According to the Li family tradition, after the newborn reaches the age of one, it needs to be bathed once a month with the Li family's unique secret medicine to strengthen the muscles and bones, and to invigorate the blood, which is very beneficial to the internal strength of today's martial arts. Li Longyan is no exception, after reaching the age of one, he will take a bath with medicinal water.

Unexpectedly, when he was two years old, Li Longyan suddenly had a strange illness, his whole body was red, he woke up from time to time, but his crying voice was extremely loud, and when he took the pulse, he was hyperactive and powerful. Xia Shiyu rushed to check and suspected that the Li family's medicine was wrong, but Li Ji said that this medicinal bath prescription was developed by the ancestors of the Li family for decades, and it was specially used for children under the age of ten. However, why this is so, Li Ji is difficult to understand.

Later, I consulted the ancestral classics of the family, but found that more than 90 years ago, the Li family also had the same case, when the child had the same symptoms as dragon smoke after a year of bathing in the secret medicine, and then used a rare medicinal material in the northeast, Chihuozhi, to be cured, this son grew up, practiced martial arts and internal strength, and became an outstanding figure in the Li family.

The good thing is that this kind of child is gifted, the meridians are abnormal, and there is no choice in a thousand, and the future is immeasurable; the worry is that the elixir is difficult to find, if you can't find the red fire zhi within 100 days, then this son is mistaken by a strange disease, although there is no worry about life, but the qualifications are worse than ordinary people, and then his life is mediocre.

The book also said that it took a long time to treat this disease, and under the stimulation of the Li family's medicinal bath method, this disease would appear two or three times a year, and it took five years for that genius to be cured. The text is followed by a prescription for the dispensing of Chihuo Zhi, and it is stated that before finding Chihuo Zhi, you should not take a bath with medicinal water.

When Li Ji saw this, he was surprised and happy, anxious and worried, happy that the child's life was safe and that he was a once-in-a-century genius, and he was worried about how to find Chihuozhi. He told Xia Bai about this matter, Xia Bai pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and told Li Ji that his Xia family has a wide range of friends, and the Liaoxi Feixue Gang has been friends with the Xia family for generations, and there are many rare medicinal materials in the gang, so he can go to Liaoxi to try it quickly.

Li Ji hurriedly ran to Xia's house to ask his father-in-law for help, Xia Shiyu rolled his eyes, and said: "I know, sure enough, it was your Li family's bathing recipe that caused the trouble, and in the end it still asked for my Xia family." ”

Immediately wrote a letter to the Flying Snow Gang, and the flying pigeon passed the book. The two families spent two more days arranging vehicles, horses and attendants, and a cart full of various medicines, and prepared a big gift for the Flying Snow Gang. Everything was ready to stop, and on the third day, Li Ji and his wife hugged Li Longyan, said goodbye to the two families, and set off for the north.

The two families have branches in various parts of the Central Plains, and they have food and lodging all the way, and they are properly cared for, and they are safe and sound along the way. A month later, the group came to the Liaoxi Flying Snow Gang.

The headquarters of the Flying Snow Gang is located in Baili Town, and the gang leader Sun Changfeng has received Xia Shiyu's flying pigeon transmission as early as twenty days ago, and it is estimated that the time will be sent to wait at the entrance of the town every day in the past few days.

When Li Ji and his wife arrived, Sun Changfeng entertained them warmly. Xia Bai presented the gift and explained the intention, Sun Changfeng laughed and said: "Chihuo Zhi is rare in the Central Plains, and it is not a very rare thing in the western part of Liaoning, and my Feixue Gang has collected a lot of it in the past few decades, and now there are seventeen dry products and nine living ones in the gang, and two of them can be used!"

Mr. and Mrs. Li Ji were overjoyed and deeply thanked.

At that moment, the couple lived in the Feixue Gang and borrowed the recipe for boiling Chihuo Zhi from the Chinese Alchemy Hall.

In the past month along the way, Li Longyan had another illness, and at this moment he took the decoction and fell into a deep sleep. On the second day, Li Ji took his pulse and felt that it was much smoother and thicker, knowing that it was Chihuo Zhi that worked, and he was very happy.

Because it took a long time to treat this disease, Li Ji and his wife had already planned to stay in western Liaoning for a long time when they came, and after the entourage had rested for two days, they would send them back to Jiangnan.

After Feixue helped him for more than ten days, Li Ji discussed with Xia Bai that Li Longyan's illness only needs to be treated two or three times a year, and he is usually fine, and it is not appropriate for a family of three to live in the Feixue Gang and disturb him. The two found the Sun gang leader, thanked him for the medicine, and wanted to find another place.

Gang Master Sun pondered for a moment, nodded in agreement, ordered the medicine hall to take five red fire mushrooms, gave them to the two, and said: "Xiao Lao'er, this Jianghu sect, has a lot of daily fights and vendettas, and it is indeed inconvenient to live for a long time with the body of three daughters. This goes to the southwest direction, 30 miles away from the hidden dragon mountain, there is a Longyang village, although it is located in the middle of nowhere, but it is also beautiful and peaceful. I have a distant relative who has an old house there that he wants to move in, and the house is just for the two of them. He added: "The villagers are timid and suspicious, after the two of them go, there is no need to say that they have dealings with our gang, so as not to arouse suspicion, just say that they have fled so far." ”

Two days later, Gang Master Sun personally led Li Ji and his wife, disguised as ordinary people, went to Longyang Village, and found the distant relative, saying that the two friends were in trouble in their hometown, and they were displaced here, wanting to live. The relative was worried that he couldn't get rid of the house, so he agreed and offered a price of 170 taels of silver. Li Ji immediately gave the money and bought the house.

This stay is more than ten years.

The Li family's medicinal bath method does not end until the child is ten years old. Li Longyan was two years old at the time, and in the next eight years, Li Longyan was quite appropriate, and he would have two or three illnesses a year for the first seven years, and in the eighth year, although he was still bathing in medicinal water, the illness no longer appeared. Li Ji sometimes wonders, the ancestor was cured in five years, but Li Longyan took eight years, could it be that his son's meridians were abnormal, and he was even higher than that ancestor?

Although Li Longyan no longer became ill after the age of ten, he didn't know if he would have another attack in the future, and Li Ji and his wife did not dare to leave Liaoxi easily, and wanted to see it for a few more years. The monotonous and peaceful life in the mountain village is very beneficial to Li Longyan's concentration and tranquility when he cultivates internal strength, and Li Ji and his wife are willing to stay for a longer time.

Regarding the past, the two of them rarely mentioned Li Longyan, except for teaching Xuan Xuangong and body forging techniques, they never showed martial arts in front of him, and Li Longyan's memory of before the age of two was already blurred.

In the past 12 years, Li Ji and his wife have asked Feixue to help the flying pigeon pass on the book every year to report the safety to their relatives in their hometown.

Xia Shiyu replied to a few letters, missing his daughter and Long Yan very much, and complained about Li Ji, feeling that everything was caused by his Li Jiatang's medicinal bath method, and later knew that Long Yan's condition had improved, and blamed him for not returning south as soon as possible. This time, for some reason, he actually came to the Feixue Gang in person, and secretly came to Longyang Village, and actually bumped into Li Longyan, which can also be said to be a coincidence.

After listening to Li Ji's narration, Li Longyan finally understood what had happened before. However, Li Longyan didn't care about his identity as a child of a family, he didn't have any feelings for the family, what he was interested in was that his parents had martial arts and great abilities, which was more attractive to a 14-year-old boy than anything else.

His eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Daddy, you and your mother can both do martial arts, so ...... Can you teach me?"

Li Ji touched his head and said with a smile: "Your father is very good at martial arts, if he teaches you, what if you play with the children in the village and hurt people?"

Xia Bai pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Don't be ashamed! ”

Li Ji said: "Ah! I forgot to say, your mother's martial arts are also very high!"

Xia Bai tapped him with his toes, and said angrily: "Seriously! Long Yan is almost fifteen, and if you don't teach him, it will be too late." ”

Li Ji said: "Okay! I'll teach you." What are you kicking me for? ”