Chapter Ninety-Eight: Two Little Bamboo Forests
Lingwa turned around violently, caught up with the old man in two steps, knelt on the ground and bowed,
"Master, master, I have found you—please take me! Master—"
The old man only glanced back at him, did not speak, turned and walked back into the bamboo forest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Lingwa hurriedly got up and followed behind, making a gesture with both hands, begging while following, thinking, I finally found your door, and I will let you teach me when I die!
went up to the mountainside together, walked into the bamboo courtyard, he knelt behind again, the old man ignored him, called the child's name, only to see the two sisters and brothers running out together, seeing Lingwa kneeling behind, the two were stunned!
"Move two chairs!" said the old man, and the two siblings turned back to the house to move the chairs.
Lingwa thought to herself, move two chairs? Have one for me? It seems that there is a play, he can accept me! If you don't accept me, you won't be able to get up from your knees!
So he knelt down and continued to plead,
"Master, take me, will you, find you so hard-please accept me-I'll kowtow to you, please-"
The chair was quickly moved down, and the old man took the two chairs and put them on the other, one sat down by himself, and the other put Cai Lanzi, and the two children surrounded him, looking straight at Lingwa.
"I've finally found you, master, take me—please—"
"Who told you to find me? What does it matter to me whether it's hard or not?
The old man spoke to him all day long, and then began to break the vegetable leaves in the basket. The movements are unhurried and slow.
"Yes, yes, I volunteered, and it has nothing to do with you! I just ask the master to take me as an apprentice and teach me a little real skill—please!" After speaking, he made another gesture and kowtowed.
"Okay, okay, don't keep kneeling here! Get up, let's be honest, I'm not your master either, old man, I just know a little bit about strange tricks, it's okay to fool you people outside the realm!
Hearing this, Lingwa's heart rippled, and she listened attentively, thinking, as long as you can talk to me, it's good, there is hope!
"Why do you want to learn some real skills?"
This question caught him off guard a little, thought about it for a while, and quickly replied,
"Drive away evil and promote good, don't be bullied! and—and—"
"The consciousness is really high, the ability to learn the hand, you can do whatever you want, no one can help you!" The old man saw that he answered hesitantly, and then took him and said,
"No, no, no, master, you believe me—believe me and never be a bad person, a king, I swear, I—" Lingwa was afraid that he would regret not accepting himself, so she hurriedly explained.
"Alright, you get up, it's getting dark, you have to go back to the city, hurry back-"
"Master, I, I- can I not go back-"
"If you don't go back, you'll keep kneeling in my yard?"
"This, this, master, you-you take me first-"
"If I don't accept you, you will keep kneeling and not get up——?"
"This, I, I-"
"Get up, young man, see that you are honest by nature, and have a good skeleton, besides, now that the psychic country is facing a crisis, it is the time to employ people; I hope you can do something for the psychic kingdom in the future - although I don't have any skills to teach you, old man, I can provide you with a way to learn skills-"
"Thank you, master, thank you - as long as you can learn the real skills, I will listen to you whatever you say!" Hearing this, Lingwa suddenly saw the sun like a cloud, and kowtowed again!
"But you hurry back now, don't let the people of the Shuai Mansion know, this is a heavenly opportunity, do you understand? Look at this day, less than two hours before the time of closing the city gate, whether you can run back like a pegasus, it's all up to you——"
When Lingwa heard this, she thought, "Ah, do you really want me to go back?" Three or four hours away, and you want me to rush back in two hours?
But now that the old man has made it clear, he can only go back,
"Okay, I'll go back!
"Go back quickly! I'll talk about it tomorrow!" the old man waved at him as he folded the dish, and the two children next to him still stared at him blankly.
"Alright then, I'll go back now, then I'll come back tomorrow—I'll be able to go into town!"
Lingwa only stood up at this time, and it was inconvenient to say anything more, hurriedly said goodbye to the old man, turned around and ran down the mountain, thinking, you asked me to go back, anyway, the night is not good, your home is here, I can't run, I can come again tomorrow!
At this time, the sun sets in the west mountain, the earth begins to be filled with light fog, the weather in early spring, the difference between day and night is not much, it should be only three hours away from the complete dark, Lingwa is very excited, like stepping on a fire wheel, thinking that I must fly back like a flying horse as you say-
The steps down the mountain were all made of irregular rocks, and he jumped six or seven steps, pedaled, and jumped to the bottom of the mountain twice like a rolling hoop, and then determined the direction of returning to the city, chose a mountain road, and ran with his feet.
As long as the direction is good, he will definitely be able to rush back to the city! He had a thought in his heart, hurry, hurry, hurry, the drawbridge at the city gate is about to be put away, and it is about to be put away.
The feet are clattering, the ears are whisking, through the mountains and forests, jumping ditches and trenches, coming to the flat ground, that is the soles of the feet flying, I can't wait to grow wings to fly, all the way desperately running, I have forgotten how many mountain roads, ditches?
After running so incessantly, he finally reached the city before dark, and just happened, he was the last one to enter the city!
After coming in, Lingwa stopped, took a long breath, and shivered with her feet, although she was tired enough, she was still excited in her heart!
There is nothing else to say about the night but joy and excitement!
The next day, Lingwa deliberately brought some more silver taels and bought a lot of things for the two children, mainly food and play - carrying a big bag out of the city.
After walking for another two or three hours, he arrived on the mountainside near noon, entered the bamboo forest, and walked into the courtyard, but he did not see the old man yesterday.
The little girl told him that his grandfather had gone down the mountain and would not return until evening.
After hearing this, I was depressed and thought, what should I do? Will I go down the mountain to find him? Where will I find him? Will I be looking for it in the city or in the mountains near here? Wait? If it is almost dark and you want me to run back to the city in a 100-meter sprint, will I still be able to do it?
I couldn't help but complain a little in my heart, thinking that the old man wouldn't be fooling me and making fun of me, would he?
But I quickly dispelled this kind of complaint, thinking that a little boy and a little girl are better than me, what else do I have to complain about? Death is all self-inflicted, voluntary!
So, I had to sit quietly in the yard and wait patiently!
The two children were still not familiar with him, so they only took his things and did not ask him to come into the house to sit down! The two siblings were eating what he had bought in the house, reciting poems, and from time to time there was the sound of hip-hop and play!
He sat in the courtyard for a while, looking left and right, surrounded by bamboo forests, mountains and forests, lush, quiet and peaceful, occasionally birds chirping, crisp and pleasant, it is a good place for practice!
After sitting for a while, I panicked, and I always felt that someone was scratching him with a branch behind my back, and I thought to myself, I am a rough person, not a fairy, how can I be lonely?
Thinking of this, he called the little girl and said to borrow a hoe and use an iron drill. The little girl said that there are only hoes, no iron drills? Lingwa nodded, just hoes!
The little girl took it out and handed it to him a little uneasily, reminding her, remember to return me?
Lingwa came to the bottom of the mountain with a hoe, starting from the first step, burying her head in drying, digging stones, shoveling the ground, moving stones, filling soil - sweating like rain, using both hands and feet, busy non-stop!
Unconsciously busy in the afternoon, the progress is not fast, more than ten levels of shop, at this time, sure enough, the white-bearded old man appeared at the bottom of the mountain as promised, dressed in a black coat, with a blue cloth chain on his shoulder, wearing a sharp hat, stepping on the stone steps of Lingwa's new shop, looking at Lingwa with a puzzled face and asking,
"You, why is that?"
Lingwa wiped her sweat, stopped and said,
"It's okay to be idle, just to wait for the master to come back!
The old man pondered for a while, and then said to him in a serious manner,
"What you're doing now is exactly what I want to say to you—"
Lingwa was startled, and asked with wide eyes,
"Master, how do you say this? Lingwa is stupid, I hope to make it clear?"
The old man stepped forward, sat down on the stone beside him, and said,
"From here to the west is Tongkun Mountain, and further north is Ghost Mountain, and there is 'Lingshan Dao Chief' on Ghost Mountain—this immortal figure, it's very difficult for us to see, let alone you!
Lingwa recalled carefully, nodded, and felt that Luo Shuai seemed to have said it before!
"I'm not telling you to go to him, I'm talking about a mountain like mine next here, full of stones, and it's Tongkun Mountain. There is still a master living on the mountain! You can learn from him - with your persistence and tenacity, you will definitely be able to realize your dreams!"
Lingwa was confused, and thought, can't I learn from you? Why do you recommend others?
"Master, you can accept me, I really want to learn the skill, please-"
After speaking, he was about to kneel down again, and the old man hurriedly said,
"No, no, I have already said it thoroughly yesterday, old man, I only know a little bit of skin, and I can't teach you! I just see that you are eager to learn the Fa, and I can't bear to see you running into walls everywhere, and I sincerely guide you! My ability can only protect myself! Now that the psychic country has invaded by strong thieves, and the strong thieves have the support of invincible spirit beasts, if they are discovered one day, my grandfather and grandson will also be in danger!"
Seeing his sincerity, Lingwa was silent for a moment and continued to ask,
"So how can I find him? Will he teach me?"
"As long as you go, there will be a reward for your efforts! Remember, there is no bread in the sky, there is no free meal in the world! There is a truth that you are willing to work hard and sharpen an iron pestle into a needle! Moreover, at the moment when evil spirits are invading, as a god of the earth, a spiritual god of the earth, will not stand by. Even if it is inconvenient for him to take action in person, he will always find someone to replace him-the old man estimates that you are very likely to become his candidate for Tianxingdao! The fate of the Psychic Kingdom will depend on you in the future!"
This statement made Lingwa's blood boil again, and she kept nodding her head, but on the surface, she was still skeptical?
"Then I'll try it according to what the master said, in case he still refuses to see me and doesn't accept me, you come back and beg you——!"
The old man stretched out his hand to stop him and continued,
"There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts! There are no roads around that mountain, and they are all cliffs, and from a distance it looks like a huge stone like a column! Ordinary people can't go up, of course, those who can go up must be ordinary people! Use your efforts over there today! The old man wishes you success!"
Lingwa was full of confidence again, and asked curiously,
"Can the master reveal what skills he has?"
"What you want to learn, what you want - after you finish learning, you will come and push the stone mill in my yard, it will not be as embarrassed as it is now, and then it will be like playing with bamboo and wood, free and easy! Young people, don't be greedy, be down-to-earth, and go up step by step, this is the way to achieve things, the way to be a man!"
Hearing the old man say that he was greedy, Lingwa only felt that he was too much to talk about just now, so he regretted asking that sentence, and quickly answered, yes, yes, yes, remember the master's teachings!
The old man stood up and said to him,
"Let's hurry back! The hour is running out, and the city gate is about to close again! In the future, you may have to practice running speed every day—the distance to and from Tongkun Mountain is twice as far as mine! Be prepared——"
Then, patting Lingwa's shoulder, he suddenly said in a serious tone,
"Remember, this is also a heavenly opportunity that must not be leaked! No one outside can leak it - otherwise, the rules of the Three Realms will be disrupted, the achievements will be lost, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"
After speaking, he waved his hand to the spirit baby,
"Let's go, don't come to me again!"
Then he turned around and strode up the hill.
Lingwa just got up from the ground, and was about to clench her fists and say remember the master's life! But in the blink of an eye, the other party was halfway up the mountain?
At this moment, I only heard the rumbling above, the sound of stones rolling down, and in the blink of an eye, several huge stones rolled straight towards him, and Lingwa hurriedly jumped to the side,
Dodging this side, there were also huge stones rolling on the other side, and Lingwa knew in her heart that this was the master driving herself away, so she opened her legs and flew away-
Ran out of a mile, and then looked back at the mountain, a dense forest covered it, and I couldn't see the bamboo forest anymore—