Ever since Xue Xin began to teach Hua Zheng Tai Chi, the people of the Temujin tribe would see a strange scenery every morning. When the sun rose, there would be two people slowly boxing against the sun. One of them was a middle-aged man who was in dire straits and had a sallow complexion. The other was a young girl with bright eyes and white teeth who was dressed luxuriously. They really complemented each other. Of course, these two people were Xue Xin and Hua Zheng.
Although Hua Zheng's talent was not as good as Huang Rong's, she did not need Xue Xin to accompany her to practice boxing every day. In fact, it only took Hua Zheng a few days to learn the moves and postures of Taiji Fist. However, she had not been influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, so although the moves were not bad, they did not have any charm. Originally, Xue Xin's Taiji Fist was just a show, but when he demonstrated it to Hua Zheng that day, for some reason, his internal energy began to stir. After he slowly finished practicing it again and again, he found that his body, which had not exercised for a long time, felt comfortable, and his internal energy became active. After looking inside for a while, Xue Xin noticed the drastic change in his internal energy. However, he then realized that the innate true qi in his body was not strong enough. He could not actively drive the internal energy to circulate, or else it would be a waste of the innate true qi. After a while, he practiced Taiji Fist from beginning to end. This time, his true energy began to slowly match his movements. Moreover, his true energy increased after he finished practicing the fist. However, after three times, he realized that the increase in true energy was very small. After a few days of trial and error, Xue Xin found that practicing Taiji Fist three times at sunrise was the best way for him to practice. As for Hua Zheng, it was Xue Xin who dragged her over. He wanted to explain the concept of Taiji to her, which meant that he had to teach her a lot of Central Plains culture. Xue Xin did not have such patience, so he dragged her over to practice with him a few times a day. How much she could comprehend was up to her.
After all, Taiji Fist only had one frame. Even if Xue Xin had figured out a little method of internal cultivation, it was impossible to teach Guo Jing. Therefore, although Hua Zheng spent a lot of time teaching this set of fist techniques to Guo Jing after the Jiangnan Six Monsters agreed, it was impossible to think of any drastic changes in the short term. As for Guo Jing, what he lacked the least was patience and perseverance. Xue Xin believed that with his perseverance and training, he would definitely gain a lot.
Xue Xin was a person who would not give up until the end. In other words, no matter what it was, he would either not do it or try his best to pursue a perfect ending. After he made up his mind to help Hua Zheng (even he himself didn't know if he had any selfish motives in this), he had recently given Hua Zheng a lot of advice. With Hua Zheng's own efforts and the indulgence of the Jiangnan Six Monsters, Guo Jing had recently taken more time off. Every time Hua Zheng went to find Guo Jing, if Guo Jing's practice time was almost up, the Jiangnan Six Monsters would give him a break. Guo Jing was actually a very slow-witted person. He was also very passive when it came to relationships. Although Hua Zheng was passionate and bold, there was a cultural difference between them. Every time she expressed her goodwill, Guo Jing would interpret it as a sister acting coquettishly to her brother. Guo Jing had always thought that the two of them were siblings. But now, with Xue Xin stirring things up, although he didn't know how the two of them were progressing, he could get a glimpse of it from the more and more smiles and glory on Hua Zheng's face. Even Sangkun's son, Du Shi, who often forced her to marry him, had been forgotten by her.
These days, besides teaching Hua Zheng every day, Xue Xin spent most of his time concocting some medicine. Although Tie Muzhen had yet to unify the desert, he could already be considered one of the few Great Khans in the Southern Desert. Over the years, he had launched countless wars and annexed many tribes. Naturally, he had obtained countless rare treasures. Among them, there were many medicinal herbs that Xue Xin had only seen in the medical books at home but had always thought only existed in legends, ginseng that had grown into a human shape, bear gall that was more than a hundred years old, and so on. If those herbs were given to ordinary doctors, it would be a waste. However, as Xue Xin's reputation as a 'miracle doctor' in the entire tribe was growing, most of these precious herbs fell into his hands. When he had nothing to do, he would slightly process these things to make it easier for him to collect them or to do some preparatory work for refining spirit pills in the future.
This morning, Xue Xin had just ground a precious medicinal herb into powder and put it away when he heard an increasingly loud noise coming from outside. Not long after, a shrill cry also came from the sky. Xue Xin's heart skipped a beat as he walked out of the tent. After carefully analyzing the noise of the people, Xue Xin was sure that this was the time for Guo Jing's famous drama. Xue Xin led a horse and followed the crowd to the bottom of the cliff where the group of eagles fought.
In the distance, Xue Xin heard a high-pitched cry, and then saw a white shadow fall from the sky. Then, he heard Temuzhen shout loudly,""Good art of war." As Xue Xin got closer, he heard Tiemuzhen instructing the generals around him to learn the art of war from the black eagle. Then, he raised his bow and shot down a black eagle at Hua Zheng's request. Then, the Mongolian generals nocked their arrows and shot the black eagles away. At this time, the black eagles had already flown high. They heard Tiemuzhen shout,"Now, whoever can hit it will be rewarded.”As expected, Guo Jing stood up and killed two birds with one stone. Then, under Hua Zheng's guidance, he presented it to Tiemuzhen and asked him to cancel Hua Zheng's engagement with the capital. However, Tiemuzhen was cold-hearted. Although he knew what was going on, he only smiled and passed it. In order to make it up to Guo Jing, she gave him her golden saber and ignored Hua Zheng's sad cries. At this time, the good show of the eagle battle had already ended, and the surrounding people also slowly dispersed. Only Xue Xin, Guo Jinghua, and Zheng stayed. However, Guo Jing had started practicing his swordsmanship again, while Xue Xin and Hua Zheng were watching from the side.
Not long after, the white eagle that had been lured out flew back, but from afar, it saw that its lover had died on the cliff. When it returned to the top of the cliff, no matter how it cried out, its lover did not respond. Then, the white eagle let out a long cry and flapped its wings into the clouds. When it reached the highest point, it rushed down from the clouds like an arrow and crashed into a huge rock at the top of the cliff. Seeing this scene, the three of them sighed endlessly. Xue Xin couldn't help but chant in a low voice,"What is love in the world?”Hua Zheng did not understand Chinese, but she was affected by Xue Xin's sad and emotional tone. Guo Jing, who was always slow, was also listening to it in a daze. For a moment, the three of them did not speak. Only the two pitiful eagles were chirping on the cliff.
"Good words, good words, respectable, respectable.”At this moment, a loud voice came from behind the three of them. Guo Jing and Hua Zheng quickly turned their heads to take a look. Xue Xin had already expected the situation, so he turned around unhurriedly. As expected, his eldest senior brother who liked to comb his hair into three buns had arrived. Ma Yu glanced at Guo Jing and Hua Zheng, then turned his gaze to Xue Xin's face, his eyes full of doubt. After looking for a long time, he still couldn't see any flaws on Xue Xin's face, so he opened his mouth and asked,"Is this scholar a Han? Those two sentences just now can be said to have endless meaning. I wonder if it was written by you?”Xue Xin replied,"You flatter me, Taoist priest. I didn't write these two lines. I've only heard them sung once before."”
The moment he opened his mouth, the strange expression on Ma Yu's face became even more intense. Xue Xin also stopped teasing him. His lips moved slightly, and he began to use the secret sound transmission technique. Ma Yu felt that this person was very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. Just as he was trying his best to recall, he heard a familiar voice in his ear."How is it, Eldest Senior Brother? The scenery in the desert is not bad, right?”When Ma Yu heard this voice and these words, how could he not understand? But this was not easy to recognize, so he could only secretly glare at Xue Xin and then change the topic,"The two little white eagles have lost their parents.”It was a test of Guo Jing's character and adaptability. "Such a high cliff, I'm afraid we'll have to use a long ladder to get there."”
After Guo Jing sized up Ma Yu for a while, he felt that there was nothing for him to do, so he seized every bit of time he had to practice martial arts. He gripped his sword tightly and continued his martial arts practice. After watching Guo Jing practice a few moves, Ma Yu frowned and looked at Xue Xin in confusion. Xue Xin knew what he meant and shrugged his shoulders without saying anything. Ma Yu then said to Guo Jing,"If you continue to practice like this, you won't be able to achieve anything in another hundred years."”
When Guo Jing heard this, he stopped and wanted to ask, but Ma Yu didn't wait for him to say anything. He leaped forward and arrived in front of him. Then, he swung the horsetail whisk in his left hand and brushed several acupuncture points on Guo Jing's right hand. Guo Jing's hand involuntarily loosened, and Ma Yu's right hand reached out to catch the sword that was about to fall. Then, he jumped back. Of course, these were all scenes that Xue Xin saw. As for Hua Zheng and Guo Jing, they only saw a flash of green light before their eyes, and then the swords in their hands disappeared. Ma Yu snatched the sword from Guo Jing's hand and ignored his guarded expression. He turned around and climbed up the cliff, carrying the two young eagles down. Then, Ma Yu gave all the eagles to Hua Zheng and instructed her to feed them well and not to reveal what happened today to others. Hua Zheng agreed one by one. Then, without caring about Guo Jing, she mounted her horse and galloped away. Xue Xin knew that it was not convenient for him to be present for what happened next, so he left with Hua Zheng.
Ma Yu looked at Xue Xin's receding figure and was at a loss. Fortunately, after walking a few dozen steps, he heard his junior brother's voice again,"Tonight at midnight, we'll talk again at the top of the cliff." Hearing this, Ma Yu turned around to face Guo Jing.
Xue Xin knew what happened next, but he didn't have the mood to make do with it. He immediately returned to his tent. It was almost the middle of the month, and the moon was very bright that night. At the beginning of the night (11 o'clock in the evening), Xue Xin left his residence and used his qinggong to sneak out of the camp, quickly running towards the cliff. Soon, they arrived at the bottom of the cliff. Xue Xin had seen Ma Yu easily reach the top of the cliff with his qinggong. He thought that it would be easy for him to climb up the cliff when he was at his peak, but now that his internal strength had been converted into Xiantian true qi, the amount was only one-fifth of his peak. He did not know if it was enough for him to use.
However, Bai Tian had already cut off his escape route. Now, he could only bravely move forward. In the beginning, he was still more cautious and chose the Golden Goose Skill, which required less energy, like Ma Yu. He climbed up the protruding stones and switched to the Gecko Wall Swimming Skill on the smoother places. However, when he was halfway up, he realized that he had underestimated the profundity of Xiantian Zhen Qi. He was at least 400 to 500 feet above the ground, but he did not feel the consumption of Zhen Qi. He couldn't help but feel heroic. His right hand that was holding onto a rock exerted strength, and his entire body rose straight up. He didn't use his hands anymore. When the momentum of his rise was about to end, he stretched out his foot and gently tapped on the protruding rock. Then, he could obtain enough power. When he was still a few hundred feet away from the top of the cliff, Xue Xin burst out with all his strength. The tip of his foot borrowed strength from the cliff for the last time. This time, he jumped up seven or eight feet before slowly stopping the upward momentum. Then, he didn't borrow strength again, but instead used the skill of "climbing the Heavenly Stairs". With a slight step forward, he rose another five feet. Then, with a second step, he rose another three feet. At this time, he was already more than two feet above the top of the cliff. But today, Xue Xin felt that his true qi could still support him to take another step forward, so he didn't stop and took another step forward. Sure enough, he rose more than ten feet higher. After reaching the highest point, Xue Xin waved his sleeve behind him and used the reaction force to float up to the top of the cliff. After landing on the ground, Xue Xin couldn't help but let out a long howl towards the sky. His voice was loud and sonorous, and coupled with the echoes of the valley, it could be heard clearly within ten miles. Xue Xin's long howl lasted for about half an incense stick of time before it stopped, but it also dispersed all the depressed air that had accumulated over the past few days.
At this time, Xue Xin saw that Ma Yu had already arrived, but he was still staring blankly in the direction where Xue Xin came from. He thought that he was frightened by his howl, and his face turned slightly red. Actually, Ma Yu was frightened, but he was indeed frightened by the Lightness Skill that Xue Xin had displayed just now. He had actually arrived long ago. When he heard the movement on the cliff wall, he knew that his junior brother had come. He also wanted to assess his junior brother's Lightness Skill, so he listened attentively to the movement that Xue Xin made when he came up. In the beginning, he could still hear the sound of Xue Xin's clothes rubbing against the mountain wall, but when Xue Xin was halfway up, the sound became a relatively loud stomping sound that could only be heard after a long time. Ma Yu knew that Xue Xin was walking up the stairs step by step. Ma Yu could also perform such a lightness skill, but it was not as high as Xue Xin's ability to borrow strength once, but there was not much of a difference in essence. However, Xue Xin's final skill of climbing the Heavenly Stairs really gave Ma Yu a great shock-when he was still a few dozen feet away from the top of the cliff, he heard a relatively loud sound of stepping on the mountain wall, and then he could only hear the sound of the wind brought by Xue Xin's clothes. Then, Ma Yu saw Xue Xin's figure rise straight up. When he was more than two feet above the ground, his strength was exhausted. However, Xue Xin casually took a step in the air, as if he was stepping on an invisible staircase, leaping up more than three meters before landing on the ground. At this moment, Ma Yu realized that Xue Xin did not use any leverage to reach the last few hundred feet. He only relied on the Soaring Void Stomp to fly up!
After Xue Xin stopped screaming, he felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that Ma Yu was already waiting for him, he bowed and said,"Eldest Senior Brother, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.”Only then did Ma Yu turn around to face Xue Xin and said with a smile,""It's fine. I just arrived not long ago.”At this time, Xue Xin had already taken off his mask, so Ma Yu did not have to worry about mistaking him for someone else. Then, Ma Yu said," Little Junior Brother's martial arts skills are really progressing at a rapid speed. Just that lightness skill you showed just now, was it the 'Stairway to Heaven'?" It's simply far beyond my reach.”
Hearing this, Xue Xin revealed a bitter smile and said,""Eldest Senior Brother, you've really praised me too much this time. Right now, I only have qinggong that I can show off.”Ma Yu saw that the expression on Xue Xin's face was not right and hurriedly asked him the reason. Xue Xin did not hide anything and told him about how he had almost lost his life when he had just entered the desert. After Ma Yu heard this, he asked,""Then, Junior Brother, you felt that you couldn't save the suffering of the people in the world and felt guilty, so you almost went berserk. Later on, you felt that your martial arts were useless, so you let it run its course?”
Xue Xin nodded." That's right. So what if your martial arts are high? In the end, you can't save the Han Dynasty from its decline."”Ma Yu frowned and said," Junior Brother's thinking is wrong. You should know that the rise and fall of the world and the change of dynasties are determined by the general trend of the Heavenly Dao. How can human power contend with the Heavenly Dao?”"But are we just going to watch our Han people being slaughtered by the alien races?"”" What do you mean, Junior Brother?" Ma Yu asked curiously." From what you're saying, could it be that the Han people are going to be exterminated?"”
At this time, Xue Xin didn't care about revealing the secrets of heaven and said to Ma Yu,""Although it's not right, it's not far. After the Song Dynasty moved south, it was in a corner. If you can work hard, there is still a chance of survival. But now, look at the situation in Jiangnan. Sigh, let's not talk about it. If the alien races invade, what do you think our chances of victory are, Eldest Shixiong?”"Invasion of the alien race? Speaking of which, the situation of the Jin Kingdom, which was facing off against the Song Dynasty across the river, was similar, right? At the very least, they would not be able to launch a large-scale invasion of the south for decades.”Xue Xin shook his head and said," Eldest Senior Brother only sees the Jin Kingdom. Is there no other force in the Northern Lands that can threaten us except the Jin Kingdom?"”Ma Yu was also a smart person. After thinking for a moment, he said,"Could it be that Junior Brother is worried about the Mongolians?”"Since ancient times, the people of the northern grasslands have always been a great threat to us Han people, but there is a rule that I don't know if Eldest Senior Brother has noticed." When every grassland race started to rise, it was the time for our Southern Dynasty to change dynasties. At this time, the flourishing grassland people would always launch an invasion of the southern dynasties, but the greatest threat they posed to us was in the first few decades. Once they began to learn our Han culture, their fighting strength would begin to decline. " The Jin Kingdom is like this now. It has declined to the extreme, so it naturally won't pose a great threat to us. However, once these grassland tribes decline, they will soon be replaced by other tribes. Based on the current situation, the Mongolians were the most likely to replace Jurchen.”
"Junior Brother is right, but you just said that there have been many ethnic changes on the grasslands, but hasn't the heritage of our Han people never been interrupted?"”"It's different this time, Eldest Senior Brother." The Mongolians were different from all the other ethnic groups. In the past, no matter which tribe rose up, the entire grassland actually existed in the form of a loose tribal alliance. At that time, when they started to invade the south, their internal forces were not united. The various internal forces restrained each other. We could still use internal divisions to stall for time until the change of dynasty in the south was completed. However, if you pay attention to the tribe in front of you, you will know that this time, the Mongolians are going to establish their first true empire on the grasslands.”
Ma Yu was also very knowledgeable about history, so when he heard Xue Xin's words, he was immediately shocked. He then asked Xue Xin,"Shidi, do you mean that the Temuzhen tribe is the most likely to unify the prairie?”Xue Xin saw that his expression was no longer as calm as usual, but had a ruthless expression, and hurriedly said,"Eldest Senior Brother, don't think about it the wrong way. Just like you said just now, the rise of every nation is destined by the heavens. Even if we can eliminate Temujin now, there will soon be other heroes rising in places we don't know about. Because the customs that the Mongolians had formed over a long period of time had already met the conditions to form an empire. Moreover, there was a saying that unknown dangers were more fatal.”
Ma Yu's expression slowly regained its calmness, and Xue Xin heaved a sigh of relief."Just now, I was still talking about fate. So this Eldest Senior Brother is also an old nationalistic youth.”Ma Yu finally understood and agreed,""That's right, I was wrong. Well, unknown dangers were more fatal. This saying was well said.”
Ma Yu suddenly changed the topic and said,""In that case, Junior Brother, your decision to give up martial arts is even more confusing to me. Could it be that if you stop practicing martial arts, you will have a way to save the world?”Xue Xin was really stunned. He only felt that it was useless no matter how high his martial arts skills were. However, he did not think about it the other way around. Wouldn't it be even more useless if he did nothing now?
Ma Yu saw that Xue Xin was going to go into a dead end again and hurriedly said,"Junior brother, a real man only needs to have a clear conscience. As long as we do our best, it will be fine. Even if the Heavenly Dao is irreversible, if it really comes to the end of our Han Dynasty's inheritance, we can just risk our lives to fight. What's the use of you being so dejected now?”These few words resounded in Xue Xin's heart like the morning bell and evening drum. Xue Xin suddenly raised his head, and the light in his eyes was so condensed that it was almost tangible. When Ma Yu met his eyes, he felt as if his chest had been hit by a sledgehammer, and he couldn't get through it. He took a few steps back before he could take a sip.
However, Ma Yu laughed out loud instead, because at this moment, Xue Xin was like a sword that had been unsheathed in his eyes, exuding a chilling aura. Especially his eyes, which were as sharp as blades, making people not dare to look at him directly. At this moment, Xue Xin had truly completed the transformation from a student in his previous life to a powerful warrior in this life. In other words, although Xue Xin had always been very skilled in martial arts, he had always looked at problems with the mindset of a university student in his previous life. Ma Yu's words just now revealed the true meaning of the " warrior's heart " to him-no matter what, he would just do his best, just like the Hero Guo in his memory. If it was really irreparable, he would just risk his life! Xue Xin's imposing manner soared for a moment, but he quickly retracted it, and his gaze returned to normal. However, both of them knew that Xue Xin was different from before. Only now did Xue Xin truly understand the meaning of the word " state of mind." From then on, he truly possessed a state of mind that matched his martial strength.
"Heh, Eldest Senior Brother is right. At most, he will die. I, Xue Xin, only believe in 'my own fate, not the heavens'. Moreover, Tie Muzhen's power has yet to be established, so there's still a chance. Even if we don't succeed in the end, it will at least buy us some time to prepare.”Xue Xin was talking to himself, leaving Ma Yu to the side. But after hearing Xue Xin's words, he knew that his junior brother had always had a plan. It was only his words today that made him make up his mind. He knew his junior brother's methods and abilities very well. Ma Yu, who had always respected the Taoist's idea of quietness and inaction, felt a little upset when he thought that a few words from him today might cause countless killings and battles in the future.
Xue Xin raised his head and saw that Ma Yu's expression was not too good. At this time, he was like a pearl that had been covered in dust for a long time and had just been wiped clean. All the senses and sensitivity had been greatly improved, and the speed of his brain was more than doubled. After thinking for a moment, Xue Xin understood Ma Yu's worries and advised him instead,"Eldest Shixiong, you don't have to worry too much. You should know that the conflict between two races has always resulted in rivers of blood. I think it's better for the Outsiders to shed more blood than for our compatriots to sacrifice their lives.”Ma Yu was much more carefree than Xue Xin. He immediately reacted and no longer took this matter to heart. "Looking at Little Junior Brother, you must have a plan in mind?"”
Xue Xin said," I can't say for sure. It's just a small idea, but it requires a lot of hard work, especially in martial arts."”Ma Yu said with concern," Little Junior Brother, you're still young. You haven't been practicing martial arts for long. It's easy for you to practice it again. Don't be too anxious. You have to know that haste makes waste."”"Don't worry, Eldest Senior Brother. I'm afraid that my martial arts won't decline during this period of time. Instead, it will improve."”Immediately, he told Ma Yu that his internal strength had already been converted into innate true qi. The more Ma Yu listened, the weirder his gaze became. In the end, he was just short of saying the word "freak".
Xue Xin quickly diverted his attention and asked where he was staying. It turned out that Ma Yu was also in the tribe of Tiemuzhen. However, he was not as lucky as Xue Xin to get close to Tiemuzhen. Instead, he was prepared to hide in a small tribe on the edge. Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them discussed the time to meet and the method to contact each other in the future before going back to rest. Tonight's incident could be said to have a profound impact on themselves and even the entire world. They also needed time to think about it.
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