"A few days ago, on the day Uncle Shi was injured, I followed my father up the mountain to look for ingredients. It rained on the way and I ran into a scammer. My dad and I got separated while running away, and then I went into a cave to take shelter from the rain.

I slept in a cave for one night, and in the morning I saw Guoba next to me."

Xiangling introduced how she got to know Guoba.

Shi Lan nodded thoughtfully. He also knew about this. After the father and daughter were separated in the heavy rain that day, Master Mao spent the whole night looking for Xiangling in the rain. However, Xiangling was not found. Instead, he found the Shishan that fell from the mountain first.

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Master Mao first sent Shishan to Bubulu, and then called many people to prepare to go up the mountain again to find his daughter. On the way, he happened to meet Xiangling returning.

Shi Lan originally wanted to go, but he had to take care of his father.

Unexpectedly, Xiangling came down the mountain safely and brought back an unknown creature.

"It followed me after eating spicy pork steamed buns! Then I took it home."

Shi Lan walked around the pot twice and thought hard: "So what kind of creature is this?"

Guo Ba also raised his head and stared at Shi Lan.

Xiangling shook her head: "I don't know, dad doesn't know him either."

"Lulu!" Guoba was also shouting, as if he was introducing himself, but unfortunately no one could understand him.

Shi Lan marveled: "It's really ugly."

"chatter?"

Guoba was very angry, his mouth was moving constantly, his face was a little red, and there was a trace of fire between his lips and teeth.

Xiangling was shocked and saw that the rice cake was about to burst into flames. She hurriedly hugged it: "Don't be angry! Shi Lan doesn't mean any harm."

Shi Lan was also startled and ran away quickly.

"I'll take the stuff to dad first!"

In the house, Shi Shan was already numb from hunger. He was lying on the bed and saw Xiang Ling following Shi Lan in. He quickly hid the tobacco bag and waved away the smell of smoke in the air.

"I saw Uncle Shi! It's useless for you to hide!" Xiangling put her hands on her hips and said fiercely: "You must quit smoking when you are sick!"

It is very embarrassing to be taught a lesson by a child. Shishan nodded with a grimace.

Shi Lan opened the lunch box and took out all the food inside.

Meat porridge, a bun and an egg, and an apple.

Not a lot, just one person

"You can't eat greasy and spicy food when you're injured. Dad made the porridge specially. You can also eat some fruit to clear your mouth after eating."

Xiangling introduced carefully.

Shi Lan helped Shi Shan sit up, put a tablecloth on it, and said a little enviously: "Don't you have my share?"

Xiangling immediately started the induction mode: "Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. It's a pity that you don't know how to do it, but you can ask my dad and he will teach you..."

"Forget it……"

The father and daughter really want to drag themselves into the kitchen all the time...

Although he knew that Master Mao was sincere, Shi Lan really didn't want to grow up and just stay in the kitchen with pots and pans for company.

"You just happened to be here, please do me a little favor."

Shi Shan was asked to eat his own food in the house, while Shi Lan called Xiang Ling to help him prepare the medicine, while he wanted to practice his martial arts.

Shi Lan has an ancient secret book.

This is a book made up of many extremely rough pages stuck together. It is so old that Shi Lan does not recognize the characters in the title of the book.

But what is very strange is that, except for the latter part, the notes on the key cultivation methods of meridians and breath in the first few pages have been translated into modern Chinese characters.

What's even more strange is that from the writing traces, it seems that these two ancient fonts and modern fonts were written at the same time. Two fonts were written at the same time, which is very puzzling.

Moreover, the painting above is also very rough. I don’t know under what circumstances the author drew it. The lines are rough and rough, and I can only barely tell that it is a person.

Shi Shan told Shi Lan that this ancient book was picked up by him along with Shi Lan, and it seemed to be left by Shi Lan's parents.

Shishan also practiced with it in the early years, but the so-called "aura" in the book never appeared, so naturally there was no way to continue practicing.

But his body did become much stronger as a result, which is why he was able to get up and roll a cigarette so quickly after breaking his leg.

He felt that he had picked it up with Shi Lan. If he couldn't do it, Shi Lan would definitely be able to practice it.

So after Shi Lan remembered the incident, Shi Shan urged Shi Lan to learn this unknown ancient method as soon as possible.

So Shi Lan has been practicing this ancient method for a long time. The reason for his slow progress is that this ancient method has a fatal flaw, and he can only practice it once a day.

After every practice, the aura in Shi Lan's body would become chaotic and uncontrollable. If he wanted the aura to settle down, he could only wait until the next day...

This seriously slowed down his cultivation speed.

Here, Xiang Ling set up a fire in the yard and placed the medicine stove securely. Then she waved her little hand and made a childish but majestic voice:

"Crisp! Breathing fire!"

"Lulu!"

Guo Ba's cheeks squirmed, and when he opened his mouth, a ball of flame spurted out. The temperature of the flame was so high that the firewood was ignited instantly, and it burst into flames.

After extinguishing the flame in his mouth, Guoba smacked his lips, and his eyes full of wisdom glanced at Shi Lan, who was watching on the side, as if he was demonstrating?

Shi Lan's expression was stiff, remembering that if Xiang Ling hadn't stopped Guo Ba just now, the fire would have been sprayed on him...

Swallowing hard, Shi Lan decided to stay away from this ugly bear.

"I'd better go practice as soon as possible..."

It seems that it would be better to offend Guo Ba less in the future.

Xiang Ling moved a small stool and sat in front of the medicine stove, looking at the fire. She held her cheeks with her hands and looked at Shi Lan from time to time, watching with interest as he made some strange movements.

"Shi Lan, are you dancing?"

Xiang Ling felt that Shi Lan's movements were really weird, but she couldn't tell what was weird. It was just that it would be uncomfortable if she watched them for a long time.

Shi Lan calmed down and replied calmly: "It's not dancing, I'm practicing!"

Xiangling blinked and complained: "My posture is so bad. If I do this kind of action, the master will definitely be cruel to me."

In fact, this is not Shi Lan's fault, but this is how it is taught in ancient teachings.

The ancient method practiced by Shi Lan is very strange and has a total of eighteen pages.

The first four pages are about the movement and control of breath, and the next fourteen pages are about those strange footwork and postures.

There are fourteen pages, and each page has different steps. The minimum is nine steps, and the maximum is as many as twenty steps!

The way to practice is to combine the luck methods on the previous pages and perform these steps on the ground.

It sounds simple, but just the twelve steps on the first page took Shi Lan more than a year!

From the first step, every step thereafter was extremely difficult. Not only were the steps weird, but the body posture was also weird.

Seeing Shi Lan's indescribable sense of oppression after reviewing the twelve steps on the first page, Xiang Ling felt a little short of breath and did not dare to stare any longer.

How strange!

But I still want to take another look.

stare--

No, it’s still weird...

She took a small fan and gently fanned the pot under the medicine stove. The flame temperature of the rice cooker was a little too high, and Xiang Ling was sweating on the tip of her nose. Xiang Ling was boiling the medicine carefully and secretly looking at Shi Lan. She was so cute.

Compared to Xiang Ling who didn't dare to look directly, Guo Ba looked at it with gusto and scratched his head from time to time as if thinking.

"Lu? Lu... Lu!?" (I seem to have seen it somewhere...)

At this time, Shi Lan was in a very strange situation.

He successfully completed the twelve steps on the first page, and then started on the first step on the second page.

The first two steps were very difficult, and after the third step, Shi Lan froze in place.

He stretched his hands to both sides, palms facing down, making a pressing gesture. His left foot was on the ground, but his right foot was in the air. His whole body leaned forward, and no matter how hard he tried, his right foot could hardly drop another half inch.

A normal person would lose his balance in this position and fall to the ground, but Shi Lan looked like someone was holding him behind him, standing in a posture that was extremely inconsistent with gravity.

"The third step on the second page is so difficult... What should I do from now on..."

Shi Lan was sweating profusely. The beads of sweat that emerged from his forehead crossed his eyebrows and fell to the ground from the tip of his nose. The floor in front of him was soaked with sweat.

Although he worked hard, from the perspective of passers-by, it looked like he was engaging in performance art, and he had no idea what he was doing.

A sparrow fluttered its wings and landed on his head. It pecked a few times but saw no movement from Shi Lan, and then started chirping again.

At the same time, the breath in Shi Lan's body began to become violent, and the flow became more and more unstable. The strange memories in his mind flickered again. It seemed that there were countless people praying in his ears, and this voice gradually became

Crazy. Affected by these memories, Shi Lan's eyes gradually became blurred, and his body began to shake uncontrollably.

Once he loses control, today's practice will end here.

"I haven't gone any further for... half a month... Come on... Shi Lan... you can do it..."

"chatter!"

At this time, Guo Ba, who was watching the show, seemed to notice something and suddenly shouted.

The sound was like a loud slap to the face.

Shi Lan suddenly opened his eyes, and his will became extremely clear.

"The feeling...is coming!"

The bird that was having fun above his head was frightened and flew away. After half an hour of stalemate, Shi Lan's hanging right foot finally moved down a little, and the toe had already touched the ground.

He was overjoyed.

After so many days! Finally one step further!

However, that's it.
Chapter completed!