I want to embrace the moon for nine days

After Su Hanshan learned about the background of the world, he wanted to ask something about martial arts.

However, in this regard, Wang Xiangqian's description is even vaguer.

Of course I have heard of people who are very powerful in martial arts, but how powerful are they? have no idea.

What magical skills are there in the world? have no idea. A famous weirdo of our time? have no idea.

Su Hanshan gave up those questions for the time being and turned to ask about other things.

"I think you have some skills, but with several children traveling in the wilderness, there must be some last resort. I wonder if it would be convenient for me to tell you. Maybe there is something I can help with?"

After coming to this world, the Tai Chi mark told him that he could stay in this world for half a year, but there was no obvious location guide like before.

So he planned to follow the locals around to see if he could find any clues.

But when he asked about it, Wang Xiangqian sent the children to go to bed first, and then whispered the whole story.

Not long ago, Wangjia Village was ransacked by a group of bandits, scraping three feet of ground wherever they went, leaving no food left, and killing many villagers.

Wang Xiangqian fled with the children and hid in the mountains for several days before he dared to quietly come out to visit.

The bandits were gone, and there was no one alive in the village. There were burnt wood and ashes of thatch everywhere.

Wang Xiangqian rummaged through the corpses and felt that there were still some people in the village who were still alive, but they had fled and no one knew where they went.

After waiting for two days, she and her children couldn't wait any longer. They remembered that they had heard that Dongping City, more than 300 miles away, had a good reputation and seemed to be a place where you could find work, so they prepared to rush there.

There are too many dangers in the wilderness, not to mention wild beasts, poisonous snakes, and many dormant living corpses.

Without the protection of the entire village, Wang Xiangqian and these children would not be able to survive. They had to find other densely populated places.

In the past fifty years, this has become the norm. When Wang Xiangqian was a child, he fled with his family and later settled in Wangjia Village. He also saw several groups of people who fled and settled in the village.

"In the past, when the old village chief and the others were still there, Wangjia Village was actually quite stable. Not to mention the bandits, even the bandits would be beaten to death by them. Everyone plowed the land and farmed without paying taxes, and the harvest was quite good. good."

"It's a pity that many of the capable people in the older generation have died of illness or old age. But few of us young and middle-aged people have learned martial arts particularly well. When facing bandits, after killing a few, we can only Can run away."

After the village was destroyed, Wang Xiangqian couldn't always talk to his children about such things these days, so he could only hold it to himself. He started talking about it tonight, and unknowingly, he said a lot.

The more she spoke, the lower her voice became, and her throat was a little choked.

"Otherwise, maybe Wangjiacun will become a town, or even a city in the future, and everyone can live peacefully."

The ruined temple fell into silence. Su Hanshan heard some changes in the breathing of the children.

But they still looked like they were curled up motionless and asleep.

Although Wang Xiangqian takes good care of them, they understand that at this age, they can no longer be completely regarded as children.

There were some things they couldn't do, but they could still do things like gathering firewood and making a fire, or at least holding back their tears and not making their sister more upset.

Su Hanshan sighed secretly, picked up a branch, and stirred the fire.

"Go to sleep, there is no danger around here anymore."

Su Hanshan's voice was gentle and he said to Wang Qianqian, "I will watch the fire here. Tomorrow morning, we will hit the road together."

When he spoke, he used some spiritual secret sounds, the Moonlight Bodhisattva Mantra combined with the technique of the seven rounds of Sanskrit sounds. One of the best effects is to make people mentally stable, sleep deeply, and recuperate.

When Su Hanshan finished speaking, the children were in a daze, and their breathing became steady and deep.

As Wang moved forward, he raised his hand and pressed his forehead, his brows furrowed and his other hand instinctively making a fist.

A light golden brilliance flashed in Su Hanshan's eyes, and he was a little surprised. He did not use any spiritual secret voice and simply advised: "You should go to sleep too. If you sleep well, you can go on the road tomorrow."

"Thank you so much, my benefactor!"

Wang Xiangqian was a little embarrassed. He had just been rescued and asked for help in keeping watch.

But for some reason, she felt like she couldn't let go of her guard, so she just leaned against the wall and fell into a light sleep.

Su Hanshan looked at the fire and started thinking.

His current skill quality is extraordinary. When he used a burst of energy to help everyone up, he only had a brief contact and realized that these people had no internal strength.

Wang Qianqian's muscles and bones are very strong, and his qi and blood flow smoothly, but there is no trace of any internal training. It is more like he is born with supernatural power and has learned some basic fists and kicks.

But now, what Wang Xiangqian showed was obviously a phenomenon of using his own attainments in his own ideas to resist the spiritual influence of others.

Regardless of whether Su Hanshan is malicious or well-intentioned, Fanyin's method is a direct interference with the spirit.

People who practice meditation more deeply will instinctively reject such influence.

However, after practicing the contemplation method to this extent, it has obviously captured a certain essence of the spirit, and there is no internal force in the body. This is completely different from the contemplation method of the Great Chu Dynasty.

I don’t know if this is simply because Wang Xiangqian’s technique is special, or because the way of cultivation in this world has a very different overall style.

Su Hanshan thought about it briefly and thought that the latter possibility was more likely.

After all, if the Tai Chi mark has no guiding location, it probably means that if he wanders around the world, he will encounter something that can inspire him.

Of course, in addition to the way of cultivation in this world, there is another thing that is easy to see here but not easy to meet in Dachu.

Su Hanshan looked at the living corpses in the forest.

Wang Qianqian was asleep, and he couldn't bear to disturb them now, but those living corpses had already slept forever, so he might as well study them at night.

Several hours passed by in a flash.

In the early morning, when Wang Xiangqian woke up, he saw Su Hanshan digging a hole in the forest to bury the body.

As soon as he stamped his foot, golden light came out from the soil, rolling up the large pieces of earth and stone on the side of the footprints, forming a deep pit.

Stomping your feet a few more times, a few holes were dug. The corpses of the living corpses were all swept into it by the strong wind, and then the soil was flattened and compacted with the force of the palms.

Such powerful martial arts are actually used to bury living corpses... But why do the shapes of those living corpses seem different from last night?

Wang glanced forward, a little question flashing through his mind.

"woke up!"

Su Hanshan walked over, shook his hands, and the movable gloves made of black ice armor shattered from his hands.

He grabbed it with his right hand, and the moisture in the air condensed into a water ball. He flicked it towards the tree next to him with his left hand.

The trunk cracked suddenly, and the wood protruded outward. After being cut off, it happened to be a wooden bowl.

"Drink some water first, and we'll set off later."

Wang Qianqian blankly took the wooden bowl and found that the water in the bowl was still steaming when he took it.

Wait, I heard that some people in this world are very powerful in martial arts, but if they can conjure water out of thin air, is this also martial arts?

Seeing that she didn't drink it, Su Hanshan thought she had doubts about this kind of water, so he smiled and said, "This water is very clean."

While he was talking, he pinched another ball of water, raised his head to bite it, and swallowed it.

Wang Qianqian came to his senses and took a sip. He found that the water was not only clean, but also had a vague sweetness to it. He drank it all without realizing it.

It tastes much better than the river water she brought with her on her way and the grass juice she chewed later.

Su Hanshan added another water ball to her bowl. When it touched the bottom of the bowl, the water ball spread out, the water rippled, and the heat hit her face.

Wang Xiangqian hurried back and woke up several children to drink water.

Because there was nothing gained from studying those living corpses last night.

After setting out on the road, Su Hanshan carefully inquired about the method Wang Xiangqian had learned.

Wang Xiangqian didn't have many secretive thoughts about this. Originally, she learned it directly from the villagers after fleeing to the village.

When talking about this thing, she used the rhetoric that the villagers used to teach everyone.

Since ancient times, the way of martial arts has been composed of four words: "cultivation both internally and externally"!

Internal strength is the first, and external strength is supplementary. The human body is outside and the human soul is inside.

Therefore, the first step in martial arts, the so-called internal strength, is the method of internally refining the soul.

Use contemplation to strengthen the soul and nourish it. When the ethereal soul becomes powerful enough, you can consider using it to interfere with real objects.

What object is easiest for the power of the soul to interfere with?

Air currents, grass, paper, steel needles, magnetic filings, mercury... none of them!

The physical substance that a person's soul can most easily interfere with is, of course, his own body. Even people who have never practiced visualization can still control their physical bodies and make various movements.

And those who have mastered the method of observation can even internally observe the limbs and bones, the five internal organs, the blood, sweat, heart and brain, and the gastrointestinal meridians, and make adjustments.

All harmful things in the daily diet can be decomposed and excreted, and things that ordinary people cannot absorb, or even cannot bite or eat, can also become the food of a warrior.

According to Wang Xiangqian, many venomous snakes were raised in Wangjia Village in the past, because the venom of some venomous snakes can be consumed directly by the elderly in the village.

Just a small cup is as effective as eating a whole basket of eggs.

The step of internally refining the soul, after reaching a certain limit, can condense the martial arts will that is visible to the naked eye, and can also use the martial arts will to transform ordinary cordyceps into spiritual beings.

In the future, higher realms will be related to spiritual objects, but Wang Xiangqian is not sure yet.

After Su Hanshan listened, he roughly understood.

This world does not have the inner strength of true energy based on the art of exhalation and inhalation.

There are three parts: physical body, vitality, and spirit. In the Chu Dynasty, the most mainstream approach is to start with vitality, followed by the physical body, and then to the spirit.

In this world, it starts directly with the spirit, followed by the physical body. As for vitality, it seems that not many uses have been developed.

If you can learn how to view the world, it can indeed directly help Su Hanshan reduce a layer of trouble.

That way, he wouldn't have to cut his own foundation every day after practicing the visualization method.

"It sounds like the old style of your village was indeed very interesting."

Su Hanshan said, "How about I exchange your inner soul refining method with a martial art?"

Although Wang Xiangqian did not expect that he would make this request, he was already used to the strangeness of his benefactor.

"I'm afraid if I directly dictated it, I wouldn't be able to explain it fully."

Wang Xiangqian thought it over carefully and said, "When we enter the city, I will find a piece of cloth, draw it slowly, check it, and then give it to you."

Su Hanshan nodded and said: "That's fine. Each of my martial arts has a lot of content. If I want to teach you to memorize it, it will take at least five or six days. We will wait until we enter the city."

Wang Xiangqian's ideas are quite passionate, and his memory should be good.

Many wild animals are nocturnal. When traveling during the day, it is convenient to find some bright and spacious places where they are less likely to be in danger.

But when they rushed to Dongping City, they encountered two more batches of living corpses.

There were four wolves in one batch, and only two in the other batch. They were not very old, but they were as dangerous as ordinary wild wolves.

Su Hanshan didn't know how many people there were at the end of the Wude Dynasty, but he had realized that the most terrifying obstacle to people traveling in this era were these living corpses.

Because it is said that these living corpses can survive for nearly ten years even if they fall into dormancy when there are no living people around to prey on.

As long as there are living people passing by nearby within these ten years, they will wake up, hunt, and then prolong their activity.

Judging from this ability, there might still be many living corpses left over from fifty years ago hidden in the wilderness of the world.

However, the closer you get to Dongping City, the more you can find that many of the trees in the surrounding dark places have traces of being cut down, and there are still burnt ashes in some caves.

Maybe Dongping City will send troops to clean up places where living corpses may be hiding.

Wang Xiangqian also had the same speculation, and his tone was a little more relaxed: "A few years ago, when the old village chief was still here, he went to Dongping City. When he came back, he praised Lord Gecheng as a good and capable city lord. If Wangjiacun was moved there, he would be able to survive. Not bad..."

But everyone feels that living in Wangjiacun is quite good, and they are reluctant to part with the fields and houses they have worked hard to cultivate, and they don’t want to take risks in unfamiliar places.

Therefore, Wang Xiangqian did not continue speaking, but looked in the direction of Dongping City and quickened his pace a little.

Su Hanshan also had some expectations because of her words.

Unexpectedly, just when Su Hanshan saw the outline of Dongping City from a distance, he saw another group of people rolling up on the hillside two or three miles away.

Those people, all in ragged clothes, more than a hundred in total, were staggering forward.

In the team, more than twenty cavalrymen rode slowly to escort these people. If they saw someone slowing down or looking sideways, they would immediately whip them down.

There were constant screams and begging for mercy in the team.

A mere two miles is nothing to the cavalry.

When Su Hanshan saw them, the cavalry also saw Su Hanshan and others.

Several of them were obviously excited, shouting, clamping the horse's belly, whipping fiercely, and rushed this way.

Su Hanshan was about to take action when he saw those people rushing dozens of steps away and reining in their horses to an emergency stop.

Wang Xiangqian whispered: "They saw your clothes clearly."

Su Hanshan's robe is made of good materials, and there are many patterns embroidered on the collar. His long black hair is pulled into a bun and worn with a hosta.

When you look at it from a distance, it's not very clear, but that's fine. When you look closer, the cavalry are immediately alert.

This is not the time when the Wude Dynasty was at its peak, when any young master or scholar with two or three servants would dare to wander outside.

In today's world, anyone who can walk around in the wilderness and still keep his clothes as neat as new is definitely not easy to mess with.

"Haha, does this young master want to visit Dongping City?"

The cavalry leader, about forty years old, with a lean appearance and two black beards on his upper lip, cupped his hands on the horse and said with a dry smile, "Our city lord is the most hospitable, and the city has been very lively recently. Young Master will definitely be able to have fun." Have fun.”

When he rushed over, he certainly didn't want to say something stupid like "Have a good time", but after he got closer, he realized that the person on the other side seemed to be a tough guy, so he had to say a few words to smooth things over.

Su Hanshan glanced at him, looked into the distance, and asked, "Who is that person over there?"

"Just a bunch of runaway slaves."

The cavalry leader laughed and said, "I have a heavy responsibility, so I will stay here soon. See you again in the city!"

He remained wary, and when turning the horse's head, he kept turning his head to look in the direction of Su Hanshan.

However, just as he blinked, Su Hanshan suddenly appeared less than a foot behind him.

The cavalry leader turned pale with shock. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Su Hanshan wave his right hand and a ray of ice-blue wind swept across the sky.

Several nearby cavalry were knocked off their horses at the same time. When they landed, their acupuncture points had been sealed by Xuanyin Kung Fu and they could not move.

Su Hanshan's figure flashed several times and approached the group of cavalry escorting everyone.

"Hundreds of people, old and young, wearing different styles of clothes, do you call them...escapees and slaves?"

The sound of these words spread throughout the crowd, sometimes far and sometimes near.

The eyesight of those people was simply not enough to capture Su Hanshan's figure.

The twenty cavalrymen distributed in different directions, by the time he finished speaking, all their limbs had stiffened and fell off their horses.

In the eyes of the people being escorted, it was as if these cavalrymen fell off their horses at the same time.

After being stunned, the crowd burst into sounds of surprise, and then they saw Su Hanshan standing on a horse.

The voice of surprise quickly disappeared, and when he saw Su Hanshan's person, a look of fear gradually appeared on his face, and he huddled up in confusion.

People looked at each other in confusion. After a long while, a man stepped forward, held his fists in his hands and said, "Thank you, thank you so much, hero, for saving my life!"

When Su Hanshan heard the very familiar sentence pattern, he could tell that the man was going to take the lead in kneeling again, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Where are you from, and why were you escorted by these people?"

The man said: "We are people from Dongping City. Because, because... we wanted to change our lives, so we were caught by these people."

There is a big city there, but you have to drag your family and family to live somewhere else?

Su Hanshan dismounted from his horse and said, "I heard that Lord Ge Cheng of Dongping City has a very good reputation. He manages the entire city well and even makes the surrounding villagers think of moving there. Could it be that the rumors are wrong?"

"Does the hero know Lord Katsuragi?"

This timid-looking man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then sighed, "Lord Katsuragi is very good, but he died several years ago."

"Later on, they were replaced by City Master Wang, and then City Master Liu, and they were still able to survive. However, just a few months ago, City Master Liu's whole family was hacked to death and hung up on the city gate."

"The current city lord really doesn't give us a way to survive."

(End of this chapter)