Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 13 Chen Family

In the village, the sky gradually darkened and wisps of smoke rose up.

The barking of dogs occasionally broke the silence, but it quickly returned to normal.

Chen Yuan found that at this time, Chen Tai and Chen An still showed no signs of returning, and he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Even the standing meditation that he had already mastered in the past could not be practiced at this time.

"They are both veterans who have been wandering in the mountains since they were young. Even if the third brother is playful by nature, he shouldn't be out of the house before dark."

Suddenly, Chen Yuan had a bad guess.

He glanced at the sky and realized that going up the mountain at this moment would be tantamount to committing suicide, so he put on a fur coat, slammed the door and went out, knocking on his neighbor's door.

The person who opened the door was a member of the same generation as the Chen family. As the fifth child in the Chen family, he was called Chen Laowu. "What's the matter, Chen Ada?"

Chen Yuan asked directly: "Old Five, did you see my two younger brothers when you went up the mountain today?"

Chen Laowu was slightly stunned when being questioned, and immediately answered: "No, I went up the mountain with a few people from the main hall, and I didn't meet anyone else. What's wrong? My cousins ​​haven't come back yet?"

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "Not yet."

"Wait for me a moment. I'll ask everyone in the Chen family to go door to door and ask."

There are more than thirty households in Hongshan Village, and ten of them are from the Chen family, making them the most numerous and powerful family in the village.

Living in such a remote and poor place, blood ties become an important bond.

When one family has a problem, the whole family helps.

A family like the Tian family, with a small population, is often at a disadvantage in a place like Hongshanzhai.

As he spoke, Chen Laowu put on a tattered jacket, followed Chen Yuan, and called out all the men in the Chen family.

For a moment, the quiet Hongshan Village suddenly became chaotic and noisy.

"Open the door, open the door."

"Old Tiantou, are you home? I have something to talk to you about."

"..."

Everyone in the Chen family went door to door asking questions, and some people who had already gone to bed were called up.

Faced with the Chen family's aggressive approach, no one in the village dared to disobey.

In a simple adobe house.

Shen Qing is concentrating on practicing the Nine Powers Brocade.

With the continuous practice, the progress of practicing this technique jumps visibly in the field of vision.

Every breath Shen Qing took seemed to be swallowing up the essence of heaven and earth and integrating it into his own blood and energy, causing his skin to gradually glow with a faint red light, as if his blood and energy were filling up.

[Skill: Jiugong Brocade (beginner)]

[Progress: 18/100 points]

[Status: cannot be upgraded]

[Note: This is a skill to cultivate Qi and blood. Continuous practice can improve your progress. When your Qi and blood are perfect, you will be as strong as an ox.]

"According to this training progress, I can break through this martial art to the next level in just one day."

After practicing for a while, Shen Qing's waist and knees felt numb and weak, and his legs were so sore as if they were being pricked by needles.

He collapsed directly onto the ground, gasping for breath.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but after practicing for a while, he felt that most of the food he had just eaten had been digested.

His whole body was steaming with heat, and he didn't feel cold at all. This experience made Shen Qing feel extremely strange.

Shen Qing looked at the blue booklet in front of him, feeling a little regretful.

In addition to pictures, there are also some text annotations.

He guessed that it might be related to some key points of a realm, but unfortunately he was illiterate and could not understand the full meaning.

Feeling the magic of martial arts, Shen Qing felt that he had to spare some time to learn to read and write. Now that his life was getting better day by day, he could also take out some things and go to Zhang Shuchi in the village to learn some words.

Just when Shen Qing made up his mind, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the house.

For some reason, he immediately became alert and asked Shen Fang to throw the things brought down from the mountain today into the bed and hide them.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Shen Qing, are you home?"

"Here I come. Here I come. Be gentle, don't break my door."

Shen Qing opened the door and it was Chen Laowu.

Before Shen Qing could speak, Chen Laowu asked, "Did you see the two Chen brothers when you went up the mountain today?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qing's heart skipped a beat.

Fortunately, he was a very calm person, and there was nothing unusual on his face. He said calmly, "I haven't seen it. The people in the village thought my hunting skills were immature and were unwilling to take me with them. I have always been a loner and went up the mountain to hunt by myself."

Chen Laowu looked at Shen Qing twice, but found nothing wrong, so he said, "Chen Tai and the others haven't come back yet. If you go up the mountain later, keep an eye out."

"I understand." Shen Qing bowed his head and said, "If you see me, I will tell you right away."

"it is good."

Without thinking much, Chen Laowu walked to the next door and knocked on other people's doors.

Shen Qing looked at Chen Laowu's departing back, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and closed the door with a creaky sound.

That night, the Chen family kept making noises until halfway through the night.

All the people living in the villages dared to be angry but not to speak out.

On the next day, the Chen family, who had been busy for half the night, went up the mountain together to look for the whereabouts of Chen Yuan and Chen Tai.

It was only then that the villagers realized that the two brothers had gone up the mountain to hunt and had not returned all night, and their whereabouts were unknown.

Most of the people in Hongshan Village rely on the mountains for hunting, and they know that if they were to encounter this situation, they would most likely die in the mountains.

There are many dangers in the mountains, including countless wolves, insects, tigers and leopards.

It is common for people to get into trouble if they are not careful for a moment.

But no one expected that Chen Tai and Chen An, who were so powerful the day before, were gone in the blink of an eye.

Upon hearing the news, Tianchuan's parents stood at the door and kept saying that God had opened their eyes. They cried with joy, which was really heartbreaking.

Since all the members of the Chen family rushed into Shicheng Mountain, the mountain was crowded with people.

Many hunters stopped going into the mountains to hunt and chose to rest at home.

The same is true for Shen Qing.

At home, he focused all his energy on practicing the martial art Jiugongjin.

As for the bodies of Chen Tai and Chen An, Shen Qing was not worried that the Chen family would find them.

Shicheng Mountain is too big and it is snowing.

Shen Qing was running around randomly that day. If there were no marks now, he might not be able to find him, let alone them.

Even if we find it, it may have been eaten by wild beasts.

Shen Qing locked himself in the room and practiced the first four major stances, namely Hunyuan Stance, Maodun Stance, Tuoying Stance and Floating Cloud Stance, over and over again.

With continued practice, he felt a warm current as thick as a hair starting to flow through his body.

And this warm current becomes thicker and stronger as Shen Qing stands in the stance for longer and longer periods of time.

Compared to the beginning of practice yesterday, I found that the feeling of fatigue and pain today was much less.

"After all, this is a serious martial art for maintaining health, used to strengthen the qi and blood. As long as you can get through it and get into the door, it will get easier and easier as you practice."

Shen Qing knew that this martial arts book was definitely not the best among all the major martial arts schools in the county, but this did not stop him from placing high hopes on it and using it to open the door to martial arts.

(End of this chapter)