Chapter 18: The sun is bright and the sun is cold
For half a month, Xiao Wei didn't do anything else, he went to look at Qi every morning, and read the anonymous collection alone the rest of the time. The anonymous collection contains strange people and strange things, ghosts and spirits, although the language is obscure, but it is also quite interesting to read carefully. Although he is lonely, Xiao Wei tried to live independently as much as possible before Bai Bei'er came, and he was used to living in isolation, even if he was taken care of by Bai Bei'er later, he was not coquettish and willful at all. So even if the huge room was alone, it was not uncomfortable in the slightest.
At this time, there was an extra nine-foot big man next to the unprovoked end, and he called himself uncle one by one, which really scared himself. Xiao Weitou shook his hand and shook his head and said, you can't scream, you can't scream.
Ma Qing prides himself on being the demon king of the mixed world, and where does he want to call him a little uncle, but the teacher's order cannot be violated, he has inherited such a big favor from Bai Yougui, and he refuses to let even the small losses on his lips, how can he say it. So he whispered: Uncle Shi is Uncle Shi, where can I call it.
Xiao Wei was still a little afraid of life in the end, and he couldn't get acquainted with Ma Qing for a while, and he couldn't speak well, let alone say what he wanted to say to show his attitude, so he lowered his head and turned to the back room to flip through the nameless collection. At this time, the white bottle in the distance cleaned up a small dish and came out of the kitchen, this one in and one out, Xiao Wei and the white fat man were gone, she looked forward to it for a while, gently put down a plate of white jade tofu, and said, is there anything else missing from the child, I will prepare some for you.
Ma Qing glanced at the white bottle head-on, lost his mind for a moment, and hurriedly responded: There is no shortage, there is no shortage, the girl is seated, the girl is seated.
The two sat opposite each other, Ma Qing was familiar, and he couldn't stop his mouth from excitement for a while, and it didn't take long to find out Bai Bei'er's origin, and then he knew that Bai Bei'er was his uncle's mother, or the concubine of the old city lord Li Geshu, sighed, and said in his heart: My Fair Lady has just grown up, and no one knows her in the deep pavilion. Bai Bei'er also knew that the person in front of him was the nephew of the current city lord, the head horse of the city's criminal governor, and the new disciple of Fengchang.
Ma Qing sighed, and when he saw Bai Bei'er's hesitant expression, he wanted to stop talking, so he asked with a grin: Does Madame have anything to ask?
Bai Bei'er was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know where to start. She is simple-minded, has very few thoughts, and the only thing she cares about is Xiao Wei. When the husband didn't show up, she just thought about taking care of some daily life, but the husband took Xiao Wei into the practice, and Bai Bei'er's anticipation immediately grew. But Mr. Ke was full of miracles, but he only took Xiao Weinian to read books and traveled, and he took Bai Yougui to the city every day to see the scenery. I am a woman, I am afraid that there is a deep meaning that I don't understand, and it is not easy to be reckless and directly pick it out; I asked Xiao Wei and he couldn't say why, after a long time, it was inevitable that he would be uneasy.
The most important thing is that Xiao Wei is already nine years old, and this October is to take the city's children's test, if there is a gap with other people in the family, it will inevitably be despised, life is not easy, and I am afraid that it will be even more miserable if it goes on like this.
On weekdays, there is no one to discuss, so you can only do it in a hurry. So now that I know that Ma Qing knows how to practice, I want to ask a little bit about it.
"Look at the children's test in October, little only him"
Ma Qing was clear, recalled, and was sure that there was no sign of qi flowing around Xiao Wei, and he was afraid that there was no realm at all. But Tongsheng, there can be a few who can enter the realm, and he replied casually: No harm, with the master taking care of him, Xiao Wei will definitely be able to get a ranking.
Although Ma Qing called Mrs. Bai Bei'er, after all, he was a beauty, and he never called Uncle Xiaowei in front of her, thus shortening his own generation. Instinctively want to please someone, flattery just opens his mouth.
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Bai Bei'er got a reply, was overjoyed, hurriedly prepared the lunch meal, and left satisfied.
After Ma Qingmu sent her away, he secretly hated whether this was too big, if Xiao Wei came back from the competition with a disgraced face, wouldn't I have deceived the beauty, and I couldn't help but pay more attention to Xiao Wei after thinking about it.
In the next two days, Ma Qing was weak and should not move, Xiao Weiwangqi also encountered a bottleneck, Bai Yougui instructed the two to calm down and rest, and he was happy and clean, and did not appear again.
This gave the two a chance to get close. Xiao Wei was afraid of life, but he missed his father and brother very much in his heart, and it didn't take long for him to become Ma Qing's little tail. After some contact, in addition to some secrets about Mr., Ma Qing also generally understands Xiao Wei's experiences since childhood, and at the same time, he also knows Xiao Wei's cultivation more clearly: Xiao Wei not only did not enter the realm, but his body and bones are much weaker than ordinary people;
Ma Qing didn't treat Xiao Wei as a child, and frankly mentioned Bai Bei'er's worries.
After hearing this, Xiao Wei pursed his lips slightly, and replied: I don't understand, what is the purpose of this hope.
Ma Qing rubbed Xiao Wei's head and said, "Don't wronged this technique." Wangqi is a secret art, and it can't be practiced in ordinary sects at all. If the fat man is willing to teach me this, I will have to bow three times in the morning and dusk. Afraid that Xiao Wei would misunderstand, he didn't say the latter sentence.
Xiao Wei is still puzzled.
Ma Qing continued: The duel is like a bet, both sides are holding hidden cards, weighing and pressing their own bets. Once miscalculated, it is often difficult to escape, but Wangqi can see the opponent's hole cards at a glance, and the transaction is not a sure profit.
Xiao Wei said: Is it really so difficult to estimate the strength of the other party?
Ma Qing said: It is naturally difficult. The realm is very mysterious, it is about the echo between people and qi, and in general, there can be three realms of knowledge, guarding and enlightenment. The realm of knowledge is the threshold and is not worth scrutinizing, and the realm of understanding is too ethereal for the world to know very little. Our Central Plains sect inherited from the Zoroastrian (Yinxian) religion and set four phases: the first phase of the cave heaven realm, the second phase of the original yang realm, the third phase of the refinement of the form realm, and the four phases of the outer body realm, which are in line with the four essences of "refining and refining qi, practicing qi and transforming the spirit, practicing the spirit and returning the void, and practicing the void and the Tao"; Although the practice is divided into five elements, each has its own wonderful use. If it is done because of the situation, there is not a gap between the realms. There is indeed no shortage of great cultivators in the world who have been beaten with a stick, and who have been kneeled by black fists. But this is still a hurdle across the realm, and it is not easy to cross without a favorable time and place, if ordinary people do not have a life and death grudge, they are not willing to plan people who are higher than their own realm. It's a pity that not everyone is willing to report their own cultivation with another waist card, but hide the knife in the sheath, not see life and death, and do not show the landscape. The means of looking at qi can explore the depth of people, and can observe the four times and five elements of nature, but it is not free to advance and retreat.
Ma Qing is a chatter, chattering endlessly, and happened to meet Xiao Wei, who has never been with him, and he was so happy to listen to it.
These words naturally gave Xiao Wei a lot of encouragement, but then his eyes dimmed again, and he held his head and said, even if I don't want to be angry, I know that I can't beat anyone now.
Ma Qing also pursed his lips and said his favorite idiom: Mingzhu secretly cast.
Xiao Wei complained: Why bother the boy to learn to beat people if he tries to?
Ma Qing said angrily: You kid, what are you talking about. After a thousand years, the family and national highways were attacked by monsters and beasts, and they were imprisoned. If there is no Mocheng expedition to the east, where will I have the peace of Qingjiang for more than ten years. The good man doesn't want to pacify the eastern border in armor, and he is still complaining here. You kid, let me see if you're a handle, pee for me
You're making a big fuss.
Don't pee, right?
You digress.
I'll take it off for you
After a while of playing, Ma Qing recovered a little more seriously and said: Then do you know how to use weapons?
Knows how to bow.
How many stones?
Not a single stone, just a little bit of the arm. I've played with some bamboo chips and small bows woven with string before.
I'll make you a little crossbow, and you can use a lever without much effort.
Ma Qing promised the crossbow, and Xiao Wei thought that he could cooperate with the little crossbow. Ma Qing is a lazy person, not a personality who just does it, but moved a rocking chair and lay down in the courtyard to bask in the sun. Xiao Wei was aroused by the crossbow, and he didn't have the heart to read anymore, so he also moved a small pony to the yard. Seeing that Ma Qing didn't mean to do anything, and it was not easy to urge, he waited quietly on the side.
Ma Qing half-squinted and asked him: What ambitions do you have?
Xiao Wei lowered his head and legs, and found that he really hadn't thought about it, but he remembered that Mr. often said that a gentleman seeks the Tao, and he can die at the end of the day. So he asked back: You.
Ma Qing replied without thinking about it: Follow the "Yidong Army" in Mocheng, go straight to the fog pool in the east, and calm the demons.
Xiao Wei said: What does a demon beast look like?
Ma Qing said: When I was a child, I traveled to and from Mocheng with a group, and I saw seven or eight red-eyed and white horses. My mother somehow went to set the horse alone without telling everyone. As a result, they were in a hurry, and the group was scattered. Those horses have rough skin and thick flesh, and ordinary blades can't even break the skin, so they can only escape. Flee and dare not run away, left alone, the wilderness can make ordinary people die a hundred tricks. When I was young, I remember that my uncle was protecting me on his back with one hand, slashing left and right with a knife in the other, and he had to shout loudly to let the group move closer to him. Although it was a little embarrassing, it was dangerous to save the lives of the group.
The group is the main means of transportation out of the city. The distance between the cities was difficult, and it was too dangerous to travel alone for business. When the materials accumulated to a certain extent, the caravan traveled to raise funds, and entrusted the guards of the towns to be escorted by the army, and sometimes they would also piggyback on other people, called the traveling group, which was the most basic and safest mode of transportation. Fifty guards in the group set off, the scale can be large or small, the ratio of guards and business travelers is generally one to one, if there is a military disaster, the guards protect people, and people manage their own goods. Seven or eight horses can break up a battle formation of more than fifty people, which can be said to be incomparably strong, not to mention that there are cultivators like Ma Kuo inside.
Ma Qing recalled, but he didn't feel thrilled, but very excited.
At that time, I felt that being a great cultivator was very powerful, and I could shelter so many people, and then I heard that Mocheng issued a recruitment order, formed the Yidong Army, and the heroes of the world came to attach, and fought more than 3,000 miles to the east, until the "quicksand" and "sea surface water" did not return. For the first time, people saw the place where the legendary demon beast was born, and the so-called Wei Ling walked in the demon realm. I've been practicing for so long just so that one day I can fight there.
Xiao Wei suddenly remembered Mr., I don't know if Mr. has been to the legendary place where the quicksand sea surface meets, his left foot is stepping on the red hot desert, and his right foot is floating on the biting cold water, what kind of situation should it be.
Ma Qing took care of himself and continued: Now that the Central Plains is calm, there are so many fewer demon beasts, and there are actually cases of non-cultivators going out of the city wall privately. After that, I never saw those evil monsters again.
Xiao Wei asked: Why do demons eat people?
Ma Qingying said: If you are not of my race, your heart will be different. Who knows how the killing began, only that there must be no end to death between demon beasts and humans. In that case, why doesn't matter. Do you know that all cities are the same, and if the walls are collapsed, it is unlikely that they will survive in three days? You're a little kid, born in peace, and you've never seen anything before you think about such inconsequential things.
Ma Qing is only nineteen years old, but he has the virtue of relying on the old and selling the old, if Bai Yougui sees it, he is afraid that he will laugh off. However, Xiao Wei was even younger, and after listening to it, he nodded like pounding garlic, and felt that a man should bring a knife, so he immediately proposed:
Master and nephew, let's make crossbows.
Ma Qing was stunned, rubbed his eyes, and said Okay, okay, come with me.
He was ahead, with light steps, and sang as he went:
The sun is shining towards the evening,
Shine on the frost with cold.
Here is the hometown,
The old days are in the dark.
Welling is not visible,
High walls are not walls,
Push the lamp to salute the water.
Push the lamp to respect the mountain.