Chapter 31: Martial Arts Spirit(1/2)
The cold wind in the middle of the night silently blew the incomplete paper on the window, which could no longer block the wind. Looking at it fluttering back and forth, it also looked shabby.
The door was barely closed, making creaking sounds from time to time.
Occasionally, one or two little mice would run by, but they would wander around in a circle and walk away with no results. Before leaving, they would look like they were rolling their eyes, which made people laugh.
Li Bu, who was wrapped in a quilt, was also listening carefully to Liu Shun, who was also wrapped in a quilt on the other side, talking about the time when he had a house in the cold.
It was a snowy day, and an old man suddenly appeared in a cold house. The old man was trembling and looking miserable.
At that time, when everyone in Hanxiayouwu saw this scene, the first thought in their hearts was that of a beggar, then that of being really dirty, and then that of contempt.
However, those who do have a good heart.
Liu Shun's first feeling was pity. He ran out of the house and braved the heavy snow to come to the old man.
"Old man? What's the matter with you here? Come into the house and tell us!"
Helping the old man back to his room, Liu Shun poured him a cup of hot water. The old man held the cup and warmed his face.
Liu Shun was sitting on the bed, and the old man was sitting on a stool. At this time, Liu Shun asked: "Old man, what are you doing out in this snowy day?"
I thought that the old man had gotten lost or was old and confused, so he ran here in the snow, but he didn't expect that the old man's first words shocked Liu Shun.
"I have no home, I have no home!"
Liu Shun frowned and said, "No family? Do you have any descendants?"
The old man nodded at first, then shook his head, and then nodded again. Liu Shun was confused: "Is this yes or no?"
The old man smiled bitterly and said, "My child, are you always bullied?"
The old man changed the subject abruptly, but his words directly poked Liu Shun's heart: "It's okay!"
The old man smiled knowingly, then rolled up his sleeve and exposed his right arm.
When Liu Shun saw this scene, he didn't know what the old man wanted to do, so he could only watch quietly.
The next second, the old man's arm began to steam, and vaguely, a layer of light seemed to appear on the old man's arm.
Liu Shun opened his eyes wide: "This is..."
Seeing Liu Shun's reaction, the old man smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that you can see it."
Liu Shun nodded and asked doubtfully: "What is going on?"
The old man dispersed the shimmering light, put down his sleeves and said, "This is Qi Jin, the supreme state in martial arts."
Liu Shun shook his head and said he didn't understand at all.
The old man smiled slightly and explained patiently: "In this world, some people have special abilities, such as strange strength, strange defense ability, strange eyesight, etc."
"Almost all of these abilities are different from ordinary people and are stronger than ordinary people. Most of the reasons for their formation are stimulation or excessive panic."
"Ordinary martial arts are a bit difficult to deal with this kind of person. You can't hit him, and you can't defeat him. On the contrary, you can still be beaten by him."
Liu Shun interrupted the old man's explanation and said, "Old man, why are you telling me this?"
The old man smiled and said, "It's nothing. I don't have much time left. I have nowhere to pass on the things I have on my body. I don't want to lose them."
"Moreover, if I ask for anything from you, I will give you what I have learned in my life as a reward."
Hearing this, Liu Shun lowered his head, and the old man continued: "Don't worry about this now, I will teach you everything I know no matter what, because I have no way to escape, and you are the only one I have ever seen.
Gifted kids.”
Liu Shun heard the keyword, raised his head and asked: "Old man, did you escape here? What happened?"
The old man waved his hand, saying don't ask, he wouldn't tell if he asked, and then started his own teaching.
"Qi Jin can effectively deal with such protruding people and directly attack the darkness deep in the heart. The strong ones can win with one blow."
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In the following days, the old man taught Liu Shun Kung Fu and Qi Jin training methods as quickly as possible. He disappeared the next day and did not appear again for a long time.
Li Bu asked curiously: "Then where did he go? Didn't he still ask you to do something?"
Liu Shun smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, at first I thought I had picked up a treasure. Maybe the old man had forgotten it, or he had already left the world."
"But unexpectedly, one day five years later, the old man appeared in our yard again. This time he was even more embarrassed and scarred than the last time."
Li Bu was shocked: "Five years from now?"
Liu Shun nodded: "This time the old man came to express his request."
"The old man was in the courtyard at the time, and many people saw him. What happened next was just like the story I told you at the gate of the beggar camp."
"After a moment of joy, the old man knelt down and begged us to protect the Emerald Stone Tablet before leaving."
"Not only that, the old man also told me in private."
The old man: "If the time comes, can you help me take the emerald stone tablet to the Peach Blossom Spring and give it to Lao Shi? It belongs to the ancestors of the wizards in the Peach Blossom Spring."
Li Bu was shocked: "Peach Blossom Spring? Old poem?"
Liu Shun nodded: "Yes, the Peach Blossom Spring is opened to the outside world every five years. It was created by the witches of the ancestors of the Luo Qin Dynasty to avoid war."
"The old man said that if you want to enter that place, you must be kind-hearted and not talkative."
Li Bu nodded and said, "So your next plan is to fulfill the old man's request?"
Liu Shun smiled bitterly again and said: "There are still three years until the Peach Blossom Spring opens. When the old man handed it to me, it was already after the Peach Blossom Spring opened."
"I originally planned to wait for the Peach Blossom Spring to open in three years and send me the Emerald Stone Tablet, but I didn't expect that something like this happened today."
"You just asked me what my future plans are. I can tell you now. I will take the martial arts taught by the old man to his palace and take back the stone tablet belonging to the Peach Blossom Spring."
Liu Shun's eyes were full of determination. Although he didn't understand the relationship between him and the old man, he could see the persistence: "Do you know Qi Jin? Can I have the honor to watch it?"
Li Bu suddenly looked at Liu Shun impulsively, and Liu Shun smiled slightly and said, "Actually, you have seen it before."
"Have I seen it?"
Liu Shun nodded affirmatively and continued: "You have never fought in a real battle, but you can show that you are very flexible and have strange strength."
"In my observation of you, I found that you may be the one that the old man calls outstanding. You have been stimulated and you can see the trajectory of other people's attacks, right?"
Liu Shun's words made Li Bu feel tight.
Liu Shun continued: "The previous Du Ling had typical arm strength, so you couldn't prevent him from slapping you, but you were able to perfectly dodge Chen Duo and Zhao Shanhu's attack."
"That's my guess. Same speed, same method, one has energy and the other has no energy."
"So, I think you stand out."
Li Bu lowered his head. That's right. When a cheating rookie suddenly loses his cheating artifact, he will show his true appearance.
Liu Shun continued: "I'm curious that you don't know about Qi Jin. The women around you before had Qi Jin in their bodies, or in their legs. Are you sure you really don't know?"
"Why do you think a man, Wen Yuhu, couldn't stand up after being kicked by a woman? That's the role of Qi Jin."
Li Bu nodded, and as Liu Shun explained, he gradually became interested in Qi Jin.
Finding that Li Bu still looked curious, Liu Shun was helpless, so he stretched out his left arm and strengthened his strength.
A glimmer of light suddenly appeared. When Li Bu saw this scene, he was full of envy. Looking at Liu Shun's arm, it was as if a thin layer of bubbles was attached to his arm.
Liu Shun confidently said: "Punch my arm with all your strength and let me see if my strength can withstand your punch."
Li Bu looked at Liu Shun with squinting eyes, and said with an expression of disbelief that he could guard against it: "Are you sure?"
Liu Shun was a little impatient: "Come on! Qi energy consumes a lot of energy."
After listening to Liu Shun's words, Li Bu stopped hiding his arms and punched him hard on the arm.
The familiar feeling reappeared, and Liu Shun only slid back about a step, but was unscathed.
Li Bu was shocked, his energy was truly incredible!
Liu Shun smiled. He dispersed his energy and returned to his original position. Before Li Bu could react, he released his energy again and hit Li Bu.
With his predictive ability passively activated, Li Bu once again felt a familiar scene reappearing.
Liu Shun's fist, plus the trajectory-predicting fist of the prophet, moved in front of Li Bu at the same time, with the difference of less than two punches.
The first forecasters looked at the trajectory first and then the reality. However, the current Qi Jin Fist has a situation where the trajectory and reality appear at the same time.
However, Liu Shun's strength was far inferior to Du Ling's. After Li Bu easily avoided Liu Shun, he was thinking about this.
Liu Shun was not surprised when he discovered that Li Bu was avoiding him. Instead, he said, "Although you avoided Qi Jin, your expression speaks for itself."
Li Bu sighed and said, "Can everyone practice Qi Jin? Can I?"
Listening to Li Bu's desire, Liu Shun said: "The old man said that there are two ways for Qi Jin to appear. One is to consciously discover and practice without knowing that Qi Jin exists."
"Second, you need to have Qi Jin. Send the breath to your body, and you can use other people's breath to stimulate your own Qi Jin."
"Obviously, you already know the existence of Qi Jin, so you need to find someone with Qi Jin to pass it on to you." Liu Shun explained.
Li Bu suddenly looked at Liu Shun, his eyes shining brightly, Liu Shun was sweating profusely on his back and said: "Don't look at me, I don't have enough breath to help you stimulate your hair. You need to find someone with strong energy."
Hearing this, Li Bu lowered his head in despair.
The two were silent for a moment.
To be continued...