"You...you know my teacher?"

Listening to the words of the old man Ding Gaoyang, I just mentally captured the memory of his teacher in Ding Gaoyang's mental memory.

Xia Xue, who didn't scan the memory of an old man out of curiosity, still asked in disbelief.

Xia Xue couldn't understand how this old man who lived in a remote town could act as if he had known his teacher very well.

As for the old man being able to recognize him, Xia Xue was not surprised. He had been on TV before, and many people had seen his true appearance on TV.

It's just that Xia Xue always uses his mental power to slightly change the way others see him when he goes out to prevent unnecessary trouble.

Facing Ding Gaoyang this time, Xia Xue did not hide his true appearance at all, because he wanted to ask the old man if he knew his teacher.

"You don't know me, that's normal!"

Regarding Xia Xue's ignorance, Ding Gaoyang nodded as expected, and then said:

“Have you ever heard of the person ‘Ding Yang’?”

Ding Yang?

Xia Xue chanted these two words in his heart, and the memories in his mind turned over page by page like a book.

The thick book of memories in Xia Xue's mind suddenly stopped flipping and stopped on an old photo.

There were six people in that photo, and the elegant and gentle man in his thirties or forties standing in the middle was one of his teachers.

However, in the photo, there is a person standing immediately to the left of his teacher, who obviously does not match the temperament of a scholar like his teacher in the photo.

This man was wearing a black coat, and his beard and hair were neatly and neatly styled.

His eyes are like those of a hawk, his bones are wide and stretched out, and his hanging palms look like nothing at first glance.

But compared with the hands of his teachers and other scholars, it was obvious that the hands hanging from the coat were holding different gestures.

He saw this photo at his teacher's house a long time ago. It was also the photo that Xia Xue saw when he went to one of the courtyard houses some time ago.

At that time, Xia Xue was just out of curiosity and wanted to see what his teacher was like when he was young, just like some students who are curious about what their teacher was like in the past.

At first, when Xia Xue saw the photo, he didn't feel anything.

Until he saw the black-breasted coat, the more Xia Xue looked at it, the more he felt that this man wearing an ancient coat like a Tai Chi suit was unusual.

Because of his falcon-like eyes, he exuded a vigilant look even when he was facing the camera.

Interested, Xia Xue carefully observed the man in the black-breasted coat, and found that the man's hands hanging down in the coat seemed to be in a slightly different posture than ordinary people's hands hanging down.

The most important thing is that in Xia Xue's mind, this looks ordinary, and if you look closely, the posture is slightly different from ordinary people's drooped palms. It seems a bit familiar, and he seems to have seen it somewhere.

Xia Xue, who was staring at the photo and pondering it for a while, thought of Tang Nuo, who was already unconscious at that time.

Tang Nuo, who has not yet been injected with nano cells, hangs his hands in a posture that is different from the posture of ordinary people hanging their hands every time he protects him.

Later, Xia Xue curiously asked Tang Nuo, and Tang Nuo told Xia Xue that this was what her master taught her, so that she could react faster when encountering enemies.

This statement is quite normal. When many professional bodyguards protect people,

They will maintain their own posture at all times so that they can react as quickly as possible when encountering danger.

This point has been learned by bodyguards trained by some professional security companies on Earth. Later, when Xia Xue entered the Northern Star Military Department, he also met some soldiers who would train similar muscle memory movements like these.

From this, Xia Xue guessed that the man in the black coat next to his teacher was probably his teacher's bodyguard.

After all, his teacher is someone who has studied important technologies such as mushroom bombs, so it is normal to have a bodyguard.

Later, Xia Xue curiously asked his teacher if the man in the black coat was a bodyguard.

Thinking that there was no need to hide anything in the past few decades, Teacher Xia Xue told me about the man in the black-collared coat, and the name of the man in the black-collared coat was Ding Yang.

At that time, when Xia Xue heard his teacher talk about Ding Yang, he was particularly interested and kept pestering his teacher to ask about Ding Yang.

Because according to his teacher, Ding Yang, who once protected him, is a very powerful martial arts practitioner.

And it was the ‘real training’ of the past, not the ‘fake training’ of the present.

Most people, or most people today, don’t know the terms real practice and fake practice.

The first time Xia Xue heard these two words was from Master Tang Nuo. In the past, Tang Nuo was a fake practitioner.

Master Tang Nuo said that he himself was half-truth and half-false, which is one of the reasons why the Tang Nuo he taught was a pure 'fake trainer'.

Xia Xue had never seen what real training was like. Later, Xia Xue, who knew Ding Yang when he saw the photo, also curiously asked his teacher,

His teacher had never practiced and couldn't explain why. He just said that Ding Yang, who was sent by Northern Star to protect him at that time, was very powerful.

Even the dozen or so soldiers who have been on the battlefield for several years would have difficulty capturing Ding Yang, unless all the dozen or so warriors aim their guns at Ding Yang.

Although Xia Xue has never seen Zhen Lian, what is certain is that this 'Zhen Lian' is not a martial arts practice with true energy and inner strength like Guo Jing and Yang Guo in martial arts novels.

Because the young and curious Xia Xue asked Tang Nuo's deceased master and his own teacher whether "real training" can cultivate the inner strength of true energy.

As a result, Master Tang Nuo and Xia Xue's teacher were stunned for a moment and replied to Xia Xue, telling Xia Xue to stop daydreaming and concentrate on research.

Later, as the brain became more and more developed, I read books faster and faster, and read more and more books.

Xia Xue, who has become more and more knowledgeable, has learned more about real and fake training.

At the same time, Xia Xue also understood why his teacher showed guilt when he mentioned Ding Yang, expressing his guilt for Lao Ding.

Xia Xue, who was thinking about this, looked both happy and apologetic because of the teacher and said:

"Why did you change your name and come to Mangdang City? I remember the teacher said you were from Cangcheng?"

The teacher later went to Cangcheng to look for you. He said what happened back then..."

"Don't mention what happened back then."

Before Xia Xue finished speaking, Ding Gaoyang, who was leaning on a cane made from tree branches, waved his hand to interrupt what Xia Xue was saying, and said with a careless smile:

"The times need development, Yanhuang needs progress,

Old man, I also know that since ancient times, chivalrous people have used martial arts to break the ban. For the sake of a better future for Yan and Huang, there is nothing to sacrifice!

And now that life is better, there is no shortage of guns and so on.

The children are also unable to calm down and can no longer practice the "real" skills of the old days.

I have never blamed you sir. This is the trend of the times and you cannot stop it.

Mr. Yanhuang concealed his name and created real "weapons". He is the person I admire all my life.

Even if no one asks me to protect my husband at that time, if my husband needs protection, I will do my best."

After hearing these words, Xia Xue couldn't help but be silent for a few breaths.

The theory of gods and ghosts was eradicated decades ago, leading to the near loss of true training and so on.

As time and life gradually improve, there are fewer and fewer people who can teach, and there are fewer people who can calm down and learn.

It is probably because of what happened decades ago that Ding Yang changed his name to Ding Gaoyang.

"Man…"

"You can just call me Uncle Ding. At that time, sir, he called me Brother Ding.

You are Mr.’s disciple, so naturally you call me Ding Bo according to your seniority.”

When Ding Gaoyang saw Xia Xue who was hesitant to speak, he knew that Xia Xue was hesitating about what to call him, so he smiled and reminded him

After all, Ding Zhi, who is about the same age as Xia Xue, is the grandson of Ding Gaoyang. Ding Zhi is also called Grandpa Ding Gaoyang.

Teacher Xia Xue and Ding Gaoyang seemed to be of the same generation. According to Teacher Xia Xue's seniority, Ding Gaoyang was considered Xia Xue's uncle.

"good."

Xia Xue nodded, thinking about his teacher who said in regret that Lao Ding had done nothing wrong, but I couldn't even save Lao Ding, who had saved my life several times.

So Xia Xue said:

"Uncle Ding, why don't you come with me to the North Star? The teacher often says that I am ashamed of you. Although the teacher is not here now, as a disciple..."

"No! Stop talking!"

Before Xia Xue finished speaking, Ding Gaoyang, who already knew what Xia Xue wanted to say, shook his head and said:

"You don't need to do anything, sir, you are worthy of me,

If you are kind to Yanhuang, you are kind to all the people of Yanhuang.

I'm old, and my old arms and legs can no longer move the ground.

My husband taught you that with you in Yanhuang, I believe everything will get better and better.

Yanhuang a few decades ago was almost the same as it is now, but with the efforts of Mr. and all the gentlemen, it has become better and better!

Although Yanhuang today has encountered enemies such as aliens, I believe you will be the same as the gentlemen!"

Just when Xia Xue wanted to persuade Ding Gaoyang again, a figure came quickly, came to Xia Xue and leaned towards Xia Xue and whispered something.

This person is one of the leaders of the investigation team following Xia Xue, named Gu Chang.

"Is there something wrong?"

Ding Gaoyang saw Xia Xue frowning and knew something was wrong, so he waved his hand and urged:
To be continued...