After Wu Jinxing came back from the toilet, he saw another cup of tea placed next to the chessboard, and couldn't help but say a little broken: "Teacher, how much more do I want to drink?" And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with playing chess, right? ”

But the chess elder said seriously: "No, there is a big stake here." ”

"Huh? Why is playing chess related to drinking tea? Wu Jinxing asked puzzled.

"Because whether it's drinking tea or playing chess, the most important thing is the state of mind." Chess Lao slowly explained, "In fact, it is not only about drinking tea and playing chess, but also in many other things, the state of mind is extremely important. ”

"Why is mood important?" Wu Jinxing asked again.

"Because a calm state of mind puts people in the best shape and performs at their best. So today we don't play chess first, but practice the state of mind first. Qi Lao said and pointed to the cup of tea, "And you have to start by drinking tea, and use tea to temper your mood." ”

"But I feel like I've calmed down." Wu Jinxing said as he drank the cup of tea with another throat.

The chess elder explained: "No, you haven't, your heart is still too impatient. I can tell from the way you drink your tea. Normal tea drinking is to drink tea calmly little by little, but you drink it all at once, which is enough to prove your inner impatience.

Don't worry, a calm state of mind is not something that can be cultivated overnight. You may feel that it is useless now, but when you actually practice it, you will know that the state of mind is very useful.

But you should practice drinking tea today, and when your heart finally calms down, then you can almost go back today. ”

……

At the same time, just as Wu Jinxing was practicing his state of mind, his other three roommates were already on the journey home.

In Taiyuan Prefecture, there is an unpretentious carriage that has attracted the attention of countless passers-by and is heading out of the city. There is nothing special about the carriage itself, but the two horses pulling the carriage are not ordinary, the horses are full of flames, and they leave sparks all the way on the road, and its speed is self-evident, and it is also fast, like a rocket that has been ignited.

And Pan Shunkun was sitting silently in this carriage at the moment, and there was an old man sitting opposite him, who was also speechless.

After a while, the old man took the lead in speaking: "Little young master, we are still about 100,000 miles away from Chang'an, Kyoto, and when we get out of the city, the speed of the Flame Horse will be at full power, and we will be able to arrive in about 6 days." ”

Pan Shunkun nodded, but still did not speak. He lifted the curtain in the carriage and looked back at the Taiyuan private school that was about to disappear on the horizon.

"Little master, what are you going to do when you return to Chang'an? You are extremely unpopular among the clan now, otherwise you would not have come to such a remote place as Taiyuan Prefecture. Your talent in the clan is indeed good, but given your mother's ......"

"Enough, don't say any more, I see." Pan Shunkun suddenly yelled.

"With all due respect," the old man didn't stop, and insisted, "Although this small Taiyuan Prefecture is called a state, it is actually the size of a county, so staying here will only bury you, little young master." Only by making your family head aware of your talents and abilities as soon as possible will you have a broader future. And this time to go back for the Chinese New Year, it is an opportunity, you must seize the opportunity! ”

Pan Shunkun lowered his head, still didn't speak, the old man saw this, he knew what he was thinking at once, frowned and said: "Little young master, I have also investigated those friends of yours, that Yin Xiaosheng was born from the grassroots, unless he joins some forces, there will be no future."

And that Wu Jinxing is the same, but his future achievements will be even lower, because of his skeletal deformity, the more he cultivates later, the more difficult it is to make an inch, plus he uses a pot as a weapon, so his future way out is even less pitiful.

Only that Sun Xiaochu's origin is not ordinary, and I used the power hidden by our Pan family in Taiyuan Prefecture and didn't find anything. Either he is not from Taiyuan Prefecture, but from other places, or the people behind him are extremely powerful or have a special status in Taiyuan Prefecture. ”

After finishing speaking, the old man paused, and only after making sure that Pan Shunkun had no expression of resistance or anything like that, did he continue: "Therefore, if you really care about those friends, young master, and want to help them, so that they can have a better future, only after you grow stronger, young master, will you have enough ability." So ......"

"I see, you don't need to say any more. I'll try. Pan Shunkun sighed, lifted the curtain and looked out the window, "It's been hard work all these years, you have been suffering with me." ”

"Hehe, it's nothing," the old man shook his head and said with a little sarcasm, "Anyway, my strength in the clan is the lowest, and I am also not welcomed, so I will be reduced to defending you, young master." Although it is bitter to follow the young master, why not be an opportunity? If you turn over, young master, then I will also turn over with you, won't I? ”

The corners of Pan Shunkun's mouth twitched slightly, smiled bitterly, and then sat up cross-legged and began to close his eyes to recuperate. Because the carriage was always dangling, there was no way to calm down and cultivate, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to close his eyes and recuperate.

When the old man saw him like this, he also smiled bitterly: [Alas, the young master has grown up after all, and he knows how to distinguish the severity.] However, this year, the young master stayed in Taiyuan Prefecture, away from the intrigue in the family, and finally had a lot of sunshine and made a few friends. Although the private school here is not as good as the private school in Chang'an, Kyoto, this point is not much different, and hard work can still make up for it. In general, this trip to Taiyuan is gratifying. ]

……

At the same time, the westernmost part of Taiyuan State.

Sun Xiaochu, who was carrying a spear on his back and had a burden on his body, came to a big mansion with a thief head and a thief brain, and three big characters were engraved on the top of the main entrance of this big mansion - Taishou Mansion.

Because Taiyuan Prefecture is a frontier region, it needs a powerful Taishou to sit here to guard against invasion at any time, so the Taishou Mansion naturally needs to be built on the edge of Taiyuan Prefecture.

There were soldiers standing guard at the door of the Taishou Mansion, so Sun Xiaochu just glanced quietly in the dark and quickly got out of their sight.

He walked to the side alley, and made a few twists and turns in it, and then stopped for a while, and in front of him was a high vermilion wall.

Sun Xiaochu untied the spear behind his back and held it tightly in his hand, and then he jumped hard and jumped towards the wall of the house next to him. He sometimes used his spear to keep his balance, and sometimes he stuck it into the wall in some difficult places, giving himself a place to borrow his strength, and soon he was able to kick the roof of a nearby house with ease. But even standing on the roof, there is still some distance from the top of the high wall.

Then he ran to a corner of the roof where he was, lifted the tiles there, and took out a strong rope from it, and at one end of the rope was tied a stone of a unique shape, which was also so sharp that it could easily be embedded in the wall. The rope was a little moldy, but this did not affect Sun Xiaochu's use.

Sun Xiaochu lifted the rope and threw it a few times like a cowboy lasso, and then threw the end of the stone behind the high wall. Then he tugged at the rope hard, and when he was sure that the other side was secured, he pulled the rope and kicked it up to the top of the high wall.

He lay down on the high wall, took out the stone embedded in the wall, and rolled the rope up, which soon rolled up into a ball and collected it into his baggage.

On the other side of the wall is a garden, and next to the wall is a rockery. Sun Xiaochu jumped onto the rockery in the garden, and then slid down the rockery, and soon reached the bottom.

"Whew, finally in. This wall hasn't been turned over for a long time, it's a little rusty, and it took a long time. Sun Xiaochu clapped his hands and said to himself.

"yes, I've been waiting here for a long time." A deep voice came from behind Sun Xiaochu, and he trembled in shock.

Sun Xiaochu turned around a little and looked at the source of the voice in fear. There is a pavilion not far from the rockery, and a middle-aged man in a white robe stands in the pavilion.

The middle-aged man held a spear behind his back with one hand and the other. The hair is tied in a bunch and hangs down the back of the head. He is dignified, majestic, his eyes are bright, like shooting cold stars, and his temperament is high, giving people a feeling of not being angry and self-assured, which makes people stay away.

"Daddy...... Father? Sun Xiaochu shuddered and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

"Hmph, where do I need you? But you stinky boy still know to come back? You left without saying a word, but your mother was frightened," the middle-aged man scolded coldly, "and this is a year!" Do you know how worried your mother is about you? ”

"Yes...... I'm sorry. Sun Xiaochu whispered.

"You should not say this to me, but to your mother. But now, pick up your gun, follow me to the martial arts arena, and let me see if you have grown this year. After saying that, he strode out with a spear, and Sun Xiaochu hurriedly followed, bowing his head, not daring to say a word.

This middle-aged man's name is Sun Qichen, who is Sun Xiaochu's father, and he is also the Taishou of Taiyuan Prefecture, who has cultivated to reach the Holy Emperor. He has been stationed in Taiyuan Prefecture for more than ten years, has experienced hundreds of battles large and small, and is also a famous general, so he is also a local snake in Taiyuan Prefecture, and he is also the largest one.

Of course, the martial arts arena is not in the Taishou Mansion, but it is not far from the Taishou Mansion, and it is only a few steps away. At this time, there were countless soldiers in the martial arts arena practicing in an orderly manner, earth-shaking shouts sounded from time to time, swords were constantly waving in the air, and the sound of iron hooves was also endless.

Seeing Sun Xiaochu's father and son coming, the soldiers all stopped and saluted in unison: "I've seen Sun Shenghuang." ”

Sun Qichen also returned the military salute, and then ordered the leading generals of each team: "Don't worry about me, continue to practice." ”

After that, he took Sun Xiaochu to a remote corner of the martial arts arena.

"Grab your guns and get ready to go." Sun Qichen said solemnly, and then pointed the spear in his hand at Sun Xiaochu. At this moment, an iron-blooded killing aura was involuntarily released from him and rushed straight towards Sun Xiaochu.

This kind of momentum is a murderous aura that can only arise spontaneously if you have really been on the battlefield, experienced a hundred battles, killed countless enemies, and crawled out of the pile of dead people. Different from the killing aura produced by the metallic exercises, this momentum is combined with a tragic and tragic aura, and there is also the spirit of a Buddha blocking and killing a Buddha, and a god blocking and killing a god.

If this kind of murderous aura is unleashed on some timid people, those people are likely to be directly paralyzed on the ground in fright, unable to move.

Sun Xiaochu took a deep breath, resisted the impact of the murderous aura, drew his spear, and held it tightly in his hand. Then he took a step, formed a lunge with his legs, and pointed his spear directly at Sun Qichen.