"Don't even think about it. Internal force is true qi, and it is what is stored in your dantian. How much true qi you can hold depends on yourself to open up your dantian. ”

"Dantian, what is it, where is it?" Ye Chen said when he heard this.

"The dantian is three inches below your navel, you don't have to press it hard to see how it feels. ”

After listening to the old man's words, Ye Chen groped to find the approximate location of the dantian according to his words, and then pressed it hard, and suddenly felt a pain that pierced his heart, and then collapsed like a deflated ball.

"Old man, why do you hurt me?" Ye Chen struggled in pain on the ground, beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

Seeing Ye Chen in such pain, the old man laughed wickedly when he saw this.

"Congratulations, you've just dissipated all your true qi. ”

"What? you dead old man, you ......."

Ye Chen was furious when he heard this, the sharp pain in his abdomen made him unbearable, if it wasn't for the pain and he couldn't get up, even if he couldn't beat the old man, he would have to get up and throw him a stone.

"Today is the first lesson I taught you, you listen well, the dantian is extremely fragile, when you encounter an opponent who is stronger than you, you must protect your dantian, if the dantian is broken, your whole person will be wasted, and it is difficult to rebuild the blue sky. ”

"You just tell me to protect the dantian, why bother me like this?" Ye Chen said bitterly.

"But I just like to see you in pain, besides, if you don't experience it yourself, how can you remember it in your heart?" The old man looked at Ye Chen with a wicked smile, and his mood was extremely comfortable.

"You dead old man, I think you're taking revenge on me for beating the rabbit this morning, right?"

"Hmm. The old man nodded.

"Rules are rules, and if you break them, you will be punished. Your true qi reserves are pitiful, this is already cheap for you. If it were someone else, I would have abolished his dantian a long time ago. ”

"Count you ruthless, I wrote it down, and I won't be in the future. Ye Chen shook his head, and finally gave in.

After Ye Chen lay on the ground for a while, the old man pulled him up. After telling Ye Chen some methods to improve his true qi, he flicked his sleeve robe and left.

Looking at the old man's slow back, Ye Chen shook his head helplessly. With such a master who will repay him, he knows that the future will not be easy.

After thinking carefully about what the old man had told him just now, Ye Chen went to the pavilion to meditate, breathed his breathing, and tried his best to calm his mind without the slightest distraction.

Slowly, as he forgot everything, he found that his perception was getting stronger, and the slightest sound of falling leaves in the distance could not escape his ears.

He just sat there, feeling the breath of nature. It wasn't until the sun set and the night completely fell that he slowly stood up and found his way back to the bamboo house with his memory.

Early the next morning, Ye Chen got up early and went to the lake with two wooden barrels according to the old man's instructions.

After fetching two buckets of water at the edge of the pavilion, he began to run around the lake with one bucket in one hand.

At first he didn't run far before he got tired, and the jolting caused most of the water in the bucket to spill. After practicing all morning, he slowly mastered the rhythm, although he was still the same tired, but at least the water in the barrel did not come out again.

At noon, the old man brought him chicken soup on time, and he was already tired, so he drank the chicken soup in one go without complaining.

After the old man left, he meditated again as the old man had told him yesterday, and did not return to the bamboo house until evening.

After practicing repeatedly for half a month, Ye Chen found that he had made great progress. Originally, he had to rest more than ten times for a lap around the lake. Now he runs a lap without panting, and he is getting faster and faster, and his steps are getting lighter.

After practicing like this for half a month, Ye Chen felt the true qi in the dantian for the first time, and also felt the feeling of flying for the first time.

Now, after putting down the bucket, he can fly more than ten meters away with a slight jump. Jumping upwards can easily fly over the treetops more than ten meters high.

After feeling that he could do it, Ye Chen tried to step on the water for the first time, but he didn't take a few steps on the water and fell into the water again.

The old man hid in the shadows and observed Ye Chen's every move, and he was also very relieved to see that he had made such great progress in such a short period of time.

When Ye Chen returned to the bamboo house, the old man prepared a dinner for him for the first time. And it was no longer a chicken soup, but a table full of wine and food, and when he saw Ye Chen, he knew that this was the old man who went down the mountain to buy it.

"Old man, you are so good to me, knowing that I am tired today, you have specially prepared such a large table of good things. ”

After Ye Chen came in, he sat down unceremoniously, holding a pig's trotter and gnawing indiscriminately. While nibbling, I didn't forget to praise the deliciousness repeatedly.

"You are less smelly and beautiful, who said it was for you, it was just that I happened to want to eat something today, so I went to the market to buy it. ”

The old man gave him a blank look, but he didn't want to admit that it was specially prepared for Ye Chen.

After hearing this, Ye Chen gnawed on the pig's trotters and glanced at him quietly. After this time of getting along, he has also understood the old man's temper. Although the old man said this, Ye Chen still knew that this was for him. Because the old man had already reached the realm of Bigu, not eating or drinking had no effect on him.

Although he saw Ye Chen's progress today, he still pretended not to know anything and asked Ye Chen tentatively.

"I've been practicing for so long, have you made any progress?"

"Absolutely. ”

After hearing this, Ye Chen put down the almost nibbling pig's trotters in his hand. He didn't know that the old man had been observing him, so naturally he had to brag in front of him.

"Let me tell you, I can feel the true qi in the dantian now, and I can fly now. And I tried it today, and I'm already able to stand on the water, but it's not long, but I'm sure it won't be long before I'll be able to come and go on the water like you. ”

"It's not enough to make such a little progress! don't mention the barrel tomorrow, which one to carry." ”

The old man replied calmly, pointing to the corner. Ye Chen looked in the direction of his finger and saw two iron bucket-like things in the corner.

"What is this! It doesn't look very heavy!" Ye Chen walked towards the iron bucket in confusion and took a closer look.

"Bring it up and take a look. The old man replied lightly as he ate the food.

"Isn't it just two iron lumps? With my current strength, let alone mentioning it, even lifting it is a breeze. ”

Ye Chen replied to the old man with a smile, not taking these two iron buckets in his eyes at all. He carried an iron bucket in one hand, and was ready to hold it up to show the old man, so that he could praise himself.

The world is never predictable, Ye Chen tried his best, and even turned his face red. It was only a little bit of lifting the iron bucket, and it was a luxury for him to want to lift it a little more at the moment.

"What kind of is this, how is it heavier than iron?" Ye Chen put down the iron bucket with a bang, gasping for breath.

"It's just that I filled it with mercury and then poured a layer of molten iron on it and sealed it. The old man replied lightly.

"Didn't you say you could easily lift it up, why don't I think you don't have that ability?" the old man looked back at Ye Chen and smiled.

"I mean, I can easily lift the iron bucket, what kind of iron bucket is this! This is much heavier than the iron bucket, right? Five iron buckets are not as heavy as this one!" Ye Chen pointed to the two buckets.

"You can't even mention this, do you think I'll believe what you say? I think you said that you can fly, it's clearly a lie you said, you see, you can't even mention this, why are you flying?" the old man replied jokingly, deliberately provoking Ye Chen.

"I said, old man, don't look down on people, I'll carry these two barrels to practice tomorrow, and when the time comes, I'll see what else you have!" Ye Chen said very unhappily.

"No, it's not good, don't make any excuses, I'll practice tomorrow, I think you'll be choking on the Meditation Lake tomorrow." ”

The old man unceremoniously hit Ye Chen, wanting to use this to motivate him to cultivate and make rapid progress.

"You dead old man, I have seen that you have been unhappy for a long time, you know? You don't like this, you don't like that, if I beat you, I would have cleaned you up a long time ago. Ye Chen stared at the old man with wide eyes, as if he could only relieve his hatred by swallowing him alive.

"Really, come on, come and clean me up?" the old man glanced back at Ye Chen lightly when he heard this, just one glance made Ye Chen shudder.

"Hmph, I left early after beating you, didn't I stay here because I couldn't beat you?"

Ye Chen felt a trace of murderous aura emanating from the old man, and suddenly became angry, and walked towards the bed indignantly.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Ye Chen looked at the old man where he was alone, drinking wine and eating meat, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva with envy. He thought for a moment, isn't this what was prepared for him? Thinking of this, he plucked up his courage again and walked over.

Sitting on the bench, Ye Chen poured himself a glass of wine without saying anything, and ate it with a chicken leg. Ignoring the old man's insight.

"I said you're really thick-skinned, don't you say it's for you, why are you still here to eat?" said the old man.

"What? You're going to die if you eat a little bit of you! It's not for me, so why did you put two dishes and chopsticks?"

Ye Chen yelled and pointed to his bowl and scolded the old man. When the old man heard this, he wanted to teach him a lesson, but when he observed him so carefully, he suppressed his anger again.