Chapter 16: Leaving Home
When Qiu Lei returned to the hut, it was already early the next morning, and as soon as he pushed the door into the house, he saw Qiu Xiaotian already sitting at the wooden table in the middle of the room.
Qiu Xiaotian picked up a cup of tea on the table, took a sip of himself, and then said lightly: "It seems that you have made a choice." ”
Qiu Lei did not hesitate, nodded directly, and said in a decisive tone: "Father, Lei'er wants to leave Jingyang Town, go out of the southern border, and exercise herself." ”
Hearing this, Qiu Xiaotian, who had always been calm, trembled slightly with his palm holding the teacup, he put down the teacup, finally sighed, and said, "I knew you would choose so." ”
"Please also ask my father to agree!" Qiu Lei clenched his hands into fists, his expression was more serious than ever.
Qiu Xiaotian looked at him for a while, and seemed to see the firmness in Qiu Lei's eyes, he suddenly smiled, with a sense of relief in this smile, and said, "Since you have made a decision, then go with your heart." ”
Speaking of this, he sighed again and said: "You have offended the Liu family, there is no longer a place for you in this Jingyang Town, it is okay to go out, just go out, you must always be careful and pay attention to safety." ”
"Father is relieved. Qiu Lei said: "One day, Lei'er will no longer be influenced by the Liu family, and when I return to Jingyang Town, the Liu family will no longer be able to do anything to me!"
Qiu Xiaotian nodded and said, "It's good that you have such confidence, but if you go, what are your plans?"
Qiu Lei was silent for a while, and said: "Lei'er wants to leave the southern border first and see the other domains, but in three years, I will go to the Sky Survey City to participate in the martial arts competition, and Lei Er will not forget the agreement of the Wang family." ”
Qiu Xiaotian stood up and said, "That's fine, the boy is ambitious in all directions, your talent is not good, even if you live in this town all day, it is a waste of time, if you go through a few trials of iron and blood, maybe there will be a breakthrough for you." ”
Saying that, Qiu Xiaotian paused, and said: "The outside world is not as good as Jingyang Town, the hearts of the people in the world are sinister, and the martial arts are all the way to the danger, if you want to go out, naturally you can't go with your bare hands." ”
Qiu Lei was stunned, after all, he was a teenager, so he naturally didn't think of this, Qiu Xiaotian had already said: "When I went south and north in the early years, I used some guys, but now my veins have been sealed, and I will just be an ordinary person in the future, and it is useless to keep them, since you want to go out, take them all with you." ”
As he spoke, he went back to his room, and from under his bed, he reached out and pulled out a long wooden box that was already covered with dust.
As soon as Qiu Xiaotian blew on the wooden box, the dust that had accumulated for a long time had already flown up, and he waved his hand before opening the wooden box.
The wooden box was opened, Qiu Lei looked in, and saw that Qiu Xiaotian had already taken out a golden long stick from the wooden box.
This long stick has been placed in the wooden box for many years, and the surface has been covered with dust, Qiu Xiaotian raised his hand and swiped it down, filtering out all the dust, and the black gold-like light emanated from it!
Qiu Lei fixed his eyes and saw that the two ends of this thing were about the thickness of the bowl, and there were gold hoops carved on it, which were dragon and phoenix patterns, and the middle section was thinner, which was made of high-grade black gold and cold iron, and was held by Qiu Xiaotian at this time, and the dark golden light flickered, which was obviously a first-class weapon.
Qiu Lei naturally knew what this was, in the early years, when Qiu Xiaotian's name shook the southern border, this black gold dragon and phoenix pestle was his usual weapon, but it was Qiu Lei's young age, and his impression of this thing was also shallow, and later after Qiu Xiaotian's vein door was closed, he put this dragon and phoenix pestle in the wooden box, and no one was allowed to open it to see.
He threw away the dragon and phoenix pestle in his hand, Qiu Lei took it in his hand, only to feel that the weight was very heavy, and a chill came out of the cold iron of Wujin, which made his spirit tremble.
"This black gold dragon and phoenix pestle has been with me for dozens of years. Qiu Xiaotian sighed with emotion: "This pestle weighs one hundred and twenty-three pounds, the whole body is made of cold iron and black gold, the dragon head is in front, the phoenix tail is in the back, I have not entered the realm of the four-grade vein master in this life, so there is no way to add a vein pattern to it, if you can step into the realm of the four-grade vein master in the future, this black gold dragon and phoenix pestle is also a first-class weapon." ”
Qiu Lei was a little moved, holding the pestle in his right hand, and caressing his left hand slightly over his body, as if he felt the excitement of seeing the weapon again, he hurriedly nodded at Qiu Xiaotian and said, "Thank you, father." ”
Qiu Xiaotian smiled, didn't say much, and took out a silkworm soft armor from the wooden box.
This soft armor is silver-white, sleeveless at both ends, and is held in Qiu Xiaotian's hand, and the sunlight that peeks into the house shines, and the soft armor is also shining with silver light, shining.
"Although this silkworm silver silk armor is not an invulnerable treasure, it is also a silk weaving, silver thread sewing, can prevent ordinary swords, can block guns and halberds, and it can be regarded as a thing that saved my life many times, if it weren't for it, I'm afraid that the battle in the Sky Survey City ten years ago, I would not just be as simple as closing the veins. Qiu Xiaotian sighed a few words, handed the soft armor to Qiu Lei and said: "You wear it closely, don't take it off on weekdays, at the critical moment, it can save your life." ”
Qiu Lei took the soft armor, raised his hand and brushed it gently, only to feel that the nail was soft and smooth, as gentle as his daughter's skin, the silk was interspersed with silver threads, although soft, but tough and abnormal, Qiu Lei immediately took off his shirt and put on the silkworm silver silk armor, he moved a little, and felt that it even fitted, and his heart couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Qiu Xiaotian also smiled, and said: "You are wearing this soft armor so appropriately, it seems that it is also the will of God to go out this time, even so, when are you going to leave?"
Qiu Lei hesitated slightly, but still said: "Father, Lei'er is here to say goodbye to you, and the child is ready to leave today." ”
Qiu Xiaotian's face showed a look of loss, but he didn't seem surprised, he reached out and patted Qiu Lei's shoulder, and said: "That's fine, since you have made a decision, you shouldn't hesitate, the way of a martial artist should be brave, but since you are leaving, you don't know when you will come back, just follow me to the back mountain and say goodbye to your mother." ”
At the mention of his mother, Qiu Lei's eyes showed a hint of sadness, but he quickly returned to normal, nodded vigorously, and said, "It should be like this." ”
The two walked to the foot of the Murong Mountain behind the hut, which was originally a wasteland, but at this time there was a burst of fragrance, after Qiu Xiaotian was seriously injured, there was a period of time to recuperate in bed, at that time he was depressed, and often gave up on himself, Qiu Lei was young, unable to take care of himself, Qiu Lei's mother was in charge of housework, and had to take care of Qiu Lei's father and son, after a long time, he became ill from hard work, and soon after Qiu Xiaotian's injury was healed, Qiu Lei's mother died of a serious illness.
Since then, Qiu Xiaotian, who was already depressed, was even more depressed, and after burying Qiu Lei's mother here, he drank heavily all day long, and rarely cared about Qiu Lei, and it was because of this that Qiu Lei's resolute and tenacious character was forged, compared to his peers, Qiu Lei's mind matured earlier, he remembered that his mother liked peach blossoms when she was alive, and over the years, he had cleaned up the weeds in front of his mother's grave, planted peach trees around, and came here to take care of peach trees after daily practice, and it has been seven or eight years now.
Now that the peach tree has grown, there is already a peach forest in front of the grave, and every time at this time, the fragrance of peach blossoms slowly wafts out, and when Qiu Lei was cultivating in the past, he smelled the fragrance, as if his mother was paying attention to him.
There are a lot of fresh fruit tributes placed in front of the grave, and the tombstone is also spotless, which makes Qiu Lei a little surprised, these days he only cares about practicing the exercises on the blood beads, and he has not had time to clean his mother's grave, but when he sees this scene, he thinks that his father often comes these days.
The father and son stood in front of the grave, a trace of sentimentality flashed in Qiu Xiaotian's eyes, but he still smiled at the tombstone and said: "Qingling, Lei'er has grown up, and this time I came to say goodbye to you." ”
He patted Qiu Lei on the shoulder and said: "I know that if you are alive, you will not agree to Lei'er leaving home, but a good man has ambitions in all directions, and the young eagle spreads his wings, and he will inevitably travel the world, Qiu Lei is my Qiu Xiaotian's son, destined to laugh and be proud of Kyushu, you also know that he does not belong to this town." ”
After that, he had already given Qiu Lei a look, the young man understood, and had already stood the black gold dragon and phoenix pestle on the ground, took a step forward, knelt in front of the grave, and kowtowed three times before saying: "Mother, please forgive Lei'er for not being filial, and can't always accompany her mother, now Lei'er bids farewell to you, because she wants to go out and train herself, and when he returns successfully, he will inevitably kowtow in front of his mother's grave to atone for his sins." ”
After saying this, the feeling of sadness had rushed straight up, Qiu Lei only felt a sour nose, and his eyes couldn't stop moistening.
"Alright. Qiu Xiaotian saw all this in his eyes, and pretended to be stern: "A good man is determined in all directions, if he wants to leave, why should he be a child, get up." ”
Qiu Lei got up when he heard this, Qiu Xiaotian was already standing in front of the grave, sighed and said: "Qingling, I was ashamed of you when you were alive, and there is nothing to repay in this life, but fortunately, Lei'er has grown up, although he is leaving, but you must not be sad, every day in the future, I will sweep the grave for you and talk to you." ”
After saying this, he turned around again and said to Qiu Lei, who was reluctant: "It's not too early, since you have already worshiped your mother, let's leave." ”
Qiu Lei nodded vigorously, and finally glanced at the tomb again, knelt on the ground and bowed to Qiu Xiaotian before lifting the Wujin dragon and phoenix pestle beside him, turning around and striding away.
Qiu Xiaotian stood in place, looking at the back of Qiu Lei's departure, and the young man never looked back when he left!