Chapter 45 Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger
Chapter 45 Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger
Before daybreak, Xiao Xia stood up, left the Warrior Academy silently, and appeared in the house not far away that Xiao Zhurong had lent him. He continued to practice splitting ropes and flying needles.
He could already split fifty fibers. A hemp rope has more than a hundred fibers, and the highest record Zhang Jue knew of was seventy fibers.
It was not easy to chop out fifty ropes in such a short time, but Xiao Xia found it difficult to increase the number. He maintained the number at fifty for several days in a row. It was basically impossible to break through further. He would definitely cut the rope in one stroke.
Xiao Xia practiced for an hour and cut more than twenty hemp ropes in succession, but he was unable to break through the fifty-one fibers. No matter how he tried, he would definitely cut the fifty-first rope in one stroke.
Xiao Xia sighed helplessly and took out the steel needles to practice flying needles. He shot out 21 flying needles in one breath from 20 feet away. "Snap! Snap! Snap!" the wooden man was nailed full.
While practicing flying needles, Xiao Xia also felt that he had reached a bottleneck. He did not have enough strength to shoot flying needles from three meters away, and when it came to shooting two or three flying needles at a time, he found that his eyesight was not good enough.
The bottleneck problems Xiao Xia encountered were actually problems with the depth of foundation building. The depth of foundation building could only be solved after the second step of consolidating the essence was successful. Then he would be upgraded again. Then he could continue to split out sixty fibers and easily shoot flying needles from three feet away.
Now he is still in the barrier-breaking stage and is far from the time to generate internal energy. Without the help of internal energy, he cannot upgrade.
Suddenly, Xiao Xia had a strange feeling that someone was sneaking up to the back window. He was filled with hatred. The damn Xiao Guizi actually came here. He had to teach him a lesson.
Xiao Xia held onto a steel needle and dodged from the front. He quietly went around to the rear window and saw a thin man in black lying there.
He swung his hand and the needle shot towards the opponent's waist like lightning. Unexpectedly, the opponent reacted very quickly, turned around like a whirlwind, and swung out with a long sword. "Bang!"
With a flash of cold light, the flying needle actually reflected back and instantly appeared in front of his eyes. Xiao Xia was so frightened that he turned his head instinctively, and the flying needle passed by his ear.
He drew his dagger and rushed forward without saying a word. Unexpectedly, the man in black leaped lightly onto the wall ten feet away and then disappeared.
Of course Xiao Xia knew that this thin man in black was not Xiao Guizi, but a master whose martial arts were no less than Zhang Jue's. He gasped in shock that he was being stared at.
Xiao Xia suddenly felt a burning pain in his ear. He reached out to touch it and found it was sticky and bleeding.
Xiao Xia no longer had the heart to stay here, so he went back to pack up, locked the door, and hurried back to the dormitory.
Xiao Xia went back to the dormitory, washed the wound, and applied some medicine. The bleeding stopped. It was just a slight skin break, not a big problem.
But he was at a loss. Who could it be? Who was watching him?
He suddenly thought of an unsolved mystery. His one hundred strings of cash were stolen, along with the jade pendant, and he still didn't know who stole it.
Could it be this man in black?
Xiao Xia had too many questions in his mind, but he couldn't find the answers, including why Xiao Hu sent Xiao Guizi to monitor him?
Xiao Xia's intuition told him that it was not like what Zhang Jue said, Xiao Hu was monitoring him in order to find him.
Xiao Xia felt that it was still related to his father Yang Guang. Although several princes no longer dared to kill him, they were still unwilling to do so. He was afraid that they thought he had a secret connection with his father Yang Guang, so they wanted to find something to hold against his father from him.
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The martial arts hall was bustling with activity. More than a hundred warriors were practicing martial arts here. Some were lifting weights, some were fighting, some were practicing with weapons, and some were practicing with hidden weapons.
Under the strict requirements of Xiao Hu, who had just been promoted to deputy head of the family, all the warriors were put into training. The second-level warriors and the first-level warriors trained separately, and they had no requirements.
But the third-level warriors were all trained by the Yu brothers. After Xiao Xia registered, he sat down in an inconspicuous corner and watched from afar as Yu Hai was training more than thirty third-level warriors.
Yu Hai held a whip in his hand and stared at the third-level warriors who were squatting in horse stance. He cursed them in a very obscene manner and whipped them if he was not satisfied.
Squatting is the foundation of martial arts training. Children start squatting on the first day they enter a martial arts gym at the age of seven or eight. Xiao Xia doesn't know if his predecessor had squatted when he was a child. He should have squatted, because he found that his feet were very stable when he was practicing the Anti-Thirteen Swords.
But they are all level three warriors! They have basically reached the top, and there is no point in practicing squatting now.
They should take Tiger and Leopard Pills now to make their muscles and bones stronger, just like increasing the capacity of a tank so that it can hold more water.
Instead of trying to pour water into a small tank, which will only cause the water to overflow, which is meaningless.
The Yu brothers' level is really poor, far inferior to Zhang Jue.
At this time, a young lady of about 11 or 12 years old came to bring water. She was the young lady who praised her last time. Xiao Xia had already asked Lao Liu about her. Her name was Sun Xiaoya. She was the granddaughter of the gatekeeper, Grandpa Sun. She was very pretty and was also the dream girl of Lao Liu. The young lady saw Xiao Xia and smiled, "Xiao Qilang, have a glass of water first!"
"It's rude. You should call me Brother Xiao Qilang!" Xiao Xia also liked her very much.
"That won't work. If I call you Brother Xiao Qilang, everyone here will take advantage of me. How can I call them over?"
"That makes sense!" Xiao Xia picked up the bowl and drank it all, then put the bowl into the bucket.
"Little girl, hurry up and pour us some water!" several first-level warriors shouted from a distance.
"coming!"
The little girl hurried over carrying the kettle and bucket.
Xiao Xia smiled and retracted her gaze, but accidentally saw Yu Chuan. He squinted and stared at Xiao Ya's back, his eyes flashing with an undisguised desire.
Xiao Xia's heart skipped a beat. This bastard was not going to...
At this time, the warrior leader Qiu Hailiang came over and sat next to Xiao Xia, frowning and saying, "Their training is wrong. Second Master should have arranged for them to take tiger and leopard pills instead of training like this!"
"Brother Qiu, do you think Yu Chuan is targeting Xiao Ya?"
Qiu Hailiang took a look and said coldly, "He sees that all women behave like this. He may want to do it, but he dare not do it. Master Sun is a slave of an aristocratic family. Both of his sons died in battle to protect the Xiao family. The head of the family respects him very much. The head of the family has already warned the Yu brothers not to hurt anyone in the Xiao family, including this young lady."
Xiao Xia was no longer worried, and smiled and asked, "Has Brother Qiu ever taken Tiger and Leopard Pills before?"
Qiu Hailiang shook his head. "I am not a member of the Xiao family. When I came here five years ago, I was already a first-level warrior. I am a member of the Qiu family in Chuzhou. I am not qualified to eat tiger and leopard pills."
"Brother Qiu has been working for the Xiao family for five years?"
"According to the rules, I have to serve the Xiao family for twenty years!"
Qiu Hailiang smiled and said, "The Qiu family is a vassal family of Xiao Xia. The Qiu family also has a medicine similar to Tiger and Leopard Pills. In fact, it is the formula given by the Xiao family. My grandfather made it himself. The effect is not as good as Tiger and Leopard Pills, but for me, Tiger and Leopard Pills are not important. Xiao Huan Dan is the most precious treasure."
"Is it sold outside? I mean the Xiaohuandan." Xiao Xia asked with a smile.
Qiu Hailiang shook his head. "If there is one for sale, I would rather pay fifty strings of cash to buy one. Unfortunately, the Xiao family would rather reward the house and money than the small pill that the warriors dream of."
Thinking of Zhang Jue being expelled, Xiao Xia couldn't help but sneer, "The Xiao family is indeed a bit stingy."
Qiu Hailiang was silent for a moment and said, "Do you know what Liu Erhu wanted to steal when he entered the inner storehouse? Stealing weapons was just an excuse. He actually wanted to steal the Xiao Huan Dan and the formula!"
Xiao Xia suddenly turned her head and looked at Qiu Hailiang in shock. Qiu Hailiang smiled faintly and said, "The night Liu Ergou died, I saw you hiding at the entrance of the alley."
Xiao Xia asked after a while: "Then you also saw the person who killed Liu Erhu?"
"Of course!"
Qiu Hailiang nodded, "I saw him come out of the storeroom with the treasure lamp in his hand."
Qiu Hailiang patted Xiao Xia on the shoulder and said, "Leave the Xiao family as soon as possible! This pool is too shallow for you."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
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