Dozens of days have passed, and the villages near and far know that the smallest village, Jiuli Village, Lao Zhangtou's house, I don't know where a drill goose came from, I heard that it is a relative from the south, the young man is very handsome, but unfortunately it is an embroidered pillow and a big straw bag. The young man, dressed in a torn tunic covered with patches, sat every day on a small earthen bag outside the village, and sat facing south, then standing up and looking north, every day, never speaking. When he arrived, the young man sat down on the little dirt bag, and never moved, and sat all day without moving a step. Every day when it gets dark, the old woman of Lao Zhangtou's family will come and call him back, but the young man is obedient and follows the old woman home without saying a word.

The west wind is blowing, and it has long been the season of mournful autumn for ink artists. As usual, Li Mi came to the small dirt bag, which was more than ten meters away on the side of the official road, overgrown with weeds, among which the low grass was not enough, the tall grass was over the knee, and when the cold wind blew, the weeds were crooked and crooked, and they rattled. Li Mi didn't pay attention to it, sat down on his legs, looked at the south of the official road, and retracted his gaze for a long time. His body has long recovered, but his internal strength can't be raised at all, and for those who practice martial arts, it is no different from a wasted person. These days, he silently cultivated the Dragon and Tiger Sutra, but there was nothing else wrong, new internal forces continued to be generated, and slowly converged in the dantian after the Zhou Tian cycle, but as long as it reached a certain amount, the internal force suddenly rioted, divided into small strands of true qi and jumped into the major meridians, and then dispersed into a micro-stream again and jumped into the meridians, and then disappeared. At first, Li Mi thought that it was caused by excessive internal injuries and meridian disorders, but under the internal view of the exercises, he found that the meridians were not only fine, but also seemed to be a little thicker than before the injury. Li Mi knew that this matter was probably only explained by his master who saw the head and the end of the dragon, but he was a stubborn person, since there was nothing wrong with practicing the Dragon and Tiger Sutra, anyway, he was idle, although the internal force dissipated after ten days and a half months of practice, but he still practiced diligently every day, and he was more serious than when he was in the Jiling Peak of the Xiling Snow Mountain Temple. Li Mi once carefully calculated the "scattered gong" The amount of internal force, and then try to stop cultivating to a certain extent, but this internal force is really cunning, as if he knows Li Mi's small abacus, how can he succeed, whether he cultivates or not, after a few days, it will be like a gamble will disappear, Li Mi is not helpless about this, but has to give up all kinds of ingenious thoughts, but it is not completely without gain, Li Mi found that as long as he keeps practicing, there are more and more internal forces stored when he scatters his exercises, and the time for scattering his exercises is getting longer and longer, from the beginning of about ten days to more than half a month now。 To know that Li Mi's practice of internal strength is the miracle of the world, the original Li Mi's internal strength is strong, and all kinds of obscurity and incomprehension in the mental method have long been overcome, so there is no obstacle to re-practice, just like a person who is full of learning to recite the three-character scripture of childhood, this half-month practice can be described as a thousand miles a day, which is comparable to the good hands on the rivers and lakes, and with the "scattered gong" time is getting longer and longer, this good hand is afraid that he will soon become a master. It's a pity that providence makes people, when it comes to the day of "scattering gong", whether it is a master or a good hand, they all become ordinary people, and they may not even be as good as selling tricks on the rivers and lakes. Li Mi didn't think of this layer, but faintly felt that these internal forces would not disappear for no reason, he always believed that the dragon and tiger returning to the void scripture is the orthodox Taoist internal strength method, and it is impossible to harm himself, besides, he has to go thousands of miles away to find his father, although the current way of practicing is strange, but he can also see hope, and he has figured out this section, which has strengthened his confidence in practice.

"Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk!"

A sound of horses' hooves woke Li Mi from his contemplation, and when he looked up, he saw a brown horse galloping from the north, and it was still dozens of meters away, and it was in front of him in the blink of an eye, Li Mi only felt that this horse was extremely tall and extremely powerful, but he didn't notice that there was a short man lying on the horseback. The man also noticed that there were people on the side of the road, and he couldn't help but say "Huh", but the horse was too fast, and it was already far away in an instant. After a while, the short man rode back the same way, this time the speed was very slow, and when he saw Li Mi from a distance, he asked, "This little brother, I don't know how far it is from the capital?"

Li Mi hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time, and he didn't want to speak, so he shook it and pointed to his mouth.

The short man was not angry, but turned over and dismounted, and his skills were very vigorous. Li Mi saw his movements, and knew that he was a practitioner, although the man's appearance was ordinary, there was a heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and when he raised his hand when he spoke, he found that his hands were full of hard calluses. The short man looked at Li Mi's appearance and figure, and saw him sitting among the mounds of weeds, thinking that this wild child in the countryside might be a little stupid, but he didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Little brother, is your house nearby? But among those households?" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to Jiuli Village not far away, and then took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, showed it in front of Li Mi, and said: "Take me to your house, as long as you give you hot water to drink, these silver are yours." ”

Li Mi didn't want to cause trouble for Lao Zhangtou, so he simply lowered his head and pretended to play with the dirt, deliberately making an "ahhhhh

The short man took back the silver stupidly, put it back in his arms, suddenly touched a thing, his mind moved, he couldn't help but be happy, and took out the thing, it turned out to be a copper whistle, with patterns carved around the body, and the tail was wrapped in a finger-width deerskin, which was very exquisite. The short man put the whistle to his mouth, blew it gently, and a crisp whistle sounded, which was quite pleasant. He triumphantly handed the whistle to Li Mi, and said with a smile: "How is it, isn't it fun?" It turned out that this man saw that Li Mi was a fool, and he was thirsty after running a long distance, and he wanted to find someone to inquire about how far Chang'an City was, so he took out the treasure of the master's "Imperial Beast Bronze Flute" in an attempt to lure Li Mi to take him home.

Li Mi didn't think about it, but when he saw that this "whistle" was really well-made, he couldn't help but take a look at it, but found that this "whistle" was actually a small horizontal flute, although this flute was only as long as a whistle, but the twelve holes such as the blowing hole, the membrane hole, and the sound hole did not fall, and the end was extremely cute and exquisite. Li Mi couldn't help but be amazed, you must know that the martial arts of Taixu Gate are broad and profound, and the Dragon and Tiger Void Sutra is the foundation of a hundred merits, but it is only a supreme technique for practicing internal force, and there are many other ingenious tricks and methods that use true qi. If this dragon and tiger true qi is used in musical instruments, it can play a variety of magical uses, Li Mi has been on the top of the snow to the secret of the Taixu Gate "Shen Shen Yinqu" comprehension through, Dragon Tiger real people also left him a jade flute "butterfly dance", is Li Mi's most beloved thing. It's just that this time I went down the mountain, I didn't bring any of my belongings, and I still stayed in the nameless view on the snowy mountain. Therefore, when Li Mi saw this flute, it was like seeing a miniature version of the butterfly dance, and he was inexplicably overjoyed, so he reached out and took it over and looked at it carefully.

The short man didn't care at all, and secretly thought: Silly boy, let you play for a while, when I leave, I only need to use my empty hand to retrieve the bronze flute of the beast, and it is a big deal to leave a few taels of silver. Thinking of this, he said: "Little brother, it's not too late to go home and play, it's not too late to go home and play again." ”

Li Mi saw more real at this time, only to see that one side of the flute was twelve holes, and the other side was carved with fierce beasts such as tigers, lions, wolves and leopards. Seven words are engraved on the top: Bronze Flute Imperial Walk Wuqi Clan. The bottom deer leather case is also soft and abnormal, Li Mi rubbed his hand gently on the leather case, and the leather case was also engraved with small characters, Li Mi's hand felt different from ordinary people, and his fingers were crossed, and he could distinguish it, obviously it was the words "Shandan Racecourse Huo Hai System", and he couldn't help but think about it, and pretended to be very happy, jumped down from the mound, pointed to the old Zhangtou's house with his fingers, and made a few ahs in his mouth, and ran his legs like the old Zhangtou's house.

The short man was startled, he didn't expect this silly boy to react so strongly, but when he saw the silly boy standing up, his figure was extremely tall, although the appearance of running was very funny, but this silly boy did have a good skin. Thinking that he was short and ordinary, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, complaining about the injustice of the sky and making people worse. Although the stupid boy ran very exaggeratedly, his speed was not fast, and the short man followed closely behind.

Li Mi ran to the door, but did not enter the house, picked up the flute, put it to his mouth and blew hard, but only heard the sound of whirring and blowing, where there was a half-minute flute sound, Li Mi was so anxious that his face was red, and his mouth was bulging high, obviously anxious. The short man was distressed, and wanted to snatch the flute from him at the moment, but he finally held back.

Lao Zhangtou and his wife heard the movement, rushed out, and saw that it was a foreign man, although he was short, but leading a horse was mighty and tall, and he knew at a glance that it was not ordinary, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

The old couple who came out of the short man didn't speak, his head went up and down, he kept looking at him, he smiled slightly, and said: Old man, my name is Shi Wu, I am from Wuwei, and I want to ask for a bowl of water to drink. As he spoke, he took out the broken silver just now, stretched it out in front of Lao Zhangtou, and continued: "If you have some trouble getting some water for the horses, it would be best if there was grass." ”

The old man was about to speak, but the old woman glanced at him and said, "The old man goes to fetch water." Then he turned his head to the short man who called himself Shi Wu and said, "We don't have grass here, you can go to the east of the village later, drink some water first, don't dare to ask for money." ”

Shi Wu put the money on the stone pier outside the house, and said, "Don't get in the way, I still have something to ask." I wonder how far from the capital is here?"