I gritted my teeth and got up from the bed, and subconsciously wanted to pass.

But I saw Mr. Zuo sitting at the door, smoking a dry cigarette, and looked at me coldly.

The miserable noise next door was getting louder and louder, and the whip was being whipped faster and faster.

I met Mr. Zuo's gaze and glared at him fiercely, feeling as if I had been pricked by a needle.

"It's so late and you want to go out?"

Mr. Zuo tapped the cigarette stick in his hand, his face expressionless.

Without waiting for me to answer, he continued: "You feel sorry for that girl and want to help her?" ”

"Yes!" I didn't deny it.

Zhou Mei was beaten by Zhou Jixian because she saved me, and it is impossible for me to be indifferent.

Mr. Zuo said disdainfully: "You killed yourself in the past, and you will cause that girl to suffer more crimes." If you really want to help her, you can learn her skills well, and have the ability to get rid of the Zhou family and take her away and fly away. ”

I was stunned, Zhou Mei said something similar to me that night.

"Go back to bed."

Mr. Zuo got up, stuck the cigarette stick in his waist, and said as he walked out: "Remember, only when you have enough ability can you be qualified to be a hero and have the ability to protect the people around you." ”

These words touched me a lot.

I thought of my mother, I thought of my sister.

If I had the ability to protect them and stop Qin Daqian's violence at that time, my family would not have been separated, and we would have been in another life.

The movement next door had stopped at some point, but I didn't let go of my suspense.

Zhou Mei suffered a lot of torture in order to save me, and I must repay this kindness.

I want to take her out of Zhou's house and get rid of Zhou Jixian's control.

But the premise is that I have the strength to be strong enough to compete with Zhou Jixian and the entire Zhou family.

Before I had this strength, I had to endure humiliation and live a life.

Surviving is king.

After making up my mind, I ate all the food that Mr. Zuo had put on the table, and then fell asleep.

Ten days later, I was basically back to my previous state, and Mr. Zuo asked me to continue standing on the stake.

I didn't reject it as much as I used to.

Even though my feet were cut and the taste was unpleasant, I gritted my teeth and persevered.

In addition, I doubled the time it takes to stand on the piles and increase the frequency by 50%.

One month, two months......

After a year, the cocoons on the soles of my feet became thicker and harder, and I rarely got hurt anymore when I stood on the stake.

After I stood on the sword pile for three consecutive days without being injured, Mr. Zuo finally nodded with satisfaction, saying that the first condition for me to enter the Heavenly Master Gate had been met.

This is the second time I have heard Mr. Zuo mention the Heavenly Master Gate, and I can't help but have some doubts in my heart.

The Zhou family is indeed a family of rivers and lakes, but it is not a Heavenly Master Sect, but a killing door among the Outer Eight Sects.

Zhou Jixian and Yang Caizhu often mentioned to me some things about the Jianghu sect.

Jianghu sects have the saying of "three religions and nine streams" and "eight gates".

The "Eight Gates of the Rivers and Lakes" is very particular, and in the old days it was divided into eight bright doors and eight dark gates.

Now it is also called the Inner Eight Gates and the Outer Eight Gates.

The "Eight Gates of the Rivers and Lakes" basically includes all the sects in the rivers and lakes, but there is no Heavenly Master Sect as Mr. Zuo said.

Except for Mr. Zuo, I have never heard anyone else mention it.

I wanted to ask Mr. Zuo about the situation of the Heavenly Master Gate, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't have the courage to ask after all.

However, since passing the assessment of Zhandao Mountain, Mr. Zuo's attitude towards me has changed slightly, and he is no longer as cold as before.

Occasionally, I can make a few small words.

But he was still so harsh and cruel in his training that he didn't relax at all.

Needless to say, dancing knives and swords, fists and feet, kung fu and so on, these are the basics of entry.

There are also listening to voice recognition, blindfolded literacy, tongue tasting herbs to know its poison, etc., only I can't think of it, and there is nothing that Mr. Zuo can't do.

What puzzles me the most is that I have to memorize some jerky mantras every day before going to bed.

Each mantra corresponds to a set of mudra mantras.

Mr. Zuo said that the mantra and the mudra finger can release the gangqi.

Gang Qi can subdue demons and subdue demons, restrain mountain spirits and forest monsters, and drive away evil spirits.

I didn't feel any anger, I just felt extremely cumbersome and disgusted.

Seeing that I was a little impetuous, Mr. Zuo said again: "What I taught you is not only a condition for you to enter the Heavenly Master's Sect, but also a means for you to save your life in the future." There are few people in the Heavenly Master Sect, but there are many enemies. ”

"If you don't learn well, you may be killed by the enemy one day. Lao Tzu doesn't want the inheritance of the Heavenly Master Sect to be broken in your hands in the future, understand? ”

I nodded, and finally mustered up the courage to ask Mr. Zuo, what kind of sect is the Heavenly Master Sect.

Mr. Zuo was surprisingly not angry at me, just paused, then squinted his eyes and said, "You really want to know?" ”

I nodded vigorously.

Mr. Zuo walked to the knife pile, took a long knife, and led me into Zhou Mei's room.

It's been more than nine years, and this is the first time I've met Zhou Mei with someone other than Zhou Jixian.

Seeing me and Mr. Zuo coming in, Zhou Mei's eyes immediately became scarlet and terrifying, and she held the chain with both hands, making a "clanging" sound.

Mr. Zuo handed me the knife, pointed at Zhou Mei and said, "Kill her......"

"What?"

I took the knife, thinking I had misheard.

Mr. Zuo narrowed his eyes and said, "I told you to kill the girl surnamed Zhou." ”

I subconsciously threw the knife out of my hand and stared at him with burning eyes.

Is this crazy, old fellow?

"Kill him, and you'll know everything you want to know."

The corners of Mr. Zuo's mouth lifted lightly, and he said with a smile: "I can also take you away from the Zhou family, give you a chance to create, and enjoy a lifetime of wealth." ”

I didn't know anything about creation at that time, but I only knew that from ancient times to the present, murder has to pay for life.

Although I really want to know what kind of Jianghu sect the Heavenly Master Sect is, I can't kill people in order to figure this out.

What's more, Zhou Mei is kind to me and is still my nominal daughter-in-law.

You can't be ungrateful.

I shook my head vigorously and slowly stepped back.

"No prospects...... Mr. Zuo glanced at me and said coldly: "Even if you don't kill her today, Zhou Jixian will still force you to do it in the future, this is the fate you must accept the moment you enter the Zhou family." ”

I was stunned for a moment, why did Zhou Jixian force me to kill his daughter?

Could it be that Zhou Mei is not Zhou Jixian's daughter at all?

Thoughts were surging in the bottom of my heart, and my body was already soaked with cold sweat.

"You have almost learned the conventional methods of the Heavenly Master Sect, but the courage and courage of the Heavenly Master are not half a bit."

Mr. Zuo said as he walked out, "Let's go, I'll take you out for training after a while." ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the knife, and followed Mr. Zuo.

When he walked to the door, he secretly glanced back at Zhou Mei.

From beginning to end, she behaved very indifferently, and didn't seem to care about Mr. Zuo asking me to kill her.

But I saw an incomparably strong hatred in her eyes.

Mr. Zuo suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Zhou Mei with a piercing gaze.