Chapter 9 Into the Rivers and Lakes

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"Master, this sword is so powerful, it's very cool."

Lu Xiaoxian stared blankly at the cracks on the ground, his face full of surprise and joy.

I don't know when, the old man of the long bridge was already standing behind him, and he slapped Lu Xiaoxian's head. Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly covered his head with his hand and shrank aside.

"Stinky boy, dare to say that the old master is not as good as others, looking for a fight."

"Master, I was wrong, Master is the most powerful."

Lu Xiaoxian licked his face and stammered.

"Then you still can't learn his martial arts?"

The old man glared at him with his sinister eyes.

"If you don't learn, don't learn, my master is the best."

Lu Xiaoxian patted his ass, the old man raised his hand again, and Lu Xiaoxian dodged with an arrow step.

"You still have to learn, in the vast sea of suffering, there are masters of your own."

"But Master, they can't catch your old tricks, what's the use of learning? Besides, how can people learn when they are all gone? ”

Lu Xiaoxian looked at the master with blank eyes.

"Fools, people have their own specialties and focuses. The level of a person's learning does not mean that the art is good or bad, and anyone who can make a breakthrough is a great achievement. ”

The old man looked at Lu Xiaoxian, who was stunned, and said: "You will enter the world in the future, but if you can meet a master, you must ask for more advice and lower your posture." The so-called, Yiduo is not pressing. And the ancients said: Jinshan Yinshan is not as good as being quite artistic, and there is stuttering everywhere. ”

"I see, Master."

Lu Xiaoxian pondered.

"As a teacher, you can see this trick clearly, have you learned it?"

"See clearly, Master."

"Well, to this day, the old master can be regarded as teaching you a stinky boy. From now on, you can be regarded as a teacher, and it is time to enter the rivers and lakes and get into a little bit of the world. ”

The old man looked at Lu Xiaoxian with satisfaction.

"No, I'm not going, I'm going to accompany Master and provide for Master's old age."

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes were full of reluctance to the old man.

"Confused, the eldest husband should be thinking about what he wants, how can he spend his life wasted for the sake of worrying about his personal feelings."

"But Master......"

Listening to Master's bland words, Lu Xiaoxian's eyes were red, and her voice became choked.

"Child, when you grow up, you should do something of your own. You can't spend your prime years in this bamboo house because of Master. ”

"I know, I know, Master."

Lu Xiaoxian threw herself into the old man's arms and hugged the old man tightly.

The old man touched Lu Xiaoxian's head with his rough and heavy hand, and said, "You remember, the martial arts taught to you by the teacher seem to be sparse and ordinary, but it can be strong when it is strong. ”

"Master, if you are strong, you will be strong, and if you are weak, you will die!"

Lu Xiaoxian's brain, sometimes I really feel that I am missing roots. The originally sensational and warm scene was said by him, which made the old man's eyes widen again.

"Let's go, go home."

"Master, in fact, there is no need to kill these people. Life is short, but everyone can only live once. ”

"You remember, when you walk the rivers and lakes in the future, you must eradicate the roots of the grass and never suffer from future troubles. And do not be appeased, for there is the kindness of a woman, and her heart is soft-hearted. ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't quite understand, but the old man didn't say much at this time, and took Lu Xiaoxian's hand and walked towards the bamboo house.

Although the old man's hands are rough, he is a little calloused from working all year round. But Lu Xiaoxian felt the warmth and strength in his hands, which made him think of when he was very young, he was led by the old man like this. On the blue wave bridge, in the stream, in the field, on the mountain...... Every place where we have lived together.

I still remember one time, when the smoke and rain were hazy, and the cherries were red, the old man got up early in the morning and picked a handful. With a wet dew, he stuffed a big and red cherry into Lu Xiaoxian's sleeping mouth, but Lu Xiaoxian hadn't woken up yet, crying and making trouble, and murdering the old man.

Thinking about this, Lu Xiaoxian squeezed the old man's hand tighter.

When they came to the outside of the fence, the two of them looked at each other and jumped into the yard very tacitly.

On the second day, Lu Xiaoxian also cleaned up. The old man was lying on the recliner in the courtyard, and Lu Xiaoxian helped the master pinch his legs.

"Do you know where those people came from yesterday?"

Lu Xiaoxian shook his head.

"Judging from the martial arts he used, it should be Yin and Yang blazing fireworks. Those who know this martial art are only those who practice asceticism. And the ascetic sect used to be a branch of the Xuanmen, and after a long time, they gradually broke away from the Xuanmen and established their own sect. ”

"Then why can't they get along with the little Taoist."

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "Daomen...... It may really have something to do with the legendary soul hooking order. Hook the soul and possess the corpse and make a puppet. And this little Taoist priest may be their biggest obstacle. ”

"Master, what should I do?"

"The mountain rain is coming, the wind is full of buildings, everything is natural. Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Lu Xiaoxian nodded, and gave the old man the golden beans and some broken silver that the golden --- fat man gave him.

The old man smiled slightly and said, "It seems that the old man with inconvenient legs and feet can only rely on it for the rest of his life, and he doesn't have to gnaw on the old bark." ”

"Master, you don't care about the villain, don't you want to get more golden beans?"

Lu Xiaoxian shook the old man's legs.

"Reach out."

"Master, don't, you have to slap your palms again."

Lu Xiaoxian did this every time, refusing with his mouth and stretching out his hand obscenely, but he still knelt neatly.

The old man didn't hit him, took out a bag from his arms, and said, "This Qiankun bag will be given to you, and it will be convenient to carry some things in the future." You also carry this money bag with you, and when you go out, you always have to spend money, which is not as convenient as at home. ”

Lu Xiaoxian took the Qiankun bag, and there were some scattered silver taels in it, maybe this was all the wine money that the old man had saved.

Lu Xiaoxian put the Qiankun bag into his arms, pinched the money bag given by the fat man in one hand, and kowtowed goodbye.

"Don't be careful when you act in the future. You must have a sword in your hand and a demon in your heart. ”

Lu Xiaoxian nodded and retreated step by step. Just as he was jumping over the fence, a wallet slammed into the old man.

"Old man, I'll come back to see you when I'm done."

"Boy, if you can't beat it, run quickly."

"I see."

With the sound of fading away, the old man's gaze was also fixed in the distance. He knows that once he enters the rivers and lakes, it is as deep as the sea, and it is not easy to get out. But if you don't experience some hardships and challenges, how can you know the true meaning of life?

On the other side, Chen Daoxuan changed into a beggar's clothes in order to avoid the enemy. Afraid of being suspected, he didn't even dare to buy a horse, and hurried on his own feet. I walked for a day and a night without stopping. He wanted to make a detour to the Taoist temple, but now he was so tired and hungry that he had to find a nearby town to rest.

After several twists and turns, with the guidance of an old man, he came to Peach Blossom Town. This town not only has small bridges and flowing water, but also smoke and wave pavilions. The streets and alleys are paved with bluestone. The construction of the house is also clean and neat, with eight sides of stilted buildings, dripping water along the four sides, staggered and orderly, and the sawas are neat. You can see that the craftsmen who built here are very good at their work.

Chen Daoxuan casually found a remote restaurant and sat down, came to a bowl of somen noodles, and devoured it.

Before he could finish eating, he felt that the atmosphere around him was gradually getting colder, and several swordsmen at the table next to him were staring at him. He took out the money bag and wanted to pay for it and leave, but the moment he opened the money bag, he had the heart to kill. A classic in the mouth of a shrew who scolded the street almost burst out of the mouth of his Taoist priest.

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