"It's okay to be moderate, if you always control yourself and make you very aggrieved, you will get sick. I'm just this temper, let me hold it, it's better to let me indulge! The old man picked up his wine glass, "Apprentice, come, let's have a drink, when the master and I die, this sect will rely on you to survive!" ”

He raised his head and drank the wine, drunk heartily, and with some emotion.

Qin Shu also took a drink and asked the old man, "Master, what is the name of our sect?" ”

"You don't need to know this!" The old man poured another glass, drank it in one gulp, and said solemnly, "Moreover, you are not allowed to let others know that you know me, an old man, and you are not allowed to show your martial arts until you have to!" ”

"Why?" Qin Shu was very strange.

The old man smiled: "It's all for your good!" I have already told you, our faction is weak, but the exercises are clever, this is like a child walking in the downtown with a peerless pearl, it will definitely cause death, what you have to do is to hide this pearl tightly, so that you are safe, otherwise there will definitely be trouble, or big trouble. In addition, our sect has been inherited for so long, and it has also caused a lot of grievances, I don't want these grievances to be borne on you, your most important mission is to learn all the skills of this sect, and continue to pass it on, that's it! ”

He picked up his glass and drank another.

"It turns out that being the heir of this sect is such a dangerous thing!" Qin Shu smiled bitterly.

The old man glanced at him: "What, scared?" Or do you regret it? ”

"What a joke!" Qin Shu pursed his lips, "Since I have decided to worship you as a teacher, I will not be afraid of this kind of thing." I know that since you have received benefits, you have to take responsibility, just like treating a beautiful woman, since you let the family follow you, you have to be responsible for her! ”

"Haha!" The old man laughed and gave a thumbs up, "Apprentice, yes, I appreciate you for that!" However, the grievances of our sect will be completely over when I come here, and they will not continue to you, you hide your skills, don't show them casually, and don't make trouble yourself! ”

Qin Shu looked at him: "Hearing you say that, you won't tell me your name anymore?" ”

"Yes, it's still the same sentence, you don't know it's good for you." The old man sighed, "At the beginning, I was forced to run away from home because I joined this sect, and even when I heard that I had twin granddaughters, I didn't dare to look at them, and later, alas, I couldn't see them if I wanted to, because I couldn't find them." I don't want you to repeat my mistakes and get caught up in the grievances of the sect and can't extricate yourself, it's a very hard thing! ”

Seeing him think so much about himself, Qin Shu's heart moved slightly: "I didn't expect you to be really a good master!" ”

The old man snorted, "You kid finally realized this!" ”

"Now that you know this, it seems that it will not work if you don't give you some nutrition money!"

"Oh? Has your conscience found out? ”

Qin Shu shook his head: "I just don't want you to continue to pretend to be pitiful in front of me like this, after eating, I'll take you to take a bath and pinch your feet?" ”

"I said that your kid really found out with a conscience, I still have a headache, I think you are too greedy, I think I am not a person, I am ashamed of the master!"

"Don't worry, you've found the right apprentice!" Qin Shu poured him wine, "Since you have passed my test, you are my own person, and I will definitely not treat you badly!" ”

The old man laughed, and the sorrow just now seemed to be shaken off, or hidden again, and became that obscene, good, and lustful appearance again, and whispered: "Then I'll take a bath later, find me a few more beautiful girls, old man, I have seen so many beautiful women, don't just find someone to fool me!" ”

"Don't worry, you're satisfied!"

"Now that I'm full of food and drink, and I'm pretty much done, it's better to ...... It's not as good as ......."

Qin Shu sighed: "Okay, let's go, I'll help you find your granddaughter in the future, and I will definitely tell them about your glorious deeds!" ”

"You're going to help me find my granddaughter?" The old man was surprised.

"Why, shouldn't I, as an apprentice, help you? You can't die without seeing your granddaughter, and you won't be blind to death, right? I have a lot of subordinates, and it is still advantageous to find someone, of course, you have to tell me some characteristics of your two granddaughters first! ”

The old man thought for a while and said, "You wait for me to think about it, I ran away from home when I didn't want the grievances of the sect to involve them, if they are living well now, I really don't want to disrupt their happy life!" ”

"Okay, it's all up to you, think about it, if you want to find them, sue me!"

"Good!"

Qin Shu took the old man and really went to take a bath and pinched his feet, and the consumption was naturally paid by Qin Shu. In the evening, he took the old man to his manor villa, and found a quiet little building where no one lived.

"I said, master, do I need to do any preparations before cutting the scriptures and washing the marrow?" Qin Shu asked.

The old man picked his teeth with a toothpick and said with a smile, "Just have a bathroom where you can take a shower at any time!" ”

"Why take a bath?" Qin Shu asked.

"Why? Because if you don't take a bath, you will never dare to go out to meet people! ”

Qin Shu frowned, still didn't quite understand, the old man looked at the time and said, "It's almost, let's start!" ”

He took Qin Shu to the balcony, let Qin Shu sit cross-legged, and then sat behind Qin Shu himself, closed his eyes and breathed, and when he opened his eyes again, his eyes were shining, as if they contained the brilliance of the bright moon.

"It's going to be painful to start, but you're not going to scream in pain as a big man, right?" The old man said.

Qin Shu smiled bitterly: "You really look down on me too much, if I scream in pain, you call me master!" ”

"Good!" As soon as the old man finished speaking, he realized that he had fallen into Qin Shu's language trap, smiled bitterly, clenched his hands into phoenix-eyed fists, and shot at the acupuncture points behind Qin Shu.

Qin Shu frowned, if he hadn't been mentally prepared, he would have really screamed in pain, and he felt that two powerful air currents were ferociously rushing into his meridians, one scorching and the other cold, tearing at his body.

"Keep calm and breathe naturally, otherwise you will only be more miserable, and maybe you will fail to cleanse the marrow, then you will become crippled!" The old man said in a deep voice, "It's so strict, there's no joke anymore."

Qin Shu didn't dare to slack off, adjusted his breathing evenly, tried his best to relax his body, calmed his heart, and let those two powerful aircurrents shuttle through his body. Sweat soon trickled down his sideburns and all over his body, gradually soaking through his clothes.

After a while, in addition to the pain and suffering of his body, Qin Shu suddenly had a strange feeling, as if his body had become lighter, as light as a feather, and as if it had become transparent, transparent like jade, as if the moonlight could penetrate his body.

He knew very well that he was not dreaming, nor was he hallucinating, and that this feeling was real.

As time went on, Qin Shu gradually got used to it, and kept his body relaxed and calm. About two hours later, the bright moon sank in the west, and the old man behind him also smacked lightly, slapped Qin Shu behind his back, and then quickly withdrew his hands.

Qin Shu took a long breath, but still didn't move, waited for a long time, and found that there had been no movement behind him, so he couldn't help but smile and asked, "I said old guy, is it okay?" ”

"That's it!" An unusually old voice came from behind.

This voice was very strange, although the old man was an old man, but the voice was not so old at all, Qin Shu was strange, and hurriedly turned around to look over. When I saw it like this, I couldn't help but be shocked, and I almost didn't recognize the old man behind me.

The old man is still the same old man, but he is much older, and he used to give people a feeling of being in good spirits, but now he is completely old, and the light in his eyes is no longer bright and shiny, but like the last light when the oil runs out.

Even if Qin Shu was a fool, he could see that his condition was very bad, and hurriedly supported him: "I said old guy, what's wrong with you?" ”

The old man smiled faintly: "You kid...... You kid should understand by now that it's worth it for me to ask you to take a shower and pinch your feet, right? In order to help you cut the scriptures and wash the marrow, I spent a lot of energy, and it's good that I didn't hang here directly! ”

"Damn, you didn't say it would be so strict at first!" Qin Shu felt a little guilty.

"Alright, let's go take a shower!"

Qin Shu was stunned for a moment, looked down at himself, and was even more surprised, because he found that there was an extra layer of black things on his body, like mud, and the smell was also very bad.

"It's ......"

The old man said: "Cutting the meridians and washing the marrow is like dredging the river, and it is normal to make some garbage and dirt. After cutting the scriptures and washing the marrow, when you cultivate, you will get twice the result with half the effort, easy and happy, tell you, few masters will do this for their apprentices! ”

Looking at his aging and weak appearance, Qin Shu became more and more guilty, and smiled reluctantly: "It seems that I really have to give you some nutrition money!" ”

He helped the old man into the room, sat him down on the sofa, and said, "When I finish bathing, let my virtuous daughter-in-law make you a bowl of soup to drink, and make up for it!" ”

The old man smiled and said nothing.

Qin Shu glanced at him again, and was inexplicably moved in his heart, from his aging appearance, he knew how much he had paid for himself!

Entered the bathroom, washed myself a few times, compared with before, the feeling of the body is really different, there is a particularly light and particularly powerful feeling, it seems that a slight jump can rise very high, breathing is also very smooth, breathing becomes long, every breath, feel particularly refreshing, this light and refreshing feeling is particularly comfortable, and refreshed, without the slightest tiredness.

At last he finished taking a shower and went out excitedly, only to find that the old man was gone, and there was a book on the sofa where he had been sitting, which was also in tatters.

I was busy looking on the balcony, but I still couldn't find the old man, and I shouted "old guy" a few times, but no one responded at all.

Is he gone?

Qin Shu turned back, picked up the book, flipped through it, there were all kinds of martial arts inside, there were quaint illustrations on the pages, and he was about to look at it carefully, when suddenly a note fell out of the book