Volume 1 The first foray into the rivers and lakes Chapter 6 Accepting apprentices on behalf of the father

"Haha, it's finally done!"

Xu Zhaonan patted the dust in his hands, looked at the newly built thatched hut in front of him, and said with a smile.

He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had laughed so happily, perhaps since he had lived a life of displacement.

It was nice to feel at home.

There were only three Gu Sihai's master and servant living on Yao Mountain, except for a firewood house, naturally there was no extra house for him to live in, but fortunately, there were still a lot of open spaces on the top of the mountain, and with the help of Gu Sihai, a new thatched hut was built for Xu Zhaonan.

Since then, Xu Zhaonan has lived in this Yao Mountain.

After getting along for a few days, Xu Zhaonan learned from Gu Sihai that the young master in white was the daughter of the sword god Bai Xifeng, whose name was Bai Chujian, and after his mother died in childbirth, Bai Xifeng never continued the string, and there was only this daughter under his knees.

And that Grandma Sun is the nurse of the sword god, and raised the young master single-handedly, although she is only among the second-grade masters, she is the person with the highest rank in the house, and no one knows what her real name is, only the surname Sun, and everyone in the house calls her grandmother Sun.

This can also understand why Gu Sihai saw Granny Sun and let her scold, only daring to deal with it carefully, and not daring to refute it.

When the sword god ran away in anger and traveled the world with his daughter, he only took this grandmother-in-law and Gu Sihai with him, and because of this, he saved the two of them from a catastrophe.

"Little beggar, come. ”

Gu Sihai beckoned to Xu Zhaonan, who was admiring his new home excitedly.

"Uncle Gu, thank you very much. ”

Xu Zhaonan came to the front and thanked Gu Sihai.

Gu Sihai waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Where, trivial matters are not worth mentioning. ”

Then, he stretched out his hand and rubbed Xu Zhaonan's hair, and then said, "From today on, you can be regarded as staying here." But there is one thing that still needs the consent of the young master. ”

Not only since when, Gu Sihai likes to rub Xu Zhaonan's hair that has already been combed clean, and every time he rubs his hair, he can recall the little beggar with unkempt hair he saw for the first time when he was in the broken temple.

"What's the matter?"

Xu Zhaonan scratched his head and asked suspiciously.

Gu Sihai smiled and said, "I want to ask the young master to take you as an apprentice and pass on your martial arts, I don't know if you are willing or not?"

"Huh?"

Xu Zhaonan opened his mouth, a little surprised, and didn't know what to say.

If you want to let yourself worship the fairy young master as a teacher, how can you be? Now that you have just had a place to live, and you have Uncle Gu by your side to help you in everything, it is already something that you couldn't think of before, how dare you expect more.

Xu Zhaonan's mind came to mind when he first went up the mountain, the young master stood in the wind, and he shook his head and hesitated: "How dare I have such extravagant hopes." Uncle Gu, didn't you teach me martial arts?"

Gu Sihai smiled and said, "My rough kung fu, which one can be compared to the master's inheritance." ”

"But at that time, I watched Uncle Gu make a ......move," Xu Zhaonan hurriedly said.

Xu Zhaonan thought about it, he would never forget the scene that happened on the official road in his life, Uncle Gu waved his hand, and dozens of robbers instantly turned their heads in different places, and then raised their fingers, to put it mildly, a blood hole appeared between the eyebrows of the bandit leader, and he lost his life.

If such powerful kung fu can be regarded as vulgar kung fu, then what else in this world can be regarded as great kung fu.

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Gu Sihai and said, "Okay, okay, that's nothing, as long as you study hard and practice hard, one day, you can do the same." If you can win the mercy of the young master and take you under the door, your future achievements will be much more than that. ”

"Can I be as powerful as Uncle Gu?"

Stars suddenly appeared in Xu Zhaonan's eyes, and he said yearningly, but as for what Gu Sihai said, "far more than that", he didn't take it to heart.

In Xu Zhaonan's heart, Uncle Gu is the most powerful person he has ever seen in his life, if he can be as powerful, he will already be content, as for the sword god inheritance that Uncle Gu said - Xu Zhaonan looked down at the top of the mountain that was flattened by a sword under his feet, and shook his head, I am afraid that I will not be able to achieve such an achievement in this life no matter what.

"Hahaha, naturally yes. ”

Gu Sihai smiled heroically.

Xu Zhaonan hesitated a little and said, "I know that Uncle Gu is all for my good, but ...... I'm afraid that the young master won't accept me as a disciple......"

Gu Sihai patted Xu Zhaonan on the shoulder and comforted: "That's why I want to take you to ask the young master to agree, the young master is a little cold, but after getting along for a long time, you will know that the young master is the real kind-hearted person." ”

didn't say anything more to Xu Zhaonan, pulled him and walked towards the thatched hut where Bai Chujian lived in the center.

When the two came to the front of the house, Gu Sihai arched his hands and raised his voice: "Young master, the old servant has something to ask for, please ask the young master for permission." ”

After a while, Bai Chujian, who was still dressed in white, pushed the door out, still holding an unfinished ancient book in his hand, and asked softly, "Uncle Gu, why did you come to find Chujian?" After that, his autumn-like eyes glanced at Xu Zhaonan on the side, probably guessing that Gu Sihai's coming here was related to this child.

As expected, I only heard Gu Sihai say respectfully: "Young master, the old slave promised this child before that he would pass on his martial arts and teach him the ability to live in peace." But then I thought about it, the old slave really couldn't do his hard work, so I wanted to ask the young master to take him under his command and teach him some martial arts. The old slave is here, please ask the young master for permission. ”

Bai Chu was stunned when he saw it, obviously a little surprised, and was embarrassed: "Uncle Gu, when I first saw him, he was still young, and he was not proficient in his arts, so how could he accept others as apprentices, wouldn't that be a misleading child." Moreover...... When I first saw this life, I didn't plan to accept apprentices. ”

Xu Zhaonan saw Bai Chu's embarrassed look, and he only disliked his background. I had already guessed that it would be too high to climb even if I wanted to enter the Sword God Sect by myself. At that moment, his face turned red, and he pulled Gu Sihai's sleeve, and he was a little discouraged.

Gu Sihai ignored Xu Zhaonan's pull, and was about to give up his hand to persuade again.

"Young master. ”

Grandma Sun heard the movement here, walked over on crutches, and said to Bai Chujian: "Young master, after the observation of the old body in the past few days, this child can be regarded as diligent, and the reason why Gu Sihai was able to bring back 'Immortal Life' was also because of his help, which can be regarded as a favor to us." ”

Grandma Sun glanced at Xu Zhaonan, who waved her hand again and again, and smiled, her wrinkled face was full of kindness, and then said: "The young master said that he is still young and does not want to accept apprentices, so it is better to accept apprentices for his father and let him worship the master as a teacher." On the top of this Yao Mountain, only four of us and others are living here, and if he enters the master's door, he will be counted as his own person. ”

"Apprentices for my father?"

Hearing this, the other three were a little surprised.

Gu Sihai blinked, thinking about it carefully, this method is also feasible.

Xu Zhaonan opened his mouth wide, but he didn't expect that he would be able to be a sword god apprentice one day, and he was a little overwhelmed.

In the end, Bai Chujian thought for a moment and then came up with an idea, nodded at Granny Sun and said, "Since my mother-in-law has said so, let's do what my mother-in-law wants." ”

Behind the house where Bai first saw it, there was a tomb, and there were seven gilded characters written on the stone tablet in front of the tomb - "The Tomb of My Father Bai Xifeng", because it was caused by the thoughts of the three people, it was a mound for the deceased sword god.

At this time, Xu Zhaonan was kneeling in front of the grave, respectfully kneeling three times and bowing nine times, and behind him, Bai Chu saw the three masters and servants watching silently.

After the bowing ceremony, Xu Zhaonan took three incense sticks from Bai Chujian's hands, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner in front of the tomb with both hands, which was the last step of the worship ceremony.

I only heard Bai Chujian behind him say softly: "From now on, you will be regarded as entering my father's door, how old am I to you, and you and I will be commensurate with each other in the future." ”

Xu Zhaonan stood up, patted the dust under his knees, turned around and said respectfully to Bai Chuxue, "Senior Sister".

He turned his head to Gu Sihai and Granny Sun who were standing on the side, and said with a straight face: "Uncle Gu, Grandma Sun, thank you for your success today, and Xu Zhaonan will never forget it." ”

Granny Sun waved her hand, smiled at Xu Zhaonan, and didn't say anything.

Gu Sihai laughed twice, and said with a smile: "Little beggar, now that you have entered the master's door, you can just call me Lao Gu in the future, and I will call you a young master." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. ”

Xu Zhaonan waved his hand again and again: "Uncle Gu's kindness to me, I will never forget it in my life! Uncle Gu will always be my Uncle Gu!"

"Hahaha......"

Gu Sihai laughed again and said, "Your body is too weak to practice martial arts, I'll go to the mountains to find some game to make up for you first." With that, he swept down the mountain.

Granny Sun took a step forward at this time and said, "Since it is inconvenient to practice martial arts for the time being, come with me, I will teach you some small means first, and then use it for self-defense." After that, he nodded to Bai Chujian, and led Xu Zhaonan to the hut where he lived.

Bai Chujian looked at the backs of the two of them in silence, then turned his head to stare at the few big characters on the tombstone, and fell into remembrance.

"Kid, can you read?"

Granny Sun said with a smile.

Before the age of five, Xu Zhaonan knew some words, but later fell into the chaos, and he couldn't even take care of food and clothing alone, so how could he still have the opportunity to read.

Therefore, Xu Zhaonan replied: "My mother taught me some before, but I was too young at that time and didn't learn much, and then I ...... It's gone......"

Not only is there no chance of literacy, but even my mother is gone.

Grandma Sun sighed lightly, and then said, "Since this is the case, then the first step in your cultivation is to start with literacy. From today onwards, I will teach you to read and write every day, and by the way, I will teach you some of my methods. ”

Gu Sihai once said that although Granny Sun's martial arts cultivation is not high, she is proficient in using poison to recognize poison and detoxify, and she is superbly skilled in poison with one hand, even if she is the sect master of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect who is rumored to be the first in the world in poison arts, she may not be able to distinguish herself from Grandma Sun.

Although Bai Xifeng is respected by the people of the world as one of the five great masters, the way of the sword is endless, and countless people may not be able to reach the peak even if they spend their entire lives, let alone have time to practice these other methods.

But this person is in the rivers and lakes, it is inevitable that there will be some enemies, there are many ways to seek revenge, and the front is not invincible to the power of the sword god, so he has to use the side door to start and use poison, which is the most convenient and least noticeable one.

Grandma Sun has been living in the house for a long time all these years, and few people know that this seemingly extremely kind old woman is actually a generation of poison masters. Occasionally, people with bad intentions tried to poison and murder the people in Baifu, but they were all cracked by Granny Sun one by one, and Baifu has been safe for many years, which is the great credit of Grandma Sun.

"Thank you, mother-in-law!"

Xu Zhaonan is studious by nature, and he was even more happy when he heard Grandma Sun say that she wanted to teach herself to read.

At this time, Xu Zhaonan was immersed in the joy of finally being able to read and practice martial arts, but he never thought about why the old woman in front of him was called a generation of poison masters by Uncle Gu, and how terrible the nightmare he would face in the future.

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