Chapter VII: Accepting Disciples
Fifteen days have passed since Gu Qiuyu met Xuan Daotian and Xiao Ding, and Gu Qiuyu has been living here these days, and he has also learned some information about this place.
This place is called the Absolute Dust Valley, located in the Lingzhu Country adjacent to the Stone Country of Hanzhou, before the Xuandaotian they came here, the Xuandaotian saw that this place was isolated from the world, and the beautiful scenery chose to settle here, named the Absolute Dust Valley, which means to stay away from the red dust. Now there are nine families outside the valley, planting some food for Xuandaotian, and two women are ordered to clean up the courtyard and cook and laundry. And the place of Xuandao Heaven can only be passed by Lao Yao.
The Lingzhu country of this Hanzhou is not big, it can be said that it is the smallest country in Hanzhou, but there is a legend in the founding of the country, according to legend, there was no Lingzhu this country more than 100 years ago, because the prince of Shiguo Shiyou Wang had made military exploits, was divided to this place, Shiyou King just entered this place and saw a turtle hunched back a spirit bead to offer him treasure, Shi You King picked up the spirit bead after the turtle disappeared.
King Shi You carefully observed the spirit bead, and found that the dragon qi in the pearl was rolling, and the strategist around him told the king Shi You that this is a sign of the Son of Heaven and the will of God.
When the news reached Shiguo, the monarch of Shiguo was furious and sent 5,000 elite soldiers to attack, but just after marching to the border of Lingzhu Country, he saw a turtle as big as a mountain lying in front of the army, and the general of Shiguo who led the army immediately sent someone to tell him about this strange thing and returned to China.
Gu Qiuyu was well-read back then, and he had read about the founding of the Lingzhu Kingdom, and he was very obsessed with this fantasy record when he was young, so when Broken Sword told him where he was, Gu Qiuyu was very surprised.
He should have drifted along the river to the Stone Country, but how could he come to the Lingzhu Country? Later, he was relieved when he thought about it, there were thousands of large and small tributaries of the Broken Sword River, and it was very likely that he would be washed into a gentle river and float to the Lingzhu Country.
It was summer, and the temperature inside and outside the valley was not high, and in the distance on the side of the mountains, the peasants planted wheat and sorghum, and rice by the river, and the waterwheels carried the river up into the small canal until the farmer's dwelling.
In the courtyard, only Gu Qiuyu, Broken Jiansheng, Xiao Ding and Lao Yao lived. Gu Qiuyu found that these houses were divided into summer and winter, with beds in summer and ondols in winter, and couldn't help but be impressed by the fineness of life here. At this time, the peach blossoms have just gone, and the green trees are like shade, which is really like heaven.
Gu Qiuyu's anxiety when he first arrived here, and the sadness of his family's tragic death, were all infected by the breath of this place, and his heart became calm.
Xiao Ding is the junior brother of Xuan Daotian, usually silent, looking at Gu Qiuyu's expression is also very unfriendly, Gu Qiuyu doesn't know why, every time they meet, they have to smile and salute, but in exchange for Xiao Ding's cold snort.
The old Yao I saw in the Xuandao Heavenly Courtyard that day, usually the food and lodging in the valley are arranged by Lao Yao, the old man looks very old, but once Gu Qiuyu saw that Lao Yao was cleaning the courtyard of Xuandaotian, because of the Ding in the middle of the courtyard, he actually carried thousands of catties of Ding to other places with both hands, and Gu Qiuyu was stunned again and again.
Broken Sword was born as the eldest disciple of Xuan Daotian, three years older than Gu Qiuyu, just eighteen this year, he is also the one who has the most contact with Gu Qiuyu, at the beginning he didn't like to talk like Xiao Ding, but after a long time, he talked more, often asked Gu Qiuyu about Yanzhou, and Gu Qiuyu would also patiently tell all kinds of interesting things and humanistic customs in Dongzhou.
After the two got acquainted, Broken Sword Sheng also told Gu Qiuyu a lot of his own story, he said that he was also picked up by the master from the Broken Sword River, when he was still in infancy, the master gave him a name Broken Sword Sheng, indicating that he was born in the Broken Sword River.
Since being picked up by Xuan Daotian, Broken Sword has rarely gone out of the valley, and usually only practices in the valley, knowing nothing about life in the outside world.
Gu Qiuyu also asked Broken Sword Sheng how to save himself, he only said that he had to run fifty miles every day, and saw the injured Gu Qiuyu by the river. Gu Qiuyu asked him how far this place was from Black Sand City, and Broken Sword Sheng only said that he didn't know, it was estimated to be hundreds of miles.
He also told Gu Qiuyu that he had only been out with his uncle Xiao Ding twice in the past eighteen years, and the most recent one was three years ago, when his uncle took him to a place called Lingbao Sect, which was a big mountain, and there were many buildings and many people on the mountain.
At that time, Uncle Shi took him to a platform, and there were many teenagers of his age standing around him, and then Uncle Shi pushed him to the center of the platform and said to him, "Ask all the people standing on the platform for advice." After saying that, Uncle Shi left.
As a result, there were no less than 20 young people who came up that day, and none of them walked three moves under him, and afterwards Xiao Ding walked to the center of the stage with his head held high and picked him up, Broken Sword Sheng said that when he left that day, the group of young people around him looked at him like monsters, but he didn't feel anything, because those young people who came to the stage were too weak.
At that time, Gu Qiuyu was also shocked after hearing what Broken Sword Sheng said, needless to say anything else, fifteen-year-old Broken Sword Sheng was the same age as himself, but it was powerful enough to knock more than twenty young people to the ground, not to mention that these young people were all martial arts practitioners.
"Which sect are they, Xuan Daotian, Xiao Ding, and the old man who is waiting for their daily life. Gu Qiuyu thought in his heart.
Gu Qiuyu also asked Broken Sword Sheng at that time, but Broken Sword Sheng said that the master had warned him that no matter where he was in the future, whether he was in the Absolute Dust Valley or walking outside, he should not tell outsiders what sect they were.
Time continued to pass, and before I knew it, another month had passed, Gu Qiuyu's body had already recovered, and when he looked at his intact body, Gu Qiuyu sighed for a while at the magic of the black ointment.
On this day, Gu Qiuyu, as usual, wanted to help with some chores, at first Lao Yao didn't use it, but then he couldn't stand Gu Qiuyu's soft grinding and hard bubbles, he also knew that Gu Qiuyu wouldn't do these rough jobs at all, so he handed him a medicine book in the study to read, and said that he could help make medicine in the future.
Gu Qiuyu has always loved to read, and he happened to simply read medical books for a few days, so he really looked at the books, and found some medicinal materials in the medicine house to study, which was the only thing he could do.
He also thought about worshipping Xuandao Heaven as a teacher, otherwise the flame of his revenge would slowly be extinguished with his powerlessness, and he would finally finish this life with remorse.
But he knew that although he could ride a horse and shoot arrows, he had no interest in martial arts, and he was only taught by his two elder brothers.
Although his body has always been healthy, he is still far from being strong, how can Xuan Daotian teach a defector from the Yang Kingdom, but he doesn't know that Xuan Daotian already has his own set of ideas in his heart.
"Uncle Yao, where has Uncle Xiao Ding gone? I couldn't see him for a long time. At this time, Broken Sword Sheng suddenly ran in and asked Lao Yao, who was making Chinese medicine with Gu Qiuyu.
Lao Yao continued to do the work in his hands, and said without raising his head, "Your uncle has gone out, and it will take a few days to come back." ”
After living in the valley for so long, Gu Qiuyu knew that Xiao Ding was the only person in the valley who could walk out of the valley often, and over the years, Xuan Daotian had only been out of the valley once, and even Xiao Ding didn't know the reason for going out of the valley.
Every time Xiao Ding goes out of the valley, he will bring back some daily necessities, such as salt, and some spices, and the rest of the food can be cultivated by himself in the valley, after all, there are not many people, and Xuan Daotian often does not eat anything for a month, for dozens of people, the ingredients in the valley are enough to eat.
"Hey, why did you go out again, I just encountered some problems in my practice, and I was thinking of asking him for advice. "The Broken Sword is alive.
"You can go and ask your master, he will be out of the customs today, and he will come here to eat, don't you see that there is more food prepared than usual?"
"That's great, I thought Master he was closing the big gate again this time, but I didn't expect to come out so soon. Broken Sword walked out satisfied.
Lao Yao looked at the broken sword sheng who walked out and shook his head, and said to Gu Qiuyu who was lighting a fire there with a deep meaning, "Jian Sheng, this kid has been staying in the valley, usually in addition to practicing martial arts, he still practices martial arts, he doesn't know the outside world at all, and he doesn't know that people's hearts are sinister." ”
Gu Qiuyu is a shrewd person, and when he heard Lao Yao say this, he knew what the old man wanted to express.
Lao Yao probably saw that Gu Qiuyu often talked to Broken Sword Sheng about outside things, and he was afraid that he would say too much to Broken Sword Sheng, and the outside flower world would disturb Broken Sword Sheng's heart and affect his study of martial arts.
"Don't worry, Uncle Yao, I won't say more. Gu Qiuyu looked a little lonely, no matter what he did, he was still an outsider in their eyes after all.
Lao Yao was slightly surprised when he heard Gu Qiuyu's words, and secretly praised Gu Qiuyu's delicate thoughts, and he didn't explain it, he knew what he was thinking.
It didn't take long for the lunch to be sent to the dining room by the woman who cooked, and the division of labor for each room in the courtyard was so detailed that even the children of the prime minister's family had nothing to say.
Because Xuandaotian is out of the customs today, there are a few more dishes on the table than usual, but they are all plain, the diet in the valley has always been like this, there is no big fish and big meat, and the only few pieces of meat also serve as seasoning. It may not be as much meat as the farmer on the side writes.
Gu Qiuyu sat at the dinner table absentmindedly, what Lao Yao said to him just now made him both sad and helpless, Broken Sword Sheng sat next to him and stabbed him with his hand, asking him what was wrong, Gu Qiuyu smiled and signaled that he was fine.
Because Xiao Ding was not there, only Broken Sword Sheng and Gu Qiuyu were sitting at the dinner table, and Xuan Daotian did not come, and neither of them moved their chopsticks. Lao Yao stood quietly aside, Broken Sword Sheng once said that he had never seen Lao Yao and Xuan Daotian eat together.
After a while, Xuan Daotian came, the same as before, super dusty, full of white hair, but the skin was very moist, without a trace of wrinkles, like a middle-aged man in his forties. Gu Qiuyu and Broken Sword Sheng hurriedly got up and saluted.
Xuan Daotian came to the table and motioned for the two to eat, while he picked up a cup of tea and drank it carefully.
"Gu Qiuyu, I want to take you as an apprentice, I don't know if you want to?"
Gu Qiuyu, who was eating, was suddenly said by Xuan Daotian, only to feel that his brain was banging, and he was choked on rice and coughed.
Broken Sword Sheng looked at the master in surprise while handing him water and beating his back, Lao Yao was also very surprised when he stood aside, obviously Xuandaotian wanted to accept Gu Qiuyu as an apprentice, and neither of them knew about it.
After coughing for a while, Gu Qiuyu finally eased up, and he looked at Xuan Daotian with a somewhat dull face, thinking that he had just heard it wrong.
"Why don't you want to? Then I won't force you. "Put down the teacup and leave.
Gu Qiuyu hurriedly stood up, "I am willing!"
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