Seven years ago, a stranger came to Xiao Zhouzhuang, rode an old ox, carried a big black dog, and held a baby.

He used two wild boars to win the favor of the villagers, so he settled in Xiaozhouzhuang, and the location was chosen under the big locust tree in front of the village.

The villagers thought that this man was very powerful, and they didn't see him farming or doing some small business, but every once in a while, he would have a lot of wild meat in his house, and use this game to exchange some daily necessities for the villagers.

Every day, you can always see two people, one big and one small, boxing there under the big locust tree, rain or shine, cold and heat. The villagers didn't know boxing, they just thought he was playing well, so they asked him what kind of boxing he was, and if everyone could learn it.

He smiled and said that the name of the boxing method is "mountain boxing", and everyone can practice as they like if they want. The villagers laughed and praised others, so in their spare time, some people came to practice with them under the big locust tree, there were a lot of people at first, but slowly there were fewer and fewer people, until in the end there were only two of them, one big and one small.

The villagers felt that practicing this boxing was useless, they couldn't practice their strength, they couldn't beat people, and at best it was a little good for their bodies, so their interest slowly faded. I also persuaded him to stop practicing, it was useless. But he just smiled and didn't explain, but continued to practice, and over time, the villagers got used to it.

It wasn't until seven years later that this situation changed, and there was an extra deck chair under the big locust tree, and the man was lying on the deck chair, while the eight-year-old began to practice boxing in front of him. The villagers laughed and asked him why he didn't practice anymore, and he said that the kid already knew how to practice and didn't need him to teach him anymore.

Since then, little Tuoba Huai began to live his own independent life, no way, the master began to become lazy, began to ignore him, and began to support himself to serve him, serving him is not finished, but also has to serve the big black dog and the old cow. And these three are not good lords, when he brought the meal he made for the first time to them, the big black dog and the old scalper sniffed, turned around and left, the master was very face-saving, frowned and tasted it, and then put down the chopsticks, took out a book and handed it to him, patted him on the shoulder, and Shi Shiran sat back on his chaise longue. Tuoba Huai was puzzled, so he also tasted it, and found that it was really unpalatable, and it couldn't be compared with the food cooked by the master, but he couldn't turn around and leave, because he was really hungry, so he could only fill his stomach.

Open the book that Master gave him, and look at it, "The Book of Taste". Oh, Master is going to learn how to cook by himself, and he was about to read it, but he found that Master glanced at him, and suddenly understood what Master meant, Master is going to practice boxing by himself first, and then study "Taste Sutra" at night.

He is deaf and dumb, it is reasonable to say that it is difficult to communicate with others, but I don't know when it started, it is easy for him to communicate with others, what others want to say to him, he can easily understand, what he wants to say to others, casually make two gestures, others can understand what he means. And communicating with the master, the big black dog and the old scalper is even simpler, often with a look, a movement can understand the meaning of the other party, this feeling is wonderful.

Master told him that this was his psychic power, that he had cultivated it himself, and that he didn't know what supernatural power was, but he thought it was very easy to use, because he could communicate freely with others, and he was very happy.

That night, Tuoba Huai began to study the "Book of Taste", and the next day's meal was significantly improved, but one person, one dog and one cow still did not eat, and the third day was still the same. This made the young Tuoba Huai regret in his heart, and for the first time in his life, he was nervous, he was afraid that he would starve these three people to death, after all, it had been three days before the rice was eaten.

So Xiao Tuoba Huai studied the "Book of Taste" even harder, and the food was getting better and better day by day, but they still couldn't satisfy the three, so they still didn't eat it. The situation lasted for a month before it got better, and on this day, the three masters finally ate a little, although it was not much, but it also showed that the food made by Tuoba Huai could finally enter their mouths.

Tuoba Huai was overjoyed and worked harder, and after another month, the food made by Tuoba Huai finally caught up with the master, and the three masters finally began to eat normally. And when three months later, the amount of food for this person, a dog, and a cow began to increase significantly, because Tuoba Huai's cooking skills have been much higher than the master's level at the beginning, seeing that the master gave himself a thumbs up for the first time, Tuoba Huai smiled happily, this is the first time the master praised himself, and he couldn't help but be encouraged.

In the days that followed, Tuoba Huai practiced boxing during the day, occasionally took a steel hammer into the mountains to get some game back, and continued to study the "Taste Sutra" at night. The children in the village would often come to Tuoba Huai to play, and the Master did not stop these things, but encouraged them very much, in Master's words, children, they always have to have childhood.

Overall, Tuoba Huai's childhood is still very happy, there is a master who doesn't seem to be very reliable, but very reliable, there is a lively big black dog and a loyal and honest old scalper to accompany him, there is a group of simple and lovely children to play with, except for the existence of no parents, there is nothing else to regret.

Time flies, the years go quietly, and in a blink of an eye, Tuoba Huai is fourteen years old. The original little baby has now grown into a handsome young man, with a unique simplicity of a farmer's family, and because of the perennial practice of mountain boxing, it is simple and heavy.

Half a year ago, Tuoba Huai no longer practiced boxing, and the master said that the obsession in his heart has now become a shackle for him to continue to move forward, and there will be no progress in practicing again, so it is better to stop and precipitate.

Tuoba Huai doesn't understand, he thinks he doesn't have any obsession in his heart, he is very satisfied with this kind of life, how can he have an obsession. I went to ask Master, but Master just smiled and didn't answer him.

In the past six months, there is a reclining chair under the old locust tree, and you can often see two men, one big and one small, lying side by side under the old locust tree, the young man is holding a book in his hand, reading attentively, the man closes his eyes, and falls asleep in a good way. Sometimes Tuoba Huai is very puzzled, how can a person sleep for such a long time, for as long as he can remember, it seems that the master has been sleeping most of the time, can't he sleep wrongly. But after a long time, Tuoba Huai is no longer strange.

He was reading, he was asleep, Tuoba Huai was thinking, where was his obsession, and Tuoba Pifu was waiting, waiting for the person who could resolve his apprentice's obsession to appear. But if he waited for a long time, or was tired of waiting, he didn't mind taking his apprentice to the door directly.

You know, Tuoba Pifu has important things to do, and he only has a hundred years. If he hadn't had high hopes for his founding disciple Tuoba Huai, and he really liked this child, he wouldn't have stayed here for fourteen years. The reason why he stayed for so long was to dissolve the trace of obsession in Tuoba Huai's heart that he was not aware of.

Tuoba Huai's obsession naturally comes from his parents, maybe he himself is not aware of it, occasionally in the middle of the night dream, he will also think, who he is, how did he come about, who his parents are, why they abandoned themselves.

The little boy didn't feel that this was his obsession, he felt that the things he thought about were unnecessary, and as he grew older, he would slowly fade away.

But Tuoba Pifu doesn't think so, everyone has their own obsession in their hearts that they can't give up, and for this obsession they may turn their backs on their own ways, sneak at the bottom of the dark river, incarnate into Prajna, and never go back.

As Tuoba Huai's master, of course, he can't let this kind of thing happen, and he must resolve the obsession in his apprentice's heart, so that he can take many fewer detours on the road of cultivation, and make great progress all the way as he has done in the past fourteen years.