Chapter 5: A Blessing in Disguise
The mountains are beautiful and the grass is shady, and the water is rich in fish and shrimp.
This is the true portrayal of Qingsang Mountain, although it has reached the late autumn season, but there is no feeling of withering at all, but everywhere is full of the breath of life, as far as the eye can see, the snow on the top of the tree is shaking from time to time, the group of egrets chirps crisply, the fish in the water are frolicking to their heart's content, such as the sky smiling, as if spring is coming.
Qiu Xin curled up in the sun, snuggled up to Xiaobai beside her. When he grew up, he hadn't slept so peacefully and carefree for a long time, like a child, trying hard to create one beautiful dream after another in his dreams, trying desperately to forget all this suffering, and didn't want to wake up.
But God will not fulfill every wish of man, it will wake you up, torture you with all this, repeat in your heart every scene you do not want to face, repeat in your ear every word you do not want to mention, so that you will be numb and let you grow up.
When the tear stains on his face were blown dry, and the dazzling sunlight urged the lazy people, Qiu Xin unconsciously woke up from the dream, looked at everything around him, was very puzzled at first, and then seemed to suddenly realize something, and said, "Oops." He hurried back to the cold cave.
It turned out that after he came out of the master's room at night, he was going to go back to the cold cave directly, but the master's words always made him feel uneasy, so he sat by the pool, looking at the full moon in a daze.
When he learned about his life experience, his heart was always filled with irrepressible sadness and sadness, although he had come alone for sixteen years, without father and mother, with master and Xiaobai, he did not feel lonely.
But when he suddenly heard that his parents were no longer in this world, he couldn't accept it for a while, which was probably the blood love written in the book.
Thinking about it like this, he slept by the lake, and when he got up in the morning, he was shocked, because he had been urinated in the fire poison since he was a child, and for sixteen years, he slept in a cold bed, and occasionally he would suffer from the pain of ten thousand ants, and the pain was unstoppable.
He scolded Xiaobai in his heart why he didn't wake him up, but it was too late to say this now, so he could only slowly exercise his breath on the cold bed and suppress the fire poison.
According to the internal strength method taught by his master, he silently circulated in his body for week after week, but after a long time, he did not have the same pain as before, but there were bursts of heat in his body, and in desperation, he could only try his best to absorb the breath of the cold bed to relieve the feeling that the dantian wanted to burn.
As he exercised, he hoped that the fire poison would pass quickly, and he continued like this for a long time, until the sweat soaked through his clothes, and the burning sensation became stronger and stronger, as if it was about to melt him.
Qiu Xin has been plagued by fire poison since he was a child, and he has been tormented in the struggle between ice and fire, every time he gritted his teeth and insisted, he stubbornly pressed the fire poison back to the dantian, plus there was a cold carp on weekdays to recuperate his body, and the number of fire poison attacks became less and less, making him almost forget the existence of fire poison.
But this blind suppression made this outbreak completely unbearable, and in the invasion again and again, he finally collapsed and passed out.
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It had been three days since he woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the back of the master, and Xiao Bai's concerned eyes were cast on the side of the bed.
Feeling Xiaobai's abnormality, the master turned around, looked at Qiu Xin and said, "It's good to wake up, feel what else is wrong with your body?"
The master seemed to have something to say, so he sat up slowly, and was surprised as soon as he thought about his luck, the fire poison that was originally only condensed in the dantian dispersed all over his body, and the skin of the meridians showed a dark red color, and the internal organs had already been eroded.
However, the strange thing is that these fire poison breaths are accompanied by blue essence light, and it seems that the two are mutually reinforcing, and neither of them can have the upper hand, so that although the fire poison has spread all over the body, it has not killed Qiu Xin.
However, due to his forcible suppression, the meridians have been destroyed, and the pain is unbearable when he moves, let alone the luck gong, and he casts an inquiring gaze at the master, wanting to know why he was in the cold cave before he fell asleep, and why is his body like this?
Before he could speak, Master said, "Three days ago, this little creature rushed into my room, grabbed my clothes alive, kicked over the incense burner, sprinkled ink, and looked like he was looking for death, and just as I was about to have a seizure, it ran out.
I chased all the way to the cold cave, and I saw you lying on the ground, the cold bed has long been gone, I thought it might be the poison again, so I brought you back, no matter how I used the exercises, you never opened your eyes, this sleep is three days. ”
"As for the blue essence in your body, I'm afraid it is formed after the cold bed melts into your body, and this great calamity is thanks to this yin essence breath, which suppresses the fire poison, otherwise you would have died a long time ago.
Speaking of which, the cold bed is a thousand-year-old ice that I asked someone to obtain from the Tianshan faction, which does not melt or melt, but can protect the bones from rotting, I never thought that this time I would save your life, but you can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
Generally speaking, people's true qi is the power of the viscera, formless and tasteless, colorless, from ancient times to the present, people who practice martial arts are like this, but fire poison and cold can coexist in your physical fitness, causing your true qi to also show the characteristics of one yin and one yang, one ice and one fire, which is also a miracle.
However, this also solves the fire poison you have suffered since childhood, and you will never have an attack again, so that you will not have to worry about your life, and you will not have to worry about the pain of fire poison when you practice sword in the future, but this time you have suffered internal injuries, you will not be able to practice without recuperating for two or three months," Master explained.
After hearing this, Qiu Xin let out a long breath and wanted to get up and salute, but his whole body was weak and he could only give up, so he said, "Thank you, Master." ”
Without waiting for him to say more words of gratitude, the master interrupted him, "I want to thank you or thank this little guy, I didn't expect it to have a little effect, if it didn't work, I'm afraid you would also die in Huangquan, fortunately I didn't stew and eat, you can take care of your injuries these days, and then make some good dishes for me." With that, he walked out.
After the master left, Xiao Bai saw that the master seemed to be fine with his speech, and rubbed his hand vigorously, looking like he had made great contributions, completely forgetting the scene of making a fuss in this house three days ago
With a pleased smile, he said, "This time, thank you very much, Xiaobai." ”
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In the past few days when he was injured in bed, Qiu thought a lot, although the master easily told the past that night, but he could feel the sadness and sadness of the master, although the master seriously injured his father with three swords back then, which indirectly led to his father's death.
However, the master was also forced to be helpless, injured his siblings for the protection of the sect, and because of his mother's letter to raise himself for 16 years, he accepted himself as an apprentice, and taught him what he had learned in his life, and he also taught the peerless sword spectrum, the master's grace, I am afraid that there is no way to repay it in this life.
In the past 16 years, if a lonely person has endured the infamy of betraying the sect, the misery of his fellow disciples, and the condemnation of breaking his oath, I am afraid that Master is the most pitiful person in the world.
For many days, Qiu Xin couldn't exercise, he could only wait for the meridians to heal, and the dark red color on his body had faded.
took Xiaobai through every corner of Qingsang Mountain, saw every secret of Xiaobai, and would sit under the iron tree at night to secretly drink Master's spirits, looking at the blooming sunset, of course, blaming Xiaobai for all these crimes.
Finally, I had time to read all of Master's books, and finally I didn't have to go to sleep in the dark winter, so I built a new room next to the thatched hut, and finally, like a home, finally, spring was coming.
Four southern states, Yingzhou.
In a brightly lit courtyard, dozens of people were dressed in black, covered with their heads, only two eyes were exposed, listening to the people on the main seat, the whole courtyard was quiet, the people in black lowered their hands and bowed their heads, as if they were very afraid of the person who spoke, and did not dare to make the slightest sound.
I only heard the person in the main seat say, "A bunch of waste, I can't find a thing in half a year, what's the use of the Lord raising you?", everyone didn't dare to raise their heads to reply, only one person next to the seat, wearing a military master's hat, but holding a whisk in his hand, calm and relaxed.
Seeing this, he said, "Don't be angry, you also know that in the past half a year, the brothers have been non-stop, traveling all over the four states, trying their best to find out the news, but they don't even know what that thing is, how can they find it."
We have brought all the things of a little value in the four states, but there is still nothing that the Lord is looking for, so we can only ask the Dharma Protector to ask the Lord about the size and shape of the things we are looking for, so that the brothers can continue to look for them. ”
Hearing this, the man in black on the main seat also said, "This thing is very important, I can only tell you that it is the thing of the sun, it appeared here more than ten years ago, someone saw it, it will not be wrong, if you find this thing, the Lord will definitely reward you, otherwise, you can only let you walk in the crocodile pool." ”
After that, everyone at the next station said in unison, "The subordinates must do their best and never give up." ”
The tall Dharma Protector waved his hand for everyone to push down, turned to the person who looked like a military advisor and said, "Sir, in recent days, the people under his command have searched the major families, and they have been killed one after another, and they have been detected by the major sects, I am afraid that it will hinder the Lord's plan, I wonder if Mr. has any way to hide people's eyes?"
I only heard the man change his respectful tone just now, threw a small bag of things to the man in black, and said, "The righteous people, who deceive the world and steal their reputation, will not care about the life and death of these people, besides, those corpses have been dealt with, although rest assured, it is the right thing to find the things that the Lord has explained as soon as possible." ”
The man who was called the Dharma Protector looked happy at this time, and said calmly, "I can only ask Mr. to commit himself to this point, find something, and Mr. deserves the first credit." ”
With that, the man got up and walked out of the courtyard, and the man who looked like a military advisor looked at the direction he was leaving, his brows furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In Weizhou, a young man stayed awake late at night, looking at the letters on the table, not knowing how to respond.