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A gentle breeze blew past, causing the willow branches by the lake to dance. One or two swallows flew over the surface of the lake, then disappeared.

It was the spring sunshine in Jiangzhou. Jiangzhou was located south of the Yangtze River, and the spring breeze was blowing.

The Qing Lake, where the famous dignitaries of the Jiang Prefecture resided, had a beautiful scenery. It was even more beautiful than the "West Lake" in the capital city of Linan. The morning was shrouded in fog. It was as if she was swimming on a boat in a lake, as if she was in a fairyland.

In a house beside Qing Hu, a young man held a wooden sword in his hand as he practiced his moves one by one. He leaped up into the air and stabbed forward, then turned around and raised his hand. He was young, but his movements were also very practiced. Beside the boy stood an old man in his fifties with a head full of white hair. He looked at the young man and occasionally stroked his beard with a smile and nodded his head.

This youth's name was Xiao Feng, and he was only fifteen years old. To be exact, he was not even fifteen. At this moment, the old man who had been standing to the side all this time suddenly picked up a tree branch on the ground and said, "Feng'er, take this, Master's attack!" Before he finished speaking, his body had already moved forward and the tree branch in his hand went straight for the sword in Xiao Feng's hand.

Xiao Feng already knew that this master would take him by surprise when he was training and was prepared to test him. He did not panic, but rolled on the ground and used his sword to block the incoming tree branch. At the same time, his right foot extended forward, and his left foot kicked out towards the old man's wrist. This move had a name, "Attack and Defense Exchange", which was indeed unexpected.

However, since the old man was Xiao Feng's master, how could he not resolve such a technique? Instead of dodging, he moved forward. The branch in his hand turned and attacked Xiao Feng's wrist. In this way, it was as if they already had the tendency to "both sides suffer". Seeing this, Xiao Feng was shocked. He wanted to pull back his leg to dodge but the kick had already come out. He could only roll away to dodge the old man's stab. This time, his expression was extremely miserable.

The old man was unrelenting as he swung the tree branch at Xiao Feng's shoulder. Although Xiao Feng appeared to be in a sorry state when he rolled out, he was already on his guard. The next moment, a "divine dragon swung its tail" leaned back and swept its right hand horizontally at the old man's waist. This time, it actually seemed to turn the tide!

The old man saw and shouted, "Good!" Without panicking, he jumped to avoid Xiao Feng's attack and the tree branch in his hand quickly flew towards Xiao Feng. When Xiao Feng saw this, he was once again shocked. However, he no longer had any moves to resolve the situation. He had no choice but to quickly jump up with a "carp fight". Unexpectedly, his feet didn't land on the ground, causing him to fall face first onto the ground.

The old man stopped and landed on the ground. Seeing this, he laughed out loud: "Hmm, Feng'er has been improving more and more rapidly in these few days. I can already walk for around ten moves. Not bad, not bad! However, although your techniques are still alive, and you have a calm response to it, it is not unavoidable that your cultivation is too low and your strength is lacking. When facing off against your enemies, you will inevitably suffer. "

Xiao Feng crawled up from the ground with a grunt, wiped the dust off his face, and said indignantly: "Master, you are cheating! You could have easily dodged that attack, but why did you suddenly stab me in the back! If it wasn't for the fact that I'm afraid of hurting my master, even if I were to be pierced by you, I'm afraid that you would have been kicked by me as well! Hmph, since this disciple is unwilling! " Xiao Feng's words were filled with dissatisfaction and his tone was slightly childish, but his voice was loud and clear and his eyes were bright and full of spirit.

Hearing that, the old man did not get angry, but laughed, he rubbed Xiao Feng's head and said: "Feng Er's words are different! Do you really think you can kick me? Even so, with your current strength, do you think you can injure me? Furthermore, there was no room for hesitation when facing an enemy. One's moves had to be analyzed in an instant. How could there be no shameless words? You will gradually understand this point in the future. "

Xiao Feng nodded as if he understood something. He looked at the elder and asked, "Teacher, when are you going to teach me how to cultivate inner force?"

The old man fell into deep thoughts as he heard this. He gazed at the clouds in the sky as memories of the past began to slowly surface in his mind.

It was a winter's night in 1234, when a young couple with a baby in their arms were struggling to escape from the last defensive point of the Jin dynasty, the southern Song and the northern and southern Mongolia. At that moment, the old man appeared and saved the couple as well as the infant. In order to protect their child, the couple was extremely exhausted. Furthermore, they had been seriously injured during the war and were on the verge of death. The moment the old man took the baby, the young couple lost their breath. After the old man saved the baby, he saw a crescent-shaped wolf totem pendant around the baby's neck. On the back of the crescent moon pendant, two words were carved on it — Xiao Feng. Finally, it became the baby's name.

The old man held the infant in his arms and was surprised to find that the infant was exuding an extremely cold and sinister aura. However, there was no way of knowing where the cold qi came from. This cold Miasma did not seem to have any special effect on the growth and development of infants. If it were not for the fact that the old man was very skilled, he would not have been able to hold an extremely cold "ice baby" in this cold winter night. In order to eliminate the cold energy in Xiao Feng's body when he was young, the old man had tried many different methods. He even looked through a lot of ancient books, but in the end, he was either unable to find the source of the poison or he used the power of masculinity to disperse the cold aura. However, it only had a superficial effect of dispersing. The source of the real Yin energy had not been resolved yet.

Fifteen years had passed and Xiao Feng's body still had that chilling aura. Even now, it still couldn't be removed. This was also the reason why Xiao Feng was unable to practice inner force skills. This was because the old man had tried to instill inner strength into Xiao Feng's body, but he discovered that any bit of inner strength that entered his body would be instantly devoured by the Chilling Qi and turned into nothingness. However, the old man had yet to mention this to Xiao Feng because he was worried that the young Xiao Feng would not be able to withstand such a blow.

"Teacher, master!" Xiao Feng pulled at the sleeve of the old man who was lost in thought. "Master, what are you thinking about?" Didn't you hear what Feng'er said? "

"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something." The old man came back to reality and shook his head, "Your fifteenth birthday is in three days. At that time, Master will teach you how to practice inner force. " Actually, the old man didn't know Xiao Feng's birthday, it was just that he set it to be the sixth month after saving him — the twelfth of the fourth month every year.

Xiao Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this. His face was full of joy. He clapped his hands and said: "Then Feng Er will no longer be afraid of being too weak when fighting!"

The old man looked at the boy who had an innocent smile on his face, and silently walked into the house. He said, "Practice the sword technique that I've taught you a few more times. When the sun is about to set, I'll take you to the streets to buy some things."

"Alright master!" Xiao Feng happily agreed. This sword technique of the old man had a name, "Dragon Subduing Sword". This Dragon Subduing Sword Technique was a sword technique created by the old man after studying the sword techniques and techniques of his predecessors. Because its moves were like the dragon soaring above the four seas, its aura was like a rainbow, and its users were like dragons soaring through the air, circling low in the air, illusory and intangible. Therefore, its name was "Dragon Controlling Technique". Xiao Feng had been practicing martial arts with the elder since he was eight years old. Aside from spending some time everyday to contact the sword technique, he also needed to do some simple squatting, punching, and other physical exercises. Therefore, even though Xiao Feng was only fifteen years old, ordinary three to five adult men weren't his match.

Not long after the old man entered the house, a sharp cry of a cat came from the tiled roof of the house. Following that, a shiny black cat quickly ran over from the eaves.

Xiao Feng turned his head to look at the rooftop in surprise. He thought to himself, "Why is this cat making such a terrifying sound in broad daylight?" But right at this moment, a black shadow swiftly appeared behind Xiao Feng and without saying a word, attacked the back of Xiao Feng's neck. Xiao Feng didn't even have the chance to groan before the black-clothed man carried him with one arm and leapt onto the roof. He flew towards the north and disappeared in an instant. This rooftop was at least three meters from the ground. The black-clothed man could easily jump onto the roof and escape with his arms wrapped around a person. This showed the depth of his inner strength and the strength of his qinggong!