Chapter 6: A Year of Change
After apprenticing with the teacher, Xiao Ruixue learned that the middle-aged Taoist priest's name was Sha Dong, but when asked about his Taoist name, Sha Dong thought about it for a long time, and couldn't say why, and finally he said: "There are so many Taoist names used for the teacher that I can't remember them clearly!" Uh-huh – lately I've been preparing to get myself a new one. Hey, there you have it! What do you think of the Dao name of Tianwei Dao Chang, does it sound unusually loud? Xiao Ruixue's eyes widened and she was a little speechless, and at that moment she couldn't help but wonder if Sha Dong was a true Taoist.
Because of Zhu Yan's great management, Xiao Ruixue is forced to learn this and that every day, either piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or female redness, so it is basically delusional to want to go out during the day. In order to avoid the detection of her family, Xiao Ruixue still agreed with Sha Dong to come and go at the right time, and Sha Dong smiled a little after learning about her distress: "I thought that the apprentice must be a naughty little girl who doesn't care about his father, but I didn't expect to live so pitifully at home!" Hahahaha, the world is unpredictable, the world is unpredictable! ”
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't deceive the master and destroy the ancestors and couldn't beat him, Xiao Ruixue was sure that he wanted to punch Sha Dong in the face. However, Sha Dong still has merit, he smiled and smiled, and finally readily agreed to Xiao Ruixue's agreement.
According to this agreement, Xiao Ruixue and Sha Dong will meet on time in Jiming Temple every day, Xiao Ruixue is responsible for showing all the cultivation methods of his original internal strength to Sha Dong one by one, and Sha Dong will disassemble these methods, find out the part that hurts Xiao Ruixue's body the most, and make corresponding improvements according to Xiao Ruixue's own physical qualifications.
And so a month passed.
"Apprentice, as a teacher, you have deduced your original internal strength method in the past month, I have to say, I really admire this person who taught you this martial arts! Seriously, can you tell the teacher who he is, the teacher would love to meet him! “
"Master, why do you always say that?" Xiao Ruixue was puzzled by Sha Dong's attitude, in the past month, Sha Dong had asked more than once who taught him this martial art, but it was not that he didn't want to say, but he really couldn't say. Besides, even telling the truth would be useless, because in his previous life, he was a close disciple of that master, who was already over ninety years old when he accepted him as an apprentice, and because he was seriously injured in middle age, he was basically unable to take care of himself at that time, and he was considered a person who was about to enter the earth, if it were not for the sake of having a fateful friend with his great-grandfather, he would not have been able to agree to his father to accept him as an apprentice. Moreover, in the years before the master's death, it was even more impossible for him to teach himself by hand, and he instructed himself entirely through oral instructions, and in return, he fulfilled his filial piety for his descendants, personally carried his coffin and sent him into the soil.
Seeing that he couldn't ask why, Sha Dong couldn't help but sigh regretfully: "As a teacher, I really admire him!" However, this kind of martial arts, not to mention that you are a little girl, even as a teacher, you can't completely control it! “
Xiao Ruixue had disappointment in her eyes: "No, Master?" ”
Sha Dong smiled: "Being a teacher is also a proud person, and it is not easy to admit this!" In the opinion of the teacher, a person who can fully control the martial arts must have two conditions! ”
Xiao Ruixue seemed to see a glimmer of hope: "Which two conditions?" ”
"The first is to have an extraordinary understanding, if the understanding is high, you may be able to cultivate in twenty years, otherwise you may not be effective even if you practice for fifty years!"
Xiao Ruixue recalled her past life, Qin Yun was apprenticed to the master at the age of seven, left the master at the age of fifteen, and fully practiced at the age of nineteen, and it took twelve years of hard work. When he was a child, he was impatient because he didn't see results in the first two years, so he felt that he was too stupid, so he also had an emotional situation in front of the master, if it wasn't for the blood spray of the dog scolded by the master, and he went home and ate more than a dozen whips from his father, he probably would have given up. However, now listening to Sha Dong's words, Xiao Ruixue actually found that she was extremely perceptive, and it was also a very high kind, and the knots in her heart for more than ten years in her previous life were unraveled at once, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up slightly at this time: "Master, what is the second condition?" ”
"The second is to have physical qualifications that ordinary people can't have, and the more domineering the better, but this kind of person may be one in ten thousand!" Sha Dong's words were like a basin of cold water poured from the top of Xiao Ruixue's head, pouring it cold.
Xiao Ruixue didn't want to give up the last possibility, so she couldn't help but ask weakly: "Didn't you say that it could be improved?" ”
Sha Dong said: "Now according to the teacher, it can still be changed!" Before the light in Xiao Ruixue's eyes came out, he said again: "It's just that there is not much that can be changed!" And that can no longer be called an improvement, it can only be said that because its own conditions cannot be achieved, it is just a method of cutting enough to fit the performance! ”
Xiao Ruixue was anxious: "How much is left?" ”
Sha Dong glanced at Xiao Ruixue and said solemnly: "If you think that the teacher has such a qualification, it is estimated that there will be thirty percent left, and if it is you, at most one percent!" ”
Xiao Ruixue's eyes suddenly turned red, and she cried angrily: "Didn't you swear that you could crack it?" Now they tell me that there is only one percent left, so what's the use of me practicing it? Is it used for juggling? ”
Sha Dong looked at Xiao Ruixue with some pity: "Please believe that as a teacher, you have done your best to be able to do so much for a teacher!" And this is not a martial art that your little lady should practice, you can practice one of them, which is enough to beat many people in the world! ”
Xiao Ruixue's stubborn temper came up a little, she wiped away her tears, and said in a light tone: "There is nothing that should be practiced or not practiced in martial arts, it is man-made, I believe that I can completely control it!" ”
Sha Dong patted Xiao Ruixue's head, and showed a kind smile for the first time: "Fool, you are still young, and you don't know how to choose." When you grow up, you will understand that there are some things to do and some things not to be done in this world! ”
Xiao Ruixue turned her head to look at Sha Dong, in fact, at this moment, she was already full of gratitude to Sha Dong in her heart, she had always been able to feel that Sha Dong had accepted her as an apprentice more because of a whim, but in the past month, Sha Dong's attitude towards her has obviously changed, and it can be said that she has really been treated as an apprentice. Sha Dong's words are not unreasonable, but she is not because she is young as Sha Dong thinks, but she is unwilling. "Master, I-" The next words didn't know how to continue, Xiao Ruixue had no choice but to smile: "Thank you!" ”
Sha Dong laughed: "As a teacher, I can always see that you are still a little reluctant to worship me as a teacher before, but now you should feel that being a teacher is actually quite respectable, right?" ”
Xiao Ruixue laughed along, and she found that this cheap master was actually as good as a monkey in his heart.
Time flies, and another year has passed unconsciously, and it has reached the fourteenth year of Nanchu Zhihe, and Xiao Ruixue is also fourteen years old. If you talk about how much Xiao Ruixue has changed in the past year, it is a long story.
In a word, life is extremely boring. Day after day, month after month, Xiao Ruixue is learning how to be a lady under Zhu Yan's careful teaching, and in this year, how many scoldings Xiao Ruixue has received has been countless, anyway, the cocoons on her ears are thicker than those on her hands. However, it can be regarded as the emperor's wish, Zhu Yan's efforts have finally paid off, and now Xiao Ruixue's every move at home can be described as elegant, looking forward to life, and her voice is gentle like water, not to mention smiling without showing her teeth. Although the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are not extremely proficient, they are also handy, and even Zhu Yan herself is not as good as Zhu Yan herself.
However, in Xiao Ruixue's own opinion, all of this can be summed up as bearing the burden of humiliation. Of course, she can still get benefits by doing this, Zhu Yan's goal has been achieved, she will no longer be as harsh to her as before, and then she slowly relaxed her control, and in the end, she was even allowed to go out occasionally, of course, provided that she had to report in advance.
On the other hand, Xiao Ruixue worshiped Sha Dong as a teacher, and the first three months were able to meet every day, in these three months, Sha Dong has basically picked out all the parts of Xiao Ruixue's original internal strength method that are suitable for Xiao Ruixue's practice, and some parts that can be tried have also been slightly adjusted, and the parts that can't be practiced can only be discarded, although Xiao Ruixue sighed, but there is really nothing to do. In the months that followed, Sha Dong began to become a little like a dragon, as short as three or five days, and as long as a month before Xiao Ruixue could see him, and basically had to wait for Sha Dong to take the initiative to send a code message to contact him. Xiao Ruixue is not curious about what Sha Dong is doing, but there is an agreement between her and Sha Dong, the relationship between the two stops at master and apprentice, and they must not ask each other about the details, Xiao Ruixue is naturally happy to see such an agreement. And after Sha Dong's improvement, Xiao Ruixue's current martial arts can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, and the original angina pectoris no longer appears, which is the most surprising place for Xiao Ruixue.
The last change was something that made Xiao Ruixue unspeakable. As she grows a year older, Xiao Ruixue's height has risen a lot, thanks to the tall figure of her parents, Xiao Ruixue is indeed a lot taller than many young ladies of the same age, for example, Yun'er is actually the same age as her, but she has now surpassed Yun'er by half a head. Of course, this is one thing that Xiao Ruixue herself feels very happy about, so let's talk about the unhappy, that is, Xiao Ruixue has clearly felt that her body is changing day by day, a year ago, her chest was flat over the board, but now she has a large ups and downs, even her buttocks have begun to become more and more round, and she will unconsciously swing slightly when she walks. Xiao Ruixue sometimes even thinks that it would be nice if she could drive the internal force to squeeze them all back, and she even really tried, but it turns out that forcibly driving the internal force has basically no effect on these except for making herself consume physical strength and eat more, but because she eats more, the changes in her body have signs of accelerating.