Xiao Yuan left the hotel in the evening and took the intercity shuttle back to Berkeley, and after arriving at Berkeley, he took another taxi and went directly to the Mid-Levels Martial Arts Hall.

Banshan Martial Arts Hall, because he received a call from Xiao Yuan in advance, so, when Xiao Yuan entered the door, the master Tong Banshan and Xia Jiuying did not rest, and they all came out of the room when they heard the movement, to Xiao Yuan's surprise, Liu Wenwen did not rest, and walked out behind Tong Banshan and Xia Jiuying.

"Xiao Yuan, you're finally back, thank God." When Xia Jiuying saw Xiao Yuan, she walked a few steps to Xiao Yuan's side, grabbed his hand and looked it up and down repeatedly, and got Xiao Yuan's repeated assurances, so she breathed a long sigh of relief and put her mind at ease.

"Master, the disciple is not good, I make you worried." Xiao Yuan calmed Xia Jiuying's emotions, and then came to Tong Banshan, saluted respectfully, and said.

"It's good to come back safely, let's go into the room and talk." Tong Banshan smiled, gave Xiao Yuan a command, and then turned around and went back to the room.

"Senior sister, you don't rest at all." When walking past Liu Wenwen, Xiao Yuan asked.

"Hmph, you are really a good disciple of the master, and you have more heart for the master than anyone in the entire martial arts hall." Liu Wenwen dropped a sentence coldly, and did not follow them into the room again, but went to the room where she stayed.

Xiao Yuan smiled slightly, he had long been accustomed to Liu Wenwen's attitude, since he worshipped Tong Banshan as his teacher, although Liu Wenwen did not target him everywhere, she never gave him a good look, and never said a word politely to him.

Entering the room, Xiao Yuan sat on the opposite side of Tong Banshan, Xia Jiuying picked up the teapot from the table and poured a cup of tea for each of them, and then sat down next to Xiao Yuan.

"Xiao Yuan, if you can come back safely, the master will be relieved." After observing his disciple repeatedly, Tong Banshan took a sip of the teacup and said.

"Thank you, master, for your concern." Xiao Yuan said.

Tong Banshan nodded, put down the teacup, and continued, "The martial arts cultivation of the Five Elements Bagua Gate pays attention to both the five elements, the balance of yin and yang, Xiao Yuan, you need to keep this in mind. ”

"Yes, master." Although Xiao Yuan didn't understand why Tong Banshan suddenly came to him with the way of yin and yang, he still responded very humbly.

"Xiao Yuan, not long after you came to Berkeley, you formed an indissoluble bond with your teacher, and your teacher also repeatedly observed you, and found that you are always in trouble, and sometimes you almost died, maybe you can find the reason for every one of these things, every trouble, but have you thought about it, why are these troubles concentrated on you, is there a deeper reason for this?" Tong Banshan said.

Xiao Yuan frowned, and found that Tong Banshan seemed to want to say something deeper, so he said: "Master, what you said is right, I have been in trouble in recent years, and several of them have been through life and death, and I know most of the reasons behind these things, but why these troubles are concentrated on me, I haven't thought about the deeper reasons." ”

"In the master's view, if you want to live a peaceful life, you only need two words enough, that is, balance, if there is balance, it will be calm, if you lose balance, it will be flat wind, and even may be stormy, landslides and cracks, Xiao Yuan, your past is a teacher to understand some, enough to be worthy of the word genius, but most of the geniuses die early, and some people who have been wooden since childhood, and even stupid people often achieve world-renowned achievements, do you know the reason?" Tong Banshan asked.

"Please ask the master to clear your doubts." Xiao Yuandao.

"It's still those two words, balance, the emergence of geniuses often breaks the balance, but because of young age, or because of rebelliousness, and so on, geniuses after breaking the balance, but lack the strength to rebuild a new balance, so, before the new balance is established, it will be like you now, trouble, and even cause death, and it is reasonable to die early, on the other hand, those so-called stupid people who have achieved great achievements, they will not break the balance, so they can often slowly accumulate energy, When they have the ability to upset the balance, they often have the ability to re-establish a new balance, which is the new rules, and as rule-makers, it is understandable that the achievements of these foolish people will be remarkable. Tong Banshan said.

"Master, you are asking me to learn from those stupid people, to avoid showing their edge, to learn to keep their lights and cultivate obscurity, to gradually accumulate their own strength, and to try to keep the old balance from being destroyed until they have the strength to establish a new balance, right?" After listening to Tong Banshan's words, Xiao Yuan asked after a little thought.

"I'll give you a word for the teacher." Tong Banshan did not answer Xiao Yuan directly.

"Tell me."

"Taoguang is obscure, and he accumulates steadily." Tong Banshan said.

"The disciple wrote it down." Xiao Yuan took Tong Banshan's words to heart, stood up from his seat, bowed deeply to Tong Banshan, and said solemnly.

"Sit down, you and I don't talk about false etiquette, you don't have to be like this, the teacher is also looking forward to your accumulation, when you soar into the sky, it's just that the teacher is more than seventy years old, I don't know if I can wait for that day to come." Tong Banshan waved his hand, and after letting Xiao Yuan sit down, he sighed.

When Xiao Yuan heard this, he hurriedly comforted the master a few words, and then he chatted with Tong Banshan for a few more words, and was sent to rest by Tong Banshan, because it was late, Tong Banshan did not let them go back to the villa, but stayed in the Banshan Martial Arts Hall.

Back in the room, Xia Jiuying saw that Xiao Yuan was still carrying a laptop, so he smiled and said, "Why did you buy another notebook, there are already two at home." ”

"It's not bought, it's loot." Xiao Yuan said with a slight smile.

"Yesterday you were taken away by those two FBIs, and I have been unsteady in my heart, so I feel that it feels good to hold you like this." Xia Jiuying took off his coat, gently attached the delicate body wrapped in a light-colored woolen sweater to his body, hugged his waist with both hands, put his cheeks against his back, and said softly.

Xiao Yuan held Xia Jiuying's hand, felt the heat from the beautiful girl behind him, did not speak, and stood quietly for a long time, until the sound of Xia Jiuying's slender and even breathing came from behind him.

"Yingying." Xiao Yuan called softly, but what he got was a soft murmur, and then a tighter hug, but it turned out that Xia Jiuying actually fell asleep holding him behind him like this.

Xiao Yuan gently broke Xia Jiuying's hand away from his waist, slowly turned around, and when he held her in his arms, she opened her eyes and said with a smile: "I actually fell asleep." ”

"Yingying." Xiao Yuan looked at the beautiful face of the girl in his arms, his heart was full of pity and tenderness, but he couldn't find more suitable words to express his feelings, so he could only hug her tightly in his arms, kiss her hair lightly, and express his emotions with actions.

"Okay, I'll make the bed, you go wash up, and then come back to sleep." After another moment, Xia Jiuying broke free from Xiao Yuan's arms, pushed him, and then turned around to make the bed.

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There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Xiao Yuan got up very early, came to the courtyard of the martial arts hall, and practiced with Tong Banshan, who also got up early, for two hours, and then left with Xia Jiuying.

During the day, Xiao Yuan took a day of classes at school, and when he returned home at night, Xiao Yuan used the notebook he brought back from San Francisco to get in touch with Wang Junpeng's helper, and it was time to deal with the remaining tail of the whole thing.