Chapter 4: Apprenticeship
Even though Ye Chen was very excited at the moment, he didn't dare to be reckless, he quietly hid behind a small tree, quietly looking at the person on the treetop.
"It's all here, why are you hiding?" said the man without looking back.
Ye Chen was not stupid, he immediately knew that he was talking about himself, so he walked out from behind the tree.
"Are you a god? Can you teach me some skills? I want to be like you, where I want to go. Ye Chen smiled and walked under the tree where he was standing step by step.
"Hehe, I'm not a god. ”
The man turned his head with a smile when he heard this, and when Ye Chen saw his appearance, his head suddenly went blank, and his expression stiffened.
"Old ...... Old man, is that you?"
Ye Chen couldn't believe everything in front of him, thinking that he was dreaming, he shook his head vigorously.
"You read that right, it's really me, but I've never revealed my martial arts over the years, and you're the first person in this village to know that I know how to do martial arts. ”
As soon as the old man's figure turned, and his elegant body came down from the tree, Ye Chen, who was watching, was dumbfounded, and his mouth was wide open.
"What? The first one? You've been revealing it all these years, why do you want me to know now?
Ye Chen couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he suddenly came to him.
Seeing that Ye Chen was so excited, the old man pretended to be deep.
"Alas, now that I have reached the age of sixtieth year, I will not live many years. But I didn't want my skills to go with me, so I decided to find someone to teach them. Haven't you always said that the stories I tell are liars? Now you have the opportunity to become the kind of hero I tell you to learn it or not. ”
"Yes, of course I do, teach me the old man. Hearing this, Ye Chen excitedly took his hand and said.
"If you let go, I'll be such a good dress. Don't rip it up for me. ”
The old man swept away Ye Chen's hand, jumped forward, and opened a distance of more than ten zhang from Ye Chen.
"Aren't you going to teach me, why did you run away?" Ye Chen was puzzled when he saw this, and shouted at him.
"If you want to learn, I have to look at your foundation first! Come, can you catch up with me? If you catch up, I'll teach you."
The old man hooked his hand at Ye Chen. I want to test Ye Chen again if he can do martial arts.
"I'm catching up with you there! You have martial arts and I don't, aren't you teasing me! Old man, don't you want to teach me and deliberately trick me?" Ye Chen pouted.
"Hehe, don't worry, I'm not as stingy as you, besides, I'll slow down and let you. ”
"Hmph, dead old man, see if I don't chase you to death. ”
Ye Chen muttered softly, and rushed over with an arrow step. The old man saw Ye Chen running towards him, but he was not in a hurry at all, where he leisurely stroked his beard.
Just when Ye Chen was about to get close to him, about two or three meters away, he disappeared in a flash. When Ye Chen saw him again, he was dozens of meters away again.
"You dead old man, you still said that you would let me, you will run dozens of meters at once, how can I chase it!"
Ye Chen was depressed when he saw this, if he continued like this, he would not be able to catch up with him if he was tired.
"I'm really already asking you, as you are, not trying to catch up with me without using all your might. The old man stood dozens of meters away, staring at Ye Chen with a smile on his face.
Ye Chen shook his head helplessly when he heard this, he wanted to learn the real skills, so he had to continue to accommodate him, and he mustered up all his strength to chase after him again.
But this time it was the same as before, before he touched him, he ran away again, but this time he ran a little closer, only half as far as last time.
"Fuck your uncle's dead old man, are you careful? ”
This time, Ye Chen could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, he thought that the old man was deliberate, turned around and left.
Seeing this, the old man did not panic, stood there quietly, and said, "The young man is impetuous, and lacks perseverance. I can't stand this test, and I really don't deserve to be my successor. ”
Ye Chen turned his head when he heard this, pointed at the old man, and scolded: "You dead old man, do you dare to say that you really want to teach me? Your uncle ran so far in a flash, almost in the blink of an eye, how could I catch up with you on my two legs?"
"Could it be that he really doesn't know martial arts?
The old man's eyes froze, and his expression was serious and thoughtful, but after a while, he laughed again.
"I want to teach you, but this is too close to the village, so in order to prevent others from seeing, I want to lead you to a hidden place, and by the way, test your foot strength. ”
"Hmph! You don't scold me, if you want to teach, are you afraid that others will see it?"
Ye Chen still didn't believe it, he crossed his hands on his waist, raised his head and pouted.
"Think about it, everyone in this village knows each other, and if one sees it, the whole village sees it, and then a group of people come to the door and beg me to teach them what I have suffered? ”
"Really?" Ye Chen laughed again when he heard this.
"Why are you lying to you! I'm old, and I'm going to lie to you as a junior?" said the old man.
"Okay, believe in you again, lead the way, this time you slow down, I'll follow you. Hearing this, Ye Chen came to his senses again and ran towards him.
This time, the old man didn't lie to him, although Ye Chen never caught up with him, but the old man always let him, and only moved forward a little bit every time he was about to touch him.
The old man led him through the mountain path to the mouth of a cave. The entrance to the cave is very secretive, entangled in vines, and it is impossible to detect the existence of the cave without looking closely.
The old man got into it with ease, and he was the only one who knew about this cave, and he didn't know how many times he had come.
After entering the cave and walking for about ten meters, the cave suddenly became spacious, enough to accommodate dozens of people.
"Old man, how did you find this place?
Ye Chen touched the stone walls around him, regretting that he hadn't found such a good place. He used to love to walk around the mountains, and he was about to turn around the mountains, but he didn't find such a hole here.
"I'm the only one who knows, this hole, I knew thirty years ago, nay, my sword, on which round platform. The old man said and pointed to the round platform in the center of the cave.
When Ye Chen heard this, he found that there was a sword inserted in the round platform in the middle. He took a few steps forward, only to find that the sword had long since been rusted and had lost its metallic luster.
"Are you sure this is your sword?"
Ye Chen pointed at the sword and stared at the old man with a suspicious expression.
"Hmm...... It's indeed mine, but I haven't touched it in thirty years, and it's a little dirty, just wash it. ”
"You don't care about your sword too much, don't you?
"This sword is the only one in the village, and if you can get it out, I'll give it to you. The old man said.
"It's so broken, I have to think about it. ”
Ye Chen frowned when he heard this, this sword was so rusty, he felt that if he let it be here, it might not be long before it would rust into a pile of iron slag.
The old man saw that Ye Chen had a trace of disgust, and smiled: "Don't look at it rusty, think it was also a terrifying sword back then, this is a good sword, just sharpen it, but the premise is that you have to pick it out." ”
"You think I can't pull it out? You're underestimating me so much, I'm afraid I'll break it with too much force? I can pull it out with one hand. ”
Ye Chen smiled and held the hilt of the sword with one hand, but no matter how hard he tried, the tip of the sword was always stuck on the ground and did not move.
Seeing that one hand didn't work, Ye Chen used the other hand, and he tried his best, but the sword still didn't move.
Ye Chen had been pulling it out, and after a while, he was tired and panting, and he couldn't lift his energy anymore.
"Old man, what kind of sword are you, inserted so deeply?" Ye Chen gasped.
"Huh, deep?"
The old man smiled and waved his hand, and the sword seemed to have spirituality, and it flew out and plunged in front of the old man.
He grasped the hilt of his sword in his right hand, picked it up and examined it carefully. Then he blew on the blade of the sword, and the rust and dust on the blade of the sword were all gone. The sword immediately became shining, making people dare not look at it.
"Damn, old man, you're so powerful! That action just now was so handsome, just waved his sword and took the initiative to run after you. And your blow, the action is really cool. ”
Ye Chen jumped off the round platform excitedly, staring at the old man with a look of adoration, like a fan girl.
This is a good sword, a really good sword, which can withstand the baptism of time, and its light cannot be concealed no matter how long it takes. The old man said with great pride.
"It's a good sword indeed, it's just ...... Didn't you just promise to give it to me......? It's mine now!"
Ye Chen sneered, and when he was not paying attention, he reached out to grab the sword, and the old man immediately took it behind him when he saw this.
"You stinky boy, what did I say? You pulled it up and it was yours, and now it's me who pulled it, so it's not yours. ”
Ye Chen's face sank suddenly when he heard this, and said, "You dead old man, who said I couldn't pull it out, I was resting, I was about to pick it up, but I was robbed by you." ”
"Oh yes, you stinky boy, you're a scoundrel, when are you going to pick it out? You use it all the strength of your milk, and you still can't move. I see that you can't pull it out, so why did the hand you move turn into a robbery? Besides, this is obviously my sword, when did it become a robbery for you?"