Early in the morning, An Moxue, carrying a bottle of deer blood wine, a bag of vanilla biscuits, a bag of brown sugar, and a piece of cooked pork, slipped out of the woods and ran straight to Li Guangshou's house.

In the Li family courtyard, Old Man Li was practicing martial arts, his every move powerful and vigorous.

An Moxue stood outside the courtyard, watching with envy. When would she be able to be that powerful?

Old Li had noticed her earlier. Seeing that she had been standing outside for a while without coming in, he ignored her until he finished practicing and then called out to her, "Come in, you've been standing there for so long, why didn't you come in?"

An Moxue nimbly carried the gifts into the courtyard, stood in front of him, and said, "Uncle Li, good morning. I saw you were practicing so well, I didn't want to disturb you. Here, the gift I promised to bring you, the wine is especially for you." As she spoke, she handed the gifts to the old man Li.

Old Li took the item and looked at it, then laughed: "Wow, this is something else! Where did you get this deer blood wine?"

An Moxue smiled shyly and said, "I caught this fish on the mountain and only dared to come here after it had just been rehydrated."

"Wait for me to take the things inside, and then I'll come back and check on your skills." Old Li turned and went inside.

She came out shortly after, accompanied by an elderly woman with a kind face. An Moxue quickly bowed and greeted her, "Hello, Aunt Li!"

Aunt Li smiled and said, "You've already accepted the gift since it's your first time here. Don't do this again next time, okay?"

An Moxue readily agreed, "Okay, I'll do whatever Aunt Li says."

Aunt Li's eyes lit up with joy: "I'll go cook. You two go ahead and get busy. We'll eat at home when it's done."

An Moxue quickly refused, saying, "Aunt Li, I've already finished eating."

Aunt Li said nonchalantly, "It's alright, young people digest quickly, so let's eat some more."

An Moxue looked helplessly at Old Man Li, who gave her a look of resignation. An Moxue glared at him angrily, a scene witnessed by Aunt Li. "Alright, he doesn't have the final say. You have to listen to me." With that, she turned and went into the house.

Old Man Li said, "Practice your kung fu once, and I'll take a look."

An Moxue walked to the middle of the courtyard and began practicing the Guiyi Fist. Each move was graceful and fluid. When she finally finished, her face was flushed.

After watching her finish her boxing routine, Old Man Li said, "Your boxing style should belong to the internal martial arts. The emphasis of this style is on using softness to overcome hardness, combining softness and hardness, and using internal energy instead of physical strength. Therefore, you must pay attention to cultivating your internal energy in your daily life."

An Moxue asked, "Uncle Li, is it correct that I only started practicing the mental techniques after I had mastered the postures and movements of this set of boxing?"

"In internal martial arts, the cultivation of internal energy must be simultaneous, both internal and external, and the internal energy must be consistent with the martial arts techniques, the two becoming one, so as to nourish the power with energy, and then nourish the spirit after cultivating the energy. What you did is not wrong, but it is not the best. Just pay attention to cultivating internal energy in the future. I see that you have already cultivated the energy. Given time, you will surely achieve something."

"Uncle Li, I see that every move you make when you practice your kung fu is powerful and vigorous. How can you achieve that?"

"You're wrong about that. My style is external martial arts, which emphasizes speed, ruthlessness, accuracy, and power. It trains the tendons, bones, and skin. If you want to combine softness and hardness like I do, you're doing it wrong. You're training your qi. These are two different styles of martial arts, completely different, and the training methods are naturally different."

"And what about fighting the enemy?"

"When facing an enemy, it's a head-on collision; when facing an enemy, it's a soft approach to overcome hardness. But the principle remains the same: the best course of action is to injure the enemy as quickly as possible. However, both require constant practice."

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The two of them had a lot of questions, and the other was so engrossed in teaching that An Moxue immediately understood everything Old Li said and could even apply what he learned to other situations. Before they knew it, time had passed, and they still felt like they hadn't had enough when Aunt Li came to call them for dinner.

After finishing his meal, Old Li said to An Moxue, "Our martial arts styles are different. In this respect, I can only help you with anything you don't understand by asking me. I will answer your questions. I can't help you with anything else. From now on, you can come here every three to five days and I will give you some pointers. You will improve faster by sparring with others."

An Moxue was overjoyed. She quickly stood up, bowed to Old Man Li to express her gratitude, and then left the Li family.

On the way back, she took the mountain path again. The quiet mountain forest trail only allowed her to see a fleeting shadow. As she ran, An Moxue thought to herself, "When learning something, you need an expert to guide you. Otherwise, it's easy to go astray if you only have a superficial understanding."

Suddenly, around a bend, a familiar voice made her slow down. She quietly followed and found two of the tomb raiders she had encountered at Wild Boar Ridge.

"Brother, I'm telling you, this guy is just bored. We've been up here on the mountain for so long, and we just got down, and now we're back up."

“I think so too. How many places have we been to? What are we looking for? We’ve searched this whole area.”

"Let's keep at it for two more days. You've been talking about sharing treasures, but after all this time, we haven't gotten anything valuable. If you don't give me my hard-earned money soon, I'm quitting."

"Brother, do you think they're just trying to trick us into working for free?"

"I heard the search isn't just covering our entire county! It seems they've expanded to other areas surrounding our county. Such a large-scale operation, they can't be lying, can they?"

"You're saying that even we locals can't find it, but that guy who supposedly knows how to find dragon veins and acupoints can? I don't believe it."

"Whether they're capable or not, we'll find out when we meet them. Just consider it an opportunity to broaden our horizons."

"Logically speaking, if there were any large tombs that we didn't know about, there should be some legends about them, but we haven't heard of any legends."

Upon hearing that a legendary expert had arrived, An Moxue, who had originally planned to leave after hearing some news, decided to follow along to see what was happening.

They followed for over an hour before finally meeting at a fork in the mountain road. An Moxue unexpectedly spotted someone among the group—Li Bin.

The three people who met up were a middle-aged man and a young man, who walked on the mountain path as if it were flat ground.

An Moxue moved further away and followed more carefully. It was obvious that both of them were skilled in martial arts, and it was hard to say whether she could defeat them if she was discovered.

They followed them all day, leaving the two locals and Li Bin exhausted, listless, and barely able to walk.

The older man would take out his compass and measure the terrain wherever he went, then pinch the ground with his fingers.

Even after descending the mountain, An Moxue still couldn't figure out whether the middle-aged man was capable or not. In any case, she seemed dissatisfied with all the places she had visited, and the group parted ways again at the meeting point.

An Moxue followed Li Bin and the other two all the way to the edge of the western forest of Anle Village before stopping. She watched them enter the educated youth compound and waited for a while until the three of them did not come out. Then she quickly left and went to Old Ma's house.