Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou widened his eyes, carefully observing every move of Old Cantou, as if each one revealed his uniqueness.

What word could describe it? 'Effortless,' Old Cantou's footwork and movements seemed to reveal his extraordinary nature.

Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he'd seen pigs run. He watched those people practice boxing every day, but their movements, footwork, and even their breathing seemed inferior to Old Cantou's.

Suddenly, he remembered a play at the theater, where countless people attacked a sect. Just as the sect was about to be destroyed, a usually silent sweeping monk turned out to be a top expert, defeating everyone single-handedly.

Could this Old Cantou be such a person? The more he looked, the more he felt it was true.

At this thought, he couldn't help but be moved. The theater plays said that such people not only had extremely high martial arts skills but were also great beings who had seen through the world. They were highly skilled, indifferent to fame and fortune, broad-minded, and compassionate.

Could he show this kind of person the nameless technique and get some guidance?

With this idea, he couldn't restrain himself, but for safety's sake, he could test him out first.

He immediately cleared his throat and walked towards Old Cantou. The next moment, he noticed that Old Cantou's movements became clumsy as soon as he saw him.

This discovery made his eyes light up, almost certain that Old Cantou was no ordinary mortal.

When he reached Old Cantou, he made small talk, "Old Cantou, where did Granny Wu go?"

Old Cantou didn't even look up, just said softly, "How would I know? What's the matter, are you looking for her?"

Li Ergou deliberately approached Old Cantou, and when he reached a certain distance, he suddenly said, "I'm not looking for her, but for you."

As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force and pounced on Old Cantou. He saw his feet sink, then suddenly lunged forward, somersaulting in mid-air, shouting, "Monkey Steals Peach!" He thrust out a hand, grabbing towards Old Cantou's lower body.

A look of surprise flashed in Old Cantou's eyes, then instinctively, he twisted his waist and kicked his legs, jumping more than five feet high, landing backward with a light step, something no old man could do.

As soon as Old Cantou's feet landed, he thought, 'Damn it.'

Li Ergou looked at him with a smirk, as if his trick had succeeded, making people resentful.

Old Cantou snorted coldly, "Damn kid, I never thought I'd survive the big waves only to capsize in this little ditch with you. What do you want?

Do you know that if I were ruthless, your little life would be in danger now?"

Li Ergou deliberately showed a surprised look, "I never thought, I really never thought that the plays in the theater, I thought they were all fake, who would have thought they would happen in reality.

Old Cantou, please don't blame me, I was just too immersed in the play, suddenly remembering the scenes in the play, that's why I was joking with you, I didn't expect you to really be someone like the sweeping monk."

He widened his eyes, his face full of surprise, not at all like he was pretending.

Old Cantou looked at Ergouzi, feeling depressed, wondering if this bear child was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Granny Wu favored this child, so he naturally couldn't do anything to him. He wanted to reprimand him, but Li Ergou came to him and said, "Old Cantou, you are so powerful, I have something to ask, I wonder if you can give me some advice."

As he spoke, he took out a packet of braised meat and a packet of peanuts from his clothes, "I'm treating you to wine."

Old Cantou couldn't help but laugh when he saw him like this, thinking that this bear child was not hateful.

He slightly shook his head, "Forget it, I'm in a good mood today, I won't be like you. If you have anything to ask, just say it, but I'll say it first, if you dare to spread the news that I know kung fu, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Li Ergou immediately nodded repeatedly, "Understood, understood, I have the tightest mouth, I remember when I was extremely hungry, I stole an egg from the landlord's house, the landlady hung me on the beam and beat me for three days and three nights, and I didn't admit it."

Old Cantou: "..."

Inside the house, Old Cantou poured himself a glass of wine. Li Ergou also wanted to drink, but Old Cantou scolded him, "You're too young, you're not allowed to drink alcohol. This wine is good, but it's also a poison that runs through the intestines, and it's the most misleading thing."

As he spoke, he picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Ergou was speechless and couldn't help but mutter, he could only drink some cold water to replace the wine.

After eating and drinking for a while, Old Cantou opened his mouth and said, "Speak, what is it?"

Li Ergou did not hesitate, immediately took out the first page of the book, and asked, "I know all the words written on it, but when they are put together, what do they mean, I don't quite understand."

Old Cantou took the page of the book and looked at it, and saw that it said, "Dantian Qi is sufficient, Du Ren parallel, prevent danger and consider danger, run according to the pulse, Zhoutian cycle, smooth body fusion, Qi returns to Dantian, the skill is successful and the law is clear, the husband's Qi and blood go back and forth..."

After reading the above content, Old Cantou couldn't help but frown slightly, "Where did you get this book? This is not an ordinary technique, but a cultivator technique that transcends ordinary martial artists. If you stole it, it is a capital crime."

Li Ergou's heart trembled, he really couldn't understand what Old Cantou meant, what ordinary martial artist, and what cultivator technique, isn't this thing used for people to cultivate?

At this moment, he thought, why is it so difficult to learn a technique? But Wu Immortal had told him that he must not reveal a single bit of information about him, so he could only stubbornly say, "This is a technique passed down from my ancestors, definitely not stolen, is it impossible to cultivate ancestral things?"

Old Cantou pondered slightly, looking at Li Ergou's eyes, what kind of person was he, he wouldn't believe Li Ergou's nonsense.

However, this kind of cultivation technique is just the most basic cultivator technique, not worth making a fuss about, he was just wondering how Ergou got this thing.

You must know that whether it is a sect or the imperial court, anyone who dares to leak the technique will be punished with the extermination of the nine clans and extreme punishment.

Therefore, there are very few techniques that are leaked out in this world, but some aristocratic families have continued to this day, like a small sect, and can also pass down techniques for cultivation.

In this case, the imperial court and the sect usually do not punish, which is also considered to give the people a loophole. Even so, this technique is difficult to reach the hands of ordinary people.

If someone else asked, he would definitely not pay attention, but this child is deeply loved by his junior sister, so I will give some guidance, and leaving this place in the future can be considered a comfort to my junior sister's heart.

And this kind of most basic technique, as long as it is not taught to him by himself, is not considered a violation of the sect rules.

With a plan in mind, he then slowly said, "Actually, these words are not difficult to understand, as long as you understand the human body's blood vessels, meridians, and acupoints, you will quickly understand its meaning.

In simpler terms, it is to cultivate a kind of martial arts true Qi through your meridians. With martial arts true Qi, you will have a fundamental difference from ordinary martial artists.

Look here, strength follows Qi, intention precedes Qi, intention is the power of thought, if there is, if there is not, intermittently, make the intention like flowing water, then Qi can surge by itself."

So, the first step is to cultivate martial arts true Qi first. When true Qi is formed, you will break away from the mortal body and achieve the first step of a cultivator.

Li Ergou couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "As you said, as long as I cultivate martial arts true Qi, will I not be beaten and be able to pass the martial artist exam?"

Old Cantou was slightly stunned when he heard this. At this moment, he finally understood why his junior sister would like this little guy.