- If you can't admit your responsibility for your mistakes, you can only make up for them from the side.

These are the two choices that many people in the world make in the face of their mistakes.

Although Cen Chi was six years old at the time and could not express some things in words, it did not prevent him from making the original choice of human nature.

Just as he could not express the guilt and guilt in his heart, it did not prevent this feeling from hitting his heart, making him a little sad and depressed.

The young Cen Chi pulled the weeds he sat down, trying to make up something to pass the time, but soon he found that he couldn't do this. Helplessly, his gaze finally slowly moved to the broken booklet in his brother's hand, and the dense fine words on the booklet seemed to record his sins.

Biting his lip and being silent for a long time, the young Cen Chi finally couldn't help but ask, "Senior brother, have you really forgiven me?" ”

"What?" The young Lin Shan only raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, as if he didn't understand his junior brother's words, and as if he had really forgotten something he hated about beating his junior brother violently.

Cen Chi gritted his teeth and said, "The matter of tearing up the book." ”

Lin Shan finally took his eyes off the tattered book he was holding in his hand, he raised his eyes to look at the young junior brother, and said lightly: "I also had something wrong that day, no matter how angry I was, I shouldn't have done anything to you." We learn from the same teacher, and if you call me a senior brother, I will treat and take care of you as a younger brother. What's more...... I can't get the notes back as they were, alas......"

After saying that, Lin Shan suddenly sighed, with a slightly gloomy look in his eyes. A ten-year-old child can't hide his thoughts very skillfully. Although he forgave his junior brother, looking at the broken notebook in his hand, the regret in his heart was still a little uncontrollable.

After receiving positive confirmation from his senior brother, Cen Chi's anxious mood finally became more steady. Wait for his spirit to relax. Seeing his senior brother sighing sadly, he felt a little empathy and hoped that he could relieve his worries.

I thought about it for a moment. He asked, "What about the note...... Isn't it already spelled out? ”

"That's pretty much it, but a few words are missing." The young Lin Shan stroked the crumpled title page and said softly: "In the early years, I memorized this notebook by heart, but then I didn't turn it over for a while, and recently I found that I had forgotten some places. No matter how much I repeated, I couldn't remember what those missing words were. Master said that regular revision is more important than memorization, and that's true! ”

A thoughtful look appeared on Cen Chi's face. Suddenly he said, "Maybe I remember!" ”

Lin Shan was surprised and said, "You? ”

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When Xiao Kuang, the twenty-second generation disciple of Beili, found his two junior disciples in a cave on the mountainside that had been occupied by wild boars, he saw two boys four years apart lying on the ground side by side, their heads close together, as if they were discussing something, and their hands were gesturing to a tattered book under their faces from time to time.

"Second junior brother, third junior brother, you really hid here." Xiao Kuang, the big disciple of Beili, accepted the oil-paper umbrella in his hand. Stepping into the hole, "What are you doing lying on the ground?" ”

The young man Lin Shan noticed the person walking in outside the cave for a moment, and when he looked up and saw that it was Senior Brother, a happy smile immediately bloomed on his face, and he sat up and beckoned: "Senior Brother! What a genius the little junior brother is! He was able to never forget! ”

Cen Chi, who was lying beside him, also looked up at the entrance of the cave. Soon he laughed happily. Called: "Big ...... Senior Brother ......" In his impression, Senior Brother is not often seen. So whenever he opened his mouth to call this senior brother, he always felt a little jerky in terms of title.

After Cen Chi called out, he was ready to turn over and sit up like the senior brother next to him, but he didn't expect to lie on his stomach for a long time, and his arm was numb by his body, so he couldn't support his body, but he fell a mouth full of grass clippings without paying attention.

"Senior brother." Lin Shan hurriedly helped Cen Chi, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Cen Chi said truthfully: "My hands are numb. ”

At this time, Xiao Kuang had also walked closer, looking at the second junior brother rubbing his hands to the third junior brother, he was a little puzzled and asked, "Third junior brother, the master taught you martial arts, didn't you understand it?" The paralysis of the limbs caused by the behaviors of standing for a long time, sitting for a long time, and squatting for a long time should be relieved quickly. This is also a skill that we must master in the future. ”

Cen Chi immediately lowered his head when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "I'...... I can't get the hang of it. ”

Lin Shan, who was on the side, explained to him: "The little junior brother is only six years old, and the days of practice will be long in the future, what is the hurry." Not everyone is like you, talent is in martial arts, but you compare your endorsement skills with your little junior brother? ”

Xiao Kuang didn't argue with Lin Shan, but because of his words, he remembered something that he almost ignored, and asked with a smile: "Senior Brother Lin, how do you think that junior brother can never forget?" ”

Lin Shan pointed to the tattered booklet spread out on the ground, and carefully described what happened after Cen Chi took the booklet and read it just now.

After Xiao Kuang listened, he didn't show too much surprise on his face, and said with a light smile: "It seems that Master's eyesight is still sharp, and his luck is also good." ”

The two juniors had puzzled expressions on their faces.

Xiao Kuang hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Little junior brother, you stand up, senior brother has a question to test you." ”

Cen Chi hurriedly stood up and looked at the senior brother, although he didn't speak, his expression was obviously becoming more serious.

Lin Shan also stood up, and at the same time helped out: "It can't be too difficult, it's only been a year since the junior brother started!" ”

Xiao Kuang really wanted to play tricks on Lin Shan at this time, when did the relationship between these two children become so iron? But he just smiled at it in the end, and then put away his smile, and his face gradually became serious. He bent down and picked up a dead grass from the ground, then stared at the two juniors in front of him, and then broke the grass in his hand.

"Little junior brother, can you tell the length of this grass?" Xiao Kuang grabbed the end of the folded withered grass with his fingertips and handed it out to Cen Chi's eyes, while his gaze stared at Lin Shan's hand hanging by his side, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Lin, don't try to help cheat. ”

Lin Shan didn't speak, just tied his hands behind his back and turned his head to look away, looking unconcerned.

After a while, the voice of the little junior brother Cen Chi came: "Five inches." ”

"Hmm. Very good. Xiao Kuang nodded appreciatively, then pointed at Lin Shan, and said, "Senior Brother Lin." It's your turn. ”

Lin Shan turned his head and said with a slight surprise: "You didn't say you wanted to test me just now!" ”

"Come on, don't pretend." Because the length of the withered grass has been reported by Cen Chi, in order to be fair, Xiao Kuang's fingertips moved slightly, and a part of the withered grass was shrunk into the palm of his hand. "Give you three breaths. 1.2......"

Before Xiao Kuang finished shouting three numbers, Lin Shan had already opened his mouth and replied: "Three inches and four points." ”

Xiao Kuang didn't praise Lin Shan like Kwa Cen Chi. Instead, after receiving the answer, the other hand hanging by his side slid out a tape measure like a trick and began to measure it on the dead grass.

The total length of the withered grass was six inches and four minutes, so Cen Chi's report was not entirely accurate. The length of the section that was pinched after that was three inches and two minutes, although Lin Shan did not report the correct length. But the naked eye can "measure" the length of this dead grass with such precision in such a short period of time, which is amazing enough.

Cen Chi looked at the second senior brother Lin Shan beside him in a daze, although he didn't know how to express his admiration, but this did not prevent him from showing a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Actually, all three of us have a talent that ordinary people don't often get, which may be the reason why the three of us can get together, but it's not something to be proud of." Xiao Kuang only stopped when he said this. It doesn't explain what it means if you can't be complacent. Then he said, "It's getting late, we should go back." ”

Lin Shan didn't suddenly remember something until this time. exclaimed: "Senior brother, is it ...... Master is back? He remembered that when Master was in the cottage, the senior brother might not be in the cottage, but as long as the senior brother was in the cottage, then the master would definitely be there.

Xiao Kuang's eyebrows moved slightly, his eyes swept over the pottery altar on the ground, a trace of wisdom appeared in his eyes, he turned his direction to look at Lin Shan, and said lightly: "Senior Brother Lin, you're finished." ”

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On the mountain road with heavy rain, Cen Chi, the last disciple of the twenty-second generation of Beili, was lying on the warm back of Senior Brother Xiao Kuang, and looked sideways at the Second Senior Brother next to him. Xiao Kuang wrapped his left hand around his back, held Cen Chi's buttocks steady, and hung his right hand at his side, carrying a wine jar that was blackened by firewood tied with a straw rope.

Parallel to him was the second senior brother Lin Shan, who raised his hands in a somewhat strange posture, one tall and one short, holding two umbrellas. The three of them walked back in the direction of the grass hut on the mountainside, and if someone could look down from the sky, there seemed to be two walking mushrooms on the mountain road in the hazy rain and fog.

"Senior brother, you really refuse to help me lie in front of Master?" Lin Shan's handsome face, which was accustomed to an indifferent expression, rarely showed a look of horror and worry.

"It's not that I don't help, it's that this jar really can't be washed back to its original color, and the wine that was originally contained in it can't be recovered. In the face of this situation, it is better for you to be honest. Xiao Kuang tugged at the corners of his mouth, not knowing whether the smile was a kind comfort or the joy of a playgoer, "Now Senior Brother can only pray to you, don't happen to pour out the most cherished jar of wine from Master, so that he can forgive you." ”

The corner of the young man's eyes twitched, and he asked with a somewhat nervous expression: "Senior brother, do you know which altar is Master's favorite?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Kuang smiled and said, "But whether this altar in your hand happens to be that altar, senior brother can't tell anymore." ”

The young man holding two umbrellas next to him lowered his head.

Cen Chi, who was being carried by Xiao Kuang, suddenly shouted: "Senior Brother Lin, the rain, the rain is falling......"

The young Lin Shan hurriedly straightened his back again, and the two crooked umbrellas were like grass and trees that had recuperated overnight after the wind and rain, reinvigorated and covered the rain curtain above his head.

Xiao Kuang glanced at the junior brother beside him, who was still depressed despite holding the umbrella high, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "In fact, before burning the jar, you can first apply a layer of mud on the outside, so that with the temperature of the firewood, no matter how you burn it, there will be no traces." ”

Lin Shan's eyes flashed with a hint of brightness very quickly, but soon it dimmed, he just sighed again and again and said, "How dare there be a next time!" Senior brother, you are always like this, waiting until the matter is over to make a statement. ”

"Really? I remember saying these things to you before. ”

"I don't remember at all."

"It's my business to say that I don't say it, but it's your business to remember it or not, maybe you need to suffer a little to remember it. This is not something that can be rescued by an abnormal talent, but it is caused by your mental slackness, which is a bad habit. ”

"You ......"

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Back at the cottage, Lin Shan listened to the senior brother's advice and calmly admitted his mistake to the master. But he did not reduce the punishment because of honesty in the slightest, and as a result, he was beaten with twenty boards, and the flesh wound on his buttocks was bedridden for half a month before healing.

Without the help of Lin Shan. Cen Chi really realized how heavy the two tasks of carrying water and collecting firewood in his daily homework were, more than three times heavier than reading and writing.

However, because he had to take care of Lin Shan, the senior brother stayed in the grass house and stayed for half a month. This is something that was rarely seen in the past.

Because of this month of getting along. Cen Chi finally got used to calling Xiao Kuang his senior brother, but he couldn't change his name when it came to his second senior brother Lin Shan. still shouted out "senior brother" habitually. In this regard, Xiao Kuang first tried to correct it for a few days, but when he saw that it had no effect, he gradually relaxed.

In addition, Cen Chi also had the opportunity to fully understand what the second senior brother was talking about, which five pentathlon senior brothers were "able".

Among these five skills, Cen Chi has experienced the most deeply the cooking skills of the senior brother. And the most shocking thing was the martial arts of the senior brother. He finally believed that a person could practice martial arts to the point that he could kill a wild boar with his bare hands, so the wild boar's den that day was hiding from the rain no longer dared to have a wild boar left, and he was really frightened by the methods of the senior brother.

And although he has an amazing memory, I am afraid that he will never be able to catch up with the level of the senior brother in martial arts cultivation.

Cen Chi realized that the talent possessed by the senior brother lay in his comprehension of martial arts. And this God-given substance. You can't go beyond it yourself.

The senior brother only smiled faintly at this, and only said: "The wise man is in charge of the world." And war is always better than peace and luck, so in the future, people with good brains will still have a broader future than people with strong martial arts. ”

Cen Chi Yingying heard a certain meaning in Senior Brother's words, and immediately retorted disapprovingly: "Senior Brother, you are not stupid!" I don't know what you know......"

Senior Brother Xiao Kuang gently stroked the child's pigtail on Cen Chi's head, and said with a smile: "Senior brother is a multiple older than you, these knowledge are just the accumulation of time, when you grow to my age, you must be much better than me...... You little brain, you don't know where the limit of your memory will be? ”

Cen Chi raised his head and asked, "What is the 'limit of memory'?" ”

Xiao Kuang hesitated and said, "This senior brother can't answer it, but when you grow up, you will naturally know, because this answer belongs only to you." ”

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In addition to having a comprehensive understanding of the senior brother's personality, in the frequent intersection of this half month, Cen Chi and Xiao Kuang's way of getting along is similar to a question and an answer, and they also keep repeating this pattern.

In this way, Cen Chi learned more about the sideways from Xiao Kuang. The reason why it is called a side door is because Cen Chi is pulling the banner of mutual assistance and discussing pedantry, but the questions are all doubts that the master teaches outside of knowledge.

Fortunately, the senior brother is obviously more patient than the second senior brother, and he is as kind as ever, and he has never been irritated and angry in the face of some strange questions often asked by the little junior brother who is only six years old.

It's just that compared with the second senior brother, Cen Chi soon discovered that the senior brother actually had a flaw that made him scratch his head very depressed, that is, although he had a serious expression when answering questions, he often said some words that he didn't understand. Moreover, this kind of understanding is that the more you explore, the more confused you become, and you have no words at all, so many questions are explored to the end, and you don't know how it ends.

For example, on the fifth day after the second senior brother Lin Shan was punished and beaten, the senior brother Xiao Kuang made lunch and brought it into the grass hut and ate it with the two junior brothers.

Cen Chi knew that when he asked a question, the senior brother would definitely respond to an extremely patient and detailed explanation, which was so long that Rao had a strong memory and was easy to get dizzy. So before he asked the question, he first went through the thoughts in his mind, and then slowly asked: "Senior brother, you said the other day, 'Having a talent is not something to be proud of', may I ask what is 'proud'?" ”

"The most commonly used meaning is complacency and pride, but in a few contexts, it can also be understood separately, such as 'comprehending the meaning' and 'achieving the intention' can also be used as a proud word." Senior Brother Xiao Kuang really carried forward his patience as always, "Little Senior Brother, understanding words needs to match the meaning of the words, you can pick out what I said as a word example, this is very good......"

"That's enough." Lin Shan, the young man at the table, couldn't listen anymore, knocked on the table and said: "I feel that I am the number one genius in the world, this is pride; I don't feel like I need to go to school anymore. is always the number one genius in the world, this is complacency; When the two come together, they are proud. It's just you......" Lin Shan raised his eyebrows and stared at Cen Chi: "...... Little junior brother. ”

Because he was punished by the master five days ago, the young Lin Shan endured the pain of twenty boards, and a layer of skin was removed from his buttocks, and he could only lie on his stomach in bed for the past few days, and he had to kneel on the futon when eating. It's uncomfortable.

And the most uncomfortable thing for him was that his ears could not be cleaned. This little junior brother has hundreds of questions hidden in his head, and he seems to have memorized all the questions he has seen. It's just that the elder brother is so patient. Pity the weak, answer all questions, and be too careful and cumbersome, I can hear Lin Shan's ear drums almost calloused, but because of the injuries on his body, he can't avoid it.

When he was lying in bed to recuperate, he could also pull a few books to read. If you devote yourself to the knowledge of books, you will naturally be able to isolate some of the "noise" around your ears. But when it came to eating, I couldn't do it anymore. was forced to be noisy, and Lin Shan, who was a teenager, was also a little annoyed.

Cen Chi was frightened by the sudden voice of the second senior brother, but he didn't hear what he just said very clearly.

The senior brother Xiao Kuang on the side didn't care, but he also interrupted the tirade that he was going to tell Cen Chi. just reminded lightly: "Senior Brother Lin." Don't knock on the table while you speak, pay attention to Sven. If Master sees you like this, the next person to be knocked on your head will be. ”

Hearing the mention of the honorific title of Master in the words of the senior brother, the two junior brothers at the table were silent together. One is thinking of the pain when he was beaten to the board a few days ago, and the other is thinking of the sadness in his heart when he watched his senior brother take the board a few days ago.

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After eating, Xiao Kuang helped Lin Shan back to bed and lay on his stomach. Cen Chi jumped out of his chair and collected his chopsticks along the edge of the table. He was only six years old, and even if his back was straight, his shoulders were just as high as the table, and the bowl on the table was out of reach.

Although this little favor was meaningless, when Xiao Kuang turned around to put away the bowl, he still smiled at Cen Chi, who was standing at the table, and thanked him.

Cen Chi looked at the smile on Senior Brother's face, and a thought that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time finally burst out uncontrollably: "Senior Brother, why don't you live with us?" ”

Xiao Kuang didn't answer immediately, but just asked, "Isn't it good that you live with Senior Brother Lin?" ”

Cen Chi, who was six years old at the time, was immediately ignited, and counted several "crimes" of the second senior brother in one go. It wasn't until the person next to him who was lying on the bed reading a book snorted coldly that he came back to his senses and quickly shut up. But not long after, he cowardly whispered, "Actually...... It's not because of this ......"

When he was young, he couldn't accurately express what was in his heart at that time.

That feeling of dependence on the strong is human nature, but people often feel it first, and then they can think about it in words.

The elder brother is strong in martial arts and can kill wild boars and wolves with his bare hands; The elder brother is erudite, at least in Cen Chi's opinion, he can answer all questions; Big Brother...... He cooks very well...... Even if the pentathlon elder brother removes the other two abilities and only keeps these three, it is enough to make the six-year-old Cen Chi rely on and admire him, and he can't stick to him every day, which is also one of the child's hearts.

But this is a factor that is not conducive to his growth, if there is such a person around him all the time, it is contrary to the intention of the Northern Fence School to include him.

Xiao Kuang didn't ask anything more, but after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "Because what I have learned is different from you." ”

Many years later, Cen Chi and Lin Shan remembered what he said, and they both knew that this answer was not accurate, but it was not entirely wrong.

Xiao Kuang majored in martial arts and minored in chess. Compared with martial arts, Lin Shan can tie with Xiao Kuang's fifty-seven moves, but he will definitely not win, and his chess skills are far behind; Compared with chess skills, Cen Chi can draw with Xiao Kuang in five games and four draws, and it is difficult to go further, and Xiao Kuang can flip Cen Chi out of three zhang with one palm......

However, martial arts and chess are actually not the main knowledge of the Beili School. The reason why the old man of the North Fence only taught the eldest disciple two partial knowledge, in addition to the limited talent of the eldest disciple, there is also an unspeakable reason, which is destined to the eldest disciple no matter how omnipotent he is, and he will eventually be ineligible to become the next generation of the successor of the North Fence School.

Therefore, the several skills that Xiao Kuang, the great disciple of the Northern Fence, possessed that made Cen Chi extremely admire and worship, could not actually promote his progress.

But it is not for this reason that the contact between the senior disciple and the two main disciples is severed.

Cen Chi, who was only six years old at the time, didn't know so much, he could probably only say whatever he wanted, but it was this kind of direct feeling that turned into words to confide, which could best reach the point of question. After getting the answer of the elder brother. Cen Chi was still puzzled, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Can't we be together if we learn differently?" Isn't it good that the senior brother has been here all these days? ”

Cen Chi's voice just fell. Lin Shan, who was lying on the bed next to him and pretending to read, also turned his head, obviously he also had this doubt in his heart.

"Hmm...... You're not entirely wrong to say that. Xiao Kuang's hand that was collecting the bowl froze slightly, and he pondered for a moment, then changed the topic and asked softly, "Little junior brother." Brother asks you a question. If I'm not here these days, and the second senior brother can't help you, how will you live? ”

Cen Chi could hear that the tone of the senior brother's voice had changed slightly. And whenever he speaks like this, it is when he is extremely serious.

Therefore, Cen Chi's complexion soon became stern and serious.

However, when he thought about the question asked by the senior brother several times with great seriousness, he frowned.

He didn't know how to answer, and it wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized that although he had a strong memory and a talent that could almost be remembered, he was living alone. The lack of skills is a blank.

He subconsciously looked to the side because of the punishment and the back of his buttocks was beaten off by the board, so that he could only lie on the bed, but he was also looking at the second senior brother who looked at him here.

He suddenly realized that although the second senior brother cooked unpalatable and washed clothes in a hurry, the second senior brother would at least use flint to make fire. I can cook a pot of rice. Even sometimes the clothes are torn by the thorns on the mountain road, and the second senior brother can still twist and sew patches...... This qiē life skill. But I can't even barely do it.

"I don't know......" After thinking for a long time, Cen Chi slowly lowered his head, "I won't ......"

"This is the eleventh time you've said that!" Lin Shan, who had been silent next to him, suddenly interjected at this time, "No, you will learn, senior brother will not stay here all the time to listen to you no, I don't know." ”

Xiao Kuang rarely did not help the young Cen Chi speak, but agreed with Lin Shan's words, nodded and then said slowly to Cen Chi: "If I wasn't here, you would have learned to cook." Your height may not be enough to put away the dishes on the table, but if there is no one to help you, I believe that with your mind, you will not be surprised to think that you can step on a stool to put away the dishes. ”

Cen Chi raised his head when he heard this, with a hint of understanding and a little surprise in his expression.

"Taking care of your own life is the most basic skill you should master as a person, regardless of your talent." Xiao Kuang paused slightly, and then continued: "An isolated and helpless environment can best make people learn to bear and be strong, you are still young, and it may not be appropriate to say this to you now, but this is something you must understand."

Before you arrived, the second brother lived alone most of the time, and when he first learned to use the flint, he rubbed and struck the stone hundreds of times, but he couldn't stop trying because he failed, because there was no second person around him who would help, and if he couldn't light firewood, he would only starve.

Because there was sand in the rice, which almost cracked his tooth bones, he learned to wash rice.

Sometimes the Master is not there, and you can only rely on yourself to improve your food. The mountain was rich in produce, but if he hadn't learned how to shoot arrows and design traps, he would have had nothing more than a feast for his eyes if a rabbit passed under his feet and a pheasant flew overhead. ”

"Because I can't count on anyone to help make it easy for me, I can only do it myself and learn to master these most basic skills." Xiao Kuang reached out and gently stroked the braided hair on the top of Cen Chi's head, "If I were here, I might not be able to turn a blind eye to your difficulties, but if so, I wonder how long it will take you to learn this?" This is a result that Master does not want to see. ”

Cen Chi listened to what Xiao Kuang said in confusion, although there were some unclear points, he at least kept the original words in mind word for word, and then he nodded seriously.

And just as Xiao Kuang's words were finished, before Cen Chi could pick up the conversation for a while, a voice suddenly floated outside the house:

"What Kuang'er said is true."

This familiar voice revealed an incomparably solemn tone, which lifted Lin Shan and Xiao Kuang in the room, and Cen Chi, who was the weakest, showed a little timidity in his eyes.

Xiao Kuang put down the dishes that still had leftovers in his hand, dusted off his sleeves, and then bowed deeply towards the middle-aged man with a long body, bright eyes, and a wooden hairpin and black robe who walked in at the door: "Xiao Kuang, the big disciple of the North Fence, meet the master." ”

Lin Shan had also rolled over from the bed and fell to the ground, although the injury on the back of his hip was so involved that it was faintly cracking. The pain made his forehead begin to sweat, but this pain did not stop him from bowing to the master and apprentice: "Disciple ......"

Lin Shan had just gathered his hands and was about to bow down. Seeing that the old man of Beili raised his sleeves to block, he said in a gentle tone: "Shan'er, you can rest well!" ”

Although the punishment a few days ago was done by him himself, every board was laid, and his strength fell very strongly. There was no mercy at all. The two disciples lay down for a few days and did not recover. But after punishing this file, he actually took care of the places that he could take care of as a master.

Lin Shan also knew in his heart that he had made a mistake first. Punishment is an inevitable consequence. Although the master did not forgive him in the slightest, it was impossible for him to hold a grudge because of this matter.

Then, the old man's gaze fell on Cen Chi's face.

Cen Chi did not salute, but only whispered with a somewhat timid expression: "Master." ”

"Hmm." The old man of Beili answered lightly, and then he walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, reached out and lifted the clothes on Lin Shan's back to look at it carefully, and said slowly: "It's already scabbed." ”

He looked sideways at Xiao Kuang. He added: "These few days are the key to removing decay and rejuvenating, you should be careful, do not let his scabs crack open twice, so as not to leave scars in the future." ”

"Yes." Xiao Kuang's head was bowed.

After checking the healing of Lin Shan's injuries, the old man of Beili didn't say anything more, stood up and beckoned to Cen Chi: "Chi'er." Follow the teacher out. ”

Cen Chi followed the old man in Beili and walked out of the house. Before leaving the house. He subconsciously glanced back, only to see that the senior brother's hands were naturally hanging down at his sides. Look at it meekly. The second senior brother was still lying on the bed, but unlike the calm gaze of the senior brother, there was a slight look of concern in the eyes of the second senior brother.

Walking outside the house, seeing that the master still had no intention of stopping, Cen Chi followed in silence until the thatched hut behind him was about to disappear in the mountains and forests, and finally couldn't help asking, "Master, where are you going?" ”

The old man of Beili heard the question from the immature child's voice behind him, but he didn't even look back, still maintained a gait with his hands tied behind his back, slightly raised his head, and said lightly: "When you arrive, you will naturally know." ”

Considering that there was a child who couldn't walk fast behind him, in fact, he secretly slowed down. But in the eyes of the child, the master walked like the wind, and he still walked extremely fast, and he had some difficulty following him.

If Cen Chi heard Master's reply a few years later, he would definitely slander two words in his heart: "Nonsense!" ”

But when Cen Chi was six years old, when he heard this, his first reaction was to secretly realize: "The second senior brother is really learning from the master to speak." ”

Hearing a little displeasure in the tone of the master's voice, Cen Chi didn't dare to ask any more questions.

The mountain road was rugged and winding, and Cen Chi only felt that he had walked for a long time, but the master still had no intention of stopping, and there was no house in front of him. Such a wordless walking journey was inevitably monotonous, and Cen Chi's attention unconsciously fell on the arm that the master tied behind his back.

Master's two sleeves are extraordinarily spacious, and if they hadn't been bent behind his back, he would have dragged them to the ground. And because the wide sleeves were held up in the air, as the master's figure undulated on the rugged mountain road, the two sleeves also swayed...... I don't know what motive it is, Cen Chi subconsciously wants to imitate.

He also wrapped his immature arms around his back, which had not yet fully grown his bones, to experience the feeling of the robe being windless and automatic, but he soon found that his hands could barely be held together behind his back, as if his arms were not long enough......

So he tried to twist his shoulders to reach his fingers, and if anyone looked at him from the front, it would seem indescribably awkward, but of course he himself could not realize it.

Finally, his hands were clasped behind his back, but at this moment, his walking form became extremely unbalanced, and it was only a small protruding boulder on the ground, which tripped him face down, and gnawed on a mouth full of grass stubble.

The old man finally stood and turned around.

He didn't know that the reason why the newly accepted child's disciple who had not yet lost his heart fell was just playful, and he thought that this child was immature and weak after all, and he couldn't compare to the other two disciples.

Looking sideways at the front of the mountain road, estimating the length of the remaining journey, the old man of Beili sighed softly, and pulled Cen Chi, who had fallen heavily and was already crying in pain, but could hold back a word, from the ground and lifted it onto his back.

When Cen Chi first arrived at the Great Wilderness Mountain, he also came over on his master's back like this along the way. But at that time he was entitled to special treatment because he had endured hunger for too long, and was so ill that he could no longer walk on his own.

In Cen Chi's memory, lying on the master's back this time is the most real way to feel the warmth of the master. Master's back is more generous than that of Senior Brother.

(To be continued)