Chapter 12: Apprenticeship

The sky is not yet completely bright, the eastern morning sun is a little revealed, the air is very cool, the old medicine in the medicine garden exudes a faint smell, and the crystal dew drops are gently shaking on the branches and leaves of the old medicine.

An elegant bamboo building stands among the trees, this bamboo building is not simple, but it is not luxurious. There was a white-robed young man standing on the bamboo floor, this young man closed his eyes and stood still, as if he was thinking about something, until a quarter of an hour later the young man opened his eyes, a pair of smart eyes full of joy.

After the white-robed young man took a deep breath, he exhaled another breath of turbidity, and suddenly groaned comfortably, this white-robed young man was none other than Han Ming, who was temporarily living in the Zhu family.

Han Ming had been cultivating the nameless method in his body for several months, and once he accidentally discovered that at the moment when the sun had just risen in the east, it was much easier to cultivate the nameless method than at other moments, and Han Ming guessed that this was the legendary purple qi rising eastward.

After that, Han Ming would inevitably get up early every day, wait for the moment when the sun rose, and then start cultivating. On this day, Han Ming began to cultivate as usual, but the cool qi in his body had grown a lot for some reason, and he was about to catch up with the results of several days of cultivation in the past, although he didn't know why, he was still very happy!

Han Ming resolutely walked back to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to cultivate the nameless technique, but to his disappointment, at this time, further cultivation did not have much effect.

"Alas, at this rate, what year and month can we achieve something!" Han Ming sighed helplessly.

After a moment of disappointment, Han Ming forcibly cheered up, he shook his head vigorously and left some bad thoughts behind, got up and tidied up his clothes, then turned around and walked out of the room, and then stepped on the bamboo ladder down the bamboo building.

Not far away, there were some sounds from time to time in a bamboo forest, and the sound was neither too loud nor too small. Han Ming was immediately aroused, because there were relatively few people here, and according to Senior Brother Qi, Hua Lao didn't like to be lively, so he didn't need any maids or guards.

"It's not Senior Brother Qi, he got up so early and did it. Han Ming muttered to himself as he raised his feet and walked in the direction of the bamboo forest.

The bamboo forest was full of purple bamboos thicker than an arm, and the thick fallen leaves were more than a foot deep, and Han Mingshen was close to the source of the sound with one foot shallow and one foot shallow.

Even though the sun has fully risen, the sunlight has not yet penetrated the heavy bamboo leaves, resulting in a bit of a dark night here.

There was a clearing in the middle of the bamboo forest, and the fallen leaves in that clearing were obviously much less than the fallen leaves under Han Ming's feet, only a shallow layer, and in the middle of the clearing was sitting a person.

The man sitting in the clearing between the bamboo trees was dressed in green, his long hair neatly tied behind his head, and in his hand he was holding a three-foot-long wooden sword.

Han Ming recognized that this person was Senior Brother Qi, he looked at the dark green clothes on Senior Brother Qi's body, and wondered in his heart, Senior Brother Qi's name was Qi Baiyi, but why did he keep wearing green clothes.

Senior Brother Qi got up slowly, grabbed the wooden sword beside him with his eyes closed and began to dance, his movements were integrated, and his moves were extremely gorgeous, but they were too slow. It takes him five or six breaths to play a trick, and if he really fights, I'm afraid he will be killed dozens of times before he finishes his tricks.

Suddenly, I didn't know that the gust of wind blew, driving more than a dozen bamboo leaves to fall, and Senior Brother Qi's figure dancing among the bamboo leaves looked more leisurely, not like dancing swords, but like dancing.

Senior Brother Qi practiced for a while before putting away his sword, then turned around and smiled at Han Ming: "I got up quite early." ”

"Ah, Senior Brother Qi got up earlier. Han Ming scratched his head and smiled at Senior Brother Qi.

"Soon, a servant will bring you food, so I'll go back to the bamboo building with you." Senior Brother Qi put the sword behind his arm and smiled at Han Ming.

Han Ming obediently followed Senior Brother Qi and walked back, but Han Ming immediately discovered a strange place, Senior Brother Qi walked on the ground when he walked in this bamboo forest full of fallen leaves, it didn't look like walking on thick fallen leaves at all!

Han Ming looked around but didn't find a single footprint left by Senior Brother Qi, at this time he was a little shocked, how could this Senior Brother Qi walk so lightly!

"Senior Brother Qi, do you know how to work lightly, why are there no footprints!" Han Ming asked in disbelief.

"Light work? Yes, a little. Senior Brother Qi smiled gently.

"Can you teach me then?" Han Ming looked at Senior Brother Qi with some expectation, if he could master this kind of light skill, then his eastward journey would be much easier in the future.

"It's not yet time for you to practice martial arts, you will have good martial arts in the future, and the most important thing the Zhu family lacks is martial arts cheats!" Senior Brother Qi refused directly without any thought.

Senior Brother Qi seemed to think of something as he spoke, and his bloodless face became even paler, and there seemed to be some sadness in his eyes at this time, but this sadness was only fleeting, and it was replaced by a firm look in an instant.

Han Ming glanced at Senior Brother Qi's even paler face, and immediately thought that Senior Brother Qi's sick appearance was related to his exercises, and he was immediately so frightened that he shut up and didn't mention the matter of learning kung fu, he didn't want to become Senior Brother Qi because of his practice.

Then Han Ming closed his mouth, honestly followed Senior Brother Qi back to the bamboo building, ate some food sent by the little maid, and walked around, but never left the bamboo building too far.

Later, Ping'er came and brought some snacks, saying that the little master asked them to send them. Ping'er didn't stay long, just said a few words to Han Ming and left.

Senior Brother Qi was invited away after eating, saying that more than a dozen Chi family guards had been poisoned when they went out, and their lives hung by a thread, and the Chi family doctors were helpless, so they had to ask the Zhu family's doctors to help.

Han Ming had nothing to do after Senior Brother Qi left, so he simply returned to his room and began to practice nameless verbal duels when he was bored.

As soon as he finished practicing, he forgot the time, and before he knew it, the time was close to noon, and it wasn't until the maid who delivered the food called softly under the bamboo building that he stopped practicing. After eating again, Han Ming looked up at the sky, and it was almost the hour specified by Hua Lao, he touched his nose and raised his leg and walked towards Hua Lao's cave mansion.

Han Ming begged to see Hua Lao. Han Ming leaned over and bowed down in the same way as Senior Brother Qi yesterday.

"Come in. The old man's voice came into Han Ming's ears, and as this voice sounded, the two stone doors on the stone wall also slowly opened, revealing a small gap.

Han Ming didn't have the first time he was terrified when he stepped into that stone door again, although he was still a little unnatural now, it was much better than the previous time.

"How, have you figured it out, can you help me. Hua Lao looked at Han Ming with a kind expression and a smile.

Han Ming will no longer be deceived by Hua Lao's expression, thinking that this Hua Lao is really a kind old man, he was greatly tortured by this old man yesterday, and the piercing pain is still fresh in his memory.

"After thinking about it, Hua Lao's life-saving grace cannot be repaid, and at this time, there is a chance to repay this kindness, Han Ming will naturally do his best. Han Ming said respectfully.

"Okay, kneel down and bow down. Hua Lao couldn't help but smile when he looked at Han Ming's respectful appearance.

Han Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he reacted, he knelt down without hesitation and bowed, and at the same time shouted in his mouth: "Master Hua is above, disciple Han Ming will meet you." ”

"Oh, yes, get up. Hua Lao stroked the beard floating on his chest, and smiled in his mouth.

"Don't worry, it's not a bad thing to be my apprentice, yesterday I and your waist card was my token, your treatment in this Zhu Chiyuan is not weaker than those young masters, you have what the young masters have, and you can also have what the young masters don't have!" Hua Lao smiled again, his face full of kindness.

"Thank you Hua Shi for giving me the waist card, and the disciple is grateful. Han Ming couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, for the treatment of the young masters of the Zhu Chi family, Han Ming could still guess one or two through Zhu Yiwen, if he could really have this status, then his activities in Zhu Chiyuan would be much more convenient in the future.

"Don't worry about thanking you first, you will naturally know the benefits of being my disciple in the future, but these benefits are not obtained for nothing, and this Cecilia blood poison is not easy to solve. Hua Lao looked at Han Ming with a smile, and Han Ming felt that there was a touch of green in Hua Lao's eyes.

"There is a precious medicinal herb called cypress that has long been extinct, and after the cypress tree is buried in the ground several feet deep, it is possible to grow a plant called blood mushroom on it for a hundred years, and the blood mushroom is the source of the blood poison of the cecilia cidum. The kindness on Hua Lao's face disappeared, and was replaced by a expressionless face.

Han Ming listened carefully to the origin of this Cecilia blood poison, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, this poison needs hundreds of years of growth, I am afraid that it is highly toxic and difficult to understand.

"If you simply take Blood Herb, you can still solve it by asking yourself for the teacher, after all, this Blood Mushroom is as famous as the poison of the Poison Emperor Grass in you. But if this blood mushroom is artificially modulated, then the change will be great, and the teacher will be helpless for decades" Hua Lao sighed silently.

"I wonder what the disciple can do to help?" Han Ming was a little confused, not knowing what role he needed to play in the detoxification.

"Cecilia blood poison is not only difficult to remove, it will also be passed on to future generations, when the poisoned person is in his twenties, he will break out, faint for eight years, and finally die of delirium, and he will continue to die from generation to generation" Hua Lao seemed to remember something, and a touch of green flashed in his eyes, and the kindness on his face disappeared completely, and all that was left on his face was cold.

"Your senior brother has also been poisoned, and when he was young, he was fed with medicinal food every day, and he fed it for four years, but it had no effect, and this poison is extremely difficult to solve, and you have to bear a lot. As Hua Lao spoke, he could already faintly see green in his eyes, and his face became gloomy.

"What??Zhu, Senior Brother, he also got poisoned?" Although Han Ming had already guessed, he was still a little shocked when he heard Hua Lao admit it himself.

"Yes, even if he tries his best to help him, if he can't detoxify the poison, he will only have a life span of more than ten years. Hua Lao closed his eyes and sighed leisurely.

"In this way, the disciple will try his best to help the master to relieve this poison. Han Ming bowed down again, but this time he really wanted to help Hua Lao relieve the poison, after all, this was related to Zhu Yiwen's life, Han Ming still couldn't watch Zhu Yiwen die without saving him, Zhu Yiwen had taken care of him carefully in the past month, and he saw it all in his eyes.

Seeing Han Ming fall to the ground, Hua Lao couldn't help but smile, he seemed to be very satisfied with Han Ming's actions, and the green in his eyes had receded a lot.

"I don't know what the disciple should do, but I still ask the master for advice. Han Ming said respectfully again.

Han Ming found that as long as Hua Lao's eyes glowed green, this old man's temper would be a lot more irritable, and he would be easily angry, Han Ming was still very acquainted, and he was not willing to suffer some flesh and skin for no reason.

"Don't be in a hurry for this, you should take it to practice first, prepare for the future detoxification, and then you will follow the young masters of the Zhu family to practice and study and practice martial arts." Hua Lao threw a book that was not thick to Han Ming and said lightly.

Han Ming took the secret book, and there was a burst of excitement in his heart, like a treasure in his arms.

"Presumably you also know the identity of your senior brother, don't tell him about the poison in his body, okay, you can step down. After Hua Lao finished speaking, he closed his eyes again, as if he was thinking about something.

Han Ming bowed to each other and slowly withdrew from Hua Lao's cave mansion.