Chapter 21: Breakthrough Advanced
As the long winter fades away, the land in the north melts and the wildflowers bloom in the mountains and forests, and the vast land seems to become colorful overnight, except for the snow-capped peaks that are still covered with snow, which contrasts with the colorful colors of the foothills.
Counting on his fingers, Mo Cong has been in the north for more than two years, during which the young man has studied and practiced hard every day, no matter how strong the wind and snow are, he has never stopped. With his amazing perseverance, extraordinary talent, and rich experience in practice, coupled with the careful guidance of the master, the young man's internal strength is increasing day by day.
"Whew-"
Mo Cong sat cross-legged on the stone in the pool and grew a mouthful, a pair of sultry eyes looked at the mountains and forests not far away, the morning sun penetrated the dense branches, shining on the young man's ruddy cheeks, although there was still a trace of residual ice and snow in the forest, and the branches were dry. However, in Mo Cong's eyes, the woods seemed to have changed, becoming as lush as the height of summer, and the young man's nose seemed to have smelled the sweet smell of the jungle.
Feeling the internal force of the pure jumping in his body, Mo Cong was extremely excited, such a feeling that the teenager had never experienced before, but he clearly knew that it meant that he had broken through the advanced stage of physical cultivation.
At the advanced stage, Mo Cong never dreamed that he would be able to enter the advanced stage before going to the Martial God Temple to compete. Since meeting Huangfu Yunsong, a pessimistic thought has always been entrenched in the young man's mind.
"Hmph, I guess you should be at the intermediate stage now!There are still two and a half years to go to the Martial God Temple, think about it, big eyes, don't flash your tongue in the wind"
Huangfu Yunsong's unruly figure disappeared in a blink of an eye, Mo Cong bowed his head and was silent, two and a half years, once he entered the middle stage of physical cultivation, he would have to pay a huge price for every level of skill he improved, and if it turned into time, it would take at least three months. Qu Zhi calculated that Mo Cong's face was full of melancholy, with that speed, it was simply a dream to defeat the prince of the emperor who had already entered the advanced stage in the competition of the Martial God Temple. Mo Cong was also suspicious of his master's words.
"Heh, Huangfu Yunsong, you underestimate me too much. ”
Recalling the first time he saw Yun Song, Mo Cong shook his head and smiled.
"Senior sister, I have reached the advanced stage" The young man's mind recalled the night a few years ago, the moonlight was shining, and the handsome face of the Trumen Lord looked at him from a distance with an irrepressible smile. Chu Ci stood beside him, the girl was ecstatic, and seemed even happier than Mo Cong, "Brother Mo Cong, you are amazing! My Brother Mo Cong is the strongest person" The girl shouted towards the mountains and forests. Thinking of Chu Ci's sweet smile, Mo Cong had a forgetful smile on his face, which was the situation when Mo Cong broke through the elementary level, but now that he had reached the advanced stage of physical cultivation, no one around him cheered for him.
A terrible ape cry woke the boy up, and Mo Cong came back to his senses to find several little monkeys with red buttocks with their long tails, unscrupulous, and light steps, approaching his clothes on the shore step by step.
"Wow!" Mo Cong grimaced at the monkeys with his teeth.
A few little monkeys were stunned suddenly, and then they all went into the woods like a happy person, and looked at Mo Cong with their probes. The awesome monkeys of the water boys have already learned that they don't want to get a stone in their butts.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Mo Cong smiled slyly, stood up and walked out of the waterhole step by step, when the young man's feet stood on the shore, the water vapor on his body had already condensed into a white frost hail, scattered to the ground. At first, Mo Cong thought this method was difficult, but after the master's guidance, Mo Cong practiced repeatedly, and after practicing it for a long time, he felt that it was quite simple.
Humming a little tune that was out of tune all the way, the boy walked into the house.
In the grass house, Yingbao and the master seemed to be discussing this matter, and when they saw Mo Cong entering the door, the two of them immediately kept silent, as if even the air in the room was instantly frozen. Mo Cong didn't see this situation once or twice, so he didn't care.
After eating, looking at the wicker that had just spit out a trace of tender buds outside the window, Mo Cong blinked a pair of big eyes that were still immature, with a surprise and curiosity on his face, and said with a smile: "It turns out that there is spring here!"
"Nonsense, this is the north and not the North Pole, how can there be no spring!" The arrival of spring made Sapporo's mood particularly good. He gently reprimanded Mo Cong, slowly walked to the window and hugged Mo Cong, and said, "The weather is really good!
"Hunting!"
"Ying'er, I also want to go hunting in the mountains, take me with you!" The "old man in yellow robe" dressed as a daughter smiled and looked like a little girl under the age of ten.
"You?" Yingbao looked back at her and shook her head, "Forget it, the mountain road is not easy to walk now, and there will be more troubles to take you there, so when the time comes, will we hunt or take care of you!"
"You girl, if you don't take me, you'll pull me down! Why are you talking about such uselessness?"
Looking at the pitiful appearance of the master, Mo Cong felt a little unbearable, looked at Yingbao, and said, "Sister Bao, just take the master with you, how boring it is to leave her alone at home!"
Ying Bao let out a sigh and smiled helplessly, "Mo Cong, you don't know, your master is delicate, it's okay for her to fight, but it's not okay to hunt her."
Without waiting for Yingbao to finish speaking, Mo Cong preemptively said: "Master, I saw Master kill two monsters with my own eyes in the Valley of Strange Beasts. ”
"That's a last resort, don't believe it, ask her, what if she steps on dog shit on the mountain?"
Hearing this, the master grinned, and an extremely painful expression appeared on her face, as if she had really stepped on a mess of slippery and greasy shit, and hurriedly moistened a few sips of tea.
"Forget it! Forget it, don't mention this, I'm going to go to you, I'm disgusting!" After speaking, the master asked softly, "Mo Cong, how are you practicing martial arts these days?"
"Master" Mo Cong's eyes lit up, "I have reached the advanced level" Mo Cong said, his originally shining eyes suddenly became a little dim, and a sad expression appeared on his face, "Master, spring has arrived, the ice and snow have melted, how can I practice in the future!"
Looking at Mo Cong's serious and painful expression, Master didn't think so, a smile bloomed on his face, looked at Mo Cong, and said, "You don't have to worry about this, Master has already helped you think about it, and you don't have to go so far to practice in the waterhole in the future, let's practice at home." ”
"Practicing at home?"
"That's right!"
"I know," Mo Cong suddenly thought of the scene when the master appeared in the Valley of Strange Beasts, and the strange scene of the snow flying in the summer made the young man remember it very deeply, "Master, are you going to use your skills to help me freeze the ice?"
"Hmm!" Master nodded slightly, the smile on his face gradually subsided, and he said, "Mo Cong, you have already practiced the first forty sentences! The rest of the ** will be more and more difficult, be careful when practicing, no matter what happens, you can't be distracted, otherwise your previous efforts will be wasted, understand?"
"Disciple understands!" Mo Cong nodded.
Seeing his apprentice's progress so fast, the old man in the yellow robe was very satisfied. Master blinked a pair of beautiful eyes that were enough to capture people's hearts, and looked at Mo Cong intently, and then a mysterious smile appeared on his face. Such a strange look made Mo Cong a little flustered.
"Mo Cong, come here, Master will tell you a little secret!"
Hearing this, Mo Cong's heart was overjoyed, he had always wanted to know some secrets about the master, so he hurried to the master's side and asked curiously, "What secret!"
"Do you want to know how Chu Ci is doing now?"
"Senior sister!" As soon as she heard Chu Ci's name, the cute girl in the Shuiyue blue shirt immediately appeared in front of Mo Cong's eyes. For more than two years, Mo Cong has not stopped missing his junior sister every day, although the practice is extremely hard, but every time he thinks of his little junior sister, the young man's heart is full of strength. Remembering the past situation, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of the young man's mouth. At all times, Chu Ci is his most powerful spiritual pillar, and as Mo Cong's master, she has long seen this.
"Master, you, do you mean you have seen Chu Ci?" Mo Cong came out of his memories for a long time, his eyes flashing with surprise.
"Yes, I saw her, she's fine now, it's just," Master whispered softly, and a picture flashed through her mind, and the gentle and lovely little girl made her feel sad in her heart
"Is Brother Mo Cong really with you?" In the soft moonlight, Chu Ci's eyes flashed with tears, and when she learned the news of Mo Cong, her little face looked extremely excited, "Although I don't know who you are, I know that you are a good person, you are telling the truth, please tell Brother Mo Cong, let him practice hard, don't worry about me, let him pay more attention to his body, let him not always be in such a hurry when eating, let him" Tears have dripped down the girl's cheeks to the ground, and the girl's delicate body twitched uncontrollably, making her speechless.
"Master, what's wrong with my junior sister?" Mo Cong asked anxiously.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that she misses you very much!" Master barely squeezed out a smile, closed his eyes and took a deep breath and said, "The reason why Master went to see her was to let you all practice with peace of mind. Okay, I won't tell you, let's go hunting with your sister Bao! Master wants to be alone and quiet. ”
"Oh!" Mo Cong had never seen Master so sad, in Mo Cong's mind, Master was a man of steel, and had a more cunning mind than Ma Xiaohua, but now he realized that Master also had a vulnerable side.
"What are you hunting! The grinding guy is here again!" Scarry looked out the window blankly, looking a little helpless.
In Yingbao's gaze, the tender and beautiful eyes were looking forward to it, and the lotus was full of steps, holding a box of fine tea leaves in his hand, and he had already arrived at the door. Without waiting to enter the door, he stood outside the door and shouted: "Sister Bao, I'm here, look at what good things I brought you!"
"I'm going to stop her!"
Yingbao shook her head and sighed bitterly, her eyes sought the opinion of the "old man in yellow robe", and the "old man in yellow robe" who was sitting firmly on the bed waved his hand and said, "No need, let her in, I have something to ask her." ”
Tenderness entered the door, her face was like a spring breeze, and she just wanted to open her mouth with a smile, but she saw a beautiful woman suddenly on the bed. Tenderness was stunned for a moment, and when she peeked at it, the woman sitting on the bed was far above Yingbao in terms of appearance and temperament. Looking at the hat and yellow robe hanging on the wall, Tenderness suddenly understood a thing or two in her heart, but for a while she didn't know how to speak, and only had a silly smile on her face.
"I said that you didn't take a good look at your little master in the mansion, what do you always run here for three days?" Yingbao laughed playfully.
"Aren't I thinking about my sister and Mo Cong!" said tenderly, a pair of slender Danfeng eyes were always unconsciously secretly looking at the woman on the couch.
The space of the room was originally small, and every move of tenderness was within the sight of the "old man in the yellow robe", looking at her thief, cautious, and extremely curious. The "old man" smiled secretly in his heart, "Ying'er, why don't you go make tea when the guests come!" and said to Mo Cong again: "Mo Cong, you go and play with Poison Dragon Zhi!"
Since the master had something to say, Mo Cong didn't dare to disobey the order, and he couldn't wait to go to the Poison Dragon Mansion to go around, so he greeted Tenderness and jumped out of the door.
"Yes!" Yingbao replied respectfully, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a bright long-spouted copper kettle, and set up a tea set for tenderness, in Yingbao's hands, the water in the copper kettle is like a waterfall in the mountains, and like a trickling sweet spring, pouring into the tea bowl through the clouds and mist, the water splashes, the tea leaves are flying, and it is beautiful
But at this time, Tenderness didn't have the heart to watch Yingbao sell tea art, and thought to herself: "Sister Bao is so powerful and respectful to her, this person must be extraordinary" secretly in her heart, tenderness and courage, and smiled at the beauty on the couch: "I don't know this sister"
"You stop me, my sister is also called by you, you call me aunt, so that the generations will not be messed up. Before Tenderness could finish speaking, Yingbao interrupted her.
"Auntie!" Tenderness frowned slightly, reluctant in her heart, because she felt that although the woman on the couch looked majestic and steady, there was a bit of imperial air in a trance between her eyebrows, and her age must be above Yingbao, but her snow-white skin seemed to be as immature as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl.
Looking at Tenderness's hesitation, Yingbao had already guessed her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Tell you the truth, Tenderness, she is Mo Cong's master, I am her follower, and the grandfather you want to see is her, let you call your aunt unyielding!"
"That's the case!" Tenderness's face turned red, and she quickly stood up and bowed, and said softly: "Please forgive my aunt, I really am"
"Forget it, what so much to say, sit down!"
"Much, thank you Auntie!" Tenderness never expected that the "old man" she desperately wanted to see had such a kind attitude, and she couldn't help but be a little excited. With the eyesight she had cultivated over the years in the Poison Dragon Mansion, she knew that the person on the couch was by no means an ordinary person, so she also had some respect for Mo Cong.
"Tenderness, I heard that there is a 'Wulin Zhi' in your house, can you show it to me!"
The "old man in the yellow robe" had a soft and gentle voice, with a lovely smile on his face. Seeing this, Tenderness admired this worldly master even more, nodded secretly in her heart, and replied softly: "Yes, but I don't know what volume my aunt wants to read?"
"A lot?"
"Well, a big box!"
"That's the case!" The old man in the yellow robe pondered for a moment and said with a slight smile: "Then, you can bring me the volume about the Gongsun family twelve years ago, as well as the volume about your clansmen!"
"This, auntie, you, you know everything!" Tenderness looked at the beautiful woman on the couch, and then at Yingbao
"Tenderness, your business is a big deal, I can't help but tell her, don't blame me. ”
"Does Mo Cong know?" asked Tenderness carefully.
"Don't worry, Mo Cong won't know, otherwise I wouldn't have taken him away, the child is fast-talking, in case the news leaks, but it is a major matter related to human life, so I have to be careful. The "old man in the yellow robe" on the couch explained.
"Then I'll rest assured, I'll look for what my aunt wants when I go back, and I'll send it over in person when I find it," After speaking, tender eyes flowed, biting his lip, his mouth seemed to want to say something but he didn't dare to say it easily, hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Auntie, I have one more thing I want to ask you"
"What's the matter?"
"Now that you know my identity, I think you're well-informed, look, me, can I recover?"
"This" The "old man in the yellow robe" opened his mouth slightly but stopped talking, and said after a slight silence: "This is not easy to say, but if you want to awaken your sleeping power by cultivating martial arts, I'm afraid you can't"
"Well, what should I do?" asked Tenderness anxiously.
"Don't worry, as far as I know, the abilities in your Amoritian bodies should belong to the realm of magic, and perhaps there is a glimmer of hope through the practice of magic. ”
"That's it!" tenderly looked at the "old man in yellow robe" slightly, she knew that such a character like the one on the bed had always been a golden mouth, never chasing after the wind and shadows, so there was a sad look in the tender eyes, "The magic kingdom is the enemy of the continent of martial arts, where to find a magician, alas" A long sigh was given, and the dream of revenge of this hard-working girl once again came to naught.