Chapter 25: No More Come!
Following Xu Xian around in his own sect made Ye Wen feel very strange, as if the person in front of him was the master here.
Especially when walking, Ye Wen found that Xu Xian was very familiar with the surrounding environment, and often noticed some details that even Ye Wen didn't notice.
For example, following Xu Xian in the dark, Ye Wen couldn't see the ground environment clearly, and sometimes Xu Xian would suddenly take a step sideways or suddenly take a big step forward, at first he was still wondering, thinking that Xu Xian's light footwork was like this, but soon he realized that it was not like that at all-because he almost hit his ankle when he stepped on the air.
It is not surprising that Ye Wen is not familiar with his own territory, although he has been living in the mountains for half a year, his range of activities has been limited to a small area, so he does not know a lot about the places where he has spent a lot of money.
What's more, these are some very subtle places, and some places are covered by weeds and the like, and there is nothing unusual on the surface, but Xu Xian seems to be very familiar with these, and he can bypass them every time, until Ye Wen followed Xu Xian later, and he followed him no matter how he went.
The two of them were about to walk all the way to the edge of the cliff, the mountain here is steep, it is a rare cliff on the book mountain, and if you want to go up the mountain from here, you can't fly, so Ye Wen naturally won't build any high walls. What's more, the scenery here is really good, and if you have nothing to do, there is also a refreshing feeling of standing here at the pinnacle. In addition, standing here, you can also see the Shushan County in the distance, but you can only see it clearly during the day.
Xu Xian walked here, but did not go to the side of the mountain wall, but walked to an inconspicuous mound, knelt on the ground, respectfully kowtowed to the dirt bag a few times, and then knelt quietly for a while before standing up, while cleaning the dust on his legs, he said to Ye Wen with a smile: "I'm afraid Master Ye has a lot of questions, right?"
Ye Wen didn't answer, just looked at Xu Xian. He had already guessed some general information after following Xu Xian during this time, and after seeing Xu Xian kneel and kowtow to a dirt bag, the idea in his head became clearer, and at the same time, he also guessed what the earth bag wasβit was clearly a grave.
In Ye Wen's opinion, Xu Xian, a famous talent, is afraid that he has been here a long time ago. And I come often, otherwise it would be impossible to be so clear about all those subtle places. In addition, this guy must have some adventures on this mountain, maybe he found some cheats, or maybe he met a master.
Of these two possibilities, Ye Wen was more inclined to the latter, and even he guessed that Xu Xian still met a dying master, and then learned kung fu under the master's teaching, and then the master died, and Xu Xian buried the master on this mountain.
If this is the case, then it is not difficult to explain why Xu Xian wanted to come up and have a look after learning where his mountain gate was. Even Ye Wen guessed that this Xu Xian must have known that the mountain gate of the Shushan faction was here, and even in the past half a year, I don't know how many times he has come up, but he is surrounded by a high wall, and this Xu Gongzi can only look at the door and sigh.
"Perhaps, this kid has been secretly scolding me for an unknown amount of time! No wonder this guy was so excited when he saw me, it turned out that he had caught the main master!"
The actual situation is similar to what Ye Wen guessed, Xu Xian has been very curious since he found out that there was actually a Shushan faction here, and he also had a little intention of making friends at that time. It's just that his martial arts and talent identity are not easy to expose, so he has not been able to visit openly.
Xu Xian looked at Ye Wen fixedly, and saw that this young head didn't look in a hurry, and at the same time, the trace of disdain revealed in his eyes made him understand at once: "Master Ye has already guessed!"
Ye Wen shrugged his shoulders, although this action was not obvious in the dark: "Just guess casually, I don't know if it's really the case!"
Xu Xian nodded, and then said slowly: "A few years ago, I was still an ordinary scholar, although I was famous, but I always felt that life was boring, so I would always find a way to secretly go out and find something fun." β
"At that time, I was very bored and wanted to go up the mountain to watch the story, so I took advantage of my father's business to go out, and I brought dry food and water to Shushan, but I didn't expect that it completely changed my life......"
"I met an old man, an old man who was dying, but I didn't know it at that time! He was not good to me, he scolded me at the least, and beat people at the worst, but at that time I saw that he was pitiful, so I didn't care about him, and even gave him some dry food and water!"
"This old man is much more reasonable than I thought!" Xu Xian smiled, as if he had thought of something interesting. Ye Wen didn't bother him, and still listened to him quietly.
"After I gave him dry food, the old man suddenly said, 'You should be rewarded for your favors, the old man has nothing good, and when he sees that you are too weak, he will teach you some ways to strengthen your body.'" β
"This teaching was a month, and every day for a month I would sneak out of the house and buy enough food to send to the old man up the mountain, and he would teach me something. At first, it was just a simple shelf, but then he said, 'You go back and forth every day so troublesomely, I'll teach you a set of light skills first!'
Ye Wen was also happy when he heard this, he didn't expect Xu Xian's light skills to be so good, it turned out to be because of this reason. It was actually to facilitate the escape and go up and down the mountain.
Xu Xian also seemed to think that such a reason was really not very good, and continued his words after being slightly embarrassed: "In the last paragraph of that month, the old man suddenly became irritable, not only taught me a lot of things, but also forced me to memorize all those things, even if I didn't understand them. β
"After a month, I realized that the old man realized that his limit was approaching, so he wanted to teach me as much as he could. It's a pity that I didn't understand his kindness at that time, and my heart was still full of resentment towards the old man, thinking that he would be beaten and scolded by him for bringing him food, which is really the first stupid person in the world!"
"I didn't come back to see the old man for the next three days, and when I tried to come up again three days later, I only saw the old man for the last time. β
Xu Xian looked at the inconspicuous earthen bag: "At that time, his expression was very pleased, but he just said, 'You're here!' and then he was silent." I didn't even know his last name, and I couldn't even put a tombstone on him!"
Ye Wen didn't speak, he couldn't comment on this kind of thing at all.
Xu Xian saved the old man's life, the old man taught Xu Xian kung fu, it was a matter of mutual indebtedness, if it weren't for the last period of time when the two got along, the old man wanted to teach Xu Xian more things, as if he wanted to pass on everything to Xu Xian, which made Xu Xian feel like a human apprentice, but at this time, the old man left a west, as if nothing had happened, and the impression left by this strong contrast was too strong. Otherwise, this matter is at most a tidbit in Xu Xian's life.
"Later, I often came here to practice the kung fu taught by the old man, and gradually became interested in martial arts, but unfortunately I didn't learn seriously enough at that time, and I could only practice secretly by myself, and there was no one to guide me, so in addition to the set of light skills that were easy to sneak out of the house, I was very familiar with the palm and internal skills. If you use the old man's words to evaluate me now, I am just a small character in the rivers and lakes!"
Xu Xian laughed at himself: "I am still called a genius, so I have only learned a little bit by teaching me so hard!"
Then Xu Xian fell into his own memories, standing there quietly looking at the lonely tomb, as if only he and the world in front of him were left in the world.
Ye Wen on the side didn't care about the other party's behavior, since he had already learned that the other party's purpose of insisting on coming was to pay tribute to his 'master', not to have any bad thoughts about his Shushan faction, then there was no need for him to be wary of the person in front of him.
He even considered whether to go back to sleep first, and let Xu Xian himself slowly pay tribute to his 'master' here.
But fortunately, Xu Xian quickly came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Let Master Ye laugh!"
"No, it's just that I didn't expect that there is still Xu Gongzi's 'old man' on Shushan. "He really didn't expect that there were still people's graves here, and he was encircled by a big wall in the territory of the Shushan faction. "In the future, Xu Gongzi wants to come to 'visit' the old man, even if he comes, the door of the Shushan faction will always be open to Gongzi!"
But tonight seems to be a night with frequent accidents, maybe Xu Xian was intoxicated with memories and made his expression dazed, he didn't pay attention, and said casually: "Maybe I will never come again in the future!"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Xian and Ye Wen were shocked on the spot, and Xu Xian was even more remorseful after realizing what he said, secretly hating why he was so careless?
Looking at Ye Wen's expression in a blink of an eye, he knew that Ye Wen must have heard those words clearly, and with Ye Wen's intelligence, he thought that he had already deduced a lot of things.
In fact, Ye Wen did speculate a lot of things.
"What do you mean, never again?" If Xu Xian went to study in other places, or even became an official in high school in the future, it would not be impossible not to return home once. Either way, there is still time to go up the mountain to visit when you get home. In this case, there is only one possibility, Xu Xian is no longer ready to return to his hometown!
But Ye Wen's thinking was very divergent, and at this time he suddenly thought of the difficulties he would face on this trip to the south, especially the damn female robber who threatened to capture Xu Xian and go up the mountain. Could it be that there was something to do with it? This, he was more and more sure of his judgment in Xu Xian's increasingly ugly face.
"Damn, I accidentally heard something I shouldn't have heard!"