I'm looking for longevity in Liaozhai

Chapter 113
On the edge of the Lanjiang River,

People use wooden barrels to carry water to irrigate the dry fields.

The seedlings planted in the fields are also sickly, and most of them have withered.

"Ah, there was a flood last year and a severe drought this year. How can people live like this!"

There is no more food left at home, and the seedlings in the field seem to be dying. These villagers are all looking at how to survive this year.

Wang Zhe looked at the Lanjiang River, where the water level had dropped a lot. Because the water level dropped and the heat continued, there were many dead fish floating on the water.

During this period of time, while cultivating in the mountains, he found that the aura in the mountains had also become thinner than usual.

He guessed it might be because it hadn't rained for several months.

For this reason, he deliberately went down the mountain, and found that the whole Kuaiji Mansion and even further places were like this.

Spiritual energy is restricted,
He thought of the statement that was mentioned in the immortal handbook obtained from the immortal tomb in Longlin Mountain.

At that time, he was still very puzzled, how could the aura between the heaven and the earth be restrained, this is not a city or a place, but mountains and rivers thousands of miles away!

Where does the aura between heaven and earth come from?
From mountains and rivers, from all corners of the country, from all things in the world,

With such a huge scope, how can it be limited?
The most direct impact of the thinness of spiritual energy on monks is who slows down the progress of practice,

It is not only monks who are affected, but also everything in the mountains and rivers,
A very intuitive reaction is a place with strong aura, lush trees and sufficient water vapor.

Most of the famous caves and blessed places are located in famous mountains and great rivers, and those outsiders and other schools of practice also practice in these places.

If there is not enough water vapor, there will naturally be less aura, because water itself can nourish all things, store qi and absorb spirit.

Due to the continuous drought in the recent period, some trees in the mountain where Wang Zhe practiced have dried up and died, and the death of the trees will further reduce the aura.

This impact on Wang Zhe is still limited, but it has a great impact on the people at the foot of the mountain.

There was no harvest for two consecutive years, and people couldn't eat. Some people chose to beg, and some people started the business of licking blood on the tip of a knife.

There are more thieves blocking the road and robbing.

There are more cases, and the police all over the country are also busy.

Guobei County,
After Zhu Xiao was admitted to the martial arts examination, there was a vacancy for the position of chief arrester, and the county lieutenant entrusted the job to the experienced and prudent Hou Zhu.

Recently, he has been very busy, leaving early and returning late.

I had an errand that day, and when I returned home, I felt very tired.

The virtuous Sun Xiulian has already prepared dinner early.

After washing his face, Lao Hou sat down and began to eat, gobbling it voraciously.

"Eat slowly, you see that you are so tired every day, if you really can't do it, why don't you just quit this job?" Sun Xiulian felt sorry for her husband.

"Azhe left enough money last time."

"Wait a little longer, the world is a bit chaotic recently, with this dress, the family will be more peaceful.

I don't know how that guy is doing recently. If he is still in the Yamen, I will feel a lot easier, but I guess he won't like this kind of busy day from morning to night. "Old Hou said with a smile.

In the morning of this day, someone came to the county government to report the case, saying that someone had been found murdered outside the city, and Hou Zhu immediately led people to the scene.

Five miles outside the city, there was a carriage and two corpses.

Hou Zhu knew the dead people, they were merchants in Guobei County, and there was also a groom who was driving a cart. See if he was going out of the city like this.

When surveying the scene, Lao Hou thought of Wang Zhe again.

"If Azhen is still there, maybe he can see something, these people are far behind!
I don't know where that kid is now? "

"Footprints, bloodstains." He followed the traces left at the scene and chased them into the forest, and within two miles of the forest, the clues were broken.

Hey, he sighed helplessly, and hammered a nearby tree trunk.

"Back to the city."

They took the body back to the county seat.

After a busy day, two thieves were caught, but there was no clue about the murder case.

"Catcher, let's have a bar today?"

"You guys go, I have to go home later." Lao Hou waved his hand.

After the arresters left, the room was empty and he was the only one left.

Suddenly, his eyes flickered, and the back of his head felt a little itchy, and then he felt a deep sense of drowsiness.

"So sleepy!" He yawned, lay down on the table, and fell asleep after a while.

A person appeared in the house.

"I didn't expect to be a head arrester."

This person is Wang Zhe who came to Guobei County.

When he was cultivating in the mountains today, he suddenly thought of Guobei County. He didn't go back for some days, so he came down from the mountain and came to have a look.

Along the way, I saw some refugees begging.

When he arrived at the county seat, he subconsciously wanted to visit the county government office. He happened to see Laohou who had returned from handling the case, and followed him into the county government office in Guobei.

Looking at the place where I have stayed for more than two years, everything looks so familiar.

"Go to sleep, we meet in a dream, I will give you a chance." Wang Zhe looked at Lao Hou who was sleeping on the table.It looked like he was indeed exhausted.

"Where is this?" Lao Hou looked around in a daze, and there seemed to be a person standing in front of him, which was very blurry and he couldn't make out his appearance.

"Hou Zhu, you and I are destined. Today I will teach you "Arhat Kungfu" with the "Returning to Dream Heart Technique". I hope you can practice it well!" A voice suddenly sounded.

"Who, who is talking?!"

"watch out!
Pushing clouds with two palms, picking flowers and dragging leaves, fairy apes picking fruits, two peaks piercing clouds, pouring seas and mountains..."

Ok?
Lao Hou was shocked, stood up abruptly, and clenched his hands into fists.

The blurry scene in front of my eyes became clear very quickly. Looking around, I found that I was still in the room where I usually stayed, but my whole body was sweating profusely and was very sore.

"Yes, is it a dream?"

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was so tired, I fell asleep on the table."

"But the dream just now feels so real."

He recalled the dream just now, and subconsciously made a gesture, which was the starting gesture of Arhat Kung Fu, but it was a little jerky.

Then he slowly put the remaining [-]
"This this
The dream I had just now was real, did someone really teach me the exercises in the dream? "

When Lao Hou came out of the yamen, his face was still full of shock and he was in a daze.

"What's going on, what's going on here?" He kept mumbling.

Wang Zhe smiled when he saw this scene.

When he was still in Guo Beicheng, Wang Zhe once thought about teaching Hou Zhu some exercises, but he didn't think of a more suitable rhetoric.

It's all right now, he has learned the "returning to dreams", he can go directly to his dreams, and teach exercises in his dreams. He first taught Laohou "Luohan Gong".

At the same time, he also gave Lao Hou a burst of true energy. The world seems to be in chaos, so teach him some exercises so that he can protect himself a bit.

Back home, Lao Hou was still in a daze.

"Why did you come back later than usual today?" Sun Xiulian asked hurriedly when she saw him come back.

"Fall asleep in the yamen."

"Asleep? Are you too tired?"

"Fortunately."

Lao Hou washed his face, sat down at the table, and found a large bowl of chicken soup on the table.

"Seeing that you've been exhausted these days, I'll make up for you." Sun Xiulian said with a smile.

"Madam is better!" Old Hou's smile was full of happiness.

There is a good wife who is knowledgeable and reasonable, and has a son. Laohou thinks it is worthwhile to be tired.

"Ma'am, I had a dream just now when I was sleeping in the yamen. In the dream, a fairy taught me a set of exercises." During dinner, Hou Zhu told his daughter-in-law about his dream in the yamen.

"Really, what kind of fairy?" Sun Xiulian smiled after hearing this, obviously not taking his words seriously.

"I didn't see it clearly, but I can really practice what he taught me."

"is it?"

"If you don't believe me, I'll show you after dinner."

After eating, the old Hou Bian practiced the [-] moves of "Arhat Kung Fu" in the yard. Although it looked very jerky, it still looked good.

After the practice, my whole body was still warm and very comfortable, but after a while my stomach started to growl.

"Ma'am, I'm hungry again."

Sun Xiulian was taken aback when she heard this, and hurried to the kitchen to prepare food for him.

This is the beauty of the "Returning to Dream Heart Technique". Teaching the exercises in the dream is somewhat similar to "enlightenment", so Laohou saved a lot of trouble in practicing this "Arhat Kungfu".

Getting started is far easier than ordinary practitioners.

What's more, Wang Zhe also sent a stream of true qi into his body, which itself is incomparably pure "vajra qi".

Other people who practice "Arhat Kungfu" cannot cultivate such a pure "vajra qi" even after decades of hard work.

In addition to age, Laohou's starting point for practicing kung fu is much higher than others.

After eating three bowls of rice in succession, Lao Hou stopped.

After a night's sleep, Hou Zhu woke up the next day feeling full of energy, as if he looked 20 years younger all of a sudden.

"That fairy is really powerful!"

On the way to the Yamen, the neighbors in the neighborhood greeted him.

"Yo, Catcher looks pretty good today."

More than one person along the way said that.

"Captain, you look pretty good today!"

"No, why do I feel that the wrinkles on your face are less?"

"Well, yes, Headhunter, what good food have you eaten?"

"There's nothing good about it." Lao Hou smiled after hearing this, but he was flattered in his heart.

I am in my 40s, and I am very happy to be praised for being young.

"If you dream of that fairy again, you have to thank him very much." Lao Hou thought to himself.

Patrolling the streets and catching a thief, a busy day passed quickly.

Hou Zhu didn't feel as tired as usual that day.

In the afternoon, Lao Hou was the last one to leave.

"I don't know if I will still be dreaming today?" Thinking back to what happened yesterday, he simply sat down and lay down on the table.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew in through the window.

The back of the head seemed to be lightly tapped by something, and suddenly felt a little drowsy, yawned, then lay down on the table, eyelids became heavier and heavier, and soon fell asleep again

(End of this chapter)