Chapter 15: The Heart That Wants to Be Stronger
Ling Meng, who returned home, found that Xia Ye had returned, but Zhencheng had not returned.
"Are you back, are you hungry?" Summer Night was sorting out the things she had bought, most of them were food, and some clothes, apparently just returned.
"Not hungry yet. β
"Then I'll stop cooking. "We were in a good mood on a summer night and obviously had a great time today.
"Hmm, do you need my help?"
"Can you please help me put these in the warehouse?"
"Good. β
After putting away the things that Xia Ye said, Ling Meng, who came out of the warehouse, was called over by Xia Ye.
"Come, I've bought you a hairpin. β
Ling Meng's hair has grown quite long recently, and it sometimes feels troublesome if he doesn't coil it up, although he thought about cutting it off, but Xia Ye and Zhencheng didn't let him cut it because he felt that he was quite suitable for long hair.
After helping Ling Meng coil up his hair, he inserted the white snow gladiolus pattern hairpin into it, "Well, it's very suitable for you, it's great that you didn't buy it for nothing." β
After that, at Ling Meng's request, Xia Ye taught him how to tie his hair, and he often bothered Xia Ye to help him fix his hair, and he wanted to learn to take care of it himself.
"...... like this", "...... like this", "...... like this" Under the careful guidance of Xia Ye, Ling Meng quickly learned several ways.
"That's great, it's all suitable. After helping Ling Meng get a few more complicated styles, Xia Ye began to sigh again.
"That's it. In the end, Ling Meng chose the simplest and least distinctive way.
"It's a pity, but you can't help it if you like it, but if you have the chance, you must let me help you with your hair. Ling Meng agreed, after all, it wasn't a big deal and Summer Night was very good to him.
It was getting dark, and after packing up the things in the summer night, she went to make dinner, while Ling Meng went to the study to get some pens and paper, planning to read the books and practice calligraphy, and as for not exercising, she wanted to help Xue Ling ask him if he had time tomorrow when he came back from Zhencheng.
When the sun had completely set, Ling Meng and Xia Ye had dinner, and Zhencheng returned home belatedly.
"Uncle Wang, how did you get it like this?" Xia Ye saw Zhencheng come back in a mess, some places were still a little dirty, this neat and tidy when he went out this morning has completely changed, but he is very happy.
"Ah, don't care. When I saw someone, I warmed up after a long time. After fighting each other, he knew that his swordsmanship really had the value of learning. β
"Uncle Wang went to meet the teacher he wanted to introduce to me?"
"Yes, I went to him a few days ago when I was going to introduce him to teach you swordsmanship, but his disciple said that he went fishing and would not return in about two days, so I saw him today, and I tried my swordsmanship with him for a long time, and I lost a little completely. Although he lost, he was still very happy, "I'll take you to see him in two days, he said that he was going to take the fish he caught to drink with his old friend recently, let me take you to see him in two days." β
"Good. Ling Meng didn't expect it to be so fast, originally he thought that he would not take him to apprentice until spring.
"Alas, is Ling Meng going there again?" Xia Ye on the side obviously didn't know that Ling Meng was going to learn from his master and hone his swordsmanship.
"Yes, I want him to be stronger, so I'm going to let him learn from one of my friends. β
"Uncle Wang, are you so strong that you still need to be taught by others?"
"My strength is only the accumulation of strength and ten or twenty years of combat experience, there are no special moves, some are just an understanding of combat, this kind of thing is difficult to teach him. This is different from my friend, he has his own genre, he has his own moves, and it is not the kind of move that is too rigid, so I think it will be quite suitable for Xiaomeng. β
"So, do you want to live outside again?"
"Yes, as for Miss's side, I can only apologize, I will go and talk to Madame. β
"By the way, Uncle Wang, Miss, she asked me to ask you if you are free tomorrow, and she said that she wanted to go out to play. β
"Well, I'll go over while it's still early. With that, Zhencheng stood up from his chair.
"Is Uncle Wang planning to take Miss out to play?"
"What's the matter, do you want to go play with you, too? Zhencheng said with some jokingness.
"No, it's not, it's just a little concerned. β
"That's a pity, it's a rare opportunity to play together, okay, come back and talk. With that, Quake left.
"As Uncle Wang said, don't you go to play with you?"
"No, you can't ......," Ling Meng said softly.
"Huh?" the summer night was a little unclear.
"Sister Xia Ye, for me, there is no time to play, I went to cultivate. With that, Ling Meng walked upstairs.
Looking at Ling Meng, who was leaving, Xia Ye was slightly uncomfortable, but there was nothing to be done.
Coming to the third floor, Ling Meng lit the lights around him, took a sword that had not been opened, and Ling Meng swung it alone......
After coming to the third floor and staring at Ling Meng for a while, Xia Ye said, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"Is that okay?"
"Well, we haven't practiced in a long time. Xia Ye walked to the side and also took a sword that didn't open the edge, "Don't let the water go." β
Ling Meng was stunned for a moment, "Okay." β
Xia Ye came to the middle of the field with a sword and posed with Ling Meng.
"I'm going to use all my strength, don't blame me for bullying the small if I lose. β
"I'm looking forward to it. Ling Meng lowered his center of gravity a little so that he could meet the thunderous blow of the summer night.
Since she is a girl, the summer night of the Zhencheng Sect is a kind of one-touch retreat tactics, and Ling Meng, who has fought many times with the summer night, is already very accustomed to her attack methods.
"Drinkβlook at the move!" Xia Ye held the sword in his right hand, and swung the sword in the direction of his left hand towards Ling Meng, who directly blocked it with both swords.
Xia Ye waved his sword, Ling Meng took a step back, Xia Ye's right hand pulled forward, the sword swung towards Ling Meng again, Ling Meng blocked again and forcefully pushed Xia Ye's sword aside, and picked the sword from the bottom to the top from the defense to the attack, Xia Ye jumped back lightly to avoid Ling Meng's sword, and his right hand slashed at Ling Meng again......
The two are on par with each other back and forth, and no one can help anyone.
"Sister Xia Ye, you have become stronger. "Whether it's coherence or coordination, the summer nights of yesteryear are not the same as those of today.
"Ahh......h Because I'm an older sister, I don't want to be underestimated by my brother all the time. Knowing that Ling Meng wasn't underestimating himself, Xia Ye was slightly proud, and the exercise during these days was really useful.
"What's the matter, can't you fight back?" Xia Ye was different from the style that used to be a one-touch retreat, now she was completely suppressing Ling Meng, even if she was occasionally counterattacked by Ling Meng, she could quickly continue to suppress Ling Meng.
"Sister Summer Night......" blocked Summer Night's stab to the waist.
"Huh?"
Blocking the slash that Summer Night swung towards his face, "I don't want to be strong to defeat anyone...... Neither to defeat you nor to hurt anyone. β
"......" Summer Night's sword power was a little lighter.
"Doesn't that make me seem ignorant?"
"There's no such thing, it's something to congratulate when Sister Xia Ye becomes stronger. β
"How about getting stronger, I still can't really win you. At first, I thought I had a chance, but the more I fought, the more I realized that it was really an illusion, so you can't beat me outright?" said Xia Ye and became a little angry.
"We're just practicing, aren't we? And I don't have a reason to beat Sister Summer Night. β
"Then accept your defeat honestly, haah!" A sudden slash at close range on the summer night was finally blocked by Ling Meng.
"I'm sorry that this level of raid didn't work for me. After distancing themselves from Summer Night again, the two stopped.
"It's beautiful, and Ling Meng is really strong. "Summer Night's heartfelt appreciation.
Ling Meng just shook his head, "It's just that that's not enough. β
"Maybe, I have to work hard to become stronger, otherwise I probably won't be qualified to practice with you in the future. β
Looking at Xia Ye's serious expression, Ling Meng didn't know what to do.
"Don't put on this kind of expression, if you just be an ordinary maid, of course it's okay, but I've been looking at Ling Meng who is working so hard, I can only tell myself, this won't work, I also want to work harder, so that I can also help you and Uncle Wang a little." β
"There is no such thing, Sister Xia Ye has always done well, but I always feel anxious because I don't know what to do, and I work hard or something, but because I have nothing to do, I can only find something to do for myself......"
"It's not the same. Xia Ye stretched out a hand to interrupt Ling Meng, she had been watching Ling Meng since he was seven years old, and now he was only eleven years old, probably anyone who knew Ling Meng a little bit knew that this child had been forcing himself and had been increasing his burden, "Don't say anything, let's work together." Xia Ye said to Ling Meng with a smile.
"Oh, can you count me in as one. Zhencheng walked up the stairs and said with a smile, he had clearly heard the conversation between the two.
"Uncle Wang, you're back. β
"Since you're working so hard, then I'll give you some guidance after a long absence! Get ready, get moving!"
"Good!"
The two fought again, optimizing their movements and strengthening their offensive efficiency under the guidance of Zhencheng, until the two fought until they were exhausted in the middle of the night, and even used their aura, and finally they couldn't even hold the sword before it ended.
"Very good performance, both of you. Zhencheng crossed his legs on the side and said to the two people who were about to fall, "Hold on, now give me meditation instead of rest, it will be very effective, and I will boil some water instead of you who have already worked hard." β
"It's not suitable, I'll do it, Uncle Wang. β
"It's okay, I'm not as expensive as that. Rejecting the kindness of the summer night, Zhencheng walked directly to the first floor.
After taking a shower, the three of them went to sleep separately, and they were all quite tired today.