Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Master!" ”

Mu Zhenren smiled slightly: "Take the basket and follow me into the forest to dig bamboo shoots!" ”

Only then did Guo Song notice that there were two bamboo baskets at the master's feet, each with a firewood knife in it.

He picked up the basket and followed Mu Zhenren into the bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest was covered with a thick layer of bamboo leaves, which were very soft to step on, and in just a moment, they found more than a dozen young bamboo shoots.

"Do you dig bamboo shoots?" Mu Zhenren asked with a smile.

Guo Song nodded, "It will be a little!" ”

"Then I won't teach you, you can dig it yourself!"

Digging bamboo shoots is actually very simple, that is, digging up the soil around the spring bamboo shoots loosely and pulling out the whole bamboo shoots, but if it is a bamboo shoot in mid to late April, it is necessary to dig selectively and leave the strong ones behind to cultivate new bamboo.

After a short time, Guo Song pulled up more than a dozen tender bamboo shoots, wiped off the soil, and put them in a basket.

At this time, Mu Zhenren came over, and when he saw that Guo Song had gained a lot, he praised: "Not bad, very skilled!" ”

"Master, what is this?"

Guo Song couldn't help but be startled when he found that his master's basket was filled with a layer of white fat worms like maggots, which were squirming desperately.

"It's a bamboo maggot, you eat it every day, don't you know?"

Guo Song suddenly felt nauseous in his heart, he was eating this thing every day?

Mu Zhenren smiled, "This is a good thing, only at this time, otherwise how can your body recover so quickly." ”

"But... But isn't it true that Taoist priests can't kill? Guo Song finally found an excuse.

"Who said that Taoist priests can eat meat the same, but we have to exchange prey for daily necessities, so we eat less, like the first day you came, didn't you eat snake soup?"

Guo Song was dumbfounded, there was actually a snake in the meal he ate on the first day, why didn't he know? Is that black and slimy snakeskin?

Mu Zhenren was stunned when he saw it, so he smiled dumbly and said: "Cultivation is not a monk, there is not so much exquisiteness, ancient immortals, how many vegetarians?" ”

"Disciple understood."

Mu Zhenren nodded, "I heard from the fourth brother that you had a conflict with the Taoist priest of Xuanhu Palace yesterday?" ”

"It's the responsibility of the disciples, I met the children in the former Reception Academy, and I was bullied by them, thanks to the fourth senior brother who saved me in time."

Mu Zhenren said noncommittally: "The Taoist priest of the Zixiao lineage is notoriously narrow-minded, and he will repay him, those old enemies of yours will sooner or later practice high-level martial arts, if you can't keep up, the next time you meet, I'm afraid you won't be as lucky as yesterday." ”

Guo Song understood what Mu Zhenren meant, and immediately bowed and saluted, "The disciple is willing to learn martial arts from the master!" ”

"Did you figure it out?" Mu Zhenren asked with a smile.

Guo Song nodded, "If you don't learn a little bit of the capital to settle down, how will you gain a foothold in Datang in the future!" ”

Guo Song really figured it out, he can't return to the next generation, if you want to gain a foothold in the Tang Dynasty, you must have the ability that ordinary people can't match, he has no background background, and he is not a disciple of the family, and it is not his turn to be an official, so learn a martial art, at least he still has a chance to get ahead.

Mu Zhenren looked at him deeply and said: "There are two kinds of martial arts, one is the martial arts of chivalry, light martial arts, fists and feet swordsmanship, can be a guard, can be an assassin, or walk the world with a sword, do it casually, and call it a ranger;

The other is the general's martial arts, the long halberd horizontal knife, the moves are simple and practical, to win with strength, or to practice riding and archery, a hundred battles in the yellow sand, across the battlefield, to fight against foreign races, to serve the country, which kind of martial arts are you willing to learn? ”

Guo Song's dream in his previous life was to practice peerless martial arts and walk the world with a sword, but when Mu Zhenren said that there were a hundred battles in the yellow sand, when he was on the battlefield, his blood boiled.

He asked in a low voice, "Can you do both?" ”

Mu Zhenren smiled slightly, "You misunderstood what I meant, I didn't ask about skills, but martial arts, do you want to be a chivalrous warrior or a fierce general?" ”

Guo Song immediately understood what the master meant, and he said without hesitation: "If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world!" ”

Mu Zhenren laughed, this is the most interesting answer he has ever heard, this little slippery head actually wants to learn, when he is happy, he will serve the country, to be a fierce general, if he is not happy, he will hide in the rivers and lakes and be a ranger.

He thought for a while and said, "I'll teach you something in common, and if you understand it thoroughly, then you can do it all, and you come with me!" ”

Mu Zhenren took Guo Song to the open space in front of the bamboo forest, he made a move, stood on one foot, pointed at the bamboo forest, stared sharply at a certain place in the bamboo forest, and held the firewood knife with the other hand and raised it horizontally above his head, just like a clay sculpture, and then moved.

After a while, he stopped and said to Guo Song: "This trick is called Zhong Kui Ghost Hunting, you practice for three years first, and then I will teach you other martial arts." ”

Guo Song thought for a while and asked: "What does Master mean, like Master just now, he is motionless, and he can stand for as long as he wants, laying the foundation for learning martial arts in three years." ”

"Teachable!"

Mu Zhenren secretly praised Guo Song's cleverness, a little bit thorough, he nodded, "This is my original way of practicing martial arts, don't underestimate it, it trains your waist strength, leg strength, concentration and arm strength and your heart, but more importantly, it is to practice your balance, balance is the foundation of all martial arts, balance is strong, then you will be handy in everything you practice, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and you can reach the peak of everything you practice." ”

"Disciple understood!"

"The method I taught you will be practiced at night, and you still have to chop wood during the day, in addition, your second senior brother has gone down the mountain, from today onwards, you and your third senior brother will go to forage for food!"

..........

When he came back from the bamboo forest, the third senior brother Gan Lei handed him a basket and a small hoe, "Come with me!" Today we go to the back mountain. ”

Gan Lei is not very old, that is, about twenty years old, at least one meter eight or more, and his weight will not be less than two hundred pounds.

Guo Song's impression of Gan Lei is not very good, mainly due to Gan Lei's negative evaluation of him on the first night, coupled with Gan Lei's own dislike of Guo Song, so that in the past month, the two rarely talked, but now the master has arranged the two together.

I don't know if the master will be worried, but Ganyu looked at the two of them with a worried face.........

To go to the back mountain, you must first go down to the mountain col, and then walk along the mountain col for seven or eight miles to arrive.

There is no way down the mountain, Gan Lei took Guo Song to climb one big tree after another, stumbled down the mountain and ran, the slope of 80 degrees is very steep, the ground is covered with moss, wet and slippery, and if you are not careful, you will roll down the mountain.

Gan Lei did not wait for Guo Song, he himself ran down the road with a light car, Guo Song went down the mountain but it was very thrilling, needless to say, he didn't choose the road in a panic, and he stumbled several times, but fortunately he hugged the big tree in time so that he didn't need to fall down the mountain.

Guo Song looked at Gan Lei's back in the distance, bit his lip, but did not tell him to wait for him, but gritted his teeth and stared at the next tree, ran down sharply, and just when his body was about to lose control, he hugged the big tree.

His gaze then turned to another large tree below.......

Gan Lei ran to the col and didn't wait long when he saw Guo Song stumbling down from the woods on the hillside.

Guo Song was very embarrassed, covered in mud and moss, I don't know how many falls he had, and his face was scratched.

He didn't say anything, stepped forward and said calmly to Gan Lei: "Senior brother, keep going!" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Gan Lei's eyes, this kid was quite stubborn, a little unexpected to him.

He nodded, "Let's go!" ”

The road to the col is easier to walk, Gan Lei strode in front of the meteor, Guo Song's leg was a little lame, but he still followed closely behind Gan Lei and was not thrown off.

After walking about two miles, Gan Lei's speed finally slowed down.

"Take a break!"

He sat on a big stone, took out the water hyacinth and drank two sips, and threw the water hyacinth to Guo Song, who was not polite, poured a few big mouthfuls, and threw the water hyacinth back to Ganlei.

"Little junior brother, do you think I'm very unkind and won't help you when I go down the mountain?" Ganley finally spoke.

Guo Song shook his head, "I have always relied on myself and will not count on others. ”

"That's a good point, I went to collect medicine with Master on the first day, and I fell down the mountainside, and Master didn't care about me, I climbed back to the Taoist temple by myself, but since then, I haven't fallen a second time."

"In Master's opinion, maybe this is also a kind of practice! Tempering the mind. ”

Gan Lei was slightly stunned, he had never thought about it in this regard, Guo Song's words made him suddenly realize something, many things that had happened in the past ten years that he couldn't understand seemed to be solved.

No wonder the master said that the little junior brother has a high level of understanding, and he is still not convinced, but now it seems that it is indeed a bit like that, and he can explain in one sentence what he has not seen through for more than ten years.

When Gan Lei looked at Guo Song again, his gaze finally softened.

"Let's go!"

He slapped his ass and continued to walk towards the back mountain with Guo Song.

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