In the darkness, his mind was sometimes clear and sometimes chaotic.
Vaguely, it seemed that Lu Hongti was carrying him on her back, whizzing through the forest. It was a soft touch.
"How did you find me …"
"How do you think I found your house? I put some powder on you, and my Little Qing can follow you. If you betray me … But you went too far this time … "
"If I knew, I wouldn't have risked my life …"
"What?"
The fire was burning, and the yellow light illuminated the messy surroundings. The roof tiles were broken, and the deity statues were peeling off. Lu Hongti squatted beside him and quickly untied the bandage on his left hand. She then took out medicine and a gourd filled with water. She quickly treated the burn on his left arm. The light shone on the side of his face, which was completely focused.
"I … I want to write a letter … Help me send it to Jiangning City, to my house … Otherwise, they will start looking for me. It's best not to look for me …"
"You're still thinking about this at this time."
"I have a friend called Nie Yunzhu, she lives … there's a two-story building over there. She lives there with her maid, it seems like … I want to see if she's okay …"
"I'll remember."
"There are two people, two people to kill, in … in a courtyard near Xinlinpu, one is called Xiao Si …"
"Good or bad?"
"They want to kidnap my friend …"
"You have a lot of things to do."
When he woke up again, Lu Hongti had brought some ink and brush, and her left hand was already bandaged. She didn't seem to want to wake him up, but seeing that he was awake, she helped him up and put the brush in his right hand.
"Can you still write?"
"Barely … I can."
"I really underestimated you before …"
"I just had to do it … My left hand, is it useless?"
"If not, then it's really useless."
"Oh, thank you …"
"What did you do before …"
"… I met a psychopath."
"Sleep, wait for me to come back."
The figure whizzed away.
The rest of the night was unclear. Now that he had said what was on his mind, the tiredness came crashing down like an avalanche, pushing away everything else.
He awoke the next morning, still aching, so tired that it seemed impossible to get up. Birds were chirping, and the morning light was slanting through the hole in the roof.
In the end, he still struggled to get up. His chest, shoulders, and left hand had been replaced with new bandages. His clothes had also been changed. Originally, he was wearing a set of clothes that he had found in the cabin. There was not much blood on it, but it was much bigger. This was a run-down temple in the forest. When he walked out of the door, Lu Hongti was practicing martial arts in the forest in front of him. She was wearing a black dress, and her sleeves fluttered in the morning light. However, every move she made was filled with the bloodlust and murderous aura of war, the beauty of hardness and softness. The wind from her fists and palms whistled. This was indeed not a martial art from the Jianghu. This was an iron-blooded martial art that had been tempered in battle. The morning light also slanted into the forest.
Ning Yi sat on the steps in front of the ruined temple and watched quietly. After a while, Lu Hongti calmed his Qi and looked at him for a long time.
"Alright, I changed my mind."
"Hm?"
"You do look like you have a use for martial arts, and your temperament is good enough."
"Ha." Ning Yi laughed. "This is the best news I've heard these days."
"There's a set of martial arts that you can practice. You can't become first-rate, but if you become second-rate, it's enough to protect yourself. I interrogated Xiao Si and his accomplice, and then followed the path you came from to take a look... "She shook her head and revealed a smile." You scared me. "
"A rabbit is forced into a corner, so it bites."
"Everything you said was done. Your family was very anxious last night. That little servant girl was so anxious that she jumped up and down. However, she's not bad. She doesn't cry even when she's anxious. She just ordered the servants to do some things and go find people. I secretly put the note away for her to see. She immediately cried when she saw it. Then, while crying, she ran to tell your wife that she was safe. In the process, she even tripped. That girl named Nie Yunzhu is also fine. When I went, she was sleeping. "
Ning Yi wrote on the note that his good friend had left home for a few days. The note arrived. Presumably, Xiaochan and the others wouldn't be too worried. It was good that Nie Yunzhu was fine. As for how the mistress and Xiao Si were, there was no need to ask. The two sat on the steps for a while. Lu Hongti said, "I'll go cook some porridge for you."
Lu Hongti had probably lived in this ruined temple for a period of time. She had a broken pot and a luggage bag beside her. It was probably somewhere in Jiangning, so she brought it out this time. The two sat in the ruined temple and finished breakfast. During this time, Lu Hongti said, "When you really learn martial arts, sometimes you can't help but use it to solve problems. When you think of it as a solution, you unknowingly become hostile. We can't do anything about it. But you guys are different. It's not like you meet an enemy. It's better not to fight if you can avoid it. You are knowledgeable and have a strong mind. I want you to promise me that you can understand when you really need to fight. "
Ning Yi thought for a moment. "I really don't like to solve problems with personal violence. I promise you."
Lu Hongti nodded. "That's good. I'll start teaching you later."
Ning Yi raised his left hand. "I can learn like this? And I don't have any strength now. I'm seriously injured. "
Lu Hongti burst into laughter. "I'll teach you the basics first. Remember them in your mind. If you have the strength, you can write them down on paper. Anyway, you can only start practicing when you go back."
"Do I need to kowtow to you?"
"No need. I'm only teaching you second-rate martial arts anyway." Lu Hongti thought for a moment. "In the afternoon, continue to talk about the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. It's best to finish it during this time."
"Oh, okay."
In the following days, the two stayed in the ruined temple.
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In the morning, Lu Hongti told him about the cultivation method of second-rate kung fu. Occasionally, she would gesticulate and describe various situations. In the afternoon and evening, Ning Yi talked about the Eight Tribes of the Heavenly Dragons, or just chatted, talking about all sorts of things. It was almost the hottest days of summer. It was hot during the day and at night, and there were many mosquitoes. At night, Lu Hongti used some strange leaves to drive away the mosquitoes in the ruined temple. She chased Ning Yi around and scolded him.
To put it more ambiguously, it felt like they were a poor young couple who had settled down in this ruined temple. They didn't have much. The broken pot was used to cook rice and vegetables. Fortunately, Lu Hongti proposed to go again the next day and brought back the pot and bowls. But other than a bag, they had nothing else. At night, Lu Hongti would give Ning Yi medicine to heal his wounds. Ning Yi couldn't heal the wounds on his left hand, chest, and shoulders with one hand. Lu Hongti didn't care about this.
"I've seen all the men on the mountain. You're not good-looking. You're just a little more muscular than the average scholar." She always had a disdainful look on her face.
Ning Yi had trained for a year and made himself more muscular. But he didn't have any muscles. Naturally, he couldn't compare to a man who fought on the battlefield. But he felt that he was quite well-proportioned. He wanted to ask if she had seen both the top and the bottom, but they were in different eras. He couldn't make such a joke, or he would probably get beaten up. So, he had no choice but to acknowledge that the other party, who always seemed a little uneasy, was very knowledgeable.
Bandaging someone's wounds on the battlefield and bandaging someone's wounds in this kind of situation were somewhat different. But when he thought about it, Ning Yi stopped thinking about it.
There was a mountain spring not far behind the ruined temple. He could use a gourd or a bamboo tube to fetch some water during the day. Lu Hongti had a green bird that liked a fruit with a special taste. Lu Hongti ground the fruit into powder and sprinkled it on a person's body. The smell would not dissipate for a few days. If not for that, she would not have been able to find her way out of the city that night.
On the third day, there was a thunderstorm. The small ruined temple was like a boat that would sink at any time in the pouring rain. Lu Hongti picked some thick branches and leaves to reinforce the top of the ruined temple. Then she and Ning Yi sat in the only dry corner of the ruined temple and chatted. Listening to Ning Yi's stories, they felt like the last two people guarding the overturned world.
Sometimes, Lu Hongti would talk to Ning Yi about Luliang Mountain. She didn't say it in a complaining tone. But if the Liao army invaded, Ning Yi could guess how difficult it would be. Lu Hongti was probably leading one of the Luliang bandits now, which was not very large. Her master was also a woman. She was very smart, but she risked her life to assassinate a Liao general. After she succeeded, she was besieged and fought until she was exhausted. In order not to be caught, she committed suicide. This was probably why Lu Hongti didn't teach people martial arts randomly.
"Master is smart and powerful. If she wasn't so good at martial arts, she wouldn't have considered the assassination. If she had used tricks, she might have been able to kill the general. Even if she couldn't, at least she wouldn't have died. If she hadn't died, she could have taken us with her. Maybe more of us could have survived … Therefore, you shouldn't blindly believe in martial arts. You said that it's more important to understand things. Smart people … don't put themselves in danger. It's more useful to stay alive … "
People who had been on the edge of life and death paid more attention to life and death. Maybe it was also because after her master passed away, the burden fell on her shoulders. She felt the weight. If she wanted to carry a small group, it was not enough to have martial arts. The more sensitive a person was, the more they would be able to sense the difficulty of all kinds of organization and coordination. Although Lu Hongti had never been educated, she was an intelligent person. Her master might have told her about this before, so it was not strange for her to say these things now.
So on the seventh day, Lu Hongti probably finished talking about martial arts, but Ning Yi's Demi-human and Demi-human and Demi-human and Demi-human and Demi-human and Demi-human and Demi-human were not finished yet. When she complained, Ning Yi said, "I also want to teach you something. Maybe it will be useful to you. I originally wanted to exchange this martial arts with you."
"Hmm?" Lu Hongti's eyes lit up. "Are you talking about those weird skills again?"
Although she had always said that Ning Yi's things were crooked, she also knew Ning Yi's personality. He might be reliable in some aspects. Since he could take it out so confidently, it should be useful to her. Ning Yi nodded. "Maybe part of it is. There are many and complicated things. I didn't know the situation on your side before, so I haven't completely understood the system. I don't know if you can use it. So first, I also know a few sets of martial arts. Maybe you can use them as a reference."
Lu Hongti frowned. She thought he was joking. Ning Yi laughed. "You can take a look. Maybe you can use the stones of others to improve yourself. Whether it is useful or not is up to you. Some things, such as vital points, joint techniques, and so on, should be more systematic."
Lu Hongti sighed. "... I don't even know what you are talking about."
However, she was already used to it. She often didn't understand what he was up to, and he wanted to teach her martial arts … Well, it was obvious that he wanted to teach her martial arts … Well …
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