C5 Practice Martial Arts

The sky was still gray, and a ray of sunset revealed a trace of light to the outside world. Xie Xuan carefully got off the bed without even lighting the lamp. After quietly putting on his clothes, he kissed his wife who was sleeping soundly.

Jiang Yan let out a dream and gently turned her body. Xie Xuan didn't dare to disturb her too much and carefully blacked out as he went into Jiang Xia's room.

"Father."

Xie Xuan was shocked by Jiang Xia before he could even open his mouth, "Ss, you unlucky kid, are you trying to scare me to death?"

"Shh, don't wake mother up, let's hurry up and go! It will be dawn soon. "

"Right, right, right. Let's go."

The two of them quietly opened the door like thieves and gently closed it. The air at dawn was cold, and Jiang Xia couldn't help but shiver when a gust of cold wind blew in.

"Xia, are you cold?" Xie Xuan asked softly, "Do you want me to go back and get you some clothes?"

"No need, let's go quickly!" Jiang Xia couldn't wait to be a fighter. He only slept for four hours last night, and then he was so excited that he couldn't sleep anymore.

"En!"

Xie Xuan had brought Jiang Xia along the small road that led to the mountain. After walking for hundreds of thousands of times, he was also familiar with the route. A light breeze blew the fallen leaves on the ground, causing them to tremble from time to time.

"Father." Jiang Xia suddenly stopped.

"Hmm? "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xia whispered, "There's a pheasant on a big tree to your left."

"Oh?" Xie Xuan cast his gaze towards the big tree to the left with a bit of doubt. Borrowing the weak morning light, he could vaguely see a fat bird with brown feathers. A cold light flashed in Xie Xuan's eyes and a cold dagger appeared in his hand.

"Gu, ah!" The pheasant let out a blood-curdling screech and then fell to the ground with a dull thud.

"You can? "Brat, your dad really didn't bring you here in vain. It would be hard for me to get a pheasant in a few days, hahaha." Xie Xuan walked over happily and picked up the dead pheasant. He nodded and praised it, "Now, I can give your mother a proper compensation."

"Dad, what method did you use to knock it down?" Jiang Xia couldn't see anything, he could only hear some restlessness in the air, and then the pheasant died.

"This is a martial skill called 'Lightning Blade'. It can be considered one of the stronger ones amongst the normal grades." A hint of pride flashed across Xie Xuan's eyes.

"Oh? Lightning Blade? Don't tell me martial skills are also divided into different levels? "

"Eh?" Xie Xuan was slightly surprised for a moment and smacked his head. Yesterday, he even forgot to mention this, "Hmm, of course there are different levels for martial skills. However, the rank of the martial skills is relatively simple. You only need to remember four words."

"Which four words?" Jiang Xia was suddenly interested.

"Deities, Spirits, Gods." Xie Xuan bit down hard so that Jiang Xia could remember the words more clearly.

"Primordial Heavenly Spirit?" Jiang Xia muttered.

For example, the lightning blade that I used just now was of the normal rank, and Heaven Ranked Martial Skills are considered rather powerful and precious. Spiritual Level s are treasures, and there are no more than three of them in the Xie Family, and there are only five in the Blue Wind Imperial Family. As for Divine Level s, they are supreme treasures that countless people have fought over, but none of them have appeared yet in our Lanfeng Empire.

"Oh my god." Jiang Xia's heart was filled with shock. Although he could not completely understand it, but from Xie Xuan's tone, he could tell the degree of difference between the different martial skills. Father, then what martial skill is your strongest move? "

"Hehe, I, your father, have grasped a Heaven Ranked Martial Technique." Xie Xuan smiled proudly.

"Ah?" Only Heaven level? " Jiang Xia was a bit disappointed.

"Ahh, you brat, don't you know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is? The Heaven Ranked Martial Technique was even secretly given to me by your grandfather that year. You need to know how precious the Heaven Ranked Martial Technique is.

Jiang Xia shrunk his neck, "I got it, Dad. I was just a little surprised!"

"Alright, alright." Xie Xuan looked up at the sky and had a general idea, "It's almost dawn. There's a small lake ahead. I'll teach you a simple Mountain Splitting Fist today."

"Mountain Splitting Fist?" Jiang Xia's heart lit up. He was already looking forward to it just from the name. Then, he gently touched his ears and said with a smile, "Dad, there's a rabbit in front of us, about 20 meters."

"Heh, Lightning Blade."

= = =.

The bright and beautiful sunlight scattered on the ground. It was already close to noon, and on the quiet lakeside, a grey-eyed child was making all sorts of difficult movements. The child's posture was rather young, even slightly out of shape, and there was even a trace of annoyance on his face.

Dozens of meters away, underneath a thick tree, Xie Xuan was lying on a tree trunk with a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth. Beside him were a dozen or so hare pheasants.

"Tsk tsk tsk, if I had known, I would have brought him here." Xie Xuan looked at today's spoils of war with satisfaction. It was all because of Jiang Xia, and he could even detect the movements from a hundred meters away. His hearing could even compare to a Martial King rank expert.

"Dad, I can't keep practicing. You can teach me Lightning Blade!" Jiang Xia walked towards Ye Zichen with a troubled expression. His hair was drenched in sweat and stuck to his forehead, while his expression was full of unwillingness.

"Hey, Xia, you can't take it anymore? It's only been an afternoon. "

"That's not it. Dad, I can't do this Mountain Splitting Fist that you taught me. Why don't you teach me something else!"

Xie Xuan sat up, and his tone became serious, "Oh, Xia! No one can ascend to the sky in a single step, everything is difficult at the beginning, but to persevere on is even more difficult, Father does not have any requests, I just hope that you will not be bullied and will be satisfied. Your impulsive urge to train in martial arts, Father can understand, how about we go back early! I won't blame you. "

Jiang Xia was deeply touched. A trace of determination flashed across his face, "Dad, I won't give up." Then, he turned his head and ran back to his original spot, continuing to dance with his movements.

Xie Xuan was slightly surprised for a moment, then revealed a knowing smile. He put away his previous lazy attitude, stood up and lightly shouted: "Mountain Splitting Fist is the most ordinary martial skill, but it is also the most useful. The key is to advance and retreat, and the force of the punch is ferocious.

Jiang Xia listened attentively, gathering all the strength in his body into his fists. However, the strength displayed by each punch was insufficient. Xie Xuan looked on from the side, nodded, and shook his head, "Xia, you can't be in such a hurry to train, let's go home first! "Wait until the afternoon before you come out, otherwise your mother will be worried."

"Mm. Alright." Jiang Xia nodded obediently and followed Xie Xuan to get the harvest of the day.

"Xia, two is enough, one is for Grandma Lee's family and one is for us."

"Oh, why? What have we done with so much prey? One for each neighbor. "

"Hehe, if your mother saw so many things, would she let you out in the afternoon?" Xie Xuan explained.

"Right." Jiang Xia was enlightened, then his heart suddenly lit up as he looked at his father strangely, "Dad, did you also use this method before?"

Xie Xuan was stunned on the spot, he went up and lightly patted Jiang Xia's head, "You brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Am I that kind of person? "

Jiang Xia's body retreated and successfully dodged it. He turned around and ran, "Haha, I want to tell mom, haha."

"You, kid, slow down." Xie Xuan immediately picked up the two pheasants and chased after them.

The father and son duo chased each other through the mountains. However, Xie Xuan purposefully slowed down his pace to keep a relatively safe distance between the two of them. This way, Xie Xuan would be able to react in time when Jiang Xia fell.

Not long after the two of them left, a wave of water splashed onto the tranquil lake's surface. A ferocious black shadow drilled out from the water's surface, quickly pouncing towards the dozen or so prey that had yet to be taken away.

= = =.

"Xia, slow down, pay attention to the rock in front."

"Xia, there's a puddle of water on your left."

"Xia."

Xie Xuan was very scared as he followed behind. However, on the way back, Jiang Xia didn't fall even once. This couldn't help but surprise Xie Xuan. "Brat, could you even hear the sound of the wind?"

About an hour later, Xie Xuan saw Jiang Yan waiting outside the door. The latter smiled in his heart when he saw the father and son panting.

"Xia, come to my place." Ye Zichen patted Yem Yu's hand so that he could lead Jiang Xia's attention.

"Yes, Mother." Jiang Xia ran into his mother's arms after hearing the slapping sound.

"Look at you, why are you sweating all over? Did your father teach you martial arts?"

Xie Xuan was shocked and quickly smiled, "Hehe, Yan'er, how could you suspect me? This is absolutely not the case. "

"Hmph, better not." Jiang Yan rolled her eyes and then pulled Jiang Xia's small hand, "You must be hungry since you've been tired all morning! Mother has prepared food for you. "

"Thank you, Mother." Jiang Xia replied obediently and followed Jiang Yan into the house. Xie Xuan was directly ignored. He spread out his hands and first delivered a pheasant to Grandma Lee's house, then followed into the house.

Jiang Xia had indeed been tired all morning, and his appetite was especially good at noon. Jiang Yan beamed as she watched him and continued to serve him food.

"Mom, I've finished eating." Jiang Xia quickly swept through the crowd and then turned his "gaze" towards Xie Xuan, "Dad, let's go!"

"What?" You still want to go out in the afternoon? " Jiang Yan looked at the two of them in shock.

After fiercely swallowing the food in his mouth, he smirked at his wife, "Yan'er, today I stabbed a nest of rabbits with Xia. I'm afraid that it would be too late to go, even the rabbits would have to run away. As long as our grandpa captures some more in the afternoon, we won't need to go out for a few days."

It was clear from Jiang Yan's expression that she did not believe him. "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Ask Xia if you don't believe me."

"That's right, that's right. It was me who found that rabbit nest?" Jiang Xia answered without waiting for him to ask anything.

"Alright! Remember to come back early in the afternoon. " Jiang Yan looked unhappy. Xie Xuan ate two mouthfuls of food in succession and hurriedly followed Jiang Xia out of the house.

= = =.

"Stinky brat, look at you. Dad lied to your mother because of you. This is the first time we've gotten married!"

As the two of them walked in the forest, Xie Xuan kept chattering. Jiang Xia acted as if he had not heard anything as he continued walking.

"Hey, brat, are you listening to me?"

Jiang Xia turned around and said helplessly, "Dad, you've said this hundreds of times from beginning to end. I want to walk while listening to the sound, otherwise I might fall down."

Xie Xuan was stunned, "Eh, you said that you were listening to the sound when you walked?"

"Yeah, I can hear the wind blowing the leaves and tell where the road is." Jiang Xia answered honestly.

Xie Xuan narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Is my son really suitable to be a zither player?"

"What is the zither master?" Even though Xie Xuan had lowered his voice enough, it still couldn't escape Jiang Xia's ears.

"Hmph, the zither master is the most useless profession." Xie Xuan curled his lips in disdain, "This profession is very noble, the king of Lanfeng Empire is very keen on playing the zither."

"Oh, then it's not bad for me to become a zither player, right? Perhaps one day the King will be able to play the zither! "

"Hehe, silly boy, no matter how strong the zither master is, he can't compare to a martial artist's swift blade. If you want to be one, I'm not happy with that!"

The two chatted as they walked. From his father, Jiang Xia found out that there was a new thing called "zither master" in the world. A short while later, the father and son duo arrived at the small lake in the morning.

"Our prey is gone."

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