Xia Xijun must have been busy in this small cave, he was still in high spirits at the beginning, and when he was about to finish tidying up, he couldn't help but keep calling, and his whole body was even more sore, and finally, he fell asleep directly on a big stone next to the wooden bed.

When he woke up, it was dark, and the food had been put next to him at some point, he hurriedly opened it to see, there was no big fish and meat, all vegetarian dishes and steamed buns, at first there was a little loss, and then he thought about it, he didn't come here to enjoy the blessings, and it was good to have this treatment, so he ate it in a big gulp, and when he was full of food and drink, he slowly took the dishes and chopsticks, and went to the small pool under the waterfall outside the cave to clean up.

After he came back, he sat on the wooden bed alone and began to recall and think about some questions, such as what the master said before, the martial arts he taught, and the requirements and expectations of his aunt and master for him now.

In the middle of the night, a cool breeze blew outside the cave, and he couldn't help but shrink his small body into a ball, hoping that his body would be a little warmer, but he found that no matter what he did, his body still felt very cold, and he slowly felt less sleepy, and finally, he got up without sleepiness.

When he came to the outside of the cave, it was late at night, and the sky was dotted with stars, which couldn't help but remind him of a poem taught to him by his master, Bai Juyi's "Two Songs of Solitary Sleep": "Before the night is long and sleepless, there are few stars and rivers that want to dawn." In the past fifteen years, on a bright moonlit night, He has not slept alone all night. ”

After nearly half an hour, he came to a dense bamboo forest, only to see that the bamboo in this bamboo forest is very lush, the roots and bowls are thick, there are more than four or five meters high, now, although it is still winter and there is no spring, but these bamboos have somehow begun to grow new branches.

"Phew, this seven-day mission starts now. ”

Xia Xijun took a long breath, rolled up the sleeves of his hands, looked at his right hand, held it in his palm, and said with a rusty axe: "When a man speaks, it is difficult to chase after a horse, I must complete the things that my aunt explained in advance, so that my aunt and my grandfather will not underestimate me." ”

After speaking, he began to move, but due to his young age, his strength was not very great, although he had a little martial arts foundation and internal cultivation, but it was still quite difficult to face the task of cutting down more than 1,400 bamboos a day.

Sure enough, after he cut more than a dozen bamboos, his forehead began to sweat and pant non-stop, and the speed of swinging the axe naturally began to slowly decrease, and later, he really had no strength, so he leaned on a bamboo to rest, rested for a while and then continued, rested again when he was tired, and began to dry again after resting, and so on and so on.

At the entrance of the cave, Fan Ruyin and Chunxiang watched quietly, Xia Xijun, who was constantly chopping bamboo, was silent for a while, and didn't know what to say, and finally, Fan Ruyin asked first: "Chunxiang, tell me, I temper his mind like this, is it too cruel to him, after all, he is only ten years old, and he faces such a heavy task every day, and I don't know how long he can persevere." ”

When Chunxiang and the others heard this, they heard that there was something in Fanruyin's tone, and they seemed to be very pityful, and after thinking about it, they replied: "Senior sister, you are also for the good of Jun'er, if Jun'er is a talent that can be created, I will definitely thank you for cultivating it today in the future, you should relax your heart, don't worry too much." ”

"Yes, Senior Sister, isn't this also Master's explanation? ”

"Senior sister, Sister Chunxiang, they are right, don't worry too much, Master often teaches us that if we practice, we have to endure hardships and hardships, and only then can we become masters in the future. ”

"Yes, a few sisters are the same as I think, now, the rivers and lakes are sinister, the people are not happy, if Jun'er wants to get ahead in the future, if you don't suffer a little now, how can you become a big tool in the future." ”

"Well, in that case, let's go. ”

Fan Ruyin nodded and said: "In the future, I will come to see him once every seven days, and the usual food, clothing, housing and transportation will trouble a few junior sisters." ”

"Senior sister, don't worry, we won't let Jun'er freeze and starve. Haruka replied.

"Good. ”

After Fan Ruyin finished speaking, she was about to turn around and leave, but the moment she turned around, she still couldn't help but look a few more times in the direction of Xia Xijun, and when she saw Chunxiang and the others looking at her, she gritted her teeth and left.

And time passed minute by minute, and it was almost noon in a blink of an eye, Xia Xijun looked up at the bamboo that fell around, wiped the sweat on his head and said: "Hmph, my master said, all the problems in this world, as long as a person treats them with heart, then any problem will not be a problem, no matter how many difficult things are, there will be no more than the solution, I must believe in myself, I will be able to complete the task assigned by my aunt very well." ”

After saying that, he continued to work until late at night, when he was so tired that he was shaking when he even walked, that he decided to stop first and count how many he had chopped.

"One, two, three, four, five...... Nine hundred...... Thousand...... One Thousand Twelve ...... One thousand three hundred and eight ....... ”

Xia Xijunzi carefully ordered three times in a row, 1,500 roots, and he cut a total of 1,500 on the first day, which couldn't help but make him feel a little proud, but when he saw his hands, he still couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"It's not too early, listen to my aunt's words first, go to the small pool for a while, and wait until your spirit is better, and then go to the cave to eat." Xia Xijun looked at his hands, couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, picked up the axe beside him, and turned to walk towards the small pool under the waterfall before.

Ten minutes later, Xia Xijun dragged his tired body to the small pool under the waterfall, he looked around, and found that around the small pool, there was a hot air slowly rising, in the middle of the small pool, a very bright flower was blooming, he couldn't help but feel strange.

"When did you get this flower, and why didn't you find it yesterday?"

But he thought about it for a while, but he still couldn't figure it out, so he simply took off his upper and lower clothes, jumped down with a "poof", and then, swam towards the blooming flowers, and when he got closer, he found that this flower was not only beautiful, but also exuded a faint fragrance that was very different, and the girl's body fragrance was the same.

In addition, on the top of this flower, Xia Xijun also found that there was a blue-green fruit growing, and the fruit exuded a faint green halo, and the slightest water droplets slid through, making people can't help but have the urge to bite down on it.

"What kind of fruit is this? How come I've never seen it?"

Xia Xijun swam around next to this flower, looked at it for a while and said: "I don't know if it's poisonous, if it's not poisonous, it's a pity to waste it, well, I'll pick it off and taste it first." ”