Three days later, we were on the road again. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this time, the ancestor did not leave all the souvenirs given to me by others as in the past, but chose some things that are difficult to buy in the mountains. For example, fruit candy, and some daily medicines.

Originally, I was mentally prepared for the hard work of entering the mountain this time, but when I entered the mountain slowly with my backpack, I was still tired. The ancestor held the snake beating stick given by the old man in his hand, and walked leisurely in front, didn't he stop and wait for me.

"Master, it's no good, let's take a rest." I held on to a big tree and gasped.

"Oh? All right. I'm also a little hungry. With that, the master went to the bottom of the tree and took out a wine jug to drink. I was covered in muddy water, and there was a lot of grass juice. Looking at Shizu again, I found that Shizu was still so sloppy, but it was always there. On this muddy mountain road covered with dense jungles, the ancestor was able to do it without dripping?

"Master, can you give me your footwork?" I wondered.

"What footwork?" Shizu took out a piece of dry food and ate it. This bamboo leaf is obviously very much on his appetite. I have a general place in my backpack with this wine.

"Like, how do you do that? The road is muddy, the flowers and plants around are dew, how do you manage not to get on your body at all? I asked.

"Huh this?" Shi Zu thought for a while and said: "It's very simple, as long as you treat those quagmires as abysses, and those flowers and plants as sharp blades coated with poison, you will naturally be more careful." Over time, even if you don't look at it, your feet will look like you have eyes. ”

"It's that simple?" I wondered. After thinking about it, it is simple, but if you really want to go like this, I am afraid that the speed will slow down a lot. Although I'm not in a hurry, it's a toss to go like this. "Master, how long will it take to be like you?"

Shizu pursed his lips and said, "Well, at least three or five years, at most seven or eight years." When I was young, I traveled all over the world, and I often had to cross the inaccessible mountains and jungles, and I was so idle. After speaking, Shizu smiled and said, "It's not like now, there are roads to everywhere, and there are helicopters or something." It's much more convenient. ”

I stuck out my tongue, not to mention seven or eight years, a year and a half is enough to choke. Then he said, "Then forget it." ”

"Eleven," the ancestor said, "Don't underestimate this kung fu, although it is not as good as before." No matter how good your body is, you can't dodge bullets. No matter how fast you travel, you can't go as fast as a car. However, whether it's a gun or a car, after all, it's outside the body, and you can't have these things all the time. In the end, the only one you can rely on is yourself. As he spoke, Shi Zu stretched out his index finger and middle finger, made a sword finger posture and asked, "Do you know why the sword finger is called the sword finger?" ”

I frowned and replied, "Because, shaped like a sword?" ”

Shi Zu shook his head and said: "It's because this sword finger can also be practiced, and it can be practiced to the extreme, although it is not as good as a divine weapon, but it is not much worse than an ordinary blade." After speaking, the master pointed with a wave of his sword, and a branch the thickness of a water pipe on his head. Branches fall to the ground.

My eyes widened, and I wondered, how could it be? If I were to cut such a branch with a hand knife, I could do it. It is not impossible to use only the sword to point. However, I saw that the fracture was flat and smooth, exactly as it had been cut with a sword. Swallowing my saliva, I asked, "Master, do you have to practice for seven or eight years?" ”

Shi Zu smiled and shook his head.

I thought that if I could have such a state after three or five years of practice, it would be worth it.

Who knew that the ancestor continued: "If you want to practice to use your fingers as a sword, ten years should be a little small." ”

I sighed and said with a wry smile: "Master, you really have a lot of time. It takes seven or eight years to practice the same kung fu at every turn. ”

"yes." Shizu smiled: "I was a Taoist priest when I was sensible. Your Grand Master Ancestor is also a powerful being. As his apprentice, I naturally can't disgrace his old man. Besides, when I was young, I didn't have to study to test my fame, and I couldn't meet the woman I liked, so cultivating the Tao was the only thing I had to do. You say, how much time do I have? ”

It is true that we must follow what our master said. It's just that the master is different from those who cultivate the Tao and cultivate idiots. "Master, don't you find it boring?"

The ancestor was stunned for a moment and then said, "Boring? What does that mean? ”

I smiled wryly, and the ancestor naturally knew the literal meaning of boring. It's just that, apparently, Shizu's expression tells me that he really doesn't feel bored. No wonder before I left, when I told Brother Jiu about the strange behavior of my ancestor, Brother Jiu warned me: "In your ancestor's life, you have seen more spirits than you have seen dead people. You have seen more dead people than you have seen living people, and the living people you have seen can be connected to circle the earth. What you think is strange and strange is, in the eyes of your ancestor, just ordinary. Now I understand, and if I try again, life is like a glass of boiled water. It's tasteless.

Seeing that I didn't speak, the ancestor smiled and said, "Eleven, what are you pursuing in life?" ”

"Pursuit?" I replied, "Cultivate the Tao, keep the right and ward off the evil." ”

"Isn't it boring?" Shi Zu asked again.

I smiled and said, "I'm just like you, a Taoist. If you don't cultivate, you don't know what you can do. ”

"Hehe" Shizu smiled: "That's right." ”

"Master, then what are your pursuits?" I thought about it and asked.

"That's it." Shizu thought for a while and said: "When I was young, I wanted to uphold justice, keep righteousness and ward off evil. When I get older, I want to walk around. There is no particular purpose. Now, just wait for death. ”

"Waiting to die?" I wondered.

"Look up at the sky, where are the gods?" Shi Zu smiled: "Becoming an immortal is illusory after all, and since the flood, there have been a few more people. I don't have enough life for this life, and it's over. As for immortality, it is just to live a little longer than ordinary people. It's still a death after all. I've been doing it for more than 100 years, and it's your turn. So, I'm left to die now. Changsheng, in fact, is really a bit lonely. As he spoke, the master took another sip of wine.

I was silent, I understood what my master said, but I didn't understand it.

After a while, Master Ancestor got up and said to me, "Let's go, it's not too early." My old friend is still waiting for me. ”

Shizu's old friend is a Yi ethnic group? The Yi have always been a mysterious people. I asked my ancestor, but my ancestor didn't say anything, so I sighed, picked up my heavy backpack and set off again. As for the footwork that doesn't stick to the dew, let's talk about it later. Now, it's nice to be able to not wrestle. (To be continued.) )