Five years later, Xu Tianran was still dressed in a green shirt, wearing heavy iron armor and a bamboo knife on his waist. He was jumping in the mountains and forests like a gust of wind. He no longer took the trails when climbing mountains. In the mountain streams and treetops, Xu Tianran

His movements are light and his blue shirt flutters.

Xu Tianran was followed by a man dressed in white, as if there was a tacit understanding. The man in white watched quietly as Qingshan slashed Chaoyang with his sword, and then started a fight, serving as each other's whetstones and sharpening their minds.

Xu Tianran, who is already fourteen years old, has grown a lot. He is almost as tall as Mr. Xu, but is a head shorter than Lao Bai. His long black hair is tied up with a piece of blue silk and draped behind his back. His originally immature facial features are still there.

As time goes by, she becomes more and more three-dimensional, the baby fat on her face has faded away, her already high nose bridge has become straighter and straighter, her eyes are no longer immature, and her long and narrow red-phoenix eyes make people fascinated by her.

The boy in white is one year younger than Xu Tianran and is as tall as Xu Tianran. This is why Xu Tianran feels lucky. He is afraid that the boy in white will keep getting taller and will outshine him, and his momentum will be weaker every time he fights. Lao Bai said

, the most important thing in a fight is momentum. Once you have momentum, the fight will be stable nine times out of ten.

Fortunately, in terms of size, he is the same now, so he can neither take advantage nor suffer losses in a fight. However, sometimes Xu Tianran also suspects that what Lao Bai said is wrong. After all, with Lao Bai's size, he can't compare with anyone.

If you don't lose, you won't lose if you fight with momentum, but can Lao Bai really win every fight? This question has been lingering in Xu Tianran's mind, but he didn't dare to ask the answer. After all, Lao Bai wants to lose face, and he can't lose face.

But he wouldn't mention it, and then he would get sulky and stop braised meat for himself.

Xu Tianran, dressed in coarse blue cloth, and Zhu Qi, dressed in gorgeous white clothes, had another brutal fight. Xu Tianran also felt strange that such an old man never taught him swordsmanship. The only time Laobai simply said that swordsmanship is not about moves.

, lies in speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. The only martial arts in the world are quickness. The fastest means you have the upper hand in everything. Accuracy means the sword is accurate. Don't cut it crookedly and expose the flaw, which is a waste of energy. ruthlessness means that the strength must be sufficient. Don't cut someone with the knife.

It's so soft that it can kill or half-death someone with a single blow.

Finally, Lao Bai added that you have to work hard to train your body. Only if you can withstand the beating can you be invincible. If someone can't knock you down with ten punches, but you can knock him down with just one punch, obviously your chance of winning will be low.

Bigger. Besides, no one in the world has encountered a few people who have done something dirty. He couldn't react for a while and had to rely on his rough skin and thick flesh to support him. Lao Bai also pondered for a moment. There was no way to teach him how to train the body.

If you can be beaten, this hard job can only fall on me. From tonight on, I will beat you three times a day. If you beat you too much, I will be exhausted.

Xu Tianran was filled with hatred when he thought of what Lao Bai said back then. When Lao Bai was beating him, he was drinking wine and squinting his eyes. It was obvious that he was enjoying the beating, but he couldn't tell that he was tired. He carried it three times a day.

After coming down, there were many times when I felt like I couldn't bear it anymore. In the end, my husband made a medicinal soup and bathed myself, and then I slowly recovered.

Zhu Qi stabbed Xu Tianran's arm with his sword, leaving only a shallow white mark. Although Zhu Qi didn't use much force with his sword, he found that Xu Tianran was getting skinnier and skinnier in the past five years.

His flesh is so thick that you can't hurt him without slashing him to death. In the past five years, both sides have been equally victorious and defeated. Most of the time, one person thought of a new cracking move and decided the world with one move, only to be cracked by the other side the next day. They were cracking each other.

During the process of dismantling tricks, the two made rapid progress. What frightened Zhu Qi the most was that Xu Tianran's strength would skyrocket every time he opened an acupuncture point. If he hadn't been suppressing his realm to fight Xu Tianran, he would not be able to keep up with Xu Tianran.

The mirror breaking speed.

Zhu Qi said depressedly: "Xu, how come your skin is getting thicker and thicker?"

The corners of Xu Tianran's mouth twitched, "It's all from being beaten."

Zhu Qi couldn't help but smile, "Watching Xu being beaten by Bai Tu upstairs every day is a beautiful sight."

Xu Tianran used the sword very concisely, without any unnecessary movements in each move. Zhu Qi's swordsmanship was exquisite, and he obviously learned from a good master. Xu Tianran's five fingers formed a hook, and he only grabbed Zhu Qi's chest. Zhu Qi cursed lightly.

Sentence: "Rogue." Immediately, Xu Tianran was kicked away with a whip kick. Xu Tianran flipped twice in the air and landed, with the horizontal knife in front, Zhu Qi's sword pointed at Qingshan. It seemed that there was no way to tell the winner today, Xu Tianran

Zhu Qi sheathed her sword first.

Over the past five years, the two had fought against each other thousands of times, but they had not exchanged a few words. Xu Tianran had no reason to want to chat with Zhu Qi, so he jumped lightly and landed on the stone where he was watching the rising sun.

Sitting on the knees, "Do you want to sit down?"

Zhu Qi smiled slightly, landed beside Xu Tianran, and sat down hugging his knees.

Xu Tianran has never quite understood his own realm, so he wanted to ask Zhu Qi what realm he was in so that he could roughly know what level he had reached in his martial arts training. Xu Tianran said calmly: "Do you still have any energy left today?"

Bai Yi said gently: "I tried my best ten days ago."

Xu Tianran said happily: "What state are you in now, and what level are you in?"

Zhu Qi chuckled and said, "What's the matter? You don't know your realm and you want to get some advice from me?"

Xu Tianran nodded candidly, "Lao Bai and Mr. Lao Bai never told me. Apart from asking me to carry huge rocks every day, if Lao Bai can lift the rock under my butt, I will probably be able to form a pill and break the mirror to reach the first level. But.

, I try to carry it every day, and it doesn’t move at all, so the gap must be quite big.”

The corner of Zhu Qi's mouth twitched. The average first-level threshold is about 10,000 kilograms. A very small number of geniuses who can train their bodies to the extreme can only lift 20,000 kilograms. This stone is conservatively estimated to be 40,000 kilograms. Could it be Bai Tu's brain?

If there is water, over-suppressing the first-level realm will make it extremely difficult to break the mirror.

Zhu Qi thought for a while, teased Xu Tianran, and deliberately said one less thing, hoping to stimulate Xu Tianran's inexplicable self-confidence, "I'm probably at the fourth level."

Unexpectedly, Xu Tianran jumped up happily, "Mom, I am a fourth-level master."

Zhu Qi shook her head helplessly, "You are quite generous."

The corners of Xu Tianran's mouth raised slightly, and he couldn't help but smile: "I was originally unable to practice, and this journey has been very difficult. At the age of fourteen, I became a fourth-level master. Shouldn't I be happy?"

Zhu Qi's beautiful eyes were like water, and she smiled and said: "If you were a third-grade master, wouldn't you be even more happy?"

Xu Tianran nodded sincerely, "Thank you very much for more than five years. You have always suppressed your realm and fought with me. You have helped me a lot. I won't say any polite words. The green mountains will not change and the green water will flow forever. Xu will be needed in the future.

Feel free to speak, but as long as your life is not in danger, I am obligated to do so."

Zhu Qi's smile was bright, and her two deep dimples were extremely cute: "Is this why the mountains will remain unchanged and the green waters will flow forever? You don't have to be in danger to help before your life is in danger. How much do you cherish your life? Sometimes,

I really don’t understand you. When you are afraid of death, you are very afraid of death. When you are not afraid of death, you are not afraid of death. Are you afraid of death?"

Xu Tianran's eyes were gentle, "I'm very afraid of death because I'm afraid that I won't be able to visit my mother's grave. I'm not afraid of death either. If I die, I can be reunited with my mother."

The young man in white has eyebrows like morning glow and eyes like the sun and moon. Zhu Qi said seriously: "Do you have a dream?"

Xu Tianran said seriously: "I don't know if it's a dream or not. I want to travel far away, see thousands of miles of mountains and rivers for my mother, and practice a very powerful sword. Of course, I can also practice swordsmanship, otherwise I will be sorry for Lao Bai. But,

I hope that one day, I will become the best in the world, let my name resound throughout the world, and let my mother hear my name. Where is your dream?"

Zhu Qi smiled lightly and said: "Freedom."

Xu Tianran said with a smile: "It's very impressive. Let me encourage you." In fact, Xu Tianran guessed that Baiyi was a woman, but if she didn't say it, she would not break the window paper, not to mention that Baiyi's window paper is very thick.

Most people can't see through it at all. If he hadn't discovered some clues after fighting with Bai Yi for more than a thousand times, others would never have discovered that the handsome and charming Bai Yi was actually a woman. Xu Tianran secretly sighed: Who said women are inferior to men.

There are four major families in the town, Ma Yuanliuhuang. They have been doing business for generations and are also large landowners. They control most of the food, clothing and housing in the town. The Ma family is the head of the four families. They mainly operate pawn shops and brothels and have the most money in the town.

The leader of the Ma family is Ma Zhiyuan. The Yuan family runs a rice shop and a wine shop, ranking second, and the head of the family is Yuan Tian, ​​who is Yuan Hao's father. The Liu family runs a silk and satin shop, ranking third, and the head of the family is Liu Xuanbin, who is Liu Ruyun.

Father, Mr. Huang runs the largest restaurant in the town. Although the restaurant is not big, it has a great name. It is called Ban Xianju, ranking fourth. The owner of the restaurant, Huang Daning, is Huang Jing’s father.

Although the town is small, it is well-equipped and has all kinds of businesses. There is no official government in the town. The simplicity of the town depends on the word passed down by everyone: Don't kill people and don't do evil. It is said that the murderers and evildoers in the town have disappeared.

You see, the ancient heritage has created a stable life in the town. In addition, the land rent in the town is not high.

, the tenant farmers worked hard enough to have enough food and clothing, and if they had some hunting skills, they could eat a lot more meat, or exchange their prey for some money to improve their lives. However, business competition still exists, as long as they do not exceed the rules, in

Businessmen can compete openly and honestly within the rules, which is the fundamental reason why the town is somewhat prosperous despite its small size.

Recently, there has been an undercurrent in the streets of Qingshan Town. The owners of the Ma and Huang families in Yingxun Lane have come together and extended their hands to the silkworm farmers of the Liu family. The foundation of the silk shop lies in the silkworm farmers. If the silk cannot be harvested,

Come up, where is the silk and satin? In addition, the villagers in Qingshan Town mainly buy linen instead of silk. Most of the sericulture farmers are also weavers. This has cut off the source of the Liu family's business. This is obviously a conflict with the Liu family.

The Ma and Huang families paid double the salary to bring the sericulture farmer under their control, and the Liu family's silk and satin shop was in critical condition.

The Liu family in Liuye Lane and the Yuan family in Longyan Lane have always been on good terms with each other. Liu Xuanbin brought gifts to the Yuan family and paid a visit to Yuan Tian.

The business war between the four surnames is about to break out.

Yuan Tian brewed a pot of newly picked tea from his own tea garden in the study, and poured tea for the frowning Liu Xuanbin with a smile.

Liu Xuanbin frowned and said: "Ma Zhiyuan has gone too far to bully others. The four surnames in Qingshan Town have always done their own business without disturbing the river. What is he going to do? Could it be that he wants to swallow up the foundation of my Liu family and make one family the only one, but I don't know that there was a precedent a hundred years ago, and there was a business war.

They were all upright at first, but then they gradually went off the beaten track and did evil things to harm others. Later, the evil-doing Kong family disappeared without a trace in Qingshan Town, and no one knew their whereabouts. The vacant Exile Immortal House suddenly lost its owner, and everyone was gone.

Dare to act rashly, and finally the remaining three families unanimously decided to let the big shopkeeper of Banxianju take over, and then the Huang family of Qingshan Town was born. It has only been a hundred years, why don't these people have a long memory."

Yuan Tian narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "The Ma family is very wealthy. They make huge profits every day in pawn shops and brothels. They also run some shady businesses and run underground gambling houses. Sooner or later, we will be punished. Both of us will be punished.

It's a small business, one sells rice and the other sells cloth, and you watch the money come and go, but you can't actually make much money. If you really can't fight them head-on, try to find a way to resolve it peacefully."

Liu Xuanbin said sincerely: "I would like to hear the details."

Yuan Tian came over and whispered: "Your daughter is now sixteen this year, and she is old enough to get engaged. The Ma family's legitimate son is eighteen this year, and they are about the same age. If we can get married, then we can turn our hostility into friendship."

Liu Xuanbin shook his head, "The Ma family's son is useless and his reputation is not very good."

Yuan Tian laughed and said: "If the Ma family's son is talented, it will not be a good thing for us. Your daughter is smart and has restrained the Ma family's idiot son. Aren't you the most powerful person in Qingshan Town in the future?"

Liu Xuanbin sighed and said: "I can't sacrifice Yun'er's lifelong happiness for power. Yun'er is a good girl. She wants to find a good man to marry. It doesn't matter if she is poor, as long as she loves her enough."

Yuan Tian patiently made tea and let Liu Xuanbin make his own decision about where to go. After all, in the end, both sides suffer in a business war, and it is difficult to have a winner. If he accidentally takes risks, it will be the end of the entire clan.

Liu Xuanbin went home and mentioned Yuan Tian's advice to his wife. Unexpectedly, his wife agreed with Yuan Tian's point of view, "Yun'er will get married after all. Whoever you marry is not a marriage. Besides, marrying into the Ma family is a good match."

, even if the two of them have no feelings, they will take concubines in the future or recruit a few girls to live with each other. Yun'er is the eldest lady after all. How many wealthy families in Qingshan Town have not taken concubines. Yun'er has been smart and sensible since he was a child, and has a close relationship with Fengyun.

Well, she will also be willing to marry the legitimate son of the Ma family for the sake of us and Fengyun. Yun'er is the most considerate of others. You should negotiate peace with the Ma family earlier, otherwise the losses will be even greater later."

Liu Xuanbin finally took this step under his wife's repeated encouragement and chose to have peace talks with Ma Zhiyuan. After the meeting between the two families who were originally at war with each other, they became happy and became in-laws. Liu Ruyun got engaged.

The news of the engagement between Ma Wencai, the legitimate son of the Ma family, and Liu Ruyun, the daughter of the Liu eldest daughter, spread throughout the town in an instant. Everyone was extremely optimistic about the marriage. They were of the right family, with talented men and beautiful women. It was not uncommon for the four major families in the history of Qingshan Town to get married. The villagers were not surprised.

, it just became a topic of conversation among the village women in the streets. Some people envied the powerful families of the big families joining forces, while others were so sad that a flower was stuck on the cow dung.
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