- 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 eldest disciple of Beili, accepted the oil-paper umbrella in his hand and walked into the cave, "You guys are lying on the ground, what are you doing?" ”

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, and soon laughed happily, and called, "Big ...... Senior Brother ...... "In his impression, Senior Brother is not often seen, so whenever he opens his mouth to call this Senior Brother, he always feels a little jerky in terms of address.

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. The days of practice in the future are still long, so what's 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. 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 keen, and his luck is also very good." ”

The two juniors had puzzled expressions on their faces.

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

Cen Chi hurriedly stood up and looked at Senior Brother. Although he did not speak, his expression was visibly becoming more serious.

Lin Shan also stood up. At the same time, he also helped: "It can't be too difficult, it's only been a year for the junior and junior to get 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 it again in the end, and then put away his smile. His complexion gradually became stricter. 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's fingertips touched the end of the folded dry grass. It was handed out in front of Cen Chi's eyes, and at the same time, 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." ”

"Well, that's 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 retracted a part of the withered grass into the palm of his hand, "Give you three breaths of time, one, two......"

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, but 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 withered 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 and folded after that was three inches and two minutes, although Lin Shan did not report the correct length, but it was amazing enough to be able to "measure" the length of this withered grass in such a short time with the naked eye.

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 at this point, and did not explain what to do if he couldn't be complacent, and then turned to say: "It's not early, we should go back." ”

Lin Shan didn't suddenly remember something until this time, and 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." ”

……

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. But the 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 by Master." Then he may forgive you. ”

The corner of the young Lin Shan's eyes twitched. With a somewhat nervous expression, he asked, "Senior brother, do you know which altar is Master's favorite?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Kuang said with a smile. "But whether this altar in his hand happens to be that altar, senior brother can't see it 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. The two crooked umbrellas are also like grass and trees that have been recuperated overnight after the wind and rain, and they are reinvigorated. Cover the rain overhead.

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, "Actually, before burning the jar, you can first apply a layer of mud outside. In this way, depending on the fire temperature of the firewood, no matter how it is burned, it will not leave a trace. ”

Lin Shan's eyes flashed with a hint of brightness. But soon it was gloomy again, and he just sighed again and again and said, "How dare you have a next time!" Big brother. You're always like that, waiting until it's 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 ......"

……

Back at the cottage, Lin Shan obeyed the advice of the senior brother and calmly admitted his mistake to the master, but he did not reduce the punishment because of honesty at all, 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 Lin Shan's help, 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, which was a rare thing in the past.

Because of this month's relationship, Cen Chi finally got used to calling Xiao Kuang his senior brother, but he couldn't change his name when he called his second senior brother Lin Shan, and he still habitually shouted out "senior brother". 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 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 kind of heaven-given material could not be surpassed by himself.

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 long 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." ”

……

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 from Xiao Kuang and learned more about the sideways. 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 to the second senior brother, Cen Chi soon found out again. The elder brother actually has a flaw that makes him scratch his head very depressed. That is, although he answered questions with a serious expression, he often said words that he did not understand. Moreover, this kind of understanding is that the more you explore, the more confused you become. There is no word at all, so many questions are explored to the end, and I don't know how to end.

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. Eating with the two junior brothers, Cen Chi suddenly thought of the way back from the wild boar cave five days ago. He has not been able to understand a word that the senior brother has said, and he immediately carried forward the spirit of studying and inquiring.

Cen Chi knew that when he asked the question. The senior brother will definitely respond to the extremely patient and detailed explanation, which is long, and Rao has a strong memory. It's also easy to get dizzy. So before he asked a question, he first went through the ideas in his head. Then he asked slowly: "Senior brother, you said the other day, 'Having 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 feel that I don't need to go to school anymore, and I will always be the number one genius in the world, which is complacency; When the two of them are together, they are proud, and it is you who ......" 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 20 boards, and a layer of skin was peeled off 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, which was quite uncomfortable.

And the most uncomfortable thing for him is that his ears are not clear, 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 senior 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 on the bed to recuperate, he could also pull a few books to read, devote himself to the knowledge of books, and naturally be able to isolate part of the "noise" around his 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.

Senior Brother Xiao Kuang on the side didn't care, but he also interrupted the tirade that he was going to give to Cen Chi, and just reminded lightly: "Senior Brother Lin, don't knock on the table when you speak, pay attention to Sven, if Master sees you like this, the next person to be knocked on the head will be you." ”

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.

……

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 ......"

He was young. At that time, I couldn't express my thoughts accurately.

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 master removes the other two skills. Only these three items will be retained. It is enough to make the six-year-old Cen Chi rely on and admire him so much, and he can't stick to him every day, which is also one of the child's hearts.

But it was a factor that was not conducive to his growth. If there is such a person around him all the time, it is contrary to the intention of the Beili 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." ”

Years later. Cen Chi and Lin Shan already knew what he said. This answer is not accurate, but it is 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 definitely can't win, and his chess skills are even worse; Compared with chess skills, Cen Chi can draw with Xiao Kuang in five games and four times. It is difficult to go further, and Xiao Kuang in the martial arts can flip Cen Chi out of the 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 from the senior 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? ”

As soon as Cen Chi's words 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, senior brother asks you, if I am not here these days, and the second senior brother can't help you, then how will you live?" ”

Cen Chi could hear that the tone of Senior Brother's speech had changed a little, and whenever he spoke like this, it was when he was 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 was only now that he suddenly realized that although he had a strong memory and a gift that could almost be remembered, he lacked the skills to live alone.

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 could at least use flint to make fire, and could cook a pot of rice, and even sometimes his clothes were torn by thorns on the mountain road, and the second senior brother could 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, and there was a hint of realization in his expression. A little surprised.

"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 that's something you have to understand.

Before you arrive. The second brother lived alone most of the time, and when he first learned to use 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 is sand in the rice. Nearly cracked his tooth bone, so he learned to wash rice.

Sometimes Master is not there. You can only rely on yourself to improve your food. The mountain is rich in produce, but if he hadn't learned how to shoot arrows and design traps, even if a rabbit passed under his feet, a pheasant flew overhead. He can only feast his eyes. ”

"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 you will be able 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 got off the ground, although the injury behind his buttocks was pulled and cracked, and 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 raised his hands and was about to bow down, when he saw the old man of Beili raising his sleeves to block him, and said in a gentle tone: "Shan'er, you have a good rest!" ”

Although the punishment a few days ago was done by him himself, every board was laid, and his strength fell very strongly, and he showed no mercy to his subordinates, and he beat the two disciples for a few days without recuperation. 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 mistakes first, and punishment was the inevitable result. 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, and said, "These few days are the key to dispel decay and rejuvenate, you should be careful, don't 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 going out, he subconsciously glanced back, only to see that the senior brother's hands were naturally hanging down at his side, and his eyes were meek and peaceful. 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 Cen Chi was six years old. Hearing 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 is inevitably monotonous. Cen Chi's attention unconsciously fell on the arm that the master tied behind his back.

Master's two sleeves are extraordinarily spacious. If you don't bend it behind your back, you'll be dragged to the ground. And because the wide sleeves were held up in the air, with the master's figure undulating on the rugged mountain road. The sleeves of his coat swayed as well...... I don't know what motive it is, Cen Chi subconsciously wants to imitate.

He also wrapped his immature arms around his back, whose bones and tendons had not yet fully grown, to experience the feeling of the windless automaticity of his robe, but he soon found out. I can barely hold my hands together when I wrap them around my back, and it seems that my arms are not long enough......

So he struggled to reach his fingers with his shoulders. If someone looked at him from the front, it would seem indescribably awkward, but of course he himself could not realize it.

Finally, his hands tied behind his back clenched together. However, at this moment, his walking figure became extremely unbalanced, and it was just a small protruding boulder on the ground. That is, he stumbled face down and gnawed on a mouth full of grass stubble.

The old man finally stopped. Turn 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.

However, Cen Chi's mood at this time was not relaxed, a little surprised, a little nervous, and the two small fists hanging on the shoulders on both sides of the master were clenched tightly.

The old man of Beili obviously felt the nervousness of the child on his back, and suddenly said: "Release your fist, wrap your neck around the teacher, and don't roll off your back again." ”

Cen Chi did as he was told, and as his mood slowed down slightly, he couldn't help but ask again, "Master, are you angry?" ”

The old man of Beili said in a flat tone: "Why do you say this? ”

Cen Chi said worriedly: "You...... You can't laugh at anyone......"

"Being a teacher is true for anyone, you have to do your best to get used to it." The old man of Beili paused slightly, and then continued: "Chi'er, you remember, do a good job of disciple responsibilities in the master's sect, and you will not have any apologies for being a teacher." Usually when you meet as a teacher, you don't have to be submissive, you can express what you think in your heart, whether it is right or wrong, the teacher has a little bit of a responsibility to answer you. Even if there are some things that may not be explained to you too clearly for the time being, I will definitely talk about them at the right time. ”

"Yes, Master." After listening to Master's teachings, when Cen Chi replied, there was some more high-spirited tone in his voice.

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On that day, Cen Chi stepped into the residence of the old man in Beili for the first time.

Master's residence was on the top of Xiahong Peak in the Great Wilderness Mountain, and from the outside, it was only a few grass-roofed houses, but the dark rooms embedded in the surface of those houses were amazingly large. There were many boxes in the dark room, but in the years that followed, Cen Chi never had the opportunity to go there to explore the details. I only remember the only chance I had was when my senior brother Lin Shan took the risk to sneak him in, and hurriedly looked through a few boxes, which were full of books.

In the spacious and neat underground dark room full of boxes, the old man of Beili removed the birthday lock hanging around Cen Chi's neck.

It wasn't until that moment that Cen Chi could be regarded as officially worshipping the Beili School.

It was also from that time on, under the teachings of his master, Cen Chi vaguely delineated his future goals, and diluted the impression of his parents that was not very clear in his memory.

Explore your own talent potential, achieve the talents of the auxiliary country, surpass the second senior brother, and inherit the century-old ambition of the Beili School.

It would be nice if things kept going this way.

However, although this was a bit hard, the full and stable life did not last long.

It only lasted three years.

Before that rainy night, Master's image in Cen Chi's heart was still majestic and erudite, and he only had full of respect.

But such a harmonious learning environment seemed to be shattered by the storm and lightning rush that night.

What is the reason for this result?

When he was nine years old, he was forced to leave the Great Wilderness Mountain, and after leaving the Shimen school, Cen Chi wandered outside for more than ten years, and he has always been very puzzled, on that thunderstorm night, why the master suddenly rushed into his bedroom with a sharp knife like a mad demon......

Master, what is the purpose of the sudden ruthlessness in your eyes?

Although he met his senior brother Xiao Kuang again many years later, after a long conversation, Cen Chi finally knew the reason why the master wanted to kill him on a rainy night when he was nine years old, but the doubts in his heart deepened.

In the past three years, more than 1,000 days and nights of earnest teaching, although the life is light but subtle care, is it all fake?

If it weren't for the second senior brother who suddenly rushed in and risked his life to resist, Master, would you really be able to do it to me?

The two familiar thatched huts in front of him gradually blurred in their vision, as if they were fading away, and as if they had turned into smoke and dust and disappeared with the wind; The majestic and lofty outline of the Great Barren Mountain also began to blur, as if it was like a splash of ink, smeared into the night, and then seemed to sink into the ground, falling into a sea......

In front of me, however, a mountain path appeared, and instead of rugged gravel, it was paved with neat stone steps. The scenery on both sides of the stone steps path has been blurred into ink, and only the stone steps reflect the moonlight and silver glow, revealing the long figure walking on the stone steps step by step.

The figure tied his hands behind his back, and his two wide sleeves dangled in the air, as if the sleeves would drag to the ground if the man's arms hung down a little longer.

(To be continued)