That's all there is to it!

Liu Ruo's strength on his hands couldn't be leaked, so he didn't leak, but closed his eyes.

After a while, Liu Ruoshui opened his eyes suddenly, and then a fine light suddenly popped out of his eyes, shooting towards the middle-aged man's eyes.

Eye sword!

The middle-aged man was already exhausted, and when he saw the sword, he was startled, and he wanted to retreat as if reflexively.

However, the middle-aged man's concentration was amazing, his body only trembled slightly, and he stayed in place, but the strength in his hand couldn't help but loosen up.

If Liu Ruoshui has bad intentions, as long as his strength is three points stronger, he can harm the life of a middle-aged man.

However, instead of doing that, he took the opportunity to withdraw his strength, and his body suddenly took three steps back.

"Poof!"

After Liu Ruoshui took three steps back, his chest was stuffy, and a mouthful of blood spat out of his mouth.

Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man showed a trace of embarrassment on his face and said, "Brother Tai, Shang is here to make amends to you." ”

Liu Ruoshui stretched out his index finger and clicked a few times on several acupuncture points on his chest, smoothed the stuffiness in his chest, and said, "It's okay, you didn't mean it." ”

Just now, although Liu Ruoshui withdrew his strength, the middle-aged man did not react, but took advantage of the situation to pursue, so that a needle-like energy pierced Liu Ruoshui's heart.

Fortunately, the middle-aged man reacted immediately and quickly regained his strength, otherwise Liu Ruoshui would have ended up either dead or disabled.

The competition of national art masters is so dangerous, if you are not careful, you will be divided into life and death. Therefore, all the masters of national art have an indomitable momentum.

The middle-aged man looked at Liu Ruoshui's pale face, and said in his heart, "I don't know what Brother Tai is here to say, if you have something to ask for, Shang will never give up." ”

Although Liu Ruoshui's face was pale and terrifying, he had just conditioned himself, and he had vomited out the blood in his abdomen, although he had some internal injuries in his body, but with his medical skills, as long as he raised for two or three days, he would recover as before. Therefore, Liu Ruoshui was not annoyed, and said, "It's okay, Brother Shang is just an unintentional mistake." ”

When Liu Ruoshui said the word "Shang", he had an epiphany in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Shang is the famous 'Little Guo Yunshen' Shang Yunxiang." ”

Since learning the eight-pole fist of the divine spear Li Shuwen, Liu Ruoshui's national martial arts attainments have improved by leaps and bounds, but although it is only in the realm of dark energy, his kung fu is comparable to that of the master of Huajin. Today, there are not too many people who can fight with him to a draw, so after hearing the surname of the middle-aged man, he guessed the identity of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and then said, "Yes, a certain family is Shang Yunxiang, but the title of 'Little Guo Yunshen' is just the love of the brothers in the rivers and lakes, and compared with the ancestors, the difference between a certain family and the ancestor is too far." ”

Liu Ruoshui smiled, and then said, "Haha, Brother Shang said that he laughed, with Brother Shang's skills at this time, although he is not as good as Guo Yunshen's predecessors." But ten years later, Brother Shang will inevitably be another Guo Yunshen. ”

This middle-aged man is the famous iron-footed Buddha Shang Yunxiang, a famous master of national art in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the founder of Shang's Xingyi Boxing.

Although Shang Yunxiang is Li Cunyi's disciple of the Founding Sect, he studied under his master Guo Yunshen and is the successor of the "Collapse Fist".

Of course, what makes people in the rivers and lakes the most jealous is not his "collapse fist", let alone "Xingyi fist", but his naked iron feet.

After "listening to the strength", the two can be regarded as not fighting and not knowing each other, so Shang Yunxiang made the east and invited Liu Ruoshui to go to a famous Qinglou in Shanghai.

Since ancient times, the Qinglou is a golden cave where dragons and snakes are mixed, and at the same time, it is a place for people in the rivers and lakes to gather for negotiation and leisure, among which there are many people who are tired of fighting and killing, or to avoid the enemy or to bury their names and old age, and hide in the flowers that are drunk on this paper.

As the so-called small hidden in the wilderness, big hidden in the city, those old guys who are accustomed to the taste of the rivers and lakes are more willing to take some filial piety in this place where they eat and drink without worry, and live in peace and stability.

Thousands of years of Confucian moderation and Taoist inaction have made many masters in the dust prefer to live in obscurity like this, and witness the passing of various years.

Therefore, although Qinglou is a gold cave, it can also be regarded as a heroic land, so Shang Yunxiang will treat guests in this kind of place.

At the banquet, Liu Ruoshui was not polite, and directly told Shang Yunxiang that he was not here for fame or profit, but just to improve his kung fu and wanted to engage in actual combat, so he came to challenge the "Single Sword Li" Li Cunyi.

After hearing that Liu Ruoshui wanted to challenge Li Cunyi, Shang Yunxiang was slightly stunned, and then said, "My master is not confused when he is near, and his body is not as big as before, if Brother Liu wants to compete, why don't you let me and Brother Liu try their hands?"

When Liu Ruoshui heard this, he immediately said, "Brother Shang, I know your name, if you can fight with Brother Shang, the younger brother will be satisfied." ”

After the two of them "listened", both of them were exhausted, not to mention, Liu Ruoshui also suffered a secret injury and needed to be recuperated for a few days, so the two agreed to fight seven days later.

During the banquet, Liu Ruoshui was curious, but asked Shang Yunxiang about today's rivers and lakes.

In the past, Liu Ruoshui had only been in contact with three masters of national arts, Li Shuwen was fond of martial arts, only cared about the strength of the opponent, never cared about the origin of the opponent, and naturally did not know what the "rivers and lakes" were, and the "two-gun fast-legged little white dragon" and Cheng Yougong were just out of the school and did not know about the rivers and lakes, so Liu Ruoshui did not know about the rivers and lakes in the late Qing Dynasty, so he just took this opportunity to inquire.

The martial arts at the end of the Qing Dynasty did not have the Wuyue Sword School in later martial arts novels, and even the Shaolin Wudang, which was a must-write for classical martial arts, is now in a state of semi-deserted, half-folk, and half-nonsense.

According to Shang Yunxiang, the sects that are active in the martial arts today are basically concentrated in the north of the capital and Hebei, with pure martial arts schools such as Xingyi, Bagua, Taiji, Baji, Poke Feet, Tan Legs, etc., while the south is the five major fists of Hong, Chen, Cai, Li, and Mo and the sects evolved from Wudang Yan such as the Jin Toad School and the Dragon Sect ...... The rivers and lakes are the collective names that include martial arts, monks, Taoism, Confucianism, eight doors and nine streams, and black and white.

In addition to martial arts, people in the martial arts may be more direct, and their martial arts skills are relatively smart, and in addition to fighting with each other, they often use more euphemistic literary fights, that is, they show their unique skills and let the other party retreat.

The people in the rivers and lakes are a lot more difficult, and for the ** people whose martial arts are relatively rough, killing or assassinating the opponent is the best way to solve the problem.

After hearing these news, although Liu Ruoshui was a little disappointed, he also heard about several national arts masters from Shang Yunxiang's mouth, and then secretly wrote down their names in his heart.