When Lu Huaiyuan woke up late at night, he found himself lying on Cao Qiong's stiff wooden bed. Mei Shuyan looked worried, sat at the head of the bed, saw Lu Huaiyuan wake up, and said anxiously: "You are awake!" If you have three long and two short, your mother-in-law has to go to Cao Qiong's old man and work hard. ”

Although he was in great pain, Lu Huaiyuan didn't want Mei Shuyan to worry, and said with a forced smile: "Mother-in-law, Yuan'er is fine, besides, this is all Yuan'er's voluntariness, don't blame Master, he is just for me to become a talent as soon as possible, but our mountain is really high!" ”

Mei Shuyan was amused and said angrily: "That's nature! But then again, you two are really not a family and don't enter the door, an old donkey and a little donkey, what can you do if you are soft and bow? ”

Lu Huaiyuan quietly stuck out his tongue.

Cao Qiong, who was outside the door, heard the movement, walked into the house, and had mixed feelings in his heart, letting Lu Huaiyuan lie flat on the bed and personally relieve his muscles and blood. Lu Huaiyuan only felt a warm current coming from Cao Qiong's palms, which was very comfortable, and after a while, the soreness in his legs disappeared, and his whole body seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

Seeing Lu Huaiyuan's amazement, Cao Qiong explained: "Martial arts refining is like casting a sword, the sword tire needs to be constantly beaten to remove impurities after being burned by the fire, and the teacher asks you to go up and down the mountain, which is to temper your muscles and bones with fierce fire, and then massage like this, one is to prevent excessive cultivation and damage to the body, and the other is to dredge the meridians and regulate the qi for you." ”

Lu Huaiyuan seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and nodded, how did he know that Cao Qiong's move was to use supreme internal force to open up the meridians for himself, this great opportunity, looking at the whole world, is also unique, but no matter what, Lu Huaiyuan was a little closer to Cao Qiong in his heart, and asked timidly: "Master, do you want to continue to go down the mountain tomorrow?" ”

Cao Qiong nodded: "This is natural, martial arts practice, like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, it's only been a day's work, are you going to retreat?" ”

For a long time after that, there were always two figures on Sword God Mountain, one old and one young, who climbed down the steps from the top of the mountain every morning. Three months later, Lu Huaiyuan was able to shorten a round trip from six or seven hours to four hours. By the time Lu Huaiyuan was six years old, Cao Qiong no longer followed, and his speed was shortened to only two hours for a round trip.

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In this way, day after day, five years have passed in a flash, and now Lu Huaiyuan, who knows the mountain road well, is already walking like flying, with Cao Qiong's secret help, not only has he cultivated an excellent body of muscles, but his internal strength is also becoming more and more vigorous, but Lu Huaiyuan does not know about this, he only feels that the daily trip back and forth takes less and less time, his body is lighter, and his legs are not as sore as before.

As he grew older, Lu Huaiyuan, who had never been out of Sword God Mountain, so he didn't know much about Cao Qiong's identity, felt more and more that his master's cultivation method was boring. In the evening of this day, Lu Huaiyuan found Cao Qiong after returning from mountaineering, and said straight to the point: "Master, the apprentice can return in only two hours now, how long will the art of refining the body be practiced?" ”

Cao Qiong said lightly: "When you can return in an hour, you can refine qi." ”

Lu Huaiyuan was not convinced, raised his head and shouted: "An hour? Old man, you trick me, how can an hour be possible! ”

Cao Qiong sneered, picked up Lu Huaiyuan with one hand, and sneered: "Boy, you can open your eyes to the old man!" After speaking, he ran wildly, like thunder, and arrived at the foot of the mountain in a blink of an eye, without making any stops, and returned to the top of the mountain in an instant, before and after just a stick of incense.

Throwing the frightened Lu Huaiyuan aside, Cao Qiong said angrily: "The little baby doesn't know the height of the sky, who should you be, and you are worthy of the old man to deceive you?" ”

Lu Huaiyuan swallowed his saliva, secretly surprised. He had privately tried his foot strength with other peers on the mountain, but no one could catch up with his pace, and he thought that the reason why Cao Qiong no longer walked with him was because of his advanced age and weak foot strength, and he was worried that he would lose face with his master in front of him. But the trip just now, as fast as thunder, and then look at Cao Qiong, his face is as usual, his breathing is steady, and he doesn't even breathe, if he hadn't known Cao Qiong since he was a child, Lu Huaiyuan would even suspect that the master in front of him was changed by a mountain spirit ghost.

Seeing that Cao Qiong was angry, Lu Huaiyuan rolled his eyes, ran over with a smile on his face, and said courteously: "Master, are you tired, the apprentice will rub your shoulders." ”

Cao Qiong slapped Lu Huaiyuan's hand away, and said in a strange manner: "Will you know that you are called Master?" I can't stand it, old man! ”

Lu Huaiyuan sneered: "What the apprentice said is all nonsense, Master, you have a lot of old people, don't blame it." ”

Cao Qiong's face was already cold and hot, and he would not be angry with a child, but when he heard this, his face eased a lot, and he said: "Virtue! ”

Lu Huaiyuan stuck out his tongue and asked, "Master, when will the apprentice be able to practice to this point with you?" I heard from the people on the mountain that the master can also fly with a sword, so why don't you pass on this flying sword technique to your apprentices today! ”

Cao Qiong sneered: "It's hard to even walk, so you want to run?" You're still far from it! Don't you want to be opportunistic and climb to the sky in one step? Lu Huaiyuan nodded, his face full of hope. Cao Qiong said again: "Martial arts practice, the most important thing is down-to-earth, step by step, if you want to learn a quick method, even if you have, the old man will not teach you!" ”

Lu Huaiyuan said angrily: "If you don't teach, you won't teach, one day, I can be self-taught!" ”

Cao Qiong squinted and said, "Then the old man will wait and see." ”

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Early the next morning, Lu Huaiyuan was about to go down the mountain and up the mountain as usual, when he just pushed open the door and saw the master waiting outside the door early. Seeing Lu Huaiyuan, Cao Qiong handed over an iron sword and a sword book, and said: "From today on, in addition to the daily body refining, you can practice this sword book by yourself in your spare time. ”

It turned out that Cao Qiong seemed to be strict with Lu Huaiyuan on weekdays, but in fact, he cared about this disciple very much in his heart, and yesterday he learned that Lu Huaiyuan wanted to learn swordsmanship, although Cao Qiong was cold by nature, he refused on the spot, and turned his head and found out his early kendo experience, wanting Lu Huaiyuan to understand on his own, the last style of this sword book is swordsmanship. But Lu Huaiyuan was still haunted by yesterday's time, and he didn't take the sword, so he snorted coldly: "I don't learn!" ”

Cao Qiong didn't expect Lu Huaiyuan to refuse so simply, and said angrily: "Since you are my disciple of Cao Qiong, how can you not practice swords!" ”

Lu Huaiyuan was originally just angry, but seeing that Cao Qiong was angry because of this, he couldn't help but lose his temper, and said-for-tat: "Why do I have to learn swords?" Eighteen kinds of weapons, I don't learn swords! ”

Cao Qiong said "yes" three times in a row, and turned around angrily to leave.

Maybe he was born precocious, Lu Huaiyuan's mind is far better than his peers, and he is a temperament that eats soft rather than hard, Cao Qiong targeted himself three times and twice, so he didn't fulfill his wish. It's just that Lu Huaiyuan doesn't know how much opportunity he has lost by his refusal, and he won't know how precious the words Cao Qiong's personal disciple is, let alone the thousands of swordsmen in the world, how many people dream of being able to learn a trick and a half in Cao Qiong, but he rejected Cao Qiong's self-realization sword spectrum, which was regarded as a treasure by the swordsman.