Chapter 21: The Snow Leaves No Trace
The next day, Xing Ti woke up and touched his arms, and the prescription was still there. It's really inexplicable to recall what happened last night, and I got the prescription like this?
Originally, Xing Ti thought that it would be better to go back directly to restore his life, but looking back, it was better to go to the depths of the Great Snow Mountain and take a look, maybe it would be better to be lucky to meet the thousand-year-old cold marrow, and if it didn't work, let Emperor Qiandi send the people of the Shadow Dragon Guard to find it again.
After about half a day, his lips had frozen purple, and his eyebrows were covered with frost, and he was roasting in the cave where he had spent the night. After looking for a long time, not to mention the thousand-year-old cold marrow, I haven't seen snow lotus and winter ginseng, and I almost froze half to death. There are quite a few caves, large and small.
However, when Xing Ti found that there were still dead people in several holes, he realized that he had a little more luck in getting the prescription.
After noon, he went out of the valley and blew a whistle in the woods, and in a few moments a horse came running cheerfully.
"Man, go, go home!"
In this way, one man and one horse, they returned along the same road, all the way to the south.
Mr. Si Jing stood on the snowy mountain and watched Xing Ti gradually move away, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while, he disappeared into the vast snowy mountain.
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Gu.
"Xiao Yu, go home for lunch. Grandpa Xue walked to the end of the village, watched Xiao Yu sitting on the wall and looked at the north and shouted softly.
"Okay, grandpa. ”
Xiao Yu heard his grandfather calling himself, so he jumped down from the mud wall very obediently, took his grandfather's hand, and walked home.
Grandpa looked at Xiao Yu and asked, "Why didn't Xiao Yu go to the village to play with Erhu and Peaches these days, do you have anything on your mind?" Tell grandpa, you still want any toys, grandpa will make them for you." ”
Xiao Yu lowered his head and shook it, walked a few steps, and thought for a while before holding his grandfather's hand hard.
Grandpa stopped and looked at Xiao Yu, who had been a little abnormal in the past few days, "What's wrong, Xiao Yu." ”
"Grandpa, I want to practice martial arts, avenge my father, and protect my grandfather in the future. Xiao Yu, who was only six years old, was so stubborn in her immature voice, and she looked at her grandfather with tears in her eyes.
Only then did Grandpa Xue know that it was Xing Ti who inadvertently touched Xiao Yu.
Grandpa Xue didn't turn his head to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, squatted down and looked at Xiao Yu, and wiped the tears from the corners of Xiao Yu's eyes, "Xiao Yu, you have grown up and are sensible, but you have to go home to eat first, and you can protect grandpa when you grow up quickly, let's go home and eat first, okay?"
Xiao Yu nodded, and then followed his grandfather home.
Grandpa Xue actually didn't want Xiao Yu to mention this matter, thinking of his parents. His son and daughter-in-law are dead, and Xiao Yu is now the only incense of the Xue family. Can't let Xiao Yu live in hatred, let him grow up happily, marry a wife and have children like ordinary people to live in this not too chaotic chaotic world, so as to comfort the souls of Xiao Yu's parents in the sky. What's more, now that he doesn't even know who the enemy is, how powerful it must be to be able to destroy Jingnan Pavilion overnight, how dare a small family like Grandpa Xue in Gu Village have any thoughts.
In this way, Xiao Yu was like this for many days, and he didn't go to play with children of the same age, and after eating, he only had free time to sit on the mud wall at the end of the village and look into the distance, wanting to see that figure. Xiao Yu's idea is very simple, he wants to practice martial arts with his big brother, avenge his father's mother, and walk the rivers and lakes like a big brother in the future.
In this way, Xiao Yu sat for more than ten days, and Grandpa Xue could only sigh helplessly when he looked at Xiao Yu's thin back. These days, every day is still like this, and you don't come home until sunset.
"Xiao Yu went home for dinner. ”
"Grandpa, you're here early today, and the sun hasn't set yet. ”
"Xiao Yu, don't wait, maybe the big brother has already left from somewhere else. ”
Xiao Yu held the wooden knife in his hand tightly, looked into the distance, and did not speak.
Grandpa Xue couldn't bear to sigh, "Then Grandpa will sit with you for a while, the sun will set, let's go home for dinner." ”
Xiao Yu nodded vigorously, Xiao Yu firmly believed that the big brother would definitely go this way.
"Xiao Yu, let's go home and eat, if you don't leave, it will be dark. Grandpa took Xiao Yu off the mud wall.
Xiao Yu lowered his head, another disappointed day, and followed his grandfather on the way home.
After walking a dozen steps and passing by a few houses, Xiao Yu heard the faint sound of horses' hooves behind him.
Turning his head, the happy Xiao Yu took his grandfather's hand and shouted, "Grandpa, look, big brother, it's big brother." ”
Grandpa wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a smile, and finally saw Xiao Yu happy, "See, grandpa saw it, then you stay here and wait for the big brother, grandpa will go back and cook two more dishes." ”
Xiao Yu nodded happily, "Grandpa, go quickly, big brother likes to eat our dried radish the most, grandpa, you can get more." ”
Xingti, who went all the way to the south, went back from Gucun after thinking about it, and went to see Xiao Yu by the way, thinking that this child was good, and he couldn't be buried in the wilderness of the Northern Wei Dynasty in vain.
"Xiao Yu, I'm still playing so late. Xing Ti rode a horse and saw a familiar child in front of him, wasn't it Xiao Yu, so he got off the horse and asked.
Six-year-old Xiao Yu was speechless and stumbling when he saw Xing Ti again.
Xing Ti smiled and picked up Xiao Yu and put Xiao Yu on horseback: "Go, big brother will send you home, the old rules, stay for one night." ”
Xiao Yu, who sat on the back of the horse for the second time, no longer felt so scared.
Finally, Xiao Yu plucked up the courage and said, "Big brother, I want to learn martial arts from you, can you teach me?"
For Xiao Yu to take the initiative to say this, Xing Ti was a little surprised, "Why are you learning martial arts, practicing martial arts is very hard and tiring." ”
"Big brother, I want to avenge my father and mother when I grow up, protect my grandfather, walk the rivers and lakes like a big brother in the future, and fight bad guys like the heroes that Mr. Storyteller said, I am not afraid of hardship. ”
"But practicing martial arts, you will be injured, your skin will be broken, and you will have to bleed and sweat every day, aren't you afraid?" said Xing Ti with a slightly frightened tone.
Xiao Yu thought about it very seriously, as if he had made a lot of determination, and replied firmly: "Then I'm not afraid, big brother can endure hardships, and so can I." ”
Xing Ti turned around and smiled at Xiao Yu, but did not speak. According to Xing Ti's original wishes, he was willing to accept Xiao Yu's apprentice, although he only had the cultivation of the Four Elephant Realm, but it was more than enough, so as not to mislead people's children.
In the eyes of Xing Ti, Xiao Yu is the best choice for practicing martial arts in terms of affection, courage, strength, and heart, but the most important thing is not to let Xiao Yu be obsessed with hatred, and Xing Ti has no reason to stop Xiao Yu from taking revenge. But once Xiao Yu becomes paranoid, it will be the worst result for Xiao Yu, it is better to be an ordinary person.
But Xing Ti looked back and thought about it, the only fortunate thing was that Xiao Yu was only six years old, and his heart was greatly affected by the outside world, so he had the opportunity to change. Besides, I'm afraid that Xiao Yu won't be able to wait for the time to personally slash the enemy, and the gang of people who destroyed Jingnan Pavilion already know who it is, as long as they find out the person behind Hua Ji Yu Qiao, they will basically be revealed.
After dinner, Xiao Yu estimated that he was too tired these days, and the child thought too much and kept his spirits tight, this relaxation, naturally tired, and after a while, he fell asleep on the bed, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and kept muttering vaguely that he wanted to practice martial arts with his big brother and worship his big brother as a teacher.
Seeing that Xiao Yu could finally sleep peacefully, Grandpa Xue was also relieved, "Little brother, let's go out and talk." ”
Xingti nodded, "Okay." ”
Grandpa Xue took two pots of home-brewed rice wine, and sat on the threshold with Xing Ti chatting without a word, all of which were short things for some inconsequential parents.
"Little brother, I want to ask you for something, this is a reluctant request, and I ask my little brother to agree. "Grandpa Xue, after taking a sip of wine, his face was slightly red, and he tightened his clothes slightly.
"Grandpa Xue, please say, but if you can, you will never postpone it. "Xingti is not good at drinking, but this rice wine is also mellow, and he took a few sips.
"I don't think the little brother behaves and talks like a reckless man on the rivers and lakes, and he must be a person with a background, so he is blunt. Xiao Yu's father and mother left early, and now they are my only relatives, which is my hope to live. Since the last time I saw you, little brother, Xiao Yu was touched, and has been guarding you at the end of the village these days. I don't say it, but I know that Xiao Yu misses his father and mother, and wants to live like a person in the rivers and lakes like you. ”
After speaking, Grandpa Xue took a big sigh and continued: "Since his father and mother left, our grandfather and mother have relied on each other, Xiao Yu is the only species in my Xue family, my heart, I don't want him to have a good one." Although I can't control him after I die, as long as I am alive, I want Xiao Yu to be safe and happy, and I look forward to a few more years to talk to him about a daughter-in-law, but unfortunately I don't have long to live. Xiao Yu wants to avenge his father, and I want to do the old man. But what does he know about being a six-year-old kid? What a fart? The rivers and lakes not only fight and kill, but also have sophisticated feelings. Today you kill me for revenge, tomorrow I will kill you for revenge, endlessly, there is no intertwined relationship power, how difficult it is to talk about it, I really think that practicing martial arts and boxing will become a god in the sky. ”
Xing Ti nodded, understanding the mood of an old man, it was difficult for Grandpa Xue to worry so much.
"Little brother, old man, I don't dare to trouble you to accept Xiao Yu, I won't let it, and I can't bear it, at least I can't see Xiao Yu leave me alive. How many children have lost their parents at the age of five, if I, a grandfather, don't want him anymore, let him go out to suffer and suffer. When I see his father after he dies, I can't say that my old man is ruthless!"
Xing Ti thought for a while and said: "Actually, I originally planned to go back directly, but Xiao Yu, this child, I look very good in all aspects, and I am willing to teach him, so I have the idea of accepting him as an apprentice." But since Grandpa Xue said so, I will also respect your thoughts, after all, it is also for Xiao Yu's good, and I will not let Xiao Yu follow me. ”
"Thanks to the love of the little brother, the little brother can see all the blessings of my little feather. I also know that jade can't be made without cutting, but Xiao Yu is really too sensible, and I'm really reluctant to be a grandfather. As he spoke, Grandpa Xue's tears flowed unconsciously, "So, I want to ask the little brother to do me a favor and leave a thought for Xiao Yu." I don't have a few years to live, and when I die, if the little brother is still willing to accept Xiao Yu, it will also be the way Xiao Yu should go, and the creation that should be. ”
Xing Ti nodded very seriously, took a sip of rice wine into his throat, long and melodious, and burned his throat a little, "Grandpa Xue don't worry, I know how to do it"
"Excuse me, little brother, thank you here, old man. ”
"No trouble, no effort. ”
Early morning.
Xiao Yu, who had just gotten up and washed, saw Xing Ti practicing knives in the backyard, and Xiao Yu, who was very longing for it, sat on the side and looked at it, and couldn't help but gesture.
After a while, the sweaty Xing Ti looked at Xue Yu and asked, "Do you want to learn?" ”
When Xiao Yu heard this, he quickly nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
"Go, bring your wooden knife, and I'll teach you. ”
When Xiao Yu heard this, he hurriedly ran back to the house and looked for his wooden knife.
"Xiao Yu, you run slower, don't fall, the big brother can't run away there, what are you panicking about. Grandpa Xue, who was preparing breakfast, shouted with concern.
Xing Ti looked at Xiao Yu, who was very nervous and excited with the wooden knife, and said with a serious face: "Xiao Yu, listen, it's not so easy to worship under my door. Now I can't hold any apprenticeship ceremony, now I will teach you a few sword techniques, only after you practice, you can become my apprentice, and then I will accept you as a closed disciple. Now there is a test for you: practicing martial arts is water grinding kung fu, which requires diligent practice over time, boring and boring repetition, so you must be patient, seriously practice the knife skills I teach you, and avoid being impetuous and impatient. So you need to stay at home and take the test, and I'll pick you up when you're done, can you finish it?"
Xiao Yu stood up straight when Xing Ti spoke, listened carefully, and didn't dare to drop a word, "If I can finish it, I will definitely become the eldest brother's big disciple." Xiao Yu's answer was loud and crisp, and his immature voice was mixed with a stubborn energy in his bones.
"Okay, then I'll teach you how to get started. ”
Then the torture prompted Xiao Yu to stand far away, picked up the saber and quickly rained, and then patted his leg to signal Xiao Yu to look, "Look at it, now the horse step I pierce is called descending, which means sinking. Then I took a closer look at the following knife technique, which is called 'Snow Without a Trace', which is a combination of attack and defense, with a total of three moves in a row. ”
"The first move: 'cut the snow'. After saying that, Xing Ti took three steps forward with the descending horse, playing with the knife flower, and each step was slashed or stabbed to the left, front, and right.
"The second trick: 'swinging the snow'. Xing Ti then wiped the first move, the knife in his right hand turned over from the lower right ribs, and in the process of turning, he protected his back with the back of the knife, and then made a horizontal slash from left to right.
"The third trick: 'turn snow'. This third move is mainly embodied in the word 'transformation', which means infinitely changing, and is a technical move that combines the first two moves. Master the first two tricks proficiently, and cooperate with the internal strength of the mind, it will naturally come naturally, and you just remember what it is. Then I saw that Xing Ti used his internal strength slightly, connecting the first two moves, the front and back afterimages were intertwined, the knife aura was pervasive, and the surrounding fences, big trees, and grinding discs all had shallow white knife marks.
Xiao Yu was dumbfounded, as if the door to a new world had been opened. Seeing that Xiao Yu was still unsatisfied, Xing Ti did it again, this time there was no internal force, and the speed also slowed down, but Xiao Yu vaguely seemed to see several big brothers dancing with knives.
"Do you see clearly?"
"See clearly. ”
Then Xiao Yu opened his eyes wide and asked, "But big brother, how far do I have to practice to pass the test." ”
Xing Ti thought for a moment, "Well...... this?"
Then Xing Ti pointed to the big tree in the backyard and said, "If you see this big tree, wait until you practice until the fallen leaves do not stick to your body, and there are no fallen leaves within three feet of your body." ”
"Well, I know big brother, I'll practice well. ”
Then Xing Ti found a better piece of wood and sharpened a wooden knife that matched Xiao Yu's body length and gave it to him, "I will use this to practice in the future, grow taller in the back, and let grandpa make it for you when it is not easy, and when you pass the test, I will give you this saber in my hand quickly." ”
In the following day, Xing Ti taught Xiao Yu to practice the first two moves of this trick 'Heavy Snow Without a Trace', constantly correcting his posture and adjusting the method of using the knife, and taught his own unique method of spitting to assist in practicing the knife.
Before parting, Xing Ti left a jade pendant for Grandpa Xue with Xiao Yu on his back, and Xiao Yu could use this thing to go to Daqian to find him in the future.
Twenty years later, no one would have thought that a sword saint, relying on a saber and fast rain, would be difficult to meet an opponent on the rivers and lakes.