a characteristic: he does not steal things from his village, and often pats his chest in front of people and says: "I, Zhao Er, just don't steal things from people in my village." Compared with those villagers who even took the sheep next door and didn't let go, Zhao Er has been praised by many villagers.

Seeing Yun Xuan and Zhao Peng walking to the entrance of the village, Zhao Er jumped down and walked to the two of them, "Yo he, isn't this Zhao Peng and Yun Xuan? Zhao Peng, aren't you very capable? I usually hunt a green wolf or a porcupine or something, and when I come back, I show off at the entrance of the village. ”

He glanced at Xiaobai in Yun Xuan's arms, "Hey, I also caught a kitten!" He turned his head and coaxed a few teenagers on the wall: "Everyone said that these two guys are wilted!"

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha ......" came a burst of laughter.

"Zhao Er, you better take care of yourself, stealing chickens and touching dogs all day long! Maybe one day you will be arrested by the government!" Yun Xuan said.

"I still like to steal things from the next village, but don't harm my own village, do you care about it? Wilt!"

"Zhao Er, I think you want to fight, right?" Yun Xuan was angry in his heart.

"So what?" With that, his left hand turned into a claw and quickly attacked Xiao Bai in Yun Xuan's arms.

Seeing this, Yun Xuan's right hand was hurriedly clenched into a fist, and his left foot took a small step forward, and his fist was swung out. I only heard a snap, and my palms collided.

Yun Xuan took three steps back.

That Zhao Er took five steps back, his back hit the wall, and his left hand trembled slightly. "Haha, how does it feel, I took five steps back but unloaded your strength. ”

"Do you want to try it again?" Yun Xuan said.

"Zhao Er!" Suddenly a loud shout came, "Fighting again?" The voice came from the entrance of the alley, it was Village Chief Zhao.

"No, I'm talking to Yun Xuan. Zhao Er hurriedly talked.

"Be honest with me, I haven't grown...... Is Yun Xuan a competition?" said Village Chief Zhao.

"Well, village chief, we're fighting. "Yun Xuan didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

"Yun Xuan, let's go, don't bother to pay attention to these guys. ”

Disturbed by Zhao Er, both of them were a little irritable and continued to walk towards the village.

Zhao Er looked at the backs of the two of them and muttered, "Hmph, Dad often compares me with these two people, saying that I am unproductive." I don't believe it. ”

After separating from Zhao Peng, Yun Xuan returned to his home in the courtyard.

The door of the west side room was still open, and there was the sound of a "chirping". Yun Xuan's mother was weaving, looking like a gentle woman in her thirties, wearing a dark coat with a plain yellow top and a light purple lower skirt, and a topaz bead accessory hanging from her forehead. Hearing a noise in the courtyard outside the room, he got up and walked out slowly, "Xuan'er, you're back!

"Well, mother, I'm not tired. This is what I picked up in the mountains, it's cute, and I'm going to keep it. What about my father and sister?" Yun Xuan asked.

"Your father is studying in the inner courtyard, and Yunxi has gone out to play. Will this little beast bite?"

"No, it's good" Xiao Bai licked Yun Xuan's hand.

Mica helped put down the tools and fish on Yun Xuan's body, "The meal is already cooked, in the pot." After eating, you take two fish to your grandfather Yao. Yun Xuan's mother said, it seemed like a natural thing.

"I'll bring the fish to Grandpa Yao first, and I'll eat it when I come back." ”

"Brother—" The voice came from the gate. Looking at it, it was a little girl about six years old, she was dressed in a yellow flower dress, her white face was full of tender red, her eyes were full of happy smiles, the bangs on her forehead had just covered her curved eyebrows, and there were two naughty ponytails tied behind her head. As soon as she stepped into the threshold, she was like a little swallow trying to pounce on Yun Xuan's body, and suddenly stopped, looking at the little guy in Yun Xuan's arms with fixed eyes.

"What kind of beast is this?" the more I watched, the more interesting it became, and I came closer. This girl is Yun Xuan's sister Liu Yunxi.

The little guy is not afraid of life, tilting his head, innocently and curiously looking at the girl in front of him.

"It's called Xiaobai. Yun Xuan introduced.

"Xiaobai, give me a touch. Yun Xi reached over and stroked Xiao Bai's fluff, Xiao Bai half covered his eyes, looking like he was enjoying it. The more Yun Xi touched it, the more she liked it, so she simply hugged Xiaobai and played with him in the yard.

Yun Xuan looked at it for a while, walked into his room, put away the scrolls, spirit stones and tortoise shell pieces and walked out, and said to Yun Xi: "Yun Xi, you play with Xiaobai, I'll go to Grandpa Yao's house." ”

"Hmm. Yun Xi didn't even raise his head.

Mother handed over the two fish skewers to Yun Xuan: "Say hello to Grandpa Yao for me!"

"Well, I will. Yun Xuan replied, and went to Murao Yao's grandfather's residence.

The Liu family moved to Ping'an Village fifteen years ago. His father, Liu Yi, was a talented man, and his family was poor and good at studying since he was a child, and his ancestral family could not be verified; his mother, Li Yunlan, was the youngest daughter of the Li family of the three major families in Fallen Leaf City.

Fifteen years ago, Liu Yi moved to Ping'an Village with his pregnant wife, saying that he wanted to concentrate on studying and preparing for the examination, and this courtyard house was bought with the dowry of Yun Xuan's mother at that time. It's just that fifteen years have passed, Liu Yi has taken the exam three times, but he still failed the list, and he is still a showman, relying on writing some posts and couplets to his neighbors to earn some meager income. The Li family in Fallen Leaf City would send servants to send some silver taels every two months, but in recent years, they have sent less and less. Yun Xuan's mother had to weave a lot of cloth to change her family.

Grandpa Yao came to Ping'an Village a year earlier than the Liu family, and the villagers only knew that his surname was Yao, but no one had heard of his name. When Yun Xuan's mother first gave birth to Yun Xuan, she was bleeding profusely and her life was dying, but fortunately, Grandpa Yao took out a pill that no one knew and gave it to Xuan's mother, so that she could gradually recover.

Once, two hooligans in the village ran to his residence to make trouble, and were knocked to the ground by Grandpa Yao's fists and feet.

Yun Xuan and Zhao Peng often came to him to learn to play since they were children. When he was seven years old, Grandpa Yao couldn't stand the begging of the two children, so he instructed them to teach them some basic styles, and often said, "Just practice the basic styles well and strengthen your body." The world is too deep. So Yun Xuan and Zhao Peng, after years of training, naturally reached the first level of the Condensation Pulse Realm at the age of thirteen, slightly stronger than ordinary adults, and could lift four heavy objects with one hand. But according to Yun Xuan's understanding, there are eight layers in the Condensation Realm, and Zhao Er's father has reached the third layer of the Condensation Vein, and once raised about twenty jun-six hundred catties of boulders with both hands in front of the villagers, causing the villagers to shout "Wow".

By the time Yun Xuan reached the end of the village, the sun had already set, and the sky had become dark. Grandpa Yao sat in his fence yard, smoking his pipe, "Are you back?"

"Well, but I didn't get anything out of it this time, so I had to catch some fish at the end. If only I could catch a spirit animal. Yun Xuan said.

"In the past two years, you and Zhao Peng have often gone to the edge of the boundary between our country and the Mochizuki Forest to hunt, and it's good to come back safely, cough cough...... Ahem......"

"Grandpa Yao, you're okay, don't smoke, it's not good for your health. Yun Xuan said worriedly.

"I've been breathing for so many years, and I don't care about the effects of this cigarette, but I'm just going to take this breath, and I'm still uncomfortable without it. Yao Lao said stubbornly, "What are you doing standing, put the fish away, and sit." He pointed to the stone pier next to him.

Yun Xuan just sat down.

Yao Lao knocked his pipe on the other side of the stone pier and said, "Look at your weak steps, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"Hmm. Being mentioned by Yao Lao, he really felt very hungry, and his feet were sore. Suddenly, he remembered the unbelievable thing he had seen on the top of the mountain, and said, "Grandpa Yao, when do you think I will be able to break through to the second layer of the condensation vein? It has been almost two years since Zhao Peng and I broke through the first layer. ”

"It is not easy to break through the second order, it will be affected by everyone's physical fitness, and the exercises learned will also affect the speed of advancement. In the past few years, you and Zhao Peng have practiced collapse boxing, moved stone piers, strengthened the body, and the vitality in the veins has been drummed, and the first layer of the condensation veins has been completed. Tomorrow you come over and take a medicinal bath, and whether you can break through depends on your qualifications. ”

"Are all the medicinal herbs ready?" Yun Xuan asked.

"The herbs were all available earlier. Just wait for the opportunity, tomorrow June 6, the yang energy is the strongest, and you can use the breakthrough to help. Yao Lao said.

"You go back to dinner first, and come early tomorrow morning to prepare. ”

"Howler. Yun Xuan said excitedly.

When I got home, I was eating. Yun Xi ran over with Xiaobai in her arms. "Brother, Dad asked you to go to him after eating. ”

"Hmm. Yun Xuan replied vaguely with a meal. I don't know what his father is looking for him, Yun Xuan is afraid of being with his father, almost every time he starts at a time, he will be taught a solemn lesson, and he will be slapped and spanked when he makes mistakes in reading.

When he came to the backyard, the light was on in his father's study, Yun Xuan straightened his chest, took a breath, and pushed open the door.

"Daddy. Yun Xuan shouted.

"Yun Xuan, come, write the words of this banner. Yun Xuan's father pointed to the banner on the wall and said.

Yun Xuan walked to the desk, lifted the brush, dipped it in black ink, and wrote the words "Learn to help the way" on the white paper.

"It's barely as good as a third of what I did when I was younger. Father Xuan shook his head.

Yun Xuan scratched his head.

"Let you study hard and study hard is also to give you a good future. Xuan's father said, "It's just that there is no property in the family, and my father is still a showman, and your mother has been busy all these years." You go up to the mountains to hunt, and it's hard for you, but people don't know if they don't learn, and they have to work hard in the future. ”

"Yes, father. Yun Xuan said.

"Tomorrow on the fourth watch, you accompany your mother to Fallen Leaf City, sell the silk cloth, and go to see your uncle. ”

"Is there anything going to my uncle's house?" Yun Xuan asked.

"We'll know when the time comes. Your mother will tell you when you should know. You're tired too, go get some rest. ”

"Okay. ”

Yun Xuan pressed the question in his heart, went back to the outer courtyard to take a bath, went to play with Xiao Yunxi, and asked her to call Zhao Peng to Grandpa Yao's house tomorrow morning. took out the spirit stone and said to her: "This is Xiaobai's food, give it a little tomorrow." ”

"What is this, so good-looking, Xiaobai eats this blue stone?" Yun Xi asked strangely.

"Well, just let Xiaobai lick it. ”