The head of Gao Yuanshan has a long-standing preference for Xiao Su Mu. In fact, in the past month, Su Mu has become the only one among the thousands of people in the entire sect who has been tacitly allowed not to participate in daily swordsmanship practice and morning and evening rituals, and the senior brother is willful, but he doesn't know why, Gao Yuanshan always has a preference for the youngest apprentice in the whole sect, although everyone knows that this little junior brother is just an orphan who was picked up.

When Gao Yuanshan brought back Xiao Su Mu who was still in swaddling clothes that night many years ago, no one particularly cared. After all, the Hanshan Sword Sect already has the custom of taking in children from poor families. In fact, every year when there is a famine, many parents rush to send their children to the sect to ask for admission. The sect is also accustomed to it. So at the beginning, everyone just thought that Su Mu was a child who couldn't be raised by his parents and was placed in the sect. Until everyone saw how different the head Gao Yuanshan treated the little junior brother. The little junior brother's meals are always eaten by sitting next to the head Gao Yuanshan, and Gao Yuanshan will always watch him eat with very loving eyes. Almost every piece of clothing of the little junior brother is sewn by the head Gao Yuanshan himself, and the size is very obedient. The little junior brother is the only one who practices swords from beginning to end and is taught by Gao Yuanshan, the head of the family, and even the saber used for practice is used by Gao Yuanshan himself.

Many people are very jealous of the little junior brother, and there are even vicious rumors that the little junior brother is actually the illegitimate son of the head of the family, Gao Yuanshan, who is merciful outside. Later, because the age was too different, it was changed to an illegitimate grandson. But the head Gao Yuanshan didn't even have the slightest interest in responding, and no one mentioned it after a long time. It's just that everyone knows that the little junior disciple is the only existence that can enjoy privileges in the sect.

I have the impression that the head of the sect, Gao Yuanshan, had only been angry at Su Mu once, and that was when Su Mu was six years old, he tried to sneak to the Inner Sect Forbidden Land Library but was discovered and stopped in time. Gao Yuanshan was very angry, because it was a place that was forbidden to enter and leave by the whole sect. His face was pale, and regardless of Su Mu's crying, he punished him for kneeling in Mingxin Hall for a day and a night.

But when Tianming Gaoyuanshan went to Mingxin Hall to check the next day, he saw Su Mu, who was shivering and his knees were purple from the cold, his heart softened almost instantly, and he hurried back to the room with Su Mu, who was a little unconscious.

After that, Su Mu had a fever for three days, and Gao Yuanshan barely left Su Mu's bedside until Su Mu regained his spirits.

Although he is old enough to be his grandfather, in Su Mu's eyes, Gao Yuanshan is the same existence as his father.

It is the most important existence in the whole life of the little Su Mu.

In addition to Gao Yuanshan, the other best person in Su Mu is the little junior sister in the sect, Otoha.

Otowa and Su Mu entered the Sword Sect in the same year, and the two were the only disciples of the twenty-third generation who were of the same age. Otowa, like Su Mu, was also an abandoned child, because he didn't show any special talent until he was seven years old, so he didn't pass on his master in person. According to the rules of the sect, a disciple who does not have a personal master or even a surname can only be called Otowa by his first name.

Otowa and Su Mu grew up together since childhood. At first, the two children who were not particularly extroverted personalities could not communicate well, but after all, they grew up together and spent the longest time together. Whether it is a morning and evening ceremony, or a sect sacrifice, all activities divided by age and generation are all together. Over time, Su Mu and Otoyu gradually opened their hearts to each other and treated each other as brothers and sisters. Although Su Mu doesn't like to talk much, he can always be pried open by Otoyu. He felt that Otowa was the one who knew him best. If there is anything I can't tell my master, I can only tell my little sister Otoha. Otowa is also willing to listen and express opinions.

When he told Otoha about the changes in his body, Otoha was very excited. She told Su Mu that this kind of change meant that Su Mu was probably a genius of sword cultivation. However, Su Mu is the personal disciple of the head master, and now he has awakened his kendo talent. This makes the sound feather, who has no personal master and is generally talented, inevitably feel a little lost and envious at the same time as he is excited.

Sensing the mood of the little junior sister, Su Mu patted her chest directly and said that she could help Otoyu practice swordsmanship together, and if Otoyu didn't understand anything, she could answer it for her at any time, which rejuvenated the little girl.

Since then, after completing the dojo practice every day, Otowa has also joined the special training in the back mountain. The content that I didn't understand was suddenly enlightened by Su Mu's click, and his swordsmanship cultivation also improved by leaps and bounds.

Su Mu felt that Otoyu was not without talent, but he lacked good guidance, perhaps because he had always been a disciple of the outer sect who was not taken seriously.

When he didn't participate in the joint training at the beginning, Su Mu was still a little apprehensive in his heart, worried that Gao Yuanshan would blame him, but later he found that the master didn't seem to care much about this matter, and still dined with him every day as before, and then returned to his residence. Speech and expression are no different from before. Otowa felt that this should be a kind of acquiescence. After a long time, Su Mu no longer worried about this matter.

In addition, it's not that he hasn't practiced swords, but he just practiced in a different place. There shouldn't be much of a problem, Su Mu comforted himself.

And it didn't last long.

Thanks to his senses becoming more and more acute, Xiao Su Mu was soon able to feel all the movements in the entire back mountain. Sometimes when he was staring at the night sky, he would faintly notice that someone was spying on him, this breath was very far away and very hidden, at first he was a little puzzled, but then he found that this breath was very similar to his master, and he realized that in fact, the master had been observing him from a long distance.

Su Mu was a little embarrassed, but Gao Yuanshan just looked at him and Yin Yu from a distance every day, and didn't seem to come forward to catch himself, and he was really embarrassed to take the initiative to ask, so he had to pretend not to find out, so he kept a subtle distance and state.

Gao Yuanshan didn't ask, and Su Mu didn't say either. Whether this is a kind of acquiescence or not, Su Mu doesn't know. Su Mu still insisted on doing his own exercises while instructing Otoha.

Then finally one day, Gao Yuanshan seemed to be unable to hold back.

It was the afternoon before Su Mu's tenth birthday, and Su Mu, who had just finished a set of basic exercises, saw Gao Yuanshan standing behind him staring at him. Otoha, who was watching from the sidelines, was also too surprised. Hurry up and salute.

Su Mu looked at the master, his heart was a little hairy, he didn't know what the master was going to say, and he didn't know where to start explaining.

The old master who used to look like a fairy wind is now a little gone. The uncles who are familiar with Gao Yuanshan all say that Gao Yuanshan has aged very fast in recent years, and in addition to practicing swords, he stays in the cabinet all day long. He didn't take care of the affairs of the sect very much, and the management of the sect was basically handed over to the second uncle Ruan Qishen and the third uncle Li Mengru to take care of it. Gao Yuanshan's beard and hair have been completely grayed, and there are many more wrinkles on his face, and even Su Mu's upright posture when he was a child now has some signs of rickets.

The master, who regarded himself as his father, was already so old, and he had only seen him during the meal during this time, and he didn't even notice it, Su Mu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"Master. Su Mu still didn't forget the etiquette that should be there, and saluted respectfully.

"Child," Gao Yuanshan stepped forward and touched Su Mu's head, and also nodded to Otoha on the side. Su Mu has grown a lot taller during this time, almost reaching Gao Yuanshan's chest, looking at his more and more delicate face, Gao Yuanshan's expression is also very complicated.

"Tell Master, why don't you join the joint practice, why do you want to practice here by yourself. Gao Yuanshan asked.

"Because..."Su Mu had thought about the answer to this question, but he still couldn't think of how to explain the situation clearly without harming Gao Yuanshan and the Sword Sect, it was too difficult for a child with ordinary language expression skills.

Xiao Su Mu scratched his head, he really didn't know how to organize the language, but the person who asked the question was his master, and he didn't want to perfunctory it. He was very afraid that he would hurt Master's heart by saying something, and he knew very well that Master had always favored and cared for him far more than any other senior brother, so he didn't dare to do anything to make Master sad, for fear of disappointing this old man.

"Back to the head master," Yin Yu said first, "It was the disciple who asked Senior Brother Su Mu to guide me to practice here, not Senior Brother Su Mu's opinion. ”

"Master, that's not the case......" Su Mu saw that Yin Yu was about to snatch the responsibility, and Su Mu was anxious.

Gao Yuanshan didn't care, "Master, I've been practicing for a while, Mu'er, the content of your practice is very different from that of ordinary disciples," Gao Yuanshan said, "I think the move you just practiced shouldn't be the Hanshan Sword Technique, right?" Seeing that Su Mu didn't answer the question just now, Gao Yuanshan changed the question and asked.

"Hmm. Su Mu nodded.

"Master, it doesn't seem to be an active attack-type sword move, it's more like a dismantling move?" Gao Yuanshan still couldn't hold back, and took the initiative to ask, this guess had been in his mind for a long time, and at first he couldn't believe that there would be such an unbelievable thing, but he had been watching Su Mu practice his sword from the sidelines, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like that.

"That's right, this is a way to deal with the basic moves of the Cold Mountain Sword Technique. ”

"Dealing with the Cold Mountain Sword Technique?" Gao Yuanshan's eyes widened, unable to believe what he had heard. In Gao Yuanshan's cognition, a child of Su Mu's age only practiced some basic moves, and he hadn't taught him to take the moves at all, and more importantly, in the more than fifty ways of receiving the basic style of the Cold Mountain Sword Technique that Gao Yuanshan himself knew, there was no content that Su Mu had practiced just now. So where did this so-called recruitment method come from?

Gao Yuanshan couldn't help but think back to Su Mu's swordsmanship just now, he just looked strange before, it didn't look like a recorded move. Although he had a clear eye for every move, he never thought about the Hanshan Sword Technique. Now it corresponds to the basic moves of the sword technique of the cold mountain. The back of Takatoyama gradually became a little cold.

It seems to be really possible!

Is this Su Mu's own creation?

Originally, every sword trick move would be constantly questioned, challenged and updated by future generations, and gradually improved to a higher level, but the Hanshan Sword Technique, as a superior sword technique recognized by even the first sword sect in the entire Tunan Kingdom and one of the top ten clans, the Beishan Sword Sect, has a very high degree of integrity, and it has not been updated for many years. And now it's been updated by a child?

What's even more terrifying is that if it is some high-level moves, because they are more complex and have more variations, it is conceivable that there are many ways to solve them. But what this kid has added is the solution to the basic moves. The basic moves are simple and straightforward, and there are no changes, so it is even more difficult to think of a new solution.

Gao Yuanshan wiped the sweat from his gray hair, and couldn't help but ask, "Kid, when did you start researching these new moves, I see what you just said means that you have practiced more than one new solution, how did you come up with it?"

Su Mu and Yin Yu were both a little stunned, Su Mu didn't expect that Gao Yuanshan couldn't help but not be angry, but his face was red and a little excited, and even the tone of his voice that had been dull became intense. Under the signal of Yin Yu's eyes, Su Mu told Gao Yuanshan about the changes in his body for a while. From the eyes to the ears and nose to the changes of the entire senses, the sword of the senior brothers slowed down for no reason, and their perception in all aspects was greatly strengthened, and the original practice was somewhat simple. Speaking of the fact that he felt that the Hanshan Sword Technique itself had some loopholes, he didn't dare to come out, staring at Gao Yuanshan to see his reaction from the change in his expression.

There was a lot of content, but Gao Yuanshan listened to it, did not answer, and was silent for a long time. But the heart has already turned up turbulent waves. To be honest, what Su Mu said was too mysterious. Ever since he started to touch swords at the age of three, Gao Yuanshan has been paying close attention to this only personal disciple of himself. All kinds of signs show that his talent is very good, which is also the reason why Su Mu changed the content of the exercise without permission Gao Yuanshan did not stop it immediately, he wanted to see what Su Mu was going to do.

And now after listening to Su Mu's own changes, what sword moves have slowed down and the senses have become stronger, it can be understood that he is born with a high talent for sword cultivation, but the most incredible thing is that this kid is actually disgusted with the Hanshan Sword Technique, and he can also make targeted updates and improvements. Gao Yuanshan also grew up in the Cold Mountain Sword Sect since he was a child, and what he has been practicing since he was a child is the Cold Mountain Sword Technique. He had never thought about what loopholes the Cold Mountain Sword Technique would have, and he had never thought that there would be any updates to it. The people in the Sword Sect also think that this is a great swordsmanship, just because their understanding is limited and difficult to understand, and now someone has stood up and told the current sect master who has practiced the Hanshan Sword Technique all his life, you have practiced the swordsmanship all your life is just a piece of garbage full of loopholes, what do you make Gao Yuanshan think?

Not to mention that the person who said this was only a child under the age of ten.