Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 193 The Strange Couple
After several months, Black Wind Village became desolate because no one took care of it.

The area around the village is overgrown with weeds, and yellowed or withered fallen leaves can be seen everywhere. They are sleeping in the soil, ready to be transformed into new nutrients for nature.

There are racks on both sides of the main entrance, each with a few torches that were half-burned and then extinguished manually. They are the facilities used by the village for night lighting.

The village gate made of thick wooden stakes has fallen to the ground. The door is neatly split into two from the upper right to the lower left. It should be the masterpiece of a swordsman or knifeman when the village was attacked.

When you walk into the village, you can see that the ground is covered with a thick layer of dust because no one has cleaned it for a long time.

It is precisely because of the existence of these dusts as a contrast that the footprints left by some people passing by become clearly visible.

The sound of hissing.

Several people looked to the right in the direction where the sound came from, and found a stable about a hundred meters after entering the door, with two horses drinking water inside.

As if they saw Lu Ping and others coming, the two horses called out to them a few times, trying to attract their attention.

“That’s our horse!”

Lu Ping pointed and said, "The things hanging around their necks are the marks of the horse market in this town. There's no mistake about it!"

"It was stolen, I want to see who is so bold."

"According to the laws of the Suzaku Dynasty, the crime of theft requires compensation of three times the price of the stolen item, right?"

Several people tied up their horses and walked towards the village.

This mountain stronghold is not big. After all, the original Black Wind Stronghold only had a few hundred people. After passing a place that looks like a meeting hall, there are rows of wooden houses, seven or eight of which have lights on, and you can vaguely see human figures flashing.

"Wow! There seem to be quite a few people here..."

Lu Ping originally thought that there were at most one or two bases for petty thieves here, but now it seems that this is probably not the case.

Because the surroundings of these lit houses are different from the outside, they are cleaned very cleanly, things are arranged neatly, and there are a lot of firewood, pots, pans, and other daily necessities piled up. It is obvious that someone lives here.

"Who do you think lives here?"

Murong Jiu had already felt relieved at this time, because she found that the "humming" sound she heard at the foot of the mountain before was actually the sound of the wind.

"At least it's not a vengeful spirit."

According to common secular beliefs, vengeful spirits mostly live in dark, cold, or even damp places. In short, they do not need candles to illuminate them at night.

"Could it be refugees?"

Duan Tianya guessed: "Although the Western Sword School only targeted the Jianghu forces, they still had some impact on the people in Anning County."

"Perhaps because of their arrival, some people were displaced and had no choice but to move here..."

The eight or nine households in front of us may be just one family at a smaller scale, but on a larger scale, they may be a small village. It is still worthy of attention.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to go to Xijianliu again tomorrow and have a good talk with them!"

As they were talking, a door in front of them was suddenly pushed open, and a playful and lovely young woman walked out.

Lu Ping has always felt that the title of "beautiful young woman" should be more appropriately used together with adjectives such as "gentle", "considerate", "mature", "generous", "dignified", "immoral", and "evil".

Why did he subconsciously associate the word "playful and cute" with the word "cute" which is used to describe young girls when he saw her for the first time? Even Lu Ping himself found it very puzzled.

Perhaps it was because the young woman's frowning, angry expression, clenched fists and angry behavior were no different from those of an eighteen-year-old girl.

"This lady is so beautiful!"

Murong Jiu on the side exclaimed in a low voice.

The three men present did not speak, but they all silently said "indeed" in their hearts.

At this time, the young woman also noticed Lu Ping and the other three. Then, as if she had seen something interesting, her eyes lit up and she strode over.

The two sides were not far apart, only a few meters away. As the young woman walked over, Lu Ping quickly examined her.

About forty years old, but well maintained.

His eyes are bright, and he has a clean air as if his mind has been repeatedly washed by the waves; he has a smile on his face and behaves generously, and he does not look like a person with deep thoughts.

She has the demeanor of a lady from a noble family, the aura of a chivalrous woman, the mature charm of a wife, and also exudes the youthful beauty of a girl.

In short, she is not the kind of woman who is crushed by life, bound by marriage, and slowly becomes a yellow-faced woman.

Of course the most important thing is that from the other party's footsteps and breathing, it can be judged that this young woman is a martial artist, although her strength does not seem to be very strong.

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

In the middle of the night, four people suddenly appeared in the place where you live. This should be a very good thing.

Even though these four people are two teenagers who look like their bodies are hollowed out, and two half-grown children, they should be more or less wary when they are in the underworld.

If it were someone else, even if they weren't scared by these people who suddenly appeared, they would still have to get to know them thoroughly and find out their origins first.

But the young woman didn't seem to worry about being in danger at all, and she looked completely defenseless. No, are you so careless?
This young woman is already old, she can't still be as innocent as a teenager...

Lu Ping was very confused.

He would rather believe that the other party was playing dumb, pretending to be naive and innocent to deceive young people like him who were just "newbies".

"We lost two horses near the river and followed the footprints all the way here."

A simple sentence to state the purpose and explain the origin.

The young woman suddenly cried out "Ouch!" when she heard this, then smiled sheepishly and said, "So those two horses are yours?!"

"Sorry, sorry, it happened so suddenly that we didn't have time to say hello, so we chose to borrow the horse..."

"How about this, you guys come in and take a rest while I explain things to you?"

The other party apologized so sincerely, what else could the four of them say? Of course they chose to forgive her!
"Obedience is worse than respect. Thank you, ma'am."

Lu Ping thanked the young woman, turned around and said to the three people, "You should be tired, so let's stay here for one night!"

The three people around him felt confused.

Ah, is this too fast?
Why did you decide to stay here for one night?
Normally, shouldn't we have a brief conversation outside to confirm whether the other party is good or evil, and their identity and background before doing anything else?
As they were talking, another figure suddenly walked out slowly from the house they had just been in. However, this time it was a middle-aged man who was elegant, handsome and charming.

Lu Ping's attention was naturally attracted to the other party.

The most striking thing is his eyes, which are very deep, restrained and peaceful. Unlike the young woman next to him, his eyes reveal the brilliance of wisdom, as well as the calmness and sophistication of someone who is well versed in the ways of the world.

His temperament is like that of a fickle and unpredictable prodigal, but also like that of a gentle and humble gentleman.

His face had three parts of a smile and his expression revealed three parts of laziness, but when he looked at the young woman, the remaining four parts were immediately filled with love and doting.

Then Lu Ping noticed his face.

It was not until then that he noticed that the other person looked quite young, perhaps even younger than Duan Tianya and Gui Hai Yidao who were standing beside him.

It's just because of his unique temperament that people unconsciously look at him as mature.

Could it be that this man is not the young woman’s husband, but her son?

No, that's not right.

Even if Lu Ping had never been in a relationship, he could tell that he was looking at someone he loved, so there was no doubt that these two were husband and wife.

A husband who grows mentally steadily but whose appearance remains the same, and a wife who grows normally in appearance but whose mentality remains young?
What a wonderful couple!

"My friends, please come in."

The man smiled at Lu Ping and the others, and this smile made Lu Ping feel comfortable as if he were bathed in spring breeze for the first time.

Lu Ping took a breath when he realized something was wrong.

Who is this person? How could his mental power be so strong?!

When martial arts practice reaches a certain level, a positive cycle will be formed between the three elements of "essence, energy and spirit", stimulating each other's growth.

When the inner strength is deep and the mental power is strong enough, the martial artist only needs to glance at others to know what kind of person he is subconsciously.

This is actually some kind of signal transmission based on the sixth sense channel.

Just like when people in the martial arts world see Yao Yue, they will know that this woman is cold and aloof and very difficult to mess with; when they see Shi Yanwen, they will know that this man is a hero and can be trusted.

To put it more simply, this is actually the 'warrior's induction'.

However, the principles and control methods of this induction are quite complicated and vague, and there is a high threshold for both the transmitter and the receiver. Therefore, most people either have no access to the skills in this field at all, or know the results but not the reasons, and some people may even be deceived by false signals.

It was as if at this moment, all it took was a look, a smile, or a word to make several people subconsciously feel that the couple in front of them were good people.

Lu Ping's mental power and internal strength are much stronger than those of the other three people, so he can clearly sense that the person in front of him is a martial arts master who is wise, profound, gentle and calm.

Among all the martial arts masters he had met before, perhaps only Shi Yanwen could be compared with him.

"What is your name, Senior?"

The uncle smiled and replied, "My last name is Shen."

Your surname is Shen?

Lu Ping suddenly felt as if something exploded in his head, and all the clues were connected into a line.

"I see that the senior is not an ordinary person. Could it be the senior Shen Lang who was famous in the martial arts world more than ten years ago?"

The uncle was stunned for a moment, looked at Lu Ping twice with some surprise, and then nodded.

"Yes, I am Shen Lang."

(End of this chapter)