Chapter 22: There is a stone in the fist
Snap, snap, snap......
The north wind and the snow always came together, slapping on the window next to the bed, and the window, which was already a little leaky, was now crackling with the wind, making a rhythmic crashing sound.
Zhao Xifeng opened his eyes blankly, and found himself lying in a strange room, the sky outside the house was dark, the wind was whistling, and an oil lamp in the room was like beans, no matter how it looked, it didn't look like the underworld, it seemed that he was alive after all, but he didn't know whether he was brought back to reality by the stones that fell into his hands, or was woken up by the sound of the window.
As soon as he woke up, Zhao Xifeng felt a burning pain in his back spread abruptly along the position of the middle knife, and the entire chest cavity was like a fire, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't help but snort for a lifetime, and beads of sweat rolled down the tips of his hair.
"Brother Xifeng!"
Li Xuan's voice came from the bedside.
"Brother Xifeng, you're awake!" Li Xuan called out again, and she who was napping on the edge of the bed heard the sound and hurriedly sat up and came forward to check.
Zhao Xifeng endured the pain and reluctantly smiled at her, indicating that he was fine.
Li Xuan covered her mouth with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Where is this?" Zhao Xifeng asked, his voice hoarse startled him, and his breath was extremely weak.
"This is the teaching and learning rest area in the backyard of the school, Master Guo said that this is the safest place in the town," Li Xuan sobbed and said: "Brother Xifeng, Master Kuhai is guarding in the next room, it is he who found out that you were attacked by bad people and saved you, and he has been staying awake for the past three days, so I will go and inform him." β
Zhao Xifeng just wanted to say that his throat was thirsty and wanted to drink saliva, Li Xuan had already rushed out, he smiled helplessly and looked at the roof with blank eyes.
It turns out that three days have passed.
After a while, the old monk of the dry sea and the master of Qian walked in side by side, and when they saw Zhao Xifeng wake up, the dry sea looked relaxed, and the tense mood for many days was slightly relieved, bowed his head and folded his head, and proclaimed the Buddha's name.
Master Qian, who is not smiling on weekdays, also showed a happy smile at this moment, and said to Zhao Xifeng: "Fortunately, your kid is fine, otherwise Zhou Zhe's baby will come back and not tear down this school." β
Zhao Xifeng returned weakly: "Let the master and Mr. worry, it's not a kid." β
"You were pierced through the right lung with a knife, it is not suitable to speak, it is better to cultivate well," Qian Fuzi stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly, interrupted Zhao Xifeng, and continued, "The old man has not helped much in the past three days, but Master Kuhai, day and night with the supreme practice of Zen Buddhism to consolidate your spirit and body, and retain the possibility of sobriety, of course, you can wake up mainly by relying on your own desire to survive, so the person you should be most grateful for is the master, and yourself." β
Zhao Xifeng faintly guessed in his heart that the fence that locked him in the dream should be the means of the dry sea to protect him, and he looked at the dry sea with gratitude.
Kuhai looked sympathetic and kind, and said with a smile: "Zhao Xiao's benefactor is auspicious, and Lao Wei is just doing his best. β
"Master doesn't have to be too humble, if you didn't hesitate to spend your cultivation to prolong this kid's life, he wouldn't have been lucky. Qian Fuzi shook his head and said to Zhao Xifeng: "We scholars will do things for people, and we will have a truth, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, this is the way of the master Buddhism, the grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, this is the principle that the rescued person should follow, and the master's life-saving grace, you must keep it in mind." β
Zhao Xifeng nodded solemnly, indicating that he remembered.
"But you can be regarded as a blessing in disguise this time," Master Qian saw Zhao Xifeng's earnest expression, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Master Kuhai blessed your soul, and Mr. Zheng's Huangyan technique stabilized your body, plus in order to hang your life, the old man poured you a lot of mountain and sea carucine liquid, originally you were not suitable for the undesirable physique, but now it has added a lot of hope out of thin air." β
Zhao Xifeng asked in surprise, "Sir, are you saying that my original physique is not suitable for cultivation?"
Qian Fuzi smiled silently, and thought: It turns out that Zhou Zhe has not told Zhao Xifeng, it seems that he has always thought that agreement will never be an obstacle to this baby, and his expectations are quite high.
At this time, Kuhai turned around and nodded slightly to Qian Fuzi, who knew that the two had something to say alone, so he withdrew from the house with Li Xuan and closed the door.
So only Zhao Xifeng and Kuhai were left in the room.
"Master......" Zhao Xifeng struggled to get up and saluted to the dry sea, but the injury was too serious, and when he made a slight movement, there was a pain in his back.
Kuhai walked to the side of the bed, motioned to Zhao Xifeng to lie down and not move, and then said with a smile: "The old man has seen the knife wound on the back of the little donor Zhao that night, if it weren't for the quick reaction of the little donor, the intelligence is extraordinary, and he avoided the heart with the body technique he learned in the afternoon, even if the old man came quickly, he would not be able to return to the sky." β
Zhao Xifeng didn't try to thank him again, because some kindnesses can't be repaid by mouth, and they can only be repaid by doing it.
Kuhai looked at Zhao Xifeng's resolute eyes, knowing what he was thinking, and his heart was even more relieved.
"Master, is it true that Mr. Qian said that I am not suitable for cultivation, and even agreement is not possible?" Zhao Xifeng asked softly.
Kuhai gently patted Zhao Xifeng's head and replied: "Cultivation is a process of going against the sky to make the impossible possible, where are there certain rules? Only idiots pay attention to the soul, body, and spiritual element, these factors, and what really determines where you can go is only determination, only willingness, and there is the other side in your eyes, and you will grow a lotus flower step by step." β
If there is the other side in the eye, the lotus flower will be born step by step.
Zhao Xifeng muttered this sentence a few times, and smiled happily.
Kuhai also smiled with him, and said: "If Zhao Xiaodonor doesn't dislike the old monk's low skills, after your injury heals, follow the old man to learn some tricks, although it is not as good as Tianqing Si's great ability to explore the stars and take over the nine abysses, but it may be more suitable for the current physique of the little donor, but these exercises do not belong to the old man, plus the monk already has a preferred disciple candidate in the town, so the little donor is not considered to be the successor of the old man's lineage of Buddhism, so there is no need to apprentice, I don't know what Xiao Shi's idea is?"
Zhao Xifeng nodded vigorously with the maximum amount he could do now.
The dry sea has been merciful all his life, and most of the time after his cultivation has been used to enter the world to save people, and even delay his practice at any cost, and now he can meet such an apprentice who is not an apprentice in his old age, even if he is used to seeing the red dust of the Buddha's heart, he can't help but rejoice in the new life.
Zhao Xifeng was born without a mother, and at this time, there was an elder who cared for him everywhere, so he was naturally happy.
Time passed little by little, and the dry sea saw that the hour was not early, and he didn't want to delay Zhao Xifeng's recovery, so after explaining a few words, he was ready to leave.
"Master," Zhao Xifeng called the dry sea in a hoarse voice, thought about it and said: "When I was in a coma these days, I had a dream, I dreamed of a peach blossom outside the town, and it saved my life. β
Facing away from Zhao Xifeng's withered sea figure, he was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "The little donor only cares about his injuries, and when your injuries heal, it's not too late to tell the old man." β
After saying that, he left quickly, Zhao Xifeng didn't know if it was his own delusion, and he always felt that after listening to his words just now, the old monk's steps became a little brisker.
After the dry sea left, Li Xuan was also forcibly dragged back by Aunt Li, Zhao Xifeng was unconscious for the past few days, and Li Xuan was undressed and held on to him for three days and three nights, which was already the limit at this time.
Later, the town guard Guo You and the head catcher Mu Tie also came to visit Zhao Xifeng one after another, Mu Tie also wanted to ask about the killer's situation, but they were all blocked outside the house by Qian Fuzi on the grounds that Xifeng was seriously injured and needed to recuperate.
Finally, after everyone left, Zhao Xifeng lay alone on the bed in the school, the wind and snow outside the window were still there, and the window frame was still crackling.
Since Zhou Zhe came to the town, the school office became an institution, and the enrollment began on behalf of the cabinet of the Tianqing Division, more than three months have passed, and in this more than 100 days, Zhao Xifeng's life has undergone earth-shaking changes, from an ordinary post boy in the town to a hot cultivation seedling in the town, from a child who first felt and did not know it, to a teenager who defeated retired soldiers in three moves, everything changed too fast, so fast that a ten-year-old boy was a little at a loss, until this stab from behind made him seriously injured and weak, and he could only lie on the bed, just having time to summarize the gains and losses of this period of timeγ
First of all, Mr. Qian's analysis of the current situation of his cultivation is only half right, and the solid foundation Peiyuan made by Kuhai and Mr. Zheng in order to save his name in his soul and body did solve the problem that he couldn't agree with before to a certain extent, but he didn't realize that after Zhao Xifeng woke up, he had already completed the transformation from his first feeling to his body in his dream!
Regarding this, Zhao Xifeng himself is also very inexplicable, three days and a dream, the moment he woke up, he knew that he had completed the photo, this is a very wonderful experience, although he has not reached this level before, but once he has reached it, it is indeed very clear in his heart that this problem that has plagued him for dozens of days has been solved.
Secondly, who is going to kill me?
This question has been haunting Chen Mo's mind since he made a move on Zhao Xifeng, although Zhao Xifeng is a little bully and a naughty mischievous person in the town, but he thinks that he will never do it to the extent that someone has to kill him quickly.
So it must be people from outside the town who want to kill him, and most of them are not coming for themselves, either the enemies of the old monks, or Zhou Zhe's grievances.
So if the killer fails to attack once, will there be a second time? a third time? Will the father, Aunt Li, Li Xuan, and even Dong Erfatg, who are closer to him, also be in danger?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xifeng felt worried, the only thing he could do was to learn his skills in the old monks and schools after recovering from his injuries, so that he could protect the people around him.
"What's the matter, I'm just a ten-year-old child......" Zhao Xifeng looked at the oil lamp on the table, listened to the sound of the wind and snow, sighed helplessly, and then fell asleep with his right hand clenched.
In his right hand, which he had been placing in the quilt, a stone the size of two adult thumbs was lying quietly in the palm of his hand.