Chapter 24: The Stone Chamber Project
A little bit of starlight shone through the small hole in the stove room to the center of the cave, and Zhou Qinghai, cucumber, and Lin Yuanhai were lying on two animal skin blankets in the center of the cave. Zhou Qinghai turned around from his animal skin blanket. Listen carefully to the two of them talking about all kinds of news they know on the blanket next to them. Zhou Qinghai listened to familiar or unfamiliar names one by one, searching for those painful memories in his mind. The thought of revenge hit his heart like the waves of the Yangtze River pushing the back waves after hearing the familiar names. When he heard that those enemies were not only living well now, but also had a reputation in the rivers and lakes, the waves crashed into a large reef one by one, making a violent crashing sound. Water splashed in the air and scattered in Zhou Qinghai's heart.
The sky was already bright, cucumber and Lin Yuanhai had already roasted the wild donkey meat, cooked the donkey broth, the cucumber first handed the master a donkey leg, and Lin Yuanhai handed over a bowl of donkey broth before he started to eat. Zhou Qinghai had dinner and walked to the back of the cave to observe the stone wall. Cucumber and Lin Yuanhai cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and brushed the pot. After washing the bowls, chopsticks, and pots, and cleaning up other food and sundries, Cucumber and Lin Yuanhai walked to Zhou Qinghai's side and watched the master carefully observe the cave rocks. Cucumber and Lin Yuanhai were very surprised by Master's behavior. No matter what kind of rock this stone wall is made of, no matter what characteristics this rock has, in this uninhabited valley with thousands of cliffs, the three of them want to go out has nothing to do with the structure of the rock.
"In your hearts, whether you are willing to accept it or not, we will survive in this uninhabited valley for years, even decades. ”
The hatred in Zhou Qinghai's heart always occupied his brain, and he couldn't accept the fact that he would end up in the No Man's Valley for the rest of his life, so he said that they would even survive in this No Man's Valley for decades. The two apprentices nodded, watched the master with their eyes, and continued to listen to the master's speech.
"Although we are all men, living together in this cave for a long time is a little inconvenient. ”
"Master, it was you who saved our lives, the two of us are already grateful, the two of us will not bother Master's news, and the two of us are looking for another place to live in the valley. ”
Lin Yuanhai pulled up the cucumber and wanted to jump down the cave. Zhou Qinghai took a light step and stood in front of them.
"In this uninhabited valley, there are beasts and poisonous fog everywhere, even if the two of you are strong in martial arts, it is inevitable that you will encounter unexpected situations when you make mistakes, so that the lives of the two of you will be in danger. ”
"Master has saved our lives, and the lives of the two of us are Master's, even if we encounter a dangerous situation again and our lives have an accident, the two of us are still grateful to Master for saving our lives. ”
"Senior brother, how do you know that Master doesn't want us to live here, maybe it's other reasons, let's hear how Master planned and arranged this matter. ”
"I have just looked closely at the structure of the rocks in these two places, and you can see that the walls of these two places are dense masses, leaf-like, fibrous or radial aggregates. The rocks are white or off-white, and contain impurities such as iron and manganese and are dyed in various colors. These two stone walls are made of talc. Talc is the softest of the rocks, and these two are hollowed out of the other stone walls, and I want to make the stone walls into two stone chambers for the two of you during this long time, one for you to live in and the other for me to rest. ”
"I'm sorry, Master, just now I misunderstood what you meant by 'living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain'. ”
"Senior brother, Master is magnanimous, so you don't have to apologize to Master all the time and delay Master's explanation of the plan and arrangement. ”
"I would now like to interject a sentence that seems to have nothing to do with these two stone chambers, what do you think and think about your master and the persecution you have suffered along the way. ”
"Master Zhou, you are our savior, and we dare not hide it. Master is the apprentice of the master, and he has killed many righteous people in his life, and his death can also be said to be heavenly retribution, but he is our master after all, and he has saved the lives of both of us, so we are still grateful to him psychologically. ”
"Senior brother is straightforward and speaks the hearts of the two of us. ”
"You just talked about your master, and you were talking about your thoughts about being hunted down all the way and the thoughts that came from it. ”
"Since being saved by the master, the two of us have followed the master all the way, and have been chased and intercepted by the martial arts decency, but although the two of us have done some things to steal chickens and dogs, after all, we are forced by life to be helpless, we should be punished, but the crime is not to death!"
Lin Yuanhai said.
"Master is kind to the two of us and saves lives, we two don't care what kind of martial arts decent or evil they are, the two of us want to kill them to avenge the master. Moreover, from what those martial arts decencies did to the two of us, I feel that those martial arts decencies are not heroes who are upright, chivalrous, and hoe the strong to help the weak. ”
Zhou Qinghai listened to the gratitude of the two brothers to their master and their hatred for the decent people in martial arts, and remembered that he had a somewhat similar experience with them, and his hearts became closer to the two of them.
"After listening to what you have to say, I will now tell you another reason why I asked you to build these two stone chambers. Both of you want to avenge Master in your hearts, but if you look at your own martial arts, and think about those martial arts masters outside the No Man's Valley, do you think you can beat any of them, let alone a group of them. Therefore, another reason why I asked you to build the stone chamber is to cultivate your internal strength and martial arts, and improve your martial arts cultivation, so as to prepare you for revenge after leaving the valley in the future. ”
"Master is thoughtful and preemptive, and my brother and I admire and admire. ”
"Master saved the lives of the two of us, and thought so carefully for me and my junior brother, Lin Yuanhai and my junior brother have nothing to repay in this life, and they will continue to repay Master as cattle and horses in the next life. ”
"The afterlife? If only this world really had an afterlife. After taking revenge on himself, he will die and meet them again in the next life. ”
Zhou Qinghai silently missed those who had passed away in his heart, and felt a burst of soreness in his heart numb by hatred surging into his eyes, turning into two tears, quietly swirling in his eyes.
"Now you two are my apprentices, we are all a family, don't say some words of gratitude in the future, we will share difficulties and blessings in the future. ”