When Zhuang You woke up, it was still dawn outside, and there were a few dog barks in the distance, and soon it was calm again. Zhuang You got dressed, washed up, fetched water, cooked porridge, and ate silently, then picked up the axe and walked into the woods at a little dawn on the horizon.

When I was walking on the road with a branch on my back, I saw a thick layer of cocoons on my hands, which were hard to the touch, rough but reassuring. When I walked to the door, I found that the master was already standing in the courtyard, and the tall back made people dare not approach, and at this time, it was already dawn.

"How old are you?" A hoarse and cold voice came, and Zhuang You replied respectfully, "Today, I am a full twelve years old. The tall back turned around, and by the morning light, an old and serious face was facing Zhuang You. "You remember it clearly" Zhuang You didn't dare to answer, but he thought of two years ago today, after he knelt in front of his mother's hospital bed and recognized the master, his mother passed away peacefully, and he will never forget that scene, that day, it was also his birthday.

The master stared at Zhuang You, and after a while, he said slowly: "Twelve, it's really nostalgic!" There was a rare look of nostalgia on the old man's face, as if he remembered some years in the past. But soon he became serious, and said solemnly: "Go, bathe and change clothes, there are clothes in the house, hurry up!"

Zhuang You was a little puzzled, he felt that today's master was a little different, but he never asked anything, just silently did what the master asked. When I entered the back room, I looked at the muddy water in the bathtub and quickly took off my clothes and went in. It's been two years, and every ten days I will take a medicinal bath, Zhuang You once asked the master what was in the bath water, the master just "hummed", Zhuang You didn't dare to ask again, but since then he has never been tired of chopping wood, and a few small wounds on his body have scabbed over after a few teas, and he knows that this water is a good thing. Since it is a good thing, Zhuang You has more firewood every time. Until one day, the master looked at the yard full of firewood and scolded, "Why do you fight so much, I'm afraid that I won't be cremated enough!" Zhuang You cut less, and his mother said that he would remember it if he listened to the master's words.

After taking a bath, Zhuang You poured the water clean, wiped the bucket clean, and put on the clothes that the master had put in the house. The pale cyan robe has a layer of gray gauze sewn on the surface, what material Zhuang You can't figure out, but it looks much better than his burlap clothes. Zhuang You felt that something happened today, could it be that the master gave me my birthday. No, the master didn't do this last year, Zhuang You thought endlessly, and the master's call came from not far away, "Haven't you done it yet, why are you so grinding!" Zhuang You hurriedly went out.

In the hall, the master also wore a long cyan robe, but the clothes were covered with golden fine lines. The master's hair that he used to tie casually was also neat. In front of the black spirit card, two candles were lit, and the master said that this was the spirit card of the ancestor, but the master had never said anything about the ancestor.

The master looked at Zhuang You, looked at it a few times, suddenly smiled, and said, "If the old man knew that I had accepted such a piece of wood as an apprentice like you, he would probably be so angry that he would get up and die again." Zhuang You didn't know what to do, so he lowered his head, but he was thinking about who the old man was?

"Although it's a piece of wood, it's not just a piece of wood when it's carved!Zhuang You, kneel!" When Zhuang You heard this, he immediately knelt down, "look up" Zhuang You hurriedly raised his head, looking at the master's serious face, and also became serious.

"Today is your birthday, according to the rules of this sect, twelve years old is the latest entry age, and after twelve, you can't get started!" Zhuang You looked at the master suspiciously, wasn't he the master's apprentice two years ago?

"This is your ancestor's spirit card, according to the rules of this sect, the disciple must be approved by the master, that is, your ancestor has not agreed to you as my apprentice" The old man didn't finish speaking, and laughed again, "But that old guy is dead, it doesn't matter if he agrees or not" Zhuang You listened more and more confused, what is this, he looked at the master, couldn't help it, and asked: "Master, what kind of door, old man?"

The master stared at Zhuang You, word by word, and said solemnly: "Now, you are a disciple of the Sword Sect!"

Zhuang You looked at the master suspiciously, what is the Sword Gate? Is it the same as the White Tiger Gang in Qingban Town? The master looked at Zhuang You's puzzled appearance and sighed: "You don't have to worry about the affairs of the Sword Gate, you don't have to know now" Zhuang You nodded, he remembered everything the master said, and the master also said that obedience is a rare strength.

The old man looked at Zhuang You, and suddenly thought of the scene when the master was giving himself a start, and was in a trance for a moment, and said to Zhuang You who was kneeling on the ground: "Boy, you have to remember what I said next, I will only say it once, do you know?" Zhuang You replied solemnly: "I will remember, master!"

"There are two kinds of people in this world, one is the mortal who eats whole grains, birth, old age, sickness and death, and the other is the cultivator. A practitioner is a person who walks on a special path, remember, a human being! A practitioner is different from a mortal, but they are still human beings, and you will understand this later. And cultivators, practice and practice, the methods are different, some people enter the Dao Gate to cultivate the Dao Method, some people enter the empty door to practice the Dharma, and some people cultivate the evil demon crooked Dharma!" Zhuang You was confused when he heard it, what the master said was in the clouds, but he felt that what the master said was like a fairy in a romance novel, and the blind storyteller in the town also said that there are immortals in the world who move mountains and seas, and soar through the clouds and fog, could it be that what cultivators the master said are immortals?

The old man seemed to understand Zhuang You's thoughts, shook his head and said: "Cultivators are different from immortals, but cultivating to a certain level is a so-called immortal, which is very far away, and it is not very interesting." Zhuang You listened to the master say that it was boring, but he didn't agree, how powerful the immortal was, but he didn't dare to say it.

The old man didn't say anything, just looked at Zhuang You carefully, and his eyes revealed that he was not very satisfied. "Snorted": "Your body has been practicing for two years and is still not in good shape, but you haven't been lazy in practicing boxing, and it can be regarded as the past." ”

Zhuang You lowered his head, two years ago, the master let himself practice boxing, and he didn't even say the name of the boxing method, and Zhuang You didn't ask, the boxing master said it twice in the morning and evening, and he said it twice in the morning and evening. But he couldn't get up the next day after the first practice, so he could only ask the little sister next door to go to Qingban Town to give Uncle Zheng leave. I lay down for three days before I could get off the ground. Zhuang You didn't expect this punch to be so evil, but when the master called him to fight for the first time, he slapped him many times, and the result was ····· Three days in bed. Fortunately, after practicing boxing, even if I was sore, I never couldn't get out of bed, and now I'm used to it.

Zhuang You has never played in front of outsiders after practicing boxing, the master is not allowed, and the people of Qingban are simple, even if the young man is naughty, he does not bully people, Zhuang You is not only good at physical strength, but also has an increase in the amount of food, and Aunt Zheng also nagged about this: "The baby can eat so much, I see that the salary has to be reduced!" Fortunately, Aunt Zheng did not do this.

The old man didn't notice that Zhuang You was distracted, looked at Zhuang You with his head down, and said solemnly: "Since you have entered my sword gate, then I will pass on your mental method now."

The immortals caressed my top and gave me immortality.