Chapter 10: Ten Years in the Snap of a Finger

"Uncle Junior, it's time to eat!" Zhou Qing, a small Taoist boy, walked into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion with a mahogany lunch box, and shouted Qin Luo, who was concentrating on a thick Taoist step.

"Good!" He laid the Taoist book flat on the antique sandalwood round table and did not close it, apparently he had not finished reading it.

Walked up to the dining table, picked up the rice as usual and began to eat, but he had just taken a bite and stopped and glanced at Zhou Qing with a frown.

"What? Uncle Xiao, isn't it delicious? Zhou Qing also didn't eat, picked up another bowl of rice, took two bites, and saw Qin Luo look at himself and asked suspiciously.

"Nope!" He shook his head, picked up a stick of green vegetables and put it in his mouth, and asked flatly, "Didn't you cook fish in the kitchen today?" ”

"Fish? What fish? Zhou Qing was even more puzzled, and then said: "We rarely eat fish in Wudang Mountain, and the masters rarely eat it, and it is not easy to transport it up the mountain, so we generally don't eat fish." ”

"That's it!" Qin Luo nodded.

"Oh! That's right! Zhou Qing suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Sister Zhiruo seems to be very good at catching fish!" I saw that she often went to the mountain stream to catch fish, and I heard that her father used to fish for a living. ”

"Zhou Zhiruo?" He instantly thought of the little girl who came to deliver food to him on time every day, and couldn't help but smile. asked, "Ah Qing, why did Zhiruo ask you to deliver food today?" What about her? ”

"Sister Zhiruo?"

Zhou Qing glanced at Qin Luo even more suspiciously, and said, "Isn't she already gone!" How? Uncle Xiao didn't know, I remember that she said last night that she wanted to say goodbye to Uncle Xiao! ”

"Let's go...... Let's go? ”

He froze suddenly, his brows tightened, and he suddenly felt that the food in his mouth had lost its taste, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand.

"Yes! Shigong said that we are all men in Wudang Mountain, and it is inconvenient, so I asked the sixth uncle to take her to the Emei faction to apprentice, and left early this morning! Zhou Qing said as he ate, his speech was a little unclear, but Qin Luo still understood what he was talking about.

"Oh!" He nodded stunned, lost in his memory.

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Last night

"Bang! Bang! Qin Luo, who was reading a martial arts anecdote at his desk, heard two gentle knocks on the door.

"Come in!" He didn't raise his head, and continued to look at the ancient book he had exchanged from the Scripture Pavilion, the footsteps from far and near seemed unusually clear in the silent night, and a light footstep stopped behind him.

"Zhiruo, why don't you go to bed so late?" Although he didn't look back, the light and familiar footsteps allowed him to accurately identify who it was.

"it...... Uncle Junior, I'll bring you supper. Xiao Zhiruo still carried the slightly heavy mahogany lunch box, gently placed it on the table in the main hall of the room, and said a little timidly.

"Good! Thank you! But don't bother with it again! He put down his book, picked up a piece of pastry that looked unusually delicate, took a bite of it himself, and said to her, "Eat it too!" ”

"No...... No more! I've already eaten it! Xiao Zhiruo sat down, lowered her head and stared at her toes.

"Hmmm! All right! He waved his hand to let Xiao Zhiruo sit down, turned around and picked up the book he had just read, and continued to read, but Xiao Zhiruo glanced at him from time to time, looking like she wanted to say something.

"What? Is there anything you want to say to me? Qin Luo put down the book, and with his more than ten years of life experience, he naturally easily saw that she had something to say.

"This ......" Xiao Zhiruo hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle Xiao, don't always practice martial arts and forget to eat in the future, this is not good for your health!" And I know that being hungry is the hardest, and I used to be hungry a lot, and I know it's hard! ”

"Huh!" He immediately laughed, thinking that what was the matter, it turned out to be this.

"Good! I'll eat on time in the future. After he finished speaking, he subconsciously touched Xiao Zhiruo's little head with two ponytails, completely treating her as a child, but this action did not match his height.

Maybe it's because the girl's height develops earlier than the boy's, and she is now about half a head taller than Qin Luo.

"Uh-huh......!" Xiao Zhi couldn't dodge, and suddenly blushed to the back of her neck, grabbed the lunch box in a panic and ran away.

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Wudang mountain bamboo forest

"Uncle Junior, I just heard that Emei sent the exterminator to come to our Wudang, saying that he wanted to see his master." A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy sat on a bamboo chair in a bamboo forest with his legs crossed, and looked at another teenager sitting cross-legged in the open space in front of him.

"Oh! Is it? Sitting in the bamboo forest, the young man with a heroic eye pinched the lotus flower in his hand, and the invisible energy echoed around him, but it did not hurt anything around him.

"Alas! I said Uncle Xiao, why do you like practicing so much, even if you come to our Wudang for ten years, you said that you weren't practicing that day! The young man sitting cross-legged looked at his uncle, who was about the same age as him, with black lines on his face, and there was no respect for his elders in his words.

"Ah Qing! With your attitude, no wonder the fourth brother always says that you are not successful! Qin Luo, who was sitting cross-legged, stood up, walked to the bamboo table, took a cup of tea and took a sip gently, and said in an old-fashioned manner.

"Cut! Just him? If you are not afraid of hurting his old man's self-esteem, Zhou Daxia, I will beat him with one hand! Zhou Qing spoke with arrogance, without any reluctance, obviously not bragging.

"Tsk! Tut! Ah Qing! That's a long thing! Qin Luo continued with a smile in his eyes: "Why don't you accompany Uncle Shi to practice today, let Uncle Shi have a good experience of your magic skills, and let me know that our Zhou Daxia is also the number one person!" ”

"Ah~haha! What that! Zhou Qing jumped up violently before he finished speaking, jumped seven or eight battles, and then turned around and ran, shouting as he ran: "Uncle Xiaoshi, it's raining!" I'm back to collect my clothes! ”

Looking at his disappearing figure, Qin Luo looked up at the sky, the sun was still hanging high in the sky, swaying dazzling light, cloudless, and sighed: "Is this going to rain!" ”

"Whew~!" Seeing that Qin Luo didn't chase after him from a distance, Zhou Qing gasped and muttered, "The ghost will compete with you, a pervert, who is still your opponent in this Wudang Mountain except for the teacher!" ”

After being frustrated for a while, his face quickly changed, and he said to himself: "Anyway, I am also the third master on this mountain!" Well! I'm a big master, too! Ha ha! He smiled smugly again.

At this time, Qin Luo walked to a small courtyard on the other side of the mountain behind Wudang, and stood respectfully outside the door, without saying a word.

Squeak~

The door of the courtyard opened automatically, and he walked slowly in, following the stone-made but not very smooth path, looking at the wild flowers and weeds growing randomly on both sides, to a wooden house with an open door at the end of the path.

"Master! Arlo is here! He walked in and sat down on a futon, casually looking at the older man in front of him, who looked even older.

"Come!"

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at him deeply, and then the figure suddenly disappeared in place, leaving a voice in his ears.

"Good!"

Qin Luo slapped the dust that didn't exist on the wide road robe, and disappeared in place.

Bang! Bang!

The two kept colliding, and the energy visible to the naked eye kept spreading, but it did not hurt the surrounding grass and trees.

Qin Luo's main attack, although he did not use any blades, but the fist wrapped in internal strength carried great power.

He stared at the old man in front of him, using one move at a time, without any stagnation, and without sticking to any moves, some were above board, as if Hao Hao Tianwei was overwhelming people, and some seemed sinister and treacherous, as if a poisonous snake was lurking, waiting for an opportunity to attack and kill, and it was impossible to prevent it.

The old man still squinted, ignoring his various moves, and kept punching his own punches, as if he didn't have this opponent, but every time he attacked, he blocked his attacks just right.

Bang!

After the collision, the two gently retreated at the same time, and stood with their hands tied, no longer moving.

"Master! Or your old man's realm is high! Qin Luo looked at the elderly Zhang Sanfeng and said convincingly.

He could feel that the attack he had just arrived had not caused him any damage at all, as if the two were not in the same world at all, and any of his moves were close to him, but they seemed to be thousands of miles away from him.

"Haha! Xiao Luo, I've seen how powerful the old way is! Zhang Sanfeng was not polite at all, but he sighed again and said, "It's a pity! Our roads are different, you have walked out of your own way, and the things I have come out of can only be used for your reference! ”

"Master! The Tai Chi Tao created by your old is intended to integrate into the nature of heaven and earth, and resist the enemy with the power of heaven and earth. He sincerely admired this generation of grandmasters.

"But the apprentice wants to take the road of accepting the world in his own body, my way is the way of heaven, and I mean the will of heaven!" Qin Luo said without hesitation.

"Hmmm! That's a great idea! But this road is not easy to walk, and it requires great wisdom! Great perseverance! Be prepared! Lao Zhang originally regarded him as his successor and inherited his will, but he didn't expect that he had gone out of another way.

"Master, disciple has confidence!" If he didn't have a system that he could cross, he would definitely learn from Lao Zhang, but with the help of the system, he was confident that he could go further.

"Huh! You have confidence, but it's a pity that the heirs of the old way are gone! Lao Zhang said regretfully.

"Hey, hey! Master! I see that several senior brothers, Zhou Qing and Xu Yan's nephews are all good seedlings! He said meaningfully.

"Alright! Your senior brothers don't say anything, but my way is not good, but Xiao Xu and Xiao Qing can learn half of each by carefully polishing and polishing! Lao Zhang shook his head and said.

"They can learn half of your old man's skills and protect our Wudang for a hundred years!" Qin Luo and Zhang Sanfeng walked back side by side, saying, "As for what happens in the future, we don't seem to be able to manage it!" ”

"Yes!" The two returned to the small courtyard, made tea and chatted, looking like a master and apprentice, and like a year-old friend.