Tang Dynasty: Starting at Xuanwu Gate, this prince is better off not being one.

The mountains and forests were refreshed after being washed by a torrential rain overnight.

The sun struggled to dispel the pervasive moisture, but the heavy fog refused to dissipate.

The door was pushed open from the inside, and Li Yu walked out of the dilapidated temple, yawning.

Gazing at the mist that permeated the mountains, he stretched his back a few times. After a few cracking sounds from his bones, he finally let out a comfortable groan.

Damn it! If I sleep on the hard floor for a few more days, my eleven-year-old body will definitely fall apart!

Li Yu couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the old saying, "Children don't have waists." He could barely move his waist twice and it sounded like firecrackers on New Year's Eve. How could that mean he didn't have a waist?

He vowed that once he returned to Chang'an, he would lie motionless on the soft couch and no one could call him!

Out of the corner of his eye, Li Yu caught a glimpse of Old Sun emerging from the dilapidated temple. Startled, he hurriedly pulled out the medical manual from his pocket and pretended to study it.

"Um!"

Seeing that Li Yu had finally started to "work hard," Sun Simiao nodded in satisfaction, stroked his beard, found an open space, and struck a strange pose.

"Young man, this is called the Five Animal Frolics, created by Hua Tuo of the Eastern Han Dynasty."

After crawling around on the ground like a bear, Old Sun clapped his hands, panting, and stood up. He then explained to Li Yu, "What a pity! The Five Animal Frolics were lost during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, so what you saw was just my imitation based on fragments left in historical records."

After explaining the science, Lao Sun forced Li Yu to do it along with him and instructed him to repeat it every day...

"Master, you're doing the Five Animal Frolics incorrectly!" After copying Old Sun's movements and completing a circle, Li Yu was so exhausted that his face turned red. He finally couldn't help but find an excuse to stop.

Old Sun, who was sitting on a rock studying medical books, almost fell off the rock when he heard Li Yu's words.

"Young man! The Five Animal Frolics are: first, the tiger; second, the deer; third, the bear; fourth, the monkey; and fifth, the bird. I, your teacher, observed their movements and forms for years based on historical records before I gained any real understanding. How come you've got it wrong?"

Old Sun has always been able to accept others questioning his medical skills, and he has been constantly making improvements amidst various criticisms.

But looking at Li Yu's questioning expression, it seemed to him like an excuse to avoid his studies.

The old man isn't easy to fool!

Li Yu sighed inwardly, not daring to imagine how difficult his future would be.

But for now, we need to get through today.

"Master, you are unaware of this. Before I was eight years old, I wandered the streets and observed the habits of these birds and beasts thoroughly. And the five birds and beasts you mentioned only mimicked your appearance when they were frightened or saw prey..."

Li Yu's nonsense left Old Sun bewildered, and his curiosity piqued, he asked, "Kid, then tell me how to do the Five Animal Frolics?"

"The Five Animal Frolics should be done like this..."

After a moment's thought, Li Yu began to demonstrate for Sun Simiao: "Left foot apart, stand relaxed and still. Begin with breath control, lifting and pressing down. Tiger play, tiger raise, clench fist..."

Li Yu performed the Five Animal Frolics exercise for Lao Sun, which he had organized and learned when he was in school. Li Yu was so hot that steam kept rising from his head.

However, he was secretly laughing to himself. He didn't believe that the Five Animal Frolics created by the brilliant minds of various professions in a future era with highly advanced medicine could be that bad.

After completing the set of movements, Li Yu stood there obediently, waiting for Lao Sun to give his evaluation.

Sun Simiao was still studying Li Yu's Five Animal Frolics. He had to admit that Li Yu's version was more suitable for ordinary people to practice than his own version.

"Kid! Did you really come up with this?" At this moment, Old Sun still doubted that the Five Animal Frolics originated from Li Yu.

"Of course! How could your disciple deceive you!" Li Yu said smugly, without a trace of guilt for plagiarizing someone else's work.

"snort!"

Unable to find a reason to continue urging Li Yu, Old Sun angrily stomped back into the temple...

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The mountain mist dissipated and then rose again several times in the morning, making the mountain path easier to walk.

The mountain path became easier to traverse, and the temple was no longer inhabited, leaving only the ashes of the burned-out bonfire and a stone engraved with "Li Yu was here"...

"I wonder if in future generations someone will make the news for discovering an ancient stone with simplified Chinese characters engraved on it," Li Yu thought with a wicked sense of humor as he was about to leave the Qinling Mountains.

"What are you muttering about?" Ever since the day he corrected Sun Simiao's Five Animal Frolics, the old Taoist priest had been giving him a cold shoulder.

"N-nothing..." Li Yu smiled awkwardly.

"There seems to be someone ahead, and they're coming this way."

Wenren An, who had officially joined Li Yu and the others, suddenly stopped, his ears twitching, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"There were many people, and the sound of horses' hooves."

Looking ahead, which was obscured by trees, Li Yu saw nothing.

He suspected that Wenren An was a bat spirit, able to hear so much from so far away.

"Hide, they might be the Crown Prince's men!" Out of caution, he ordered the men to hide.

There are so many people leading horses in the middle of nowhere; they can't be nice guys.

Having finally escaped the Qinling Mountains, Li Yu absolutely could not allow any mishaps to occur at this crucial moment.

"Do you think I should steal a few horses?"

Li Yu didn't want to pay attention to Wenren An's foolish thoughts.

Even if a little kid like him has high martial arts skills, if he rushes over without even knowing who the other person is, it's no different from courting death.

They found a huge rock to use as cover and waited quietly for the unknown people to appear.

After waiting for nearly fifteen minutes, the sound of horses' hooves finally began to approach. Gradually, the sounds of people talking, footsteps, and weapons parting the bushes became clearer.

Slowly peeking out, this was the first time Li Yu had ever seen an ancient armored soldier.

Unlike the slender figures depicted in the TV series, these people are basically burly men, completely covered in armor.

The leader, in particular, was not only exceptionally burly, but his armor was also quite different from the others.

"Don't make a sound." After whispering this to him, Li Yu felt that his current situation was really not good.

Generally, these armored soldiers are personal guards. If they weren't sent by Li Er to find them, then they must have been sent by the Crown Prince's faction to eliminate them completely.

And for some reason, he felt he had seen the leader somewhere before, and that he must be an acquaintance of his father. But even so, he dared not gamble.

"General! It seems someone has been here!" Just as Li Yu peeked out to take another look, a soldier ran up to the leader and reported.

Finished!

Li Yu was startled; he had been in such a hurry that he had forgotten to erase the footprints of the group.

"Look around here!" The leader's voice boomed, making Li Yu's heart pound.

It's all over!

At this point, it seems we have no choice but to gamble!

Before Li Yu could react, Li Chengqian's exclamation rang in his ears.

"It's General Niu!"

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