On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, a new moon is in the sky.

In a small farm yard on the outskirts of Qingsong City, a boy of twelve or thirteen years old was lying on the table, staring directly at the two large rice dumplings on the plate, his saliva was about to flow to the table, but he never reached out to grab it.

"Senior sister, can't you eat it yet?"

"No! The master said, you can only eat after practicing!"

The "senior sister" who replied looked two or three years older than the boy, with a ponytail behind her, her face was immature but her expression was serious, just like a senior sister.

"Senior sister, the master is not here, just let me eat a bite......"

But as soon as the words fell, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer who had come to the courtyard at some point, and carried two live hares in his hand, and shouted:

"Who said I wasn't there? Shanhe, you want to be punished again, don't you?"

I didn't expect the master to come back so soon, the boy named Shanhe was startled, hurriedly stuck out his tongue, took his eyes off the zongzi, lowered his head and stammered Master.

"Hmph, it's getting more and more unruly!" After scolding, the master threw the hare in his hand at the two of them, and continued:

"If you want to eat zongzi, you have to complete today's test. With nine Zen fingers, one finger penetrates the spine of the hare, and it is qualified. ”

"Huh, knock through the spine?"

Seeing that the master was going to take the exam again, and he was taking the innocent rabbit as the exam question, Shanhe immediately pouted, his face was full of pity and indignation, and said:

"Master, why do you want to hurt the rabbit again? we can't replace it with a branch or a stone......

But before he finished speaking, he saw the master raise his hand, and a stone "snapped" on his head:

"It's up to you to kill or not, it's not qualified anyway...... There are no rice dumplings to eat!" After speaking, he walked to the back room alone.

"It hurts, it hurts......"

Shanhe covered the big bag on his head, and his tears were about to fall out in pain.

But when he thought of zongzi, as a natural foodie, he didn't want to miss the delicacy that only came once a year, so he had to endure the pain, gritted his teeth, and grabbed the hare on the ground.

I saw that he was holding a rabbit in his left hand, his right hand was slightly raised, and his fingertips were shining, facing the back of the hare, and he had a tendency to break the sky.

However, several minutes passed, and he still maintained this position, and his fingertips did not move an inch.

Even the hare, who should have kicked his legs in a panic, was too lazy to struggle at this moment, blinking his big eyes and looking at the mountains and rivers with a confused face.

Obviously, he couldn't do it at all!

After a stalemate for more than half a minute, the senior sister Shan Xue on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and sighed like a little adult:

"Alas, if I knew this, I really shouldn't have shown you those Buddhist stories. ”

After all, she had expected this scene, and she flew in an arrow step, with a cold light in her hand, and completed the test for Shanhe with lightning speed.

......

Inside the house, after inspecting the two hares, the master's displeased gaze soon fell on the boy:

"Shanhe, let my senior sister do it for you?"

Seeing that his little trick was seen through, he didn't dare to lift his head and nodded weakly.

"Alas, for the sake of the teacher, you know that you have a good heart, but as a cultivator, you don't even dare to kill a rabbit, so what's the use of your cultivation?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, master!"

"You, it's really better to go to the temple to be a monk, hmph! Don't dare to kill, the qualifications are still poor......

"I ......" Hearing this, Shanhe's head lowered lower.

"Alas, forget it. For the sake of the festival, I won't punish you today, so let's all go down. ”

As soon as he heard that he would not be punished, Shanhe immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the hare and ran outside the house. But just halfway through the run, he remembered something, stopped and asked:

"Master, then, can I eat zongzi?"

Even though he was helpless, in the face of the greedy stupid apprentice, Master Shanfeng nodded after all.

Seeing this, Shanhe forgot to bow and shouted "Oh yes", and ran out of the house happily.

......

Back in the courtyard, although Shanhe wanted to feast on it, he knew that there was something more important waiting for him.

He sat on the ground, placing the hare in front of him as fast as he could, caressing the rabbit's body as his palm burst out with a little green light.

He wants to use the healing technique he is best at to save these two dying lives!

In terms of cultivation, the qualifications of mountains and rivers are poor and the cultivation is low, these are indisputable facts. But he also has a specialty, which is this healing technique!

Back then, the master only taught him once, and he learned it, and he was very attached to this technique. Coupled with the accumulation of hundreds of times in the past few years of continuous treatment of hares and pheasants, his healing skills have been quite proficient. Now, let alone Senior Sister, I'm afraid that even Master is not his opponent in healing.

After more than an hour, the green light in the palms of the mountains and rivers gradually dissipated, and the two little rabbits opened their eyes without accident and ran out of the wall.

"Run, don't get caught by my master again!"

Wiping away the sweat from his head, Shanhe looked at the direction of the rabbit's departure and smiled.

"Okay, let's eat zongzi. ”

Hearing the greeting of the senior sister, Shanhe ran towards the stone table like a gust of wind, and stuffed the zongzi that Shanxue had just peeled into his mouth. With puffed cheeks, his face is full of happiness!

However, not long after this happiness came, it was defeated by the next words of the senior sister:

"Senior brother, your healing skills have improved a lot, it's a pity, if your cultivation can also improve so quickly, how good it would be......"

After listening to the senior sister's sigh, the mountains and rivers full of fragrant rice dumplings could only grin bitterly.

When it comes to cultivation, why don't mountains and rivers want to be like senior sisters, making rapid progress on the road of cultivation?

But the speed of cultivation depends on personal qualifications, and it is almost a fool's dream that he wants to catch up with the genius senior sister.

Three years ago, the master officially taught them the method of cultivation. Shan Xue raised his cultivation to the seventh layer of the Meng Rank in one go, which was jaw-dropping!

As for the mountains and rivers, he worked hard to barely reach the third layer of the Meng Rank, and he was not a star and a half behind.

For this reason, Shanhe was scolded and punished. But no matter how much the master teaches and how hard he works, the progress is still surprisingly slow.

In the end, even the master was desperate, and even joked that he had seen the qualifications of the mountains and rivers, and finally made him understand what it means to "there is no minimum, only lower!"

(The so-called Mongolian level, as the name suggests, is the stage of enlightenment and initiation, which is the lowest level of a practitioner.) The Meng rank is divided into nine layers, the lowest layer is the first, the highest level is the nineth, and the higher the level, the stronger the combat power. Only by raising the cultivation to the ninth layer of the Meng Rank can you expect to break through and enter the next level: the Tun Rank. ）

......

That night, when the sister and brother went to sleep, Shanfeng leaned on the head of the bed and lit a cigarette.

I was just about to read a few pages of romance novels, but I heard a rapid sound from the eight copper bells above my head!

These eight brass bells have been hanging here for twelve years, and they have never been ringed except today.

"Alas, after all, I found ......"

After a deep sigh, he threw down the cigarette and book in his hand and strode towards his apprentice's bedroom.

Seeing that the two children were asleep, Shanfeng thought about it, only woke up the slightly older Shanxue, and said:

"Xiaoxue, you quickly escape from the secret passage with your junior brother! You are not allowed to go home for a month, do you hear?"

Shan Xue, who had just woken up from a dream, although he didn't know what was happening, he could feel the urgency in his master's tone, rubbed his eyes and asked uneasily:

"Master, what's wrong?"

"The master's enemy has come to the door! You take the junior brother and run away, if you can't find the master in a month, you will ...... in the future It's up to you to take care of your junior brother!" said Shanfeng word by word.

"Ahh......h

"Alright, there's no time to explain!

Of course, Shan Xue heard the farewell in the master's words, but because of the majesty of the master, she didn't dare to ask more, so she could only pick up the sleeping junior brother with red eyes and walk to the backyard.

"Xiaoxue, wait a minute!"

Before going out, Shanfeng took out a small cloth bag from his arms and stuffed it into Shanxue's hand:

"This thing is very important, keep it safe! When my junior brother becomes an adult, help me transfer it to him!"

After speaking, the mountain peak squatting on the ground finally couldn't hold back, and hugged Xiaoxue and Shanhe tightly in his arms, and tears flowed down involuntarily.

He knew that this would probably be the last time the three of them would hug!

......

Two minutes later, as soon as the siblings were sent away, three men and one woman came to the courtyard.

They are similar in age to the mountain peaks, and their costumes are also very peculiar, and they all have a bit of the taste of ancient costumes.

Seeing these four people, Shanfeng took the lead and said:

"I didn't expect the four protectors of 'Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter' to come together, what an honor for my mountain peak!"

Hearing this, the man in the white shirt and holding a folding fan nodded and smiled:

"There are four treasures in Xiuzhen: the east bell, the west mace, the south bracelet, and the north nail. For the sake of these treasures, even if the head of the family is in person, it is not an exaggeration, not to mention a few of our little protectors? Shanfeng, the 'South Bracelet' has been in your hands for more than ten years, and it's time to change the master, right?"

"That's right, we've been looking for you for twelve years, and we won't let you run away this time! Hand over the bracelet and sword!" said the woman in the green shirt.

"Hmph, if you want to bracelet the sword, then it depends on whether you are capable enough!" After snorting coldly, Shanfeng clenched the black iron staff in his hand and ran towards the four of them without fear!