Chapter 10: To no avail
Life in Yinggu Villa was more difficult than Yan Yun had imagined, and he gradually realized that although Master would protect him in some matters, when it came to schoolwork, Master was stricter than anyone else. Yan Yun's elegant words were taught by Tian Yin himself, and the reading book was carved out on the bamboo slips by him one by one. His requirements for Yan Yun are no less than those of King Xuan back then, because he faintly feels in his heart that if Yan Yun enters the WTO, he will be able to achieve a career, and Yan Yun has the magic power of mind reading, if he is a very human minister in the future, it is not impossible to cover the sky with one hand!
Therefore, Tian Yin not only worked tirelessly to carve Jane for his little apprentice, including the hundreds of schools he learned in the Jixia School Palace in his early years, but also carved them into scrolls and taught them to him. It's just that Yan Yun, a wild child who has played since he was a child, can't read half a big character, and now he suddenly wants him like this, but he is chasing ducks to the shelves. In the first few days, he could still read Tian Yin's sufferings in Yan Kingdom, and worked hard to keep up with the progress of Tian Yin's teaching, but as the days went by, Yan Yun slacked off, he said that he was just a ten-year-old child, and he was at the age of fun, so he ran to his beautiful master and hid behind Ling Yichen to avoid the master. And Ling Yichen saw that the little nephew was cute, so he had a match to protect him in front of Tian Yin. In this way, Tian Yin inside and outside became a wicked person, and the homework that was originally supposed to be taught for six hours slowly became five hours, three hours, and finally he couldn't learn enough for even one hour every day. Tian Yin is not a martial artist, he can't use force, and he won't chase a child running all over the house, yes, after a month, Yan Yun hasn't even learned how to do Yayan, he stumbles when he speaks, and he doesn't know a few words. Tian Yin tore up the trick talisman in a fit of rage, simply practiced behind closed doors, and never left the house for several days.
This time, Yan Yun was a little stunned, he stood outside the door and kowtowed to the master repeatedly to admit his mistakes, and the people in the room were stunned and did not respond at all. In the end, there was really no way, Yan Yun ran to Ling Yichen to ask for help from his uncle, Ling Yichen turned his fingertips, turned into a light talisman, and the whole person disappeared into a quiet place. Yan Yun stood in place in a daze, and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
When Ling Yichen reappeared, there was a trace of imperceptible solemnity on his face, Yan Yun heard the emotions surging in his heart, thinking that something had happened to the master, and immediately ran a few steps up and grabbed his arm and asked loudly, who knew that Ling Yichen just shook his head with a wry smile.
"If you listen to your master well, he won't be angry." Ling Yichen touched Yan Yun's little brain melon and said in a deep voice.
And Yan Yun looked at Ling Yichen in a daze, feeling confused - his heart voice was already chaotic, so that Yan Yun's emotions were also a little ups and downs, and his heart instantly rose to his throat.
Uncle Shi, what's the matter?
He wanted to ask again, but Ling Yichen had already floated out. And he went all night and did not return.
Early the next morning, Yan Yun ran to the kitchen to make breakfast with doubts and embarrassment. Now even the master and uncle are gone...... Could it be, it's all because of me, right? Because I'm coming...... He stared at the vegetable porridge churning in the small pot, and his heart seemed to be roasted on the stove, and he was at a loss.
After cooking the porridge, he didn't care about eating it himself, first put the master's share into the delicately baked pottery bowl, then put the bowl into the tray, and then took the tray and respectfully sent it to Tian Yin's door, plopped down and knelt on the ground, looking at the master's closed door, the self-blame and helplessness of the past few days exploded in an instant.
"Hmm......" Before he could speak, Yan Yun was already teary-eyed, and he opened his mouth with a crying voice.
"Master...... I promise to study hard in the future...... No more fun...... I won't you off again......"
Yan Yun's tears crackled down, and before she could say a few words, she couldn't cry. Ling Yichen's sudden departure really scared him, he thought that no matter what happened, Master and Uncle would not leave, but now Master was so angry with himself that he couldn't leave, and Master and Uncle suddenly left for some reason...... Why don't you want to make it clear, so is the master, and so is the master—there are some things that you can't guess just by guessing, even if you can read minds!
Yan Yun was trapped in her emotions and couldn't extricate herself, and suddenly there was a muffled sound from the door in front of her, and Yan Yun raised her head violently-
"Master!" He got up from the ground at once, and his little face, which was already crying, shone with a strange brilliance.
Tian Yin, who pushed the door out, was wearing a set of light blue trimmed moire deep clothes, (Note: The deep clothes here refer to the formal clothes worn by men in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty when they attended various major occasions, which is different from the "deep clothes" in some modern Chinese words) He is still the same as before, with long black hair erected high and meticulously coiled on the top of his head, with a jasper willow hairpin that is very suitable for the occasion. As soon as he opened the door and saw Yan Yun's crying face, he couldn't help but smile helplessly.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and I still haven't grown at all!"
Although it was a reprimand, the tone was already a lot softer.
In the past few days of retreat, Tian Yin has not been idle. For his first apprentice, he naturally had a lot of expectations, but seeing Yan Yun so resistant to studying, he often doubted his own approach. Maybe that kid is really not suitable for entering the WTO...... Or is it the wrong way to teach yourself? There was no way to answer all this, so Tian Yin had to try to seek answers from the divination technique he was good at. And the result of this divination made Tian Yin completely confused.
The result of divination is that there is no result.
There are no superfluous directions, no obscure symbols, just plain and fruitless.
Tian Yin even wondered if his skills were not good and his cultivation was not good, but after divining it several times in a row, the result was the same.
How can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, and how can there be such a strange hexagram - Tian Yin was puzzled, and finally had to meditate and let his thoughts swim in the boundless sea of mysteries, in order to be able to realize a result. But to this day, he still doesn't know anything about Yan Yun's fate, and even his initial expectations have begun to slowly waver.
He wasn't sure if Yan Yun would be able to enter and exit the generals, let alone whether Yan Yun had the potential to cultivate into a true immortal, so he could only do his best and teach what he had learned so that this apprentice would not go down the evil path, that's all.
As soon as he pushed the door and saw Yan Yun's pitiful little face, Tian Yin had a lot of thoughts in his heart. A child is always a child, although it is fruitless, but it also means infinite possibilities, so it is unfair to have reservations about him from the beginning. Thinking of this, Tian Yin can be regarded as untying the knot in his heart in the past few days, he smiled and picked up the tray that Yanyun put on the open space on the side, and turned around and walked towards the kitchen.
"What are you still doing? The porridge is cold. ”
"Ah...... Well! ”
When Yan Yun heard this, she didn't care about wiping her tears, so she hurriedly chased after Tian Yin in three steps and two steps, for fear that he would ignore him again.
"That'...... Master, aren't you angry? Yan Yun timidly opened her mouth.
"What are you angry about?" Tian Yin turned his head to look at the red little face, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Your life is still up to you to decide, and Master can't force it." ”
"Ah...... ......" Yan Yun tilted her little brain and thought for a while, her expression suddenly became nervous, "Master shouldn't be unwilling to teach me, right?" ”
"Haha......" Tian Yin couldn't help but be amused by his little expression, "You kid...... People are not big, but they think a lot. Since I have accepted you as an apprentice, I will naturally be responsible for you to the end, unless I die one day, then there is no way to talk about it. ”
"Hmm...... Master, don't say such things......" Yan Yun's small mouth pursed again, and her brows drooped, "Master is an immortal, and immortals will not die!" ”
Tian Yin looked at him, sighed helplessly, and didn't say a word.
It wasn't until after the two of them had breakfast together that Yan Yun remembered to tell Master about Uncle Ling, but Tian Yin's reaction was far less violent than Yan Yun imagined, as if Ling Yichen was just going out shopping. Tian Yin was not curious at all why Ling Yichen would leave without saying goodbye, and did not ask where Ling Yichen had gone. In fact, Ling Yichen is the senior brother who has led him all the way to practice, even if his cultivation has been greatly reduced, but the senior brother is a senior brother after all, and Tian Yin can't find it if he wants to. And if something really happened to Ling Yichen, the master and all the senior brothers on Wuxu Mountain would have already come to help, and it would not be his turn to be a junior brother.
"But...... But Uncle Shi is not in good health, so such a person is ...... outside."
Yan Yun lowered her head, and she was always relieved. Uncle Shi is like a sick Xi Shi in his mind, not to mention his long silver hair, his face is often haggard, most of the time during the day is lying down, occasionally getting up, and in the middle of the night, sitting on the edge of the porch and fiddling with the jade flute in his hand against the crescent moon on the horizon, there is elegance, but whenever Yan Yun walks by the side of Shi Bo, he can feel the deep sadness in his heart, so that even Yan Yun can't help but be sad. So at this time, Uncle Shi left suddenly, and Yan Yun was more anxious than anyone else. He knew that Uncle Shi must have hidden something sad in his heart that he had never experienced, but he didn't dare to ask, let alone how to enlighten him.
"Ah...... This is ......" Tian Yin's eyes moved slightly, "but even if he is sick, there are not many people in the world who can embarrass him." Tian Yin said indifferently. Oh, yes...... Instead of being afraid that Ling Yichen would be embarrassed by others, it would be better for him to embarrass himself. He's a good brother, but he always loves to get along with himself, and he doesn't know what he's thinking in his heart all day long, and he always looks sad......
Although Tian Yin is not worried, a good person is suddenly gone, and his heart is empty. After waiting for a few days, he didn't see Ling Yichen come back, Tian Yin couldn't sit still, he had to look out of the door every day when he passed by the front door, and when he couldn't see anyone, his heart would always fall.
Finally, half a month passed, and people didn't wait for it to come, but waited for a simple spirit talisman. The Imperial Charm that fell from the sky burst open in the very center of the courtyard, bringing with it a piece of turquoise jade, on which were engraved with three words: Cangyu Gate.