The Counterattack of the Villains

Ruan Baiming is still young and cannot fully understand Li Mu's words.

But seeing the expressions on his mother, sister, and many aunts, he knew that Li Mu's words were right, and he kept them in his heart.

Mrs. Ruan said to Li Mu: "The officials in my family admire the chivalrous people like Mr. Li the most. Mr. Li saved Xingzhu and Shunzi again."

"If it's nothing important, please give us a chance to express our gratitude."

Shunzi's mother also said: "Yes, the young master must stay here for a few days so that we can show off our friendship as landlords."

Li Mu just pondered for a moment, then smiled and said: "My purpose of traveling this time is to travel around the world and gain experience, but I don't have a clear destination. So I'd rather be respectful than obey."

When Mrs. Ruan and Shunzi's mother heard this, they both beamed with joy. They asked others to help wash their clothes before taking Li Mu back to town.

Seeing this, Li Mu took the initiative and said: "You two ladies, there is no need to be anxious. I just need to clean up my horse. Why don't we wait until the clothes are washed and then go back to town together."

Mrs. Ruan and Shunzi's mother readily agreed and walked to the river beach where they washed their clothes.

A group of children were also sent away by their respective mothers, but the Ruan family siblings stayed here.

Ruan Baiming was very active. He took the initiative to pick up a brown-bristle brush and brush Li Mu's horse.

Unfortunately, he hasn't grown tall yet, so he can only brush the horse's belly, but not its back. Ruan Xingzhu, who is relatively tall, took the brown-bristle brush and started brushing by himself.

Li Mu didn't refuse. While cleaning the horse's sinuses, he smiled at Ruan Xingzhu and said, "Girl is so familiar with her movements. Could it be that she brushes the horse from time to time?"

Ruan Xingzhu turned to him and smiled brightly, saying: "My father raised two horses and taught me how to brush them."

Ruan Xingzhu's voice is charming, clear and melodious, and her temperament is also cute and lively. Perhaps because she is a child of the world, she does not have the shyness and shyness of a young girl facing a strange man.

Li Mu asked again: "I heard that your father is a martial arts master. I wonder what kind of martial arts he mainly teaches?"

Ruan Xingzhu said: "My father studied under Taoist Master Xuanhe of Kongtong Mountain and learned the Xuanhe sword technique. He is quite famous in these ten miles and eight towns."

The title of Taoist Priest Xuanhe does sound a bit like an expert, but Li Mu has never heard of it. This kind of small character who was not mentioned in the original work is probably not a powerful person.

However, he still said: "Disrespect, disrespect."

Ruan Baiming on the side asked curiously: "Brother Li, what kind of martial arts do you practice?"

Li Mudao: "I am a swordsman, and I am also good at boxing and kicking."

Ruan Baiming looked left and right and said strangely: "Since eldest brother is a swordsman, why don't you have a sword with you?"

Li Mu lowered his head and looked at him, smiling and saying: "Brother Li has a sword! But you can't see it."

Hearing this, Ruan Xingzhu looked at Li Mu's waist and said, "Could it be a soft sword?"

Li Mu shook his head and said to her: "That's not true. I don't have a sword in my hand, but I have a sword in my heart. It's the same whether I have a sword or not."

Ruan Xingzhu didn't realize how strong he was. Ruan Baiming scratched the back of his head and asked puzzledly: "How can it be the same if there is a sword in his hand or not? Then how can you resist when someone strikes with a sword?"

Li Mu made up his mind to impress Ruan Xingzhu. He took a few steps aside and pointed at a stone about the size of a human head that was washed away by the water and said, "Look at that stone."

Ruan Xingzhu and Ruan Baiming looked over in confusion, then turned back to look at Li Mu, and saw him extending his middle finger, secretly using the sword technique, and drawing the stone from top to bottom in the distance.

"Shua"

The stone broke into two halves out of thin air. Ruan Baiming immediately said "Wow" and ran over to check the stone.

Ruan Xingzhu opened her mouth slightly and looked at Li Mu blankly. This method was beyond her understanding.

This dumbfounded look is really indescribably cute.

Ruan Baiming saw that the stone was cut in half and the fracture was extremely smooth. He asked Li Mu in surprise: "Brother Li, is this a trick?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not a trick, it's called sword energy."

Ruan Xingzhu looked at Li Mu with piercing eyes, and a feeling called worship gradually grew.

She heard her father say that the highest level of swordsmanship is to practice sword energy, which can hurt people from a distance of several feet or even several feet.

My father often lamented that he would never have the opportunity to experience such a realm in this life.

This sword energy must be the highest level of swordsmanship. I didn't expect that Brother Li, at such a young age, could already practice swordsmanship to such a level, and he didn't even use a sword.

"No wonder Brother Li said that it doesn't matter whether he has a sword or not, but this method is much more powerful than an ordinary person holding a sharp sword."

Ruan Baiming nodded repeatedly and said excitedly: "Isn't it true? It's already so powerful without a sword. Wouldn't it be even more powerful with a sword?"

The speaker was unintentional but the listener was intentional. Li Mu's heart immediately moved.

This seems to be the truth. Who said that the Six Meridians Divine Sword has to be issued with fingers?

If it is turned into a sword, wouldn't it be a way to release the sword energy?

Duan Yanqing can transform a yang finger into a staff and cast it out with the staff. There is no reason why he can't transform the Six Meridians Divine Sword into a sword.

Think about it carefully, if the sword energy of the Six Meridians Divine Sword is condensed on the sword body but is not ejected, what will happen?

Sword light.

Isn't the sword light like that of the Sword God Zhuo Bufan the result of the high concentration and compression of the true energy on the sword body?

Even Zhuo Bufan, a warrior who is not even ranked in the world of Tianlong, can develop a half-foot sword light.

If he uses his deep internal strength, how strong a sword light can he condense? Three feet? Or five feet?

Moreover, when he traveled around the world, he did not want to use Duan Yanqing's name to make people guess his origins.

This Six Meridian Divine Sword is too conspicuous. If he can combine it with the Changkong Sword Technique, he can completely become another person, a more genuine "Sword God" than Zhuo Bufan.

Seeing that Li Mu was suddenly stunned, Ruan Xingzhu waved his hand in front of him in confusion and called out cautiously: "Brother Li, Brother Li? What's wrong with you?"

Li Mu came back to his senses, smiled at her, and said, "It's nothing, I just suddenly had some ideas about swordsmanship."

Ruan Xingzhu smiled and said: "How come Brother Li has realized it again?"

Li Mu nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that I really have to stay here for some time and practice some meditation."

Hearing what Li Mu said, the siblings were very happy.

After grooming the horse, Li Mu let the horse graze on its own, while he and his siblings sat side by side on the river beach, chatting about everything.

From casual chats, Li Mu learned that the Ruan Xingzhu family was considered a big family in Yuncheng.

The Ruan family is actually a scholarly family. Ruan Xingzhu’s grandfather and several uncles are all scholars.

Only Ruan Xingzhu's father, Ruan Xiong, liked martial arts and hated literature. When he was young, he met the Taoist Master Xuanhe who traveled around the world. By chance, he became his disciple and learned martial arts. Later, he married Ruan Xingzhu's mother, the daughter of a boxer.

But because of this, Ruan Xiong was not well received by his family, so he moved out of Yuncheng and settled in a town outside the city. He became a martial arts master and used teaching martial arts as a source of income.

Fortunately, he has good skills, and young people from all over the country who like to practice martial arts will come to him to learn skills, so their family's life is not bad.

Some young people who are successful in martial arts mostly choose to join the army and become soldiers of the Song Dynasty, hoping to make achievements with their martial arts skills.

Unlike other emperors of the Song Dynasty who valued civility over military affairs, Shenzong Zhao Xu attached great importance to military preparations.

Among the "Wang Anshi's Reform" promoted by him, there are methods to strengthen the army such as the method of protecting armor, the method of protecting horses, the method of generals, and the method of supervising weapons.

This is also an important reason why during the Shenzong period, they were able to defeat Annan, regain Hehuang, and lose consecutively to Xixia.

Therefore, in this era, joining the army still has a bright future.