Chapter 002: Sixteen Years Later
Muyun Mountain is located on the periphery of the Lianyun Mountains. The Lianyun Mountain Range is the boundary mountain range between the Great Xia Empire and the Great Qin Empire, spanning between the two empires, stretching for thousands of miles, connecting the sky and the clouds, so it is called the Lianyun Mountain Range.
Muyun Village is at the foot of Muyun Mountain, and it is also a small border village of the Great Xia Empire.
The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, the villagers rely on Muyun Mountain to be self-sufficient, with plenty of food and clothing.
The village is not big, the mountains are beautiful, and the four seasons are like spring. And Muyun Mountain is also very suitable for the scene, from the top of the mountain a waterfall down 3,000 zhang, a bend of the rainbow endures, always hanging on the lake. There is really a fairyland on earth.
"Tong Ling'er! You shameless bastard! You dare to peek at the old lady taking a bath! I'm not done with you!"
A rude and hoarse scream resounded through the valley!
In the forest, two young figures scurried around like rats crossing the street.
"Da Zhuang, you idiot, didn't you say that Er Ya is taking a bath here?
"I don't know, this morning Erya personally told me that she was going to come here to take a bath in the evening, how did I know that it would become round!"
The two teenagers were tall and short, one strong and one thin, and the tall and strong one was tall and strong, five big and three thick, and no one could see that his horizontal muscles would be innate.
The other short and thin is Tong Ling'er, who is short and thin, but he is relatively tall and strong, compared to ordinary people, his body shape is very well-proportioned, his height is not low, his complexion is bronze and healthy, his appearance is delicate and aura, and he is handsome.
"Are you stupid? This is obviously the weird girl who deceived you, and you even believe it?" and brought me over!" Tong Ling'er pouted and said disdainfully.
"You brought me here. Gao Dazhuang corrected.
"I'll just say that your elm head can't be opened, just bring me here, and shift the responsibility on me, I won't carry it!" Tong Ling'er didn't hear what he said, and said to herself.
"It's obvious that you brought me here!" said the tall and strong.
"Don't call me next time, I won't be deceived by you again!"
"You're the one who brought me here!"
The two of them were arguing, and they had already fled back to the village.
At the entrance of the village, two figures quietly waited for the arrival of Tong Ling'er and the tall and strong.
These two figures, one physique is very similar to tall and strong, if it weren't for the two ponytails hanging down on her chest, nine out of ten people would involuntarily praise her "What an iron-clad man!"
She is Yuanyuan, the girl who was peeked at by Tong Ling'er and Tall Zhuang in the bath. I had already rushed back to the village first.
Well, girl, just turned sixteen!
The other figure was very slender, standing in a white dress, with a thin gauze covering his face, and black hair and a shawl, as slim as a fairy. Even if you can't see her appearance clearly, just this otherworldly temperament, with a hint of frost in the delicateness, and full of nobility in the quiet, is enough to make people's souls tremble, and there is no trace of blasphemy.
It's Mu Hongchen.
Seeing this shadow, the tall and strong looked at Tong Ling'er with some sympathy and pity.
"Tall and strong, Tong Ling'er, look where you are going!" Yuan Yuan pinched his waist with one hand and pointed at Tong Ling'er with the other, very ashamed.
"Tall and strong, you are guilty!"
Before Gao Dazhuang could speak, Tong Ling'er jumped out first, pointing at Gao Dazhuang with an indignant look. "Lang Lang Qiankun, you actually ignored the village rules and hid in the forest to peek at Yuanyuan taking a bath, thinking that Yuanyuan is also a girl in the flower season, and the appearance of a flower in the closed moon is ashamed, how can you be coveted by a despicable and shameless person like you, fortunately, I happened to pass by, and I found you in time, and I captured you, what else do you have to say!"
"I... You..."The tall and strong man opened his mouth and stammered, his eyes were as big as copper bells, pointing at Tong Ling'er and at himself, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"What are you, you, me, and me, seeing that you are a first-time offender, and I stopped you in time, Miss Yuanyuan will definitely not blame you, and don't hurry up to apologize to Miss Yuanyuan!" Tong Ling'er shouted without waiting for Gao Dazhuang to explain.
"Okay, Yuanyuan, I'm sorry, I won't be in the future... I peeked at you taking a shower again, and I ask for your forgiveness. Gao Dazhuang turned around and apologized to Yuanyuan, rolled his eyes randomly, and hurriedly said. "Tong Ling'er Fei dragged me along!"
"You little calf!" looked at the tall and strong figure running away, secretly hated, this kid still betrayed himself.
"Hey, hey... That, I said he framed me, believe it or not, if you don't believe it, I'll make up another one..."
"Ling'er. Finally, Mu Hongchen, who had been watching this farce, opened his lips lightly, and his cold voice came out faintly.
Hearing Mu Hongchen call herself, Gao Ling'er suddenly drooped her head like a defeated rooster. "I was wrong. ”
Yuanyuan took a step forward and said, "Seeing that you are so handsome, I will forgive you!"
"Huh?" Tong Ling'er grinned at the corners of her mouth, and was praised by Yuanyuan, which was not a good sign.
Sure enough, Yuanyuan's face was slightly red, and he leaned close to Tong Ling'er and whispered: "I'm angry that I'm tall and strong, next time you want to see it, you don't have to do it secretly, you can ask me out!"
After saying that, Yuan Yuan also ran to the village.
"Ahem, cough, cough..."Tong Ling'er coughed violently, looking at the round tiger and the tiger's shyness in his back, Tong Ling'er had to secretly praise, he was really a good man!
The farce ended, and Mu Hongchen and Tong Ling'er also left.
The courtyard where Mu Hongchen and Tong Ling'er live is at the back of the village, a separate courtyard.
Seeing Tong Ling'er following behind Mu Hongchen, the villagers around him all let out a good-natured laugh and ridiculed Tong Ling'er.
All the villagers know that Tong Ling'er is a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth in the village, and he has done all the things that he can do and lack of morality, and whoever sees him will be vigilant, in case he will have any ghost ideas against him.
However, only in the face of Mu Hongchen, Tong Ling'er instantly became docile, well-behaved like a tall and strong yellow dog, obedient to his words.
Back in the courtyard, without waiting for Mu Hongchen to say more, Tong Ling'er obediently walked to the side, carried a basket of stones in the corner, and prepared for today's lesson.
Tong Ling'er has homework every day, weight-bearing long-distance running, flexibility exercises, pile-driving horse steps, all basic exercises, and then soaking in medicinal baths. It has been four years since he was beaten when he was twelve, every day.
This is Mu Hongchen's request. At first, Tong Ling'er resisted, a twelve-year-old ignorant boy, thin and petite, in the face of those training that ordinary people in their prime are difficult to adhere to, he resisted from the bottom of his heart, coupled with the heart-rending medicinal bath that hurts every time, not to mention Tong Ling'er, any villager in Muyun Village couldn't help but shiver when he heard Tong Ling'er's howl.
Resistance is ineffective, Mu Hongchen's harshness to Tong Ling'er, I don't know what it is, there is no room for negotiation.
Over the years, Tong Ling'er's body has become more and more robust, and he also understands that Mu Hongchen is harsh on her and very loving, so he accepted his fate.
"Ling'er. Mu Hongchen stood in the courtyard and called.
Tong Ling'er looked back at Mu Hongchen suspiciously.
"From today onwards, these basic exercises will no longer be done!" Mu Hongchen said softly, her voice as indifferent and cold as ever.
"Why?" Tong Ling'er's first reaction was not to be relieved and happy, but indeed to question.
"Do you know why I let you exercise since you were a child and soak in a medicated bath every day?" asked Mu Hongchen.
"It's to lay the foundation for future cultivation!" Tong Ling'er said without thinking.
"The cultivation method in the world is all soul cultivation and soul cultivation, if you don't choose the way of refining the body in this life, you don't actually need to exercise the strength of the body itself, but I force you to exercise, do you know why?" Mu Hongchen said.
"It's... I don't know. ”
"What is cultivation?" Mu Hongchen asked again.
"I don't know. Tong Ling'er replied without thinking, he knew that every year near the end of the year, the village chief of Muyun Village would lead the young girl who had reached the age of sixteen into the nearby big city for a soul test. To verify whether these people had the qualifications to cultivate, but the essence of their cultivation, he had never heard anyone mention it.
"Do you want to cultivate?" Mu Hongchen asked again.
When Tong Ling'er heard this, her eyes flickered, and she suddenly raised her head to look directly at Mu Hongchen's gaze:
"Yes!"
"Why?"
"Mrs. Chen's bacon is always hung on the roof to dry, and you have to work hard to steal ....."