CHAPTER XVIII

"Elder, look at what you said, it feels like I have lofty aspirations, the disciple just thinks that there are no other swordsmanship to practice now, the only one that can be practiced is the 123 romance swordsmanship that my father taught me, but unfortunately there are only the first three styles, and now I have mastered all of them, and I don't feel the slightest sense of the qi you said, so I can only practice this wind-chasing swordsmanship, and I also know that there are many advanced swordsmanship in the sect, but you told me that learning martial arts should be gradual and gradual, and you should not be greedy for merit, so you must not put such a high hat on your disciple, I can't afford it at all." "You kid, it seems that you are very aggrieved, it's not that the sect doesn't give you other swordsmanship, it's just that your current cultivation is only suitable for cultivating the wind-chasing sword technique, and practicing other swordsmanship is harmful and useless, so if you really want to learn others, then learn this set of swordsmanship as soon as possible, but I'm afraid it won't work in a short time, and it took two or three years for the most talented disciple in the sect to learn a complete set of swordsmanship, so don't think about eating a big fat man in one bite" "The disciple understands, so I also ask the elder to tell the disciple the method, so that the wind-chasing swordsmanship can be completed as soon as possible." The form of this method is very simple, but the process is very painful, and it cannot be completed without strong perseverance, and I will not say this, since I have promised you, you are very good: the method is to do coolies, and then every morning you will be responsible for filling up a few large water tanks in the kitchen, and the required firewood will be carried back to the kitchen, and in the afternoon you will go directly to the back mountain, carry a big stone at the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then roll down, continue to carry it until it gets dark" Listening to Li Xianhe's words, Li Tianya was also stunned, what kind of cultivation method is this, this is completely torturous, but he didn't question it immediately, but asked, "I don't know how long to persist in such a thing" "One month is the bottom limit, it depends on the situation when the time comes, how about it, are you still willing to try, say it in advance, think about it carefully and then give me an answer, don't give up after a day or two, waste my time"

This made Li Tianya very hesitant, did he persevere? He has never done physical work when he grows so big, everything in the family used to be done by the family, and even when he went to the street to buy things, he was accompanied to help him, what should he do, do you want to try, if you don't try, I always feel regretful in my heart, a set of swordsmanship is not perfect even if there is a little flaw in the middle, and just now I am so full of words, and now I retreat Wouldn't I make myself a big talker, and then I will have to start the competition in three months, if I don't succeed in the cultivation of the wind swordsmanship, what will I do to deal with it when the time comes, or agree, Li Tianya just wanted to agree, and some other thoughts came to mind: in a month, will there be no increase in strength at that timeWouldn't it be self-defeating to train my strength for a long time, will it delay my cultivation in other aspects, and when there are only two months left, will I still have a chance to win in the competition? I don't know if Piao Ran will object, hey, it's better not to train. Just wanted to refuse, Li Xianhe's voice sounded in his ears again, "Martial arts practitioners, don't be indecisive, don't retreat in the face of difficulties, don't say what you say and don't believe it, you can do it yourself" These words were heard in Li Tianya's ears, like a heavy hammer, hitting his heart hard, Elder Li's words couldn't be clearer, it seemed that he could only grit his teeth and persevere, "Elder, I am willing to try, and I will not back down if I don't achieve the effect, I hope the elder can help me"" Okay, okay, young people should have such courage, otherwise life will be so bleak, you go back today to rest for a while, come to me tomorrow, and then I will take you to training" After a brief exchange, Li Tianya left Li Xianhe and returned to his residence.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a few roommates sitting on the ground, eating and chatting, it seemed to be very comfortable, Li Tianya also stepped forward to say hello, ready to go back to the room to rest, but as soon as he turned around, he heard a call from behind, "Tianya, you also come and sit, we have lived together for a few days, and we haven't had a good chat" It turned out that Liu Chenghuan was calling him behind his back, and Li Tianya was not easy to refuse, so he found a place and sat down casually. Seeing Li Tianya sit down, Liu Chenghuan also continued, "Today, a few of us went to the back mountain to get some game and came back after cultivating, and then quietly got some wine, just waiting for you to come back, everyone will eat and drink and chat together, after all, we will have to get along for a long time in the future, and the dormitory brothers and daughters of others have already fallen behind, we have already eaten for a while, you just came back, hurry up and eat some first, fill your stomach" Listen, Li Tianya also said unceremoniously, "Then I will really eat" Then he picked up the pheasant on the ground and devoured it. Seeing that Li Tianya was so open, Zhou Buqun on the side also teased, "It seems that Tianya is still a person with a temperament, he looks serious on the surface, but he is so arrogant, haha" "It's not, he not only has a bold personality, but also very good at pleasing women, two days ago, the little girl saw him faint on the ground, that anxious appearance, it was distressing to watch, hey, Tianya, teach us, how did you get her, so beautiful" At this time, Liu Chenghuan also echoed and said, seeing this, Wen Ruqing next to him said with some worry" Don't be kidding, the first time Tianya ate with us, you are like this, for fear of scaring others" Wen Ruqing is very gentle, fair-skinned, not at all like a person who practices martial arts, but like a scholar from a rich family. Listening to everyone's ridicule, Li Tianya also completely let go, and said with the situation, "Do you know what my biggest hobby was? It was to go to the brothel to look for flowers and ask willows, the girls in those places can really be said to be fascinated by all beings, even I, a swinger, can't fully accept the recruitment, but the long-term experience in fighting flowers has also trained my ability to pick up girls, so now the woman next to me is simply handy, there is no skill at all, it all depends on experience, haha" Li Tianya's words were half-true and half-false, and a few people next to him were dumbfounded, this is still the same Li Tianya a few days ago, looking for flowers and asking Liu, a swinger, fighting in the flowers for a long time?

Zhou Buqun asked with questioning eyes, "You have such a good life, but you came here to learn martial arts, do you really want to eliminate harm for the people? Save the common people? But I think you are a scourge, who will you get rid of in the future? Except for yourself? Haha, Tianya, you are too big to brag about, do you two believe it?, anyway, I don't believe it" Hearing this, Liu Chenghuan didn't react, Wen Ruqing took the words first, everyone didn't know Li Tianya before, since the conversation was on the rise at this time, everyone was more active," Yes, Buqun is right, since you are living so chic, why did you come here? Are your parents relieved? Before I came, my parents were very reluctant, but there was no way, hey!" Hearing the question of the two, Li Tianya's face also darkened suddenly, and he lost the wild and uninhibited just now, and after thinking for a while, he said to everyone. That everything is in the past, my family was all killed by the enemy, innocent and tragic, only I was left to live alone, and the huge family property did not dare to approach, in order to avoid the enemy, fled to Yizhou City, in order to avenge the family, I came to this Lingyun Sect" After speaking, he lowered his head and continued to eat what he was doing, but he no longer had the strength he had just now, he took a bite, paused, and the words also made the other three fall into contemplation, and the atmosphere calmed down suddenly, Wen Ruqing comforted" Tianya, we didn't mean to expose your scars, don't take it to heart. Hearing Li Tianya's words, Liu Chenghuan murmured on the side, "It seems that Tianya's experience is more miserable than mine, although I don't have any enemies, but my father died early, and I have been dependent on my mother, last year's hometown was flooded early, and life was unsustainable, in desperation, my mother asked me to practice some martial arts, hunting, and maintain my life, and I came to this Lingyun Sect by mistake, Tianya, you have to cheer up, your family's hatred can count on you alone" Although everyone is not very old, but the bitterness and sorrow of the world are still understood, listening to what happened to the two, Zhou Buqun and Wen Ruqing also told their own situation, it turned out that Zhou Buqun's family is also a wealthy family, but after being ransacked by bandits a few years ago, the family fell into the middle, and later it was embezzled by several other families, and now it is in ruins, in order to revitalize the family business, three years ago, Zhou Buqun began to practice martial arts, hoping to be able to mention his parents' worries, and Lingyunzong pinned his parents' high hopes on him. And Wen Ruqing's family is a scholarly family, his parents originally thought that he could inherit his father's business, gain fame, and have no worries for a lifetime, but his father was framed by a traitor and was imprisoned。 After listening to their experiences, everyone realized that everyone came to Lingyun Sect with their own hardships and goals. At this time, Zhou Buqun proposed that the four of them should simply become brothers who worship the son, and they will be blessed and enjoy the same difficulties in the future, "Since everyone is destined to live under the same roof, there is no gap in identity, why not work together and make progress together, after all, there is a lot of strength in people, what do you think" Hearing Zhou Buqun's proposal, the other three looked at each other, and said in unison, "Okay, today our four brothers are here to worship as brothers with different surnames, and in the future, we will share glory and disgrace, and advance and retreat together" According to age, Zhou Buqun is the eldest brother, Liu Chenghuan is the second brother, Li Tianya is the third, Wen Ruqing is the youngest, the fourth brother. We drank a lot, laughed a lot, cried a lot, and talked a lot until it was late, and then we went back to our rooms to sleep drunk. However, everyone's heart is very happy, and who wouldn't feel heartfelt joy when they can meet their true brothers when they are down!

The next morning, Li Tianya opened his eyes groggily, his head still hurt a little, but the time agreed with Elder Li was approaching, he also endured the discomfort and got up, after a simple wash, he ran to other rooms to wake up a few brothers, and after explaining his plans to everyone, he walked straight to Li Xianhe, originally wanted to explain to Xie Piaoran, but thinking about the future, he would talk about it slowly. When I came to Li Xianhe's residence, I saw Li Xianhe standing at the door, and the two of them immediately moved towards the destination, and after a while, they came to the head chef of Lingyun Sect, and saw a disciple washing vegetables, Li Xianhe walked over and said to him, "Call your person in charge, say that I have something to do with him" There is no one in the sect who does not know the Great Elder of the Dharma Protector, and this flute is no exception, seeing Li Xianhe's question, he hurriedly replied, "Disciple, you wait for a while" Sure enough, in a short time, the person in charge of the head chef came to Li Xianhe" I don't know what Elder Li called his disciple to order?" "I can't talk about the order, I just want to tell you a piece of news, within a month after today, the water and firewood you need will be brought by this disciple next to me to help you, you can help look at it" After a pause, he added a little "It's not a punishment for him, it's just for him to exercise, so you have to take care of it" At first, the person in charge really thought that Li Tianya was punished by the sect, but after hearing Li Xianhe's words, he realized that he came to the head chef to exercise, and it was also the only way" Elder, please rest assured, we will never embarrass him" Li Xianhe also turned to Li Tianya and said, "In the future, you will come to him every day to report, and he will arrange the training in the morning" "Well," and then asked politely to the person in charge, "I don't know your surname, I will have to take care of my senior brother in the future" "Don't take your surname Luo, I can't talk about it, since it is a disciple arranged by Elder Li, you only need to exercise seriously in the future, and you don't have to worry about other things" "Then thank you Senior Brother Luo" Seeing that Li Tianya was so sensible, Li Xianhe was also quite relieved, and left alone after explaining to Li Tianya casually.

Li Tianya knew that from this moment on, the good days would be far away from him, but he didn't feel scared when he was mentally prepared, he just stepped forward and asked, "Senior Brother Luo, where is the bucket for carrying water, I'd better hurry up and do it, otherwise I'm afraid of delaying your work" "Oh, don't delay, you come with me" After a while, a pair of huge buckets appeared in front of Li Tianya's eyes, looking at this pair of buckets, he gasped, how could it be so big, can he pick it up? However, although he was a little stunned in his heart, he didn't show any performance on the outside, picked up the bucket and walked outside, but after walking two steps, he heard Senior Brother Luo's voice from behind him, "Senior Brother Li, I'm going in the wrong direction, it's this way, I'll take you there for the first time" The two of them walked one after the other, and walked almost a mile before they saw the well for drawing water, Li Tianya couldn't help but ask at this time, "Senior Brother Luo, I don't know how much water the sect needs every day?" It's hard to say, sometimes 30 barrels, sometimes 40 barrels, in general, it's 30 to 40 barrels, that is, 15 to 20 picks" Listening to this series of numbers, Li Tianya's face instantly darkened, a round trip of one kilometer, even if the minimum 15 picks are enough for him to bear, do you still have the strength to be firewood after picking up the water? Do you still have the energy to go to the stones on the mountain behind you after carrying firewood? The more I think about it, the more worried I become, the more I think about it, the more I have no courage, Senior Brother Luo on the side seems to see his thoughts, and comforts him" Senior Brother Li don't worry, since Elder Li has given you these tasks, he must have carefully calculated, I believe you will be able to complete them" "I hope so" said that he bent down and went to fetch water, and after a while, Li Tianya was already walking on the return trip, the total amount of two buckets of water was close to 40 kilograms, at this time, Li Tianya felt that it was not heavy, and the first trip arrived smoothly in just a few minutes, so Li Tianya also budgeted in his heart, if he continued like this, he would be able to finish the water in less than an hour, and it didn't seem to be too difficult, but is that so? Until the fifth bucket of water pressed on his shoulder, he knew that he was wrong, his physical strength was not like the first trip, his physical strength was getting less and less, but the weight of the water in the bucket would not be reduced, he also thought about filling half of the two buckets each time, and then running a few more times, but he still dispelled this idea, he was not really here to carry water, he was here to train strength, if the weight was reduced, it would not achieve the expected effect. He gritted his teeth tightly and persevered, walking step by step on the winding mountain road, the bucket on his shoulder was also swaying from time to time, looking from a distance, Li Tianya was very difficult now, and at this time he was indeed extremely uncomfortable, he kept saying "I want to persevere, I will definitely be able to do it, there is still half the way, there is still a third, and there is a quarter" In this way, he finished picking 12 picks with difficulty, and after pouring the water, he stood straight next to the water tank, motionless, and then wanted to sit down cross-legged, but as soon as he made a move, Senior Brother Luo on the side reminded, "Senior Brother Li, Elder Li has told you not to take any rest halfway, otherwise it will not achieve the effect, you better insist on persevering" So a tired figure appeared on the mountain path again. The remaining few times Li Tianya gritted his teeth and insisted, he wanted to give up countless times, and even wanted to take off the bucket on his shoulder and smash it to pieces, but he didn't do it when he was sober-minded, since he promised Elder Li, he had to do it as required, if he really didn't believe in his words and retreated in the face of difficulties, then what future would he have in the future, a full two and a half hours passed, he only walked on the return journey with the last handful of water, at this time his legs trembled, his muscles were sore, his head was dizzy, and he was sweating like rain, only relying on a little will to urge himself to move forward. When he arrived at the kitchen, he used his last strength to pour water into the water tank, and then stumbled and fell to the floor.

But after only sitting on the ground for a few minutes, Senior Brother Luo's words sounded behind him again, "Senior Brother Li, hurry up and follow me to the back mountain to carry firewood, several junior brothers have already tied up all the firewood, just waiting for you to carry it, and you have to wait to use it at noon" Hearing this, Li Tianya just wanted to cry, how could this be, high-intensity physical activity, one after another, there was no time to adjust at all, is it really okay to go on like this, can you bear it? With such a question, Li Tianya slowly stood up and looked at Senior Brother Luo with begging eyes, hoping that he could be accommodating and let himself rest for a while, but Senior Brother Luo said, "Senior Brother Li, although Senior Brother has not been trained* Strength, but I also know a truth, this way must not have any slack, let alone give up halfway, otherwise it will be wasted, since Senior Brother Li has chosen, I still hope that you can persevere, Senior Brother also wants to see what level your strength can reach after such training, I won't say much else, let's hurry up and follow me to the back mountain, don't let them wait over there for a long time" Senior Brother Luo's words are very reasonable, and Li Tianya agrees with it, but at this time, his legs are really weak, and it is difficult to even walk, he just wants to lie on the bed and rest well and sleep peacefully. But all this is impossible, there are still a lot of firewood waiting for him in the back mountain, and he walks behind Senior Brother Luo weakly, Li Tianya constantly admonishes himself in his heart, "Hold on, dozens of buckets of water have been picked, are you still afraid of those firewood?"