Chapter 10: A Wooden Sword
Early the next morning, Xiao Chen got up in a daze, he didn't rest well last night, the stumbling wooden pillow made his head feel painful, and there were many mosquitoes at night, so he woke up at night several times and got up to fight.
"It's finally the next day......"
Xiao Chen glanced at his bed again, sighed, thinking that Xiao Rui's bed was so luxurious and soft, not to mention that he slept uncomfortably, and had to be bitten by mosquitoes, he swore that he must build his bed well, at least to make himself more comfortable.
"Uncle Ming, what are you tinkering with?" Xiao Chen walked out of the house and saw that Uncle Ming had already gotten up, knocking on something by the furnace in the courtyard.
Curious, he came to Uncle Ming's side, only to see Uncle Ming holding dozens of catties of hammers in his hand and concentrating on beating the molten iron, and then put it in cold water to cool the fixed type, and on the side of the furnace was already full of large and small iron rings.
"These are the things you will need in your cultivation in the future, eat the Hu cake next to you, and we will start. ”
Mentioning that he was going to start training, Xiao Chen couldn't wait to pick up the Hu Cake and stuff it into his mouth, drank two sips of nectar, and ate it very quickly.
"The first stage of training is very simple, just cut the iron tendon with a sword. Uncle Ming stood up, took out the iron tendons from the iron tools and threw them to Xiao Chen.
"That's it, isn't it simple?" Xiao Chen glanced at the inch-thick iron tendon in his hand, wondering if Uncle Ming had made a mistake, and he could find a sharper iron sword to split the iron tendon in two.
"Don't talk too much about it. Then Uncle Ming found another wooden sword and threw it to Xiao Chen at the same time.
Xiao Chen froze, looked at the wooden sword, glanced at Uncle Ming again, and then said, "Uncle Ming, are you playing tricks on me!
"Didn't you say it's easy, then figure it out yourself. The details leaked a treacherous smile and looked at Xiao Chen, as if he wanted to see Xiao Chen's current expression.
"Big liar......" Xiao Chen muttered in a whispered complaint.
"What did you say?" Uncle Ming suddenly looked at Xiao Chen with a fierce look and asked.
"Hey, hey, no...... It's nothing, I'll do it!" Xiao Chen ran backwards with the wooden sword and iron tendons, for fear that he would suffer if he stayed for another second, but he didn't pay attention to the road when he ran, and accidentally tripped over a stone and fell to the ground, but immediately got up and rushed out of the yard.
"This kid, how afraid of me......" Uncle Ming covered his forehead and sighed, shook his head, and returned to the casting table to pound the molten iron.
Xiao Chen came to a stone on the flat ground at the entrance of the village and sat down, took the wooden sword and hit the iron bar twice, sighed, and thought to himself, Uncle Ming, didn't this mean to make things difficult for himself? How can wood be compared to iron, the hardness is not at the same level at all.
At noon, the scorching sun was in the sky, and Xiao Chen had already hit the iron tendons countless times, but the iron tendons did not move at all, and there was not even a single sword mark.
Xiao Chen's whole body was covered with beads of sweat, and he slashed at the iron tendon again, and the shock force of the knock made the wooden sword in his hand fly out uncontrollably and insert it on the ground, this time Xiao Chen, who was angry, threw the iron tendon directly on the stone, and lay on the ground with his hands open.
"Brother!"
Suddenly, Uncle Ming held the fawn in his left hand, and Xiao Rui's little hand in his right hand slowly appeared at the entrance of the village, Xiao Rui shouted Xiao Chen in the distance, and ran towards him with joy.
"Rui'er, why are you here!" Xiao Chen was startled, and saw Xiao Rui running over, sat up with his upper body vigorously, and stroked Xiao Rui's head dotingly as usual.
"I'll come to see you, brother is not tired. Xiao Rui asked with concern.
"It's okay, not tired. But Xiao Chen was actually very tired, his hands were already red and swollen, and he had blisters, in order to show his strong side in front of Xiao Rui, so he pretended not to be tired.
"I'm already sweating profusely, and I'm still holding on to say I'm not tired?" Uncle Ming also came to Xiao Chen's front at this time, and his eyes swept Xiao Chen's hand to know that he was exhausted.
"Uncle Ming, I can do whatever you ask me to do, but the premise is that I can do it! Cutting iron tendons with a wooden sword is simply giving me an impossible thing to do!"
Xiao Chen was a little annoyed, feeling that he had been tricked, feeling that Uncle Ming had just found an impossible thing for himself to do, and he didn't care about teaching himself, or didn't want to teach himself anything at all.
"Impossible?"
Uncle Ming put down the deer in his hand, picked up the wooden sword and iron tendons, and said to Xiao Chen: "Then you have a good look!"
Uncle Ming waved the wooden sword, Xiao Chen looked stupid the next moment, Uncle Ming didn't even release the aura, the iron tendon was split in two in front of him in an instant, and the incision was very smooth.
"See?" Uncle Ming said calmly.
"How is that possible!" Xiao Chen's eyes widened, unable to believe the facts in front of him.
"What you see as impossible, but you think it's impossible, the world is so big that there are no wonders, if you have always maintained this mentality, feel that nothing is possible, then I advise you to give up as soon as possible. ”
Uncle Ming threw the iron tendon that was divided into two in front of Xiao Chen, and led Xiao Rui to walk back, Xiao Rui could only turn his head and watch the lost Xiao Chen walk farther and farther.
Xiao Chen looked at the iron tendons, the sense of loss in his heart arose, he couldn't accept the facts in front of him, he didn't understand how Uncle Ming split the iron tendons in two like sharpening iron like clay without using aura, at this moment he remembered Uncle Ming's last sentence "Give up as soon as possible".
The belief in his heart was shaken by Uncle Ming's blows again and again, becoming stronger is what he has always wanted to do, but he can't do what others can accomplish, so how can he become stronger. It was he himself who blamed the injustice of the world again and again, and complained again and again when he failed to fight until the last moment.
"Am I really useless......
Xiao Chen picked up the iron tendons with both hands, his eyes were gloomy, and he slowly walked towards the wooden house, and before he was halfway there, the sky suddenly changed his face, and the downpour of rain hit his face to look extra desolate.
Back in front of the courtyard of the wooden house, Xiao Chen did not immediately step into the house, but chose to kneel in front of the house to try to get Uncle Ming's forgiveness, he knew that he had lived up to Uncle Ming's expectations of himself, but he was still blaming Uncle Ming for not teaching him anything, and now he thought about it too ridiculous.
Xiao Rui ran out of the house with an umbrella and wanted to help Xiao Chen into the house, but Xiao Chen refused to get up, she knew that if she wanted Xiao Chen to enter the house, then it would only be possible for Uncle Ming to speak, so she went back to the house to find Uncle Ming.
"Uncle Ming, just forgive my brother, let him in, I believe he didn't mean to do this. ”
Xiao Rui begged Uncle Ming in the house, he knew that Uncle Ming's intentions were not bad, and he wanted to make Uncle Ming's heart soften through himself, but Uncle Ming sat on the wooden bench with his hands and closed his eyes, and he didn't seem to want to open the door to let Xiao Chen in