Linjiang County, Fushou Village, famous far and near, the word Fushou can be said to be worthy of the name.

First, the people of Fushou Village are prosperous, from the beginning of a few families surnamed Chu have experienced hundreds of years of good fortune, and now there are more than 200 households and more than 1,000 people; second, the people of Fushou Village generally live a long life, and they all say that life is rare in 70 years, but in Fushou Village, 70 years old is only counted as the average life expectancy, and there are more than 20 birthday stars in the village who are over 100 years old.

A master who is proficient in feng shui has long said that Fushou Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the open plain water, which is a blessed land surrounded by water and mountains.

However, the theory of feng shui may not be fully believed, and those who really know the details of Fushou Village understand that the key factor in the longevity of Fushou for hundreds of years since the village was established also depends on the internal reasons of the villagers themselves.

Most of the villagers of Fushou Village, young and old, will practice an ancestral health preservation technique - the five bird plays, the so-called five bird plays: one is the tiger play, the second is the deer play, the third is the bear play, the fourth is the ape play, and the fifth is the crane play.

From a layman's point of view, these five fowl operas are like children imitating the play of several animals, but in fact, practicing this kind of exercise can strengthen the body and cultivate vitality, which is also the main reason for the longevity of most of the villagers.

In addition to health preservation, the five fowl opera also has the effect of self-defense in fighting techniques, in the past, there have been several bandits attacked the village, but they were easily repelled by the descendants of the village using the farm tools in their hands; even in the troubled times, Fushou Village can also build weapons, train the soldiers, so as to protect themselves.

It is precisely because of this that this village can preserve the name of longevity for hundreds of years.

The village chief of Fushou Village is named Chu Heng, and he is also the patriarch of the Chu clan in the village, and he is sixty and six this year; he should have been a grandfather in Fushou Village at this age, but Chu Heng's son and daughter are only teenagers, and there are still too many things for him to worry about when he is old.

Chu Heng sighed to himself, his parents died early for unknown reasons when he was a teenager, and he did not marry a wife when he was thirty years old, and wandered alone in Linjiang County;

Liu's shrewd and strong, since childhood, the family's business dealings, deep in the mystery, married to Fushou Village with the financial resources of his mother's family in the village to open a silver number and pawnshop, ten years of operation actually half of the village shops and nearly half of the fertile land into their own name, but also made Chu Heng from a poor ghost to the village of the largest rich man.

Chu Heng and his wife are considered to be very wealthy, but there is another misfortune, the couple is nearly 50 years old and has not raised a child; the people in the village have long been dissatisfied with this couple, and for a time rumors spread everywhere, saying that the two husbands and wives are too greedy for money because they are rich and unkind, so that they have lost their blessings, and even if they have amassed a large amount of wealth and have no children to inherit it, after a hundred years, this wealth will not finally be returned to the clan and the public ownership.

Seeing that they were getting old, Chu Heng and his wife were even more anxious, burning incense everywhere and praying to God but it was useless, and then the couple discussed privately, maybe those rumors were reasonable, and their own fortune may not be enough to absorb too much wealth, and excessive wealth will damage their own fortune.

So the couple donated more than half of their family wealth to the clan public, and went around building bridges and paving roads to do good deeds, and when Chu Heng was fifty years old, he really had a son, and after two years, the Liu family gave birth to a daughter, and since then the children have become pairs......

After these changes, Liu's temperament has also changed, he is no longer so competitive and greedy for money, although he still runs a silver trumpet and a pawnshop, but the means of doing business are no longer completely profitable; because of his extensive good deeds, Chu Heng's prestige in the village has gradually increased, and he was elected as the village chief at the age of 60, and was elected as the patriarch at the age of 64.

No, Chu Heng has one of the biggest worries, his precious son Chu Qing is too uneasy.

Chu Heng lacked discipline when he was young, and he did some ridiculous things in addition to being lazy and gambling, and the Liu family was even more famous for being greedy for money and competitive; the two of them had high expectations for their old children, and they named Chu Qing, hoping that they would be less polluted with worldly turbidity, but unexpectedly, this son completely inherited the shortcomings of his parents, and carried forward on this basis.

Chu Heng and his wife naturally thought that their son's stubbornness and greed for money were serious shortcomings that would damage their fortunes, but Chu Qing himself did not think so, he was very prosperous in the village, and even had a small reputation in the entire Linjiang County.

Maybe it's because the grandparents and fathers are shallow in their fortunes, but when they came to Chu Qing, they suddenly rebounded strongly.

Chu Qing is almost a genius, born with the shrewdness of his mother's businessman to collect money, and his talent in practicing the Five Fowl Opera is even more amazing.

Chu Qing began to practice the Five Birds Opera at the age of six, and when he was twelve years old, he was already the first person in Fushou Village to cultivate this exercise.

Practicing the five bird plays can make the human body have both the strength and strength of the tiger, the calm and pleasant of the deer, the calm and majestic of the bear, the agility and dexterity of the ape, and the five wonders of the crane's stretching and lightness.

Now Chu Qing is sixteen years old, and his cultivation has gone to the next level, each play of the five birds is divided into nine styles, a total of forty-five changes, Chu Qing comprehends the subtlety, integrates the nine styles into one, and the forty-five changes are refined into five changes, the tiger is the tiger style, the ape is the ape style, the crane is the crane style, without a trace of redundancy.

The villagers were just surprised that Chu Qingxiu was profound and subtle, even if he usually ate, sleeped, and walked, he seemed to be practicing the essence of the Five Birds Opera, which was no longer the same realm as other villagers, and others could not understand it, let alone learn to imitate it.

The practice of the Five Birds Opera has reached this realm, even Chu Qing himself is a little confused, from childhood to adulthood, as long as he practices, he will improve, but now it seems that he has reached an important bottleneck, and it is not broken through time practice.

Although he practiced the same kind of exercises, the cultivation of the people in the same village was already much lower than that of Chu Qing, and he had no way to communicate with others, let alone learn and ask for advice.

But Chu Qing quickly thought of a possible way to break through the bottleneck, that is, to challenge other masters from all walks of life, hoping to meet a cultivator who is higher than himself, so that he can see what a higher realm looks like.

Needless to say, Fushou Village, none of the whole village can take Chu Qing's move, and the surrounding villages have also challenged all over again, most of which are not as good as Fushou Village.

Chu Qing had to make a big capital, spend money in Linjiang County to make a post, set up a gambling game, bet ten taels of silver, as long as someone can beat themselves, then you can get ten times the gambling bonus, that is, one hundred taels of silver!

One hundred taels of silver in Linjiang County is already considered all the assets of the middle family, this notice can be regarded as detonating Linjiang County for a while, because of the convenience of transportation along the river, Linjiang County was originally a commercial town, there were many wealthy businessmen and wealthy customers in the past, these people often hired master bodyguards, plus the hidden knights and even thieves among the travelers also have many people with unique skills, seeing such a notice, or not convinced of the arrogance, or want to make some money to spend, or just to learn and communicate.

After the notice was posted, the peace and tranquility of Fushou Village was quickly shattered, and the experts and spectators who came one after another came one after another.

With so many visitors, Chu Qing soon discovered a business opportunity, and he partnered with a cousin to open an inn and a tavern at the entrance of the village, and the business was so good that even the door was broken several times.

At peak times, it costs thirty yuan to even build a bunk in the inn stable, and this money is earned, and you can wake up laughing and dreaming at night.

The money is a lot of money, but Chu Qing's original goal has not been achieved, and no one can defeat him, there are indeed some extraordinary skills among the visiting masters, but none of them have exceeded Chu Qing's cultivation realm when he was twelve years old, not to mention Chu Qing's cultivation now.

Chu Qing was not in a hurry, he won more than 20 challenges in a row, he won more than 200 taels of silver, plus the profit dividends of the inn and tavern, he was already a small rich man in two or three months, and even developed a good habit of counting the silver every night to sleep.

The number of people who came to challenge did not decrease because of Chu Qing's consecutive victories, but Chu Qing's fame is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more people who come to challenge, and some even come from thousands of miles away, but these challengers have become more cautious, after all, if they lose, ten taels of silver are gone, and some people have been famous for a long time, and they also cherish their feathers and are afraid of failure.

Chu Qing naturally doesn't care, anyway, as long as these people come, they have to spend in his tavern and inn, and the money and money will still go into his pocket......

Yesterday, Chu Qing received the most formal challenge in his life, the challenger did not come directly, but first sent someone to send a worship sticker, the worship post is naturally written very politely, I have heard the name for a long time, but the specific content is actually a meaning, we will send someone over to meet you for a while in two days.

The payment of the worship sticker is: Linjiang Martial Arts Hall.

About the Linjiang Martial Arts Hall, on the contrary, Chu Qing should say that he has admired the name for a long time, this is the only hall in Linjiang County with the purpose of martial arts exchange and learning, because it is the only one, its strength and fame are naturally the only largest.

The backstage of the Linjiang Martial Arts Hall is the main big families in Linjiang County.

Before Chu Qing posted the gambling contract for the challenge of the martial arts, he also thought about challenging the Linjiang Martial Arts Hall, but after all, he couldn't figure out the depth, so he just hit the door, if he offended the several major families behind it, it would not be cost-effective.

Now that the Linjiang Martial Arts Hall has taken the initiative to post a challenge, it is naturally unbelievable, and Chu Qing even has some expectations in his heart, hoping that the masters they sent can have some real skills.

Early in the morning, tourists and visitors crowded the entrance of the village, and the fact that the Linjiang Martial Arts Hall was going to come to Fushou Village to challenge had already spread the word.

"Get out of the way, let me go to the front!"

"Oh, what are you squeezing, it's so annoying!" Some big girls and little daughters-in-law also crowded in the crowd and looked around, of course they didn't come to see Chu Qing, Chu Qing's fame could not be spread in the boudoir of the young ladies.

The girls have already heard that today they came to Fushou Village to challenge the three most famous young talents in Linjiang County, and this news has stirred up many spring hearts in the boudoir.

Because the business is too good, Chu Qing is also helping to greet guests, busy in and out like a young man.

Some of the more experienced spectators brought their own pergolas and refreshments, and kept them in the open space at the entrance of the village, so that they would not have to go to the tavern and spend the high price in vain......

The two guys of Chu Qingchao made a look, and he also spent money to buy the vacant land at the entrance of the village; those two guys understood, ran to the open space and shouted loudly: "Who asked you to support the shed here, this is the property of my young master!"

"We don't want your young master's property, what's the point of setting up a shed here. ”

"Like, can we steal this land back?"

"To steal is to steal not to steal. The two men pointed to the boundary stone and shouted: "You can't use it in vain, a shed is rented for 200 yuan, and a table is rented for 100 yuan, either give money or please move somewhere!"

It was obviously impossible to move the place, and if it was moved, it would be moved to the road, and the shed table had already been brought and supported, and it was not cost-effective to put it away, and these shrewd spectators had to complain and obediently give money.

It was almost noon, Chu Qing was busy checking out the bill and collecting money to greet the guests, and there were three fast horses galloping on the path outside the village, and three sturdy young men were sitting right away......