August 15 is the day of family reunion.

Luoyang City West Shouyang Villa, Lou's ancestral hall, Lou Gengnian holding incense candles in the middle and standing, constantly praying in his mouth, Lou Gengzhong and Lou Gengyi on both sides, Lou Boyuan, Lou Zhongyuan two brothers and more than ten talented people in the clan stood behind the three, in the courtyard of the ancestral hall, dozens of people are also solemn and standing, there are old people in the twilight, there are also young people with hanging hair, it turns out that they are all men of the Lou family.

After a short time, after Lou Gengnian finished praying, everyone knelt down and bowed together. After the ancestor worship ceremony was completed, Lou Gengnian turned around, took Qi Rong on his face, glanced at Lou Boyuan, and said, "Let's start." Lou Boyuan took two steps forward to the corridor, gave a salute to the left and right, arched his hand to the people below, and said loudly: "Uncles, brothers, my Lou clan has been inherited for more than ten years, and there are many talents, this triennial clan meeting is an important method to ensure the longevity of our clan's talents. Now, the competition begins, and I hope that you will show your housekeeping skills and not be embarrassed in front of your ancestors and ancestors. After that, the people of the Lou clan below were boiling.

It turned out that the Knowles family was a family of martial arts in the world, and it has always stood tall on the rivers and lakes for decades. Back then, the Lou clan produced a martial arts wizard named Lou Bufan, who created his own mastery of "Five Phases Dao", and with his own strength, he slaughtered the four protectors of the Demon Sect, and chased and killed the Demon Sect leader He Bashan for more than 300 miles, causing He Bashan to die. Since then, the Demon Sect that has been harming the Central Plains for many years has disappeared, and although it has been more than 70 years, the Demon Sect has no power to set foot in the Central Plains for half a step.

Later, Lou Bufan settled in Shouyang Mountain and established Shouyang Villa, until Lou Bufan's death thirty years ago, although Shouyang Villa did not open a sect, but it has also faintly become the top force in the rivers and lakes. The Lou family adheres to the will of the ancestors, and the children of the clan are mostly chivalrous and righteous in the rivers and lakes, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, for more than 30 years, although Shouyang Villa no longer has Lou Bufan's top master, but the prestige in the rivers and lakes has not fallen back then. This Lou Geng Nian is the descendant of Lou Bufan, the owner of Shouyang Villa of this generation. The clan meeting is a major event in Shouyang Villa, and the children of the Knowles will return to Shouyang Villa no matter where they are.

At this time, someone had already moved over the tables and chairs, Lou Gengnian, Lou Gengzhong, and Lou Gengyi were sitting under the porch, smiling while drinking tea while watching the younger generation below. In the courtyard of the ancestral hall, Zhuang Dingmen shuttled back and forth, and had already placed a blade frame in the courtyard, and drew a circle with a diameter of three zhang in the courtyard with lime, as a martial arts venue, and a series of benches and tea tables were also placed around the courtyard. Women and children kept coming in, chatting in groups, and the children were given a rare opportunity to chase and play. Lou Boyuan came to the center of the circle and arranged for the triple heaven masters of the "Five Phases Dao" in the clan to sit in front of the venue, and the others to sit on both sides of the field. After everyone made arrangements, Lou Boyuan announced the start of the competition. When everyone heard this, they immediately got up, and the women stopped chatting, and focused on the center of the field, and the children also gathered around.

Although everyone was eager to try, but no one played, when the atmosphere was slightly embarrassing, a person came to the middle of the venue with a big grin, about thirty years old, but it was Lou Dianyuan, Lou Dianyuan first gave a salute to Lin Gengnian and the three of them, and turned to everyone: "Everyone, I didn't see anyone with this little effort, but no one played, I had to throw bricks and lead the jade, and I was ugly, I just hope that which brother will come up and beat me down, and I will complete the task." When they heard this, they burst into laughter. A person walked out on the left hand side and said, "Brother, junior brother has come to understand your fists and feet, you have to be merciful." Lou Dianyuan laughed and said, "Brother Zaiyuan, I heard that your fist and foot skills are not weak, brother, I have to learn it." "It turns out that this Lou Zaiyuan is a smart person, knowing Lou Dianyuan's knife skills, thinking that his fist and foot kung fu should be ordinary, and he himself is the best at fists and feet, so he wants to use his fists and feet to defeat Lou Dianyuan and win for a while. Lou Zaiyuan said: "Little brother is ashamed!" After saying that, his body shook, and his right hand punched straight to Lou Dianyuan's chest, and at the same time, his left hand became a palm, and he swung it diagonally down to Lin Dianyuan's jaw. Lou Dianyuan shouted "Good palm technique", flashed his body, and dodged. Lou Zaiyuan was stunned, turned around and threw out three palms in a row, striking the far door of the Lou Palace, chest and lower abdomen. I saw Lou Dianyuan's body fall backwards, and at the same time stretched out his left foot. Lou Zaiyuan was stunned for a moment, found that one foot was dangling in his crotch, and then saw Lou Dianyuan, who was smiling, knowing that he had been defeated, his face turned red, and he gave up.

Lou Dianyuan stood up with a carp standing up, arched his hand and smiled: "Look, I accidentally fell, how can I still win? Ashamed, ashamed." Everyone knew that he was witty by nature, and they couldn't help laughing. Lou Gengnian couldn't help nodding his head, thinking to himself: "Dian Yuan is only afraid that he is about to break through the Triple Heaven." Lou Dian saw it from afar, and couldn't help but feel proud. Suddenly, I heard a person behind me say, "Brother Dianyuan, please give me advice." He looked back, but a brother in the clan had already taken the stage, and said secretly: "I'm ashamed, I'm carried away." So the two fought in one place again, more than a dozen went back to the past, and Lou Dianyuan defeated the opponent with one move to "sweep thousands of armies" and won another game. In this way, Lou Dianyuan won three games in a row and ended triumphantly.

Since then, there have been people on the field, some fighting with blades, some fighting with fists and feet, some winning, some losing. Soon it was afternoon, and the competition was over. Lou Gengnian, Lou Gengzhong, and Lou Gengyi selected five descendants after discussion, and the five of them were overjoyed, and the rest dispersed in a huff.

Lou Gengnian led everyone to the main hall and took out a thin booklet from his arms, with three big characters on the cover. Although the children of the clan are all practicing, it is only orally taught by the elders of the clan according to their personal progress, and only by becoming a master of the "Five Phases Dao" or a descendant of the family can they be qualified to participate in enlightenment once a month. I don't want to finally see it today, but there are only more than ten pages like this, I can't help but be a little disappointed, but I think of the ancestors who are extraordinary, and now they are all invincible with this unique science, and they are all excited.

Lou Gengnian said: "The origin of this secret book of "Five Phases Dao" to my Shouyang Villa must be known to you. Everyone nodded solemnly. Lou Gengnian said again: "However, although this peerless art was created by the ancestors, since the ancestors, no one in the clan has been able to cultivate this technique to the height of the Nine Heavens like the ancestors. Even if I have been immersed in the "Five Phases Dao" for more than 60 years, I have only reached the five heavens. Because of this, the exercises are extremely difficult to cultivate, and the cultivation process is extremely dangerous. You must not be presumptuous in your pursuit. After that, he passed on the cultivation mantra of the "Five Phases Dao" exercises to everyone, and when everyone kept it in mind, Lou Gengnian instructed everyone to practice according to the exercise operation chart in the secret book.

It was getting late, but the full moon did not arrive as scheduled. Black clouds shrouded the sky, as if they were about to crush the wall of Luoyang City, which had stood for a hundred years. Seeing that the city gate was about to be closed, a group of men and horses galloped out from the west gate of Luoyang City, led by a middle-aged military attache with a solemn expression, followed by dozens of cavalrymen in strong armor, and a group of people beat their horses and whipped to the west.

Shouyang Villa was not affected by this oppressive weather at all, and bursts of laughter and laughter continued to come out of the villa. Lou Gengnian, Lou Gengzhong, and Lou Gengyi were talking in the hall, at this time, there was a burst of laughter from a drooping teenager outside the door, and then a teenager about seven or eight years old ran into the room, rushed into the arms of Lou Gengnian, who was sitting in the center, and shouted: "Grandpa......", without waiting for the young man to finish speaking, Lou Gengnian shouted: "Yun'er, rude!" The young man stretched out his tongue, hurriedly took a step back, gave a deep salute to the three people, and then said: "I have seen grandpa, I have seen the second master, and I have seen the third master." Grandpa, is my dad back?" Lin Gengnian laughed, stretched out his hand to hold the boy on his lap, and said, "Soon, soon." The young man named Yun'er looked happy and said: "Grandpa, I also want to practice "Five Phases Dao", and in the future, I will walk the rivers and lakes like my uncle and uncle, and be a hero that everyone admires!" Lou Gengnian said: "Okay, you have ambition! Grandpa will teach you tomorrow." Yun'er cheered and said, "Great, I'll go tell my mother." Then he jumped off Lou Gengnian and ran away like a puff of smoke.

At this time, a rumbling thunder came from the sky, seeing that a heavy rain was coming, Lou Gengnian with a sad face said: "Thunder in autumn, there are thieves everywhere!" Lou Gengzhong said: "Yes, there have been signs of demon sect activities everywhere recently, but I am afraid that the Central Plains martial arts will fall into a catastrophe again." Lou Gengyi said: "Big brother, second brother, I also received news that the Demon Sect Blood Envoy Qiu Sihai has led the crowd to sneak into the Central Plains, vowing to set foot in my Shouyang Villa and avenge the demon He Bashan." Lou Gengzhong snorted coldly: "The Demon Sect inevitably underestimates my Shouyang Villa, a hatred of the four seas, it is easy to teach him to come and go." Lou Gengnian said: "The Demon Sect is fearless, but the sad thing is that some of the young people in my Central Plains martial arts are fighting for the tiger, and they are willing to be the pawns of the Demon Sect for a little profit." ”

Although Lou Gengnian was tough on the lips, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart, knowing that Qiu Sihai was one of the four protectors of the Demon Sect, and he was by no means an ordinary person, and with his "Five Phases Dao" Five Heavens Skill, I am afraid it would be difficult to call it his opponent, but he couldn't say it clearly, in case he messed up his position, it would only give the enemy a chance to take advantage of. Lou Gengnian said again: "I'm afraid that the Demon Sect came here this time for the sake of the Five Phases Dao, but we can't underestimate it." Third brother, I will repair a book, and you will take my letter to the Songshan Shaolin faction tomorrow and invite Abbot Zhiming to come to discuss important matters. Lou Gengyi nodded in response. Lou Gengnian came to the bookcase before he picked up the book.