Chapter 2: The Old Master

To the west of Yuren Village, there is a small stream, in which the stream water is clear, trickling and flowing, which has a unique charm. Somewhere in the creek, there is a stone arch bridge over the stream, and bamboo forests grow on both sides of the arch bridge.

Zhang Fei and his future daughter-in-law were two children, holding hands, and walked hand in hand to the arch bridge.

Approaching the arched bridge, Zhang Fei suddenly stopped, turned around and instructed: "Yaqin, what I said to you just now is a little secret between the two of us, and you are not allowed to tell anyone else." ”

The person called Yaqin is Zhang Fei's future daughter-in-law, Zhang Yaqin.

Zhang Yaqin nodded like a tinkering head, and several small braids on her head were thrown back and forth from head to head, full of cuteness and seriousness.

"Brother Fei, I promise not to say it."

She kept her mouth closed tightly and seamlessly to prove her resolve.

Looking at her serious look, Zhang Fei nodded, "Okay, let's go to the academy." ”

……

By asking Zhang Yaqin along the way, Zhang Fei learned that what he had traveled through was not the ancient times of a parallel world, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

It is a novel world similar to that called Douluo Continent, although this thing is a little unbelievable, but it is quickly covered by the excitement in his heart.

In his previous life, the world where no one had special abilities had long since annoyed him, and this world where he could become a strong man was full of infinite attraction to him.

Zhang Fei crossed this body, and his original name was also Zhang Fei. When he turned three years old, his parents invited Master Zhang, who was highly respected in nearly ten miles and eight villages, to come to appraise his talent.

Although Old Master Zhang did not have the professional auxiliary tools of the soul master sent by the county, he believed in the strength of the old master's pulse identification talent.

Then Old Master Zhang was surprised to find that Zhang Fei turned out to be a genius with the potential of the innate three soul rings, which was rarely seen among civilians!

The so-called innate refers to the realm that can grow to the same as soul beasts, without cultivating. You must know that most of the exercises in this world are controlled by academies or families, and they farmers can't learn them. Therefore, it was an innate talent that was of little use to the aristocracy, but it was particularly important to the peasants.

After teaching all his life, an old master Zhang who didn't keep the congenital three soul rings, almost had a heart attack after checking out Zhang Fei's talent, and finally recovered, and became a king to eat scales.

Old Master Zhang immediately trembled and said a bunch of righteousness to Zhang Fei's parents. If Zhang Fei's parents dare not let Zhang Fei worship him, the old master will use the prestige he has accumulated for decades to mobilize the masses to criticize Zhang Fei's parents!

This old master Zhang is the best master in the nearby ten miles and eight villages, and in the past seventy years, all the disciples taught by him have been much better than those taught by other masters in terms of using the soul ring to farm.

Therefore, the people in the eight villages of ten miles and eight villages all squeezed their heads and wanted to send the children to the old master's door, but the old master only took out three places every year, and the supply was in short supply at all. In the past, Zhang Fei's parents belonged to the kind that had no hope of sending their beloved son to the old master's door.

Therefore, the old master Zhang used the righteousness to force them to send Zhang Fei to school, and when they heard that the old master intended to make Zhang Fei an apprentice, Zhang Fei's parents had already thanked God in their hearts.

It's just that......

Old Master Zhang was so excited that he was foaming at the mouth, and he had to talk about those things endlessly, which sounded very powerful. Zhang Fei's parents, who didn't dare to offend the old master, had to hang their heads and listen to what the old master Zhang said for an hour and a half......

That day

The old master not only accepted Zhang Fei as an apprentice, but also exempted Zhang Fei from tuition. is also concerned about Zhang Fei's soul ring.

Not only did he ask for a ten-year hare soul beast that Zhang Dalong picked up in Zhangshan Village, but he also asked the village chief of Zhangdong Village for a ten-year green cow that was particularly spiritual, as a predetermined soul beast for Zhang Fei's second soul ring in the future.

The old master also attached great importance to Zhang Fei's subjective opinions, and Zhang Fei just mentioned that he wanted to study with his future daughter-in-law Zhang Yaqin.

The old master immediately decided that in the future, he would let his favorite apprentice study with peace of mind, and announced on the spot that he would accept Zhang Yaqin as an apprentice, and considering that her family was not wealthy, he humanized her and exempted half of her tuition.

The old master taught his apprentices for decades, and finally received a satisfactory apprentice, and everyone was so happy that he was a few years younger. Zhang Fei's family and Zhang Yaqin's family were also very happy, especially Zhang Fei himself, who was so excited that he almost went to the house to uncover the tiles.

Finally a few days ago, that is, the year when Zhang Fei was six years old, the old master finally waited for Zhang Fei's soul power to reach the tenth level, and personally presided over the soul ring absorption ceremony for Zhang Fei, so that Zhang Fei became a village-level super potential person with a wild soul ring at the age of six at a young age.

It's a pity that the original Zhang Fei was not blessed to enjoy the aura of this village-level genius, and when he absorbed the soul ring ceremony, because the old master's skills were too poor, and he was too young, as a result, after absorbing the wild soul ring, he immediately whined and wailed.

And then...... Zhang Fei walked through.

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Inside the bamboo forest, there is a thatched hut tiled house, which is used to educate disciples, and the tiled house is the residence of the old master's family.

The tiled house is in the shape of an L, built against the mountain, and there is a pond with lotus leaves on the other side. Outside the tiled houses, there is a corridor guardrail, and most of the corridor stands above the pond.

At one end of the L length is a hut built vertically, which was specially used by the old master to teach his disciples. Facing away from the tiled house, on the left side of the hut is a rectangular courtyard, surrounded by a fence made of bamboo, on which creepers grow and many small white wildflowers.

In the bluestone-floored courtyard sat cross-legged thirty students, the eldest of whom was about twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was only three or four years old, and all the boys and girls were facing the same direction.

In front of them, there is a wooden platform about 20 centimeters high above the ground, and there is a square desk on the high platform, on which are placed the four treasures of the study, and in front of the desk is a rattan chair.

The old master held a rolled bamboo slip in his hand and walked back and forth on the high platform. He looked serious, not angry. The voice is sonorous and powerful, and the depression is frustrated.

"The universe is desolate, and the heavens and the earth are yellow. The fact that we can cultivate the power of our souls through the Soul Fighting Continent is a gift from the heavens to us. But you also need to know that all this is not easy to come by. At the beginning of the birth of the human race, we didn't know how to absorb soul rings to strengthen ourselves, and at that time, our weak ancestors could only hide everywhere and survive. The situation lasted for nearly a million years, and then our ancestors braved hardships and hardships to study the way of the soul ring, and went through countless generations. Finally, 300,000 years ago, we compiled a method that allowed us humans to become strong as well. ”

"Up to now, we humans have countless exercises, and there are clear types of exercises. But no matter what kind of exercise, the first record of the exercise is without exception a method of using soul power to absorb the power of the soul ring! The old man was lucky enough to get a yellow-level Xuangong fragment back then, which happened to remember the initial method of cultivating to become a strong person. Now the old man will pass on the Dharma he has understood. ”

The Yellow Xuan-level exercises are extremely cherished by county-level families, and there are only fragments of the old master in ten miles and eight villages.

Therefore, when all the young boys and girls heard that the old master was going to perform the Yellow Xuan-level exercises, they all pricked up their ears and were ready to listen to every word that the old master said.

The old master continued to preach from the podium:

"The method of using soul power to absorb soul rings pays attention to doing it in one go, and there is no pause in the middle, otherwise it will damage its own meridians at least, and it will go mad at worst. Therefore, before teaching you the exercises, the old man reminds you: From now on, until half an hour later, you must listen carefully to my exercises, practice according to the exercises I teach, and even if the sky falls halfway, you must not interrupt your practice! ”

The boys and girls below are all sitting upright when they hear this, and they have a tendency to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and they will never stop until they finish practicing the exercises at one time. The old master nodded and slowly taught the exercises.

"Dry is positive, Kun is the key; Absorb the aura of heaven and earth, sink the dantian, and draw the qi into the body......"

Outside the hospital

Zhang Yaqin pointed to the rounded corners covered with creepers.

"Brother Fei, this is the place where the old master taught us to learn the exercises and the principles of life."

Zhang Fei looked in the direction pointed by Zhang Yaqin, and there was a five-star garden in front of him. I couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, it's so beautiful here!" ”

Although Zhang Fei's voice was not loud, the old master who had just spoken about one-third of the exercises had his ears skipping at the same time. Zhang Fei's voice has been engraved in the old master's heart since he checked out his talent, and he can distinguish it from high and low, or strange screams. So, when the old man heard this, he immediately threw the bamboo slip on the table, and ran away to the outside of the garden.

After a while, the old man came out of the guardrail with a smile on his face, "Ah! …… Fei'er, it's great that you're here! The old master said and ran away, welcoming his beloved disciple.

If you say that it will be done in one go, it will not be terminated when the sky falls? A group of helpless boys, girls, boys and girls were left in the courtyard......

Zhang Fei had already heard Zhang Yaqin describe the appearance of the old master, and when he saw this old man with three pairs of beards, wrinkled faces, and white clothes, he immediately saluted him seriously according to the etiquette of this world.

The old master nodded, and said psychologically: "It's only six years old, and he already knows etiquette so well, yes, he is worthy of being the heir of the old man." ”

At the same time, after Zhang Fei's salute, the old master picked up Zhang Fei and held Zhang Yaqin.

"Let's go! Go in with the teacher, and the teacher will take a good look at you. ”

After entering, Zhang Fei was placed on the rattan chair, and at this time, in the second row on the left in the courtyard below, a little fat man about four years old who was wearing coarse cloth clothes without patches said timidly.

"Old Master, you just said that the method of absorbing the soul ring must be completed in one go, and it must not be terminated halfway......"

The little fat man has been in school for a year and knows the old master's strictness. Since entering the school, the old master has taught them many times that knowing is knowing and not knowing is not knowing. Before, the old master clearly said that he could not interrupt, but the old master ran away halfway, which one is right and which is wrong? The little fat man was in a dilemma, hesitated several times, and finally decided to ask. It's just because the old master has always been strict, because although he has plucked up courage, he also seems very unconfident.

The students below immediately began to whisper

"Zhang Xiaopang, a fool, dares to doubt the old master."

"Hahaha, there's a good show to watch now."

"He's dead!"

"Hahaha......"

As other students expected, the old master really turned his head to look at the little fat man, the old master was kind and amiable in the face of Zhang Fei's kind eyebrows, his face turned black in an instant, and his voice was low,

"Zhang Xiaopang, do you dare to doubt the old man's teaching? Even you, a cowherd who has only absorbed the soul ring talent once and can only farm in the future, dare to be so disrespectful to the old man, get out and call your parents! ”

Zhang Xiaopang's eyes widened and blinked, looking incredulous, he didn't want to cry or not, and said, "Old ......"

"Shut up! The old man has been an apprentice for sixty-nine years, and he has never met such an arrogant student as you, go back and reflect on it!"

Zhang Xiaopang's tears flowed down in an instant. He lowered his head, sobbed, wiped his tears, put the scroll back into the black and gray cloth bag, and bowed respectfully to the old master, and slowly withdrew. After a while, Zhang Xiaopang's howling cry came from outside.

However, Zhang Xiaopang's pitiful experience did not get the sympathy of others, but the other boys, girls, boys and girls present here were all celebrating the disaster and wishing to be a little more powerful.

Zhang Fei on the stage did not have sympathy, he pulled his future daughter-in-law to sit on the rattan chair together, shaking his legs, and scanning the women below back and forth. That's right, it's a woman, what does a man care about him?

After looking around, he was disappointed in his heart, there were so many women, none of them were beautiful, all of them were crooked melons and cracked dates, and they were not as good as their daughters-in-law. Zhang Fei hurriedly put his daughter-in-law's small hand on his chest and suppressed the shock. The ancients did not deceive me, there is no harm if there is no comparison, after this glance, Zhang Fei finally found out how beautiful his daughter-in-law was.

The old master looked back at Zhang Fei, and became kind and amiable. Seeing Zhang Fei looking around, the old master immediately turned his head to look at the young boys and girls below, with a dark face and a low voice.

"Look at you one by one, and you will know that you will celebrate the disaster and see others make a fool of yourself. Fei'er is different. No wonder Fei'er will be able to inherit the mantle of the old man in the future, and you all have only the life of farming! ”

Zhang Fei saw that the boys and girls below were so counted by the old master, and even slandered and belittled, they all lowered their heads one by one, looking like they were being taught, and no one dared to refute it. Thinking about it, the old master's teaching in the past must have been very strict.

The old master looked back at Zhang Fei and asked with a smile,

"Fei'er, are you thirsty, do you want the old man to ask your master to make you a pot of tea to drink?"

Hearing the old master's words, Zhang Fei shook his body a few times and shook his head.

The old master nodded with satisfaction again, looked at the group of young boys and girls below, and said in a low voice, "Look! Look! This is the gap between you and Fei'er, Fei'er doesn't drink water in order to learn, and you all want to go out and play all the time! That's the gap! ”

Among this group of students, there are finally some people who can no longer stand the deliberate criticism of the old master. Someone whispered, yin and yang whispered: "Zhang Fei just said that he didn't drink water, and he didn't say study." ”

When the old master heard this, his face was furious, he glanced back and forth at the students below, and shouted, "Who is it?" Who was talking just now? Stand up for the old man! ”

Thirty or so boys, boys, girls, boys and girls all bowed their heads, and no one recognized them.

The old master was angry, "Okay! Since no one admits it, the old man only needs to use the old man's method. ”

Even if the young man deliberately changed his tone before, but three minutes later, a young man was successfully pulled out by the old master using the elimination method + the continuous sitting method.

The young man knelt on the ground with a sad face, "Master, I know that I am wrong. Woo~"

The old master had a calm face and a stern tone, "Hmph! Zhang Ergou, you actually thought that the old man would look away! The old man has a pair of flame golden eyes, how can he be wrong? Get lost! Go home and call your parents. If the old man can't see your parents before school, then you won't use them anymore. ”

Zhang Ergou wiped his tears and begged in a low voice, "Old master, give me another chance." ”

The old master said sternly and ruthlessly: "Get out!" If you don't get out, you don't have to call your parents, you won't use it in the future! ”

Zhang Ergou then slowly stood up, hummed and chirped, wiped his tears, and walked out of the yard alone......

At this moment, all the boys and girls no longer dared to talk nonsense.