Chapter 15: Descending the Mountain
Ye Wen wanted to go down the mountain, in addition to trying to find a way to get some money by the way, he also wanted to go out to see the situation around Shushan, and at the same time, he wanted to know how far his martial arts had been cultivated.
Especially in this book mountain realm, is he a master?
Although he feels that he has made great progress compared to more than half a year ago, he can even be described as reborn now. It's just that martial arts can't be done behind closed doors, even if the cultivation is extremely high in the mountains, I'm afraid that I can't beat the old rivers and lakes who are weaker than myself when I really fight. Of course, if the cultivation is so strong that it can simply overwhelm people with force, then of course it is another matter.
Even if I have a discussion with my junior sister from time to time, it is a friendly competition between the same sect after all, and there is not much improvement in actual combat experience.
Therefore, Ye Wen was going to go down the mountain for a walk, which could be regarded as going out to test his cultivation results in the past six months. If the results are gratifying, then it also proves that his choice is correct, and as long as he continues to stick to this road in the future, he can achieve his goals.
If the effect is not good, then you need to rethink an effective way to improve, in short, you must not be bullied at will again because your strength is too weak.
As for going down the mountain to find some money and the like, in Ye Wen's opinion, it is a relatively easy thing to do. It's a big deal to go to the Li Zhutou who has had a relationship, and ask him what kind of thief he has offered recently, if the idea is not too hard, then he doesn't mind making a temporary cameo as a bounty hunter. Besides, you can also make a name for yourself, and even beat the name of your own sect.
Anyway, now the world is very chaotic, bandits and bandits are everywhere, there will always be a few vicious guys who are targeted by the government, and because of their good strength, they don't take the official mission seriously, and the government has to offer a reward to attract some martial arts people to want them. Anyway, there are so many people practicing martial arts now, there will definitely be some masters.
What's more, too many people who practice martial arts are also a headache for the imperial court today, and letting thieves fight with people in the rivers and lakes in this way can also alleviate the growth of the number of martial arts people to a certain extent (every year, there are many people who are not skilled in learning and art who are pretentious, and then run out to cut the thief, but they are cut by the thief).
Therefore, the bounty and the fact that officials often invited martial arts people to help hunt down robbers was actually a small strategy for the imperial court to control the world.
This kind of trick can't be said that no one can see it, but people in the rivers and lakes can also get the money and reputation they need from it, so they don't care at all. As for the dead, as soon as they enter the rivers and lakes, they can't help themselves, and they live here like licking blood with a knife, and if you lose your surname, you can only blame you for not being good at learning, but you can't blame others for it.
It is based on this status quo that Ye Wen is not afraid that he will not find a suitable goal, not to mention that there are many other ways to make money in the rivers and lakes.
Of course, the specific situation still needs to be decided according to the actual situation after going down the mountain, and after Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue said their decision to go down the mountain, they went back to the house to rest.
The two of them didn't discuss this matter specifically, because it was a little late on the day, so they broke up after mentioning it briefly.
The next morning, after Ye Wen meditated and practiced his internal strength, he talked carefully with Ning Ru Xuezai about the details of going down the mountain.
"This time I can go down the mountain alone, and the junior sister stays here in case something unexpected happens!" After all, this mountain gate has spent a lot of money to re-erect, if both of them run out, and when they come back, they find that the mountain gate has been robbed, it will be a tragedy.
What's more, Ning Ruxue's Easy Heart Method has just been introduced, and she still needs time to cultivate well, and this time is not suitable for running around.
Ye Wen is different, although he has only practiced the Wholehearted Heart Fa for half a year, but because of many advantages, his progress is quite fast, and the cultivation effect of this half year is even better than that of ordinary people in one year. The all-true heart method of being stable was practiced by him and made rapid progress with the ** of the cold jade bed.
If Ma Yu and other Quanzhen masters are here, my first reaction is probably not that he has encountered a martial arts genius who is rare in a hundred years, but that he thinks that Ye Wen's internal skills have gone wrong, and he must give him a detailed full body examination.
In addition, Ye Wen also wanted to go down the mountain alone, so that he could have a more detailed understanding of the world, if Ning Ruxue was beside him, he would have a lot of things that were inconvenient for him to inquire about - although he used Soul Separation Disorder as an excuse to forget many things, but people with Soul Separation Disorder would not suddenly become a person with another surname, so he needed to go out for a while, and after separating from Ning Ruxue, even if there were any huge changes when he came back, he was not afraid that there would be no suitable reason to explain.
No matter what happened to the surname that caused the surname to change greatly, or whether the surname became more mature after seeing the growth of knowledge, it is always more acceptable to say that the past is more acceptable than the current situation of nesting in the mountains all day long and changing the surname into another one.
So, in any case, he had to go down the mountain this time, and he could only go down the mountain alone.
Ning Ruxue didn't agree with Ye Wen's decision at first, although Ye Wen had done a lot of things in the past six months to make her think of her senior brother change, but the deep-rooted impression still made her a little unable to trust her senior brother.
Moreover, she is not without a suitable reason: "How can there be a reason for the head of the sect to run around and the disciples to stay on the mountain to watch the family? If the senior brother stays on the mountain, and the junior sister and I go down the mountain, I think there should be many unrighteous thieves in the vicinity, and I can also go here to eliminate the harm for the people by the way, and help my Shushan faction to strengthen its momentum!"
It seems that Ning Ruxue and Ye Wen have a general idea, but Ye Wen has many other plans, how can he let go of this opportunity, so he insists on not complying. In the end, she asked her to stay and continue to practice on the grounds that Ning Ruxue's internal cultivation was critical and she couldn't stop.
This time it can stab the hornet's nest, Ning Ruxue heard Ye Wen's words, the pair of willow eyebrows immediately erected, and her pretty face was full of frost, even a blind person could feel the dissatisfaction emanating from the other party.
"It means that my internal cultivation is not as good as that of my senior brother?"
In Ning Ruxue's eyes, Ye Wen used the matter of internal strength cultivation to squeeze her, which clearly meant that his own internal strength had already been rooted, and he didn't need to practice diligently for the time being.
Or is it that his internal cultivation is not as good as his, and he is afraid that he will not be able to do things when he goes down the mountain?
Ning Ruxue thought that Ye Wen was underestimating her, not to mention that she was already very proud of her martial arts.
"In this case, if you and I try it out, whoever has profound internal cultivation will go down the mountain!"
After speaking, he didn't wait for Ye Wen to respond, he stood straight in the courtyard, and casually put on a posture and waited for Ye Wen.
Seeing Ning Ruxue like this, Ye Wen smiled helplessly. Although he didn't make it clear in his words just now that Ning Ruxue's internal strength was indeed inferior to his own, he did reveal such a meaning in his words one after another.
It's just that Ning Ruxue used to be very strong, and her kung fu also pressed this 'Ye Master' to the death, but now that she heard that Senior Brother Ye claimed to have surpassed herself, she was naturally very dissatisfied. In addition, this girl's temper is definitely not good, so she has to compete with Ye Wen now.
Ye Wen didn't expect to talk about the major matters related to the survival of the sect, but Ning Ruxue came out like this. It's just that he doesn't mind having a try with Ning Ruxue, and even has a faint idea in his heart, 'Let this girl know that I'm not the original waste!'.
After all, Ning Ruxue has come to respect him on the surface, but the contempt revealed in his eyes makes him very unhappy.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to teach this girl a lesson, so that she could know who was in charge of this sect now.
Walking into the courtyard, Ye Wen casually lifted the hem of his clothes, then turned his left hand back, stretched out his right hand obliquely, spread out his palm and said, "Senior sister, please!"
To say that Huang Feihong's classic posture is still very handsome and chic, but in the eyes of Ning Ruxue, who is now angry, it is a little too pretending, full of contempt for herself.
This gesture may seem like a kung fu gesture, but in fact it is very similar to the casual gesture of the host inviting guests into the house, and even if it is used in a martial arts competition, it is only a gesture similar to a salute.
Now Ye Wen is using it as a gesture, and he has no intention of changing in the slightest, how can this make Ning Ruxue not annoyed, and he will not say much at the moment, and he wants to teach this senior brother who can't tell the situation a lesson.
"Today, I must teach him to understand, I am the only hope of the Shushan faction!"
After taking a few steps, his right hand closed his fist and then quickly struck out, and carried out the Xiaoyao Internal Skill that he had practiced for several months, and a trace of internal qi traveled along the meridians to the fist, making Ning Ruxue's punch faster and more fierce.
Ning Ruxue's punch is not a profound fist and foot kung fu, but it is an ordinary fist used to lay the foundation when he first started, and there is nothing magical about the moves, and there is not even a name for the move.
Even if there is, I'm afraid that it will be a black tiger digging out of the heart, and ordinary names such as monkeys stealing peaches can no longer be ordinary. And if Ning Ruxue wants to give a name to this punch, then it is very appropriate to use the word "straight to Huanglong".
There is nothing tricky about this punch, it is a simple step punch, and a punch goes straight to Ye Wen's heart, just because of the internal strength, so the momentum is not bad, if it is an ordinary martial arts practitioner, I am afraid it will be difficult to take this punch.
If it were the original Ye Wen half a year ago, I was afraid that Ning Ruxue's punch would kill him, but now Ye Wen is no longer that waste.
Not to mention that Ye Wen is much richer than his predecessor in terms of fighting experience, that is, the cultivation of internal strength is also a heaven and an underground, and for Ning Ruxue's punch, he has countless ways to resolve it.
But he chose the most direct way, which was to use his internal strength in his right arm, and forcefully open Ning Ruxue's punch, and at the same time, all the true internal skills that had been cultivated by Xiaocheng were all urged, and he was bound to block Ning Ruxue's punch aside, and even let the other party understand how much stronger his current internal strength cultivation was than her.
Ye Wen's response, Ning Ruxue was slightly surprised, she thought that her senior brother would choose to avoid or simply attack against attack, forcing her to change her moves, but she didn't expect that Ye Wen actually chose to play hard with herself.
If it was before, Ning Ruxue would still think that Ye Wen deliberately bullied her for being a woman, and she was weak and weak. In addition, he is also young, so he presses people hard.
But since she practiced the Easy Heart Method, the many wonderful uses of internal strength have made her understand that her strength has improved a lot, and at the same time, she no longer has to be afraid of those big men who like to rely on brute force to suppress people, as long as the internal strength is deep enough, she can even compete with those people (of course, even if the female surname master is high, I am afraid that no one will like this style of play...... )
So now he is afraid that others will have a hard time with her, and she even hopes to take the opportunity to make Ye Wen suffer a little, so he can't distinguish the situation and underestimate himself inexplicably.
But something really surprised her.
The moment the arms of the two intersected, Ning Ruxue only felt an unbearable force coming from her forearm, and part of the strength also rushed into her arm, almost hurting her arm meridians. If it weren't for her internal strength to play a protective role, I'm afraid that if this trick came down, she would have injured one of her arms because of it.
But Ning Ruxue's internal force can at most protect her meridians from injury, and she can't rebound that strong strength back at all, so after the arms exchanged, Ning Ruxue's main fist was immediately tilted to the side, and even her body was staggered.
And just when she was able to stand firmly, a pair of fleshy palms happened to stop on her face, and the slender fingers and the calluses that were not obvious on them would even make people mistake it for the girl's palm, but Ning Ruxue knew that this was the left palm of the senior brother who she had always looked down on - Ye Wen was a sword maker with his right hand, so there were many fewer calluses on his left hand than on his right hand.
At this moment, Ning Ruxue realized what had happened, if this was a life-and-death battle just now, she was broken by the other party's attack, and even lost control of her body because of this, and then someone put her palm against her head, I am afraid that a few lives will also die.
"I lost!"
Stunned to see Ye Wen withdraw his left palm, Ning Ruxue still didn't believe what had just happened.
However, after a slight pause, she finally sorted out what had just happened.
"Senior brother's internal strength is profound, but senior sister, I underestimated the senior brother in charge, and I lost this competition!"
In the two blows just now, Ye Wen first used his internal strength higher than Ning Ruxue to shake open the straight punch that went straight to his heart, and then swung his left palm and swung directly at Ning Ruxue, who had been shocked by his internal strength and lost his center of gravity. During this period, the real battle between the two was actually only the first time.
And it is this time that most intuitively shows the gap between the two in terms of internal cultivation.
"If the internal force is almost the same, even if it is slightly higher than me, I will not be staggered by his beating, at most it will be a crooked fist, and it will never affect the center of gravity of my body!"
But Ye Wen made her lose her center of gravity at once, which proved that Ye Wen's strength was far stronger than her. Although the strength does not completely represent the level of internal strength, it can still objectively reflect a lot.
When Ning Ruxue opened her mouth to admit defeat, Ye Wen smiled slightly: "Senior sister, don't care, I've been practicing my internal skills for more than half a year, so it's not a strange thing to enter the country a little faster!"
Just looking at Ning Ruxue's slightly lost expression and confused gaze, you can know that the other party didn't care much about what she was talking about, and it seemed that she felt unacceptable to the fact that she had lost to Ye Wen, who had always looked down on her.
Especially when she was defeated with just one move, it was a nightmare for her!
When Ye Wen saw her like this, he stopped talking nonsense, and let Ning Ruxue think about it slowly over there, he believed that his cheap junior sister should not be completely depressed with such a little blow. If that's really the case, it only proves that I think highly of this girl.
"I'll go back and pack up and get ready to go down the mountain!"
After saying that, he went back to pack up the soft and change clothes, and in addition to that, he brought a little broken silver and copper coins and a long sword.
During the two-time competition, Aunt Zhao had been watching from the side, and when Ye Wen turned around and went back to the house, she came up and said to Ye Wen: "Master ...... in charge."
This is very unaccustomed to calling Ye Wen, but Aunt Zhao insists on calling it so, no matter how Ye Wen says it, it is useless, and finally recognizes this title.
"What's the matter with Aunt Zhao?"
This Aunt Zhao rarely talks to him, and even if he doesn't take the initiative to call her alive and ask something, I'm afraid the two of them will never talk. So if it wasn't for something, I would never take the initiative to come.
"I heard Miss Ning say this morning that the master of the family may have to go down the mountain to do something, I wonder if I can ask the master to teach me something?" Aunt Zhao completely regarded Ye Wen's class as the local lord, so when she spoke, she not only spoke softly, but also quietly and cautiously, and even her back was unconsciously stiffened.
While speaking, Aunt Zhao also took out a letter and said to Ye Wen: "In the morning, I asked Miss Ning to help me write a letter, which was sent to my sister in Linshan County. ”
At this time, most of the correspondence had to be carried by others, and if you could not find a suitable and trustworthy friend, it could only be delivered through the post station set up by the government, and you only needed to pay some copper coins. And Aunt Zhao naturally doesn't have that spare money, in previous years, she relied on a neighbor who pulled a cart to deliver goods to her sister or delivered messages, which was Zhang Erniu.
"Since my sister married in Linshan County, she will ask someone to bring some news every year, but this year is about to celebrate the New Year, but there is no news, I am very worried, and I am now moving to live on this book mountain, and I am afraid that she will not find me, so I want to write a letter to the past!"
"It's just a trivial matter, give it to me!" When Ye Wen heard this kind of trivial matter, it was not difficult to do, so naturally there was no reason to shirk it. What's more, Aunt Zhao has done laundry, cooking, and planting vegetables for him and Ning Ruxue in the past six months, not only did she do a good job and did not complain at all-the key is that she doesn't need to be paid, so Ye Wen feels that there is naturally no reason not to help him with this kind of trivial matter.
"Thank you, master!" Aunt Zhao looked very happy when she saw Ye Wenying, and after thanking her repeatedly, she asked a rare question: "Why don't you go down the mountain after dinner?"
At this moment, Ning Ruxue had basically recovered from the blow, and her big eyes were full of brilliance again, and it seemed that she had recovered. In fact, she did figure it out, wasn't she just defeated by Ye Wen once? Being defeated proved that her progress was too slow, and her cultivation was not enough. Therefore, she has already made up her mind that she will work hard to cultivate during this time, and she is bound to catch up with Ye Wen's internal cultivation.
When she came in, she happened to hear Aunt Zhao constantly thanking Ye Wen, and immediately said: "For such a trivial matter, what is the head of the house that he wants to push?"
Because in the past half a year, Ning Ruxue has regarded Aunt Zhao as her own person from the Shushan faction, and she is very dissatisfied with Aunt Zhao always treating herself as a slave and then putting Ye Wen in a high position.
But no matter what she said, Aunt Zhao always insisted: "The identity and seniority must not be messed up, otherwise what is that called?" What's more, in Aunt Zhao's eyes, those martial arts people with swords and swords are all strongmen, and the head of a faction is a strongman among the strongmen, how dare she accidentally serve this kind of person?
As for being so good with Ning Ruxue, it is because Ning Ruxue is a girl and she is not very old, and when she talks to herself, she does not look like the master here, but like her own junior, and after a long time, she naturally gets used to getting along with Ning Ruxue. And Ye Wen was bored in the room, and he didn't talk much when he saw him once in a while, Aunt Zhao and Ye Wen could be said to be very unfamiliar, and the name of the head hung on Ye Wen's head, so it became like this.
Ye Wen, who was dedicated to cultivating internal strength, naturally wouldn't know about these, and he was also very curious about Aunt Zhao's two completely different attitudes towards himself and Ning Ruxue. It's just that he doesn't bother to think deeply about these things, so it doesn't matter.
In addition, he also thinks that as the head of the house, it is good for him to retain a certain amount of majesty at some point, so he does not think about changing it.
After saying a few more words, Ning Ruxue explained again: "There is still more than a month to go before the New Year, you remember to come back before the New Year!"
Hearing this, Ye Wen felt a faint sense of concern, it seems that no matter how much this junior sister looks down on herself, she still has some concern for this senior brother who grew up together since childhood.
It's just that she doesn't know that her senior brother has already left her, and what is standing here is just an outsider with an old skin. ”
Throwing these things out of his mind, Ye Wen nodded and responded: "I will definitely come back before the Chinese New Year!Is there anything I need to bring?"
Ning Ruxue thought for a while, and finally pouted: "Forget it, I don't know the exact time when you will come back, if you wait for you to buy New Year's goods, I am afraid that it will delay a lot of things." In a few days, Aunt Zhao and I went down the mountain to buy the New Year's goods!
Ye Wen nodded: "I know, I'll find a way to get some money first when I go down the mountain this time!"
After saying this, Ye Wen carried a small burden, and ran down the mountain with a long sword in his left hand, although Ning Ruxue did not send him, she kept looking at his back until she could no longer see it, and then withdrew her gaze.
p.s: 2-in-1 big chapter, which is considered to pay off the chapter owed the day before yesterday and today's first update.
In addition, regarding the Lion Roaring Bomb, my original intention was to make Ye Wenming white, and the things summoned by this ring are not necessarily useful things, it will only give a martial art that meets the standard according to the energy absorbed. As for whether it can be used or not, it doesn't care.