Daqi, Kaiyuan House, Quanzhou, a remote fishing village.
Outside a dilapidated wooden house, a beautifully decorated carriage was parked, and there were several black knights standing with their knives on their shoulders. There were crowds of male and female villagers around, all with excited expressions on their faces, and whispered in twos and threes. What are you discussing.
"It's really the Jin family, is that the Jin family in Fengcheng?"
"You can't be wrong, looking at the golden logo embroidered on these people, except for the Fengcheng Jin family, it is impossible for the entire Kaiyuan Mansion to have a second family."
"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect it! Shi Ting left his wife and two at the beginning, and there was no news for ten years. He originally thought he had died in another place, but he actually climbed up to the Jin family and sent someone back to pick up Shi Mu. It's a pity that Shi Mu's mother has died of illness for many years, otherwise, the mother and son will enjoy inexhaustible glory and wealth in the future."
"Prosperity and wealth! Isn't this not necessarily true? Didn't you hear someone from the Jin family saying that Shi Ting was already the uncle of the Jin family. If Shi Mu's mother hadn't passed away, Shi Ting would not have dared to send someone to pick up Shi Mu. ."
"Anyway, Shi Mu has made it through. He was an orphan yesterday, and today he is the eldest young master."
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"My father is seriously ill in bed, I still have a younger sister?" Shi Mu asked slowly, staring at the old man in the blue shirt in front of him.
He was only fourteen years old, because of the sea breeze all the year round, his skin was slightly black and red, but he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was half a head taller than the average person of the same age. Inside the old shirt, there were vaguely bulging pieces of strong muscles, giving people a look. A sense of wild rebelliousness.
"Yes, the master is very ill this time, and he may not be able to last, so the wife sent the old slave to pick up the young master Shi, so that he can see the master for the last time." The old man in the blue shirt replied with a smile.
"Madam? Since he abandoned his mother for so many years, why should he recognize me as a son now. Go back, I won't go to the Jin family with you." The boy said with a gloomy face without hesitation.
"Cough! I am afraid that Master Shi has misunderstood the master. In fact, the reason why the master has not returned to the village all these years is actually due to difficulties. As long as the master and the master meet face to face, all misunderstandings can be cleared up." The old man said lightly. He coughed and said again.
"Hmph, no matter what you say, it won't change that man's abandonment of his wife. No need to say more." The boy snorted coldly.
The old man in the blue shirt finally frowned when he heard this, and after taking a closer look at the young man, he said again with determination:
"Master, has the herbs purchased in the town unexpectedly cheap over the past few years? In addition, the teacher Li of the county martial arts hall, when teaching the young master's fists and kicks, is the fee much lower than other disciples! Also, Master Shi The fish and shrimp caught in the sea will be robbed when they arrive in the town, and few people will negotiate the price."
"What do you mean, that person arranged all these things?" The boy's expression changed and he couldn't help asking.
"Whether it was arranged by the master himself, I don't know, but these were indeed ordered by the lady herself." The old man in the blue shirt replied with a smile.
Hearing this, the young man looked gloomy and hesitant.
"By the way, hasn't Young Master Shi been cultivating the art of quenching the body all the time? It seems that he really wants to become a true warrior. Madam gave an order before the old slave came. As long as the young master is willing to agree to see the master, she will find a way to give it to him. Young Master Shi got a chance to enter Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy, but whether he can really be admitted then depends on Young Master Shi's own ability." The old man in the blue shirt finally said the biggest reliance on this trip.
"Kaiyuan Martial Arts Academy?" The boy was a little moved.
"Since the young master is a martial arts practitioner, he should be very clear when he thinks about it. The four major martial arts academies in this country only recruit people once every five years. The two major conditions for being able to participate in the admission test must be the completion of the tempering body under the age of fifteen, and the understanding of Qi at the same time. After all, only those who understand the sense of qi can cultivate true qi, open up the meridians, and become a real martial artist. However, if you want to understand the sense of qi, you must take the qi spirit pill to guide it. I can only collect ten or so. If Young Master Shi only relies on himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to achieve his wish in this life." The old man in the blue shirt continued calmly.
The boy fell silent, and after a while he said coldly:
"Come back in three days, and I'll give you an answer then."
"Okay, then the old slave will wait for the good news for three days." Seeing this, the old man in the blue shirt knew that the young man's mind was settled, so he did not continue to persuade him, and immediately bowed slightly and said goodbye.
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"As a steward, we really just went back like this. It's better to just use force to take people away, why waste time." Not far from the small fishing village, a burly knight, endured He kept asking.
"What nonsense, although Young Master Shi is not the direct Young Master of the Jin family, he is his own flesh and blood. When we come here this time, as long as we bring people back safely, we must not show any contempt. The relationship between the masters, after knowing this, we absolutely cannot explain the past." The old man in the blue shirt heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he reprimanded.
"Yes, the little brain is confused." The burly knight became a little frightened.
At this moment, a figure suddenly flickered by the road, and another black knight in the same dress flashed out, bowed behind the old man, and hurriedly said:
"As a steward, the brothers found the fifth master's Biao brothers nearby, what do you think should be done?"
"Hmph, it seems that the five masters haven't given up their original plan. The Biao brothers are in the early days of the day after tomorrow, and only I can deal with them. You guys are waiting here, you lead the way, I will personally go over and solve them. ." The blue-shirted old man said categorically after frowning.
"Yes"
When the knight moved, he immediately turned around and ran towards the road.
The old man in the blue shirt made a "whoosh" and fell directly from the horse, followed by the knight. His body was so light that he seemed to have no weight at all, and he disappeared into the woods not far away after a while. .
The burly knights and the remaining few people still surrounded the carriage and stayed where they were.
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In the evening, on an unnamed mound a mile away from the fishing village, under the faint moonlight, Shi Mu knelt alone in front of a slightly raised tomb. In front of the tomb was a pale yellow stone tablet with the words "The Curtain of the Shimen King." "Wait a few big black characters.
"Mother, you never imagined that my father did not die, but went into a family and married a wife. But don't worry, I will definitely do what I promised. When my father left you, he became a Pursuing the dream of a warrior as an excuse, then Mu'er will definitely become a real warrior, and the most powerful warrior in the world, so that you can rest in peace under Jiuquan!"
The young man muttered a few words at the grave, then stood up, and after moving his hands and feet, he actually punched at the grave.
With the sound of "pop" bones, the young man's movements gradually changed from slow to fast, and his body was like a tiger. The figure was completely submerged in.
"whoosh"
A figure rushed out of the morning mist and punched a nearby tree with a thick bowl.
With a loud "bang", the tree shook for a while, countless branches and leaves fell, and a half-inch-deep fist mark appeared on the trunk.
Shi Mu stared at the fist marks on the tree trunk and raised his eyebrows.
This set of boxing techniques is the only set of boxing techniques he has learned from the town's martial arts hall, and it is also the most widely circulated body quenching martial arts in Daqi.
According to the coach of the martial arts hall, if he can leave such deep marks on the trunk, there should be seven levels of body quenching now, and he is only two levels away from the real body quenching master who can comprehend the rumored qi perception.
And it took him four years!
You know, the argument that the poor are rich and the military is definitely not unreasonable.
Ever since he decided to start practicing martial arts, he had saved up to five or six months for the entry fee of thirty taels of silver in the martial arts hall, and this fee was due to his more begging, which was much lower than that of other disciples.
And after he started to temper his body, he spent many times on medicated baths, which made him spend all his fishing harvests in the past few years.
Even so, Shi Mu's ability to cultivate to such a high level of body quenching has surprised everyone in the martial arts hall.
After all, during this period, although he successively asked the pharmacists of the martial arts hall to prepare medicinal soup to wash his body, how could he really buy any spiritual herbs in the town with this money, most of them were ordinary herbs, and the effect of quenching the body was minimal.
Shi Mu thought of this and sighed in his heart.
He is very clear that his root bone is very ordinary, and the reason why he can reach the current body tempering level in just a few years is caused by another chance two years ago.
There was a reason why he didn't immediately agree to the old man in green shirt to go to the Jin family.
Thinking of this, the young man looked up at the moonlight in the sky, turned around and ran down the mountain.
A quarter of an hour later, Shi Mu appeared on a rocky beach somewhere. With a thud, he jumped directly into the sea, his arms swayed, his body twisted, and he dived down silently like a big fish.
In a short while, the person came to the depths of the sea water that was more than thirty or forty feet.
A surprising scene appeared.
Under the originally pitch-black sea water, faint little white lights began to appear, and more and more, brighter and brighter, illuminating the nearby sea water.
Shi Mu was not surprised by this, he still held his breath, and after he quickly swiped his hands and feet down a few meters, his body suddenly overturned, and his feet suddenly stepped on the sand, reaching a seabed covered with fine white sand. .
Only at this time can it be seen clearly that the faint white light around the bottom of the sea is a dozen or so slap-sized shells surrounding a huge reef with a height of seven or eight feet, flickering incessantly.
