Chapter 9: Apprenticeship with a sword

Qiu Yuanxue was secretly observing carefully, it turned out that at the feet of a demon beast, a originally vigorous medicinal herb was trampled by its huge paw, and the woman was very angry when she saw that the life-saving medicinal herb she was looking for was destroyed.

At this moment, a group of demon beasts rushed up towards the woman with their bloody mouths open, and the frightened snow didn't dare to look directly at her and covered her eyes with her hands, but the next second she only heard the flickering sound of the sword light and sword shadow, "Boom, boom!"

Under a few sword lights, a large number of demon beasts were instantly unloaded by this lightning-fast sword qi, and eight pieces of blood were splashed on the ground.

"Huh!" Qiu Yuanxue was dumbfounded, and inadvertently shouted a word.

"Who is it?" I saw that the woman noticed that someone was watching her, so she subconsciously flew the sword in her hand out, only to see the sword fly like a dart towards the weeds where the snow was, stabbed on a tree trunk, and asked.

Qiu Yuanxue was so frightened that she rolled down from the weeds and came to the woman.

I saw another apprentice who was following the woman running from a distance and said to the woman, "Master, I have almost finished collecting the herbs here, huh, what's going on here, and who is this?"

"Who are you, why did you spy on me just now?" The woman looked at the disheveled little girl with white hair in front of her and asked in a serious tone

"My name is Qiu Yuanxue, your swordsmanship just now is really amazing, I want to apprentice! Qiu Yuanxue knelt on the ground and said while kowtowing.

"I'm sorry, this little sister, my master no longer accepts apprentices, you better go back. The female apprentice next to her hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Her master interrupted her with a wave of his hand, saying, "I'll leave this matter to me." ”

"But Master, we still have a lot of patients to deal with, and we don't have time to delay this matter. The apprentice beside him persuaded.

"I know you don't have to meddle in the first place. The apprentice's master responded.

"Why did you learn swords?" I saw the woman raise her left hand, and suddenly the flying sword instantly recalled her hand as if it had a spirit, and she took out a handkerchief from her coat pocket with her right hand and asked while wiping the sword with green blood.

"I want to get stronger!" Qiu Yuanxue said.

"What do you do when you get stronger?" the woman continued.

"I want to protect as many people as possible, so I want to learn the sword. Qiu Yuanxue said resolutely after thinking about it.

"Looks like you've come to your senses, so don't you do that. ”

I saw the woman walk up to the snow, bend down, hand her sword to the snow, and say, "You go on with this." ”

Qiu Yuanxue took her sword, and then the woman got up and picked up a thick branch on the grass beside her and said to her, "If you can cut off the branch in my hand with my sword in a stick of incense, I will teach you swordsmanship." ”

"Master, it's too risky to let a little girl use a real sword. The apprentice next to him persuaded.

"Don't worry, I have my own measure, bring the incense burner and light a stick of incense. The woman said.

The apprentice next to her had no choice but to do as the master wanted, she placed an incense burner on the ground and lit a stick of incense in it.

Qiu Yuanxue stood up, she clenched her sword and accelerated her pace, rushed over and slashed towards the branch in the woman's hand, only to see the woman dodge sideways, the blade of the sword slipped down beside her, and easily dodged the snow's attack.

Then the woman suddenly swung the branch and struck Snow on the back, and Snow was instantly knocked to the ground by the sudden blow.

She got up, endured the pain in her body, gasped, and tightened the grip of the sword in her hand, "Aha...... Aha...... Come again!"

Xue carefully looked at the agile woman in front of her, only to see Xue launch a second round of attacks again, she rushed forward with a long sword and shouted loudly: "Ah!!" Attack the woman, just when she thought it was about to hit the woman in front of her suddenly disappeared out of thin air.

At this moment, the whole time seemed to stand still, and Xue stood there dumbfounded, only to see the woman suddenly appear next to Xue, she stretched out her right hand, two powerful fingers tightly clamped the blade of the sword, and then picked up the branch in her left hand and slapped it heavily on Xue's back with a "pop!"

Snow was knocked to the ground again, as time passed, the slender incense in the incense burner looked like there was not much left, Snow tried to attack many times, but her attack was all defused in front of the woman, became full of flaws, and was knocked over to the ground many times, despite this, Snow still insisted on learning the sword, despite being knocked down countless times, she had to stand up strongly, and continue to challenge the woman in front of her.

Seeing that the incense burned out, after several rounds of fierce competition, Xue lay on the ground in pain and gasped: "Aha...... Aha......"

"If you haven't figured out the meaning of really learning swords, I advise you to hire another master. The woman said as she threw the branch on the ground.

And just as the woman turned to leave, Snow stood up again and shouted, "Aha...... Wait! It's not over yet. ”

At this time, Qiu Yuanxue's body was already heavily overdrawn, sweating profusely and weak, and even the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly.

Sweat flowed down the back of her hand on the fertile land, for ordinary people, a simple action to get up in front of the snow was very difficult, the sharp pain in the whole body hit her heart, but she insisted on standing up, clenching her teeth, although the pain continued to torture her body, but she still stood up strongly.

The woman was touched by the spirit of this persevering girl, and she turned around with wide eyes and said, "What is it that makes you so persistent?"

"In order to save more people, and to survive, I have to learn the sword, if that reason is not enough...... I don't deserve to be your apprentice!" Xue's body was severely overdrawn, and she said with a clear face and sweating profusely.

The woman was deeply attracted by Xue's words, and in front of her, she seemed to see the figure of another white-haired girl who was also combed reflected on Xue's body, and the white-haired girl said, "Mom, why don't you let me learn the sword!"

The woman stood there in silence, when Yuki's illness suddenly attacked, and she suddenly vomited blood from her mouth, and fainted on the ground from exhaustion.

The female apprentice who was watching from the sidelines hurriedly walked over to the master and said, "Master's time limit has come, let's leave quickly." ”

The woman pointed to the snow that had fallen to the ground and said to the apprentice next to her, "Well, it's time to go, and take her with you." ”

"Ah?...... But didn't you say, Master......" the apprentice asked, puzzled.

"If you want to bring it, bring it. Master said solemnly.

"Okay......" the apprentice reluctantly agreed.

After that, the apprentice lifted Xue up, called a carriage, put her in the carriage, and then turned to the master and said, "Master, everything has been packed up, and we should go back." ”

I saw the woman pick up her matching sword, looked at the herb that was trampled on the ground, and sighed: "Alas...... It's a pity that such a precious medicinal herb. ”

Then the master and apprentice drove the carriage all the way to the Lingxuan Hall, in a room, Xue lay on the bed after a period of time and woke up, she sat up and looked around, puzzled, and said, "This is here?"

"You're awake. I saw the woman walk in from outside the house with a bowl of soup and medicine.

"Drinking it is good for your body. The woman brought the decoction in her hand to the snow and said.

Xue took the decoction and drank it in a big gulp.

The woman sat on the edge of Xue's bed and said, "My name is Yue Xiuying, by the way, what is the relationship between you and Qiuyuan Muying?"

"Muying is my mother, and Master really offended me just now. Snow introduced herself.

"So you're her daughter, no wonder... You look a lot like her. Yue Xiuying looked carefully at the white-haired girl in front of her, looked around and said.

"Huh...... Master, do you know my mother?" Qiu Yuanxue was taken aback when she heard this.

"She and I only had some friendship with her many years ago, how is she doing lately?"

"My mother, she...... Passed away. Qiu Yuanxue lowered her head, and when she mentioned her relatives, her tears couldn't help but flow.

“...... Alas...... It's a pity to lose a close friend, but people can't be resurrected after death, I hope you mourn...... By the way, I noticed that your pulse was very confused, and tell me honestly, how long have you been suffering from this disease?

Yue Xiuying sighed and said.

"How do you know how I'm doing?" Qiu Yuanxue asked the woman in front of her suspiciously.

"At the moment when I handed you the sword, I had already given you a good pulse, after that competition, I observed that the time limit for you to use martial arts can only last about a stick of incense at most, as a doctor, I naturally want to know more about it. Yue Xiuying said.

“...... Since my father and mother passed away, I have been suffering from this disease all over again, and I have not been able to find a cure. Xue said after a moment of silence.

"Although you are recuperating with me, when your body is stable, I will teach you swordsmanship. Yue Xiuying stood up and said.

"But...... I'm past my time limit and should ......," Xue said after a moment's hesitation.

"Normally, you should be the one who exceeds the time limit, but this time it will be considered that I lost to you mentally, but you have to remember that if you want to learn the sword, you must first have your life. After Yue Xiuying finished speaking, she walked out of the room.

In this way, Qiu Yuanxue successfully entered the sect of Yue Xiuying after his condition stabilized, and the two of them continued to practice swordsmanship hard in the mountains and jungles, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, regardless of wind and rain.

With countless falls and standing up, Qiu Yuanxue's swordsmanship has also improved qualitatively.

And the shortest time limit for practicing swords is a stick of incense, sometimes Yue Xiuying is busy refining pills to heal injuries and save people during the day, so she came to the courtyard alone at night to practice swords.

And Xue heard a noise in the courtyard, so she got up and secretly watched Yue Xiuying's sword-swinging movements through the moonlight shining through the crack in the door.

I saw that the wind was raging in the courtyard for a while, and as Yue Xiuying continued to swing her sword, the branches and leaves on the surrounding trees were scattered in the air, as if attracted by the sword qi wielded by the sword, and moved closer to the center to surround her, at this moment, Yue Xiuying raised her sword, "Boom, boom!" After a section of overlapping sword light flashed in the air, a large number of leaves were cut to pieces by this sword qi and fell to the ground.

After a period of sword practice, Yue Xiuying was already sweating profusely on her forehead after practicing the sword, and she turned around and went back to the room to rest.