The name of Yougu Beppu is good, but it is just a broken mountain villa built by the Chen family in the countryside, with only a few wooden houses, the purpose is only to facilitate rent collection, but it is Chen Qiuming's favorite place to go.

The old servant stopped: "Son, the hearts of the people in the rivers and lakes are sinister, this person is evil and I don't know yet, bring it back to the good fortune and misfortune, since it has been saved, it is better to let it go, we leave as soon as possible, so as not to fall into the disputes in the rivers and lakes." ”

Chen Qiuming finally "caught" a master, how could he let it go easily, and said: "Uncle Li, I know that the rivers and lakes are sinister, but I just want to learn from a teacher, and I can't pose a threat to him, how can I murder me, a life-saving benefactor?" Pull the carriage over, and we'll take him to the valley of Beppu first. ”

The old servant had no choice but to do so.

Xue Yang heard the conversation between the two clearly, but he still pretended to be delirious, and let the two of them carry himself into the carriage without moving.

The old servant drove in front, Chen Qiuming and Xue Yang were in the carriage, and the legendary master and apprentice met by fate and formed an indissoluble bond since then.

The valley Beppu is located in a valley with not only a waterfall but also a small stream next to it, and the scenery is beautiful, but no one from the Chen family lives here, only a few people take care of it here.

Chen Qiuming and the old servant came here with Xue Yang, who was still "unconscious", and simply stayed.

Chen Qiuming and the old servant didn't know much about medical skills, they just fed Xue Yang some rice porridge, and in order to add some nutrition to the "patient", Chen Qiuming also personally cooked some egg custard for Xue Yang.

Three days later, in the early morning, Xue Yang secretly treated his injuries to the extent that he woke up automatically and waited for Chen Qiuming in the courtyard.

Chen Qiuming happened to get up and came to see him, and was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly said, "Master, are you awake?" How does it feel? ”

Xue Yang stared at Chen Qiuming carefully, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you little brother for saving your life, Xue Yang will remember it." ”

Chen Qiuming was deliberately surprised: "Do you remember the light in your heart?" There is a saying that 'the grace of dripping water and the spring reciprocates', not to mention that I am still a life-saving grace, don't you think about how to repay it? ”

Xue Yang looked at Chen Qiuming with a smile and said, "It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a life-saving grace, let's talk about it, how do you want to repay it?" ”

Chen Qiuming said bluntly: "It's very simple, ask a master to accept me as an apprentice, teach me martial arts, and let me become a master, even if I repay my life-saving grace, how about it?" ”

Xue Yang suddenly laughed, in the past few days, he had felt Chen Qiuming's mind clearly, but he didn't expect Chen Qiuming to tell him so bluntly, and even threatened him with life-saving graces, all kinds of behaviors, but it was quite his appetite.

For Chen Qiuming's situation, Xue Yang can see through it at a glance, the foundation is good, the roots are good, he is a martial arts material, but he doesn't know what his understanding and heart are.

The Huajian faction has always been a single lineage, and he has not yet accepted apprentices, one is that he has not found a good talent Puyu, and the other is that he is confident that he still has a lot of time available, but after the life and death crisis a few days ago, the matter of accepting apprentices must start planning, otherwise if the Huajian faction breaks off the inheritance in his own hands, then he will not become a sinner of the master?

After thinking about it, Xue Yang said: "Don't worry about accepting you as an apprentice, I can pass you a palm method first, a set of light exercises, if you practice well, I will consider whether to accept you as an apprentice." ”

Chen Qiuming was ecstatic, knelt down directly, kowtowed three times, and shouted: "Master! ”

No matter what he does, he will first determine the status of master and apprentice.

Xue Yang motioned for Chen Qiuming to stand up, glanced at the corner of the courtyard, and said: "Practicing martial arts is not only to be diligent, but also to look at talent, if you don't have talent, even if you call me a hundred masters and kowtow a thousand heads, I won't hand you as an apprentice, it depends on whether you and I have the fate of master and apprentice." ”

After the words were closed, Xue Yang began to teach Chen Qiuming "Thirteen Flutters of Scattered Hands" and "Swinging Goose Gong", both of which are not the martial arts of the Huajian School, but the exercises created by Xue Yang after he began to wander the rivers and lakes, which are also quite clever, and it may not be an easy thing to learn.

But to Xue Yang's surprise, Chen Qiuming's talent is actually very good, in just ten days, he actually practiced two kung fu well, especially "Swinging Goose Gong", he actually practiced to a small achievement, although there is no deep internal force support, but he can easily breathe in the air, tossing and turning.

On this day, Xue Yang asked after watching Chen Qiuming practice light exercises: "Qiu Ming, I see that you spend most of your time practicing "Swinging Goose Gong", why do you prefer light exercises?" ”

Chen Qiuming said as a matter of course: "If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will run, how can you escape if you are not good at light skills?" ”

Xue Yang has been in contact with Chen Qiuming these days, and found that many of his ideas are wild, and even a little deviant, just like a tailor-made heir for the Holy Gate.

It is not that the Holy Gate are all evil people who have lost their conscience, but that the people of the Holy Gate do not respect etiquette, do not abide by the law of etiquette, and act recklessly, which is why they are rejected by the righteous forces headed by the Buddha and the Tao.

But in order to continue to test Chen Qiuming, Xue Yang deliberately kept a straight face and asked: "You are bent on escaping, aren't you a cowardly person who is greedy for life and afraid of death?" With your mentality, if I accept you as an apprentice, I'm afraid that the reputation of the teacher will be ruined by you in the future! ”

Chen Qiuming still has the ability to observe words and colors, and he has the heart to say two words of obedience to please Xue Yang, but he doesn't want to go against his heart, so he replied after thinking about it: "Master, the truth of everything in the world cannot be generalized, Qiu Ming has been not afraid of heaven and earth since birth, but he is not afraid, he does not necessarily have to be brave, and he will not retreat if he can't fight, that is the brain-sick, practice light skills, can escape, and be invincible first, in order to work hard." ”

"After escaping, you can practice martial arts to continue to take revenge, or you can use conspiracy and tricks to sneak attack, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood. As for the reputation of being greedy for life and afraid of death, it is just a floating cloud, history, has always been written by the winner, as long as I win to the end, I am guaranteed to become a wise and brave person after me. ”

These words, if they were heard by those righteous people, they would promise to slap Chen Qiuming to death with one palm, so as not to harm the rivers and lakes in the future, but they were very interested in Xue Yang's appetite, and simply said that Xue Yang was in his heart, and laughed at what Xue Yang said.

After laughing, Xue Yang said with a straight face: "Qiu Ming, have you heard of the 'Flower Pie'?" ”

Chen Qiuming was taken aback and exclaimed: "'Flower Pie'? Shi Zhixuan? Hou Xibai? ”

Chen Qiuming suddenly screamed "oops", it turned out that Xue Yang directly rewarded him with a burst and shouted: "The name of the ancestor is also what you can call directly?" ”

"Patriarch?" Chen Qiuming immediately reacted and said happily: "Master, have you agreed to officially accept me as an apprentice?" ”

Xue Yang continued: "Since you know the 'Flower Sect', you should know the Holy Gate, the reputation of the Holy Gate in the rivers and lakes is not good, it is called the Demon Gate, the people of the Holy Gate are also the big devils who change color in the rivers and lakes, aren't you afraid?" ”

Chen Qiuming said disdainfully: "What is good and what is evil? Wu Cao, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is not also a member of my holy gate, and doesn't he also love the people like a son? Who would dare to deny the great achievements of her old man? A generation of evil kings, Long Ying, isn't he also a member of my Holy Gate? How could Emperor Shenwu ascend the throne without him, and where did he come from'? ”

"There are no decent people who are unscrupulous and murderous? It's just as much. Therefore, the Holy Gate is not very evil, it has a bad reputation, but it is not good at management, and it does not know how to publicize. ”

Xue Yang was surprised in his heart after hearing this, and suddenly shouted: "Come out!" ”

In Chen Qiuming's surprised gaze, Uncle Li suddenly flashed out, knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and bowed: "'Demon Sect' Li Chun pays a visit to Master Xuemen." ”

Xue Yang thought that the secret of the Demon Gate in Chen Qiuming's mouth was all told to Chen Qiuming by Li Chun, so he asked: "Li Chun, as a member of the Holy Gate, why did you commit to the Chen family and become Qiu Ming's servant?" ”

Li Chun replied honestly on his knees: "Back to the master of the Xue Sect, Qiu Ming's grandfather had a great kindness to me, and when something happened, he entrusted me to take care of Miss and find a family with an innocent family to start a family, and after Miss died of illness, he entrusted me to take care of Qiu Ming, and I had to pretend to be a servant of the Chen family for the convenience of Qiu Ming all these years. ”

Xue Yang nodded and said, "You are also a loyal person, so why don't you teach Qiu Ming martial arts?" ”

Li Chun continued to reply: "Although I have been out of the sect for many years, how can the martial arts of the sect be passed on privately? can only teach Qiu Ming some kung fu to strengthen his body. ”

There are two sects and six ways of the Holy Gate, and the rules of each sect are different, Xue Yang did not delve into it, and continued: "Get up, for Qiu Ming's sake, the previous matter will not be investigated, in the future, I will teach Xue Yang the exercises, and you are not allowed to peep again, otherwise, you should know the rules of the Holy Gate." ”

Li Chun hurriedly got up and explained, "Don't dare... Don't dare, Li Chun has not been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, I didn't know that it was the master of the Xue Sect before, because I was worried that Qiu Ming would go astray, so I would peep on the side, until today, I knew that you were the master of the Flower Sect, Qiu Ming could worship you as a teacher, it was his blessing, Li Chun would never dare to break the rules of the Holy Gate. ”

After speaking, he automatically bowed and retreated.

Chen Qiuming looked at the back of Uncle Li, who had taken care of him since he was a child, and was usually submissive in the Chen family, but he didn't expect that he was actually a person in the Holy Gate, and he was really unseemly.

Seeing Li Chun leaving, Xue Yang took Chen Qiuming to the edge of the waterfall next to Beppu in the hidden valley, turned around and said: "Qiuming, since you want to worship under my sect, then naturally you must abide by the rules of my sect and inherit the mission and responsibility of my sect, and you kneel down and speak." ”

Chen Qiuming knelt down as he said, and Xue Yang continued: "I am a flower faction, and the rules of the master are very simple, no innocent killing; 2. Do not commit adultery - adulterous woman; 3. Don't betray your master, can you do it? ”

Chen Qiuming did not hurriedly agree, but asked, "Rape-adulteress?" Master, do you want me to count? ”

Xue Yang said angrily: "Of course not, your master and I are known as the 'Flower Thief', stealing countless hearts, if you can get the contemporary heirs of 'Cihang Jianzhai', no matter what means, the master will not count you as violating the rules!" ”