Chapter 16: The First Year – Walking the Rabbit
"Sir, I'm back!"
"Sit down and rest for a while."
In the blink of an eye, it has been a year since the "training", Xiao Lingran's size has grown again, and at this time she has achieved a little, and she is no longer the little girl who ran around the mountain less than half a lap and was so tired that she was out of breath and even fainted. She followed her husband, practiced the mental method, exercised the body, and the foundation was almost solid.
"Sir, when will I be able to learn alchemy?" Xiao Lingran sat down and drank a sip of water, because of the long-term training, the fair skin was a little rough and yellow.
"Don't worry, it's only the first year." Dan Qingzi shook the fan for her and fanned the wind.
"Ah~" a long sigh.
"But sir, I've mastered a lot of mental methods, and the petals of the red lotus have opened three pieces, isn't it okay?" Xiao Ling pouted in protest.
"It's only three pieces, it's still early." Dan Qingzi is still as proud as ever.
Seeing Xiao Lingran's unwilling look, Dan Qingzi lowered his eyes and said:
"I can't teach you alchemy right now, but ......," someone dragged in a long voice, trying to attract her attention. Sure enough, it took the bait.
"But what?" Xiao Lingran's eyes widened, expecting some surprise from his mouth.
"I can teach you how to use a sword." Dan Qingzi glanced at her secretly, and quickly withdrew his gaze.
"Seriously!" Xiao Lingran looked at Dan Qingzi with starry eyes, Dan Qingzi smiled with satisfaction, and then replied affirmatively,
"Seriously."
"When? Or, today! Xiao Lingran was gearing up, looking a little impatient.
"Good ......" Why don't you usually run and squat and walk so actively, Dan Qingzi thought to himself.
At noon, someone was already thunderous and swept the food on the table, and the medicine elder and his brothers next to him were stunned, but Dan Qingzi looked accustomed to it. After the meal, Xiao Lingran, who had developed a good habit of napping all year round, decisively gave up Gentle Township and knocked on Dan Qingzi's door.
"Sir, I'm ready!" Xiao Lingran got an iron sword from nowhere, and (probably stolen from Banxia) stood at the door in high spirits and posed.
"......" Dan Qingzi frowned and looked at the second goods at the door.
"Sir, let's get started!" Xiao Lingran didn't care, he only thought about practicing swords and becoming a hero.
Dan Qingzi quietly returned to the house, and when he came out again, he took a wooden sword in his hand and handed it to Xiao Lingran. Xiao Lingran looked at the sword in his hand, and didn't mean to reach out to take it at all, but looked at him suspiciously, and asked:
"Sir, I already have a sword, why do you want to give me a wooden sword."
"I haven't learned to climb yet, so I want to run? You play with the wooden sword first, and then learn the iron sword. Dan Qingzi said lightly, but in Xiao Lingran's ears, it seemed like he was mocking himself, of course he wouldn't agree, there was a commotion, Dan Qingzi was also annoyed, pouted and said:
"If you insist on taking the iron sword, you will first learn from your Banxia brother, if you can win against him now, I will let you use the iron sword, if not, you will give me an honest and practical wooden sword, how about it?" Dan Qingzi put forward the conditions, but he didn't expect Xiao Lingran to agree without thinking about it, but someone was unlucky.
"Snoring ......" A certain innocent, kind, honest and simple teenager is in a sweet dream.
"Knock knock!" Like the sound of five thunderbolts, who was knocking vigorously on the door outside the door.
"Purr ......" knocked down a few times, and someone still didn't wake up, but the frequency of the snoring slowed down.
"Ah~ My dear brother Banxia, how can I sleep in this summer when the spring is full of vitality and red apricots are out of the wall!" Xiao Lingran pinched his voice and shouted in a pretentious recitation outside the door, while Dan Qingzi just stood aside with an embarrassed face.
“!” Xiao Lingran's throat played a role, and a certain simple young man woke up as if he had a nightmare, gasped a few times, stumbled and crawled to open the door. When I opened the door, I saw Xiao Lingran holding her sword, a high-spirited look, and before she opened her mouth to ask why she was holding her things, she spoke first,
"Fight me to the death!" Xiao Lingran put the sack on his body from nowhere, and dragged his hand back, looking like a low-grade female general.
“???” Before Banxia could react, he was dragged away by a brute force.
Dragged out of the door in a daze, holding the sword in a daze, Dan Qingzi secretly cast a spell, a gust of wind blew over, Banxia gradually sobered up, and just regained some consciousness, he saw Xiao Lingran stabbing with a sword. Fortunately, Banxia hunts all year round, and his skills are very agile, so he dodged when his body was crooked.
"It's so dangerous...... thought in his heart, there was a sword on his face, which scared a big boy in Banxia to lower his waist in public, Xiao Lingran retracted the sword mockingly, and Banxia was able to "survive" and sat on the ground with a butt.
"Hahahaha!" Xiao Ling's tears were about to fall.
Banxia got up, patted the ash on her buttocks, and replied: "You little girl, it's really vicious, if you do this again, brother, I will fight back!" ”
"I'm afraid you won't fight back!" Xiao Lingran replied.
As soon as the words fell, Banxia began to launch a counterattack, his sword was extremely fast, and Xiao Lingran couldn't fight back, but fortunately, she was very agile and her brain turned fast. Although she couldn't make a move, Banxia's attacks were dodged by her.
When she dodged Banxia's attack, she looked at Dan Qingzi with a proud face, looking like she was waiting to praise. Dan Qingzi had a paralyzed face, Xiao Lingran was a little disappointed, and at this moment, Banxia made another move and picked off the sword in her hand.
"Xing'er, you've lost." Banxia put the sword down and said.
Xiao Lingran reacted at this time and retorted: "You don't count, I was distracted just now, you sneak attack me!" ”
"This, how can this not count, if you are hunting in the mountains, if you are not careful, you may be injured by fierce beasts......" Banxia looked big, but he was very careful about Xiao Lingran, and comforted: "However, Xing'er, you are already very powerful, don't be angry." ”
Xiao Lingran was still unwilling, and at this time, Dan Qingzi spoke: "What Banxia said is not wrong, if you lose just now in the disciple competition, who will care if you are distracted or not, how can you be distracted?" After the words fell, Dan Qingzi handed the wooden sword to Xiao Lingran again, willing to lose the bet, although she was reluctant, she still took it.
"Follow me." Dan Qingzi turned around and walked, and Xiao Lingran had no choice but to follow him obediently, leaving Banxia still standing there with a blank face.
"What am I here for, am I not sleeping?" Banxia was puzzled.
In the bamboo forest on the other side, there are only Dan Qingzi and Xiao Lingran.
Dan Qingzi held a long sword in his hand, the sword was very delicate, the whole body was white, the blue pattern was inlaid on the hilt, and the blade of the sword emitted a pale cyan light. Xiao Lingran stared at his sword for a long time before raising his head and praising with a smile:
"Sir, what's the name of this sword of yours, it's so beautiful!"
Dan Qingzi looked at her with a slight smile in her eyes, as if she was affirming her vision, what a proud person.
"My sword is called the Rabbit." Dan Qingzi answered her question.
"Walking Rabbit...... Does it mean anything? Xiao Lingran asked again.
Dan Qingzi ignored her as if she hadn't heard. He just turned around and swung his sword, showed Xiao Lingran a few moves, and only after the demonstration did he ask:
"Can you see clearly?"
Xiao Lingran scratched his head, a little cute.
"Sir, you've demonstrated so fast that I haven't seen ...... yet."
Dan Qingzi snorted lightly, turned around, and said, "Obviously you don't pay attention to it, I'll demonstrate it again, if you still can't learn, don't eat dinner today, until you learn it!" ”
Xiao Lingran was helpless, so he had to stand there and stared wide-eyed, he was used to disliking Mr. on weekdays, and he was always crowding people, so he didn't look at him very seriously. Today, Xiao Lingran carefully looked at Dan Qingzi, and then realized that his husband was so good-looking: on the bridge of his nose with a high and straight nose, there was a pair of seemingly gentle Danfeng eyes, and a pair of willow eyebrows that were standard for "weak scholars". The so-called one white covers three ugliness, Dan Qingzi's complexion is very white, but the white is a little sickly, but it gives people a non-lethal, easy-going and gentle appearance, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the mask of "only promise" was ruthlessly torn apart.
Dan Qingzi is dressed in white, wielding a sword in the verdant bamboo forest, slender fingers, slender legs, white clothes flutter with movements, and bamboo leaves fall with the wind, like the description of a reclusive master or a pure heart and few desires in a book.
"Is it pretty?" The voice came into his ears, and Xiao Lingran was still immersed in his dream.
"It's beautiful." Xiao Lingran put his finger in his mouth, and he smiled stupidly.
"Have you learned all the moves?" Dan Qingzi's voice came into his ears again, and Xiao Lingran returned to reality from the dream.
"Huh?"
"Ahh Dan Qingzi looked at Xiao Lingran and motioned for her to show off her moves.
Xiao Lingran, who was staring at his husband just now, was dumbfounded, and stood there with a sword, smiling flatteringly at Dan Qingzi from time to time.
"Laugh at what you laugh, hurry up." Someone doesn't appreciate it.
Xiao Lingran had no choice but to desperately recall the picture just now in his mind, and vaguely remembered Dan Qingzi's figure just now, and he played with the wooden sword there in style. finally finished the show, and Dan Qingzi found something for her to do again:
"Yes, I remember all the moves. But ......" Dan Qingzi smiled and looked at Xiao Lingran.
"Your arms are not straight enough, your waist is too soft when you use your sword, and your wrists are weak. Just stabilize the plate, that's thanks to me for letting you squat every day. Dan Qingzi ruthlessly told all her shortcomings, and Xiao Lingran shook it around with a wooden sword.