Volume 1 A Troubled Boy Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Story Section 5 Luobei Apprenticeship

When Luo Bei opened his eyes, it was already two days later.

He only felt a splitting headache, and his stomach was extremely uncomfortable, like a mess left after a brutal war between his body and the outside world.

With every movement he had, the pain deepened.

However, there was no way, he could only grit his teeth and hold on, as his father often said, if you want to be a man, you have to grit your teeth and hold back.

In this way, the pain had been for a long time, and he didn't even know if the devastation felt better or had begun to become numb.

Sometimes, a person's receptivity always grows gradually with the time of enduring the pain.

Luo Bei struggled to get up, but found that there was a completely unfamiliar environment in front of him.

A small room, the furnishings are simple, but very well placed, everything appears where it should be, no less, and never redundant.

This is a kind of exquisiteness, and his mother is also a very particular person, but there are still some differences between the two, but he can't tell where the difference is for a while.

Every corner is equally clean and tidy.

It's a pity that this is not his familiar home.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten that he had run out after the quarrel with his father last night, and he didn't know why, he couldn't even remember a trace of everything after that.

He let out a long breath, feeling that the uncomfortable taste seemed to be much soothed, and then he slowly stood up and walked slowly along the wall towards the door.

Since he is unfamiliar, he always has to go and see for himself, get acquainted with it, and besides, he also wants to know, what kind of place is this?

Outside, autumn is strong.

The mountain wind was blowing, and Luo Bei fought a cold war, and then tightened his shoulders.

It's really cold on the mountain! He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As soon as he went out, he could almost immediately see that the place he was in was on a high mountain, and it was very high.

It was dusk.

In front of me is a huge sunset, like a car like a cover.

As the sun sets, the burning clouds dye the forest, and the blush on the horizon is like a beauty's face.

Heaven and earth naturally have strange colors, even a simple sunset is so gorgeous and beautiful, but in such a strange environment, coupled with the severe pain of the body, Luo Bei really has no intention of appreciating it.

When he went out, he found that behind him was a grass hut, the skeleton was made of thigh-thick wood, which looked stable, but this grass hut was small, and behind it was a big mountain.

The mountains are undulating, all of which become a vast backdrop behind the cottage, but all of them are equally immersed in the setting sun.

There were many vines on the roof of the cottage, and there were many small flowers blooming on the vines, some purple and some blue, and if you look at them from a distance, they look like stars in the sky.

It's just that some of the flowers are still blooming, and some of them have already been thanked.

There is a huge stone on the side of the grass house, the surface is smooth like a mirror, there is a stone tablet standing next to the mirror stone, which is engraved with the words "Qixia Moon Stone", the words are like grass and trees flying horizontally, and like a wild dragon flying, obviously, it is directly carved with a sharp weapon such as a sword.

I don't know how powerful that person is, he can actually enter the stone with a sword, which is unimaginable for Luobei.

And to Luobei's surprise, on this huge moon-looking stone, there was a person sitting at this time.

Dressed in aqua green clothes, she was sitting there quietly with her back to Luobei.

She folded her legs with her hands folded, her legs curled up in front of her chest, and she was looking up, out of concentration.

Looking at the sunset on the horizon, the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on her body and head, as if bathed in the glow, colorful and colorful.

Luobei had never seen such a beautiful back, the glow was sprinkled on her body like that, far away, it turned into a beautiful seven colors, if it weren't for the long black hair hanging down behind her, and being gently stirred by the autumn wind, it would even make people mistakenly think that it was a beautiful statue on the Moon Stone.

This is much better than the girls in the village, Luo Bei thought to himself, he really can't imagine any of the girls he knows can walk into such a scene without being abrupt.

Luo Bei stopped behind her, and at a glance, he looked a little stupid.

Probably hearing someone coming, the girl in green slowly turned around.

It was a glowing face, big eyes, a few strands of green silk on the forehead that were scattered on the lips by the mountain wind, thin lips, and a slight smile on the corners of the mouth.

It was a smile that was enough to make a boy of Luobei's age remember it for a lifetime, and it looked particularly beautiful against the backdrop of the glow.

She is probably only slightly older than Luo Bei, a little immature, her round face is clean and elastic, and there will be no wrinkles even if she smiles.

Her voice was soft and beautiful, which made Luo Bei, who was in a trance, unable to help but wave.

"When you woke up, you slept motionless for two days and two nights, it's really worrying!"

Luo Bei stood stunned as if he hadn't heard her words, I don't know if it was because he hadn't come to his senses for a while or the girl's words were too soft, scattered in the autumn wind, but they didn't get into his ears.

Seeing that he looked at herself in a daze, the girl not only did not have the slightest anger and blame, but smiled "poof", and then this time she learned a lesson and raised her voice and said: "Your name is Luobei, it was an old grandfather who brought you back, he must be very happy to know that you woke up!"

At this time, Luo Bei had just come back to his senses, his throat was a little dry, and even his voice was a little like an echo from the hollow wood, and he asked tremblingly, "I...... Where am I?"

The girl jumped up from the Moon Stone, walked over to him with a smile, and said, "This is the top of Qixia Mountain, the highest peak in the mountains behind Qixia Village. ”

She spoke very quickly, looking a little hurried, and without waiting for Luo Bei to say anything, she continued: "Let's go, I'll take you to see the old man, he has been worried about you" said and took his hand without scruples and left.

Then she turned around and said softly: "I've been guarding you for the past two days, and I'm really worried about you!"

Luo Bei just let her pull him like that, he hadn't thought it through himself, so even if he had a lot of words, he didn't have time to ask more, so the two of them went one after the other, and Luo Bei staggered to see the "old man" in her mouth.

Along the way, Luo Bei was a little surprised, this was a completely unfamiliar environment in his life.

Also, he has never been in contact with such a girl, and there are girls of the same age among his playmates on weekdays, but none of them are like the girl in front of him, the soft and white little hands, and I don't know whether it is the small flowers blooming on the side of the road or the faint fragrance emanating from the girl, which makes him a little trance.

In short, after walking all the way, Luo Bei felt that his ears were full of roars, countless shadows flashed in front of him, and he even forgot to look at the situation on the road, and almost forgot the physical pain.

The two of them walked through a deep wood, the leaves of the trees were still green, but there was also a hint of autumn in the green.

The ground had already been covered by years of fallen leaves, and the moss that had grown made the dead leaves and the earth look wet and slippery, with only a narrow path winding to the end of the woods.

Stepping on the newly fallen dry and yellow leaves, making a "rustling" sound, the mountain wind swept by, making countless coils around the trunk in the woods, like a lost eagle, flying and screaming.

Luo Bei always felt that this forest had a sense of forest, if it wasn't for the girl in front of him holding his hand, he might have run back in fear.

The girl didn't seem to be affected by the woods at all, not only did she walk briskly along the way, but she also hummed softly in her mouth, I don't know if the voice was too small, Luo Bei couldn't hear what she was singing.

I just think her voice is as beautiful as a silver bell.

After walking for a long time, I passed through this deep and dense forest, and at this time, my vision became broader, and even my mood became more comfortable.

Out of the woods is a path paved with large and small stones.

The surface of the road is a piece of white opalescent stone, I don't know whether it has been eroded and polished by the years or trampled on more, and it has gradually smoothed out.

On both sides of the road are large starry skies, still open, red and milky white, like twinkling stars on both sides of the Milky Way.

The winding path was like a crawling snake leading to another thatched hut, which was larger than the previous one, and nothing else special.

It's just that there is a tomb in front of the house, which is particularly eye-catching, Luo Bei looked at the grass house and the grave, this should have made people feel terrifying, but for some reason, Luo Bei could feel a deep loneliness.

When I got closer, I found that the tombstone standing in front of the grave did not have a single text.

At this time, from the grass hut came the sound of the piano, the sound of the piano fluttering, like a mountain of autumn color, sad and sad, although Luobei does not understand the rhythm, but listen to it can also give birth to a sense of desolation.

The moment he heard the sound of the piano, the hand holding Luo Bei seemed to tremble, and he could feel the tension of the girl in green at that moment and the trembling of her body reflected because of some concern.

Next, there was a conversation between the two people in the thatched hut.

An old and loud voice said: "Mu Chuan, since the past is over, why are you doing this?"

This voice Luo Bei felt very familiar, but for a while, he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

After a while, another unfamiliar voice from Luo Bei came, in the voice was a mature man who had taken off the unique magnetism of immaturity, but this voice was as desolate and gloomy as the sound of the piano, and said: "How can I not know the meaning of the predecessors, but after all, the two of us have grown up together since childhood, although she later chose the second senior brother, I have never regretted asking myself, I just hope that she can be happy and happy, but she ...... In the end, he died tragically...... But I can't save her...... and could not avenge her...... Hey......"

As if the sadness of his heart finally turned into a lonely sigh, he sighed before he said: "The seniors dare not forget the great kindness, I don't know if the seniors came this time to have something to trust? Qin Muchuan will do his best......

At this time, Luo Bei and the girl in green had come to the door, the girl stood still, and Luo Bei had no choice but to stop and stand behind her.

I don't know when, Luo Bei's hand has been detached from the girl's hand.

Probably sensing that someone was coming outside, the old voice said with a smile: "Mu Chuan, I really have something to entrust to you this time......

He seemed to think about it for a long time before he said, "Mu Chuan, I hope you can accept an apprentice......

As he spoke, he raised his voice and said to the two people in front of the door, "Come in when you arrive!"

So Luo Bei and the girl walked in through the roller shutter on the door of the grass hut.

There is also no special furnishings in the house, but the smell of books is strong, and there is a cursive painting hanging on the bookcase facing the door.

Luo Bei didn't know many words, and his cursive handwriting was a little scribbled, so he could only vaguely recognize the handwriting inscribed on the top of the inscription as "Foolish Brother Pengju".

This cursive script is very deep into the paper, and the pen is still strong and powerful when it turns back, and the strength of the wrist of the person who wants to write it must not be weak.

Luo Bei glanced at it twice, couldn't help but be a little dizzy, and quickly turned his head, just in time to see the two people sitting upright inside.

One of them was wearing a green shirt, and there was a yaoqin in front of him, and he thought that the sound of the piano he had just heard was played by this person.

This person is slender, although he looks only middle-aged, but for some reason there are a lot of gorgeous hair on his head, and his originally fair and handsome face has a little tiredness, which makes people feel inexplicably pale.

The other one is the old man Luo Bei chatted with in front of the broken temple, which is naturally the "old man" that the girl said.

The old man stroked the beard that fell like a waterfall in front of him, smiled and beckoned to Luobei, and asked Luobei to step forward.

When Luo Bei walked past the girl, he noticed that her eyes had been falling on the man in the green shirt, and the expression on her face was no longer as light and agile as Fang Cai.

The old man's smile was still gentle, and he said: "Xiao Luobei, I know that you must have a lot of doubts in your heart, I will answer them for you one by one later, at this moment I want you to come and meet someone first...... and then turned his head to look at the man in green shirt beside him.

"This is Mr. Qin Muchuan"

Luo Bei really wanted to ask the old man in his heart, such as why he was in this strange place, why he slept for two days and two nights, and why he was in pain when he woke up, but since the old man said so, according to the etiquette of his family, he had no choice but to bow to Qin Muchuan, the man sitting behind the yaoqin.

"Sir......" His voice seemed a little timid, as if he was meeting the teacher in the classroom.

Qin Muchuan raised his head and looked at Luo Bei, his eyes were blank, his expression was serious, except for a slight frown, there was no expression on his face, and then he nodded slightly.

The nod was obviously for the old man, not for Luobei.

The old man turned back to Qin Muchuan and said, "Muchuan, I'm talking about this kid!"

Qin Muchuan hesitated for a moment, and then calmly and respectfully said to the old man: "Since it is entrusted by the seniors, Muchuan naturally will not refuse ......" Although the implication was a little reluctant, he was still willing to accept Luobei's apprentice.

The old man's old hand stroked his long beard and laughed: "Then I want to thank you, but he can learn your skills and be regarded as his creation."

After speaking, he turned to Luo Bei and said: "Xiao Luobei, I said that you and I have a bit of fate that day, and now I have found a gentleman for you to be your teacher, I don't know if you are willing?"

Luo Bei looked at the old man, and then at Qin Muchuan's solemn and serious face, a little unsure of what to do.

He didn't know why the old man suddenly introduced him to a teacher, what he taught? "Four Books and Five Classics" or "Analects" and "The Mean"?

Seeing Qin Muchuan's face, in addition to being more beautiful, in Luo Bei's eyes, it is no different from his father, in the heart of an ignorant young man, probably all teachers are like this, strict and cold, cold and terrifying.

The old man didn't know if he could see his careful thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't you want to learn a skill?" This gentleman is a master of martial arts cultivation today...... The old man's words were said very slowly, and he spit out word by word, as if he deliberately let Luo Bei understand it completely.

Luo Bei didn't want to worship another teacher, although his father was too strict with him at home, but his father was a father after all, he understood this, as long as he could be a little kind to himself, he was better than anyone outside, he still believed in this, not to mention that there was a mother who loved him the most at home.

But when he heard the phrase "the master of martial arts", he couldn't help but make his eyes light up.

Since he was very young, his father taught him not only traditional culture, but also paid special attention to kung fu on his fists and feet, and told him many stories on the rivers and lakes, which made him envious.

My father once spent a lot of money looking for martial artists everywhere and wanted Luo Bei to learn kung fu, but unfortunately although the rivers and lakes are big, it is difficult for them to find a martial arts master who is willing to accept a young man like Luo Bei who has no foundation, which is also something that his father Luo Zhongqian has regretted for many years.

So this master, from the mouth of this old man, there is a natural persuasiveness, Luo Bei thought in his heart that this person's kung fu must be extremely powerful.

Thinking of this, Luo Bei couldn't help but feel a little moved, if he could learn real kung fu here, then his father's attitude towards him might change after returning home, which is probably the main reason why every teenager wants to become the kind of person his parents expect after being "devastated" in his childhood, so as to impress his parents.

In the end, no matter what kind of person we become, the whole trajectory of life has long been unconsciously carved by the original family with the deepest impact.

So, Luo Bei finally knelt in front of Qin Muchuan and kowtowed heavily.

The expression on Qin Muchuan's face still hadn't changed much, the moment Luo Bei raised his head, his eyes slowly drooped, he let out a long breath, his gaze became slightly softer, I don't know if he had recognized this apprentice from the bottom of his heart, or just because he had promised the old man, he accepted Luo Bei in order to repay his kindness.

Qin Muchuan's sect is very particular about the apprenticeship, although the mountain is simple, but after the girl's busyness, she still completed the ritual of worshipping the world in the grass house, thanking the clan relatives and worshipping the tea master, each of which seems very cumbersome, but in Luobei's opinion, it feels very fresh, and even he will feel that these cumbersome etiquettes have some kind of magical fit with his father's ideological views.

After the final ceremony, Qin Muchuan sat down and drank the tea offered by Luobei, so that the old man could go out to talk, and Luobei almost sat there paralyzed.

Then the girl told him that the etiquette of this apprenticeship was already very simplified, and if it was in that place full of legendary stories, if you wanted to worship a master like Qin Muchuan, the procedure of the apprenticeship ceremony alone would probably take a day.

Luo Bei listened in a trance, the girl didn't tell him what the legendary place was, he naturally had no way to understand, he asked her, she seemed to be a little evasive, and finally didn't say where that place was, just told him that one day he would know.

Luo Bei still didn't believe what kind of place it would be, just a day less than an apprenticeship.

But he understood that for a long time to come, he would have to live and study with this new master in this far away mountain.

When he raised his head and saw the beautiful and gentle girl in front of him, he still had a little excitement in his heart.

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