Chapter 36: Hurry

After a detour, on the afternoon of the second day, everyone finally returned to Lingxi Valley safely.

Miao Qiuyu stood at the mouth of the valley and looked left and right, and finally looked forward to the five people back. Seeing that Yi Dan had also come back safely, he hurriedly stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Child, why are you so stupid? Where have you been? Thank God, they finally got you back, if you have three long and two short, I... I don't even know what to do" As she spoke, Miao Qiuyu couldn't hold back her emotions and cried as she spoke.

"Master, I'm sorry! I'm worried about you. Don't cry, haven't I already come back" Yi Dan reached out to wipe the tears on Miao Qiuyu's face.

"I didn't sleep for the past two nights, for fear something would happen to you. Kid, where have you been?" Miao Qiuyu asked.

"Mother, senior sister, she will go to the emperor..."Youming didn't speak, Li Xian hurriedly stopped: "Ming'er won't say more, your senior sister has returned safely, let her go back and rest well."

"Yes, senior sister, go back and have a good rest first. Mother, you're tired too, hurry back and rest," Youming said.

"Ouyang Gang Leader, you are also injured, hurry up and go into the valley to have a good rest," Li Xian said to Ouyang Yucheng.

"That's right, Brother Ouyang, it's been a bumpy road, I'm afraid the wound will crack again, let my master give you a 'Cordyceps Nine Zhen Pill' in a while, this medicine specializes in treating all kinds of internal and external injuries," Yi Dan said.

"Okay, then thank you," Ouyang Yucheng said.

"What are you talking about? Brother Ouyang, you saved me with your life, I should thank you," Yi Dan said.

"My life is not worth pity, but your life is very important, you must cherish yourself," Ouyang Yucheng explained.

"Don't worry, I won't look for death, I must live well, and wait until the day of revenge"

Li Qiu on the side said: "Senior brother, senior sister, Dan'er has also come back safely, you take good care of her." This kid has suffered a lot of crimes, and it's pitiful, if there is nothing else, I'll go back to Qingfeng Mountain first, if you have any needs in the future, you just have to come to Qingfeng Mountain to find me."

"Okay, I'm going to work hard this time," Li Xian said.

"Wherever you say, you should take care. Dan'er, you have to take care of yourself, do you hear?" Li Qiu said.

"Well, don't worry, uncle, I'll take care of it, and you have to take care," Yi Dan said.

Early the next morning, Yi Dan went to a nearby town and bought incense candle ingots and returned to Lingxi Valley. She lit incense and candles at the mouth of the valley, knelt down in the direction of Chang'an in the northwest, and said while burning paper: "Father, grandfather, brother, and the elders of the whole clan, you must bless me in the spirit of heaven to practice peerless martial arts." Someday, I will definitely avenge you."

So saying, she drew the sword in her hand and began to stab wildly in front of the incense of worship, cutting down stones and trees into pits. The palm of his hand was also numb by the force that rebounded, and he still refused to stop.

She returned to the valley after practicing wildly, and her hands were already blistering with blood. In the evening, I returned to Qingxiu Ju and ate two bites in a hurry. He came to the persimmon tree again and continued to practice his sword.

At this time, Ouyang Yucheng also followed. Seeing Yi Dan practicing his sword frantically, he said: "You stab and slash like this, you will not make any progress, you will only train yourself very tired, which hurts your body, you know?"

Yi Dan said while practicing his sword: "Brother Ouyang, may I ask the palm power of this blade palm, have I not even practiced it for twenty percent?" Can you teach me what method can I use to quickly improve the skill of the blade palm?"

"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, any advanced martial arts in this world is accumulated bit by bit through one move and one style, the more impatient you are, the more counterproductive. The most taboo thing for martial arts practitioners is impatience, which is easy to hurt others and themselves, you know?"

"I really regret that I used to be playful and playful, and I didn't practice well and wasted a lot of time. This time I went to Kaifeng to know that my three-legged cat kung fu was in front of all the masters in the palace, it was a joke at all. So from now on, I'm going to race against time to get back all the lost time, and I won't give up," Yi Dan said.

"Can you calm down and sober up? It's useless for you to do this," Ouyang Yucheng reminded.

"I dreamed of my father and my brother again last night, they were all staring at me with bloody eyes, they must be complaining about me and not avenging them. I must practice hard, just like my uncle said, if I practice peerless martial arts, I won't be afraid that I won't be able to take revenge when the time comes," Yi Dan said while practicing swords.

"Dan'er, don't you want to do this? Do you know that you will make me feel distressed and sad. Seeing you in such pain, I want to bear all the pain for you? Do you know how important you are in my heart? I..."

Ouyang Yucheng stopped talking, Yi Dan stopped the sword in his hand and said, "Brother Ouyang, thank you for being kind to me, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart." But I have a deep blood feud, and I am destined to go alone in this life, so let's be best friends, what do you think?"

"I understand that I am a dying person, and I don't dare to ask for anything else, I just hope that you can live happily, let go of the burden in your heart, and spend your life peacefully, so that even if I die, I will be satisfied," Ouyang Yucheng explained.

"I don't allow you to say that, what a beautiful thing it is to be alive. Even if you only live for one day, you have to cherish this day, and I also understand that I went to Kaifeng this time, how many people can endure no matter how much pain and humiliation they can endure in order to live, so we have to be stronger. Brother Ouyang, I promise you, I will definitely find a way to find an antidote for you in the future and remove the poison from your body" Yi Dan looked at Ouyang Yucheng's eyes and said.

"Even if you can solve the poison in your body, the poison in your heart is incurable. Hey, I really hate myself for being so careless that I was poisonous. Otherwise, I will definitely do my best to help you accomplish what you have in mind."

"Brother Ouyang, don't say that, it's all my own business, and I must complete it through my own efforts," Yi Dan said.

"I used to feel like I had nothing to love and I didn't care, so it didn't matter. Since I met you, I really wanted to cherish all this, but I found that everything came too late, maybe God was deliberately playing tricks on me, I don't deserve all the good things in this world," Ouyang Yucheng sighed.

"Brother Ouyang, don't say that, Sai Weng is not a blessing, maybe this is just a tempering of your life, and it will be another village in the future" Yi Dan persuaded.

"Dan'er, you see how good you are at persuading people, why don't you want to open some?" asked Ouyang Yucheng.

"My affairs are different from yours, my revenge must be avenged, no matter how much it costs in this life, I also want my enemies to pay for their blood debts," Yi Dan said with a swear.

"Well, since you are so determined, I have nothing to say, if I can help, I will do everything I can to help you"

"Brother Ouyang, thank you for being so kind to me"

"You have sacrificed your life to save me several times, why should I regret this?" Ouyang Yucheng looked at Yi Dan gently, and the two looked at each other and stopped talking.

In the next few days, Yi Dan still practiced hard. She turned out all the swords and fists of her master, placed them under the big persimmon, and carefully studied the various moves in these martial arts books, wanting to find more martial arts routines that would help her.

Lixian knew what Yi Dan was thinking in her heart, and he knew her purpose, and he knew what the use of any language to persuade him now would be useless. So he simply took a sword and came to accompany Yi Dan to practice.

When Yi Dan saw Lixian coming over with a sword, he stepped forward and asked, "Master, what other best martial arts do we have in the Shangxiu Sect?"

"The best martial arts of the Shangxiu School is the 'Shangxiu Sword Technique', but it's a pity that Zhu Wen was evil and greedy for money, and stole the master's 'Shangxiu Sword Technique', and after practicing, he resold it to others, and now the Shangxiu Sword Technique is lost. Otherwise, with its power, there are not many people in the martial arts who can resist it," Li Xian said.

"So, there is no superior martial arts to practice?" Yi Dan asked.

"Any martial arts, as long as you practice diligently, will naturally be superior after a long time," Lixian said.

"Master, don't talk about these big truths, I just want to learn some, the most practical and superior martial arts, as long as they are superior, it doesn't matter if I practice for three or five years, or even ten or eight years, Master, can you tell me how to practice better martial arts?" Yi Dan asked endlessly.

"Dan'er, you are vengeful, I can understand your feelings. There are indeed many high-quality martial arts in the world, but practicing martial arts is like painting, not how diligent and hard you are, you will definitely have a big harvest, this has to rely on talent and consciousness. If you can be enlightened and see and experience the world with your heart, maybe you will realize more and more powerful martial arts moves and truths. Martial arts are to break the enemy, but also self-defense, can kill people, can also save people, but no matter what, you must have a forgiving heart, not too murderous, do you understand?" Li Xian explained again and again.

"Well, Master, I understand, just don't kill for the sake of killing, look farther. Before killing someone, you have to see if this person should be killed, right? Thank you for your teaching, Dan'er will not kill innocents indiscriminately, please rest assured, Master" Yi Dan regained his former wisdom and said fluently.

"Dan'er, you have the understanding, and I am relieved that you can understand these truths quickly," Lixian said.

"Dan'er will never forget Master's teachings. But Master, if my enemy is a person who is both civil and martial arts, and has a strategy for the stability of the country, just like that Tang Taizong. Even if I am the daughter of Li Jiancheng, standing in front of Li Shimin with a sword, I have to consider whether I should kill a Ming monarch. But Dan'er's enemies are completely different from Emperor Taizong, the three fathers and sons of the Zhu family are brutal and indiscriminately killing innocents. What does the girder look like under Zhu Youzhen's rule? Master, you have also seen it. The officers and men openly murdered and robbed lawlessly, and there was simply no difference between them and the robbers and bandits, and the common people had to go away to find another way to live. Not to mention the constant foreign wars, it is because the princes are also fighting each other. But as far as the people under his rule are concerned, he does not forget to exploit and drink blood. I heard that a few years ago, Zhu Wen captured a lot of ploughing cattle from his opponents in the war, and he actually rented them to the people under his rule and collected rent every month. Even if the cow dies of old age, the rent will still be collected. Lewd and lascivious exploitation of the people, such an incompetent court, a dim-witted emperor, will the common people have a good life?"

"Having said that, what can you do alone? The palace is heavily guarded, and you have already seen it. Even if I and your sister, as well as your uncle and brother combined, we are all powerless. You'd better be quiet for a while and don't think about it, okay?" Li Xian advised.

Yi Dan put away his sword, sighed, and walked back to Qing Xiuju. I saw Youming sitting in the pavilion reading a book. Yi Dan stepped forward and asked, "Senior brother, what book are you reading?"

You Ming replied: "I'm watching the story of the martial saint Jiang Ziya. This Jiang Ziya, who has no martial arts, can let all the strange people and strange things serve him and help the martial king to stabilize the world, which is really wonderful."

The speaker had no intention of listening, Yi Dan heard this, hurriedly grabbed the book and looked at it, and said like a treasure: "Jiang Ziya." Yes, I know what I have to do," Yi Dan said happily.

You Ming asked puzzledly, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you, why are you so happy today?"

Yi Dan hugged Youming and said, "Senior brother, thank you, thank you so much" After saying that, Yi Dan kissed Youming on the face.

Youming wiped his face and said, "Thank you for what I did?"

"Thank you for reading," Yi Dan said happily.

"What's so thankful for me reading? Haven't I been reading all the time?"

"Hey, I know what to do anyway, thank you, junior brother"