In the master's opinion, in addition to my mediocre qualifications, my understanding is not high, and my body is also extremely weak, not to mention that I will have to travel thousands of miles in the future, even if I run to the county seat, I am afraid it will be difficult, not to mention that when I have the opportunity to perform the secret art of Taoism, I need to be physically and mentally equally agile and tenacious.

"Especially when you encounter the battle with the evil master, if the Taoism of the two sides is equal, you can continue to fight, you have to test the strength of perseverance and physique, Maoshan has the kung fu of the gods, but the gods fight with the help of the gods into the body, once the gods retreat, you still have to bear the pain of the flesh and skin on the body, in short, according to the necessary foundation of Taoist practice, that is, to cultivate the physique outside, and to achieve a pure heart and few desires inside." Yang Yuanshan used two arm-thick cloth bags to carry stones in the courtyard, and at the same time explained to me why he wanted me to start my cultivation by enduring hardships first.

"Master, how many of those two bags are there? How much does it weigh? I looked at the heavy two cloth bags with horror, if I carried these two things every day, how could I carry so much weight when I didn't carry much trouble in the first place.

"How heavy can this be, tied to your legs, every day in addition to bathing, even if you sleep can not be taken off, every month passes, it will be doubled, for a year, during this period, for the teacher to teach you Maoshan gossip swordsmanship and boxing techniques, no fists and feet kung fu, how to travel in the world." The Master said to himself, tied the two cloth bags, and handed them to me.

I weighed it, and suddenly grinned, the weight of these two cloth bags added up to seven or eight catties, Master really loved me, let me carry so much weight!

But seeing Master's serious expression, no matter how reluctant I was, I had to honestly pull up my trouser legs and tie them tightly to my legs.

"The apprentices who are masters are all coming over step by step, if you are reluctant, you don't need to call me Master again!" Master glared at me and scolded me angrily.

"Willing to ......," I pouted, suffocating in response.

"Well, but your body is really weak, you need to increase your training, go to the house to find a burden, and then load twenty or thirty pounds of stones to carry." Yang Yuanshan glanced at me up and down, and then said.

"Huh?"

After some bargaining, the master still agreed that I should carry 20 pounds of weight to exercise first, and I could take off the burden when I rested every day, but the work on my legs could not be interrupted for a day......

"Hurry up and pack your luggage, we have to rush to Zhaozhuang overnight!" Yang Yuanshan stood in the courtyard and waited for a long time, and then urged.

"Master, aren't we going to take a break? It's never too late to hit the road tomorrow! I replied casually, but soon remembered that Master had said to go to Zhaozhuang, and then asked, "Master, what are we going to Zhaozhuang for now?" Yes, my grandfather ...... Then Uncle Zhao and his wife don't know what's going on, the master is in such a hurry to go to him, it is designated that Uncle Zhao's house also has an accident! ”

Without daring to think about it, I hurriedly packed up Master's clothes and mine, and brought all the food from the house, and finally closed the door and locked it.

When I arrived at the old secretary's house in the village, I told everything and asked the villagers to take care of the family, if someone has nowhere to live, I have the right to live in my home, so I also followed the master out of the house with complete peace of mind, I don't know when I will come back next time, or maybe I will never come back to live a secular life in my life after entering the Taoist gate.

I walked all the way out of the village, through the desolate weeds, and this time I passed by the mass graveyard again, but I didn't encounter anything strange, maybe this is the benefit of following the master.

I can't help but think of my grandfather's boning knife, which I buried in the ground, but grandpa hid it deep in my heart......

"Hurry up!" Just as I was thinking about it, I looked up and saw that Master had turned around and called me in the distance.

Uh, Master is walking too fast, isn't he? Seeing that he was walking step by step like me, but in the blink of an eye, he left me behind, and I dragged my heavy legs and waved my hand, "Master, I'm so tired, let's rest for a while?" ”

"Huh?" The master glared, shook his head and sighed: "It's only been a few miles and you're tired, how long will it take for you to talk about Zhao Zhuang?" ”

"Uh...... It's going to be a few miles......" I replied honestly.

"If you know, why are you still thinking about being tired? Hurry up and catch up, you don't stop for the teacher, you don't have to stop and rest! Master reprimanded me severely, then turned around and quickened his pace, I immediately grinned, it's not that I can't walk, but I also grew up in the mountains, so there is naturally no problem with walking, but the problem is that I am carrying so much weight now, which is equivalent to the weight of two people, where can I stand it.

Holding back my grievances, I gritted my teeth and moved my heavy legs, walked for about half an hour, and finally rushed to Zhaozhuang with the master who had never had the opportunity to come.

Zhaozhuang, there is no mountain before and after, to go to the mountain, at least to the northeast direction of more than ten miles, so this place is a flat Kangzhuang fertile field, the crops are next to each other, and this Zhaozhuang, because of the proximity to the county seat of Hongdong County, so it can be said to be rich, the Zhuangzi is very large, far away, under the illumination of the moonlight, you can see a piece of Zhuangzi pressed by the black pressure.

The trees on the Zhuangzi are luxuriant, and compared to our barren mountain village, this Zhaozhuang can be described as rich.

Zhao Liushun's home, I heard my grandfather say when chatting, because the whole Zhuangzi only Zhao Liushun's family is hunting for a living, and I don't know when to come back all day long, and there are a lot of poultry and livestock on the village, at night, casually enter a person, you can stir up the whole Zhuangzi people can't sleep, in order not to disturb the people in the village at the end of the year, Zhao Liushun's home is in the easternmost part of Zhaozhuang, and there is a yard alone, which is easy to find.

Master and I went all the way to the east end of Zhaozhuang, and when we saw a large vegetable garden in front of us, I immediately pointed to it and said, "Master, the previous designation is Uncle Zhao's home." ”

"Well, the teacher has already seen it." Master's face was very ugly, I don't know what the reason was, it seemed that when he saw Zhao Liushun's house, he didn't have a good face.

"Master, how do you see it, teach me!" I asked curiously, but in my head I was wondering if Master had the yin and yang eyes that the old people often say, and I could see at a glance whether someone was evil or not, which was very magical.

"Don't think about it, it's not yet time to pass on your Taoism, as for opening the eyes of the sky, let's talk about it after a while." Master glanced at me and said as if he were looking at an idiot.

I nodded silently.

When Master and I came to Zhao Liushun's courtyard, I immediately covered my nose and said, "Master, why does Uncle Zhao's house smell of fishy?" It smells terrible! ”

"Well, it's blood, it must be the smell caused by corruption, the blood-red color on that door should be the blood of some animal, why did Zhao Liushun sprinkle so much blood on the door?" The master frowned, puzzled.

"Master, you see that there is also blood on the wall of that courtyard, it seems that it has been dried and blackened, it should not have been sprinkled recently." I nodded.

"Push open the door and look inside, Zhao Liushun did this, it should be to prevent something from entering, but this method may work, but it will not be very effective, but it is very likely to attract a lot of sneaky people to come here to eat this blood." Yang Yuanshan told me to knock on the door.

"Master, why are there still blood-eating ghosts?" As I walked to the front of the courtyard, I asked in horror.

"Nature is, you must know, the world is big, all-encompassing, all-encompassing, the world, there are no wonders, there are hungry ghosts, hanging ghosts, naturally there are blood-eating ghosts, the use of blood is not single, if it is used well, it is natural to be able to drive away evil spirits, if it is not used well, it will cause trouble, but ghosts are ghosts, people are people, ghosts can't mess with humanity, people can't mess with ghosts, people can't mess with ghosts, the two don't violate each other, don't violate each other's rules, for us cultivators, we only need to distinguish between ghosts and people!" Master taught me in a serious way, and made it clear that I was not allowed to think deeply.

But I always feel that there are good ghosts and bad people, but how dare I refute Master? I knocked on the door, but no one answered, so I immediately shouted at the top of my voice: "Uncle Zhao! Uncle Zhao, are you there? ”

"Zhao ......"

During the shouting, I accidentally touched the door, maybe I had more strength, and I easily pushed open the courtyard door, but I didn't expect Uncle Zhao's courtyard door to be latched at all, which is good, I shouted again in the province, I turned around and looked at the master, pushed the door and walked in, the courtyard was a mess.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mess, there are wheat straw, grass clippings, and dead branches everywhere, it seems that no one has cleaned it for a long time, and perhaps it can be described as desolate Uncle Zhao's home.

The door of the hall was closed, I frowned, and just wanted to walk over to see if the door of the hall was not latched, but I was pulled by the master, who shook his head at me, signaling me not to be busy going first, but motioning me to look at the grass shed on the left, and the grass clippings and wheat straw seemed to be scattered from the grass hut to here, and even all over the yard.

"Master, there seems to be something in that straw hut!" I immediately pointed to the haystack under the hut, and on the haystack, a black thing screamed.